Agreed, cowards they aren't. And I'd go you one more and say the guys that went splat into the Pentagon weren't terrorists. Terrorism is a deliberate attack against a civilian target and if anyone wants to call the Pentagon a civilian target I want them to explain just what they think a military one might be. The passengers were just collateral damage. (War is a bitch like that, which is why it is usually considered a 'bad thing'.)
Bullshit, complete and utter clap trap.
First, the terrorist WERE cowards. They dressed as civilians, they took civilians hostage, and they deliberately with full knowledge and desire killed civilians.
The passengers in the plane were in no way "collateral damage" and the Pentagon wasn't a millitary target.
Why not you might ask? Because these people were not military soldiers acting under state sanction in an announced aggression against another country.
They were common thugs. They were the guy who sticks up the little old lady on the street corner.
And for Tim McVeigh. What was he rebelling aginst then? What was his message to the world? What did he hope to accomplish by "overthrowing" the government?
No, he was just a misguided angry little man with just a little too much smarts and luck for his own good.
A BSD license means that the initial work is in the community for one and all. The problem is that some people can take that code from the community and add a widget or two and make it the new version their own.
Ideally, improvements should come BACK to the community.
Java has changed so that you can now create a GPL'd version of it without licensing issues.
I think the real strenght/reasons for using the GPL would be to keep the government paid-for work in the hands of the community.
The real solution would be to dual-license everything. GPL + commercial. A percentage of all the commercial license revenue should go back to the government for future development projects.
Think about it. Impose a 10% tax on software along with the administrative costs of collecting and passing on this money.
You know what you'll see? A 12% increase in software prices. The government will be paying itself via the software companies minus a handling fee.
I suppose the idea is to get the tax revenue from NON-government spending, but in that case you're increasing the costs of the businesses and decreasing their revenues and thus the tax base...
I think the best thing is to have the governments demand that all electronic data be in open formats and leave it at that.
SCO is claiming that by helping with Linux IBM is potentially aiding terrorist. Hmmm, well then, how do they explain this? ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1 .1/Work station/CSSA-2003-020.0/SRPMS/linux-2.4.13-21D.src.rpm
Source RPM of Linux wide open with no disclaimers, no checks, no "I certify I'm not from one of the naughty countries", nothing.
You mean like Beowulf clusters? (Who were those copied from?)
Puh-leeze. Any Operting System has to have certain features and capabilities. Of course there's going to seem to be some copying involved because everyone's working to the same goals.
There is NO advantage to SCO successfully prosecuting this case. First off, the "IP" that they're claiming and trying to protect so jealously is something that they bought fourth hand. They didn't even create it themselves.
Second, they've been gladly trying to make a business from others' IP and when that didn't work out they suddenly decide that they need to pursue licensing?
Licensing IP advances nothing. It's just making everyone pay over and over again for the same damn thing. To make matters worse they're pursuing this with all the class and aplomb of any eight-year-old shouting "I'll just take my bat and ball and go home!"
First off, SCO has to prove that the code in question is in fact "theirs". Considering the rather incestuous family tree that is UNIX that is not so cut and dry.
Additionally, there are allegations that SCO has been helping themselves to GPL'd code without credit or redistribution.
No, the thing we're learning here is that if you really have an IP case against Linux or another GPL project than just be right out in the open. Document the code and PROVE your case. Don't hide behind lawyers, NDA's, horribly out of context quotes and vaguely threatening letters.
And, oh yeah, it helps if you can at least stick to one story for greater than a week.
I wouldn't mind getting wings from this girl.
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Christie Brinkley was born in 1954. Would you snear at a chance to see her in a wet t-shirt?
Cher's not doing too bad either (though she does frighten me).
The thing of it is that you support the argument yourself: Not everyone can be Einstein because not everyone is that gifted. That doesn't have to do with age, that has to do with individual talent.
These examples have nothing to do with age
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- If you are older, married and have a family you are less excited about staying till unholy hour of the morning finishing a project that has an imminent deadline tomorrow... You could say that about any married, family person. You could also point out that they'll tend to be more reliable schedule-wise Monday mornings and less reliable due to family emergencies.
- If you are older, you are more set in your ways and would rather use the skills you already have rather than learn something totally new and off-the-wall. Crass generalization. Anyone can be stuck in their ways.
- While some older people become wiser, and take criticism better, many others do become grumpy old men, and find it hard to be taught and criticised by the kids in their teens that apparently know some things better. You covered both ends of the spectrum there.
- When you get older you won't be willing to accept some of the jobs and tasks (especially the thankless ones like sysadmin) as readily as the younger people. Doubtful. You could argue that the younger people want to get the glam jobs and aren't willing to do the scut work.
