Do people ever say they support the continued existence of this law? Then, isn't their speech made with the intent to deny the right of speech to others? Nice little contradiction you got there.
This arugment doesn't make much sense. If the hate-speech law was unpopular, a political party would win an election promising to repeal it. But the fact is that most people don't actually like hate speech, and accept having the hate-speech law as being better than not having it. In practice, the law is only applied to people who are very rightly deserving of trouble. But, any unpopular law can be voted under.
And really, freedom in Canada is not much worse for the ware. Canada is a land of freedom in practice. America is a land of freedom in theory. In practice, all your base are belong to mega-corps.
I knew him (though not personally) when he was in charge of the "Trains Lab" at the University of Waterloo. (Model trains & a robot arm for real-time-control projects... cool stuff.)
For my own taste, Ottawa, which has the coldest annual climate of any nation's capital in the world, gets too hot most summers. Thank goodness for air conditioning.
Dude, there are many influences on language, like totally y'know, eh? And like you like don't like even like know like you're like doing it, eh? Y'know.
My impression was that Salé has a slight French accent. From her bio:
* Name: JAMIE SALÉ * Born: April 21, 1977 * Birth: Calgary, AB * Residence: Montreal, Quebec * Height: 150 cm * Club: Royal Glenora Club * Training Site: St-Leonard, Que * Coach: Richard Gauthier
Claiming that there is a "Canadian" accent is about as accurate as claiming that there is an "American" accent. Both countries have various regional accents. Newfoundlanders have a really strong accent, and so do Quebeckers. Hell, it doesn't even sound like the Quebeckers are speaking English!;-)
Some people accuse all Atlantic Canadians of having accents, but people from southern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI all seem to me to speak in the "newscaster-norm" accent, which is my own accent. There is kind of a strange accent in northern New Brunswick, but I tend to think it is because of the mixing of English and French.
In Ontario and BC, people speak the "newscaster norm" as far as I know. I haven't heard many people from the prarie provinces; maybe this is where the "aboot" legend comes from. I'll assume that the territories have various aboriginal-language influences.
Not an extremely accurate example, but if making the Windows system public domain were as simple as bumping off Bill Gates, then they'd need to invent a new crime called 'Premeditated Public Service'.
Disney, who is still reaping plenty of rewards from Mickey Mouse, might think a little differently...
That's hardly surprising or relevant that a copyright holder would want to hold it forever. The real issue is the balance between the rights of the copyright holder and the rights of the public. And it's a complicated issue.
My thoughts are that a corporate copyright should last for 50 years, and that an individual copyright should last for the lifetime of the author plus 20 years. Any copyright that was ever owned by a corporation shall always be classified as a corporate copyright.
Fifty years is plenty long enough for a corporation to reap its rewards, and an individual should be entitled to rewards for his entire lifetime. We wouldn't want copyrights to end at an author's death, because then an industry would spring up for bumping off authors of important works.
There should also be provisions for abandonment. For example, if a copyrighted work is not available for sale (including for $0.00) from its copyright holder to the public for a total of ten years, then it is considered to be abandoned.
Sounds like they could use some mirror sites for work units. Distribution could either be done late a night or by sneakernet.
Also, the big "work_unit.sah" file appears to have most of its content in a uuencoded-type of format, which makes it 33% larger than its binary equivalent. Also, I don't know what format the binary data is in, but could it be compressed more?
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offtopic part: It struck me when I visited freedos.org how many open source websites look similar. Then it occurred to me how the effect is a kind of brand recognition. Or, even a catalog of free software. Neat.
Perhaps there's some sharing of HTML code going on.
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other than his (admittedly laudable) charitable works?
How about Linus & Co.? The open and free software movements have donated probably $50-billion+ worth of wealth to the world in software and services over the years. Where's their statue?
In a significant ruling in a California court, a judge has ruled the standard EULA licensing agreement to be invalid. This must be the biggest upset in software licensing ever.
Picture the rebels cheering as Darth Vader's super star destroyer crashes into the Death Star and is engulfed in flames in Return of the Jedi.
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A Hollywood spokesman was later heard to also profess strong belief in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and honest politicians.
'Honest politicans' sounds more like the stuff of nightmares to Hollywood types.
Do people ever say they support the continued existence of this law? Then, isn't their speech made with the intent to deny the right of speech to others? Nice little contradiction you got there.
This arugment doesn't make much sense. If the hate-speech law was unpopular, a political party would win an election promising to repeal it. But the fact is that most people don't actually like hate speech, and accept having the hate-speech law as being better than not having it. In practice, the law is only applied to people who are very rightly deserving of trouble. But, any unpopular law can be voted under.
And really, freedom in Canada is not much worse for the ware. Canada is a land of freedom in practice. America is a land of freedom in theory. In practice, all your base are belong to mega-corps.
