basically a breed of cows that were bred to have practically no real brain function and incapable of living on its own? You've pretty much described the cows we eat now.
It's to get you to make some sort of admission of guilt that they can use against you later. Perhaps it's because I realize what they are doing and recognize the questions that I see it as such a waste of time. I suppose asking mundane questions would be a good way to spot people who are impaired, so I should probably let the interrogation slide off my back.
During my last ticket (which was on the same road as my first, and which will undoubtedly be where I get my third) what really pissed me off is that the officer was clearly speeding herself. The road is a two lane bi-directional road with no divider (I don't remember seeing those in upstate NY last time I visited, but they are everywhere in Rural CA), and the officer caught me coming around a blind corner coming the opposite direction. Having driven the road countless times in the last 10 years, I am extremely familiar with it and it was obvious to me that the officer was driving *at least* 70Mph, which is about same speed I was clocked at. Unless police are chasing or pacing someone, I don't think they should be allowed to drive over the speed limit.
I recently got my second speeding ticket, my first one coming seven years ago, so the reason why I despise police officers is fresh in my mind.
I don't mind so much the giving of the ticket. It's the pointless/loaded questions like "Why were you driving that fast?", and "Do you know how fast you were going?", and being lectured at as if I were their retarded 6 year old step-child.
Aside from my two tickets, I've been pulled over a few other times, and in every case but one, the office has fit the typical power-drunk asshole stereotype.
We have people out there to enforce them, and we hope that they will do so fairly. We shouldn't hope it. We should demand it.
Police officers are a necessary evil, and must be watched.
The larger pattern of which this is one example seems to indicate that many people don't read, except Slashdot and other geek discussion forums, blogs, etc., In turn, this leads to a self-perpetuating defect. A meme, if you will... Their seems to be some merit to you're theory. The internet is causing us to loose a grip on the English language. It's to bad.
The GPL doesn't restrict what you can DO with any piece of GPL'd code, Can I take GPL code, modify it, and then sell the resulting product in binary form without disclosing the source?
No?
Then it looks like the GPL does in fact restrict what you can do with any piece of GPL'd code.
If consumers _really_ wanted unbiased reviews, then publications would do it the right way....But that's expensive and no consumer is willing to pay for it. Actually, consumers are willing to pay for it....
The fact alone that so many in the debate are obsessed with keeping and/or kicking Mexican immigrants out shows that race is in fact an issue. The reason I say this is because keeping Mexicans out of our country is an absolutely *impossible* task. People that refuse to realize this and move on towards workable solutions to border security are having their judgment clouded by *something*, and I think that something is fear and/or hate.
My suspicions are only confirmed when I hear people on conservative talk radio shows saying things to the effect of "Mexican immigrants are destroying our culture", or "...robbing us of our sovereignty".
Replace 'Mexicans' with 'Italians', 'Irish', 'Polish', 'Japanese', etc, and you'll find that these same idiotic arguments have been being made for 200 years now.
While a middle-man can come in and "lock up" a derivative of a BSD licensed piece of software, he can never lock up the original. While the rights granted by licenses more liberal than the GPL may have undesirable (to some) long-term results, no rights are directly stripped by the BSD license. Every hear of the saying, "Freedom isn't free?"
Hence GPL nets more freedom to end-users. Though that is still your opinion, and I still don't agree with it, at least it's fairly logical.:)
In saying this, you are placing a set value on various freedoms and assuming that everyone shares these values. The value of being able to see source code is not the same for everyone. For some (most?) end-users, that value is non-existent.
However, end-users (non-distributors) have less freedom in the BSD model than they enjoy with the GPL. What twisted form of logic did you exercise to come to that conclusion?
Can you please explain what extra rights the GPL provides the end user over the BSD license?
but the idea is the same: bashing specific minorities for whatever reason is not just tolerated, but accepted. Yes. For an example, listen to any of the many conservative talk radio shows in the U.S. and listen to them talk about illegal immigration.
Grandparent is correct Cannot change password, password never expires etc. are user account properties and can be set on a per-user basis. No they can't. Password policies are applied to *machines*, not users, so it's impossible to set them on a per user basis. For domain accounts the relevant password policy is the one applied to the domain controllers.
