I guess you missed the "by area" part of the post. Canada is the second largest country on the planet, but population density wise, it ranks below Chad. I doubt if 90% of Canada even has electrical power, much less high speed internet.
No, a despotic regime is a country in chaos, under martial law, with widespread anarchy, and all ruled over by the directives of one unaccountable man who is out to line his own pockets, and inflate his own ego, and... oh..., nevermind.
In order for SCO to win, they must either convince the court that the GPL is trumped by the original licenses, or that the GPL itself is invalid. If the GPL is trumped by the derivative works provisions, then SCO winds up blocking, if not owning, linux. If the GPL is ruled to be invalid because, say it allows a second party to grant copyright to a third party without the first party's consent, or because the grant of permissions to copy are effectively irreversable, then they (and everybody else) can close the source to anything they previously had to leave open. The fact that they released GPLd code is irrelevant.
If SCO is a pawn in the Microsoft vs Linux battle (as a lot of people seem to feel), then the fact that they released "secret" code under the GPL works to their advantage. It would take little effort to convince the courts that the GPL effectively grants everyone the right to copy, functionally there is little difference between GPL and public domain. Once code is declared public domain, it can be used and closed by anyone. More to the point, Microsoft would be able to release MSLinux, without having to release it as open source.
Don't get me wrong. Moby Dick is a great book, especially if you want to learn about whaling techniques of 19th century. It has provided a lot of material for Star Trek to quote from. However, as far as plot is concerned, the word to action ratio is quite high.
If I answer without those precise definitions, the jury might come to the wrong understanding of what I'm saying. Since I know that, that would be perjury, wouldn't it?
Would it? I'm curious. I've always equated perjury to lying. If someone truthfully answers a question when they *know* the answer will be interpreted incorrectly, have they committed perjury?
OK, that came out of left field. I thought we were talking about not being able to ditch a land line because: A - DSL "requires" it, and B - Cell phones don't work in basements.
Odd that it appeared in Frodo's vision without being filmed. Either those special effects wizards are greater than I thought, or they used the real Galadriel's mirror.
You have a cell phone antenna mount on your house? Is it some sort of booster or something? Of course, knowing my landlady, she wouldn't let me mount anything on the house.
Don't just assume they're being pig-headed. It may be that your telco does not have sufficiently advanced technology to accomplish the DSL-without-a-dial-tone magic. They may even be unaware that such a thing is possible.
What I want is to be able to receive a cell signal in my basement apartment. When they finally fix that, maybe I'll drop my land line.
Is that why the background color on my website is not the same as the color of my png, even though they are the same hex color code? Dangit! I thought *I* had done something wrong.
There are sequences of moves for rotating a corner cube, or flipping an edge cube.
There are such moves, however each rotation of one corner involves a counter-rotation of another corner. The same thing with flipping an edge. Taking a cube apart and rotating one corner, or flipping one edge will give you an unsolvable cube
Their actions make perfect sense, if they actually do own UNIX, and can demonstrate that the GPL is trumped by the original UNIX licenses. Every linux shop would therefore be running SCO derivative works. Which ones have the biggest pockets and heaviest use: Hollywood render farms. SCO is convinced that they were dealt a royal flush, and are upping the ante. Sue the people who "stole" the intellectual property, and sue the people who are using the products illegally.
I can see three possible outcomes with respect to the GPL:
1 - It is declared invalid for some reason.
2 - It is declared to be effectively equivalent to public domain.
3 - It is validated.
If it is invalidated, the open source movement is dealt a staggering blow. If it is declared public domain, then companies like Microsoft can pick up some juicy bits of code for free. If it is validated, then we are left with the status quo. Regardless of what happens, linux and open source initiatives will have the "may contain inappropriately obtained intellectual property" smell about them. The longer this fiasco gets dragged out, the worse linux looks to businesses.
