please don't comment about a concept just by its name. the notion of moral right does not have anyhting to do with morals, besides linking the art form with the AUTHORS morals.
Why can't we just let people follow their own morals?
For that, moral right is PRECISELY what you want here.
By example, if you've produced a small handbook (say a satanist porky-pig fetish handbook, whatever), in some countries you retain the right to deny publishing it in a way that you believe is against your beliefs.
Imagine you sell the rights to an editor, and he sells it to a church and which publishes it as the antithesis af what to do, inside of a larger book.
Or you draw a cartoon, sell it and it is later used to illustrate an extremist political party you don't want to be associated with.
If you retain moral rights, you will be able to forbid it is used in those way.
Theoretically, yes, but can you provide me with examples where this is not the case ?
This is a real question, I have heard the point many times, and indeed nothing prevents you to sell a GPL prog, but if I can give it away for free, it means that only people getting it at the source would pay. Why would they ?
So, are there examples where you pay for open source software itself (not support) ?
leave your phone to a friend/leave it at home. don't answer phone or redirect line to your secret phone. solved. (in a "geekier than you" way, that is)
Just so you know, massive demonstrations in France in the last few days showed that France state of mind != French president for now.
IIRC, the popularity rate of french president is 41% favorable opinions.
The general population is not closer of US despite the new president but thanks to him. Bush was and always remained very unliked (apart from the president).
except than generally you'll need to setup the new equipment (including migration costs for running services), whereas the older one is still functioning. And this new equipment will need servicing also, (OS upgrades, software configs), so it's maybe $5000 new equipment + $1000 setup + $1500 maintenance over "the long term" vs $2000 maintenance.
The BeagleBoard would maybe be interesting to consider : linux, everything in small low power ARM board. And it seems MUCH easier to power than these mini itx boards where you need a special PSU.
AGAIN, revenue of console sales is not N*const (positive or negative), but const1+N*const2 where const2 is negative (it's a gain per console) but upfront costs=const1(R&D, licences...) are big. So the fact that the total is negative implies const is negative, but in fact it's mostly that N*const2 is still less than const1. (I hope this makes sense to some at least)
Yes, 128 bits addresses can be a joke. 128 bit data path has been present since a long time (PIII with SSE IIRC), and here 256 bits or more could be interesting. The number of 'bits' of a system is only defined when address == size of an integer word register == size of an instruction == size of a float register == size of a vector register == size of a memory word... This is rarely the case and some of these sizes could (sometimes not very practical) be different.
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But sometimes the changes are so big they can't be encompassed by a compiler switch. Such it is with 3.0.
While I agree with your post, here it's not a problem with implementation but with syntax and backward compatibility within a given python version. The idea is that some needed changes cannot be made backward-compatible (new keywords,...). So you group them and call that a new version of the language. I doubt you couldn't implement most of it with compiler switches.
Sure it's for geeks,but have a look at the ARM BeagleBoard dev kit. If you've got a server/NAS to pull content from (or an ext Hard drive), it seems to be a really interesting platform for a DIY STB for $150. (very power efficient, fanless, runs linux, geek friendly, can be put in a shoe box).
Of course, there's no media center software that I know of, price might not be that different from an appleTV once you add a remote control and some network connectivity, but the geek appeal is great.
I'm currently very near to buying one for christmas.
Other option ? an old PC, if possible SFF case+low fan, remote controller, with tv out. Truly open, supports everything.
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PPT is hard. Let's yell.
800 bucks can buy you great hours of CPU on Amazon EC2 isn't it ?
please don't comment about a concept just by its name. the notion of moral right does not have anyhting to do with morals, besides linking the art form with the AUTHORS morals.
Why can't we just let people follow their own morals?
For that, moral right is PRECISELY what you want here.
By example, if you've produced a small handbook (say a satanist porky-pig fetish handbook, whatever), in some countries you retain the right to deny publishing it in a way that you believe is against your beliefs.
Imagine you sell the rights to an editor, and he sells it to a church and which publishes it as the antithesis af what to do, inside of a larger book.
Or you draw a cartoon, sell it and it is later used to illustrate an extremist political party you don't want to be associated with.
If you retain moral rights, you will be able to forbid it is used in those way.
IANA(IP)L, however.
