" Because one morning I came out to my parking space (I live in an apartment near the beach) to catch a homeless man 'cleaning' his ass crack on the corner of my truck's bumper.
He quickly ran off... I was still in shock and not sure if I should chase him down, let alone know what to do with him once caught, but now I can track him down and do the same to his shopping cart.
Sweet revenge!"
I had a similar problem with a black man. We should track all black people. Think of all the services that black people need-- food, water, medical attention. If we track them we will be able to provide these services better, and as an ancillary benefit, I can avenge acts that have been comitted against me by black people. We shouldn't call them 'black people' though, because that is too long. We should call them niggers. This could be just the beginning. Think of all the other ethnic groups who could benefit from service tracking!
Dammit, why is this modded down. It is completely obvious that the first soviet russia joke should have been modded +5 funny, while the rest should have been modded redundant and all the posters of said jokes should have been shot(no offense).
I think most of your insane paranoid idea makes perfect sense(scary). All except this:
"Suddenly, in the end, IBM has a Linux distro,"
I don't think IBM will want a Linux distro. If they distribute code licensed under the GPL they are indemnifying all Linux coders from suits using IBM's famous patent portfolio. Of course they have already done this with some major stuff(RCU et al.), but this way they can pick and choose.
My first computer was a 286 with two mammoth harddrives.. one 30 meg and one 40 meg. I had a monochrome monitor, but I could call BBSs. I had more fun playing trade wars than I ever did playing everquest. The first computer I built was a 386 DX-40 with eight megs(cost me $300 for those 30 pin SIMMS). My wishes for computers were more space, more memory and multi-tasking. I couldn't have dreamed of what I have now. The video cards on both my PCs are more capable than any computer I envisioned at the time. I also dreamed of the day I didn't have to install slackware from floppies. Woot... cept now I run red hat. Mostly I wanted knowledge, but I turned out to be too lazy. Today I dream of a world that is not ruled by Microsoft. I imagine that most people ten years from now will at least have seen Linux(or BSD.. whatever). I don't think much will have changed in the US in only ten years, but the rest of the world will have largely cast away their MS chains. That is the day that I laugh and say I predicted it all. If it doesn't happen, no one but google will remember I ever said this.
I just have to say, this is possibly the saddest thing I've ever seen posted to/. in the 2 years I've been coming here. Is this TRULY the only news we have to post? A semantic debate over one alternate spelling? (-1, Troll...)
Come one.. haven't you seen the other stories posted today. This was FUNNY and didn't take much time to read. What are you complaining about? It's Linus talking about friggin mudwrestling! It's better than what cable news networks do on slow newsdays.
It seems to me that the very idea of paying someone to write free software is the very antithesis of what free software is all about. (Not to mention the practical problems of managing the stable of programmers, ensuring that work actually gets done etc...)
Far better would be something like the Ford Foundation giving grants to folks after they have a track record.
Agreed. I think(and have suggested to my state representative) that governments should give grants for the public good, and commission software companies to make alterations to software that the government needs to operate. The great part about open software is that many different governments can cooperate to spread the cost of acquiring a feature or product between them.
You know, I'm sick and tired of everyone on slashdot always jumping on the bandwagon and insulting Microsoft! Just kidding. What a bunch of useless shit.
Please try to describe in instance where distributing copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission is 'right'.
I object to the idea that people have the right to own ideas. I consider copyright to be wrong... especially in it's current bloated manifestation. Copyright, if it is to exist at all, should only exist if it directly promotes innovation, and only where innovation wouldn't otherwise happen. The constitution of the United States has provisions to this effect, but they have been ignored by the legislature. I hope you see that it is possible for the two of us to have different opinions about what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'. The law, on the other hand is a little less ambiguous. By distributing copyrighted works without permission they are clearly breaking the law. Instead of spending their time downloading and worrying that they might get caught, file sharers should put some effort toward repealing the unjust laws they are disobeying.
Honestly, I don't see this as a joke. Linux, or any OS, should be evaluated by how well it does on its own merits. Complaining that it doesn't work well with Windows is like
There's no reason to blame Linux for it's inability to operate with Windows. Clearly MS has a profit motive for not making their products work with Linux, blame them.
Remember, it costs tens of thousands of dollars in lawyer's fees just to get to court. By the time you made your grandiose statement (which SCO would dispute with a truckload of paper that's all bullshit but that a lawyer still has to go through at $250/hour), you'd already be $50,000 in the hole.