How would it reduce spam? If they taxed email, SpamCo would just host their server outside of the country (like they probably do already). Besides, how are you going to implement this? Put a government router on every internet pipe? Require the use of a government approved email package?
Ah, but DVD is a new medium, so the average consumer doesn't know what is and is not possible. All they know is that it is similar to a VCR. With a VCR, the consumer is *USED* to seeing the FBI warnings, etc. They can't skip them; they have to fast forward past them. So, it doesn't take a great leap of "logic" for the consumer to think that unskippable bits are natural for a DVD.
HDTV is a new medium as well, and it too has an analogous medium: TV. With a TV, however, the consumer is *USED* to changing channels at will. If you take away that capability, you will cause a great deal of consumer unrest.
I don't wear tinfoil hats. You see, their scanners are in deep underground lairs (so that they can survive the nuclear war). The tinfoil acts like a parabolic dish, with the focus inside your brain. They *want* you to wear tinfoil hats.
It wouldn't surprise me if sometime in the future this is used to not allow you to change channels at certain points, or maybe even turn off the TV until an ad is finished, or other such things.
I think that they know that Joe Sixpack would scream bloody murder if they locked out channel changing during commercials. It would never fly. The "You can have my remote control when you pry it from my cold dead fingers." point of view is too strong.
The moon would not make a very good energy collection platform, unfortunately. To send energy over using a power beam, the transmitter needs to be able to "see" the receiver. The moon orbits the earth once every 29ish days. That means that for fifteen days the reciever dish is going to be on the far side of the planet from the moon's point of view. I'm not entirely familiar with the moon's orbital mechanics, but I'm fairly sure there is no point on earth that is constantly visible from the moon.
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I guess you missed the "by area" part of the post. Canada is the second largest country on the planet, but population density wise, it ranks below Chad. I doubt if 90% of Canada even has electrical power, much less high speed internet.
No, a despotic regime is a country in chaos, under martial law, with widespread anarchy, and all ruled over by the directives of one unaccountable man who is out to line his own pockets, and inflate his own ego, and... oh..., nevermind.
In order for SCO to win, they must either convince the court that the GPL is trumped by the original licenses, or that the GPL itself is invalid. If the GPL is trumped by the derivative works provisions, then SCO winds up blocking, if not owning, linux. If the GPL is ruled to be invalid because, say it allows a second party to grant copyright to a third party without the first party's consent, or because the grant of permissions to copy are effectively irreversable, then they (and everybody else) can close the source to anything they previously had to leave open. The fact that they released GPLd code is irrelevant. If SCO is a pawn in the Microsoft vs Linux battle (as a lot of people seem to feel), then the fact that they released "secret" code under the GPL works to their advantage. It would take little effort to convince the courts that the GPL effectively grants everyone the right to copy, functionally there is little difference between GPL and public domain. Once code is declared public domain, it can be used and closed by anyone. More to the point, Microsoft would be able to release MSLinux, without having to release it as open source.
Don't get me wrong. Moby Dick is a great book, especially if you want to learn about whaling techniques of 19th century. It has provided a lot of material for Star Trek to quote from. However, as far as plot is concerned, the word to action ratio is quite high.
What if the courts decide that GPL is equivalent to public domain?
If I answer without those precise definitions, the jury might come to the wrong understanding of what I'm saying. Since I know that, that would be perjury, wouldn't it?
Would it? I'm curious. I've always equated perjury to lying. If someone truthfully answers a question when they *know* the answer will be interpreted incorrectly, have they committed perjury?
What about that "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" thing that American TV has been telling us for years?
OK, that came out of left field. I thought we were talking about not being able to ditch a land line because: A - DSL "requires" it, and B - Cell phones don't work in basements.
Go read Moby Dick, then come back and tell me Tolkien is wordy.
Odd that it appeared in Frodo's vision without being filmed. Either those special effects wizards are greater than I thought, or they used the real Galadriel's mirror.
