The problem is that adding a license to a program is cheap, a link'll do. Getting a patent, OTOH, is quite expensive, and the system prohibits, of course, patenting groups of things. I don't think an anti-patent works on a fundamental level either, unless there is some way to make it "viral" (no flames) like the GPL. And often it's not the idea, but its implementation that gets the patent (i.e. "a procedure for..."), thus negating any usefulness of the "Bob's House of Prior Art" idea. The only thing that would work is a clueful patent office, but that would raise either taxes or the price to get patents, both of which suck as solutions.
Yes, how about "Security through Moral Business Activities."
An article oh how not to piss off the collected crackers and kiddies of the world by abusing the legal system would have been the only one that could use Etoy vs Etoys in a correct hacking context. Anything else is out of context and therefore poor reporting (or done with some ulterior motive).
yes, but the next time a news story or alliance drives the price up $6, you make $12. Given the volatility of many stocks and Linux's current hot prospects, this should make stockholders happy. Too bad to hear their revenue growth, I hope they can weather the storms (from cautious stockholders), show OSS has a business future, and remain Free. (not beer)
actually after I posted that I realized that the best way to do debugging would be to build it into the program, i.e. the Immune system, the original debugger (ba-dum dum)
What is the connection between "creating life" and "playing god"?
God is the Creator. So far he is the only one (if you'll play along for a moment) to have created life. The commandments are very clear about not fscking with God and his special characteristics (esp. replacing him). So anyone creating life is doing something that used to be an exclusive act of God. Thus they are usurping his power and in fact, "Playing God."
My retort would be something along the lines of "Well if he didn't want us doing it, he wouldn't have made it easy enough for a monkey to do!"
. This argument comes from the basis that if we're made in God's image, and God is a Creator, then we must also be creators.
Yup, we've been moving in this direction since we figured out fire. The closer we get, the longer we realize the journey will be. What I applaud these scientists for doing, is not blindly rushing down the path (as was done in WWII), but asking whether they should. Often it's a good idea to get your bearings before wandering into unexplored terrritory. I think reseach and application of these technologies is inevitable (if it's not done in the open some "mad" scientists will go it alone), and I hope that the sense of moral and ethical accountability these scientists have shown is a step toward avoiding using these technologies to destroy (as many other posts have theorized how they could). Dunno my overall point, just wanted to add to the coffers.
give gamers some credit. It's not like it used to be, but you still have to have a pretty good knowledge of your system to get the most out of gaming. Most of what I learned about computers (and perhaps why my Linux is weak..) was learned figuring out how to make various games work. In the win3/dos4gw gaming era, if you didn't know how to reconfigure memory you couldn't play half the games.
Not to mention the hardware expertise that comes with 10 years of upgrades.
There need to be more games on Linux, it helps draw in that next gen. or hackers (ones that will start using *real* OSes at 12). If you really want the tide to turn (faster, I guess) support Linux gaming.
Yea, great it's Op So and all, but it's tough to beat Google. Case in point, I run a small site out of my apartment (for about a month now). I have yet to do any search engine placement or promotion, other than meta tagging. A search on Google with my full site name returns a page full of my pages. Also, if you search Google for "Wah" my page just makes it in there at the bottom.
it's a common practice in sports therapy. It allows to flex your quad when, say, you left the cartilage from your knees on the field. It feels kinda funky...
So why in the world would someone characterize the CoSource effort as moving free software into the free market if in fact free software already is part of the free market?
To get non-developers involved. There are a lot more people that use software than create it. It's moving the demand for new or special software away from only the developers and adding end users into the mix. Basically, trying to create an environment where a clueless end user can say "Here's $500, Scratch my itch for me." And hopefull the "free market" (via CoSource) will end up with someone who can and is willing.
CoSource is a way to move free software DEVELOPEMENT into a more market driven (vs itch-driven) model. (and if you don't like it, don't use it, flaming me is useless.)
it's actually a pretty good parody of the tirade against Terrence and Phillip in the South Park Movie, but a wild guess says you missed that one too,:-)
I guess, like so many christians, you cannot truly tolerate an opinion that is different from yours.
it's built in to the dogma, perhaps you've seen some of these before.
Exodus 20: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
"Love 'em if they love Me, if they don't, they are inherently evil and worthy of destruction." - God (paraphrased)
Of course, a better place for this discusion would be here
This is the stuff I gravitate to when I need a laugh. Sorry but if you didn't see the South Park Christmas musical you missed some seriously funny stuff. Christ and Santa singing Christmas songs in the first person, priceless.
The RIAA's tactics in this case are nothing less than bullying - picking on the little guy who can't fight back.
It's more fighting back the only way they know how. This is similar to the iCrave suit in that established media properties are trying to shut down or stop innovators. Why? Because they want to be the ones to innovate when they're good and ready. (i.e. they find a way to maintain control).
All of these large media companies see they are losing the war. Abusing the law is the only way they can fight. It's guerilla warfare and they can't figure out how to stop it. What's that Ghandi quote..1st they ignore you ('95), then they laugh at you ('97), then they fight you ('99), and then you win (??).
Slashdot Mirror
hmmm, the riots were only started by a few people...
(disclaimer: I was not in Seattle (physically))
The problem is that adding a license to a program is cheap, a link'll do. Getting a patent, OTOH, is quite expensive, and the system prohibits, of course, patenting groups of things. I don't think an anti-patent works on a fundamental level either, unless there is some way to make it "viral" (no flames) like the GPL. And often it's not the idea, but its implementation that gets the patent (i.e. "a procedure for..."), thus negating any usefulness of the "Bob's House of Prior Art" idea. The only thing that would work is a clueful patent office, but that would raise either taxes or the price to get patents, both of which suck as solutions.
Yes, how about "Security through Moral Business Activities."
