I do. My originals date back from before I had a CD burner, so they're somewhat scratched up.
I use cdparanoia to rip the audio tracks, and burn the tracks on a new CD-R whenever the old one goes out of service. I'd gladly buy the originals again, for a fresh copy, though. But where am I going to get "The (Even More) Incredible Machine," "The Incredible Machine 2" and "MechWarrior 2" CDs? The music to those games is great for ambience...but the games haven't been published for years.
If it's as durable as most flash drives, it should be fine. I've got three flash drives, a cluser of keys, a few dollars of change and my wallet all in my right pocket.
My left pocket holds misc. receipts and my more fragile Palm Zire 21.
(And yes, it's been suggested to me that I switch to cargo pants from blue jeans.)
And that, ladies and gentlemen, would be called good news.
It would serve to show that GPL'd code can't be abducted for use in a proprietary product. Even by the project leader. So corporations can have a better idea of what to expect if they choose to contribute.
The difference in this case is that it's mostly individuals who contributed code. No threat of a massive lawsuit, except possibly from the EFF. (Maybe the next version of the GPL ought to include a clause giving the EFF to file suits on the author's behalf.)
But I guess I have to repeat myself, I'm not defending the guy!
"This guy's an idiot. He needs to actually read the license."
Actually, I take that back. This guy's pretty savvy...he's betting that most of the code contributors won't care (or pay attention) enough to demand that he remove their code from his binary.
So he faces minimal work re-writing code. (If he actually re-writes it. This whole damn thing reminds me of "QuakeLives!")
You need to reead and gain an understanding of the GPL obviosuly you've missed some very important points.
Hey, I just happened to read the article before it tanked. I'm describing what was said in the forum...not what I feel personally.
If I were speaking my personal opinion, it'd be something like "This guy's an idiot. He needs to actually read the license." ("This guy" being the one who's making the closed-source builds.)
I read the article...though I accidentally closed the tab, so I'm doing this from memory.
If the author provides the source code with every copy of the program, he's fine.
He is not. He's adding his own work to the base X-Chat code. And is using that to release a closed application (the win32 X-Chat build).
If you have to pay to access the program, but source code is provided when you pay for the program, the author is well within his right.
Don't know, but I don't think that's the case.
If the author provides a "time limited" or "evaluation" version, but only provides source code upon purchase, then he's in a gray area.
Not sure...My copy of X-Chat for win32 is pre-close.
If the author provides no source code, period, and expects the existing code base to be sufficient (assuming he's made changes), then he's in violation.
That appears to be his situation, based on the article.
If I remember what I read, it's just the one guy who's chosen to make his (the "official") win32 build of X-Chat shareware.
He also says that the other guy making a w32 build (SilverX) is doing it with his know-how. (And, according to another poster in the forum, is basically saying he can shut SilverX's releasing down.)
The guy who does the win32 builds feels his added effort is worth a few dollars.
The source code to the base application is still GPL, it's the additions to make it work will for Windows that aren't.
The guy isn't quite ignoring the fact that his non-free binary is built off mostly GPL source...he's offering people the oppertunity to have their code removed.
the gettext library he's linking against is LGPL.
(I'm getting really annoyed that Slashdot keeps double-spacing my lists...)
Spoofing Caller-Id through a central web site is much closer to the Napster model.
Not really...There's no way for the website to know exactly what customers are using the service to do. Sure, they may have records of who spoofed themselves as what, but they have no way to know whether or not said spoofing is for a legitimate use. Intent cannot be automatically determined by the spoofed record.
Napster and Fasttrack knew that they had a massive volume of MP3 trading going on, and, if notified, could tell which ones were likely copyrighted by their filename. The record labels could have secured a court order to force Napster to not return database matches that also matched a list of known pirated files. (But they didn't.) I suppose the same technique could be applied here...a sort of "Do not spoof as" database. Obvious entrants would be political parties and candidates.
Wait...you said "average person," so I'm going to give another example.
John Doe Dad wants to keep an eye on his daughters, so he has outgoing calls from his home show his cell phone number.
Or another example...
A small family wants one incoming phone number for each person, but only wants one outbound phone line. So whoever's making the call has their personal number sent out in the caller-ID info.
Anybody can spoof their own Caller-ID info with the right equipment. Use a multi-thousand-dollar system from Panasonic, or go cheap and use Asterisk with a $125 PCI card from Digium.
Monolithic systems usually out-perform clusters intended for similar workloads. However, this isn't intended as a normal workstation, it's a cluster architecture shrunk to fit under your desk.
This may find a home under an artist's table for quick rendering. However, I think it'll be more useful as a prototyping tool for the people who write the applications that run on top of clusters.
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I do. My originals date back from before I had a CD burner, so they're somewhat scratched up.
I use cdparanoia to rip the audio tracks, and burn the tracks on a new CD-R whenever the old one goes out of service. I'd gladly buy the originals again, for a fresh copy, though. But where am I going to get "The (Even More) Incredible Machine," "The Incredible Machine 2" and "MechWarrior 2" CDs? The music to those games is great for ambience...but the games haven't been published for years.
