Look, launchd may replace more than one program, but before you immediately call it bad or "not the UNIX way" look at the problem that it is trying to solve by doing these tasks. Look at the design. Does it solve a problem? Does it do it well? Those are the questions you should address, not the number of old programs that it is replacing because that is just a silly metric.
The report is out, has tons of data about blocked sites. Here is the executive summary:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online Policy Group (OPG) have cooperated to study and analyze the accessibility on the web of information related to state-mandated curriculum topics within public schools that operate Internet blocking software. This study measures the extent to which blocking software impedes the educational process by restricting access to web pages relevant to the required curriculum.
Are you really serious? You think the DMCA is easy to beat? EFF got Sklyarov out of jail, they just won the ICANN case. They are standing up for technology with their cases on P2P and PVR systems. They offered the first technical look at Pd. They are in all of the BPDG meetings standing up for you. All this and more on a tiny fraction of the budgets of the groups they are fighting, which is really what this challenge is all about.
Maybe you should take a look at what you are really getting for your money
"People in the US have a right to travel and associate without being monitored or stopped by their government, unless they are actually suspected or convicted of a crime, and unless that suspicion is reasonable."
I'm guess that because any tool that allows you to decode the video and save it to a file is a DMCA violation. Sure it's legal to do it, but the tools aren't.
The EFF has written a letter to the FCC Chairman. It's a good read and would give you good talking points if you were to write you own letter to the FCC. (hint hint)
I too have used Microsoft's Incident based suport system on a crashed Exchange 5.5 server. The dude on the other end was awesome, and when he didn't know what to do in 10 seconds he had another person conferenced in that did. They stuck with me through to the end. This is the only time I have used, but I certainly wouldn't hesitate to use it again.
As long as your defintion of what you are doing is sane. Everyone who hasn't read Joel Spolsky's essays on software development should...not to follow like sheep, but mearly to gain perspective and see if any of what he says works for you.
Painless Software Schedules is a great one and you will get sucked in just following the links from this one essay.
...is trying to figure out where a bug should be filed. The bug page is daunting, especially if you aren't familiar with modules and how they are broken down.
I only mention this because I run the nightly builds just about everyday and they ask us to help file bug reports.
This problem may be a combintation of bugzilla user interface and the complexity of the mozilla project though, and not just one or the other...
But if the developers like it, that is probably more important;-)
Have you ever developed software for the palm? It's butt ass slow. Doing any kind of drawing routines can be downright painfull. I know a few people who will be dancing in the street when these bad boys hit the shelves.
Slashdot Mirror
Obviously this is why qmail rules the MTA world.
Look, launchd may replace more than one program, but before you immediately call it bad or "not the UNIX way" look at the problem that it is trying to solve by doing these tasks. Look at the design. Does it solve a problem? Does it do it well? Those are the questions you should address, not the number of old programs that it is replacing because that is just a silly metric.
The report is out, has tons of data about blocked sites. Here is the executive summary:
The abstract is online in HTML as well. The whole PDF is 10.6MB.
Huntsman v Soderbergh. The amicus brief and documents leading up to it.
"No time for love Dr. Jones!"
EFF has also started an archive (which has the document as well).
EFF has it as well, just in case the other sites are slow.
This is exactly what the EFF Action Center is all about. It helps people participate and show their support, while keep things like the slashdotting of the BPDG phone conference.
Are you really serious? You think the DMCA is easy to beat? EFF got Sklyarov out of jail, they just won the ICANN case. They are standing up for technology with their cases on P2P and PVR systems. They offered the first technical look at Pd. They are in all of the BPDG meetings standing up for you. All this and more on a tiny fraction of the budgets of the groups they are fighting, which is really what this challenge is all about.
Maybe you should take a look at what you are really getting for your money
"People in the US have a right to travel and associate without being monitored or stopped by their government, unless they are actually suspected or convicted of a crime, and unless that suspicion is reasonable."
From the Gilmore v. Ashcroft FAQ at Cryptome
Make sure you say 'hi' to Seth when you are in line all night for tickets ;-)
A 62 page scanned PDF file. All you pre-law /. readers should have a ball with this one.
When Microsoft came to talk to us about Palladium, Seth took some notes and did this write up.
The article mentions nothing about Verizon giving money to the EFF. They have plenty of their own lawyers.
Where did you get the idea that EFF was getting money from Verizon? Because on this issue they happen to be on the same side of the legal fence?
A tenuous link at best...
I'm guess that because any tool that allows you to decode the video and save it to a file is a DMCA violation. Sure it's legal to do it, but the tools aren't.
Complaint and the Memorandum
Fun stuff if you're into legal documents...
The EFF has written a letter to the FCC Chairman. It's a good read and would give you good talking points if you were to write you own letter to the FCC. (hint hint)
The EFF has the court ruling in HTML thanks to Cryptome. You can also read the press release.
Response time is very important to a user.
Maybe because they have sold quite a few of them?
In a month an a half they have sold 125,000 of the damn things. link
Paul Harvey
I too have used Microsoft's Incident based suport system on a crashed Exchange 5.5 server. The dude on the other end was awesome, and when he didn't know what to do in 10 seconds he had another person conferenced in that did. They stuck with me through to the end. This is the only time I have used, but I certainly wouldn't hesitate to use it again.
Painless Software Schedules is a great one and you will get sucked in just following the links from this one essay.
Excellent! Thank you. I wish I had this when I messing around with M18 ;-)
...is trying to figure out where a bug should be filed. The bug page is daunting, especially if you aren't familiar with modules and how they are broken down.
I only mention this because I run the nightly builds just about everyday and they ask us to help file bug reports.
This problem may be a combintation of bugzilla user interface and the complexity of the mozilla project though, and not just one or the other...
But if the developers like it, that is probably more important ;-)
Have you ever developed software for the palm? It's butt ass slow. Doing any kind of drawing routines can be downright painfull. I know a few people who will be dancing in the street when these bad boys hit the shelves.