The solution to that, of course, has always been metamoderation, but that itself has been revealed to be broken in recent months by users who use the Overrated and Underrated mods, which are used to mark comments up or down without risking a reduction in mod points from negative metamods.
As someone who sometimes does this, I'd like to point out that the reason is that the metamoderation system is equally broken from the moderator's perspective. You can quite often apply a moderation which is correct in the context of the surrounding posts, but which gets you slapped in M2.
<Shloom> OMG <Shloom> FUCK <Shloom> I just showed this girl my wang on my webcam <Shloom> But not only did I hear her giggle <Shloom> but 2 other girls and a man <Shloom> D:! <Shloom> FUCK <El_Diablo13>... <El_Diablo13> LOL!
So, Nintendo have come up with an entirely new way of controlling a console, that is totally different from everything that has come before it, atleast in the main stream.
Microsoft, with their enourmous resources, have made the controller lighter, and moved some buttons.
I've had the same iPod for almost 2.5 years now. Still runs fine, still without scratches, and I've taken it jogging, biking, to work, to the bathroom, across state lines, etc.
Is there something about crossing geographical boundaries that normally scratches your consumer electronics? Or are you crossing hanging beneath the axles of HGVs, illegal immigrant style?
Why isn't the moderation system open to all logged in users at all times? Why are we limited to five moderation points at a time?
Because then, instead of people fighting the old pro-copyright/anti-copyright, pro-linux/anti-linux, vi/emacs fights in comments, you'd just get them happening in moderation instead.
Most people seem to act more responsibly when they think they're in a slightly priviliged position than when they're part of a mob.
It's rather special in the sense that we humans live on this planet now, and unless you have any large capacty off-planet transport that you want to share, it's in our interests to keep things the way they are.
You miss the point. If MySQL is distributing InnoDB in a closed product, then they must have it under a non-GPL licence, as they wouldn't be allowed to do that if they had the code solely under the GPL. They can't 'fork' that codebase, atleast not in the sense of changing the licencing conditions.
If Oracle don't renew that non-GPL licence then MySQL would have the option of taking the GPL licenced code and continuing its development, as you suggest, but they wouldn't be able to put that code in their closed source product as that would be a GPL violation. This is what your parent was referring to when he talked about them not wanting the closed product to be inferior to the open product.
What MySQL are allowed to do with the commercial licenced code they have from InnoDB would depend on the terms of that licence. They might not be allowed to modify it. They certainly couldn't release their modified source as GPL (as this would be changing the licence on code they do not hold the copyright to), meaning it couldn't be included in the OSS product. They have the same code under two different licences, and even assuming they are allowed to modify the closed code by their licence they certainly won't be 'unaffected in the slightest'.
* Google Child Care Center, just five minutes from Google headquarters in Mountain View
* Back-up child care helps California parents when their regularly scheduled child care falls through
Good to see they're consistent with their reputation for redundancy and fault tolerance.
Don't you have an party loyalty class or something to attend somewhere? Go put your Mao cap and jacket on and head out the door before someone figures out that you're talking to people in the "decadent west".
Now, now, Kettle.. stop taking the piss out of Pot and get back to saying your Oath of Allegance every morning before heading to your nearest 'free speach zone' so that you can criticise your leader chosen through dubious elections with no oversight.
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And a new Slashdot meme is born...
The solution to that, of course, has always been metamoderation, but that itself has been revealed to be broken in recent months by users who use the Overrated and Underrated mods, which are used to mark comments up or down without risking a reduction in mod points from negative metamods.
As someone who sometimes does this, I'd like to point out that the reason is that the metamoderation system is equally broken from the moderator's perspective. You can quite often apply a moderation which is correct in the context of the surrounding posts, but which gets you slapped in M2.
So, Nintendo have come up with an entirely new way of controlling a console, that is totally different from everything that has come before it, atleast in the main stream.
Microsoft, with their enourmous resources, have made the controller lighter, and moved some buttons.
Pathetic.
It's going to be something of a marketing challenge to convince the user to install that on their own PC though, isn't it?
Its extremely easy to use and has helped my wife loose
Do you really want to help your wife get loose?
Spelling is important, kids!
"Outlook just works"
Corrected missing emphasis in your post.
But that's OK because MySQL corrupts the data before it stores it anyway ;)
Is there an internet law that covers the fact that when you put a word in bold you are moire likely to misspell it?
Are you the janitor there?
Franklin would have fit in great on Slashdot. His spelling and grammar sucks.
This is all spelt and punctuated correctly, and contains no duplicated paragraphs!
Who are you, and what have you done with the real Taco?
Do you write songs for Emo bands?
(I suspect mounting one would be about as hard as mounting a tiger)
I guess that explains why you're not welcome at the zoo any more.
I've had the same iPod for almost 2.5 years now. Still runs fine, still without scratches, and I've taken it jogging, biking, to work, to the bathroom, across state lines, etc.
Is there something about crossing geographical boundaries that normally scratches your consumer electronics? Or are you crossing hanging beneath the axles of HGVs, illegal immigrant style?
What's the refresh rate of the paper you're using currently?
Why isn't the moderation system open to all logged in users at all times? Why are we limited to five moderation points at a time?
Because then, instead of people fighting the old pro-copyright/anti-copyright, pro-linux/anti-linux, vi/emacs fights in comments, you'd just get them happening in moderation instead.
Most people seem to act more responsibly when they think they're in a slightly priviliged position than when they're part of a mob.
It's rather special in the sense that we humans live on this planet now, and unless you have any large capacty off-planet transport that you want to share, it's in our interests to keep things the way they are.
You miss the point. If MySQL is distributing InnoDB in a closed product, then they must have it under a non-GPL licence, as they wouldn't be allowed to do that if they had the code solely under the GPL. They can't 'fork' that codebase, atleast not in the sense of changing the licencing conditions.
If Oracle don't renew that non-GPL licence then MySQL would have the option of taking the GPL licenced code and continuing its development, as you suggest, but they wouldn't be able to put that code in their closed source product as that would be a GPL violation. This is what your parent was referring to when he talked about them not wanting the closed product to be inferior to the open product.
What MySQL are allowed to do with the commercial licenced code they have from InnoDB would depend on the terms of that licence. They might not be allowed to modify it. They certainly couldn't release their modified source as GPL (as this would be changing the licence on code they do not hold the copyright to), meaning it couldn't be included in the OSS product. They have the same code under two different licences, and even assuming they are allowed to modify the closed code by their licence they certainly won't be 'unaffected in the slightest'.
You're saying that in the future there will be a way to improve the Daily Mail?
* Google Child Care Center, just five minutes from Google headquarters in Mountain View
* Back-up child care helps California parents when their regularly scheduled child care falls through
Good to see they're consistent with their reputation for redundancy and fault tolerance.
That was footage of a birthday party at Michael Jackson's house.
Do you do standup?
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/imp/help/index.shtml#fourteen :
14. When will I get iMP on Mac & Linux?
Currently, our supplier is working towards supporting a Mac and Linux version.
Don't you have an party loyalty class or something to attend somewhere? Go put your Mao cap and jacket on and head out the door before someone figures out that you're talking to people in the "decadent west".
Now, now, Kettle.. stop taking the piss out of Pot and get back to saying your Oath of Allegance every morning before heading to your nearest 'free speach zone' so that you can criticise your leader chosen through dubious elections with no oversight.