Then what is the reason? The entire mechanism of copyright relies on the idea that the creators need encouraged and protected. That's the whole flipping point and the *entire* means to the end. Yes, it benefits the creators. It is meant to be that way.
We got DMCA because large companies needed to lock up their products even tighter to drive up income, not because lawmakers forgot something. It was lobbied into place with very large sums of money. Don't confuse the DMCA issues with copyright issues. They are related, but not one in the same.
Copyright extensions, on the other hand, are in place because of very large sums of money *and* because lawmakers forgot that copyright is supposed to only provide *encouragment*, not a promise of enternal income. (Do some research on Disney and Mickey Mouse) Copyright was built with termination in mind and that has recently been ignored.
Irregardless, that points out a flaw in the *usage* of copyright and does not validate your claim that the reason isn't to encourage creators.
Sneaky, twisted little bugger. He copied an earlier comment and then "someone" anon posted to the earlier comment and said it was a copy-paste dup and pointed to this as the original.
Check out the orignal and look at the first comment and then look at the post I'm replying to. Check the dates/times carefully.
Also note that an anon is already posted in this thread pointing out the problem, but already is modded down. Hopefully my extra point allows a few more people to see what's going on...
Ok, so let's follow your logic out step by step. 1) The purpose of copyright law is to advance society in general. 2) Copyright holders receive advantages/compensation to encourage them to create more stuff. 3) Huge leap 4) Copyright law isn't supposed to advance the people who make create stuff.
So if copyright law is meant to advance society and its mechanism for doing that is to provide incentive to the creators, how would you imagine that copyright law is not meant to benifit creators? If you think it's an evil that's fine. Either way, it's a necessity if 1 and 2 hold.
Read the article. It states that the theives were likely after information instead of hardware. The value of the hardware is nothing compared to the information that *might* be on the servers.
As the article states, they were likely after information, not hardware. It's likely that hardware will be destroyed after the info is sucked off of it.
Anyone had any luck getting this to play in linux? The reference to the actual file appears to be http://66.246.105.13:80/adcritic/ibm-linux-prodigy.asf, but xine won't play it.
Obviously you understand that it would be just silly of them to push copy-paste practices so what do you suppose they meant?
I'll suggest that they probably meant copy-paste-modify rather than just copy-paste. Very similar code is necessary in places like the db abstraction and object mapping layers for db backended apps and while the code is very very similar (ie, every single object needs to know how to add/update/remove/retrieve itself from the database), the individual elements and table layouts are different.
Now couple that with the need to make very small specialized customizations to many of the classes/tables and you end up with something that can be generated and the individual generated base classes then subclassed easily, but is very difficult to abstract and generalize without generating the base class.
Also, consider how you would need to resolve the object-to-relational mapping of a object that had a couple of 1xn relationships, a nxn relationship, and even a self referential nxn relationship. Do you do that at runtime? Everytime the class is accessed? Really? Because that would be necessary if you just create an abstract class that knows the entire data model for the entire application and is responsible for do the mappings for every object.
Those two issues (forced dynamic lookup and no customization allowed) make the some sort of generic overlord class prohibitive. It's here that code generation makes a whole lot of sense.
And your harddrive likely gets used as virtual RAM... So, it is random access and it does hold data and it even gets used in the same context as RAM like DDR or SDRAM.
The usage of RAM is probably not misleading as the alternatives are CDs and tiny harddrives which makes the RAM category pretty clear. The original nitpick was exactly that, a nitpick.
That argument lost its punch some time ago. Large, commercial entities are using Linux so the interest is certainly there. Google is one really good example.
I would seriously doubt that a patch couldn't be created that would apply to new versions without too much hassle unless Trolltech made huge changes to the internal data structure/api and that probably won't happen very often with the list view source.
Then spend the time necessary and modify the QTreeView source directly, making it doubly linked. If it's really causing you that many problems, your time is well invested making the change. Also, may be able to get by with simply subclassing it. Seriously, the source is not that hard to understand and making changes to it is kind of fun:) I ended up digging around in the QRichText source so I had a better idea of how they handled the psuedo html...
