Oh come on, the meaning of the term has changed, accept it. Language does this sometimes, people change the meaning of words, and it becomes accepted by the majority, jsut like words such as "gay" and "queer" (no, sorry im not picking on homosexuals, but those two words jsut spring to mind).
I program, and i call myself a coder, not a hacker. I alter stuff and call myself a modder, not a hacker. I break into systems, i call myself a hacker.
Ahem, bollocks. I can release a GPL program to a select few individuals who have signed agreements with me with no problems, as they can be deemed part of my company now. It has already been stated before that a company releasing software to its employees or affiliates is basically the company distributing to the company, ie itself. Thus the GPL doesnt stand.
Do you give the source code for GPL programs to everyone who works for you? Doubt it.
Sod art, this is jsut cool:) ever dropped a tv out of a second story window for the hell of it? ever destroyed something cause its fun? thats what hes aiming for:)
And who wrote these laws? thats right, people who sat back and said "I dont know" or "the current way might not be right". All im saying is the laws fit our CURRENT understanding, whats to say theres no a shed load of new stuff to append to this law (oooh like amendments to the constitution)
The problem with MS deprecating API is one of smaller companies playing the "MS is breaking my software and therefor being a bully" card. In my eyes, the moment MS deprecates a API, is the moment it gets hit with jsut such a arguement, bu companies who cannot be bothered to spenmd the money redesigning their now out of data applications. Its a loose loose situation for MS, and not one they have engineered themselves. Oh and jsut for the record, i prefere MS windows 2000 on the desktop, linux has never and will never touch my desktop systems. A server OS where its needed most and a desktop OS where its needed!
The BBCs (uk) TV version of NeverWhere was fantastic, very well done and perfectly set in London! If you can get hold of a copy, id definatly recommend it!!!
if Thomson's terms are not compatible with the GPL today, then they never were.
Why does it have to be compatable with the GPL? I am hereing this to often today "Its not compatable with the gpl, its not licensed under the gpl" and usually with no good reason. If people dont want to give you rights to their src code, then that is entirely up to them.
If anyone has a problem with that, they go write or help develop a alternative, in this case Ogg, instead of wasting your energy. Thats what the GPL is about, learning and helping each other! People should learn that the GPL is a single license, and other people may not feel so highly of it (I myself dislike licensing my code under the GPL, i much prefere the BSD license as i dont see why i should impose the restriction of public code for people using code i let them use freely).
Again it comes down to perceived rights, and a lot of people see a non gpl license as wrong, again with no good reason other than they cant get to use the code, they have to figure it out for themselves, or spend time coding a alternative to that point, but again this isa desicion made by the origional code or group, and i dont see why this should be a negative.
Actually this is jsut a Urban Myth. There was a spate of people painting traffic cameras bright colors, and the police knew exactly who it was, and jsut told them to not do it, and the "attacks" stopped.
Occasionally there is a report of a camera being destroyed, but it usually turns out to be teenagers, and not a organised conspiracy.
Its on the doctors whim, if they do not deem you to be a further threat after 28 days, you get released, usually with urther supervision. And yes, they can hospitalize foreigners as well, since they are under UK durestiction.
Note, you are not charged with anything during this time, and you do not have to have commited a crime. Also, if the doctors deem you to need further treatment, you can be hospitalized indefinatly, so you can spend years in a Secure Institution without actually having commited a crime.
This already happens in the UK, under the mental health act, a person can be detained for up to 28 days to "protect themselves or others" and longer if during those 28 days psychologists determine that the person requires medical help.
Movies as reference?
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"RPGs are extraordinarily widespread," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "And if you have any doubt of that, watch Black Hawk Down."
Can i please not take any movie as a reference for stuff like this, otherwise id like to meet Willy Wonker and his fabulous Chocolate factory!!
Very Effective
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From reports on the BBC (TV not site) this is a very effective armour, and the power is provided by the tank itself, using its usual power supply.
This techinology was developed solely in the UK, with the US army being very interested in it.
Apparently a single tank can withstand multiple (10 or more) hits from a RPG when this system is in use, which hopefully will cut down on the threat!
We have to fight them on the legal front, not the technological one.
