b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
Seems to my inexperienced legal eye that the GPL does, in fact, force me to give away my software for free.
I simply must remember to update my honeypot system with one of these backdoors. I mean, as long as the RIAA gets a reasonable explanation, other than my REAL server...
Why does Fortran have any advantage in terms of calculation capabilities over C++ or Pascal, or any other such language? They all are compiled. They all have math libraries. Why do pipe stress freaks and crystalography weenies prefer Fortran?
People don't give a thought to hopping into a car that hasn't had a safety inspection in years and hurtling down the freeway at breakneck speeds with other vehicles that also haven't had safety inspections in years. Other drivers could be drunk, high, incompetent, distracted by in-car DVDs or cell phones, dripping ice-cream, or a thousand other things. There are numerous other hazzards, insecure cargo, people and animals crossing the roads, rain, snow, hail, sleet, etc. All of these things combine to make driving hazzardous.
Space travel is hazzardous as well. However, the big difference is that every possible safety precaution is taken. Shuttlecraft systems are checked and rechecked. Air traffic is cleard away. A shuttle launch is probably a lot safer than your typical road trip. The big difference is that on the shuttle, when something fails non-trivially, it fails catastrophically.
He's just telling a story. It has to be altered a bit here and there to allow for different mediums, so while some of the old gems are lost, new things show up.
I can understand changing things a bit here and there, and some of the changes are gems (like the part where Arthur throws up, hilarious). But they made major changes to the plot. That cannot be excused away by saying it's a different medium.
Having said all that, I found it to be an enjoyable movie, good enough to see in the theatres*.
*I have a simple rating system: See it in the theatre, wait for DVD, wait for TV, or don't bother.
Of course, there's always the posts where people pull out obscure statistical formulae regarding post content, causing others to wonder if it's worthwhile continuing with the thread.
No. SCO needs to re-line its coffers. They need spin doctors to beef up the conception that they have a legitimate case. That will bring investors back on their side.
A piece of eight is (or was) roughly 12.5 cents. Two pieces, or two bits is a quarter (of eight). Four quarters (eight pieces of eight) made up a Spanish peso, which had a value of one dollar when circulating in the US. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_eight
...And how many businesses have ethernet jacks out in their parking lots, or in the businesses next door, across the hall, or on adjacent floors?
In order to plug into a conventional wire, you must have physical access. Oh, and lots of businesses have internal firewalls and other such security on their physical LANS.
I think the World Wildlife Fund screwed up big time. They should have licenced the WWF acronym and website to the "wrestling" folks. They could have taken in more money in a single WWF RAW event than an entire year's fundraising.
"That site infringes my copyright. Take it down!"
"No, it doesn't. Put it back up!"
"Yes it does. Take it down."
"No it doesn't. Put it up."
"It, like, so infringes"
"Nuh-uh, does not."
"Yes it does!"
"No, it doesn't"
"Yes"
"No"
... and the ISP is under legal obligation to follow all this? That's crazy.
If the ISP refused to restore the site, they'd actually be breaking the law!
What law? I don't think the ISP is under any legal obligation one way or the other. It is entirely at their discretion whether they wish to host a site or not.
Weird Al (well, his record label people) did ask for permission, and his people told him that he had it, even though Coolio didn't, in reality, give permission.
That is the geek equivalent of crushing a beer can on your head!
I used to be impressed by this, until I felt how paper-thin an American beer can is. In my country, beverage cans were similar to soup cans until a few years ago. (Mind you, I don't know what American soup cans are like. They may be as flimsy as their beer cans.)
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A swell foop? A foop like the noise of a hundred thousand people saying "foop"? A foop like the sound of a departing Krikkit Warship?
Section 2B of the GPL:
b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
Seems to my inexperienced legal eye that the GPL does, in fact, force me to give away my software for free.
I simply must remember to update my honeypot system with one of these backdoors. I mean, as long as the RIAA gets a reasonable explanation, other than my REAL server...
