That's a bullshit argument. It's not a contractual agreement if I don't have a choice whether or not to agree to it.
So the GPL isn't a contractual agreement?
[N]othing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it.
The GPL's validity rests on this clause (in the sense that the GPL would be automatically invalid if this clause were found invalid).
I think mlb.com is the best professional sports web portal.
The old NFL.com (back in the days when Starwave still ran the site... before CBS Sportsline took it over) was pretty good. The new style, where it's more of a network of individual team sites and league run/affiliated sites (NFL Europe, NFL Players Association, etc.) with a consistent top-frame with links to the other sites just isn't the same, since each site is structured differently.
It's ironic, isn't it? The NFL, which has strong collectivist tendencies and a general herd instinct, leaves most of the web presence up to the teams, while MLB, which exercises minimal control over its teams, centralizes.
The NFL is one of the few major businesses which has a modicum of sense. Consider this quote:
"To the extent that it's purely a noncommercial site devoted to commentary about the team, we're supportive and happy that fans are excited about our sport," says Paula Guibault, NFL senior counsel. "It's not an issue for us."
What the NFL realizes is that fan sites are good: they are free promotion (I know a few people who ran a Scottish Claymores fansite. When the club decided to do a new official site, they hired them to do it), and the people who run and read those sites are the hardcore fans, who either shell out hundreds of dollars a year for season tickets or who subscribe to the NFL Sunday Ticket.
Yet again baseball shoots itself in the foot, thanks to a management that has been slow to adapt to any change over the past 80 years. For instance, as late as 1930, none of the three New York teams allowed radio coverage of the games for fear that it would cut into the gate. It wasn't until the 70's that baseball teams began allowing televising of all games.
Not to mention that William Clay Ford should publicly atone for foisting the sad excuse for a football team that is the Detroit Lions on an unsuspecting NFL as a football team.
What does Slashdot have to do with LJ/E2? Slashdot is powered by Slashcode, which even though a related project (in some fashion) to Slashcode/Slashdot, isn't quite the same thing.
I'm running gcc-3.2 (with all libs compiled with 3.2). Are the C++ parts of Kylix compatible, and, if not, when does Borland plan to offer a gcc-3.2 compatible version of Kylix?
Soon to be announced: Google for Wackos! With a clean-cut, cookie-less interface free of CIA influence, Google for Wackos will return search results based not on the listed sites' popularity, but on the wackiness of the conspiracy theories they present. Most popular search terms include Zapruder, tin foil, UFOs, and of course sex (but only the dirty illegal kind that politicians have.)
This was hyped like it was some big meteorite... something that would have broken her foot, at least. It wasn't even the size of her hand! Come on, Slashdot!
You know, I bet the main reason why Japan and Korea have higher has nothing to do with competition (isn't NTT a monopoly?) is simply that they're far more urban than the US?
Look, in general, you're going to see better broadband access in urban areas. Why? Because it costs the same (especially for DSL) and there's more potential customers. Maybe broadband will be what ends the fucking idiotic trend towards greater sprawl.
Would you take a house on a 100 acre sprawl in the country if it meant you lost your DSL/cable?
Perhaps it's just the Verizon that does somethings well and somethings not so well? Companies are just like people, really: they have their good sides and bad sides.
I wasn't knocking the language. However, most Java applets are useless and pure unadulterated crap. On those grounds, I propose beating web designers who use Java applets over the head.
Not a flame at the language. Java is okay as a learning language and may even be a decent apps language. On the server, it's pretty good, and J2EE looks okey-dokey.
For the ultimate in pointlessness... get Mozilla to build in Emacs... then you can say you're running two OS's at the same time without VMWare or anyting similar.
Or from slow torture to the designers who required that a Java applet be there. Java applets are even worse than Flash, and that's gotta count for something.
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So the GPL isn't a contractual agreement?
The GPL's validity rests on this clause (in the sense that the GPL would be automatically invalid if this clause were found invalid).
