Suppose an old guy with a beard approached you on the street and claimed to be Zeus. Would you believe him? What if he said he could call down a lightning strike, and then did it to demonstrate it. Would you then believe it was Zeus?
I'd be skeptical, but it's definitely a start. The fun would only start there though, since if he is indeed Zeus, I'd be pretty damn curious as to what it is he's actually expecting of the lot of us, if anything at all.
And I'd definitely be looking into getting a date with some of the more attractive members of his family:P
I've been using games as a way to relax at the end of a days coding for years. I started off by firing up Elite (on the bcc model B), and pirate hunting, or hunting down jiucy freighters and getting them to drop their cargo.
Ever tried Eve Online? Comes with real people who will yell at you and whine on the forums about how you made them "drop their cargo";-)
Some people (like Dawkins) don't accept that and call themselves agnostic, but it's just intellectual and they're really atheists.. their world would be shattered completely if they learned that they were wrong. Agnosticism isn't just some technicality, it's a completely different way of thinking.
How's that? I'm pretty much in the same field myself, thinking the whole thing is a lot of hogwash.
However, if one of the gods decided to actually show up and do some, you know, godly stuff, and I'm not talking the ambiguous kind but serious, honest-to-whatever god stuff, heck, I'd be cool with that. Assuming he/she/it doesn't mind being poked by scientists for a bit anyway;-)
Obviously that would take out the whole "belief" part though...
You realize there's also demand from, you know, the user side? Lots of people don't have/want creditcards, and there's a lot of countries out there that have a slightly different credit rating system from the (completely ridiculous) US system.
I'm not saying Paypal is great or anything, just that it allows me to conduct online purchases while still very much limiting the amount of financial risk involved.
I think it's pretty clear that it's a cult, but so what? People are free to join cults if they wish.
Indeed they are. And here's a nice little ethical conundrum, should they also be allowed to raise their children in that cult, while simultaneously blocking them from any outside influences that may contradict the cult's teachings?
Ye gods. I remember going to school on a bicycle(I'm Dutch) by myself starting, I think age 8 or so. And yeah, I fell a few times, mostly due to experimenting just how far you can ignore the laws of gravity and i might have cracked a few bones doing really stupid things, but you learn from those experiences.
It's like Germany seizing Strasbourg, France seizing New Orleans, England seizing Aquitaine, the Vatican seizing Central Italy, the UK seizing Massachusetts, or the Spaniards seizing most of Latin America.
You forgot the best part....the Netherlands seizing New York. Pot and hookers on every street corner!
I'm starting to get to the point where I'll happily buy Stardock games without even bothering to check the reviews. Galvic II is...not spectacular imo, but a plain good game. SoaSE is pretty good as well, but in both cases it's the fact that a) they don't treat me as a criminal until proven otherwise and b) the sheer convenience of their distribution model that won me over.
No, it IS really simple, you're making it more complicated. "Happy" as opposed to "unhappy". Most folks don't need things handed to them for free to be happy, they'll happily pay for something worthwhile.
Heck, we'll pay a lot more for it if it's really good, and wear the bloody pricetag as a badge of honor. And no, I don't own a Mac:-)
Real world example: I play Eve Online (2 clients) and I typically have a browser with at least 6 or 7 tabs open in the background, as well as some other odds and ends. Despite the fact that the memory footprint of the browser may not get anywhere near the total amount of physical memory in my machine, the combined footprint of all applications that are open at the same time may very well do so, which would be a "bad thing".
The only thing (thank God) that is keeping the U.S. safe today was the worldwide embrace of the U.S. after 9/11, which hurt the terrorists from an ideological point of view.
Could you elaborate on that? Perhaps there was a short period in which folks in other countries felt terribly sorry for what was done to you, but in recent years this has mostly changed into a feeling of pity for what you're doing to ourselves.
But don't worry, our own leaders, and thus by extension we ourselves, are doing the exact same thing, so I guess it's ok.