You have a cell phone antenna mount on your house? Is it some sort of booster or something? Of course, knowing my landlady, she wouldn't let me mount anything on the house.
Ah well...at least I live in a place where high-speed licensed wireless is available.
How good is your reception in basements? This was the intended thrust of my original post.
...and that gets a cell signal in my basement how?
Don't just assume they're being pig-headed. It may be that your telco does not have sufficiently advanced technology to accomplish the DSL-without-a-dial-tone magic. They may even be unaware that such a thing is possible.
What I want is to be able to receive a cell signal in my basement apartment. When they finally fix that, maybe I'll drop my land line.
I miss the Google Toolbar highlight and search features when I go home to Galeon. Is there a google toolbar for any of the non-ie browsers?
Look at their png support for example.
Is that why the background color on my website is not the same as the color of my png, even though they are the same hex color code? Dangit! I thought *I* had done something wrong.
There are sequences of moves for rotating a corner cube, or flipping an edge cube.
There are such moves, however each rotation of one corner involves a counter-rotation of another corner. The same thing with flipping an edge. Taking a cube apart and rotating one corner, or flipping one edge will give you an unsolvable cube
Their actions make perfect sense, if they actually do own UNIX, and can demonstrate that the GPL is trumped by the original UNIX licenses. Every linux shop would therefore be running SCO derivative works. Which ones have the biggest pockets and heaviest use: Hollywood render farms. SCO is convinced that they were dealt a royal flush, and are upping the ante. Sue the people who "stole" the intellectual property, and sue the people who are using the products illegally.
I can see three possible outcomes with respect to the GPL:
1 - It is declared invalid for some reason.
2 - It is declared to be effectively equivalent to public domain.
3 - It is validated.
If it is invalidated, the open source movement is dealt a staggering blow. If it is declared public domain, then companies like Microsoft can pick up some juicy bits of code for free. If it is validated, then we are left with the status quo. Regardless of what happens, linux and open source initiatives will have the "may contain inappropriately obtained intellectual property" smell about them. The longer this fiasco gets dragged out, the worse linux looks to businesses.
How would it reduce spam? If they taxed email, SpamCo would just host their server outside of the country (like they probably do already). Besides, how are you going to implement this? Put a government router on every internet pipe? Require the use of a government approved email package?
No wonder you're having problems. Over half of that address is using invalid hex codes. You can only use 0-9, and a-f.
Ah, but DVD is a new medium, so the average consumer doesn't know what is and is not possible. All they know is that it is similar to a VCR. With a VCR, the consumer is *USED* to seeing the FBI warnings, etc. They can't skip them; they have to fast forward past them. So, it doesn't take a great leap of "logic" for the consumer to think that unskippable bits are natural for a DVD.
HDTV is a new medium as well, and it too has an analogous medium: TV. With a TV, however, the consumer is *USED* to changing channels at will. If you take away that capability, you will cause a great deal of consumer unrest.
D'oh! Silly me.
I don't wear tinfoil hats. You see, their scanners are in deep underground lairs (so that they can survive the nuclear war). The tinfoil acts like a parabolic dish, with the focus inside your brain. They *want* you to wear tinfoil hats.
It wouldn't surprise me if sometime in the future this is used to not allow you to change channels at certain points, or maybe even turn off the TV until an ad is finished, or other such things.
I think that they know that Joe Sixpack would scream bloody murder if they locked out channel changing during commercials. It would never fly. The "You can have my remote control when you pry it from my cold dead fingers." point of view is too strong.
The moon would not make a very good energy collection platform, unfortunately. To send energy over using a power beam, the transmitter needs to be able to "see" the receiver. The moon orbits the earth once every 29ish days. That means that for fifteen days the reciever dish is going to be on the far side of the planet from the moon's point of view. I'm not entirely familiar with the moon's orbital mechanics, but I'm fairly sure there is no point on earth that is constantly visible from the moon.
It's spelled Uruk-Hai.