The old NFL.com (back in the days when Starwave still ran the site... before CBS Sportsline took it over) was pretty good. The new style, where it's more of a network of individual team sites and league run/affiliated sites (NFL Europe, NFL Players Association, etc.) with a consistent top-frame with links to the other sites just isn't the same, since each site is structured differently.
It's ironic, isn't it? The NFL, which has strong collectivist tendencies and a general herd instinct, leaves most of the web presence up to the teams, while MLB, which exercises minimal control over its teams, centralizes.
The NFL is one of the few major businesses which has a modicum of sense. Consider this quote:
What the NFL realizes is that fan sites are good: they are free promotion (I know a few people who ran a Scottish Claymores fansite. When the club decided to do a new official site, they hired them to do it), and the people who run and read those sites are the hardcore fans, who either shell out hundreds of dollars a year for season tickets or who subscribe to the NFL Sunday Ticket.
Yet again baseball shoots itself in the foot, thanks to a management that has been slow to adapt to any change over the past 80 years. For instance, as late as 1930, none of the three New York teams allowed radio coverage of the games for fear that it would cut into the gate. It wasn't until the 70's that baseball teams began allowing televising of all games.
Not to mention that William Clay Ford should publicly atone for foisting the sad excuse for a football team that is the Detroit Lions on an unsuspecting NFL as a football team.
FOR SHAME!
Fix Or Repair Daily!
Starting with the 486, Intel had begun to incorporate some RISC ideas (first pipelines, then superscalar design, culminating in the P6's RISC core).
I always laugh when I read the late-80s/early-90s FUD (which some continue spout to this day) about RISC vs. CISC. Neither style won: they merged.
Certifiable? yes. Certified? Not so sure about that.
I'll take the over on that line.
Why is this a 5?
Yeah, it's true and all, but this is Slashdot. We have the right to steal Cisco's IP because IP is 3vil.
Wait a fuckig minute
So Cisco is no smarter than Slashdot? Jesus H. Christ.
Still more proof that having money doesn't imply brains.
How much better is Cisco than the same system running Linux or *BSD?
What does Slashdot have to do with LJ/E2? Slashdot is powered by Slashcode, which even though a related project (in some fashion) to Slashcode/Slashdot, isn't quite the same thing.
I'm running gcc-3.2 (with all libs compiled with 3.2). Are the C++ parts of Kylix compatible, and, if not, when does Borland plan to offer a gcc-3.2 compatible version of Kylix?
Doesn't Brokaw do his newscast standing up?
You forgot "Masonic Trilateral Commission"...
This was hyped like it was some big meteorite... something that would have broken her foot, at least. It wasn't even the size of her hand! Come on, Slashdot!
You know, I bet the main reason why Japan and Korea have higher has nothing to do with competition (isn't NTT a monopoly?) is simply that they're far more urban than the US?
Look, in general, you're going to see better broadband access in urban areas. Why? Because it costs the same (especially for DSL) and there's more potential customers. Maybe broadband will be what ends the fucking idiotic trend towards greater sprawl.
Would you take a house on a 100 acre sprawl in the country if it meant you lost your DSL/cable?
Perhaps it's just the Verizon that does somethings well and somethings not so well? Companies are just like people, really: they have their good sides and bad sides.
Actually, companies making industrial strength heaters might be a better investment... there's going to be a lot of freezing demons!
...cause you're in for a hell of a difficult time.
Idiot.
I wasn't knocking the language. However, most Java applets are useless and pure unadulterated crap. On those grounds, I propose beating web designers who use Java applets over the head.
Not a flame at the language. Java is okay as a learning language and may even be a decent apps language. On the server, it's pretty good, and J2EE looks okey-dokey.
For the ultimate in pointlessness... get Mozilla to build in Emacs... then you can say you're running two OS's at the same time without VMWare or anyting similar.
Or from slow torture to the designers who required that a Java applet be there. Java applets are even worse than Flash, and that's gotta count for something.
Actually, judging from the number of gaping security holes, IE is the ultimate goatse browser.
Yes, Opera!
/me ducks