Note that the (translation of the) article says that they will pay your fines and give you a t-shirt if you're convicted - it doesn't say anything about paying the lawsuit.
I *was* going to say "One word: Stokke", but it turns out I'm having trouble finding the line on Google. Just 'stokke' points you towards some children's furniture line which looks related, but no trace.
After some more googling, I conclude that they've changed names (or owners?), and they're now known as Varier.
The Thatsit Variable is a very good chair to work in, had one at a previous job and it did wonders.
The Balans I haven't tried yet but I so want one:-)
So, does that mean that soon, instead of having to prove that you didn't base your works on $codebase, you'll have to prove that you *did* base your work on it ?
Which spawns an interesting question in my own set of randomly evolved neurons: If you have a block of obfuscated code that compiles correctly, would it be acceptable to provide that instead of intelligible source under the GPL ?
Your first assumption is already wrong: there is no link whatsoever between the value of the medium and the value of the information it contains.
How many VISA card numbers could you fit on a single floppy? A rough calculation says about 30.000, if you include CCV and 30 places for the name. I'd say that's worth slightly more than the medium.
Additionally, the worth of information does't only depend on it's actual content, but also on who gets it in their hands. If I were to give said floppy to my grandmother, it'd be nothing more than an ornamental piece of plastic. Find yourself a phisher, and he'll readily pay rude amounts for it.
No, the value of information is not going down, although I will admit that, due to our storing larger and more complex sets of data, the value of a given amount of bytes of information has gone down.
Purely out of my europe-based impression of the average US population, I fear that this would result in even less funding for anything requiring more than three active brain cells.
> It's been several generations since the last influx of extremely bright and educated scientists (and philosophers) from conquered lands.
The question that should be asked, is *why* has the US always relied so much on importing extremely bright and educated scientists (and philosophers), as opposed to ensuring local production as the 'conquered lands', not to mention the rest of the civilized world, managed to do ?
Perhaps it *is* time to pour a few tanks of chlorine in the gene pool.
No. It's time to put legislation in place to ensure that government actually has the best interest of the people in mind, as opposed to the best interest of the people who make up the government.
If the government was representative of the people, they'd be fat, lazy and ignorant.
isn't most meatspace security a form of theatre, in a way ? Even (or especially) the cops, are little more than an illusion - if the mass of the punters were to decide that they don't much care for the silly laws anymore, there's not much to stop them.
Not unlike the traditional japanese paper walls, it's more of a convention, to remind ourselves that life would get rather less comfortable if we don't believe in the illusion.
Unless we revert to a primitive, violence-based, no-world-beyond-the-moat society, the value of information can only go up. What is going down, and will keep doing so, is the price of storage.
It may also work the other way around: if the Linuxen can be integrated into the existing MS instriumentarium, it might be easier for the techs to sneak in a few servers. This, in turn, may lead to management becoming (or being made) aware of the virtues of Linux.
TBH, I think this is just one group in the increasingly fragmented MS landscape trying to provide what their customers want. I know the same issue has come up where I work before, and MS, *nix and other groups coexist peacefully here.
The basic idea of using molten metal jets is not that new - it's already used as an armour-penetrating projectile: a copper core and surrounding explosives that explode on impact, liquifying the copper and pushing it out at several km per second. Goes through 10cm of plating no problem, and personnel aboard hit tanks are said to have reported 'some inconvenience' at being sprayed with liquid copper.
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Note that the (translation of the) article says that they will pay your fines and give you a t-shirt if you're convicted - it doesn't say anything about paying the lawsuit.
Anyone read enough Swedish to verify ?
I *was* going to say "One word: Stokke", but it turns out I'm having trouble finding the line on Google. Just 'stokke' points you towards some children's furniture line which looks related, but no trace.
:-)
After some more googling, I conclude that they've changed names (or owners?), and they're now known as Varier.
The Thatsit Variable is a very good chair to work in, had one at a previous job and it did wonders.
The Balans I haven't tried yet but I so want one
So, does that mean that soon, instead of having to prove that you didn't base your works on $codebase, you'll have to prove that you *did* base your work on it ?
Sooo... Why are you using a ten year old car as an example in a discussion about gas mileage of new lightweight and hybrid cars ?
