Oh yes, I'm sure Microsoft is willing to risk their windows source code because a groklaw artical said it was ok.
Given that it is unlikely that MS will allow any outside auditors to check their code base for GPLd code, I'd say the risks were minimal. The only way a GPL copyright holder might have probable cause for asking for such an audit would be if a disgruntled MS developer blew the whistle. Another unlikelyhood given the NDAs MS reqiures of its employees.
To me, Man's greatest technological achievement is the ability to leave his planet.
The techological advancements are a great side effect of the space race, but the real motivating factor has always been military/strategic. The US hasn't been back before now because the Soviet Union could't afford to pursue it so the US lost its main motivation. Now, with China showing an interest in the moon, the US sees a strategic motivation for returning.
Yup. And don't forget Demolition Man with its "every restaurant is Taco Bell" theme and Sandra Bullock singing the Armour Hotdogs jingle. These were merged pretty well with the story line which made them more funny than intrusive, but the plugs weren't lost on the viewers.
Actually, it wasn't that long ago that a large number of ATMs were running a version of IBM's OS/2 (2.1 I think). Not sure why banks are switching. OS/2 has probably got a fairly high "security through obcurity" quotient as well as having been relatively stable in that application. Can't say I know what real vulnerabilities it has, although I'm sure they exist.
A team of 5 interesting, friendly people will ALWAYS outperform a lone social outcast barricaded in his single office.
It depends on what it is they're trying to accomplish. You've heard the old saying: One woman can produce a baby in nine months but nine women can't produce a baby in one month. Some projects just don't benefit from a team environment. Consider Newton. He spent 18 months in seclusion producing his master piece work "Principia". Do you think the five brightest mathematicians of the time (other than Newton) could have done better had they worked as a team?
There are many extreemly talented and productive people that work best when left to themselves and companies will suffer for their loss if they place more importance on group environments.
What you are missing is in the US, anyone has the right to sue anyone else. Yes, the RIAA can sue these people and they will have to go to court and defend themsleves. If they are innocent, they will have their day in court and the case will be thrown out.
You're assuming they would have the financial resources to do so. That is something the average person doesn't have, given the likelyhood that the legal fees will run into the tens of thousands of dollars at a minimum. There is something wrong with the system when defending ones self, even from baseless accusation, imposes such a high financial burden.
Following this logic, since you have not properly educated yourself in the areas of spelling and grammar using the English language, you should be held responsible for the pain and suffering it caused me when I read your post.
To think that our relationship to our bodies is that of ownership is a massive oversimplification.
Perhaps, but abortion rights advocates have been using this argument with great success for quite some time, even when the abortions are at taxpayer expense. At least the argument is that women have the excusive right to choose what they can do with their bodies. Exclusive rights are akin to ownership IMHO. Whether or not an abortion can be considered harmful to the woman is a matter of heated debate, however.
Not just the absolute physical torture that being born addicted causes...
I have never heard of a child being born with a chemical dependency to THC. Can you cite any sources that support this? Have studies been done? I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I'm just curious.
The theoretical advancement in a Communist society is that the dictator would step down once the country was essentially running itself (At least, being run by the workers themselves), leaving "no one" in charge.
This would likely decay into anarchy.
There always has to be a controlling power for the purpose of policing and judgment of those that rebel against the established system. Even in a communist society one would expect that the people would elect individuals for this purpose; and where there are a few in power, there is the potential for corruption. There is no perfect system.
It figures that when someone comes up with a method to reduce our dependence on foreign oil sources, all it gets is criticizm for not being the 'perfect' solution.
Of course your comment about the human resource brings to mind an interesting idea. We could depolimerize dead bodies for their oil rather than inter or cremate them(interment wastes precious real estate and cremation is a complete waste of energy with no beneficial return). The Fremen of Dune reclaimed the water of their dead, given its precious nature. Why couldn't we do it for the oil. It would take a bit of social and cultural reengineering to get the majority to embrace it though.
Why are you still paying full coverage on a car that's nearly 10 years old? Most people will change their coverage to liability only when a vehicle is no longer in the blue book or the resale value drops below the annual premium for collision insurance.
