As stated above, this makes them complicit and cooperative in the transfer of the very digital information they seek to control. Any suits for infringement can be met with "you helped out" line before laughing the case out of court.
Try the "delete the Chrome directory in your profile directory trick".
I say this for the people who may find themselves in a similar position; you're posting anonymously becuase you're a troll. [mutters: sign up, log in, be part of the community, be accountable for the words you post]
If I sell a pc with Fedora Core installed, I do not have to provide source as it is already freely available.
You would still have to indicate where to get it. This is part of your obligations using and supplying GPL software; in this sense you do have to provide the source code.
This text appears to be a 'wake-up call' for Joe Sixpack and the Stereotypical family (Mary, Andrew, John, Katherine and Paul Stereotypical). It's at indymedia.org, so is really a wake-up call to the activists and libertarians who don't realise that the gadgets you use are another arena to which activism can be applied.
The writer describes a home computer appliance that simply does what a home user might want, without the need for proprietry and non-free intellectual property, home use devices that work like washing machines and fridges. That would require a limitation to be set upon the features available to such a system -- which the system designers would balk at, using such flexible general-purpose hardware -- and the system cut down to that level.
However, the home appliance market has moved to a cyclical model where we replace anything that's slightly defective with the newest model. This applies to computer hardware too, with each family's notebook or desktop computer is usable by most people but also sufficiently gadget-like that people would rather have a newer/prettier model than maintain it properly.
I think it's been tried before: WebTV stuff; personal tablets; VHS-tape sized ultra-portables, with the problem that, in the majority of cases, the hardware wasn't ready. Now we have hardware approaching the complexity required, but I would question the need for such things. U.S. computer consumption works in one way, but the developing nations will work in a different way, because of differing economic considerations and pressures.
An ultra-reliable rock-solid device for schools in African states, China or India would find a market among the untapped beginners markets wherever it was sold if it met the needs of those people. I doubt that the OSS devlopment people will provide one unless someone launches a project to do so; Ubuntu may be a step in the right direction but its hardware requirements (including default use of Gnome 2.10) are perhaps too great for this device.
So you've not heard nothing but complaints abouto Fedora Core 2, I liked it. It was stable and happy on my system and it all worked from the install (ATi Rage 128 Pro card and Turtle Beach Santa Cruz with an Athlon Thunderbird 1200). FC3 is better, and I expect FC4 to improve on that again.
Where Novell sell complete, supported solutions making use of eDirectory, SuSE et al, Red Hat can now supply a GPL-compliant solution of their own. This may help Red Hat make money in the cases where the use of White Box and other GPL-clones of RHEL provide an entry to Red Hat support contracts.
Although forcibly removing the gold from the leprechauns (think of the shareholders!!! do they do anything but think of the shareholders?!?) was an option discussed in design meetings. However, they would need to get Ballmer to monkey-dance continuously to achieve this. Steve isn't getting any younger, and it would pose too great a risk to his planned retirement at his Volcano Hide-Away Lair.
I'd like to thank Mr Bill Gates for his product because it does drive my passion: to be involved with a hobby project that provides better software than his professional company does.
Thanks for your comment and sanity. As writer of the original comment and a Brit, I must admit that, out of the blue today I was irritated by the use of U.S. flags on Slashdot's Politics section. Then someone made a joke about it and I replied with a joke.
However, I'd need to think of something better with which to replace the colour scheme. No easy suggestions come to mind: USA is not the home of democracy, I believe it originated in Greece; the EU is committed to secular (as in 'not distracted by religiosity' rather than 'denying religion is meaningful') democracy, but many citizens of the USA would be up in arms about that because of the involvement of the French and Germans; the UN is ignored or under accusation of corruption; the Dollar sign may be more appropriate, unless we leave the present setup as is and I remember that it's an ironic joke at the expense of the military-industrial complex in the USA.
That sounds like ignoring the thing (and this implies security-by-obscurity) is the Operating System for that box.
I think I will offer a patch for you secure system: bury it under concrete and configure it with outputs methods (if it's ever powered up) which use electromagnetic rays and other energy emissions at levels and frequencies which destroy humans. Because paranoia is helpful when it comes to security you must admit that this doesn't keep it safe from the invisible chickens of Mars. This may be a moot point, but how would the GP feel if she or he found the perfect secure operating system?
At present very few people are licensed to lend DVD's or CD's. That's a standard part of the "No part of this work may be begged/stolen/borrowed/lent/resold in a different cover without permission of the copyright holder, which is rarely granted (for full applications, complete correct forms available from basement toilet/store room guarded by the leopard)" line.
This are one more of the migrations than they will occur on the part of the third-world Latinoamericános countries (desire not to be contemptuous, since I am of Mexico).
This migration of Windows towards Linux in these countries (on the part of the GOVERNMENT) will occur for several reasons, first, because the countries will wish to spend less// in software, or símplemente to obtain _ more value by its money _ (as for me I believe that that is Linux, since although the TCO is equal or superior, long term Linux offers better valos than any propietary platform).
