1. The GPL is viral 2. The GPL is unenforceable 3. You can't charge for GPL software 4. The "liberty or death" clause applies absolutely 5. Distributors only need to ship the source code they alter 6. Distributors only need to supply source code, and not the means to use it 7. Distributors don't need to provide offers of source code 8. Distributors only need to offer source code to their customers 9. Distributors only need to link to the license text 10. I don't think that word means what you think it means
You know what's ironic? 99% of the/.ers will b!tch and moan about Bush 24/7 in every article, no matter what the topic. But then when election day comes, they'll sit on their lazy @sses, and play video games instead of voting. And then they'll blog later on about how voting is pointless, yet when the next conservative is elected to office, they'll start their complaining again. Funny actually, now that I think about it.
In that little zone called reality, there are facts proving that global warming is indeed real, such as the glaciers' extremely and increasingly fast shrinking.
For the fear of getting modded down, I won't call you names, and I won't start an argument. Just tell me a couple things though - how much of a global warming temperature change are we talking? tenths of a degree, right? - how accurate were the temperature readings dating back to anything more than 100 or so years ago? - more over, you would agree probably that the good ol americans have the best technology, so tell me, how accurate are the temperatures even 50+ years ago in anywhere around the world besides the U.S.? - just like opinion polls, there is a plus/minus level of accuracy even from reading the "ice" in antartica to determine earth's previous temperatures, so how do we know the - there are many places around the world that show a cooling trend, is perhaps earth balancing itself? - there are many places around the world where the ocean levels have lowered, is perhaps the earth balancing itself?
I defintely agree that environmental protection is a good thing, but I think it's also a stretch to jump out and say if we don't reduce everything immediately within the next few years, we're all gonna burn!
Nope, first isolate the terrorists (yes, folks, that includes a lot of Israelis too) by non-interference in the Middle East. I think we're very close to agreeing on this topic. I just don't think we can completely ignore them for 10 years, until they've been isolated. They'll strike again before that, and if Iran or North Korea have any involvement, it'll be a much bigger disaster than 9/11.
Increased border security and screening of *legal* entrants to the US We're on the same page in this topic.
But be creative about it - don't use a massive quantity of ground troops. Use bombing or covert assassination techniques to kill those people. We totally agree. I hate the idea of massive ground troups. Hate it, hate it. Air raids and other techniques should be used. Totally agree.
Nuclear, wind, hydro and solar, combined with plug-in hybrid or fuel-cell cars and a coast-to-coast electrified rail network for freight and medium-distance passenger transportation is the answer. Agree. As I said above, Ethanol is a good solution for now, until we can get all these other wonderful tools to work effectively and efficiently.
Hurrican Katrina, which many scientists do think was a pruduct of environmental degradation Sorry, but it's just frustrating when a whirl-wind effect ends up pointing the blame of a natural disaster back on the U.S. and modern civilization. We did not cause this hurricane, nor any other hurricane. The forces that cause earth's whether are too powerful to be effected, especially in such a short time, by our moderization. Seriously, if you have time, read the State of Fear by Crichton, just for fun. I'm not relying on it for facts, and I'm just saying it's a good read for this topic.
And one last thing. It's really frustrating to hear comparisons of 9/11 to other non-related things. All you're doing is trying to forget what happened. You're blinding yourselves. Certainly you agree that 3,000 lives are a lot, but essentially what you're saying above is that it was no big deal, because more people die in accidents. That's stupid. And who's to say that the next attack won't kill more? Is 10,000 enough to care? Or do you need 20,000? An entire city? When will you think it's something we should focus on?
Summary: We agree on so much, and I believe that if all people from both sides of the fence, libs and conservatives, sat down, we'd find out we agree on more than we think. And we need to put aside this 2 party crap and implement some of the things we agree upon.
Everybody is afraid to post anything that goes against the/. groupthink.
I am not afraid! And you should not be either! karma is so trivial that you should feel free to post whatever you want, gain your karma back by the next day, and post again! I hate that/. groupthink crap too. Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong, but at least they should take their own advice and give others a chance to speak out before being trolled to death! Such hypocrites.
according to CEO Kevin Carmony, Linspire is doing well enough from selling its higher-end products and services that it can afford to offer its basic CNR service free of charge
Good for him, and good for us! I guess that's what happens when you become innovative and create multiple products / services!