Driver safety lawsuits, that's what.
*blink*
I drive a 12 year old Alfa Romeo Spider, and I just converted it from the 10l/100km it consumes: comes to a bit over 23 miles per gallon.
If a modern american car can't beat a twelve year old convertible, maybe something is wrong in the way they're made.
> hypothesizing that a universe could possibly be its own parent
Wouldn't that be incest ?
Are they going to call next year's conference "A New H.O.P.E" ?
s/religion/belief system/gi
I never meant to imply that there aren't nutjobs in non-religious views of life. Hell, there's even nutjobs in the oval office these days.
Which spawns an interesting question in my own set of randomly evolved neurons: If you have a block of obfuscated code that compiles correctly, would it be acceptable to provide that instead of intelligible source under the GPL ?
> You don't get to decide what someone believes.
Go tell the religious nutjobs that. And don't worry, you can find them in any religion that suits your taste.
Your first assumption is already wrong: there is no link whatsoever between the value of the medium and the value of the information it contains.
How many VISA card numbers could you fit on a single floppy? A rough calculation says about 30.000, if you include CCV and 30 places for the name. I'd say that's worth slightly more than the medium.
Additionally, the worth of information does't only depend on it's actual content, but also on who gets it in their hands. If I were to give said floppy to my grandmother, it'd be nothing more than an ornamental piece of plastic. Find yourself a phisher, and he'll readily pay rude amounts for it.
No, the value of information is not going down, although I will admit that, due to our storing larger and more complex sets of data, the value of a given amount of bytes of information has gone down.
Purely out of my europe-based impression of the average US population, I fear that this would result in even less funding for anything requiring more than three active brain cells.
> It's been several generations since the last influx of extremely bright and educated scientists (and philosophers) from conquered lands.
The question that should be asked, is *why* has the US always relied so much on importing extremely bright and educated scientists (and philosophers), as opposed to ensuring local production as the 'conquered lands', not to mention the rest of the civilized world, managed to do ?
Perhaps it *is* time to pour a few tanks of chlorine in the gene pool.
No. It's time to put legislation in place to ensure that government actually has the best interest of the people in mind, as opposed to the best interest of the people who make up the government.
If the government was representative of the people, they'd be fat, lazy and ignorant.
Oh, wait...
isn't most meatspace security a form of theatre, in a way ? Even (or especially) the cops, are little more than an illusion - if the mass of the punters were to decide that they don't much care for the silly laws anymore, there's not much to stop them.
Not unlike the traditional japanese paper walls, it's more of a convention, to remind ourselves that life would get rather less comfortable if we don't believe in the illusion.
Unless we revert to a primitive, violence-based, no-world-beyond-the-moat society, the value of information can only go up. What is going down, and will keep doing so, is the price of storage.
> the difference between self and others
You mean, "this is yours, so now it is mine" ?
From: God
To: Humanity
Dear Humankind,
Kindly cease to and desist from further reverse-engineering the universe I have built, as this is a felony under the DMCA.
Sincerely,
God
It may also work the other way around: if the Linuxen can be integrated into the existing MS instriumentarium, it might be easier for the techs to sneak in a few servers. This, in turn, may lead to management becoming (or being made) aware of the virtues of Linux.
TBH, I think this is just one group in the increasingly fragmented MS landscape trying to provide what their customers want. I know the same issue has come up where I work before, and MS, *nix and other groups coexist peacefully here.
While I'm gleeful that they have to delay shipping a service pack, I'm also pleasantly surprised that they actually *do*.
Maybe the occasional pat on the back for doing something right is just as important as bashing them for doing it wrong.
It does if you're aiming at the pink crowd :-)
I'm far from hot on these things, but since there is (almost ?) no "spin-up" or -down, I imagine you could use an extremely agressive power policy.
Am I the only one who saw 'UAC' and thought 'Doom' ?
The basic idea of using molten metal jets is not that new - it's already used as an armour-penetrating projectile: a copper core and surrounding explosives that explode on impact, liquifying the copper and pushing it out at several km per second. Goes through 10cm of plating no problem, and personnel aboard hit tanks are said to have reported 'some inconvenience' at being sprayed with liquid copper.