I've been a wired subscriber for countless years now. I don't even look at every issue that comes in. Sometimes they're interesting, other times not. Can't beat the $1 an issue for the subscribtion, though. Doesn't make bad toilet reading either.
Hmmm, I have to point out your false analogy: since when are the people and the state the same thing? Perhaps the point could be argued, but based upon economic revolutions of the last 2 centuries, the people ( community ) and the state have been diametrically opposed. If anything, I think one could compare the "land owners", or monopolists (ahem) to the Rockefellers and Carnegies at the dawn of the 20th century -- powers that owned thier own militias and enforcing bodies which rivalled the state.
I would be curious to hear a debate regarding this freeness as it relates to the differences between the GPL and the BSD license. Of course philosophical arguments on these licenses have been numerous, but now it seems we have an instance where pragmatism can actually come into play.
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I just hope the whole "gnutella2" doesn't end up being vaporous. More interesting than yet another client is enhancements to the protocol, but the gnutella2 web site is 'opening soon', and the 'Full specifications will be available soon', but there is already this Shareaza client out there?
I've been a user and supporter of the Gnutella Network since the beginning ( back when it didn't work that well:) ), and I've seen enough clients come and go to know that it takes a well documented protocol/specification to see network growth and improvement.
I think Suse ought to support the ideas behind open formats instead of being selfish and thinking in the short term.
Selfish is right. What do moves like this do to the development of open source/free office suite development? We all know by now that MSOffice isn't necessarily 'better' but 'common'. It's not like by adding support for Office they are doing anyone a great service. At the risk of my Karma, I'd have to say that this is just SuSE whoring.
I arrived here by working hard and not being lured by will-o-the-wisp nonsense. So, please do not include me in your "generation". Thank you.
Fists up to that!
I grow so tired of seeing others of my 'generation' so willing to accept the pessimism handed to us by the fear mongering media. Comparing our actions/experiences to those of previous generations is largely like comparing apples and oranges - so much changes, especially our illusions.
This proposed solution, or most any solution based upon moderation, has a few serious flaws. First of all, the use of public key encryption would require some sort of central authority to both assign moderator status to select members of the P2P network, and to distribute the keys to the masses. In the case of the Gnutella network, this could be said to be both the antithesis of the network model, as well as being relatively impossible to enforce - with the disjointed nature of the Gnutella network, it is conceivable that segments of the network would not be visible to a logged in moderator. In fact, to insure moderator coverage, moderator status would have to be given to a statistically high number of individuals. Second, the creation of the central authority necessary to administer this proposed 'solution' would give organizations like the RIAA and MPAA easy and - from their point of view - logical individuals to target in their foolhardy quest for the Copyright Grail.
Perhaps a means of voluntary moderation could be accommodated in the Gnutella protocol itself. 'Karma' could be built up on a network node based upon many criteria, which could include positive feedback from peers, etc. By writing moderation into the protocol itself, client developers could implement these features at their own discretion. The idea of moderation would then be put to the test of software natural selection.
Can a GNU licence be applied to a Word document? I would say save yourself the trouble, time, and licensing fees and skip the Word version all together.
The authors of the site blocking you have decided that you're not important.
On the contrary, I think this little gesture tells us that M$ finds us very important. To be ignored is to be deemed irrelevant, to be attacked is to be deemed an enemy, which is a very worthy title, indeed.
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I've been a wired subscriber for countless years now. I don't even look at every issue that comes in. Sometimes they're interesting, other times not. Can't beat the $1 an issue for the subscribtion, though. Doesn't make bad toilet reading either.
wait, wasn't there a court decision earlier this year protecting bloggers from this kind of hassle? I think there was a slashdot headline about it.
Hmmm, I have to point out your false analogy: since when are the people and the state the same thing? Perhaps the point could be argued, but based upon economic revolutions of the last 2 centuries, the people ( community ) and the state have been diametrically opposed. If anything, I think one could compare the "land owners", or monopolists (ahem) to the Rockefellers and Carnegies at the dawn of the 20th century -- powers that owned thier own militias and enforcing bodies which rivalled the state.
The squatter analogy just doesn't hold up.
I would be curious to hear a debate regarding this freeness as it relates to the differences between the GPL and the BSD license. Of course philosophical arguments on these licenses have been numerous, but now it seems we have an instance where pragmatism can actually come into play.
I just hope the whole "gnutella2" doesn't end up being vaporous. More interesting than yet another client is enhancements to the protocol, but the gnutella2 web site is 'opening soon', and the 'Full specifications will be available soon', but there is already this Shareaza client out there?
I've been a user and supporter of the Gnutella Network since the beginning ( back when it didn't work that well :) ), and I've seen enough clients come and go to know that it takes a well documented protocol/specification to see network growth and improvement.
Until we have the specs, it's just hype.
I think Suse ought to support the ideas behind open formats instead of being selfish and thinking in the short term.
Selfish is right. What do moves like this do to the development of open source/free office suite development? We all know by now that MSOffice isn't necessarily 'better' but 'common'. It's not like by adding support for Office they are doing anyone a great service. At the risk of my Karma, I'd have to say that this is just SuSE whoring.
Fists up to that!
I grow so tired of seeing others of my 'generation' so willing to accept the pessimism handed to us by the fear mongering media. Comparing our actions/experiences to those of previous generations is largely like comparing apples and oranges - so much changes, especially our illusions.
I'm doing just fine in my own time.
This proposed solution, or most any solution based upon moderation, has a few serious flaws. First of all, the use of public key encryption would require some sort of central authority to both assign moderator status to select members of the P2P network, and to distribute the keys to the masses. In the case of the Gnutella network, this could be said to be both the antithesis of the network model, as well as being relatively impossible to enforce - with the disjointed nature of the Gnutella network, it is conceivable that segments of the network would not be visible to a logged in moderator. In fact, to insure moderator coverage, moderator status would have to be given to a statistically high number of individuals. Second, the creation of the central authority necessary to administer this proposed 'solution' would give organizations like the RIAA and MPAA easy and - from their point of view - logical individuals to target in their foolhardy quest for the Copyright Grail.
Perhaps a means of voluntary moderation could be accommodated in the Gnutella protocol itself. 'Karma' could be built up on a network node based upon many criteria, which could include positive feedback from peers, etc. By writing moderation into the protocol itself, client developers could implement these features at their own discretion. The idea of moderation would then be put to the test of software natural selection.
I'm sure an Emacs mod would be written for this, and you could configure your toaster in your .emacs file!
(setq toaster-name "Kitchen4Slice")
(setq default-toast-color "Medium")
(load-library "toaster-mode")
(defun toast-lightly ()
"Light Toast, No Butter"
(interactive)
(toaster-mode-current-slice)
(toaster-mode))
Can a GNU licence be applied to a Word document? I would say save yourself the trouble, time, and licensing fees and skip the Word version all together.
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On the contrary, I think this little gesture tells us that M$ finds us very important. To be ignored is to be deemed irrelevant, to be attacked is to be deemed an enemy, which is a very worthy title, indeed.