What the Grandparent is talking about is lazy IT staff manually setting passwords for VIPs when they expire using their domain admin privileges. This is the only way of "overriding" a password policy. Moving to a hardware token based system only shifts the responsibility of enforcing policies over to a new set of hands; someone with the ability to renew hardware tokens can act just as irresponsibly as the lazy Windows admin, so I fail to see the point of slamming Windows domains in this regard.
Actually there are lots of distributions that are AV-less and are quite secure from viruses and malware. Really?! Care to name one?
Microsoft itself said that Vista wouldn't be subject to viruses. No they didn't.
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You might be right, but perhaps losing tons of customers will encourage At&T to rethink their stance.
Who am I kidding. The masses are ignorant and apathetic. We're screwed.
Are you sure you're not actually a *BSD user?
Luckily, At&T customers can usually get their DSL from several different resellers.
Speakeasy is available in the bay area I beleive. There is also Earthlink, DSLExtreme and Sonic.net.
You've just made a great case for the BSD license.
During my last ticket (which was on the same road as my first, and which will undoubtedly be where I get my third) what really pissed me off is that the officer was clearly speeding herself. The road is a two lane bi-directional road with no divider (I don't remember seeing those in upstate NY last time I visited, but they are everywhere in Rural CA), and the officer caught me coming around a blind corner coming the opposite direction. Having driven the road countless times in the last 10 years, I am extremely familiar with it and it was obvious to me that the officer was driving *at least* 70Mph, which is about same speed I was clocked at. Unless police are chasing or pacing someone, I don't think they should be allowed to drive over the speed limit.
...and if you already knew that, you might be a redneck.
I don't mind so much the giving of the ticket. It's the pointless/loaded questions like "Why were you driving that fast?", and "Do you know how fast you were going?", and being lectured at as if I were their retarded 6 year old step-child.
Aside from my two tickets, I've been pulled over a few other times, and in every case but one, the office has fit the typical power-drunk asshole stereotype. We have people out there to enforce them, and we hope that they will do so fairly. We shouldn't hope it. We should demand it.
Police officers are a necessary evil, and must be watched.
It is ironic how the GPL fanatics with mod-points rush in so quickly with the -1 troll mods to silence the truth about their sacred license.
No?
Then it looks like the GPL does in fact restrict what you can do with any piece of GPL'd code.
"Easter dinner"?
What the hell were you doing as a teenager.
Probably "working" for his rich daddy.
http://www.consumerreports.org/
The fact alone that so many in the debate are obsessed with keeping and/or kicking Mexican immigrants out shows that race is in fact an issue. The reason I say this is because keeping Mexicans out of our country is an absolutely *impossible* task. People that refuse to realize this and move on towards workable solutions to border security are having their judgment clouded by *something*, and I think that something is fear and/or hate.
My suspicions are only confirmed when I hear people on conservative talk radio shows saying things to the effect of "Mexican immigrants are destroying our culture", or "...robbing us of our sovereignty".
Replace 'Mexicans' with 'Italians', 'Irish', 'Polish', 'Japanese', etc, and you'll find that these same idiotic arguments have been being made for 200 years now.
Why are we afraid of Mexicans?
In saying this, you are placing a set value on various freedoms and assuming that everyone shares these values. The value of being able to see source code is not the same for everyone. For some (most?) end-users, that value is non-existent.
...using a front-end loader to put out the cat.
Just like 2000 (Or 9x) was XP without Luna and actual usability with less than a top of the line computer?
And I was referring to Mexicans, not people who are, by definition, breaking the law.
Can you please explain what extra rights the GPL provides the end user over the BSD license?
What the Grandparent is talking about is lazy IT staff manually setting passwords for VIPs when they expire using their domain admin privileges. This is the only way of "overriding" a password policy. Moving to a hardware token based system only shifts the responsibility of enforcing policies over to a new set of hands; someone with the ability to renew hardware tokens can act just as irresponsibly as the lazy Windows admin, so I fail to see the point of slamming Windows domains in this regard.
Desktop Gnu/Linux and OS X fanatics would disagree with you.