They should definitely get rid of street maps. I'm sure that most terrorists have used them in planning their attacks.
I knew him (though not personally) when he was in charge of the "Trains Lab" at the University of Waterloo. (Model trains & a robot arm for real-time-control projects... cool stuff.)
Most Americans... and Canadians... don't know the square root of 49.
For my own taste, Ottawa, which has the coldest annual climate of any nation's capital in the world, gets too hot most summers. Thank goodness for air conditioning.
I would first like to know how hard it would be for the populace to overthrow the government in case it became too oppressive or tyrannical.
And somehow you think your little peashooters are going to defeat the Army?
Dude, there are many influences on language, like totally y'know, eh? And like you like don't like even like know like you're like doing it, eh? Y'know.
My impression was that Salé has a slight French accent. From her bio:
* Name: JAMIE SALÉ
* Born: April 21, 1977
* Birth: Calgary, AB
* Residence: Montreal, Quebec
* Height: 150 cm
* Club: Royal Glenora Club
* Training Site: St-Leonard, Que
* Coach: Richard Gauthier
Note the Quebec locations.
Claiming that there is a "Canadian" accent is about as accurate as claiming that there is an "American" accent. Both countries have various regional accents. Newfoundlanders have a really strong accent, and so do Quebeckers. Hell, it doesn't even sound like the Quebeckers are speaking English! ;-)
Some people accuse all Atlantic Canadians of having accents, but people from southern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI all seem to me to speak in the "newscaster-norm" accent, which is my own accent. There is kind of a strange accent in northern New Brunswick, but I tend to think it is because of the mixing of English and French.
In Ontario and BC, people speak the "newscaster norm" as far as I know. I haven't heard many people from the prarie provinces; maybe this is where the "aboot" legend comes from. I'll assume that the territories have various aboriginal-language influences.
So I should stop running my seti@home processes?
Not an extremely accurate example, but if making the Windows system public domain were as simple as bumping off Bill Gates, then they'd need to invent a new crime called 'Premeditated Public Service'.
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Disney, who is still reaping plenty of rewards from Mickey Mouse, might think a little differently...
That's hardly surprising or relevant that a copyright holder would want to hold it forever. The real issue is the balance between the rights of the copyright holder and the rights of the public. And it's a complicated issue.
And do you really think people would be murdered just so their copyrights would go into the public domain?
;-) [Not that it's that amazing of a work today.]
I think that people get killed over how nice their sneakers look.
I do like the abandoment clause however.
How much abandonware is out there for the Commodore-64?
BTW are you the same csbruce that wrote the ACE-OS?
Yes, yes I am. You'll be happy to know that that work has always legally been 'public domain'.
My thoughts are that a corporate copyright should last for 50 years, and that an individual copyright should last for the lifetime of the author plus 20 years. Any copyright that was ever owned by a corporation shall always be classified as a corporate copyright.
Fifty years is plenty long enough for a corporation to reap its rewards, and an individual should be entitled to rewards for his entire lifetime. We wouldn't want copyrights to end at an author's death, because then an industry would spring up for bumping off authors of important works.
There should also be provisions for abandonment. For example, if a copyrighted work is not available for sale (including for $0.00) from its copyright holder to the public for a total of ten years, then it is considered to be abandoned.
Sounds like they could use some mirror sites for work units. Distribution could either be done late a night or by sneakernet.
Also, the big "work_unit.sah" file appears to have most of its content in a uuencoded-type of format, which makes it 33% larger than its binary equivalent. Also, I don't know what format the binary data is in, but could it be compressed more?
offtopic part: It struck me when I visited freedos.org how many open source websites look similar. Then it occurred to me how the effect is a kind of brand recognition. Or, even a catalog of free software. Neat.
Perhaps there's some sharing of HTML code going on.
other than his (admittedly laudable) charitable works?
How about Linus & Co.? The open and free software movements have donated probably $50-billion+ worth of wealth to the world in software and services over the years. Where's their statue?
So is it KathleenTaco now?
No, it'd be AdmrTaco.
Perhaps Microsoft should be investigated for monopolizing the influence-peddling business.
Scum!
Isn't that supposed to be "You rebel scum!"
In a significant ruling in a California court, a judge has ruled the standard EULA licensing agreement to be invalid. This must be the biggest upset in software licensing ever.
Picture the rebels cheering as Darth Vader's super star destroyer crashes into the Death Star and is engulfed in flames in Return of the Jedi.
Weren't there predictions just like this ten years ago?
Looks like the WinInfo site has gone down since the story was submitted, so you may have to content yourself in the meantime with the Bugtraq numbers.
Musta been hacked.
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs
No, it's because fur animals are cute and cuddly, and hyde animals aren't.