Don't worry. The Phoenix was built out of an ICBM in Montana. There'll be plenty of those left over when the time comes.
Why does Fortran have any advantage in terms of calculation capabilities over C++ or Pascal, or any other such language? They all are compiled. They all have math libraries. Why do pipe stress freaks and crystalography weenies prefer Fortran?
Keeping a disk spinning is a major power consumer. This type of system could significantly extend battery life.
People don't give a thought to hopping into a car that hasn't had a safety inspection in years and hurtling down the freeway at breakneck speeds with other vehicles that also haven't had safety inspections in years. Other drivers could be drunk, high, incompetent, distracted by in-car DVDs or cell phones, dripping ice-cream, or a thousand other things. There are numerous other hazzards, insecure cargo, people and animals crossing the roads, rain, snow, hail, sleet, etc. All of these things combine to make driving hazzardous.
Space travel is hazzardous as well. However, the big difference is that every possible safety precaution is taken. Shuttlecraft systems are checked and rechecked. Air traffic is cleard away. A shuttle launch is probably a lot safer than your typical road trip. The big difference is that on the shuttle, when something fails non-trivially, it fails catastrophically.
Where did you pull commuter flight from? He was talking about driving in a car.
He's just telling a story. It has to be altered a bit here and there to allow for different mediums, so while some of the old gems are lost, new things show up.
I can understand changing things a bit here and there, and some of the changes are gems (like the part where Arthur throws up, hilarious). But they made major changes to the plot. That cannot be excused away by saying it's a different medium.
Having said all that, I found it to be an enjoyable movie, good enough to see in the theatres*.
*I have a simple rating system: See it in the theatre, wait for DVD, wait for TV, or don't bother.
Step one is secret.
Of course, there's always the posts where people pull out obscure statistical formulae regarding post content, causing others to wonder if it's worthwhile continuing with the thread.
Uh... Double digit percentage growth.
No. SCO needs to re-line its coffers. They need spin doctors to beef up the conception that they have a legitimate case. That will bring investors back on their side.
Just because you have to buy it doesn't mean that it's a closed standard.
A piece of eight is (or was) roughly 12.5 cents. Two pieces, or two bits is a quarter (of eight). Four quarters (eight pieces of eight) made up a Spanish peso, which had a value of one dollar when circulating in the US. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_eight
...And how many businesses have ethernet jacks out in their parking lots, or in the businesses next door, across the hall, or on adjacent floors?
In order to plug into a conventional wire, you must have physical access. Oh, and lots of businesses have internal firewalls and other such security on their physical LANS.
You have a chip in your debit card? Mine just has a mag strip.
I think the World Wildlife Fund screwed up big time. They should have licenced the WWF acronym and website to the "wrestling" folks. They could have taken in more money in a single WWF RAW event than an entire year's fundraising.
Yikes!
... and the ISP is under legal obligation to follow all this? That's crazy.
"That site infringes my copyright. Take it down!"
"No, it doesn't. Put it back up!"
"Yes it does. Take it down."
"No it doesn't. Put it up."
"It, like, so infringes"
"Nuh-uh, does not."
"Yes it does!"
"No, it doesn't"
"Yes"
"No"
If the ISP refused to restore the site, they'd actually be breaking the law!
What law? I don't think the ISP is under any legal obligation one way or the other. It is entirely at their discretion whether they wish to host a site or not.
Weird Al (well, his record label people) did ask for permission, and his people told him that he had it, even though Coolio didn't, in reality, give permission.
That is the geek equivalent of crushing a beer can on your head!
I used to be impressed by this, until I felt how paper-thin an American beer can is. In my country, beverage cans were similar to soup cans until a few years ago. (Mind you, I don't know what American soup cans are like. They may be as flimsy as their beer cans.)
Mmm... Ice cream and cinnamon rolls... Sign me up!