On the other hand, the governments also will wish to separate of Windows since is a fastening towards the American government (you do not have that Word do you), although Microsoft is directly not bound to the government, indiréctamente having licenses of software of this company promuebe the economic dependency of the country towards the United States.
Finally, the governments will begin to use Free Software within their systems by the nature of the same one, that is to say, the capital inverted in Free Software is a capital that goes (or can go diréctamente) towards the people who develop software and also the generated technologies disposition of ALL the citizens has left directly. Thus, a government can contribute bottoms for the development of some product that consider necessary (simpelemente to way of/bounty/) and see obtain the necessary programs.
This last one is plus a reason that I have thought. As citizen I would prefer that my taxes were used to subsidize Free Software instead of subsidizing to a Estadounidense company. And it is precise to indicate that between the Latin American citizens there is a resentment towards the government North American at issue economic (good... and in other questions who do not come to the subject).
As for me, it seems to me excellent that Cuba is optador by Linux, although like other people have written, in Cuba was not possible "To buy" Windows, but I am sure that the use of Linux in Cuba will generate a strong aid to the development of the same software, since Cuba has people and minds very, very able.
In addition, I must express that I would like much that my country (Mexico) followed the same route, although desafortunádamente Miguel de Icaza did not know to raise the situation (E-Mexico) arguing for the Costs like the advantage of Linux on the propietary software.
That is everything, I hope that it does not bother my commentary to them in Spanish, but, I considered pertienente.
A lot of the distributions do. I believe there isn't a single serious distribution that fails to provide a way to install software, from Linspire's Click'n'Run service, to Apt or Yum or RPM to Gentoo's Emerge and Portage systems.
I think that your synopsis of the problem is broadly correct: the stuff we use thoughout life today is getting more complicated, but noone expects to have to master these complications.
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As stated above, this makes them complicit and cooperative in the transfer of the very digital information they seek to control. Any suits for infringement can be met with "you helped out" line before laughing the case out of court.
Try the "delete the Chrome directory in your profile directory trick".
I say this for the people who may find themselves in a similar position; you're posting anonymously becuase you're a troll. [mutters: sign up, log in, be part of the community, be accountable for the words you post]
We've found a Dupe poster!
The legal representatives of Mr A. Coward, whose copy rights you have infringed will contact you shortly.
And I'm saving for counselling on top of the costs of seeing the movie...
If I sell a pc with Fedora Core installed, I do not have to provide source as it is already freely available.
You would still have to indicate where to get it. This is part of your obligations using and supplying GPL software; in this sense you do have to provide the source code.
This text appears to be a 'wake-up call' for Joe Sixpack and the Stereotypical family (Mary, Andrew, John, Katherine and Paul Stereotypical). It's at indymedia.org, so is really a wake-up call to the activists and libertarians who don't realise that the gadgets you use are another arena to which activism can be applied.
The writer describes a home computer appliance that simply does what a home user might want, without the need for proprietry and non-free intellectual property, home use devices that work like washing machines and fridges. That would require a limitation to be set upon the features available to such a system -- which the system designers would balk at, using such flexible general-purpose hardware -- and the system cut down to that level.
However, the home appliance market has moved to a cyclical model where we replace anything that's slightly defective with the newest model. This applies to computer hardware too, with each family's notebook or desktop computer is usable by most people but also sufficiently gadget-like that people would rather have a newer/prettier model than maintain it properly.
I think it's been tried before: WebTV stuff; personal tablets; VHS-tape sized ultra-portables, with the problem that, in the majority of cases, the hardware wasn't ready. Now we have hardware approaching the complexity required, but I would question the need for such things. U.S. computer consumption works in one way, but the developing nations will work in a different way, because of differing economic considerations and pressures.
An ultra-reliable rock-solid device for schools in African states, China or India would find a market among the untapped beginners markets wherever it was sold if it met the needs of those people. I doubt that the OSS devlopment people will provide one unless someone launches a project to do so; Ubuntu may be a step in the right direction but its hardware requirements (including default use of Gnome 2.10) are perhaps too great for this device.
Oooh, Vaporware! I love their stuff!
Do you have a flashy launch planned for last week?
:-)
So you've not heard nothing but complaints abouto Fedora Core 2, I liked it. It was stable and happy on my system and it all worked from the install (ATi Rage 128 Pro card and Turtle Beach Santa Cruz with an Athlon Thunderbird 1200). FC3 is better, and I expect FC4 to improve on that again.
Where Novell sell complete, supported solutions making use of eDirectory, SuSE et al, Red Hat can now supply a GPL-compliant solution of their own. This may help Red Hat make money in the cases where the use of White Box and other GPL-clones of RHEL provide an entry to Red Hat support contracts.
