Also, remember that behind the book itself, there was still a human (porn star, but still human). She ended up giving the primer the basics of human interaction, and popping in from time to time, which would be a much better paradigm, IMO. Teacher instructs computer, computer instructs students, students instruct computer.
Actually, MySQL is one of the best databases out there; and remember, this is old database code. On a similar note, MySQL is not actually open source, it's a very-close-but-not-quite-with-an-old-version-GPLd database. Check out PostgresQL, under a BSD-ish license.
Lots of people are talking about where to buy new motors, but I found that my old Technic (back in the days where you couldn't code legos in C:P) motors work well with the Mindstorms kit. Most people who'd get Mindstorms probably have these lying around already, and it's much more convenient to have a 3rd motor, so you can have 2 wheels going in different directions, plus some sort of moving arm or other appendage.
While I agree that Hitler is the Man of the Century (remember people, biggest impact, positive or negative), I would have to go with Feynman being the Scientific Man of the Century. I mean, what other scientist managed to hack the lock to every single one of our nation's nuclear secrets?:)
I don't really see a problem with/. editorializing. I mean, I come here expecting a news service with some sort of humans behind it, and I get it. If I don't agree with it, I say so in the comments. Leave the plain facts to the news services/. links to - here, I want opinions to knock down!
Remember that the antitrust is more than just being monopoly, it's also monopolistic practices (ie, buying out, stealing source, browser packaging, etc). Between this and the finding of fact that's happened, I doubt we'll see anything change.
One thing I like about the free software economy is (among other things) the "try before you buy nature". ``Do I like Red Hat 6.1? Well, let's see waht software they have... Hrm, looks OK, I think I'll go buy it. Do I like SuSE 6.3? No, it looks like SuSE 6.0 which I already have, except some minor upgrades.'' I use MP3.com as the same thing. I just flung $70 at 3 artists on mp3.com I like (Bassic, Tom Aragon, Uforkestra), even though I already had the mp3s. Why? I wanted to support them. The problem isn't that people don't like them, it's that people are so caught up in the "oooh... free music" mindset that they forget there's people trying to make a living on the other end. Support your bands. Buy their CD, regardless of if you already have the MP3s. (Likewise, pay for free software that you like, even if you already downloaded it.)
This is the official GNU Hurd site. Short summary: It's a microkernel, which means it's harder to develop and possibly slower, but more versatile in what it can do. Think a kernel that's nothing but modules.
Actually, this happened. The maintainer of libapt placed it under the GPL (for reasons described in 'Why you should not use the LGPL for your next library'). However, in Corel's Debian-based distribution, they coded a Qt frontend for it. The author of libapt granted permission for his library to be linked with QPLd applications (ex post facto, after a bit of argumentation on some mailing lists about it). This license, usually called a 'GPL with exception clause', is what LyX uses, and what KDE 2.0 will probably use. What is basically says is that "While this does link with a non-GPLd library, for all other purposes, this code is GPLd".
First of all, a standard GPLd app cannot be linked with Qt, due to the fact Qt is not GPLd. This is due to the clause in the GPL stating all code linked to GPLd code must also be GPLd, or be under a more free license (BSD, PD).
The problem here is that you're not realizing the QPL and the GPL are incompatible licenses. KDE (GPLd) is free. Qt (QPLd) is free. That doesn't mean you can mix them.
As for your last statement, I'm completely lost. Qt and KDE are not on the same site, they're not even coded by the same people. What the operating systems clause refers to is something like libc, libm, C++ STL, or Motif - libraries that are essential to program operation, and that have a GPLd equivilant.
As for the accusation of me buying Red Hat propoganda, I'm very offended. I'm not FUDing here. KDE does violate the GPL. That's not a comment on the quality of any desktop, or whether or not the QPL or GPL are good or bad licenses.
My recommendation is you go back, read the GPL, read the QPL, and read Debian policy.
The reason for this is that, technically, KDE is illegal. pine and libgif (or gimp-nonfree) are just that - non-free. However, there are legal grounds for modification and redistribution (or lack thereof).