We need to *get the hell out of Iraq*, stop involvement in the Middle East (which is a lost cause IMHO)
We need to go to wherever the terrorists are. If they're in the middle east, we need to be in the Middle East. If they're else where, we should move elsewhere. But we also need to do some all-out attacks, instead of this bullsh!t, drop flyers and warn everybody before we raid crap. Go in, blow them up, leave them aw-struck, and get out. Think about it this way. You inherited your own island. You get to make up all the laws and everything about your new country. Somebody comes in and blows up half your island, and there are more that threaten to do the same. What's the first thing you do? Seal up your boundaries. Even after you seal up your boundaries, they continue to infiltrate and threaten your people. What's the next thing you do? Go on the offensive, and make sure they have second thoughts about attacking your island.
Massive government subsidies for energy conservation, clean energy production, environmental, space, and automation research are in order.
Naw, top priority is we need to spend money on the Borders (north & south), to clamp them off. We need to also spend good money on local law enforcement and then on the military too. Innovators can still innovate even if millions of dollars aren't being tossed in their laps. That's when they become most creative is when they're facing a challenge anyways, isn't it? Throw extra abundances of money on them and they'll just misuse it, similar to every other large group. I won't even go into how New Orleans has wasted millions of dollars already, and still nothing.
We need to reduce our dependence on countries that are poorer than us
We definitely agree on this. Ethanol is a start (for the oil problem), and I think we should put more money towards this and other alternative energy sources and research too.
there's a very high liklihood - I'd call it a certainty - that global warming is real. Enough said.
The biggest BS story of modern man. I think that the novel my Michael Chricton, called State of Fear, draws a swell comparison to what's happening in the real world today. Sure, everybody will agree that Environmental protection, reduced emissions, etc. are good for the world. But there are many many things that should have higher priority over it, like our Safety from those trying to kill us. Like keeping prices down so consumers can purchase and the economy isn't crumpled. Take it in smaller steps instead of asking for the entire pie right away, and I bet you that sooner or later you'll get your environment restrictions.
p.s. Please don't mode this down just for the opinions, just read it and agree with it or don't, comment or don't, ignore it or don't. Thanks.
After wasting the last 2 days bulsh!tin to get my karma back up to a respectable level, you go and post a polical article again. Let the flame wars begin!
The EPA are the ones closing this, not Bush. But what did you expect anyways? You libs are just dying to reduce national spending and reduce the budget. But wait... not at the cost of our research! Not at the cost of helping the homeless! Not at the cost of fixing New Orleans! Not at the cost of rebuilding the trade centers! Not at the cost of our educations! Not at the cost of....
I'm tired of hearing libs complain about projects and other stuff getting cut, when they're the same flamers complaining that the deficit and spending needs to be reduced. You can have it one way or the other, but not both. If you want to reduce the defecit, you're going to have to reduce spending, which means things are going to get cut. It's not Bush doing this by any means.
Plus, on a side note, you libs in New Orleans need to learn how to manage money (especially that mayor of yours). The government has given you well over a billion dollars already, and look at the nothingness you've accomplished. Stop wining and expecting something else to do your work, get off your lazy butts, and start cleaning up yourself!
Uh-oh, here comes a troll mod from the liberal/.ers
Now before anybody goes nuts, understand what I'm saying: Apple isn't going to win or even wage a religious war with Linux. The market will bring about the adjustments to which I'm referring. There will be more money than ever to be made with Linux, but sales won't derive from a model fashioned to compete with Windows and OS X. Microsoft and Apple will be the top-seeded fighters in general client and server computing platforms. Linux doesn't need or want to be the third man in that ring.
But don't get rankled by my prediction that Linux is going underground. It will thrive there.
Earlier last year, I started buying those Wal-Mart swirl bulbs and haven't looked back. I have replaced nearly every old light bulb with one of the swirls in my house now. It's an awesome idea, and I wish I could convince others to do the same. The savings on your energy bill is nice too! I have since given away to relatives my extra pre-purchased packs of old light bulbs, and I will never buy one of those oldies again. Swirl bulbs it is!
