As an eXtreme programmer writing solid code using the art of computer programming until the code complete date, I'd say I work about 40 hours a week. More as Dec. 25 approaches.
Nothing short of a court order or a sudden flash of conscience will force the code to be opened. The FSF has got to get out front with some lawsuits if the GPL has any chance of survival.
Even if sued, though, what's to stop Sony from claiming that the app in question is just a closed reverse-engineered version of the original? Could GPL code protect itself from that when quite a bit of the GPL code in use *is* reverse-engineered open code of originally closed code?
Wouldn't the intense gravity of the black hole cause a change in the progression of time within the black hole? Could it be possible that the black hole is actually spinning at a much different rate than we are able to observe considering that our rate of time may be different?
Personally, I don't subscribe to any service that assumes I'm a copyright infringer and impedes my use of the information I paid for.
Please make clear at which point the author actually paid for something. It seems to me that he didn't actually pay for it. He sure didn't subscribe for any service.
Please. You need to lay off the Robert Louis Stevenson if the mental picture you get of "Chinese software pirates" is of a band of swarthy Asian men brandishing cutlasses and boarding innocent mercantile ships.
Aside from being a terrible piece of fiction (c'mon, the two get married just because Dan lent Lissa his computer?), this essay interprets book and software publishers' intentions. It takes a view of software and literature as something that is meant to be *used*. Wrong.
Does Microsoft really care whether Windows is used? They only care about getting paid. The usefulness of their software releases interests them insofar as it is useful in lining their pockets. This is why they are able to turn on a dime and do things like invade the Internet with success. They aren't looking to improving their products so much as to improving their bottom line. Of course, it takes investment of capital and other resources to create products that consumers will be willing to pay for.
As a consumer, does it benefit me when I can get a piece of software for a negligible fee on the black market? Sure, inasmuch as I am not losing much of my own capital. However, when done on a large enough scale, such "sharing" of software leads manufacturers to such responses as "Spyware" and "Ratware". Who is to blame for these developments when the same people who cry foul are the ones advocating not paying in the first place?
The thing about the "Microsoft tax" is that it is wholly a "use tax". Unlike your income tax which pays for services you may never use, no one is forcing you to pay.
If you need a lightweight computer that is able to interface seamlessly with your company's LAN/WAN, you are barking up the wrong tree. Get thee to a Sony or IBM laptop reseller! Everyone *wants* a small device that can do all the things that a big device can do. Unfortunately, you can't fit that kind of power onto a platform that fits in the palm of your hand. At least not yet.
No, it was lame. Running any kind of "command" on a handheld is lame. If you have to run a program like that, you aren't getting work done, you are fiddling with the thing. Waste of time and money, this Agenda.
You laugh, in Japan they have a little bell that goes off when you exceed the speed limit. It doesn't shut off until you lower your speed and it can't be disabled cleanly.
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As an eXtreme programmer writing solid code using the art of computer programming until the code complete date, I'd say I work about 40 hours a week. More as Dec. 25 approaches.
Dancin Santa
Nothing short of a court order or a sudden flash of conscience will force the code to be opened. The FSF has got to get out front with some lawsuits if the GPL has any chance of survival.
Even if sued, though, what's to stop Sony from claiming that the app in question is just a closed reverse-engineered version of the original? Could GPL code protect itself from that when quite a bit of the GPL code in use *is* reverse-engineered open code of originally closed code?
Dancin Santa
Couldn't leave well enough alone? Well, I'll be the bigger man (with a stomach like bowl full of jelly) and end this.
In any case, I wouldn't want to make fun of you. Janitor of Stanford is an honorable job, and filled with perks like the university sanitation truck.
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This is why whenever you make a theoretical prediction, you always compute what you will observe infinitely far away.
Could you explain this? I'm having trouble following it.
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Wouldn't the intense gravity of the black hole cause a change in the progression of time within the black hole? Could it be possible that the black hole is actually spinning at a much different rate than we are able to observe considering that our rate of time may be different?
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The speaker, that is. But couldn't the author's spend more time focusing on development of stuff like AWE64 sound cards and the like? ;-)
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Mine can bake cookies and gingerbread men. It would be cool if we had more in common than just our long beards. Do you dance?
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Is it cheaper to "eat the cost" of a bundled system or build a system from scratch?
Is the "taxed" system actually cheaper than a non-taxed system?
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So you see the dilemma. Use an 'Open system' and suffer from lack of content, or use a 'Closed system' and get what you're missing on the Open side.
It's the difference between a bird in the wild and one in a gilded cage. Sometimes there's something to be said for a guaranteed meal.
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Personally, I don't subscribe to any service that assumes I'm a copyright infringer and impedes my use of the information I paid for.
Please make clear at which point the author actually paid for something. It seems to me that he didn't actually pay for it. He sure didn't subscribe for any service.
Dancin Santa
Please. You need to lay off the Robert Louis Stevenson if the mental picture you get of "Chinese software pirates" is of a band of swarthy Asian men brandishing cutlasses and boarding innocent mercantile ships.
Dancin Santa
You're right, in that case the right word would be "pirate".
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I'm a copyright infringer (sometimes erroneously referred to as "thief") ...
if it's something I want, I'll just take it
Implicit in that statement is that you would take it without paying for it. Funnily enough, that's pretty much the definition of a thief.
Dancin Santa
Aside from being a terrible piece of fiction (c'mon, the two get married just because Dan lent Lissa his computer?), this essay interprets book and software publishers' intentions. It takes a view of software and literature as something that is meant to be *used*. Wrong.
Does Microsoft really care whether Windows is used? They only care about getting paid. The usefulness of their software releases interests them insofar as it is useful in lining their pockets. This is why they are able to turn on a dime and do things like invade the Internet with success. They aren't looking to improving their products so much as to improving their bottom line. Of course, it takes investment of capital and other resources to create products that consumers will be willing to pay for.
As a consumer, does it benefit me when I can get a piece of software for a negligible fee on the black market? Sure, inasmuch as I am not losing much of my own capital. However, when done on a large enough scale, such "sharing" of software leads manufacturers to such responses as "Spyware" and "Ratware". Who is to blame for these developments when the same people who cry foul are the ones advocating not paying in the first place?
The thing about the "Microsoft tax" is that it is wholly a "use tax". Unlike your income tax which pays for services you may never use, no one is forcing you to pay.
Dancin Santa
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Dancin Santa
ssshhh... I'm trolling...
Sorry you got caught...
Dancin Santa
If you need a lightweight computer that is able to interface seamlessly with your company's LAN/WAN, you are barking up the wrong tree. Get thee to a Sony or IBM laptop reseller! Everyone *wants* a small device that can do all the things that a big device can do. Unfortunately, you can't fit that kind of power onto a platform that fits in the palm of your hand. At least not yet.
Dancin Santa
If your company went all Free Software-like, you wouldn't have to bother yourselves with silly things like software audits.
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But it was cool running 'ps' on a handheld.
No, it was lame. Running any kind of "command" on a handheld is lame. If you have to run a program like that, you aren't getting work done, you are fiddling with the thing. Waste of time and money, this Agenda.
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When can we expect Mighty Mouse and Danger Mouse?
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I'm see I was only wrong on one point. :-)
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God, I love this country!
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How blind you must be to think that all your mail isn't violated somehow. *I* even open your Christmas presents before I deliver them.
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They'll sue you in return for trademark infringement.
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You laugh, in Japan they have a little bell that goes off when you exceed the speed limit. It doesn't shut off until you lower your speed and it can't be disabled cleanly.
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