By zealot, the writer almost certainly meant the second definition. A zealous person is one filled with zeal (also Webster..) and zeal means:
: eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : FERVOR synonym see PASSION
eagerness, ardent interest, fervor, passion... Yeah, those all fit pretty well;o)
Also, note that fanatic probably doesn't mean what you're thinking...
: marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion
Again, excessive enthusiasm fits pretty well. The intense devotion is probably critical rather than uncritical, but I'd say zealot is a pretty good fit.
That's what a polymorphic virus is all about. See here for a very short definition. AV programs have known about this for a *long* time and have had some success defeating that approach. Do a google search for "Virus Heuristics" if you are interested.
Not if the "theme" or image is being expressed by transformation rather than single pixels. I can't think of a way XML would beat something like png for representing pixels, but I imagine that their images contain drawing instructions which would consume *far* less space.
Note that the feature in the feature list says 5. XML image scripting
In my irrelevant opinion, the two Big Missing Applications in Linux are PowerPro and GoBack.
May you fall through an open manhole cover on the way to work/school/daycare tomorrow, bust open a sewer pipe to cushion your fall, swallow radioactive waste, mutate into a hideous rat and be doomed to an immortal life in the refuse beneath New York City.
GoBack is easily the most vile, insidious program known to man. Well, maybe the second most vile. Everytime I have even *thought* about using it, GoBack has abruptly trashed an innocent system beyond recovery. And you thought mind reading was only in stories...
Because you only open two apps at a time? Because you never work on more than one project at a time? Because you've never gotten a phone call about someone's server melting down and needed a clean workspace in a hurry without loosing track of the 4 *groups* of 18 apps you had open.45 seconds earlier? You really need to get out more;o)
Traveling by someone's home does not always tell the correct story when you are trying to determine means rather than will. Some do not have the means to live in a nice environment and some simply choose to use their resources in a different way. The only tribe I know much about has members that *could* be living a different lifestyle if they chose to...
At the concept level, its a good idea. Agreed. A VR (or at least 1st person 3D like games offer) office will someday take over the desktops we use today. I'm sure some of the ideas from our 2D desktops will carry over to help make things faster and more efficient, but the basic concept will still be VR like.
Spatial recognition is something we are really really good at and I'm convinced that the sooner we move to a spatial based storage system rather than a tree based storage system, the sooner people who are scared of computers will be able to relate and interact with them in a natural fashion. Obviously VR is required for a truly natural experience, but one step at a time is fine with me. A good, solid 3D desktop that operates completely spatially would rock (and no, one does not exist yet).
hierarchical queries: That's a pretty slick little parlor trick:) That must be an SQL99 trick?
subselects: Highly overrated deficiency that is fixed in the 4.1 series I believe.
In my experience, Microsoft DB products have performed very poorly and Access, in particular, has an engine that I've seen fail on very small databases. By failure, I mean complete and utter meltdown of the db, incorrect results to queries, inability to insert additional records, etc. I have seen nothing in either product that would make me give up MySQL for *any* reason although I must complement Access on its GUI.
Now, I'll back up to my orignal post and try to qualify what I'm saying as you seem to have some in depth knowledge across several RDMSs. My original point was that MySQL works very well for lots of different companies and for POS systems for small/medium businesses in particular. The parent to my original post claimed it was just used for "hobbies websites" which is not true.
I also agree that Oracle and DB2 are in a class of their own, but in the small/medium business market, I feel they are too expensive to purchase and maintain when compared to MySQL.
Perhaps I've been lucky thus far as I've never experienced any table corruption in MySQL and I haven't been hurt by any of its lacking features (either by not needing them or designing around them). With several POS systems in production over the last couple years, MySQL has proven itself as a good choice in my target market.
The comment came from a statment in the article that said the circuitry should be able to tell that a glass with just ice in it is actually empty. So, there must be some kind of alcholic drink that you put ice in...
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Then what is the reason? The entire mechanism of copyright relies on the idea that the creators need encouraged and protected. That's the whole flipping point and the *entire* means to the end. Yes, it benefits the creators. It is meant to be that way.