Theoretically, yes, but can you provide me with examples where this is not the case ?
This is a real question, I have heard the point many times, and indeed nothing prevents you to sell a GPL prog, but if I can give it away for free, it means that only people getting it at the source would pay. Why would they ?
So, are there examples where you pay for open source software itself (not support) ?
yes it does : voilà (use agrave html entity)
well maybe the thread is long and off-topic enough now.
however, it can be noted that copy detection will be quite easy. "Why are you following me?"
leave your phone to a friend/leave it at home.
don't answer phone or redirect line to your secret phone. solved. (in a "geekier than you" way, that is)
Just so you know, massive demonstrations in France in the last few days showed that France state of mind != French president for now.
IIRC, the popularity rate of french president is 41% favorable opinions.
The general population is not closer of US despite the new president but thanks to him. Bush was and always remained very unliked (apart from the president).
are photoshop, SQL server, office and windows 7b1 "a true necessity" ? Even when linux/gimp/OO.org do exist (not are completely equal, but do exist) ?
Food or shelter is something different here, and of course "it's OK" can be taken from the law or morals.
imagine running "top" with 1.6 million CPU lines refreshed each 3 seconds (or taskmaganer or cat /proc/cpuinfo)
I agree with you, except that :
len() is a shortcut for the __len__ method, which you can redefine.
>> [].__len__()
0
there is not do() method on iterables, however. (I think in this case it's more readable, but it can be debated)
you know, bad analogies are like a wooden banana.
wow, all the home page tags stickers came off of the html when I clicked that link ...
try FreeDOS + GEM on your Athlon and discuver the real power of 80's tech power.
except than generally you'll need to setup the new equipment (including migration costs for running services), whereas the older one is still functioning.
And this new equipment will need servicing also, (OS upgrades, software configs), so it's maybe $5000 new equipment + $1000 setup + $1500 maintenance over "the long term" vs $2000 maintenance.
The BeagleBoard would maybe be interesting to consider : linux, everything in small low power ARM board. And it seems MUCH easier to power than these mini itx boards where you need a special PSU.
I haven't used it myself (yet) however.
meh, BLINK tag save FIFTY PERCENT of the electrons !
AGAIN, revenue of console sales is not N*const (positive or negative), but const1+N*const2 where const2 is negative (it's a gain per console) but upfront costs=const1(R&D, licences ...) are big. So the fact that the total is negative implies const is negative, but in fact it's mostly that N*const2 is still less than const1. (I hope this makes sense to some at least)
I guess you would at least have access to some logs ...
Yes, 128 bits addresses can be a joke. 128 bit data path has been present since a long time (PIII with SSE IIRC), and here 256 bits or more could be interesting. ... This is rarely the case and some of these sizes could (sometimes not very practical) be different.
The number of 'bits' of a system is only defined when address == size of an integer word register == size of an instruction == size of a float register == size of a vector register == size of a memory word
But sometimes the changes are so big they can't be encompassed by a compiler switch. Such it is with 3.0.
While I agree with your post, here it's not a problem with implementation but with syntax and backward compatibility within a given python version. ...). So you group them and call that a new version of the language. I doubt you couldn't implement most of it with compiler switches.
The idea is that some needed changes cannot be made backward-compatible (new keywords,
You can also use the python 2.6 "-3" option to have warnings about non future-proof constructs (ie things that can't be handled by 2to3)
in fact there are others python easter eggs :
import this
import __hello__
and ... a new one in 3.0, related to xkcd.
but the 2to3 tool will make this simple transforms (xrange->range, print "foo"->print("foo") automatically.
Sure it's for geeks,but have a look at the ARM BeagleBoard dev kit. If you've got a server/NAS to pull content from (or an ext Hard drive), it seems to be a really interesting platform for a DIY STB for $150. (very power efficient, fanless, runs linux, geek friendly, can be put in a shoe box).
Of course, there's no media center software that I know of, price might not be that different from an appleTV once you add a remote control and some network connectivity, but the geek appeal is great.
I'm currently very near to buying one for christmas.
Other option ? an old PC, if possible SFF case+low fan, remote controller, with tv out. Truly open, supports everything.
Just say it would be very interesting to vandalize because of the involved research and potential improvements to find a flaw in this logical system.