The rest of the computing world doesn't care about the community's "idea of Freedom."
That's like saying "The rest of the world doesn't care about copyright, they just want their free MP3s", which is equally true. However, it's contrary to the law.
Regarding Linus, I presume you're talking about BitKeeper, but that is different as he is not redistributing it.
The XFree86 people that made this decision have no right to expect that their code will be used by anyone. No-one is shafting them by deciding not to use their product, in the same way that no-one is shafting any company by not using their product.
If Red Hat were shipping XFree86 4.4 without crediting every contributor, then they would be stealing code.
that it overwrites a special bit of memory called the EIP
No, it doesn't overwrite the EIP, that's a register in the CPU. What it does overwrite is the return address that was pushed onto the stack when the function was called, so instead of returning to the calling code, it returns to the exploit code.
One of the solutions to malaria is to breed trillions of sterile mosquitoes, and release them into the wild. The chances of a fertile mosquito mating with another fertile mosquito is therefore very small, and the population is virtually wiped out - but for a few weeks, you have an insufferable amount of mosquitoes.
Maybe sending out masses of junk email is the cure for spam. The chances of someone replying to a *genuine* spam is therefore reduced, so the spammers might stop trying.
What's the hurdle? You can already delete and update with (as far as I know) all common zip programs
You have to open the zip file in WinZip or whatever program you choose, and pull the file out to look at it. You can't just select a file from a "recently opened files" list in an application and make changes, while not realising that you are changing a zipped backup that you thought was safe.
I just think that if you want a compressed file system, then get a compressed file system. I use zip to keep my files safe from accidental amendment, so this 'feature' would be worse than useless to me. It would be ok if you had to explicitly mount a zip file, though.
you could mount a.zip file read/write, providing dynamic compression
That's an awful idea! One of the main advantages of a zip file is that there is a hurdle to jump in order to delete or update the contents. You put a file in a zip, and it's safe from accidental overwriting. You can't just open the zipped file in an application and accidentally save over it. I really hate XP's seamless zip file access for this reason, but fortunately I don't use XP myself all that often.
Being in Hong Kong, CD-WOW doesn't strictly have to play by the UK's rules
They have to abide by international copyright law, and if they don't abide by UK copyright law, then their imports can probably be seized at customs. These CDs are infringing copies, according to CDPA 1988. See section 27, copies commercially imported into an area where an exclusive distribution licence exists are infringing. CD-WOW were claiming that they are private imports for personal use, and that the change of ownership happens abroad, but that wouldn't stand up in court.
Yeah, Strong Bad's email is cool, but I'd miss Badger Mushroom Snake a lot more. I leave that running at lunch time, paused on the badger screen (they keep moving if you pause it). Run it in Kiosk mode with -k parameter in between iexplore.exe and the filename.
I made the hideous mistake of checking that link when the "Troll" moderation came up for metamod. Big mistake. THe Mozilla developers need to look at that one, cos I got a load of pop-ups.
You mean William Della Croce? Interesting one. However, if it took him 3 years from registering the trademark to attempting to enforce it, I'm not surprised he lost it.
I still think that Red Hat might not be able to defend their exclusive use of the trademark, as the Virginia/Cornell project started using the name before the trademark application.
Unfortunately, what is reasonable and what is legal are not always the same thing.
Then the law needs to be revised - a definition of "an active, compromised machine" worked out, and a provision for designated organisations to be empowered to react to attacks from such compromised machines in such a way as to prevent the attacks. Whether this is patching the machine or crashing it, I really don't mind. Do IP blocks have email contact info associated with them in a similar way to domains?
Is there an online bayesian filtering service, that keeps an individual spam profile? I delete most of my spam without downloading it using a webmail service, I'd really like to enhance this to use bayesian filtering but I don't want to download all that spam. I also would like to do this from work (as I do now), and then just download the remaining email over my modem at home. I might even be persuaded to pay for this service.
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Regarding Linus, I presume you're talking about BitKeeper, but that is different as he is not redistributing it.
The XFree86 people that made this decision have no right to expect that their code will be used by anyone. No-one is shafting them by deciding not to use their product, in the same way that no-one is shafting any company by not using their product.
If Red Hat were shipping XFree86 4.4 without crediting every contributor, then they would be stealing code.
If God had intended us to use MixedCase in our identifiers, then He wouldn't have given us the underscore_character.
One of the solutions to malaria is to breed trillions of sterile mosquitoes, and release them into the wild. The chances of a fertile mosquito mating with another fertile mosquito is therefore very small, and the population is virtually wiped out - but for a few weeks, you have an insufferable amount of mosquitoes.
Maybe sending out masses of junk email is the cure for spam. The chances of someone replying to a *genuine* spam is therefore reduced, so the spammers might stop trying.
I just think that if you want a compressed file system, then get a compressed file system. I use zip to keep my files safe from accidental amendment, so this 'feature' would be worse than useless to me. It would be ok if you had to explicitly mount a zip file, though.
That sample message page is blocked by our web filter!
Yeah, Strong Bad's email is cool, but I'd miss Badger Mushroom Snake a lot more. I leave that running at lunch time, paused on the badger screen (they keep moving if you pause it). Run it in Kiosk mode with -k parameter in between iexplore.exe and the filename.
So upload it somewhere already!
I made the hideous mistake of checking that link when the "Troll" moderation came up for metamod. Big mistake. THe Mozilla developers need to look at that one, cos I got a load of pop-ups.
Does it matter? A password can be guessed, leaked, or snooped on any operating system.
I still think that Red Hat might not be able to defend their exclusive use of the trademark, as the Virginia/Cornell project started using the name before the trademark application.
Yup, it's there.
hey, that's an idea - ogle.com, a search engine dedicated to pr0n!
Is it still broken? The examples in the slashdot story are all fixed.
Surely the licence agreement is subject to copyright law!
For a laptop, Virtual CD gets my "Top Pick" award. Compressed CD images on your hard drive, that look like actual CD drives.
Is there an online bayesian filtering service, that keeps an individual spam profile? I delete most of my spam without downloading it using a webmail service, I'd really like to enhance this to use bayesian filtering but I don't want to download all that spam. I also would like to do this from work (as I do now), and then just download the remaining email over my modem at home. I might even be persuaded to pay for this service.