- Last, but not least (especially in today's pitiful economy), when you are younger, you will settle for less pay, more hours, and your insurance will be cheaper. This is really the only reason that actually has some truth behind it. The most important part is less pay.
Your hooters example doesn't prove anything. There are some 50 year old ladies out there who are really hot and some 20 year old girls who look half dead.
Why can't you be a coder in your 40's? I'm not talking about every 40 year old out there, I'm talking about YOU! Each individual's effectiveness in ANY job is only as good as the amount of work they're willing to put in.
Remember, you're only as old as you drink you are!:-D
Amazing these people. Don't we all remember the ol' mv^2 equation? You shoot almost anything with sufficient force it's going to cause damage. To make matters worse I guess the real problem is that the foam gets even harder due to the cold that it's insulating (go figure).
Next we'll have terrorists near the shuttle launch with slingshots...:-}
A digital pen may be the way to go for the note-taking world part. You get the advantage of having any actual hand written copy (in case of data loss or to loan to ppl) and you can also upload to computer for organizing and whatnot.
A used laptop may be good as well. A decent PIII model with 256+ MB of RAM and a wireless card will fit the bill. (Don't go brandy-new on the laptop as it'll just be dorm-theft bait or at least wait awhile and see what the "shrink" rate is for your school/dorm.) A $99 Zire would probably meet any and all PDA needs.
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You're not in the least bit serious are you?
Agreed, cowards they aren't. And I'd go you one more and say the guys that went splat into the Pentagon weren't terrorists. Terrorism is a deliberate attack against a civilian target and if anyone wants to call the Pentagon a civilian target I want them to explain just what they think a military one might be. The passengers were just collateral damage. (War is a bitch like that, which is why it is usually considered a 'bad thing'.)
Bullshit, complete and utter clap trap.
First, the terrorist WERE cowards. They dressed as civilians, they took civilians hostage, and they deliberately with full knowledge and desire killed civilians.
The passengers in the plane were in no way "collateral damage" and the Pentagon wasn't a millitary target.
Why not you might ask? Because these people were not military soldiers acting under state sanction in an announced aggression against another country.
They were common thugs. They were the guy who sticks up the little old lady on the street corner.
And for Tim McVeigh. What was he rebelling aginst then? What was his message to the world? What did he hope to accomplish by "overthrowing" the government?
No, he was just a misguided angry little man with just a little too much smarts and luck for his own good.
Not exactly true. You could use the information and implement your own VM but you couldn't call it Java or get it certified.
The latest changes now allow groups like Apache to make fully certified J2EE VM's.
It may be a distinction without much of a difference, but the changes helped to solidify the legal standing of GPL implementations.
A BSD license means that the initial work is in the community for one and all. The problem is that some people can take that code from the community and add a widget or two and make it the new version their own.
Ideally, improvements should come BACK to the community.
From their explanation:
:-D
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Java has changed so that you can now create a GPL'd version of it without licensing issues.
I think the real strenght/reasons for using the GPL would be to keep the government paid-for work in the hands of the community.
The real solution would be to dual-license everything. GPL + commercial. A percentage of all the commercial license revenue should go back to the government for future development projects.
Think about it. Impose a 10% tax on software along with the administrative costs of collecting and passing on this money.
You know what you'll see? A 12% increase in software prices. The government will be paying itself via the software companies minus a handling fee.
I suppose the idea is to get the tax revenue from NON-government spending, but in that case you're increasing the costs of the businesses and decreasing their revenues and thus the tax base...
I think the best thing is to have the governments demand that all electronic data be in open formats and leave it at that.
The shredding was done in 5 line groups but on each line.
Thus while A B C D E wouldn't match Q A B C D the next hash value in file 2 would be A B C D E which WOULD match.
The idea was that the process would ONLY hit on 5 line matches to avoid all of the things like #include <stdio.h> hits.
They're shooting themselves in the foot, and remove their shoes beforehand!
:-D
Now, if we're really lucky we can get them to shove their foot in their mouth first too!
SCO is claiming that by helping with Linux IBM is potentially aiding terrorist. Hmmm, well then, how do they explain this?1 .1/Work station/CSSA-2003-020.0/SRPMS/linux-2.4.13-21D.src .rpm
:-D
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.
Source RPM of Linux wide open with no disclaimers, no checks, no "I certify I'm not from one of the naughty countries", nothing.
Let's report 'em to Tom Ridge.
LINDON, Utah, Jun 16, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (SCOX) , a leading provider of business software solutions ...
They're leading the way for other companies who want to commit IP suicide.
What does it mean to "raise off the ashes" ?
:-D
I know in the ol' D&D if you blew a reincarnation it turned the body to ashes. Maybe that's what they mean by this?
Thanks for the chuckle.
If we're lucky Darl will do the old "hold your breath until you turn blue" stick and wait too long.