Well, over here in the Netherlands, liberal actually means right wing:-) The whole living in freedom without a government/king/whatever looking over your shoulder all the damn time, the things the Republicans are *supposed* to stand for.
And yes, what's considered left wing in the USA is slightly right of center over here, although the spread of views as a whole is moving to the right somewhat, although the more rabid left-wingers still have plenty of say.
I've been using a combination of the Mozilla(now Seamonkey) suite and the Pinball theme since, oh, 8 years or so. Tbh at this point I don't really care whether another browser or e-mail client might be better for me, because this one just works for me. There used to be a time when I'd check out a lot of software when it got released, but these days I'd rather spend my time doing other things.
And no, I'm not even 30 yet. At some point priorities/interests change and you start sticking with what you know(in certain areas of expertise, that is).
Also, writing a polite email which details exactly how they are breaking the GPL and which steps they should take to correct the issue, might help a lot. It's sometimes just simple misunderstanding of the GPL. Sometimes on the part of the author, sometimes on the part of the user - but in any case, the act of detailing the alleged breach of license will clarify the issue.
Why go straight on the offensive? By detailing their offenses, you're pretty much saying you're already convinced they're in the wrong, which tends to put people on the defensive.
What's wrong with simply asking "Hey guys, i see you're using GPL'd software, which is great. Could you give me some more information on how you make the source code available to your customers?"
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Suppose an old guy with a beard approached you on the street and claimed to be Zeus. Would you believe him? What if he said he could call down a lightning strike, and then did it to demonstrate it. Would you then believe it was Zeus?
:P
I'd be skeptical, but it's definitely a start. The fun would only start there though, since if he is indeed Zeus, I'd be pretty damn curious as to what it is he's actually expecting of the lot of us, if anything at all.
And I'd definitely be looking into getting a date with some of the more attractive members of his family
I've been using games as a way to relax at the end of a days coding for years. I started off by firing up Elite (on the bcc model B), and pirate hunting, or hunting down jiucy freighters and getting them to drop their cargo.
;-)
Ever tried Eve Online? Comes with real people who will yell at you and whine on the forums about how you made them "drop their cargo"
Hey, I play GTA to relieve some of the stress from playing MMORPG's, you insensitive clod!
And no, that's not entirely a joke.
Oh come on. Name a single country with any interest in an invasion of US soil. Just one.
Just you wait till the plans to make automobiles run on recycled fat people are complete *insert evil laugh here*
Now that's the way to go about getting a job...
"So sonny, what do you know about building armored vehicles?"
"Well, if you would just look over there on the parking lot..."
Some people (like Dawkins) don't accept that and call themselves agnostic, but it's just intellectual and they're really atheists.. their world would be shattered completely if they learned that they were wrong. Agnosticism isn't just some technicality, it's a completely different way of thinking.
;-)
How's that? I'm pretty much in the same field myself, thinking the whole thing is a lot of hogwash.
However, if one of the gods decided to actually show up and do some, you know, godly stuff, and I'm not talking the ambiguous kind but serious, honest-to-whatever god stuff, heck, I'd be cool with that. Assuming he/she/it doesn't mind being poked by scientists for a bit anyway
Obviously that would take out the whole "belief" part though...
1) Ability to find the place you're looking for. This is also an essential skill for salespeople, who often travel to client sites.
Does this mean that we'll now be able to solve the "Traveling Suicide Bomber" problem as a mathematical exercise?
You realize there's also demand from, you know, the user side? Lots of people don't have/want creditcards, and there's a lot of countries out there that have a slightly different credit rating system from the (completely ridiculous) US system.
I'm not saying Paypal is great or anything, just that it allows me to conduct online purchases while still very much limiting the amount of financial risk involved.
And what is a "standard" African feature exactly ?
Let's just say it involves, at the very least, 3 bass guitars.
I think it's pretty clear that it's a cult, but so what? People are free to join cults if they wish.