Actually, I hold the copyright to Latin and all its derivatives, so you're attempt to copyright 'is' would be an infringement. My lawyer will be in touch.
They have placed their willing syncophant in the White House.
As they do in every election. There is no real difference between the democrans and republicrats. The superficial differences we see are only to give an unwitting public the illusion of choice.
Now I can't think of any, offhand, that don't simply allow you to compile and sell your program.
Most, if not all, commercial compiler licenses do have a clause that forbids the creation of competing products though. So, you could not compile a competing compiler, for instance, and in your example, the first compile of GCC would be a violation. Athough, I doubt subsequent compiles with GCC could be traced back to the commercial compiler, so stupidity remains.
SO by the time I will be able to pay for a license the rate will go up
I was wondering about this. Is SCO giving the poor suckers -er- customers that call in for a license a rain check on the $699 price or are they being told they have to wait until they can be charged the $1399 price?
The only part of the machine I turn off is the monitor
Don't all modern monitors do this automatically? My ViewSonic LCDs do (after a predetermined time configured by me in the powercontrol dialog). No need to turn them off manually.
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I'd like to see and Athlon powered lava lamp myself. I doubt it would be very 'cool' though.
The retorhical question was: "Who offers society more value? The cop that you expect to save your life in the face of any danger? Or Shaq who can dunk a basketball?"
Perhaps a better question is why does society idolize someone who wins a genetic lottery rather than the one with the willingness to sacrifice his or her own life for another? Just because only a few win the lottery and many _can_ make the sacrifice isn't the right answer, because although many _can_ make the sacrifice, only a few choose to do so. Why is making the choice of so much less value to society? There is no 'simple' answer, I think.
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Oh yes, I'm sure Microsoft is willing to risk their windows source code because a groklaw artical said it was ok.
Given that it is unlikely that MS will allow any outside auditors to check their code base for GPLd code, I'd say the risks were minimal. The only way a GPL copyright holder might have probable cause for asking for such an audit would be if a disgruntled MS developer blew the whistle. Another unlikelyhood given the NDAs MS reqiures of its employees.
To me, Man's greatest technological achievement is the ability to leave his planet.
The techological advancements are a great side effect of the space race, but the real motivating factor has always been military/strategic. The US hasn't been back before now because the Soviet Union could't afford to pursue it so the US lost its main motivation. Now, with China showing an interest in the moon, the US sees a strategic motivation for returning.
Yup. And don't forget Demolition Man with its "every restaurant is Taco Bell" theme and Sandra Bullock singing the Armour Hotdogs jingle. These were merged pretty well with the story line which made them more funny than intrusive, but the plugs weren't lost on the viewers.
Actually, it wasn't that long ago that a large number of ATMs were running a version of IBM's OS/2 (2.1 I think). Not sure why banks are switching. OS/2 has probably got a fairly high "security through obcurity" quotient as well as having been relatively stable in that application. Can't say I know what real vulnerabilities it has, although I'm sure they exist.
A team of 5 interesting, friendly people will ALWAYS outperform a lone social outcast barricaded in his single office.
It depends on what it is they're trying to accomplish. You've heard the old saying: One woman can produce a baby in nine months but nine women can't produce a baby in one month. Some projects just don't benefit from a team environment. Consider Newton. He spent 18 months in seclusion producing his master piece work "Principia". Do you think the five brightest mathematicians of the time (other than Newton) could have done better had they worked as a team?
There are many extreemly talented and productive people that work best when left to themselves and companies will suffer for their loss if they place more importance on group environments.
What you are missing is in the US, anyone has the right to sue anyone else. Yes, the RIAA can sue these people and they will have to go to court and defend themsleves. If they are innocent, they will have their day in court and the case will be thrown out.
You're assuming they would have the financial resources to do so. That is something the average person doesn't have, given the likelyhood that the legal fees will run into the tens of thousands of dollars at a minimum. There is something wrong with the system when defending ones self, even from baseless accusation, imposes such a high financial burden.