You mean like Beowulf clusters? (Who were those copied from?)
Puh-leeze. Any Operting System has to have certain features and capabilities. Of course there's going to seem to be some copying involved because everyone's working to the same goals.
There is NO advantage to SCO successfully prosecuting this case. First off, the "IP" that they're claiming and trying to protect so jealously is something that they bought fourth hand. They didn't even create it themselves.
Second, they've been gladly trying to make a business from others' IP and when that didn't work out they suddenly decide that they need to pursue licensing?
Licensing IP advances nothing. It's just making everyone pay over and over again for the same damn thing. To make matters worse they're pursuing this with all the class and aplomb of any eight-year-old shouting "I'll just take my bat and ball and go home!"
...of something strongly in doubt.
First off, SCO has to prove that the code in question is in fact "theirs". Considering the rather incestuous family tree that is UNIX that is not so cut and dry.
Additionally, there are allegations that SCO has been helping themselves to GPL'd code without credit or redistribution.
No, the thing we're learning here is that if you really have an IP case against Linux or another GPL project than just be right out in the open. Document the code and PROVE your case. Don't hide behind lawyers, NDA's, horribly out of context quotes and vaguely threatening letters.
And, oh yeah, it helps if you can at least stick to one story for greater than a week.
Christie Brinkley was born in 1954. Would you snear at a chance to see her in a wet t-shirt?
Cher's not doing too bad either (though she does frighten me).
The thing of it is that you support the argument yourself:
Not everyone can be Einstein because not everyone is that gifted.
That doesn't have to do with age, that has to do with individual talent.
- If you are older, married and have a family you are less excited about staying till unholy hour of the morning finishing a project that has an imminent deadline tomorrow...
:-D
You could say that about any married, family person. You could also point out that they'll tend to be more reliable schedule-wise Monday mornings and less reliable due to family emergencies.
- If you are older, you are more set in your ways and would rather use the skills you already have rather than learn something totally new and off-the-wall.
Crass generalization. Anyone can be stuck in their ways.
- While some older people become wiser, and take criticism better, many others do become grumpy old men, and find it hard to be taught and criticised by the kids in their teens that apparently know some things better.
You covered both ends of the spectrum there.
- When you get older you won't be willing to accept some of the jobs and tasks (especially the thankless ones like sysadmin) as readily as the younger people.
Doubtful. You could argue that the younger people want to get the glam jobs and aren't willing to do the scut work.
- Last, but not least (especially in today's pitiful economy), when you are younger, you will settle for less pay, more hours, and your insurance will be cheaper.
This is really the only reason that actually has some truth behind it. The most important part is less pay.
Your hooters example doesn't prove anything. There are some 50 year old ladies out there who are really hot and some 20 year old girls who look half dead.
Why can't you be a coder in your 40's? I'm not talking about every 40 year old out there, I'm talking about YOU! Each individual's effectiveness in ANY job is only as good as the amount of work they're willing to put in.
Remember, you're only as old as you drink you are!
I don't know, maybe he was named "Darlene" before the SC Operation?
:-D
Hmmm, conspiracy theory time?
SCOSource == Somebody Copied Our Source?!?
My favorite part was that since the aliens were essentially bulletproof they started using bow and arrow and crossbows.
Being a child of the '70 myself the whole thing was immensely cool at the time.
The next Slashdot story will be ready for rejection soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it rejected early! :-D
Whups. I got my rather limited set of physics equations a bit scrambled.
:-D
e nergy/u5l1c.html :-D )
let's see: KE = 1/2 m v^2
So, the 1/2 does factor in, but the v^2 is still the biggy. So, errr, I was half right?
source: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/
(Thanks goodness for Google and basic high school classes online.
Amazing these people. Don't we all remember the ol' mv^2 equation? You shoot almost anything with sufficient force it's going to cause damage. To make matters worse I guess the real problem is that the foam gets even harder due to the cold that it's insulating (go figure).
:-}
Next we'll have terrorists near the shuttle launch with slingshots...
It's the (you really shouldn't wait for it)...
Dumpster mooching control act.
I think we'll need a mutual suicide pact.
Heh! They don't even need to cross the border. Or well maybe they do to buy a single can of Pringles and then they're off to the races!!! :-D
A digital pen may be the way to go for the note-taking world part. You get the advantage of having any actual hand written copy (in case of data loss or to loan to ppl) and you can also upload to computer for organizing and whatnot.
A used laptop may be good as well. A decent PIII model with 256+ MB of RAM and a wireless card will fit the bill. (Don't go brandy-new on the laptop as it'll just be dorm-theft bait or at least wait awhile and see what the "shrink" rate is for your school/dorm.) A $99 Zire would probably meet any and all PDA needs.