Yes, my library "loans" out ebooks as well....which is why I said "generally", because the selection of ebooks at libraries are usually limited to the gutenberg library stuff and reference material. Try looking for many modern popular authors. At least at my library system they aren't there.
Also notice that ebooks are not significantly cheaper than the physical items. That torques me as well.
And as for the license/copyright restrictions. I try (though not always succeed) not to give up my freedom to do things with what I've bought just for the convenience of having it in a digital format immediately.
The ONE reason I don't buy ebooks anymore is due to copyrights.
With a book it's quite LEGAL for me to loan what I've purchased to somebody else. With most ebooks I can't. They usually are locked up with DRM as well. The publishers want to treat ebooks like traditional software (in regards to copyright). You can't just check out an ebook at the library free of charge (usually) and you can bet the publishers would like it to stay that way as they generally hate libraries.
The liberal copyright restrictions on books when it comes to loaning them to somebody else is very important.
"One CAS junior went even further, writing that "anyone who'd sell his lifelong right to vote should be deported."
I'd bet that those people who you were going to deport would be glad to leave after you gave them the cool 1 Million dollars. In some parts of the world you could live like a king on that.
Actually I don't think that's true. As you get older you get transcription errors, one of the reasons we age has to do with a buildup of errors as a result of cell division.
Mitosis is never an exact copy, there are always errors and each generation brings those errors along to the next.
I've been thinking for some time now that sometime in the next 25 years we might be able to clone body parts, but to get good parts wouldn't you need/want a copy of your DNA that is good without too many errors (like photocopies of photocopies).
Question for somebody out there? Should we invest in keeping a good copy of our DNA somewhere, a sample from youth or something?
What I'd like to know is how much they are allocating to OS X versions of Firefox? It crashes SO often it's pathetic. I have to force quit the darn thing more often than not, and I get the spinning beachball of death every time I download something for like 10 seconds before I can select the OK button on the dialog.
Why is the OS X version so much more unstable than the LINUX/WINDOWS version? (which BTW seem more buggy in 2.x than 1.x)
"After all, aren't there better ways to use our monies and technical talents than trying to find something that's only posited to exist: sentient beings in the dark depths of space?"
Uh..Humans are sentient and our planet exists in the dark depths of space.
No, but your implication is that prior the current administration all these activities didn't occur. Although I have no evidence to back up my claim, it would not surprise me and I'm sure waterboarding has been used by the U.S. probably since WWII and probably earlier. Detentions without trials, wiretapping without warrants? Give me a break, that's been done (probably) since WWII as well.
The only difference between NOW and then is that you know about it (or think you know about it). If you are going to shoot Bush for this stuff you might as well line up every president that is still alive and shoot them too.
Yes, they are using it as the license allows. I'm just dumping on the fact that the same people who take a crap on the GPL get all tied up and angry when somebody takes their BSD code and puts GPL restrictions on it (Which the BSD license allows) but don't say a freaking single word when somebody takes their code and adds proprietary restrictions and closes the source.
Not entirely correct. Installation scripts and interfaces definition files must be included. Access to CVS/CVN of the code without these would not satisfy the GPL (v2).
"The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.
So is taking the BSD licensing code and adding GPL restrictions (or adding freedoms..depending on your perspective) to them, but Theo seems to think that's more evil than than a company taking the code proprietary.
What we need is a web site that tracks all the "announcements" of impending magical technical solutions that never transpire and why they never transpired.
I'm jaded yes, we hear announcements all the time about stuff but I never see anything I can buy. It would REALLY interest me.
Basically the web site (and research team) should do something like go back to 1993, read up on the announcements and discoveries predicted to change our lives and then find out what happened to them. I'd buy that info for a dollar!
And since this is all BSD licensed code you are free to take the code, put it in your proprietary "net security appliance" making any improvements of course without giving one single improvement back.
There are SO many 1U security "black boxes" that obviously rip off OpenBSD for 95% of their product it's just pathetic. I don't recall many of them touting that they used OpenBSD or ever hearing some of the "cool" features they SAY they have ever being contributed back to the main code repository for OpenBSD.
I remember reading/hearing somewhere that when the first bomb was detonated in New Mexico that there were bets that it might ignite the atmosphere and cause a chain reaction cooking everything on the surface.
Question 1: Why did they think that (these were smart guys)
Question 2: Why did it NOT happen?
Question 3: Could it happen with a big enough bomb?
Slashdot Mirror
Watching ANYTHING other than a Sci-Fi themed movie would seem just weird in that environment.
Yes, my library "loans" out ebooks as well....which is why I said "generally", because the selection of ebooks at libraries are usually limited to the gutenberg library stuff and reference material. Try looking for many modern popular authors. At least at my library system they aren't there.
Also notice that ebooks are not significantly cheaper than the physical items. That torques me as well.
And as for the license/copyright restrictions. I try (though not always succeed) not to give up my freedom to do things with what I've bought just for the convenience of having it in a digital format immediately.
The ONE reason I don't buy ebooks anymore is due to copyrights.
