i think it's highly likely this guy will fuck this case up just like he fucked up his other recent high-profile cases. His reputation is going to be in the crapper. At least he'll have company down there.
actually, i've been thinking about getting a dvc, but have no idea which one to buy... any recommendations for one that works well with linux? or comprehensive buyer's guides?
...but I put it in a secret hiding place somewhere inside of SCO's office building.
I'm sorry, I can't divulge the location of the $32 at this time. I am willing to provide a set of scavenger hunt clues to selected, disinterested parties who are willing to sign an NDA, though...
If Xforms allows the browser to verify fields, doesn't that mean we base our security on trusting the client?
I presume it might be useful for prevalidation to avoid multiple idiotic user errors from hitting the server, but of course you wouldn't trust it to actually validate the data before using/storing it.
i forgot the other thing that i hated about metacity: it was windows-like in that it did not show dialogs in the taskbar. it showed normal windows, of course, but if you had a preferences dialog or something open, it didn't show. So, if you popped up another window over it, instead of just clicking a button in the taskbar, you have to hunt around through all your open windows until you find it.
Couldn't agree more about HP's destructive anti-feature craze.
I agree. I still use the core red hat distro for my desktops, but i rip out metacity and most of the gnome features (gnome-panel, menus, nautilus, etc) and use IceWM for that stuff.
No float on top feature to Metacity? Too complicated?
no kidding. how about the minimization window animation? Did anyone else follow that endless, idiotic jerk-off fest trying to get a pref in Metacity to TURN OFF ANIMATIONS?!! He simply would not put it in there.
Apache...mysql...please tell me you're not running those in production on a desktop...
Windows does blow, and Linux is great. But please read the posts you reply to. He said he had those apps installed for development/testing. That's a perfectly valid workstation configuration.
Dude, quit with the purple prose. Software is not an extension of body or mind. It's some instructions to a CPU. That's very different.
I wasn't trying to write purple prose in the least. Software is codified processes that can be trivial or very important. It has real consequences in the real world, and many people make real decisions in the real world based on their software tools.
I can type really pretty fast, but the keyboard is not an exension of my body, it's well, a lump of plastic with loads of buttons on.
Of course. A keyboard is a stupid example to use to counter my argument. It's an input device.
Software may be a tool like Photoshop, or it may be art in itself, or it may be something really frigging boring like a printer driver.
You're using examples that aren't relevant to the argument at hand. How about financial analysis tools which affect who gets investment funding and who doesn't? Decision support systems? Even a seemingly simple piece of software like a web browser is becoming ever more the path by which answers to questions are found; often these answers have consequences in the real world. Public opinion, purchasing decisions, whom to vote for, whether or not to support a piece of legislation... information that affect individuals' perceptions and decisions on these things often come via a web browser.
It's just not special in any way, not matter how much you personally love it.
You totally misread the inflection in my statements. I was not waxing poetic over my love for software.
There is nothing wrong with handing it over to proprietary interests per se.
per se - no. but it introduces potential for risk and quite an incentive to the controlling proprietary interest to take advantage of its position as the provider of that service.
A development tools vendor could make it easy to incorporate certain components into software projects and difficult to incorporate others.
The developer of the predominant browser could steer users toward the services and products that it wants to. (Smart tags?)
Search engine services can filter/reprioritize results such that they favor their interests.
There are hundreds of examples, really.
I couldn't care less who writes printer drivers and whether the code is open, I want the frigging printer to work and that requires hardware, firmware, software, mechanics and some guy in the power station making sure the electricity supply is on. Why the hell is the software the ultra-important part of this chain?
Not that I give a shit which printer you use or where its printer driver comes from, but it's ironic you choose this example, since an experience with a closed-source printer driver is what started RMS on his GNU journey. I don't know if you chose this for that reason, but if not, you might do some reading on the origins of GNU and find out how a proprietary printer driver can make your life more difficult.
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i think it's highly likely this guy will fuck this case up just like he fucked up his other recent high-profile cases. His reputation is going to be in the crapper. At least he'll have company down there.
Well, if that happens, it will be obvious to all that the entire legal system is a capricious farce.
As they say: "The clown has finally taken off his pants."
They're going to call RMS to the stand. And he's going to go up there with no shoes, playing a flute, and make the jurors feel stupid.
Not that they won't be.
