After all you said, why is it "still... good to voice you opinion"??? It seems like your comment points out exactly why it is NO use to voice your opinion.
Maybe not everyone is spending all their time on either side of the conspiracy, but there's a good reason artists and writers can often show more 'truth' through fiction than what is 'real'.
So you're saying that anybody who isn't for Open Source Software lacks beliefs? Frankly, I'm insulted.
No he isn't -- you are simply misinterpreting him. I think it's rather disingenious of you!
It's not a question of lack or presence of beliefs, it's a question of whether you make your decisions based on any beliefs you may have, or based purely on monetary considerations.
That's his point, and it's very valid. Working or selling yourself on the basis of monetary considerations alone is technically called prostitution.
Just because MIT have the right to do a vast array of things on their property doesn't make it ethically right... There are any number of things they could (but don't) do that would make life that much more difficult for people working there.
RMS's argument is that MIT chose a system of security that was convenient for them but did not take into account the privacy concerns of those working in the building.
Flatly saying that "MIT have the right to do whatever they want, and RMS can simply go stuff himself" sounds a little like the sys-admins who complain about the users -- when really they should be there FOR the users..! (not despite...)
Does the GBP300 you paid include a fine? Or just VAT?
Lying to a custom's official can be fined, of course. But you didn't -- you told him the truth straight away. So were you fined for being forgetful/lazy and not declaring it?
Classifiation is a delusion invented by scientists as an expedient
Yes, even the word for Science comes from Latin scindere, to split, or to categorise. This idea of categorisation is one of the fundamental ideas that made study of the world, and hence Science, possible.
I'm not quite sure why you say "offensive", but I appreciate the subtle difference you are trying to argue. But is being born into it really a deciding factor?
Wouldn't carrying your logic further suggest that communities formed around race/colour groups are somehow less valuable, since you are born into it? Afterall, skin colour is an automatic membership card, and others need not apply.
I would say that that has the potential to be offensive, not the parent poster...
Whenever it has been important to them, MS have not complained about the cost of service or software (e.g. IE).
Presumably, they are charging because they feel that they can, and it would give them control. Don't underestimate the value of control to media and communications companies (just look at DVD regioning and CSS).
Actually, information processing DOES cost a minimum amount of energy. You will always be increasing the entropy of the system, so some minimum amount of heat will always be generated.
In addition, code reuse is not necessarily a priority in game coding. Your game has to the meanest fastest around. If you have to sacrifice code reuse for that, it doesn't matter.
Regions of DNA may be used for determining which chemicals (proteins, mostly,..."
Yeah, though it's actually more complicatied than that. Say you're DNA is encoding a sequence of amino acids to make up a protein. The DNA maps onto the sqeunce of amino acids in the protein.
Once folded, proteins, however, derive their functionality from the their shape. I.e. they are activated by the way they lock onto other cells. etc.
Working out what shape a protein takes on given a DNA sequence -- i.e. mapping DNA sequence onto functionality -- is one of the holy grails of biochemistry at the moment. Simply changing a few letters in the sequence can cause the protein to fold differently and thus have completely different functionality.
Stating that H0 is 70 would enrage many scientists that happen not to be in the "high H0" camp. Recent optical data (and radio astronomical data here in Cambridge) suggest H0 to be 50 and 42 (yes, the meaning of it all!) respectively. The "high H0" camp are actually losing ground, and to understand the disparity you have to realise that many people have their careers at stake on the value of H0.
H0 is being measured all the time, this is just one result, which is not even typical.
Interestingly, a friend of mine doing research into operating systems has had the pleasure of reading the NT source (the scheduler in particur), and reports not being very impressed at all. He is in fact implementing his research on Linux, which he finds much cleaner.
From experience, running an NT network requires way more support. For example, we have two NT servers serving approx 25 clients PCs needing all of about 2 fulltime sysadmins' time. In contrast, the UNIX network in the department (1 Sun server + about 50 workstations and Xterminals) is run by a researcher in his spare time.
Additionally, the NT setup seems to be perpetually broken, while the UNIX network supports world-class research.
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After all you said, why is it "still ... good to voice you opinion"??? It seems like your comment points out exactly why it is NO use to voice your opinion.
Maybe not everyone is spending all their time on either side of the conspiracy, but there's a good reason artists and writers can often show more 'truth' through fiction than what is 'real'.
