and extend it to an absurd extreme, but it doesn't invalidate your argument.
Yes Sir, that DOES invalidate your argument (or his, or any), that's how (amongst numerous other things) science works.
"Well, the earth sure looks flat from where I'm standing, I don't see how extending my idea to an absurd extreme and watching the earth from space, invalidates my argument."
May I suggest you do some more research on you subject?
"Like most birds, the reproductive cycle before the courting displays. Once individuals acquire mates, the pair initiates copulations after a series of displays. The reproductive structures in penguins do not differ extensively from those of other avian families. All birds reproduce sexually: males transfer sperm to the female through the cloaca. During copulation, the event of contact between the two cloacas is known as the cloaca kiss."
No they don't. If people don't understand what an OS is, they can't *know* what MS Windows is.
Joe User: What's an OS?
You: It's like Microsoft Windows.
Joe: Ah.Ok.
You: So what does it do then?
Joe: Whatcha mean?
You: What does an OS do?
Joe: You mean, like, what Windows does?
You: Jeah. What does Windows do?
Joe: Eh, like, eh... crash?
You: Oh well, close enough...
...starts screaming about how he needs to be able to reboot it when it crashes.
Now you're being silly. What would you if your boss said he has to "kick the machine when it makes funny noises"? Would you plate the bloody machine with foam or something?
Are you sure? Here in the Netherlands I find even the oldest ATMs having at least some sort of Hercules GA. You know, green/black 720x348. Sure it's monochrome, but that shouldn't be much of a problem, I think.
Couldn't this all be avoided by a good open source business model? Isn't that what we're really looking for here? I don't think a software company can run completely funded by donations.
When will people realise OpenSource isn't about companies? It's about people who like to be in control of their own hardware, who just like to code, etc, etc... you've all heard why Linus did what he did!
OpenSource doesn't *need* a business model, because it isn't business:-)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IE under 9x would have plenty of authority to do whatever it likes?
Sure, but that's not IEs fault. Everything in Win95/98/ME has permission to do whatever it feels like. Even if you attrib +r your files, every stupid batchfile can easily remove your restrictions again, and then delete your files. There is virtually no concept of permissions in Win 9x.
OMG! Prolog! Don't get me started! Reading prolog code! I'd rather read unary assembler written in dirt by a dyslectic, disabled, drunk, foot painter! The Horror! The Horror!
IANAL, but it seems to me an "appropriate copyright notice" refers to some copyright stament made by the author. If you write something, you've got copyright, GPL'ed or not. The way you exercise that copyright is what licenses are all about.
//---
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
-= snip =-
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
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> But chances are, we're going to continue the trend > of evolving into dumber, sicklier creatures.
I knew it! I'm far further evolved then all of you! I'm the next step in the evolution of Man! I *WILL* RULE THIS PLANET!
> SDL is platform agnostic.
WTF? It doesn't know on which platform it runs? That sounds really fucking great to me!
Hush hush! Don't tell anyone! If DVD's are classified as movies, it's cheaper to rent them!
objective measure of "suckiness".
That would be suction.
and extend it to an absurd extreme, but it doesn't invalidate your argument.
Yes Sir, that DOES invalidate your argument (or his, or any), that's how (amongst numerous other things) science works.
"Well, the earth sure looks flat from where I'm standing, I don't see how extending my idea to an absurd extreme and watching the earth from space, invalidates my argument."
* Picture perfect at 128 kbit/s
That song looks beautiful, don't you think!?
http://wearcam.org/synesthesia/synesthesia.html
May I suggest you do some more research on you subject?
i n/ reproduction.htm
"Like most birds, the reproductive cycle before the courting displays. Once individuals acquire mates, the pair initiates copulations after a series of displays. The reproductive structures in penguins do not differ extensively from those of other avian families. All birds reproduce sexually: males transfer sperm to the female through the cloaca. During copulation, the event of contact between the two cloacas is known as the cloaca kiss."
http://www.bergen.org/Smithsonian/HumboldtPengu
If you'd use ints we'd all be very lucky.
That would be one post every quite a lot kilometers... Some karma whore -> do the math.
No they don't. If people don't understand what an OS is, they can't *know* what MS Windows is.
Joe User: What's an OS?
You: It's like Microsoft Windows.
Joe: Ah.Ok.
You: So what does it do then?
Joe: Whatcha mean?
You: What does an OS do?
Joe: You mean, like, what Windows does?
You: Jeah. What does Windows do?
Joe: Eh, like, eh... crash?
You: Oh well, close enough...
Sorry dude, didn't see that. Hope you're not mad. :-)
P.S. I used to be a moderator -- so if you think I am not watching who mods this message down, think again. Don't mod this message down! :)
This kind of blackmail sure smells of "illegal practices". Jerk.
...starts screaming about how he needs to be able to reboot it when it crashes.
Now you're being silly. What would you if your boss said he has to "kick the machine when it makes funny noises"? Would you plate the bloody machine with foam or something?
Are you sure? Here in the Netherlands I find even the oldest ATMs having at least some sort of Hercules GA. You know, green/black 720x348. Sure it's monochrome, but that shouldn't be much of a problem, I think.
Couldn't this all be avoided by a good open source business model? Isn't that what we're really looking for here? I don't think a software company can run completely funded by donations.
:-)
When will people realise OpenSource isn't about companies? It's about people who like to be in control of their own hardware, who just like to code, etc, etc... you've all heard why Linus did what he did!
OpenSource doesn't *need* a business model, because it isn't business
He just replaced terrorists with spamists.
:-)
These terrorists spam not merely to waste bandwidth?
Just couldn't resist
If thats true, why do people treat autism like its a disease, when its just genetics.
Hehehe. Just genetics. Funny little man. I've heard people say cancer is hereditary. Go figure.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IE under 9x would have plenty of authority to do whatever it likes?
Sure, but that's not IEs fault. Everything in Win95/98/ME has permission to do whatever it feels like. Even if you attrib +r your files, every stupid batchfile can easily remove your restrictions again, and then delete your files. There is virtually no concept of permissions in Win 9x.
> Haskell or Prolog?
OMG! Prolog! Don't get me started! Reading prolog code! I'd rather read unary assembler written in dirt by a dyslectic, disabled, drunk, foot painter! The Horror! The Horror!
(but Haskell is quite nice actually)
IANAL, but it seems to me an "appropriate copyright notice" refers to some copyright stament made by the author. If you write something, you've got copyright, GPL'ed or not. The way you exercise that copyright is what licenses are all about.
//---
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
-= snip =-
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
I can't create a KDE application and sell it without buying a QT license for over $2000
So you can't get rich on the efforts of others
without giving them something back? Tough.
And of course it is the KDE community who'll all get a fair share of that $2000...
You can't defend a commericial company (horrible tautology) with "good for the community"-arguments. Their prime interest is money.
Therefore "free as in GPL" would suffice. (-:
:-p Because you *can* charge money (as in beer, or at least where I come from ;-)) for your GPLed software...
Prolly off-topic, but you're wrong.