If it's as durable as most flash drives, it should be fine. I've got three flash drives, a cluser of keys, a few dollars of change and my wallet all in my right pocket.
My left pocket holds misc. receipts and my more fragile Palm Zire 21.
(And yes, it's been suggested to me that I switch to cargo pants from blue jeans.)
And get rid of Erwin? Never!
The exit polls predicted Dewey would win...but Truman won by a landslide.
Granted, polling techniques are much much better.
The original country that ignited the passions of democracy was wiped out in a war with Sparta thousands of years ago...
The country that currently champions democracy, well, yeah, we do lack passion.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, would be called good news.
It would serve to show that GPL'd code can't be abducted for use in a proprietary product. Even by the project leader. So corporations can have a better idea of what to expect if they choose to contribute.
The difference in this case is that it's mostly individuals who contributed code. No threat of a massive lawsuit, except possibly from the EFF. (Maybe the next version of the GPL ought to include a clause giving the EFF to file suits on the author's behalf.)
But I guess I have to repeat myself, I'm not defending the guy!
The funny thing is that, in a competitive corporate environment, many managers will jump at a 5% like a man on a mission.
35%? Stay out of the way...
"This guy's an idiot. He needs to actually read the license."
Actually, I take that back. This guy's pretty savvy...he's betting that most of the code contributors won't care (or pay attention) enough to demand that he remove their code from his binary.
So he faces minimal work re-writing code. (If he actually re-writes it. This whole damn thing reminds me of "QuakeLives!")
You need to reead and gain an understanding of the GPL obviosuly you've missed some very important points.
Hey, I just happened to read the article before it tanked. I'm describing what was said in the forum...not what I feel personally.
If I were speaking my personal opinion, it'd be something like "This guy's an idiot. He needs to actually read the license." ("This guy" being the one who's making the closed-source builds.)
According to the article, "gettext tools" is GPL. The "tiny library" he links to is LGPL.
I read the article...though I accidentally closed the tab, so I'm doing this from memory.
If the author provides the source code with every copy of the program, he's fine.
He is not. He's adding his own work to the base X-Chat code. And is using that to release a closed application (the win32 X-Chat build).
If you have to pay to access the program, but source code is provided when you pay for the program, the author is well within his right.
Don't know, but I don't think that's the case.
If the author provides a "time limited" or "evaluation" version, but only provides source code upon purchase, then he's in a gray area.
Not sure...My copy of X-Chat for win32 is pre-close.
If the author provides no source code, period, and expects the existing code base to be sufficient (assuming he's made changes), then he's in violation.
That appears to be his situation, based on the article.
If I remember what I read, it's just the one guy who's chosen to make his (the "official") win32 build of X-Chat shareware.
He also says that the other guy making a w32 build (SilverX) is doing it with his know-how. (And, according to another poster in the forum, is basically saying he can shut SilverX's releasing down.)
(I'm getting really annoyed that Slashdot keeps double-spacing my lists...)
Spoofing Caller-Id through a central web site is much closer to the Napster model.
Not really...There's no way for the website to know exactly what customers are using the service to do. Sure, they may have records of who spoofed themselves as what, but they have no way to know whether or not said spoofing is for a legitimate use. Intent cannot be automatically determined by the spoofed record.
Napster and Fasttrack knew that they had a massive volume of MP3 trading going on, and, if notified, could tell which ones were likely copyrighted by their filename. The record labels could have secured a court order to force Napster to not return database matches that also matched a list of known pirated files. (But they didn't.) I suppose the same technique could be applied here...a sort of "Do not spoof as" database. Obvious entrants would be political parties and candidates.
Wait...you said "average person," so I'm going to give another example.
John Doe Dad wants to keep an eye on his daughters, so he has outgoing calls from his home show his cell phone number.
Or another example...
A small family wants one incoming phone number for each person, but only wants one outbound phone line. So whoever's making the call has their personal number sent out in the caller-ID info.
Picture a guy running a call center with 30 outdials, and 5 indials, and all of the indials are pooled around the same phone number.
You'd want the outgoing calls to show the indial phone number, in case someone called back.
There are additional criteria, but perhaps you missed this article? Read the opinion...it makes sense given the subject matter.
There's legal uses, and there's illegal uses. If used illegally, it's the user who's to blame, not the service provider.
Although there's plenty of room for abuse with this service.
Anybody can spoof their own Caller-ID info with the right equipment. Use a multi-thousand-dollar system from Panasonic, or go cheap and use Asterisk with a $125 PCI card from Digium.
...watch legislation arrive to clamp down on who can own PBX equipment, and what it can be used for.
Bye bye, Asterisk.
Innovate while you can. Just stay away from anything that'll get you targeted as a terrorist.
Oh, wait...I just pictured the elderly rushing road blocks. Too late...
What's really, really scary, is that I could read that just fine...
Monolithic systems usually out-perform clusters intended for similar workloads. However, this isn't intended as a normal workstation, it's a cluster architecture shrunk to fit under your desk.
This may find a home under an artist's table for quick rendering. However, I think it'll be more useful as a prototyping tool for the people who write the applications that run on top of clusters.
So what's that in theoretical peak MIPS? Or even bogomips?