This is why I consider the Mac OSS community to be a bunch of leeches. They've ported most open source unix applications to OS X but to date have given nothing useful back.
I think you misunderstand how it works. The original author rarely ports it to a platform he doesn't use. He makes the source available, and someone who is willing and able to make it work on another platform can do that. You even said it yourself - "They've ported." If few Mac open source projects have been ported to a particular platform, blame the users of that platform, not the people who don't use it.
Fair enough, sqaure A is a bit darker than the other light grey squares (didn't notice that prior to printing it out) but it is still much lighter than square B.
You must have done something wrong. I opened the image in Photoshop and used the eye dropper to sample the pixels. The A and B squares are the same.
In the University of Oregon, the RIAA conveniently "forgot" to tell the judge [blogspot.com] that the University had told the RIAA that it had gathered and was preserving the records.
Didi the RIAA attorneys suffer any consequences? If not, why not? It lessens confidence in the legal system.
You should be publishing in a good, well respected journal. Like Penthouse.
Dear Penthouse,
I've heard stories about it happening to other people, but I never thought it would happen to me. I was in the lab late one night (I'm a maverick physicist) working on my latest experiment. I began to hear a soft moaning, which was odd because I thought I was alone in the building. Intrigued, I followed the sound to its source, a beautiful young lab assistant named Marjorie.
Her lab coat was askew, revealing her bosom heaving in time with her moaning. I couldn't help but begin to be aroused. "Is that a deuterium rod in your pocket?" she asked in a seemingly innocent way. "Hai," I replied, falling back on my Japanese roots. "But you're 85 years old, professor!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, but I have fusion," I replied. She reached out a hand to examine my experiment.
"Ooh, it's chilly," she said with surprise. Yes, I know!" I said, beaming with pride. "Isn't that amazing?"
Some time later, after thoroughly going over the details of my experiment, I asked what she thought. "Very impressive! But is it repeatable?," she wondered.
And I answered "All night long baby, all night long."
there is no point in trying to stop video rentals because there are still legal ways to work around it.
Seems reasonable to you and me, but sooner or later they just change the law. For example, some states outlaw payday loans. So then some places would buy your TV and rent it back to you, and if you wanted to stop "renting" it you bought it back at the original price. The end result was the same as a payday loan, but the structure was completely different. But then they just went ahead and outlawed that too. Of course it's stupid and condescending to outlaw them in the first place, but that's the way government works.
I'd recommend wearing at least an athletic cup. At any kind of speed loose gravel and pebbles will make it feel like you're being attacked by a swarm of stinging bees.
Use of this will significantly increase the number of fake files uploaded.
At least TPB allows file comments which allows fakes to be spotted pretty fast.
that's a good point. Though I imagine that very quickly sites would emerge which would allow rating and commenting on current torrents. The only difference would be not serving the torrent info files. Presuming, of course, that us peons would be permitted to at least discuss these things.
told to shut up, and if they didnt comply either suddenly disappeared from public life
For example? I'm not saying that didn't happen, just that it would be helpful to include some supporting evidence, as it's a surprising claim (to me, at least.)
All the excuses and explanations in the world wont change that this is EXACTLY what open source proponents have been saying wouldn't happen with open source.
Nobody's saying that - that would be retarded. What's said is that there would be fewer undiscovered bugs, and more rapid and complete fixes. Notice how he began his investigation by looking at the SAMBA source code. You might also note that he was able to look into the second issue as well, making both SAMBA and FreeBSD a tiny bit better along the way.
If this fix had happened at a closed shop the biggest difference is that you probably wouldn't be reading about it.
That goes all the way back to the original 128K Mac, when you had a few special commands wedged in there. If I recall correctly, Apple-shift-1 (and 2) ejected the floppy, and 3 was the picture and 4 did something else (maybe actually print it.)
Then why is the spam problem so much bigger than the telemarketer or junk fax problem?
Cost, plain and simple. The fundamental way to reduce spam is to make it cost more to do. Of course actually figuring out a good way to do that is left as an exercise for the reader.