KDE, on the other hand, is linking GPLd source (KDE) with QPLd source (Qt). The QPL is not compliant with the GPL, however, and you reach a slew of legal problems were this issue to come up in court. Now, like they said, KDE 2.0 should either change the QPL a bit to be GPL-compliant, or should change the KDE license to contain a QPL exception clause (much like the one LyX has right now).
Hey now, don't discount this guy as a troll so fast. X, although it might be the best we have now, is horribly old and bloated. Did you know that the core code for most X distributions is the original reference implementation? Yep. No one has ever written a real X core. Plus, the 1984 standards really haven't been updated.
Now, look at XFree86. They're doing modular systems, fbcon servers, and native OpenGL acceleration - things that actually involve changing core code and bringing the standards up to date. While I don't support XFree86 pulling away from X entirely, they have been taking their own direction a lot, and that's a really Good Thing.
Also, some small hype: The Berlin Project is an attempt to redesign a new windowing system from the ground up, using CORBA and OpenGL. While it's far from complete, if you've got any coding skills and dislike X, donate some time there.
Also, please do drop the 86. XFree is a great cross-platform X distribution, not just for the Intel line anymore.
You missed the whole point of my post. The exact data sent doesn't matter; privacy was infringed upon. Oh yeah, Comet Cursor _only_ sent them information about the sites you went to using Comet Cursor. MS _only_ sent them with MS products. Blizzard _only_ sent them if you had an invalid ID key. You can make up an excuse for any invasion of privacy if you so choose. Stop doing it, and stand up for your rights.
Frankly, I don't care if a proprietary software company gives up on Linux. If a company is going to infringe on my freedoms, I don't want anything to do with them at all, in any community. I will never buy Corel Linux, I will never buy Q3, and every time I think I'm overreacting at the evils of the proprietary software world, something like this happens to further cement my position.
Let's see here... Blizzard sent inforamtion without permission, and it caused a huge uproar. Real also did it without permission, and also resulted in a protest. Banner ad cookies are fought vehemently, and in fact, an article on anonymity was just posted on/., with a lot of people thinking the right to be unknown is good. Then id does something like this, and I see people saying "It's not so bad."
This kind of double-standard SHOULD NOT EXIST. Just because id is pro-Linux, or because it's "only" video card info, does not mean we should excuse a blatent violation of privacy. Every little bit is an infringement, no matter how small, and it's a hell of a lot easier to maintain freedom than to get it back.
Incidentally, if the Quake source were to have been openeed, there's no way this would have happened.
OK, so we've got Red Hat, Cobalt, VA, and a while ago I heard rumours of Cygnus, too... now, if you ask me, all these small IPOs are only leading up to one thing...
Transmeta I P O
Yes, that's right. Transmeta's only real product will earn them millions of dollars in a matter of seconds, and it's only three little letters: IPO. No programmable chips, no anti-microsoft ultimate anything, just an IPO. We now know the truth.
I don't have the article offhand, but GNotices had something a while ago about how GNOME was converting the official documentation to PNGs/JPGs, and the lack of DocBook support. Apparently, they had already created a patch (or had one far along), and sent it back upstream. So there's not much of a worry there.
Actually, Red Hat 6.0, potato (Debian 2.2), and SuSE since 6.0 (I think) use glibc2.1. See my previous post about pre-glibc2.1 threading as to why you definitely don't want Mozilla to be "fixed".
The issue isn't actually in Mozilla, it's in the glibc2 threading. To make a long issue short, it's broken. Now, you could remove threading from Mozilla entirely, which would fix it. It would also involve rewriting a lot of code (I would assume; I don't actually hack Mozilla). The other option is to fix glibc2's threading prob... wait, it's been done, and it's called glibc2.1.
glibc2.1 is relatively easy to install from source (since it's binary compatible). Red Hat has been glibc2.1 based since 6.0, and Debian is glibc2.1 based in potato. In short, get glibc2.1. It's a Good Thing to do.
I've played around with the E16 snapshots since right after E15 was released (I live on the edge too much; at least Sawmill is my regular wm). It's considerably faster on my P200. The new features are mostly seperate from the main GUI, and don't slow it down.
That being said, E is still one of the slower and larger window managers out there, but also one of the most powerful, and nicest looking.