I can see abuse over this technology. News stories used to rejuvenate Liberals will be viewable only in liberal areas, and they'll put a different twist to the same story and make it interesting & viewable in Conservative areas. That's kinda what happens now, except it comes from different sources, but now with this new technology it could come from the same sourcd!
Agreed, cause Game Programming can be about as low level as Assembly language programming. You're trying to squeeze milliseconds of performance out of the console in order to make your rectangles move faster. Zzzzzzzzzz.
Class
- Simpler
- Easier to balance
- Heavily Contrained
- Easy to communicate
Skill
- Users aren't locked into one behavior
- skill based games are expandable
- There's no assumption that every role is equal
- There can be multiple reasons to play
Summary
Of course, the game design secret here is that class systems and skill systems are the same thing; they simply have different parameters.
Nope, thanks, didn't realize that. But still unless he moved down there, that would be a heck of a commute:-) There are 2 cities in Wisconsin where I definitely would not want to live IN. Madision & Milwaukee. I could perhaps see living in a suburb of Madison though, but I would never in my life resort to living anywhere within shouting distance of Milwaukee. It's just asking for trouble!
Then there is the "egg yolk" test, in which Ms. Bell puts a drop of colored ink on a petri dish and places a drop of black ink from a competitor's cartridge on top of it. If the black ink forms a perfect black dot on top of the yellow dot, much like an unbroken egg yolk, a high-quality ink is indicated, perhaps an ink that infringes on an H-P patent.
This reminds me of something from the TV show CSI.
Slashdot Mirror
You do realize you missed out on free karma, don't you? Next time don't post AC with vital /. information like this!!!!
1. The GPL is viral
2. The GPL is unenforceable
3. You can't charge for GPL software
4. The "liberty or death" clause applies absolutely
5. Distributors only need to ship the source code they alter
6. Distributors only need to supply source code, and not the means to use it
7. Distributors don't need to provide offers of source code
8. Distributors only need to offer source code to their customers
9. Distributors only need to link to the license text
10. I don't think that word means what you think it means
You know what's ironic? 99% of the /.ers will b!tch and moan about Bush 24/7 in every article, no matter what the topic. But then when election day comes, they'll sit on their lazy @sses, and play video games instead of voting. And then they'll blog later on about how voting is pointless, yet when the next conservative is elected to office, they'll start their complaining again. Funny actually, now that I think about it.
In that little zone called reality, there are facts proving that global warming is indeed real, such as the glaciers' extremely and increasingly fast shrinking.
For the fear of getting modded down, I won't call you names, and I won't start an argument. Just tell me a couple things though
- how much of a global warming temperature change are we talking? tenths of a degree, right?
- how accurate were the temperature readings dating back to anything more than 100 or so years ago?
- more over, you would agree probably that the good ol americans have the best technology, so tell me, how accurate are the temperatures even 50+ years ago in anywhere around the world besides the U.S.?
- just like opinion polls, there is a plus/minus level of accuracy even from reading the "ice" in antartica to determine earth's previous temperatures, so how do we know the - there are many places around the world that show a cooling trend, is perhaps earth balancing itself?
- there are many places around the world where the ocean levels have lowered, is perhaps the earth balancing itself?
I defintely agree that environmental protection is a good thing, but I think it's also a stretch to jump out and say if we don't reduce everything immediately within the next few years, we're all gonna burn!
I was going to try to get free karma with a printer friendly version ... but it automatically redirect ... booooooo
Nope, first isolate the terrorists (yes, folks, that includes a lot of Israelis too) by non-interference in the Middle East.
I think we're very close to agreeing on this topic. I just don't think we can completely ignore them for 10 years, until they've been isolated. They'll strike again before that, and if Iran or North Korea have any involvement, it'll be a much bigger disaster than 9/11.
Increased border security and screening of *legal* entrants to the US
We're on the same page in this topic.
But be creative about it - don't use a massive quantity of ground troops. Use bombing or covert assassination techniques to kill those people.
We totally agree. I hate the idea of massive ground troups. Hate it, hate it. Air raids and other techniques should be used. Totally agree.
