Did you read the article? The Register said they were targetting small-to-medium companies. I.e., not ``large offices''.
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1. We weren't technically at war during the 1860s---that was a state of *rebellion*.
2. We didn't go back to what we had before the Civil War after it was over. Five reasons:
2a. The Constitution was wrecked. The Southern states were/coerced/ to accept the 13th and 14th ammendments. This created a precedent for saying ``fuck Article 5, this is what we want the Constitution to say, so that's what it says''.
2b. The South was militarily occupied for several years after the rebellion had ended.
2c. The Federal government had been established as an (essentially) all-powerful organization, with no other organization able to effectively challenge it. Never under-estimate the inherent advantage in organization (compare M$'s evangelism to OS's). Also, never under-estimate the corrupting influence of absolute power, even for organizations---the U.S. got a civil service law shortly after the Civil War for a/reason/.
2d. Tarriffs stayed high. Result: fledgling American companies had little real competition and became monopolys.
2e. Not really related to the Civil War, but Western states started giving/huge/ lands to Railroads, making them enormously powerful.
for any re-distribution of the software. And, you can't use any legal mechanism (copyright, patent, etc.) to restrict the rights of people you re-distribute to, nor can you re-distribute in a fashion that would cause such legal restrictions to occur.
So, you can write and distribute (gratis of course) GPLed mp3 players; but, no-one can re-distribute them.
Actually, you can't distribute a GPL'ed mp3 decoder at all---because that would take away the right of those who receive it to sell it royalty free. RMS's position is: better no software than proprietary (including patent-covered) software.
You can't distribute a GPL'ed work that's under a patent license that contradicts the GPL. Just like you can't distribute a GPL'ed work that's under a copyright license that contradicts the GPL.
Umm, the point of the OSS label is to make the system more palatable to buisiness (and that's software producers, as well as consumers). So using the term OSS and saying you're ``disinclined toward buisiness'' is a rather odd combination...
First off full reading is FAR faster, a phonical reader has to 'relearn' each word that they read each time that they read it, eew ick.
``full reader''? How can you be a ``full reader'' when you don't know how the hell English spelling is organized or what the purpose behind it is? And second, no, a phonetic reader does not have to `relearn' each word. That statement is based on your false view of reading---that it means matching sight with meaning. Phonetic readers match sight with sound (very fast) and then sound with meaning (instinctive). It sounds slower, but it isn't.
Besides, I meant learning to read was faster---you don't have to learn your vocabulary twice, `eew ick'. Btw., how do you know how to spell `eew'?
And a full reader need not even be able to pronounce a word to 'read' it, they just look at it. Hell there are words that I read daily that I still have never said or heard pronounced!
Me too. I can even take a guess (sometimes wrong) at the pronunciation. What I meant was, phonetic readers immediately recognize words they've never seen, but have heard, before. So they have twice as much experience with English to bring to the table.
Hey, the man's just trying to get a job done. Good job he's not like RMS, that man's so obsessed with politics he'd probably try to say something diplomatic, thus causing yet another interminable flame war:)
Nope. Sorry, starting a re-tread monolithic kernel and letting it grow into an international phenomenon without supplying any leadership or guidance does not count as impressive in my book.
Well, people try to equate anarchism with anarcho-socialism, too. The reason why the opponents do it is obvious---make your opponent seem extreme enough, and people will accept you no matter what you think.
I think the reason proponents of libertarianism and anarchism (lower-case `l'; I hope nobody thinks the LP is the Anarchist Party!) confuse things is that, since both anarchism and (normal) libertarianism are (essentially) deductive processes, people tend to think there can be only one form of each, and so argue vehemently over which form it is. Just IMHO.
Phonics has a steeper learning curve, but it's faster long term---you have to learn five symbol/sound rules (instead of one) to read have, but once you've learned ~ 60, you can read every word in the English language (assuming you've heard the word spoken:)
I don't know. However, in 2000 the LP ran candidates for a majority of Congressional seats. According to the LP (don't have time to hunt down documentation right now) every third party to manage that feat in the last century has elected at least one Congressional candidate. So, she may not win, but the odds are good somebody will.
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The coating is continuosly re-supplied.
Steel is just carbon + iron ore, right? So you can get steel anywhere you have carbon and iron.
Did you read the article? The Register said they were targetting small-to-medium companies. I.e., not ``large offices''.
1. We weren't technically at war during the 1860s---that was a state of *rebellion*.
/coerced/ to accept the 13th and 14th ammendments. This created a precedent for saying ``fuck Article 5, this is what we want the Constitution to say, so that's what it says''.
