Spam is revenue for the State, and it isn't a good idea to kill it. Spam has also fetched more revenue for anti-spam s/w firms, than for the purportedly promoted products.
It stands to reason therefore, that the most likely writers of spam are THE SAME ONES WHO PEDDLE ANTI-SPAM WARE.
Thus, to kill spam: 1. Do not trust the State to do anything. 2. Do not buy, solicit or encourage anti-spam software. 3. Use free anti-spam tools wherever possible (this is easier with Linux). 4. Unless spam hogs your bandwidth or disk usage, don't bother. 5. And lastly, or rather firstly, spend money on a CD Writer and media to take backups, rather than on anti-spam s/w.
HP is pleased to inform the world that it is interested in investing in state-of-the-art.Net XML Web Services Technolgies, in partnership with Microsoft....:^)
BTW, will they take back Bruce Perens?
According to Passport.Net, my name is Mickey Mouse101, and I live in Disneyland. Am I a lovable cuddly creature, or a detestable, copyright-extended, DRMed pesky little mouse?
Lindows distributes Linux, but sponsors an XBox hack, and pays license fees to SCO. Friend or freak?
If the ice melts, the volume of water generated would be less than that occupied by ice, follows that the volume of the seas should actually decrease...
From the article: .strong opinions... the idea of voice chat in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games..
Okay, here's the scenario: Strong opinions: All Slashdotters have them Voice vhat : Vow! That'd be cool over here... Massively-multiplayer : The very definition of Slashdot. Online role-playing: Yeah, we have the MS shills, the Apple astro-turfers, the GNU devotees, the FSF freaks, the trolls, the GNAA folks...
From your 'quote' We must not judge all of a company by just part of what they do.
I think you need to thank the FSF for highlighting this fact. No one in their right minds would say Apple is doing illegal things by hiring programmers to write OSS, but the fact remains that Appleware must not be mistaken for Freeware.
If Apple were to get sidelined and their market share dwindles (I hear they have about 1.5% now, and operate in less than 6 countries), they might try to do a SCO. And then all hell breaks loose, and you'd be yelling at the FSF for not having warned you in advance.
FSF is merely cautioning folks from wrongly concluding that Appleware is Freeware. Openware maybe, but not Freeware.
do you honestly think charging somebody MONEY for your services/products is bad?
No, I don't. At the same time, I don't think it's wrong for people to be able to write software and give it away for free.
What Apple's trying to do is to 'appear' to be free, and make money off other's work (gratis). If Apple wants to hire some programmers, pay them money, they needen't even give the code under APSL, proprietary licensing would do. Why all this subterfuge about Open Sourcing a Freedom anyway?
Better a straight-forward Communist than a dubious devious Capitalist.
supporting the GPL in order to destroy all commercial software vendors who don't have a hardware arm to rely on for revenues.
If (and it's a big IF) such commercial software vendors are 'destroyed' then I say, so be it. God created people with brains, not separately. The brain is useless without a body, and vice versa. It's flexible as well, we're able to imbibe new ideas without changing brains every two years.
What you're suggesting is a well-designed pseudo-free brain that gets remote-controlled. The FSF doesn't believe in this model.
The GPL is viral exactly because the FSF is about building a power base for a political movement. Changes... to alter the GPL... would remove some of their power.
Your argument may be right, but the fact that the GPL has actually done something good for the computing world -- makes it valuable. You can change the GPL to make money AND control customers, but that'd be a one-way traffic. You can change cows to hamburgers, but not the other way round.
It's not about "free" anything. It's about Socialism, to use one of the kinder labels available.
Considering some of the fruits of capitalism -- Enron, Microsoft, SCO, R*AA, etc..; and some of 'Socialism' - GNU, Linux, FreeBSD, Dragon CPU , Socialism could actually be a Good Thing.
In fact the APSL sounds as if Apple is trying to ride the Free Software wave and make profits, with a pseudo-open-source license. Thay shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
I mean, who is going to use the APSL on a non Apple derived product?
What about their 'Rendezvouz' specification? What about AAC, if they decide to release it under APSL? Numerous others I can think of.
Apple (and other commercial entities) need to realise they're better off supporting GPL than writing their own licenses. Else, let them fight it out with SCO, Microsoft et al, and see what market share that gets them.
Since the alleged hack was an 'inside job' by a person who had access to the data, is it news at all? I mean, we heard recently that some Pakistani broke into Passport.Net and could reset passwords at will. That was more dangerous.
Mere access to credit card numbers and the corresponding user list does not constitute a major threat, IMO. Most credit card users are indemnified against thefts, misuse etc. The same can't be said about Hotmail hacks or even Windows hacks.
If they continue developing for both platforms the quality of each will suffer.
Despite all public posturing to the contrary, Novell seems to be doing as much to Netware as AOL does to Netscape. Mozilla doesn't need AOL for survival OR growth, neither does Linux need Novell.
Methinks since SCO seems to be losing out on the extortion route, they're using their brother Novell to make money on Linux.
1. Offer 'free' software. 2. Get 'downloaders' to make it better. 3. Reach critical mass - a million users, say. 4. Sue them for IP violations 5. Charge them $700 for each instance 6. Profit
Slashdot Mirror
MS Windws is state sponsored?
Isn't it true? Why should MS talk of opening it's code to communist countries while successfully avoiding doing so in the US?