Although forcibly removing the gold from the leprechauns (think of the shareholders!!! do they do anything but think of the shareholders?!?) was an option discussed in design meetings. However, they would need to get Ballmer to monkey-dance continuously to achieve this. Steve isn't getting any younger, and it would pose too great a risk to his planned retirement at his Volcano Hide-Away Lair.
I'd like to thank Mr Bill Gates for his product because it does drive my passion: to be involved with a hobby project that provides better software than his professional company does.
Do I win?
Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
Thanks for your comment and sanity. As writer of the original comment and a Brit, I must admit that, out of the blue today I was irritated by the use of U.S. flags on Slashdot's Politics section. Then someone made a joke about it and I replied with a joke.
However, I'd need to think of something better with which to replace the colour scheme. No easy suggestions come to mind: USA is not the home of democracy, I believe it originated in Greece; the EU is committed to secular (as in 'not distracted by religiosity' rather than 'denying religion is meaningful') democracy, but many citizens of the USA would be up in arms about that because of the involvement of the French and Germans; the UN is ignored or under accusation of corruption; the Dollar sign may be more appropriate, unless we leave the present setup as is and I remember that it's an ironic joke at the expense of the military-industrial complex in the USA.
Thanks. I appreciated that, even if it's not noticed by anyone else.
The whole Politcs.slashdot.org thing is a bit U.S. centric. Perhaps that should be changed. But how? The best way to find out: Fiiiiight!
That sounds like ignoring the thing (and this implies security-by-obscurity) is the Operating System for that box.
;-)
I think I will offer a patch for you secure system: bury it under concrete and configure it with outputs methods (if it's ever powered up) which use electromagnetic rays and other energy emissions at levels and frequencies which destroy humans. Because paranoia is helpful when it comes to security you must admit that this doesn't keep it safe from the invisible chickens of Mars. This may be a moot point, but how would the GP feel if she or he found the perfect secure operating system?
whoops. my bad. sorry everyone. this is my apology to the community.
take care.
love k3n.
At present very few people are licensed to lend DVD's or CD's. That's a standard part of the "No part of this work may be begged/stolen/borrowed/lent/resold in a different cover without permission of the copyright holder, which is rarely granted (for full applications, complete correct forms available from basement toilet/store room guarded by the leopard)" line.
Thanks to Google (who will only be around for a brief while to help us with this stuff...):
Third-world countries...
This are one more of the migrations than they will occur on the part of the third-world Latinoamericános countries (desire not to be contemptuous, since I am of Mexico).
This migration of Windows towards Linux in these countries (on the part of the GOVERNMENT) will occur for several reasons, first, because the countries will wish to spend less// in software, or símplemente to obtain _ more value by its money _ (as for me I believe that that is Linux, since although the TCO is equal or superior, long term Linux offers better valos than any propietary platform).
On the other hand, the governments also will wish to separate of Windows since is a fastening towards the American government (you do not have that Word do you), although Microsoft is directly not bound to the government, indiréctamente having licenses of software of this company promuebe the economic dependency of the country towards the United States.
Finally, the governments will begin to use Free Software within their systems by the nature of the same one, that is to say, the capital inverted in Free Software is a capital that goes (or can go diréctamente) towards the people who develop software and also the generated technologies disposition of ALL the citizens has left directly. Thus, a government can contribute bottoms for the development of some product that consider necessary (simpelemente to way of/bounty/) and see obtain the necessary programs.
This last one is plus a reason that I have thought. As citizen I would prefer that my taxes were used to subsidize Free Software instead of subsidizing to a Estadounidense company. And it is precise to indicate that between the Latin American citizens there is a resentment towards the government North American at issue economic (good... and in other questions who do not come to the subject).
As for me, it seems to me excellent that Cuba is optador by Linux, although like other people have written, in Cuba was not possible "To buy" Windows, but I am sure that the use of Linux in Cuba will generate a strong aid to the development of the same software, since Cuba has people and minds very, very able.
In addition, I must express that I would like much that my country (Mexico) followed the same route, although desafortunádamente Miguel de Icaza did not know to raise the situation (E-Mexico) arguing for the Costs like the advantage of Linux on the propietary software.
That is everything, I hope that it does not bother my commentary to them in Spanish, but, I considered pertienente.
GNU/yum. As used by lions and leopards throughout Africa.
I don't believe HURD will be ready by then. It's a fairly tight time schedule you've set up.
A lot of the distributions do. I believe there isn't a single serious distribution that fails to provide a way to install software, from Linspire's Click'n'Run service, to Apt or Yum or RPM to Gentoo's Emerge and Portage systems.
I think that your synopsis of the problem is broadly correct: the stuff we use thoughout life today is getting more complicated, but noone expects to have to master these complications.
Useful for benchmark testing. Testing it at extremes to see how many 3DMarks you can get out of your system.
Then you put it back into its normal case and get on with cataloguing your pr0n in Excel.
JetBlueScreen.
Is that the upper limit of addressable graphics memory on the x86 platform?