It might be an annoyance to MS, but successful enforcement of software patents is, overall, a loss to Free/OSS.
actually, i've been thinking about getting a dvc, but have no idea which one to buy... any recommendations for one that works well with linux? or comprehensive buyer's guides?
I have an ATI Radeon 8500 All-In-Wonder rotting away in my machine, and some Hi-8 tapes that I'd like to digitize... :-(
Not bad, not bad :-)
I might still give FreeBSD a try, but ixnay on the other two.
Awwwww, you found it! Did you notice how elastic and cavernous it is up there? sheesh.
That would at least be more accurate than "communist".
Hey, I think you're right - that sounds plausible.
I'm sorry, I can't divulge the location of the $32 at this time. I am willing to provide a set of scavenger hunt clues to selected, disinterested parties who are willing to sign an NDA, though...
Hehehe, another sucker :-)
"commie" derivatives come up a lot. I wonder why that is? I'm not communist.
"fartknocker" is new though.
i imagine each idea would start like this:
(...bong-water bubble sounds...)
(...pause...)
(...exhale...)
"Heeheehee... dude, check this one out, you are gonna freak:..."
(...stifled chortling...)
I thought that licensing fee applies to the name "Douchebag"?
How about wallpaper that says "Darl McBride is a fucking douchebag" along with his home address and phone?
Oooh! Where can I get Distro C?
I presume it might be useful for prevalidation to avoid multiple idiotic user errors from hitting the server, but of course you wouldn't trust it to actually validate the data before using/storing it.
I can hear it already:
"Hey, Tight-anus, I heard good things about you!"
"I heard she has TWO Tight-ania!"
Hell yeah, I likes my bitches skinny!
Deleting "Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory" was the single best productivity decision I've made in a long time.
stupid.
I agree. I still use the core red hat distro for my desktops, but i rip out metacity and most of the gnome features (gnome-panel, menus, nautilus, etc) and use IceWM for that stuff.
No float on top feature to Metacity? Too complicated?
no kidding. how about the minimization window animation? Did anyone else follow that endless, idiotic jerk-off fest trying to get a pref in Metacity to TURN OFF ANIMATIONS?!! He simply would not put it in there.
A bunch of little lawsuits would force them to reveal the "stolen" code piece by piece.
Windows does blow, and Linux is great. But please read the posts you reply to. He said he had those apps installed for development/testing. That's a perfectly valid workstation configuration.
I wasn't trying to write purple prose in the least. Software is codified processes that can be trivial or very important. It has real consequences in the real world, and many people make real decisions in the real world based on their software tools.
I can type really pretty fast, but the keyboard is not an exension of my body, it's well, a lump of plastic with loads of buttons on.
Of course. A keyboard is a stupid example to use to counter my argument. It's an input device.
Software may be a tool like Photoshop, or it may be art in itself, or it may be something really frigging boring like a printer driver.
You're using examples that aren't relevant to the argument at hand. How about financial analysis tools which affect who gets investment funding and who doesn't? Decision support systems? Even a seemingly simple piece of software like a web browser is becoming ever more the path by which answers to questions are found; often these answers have consequences in the real world. Public opinion, purchasing decisions, whom to vote for, whether or not to support a piece of legislation... information that affect individuals' perceptions and decisions on these things often come via a web browser.
It's just not special in any way, not matter how much you personally love it.
You totally misread the inflection in my statements. I was not waxing poetic over my love for software.
There is nothing wrong with handing it over to proprietary interests per se.
per se - no. but it introduces potential for risk and quite an incentive to the controlling proprietary interest to take advantage of its position as the provider of that service.
A development tools vendor could make it easy to incorporate certain components into software projects and difficult to incorporate others.
The developer of the predominant browser could steer users toward the services and products that it wants to. (Smart tags?)
Search engine services can filter/reprioritize results such that they favor their interests.
There are hundreds of examples, really.
I couldn't care less who writes printer drivers and whether the code is open, I want the frigging printer to work and that requires hardware, firmware, software, mechanics and some guy in the power station making sure the electricity supply is on. Why the hell is the software the ultra-important part of this chain?
Not that I give a shit which printer you use or where its printer driver comes from, but it's ironic you choose this example, since an experience with a closed-source printer driver is what started RMS on his GNU journey. I don't know if you chose this for that reason, but if not, you might do some reading on the origins of GNU and find out how a proprietary printer driver can make your life more difficult.