Some things in this world should remain a public asset...
We'll see. People are trying to cons up various wireless Internet access schemes using 2.4 Ghz. If it can be implemented, fine enough. But if everybody tromps on everyone, then perhaps you'll allow as how public assets can be misused?
-russ
My theory is that eventually very large chunks of bandwidth will have their users evicted. That bandwidth will be used to cover every populated bit of the US with high-bandwidth digital data. And of course, cellular voice will be subsumed by this network as voice-over-IP.
Um, Alik?? Prescription medications are *already* regulated in every state. You haven't explained why we need federal control. -russ p.s. yes, sometimes private entities fail. However, those that fail go out of business, and their owners fall into disrepute. When government fails to properly regulate, does it ever go out of business? Do any government employees suffer?
I know the/. libertarians want no regulation at all (right up until they receive a bad prescription themselves),
Apparently, your own lack of principles leads you to think that libertarians have no principles. You would be wrong there. The proper libertarian solution is brand names. They work. Think about how Tylenol responded to their tampering problem. -russ
I used a Balans Variable for a number of years. The biggest problem is that they don't have wheels, so I was always twisting my body to type on another keyboard. I was writing network drivers at the time and needed constant access to multiple keyboards. Not facing a keyboard squarely causes problems. -russ
The problem, Terje, is that Carmack decided to cheat on bandwidth, and tell the client more than they deserved to know. Yes, it makes the game more responsive and faster. However, it also allows cheating by a hacked or proxied client. There may not be any good solution for Q1, but in the long term the server will have to only tell clients things they should know. -russ
You can easily swap Ctrl and CapsLock by loading the right keytable. Even better, it exports itself to X so X has the right keymap also. -russ p.s. non-Linux operating systems may have a harder time doing this.
If the parents choose to home school, that is their right, but if the parents let their children go out into the world, as most do, they do so knowing full well that their children will see/hear/read/do things which the parents will never know about, hoping that the children's upbringing will serve them well.
It's school that blinkers children. It leaves them with a skewed view of the world, where everyone else is the same age as them.
You're both stupid and wrong
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Linus isn't modifying the GPL. The GPL has always relied on copyright law. Copyright only affects derived works. If a kernel module doesn't include any GPL'ed kernel code, then it's not a derived work and is not subject to the GPL.
Now, this is Linus's interpretation of the GPL. But given that he's copyright holder #1, it's likely that his interpretation would hold in any court case. So whether Linus is right or not is really a moot point.
More to the point here, Linus isn't modifying the GPL, nor does he fail to understand or respect it. -russ
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Are the level maps required to build a quake executable? No? Then they're not covered by the GPL. -russ
That's why we tell them about Open Source, rather than emphasizing Free Software. Those people need to hear about the practical benefits of freedom before they'll appreciate freedom. You can't sell them on the idea by pointing out that they don't have freedom (which is what RMS does). He's right, of course. But there are many people who don't really care. -russ
Sorry, Jon, I interpret the events in Seattle as yet another manifestation of the lack of understanding of economics. It's well-established that free trade helps check corporatism and through comparative advantage, helps everyone. -russ
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Some things in this world should remain a public asset ...
We'll see. People are trying to cons up various wireless Internet access schemes using 2.4 Ghz. If it can be implemented, fine enough. But if everybody tromps on everyone, then perhaps you'll allow as how public assets can be misused?
-russ
My theory is that eventually very large chunks of bandwidth will have their users evicted. That bandwidth will be used to cover every populated bit of the US with high-bandwidth digital data. And of course, cellular voice will be subsumed by this network as voice-over-IP.
Just give it time....
-russ
You need a Fry's (if you've been to Silicon Valley and seen one you know what I mean. If you haven't, then you have no conception.)
-russ
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The upcoming transition of potato to stable gives me a woody.
-russ
If you can't hit a deer in the shoulder at 50 yards with a 9mm semiauto, you shouldn't own one.
-russ
p.s. deer have big shoulders.
That's an anglo necessity. Much of the world does fine without it. Just be prepared to stop doing anything else with your left hand. :)
-russ
Foo on that. We've got a generator, many gallons of gas and a freezerful of 1/4 steer. No soup for us! Steak all the way!
-russ
Um, Alik?? Prescription medications are *already* regulated in every state. You haven't explained why we need federal control.
-russ
p.s. yes, sometimes private entities fail. However, those that fail go out of business, and their owners fall into disrepute. When government fails to properly regulate, does it ever go out of business? Do any government employees suffer?
You're making a wrong assumption: that I need protecting. Of course your conclusion is then completely wrong.
-russ
Apparently, your own lack of principles leads you to think that libertarians have no principles. You would be wrong there. The proper libertarian solution is brand names. They work. Think about how Tylenol responded to their tampering problem.
-russ
I used a Balans Variable for a number of years. The biggest problem is that they don't have wheels, so I was always twisting my body to type on another keyboard. I was writing network drivers at the time and needed constant access to multiple keyboards. Not facing a keyboard squarely causes problems.
-russ
Yeah, well, if they don't mention Clarkson (now Crynwr) packet drivers, they should have their heads shrunk and stuffed into an ARCNET packet.
-russ
The problem, Terje, is that Carmack decided to cheat on bandwidth, and tell the client more than they deserved to know. Yes, it makes the game more responsive and faster. However, it also allows cheating by a hacked or proxied client. There may not be any good solution for Q1, but in the long term the server will have to only tell clients things they should know.
-russ
You can easily swap Ctrl and CapsLock by loading the right keytable. Even better, it exports itself to X so X has the right keymap also.
-russ
p.s. non-Linux operating systems may have a harder time doing this.
It's school that blinkers children. It leaves them with a skewed view of the world, where everyone else is the same age as them.
Linus isn't modifying the GPL. The GPL has always relied on copyright law. Copyright only affects derived works. If a kernel module doesn't include any GPL'ed kernel code, then it's not a derived work and is not subject to the GPL.
Now, this is Linus's interpretation of the GPL. But given that he's copyright holder #1, it's likely that his interpretation would hold in any court case. So whether Linus is right or not is really a moot point.
More to the point here, Linus isn't modifying the GPL, nor does he fail to understand or respect it.
-russ
Are the level maps required to build a quake executable? No? Then they're not covered by the GPL.
-russ
That's why we tell them about Open Source, rather than emphasizing Free Software. Those people need to hear about the practical benefits of freedom before they'll appreciate freedom. You can't sell them on the idea by pointing out that they don't have freedom (which is what RMS does). He's right, of course. But there are many people who don't really care.
-russ
Bwahahahahaha! I got the first post!
-russ
Sorry, Jon, I interpret the events in Seattle as yet another manifestation of the lack of understanding of economics. It's well-established that free trade helps check corporatism and through comparative advantage, helps everyone.
-russ
"... you should have used the Preview button".
4) Clarkson Packet Drivers (now Crynwr?)
5) Galahad!
4) Clarkson Packet Drivers (now Crynwr?)
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Illiad is giving Corel some deserved grief.
I love FreeBSD marketing: Look! We are evil! We have a devil for a mascot!
Old-Unix (*BSD) partisans never understood marketing--and they still don't.
-russ