True, but don't forget that SCO has legal bills as well, and they are not as monied as their stock price makes them out to be. I'm not saying that people shouldn't worry about legal issues, you'd be stupid not to. It is important to note that a company with a better case and deeper pockets(Sony) is suing Microsoft in a similar case to that which SCO is threatening to sue. Microsoft offered indemnity, but also offers themselves a way out(i.e refunding the license). The legally paranoid solution would be to go with BSD, rather than the MS and Unix solutions suggested by Gartner.
Incorrect. SCO is suing IBM, and it is over a contract dispute, not a copyright infringement. They have made statements to the effect that they will sue others, but in order to do that they will have to reveal alleged infringing code.... code that can be either verified to be legit or rewritten entirely. Therefore SCO has the ability to make at best one successful lawsuit, but the reality is that even this would be unlikely to be successful. Everyone knows that SCO could have named the code in question a long time ago, giving the alleged violators an opportunity to discontinue use of the code. In other words they have made no attempt to contain the 'damages'. If I read this situation correctly, SCO will avoid revealing the code for as long as they can while they attempt to extort licenses from Linux users. In the mean time, people are very right to suggest someone countersue for damages against SCO. Companies who rely on the sale of Linux could easily sue SCO and get a court to rule at the very least that they must reveal the alleged infringing code. People need to be very aware that SCO owns precisely dick when it comes to patents on these technologies(NUMA, RCU, SMP etc), so they WILL be rewritten in the unlikely event that they really do infringe.
IANAL, but if it goes to court I'm sure you'll win if you have legally purchased the CD's(this is the impression I got when I read an interview with Oppenheim). Problem is you're probably redistributing the mp3's, which is another matter entirely.
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" Because one morning I came out to my parking space (I live in an apartment near the beach) to catch a homeless man 'cleaning' his ass crack on the corner of my truck's bumper.
He quickly ran off... I was still in shock and not sure if I should chase him down, let alone know what to do with him once caught, but now I can track him down and do the same to his shopping cart.
Sweet revenge!"
I had a similar problem with a black man. We should track all black people. Think of all the services that black people need-- food, water, medical attention. If we track them we will be able to provide these services better, and as an ancillary benefit, I can avenge acts that have been comitted against me by black people. We shouldn't call them 'black people' though, because that is too long. We should call them niggers. This could be just the beginning. Think of all the other ethnic groups who could benefit from service tracking!
"I hope you know that by reading a book, and going outside, you may lose your posting privileges."
Go easy on the guy. It is clear that he has never been on Slashdot before. Evidence: "me and my woman". I rest my case.
Dammit, why is this modded down. It is completely obvious that the first soviet russia joke should have been modded +5 funny, while the rest should have been modded redundant and all the posters of said jokes should have been shot(no offense).
I think most of your insane paranoid idea makes perfect sense(scary). All except this:
"Suddenly, in the end, IBM has a Linux distro,"
I don't think IBM will want a Linux distro. If they distribute code licensed under the GPL they are indemnifying all Linux coders from suits using IBM's famous patent portfolio. Of course they have already done this with some major stuff(RCU et al.), but this way they can pick and choose.
My first computer was a 286 with two mammoth harddrives.. one 30 meg and one 40 meg. I had a monochrome monitor, but I could call BBSs. I had more fun playing trade wars than I ever did playing everquest. The first computer I built was a 386 DX-40 with eight megs(cost me $300 for those 30 pin SIMMS). My wishes for computers were more space, more memory and multi-tasking. I couldn't have dreamed of what I have now. The video cards on both my PCs are more capable than any computer I envisioned at the time. I also dreamed of the day I didn't have to install slackware from floppies. Woot... cept now I run red hat. Mostly I wanted knowledge, but I turned out to be too lazy. Today I dream of a world that is not ruled by Microsoft. I imagine that most people ten years from now will at least have seen Linux(or BSD.. whatever). I don't think much will have changed in the US in only ten years, but the rest of the world will have largely cast away their MS chains. That is the day that I laugh and say I predicted it all. If it doesn't happen, no one but google will remember I ever said this.
What are they going to do with three million copies of Windows XP?
Cell phone ringing seems to fuck up my monitor pretty good.. it's a start.
You realize they're still going to try to use the gigahertz rating right?
even know how to turn on a computer, using XP is going to be as difficult as using a Linux flavour.
AHEM! The word is FLAVOR! I will mudwrestle anyone over this spelling.
I just have to say, this is possibly the saddest thing I've ever seen posted to /. in the 2 years I've been coming here. Is this TRULY the only news we have to post? A semantic debate over one alternate spelling? (-1, Troll...)
Come one.. haven't you seen the other stories posted today. This was FUNNY and didn't take much time to read. What are you complaining about? It's Linus talking about friggin mudwrestling! It's better than what cable news networks do on slow newsdays.