In regards to the question about GNOME and KDE working nice together, the answer is yes, at least for the KDE 2.0pres I run. KDE and GNOME (and for that matter, some Motif apps) use CORBA for communication (ORBit for GNOME, MICO for KDE). Also, GNOME's panel has an option to work with KDE's menus (I don't know if it goes the other way). My desktop is Window Maker, with GTKstep, KDE's Step theme, Tkstep, and neXtaw (Athena), with a GNOME panel I can launch the standard KDE or GNOME apps from. Not only do they all interoperate, they all look the same. What would really be nice is a layer between KOM and Baboon to make them interoperate.
If you're extremely masochistic, I suppose you can run panel and kpanel on the same desktop. I tried (in kwm, and it managed to eat 128MB RAM within seconds.
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First of all, what exactly does this mean? What inherent rights do people in .no have? Are you actually guilty now, or is there a trial, or what?
Secondly, economic and environmental crimes? Why does the same organization do both?
MSNBC cracked 7 servers and got 2,500 credit card numbers. This is a blatently illegal act. WHY THE HELL ISN'T SOMEONE SUING??!
Also, remember that behind the book itself, there was still a human (porn star, but still human). She ended up giving the primer the basics of human interaction, and popping in from time to time, which would be a much better paradigm, IMO. Teacher instructs computer, computer instructs students, students instruct computer.
Get ready for the 4 penguins of the apocalypse...
Actually, MySQL is one of the best databases out there; and remember, this is old database code. On a similar note, MySQL is not actually open source, it's a very-close-but-not-quite-with-an-old-version-GPLd database. Check out PostgresQL, under a BSD-ish license.
No, Linux is just the 0.0001%, not a fluke. Remember, one in a million chances happen 9 times out of 10.
Lots of people are talking about where to buy new motors, but I found that my old Technic (back in the days where you couldn't code legos in C :P) motors work well with the Mindstorms kit. Most people who'd get Mindstorms probably have these lying around already, and it's much more convenient to have a 3rd motor, so you can have 2 wheels going in different directions, plus some sort of moving arm or other appendage.
While I agree that Hitler is the Man of the Century (remember people, biggest impact, positive or negative), I would have to go with Feynman being the Scientific Man of the Century. I mean, what other scientist managed to hack the lock to every single one of our nation's nuclear secrets? :)
I don't really see a problem with /. editorializing. I mean, I come here expecting a news service with some sort of humans behind it, and I get it. If I don't agree with it, I say so in the comments. Leave the plain facts to the news services /. links to - here, I want opinions to knock down!
Remember that the antitrust is more than just being monopoly, it's also monopolistic practices (ie, buying out, stealing source, browser packaging, etc). Between this and the finding of fact that's happened, I doubt we'll see anything change.
One thing I like about the free software economy is (among other things) the "try before you buy nature". ``Do I like Red Hat 6.1? Well, let's see waht software they have... Hrm, looks OK, I think I'll go buy it. Do I like SuSE 6.3? No, it looks like SuSE 6.0 which I already have, except some minor upgrades.'' I use MP3.com as the same thing. I just flung $70 at 3 artists on mp3.com I like (Bassic, Tom Aragon, Uforkestra), even though I already had the mp3s. Why? I wanted to support them. The problem isn't that people don't like them, it's that people are so caught up in the "oooh... free music" mindset that they forget there's people trying to make a living on the other end. Support your bands. Buy their CD, regardless of if you already have the MP3s. (Likewise, pay for free software that you like, even if you already downloaded it.)
This is the official GNU Hurd site. Short summary: It's a microkernel, which means it's harder to develop and possibly slower, but more versatile in what it can do. Think a kernel that's nothing but modules.
Actually, this happened. The maintainer of libapt placed it under the GPL (for reasons described in 'Why you should not use the LGPL for your next library'). However, in Corel's Debian-based distribution, they coded a Qt frontend for it. The author of libapt granted permission for his library to be linked with QPLd applications (ex post facto, after a bit of argumentation on some mailing lists about it). This license, usually called a 'GPL with exception clause', is what LyX uses, and what KDE 2.0 will probably use. What is basically says is that "While this does link with a non-GPLd library, for all other purposes, this code is GPLd".