Reality does not equal Truth!
I did the same, except with orange juice... It died, dried, then resurrected, and still works 2 years on.
No he isn't -- you are simply misinterpreting him. I think it's rather disingenious of you!
It's not a question of lack or presence of beliefs, it's a question of whether you make your decisions based on any beliefs you may have, or based purely on monetary considerations.
That's his point, and it's very valid. Working or selling yourself on the basis of monetary considerations alone is technically called prostitution.
Just because MIT have the right to do a vast array of things on their property doesn't make it ethically right... There are any number of things they could (but don't) do that would make life that much more difficult for people working there.
RMS's argument is that MIT chose a system of security that was convenient for them but did not take into account the privacy concerns of those working in the building.
Flatly saying that "MIT have the right to do whatever they want, and RMS can simply go stuff himself" sounds a little like the sys-admins who complain about the users -- when really they should be there FOR the users..! (not despite...)
The OCaml variant of the very strongly typed languages of the ML family is not only extremely elegant, like Lisp and Scheme, but is extremely fast.
Does the GBP300 you paid include a fine? Or just VAT?
Lying to a custom's official can be fined, of course. But you didn't -- you told him the truth straight away. So were you fined for being forgetful/lazy and not declaring it?
Yes, even the word for Science comes from Latin scindere, to split, or to categorise. This idea of categorisation is one of the fundamental ideas that made study of the world, and hence Science, possible.
I do agree, actually. I just thought that the original post hda the potential to be less, not more, offensive.
I'm not quite sure why you say "offensive", but I appreciate the subtle difference you are trying to argue. But is being born into it really a deciding factor?
Wouldn't carrying your logic further suggest that communities formed around race/colour groups are somehow less valuable, since you are born into it? Afterall, skin colour is an automatic membership card, and others need not apply.
I would say that that has the potential to be offensive, not the parent poster...
Whenever it has been important to them, MS have not complained about the cost of service or software (e.g. IE).
Presumably, they are charging because they feel that they can, and it would give them control. Don't underestimate the value of control to media and communications companies (just look at DVD regioning and CSS).
Actually, information processing DOES cost a minimum amount of energy. You will always be increasing the entropy of the system, so some minimum amount of heat will always be generated.
Information is energy, so to speak...
In addition, code reuse is not necessarily a priority in game coding. Your game has to the meanest fastest around. If you have to sacrifice code reuse for that, it doesn't matter.
Wasn't HTML and HTTP invented so that scientists at CERN could share information with each other more quickly and easily?
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Daniel.
Regions of DNA may be used for determining which chemicals (proteins, mostly, ..."
Yeah, though it's actually more complicatied than that. Say you're DNA is encoding a sequence of amino acids to make up a protein. The DNA maps onto the sqeunce of amino acids in the protein.
Once folded, proteins, however, derive their functionality from the their shape. I.e. they are activated by the way they lock onto other cells. etc.
Working out what shape a protein takes on given a DNA sequence -- i.e. mapping DNA sequence onto functionality -- is one of the holy grails of biochemistry at the moment. Simply changing a few letters in the sequence can cause the protein to fold differently and thus have completely different functionality.
Daniel. -- who is not a biologist
Daniel.
All my letters/reports/posters are done in klyx.
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Stating that H0 is 70 would enrage many scientists that happen not to be in the "high H0" camp. Recent optical data (and radio astronomical data here in Cambridge) suggest H0 to be 50 and 42 (yes, the meaning of it all!) respectively. The "high H0" camp are actually losing ground, and to understand the disparity you have to realise that many people have their careers at stake on the value of H0.
H0 is being measured all the time, this is just one result, which is not even typical.
D.
Interestingly, a friend of mine doing research into operating systems has had the pleasure of reading the NT source (the scheduler in particur), and reports not being very impressed at all. He is in fact implementing his research on Linux, which he finds much cleaner.
You can make your own conclusions.
From experience, running an NT network requires way more support. For example, we have two NT servers serving approx 25 clients PCs needing all of about 2 fulltime sysadmins' time. In contrast, the UNIX network in the department (1 Sun server + about 50 workstations and Xterminals) is run by a researcher in his spare time.
Additionally, the NT setup seems to be perpetually broken, while the UNIX network supports world-class research.
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