You see, and this will sound harsh to a Slashbot, most people have better things to do than learn the minutae of their PCs.
That's it. GET OUT! I said GO AWAY! I can't hear you LALALALALALLA!
Contrary to the popular belief, the SCO case never was and never will be about the GPL.
Did you read the IBM countersuit? You know... the one that alleges GPL violations.
the router until Microsoft GPLs Windows
I am out of mod points, but I hereby unofficially mod this part of the post funny.
It seems to me that the very idea of paying someone to write free software is the very antithesis of what free software is all about. (Not to mention the practical problems of managing the stable of programmers, ensuring that work actually gets done etc...)
Far better would be something like the Ford Foundation giving grants to folks after they have a track record.
Agreed. I think(and have suggested to my state representative) that governments should give grants for the public good, and commission software companies to make alterations to software that the government needs to operate. The great part about open software is that many different governments can cooperate to spread the cost of acquiring a feature or product between them.
The best thing that I'd personally like to see happen is them merging Solaris and Linux.
Who knows.. there might be some Solaris code in Linux already.
MS has all the benefits of being a de facto monopoly,
Don't you mean de jure?
has anyone actually tried to run ps on linux?
I run it all the time... usually ps -ax.
speak BLATANTLY of conspiracy. In MS's case, it could be a violation of their anti trust settmelent...
I thought it was clear that MS has no problem whatsoever with violating anti-trust settlements.
You know, I'm sick and tired of everyone on slashdot always jumping on the bandwagon and insulting Microsoft! Just kidding. What a bunch of useless shit.
Please try to describe in instance where distributing copyrighted material without the copyright holder's permission is 'right'.
I object to the idea that people have the right to own ideas. I consider copyright to be wrong... especially in it's current bloated manifestation. Copyright, if it is to exist at all, should only exist if it directly promotes innovation, and only where innovation wouldn't otherwise happen. The constitution of the United States has provisions to this effect, but they have been ignored by the legislature. I hope you see that it is possible for the two of us to have different opinions about what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'. The law, on the other hand is a little less ambiguous. By distributing copyrighted works without permission they are clearly breaking the law. Instead of spending their time downloading and worrying that they might get caught, file sharers should put some effort toward repealing the unjust laws they are disobeying.
Honestly, I don't see this as a joke. Linux, or any OS, should be evaluated by how well it does on its own merits. Complaining that it doesn't work well with Windows is like
There's no reason to blame Linux for it's inability to operate with Windows. Clearly MS has a profit motive for not making their products work with Linux, blame them.
Remember, it costs tens of thousands of dollars in lawyer's fees just to get to court. By the time you made your grandiose statement (which SCO would dispute with a truckload of paper that's all bullshit but that a lawyer still has to go through at $250/hour), you'd already be $50,000 in the hole.
True, but don't forget that SCO has legal bills as well, and they are not as monied as their stock price makes them out to be. I'm not saying that people shouldn't worry about legal issues, you'd be stupid not to. It is important to note that a company with a better case and deeper pockets(Sony) is suing Microsoft in a similar case to that which SCO is threatening to sue. Microsoft offered indemnity, but also offers themselves a way out(i.e refunding the license). The legally paranoid solution would be to go with BSD, rather than the MS and Unix solutions suggested by Gartner.
> Evidence or not, SCO is, in fact, suing people.
Incorrect. SCO is suing IBM, and it is over a contract dispute, not a copyright infringement. They have made statements to the effect that they will sue others, but in order to do that they will have to reveal alleged infringing code.... code that can be either verified to be legit or rewritten entirely. Therefore SCO has the ability to make at best one successful lawsuit, but the reality is that even this would be unlikely to be successful. Everyone knows that SCO could have named the code in question a long time ago, giving the alleged violators an opportunity to discontinue use of the code. In other words they have made no attempt to contain the 'damages'. If I read this situation correctly, SCO will avoid revealing the code for as long as they can while they attempt to extort licenses from Linux users. In the mean time, people are very right to suggest someone countersue for damages against SCO. Companies who rely on the sale of Linux could easily sue SCO and get a court to rule at the very least that they must reveal the alleged infringing code. People need to be very aware that SCO owns precisely dick when it comes to patents on these technologies(NUMA, RCU, SMP etc), so they WILL be rewritten in the unlikely event that they really do infringe.
You can also use the Knoppix CD to install Debian Unstable to the hard drive.
Why didn't you tell me this before I spent all this time downloading mandrake?
IANAL, but if it goes to court I'm sure you'll win if you have legally purchased the CD's(this is the impression I got when I read an interview with Oppenheim). Problem is you're probably redistributing the mp3's, which is another matter entirely.