Oh, sorry, are we all in the USA now? Linux was written in the USA, was it? I must have missed that memo. Leaving that aside, you're still talking shite, because you said "The GPL specifies that" when it does no such thing. Please don't assume that the GPL is written for US use only, nor that you can caveat it any way that you like.
here. It's work in progress. The patch, as submitted, is based on the wrong tree, needed further patching even to make it work with a stock kernel, busts 4k stacks and spits error messages. The submitters make it clear that there are a lot of versions to come.
Their intentions and goals are good, but it's a long way from ready for inclusion. It's a step along the road, but they need to submit a final and fully debugged version that doesn't bork anything, and with less marketdroid spin and more comprehensive testing and performance metrics.
here, and I don't see where it "specifies" anything about fair use.
If you mean that making fair use of GPL'd source offers you a defence against charges of copyright infringement, you're correct, but that's not even remotely what the GPL says.
I love how all these InstaExperts spring up on the rare occasion that Slashdot runs a tech story.
Beyond the level of a lightbulb and switch, the concept of a Real Time Operating System is spurious. Better to say Very Low Latency Operating system. There's always a delay in reacting to an input, and it's always buffered in some way. Even a lightbulb and switch buffers the signal along the length of the wire from the switch to the bulb. More complex systems, like a phone PBX that has to respond to signals coming down the wire buffers them in a DSP before actually responding to them. If the operating system (in the sense of the executable running on the CPU as we're discussing here) had to respond in 'real time' to every signal on the line or even from the DSP, then you'd be dropping calls or missing other scheduled tasks.
All OSes involve a compromise. An 'RTOS' is only more interruptable by degree than an already fairly low latency OS like Linux. Linux has some way to go yet, but it's already good enough for a lot of systems. And - gasp - even an 'RTOS' can and does miss inputs.
That Groklaw will do that, within the bounds of fair use. Not that you actually had any intention of doing it, of course, but it's always fun to come up with great ideas for less lazy people to implement.
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Would it really fuck up an editor's day to actually do some, you know, editing? What the hell do these guys do all day, and can I get paid to do the same?
Remember that their reaction to this will be to screech about how it demonstrates that need even more laws to protect the level of profits that they demand. In the mid term, it may just be a case of them needing to bribe^H^H^H^H^H donate more in order to purchase DMCA v2.0 that gets around these pesky 'due process' loopholes.
If we need tissue samples to get a full analysis, then why not just kill one of them? Note: one, not go into a buffalo slaughter frenzy. If the population is so small that it can't lose one individual, then they're boned anyway.
I'm rather minded to believe that the whole mystery serves as a useful way to keep your funding rolling in.
The burden of proof in a civil case is balance of probability. As you didn't offer any evidence to make your case, I'm free to choose any most likely scenario that I like. I like Mr Ballmers.
No offended anecdotes. Slashdot posters are not representative of Joe Consumer. Statistics. Because for all that he's a hooting freak of nature, on this one, I'm tending towards agreeing with Mr Ballmer's opinion.
The box set cover has a CGI image of Vader's mask looking the way Lucas thinks it should have done. It's a big fat historical revisionist kludge before you even rip the shrink wrap.
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Oh, sorry, are we all in the USA now? Linux was written in the USA, was it? I must have missed that memo. Leaving that aside, you're still talking shite, because you said "The GPL specifies that" when it does no such thing. Please don't assume that the GPL is written for US use only, nor that you can caveat it any way that you like.
Heh, I should have qualified that better. I tend to think of it from an application point of view.
here. It's work in progress. The patch, as submitted, is based on the wrong tree, needed further patching even to make it work with a stock kernel, busts 4k stacks and spits error messages. The submitters make it clear that there are a lot of versions to come.
Their intentions and goals are good, but it's a long way from ready for inclusion. It's a step along the road, but they need to submit a final and fully debugged version that doesn't bork anything, and with less marketdroid spin and more comprehensive testing and performance metrics.
here, and I don't see where it "specifies" anything about fair use.
If you mean that making fair use of GPL'd source offers you a defence against charges of copyright infringement, you're correct, but that's not even remotely what the GPL says.
I love how all these InstaExperts spring up on the rare occasion that Slashdot runs a tech story.
Beyond the level of a lightbulb and switch, the concept of a Real Time Operating System is spurious. Better to say Very Low Latency Operating system. There's always a delay in reacting to an input, and it's always buffered in some way. Even a lightbulb and switch buffers the signal along the length of the wire from the switch to the bulb. More complex systems, like a phone PBX that has to respond to signals coming down the wire buffers them in a DSP before actually responding to them. If the operating system (in the sense of the executable running on the CPU as we're discussing here) had to respond in 'real time' to every signal on the line or even from the DSP, then you'd be dropping calls or missing other scheduled tasks.
All OSes involve a compromise. An 'RTOS' is only more interruptable by degree than an already fairly low latency OS like Linux. Linux has some way to go yet, but it's already good enough for a lot of systems. And - gasp - even an 'RTOS' can and does miss inputs.
Go on, Mr Don't Know The Difference Between Embedded and Realtime. List them.
Next time you design a reactor, you go ahead and do it your way.
You Have Been Trolled. You Have Lost. Have A Nice Day.
Which refers to something that you don't necessarily have to believe in in order to get paid for writing.
We're not pro-SCO, we just find you Lunix zealots so unbearably cute that we have to troll you just a little.
That Groklaw will do that, within the bounds of fair use. Not that you actually had any intention of doing it, of course, but it's always fun to come up with great ideas for less lazy people to implement.
Would it really fuck up an editor's day to actually do some, you know, editing? What the hell do these guys do all day, and can I get paid to do the same?
Remember that their reaction to this will be to screech about how it demonstrates that need even more laws to protect the level of profits that they demand. In the mid term, it may just be a case of them needing to bribe^H^H^H^H^H donate more in order to purchase DMCA v2.0 that gets around these pesky 'due process' loopholes.
It's probably a Democrat voter as well.
If we need tissue samples to get a full analysis, then why not just kill one of them? Note: one, not go into a buffalo slaughter frenzy. If the population is so small that it can't lose one individual, then they're boned anyway.
I'm rather minded to believe that the whole mystery serves as a useful way to keep your funding rolling in.
Erik Estrada spotted in the wilds of the Congo?
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The burden of proof in a civil case is balance of probability. As you didn't offer any evidence to make your case, I'm free to choose any most likely scenario that I like. I like Mr Ballmers.
But only of Microsoft products and old stuff, so I guess that makes it all right then.
No offended anecdotes. Slashdot posters are not representative of Joe Consumer. Statistics. Because for all that he's a hooting freak of nature, on this one, I'm tending towards agreeing with Mr Ballmer's opinion.
"Help yourself to anything from the fridge, and feel free to get nekkid. And take a shower. And be sure to face that corner."
The box set cover has a CGI image of Vader's mask looking the way Lucas thinks it should have done. It's a big fat historical revisionist kludge before you even rip the shrink wrap.
He never displayed it, nor got paid for it. Thanks for making that distinction for us.
Can you recommend .torrents for that? Because, I'm right there with you.
But at least now they'll be able to ADD 3'' TO THERE PEENIS GARANTEED!!