Following this logic, since you have not properly educated yourself in the areas of spelling and grammar using the English language, you should be held responsible for the pain and suffering it caused me when I read your post.
My lawyer will be in touch.
Given that were discussing global warming here, I'd be interested to know how much warmer these temps are than the seasonal averages?
To think that our relationship to our bodies is that of ownership is a massive oversimplification.
Perhaps, but abortion rights advocates have been using this argument with great success for quite some time, even when the abortions are at taxpayer expense. At least the argument is that women have the excusive right to choose what they can do with their bodies. Exclusive rights are akin to ownership IMHO. Whether or not an abortion can be considered harmful to the woman is a matter of heated debate, however.
Not just the absolute physical torture that being born addicted causes...
I have never heard of a child being born with a chemical dependency to THC. Can you cite any sources that support this? Have studies been done? I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I'm just curious.
The theoretical advancement in a Communist society is that the dictator would step down once the country was essentially running itself (At least, being run by the workers themselves), leaving "no one" in charge.
This would likely decay into anarchy.
There always has to be a controlling power for the purpose of policing and judgment of those that rebel against the established system. Even in a communist society one would expect that the people would elect individuals for this purpose; and where there are a few in power, there is the potential for corruption. There is no perfect system.
It figures that when someone comes up with a method to reduce our dependence on foreign oil sources, all it gets is criticizm for not being the 'perfect' solution.
Of course your comment about the human resource brings to mind an interesting idea. We could depolimerize dead bodies for their oil rather than inter or cremate them(interment wastes precious real estate and cremation is a complete waste of energy with no beneficial return). The Fremen of Dune reclaimed the water of their dead, given its precious nature. Why couldn't we do it for the oil. It would take a bit of social and cultural reengineering to get the majority to embrace it though.
Why are you still paying full coverage on a car that's nearly 10 years old? Most people will change their coverage to liability only when a vehicle is no longer in the blue book or the resale value drops below the annual premium for collision insurance.
Actually, I hold the copyright to Latin and all its derivatives, so you're attempt to copyright 'is' would be an infringement. My lawyer will be in touch.
I think VC++ has a restriction from making a competitor to any Microsoft product. Borland's compiler has similar restrictions, IIRC.
They have placed their willing syncophant in the White House.
As they do in every election. There is no real difference between the democrans and republicrats. The superficial differences we see are only to give an unwitting public the illusion of choice.
If they're really following the software model, it won't be warrenteed against defects. You'll have to pay for the 'upgrade'.
Now I can't think of any, offhand, that don't simply allow you to compile and sell your program.
Most, if not all, commercial compiler licenses do have a clause that forbids the creation of competing products though. So, you could not compile a competing compiler, for instance, and in your example, the first compile of GCC would be a violation. Athough, I doubt subsequent compiles with GCC could be traced back to the commercial compiler, so stupidity remains.
SO by the time I will be able to pay for a license the rate will go up
I was wondering about this. Is SCO giving the poor suckers -er- customers that call in for a license a rain check on the $699 price or are they being told they have to wait until they can be charged the $1399 price?
I think it's a Night Court reference.
I've yet to see Slashdot admit there's ANY good in Microsoft.
Of course there are good things about Microsoft. The best thing is that their OS is so crappy, more and more people are switching to Linux.
Like the DMCA, for example?
The only part of the machine I turn off is the monitor
Don't all modern monitors do this automatically? My ViewSonic LCDs do (after a predetermined time configured by me in the powercontrol dialog). No need to turn them off manually.
I'd like to see and Athlon powered lava lamp myself. I doubt it would be very 'cool' though.
The retorhical question was: "Who offers society more value? The cop that you expect to save your life in the face of any danger? Or Shaq who can dunk a basketball?"
Perhaps a better question is why does society idolize someone who wins a genetic lottery rather than the one with the willingness to sacrifice his or her own life for another? Just because only a few win the lottery and many _can_ make the sacrifice isn't the right answer, because although many _can_ make the sacrifice, only a few choose to do so. Why is making the choice of so much less value to society? There is no 'simple' answer, I think.