Well... sometimes genius *IS* overlaying one manifesto across all reality. Witness the physicists' search for the ultimate equation. Some interesting computer science ideas are about overlaying a concept on everything. Like "Everything's an object" or "everything's a list (LISP)" and such things. These things are usually quite exciting, and useful for computer science and abstractions.
I realise that Linus's concern - a UNIX kernel probably doesn't lend itself to one ideology solving everything, but I'm not particularly impressed by it as a general manifesto.
The video drivers are different because they (mostly) don't have to be in the kernel, so Linux never did try to control that. Now there is the choice between (a) OK drivers and (b) fantastic drivers. Winning this ideological battle probably won't get you either better drivers nor open drivers.
Well.. they did write the code, so... maybe they have a right to their own ideology for their own code? If you want to say, all copyrights be damned... fine... but then NVidia's code would also be uncopyrightable.
Perhaps I don't understand, but it sounds like NVidia will work without this feature, just more slowly. I doubt they need Linux to have the last ounce of performance so badly they would release their IP.
A black hole doesn't "pull in light". Rather it bends space time to such an extreme that light travelling in a straight line does not exit the event horizon, because space time has "bent back on itself".
No it wouldn't be a message to the Supreme Court. It would be Congress doing their job. It's not unusual that people find that the law isn't what they hoped and wanted it to be, and Congress has to step in to fix it. The court's job isn't to make the law what is convenient, it is to interpret it.
Maps: I can't say how badly Apple needs more mapping data, but I doubt they need to buy all of Nokia to fill the gaps. In my short experience, the Apple maps are actually a lot better than Googles in some places.
Patents: Again, I can't say the value of them, but if Apple has survived up till now without them, I doubt this is a very compelling reason.
TV: As if Apple needs technical know how in this area.
Hurting Microsoft: Hard to put a value on, but since the rumour is that MS is planning their own hardware launch, I doubt its worth the price of admission.
One of the cool things about Apple is that they don't feel the need to make major acquisitions to get their job done. Sometimes they make smaller ones, but I'd argue that even these ones mostly weren't really necessary. If Apple bought everything that the pundits said they should, they would have blown through all their war-chest already.
Because Australia is not particularly left leaning by nature. Not as far right as a US republican party, but not as left as many would like to believe.
There's such a thing as fair use of your work in another work. While it sounds like these folks went well beyond fair use, it doesn't sound like you care enough to spend lawyer money argue the finer points.
I think the point is there needs to be a compelling reason THAT BENEFITS THOSE PAYING FOR IT. And that cost would be astronomical. Some abstract idea about preserving the human race doesn't actually motivate me to spend my tax dollars on it.
Sure they weigh less, because they are filled with helium. But when the servers start lifting off the ground and floating off, they might have to rethink this idea.
To be fair, they needed to make the power adapter on the Retina macbook smaller to make it fit. Sure, would've been better if they'd thought of that 5 years ago, but nobody's perfect. And nobody's overjoyed about the iphone connector changing, but after 10 years its had a good run.
I have to say I fall on the side of saying that skeuomorphic design is bad. The classic one is the latest iPhone podcast app which looks like an old reel to reel tape recorder. I mean I'm in my mid 40s, and I only saw one of these once when I was a tiny child, and even then it was obsolete.
As for the leather bound notes and address apps, I've never owned a leather notes folder and I've never owned an address book with the letters down my side. My mum had one when I was a small child, but I haven't thought about such things for ages. As these devices expand into so many countries and new cultures, I'm sure these references are going to seem even more obscure and ridiculous.
Why bother blocking ads, or making their targeting any worse than necessary? Is your self-will so weak? I very rarely am influenced by or click on ads. But if I have to see ads, I'd rather they be well targeted to my interests. And the ads are not particularly bothersome. What is the big deal really?
If the lack of death of the relational database compared to better alternatives is any indication, people are simply stuck in their old habits, and no more so than corporations. Of course, corporations want to know their technology will be supportable in decades to come too.
Do we actually need a renaissance in new programming languages? We've got already a ton of interesting ones which have never been widely used. Scheme, Erlang, Haskell, Sather, and who knows how many more. When we start seeing these widely used in corporations, then maybe there'll be something to talk about.
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More like comatose than mentally challenged.
Well... sometimes genius *IS* overlaying one manifesto across all reality. Witness the physicists' search for the ultimate equation. Some interesting computer science ideas are about overlaying a concept on everything. Like "Everything's an object" or "everything's a list (LISP)" and such things. These things are usually quite exciting, and useful for computer science and abstractions.