/reason/.
/huge/ lands to Railroads, making them enormously powerful.
2. We didn't go back to what we had before the Civil War after it was over. Five reasons:
2a. The Constitution was wrecked. The Southern states were
2b. The South was militarily occupied for several years after the rebellion had ended.
2c. The Federal government had been established as an (essentially) all-powerful organization, with no other organization able to effectively challenge it. Never under-estimate the inherent advantage in organization (compare M$'s evangelism to OS's). Also, never under-estimate the corrupting influence of absolute power, even for organizations---the U.S. got a civil service law shortly after the Civil War for a
2d. Tarriffs stayed high. Result: fledgling American companies had little real competition and became monopolys.
2e. Not really related to the Civil War, but Western states started giving
What's wrong with https, html, and cgi for buisiness transactions? IOW, why do you need to put code on my computer in the first place?
Not true. CEOs do strategic planning.
What is `imovie' and how can it touch non-hfs partitions?
for any re-distribution of the software. And, you can't use any legal mechanism (copyright, patent, etc.) to restrict the rights of people you re-distribute to, nor can you re-distribute in a fashion that would cause such legal restrictions to occur.
So, you can write and distribute (gratis of course) GPLed mp3 players; but, no-one can re-distribute them.
Actually, you can't distribute a GPL'ed mp3 decoder at all---because that would take away the right of those who receive it to sell it royalty free. RMS's position is: better no software than proprietary (including patent-covered) software.
You can't distribute a GPL'ed work that's under a patent license that contradicts the GPL. Just like you can't distribute a GPL'ed work that's under a copyright license that contradicts the GPL.
Umm, the point of the OSS label is to make the system more palatable to buisiness (and that's software producers, as well as consumers). So using the term OSS and saying you're ``disinclined toward buisiness'' is a rather odd combination...
Are defensive patents allowed?
Umm, ablation has an `i' in it...
s/Maby/Maybe/
Insert bitch about the 20 second rule here...
Sorry, but Linus is not a ``leader'' in my book. And Linux is not ``revolutionary'' in my book.
``full reader''? How can you be a ``full reader'' when you don't know how the hell English spelling is organized or what the purpose behind it is? And second, no, a phonetic reader does not have to `relearn' each word. That statement is based on your false view of reading---that it means matching sight with meaning. Phonetic readers match sight with sound (very fast) and then sound with meaning (instinctive). It sounds slower, but it isn't.
Besides, I meant learning to read was faster---you don't have to learn your vocabulary twice, `eew ick'. Btw., how do you know how to spell `eew'?
Me too. I can even take a guess (sometimes wrong) at the pronunciation. What I meant was, phonetic readers immediately recognize words they've never seen, but have heard, before. So they have twice as much experience with English to bring to the table.
You mean Viper?
/. have a 20 second posting rule when you can get around it by hitting `back' and then `submit'?
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Why does
Hey, the man's just trying to get a job done. Good job he's not like RMS, that man's so obsessed with politics he'd probably try to say something diplomatic, thus causing yet another interminable flame war :)
Nope. Sorry, starting a re-tread monolithic kernel and letting it grow into an international phenomenon without supplying any leadership or guidance does not count as impressive in my book.
Are you speaking on the record here? Because I'd like to bookmark this comment. I'd also like a link to this ``rant about ideology''.
Well, people try to equate anarchism with anarcho-socialism, too. The reason why the opponents do it is obvious---make your opponent seem extreme enough, and people will accept you no matter what you think.
I think the reason proponents of libertarianism and anarchism (lower-case `l'; I hope nobody thinks the LP is the Anarchist Party!) confuse things is that, since both anarchism and (normal) libertarianism are (essentially) deductive processes, people tend to think there can be only one form of each, and so argue vehemently over which form it is. Just IMHO.
Wait a second... I put ``slashdot'' in the subject line and it gets past the spam filter?!?
There are only 17576 TLAs. Some duplication in meaning is inevitable.
Phonics has a steeper learning curve, but it's faster long term---you have to learn five symbol/sound rules (instead of one) to read have, but once you've learned ~ 60, you can read every word in the English language (assuming you've heard the word spoken :)
I don't know. However, in 2000 the LP ran candidates for a majority of Congressional seats. According to the LP (don't have time to hunt down documentation right now) every third party to manage that feat in the last century has elected at least one Congressional candidate. So, she may not win, but the odds are good somebody will.