1) Only for the GPL'ed parts.
2) Depends. We'll assume that if we ship weapon
system A to china on a CD-ROM with a couple of
modules of source we don't include comments like
"commented out the next two lines to remove
functionality to chinese".
3) You have to provide the source to ALL GPL code
(modifide or unmodified) that you provide in binary
form. Code you have developed yourself need not
fall under this catagory unless it "includes" GPL
code.
#2 Reminds me of a comment I had heard about the
Apple source code back in 1994. Supposedly it had
sections commented like "this section does nothing
but to confuse the average assembly programmer."
Years ago I was working on the Operational Flight
Software for nuclear cruise missiles. These were the
missiles that Reagan an Gorbachov eliminated in
Western Europe. We used humor to deflect what we
were actually doing, much in the way of the show "MASH".
Anyhow my brother called me one day and
innocently asked "whatcha doing?". The first thing in my
mind was "I'm trying to make sure these missiles get
at close to there mark as possible so they will kill
as many people as possible if we fire them." My
throat choked up and it took me a few minutes to answer,
"not much". That's when I knew I had to find another
way to make a living. What I was doing was important,
but I just couldn't do it anymore.
I know this is slightly off-topic. I have something to say
about OSS in the military (obviously). But on the issue
of accuracy of nukes, this is something I have wanted
to say for a while. It's an important job. But it's a hard
job mentally to do, day after day, knowing that your
working toward perfecting bombs that end mankind.
Even if your goal is to save it.
I was on a Navy ship once next to another in a bay that was radiating. We closed the hatches because our eyeballs were getting hot and starting to cook.
The phased array flat panel Aegis radar can focus a beam that will drop a poor little feathered creature right out of the air.
I'm ready. Ready to take advantage of distributed computing in ways we only imagine. Forward your addresses and any netapp hooks I might need to take advantage of this new age and I will dutifully report on my progress (when I get around to it).
I want the examples in the dead tree books to be covered in a CDrom. I want to be able to cut and paste the code and modify it and use it for my own uses without typing it in from a book. But I can't get away from the advantages of a dead tree and I buy them all of the time.
As far as next year....a long time out... the only thing I can think of that I'll be looking at soon is Mono and C#. C# is I'm sure already covered.
And Mono is just becoming something to "cover".
Another thing. I want books I can scan through and learn enough to walk into the interview and get the contract, but has enough depth I can use it later as a reference to complete the contract. The "animal people" give me that.
When I was 12 my mother handed me this book (really a pamphlet) on sex called "A Doctor talks to 9 to 11 year olds". Had pictures of little sperm attacking defenseless eggs and loving parents swooning over newborn babies and such.
I loaned her my copy of "The Happy Hooker" by Xaviera Hollander. Needless to say it stopped that crap.
I'm confused here. Is IE just an application or "subcomponent" of a MS operating system? That's not what they've been argueing in court. They say they've "integrated" it with the operating system, that it's an "integral part"! They even went on to argue (unsucessfully) that the operating system cannot function without it.
And why does which ever answer I get smell like an Enron balance sheet?
the main advantage Windows and Office has is that its already installed and people know how to use it. Why waste money changing one perfectly good system to another?
You are talking about the anti-trust suit which is a different matter. The topic here is the class action suit which is somewhat related in that once M$ was found guilty then the class action was a slam dunk and was only a matter of damages.
But then we are talking damages here, and only damages to the aggrieved. That is no doubt one reason the judge threw out the settlement, it provided not once cent for the victims.
What we are talking about here is not punishing M$ for being a monopoly, that is a separate case. This is about reconstituting those harmed for what M$ has done to them.
Punitive damages may apply. But don't lose site of the origins and objectives of the case. It is not the Justice Dept. Antitrust case, although they are linked by the guilty verdict of.....
I think back to the RPC process that built the protocols used on this medium we've come to love and depend on, and I see this.NET stuff being unleashed upon us with holes in it before it even gets started.
Only one phrase comes to mind.. "I used to be disgusted.... now I'm just amused".
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Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, said that FBI should not go for casual users but but instead to go after operators of "network "nodes".
How many songs and how much bandwidth is a "network node"?
10,000 songs behind a cable modem? 10 Songs fed from a T3?
Well evidently they understand that as only one of 'em is writing code.
Surely you should be, surely you are not. The BSA is a respected organization. You are a thief. Who is to be believed?
1) Only for the GPL'ed parts.
2) Depends. We'll assume that if we ship weapon system A to china on a CD-ROM with a couple of modules of source we don't include comments like "commented out the next two lines to remove functionality to chinese".
3) You have to provide the source to ALL GPL code (modifide or unmodified) that you provide in binary form. Code you have developed yourself need not fall under this catagory unless it "includes" GPL code.