We got DMCA because large companies needed to lock up their products even tighter to drive up income, not because lawmakers forgot something. It was lobbied into place with very large sums of money. Don't confuse the DMCA issues with copyright issues. They are related, but not one in the same.
Copyright extensions, on the other hand, are in place because of very large sums of money *and* because lawmakers forgot that copyright is supposed to only provide *encouragment*, not a promise of enternal income. (Do some research on Disney and Mickey Mouse) Copyright was built with termination in mind and that has recently been ignored.
Irregardless, that points out a flaw in the *usage* of copyright and does not validate your claim that the reason isn't to encourage creators.
Sneaky, twisted little bugger. He copied an earlier comment and then "someone" anon posted to the earlier comment and said it was a copy-paste dup and pointed to this as the original.
Check out the orignal and look at the first comment and then look at the post I'm replying to. Check the dates/times carefully.
Also note that an anon is already posted in this thread pointing out the problem, but already is modded down. Hopefully my extra point allows a few more people to see what's going on...
Ok, so let's follow your logic out step by step.
:)
1) The purpose of copyright law is to advance society in general.
2) Copyright holders receive advantages/compensation to encourage them to create more stuff.
3) Huge leap
4) Copyright law isn't supposed to advance the people who make create stuff.
So if copyright law is meant to advance society and its mechanism for doing that is to provide incentive to the creators, how would you imagine that copyright law is not meant to benifit creators? If you think it's an evil that's fine. Either way, it's a necessity if 1 and 2 hold.
Now, that's what I call a loop(hole)
Read the article. It states that the theives were likely after information instead of hardware. The value of the hardware is nothing compared to the information that *might* be on the servers.
As the article states, they were likely after information, not hardware. It's likely that hardware will be destroyed after the info is sucked off of it.
Anyone had any luck getting this to play in linux? The reference to the actual file appears to be http://66.246.105.13:80/adcritic/ibm-linux-prodigy .asf, but xine won't play it.
Obviously you understand that it would be just silly of them to push copy-paste practices so what do you suppose they meant?
I'll suggest that they probably meant copy-paste-modify rather than just copy-paste. Very similar code is necessary in places like the db abstraction and object mapping layers for db backended apps and while the code is very very similar (ie, every single object needs to know how to add/update/remove/retrieve itself from the database), the individual elements and table layouts are different.
Now couple that with the need to make very small specialized customizations to many of the classes/tables and you end up with something that can be generated and the individual generated base classes then subclassed easily, but is very difficult to abstract and generalize without generating the base class.
Also, consider how you would need to resolve the object-to-relational mapping of a object that had a couple of 1xn relationships, a nxn relationship, and even a self referential nxn relationship. Do you do that at runtime? Everytime the class is accessed? Really? Because that would be necessary if you just create an abstract class that knows the entire data model for the entire application and is responsible for do the mappings for every object.
Those two issues (forced dynamic lookup and no customization allowed) make the some sort of generic overlord class prohibitive. It's here that code generation makes a whole lot of sense.
And your harddrive likely gets used as virtual RAM... So, it is random access and it does hold data and it even gets used in the same context as RAM like DDR or SDRAM.
The usage of RAM is probably not misleading as the alternatives are CDs and tiny harddrives which makes the RAM category pretty clear. The original nitpick was exactly that, a nitpick.
And that brings the grand total up to, *cha ching*, 2 geeks who workout.
And how many new subscriptions do you suppose they'll get today? Never underestimate the stupidity of some who visit /.........
That argument lost its punch some time ago. Large, commercial entities are using Linux so the interest is certainly there. Google is one really good example.
I would seriously doubt that a patch couldn't be created that would apply to new versions without too much hassle unless Trolltech made huge changes to the internal data structure/api and that probably won't happen very often with the list view source.
Then spend the time necessary and modify the QTreeView source directly, making it doubly linked. If it's really causing you that many problems, your time is well invested making the change. Also, may be able to get by with simply subclassing it. Seriously, the source is not that hard to understand and making changes to it is kind of fun :) I ended up digging around in the QRichText source so I had a better idea of how they handled the psuedo html...
