There are going to be ways to write this so it's inclusive.
For instance it could be written in such a way that it only punishes if a GPL user sues another GPL user for patent violation.
That way a completely commercial organization with NO GPL software in use could go su-happy and take anybody they want to court, but somebody who benefits from GPL software...as long as they don't sue the authors of GPL software can use it as much as they want.
Basically write it ONLY to punish Evil(TM) action only.
A better idea would be to modify the clause somewhat to say that any organization that uses GPL software gives up it's right to sue anyone/group for over patent violations in GPL software.
This basically restricts an entity (group/company/person) from taking out patent and then suing the author(s) of GPL software (assuming the first group has used GPL software) over patent violations...
I think I was redundant there...but I think you get the picture.
How is it uneducated? Or are you just being troll like.
As with anything in networking and computers your performance is dependant on the variables of your setup, where you are what the network topology is and how your ISP manages their network.
For example my experience has always been good with Bittorrent. But I have 768kb/s upstream and 6Mb/s downstream. Since downstream performance is directly dependant on upstream capacity its the fastest.
edonkey/emule is good for finding really out of the way rare stuff but not getting large popular files (my experience....your milage may vary.
I readily admitt my experience is different from others. The only real measure of a p2p network's success is how popular it is. The ones that work get larger, the ones that don't get smaller.
Vs freenet it's like comparing a fast turtle to a slow turtle. Both are almost unusable in many circumstances.
I was on emule/edonkey for a while. I shared out a folder of REALLY old software like device drivers and old versions of software that have had newer versions for YEARS.
Almost immediatly dozens of clients start trying to download anything and EVERYTHING I had. Old NVIDIA drivers, Quake 1 source code, old esoteric LINUX distros....
I have a theory that bots like these slow down the network considerably
You are right about Freenet being slow...but emule is SLOOOOOOW as well.
Trying to download any file that's popular and large (over a 100MB) usually takes DAYS. Plus there are bots on emule/edonkey network that steal all the bandwidth and download everything.
PC's with DRM, DVD players with DRM....software that gets automatically turned off if you unscrew the case..ect..
Don't the Major players understand that they are creating a market for for the off-brand Korean/Chinese/Asian manufacturers to sell consumer electronics without all this crap?
Unless the U.S. starts seriously inderdicting consumer electronics that don't meet RIAA/MPAA standards people ARE going to buy these things via mailorder from overseas.
The Chinese already don't respect copyright OR patents. What makes them think they will not see this as an opportunity to make money and jump into the market? They already make practically ALL of the components that go into the "Branded" versions that will go to the U.S. It's gunna be trivial for them to duplicate (in quality) a Blue-Ray DVD player without all the DRM crap on it.
There are so many people giving all sorts of excuses like "blocking IP's from China will not work when they can just use a proxy and get ya", or making theories about how this or that will happen.
Guess what?
Blocking known netblocks of addresses that originate attacks and spam WORKS...
Say all you want. Talk up and down about how the world will end..about how the hacker that had his packets blocked will now suspect your system is there (even though all his packets were dropped) and is now going to take the time or effort to find a proxy server and scan an address that may or may not have a system attached to it.
The argument is like the "OS X virus" argument..."When OS X is popular...viruses will be as prevelant as windows"...yea yea...when..if...will be...5 years and no viruses to speak of (other than rumors)
Before you start spouting theories..at least have some EMPIRICAL evidence.
So far...people who block addresses have the empirical evidence of it's usefulness on their side.
Until I see some that supports the other argument I'm gunna keep on blockin!
If you are used to FAST bittorrent edonkey/emule is going to dissapoint you. For the most popular files it can take DAYS sometimes WEEKS to get a large file in the 100s of megabytes.
Also...that network is swamped with script bots that download EVERYTHING. I shared out a folder I had with OLD device drivers and out of date software...files that nobody should want. They were being downloaded in a short amount of time which leads me to believe that automated software probably contributes to the slowness.
