Mozilla mail's bayesian filtering are more than enough for the spam that comes my way.
Of course, I have a fat connection - spam would probably still annoy me a lot if I had to download it at POTS speeds.
PDF995 is a shareware (free version pops up a web page every time you use it) app that does exactly that. Plus, if you want to register it it's only $9.95 (hence the name). It's great.
You can set up the same thing with all free software, but it's a pain. PDF995 takes the pain out of making PDFs for free on Windows.
That said, I use OOo. It rocks.
Reports like this frighten me deeply. The possibility that people exist who don't already know that "operating system monoculture = bad" just boggles my mind.
Of course, there are the people who do know this, and pretetnd not to (read "Microsoft, MCSEs, maybe government kick-back-takers"). Those people make me angry, but I think that we are in more danger from the first group (idiots) than the second (the willfully evil).
OK - that was some good spleen-venting.
This quote sounds like he's trying to "take back" the BSDs:
"Fair use" applies to educational, public service and related applications and does not justify commercial misappropriation. Books and Internet sites intended and authorized for the purpose of teaching and other non-commercial use cannot be copied for commercial use. We believe that some of the SCO software code that has ended up in the Linux operating system got there through this route. This violates our intellectual property rights.
So much to comment on... so little time. Well, the first thing that I see that stands out is this quote by McBride:
The second development was an admission by Open Source leader Bruce Perens that UNIX System V code (owned by SCO) is, in fact, in Linux, and it shouldn't be there. Mr Perens stated that there is "an error in the Linux developer's process" which allowed Unix System V code that "didn't belong in Linux" to end up in the Linux kernel (source: ComputerWire, August 25, 2003).
The other SCO code snippet Perens walks through had to do with memory allocation functions in Unix System V and Linux. He says there was, in fact, "an error in the Linux developer's process," specifically a programmer at SGI, and he says while the Linux community had the legal right to this code, it didn't belong in Linux and was therefore removed.
Talk about out of context! The assertion that the code is owned by SCO is made only by Mr. McBride, who neglected to mention that it has already been found and removed.
The legal thinkers are already working on this, but (from what I understand - IANAL) it is better to wait for IBM to win its case. After that, it will be much easier (although by then SCO will be a dried-up husk of a company without even its inflated stock price).
"...was terminated for improper transfer of Sequent's UNIX source code and development methods into Linux." (emphasis mine)
You heard it here first, people. SCO owns the UNIX development methods too. That means that producers of just about any software (because who hasn't been influenced by UNIX development methods?) will have to pay off SCO. What a bunch of bull.
It really bugs me when web sites don't scale well with their text. It is not that hard to specify your column widths in ems. Pictures should not be used for text (except as part of a logo).
..and people are working on it. Seek KDE and I found this project on Sourceforge.
I assume that you already turn on "large fonts" in Windows. Windows can theoretcally support font sizes that are larger, but the problem is that most applications aren't designed with varying font sizes in mind. Some applications already look messed up with the dpi setting that "large fonts" uses. It's a matter of poor UI design. People use fixed-size images in their programs and expect them to line up.
Copyright and patent law are more confusing and controversial (and important) than ever right now. This interview shows that you are trying to communicate with the public about these issues - is this a big change from the past? How much more time do you have to devote to an ever-more-anxious public and the (I'm sure) equally anxious industries that call upon you for help?
This is just a trademark. Not a patent. Trademarks like this are only applicable within their industry. Now, they may be some pretty silly trademarks, but they only affect how you can market you competing "push to talk" service - they don't keep you from making it in the first place.
Car "style" is constantly changing. Most of the car designs today would have "looked awful" in the 1980s. The designers of current hybrids are just pushing the style envelope in the direction that aerodynamics tells them. Eventually the covered rear-wheel design will become the norm (unless we get 4-wheel steering before then).
That being said, Honda does have a hybrid Civic now that looks just like any other Civic ('cept for the logos).
You insensitive clod! Oh, wait, this isn't a poll is it?
ATITD is my MMOG of choice. Check it out at atitd.com and atitd.net. Of course, I think it's only in the thousands of simultanious players right now.
"...till they work out all the problems in 2.x"
They have (or at least enough where there are just as many left in 1.3.x as 2.x). Apache 2 has been in use for years on some sites - even as a beta it was more reliable than certain second-most-popular web server brands. 2.x has a better architecture, and I believe that fewer vulnerabilities will be found in it in the future than 1.3.x.
It comes as the default on the newer RedHats, so I installed it. You probably won't even notice the difference. The config file has been cleaned up some, but it's not different enough to rock the boat. Unless you have a specific need to run the old verson, I would definitely go with it on a new install. For old installs, there's no need to upgrade.
I visited the site linked to in the post, and it came up with a message about how it doesn't work with my browser/OS (Mozilla/Linux). Boy, that just boils my blood! Oh, wait.
Slashdot Mirror
UPDATE: Officials have tracked down the actual source of the problem. It turns out that Slashdot was linking to stories in the .au domain.
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Mozilla mail's bayesian filtering are more than enough for the spam that comes my way. Of course, I have a fat connection - spam would probably still annoy me a lot if I had to download it at POTS speeds.
That's Asimo - Asimov was a sci-fi (and everything else) author.