I realise that Linus's concern - a UNIX kernel probably doesn't lend itself to one ideology solving everything, but I'm not particularly impressed by it as a general manifesto.
The video drivers are different because they (mostly) don't have to be in the kernel, so Linux never did try to control that. Now there is the choice between (a) OK drivers and (b) fantastic drivers. Winning this ideological battle probably won't get you either better drivers nor open drivers.
Well.. they did write the code, so... maybe they have a right to their own ideology for their own code? If you want to say, all copyrights be damned... fine... but then NVidia's code would also be uncopyrightable.
Perhaps I don't understand, but it sounds like NVidia will work without this feature, just more slowly. I doubt they need Linux to have the last ounce of performance so badly they would release their IP.
A black hole doesn't "pull in light". Rather it bends space time to such an extreme that light travelling in a straight line does not exit the event horizon, because space time has "bent back on itself".
No it wouldn't be a message to the Supreme Court. It would be Congress doing their job. It's not unusual that people find that the law isn't what they hoped and wanted it to be, and Congress has to step in to fix it. The court's job isn't to make the law what is convenient, it is to interpret it.
It's also an environmental disaster. Anything that puts a limit on reuse and resale encourages the throw-away society.
But there is no copyright on commodities, so it isn't an issue.
I don't agree with this analysis:
Maps: I can't say how badly Apple needs more mapping data, but I doubt they need to buy all of Nokia to fill the gaps. In my short experience, the Apple maps are actually a lot better than Googles in some places.
Patents: Again, I can't say the value of them, but if Apple has survived up till now without them, I doubt this is a very compelling reason.
TV: As if Apple needs technical know how in this area.
Hurting Microsoft: Hard to put a value on, but since the rumour is that MS is planning their own hardware launch, I doubt its worth the price of admission.
One of the cool things about Apple is that they don't feel the need to make major acquisitions to get their job done. Sometimes they make smaller ones, but I'd argue that even these ones mostly weren't really necessary. If Apple bought everything that the pundits said they should, they would have blown through all their war-chest already.
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one..... they said.
Well, to be pedantic, its a stretch to say "we have no clue". We can make some pretty damned good guesses.
Cannabis is not "mostly harmless". I watched it drive my ex-wife insane.
Yeah, but probably someone had to burn coal to make up for that lost hydro power. Especially since hydro tends to be valuable base load electricity.
Because Australia is not particularly left leaning by nature. Not as far right as a US republican party, but not as left as many would like to believe.
It's not just how much to push out a new version, it is how much in lawyer fees to defend the damage already done.
There's such a thing as fair use of your work in another work. While it sounds like these folks went well beyond fair use, it doesn't sound like you care enough to spend lawyer money argue the finer points.
I think the point is there needs to be a compelling reason THAT BENEFITS THOSE PAYING FOR IT. And that cost would be astronomical. Some abstract idea about preserving the human race doesn't actually motivate me to spend my tax dollars on it.
I can picture some guy being stupid enough to go to mars just for all the shagging, but I'm not picturing any women being prepared to sign up.
Sure they weigh less, because they are filled with helium. But when the servers start lifting off the ground and floating off, they might have to rethink this idea.
To be fair, they needed to make the power adapter on the Retina macbook smaller to make it fit. Sure, would've been better if they'd thought of that 5 years ago, but nobody's perfect. And nobody's overjoyed about the iphone connector changing, but after 10 years its had a good run.
I have to say I fall on the side of saying that skeuomorphic design is bad. The classic one is the latest iPhone podcast app which looks like an old reel to reel tape recorder. I mean I'm in my mid 40s, and I only saw one of these once when I was a tiny child, and even then it was obsolete.
As for the leather bound notes and address apps, I've never owned a leather notes folder and I've never owned an address book with the letters down my side. My mum had one when I was a small child, but I haven't thought about such things for ages. As these devices expand into so many countries and new cultures, I'm sure these references are going to seem even more obscure and ridiculous.
Why bother blocking ads, or making their targeting any worse than necessary? Is your self-will so weak? I very rarely am influenced by or click on ads. But if I have to see ads, I'd rather they be well targeted to my interests. And the ads are not particularly bothersome. What is the big deal really?
I think in theory it plugs a malware hole, that the whole OS is secure from the bootloader on up.
If the lack of death of the relational database compared to better alternatives is any indication, people are simply stuck in their old habits, and no more so than corporations. Of course, corporations want to know their technology will be supportable in decades to come too.
Do we actually need a renaissance in new programming languages? We've got already a ton of interesting ones which have never been widely used. Scheme, Erlang, Haskell, Sather, and who knows how many more. When we start seeing these widely used in corporations, then maybe there'll be something to talk about.