Nuclear, wind, hydro and solar, combined with plug-in hybrid or fuel-cell cars and a coast-to-coast electrified rail network for freight and medium-distance passenger transportation is the answer.
Agree. As I said above, Ethanol is a good solution for now, until we can get all these other wonderful tools to work effectively and efficiently.
Hurrican Katrina, which many scientists do think was a pruduct of environmental degradation
Sorry, but it's just frustrating when a whirl-wind effect ends up pointing the blame of a natural disaster back on the U.S. and modern civilization. We did not cause this hurricane, nor any other hurricane. The forces that cause earth's whether are too powerful to be effected, especially in such a short time, by our moderization. Seriously, if you have time, read the State of Fear by Crichton, just for fun. I'm not relying on it for facts, and I'm just saying it's a good read for this topic.
And one last thing. It's really frustrating to hear comparisons of 9/11 to other non-related things. All you're doing is trying to forget what happened. You're blinding yourselves. Certainly you agree that 3,000 lives are a lot, but essentially what you're saying above is that it was no big deal, because more people die in accidents. That's stupid. And who's to say that the next attack won't kill more? Is 10,000 enough to care? Or do you need 20,000? An entire city? When will you think it's something we should focus on?
Summary:
We agree on so much, and I believe that if all people from both sides of the fence, libs and conservatives, sat down, we'd find out we agree on more than we think. And we need to put aside this 2 party crap and implement some of the things we agree upon.
Everybody is afraid to post anything that goes against the /. groupthink.
/. groupthink crap too. Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong, but at least they should take their own advice and give others a chance to speak out before being trolled to death! Such hypocrites.
I am not afraid! And you should not be either! karma is so trivial that you should feel free to post whatever you want, gain your karma back by the next day, and post again! I hate that
Why does /. accept articles from AC's anyways? At least be bold enough to stand up and tell us you're anti-bush!
Amen
/. I will get modded down. Well, too late now.
Oh crap, if I forgot that if I post a religious term on
How are they going to make money?
I answered this for you! You were just too fast or I was too slow!
according to CEO Kevin Carmony, Linspire is doing well enough from selling its higher-end products and services that it can afford to offer its basic CNR service free of charge
Good for him, and good for us! I guess that's what happens when you become innovative and create multiple products / services!
We need to *get the hell out of Iraq*, stop involvement in the Middle East (which is a lost cause IMHO)
We need to go to wherever the terrorists are. If they're in the middle east, we need to be in the Middle East. If they're else where, we should move elsewhere. But we also need to do some all-out attacks, instead of this bullsh!t, drop flyers and warn everybody before we raid crap. Go in, blow them up, leave them aw-struck, and get out. Think about it this way. You inherited your own island. You get to make up all the laws and everything about your new country. Somebody comes in and blows up half your island, and there are more that threaten to do the same. What's the first thing you do? Seal up your boundaries. Even after you seal up your boundaries, they continue to infiltrate and threaten your people. What's the next thing you do? Go on the offensive, and make sure they have second thoughts about attacking your island.
Massive government subsidies for energy conservation, clean energy production, environmental, space, and automation research are in order.
Naw, top priority is we need to spend money on the Borders (north & south), to clamp them off. We need to also spend good money on local law enforcement and then on the military too. Innovators can still innovate even if millions of dollars aren't being tossed in their laps. That's when they become most creative is when they're facing a challenge anyways, isn't it? Throw extra abundances of money on them and they'll just misuse it, similar to every other large group. I won't even go into how New Orleans has wasted millions of dollars already, and still nothing.
We need to reduce our dependence on countries that are poorer than us
We definitely agree on this. Ethanol is a start (for the oil problem), and I think we should put more money towards this and other alternative energy sources and research too.
there's a very high liklihood - I'd call it a certainty - that global warming is real. Enough said.
The biggest BS story of modern man. I think that the novel my Michael Chricton, called State of Fear, draws a swell comparison to what's happening in the real world today. Sure, everybody will agree that Environmental protection, reduced emissions, etc. are good for the world. But there are many many things that should have higher priority over it, like our Safety from those trying to kill us. Like keeping prices down so consumers can purchase and the economy isn't crumpled. Take it in smaller steps instead of asking for the entire pie right away, and I bet you that sooner or later you'll get your environment restrictions.
p.s. Please don't mode this down just for the opinions, just read it and agree with it or don't, comment or don't, ignore it or don't. Thanks.