First of all, a standard GPLd app cannot be linked with Qt, due to the fact Qt is not GPLd. This is due to the clause in the GPL stating all code linked to GPLd code must also be GPLd, or be under a more free license (BSD, PD).
The problem here is that you're not realizing the QPL and the GPL are incompatible licenses. KDE (GPLd) is free. Qt (QPLd) is free. That doesn't mean you can mix them.
As for your last statement, I'm completely lost. Qt and KDE are not on the same site, they're not even coded by the same people. What the operating systems clause refers to is something like libc, libm, C++ STL, or Motif - libraries that are essential to program operation, and that have a GPLd equivilant.
As for the accusation of me buying Red Hat propoganda, I'm very offended. I'm not FUDing here. KDE does violate the GPL. That's not a comment on the quality of any desktop, or whether or not the QPL or GPL are good or bad licenses.
My recommendation is you go back, read the GPL, read the QPL, and read Debian policy.
KDE, on the other hand, is linking GPLd source (KDE) with QPLd source (Qt). The QPL is not compliant with the GPL, however, and you reach a slew of legal problems were this issue to come up in court. Now, like they said, KDE 2.0 should either change the QPL a bit to be GPL-compliant, or should change the KDE license to contain a QPL exception clause (much like the one LyX has right now).
Now, look at XFree86. They're doing modular systems, fbcon servers, and native OpenGL acceleration - things that actually involve changing core code and bringing the standards up to date. While I don't support XFree86 pulling away from X entirely, they have been taking their own direction a lot, and that's a really Good Thing.
Also, some small hype: The Berlin Project is an attempt to redesign a new windowing system from the ground up, using CORBA and OpenGL. While it's far from complete, if you've got any coding skills and dislike X, donate some time there.
Also, please do drop the 86. XFree is a great cross-platform X distribution, not just for the Intel line anymore.
You missed the whole point of my post. The exact data sent doesn't matter; privacy was infringed upon. Oh yeah, Comet Cursor _only_ sent them information about the sites you went to using Comet Cursor. MS _only_ sent them with MS products. Blizzard _only_ sent them if you had an invalid ID key. You can make up an excuse for any invasion of privacy if you so choose. Stop doing it, and stand up for your rights.
Frankly, I don't care if a proprietary software company gives up on Linux. If a company is going to infringe on my freedoms, I don't want anything to do with them at all, in any community. I will never buy Corel Linux, I will never buy Q3, and every time I think I'm overreacting at the evils of the proprietary software world, something like this happens to further cement my position.
Let's see here... Blizzard sent inforamtion without permission, and it caused a huge uproar. Real also did it without permission, and also resulted in a protest. Banner ad cookies are fought vehemently, and in fact, an article on anonymity was just posted on
This kind of double-standard SHOULD NOT EXIST. Just because id is pro-Linux, or because it's "only" video card info, does not mean we should excuse a blatent violation of privacy. Every little bit is an infringement, no matter how small, and it's a hell of a lot easier to maintain freedom than to get it back.
Incidentally, if the Quake source were to have been openeed, there's no way this would have happened.
Transmeta I P O
Yes, that's right. Transmeta's only real product will earn them millions of dollars in a matter of seconds, and it's only three little letters: IPO. No programmable chips, no anti-microsoft ultimate anything, just an IPO. We now know the truth.
I don't have the article offhand, but GNotices had something a while ago about how GNOME was converting the official documentation to PNGs/JPGs, and the lack of DocBook support. Apparently, they had already created a patch (or had one far along), and sent it back upstream. So there's not much of a worry there.
Actually, Red Hat 6.0, potato (Debian 2.2), and SuSE since 6.0 (I think) use glibc2.1. See my previous post about pre-glibc2.1 threading as to why you definitely don't want Mozilla to be "fixed".
glibc2.1 is relatively easy to install from source (since it's binary compatible). Red Hat has been glibc2.1 based since 6.0, and Debian is glibc2.1 based in potato. In short, get glibc2.1. It's a Good Thing to do.
That being said, E is still one of the slower and larger window managers out there, but also one of the most powerful, and nicest looking.
If you're extremely masochistic, I suppose you can run panel and kpanel on the same desktop. I tried (in kwm, and it managed to eat 128MB RAM within seconds.