The problem is, if we do either we sink to their levels. But we cant do nothing. Hmm i wonder if they will calss this action as in violation of the DCMA?
Yes, this may be true, but when exactly has intel stated the relationship between different mhz? If i remember correctly, the p4 core was designed to excel at higher speeds than it is currently at, in fact i think intel admitted that the p4 was slow to begin with, but it would get faster, and the same chip core would stay in production longer than the p3 did.
Intel and competitor AMD for years leapfrogged each other by launching new CPUs at higher MHz speeds, until last year, when the latter firm introduced the so-called PR rating. This claims to measure the performance of a chip by reference to the real world results of applications, rather than just raw speed.
This may be the case, but AMD actually make it look like their CPUs are faster than they really are, where as Intel jsut displays the true MHz rating. A lot of people complained when AMD did this because it hid the true Mhz rating rom the consumer, and now they are doing exactly the opposite? Far enough!
Any court which tackles this kind of case will have to face the horrors of benchmarketing, a quicksand that has trapped many over the years.
Yes, this is going to be a huge problem, probably because benchmarks are honed to certain aspects of the system. There is no such thing as real world benchmarks, because the real world is so diverse anyway, so what are they going to base this on?
Chooseing a PC based on Mhz ratings is much like choosing a car based on how it looks in hte showroom and what the car sales man tells you. How many people buy a car without taking it for a test drive? In this case, almost all PC shops will allow you to have a play with a PC before any purchase is made. Yes this may be hard when buying mail order, but go into a shop, and have a look round.
As for any potential arguement that Intel was producing false advertisments, i bet Intel can trot out benchmarks which make the P4 perform jsut the way it said it would but in "ideal circumstances". Just how much advertising actually does what it says truely? Has anyone really had refined pores in 7 days? Has anyone really lost 20 stone while on a advertised diet in 2 days? I doubt it:)
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Oh come on, the meaning of the term has changed, accept it. Language does this sometimes, people change the meaning of words, and it becomes accepted by the majority, jsut like words such as "gay" and "queer" (no, sorry im not picking on homosexuals, but those two words jsut spring to mind).
I program, and i call myself a coder, not a hacker. I alter stuff and call myself a modder, not a hacker. I break into systems, i call myself a hacker.
Ahem, bollocks. I can release a GPL program to a select few individuals who have signed agreements with me with no problems, as they can be deemed part of my company now. It has already been stated before that a company releasing software to its employees or affiliates is basically the company distributing to the company, ie itself. Thus the GPL doesnt stand.
Do you give the source code for GPL programs to everyone who works for you? Doubt it.
Sod art, this is jsut cool :) ever dropped a tv out of a second story window for the hell of it? ever destroyed something cause its fun? thats what hes aiming for :)
they defy the laws of thermodynamics
And who wrote these laws? thats right, people who sat back and said "I dont know" or "the current way might not be right". All im saying is the laws fit our CURRENT understanding, whats to say theres no a shed load of new stuff to append to this law (oooh like amendments to the constitution)
The problem with MS deprecating API is one of smaller companies playing the "MS is breaking my software and therefor being a bully" card. In my eyes, the moment MS deprecates a API, is the moment it gets hit with jsut such a arguement, bu companies who cannot be bothered to spenmd the money redesigning their now out of data applications. Its a loose loose situation for MS, and not one they have engineered themselves. Oh and jsut for the record, i prefere MS windows 2000 on the desktop, linux has never and will never touch my desktop systems. A server OS where its needed most and a desktop OS where its needed!
So, which one of those two does porn come under?
Briiliant article with great comments, much recommended. They always have the best news first (apparently)
Well they can repost, so why cant i?
I'll be ready to automate my soul.
Already has by the looks of it.....
Dude, your mum works jsut fine......
The BBCs (uk) TV version of NeverWhere was fantastic, very well done and perfectly set in London! If you can get hold of a copy, id definatly recommend it!!!
Good site with details and comments, highly recommeanded. Always has the best news first (apparently!)
if Thomson's terms are not compatible with the GPL today, then they never were.
Why does it have to be compatable with the GPL? I am hereing this to often today "Its not compatable with the gpl, its not licensed under the gpl" and usually with no good reason. If people dont want to give you rights to their src code, then that is entirely up to them.