Your sentence becomes weaker (as in it does not clearly describe your position) by using words such as "system of", "in general" and "convenient". You should jettison words and phrases like that as they don't really add to what is being said (argumentatively) other than emotional baggage.
As to the question of is it morally acceptable? Only you can answer that question as only you are responsible for your actions.
People ban together in groups/tribes/countries because they share some common ideas like morals, religion, ect...if the majority of people in a group/tribe/country that you reside with does not agree with your core beliefs, and you can't convince them through non-violent means, maybe you should move to another group/tribe/country that DOES agree with your core beliefs.
Doing something illegal does not mean it's wrong. It' JUST means it's illegal.
Your morals don't HAVE to coinside identically with what society deems is right via Law. If you decide to do something that you believe is right and it happens to be illegal then the only thing you need to understand it the consequences for your actions (possible imprisonment).
There are some Laws that I disagree with, but am definitely not going to risk imprisonment. There are other laws that I might think of violating because I don't believe in their moral correctness AND decide to actually commit because the risk seems low (like say...purchasing something after pirating it)
[disclamer] Of course my morals are in complete agreement with ALL the laws in my country and I would NEVER think of breaking ANY of them.
Everything he says sounds all warm and fuzzy...BUT...
The reason people distrust MS because of their history. I'm willing to give MS a chance, just the same as I did IBM. IBM proved itself with not just words but ACTIONS as well.
To Microsoft:
If you want to prove yourself. Do something that people will respect. Like opening the SMB protocol free of charge for ANYBODY to use and implement.
IBM has shown that to be "Not Evil(TM)" as the google founders fondly say, you don't have to give up your crown jewels. You can still make a boatload of money AND be nice.
Working at an unamed Gov agency..I've had the opportunity to talk with some former members who worked there. There are many in the computer science community who are concerned over the lack of any real progress in OS research and design.
There seems to be this mentality that research into OS kernels and low level operating design is over. That everything has been discovered.
Without organizations like what Bell Labs used to be it makes getting decent OS research done even harder.
Why did'nt you just LIE to them. They would'nt of known because all they would of had is your word that they were turned off.
I don't care what anybody says about ALWAYS telling the truth...when the gestapo come pounding at your door asking questions...you tell them EXACTLY what they want to hear (and make sure whatever you say that it's difficult to confirm).
Where I work bittorrent is classified as a Peer to Peer software in the same grouping as Kazza, Morpheus, ect....so the offical policy is that you are not allowed to use bittorrent FOR ANYTHING unless you have permission from the CIO.
On an upside those that have broken the rules are people who were downloading LINUX distros and no action was taken.
My point being I REALLY hope that bittorrent becomes an offical specified file transfer protocol. It might seperate it from the rest of the peer to peer crap that's tarnishing bittorrents legitimate use.
It may be "fair game" but google can choose to talk to or NOT choose to talk to anybody they want. They have every right to publish info that's publically available and google has every right to be pissed about it and punish them by not talking to them.
Makes sense....although currently Rocketdyne (now owned by Pratt/Whitney I think) does'nt currently make the J2 (has'nt for 30 years) so I'd imagine it's no small order to modifiy and re-tool for it.
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There are going to be ways to write this so it's inclusive.
For instance it could be written in such a way that it only punishes if a GPL user sues another GPL user for patent violation.
That way a completely commercial organization with NO GPL software in use could go su-happy and take anybody they want to court, but somebody who benefits from GPL software...as long as they don't sue the authors of GPL software can use it as much as they want.
Basically write it ONLY to punish Evil(TM) action only.
A better idea would be to modify the clause somewhat to say that any organization that uses GPL software gives up it's right to sue anyone/group for over patent violations in GPL software.
This basically restricts an entity (group/company/person) from taking out patent and then suing the author(s) of GPL software (assuming the first group has used GPL software) over patent violations...
I think I was redundant there...but I think you get the picture.