#2 Reminds me of a comment I had heard about the Apple source code back in 1994. Supposedly it had sections commented like "this section does nothing but to confuse the average assembly programmer."
Years ago I was working on the Operational Flight Software for nuclear cruise missiles. These were the missiles that Reagan an Gorbachov eliminated in Western Europe. We used humor to deflect what we were actually doing, much in the way of the show "MASH".
Anyhow my brother called me one day and innocently asked "whatcha doing?". The first thing in my mind was "I'm trying to make sure these missiles get at close to there mark as possible so they will kill as many people as possible if we fire them." My throat choked up and it took me a few minutes to answer, "not much". That's when I knew I had to find another way to make a living. What I was doing was important, but I just couldn't do it anymore. I know this is slightly off-topic. I have something to say about OSS in the military (obviously). But on the issue of accuracy of nukes, this is something I have wanted to say for a while. It's an important job. But it's a hard job mentally to do, day after day, knowing that your working toward perfecting bombs that end mankind. Even if your goal is to save it.
I'd love to tell you about kcmissle, but then I'd have to shoot you.
More to the point, if it's "Secret" then there is little chance RMS is aware of any OSS there.
Reminds me of a girlfriend that wanted a plaster cast of my dick......
In the case of computers you can have the original, I'll build another one.
I was on a Navy ship once next to another in a bay that was radiating. We closed the hatches because our eyeballs were getting hot and starting to cook.
The phased array flat panel Aegis radar can focus a beam that will drop a poor little feathered creature right out of the air.
I just can't imagine how a Pringles can can radiate power like that
You obviously haven't seen their commercials.
I'm ready. Ready to take advantage of distributed computing in ways we only imagine. Forward your addresses and any netapp hooks I might need to take advantage of this new age and I will dutifully report on my progress (when I get around to it).
Come on Boys. Yee Haaaah.
I want a PHB
Just like the PHB
That served for
Dear old Dad.
</MUSIC>
An occasional crack ho might be nice. Bill her as a "message therapist".
What do you, as coders and programmers, want from your immediate manager?
Respect.
Your Mama has to have a credit card.
I want the examples in the dead tree books to be covered in a CDrom. I want to be able to cut and paste the code and modify it and use it for my own uses without typing it in from a book. But I can't get away from the advantages of a dead tree and I buy them all of the time.
As far as next year....a long time out... the only thing I can think of that I'll be looking at soon is Mono and C#. C# is I'm sure already covered.
And Mono is just becoming something to "cover".
Another thing. I want books I can scan through and learn enough to walk into the interview and get the contract, but has enough depth I can use it later as a reference to complete the contract. The "animal people" give me that.
When I was 12 my mother handed me this book (really a pamphlet) on sex called "A Doctor talks to 9 to 11 year olds". Had pictures of little sperm attacking defenseless eggs and loving parents swooning over newborn babies and such.
I loaned her my copy of "The Happy Hooker" by Xaviera Hollander. Needless to say it stopped that crap.
I'm confused here. Is IE just an application or "subcomponent" of a MS operating system? That's not what they've been argueing in court. They say they've "integrated" it with the operating system, that it's an "integral part"! They even went on to argue (unsucessfully) that the operating system cannot function without it.
And why does which ever answer I get smell like an Enron balance sheet?
if you have a history of drinking, lying and cheating
I'm gonna stake my claim on the boolean "and". I haven't cheated anyone.
I'm also an EE.
I've written tens of thousands of lines of code but the only circuit I've designed since I graduated in '82 was a one chip amp back in '83.
the main advantage Windows and Office has is that its already installed and people know how to use it. Why waste money changing one perfectly good system to another?
To save money.
Gotta woman over in Columbus., OH.
....
Wanna go downtown...
To see my gal....
Wanna sing her a song...
and show her my
You are talking about the anti-trust suit which is a different matter. The topic here is the class action suit which is somewhat related in that once M$ was found guilty then the class action was a slam dunk and was only a matter of damages.
.....
But then we are talking damages here, and only damages to the aggrieved. That is no doubt one reason the judge threw out the settlement, it provided not once cent for the victims.
What we are talking about here is not punishing M$ for being a monopoly, that is a separate case. This is about reconstituting those harmed for what M$ has done to them.
Punitive damages may apply. But don't lose site of the origins and objectives of the case. It is not the Justice Dept. Antitrust case, although they are linked by the guilty verdict of
.... that malicious verrmin in Redmond.....
....sorry.... lost myself for a minute.
Ermmm, which holes?
The "theoretical" ones.
yes I read the article. and last time I checked with my doctor he proclaimed me cognizant.
blow it out your.... ear hole.
I think back to the RPC process that built the protocols used on this medium we've come to love and depend on, and I see this .NET stuff being unleashed upon us with holes in it before it even gets started.
Only one phrase comes to mind.. "I used to be disgusted.... now I'm just amused".