An article oh how not to piss off the collected crackers and kiddies of the world by abusing the legal system would have been the only one that could use Etoy vs Etoys in a correct hacking context. Anything else is out of context and therefore poor reporting (or done with some ulterior motive).
yes, but the next time a news story or alliance drives the price up $6, you make $12. Given the volatility of many stocks and Linux's current hot prospects, this should make stockholders happy. Too bad to hear their revenue growth, I hope they can weather the storms (from cautious stockholders), show OSS has a business future, and remain Free. (not beer)
every time somebody says "Linux" LT gets credit. It's good to see someone officially credit Stallman. (GNU/Linux = A Marketers Nightmare)
Dead on Me-Too, for that. Shut the fack up, bitcher's and "this story//. sucks" crap.
*blows off steam*
actually after I posted that I realized that the best way to do debugging would be to build it into the program, i.e. the Immune system, the original debugger (ba-dum dum)
What is the connection between "creating life" and "playing god"?
God is the Creator. So far he is the only one (if you'll play along for a moment) to have created life. The commandments are very clear about not fscking with God and his special characteristics (esp. replacing him). So anyone creating life is doing something that used to be an exclusive act of God. Thus they are usurping his power and in fact, "Playing God."
My retort would be something along the lines of "Well if he didn't want us doing it, he wouldn't have made it easy enough for a monkey to do!"
. This argument comes from the basis that if we're made in God's image, and God is a Creator, then we must also be creators.
Yup, we've been moving in this direction since we figured out fire. The closer we get, the longer we realize the journey will be. What I applaud these scientists for doing, is not blindly rushing down the path (as was done in WWII), but asking whether they should. Often it's a good idea to get your bearings before wandering into unexplored terrritory. I think reseach and application of these technologies is inevitable (if it's not done in the open some "mad" scientists will go it alone), and I hope that the sense of moral and ethical accountability these scientists have shown is a step toward avoiding using these technologies to destroy (as many other posts have theorized how they could). Dunno my overall point, just wanted to add to the coffers.
Up with Life!
hmm, how fun do you think debugging would be? especially considering mutation...
It's because of Linux "fever". I was watching CNBC at lunch and for all that talk I never once heard the words Open Source, go figure...
now if /. goes down there is no excuse, they should get the same shit ebay did. Congrats to the team tho, $20 mil ain't bad for a coupl'a code monkeys.
(why was this off-topic? Andover is as much a Linux stock as anyobdy else, I was angry they didn't post it here.)
now if /. goes down there is no excuse, they should get the same shit ebay did. Congrats to the team tho, $20 mil ain't bad for a coupl'a code monkeys.
give gamers some credit. It's not like it used to be, but you still have to have a pretty good knowledge of your system to get the most out of gaming. Most of what I learned about computers (and perhaps why my Linux is weak..) was learned figuring out how to make various games work. In the win3/dos4gw gaming era, if you didn't know how to reconfigure memory you couldn't play half the games.
Not to mention the hardware expertise that comes with 10 years of upgrades.
There need to be more games on Linux, it helps draw in that next gen. or hackers (ones that will start using *real* OSes at 12). If you really want the tide to turn (faster, I guess) support Linux gaming.
Yea, great it's Op So and all, but it's tough to beat Google. Case in point, I run a small site out of my apartment (for about a month now). I have yet to do any search engine placement or promotion, other than meta tagging. A search on Google with my full site name returns a page full of my pages. Also, if you search Google for "Wah" my page just makes it in there at the bottom.
Google rocks!!
my beowulf cluster of hot grits can petrify any GNU out there.
it's a common practice in sports therapy. It allows to flex your quad when, say, you left the cartilage from your knees on the field. It feels kinda funky...
So why in the world would someone characterize the CoSource effort as moving free software into the free market if in fact free software already is part of the free market?
To get non-developers involved. There are a lot more people that use software than create it. It's moving the demand for new or special software away from only the developers and adding end users into the mix.
Basically, trying to create an environment where a clueless end user can say "Here's $500, Scratch my itch for me." And hopefull the "free market" (via CoSource) will end up with someone who can and is willing.
CoSource is a way to move free software DEVELOPEMENT into a more market driven (vs itch-driven) model. (and if you don't like it, don't use it, flaming me is useless.)
so if you want to be a good counterfeiter (i.e. still walking around in public), be a good thief first...
it's actually a pretty good parody of the tirade against Terrence and Phillip in the South Park Movie, but a wild guess says you missed that one too, :-)
I guess, like so many christians, you cannot truly tolerate an opinion that is different from yours.
it's built in to the dogma, perhaps you've seen some of these before.
Exodus 20:
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
"Love 'em if they love Me, if they don't, they are inherently evil and worthy of destruction." - God (paraphrased)
Of course, a better place for this discusion would be here
.... screwed-up courts here in the US will give me a pile of dogshit for wasting their time.
This is the stuff I gravitate to when I need a laugh. Sorry but if you didn't see the South Park Christmas musical you missed some seriously funny stuff. Christ and Santa singing Christmas songs in the first person, priceless.
Yes, it was a rock star suing because he blew all his cash. If anyone gets a chance, watch Mr.Show on HBO, some of the best sketch comedy around.
The RIAA's tactics in this case are nothing less than bullying - picking on the little guy who can't fight back.
It's more fighting back the only way they know how. This is similar to the iCrave suit in that established media properties are trying to shut down or stop innovators. Why? Because they want to be the ones to innovate when they're good and ready. (i.e. they find a way to maintain control).
All of these large media companies see they are losing the war. Abusing the law is the only way they can fight. It's guerilla warfare and they can't figure out how to stop it. What's that Ghandi quote..1st they ignore you ('95), then they laugh at you ('97), then they fight you ('99), and then you win (??).