How is it uneducated? Or are you just being troll like.
As with anything in networking and computers your performance is dependant on the variables of your setup, where you are what the network topology is and how your ISP manages their network.
For example my experience has always been good with Bittorrent. But I have 768kb/s upstream and 6Mb/s downstream. Since downstream performance is directly dependant on upstream capacity its the fastest.
edonkey/emule is good for finding really out of the way rare stuff but not getting large popular files (my experience....your milage may vary.
I readily admitt my experience is different from others. The only real measure of a p2p network's success is how popular it is. The ones that work get larger, the ones that don't get smaller.
Probably not. Not everybody has access to a good FAST usenet server or want to pay for access to one (especially one with binary newsgroups)
.rar file? You could spend days just trying to get a complete file.
Who wants to look for part 745 of a 10000 part
Vs freenet it's like comparing a fast turtle to a slow turtle. Both are almost unusable in many circumstances.
I was on emule/edonkey for a while. I shared out a folder of REALLY old software like device drivers and old versions of software that have had newer versions for YEARS.
Almost immediatly dozens of clients start trying to download anything and EVERYTHING I had. Old NVIDIA drivers, Quake 1 source code, old esoteric LINUX distros....
I have a theory that bots like these slow down the network considerably
You are right about Freenet being slow...but emule is SLOOOOOOW as well.
Trying to download any file that's popular and large (over a 100MB) usually takes DAYS. Plus there are bots on emule/edonkey network that steal all the bandwidth and download everything.
PC's with DRM, DVD players with DRM....software that gets automatically turned off if you unscrew the case..ect..
Don't the Major players understand that they are creating a market for for the off-brand Korean/Chinese/Asian manufacturers to sell consumer electronics without all this crap?
Unless the U.S. starts seriously inderdicting consumer electronics that don't meet RIAA/MPAA standards people ARE going to buy these things via mailorder from overseas.
The Chinese already don't respect copyright OR patents. What makes them think they will not see this as an opportunity to make money and jump into the market? They already make practically ALL of the components that go into the "Branded" versions that will go to the U.S. It's gunna be trivial for them to duplicate (in quality) a Blue-Ray DVD player without all the DRM crap on it.
Not because I don't believe the moon landing happened...
But have there been any high enough photos taken of the lunar surface that show the landing sites? (ones that show the equipment left behind).
Is it even possible?
There are so many people giving all sorts of excuses like "blocking IP's from China will not work when they can just use a proxy and get ya", or making theories about how this or that will happen.
Guess what?
Blocking known netblocks of addresses that originate attacks and spam WORKS...
Say all you want. Talk up and down about how the world will end..about how the hacker that had his packets blocked will now suspect your system is there (even though all his packets were dropped) and is now going to take the time or effort to find a proxy server and scan an address that may or may not have a system attached to it.
The argument is like the "OS X virus" argument..."When OS X is popular...viruses will be as prevelant as windows"...yea yea...when..if...will be...5 years and no viruses to speak of (other than rumors)
Before you start spouting theories..at least have some EMPIRICAL evidence.
So far...people who block addresses have the empirical evidence of it's usefulness on their side.
Until I see some that supports the other argument I'm gunna keep on blockin!
If you are used to FAST bittorrent edonkey/emule is going to dissapoint you. For the most popular files it can take DAYS sometimes WEEKS to get a large file in the 100s of megabytes.
Also...that network is swamped with script bots that download EVERYTHING. I shared out a folder I had with OLD device drivers and out of date software...files that nobody should want. They were being downloaded in a short amount of time which leads me to believe that automated software probably contributes to the slowness.
I'm getting freaking tired of people trashing google everytime they put out a beta!
Yes..it might not be the greatest thing since sliced bread but the POINT of releasing test software is for TESTING and feedback!