PDF995 is a shareware (free version pops up a web page every time you use it) app that does exactly that. Plus, if you want to register it it's only $9.95 (hence the name). It's great. You can set up the same thing with all free software, but it's a pain. PDF995 takes the pain out of making PDFs for free on Windows. That said, I use OOo. It rocks.
Reports like this frighten me deeply. The possibility that people exist who don't already know that "operating system monoculture = bad" just boggles my mind. Of course, there are the people who do know this, and pretetnd not to (read "Microsoft, MCSEs, maybe government kick-back-takers"). Those people make me angry, but I think that we are in more danger from the first group (idiots) than the second (the willfully evil). OK - that was some good spleen-venting.
That is true, but it still doesn't mean that guilt of one "open source community member" = guilt of all.
This quote sounds like he's trying to "take back" the BSDs:
"Fair use" applies to educational, public service and related applications and does not justify commercial misappropriation. Books and Internet sites intended and authorized for the purpose of teaching and other non-commercial use cannot be copied for commercial use. We believe that some of the SCO software code that has ended up in the Linux operating system got there through this route. This violates our intellectual property rights.
So much to comment on... so little time. Well, the first thing that I see that stands out is this quote by McBride:
The second development was an admission by Open Source leader Bruce Perens that UNIX System V code (owned by SCO) is, in fact, in Linux, and it shouldn't be there. Mr Perens stated that there is "an error in the Linux developer's process" which allowed Unix System V code that "didn't belong in Linux" to end up in the Linux kernel (source: ComputerWire, August 25, 2003).
Here is the original quote from the referenced ComputerWire article:
The other SCO code snippet Perens walks through had to do with memory allocation functions in Unix System V and Linux. He says there was, in fact, "an error in the Linux developer's process," specifically a programmer at SGI, and he says while the Linux community had the legal right to this code, it didn't belong in Linux and was therefore removed.
Talk about out of context! The assertion that the code is owned by SCO is made only by Mr. McBride, who neglected to mention that it has already been found and removed.
If the /. editors keep this up, Slashdot will loose its reputation for only reporting on important social issues and touching human-interest stories!
Gnucleus has a LAN-only mode.
The legal thinkers are already working on this, but (from what I understand - IANAL) it is better to wait for IBM to win its case. After that, it will be much easier (although by then SCO will be a dried-up husk of a company without even its inflated stock price).
"...was terminated for improper transfer of Sequent's UNIX source code and development methods into Linux." (emphasis mine)
You heard it here first, people. SCO owns the UNIX development methods too. That means that producers of just about any software (because who hasn't been influenced by UNIX development methods?) will have to pay off SCO. What a bunch of bull.
Unless you have to carry it up stairs. Sony makes their TVs out of solid depleted Uranium! Make sure you have a dolly!
USPTO begins using Slashcode.
Some of the first patents issued under the new system:
It really bugs me when web sites don't scale well with their text. It is not that hard to specify your column widths in ems. Pictures should not be used for text (except as part of a logo).
..and people are working on it. Seek KDE and I found this project on Sourceforge. I assume that you already turn on "large fonts" in Windows. Windows can theoretcally support font sizes that are larger, but the problem is that most applications aren't designed with varying font sizes in mind. Some applications already look messed up with the dpi setting that "large fonts" uses. It's a matter of poor UI design. People use fixed-size images in their programs and expect them to line up.
Copyright and patent law are more confusing and controversial (and important) than ever right now. This interview shows that you are trying to communicate with the public about these issues - is this a big change from the past? How much more time do you have to devote to an ever-more-anxious public and the (I'm sure) equally anxious industries that call upon you for help?
OpenOffice.org Writer does have a track changes feature like Word's.
This is just a trademark. Not a patent. Trademarks like this are only applicable within their industry. Now, they may be some pretty silly trademarks, but they only affect how you can market you competing "push to talk" service - they don't keep you from making it in the first place.
Car "style" is constantly changing. Most of the car designs today would have "looked awful" in the 1980s. The designers of current hybrids are just pushing the style envelope in the direction that aerodynamics tells them. Eventually the covered rear-wheel design will become the norm (unless we get 4-wheel steering before then).
That being said, Honda does have a hybrid Civic now that looks just like any other Civic ('cept for the logos).
You insensitive clod! Oh, wait, this isn't a poll is it? ATITD is my MMOG of choice. Check it out at atitd.com and atitd.net. Of course, I think it's only in the thousands of simultanious players right now.
"...till they work out all the problems in 2.x" They have (or at least enough where there are just as many left in 1.3.x as 2.x). Apache 2 has been in use for years on some sites - even as a beta it was more reliable than certain second-most-popular web server brands. 2.x has a better architecture, and I believe that fewer vulnerabilities will be found in it in the future than 1.3.x.
It comes as the default on the newer RedHats, so I installed it. You probably won't even notice the difference. The config file has been cleaned up some, but it's not different enough to rock the boat. Unless you have a specific need to run the old verson, I would definitely go with it on a new install. For old installs, there's no need to upgrade.
I visited the site linked to in the post, and it came up with a message about how it doesn't work with my browser/OS (Mozilla/Linux). Boy, that just boils my blood! Oh, wait.