If you can't do Real free software, don't do it at all. VA is so far sold out that it no longer deserves the trust of the community, but not sold out enough to make it in the corporate world.
These things are going to get so efficient and semiconductors running so hot that when one of them fails the whole thing will go critical mass. Your box won't just fail, it'll burst into flames and melt into a useless bubbling pool of metal and plastic!
Yeah, I hate it when I accidentally search and replace a bunch of variable names in a block of code and then forget to leave out the BSD license notice.
And that's exactly the attitude the Hive is going to attach to this whole incident. "It was just an oversight. We didn't know it was BSD code. We didn't steal BSD code and get caught. It'll never happen again. Really. Promise."
And things like this will just keep happening time and again, with the same "it was an honest mistake, and now that someone noticed it, we'll fix it promptly." Surprisingly, I think I've seen similar stories about other, supposedly more sinister movements and organizations.
Much of what people are talking about lately involves seizing funds from international bank accounts, rather than making it so no one can read the Taliban FAQ on their official site.
I'm capable of remembering, what, a few thousand faces?
You're obviously just not as 1337 as Stallman, who no doubt could easily outperform the numbers you claim can only be done by computer. So crawl back into your incompetent hole and leave the commentary on airport security to experts like RMS.
However, If you want to stand atop the still warm corpses heaped onto the aftermath of a tragedy, loudly proclaiming your own selfish agenda, feel free. You'll probably get posted to the front page at Slashdot.
The Internet is being used by more and more of mainstream society.
Large companies with familiar names are providing mainstream content.
Most of mainstream society wants to view this mainstream content most of the time
Where's the confusion here? Mainstream people with real money made "The Internet" what it is today, and if it weren't for them, we'd still be using Archie, Gopher, & Lynx et al as the extent of our experience. Most of the grid would be a 56k phone line, if that, and only the priveleged few in major cities or near research facilities would stand a chance of getting a decent connection.
How would those Voices of All That is Good and Holy spread their Good Word to the world if they didn't freeload on real money? The whole thing was started by military and academia, then developed by corporate/government [Your country here]. If there was some sort of "freedom", it was only the residual glop clinging to the edges of the bowl. If that "freedom" is "disappearing", it's only because the true nature of this tool is finally becoming clear to the clueless college and high school kids who think they have some sort of God Given Right to it.
The Voices of Freedom are pissed because their free ride is over. Sorry kids, but institutional mommy and daddy aren't going to support you forever.
How about defending someone who supports a foolish and dangerous position? If it became widely held that IBM were "best buddies" with the Open Source and GNU communities, how much do you think that will harm it in the long run the moment it no longer "appears profitable" to support it?
Hasta la vista, baby, and thanks for all the free labor. Print that out and put it in your scrapbook.
If you believe IBM has learned some sort of lesson, then I've got some great free games that I've compiled myself just for you. All you have to do is log in as root and run them.
You're absolutely right. IBM made a mistake, and now they're back to being the fuzzy little happy company they used to be back when they were founded by a kind old man with a heart of gold and his loyal wife out in America's heartland.
We're lucky that IBM has returned to its pure intentions by spreading Linus' Good News to the world, and doing so completely selflessly. As the prophet Stallman says,
"Thou corporations. Blessed art thou who sharest thy code with those who think they are 'hackers'. Thou shalt be rewarded with respect from thy pimply faced children, and thou shalt inherit warm fuzzies, but not marketshare -- that would be capitalistic." (Stallman 378:42)
In conclusion, I think we can all rest easy in the knowledge that we all have a multinational ally in our blessed Jihad against the anti-christ and his unbelievers at Microsoft. They are an evil, self-interested demon-corporation.
Dear Student,
Congratulations! You've just successfully cracked the Florida State election system. You are also requested to appear before the Greenwich County Circuit Court on July 7, 2002 for violations of the DMCA.
Thankfully Yours,
Your Governor
next on/., an essay where several renowned musicians are quoted supporting a "flowering carnation" development model. This development model is powerful and interesting for several reasons, as Britney Spears, members of the band Metallica, and popular rap artist Eminem point out to us.
Mainstream society isn't even really aware of the copyright issues surrounding e-books. Put your 1337 weberati selves aside and think about the average mainstream consumer. E-books aren't catching on because people still like carrying dead trees around with them. They're familiar with the feel and sense of permanence that comes with a real book.
Sure, there are adequete electronic replacements for most typical real book functions, but people(who aren't geeks and comprise the majority of the mainstream) prefer being able to run highlighter pen over important passages and earmarking pages that interest them. If they can afford the good stuff, they want leather bound acid free pages with gold embossing. I doubt a similar e-book reader would convey the same sense of value.
I'm sure most of us agree that e-books or something like them are the way to go for replacing portable printed matter, but is/. really a representative cross-section?