I would like to read an objectively written fact based story behind this and not just a lot of reactionary Bush bashing.
/. community. Flame Bush, then review the facts.
Me too. But we're on the wrong site for that. This is a very lib
Excellent analysis. Sad too.
After wasting the last 2 days bulsh!tin to get my karma back up to a respectable level, you go and post a polical article again. Let the flame wars begin!
... not at the cost of our research! Not at the cost of helping the homeless! Not at the cost of fixing New Orleans! Not at the cost of rebuilding the trade centers! Not at the cost of our educations! Not at the cost of ....
The EPA are the ones closing this, not Bush. But what did you expect anyways? You libs are just dying to reduce national spending and reduce the budget. But wait
I'm tired of hearing libs complain about projects and other stuff getting cut, when they're the same flamers complaining that the deficit and spending needs to be reduced. You can have it one way or the other, but not both. If you want to reduce the defecit, you're going to have to reduce spending, which means things are going to get cut. It's not Bush doing this by any means.
/.ers
Plus, on a side note, you libs in New Orleans need to learn how to manage money (especially that mayor of yours). The government has given you well over a billion dollars already, and look at the nothingness you've accomplished. Stop wining and expecting something else to do your work, get off your lazy butts, and start cleaning up yourself!
Uh-oh, here comes a troll mod from the liberal
How again was this modded insightful? I could think of a few other things to call it, but insightful wasn't one of them.
FTFA
Now before anybody goes nuts, understand what I'm saying: Apple isn't going to win or even wage a religious war with Linux. The market will bring about the adjustments to which I'm referring. There will be more money than ever to be made with Linux, but sales won't derive from a model fashioned to compete with Windows and OS X. Microsoft and Apple will be the top-seeded fighters in general client and server computing platforms. Linux doesn't need or want to be the third man in that ring.
But don't get rankled by my prediction that Linux is going underground. It will thrive there.
Let me be the first to laugh at his prediction.
Earlier last year, I started buying those Wal-Mart swirl bulbs and haven't looked back. I have replaced nearly every old light bulb with one of the swirls in my house now. It's an awesome idea, and I wish I could convince others to do the same. The savings on your energy bill is nice too! I have since given away to relatives my extra pre-purchased packs of old light bulbs, and I will never buy one of those oldies again. Swirl bulbs it is!
The Variable Star project is intended to help the Heinlein Trust continue to fund the $500,000 Heinlein Prize for commercial manned spaceflight
It's worth buying just for that!
CNET version of the article
I can see abuse over this technology. News stories used to rejuvenate Liberals will be viewable only in liberal areas, and they'll put a different twist to the same story and make it interesting & viewable in Conservative areas. That's kinda what happens now, except it comes from different sources, but now with this new technology it could come from the same sourcd!
Agreed, cause Game Programming can be about as low level as Assembly language programming. You're trying to squeeze milliseconds of performance out of the console in order to make your rectangles move faster. Zzzzzzzzzz.
FTFA
Class
- Simpler
- Easier to balance
- Heavily Contrained
- Easy to communicate
Skill
- Users aren't locked into one behavior
- skill based games are expandable
- There's no assumption that every role is equal
- There can be multiple reasons to play
Summary
Of course, the game design secret here is that class systems and skill systems are the same thing; they simply have different parameters.
Nope, thanks, didn't realize that. But still unless he moved down there, that would be a heck of a commute :-) There are 2 cities in Wisconsin where I definitely would not want to live IN. Madision & Milwaukee. I could perhaps see living in a suburb of Madison though, but I would never in my life resort to living anywhere within shouting distance of Milwaukee. It's just asking for trouble!
Then there is the "egg yolk" test, in which Ms. Bell puts a drop of colored ink on a petri dish and places a drop of black ink from a competitor's cartridge on top of it. If the black ink forms a perfect black dot on top of the yellow dot, much like an unbroken egg yolk, a high-quality ink is indicated, perhaps an ink that infringes on an H-P patent.
This reminds me of something from the TV show CSI.