With a book it's quite LEGAL for me to loan what I've purchased to somebody else. With most ebooks I can't. They usually are locked up with DRM as well. The publishers want to treat ebooks like traditional software (in regards to copyright). You can't just check out an ebook at the library free of charge (usually) and you can bet the publishers would like it to stay that way as they generally hate libraries.
The liberal copyright restrictions on books when it comes to loaning them to somebody else is very important.
From the Article.
"One CAS junior went even further, writing that "anyone who'd sell his lifelong right to vote should be deported."
I'd bet that those people who you were going to deport would be glad to leave after you gave them the cool 1 Million dollars. In some parts of the world you could live like a king on that.
Actually I don't think that's true. As you get older you get transcription errors, one of the reasons we age has to do with a buildup of errors as a result of cell division.
Mitosis is never an exact copy, there are always errors and each generation brings those errors along to the next.
I've been thinking for some time now that sometime in the next 25 years we might be able to clone body parts, but to get good parts wouldn't you need/want a copy of your DNA that is good without too many errors (like photocopies of photocopies).
Question for somebody out there? Should we invest in keeping a good copy of our DNA somewhere, a sample from youth or something?
Why do you need nuclear power onboard when there is all that HEAT around you? Is there no way to convert that to usable energy?
What I'd like to know is how much they are allocating to OS X versions of Firefox? It crashes SO often it's pathetic. I have to force quit the darn thing more often than not, and I get the spinning beachball of death every time I download something for like 10 seconds before I can select the OK button on the dialog.
Why is the OS X version so much more unstable than the LINUX/WINDOWS version? (which BTW seem more buggy in 2.x than 1.x)
"After all, aren't there better ways to use our monies and technical talents than trying to find something that's only posited to exist: sentient beings in the dark depths of space?"
Uh..Humans are sentient and our planet exists in the dark depths of space.
The site says there is no audio. I thought there was at least a hissing sound like in 2001 and maybe some "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
No, but your implication is that prior the current administration all these activities didn't occur. Although I have no evidence to back up my claim, it would not surprise me and I'm sure waterboarding has been used by the U.S. probably since WWII and probably earlier. Detentions without trials, wiretapping without warrants? Give me a break, that's been done (probably) since WWII as well.
The only difference between NOW and then is that you know about it (or think you know about it). If you are going to shoot Bush for this stuff you might as well line up every president that is still alive and shoot them too.
puleeze, and you think this all started with the Bushies/Republicans and if we get rid of em all that will go away. What Naive bullshit.
I can't WAIT until the Democrats take over and everybody who was convinced by their magic hypnotizing pixie dust are dumbfounded when
1. Troops are still in Iraq
2. Gitmo is still open
3. The Patriot act remains in force
4. The same interrogation tactics continue
Mark my word. If you think voting in the Dems is going to change the above. You ARE a fool.
All I can say is getting LINUX to recognize sensors on various motherboards is a pain in the Ass. Any standardization in this area would be great.
Yes, they are using it as the license allows. I'm just dumping on the fact that the same people who take a crap on the GPL get all tied up and angry when somebody takes their BSD code and puts GPL restrictions on it (Which the BSD license allows) but don't say a freaking single word when somebody takes their code and adds proprietary restrictions and closes the source.
What if there are no shareholders (private company)
That is SO good, I'm going to print it out and post it.
Not entirely correct. Installation scripts and interfaces definition files must be included. Access to CVS/CVN of the code without these would not satisfy the GPL (v2).
"The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source
code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to
control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a
special exception, the source code distributed need not include
anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
itself accompanies the executable.
So is taking the BSD licensing code and adding GPL restrictions (or adding freedoms..depending on your perspective) to them, but Theo seems to think that's more evil than than a company taking the code proprietary.
Well..if they had said "route failure" that would of been accurate since technically the route HAS changed for those servers......
What we need is a web site that tracks all the "announcements" of impending magical technical solutions that never transpire and why they never transpired.
I'm jaded yes, we hear announcements all the time about stuff but I never see anything I can buy. It would REALLY interest me.
Basically the web site (and research team) should do something like go back to 1993, read up on the announcements and discoveries predicted to change our lives and then find out what happened to them. I'd buy that info for a dollar!
And since this is all BSD licensed code you are free to take the code, put it in your proprietary "net security appliance" making any improvements of course without giving one single improvement back.
There are SO many 1U security "black boxes" that obviously rip off OpenBSD for 95% of their product it's just pathetic. I don't recall many of them touting that they used OpenBSD or ever hearing some of the "cool" features they SAY they have ever being contributed back to the main code repository for OpenBSD.
Well...it was'nt the price of the C-64 which killed Commodore, they died due to the greed and Evil of the CEO and CFO in the late 90's.
The $199 price point of the C-64 made it a smash hit.
Actually, I think it's a psychological sweet spot. Not adjusted for inflation.
Jack Tramail of Atari and Commodore used to say that $200 is a sweet spot for consumers
"Computers for the Masses, not the classes"
I remember reading/hearing somewhere that when the first bomb was detonated in New Mexico that there were bets that it might ignite the atmosphere and cause a chain reaction cooking everything on the surface.
Question 1: Why did they think that (these were smart guys)
Question 2: Why did it NOT happen?
Question 3: Could it happen with a big enough bomb?