By zealot, the writer almost certainly meant the second definition. A zealous person is one filled with zeal (also Webster..) and zeal means:
;o)
: eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : FERVOR
synonym see PASSION
eagerness, ardent interest, fervor, passion... Yeah, those all fit pretty well
Also, note that fanatic probably doesn't mean what you're thinking...
: marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion
Again, excessive enthusiasm fits pretty well. The intense devotion is probably critical rather than uncritical, but I'd say zealot is a pretty good fit.
That's what a polymorphic virus is all about. See here for a very short definition. AV programs have known about this for a *long* time and have had some success defeating that approach. Do a google search for "Virus Heuristics" if you are interested.
he he, I'm a filthy beginner ;o)
Not if the "theme" or image is being expressed by transformation rather than single pixels. I can't think of a way XML would beat something like png for representing pixels, but I imagine that their images contain drawing instructions which would consume *far* less space.
Note that the feature in the feature list says
5. XML image scripting
In my irrelevant opinion, the two Big Missing Applications in Linux are PowerPro and GoBack.
May you fall through an open manhole cover on the way to work/school/daycare tomorrow, bust open a sewer pipe to cushion your fall, swallow radioactive waste, mutate into a hideous rat and be doomed to an immortal life in the refuse beneath New York City.
GoBack is easily the most vile, insidious program known to man. Well, maybe the second most vile. Everytime I have even *thought* about using it, GoBack has abruptly trashed an innocent system beyond recovery. And you thought mind reading was only in stories...
Because you only open two apps at a time? Because you never work on more than one project at a time? Because you've never gotten a phone call about someone's server melting down and needed a clean workspace in a hurry without loosing track of the 4 *groups* of 18 apps you had open .45 seconds earlier? You really need to get out more ;o)
Traveling by someone's home does not always tell the correct story when you are trying to determine means rather than will. Some do not have the means to live in a nice environment and some simply choose to use their resources in a different way. The only tribe I know much about has members that *could* be living a different lifestyle if they chose to...
At the concept level, its a good idea.
Agreed. A VR (or at least 1st person 3D like games offer) office will someday take over the desktops we use today. I'm sure some of the ideas from our 2D desktops will carry over to help make things faster and more efficient, but the basic concept will still be VR like.
Spatial recognition is something we are really really good at and I'm convinced that the sooner we move to a spatial based storage system rather than a tree based storage system, the sooner people who are scared of computers will be able to relate and interact with them in a natural fashion. Obviously VR is required for a truly natural experience, but one step at a time is fine with me. A good, solid 3D desktop that operates completely spatially would rock (and no, one does not exist yet).
hierarchical queries: :) That must be an SQL99 trick?
That's a pretty slick little parlor trick
subselects:
Highly overrated deficiency that is fixed in the 4.1 series I believe.
In my experience, Microsoft DB products have performed very poorly and Access, in particular, has an engine that I've seen fail on very small databases. By failure, I mean complete and utter meltdown of the db, incorrect results to queries, inability to insert additional records, etc. I have seen nothing in either product that would make me give up MySQL for *any* reason although I must complement Access on its GUI.
Now, I'll back up to my orignal post and try to qualify what I'm saying as you seem to have some in depth knowledge across several RDMSs. My original point was that MySQL works very well for lots of different companies and for POS systems for small/medium businesses in particular. The parent to my original post claimed it was just used for "hobbies websites" which is not true.
I also agree that Oracle and DB2 are in a class of their own, but in the small/medium business market, I feel they are too expensive to purchase and maintain when compared to MySQL.
Perhaps I've been lucky thus far as I've never experienced any table corruption in MySQL and I haven't been hurt by any of its lacking features (either by not needing them or designing around them). With several POS systems in production over the last couple years, MySQL has proven itself as a good choice in my target market.
he he, shows you how much I drink *grin*
The comment came from a statment in the article that said the circuitry should be able to tell that a glass with just ice in it is actually empty. So, there must be some kind of alcholic drink that you put ice in...
lol, I think I'll just go to bed now..