It's OK to trash the BETA, but don't mistake that by saying "Well....it sucks gonads. Google failed...I'll never use it again"
Your sentence becomes weaker (as in it does not clearly describe your position) by using words such as "system of", "in general" and "convenient". You should jettison words and phrases like that as they don't really add to what is being said (argumentatively) other than emotional baggage.
As to the question of is it morally acceptable? Only you can answer that question as only you are responsible for your actions.
People ban together in groups/tribes/countries because they share some common ideas like morals, religion, ect...if the majority of people in a group/tribe/country that you reside with does not agree with your core beliefs, and you can't convince them through non-violent means, maybe you should move to another group/tribe/country that DOES agree with your core beliefs.
What's this zOS thing? Can it run under vmware? I'd love to try it out! :)
Doing something illegal does not mean it's wrong. It' JUST means it's illegal.
Your morals don't HAVE to coinside identically with what society deems is right via Law. If you decide to do something that you believe is right and it happens to be illegal then the only thing you need to understand it the consequences for your actions (possible imprisonment).
There are some Laws that I disagree with, but am definitely not going to risk imprisonment. There are other laws that I might think of violating because I don't believe in their moral correctness AND decide to actually commit because the risk seems low (like say...purchasing something after pirating it)
[disclamer] Of course my morals are in complete agreement with ALL the laws in my country and I would NEVER think of breaking ANY of them.
Oh..it's cool software. Just did'nt understand why they chose that particular way of numbering it.
Can somebody explain to me the reasoning behind WHY they use such a strange numbering methodology for Enlightenment?
Everything he says sounds all warm and fuzzy...BUT...
The reason people distrust MS because of their history. I'm willing to give MS a chance, just the same as I did IBM. IBM proved itself with not just words but ACTIONS as well.
To Microsoft:
If you want to prove yourself. Do something that people will respect. Like opening the SMB protocol free of charge for ANYBODY to use and implement.
IBM has shown that to be "Not Evil(TM)" as the google founders fondly say, you don't have to give up your crown jewels. You can still make a boatload of money AND be nice.
A "Secondary" Inital public offering is a contradiction in terms. It's NOT another "inital" public offering...it's just an offering of stock
Greatest flag in the Union.
Our Flag (Being a Virginian) says it best...a dude with a club and his foot on the neck of a king beneath him.
Of course this refers to to "Kings" but you have to wonder after the riot if people take the "club" thing a little too seriously....
Working at an unamed Gov agency..I've had the opportunity to talk with some former members who worked there. There are many in the computer science community who are concerned over the lack of any real progress in OS research and design.
There seems to be this mentality that research into OS kernels and low level operating design is over. That everything has been discovered.
Without organizations like what Bell Labs used to be it makes getting decent OS research done even harder.
Her article translates to....
"you can say absolutely nothing about that which you know nothing about"
This is NOT the equivelant of some sage wizdom from the Delphi Oracle...
Why did'nt you just LIE to them. They would'nt of known because all they would of had is your word that they were turned off.
I don't care what anybody says about ALWAYS telling the truth...when the gestapo come pounding at your door asking questions...you tell them EXACTLY what they want to hear (and make sure whatever you say that it's difficult to confirm).
Where I work bittorrent is classified as a Peer to Peer software in the same grouping as Kazza, Morpheus, ect....so the offical policy is that you are not allowed to use bittorrent FOR ANYTHING unless you have permission from the CIO.
On an upside those that have broken the rules are people who were downloading LINUX distros and no action was taken.
My point being I REALLY hope that bittorrent becomes an offical specified file transfer protocol. It might seperate it from the rest of the peer to peer crap that's tarnishing bittorrents legitimate use.
It may be "fair game" but google can choose to talk to or NOT choose to talk to anybody they want. They have every right to publish info that's publically available and google has every right to be pissed about it and punish them by not talking to them.
Makes sense....although currently Rocketdyne (now owned by Pratt/Whitney I think) does'nt currently make the J2 (has'nt for 30 years) so I'd imagine it's no small order to modifiy and re-tool for it.