Slashdot Mirror
If you can't do Real free software, don't do it at all. VA is so far sold out that it no longer deserves the trust of the community, but not sold out enough to make it in the corporate world.
Please, oh please don't let this turn out to be another BT-style hyperlink fiasco.
From The Beast:
That's a 64 bit addressing space, and yes, it's supported on the consumer desktop OS that's been shipping by same for just a little while now.
These things are going to get so efficient and semiconductors running so hot that when one of them fails the whole thing will go critical mass. Your box won't just fail, it'll burst into flames and melt into a useless bubbling pool of metal and plastic!
We'll get Passport integration, too? Once the DNA readers come along we can keep our genetic code on file in Redmond. {feelings of unsettle}
Yeah, I hate it when I accidentally search and replace a bunch of variable names in a block of code and then forget to leave out the BSD license notice.
Because it's "news" when other companies do it. Sounds only fair to me.
And things like this will just keep happening time and again, with the same "it was an honest mistake, and now that someone noticed it, we'll fix it promptly." Surprisingly, I think I've seen similar stories about other, supposedly more sinister movements and organizations.
should be using FrontPage. I hear it comes with a nifty grammer and spell checker.
How can you make such juicy references without providing linkage?
Much of what people are talking about lately involves seizing funds from international bank accounts, rather than making it so no one can read the Taliban FAQ on their official site.
You're obviously just not as 1337 as Stallman, who no doubt could easily outperform the numbers you claim can only be done by computer. So crawl back into your incompetent hole and leave the commentary on airport security to experts like RMS.
However, If you want to stand atop the still warm corpses heaped onto the aftermath of a tragedy, loudly proclaiming your own selfish agenda, feel free. You'll probably get posted to the front page at Slashdot.
Where's the confusion here? Mainstream people with real money made "The Internet" what it is today, and if it weren't for them, we'd still be using Archie, Gopher, & Lynx et al as the extent of our experience. Most of the grid would be a 56k phone line, if that, and only the priveleged few in major cities or near research facilities would stand a chance of getting a decent connection.
How would those Voices of All That is Good and Holy spread their Good Word to the world if they didn't freeload on real money? The whole thing was started by military and academia, then developed by corporate/government [Your country here]. If there was some sort of "freedom", it was only the residual glop clinging to the edges of the bowl. If that "freedom" is "disappearing", it's only because the true nature of this tool is finally becoming clear to the clueless college and high school kids who think they have some sort of God Given Right to it.
The Voices of Freedom are pissed because their free ride is over. Sorry kids, but institutional mommy and daddy aren't going to support you forever.
How about defending someone who supports a foolish and dangerous position? If it became widely held that IBM were "best buddies" with the Open Source and GNU communities, how much do you think that will harm it in the long run the moment it no longer "appears profitable" to support it?
Hasta la vista, baby, and thanks for all the free labor. Print that out and put it in your scrapbook.
If you believe IBM has learned some sort of lesson, then I've got some great free games that I've compiled myself just for you. All you have to do is log in as root and run them.
It was DR-DOS, but you didn't hear it here.
You're absolutely right. IBM made a mistake, and now they're back to being the fuzzy little happy company they used to be back when they were founded by a kind old man with a heart of gold and his loyal wife out in America's heartland.
We're lucky that IBM has returned to its pure intentions by spreading Linus' Good News to the world, and doing so completely selflessly. As the prophet Stallman says,
In conclusion, I think we can all rest easy in the knowledge that we all have a multinational ally in our blessed Jihad against the anti-christ and his unbelievers at Microsoft. They are an evil, self-interested demon-corporation.
IBMah Akbar!
Dear Student, Congratulations! You've just successfully cracked the Florida State election system. You are also requested to appear before the Greenwich County Circuit Court on July 7, 2002 for violations of the DMCA. Thankfully Yours, Your Governor
It's intentionally disconnected to provide OpenBSD-like security.
next on /., an essay where several renowned musicians are quoted supporting a "flowering carnation" development model. This development model is powerful and interesting for several reasons, as Britney Spears, members of the band Metallica, and popular rap artist Eminem point out to us.
Mainstream society isn't even really aware of the copyright issues surrounding e-books. Put your 1337 weberati selves aside and think about the average mainstream consumer. E-books aren't catching on because people still like carrying dead trees around with them. They're familiar with the feel and sense of permanence that comes with a real book.
/. really a representative cross-section?
Sure, there are adequete electronic replacements for most typical real book functions, but people(who aren't geeks and comprise the majority of the mainstream) prefer being able to run highlighter pen over important passages and earmarking pages that interest them. If they can afford the good stuff, they want leather bound acid free pages with gold embossing. I doubt a similar e-book reader would convey the same sense of value.
I'm sure most of us agree that e-books or something like them are the way to go for replacing portable printed matter, but is