So having a resolution independant desktop would be a good way of solving that issue (though obviously you still get these issues with the web).
But SVG can be used on the web, too, and with generic CSS styles (font-size:x-large etc) and no more pixel based layout (points is fine), then this problem should also go away. In theory;-/
I'll give you a wonderful example. Brigham Young University decided to show Schindler's List to the students. Except, they wanted to show their own version, with all the "offensive content" removed. Speilberg said "no way", and he was fully within his rights to do so.
Bad analogy. It was a public display, so permission was required.
RIAA has to be able to LART Joe Musicfan for running the Gnutella note through which they downloaded HilaryRosenIsABigFatBitch.mp3
No they don't.
The RIAA has (should have) no hope of a subpoena unless they have reasonable evidence that someone has been illegally downloading music for which they are the copyright holder's agent.
For months the State IT Agency had winced at the incessant expense of buying software licences for hundreds of thousands of staff spread across government departments. Now the agency has declared that it will ditch expensive brand name software in many cases and switch to opensource alternatives.
It seems they have merely made open source the stated preferred option. Closed source alternatives will not be banned.
Does including CD/DVD burning capabilities in iTunes and the Finder hurt Roxio's Toast? Probably not, Toast is more powerful.
Damn, i was agreeing with everything you said, up to the last line;).
In all likelihood, it DOES hurt Toast. If there's no simple way other than buying a big, powerful package, you'll buy it. For a lot of people, the iTunes/Finder stuff will be enough, and they will not buy toast. Does that hurt? Sure. Is that a problem? Nope. The end goal is benefit for the *public*, not companies. MS did bad not (for example) in crushing netscape, but rather because in crushing netscape it harmed consumers.
This is essentially the same as the "five nines" reliability that was touted for uptimes. Failures require deviations from the mean of six standard deviations, corresponding to 99.9996% success rate.
Electromagnetic forces are very powerful, but only over short distances. The nuclear strong and weak forces fall in the middle accordingly.
The nuclear strong force is stronger that electromagnetism over short distances, IIRC. This is why protons can stick together in the nucleus although electromagnetism pushes them apart.
And I really hate prefixing all variables with '$'. Maybe they can do something about that...?
And maybe C should get rid of the *'s for pointers, they look ugly.
Seriously, one of PHP's great strengths is the very nice and simple "do what i mean" syntax, which would be much harder without an easy way to distinguish variables.
Perl is even more flexible with how you write things, but it has @'s and %'s everywhere. I think PHP has a good compromise.
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But SVG can be used on the web, too, and with generic CSS styles (font-size:x-large etc) and no more pixel based layout (points is fine), then this problem should also go away. In theory ;-/
RTFA. They were *victim* to a DoS attack.
If you're determined to slashdot yourself, better fix anonymous ftp ;-)
Oh wait, wrong joke...
Bad analogy. It was a public display, so permission was required.
He wants eBay to $ettle in order to avoid a judgement that could destroy their business.
No, but i think the argument is that import java.awt.*; would be infectious.
But that's the point. The *RIAA* got the subpoena, the lesser evil wasn't offered as an option ;-)
BTW: "sky.isFalling() = True" should be "sky.isFalling = true" or "sky.isFalling() == true" or even "sky.setFalling(true)".
No they don't.
The RIAA has (should have) no hope of a subpoena unless they have reasonable evidence that someone has been illegally downloading music for which they are the copyright holder's agent.
It seems they have merely made open source the stated preferred option. Closed source alternatives will not be banned.
Indeed - software programs or bureaucratic programs.
Damn, i was agreeing with everything you said, up to the last line ;).
In all likelihood, it DOES hurt Toast. If there's no simple way other than buying a big, powerful package, you'll buy it. For a lot of people, the iTunes/Finder stuff will be enough, and they will not buy toast. Does that hurt? Sure. Is that a problem? Nope. The end goal is benefit for the *public*, not companies. MS did bad not (for example) in crushing netscape, but rather because in crushing netscape it harmed consumers.
It's just another metric. Don't get too excited.
And i suppose it was the car's fault she couldn't dress herself?
I dunno, I was looking at the kennel.
Obscure? Liar!
Electromagnetic forces are very powerful, but only over short distances. The nuclear strong and weak forces fall in the middle accordingly. The nuclear strong force is stronger that electromagnetism over short distances, IIRC. This is why protons can stick together in the nucleus although electromagnetism pushes them apart.
VMware? Bochs?
We *do* have sandboxes for operating systems.
I'm sitting in my comfy chair posting on slashdot, but it could be comfier, so I'll throw in a couple of bitches about my unnamed company.
Anyway, my company has given me a miniscule, trivial task. It insults my intelligence! I could do this stuff in my sleep!
What was I saying? Oh yes, would you mind awfully doing my job for me?
And maybe C should get rid of the *'s for pointers, they look ugly.
Seriously, one of PHP's great strengths is the very nice and simple "do what i mean" syntax, which would be much harder without an easy way to distinguish variables.
Perl is even more flexible with how you write things, but it has @'s and %'s everywhere. I think PHP has a good compromise.
In soviet russia, can a beowulf cluster of these things imagine YOU?
er... wait...
Now I'm being even more naive, but why would he use those in the daytime?
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