Indeed they are. And here's a nice little ethical conundrum, should they also be allowed to raise their children in that cult, while simultaneously blocking them from any outside influences that may contradict the cult's teachings?
Ye gods. I remember going to school on a bicycle(I'm Dutch) by myself starting, I think age 8 or so. And yeah, I fell a few times, mostly due to experimenting just how far you can ignore the laws of gravity and i might have cracked a few bones doing really stupid things, but you learn from those experiences.
Wussification indeed...
Librarian, is that you?
Only if we take the wheels off of the rover and put it on blocks in front of it :-)
It's like Germany seizing Strasbourg, France seizing New Orleans, England seizing Aquitaine, the Vatican seizing Central Italy, the UK seizing Massachusetts, or the Spaniards seizing most of Latin America.
You forgot the best part....the Netherlands seizing New York. Pot and hookers on every street corner!
Lately, it seems banks are losing billions left and right, who's gonna notice this kind of small fry anyay ;-)
Both political parties are to blame.
Really? What about the folks that keep electing them anyway?
I'm starting to get to the point where I'll happily buy Stardock games without even bothering to check the reviews. Galvic II is...not spectacular imo, but a plain good game. SoaSE is pretty good as well, but in both cases it's the fact that a) they don't treat me as a criminal until proven otherwise and b) the sheer convenience of their distribution model that won me over.
No, it IS really simple, you're making it more complicated. "Happy" as opposed to "unhappy". Most folks don't need things handed to them for free to be happy, they'll happily pay for something worthwhile.
:-)
Heck, we'll pay a lot more for it if it's really good, and wear the bloody pricetag as a badge of honor. And no, I don't own a Mac
Real world example: I play Eve Online (2 clients) and I typically have a browser with at least 6 or 7 tabs open in the background, as well as some other odds and ends. Despite the fact that the memory footprint of the browser may not get anywhere near the total amount of physical memory in my machine, the combined footprint of all applications that are open at the same time may very well do so, which would be a "bad thing".
:-)
In short, I care
The only thing (thank God) that is keeping the U.S. safe today was the worldwide embrace of the U.S. after 9/11, which hurt the terrorists from an ideological point of view.
Could you elaborate on that? Perhaps there was a short period in which folks in other countries felt terribly sorry for what was done to you, but in recent years this has mostly changed into a feeling of pity for what you're doing to ourselves.
But don't worry, our own leaders, and thus by extension we ourselves, are doing the exact same thing, so I guess it's ok.
How does it respond to 'smack talk'?
With a warp disruptor II and a full rack of 220mm Autocannons, how else?
Well, over here in the Netherlands, liberal actually means right wing :-) The whole living in freedom without a government/king/whatever looking over your shoulder all the damn time, the things the Republicans are *supposed* to stand for.
And yes, what's considered left wing in the USA is slightly right of center over here, although the spread of views as a whole is moving to the right somewhat, although the more rabid left-wingers still have plenty of say.
I've been using a combination of the Mozilla(now Seamonkey) suite and the Pinball theme since, oh, 8 years or so. Tbh at this point I don't really care whether another browser or e-mail client might be better for me, because this one just works for me. There used to be a time when I'd check out a lot of software when it got released, but these days I'd rather spend my time doing other things.
And no, I'm not even 30 yet. At some point priorities/interests change and you start sticking with what you know(in certain areas of expertise, that is).
"Oh, hi there, mister security guard, just doing a little knapsack problem on the back of this here napkin."
Also, writing a polite email which details exactly how they are breaking the GPL and which steps they should take to correct the issue, might help a lot. It's sometimes just simple misunderstanding of the GPL. Sometimes on the part of the author, sometimes on the part of the user - but in any case, the act of detailing the alleged breach of license will clarify the issue.
Why go straight on the offensive? By detailing their offenses, you're pretty much saying you're already convinced they're in the wrong, which tends to put people on the defensive.
What's wrong with simply asking "Hey guys, i see you're using GPL'd software, which is great. Could you give me some more information on how you make the source code available to your customers?"