If anyone has a problem with that, they go write or help develop a alternative, in this case Ogg, instead of wasting your energy. Thats what the GPL is about, learning and helping each other! People should learn that the GPL is a single license, and other people may not feel so highly of it (I myself dislike licensing my code under the GPL, i much prefere the BSD license as i dont see why i should impose the restriction of public code for people using code i let them use freely).
Again it comes down to perceived rights, and a lot of people see a non gpl license as wrong, again with no good reason other than they cant get to use the code, they have to figure it out for themselves, or spend time coding a alternative to that point, but again this isa desicion made by the origional code or group, and i dont see why this should be a negative.
Theres a informative article here with many different view points.
:D )
(Sorry, had to do it incase someone posted this story again in 6 or so hours
Actually this is jsut a Urban Myth. There was a spate of people painting traffic cameras bright colors, and the police knew exactly who it was, and jsut told them to not do it, and the "attacks" stopped.
Occasionally there is a report of a camera being destroyed, but it usually turns out to be teenagers, and not a organised conspiracy.
Its on the doctors whim, if they do not deem you to be a further threat after 28 days, you get released, usually with urther supervision. And yes, they can hospitalize foreigners as well, since they are under UK durestiction.
Note, you are not charged with anything during this time, and you do not have to have commited a crime. Also, if the doctors deem you to need further treatment, you can be hospitalized indefinatly, so you can spend years in a Secure Institution without actually having commited a crime.
This already happens in the UK, under the mental health act, a person can be detained for up to 28 days to "protect themselves or others" and longer if during those 28 days psychologists determine that the person requires medical help.
The system can function after multiple hits.
"RPGs are extraordinarily widespread," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "And if you have any doubt of that, watch Black Hawk Down."
Can i please not take any movie as a reference for stuff like this, otherwise id like to meet Willy Wonker and his fabulous Chocolate factory!!
From reports on the BBC (TV not site) this is a very effective armour, and the power is provided by the tank itself, using its usual power supply. This techinology was developed solely in the UK, with the US army being very interested in it.
Apparently a single tank can withstand multiple (10 or more) hits from a RPG when this system is in use, which hopefully will cut down on the threat!
We have to fight them on the legal front, not the technological one.
The problem is, if we do either we sink to their levels. But we cant do nothing. Hmm i wonder if they will calss this action as in violation of the DCMA?
Yes, this may be true, but when exactly has intel stated the relationship between different mhz? If i remember correctly, the p4 core was designed to excel at higher speeds than it is currently at, in fact i think intel admitted that the p4 was slow to begin with, but it would get faster, and the same chip core would stay in production longer than the p3 did.
Intel and competitor AMD for years leapfrogged each other by launching new CPUs at higher MHz speeds, until last year, when the latter firm introduced the so-called PR rating. This claims to measure the performance of a chip by reference to the real world results of applications, rather than just raw speed.
:)
This may be the case, but AMD actually make it look like their CPUs are faster than they really are, where as Intel jsut displays the true MHz rating. A lot of people complained when AMD did this because it hid the true Mhz rating rom the consumer, and now they are doing exactly the opposite? Far enough!
Any court which tackles this kind of case will have to face the horrors of benchmarketing, a quicksand that has trapped many over the years.
Yes, this is going to be a huge problem, probably because benchmarks are honed to certain aspects of the system. There is no such thing as real world benchmarks, because the real world is so diverse anyway, so what are they going to base this on?
Chooseing a PC based on Mhz ratings is much like choosing a car based on how it looks in hte showroom and what the car sales man tells you. How many people buy a car without taking it for a test drive? In this case, almost all PC shops will allow you to have a play with a PC before any purchase is made. Yes this may be hard when buying mail order, but go into a shop, and have a look round.
As for any potential arguement that Intel was producing false advertisments, i bet Intel can trot out benchmarks which make the P4 perform jsut the way it said it would but in "ideal circumstances". Just how much advertising actually does what it says truely? Has anyone really had refined pores in 7 days? Has anyone really lost 20 stone while on a advertised diet in 2 days? I doubt it
with that who needs internet2?
:)
I guess with consumers eating bandwidth like that, your isp and its carriers would
I wonder if RIAA will be asking carriers to block sites on this network as well.......