AH yes "Beliefs". Over a century of scientific evidence and one of the most important tenets of modern biology is a "belief." You are clearly an evolution troll. If you have a better scientific theory for explaining the various pheonomen that evolution explains, please lay it on us. Keep in mind it has to better explain the data than the current model - just like Einstein's model was a better explanation than Newtonian physics.
"Drupal is currently lacking some test suite to be run by developers before submitting important patches. The simpletest module shows some great promise but it is unfortunately not widely adopted yet and there aren't many tests written. See here for a tutorial on how to write tests for your module.
The following setup isn't really a test suite but it is a start to avoid the most embarrassing errors."
It reflects Dries age - he's unwilling to cede control of the domain. (And didn't bother to register drupal.com). He's got founderitis which isn't surprising really - it's his first project. Drupal itself is incredible difficult to maintain as evidenced by sloppy coding practices (No test suite for commits anyone). Most people using Drupal would be better off using Movable Type
Back in the 90s? You realize that the tech boom started literally decades ago right? The 90s themselves were the result of the investment infrastructure from the previous tech boom - the personal computer.
positive feedback loop. Fueled by Standford and the initial tech boom it has become a self sustaining cycle with each new crop of entrepreneurs being fed by the next.
It happened to Ernie Ball (which makes guitar strings)
"Ernie Ball ended up settling with the BSA over claims related to use of unlicensed software to the tune of $90,000. Ball said, however, that he emerged from the ordeal critical of the way the problem is approached. The audit was prompted by an anonymous call to the BSA's antipiracy hotline by a disgruntled ex-employee, and concluded when armed U.S. Marshals shut down his IT system during a raid of the company's offices, he said."
"If you have it, encrypt your stuff and say that seizure by a private entity without security clearance would be a violation of national security."
Ah the government gets to decide what is in the interest of national security - not the company with a security clearance. Furthermore you face serious legal repercussions if you simply lie about the contents of your encrpyted files.
SCO did get a copy of every single line of code for various Unixes IBM had developed. It's a clear example of compelling discovery because they got information they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. If you don't think that's fairly tight trade secret think again.
Nope. You sue to compel discovery all the time. It's pretty common practice since you need information that only the company you are sueing holds -- See IBM and our favorite Utah software campany.
Couple things - you seem to think that you need to have a valid case to sue someone. Not so. Lawsuits are incredibly expensive affairs and small businesses tend to avoid them. They typically compel the audit as part of the discovery process. You have an EULA with MS and the BSA is typically operating as their counsel during the process. You are right you don't have a contract with the BSA but you do with Microsoft if you are using their products.
"That again, would require they already have sufficient proof of said infringement. "
In court this often amounts to "In 90% of all firms in the industry have 500 licenses. The litigant only has 250. We would like to compel discovery to find out if they have other licenses." The judge then agrees to the discovery request and the audit begins.
Sure they can sue you into submission. There's a reason why they are going after smaller companies. Most of these companies will be unable to mount a legal defense of sufficient strength to repel the BSA assault so they cave and pay some fines.
Last time I looked the FCC was a government agency, not a private company - big difference. Without the raw data you can't get a look at the actual specifics of broadband deployment in the United States. I also realize that telcos have "trade secret" data but that's the cost of being a telco. Telcos have recieved over $200 billion in tax breaks since 1996 designed to speed the deployment of high speed internet access. I suspect know if they actually did anything is worth knowing.
Actually medicine "for profit" tends to be equally poor. Any claim on your healthcare insurance diminishs the profitability of the said health care - so they naturally do everything to deny your claim, lengthen your claim rembursement and reject necessary procedures.
Actually you have that backwards - open researchalways spurs innovation. Notice how most new pharma drugs aren't cures for anything but along the lines of Viagra? You really don't see the type of innovation in pharma that you do in the tech world.
"The problem with that, however, is that the funds required are immense, and the risks are high. Who is going to take the blame if the product of a billion-dollar drug discovery effort fails in Phase III trials, something that happens rather frequently to pharmaceutical companies?"
Well these blind ends are part of science and discovery. And typically no one "takes the blame" at a pharma when a drug fails in Phase 3 clinical trials. Thems the breaks. By federally funding basic science and drug innovation, you can then have multiple suppliers for the same drug based on the federal formulary. This in turn leads to lower priced drugs.
wants to work at VA Linux since you riffed a bunch of people a few years ago to focus on sourceforge. Guys who regularly contributed to the linux kernel like Ted Tso. I suspect the problem isn't the job offering - it's the company.
Dude - you have NO idea how things work in the real world. We have see the world without the FDA. It was called 19th century america with it's snake oil medicine that would be just a likely to kill you as cure you. I have no interest in going back to that.
No I am not saying that at all. You don't have to run a red light to get a story. Sometimes however you need to speak to a source who wishs/needs to be anonymous as a reporter. One act is central to reporting and another is not. What really is the case is that no law is above the constition.
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He's talking about The Tempest by Shakespeare. You know the original work Forbidden Planet was based on.
Presumably you would amend the Constitution to do this? You are clearly an libertarian idiot.
AH yes "Beliefs". Over a century of scientific evidence and one of the most important tenets of modern biology is a "belief." You are clearly an evolution troll. If you have a better scientific theory for explaining the various pheonomen that evolution explains, please lay it on us. Keep in mind it has to better explain the data than the current model - just like Einstein's model was a better explanation than Newtonian physics.