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I think you misunderstand how it works. The original author rarely ports it to a platform he doesn't use. He makes the source available, and someone who is willing and able to make it work on another platform can do that. You even said it yourself - "They've ported." If few Mac open source projects have been ported to a particular platform, blame the users of that platform, not the people who don't use it.
For all we know it could have been a nine or ten word sentence, and he really screwed it up.
You must have done something wrong. I opened the image in Photoshop and used the eye dropper to sample the pixels. The A and B squares are the same.
"GemStone is still pondering a pricing model for MagLev. Bob Walker did state that there will be a free version available."
That's pretty good.
(It also may be the first joke I've seen that hinged on an omitted space.)
Didi the RIAA attorneys suffer any consequences? If not, why not? It lessens confidence in the legal system.
I'll second that. It's amazing how easy it is to browse through the history and find exactly what I'm looking for.
Here is a list
That slide doesn't even make sense.
Dear Penthouse,
I've heard stories about it happening to other people, but I never thought it would happen to me. I was in the lab late one night (I'm a maverick physicist) working on my latest experiment. I began to hear a soft moaning, which was odd because I thought I was alone in the building. Intrigued, I followed the sound to its source, a beautiful young lab assistant named Marjorie.
Her lab coat was askew, revealing her bosom heaving in time with her moaning. I couldn't help but begin to be aroused. "Is that a deuterium rod in your pocket?" she asked in a seemingly innocent way. "Hai," I replied, falling back on my Japanese roots. "But you're 85 years old, professor!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, but I have fusion," I replied.
She reached out a hand to examine my experiment.
"Ooh, it's chilly," she said with surprise.
Yes, I know!" I said, beaming with pride. "Isn't that amazing?"
Some time later, after thoroughly going over the details of my experiment, I asked what she thought. "Very impressive! But is it repeatable?," she wondered.
And I answered "All night long baby, all night long."
I know two people. One is now using XP, and the other got so mad he bought a Mac.
Seems reasonable to you and me, but sooner or later they just change the law. For example, some states outlaw payday loans. So then some places would buy your TV and rent it back to you, and if you wanted to stop "renting" it you bought it back at the original price. The end result was the same as a payday loan, but the structure was completely different. But then they just went ahead and outlawed that too. Of course it's stupid and condescending to outlaw them in the first place, but that's the way government works.
I'd recommend wearing at least an athletic cup. At any kind of speed loose gravel and pebbles will make it feel like you're being attacked by a swarm of stinging bees.
that's a good point. Though I imagine that very quickly sites would emerge which would allow rating and commenting on current torrents. The only difference would be not serving the torrent info files. Presuming, of course, that us peons would be permitted to at least discuss these things.
He was asked? Does that mean it was optional? I don't know about this guy, but I'd lean towards "No."
Just how would a person act his way out of a paper bag, anyway?
I think rapidshare does that knowingly, to get people to sign up for the paid version.
What sort of evidence would that be?
For example? I'm not saying that didn't happen, just that it would be helpful to include some supporting evidence, as it's a surprising claim (to me, at least.)
Nobody's saying that - that would be retarded. What's said is that there would be fewer undiscovered bugs, and more rapid and complete fixes. Notice how he began his investigation by looking at the SAMBA source code. You might also note that he was able to look into the second issue as well, making both SAMBA and FreeBSD a tiny bit better along the way.
If this fix had happened at a closed shop the biggest difference is that you probably wouldn't be reading about it.
That goes all the way back to the original 128K Mac, when you had a few special commands wedged in there. If I recall correctly, Apple-shift-1 (and 2) ejected the floppy, and 3 was the picture and 4 did something else (maybe actually print it.)
If you also hold the control key it goes to the clipboard. If you use 4 instead of 3 you get to select an area of the screen.
Cost, plain and simple. The fundamental way to reduce spam is to make it cost more to do. Of course actually figuring out a good way to do that is left as an exercise for the reader.
Seeing as how it doesn't actually call it censorship, I'd say *you're* the one doing exactly that.
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