Not troll food my friend Drupal's development practices are driven by one guy and he's no Linus.
From the Drupal site,
http://drupal.org/node/11521
"Drupal is currently lacking some test suite to be run by developers before submitting important patches. The simpletest module shows some great promise but it is unfortunately not widely adopted yet and there aren't many tests written. See here for a tutorial on how to write tests for your module.
The following setup isn't really a test suite but it is a start to avoid the most embarrassing errors."
Wow. No wonder Dries pops now and then.
It reflects Dries age - he's unwilling to cede control of the domain. (And didn't bother to register drupal.com). He's got founderitis which isn't surprising really - it's his first project. Drupal itself is incredible difficult to maintain as evidenced by sloppy coding practices (No test suite for commits anyone). Most people using Drupal would be better off using Movable Type
Back in the 90s? You realize that the tech boom started literally decades ago right? The 90s themselves were the result of the investment infrastructure from the previous tech boom - the personal computer.
positive feedback loop. Fueled by Standford and the initial tech boom it has become a self sustaining cycle with each new crop of entrepreneurs being fed by the next.
Ok - in your world a few licenses are worth calling the police to raid a business? Where do you live? Singapore?
It happened to Ernie Ball (which makes guitar strings)
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"Ernie Ball ended up settling with the BSA over claims related to use of unlicensed software to the tune of $90,000. Ball said, however, that he emerged from the ordeal critical of the way the problem is approached. The audit was prompted by an anonymous call to the BSA's antipiracy hotline by a disgruntled ex-employee, and concluded when armed U.S. Marshals shut down his IT system during a raid of the company's offices, he said."
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/27
"If you have it, encrypt your stuff and say that seizure by a private entity without security clearance would be a violation of national security."
Ah the government gets to decide what is in the interest of national security - not the company with a security clearance. Furthermore you face serious legal repercussions if you simply lie about the contents of your encrpyted files.
SCO did get a copy of every single line of code for various Unixes IBM had developed. It's a clear example of compelling discovery because they got information they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. If you don't think that's fairly tight trade secret think again.
Nope. You sue to compel discovery all the time. It's pretty common practice since you need information that only the company you are sueing holds -- See IBM and our favorite Utah software campany.
No it's not. Not if it's court ordered. I do not think you think the 4th amendment means what you think it does.
Couple things - you seem to think that you need to have a valid case to sue someone. Not so. Lawsuits are incredibly expensive affairs and small businesses tend to avoid them. They typically compel the audit as part of the discovery process. You have an EULA with MS and the BSA is typically operating as their counsel during the process. You are right you don't have a contract with the BSA but you do with Microsoft if you are using their products.
"That again, would require they already have sufficient proof of said infringement. "
In court this often amounts to "In 90% of all firms in the industry have 500 licenses. The litigant only has 250. We would like to compel discovery to find out if they have other licenses." The judge then agrees to the discovery request and the audit begins.
Sure they can sue you into submission. There's a reason why they are going after smaller companies. Most of these companies will be unable to mount a legal defense of sufficient strength to repel the BSA assault so they cave and pay some fines.
The tighter you squeeze, the more star systems that will slip from your grasp."
Last time I looked the FCC was a government agency, not a private company - big difference. Without the raw data you can't get a look at the actual specifics of broadband deployment in the United States. I also realize that telcos have "trade secret" data but that's the cost of being a telco. Telcos have recieved over $200 billion in tax breaks since 1996 designed to speed the deployment of high speed internet access. I suspect know if they actually did anything is worth knowing.
Actually medicine "for profit" tends to be equally poor. Any claim on your healthcare insurance diminishs the profitability of the said health care - so they naturally do everything to deny your claim, lengthen your claim rembursement and reject necessary procedures.
Actually you have that backwards - open researchalways spurs innovation. Notice how most new pharma drugs aren't cures for anything but along the lines of Viagra? You really don't see the type of innovation in pharma that you do in the tech world.
"The problem with that, however, is that the funds required are immense, and the risks are high. Who is going to take the blame if the product of a billion-dollar drug discovery effort fails in Phase III trials, something that happens rather frequently to pharmaceutical companies?"
Well these blind ends are part of science and discovery. And typically no one "takes the blame" at a pharma when a drug fails in Phase 3 clinical trials. Thems the breaks. By federally funding basic science and drug innovation, you can then have multiple suppliers for the same drug based on the federal formulary. This in turn leads to lower priced drugs.
Did you actually read the original paper? Most of his facts come from the specification itself.
You realize the original poster confused the original computer science guy with some one commenting on his article right?
c ost.txt
BTW the link to the paper is here.
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_
What exactly is an "Evolutionist"?
wants to work at VA Linux since you riffed a bunch of people a few years ago to focus on sourceforge. Guys who regularly contributed to the linux kernel like Ted Tso. I suspect the problem isn't the job offering - it's the company.
Dude - you have NO idea how things work in the real world. We have see the world without the FDA. It was called 19th century america with it's snake oil medicine that would be just a likely to kill you as cure you. I have no interest in going back to that.
No I am not saying that at all. You don't have to run a red light to get a story. Sometimes however you need to speak to a source who wishs/needs to be anonymous as a reporter. One act is central to reporting and another is not. What really is the case is that no law is above the constition.