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Spam is revenue for the State, and it isn't a good idea to kill it. Spam has also fetched more revenue for anti-spam s/w firms, than for the purportedly promoted products.
It stands to reason therefore, that the most likely writers of spam are THE SAME ONES WHO PEDDLE ANTI-SPAM WARE.
Thus, to kill spam:
1. Do not trust the State to do anything.
2. Do not buy, solicit or encourage anti-spam software.
3. Use free anti-spam tools wherever possible (this is easier with Linux).
4. Unless spam hogs your bandwidth or disk usage, don't bother.
5. And lastly, or rather firstly, spend money on a CD Writer and media to take backups, rather than on anti-spam s/w.
You will lead a cheerful, richer life.
HP is pleased to inform the world that it is interested in investing in state-of-the-art .Net XML Web Services Technolgies, in partnership with Microsoft....:^)
BTW, will they take back Bruce Perens?
What if the poor creatures were as 'reproductive' as humans and as intelligent as humans??
Wait... we can employ them at Microsoft.. and SCO as well, if they exist.
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According to Passport .Net, my name is Mickey Mouse101, and I live in Disneyland. Am I a lovable cuddly creature, or a detestable, copyright-extended, DRMed pesky little mouse?
Lindows distributes Linux, but sponsors an XBox hack, and pays license fees to SCO. Friend or freak?
Confusing, consufing...
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Some penguins even live as far north as 0 degrees. That's right on the equator.
:^) Thanks for the info...
Must be RedHot Penguins?
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I remember reading recently that penguins live even at 15 degrees South (almost the tropics)... nothing for them to get worried about.
OTOH, if Seattle gets submerged....
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If the ice melts, the volume of water generated would be less than that occupied by ice, follows that the volume of the seas should actually decrease...
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From the article:
.strong opinions... the idea of voice chat in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games..
Okay, here's the scenario:
Strong opinions: All Slashdotters have them
Voice vhat : Vow! That'd be cool over here...
Massively-multiplayer : The very definition of Slashdot.
Online role-playing: Yeah, we have the MS shills, the Apple astro-turfers, the GNU devotees, the FSF freaks, the trolls, the GNAA folks...
Let's get this chap to write Slashcode I say!
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Maybe, perhaps, I should have included this for folks like you:
:^)
Thanks... BTW, English is my second language. I hope it's not likewise with your brain
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Couldn't you just use a really bad car analogy instead
Oh.. I forgot to include this for folks like you:
include brain.h
Sorry.
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From your 'quote'
We must not judge all of a company by just part of what they do.
I think you need to thank the FSF for highlighting this fact. No one in their right minds would say Apple is doing illegal things by hiring programmers to write OSS, but the fact remains that Appleware must not be mistaken for Freeware.
If Apple were to get sidelined and their market share dwindles (I hear they have about 1.5% now, and operate in less than 6 countries), they might try to do a SCO. And then all hell breaks loose, and you'd be yelling at the FSF for not having warned you in advance.
FSF is merely cautioning folks from wrongly concluding that Appleware is Freeware. Openware maybe, but not Freeware.
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Pseudo my ass.. they say it 'qualifies as a free software license.'
:^), I'm sure if you ask Microsoft, they'd say:
Heh
WindowsXP Qualifies as an Operating System!
Good joke, thanks...
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do you honestly think charging somebody MONEY for your services/products is bad?
No, I don't. At the same time, I don't think it's wrong for people to be able to write software and give it away for free.
What Apple's trying to do is to 'appear' to be free, and make money off other's work (gratis). If Apple wants to hire some programmers, pay them money, they needen't even give the code under APSL, proprietary licensing would do. Why all this subterfuge about Open Sourcing a Freedom anyway?
Better a straight-forward Communist than a dubious devious Capitalist.
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supporting the GPL in order to destroy all commercial software vendors who don't have a hardware arm to rely on for revenues.
If (and it's a big IF) such commercial software vendors are 'destroyed' then I say, so be it. God created people with brains, not separately. The brain is useless without a body, and vice versa. It's flexible as well, we're able to imbibe new ideas without changing brains every two years.
What you're suggesting is a well-designed pseudo-free brain that gets remote-controlled. The FSF doesn't believe in this model.
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The GPL is viral exactly because the FSF is about building a power base for a political movement. Changes... to alter the GPL... would remove some of their power.
Your argument may be right, but the fact that the GPL has actually done something good for the computing world -- makes it valuable. You can change the GPL to make money AND control customers, but that'd be a one-way traffic. You can change cows to hamburgers, but not the other way round.
It's not about "free" anything. It's about Socialism, to use one of the kinder labels available.
Considering some of the fruits of capitalism -- Enron, Microsoft, SCO, R*AA, etc..; and some of 'Socialism' - GNU, Linux, FreeBSD, Dragon CPU , Socialism could actually be a Good Thing.
In fact the APSL sounds as if Apple is trying to ride the Free Software wave and make profits, with a pseudo-open-source license. Thay shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
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I mean, who is going to use the APSL on a non Apple derived product?
What about their 'Rendezvouz' specification? What about AAC, if they decide to release it under APSL? Numerous others I can think of.
Apple (and other commercial entities) need to realise they're better off supporting GPL than writing their own licenses. Else, let them fight it out with SCO, Microsoft et al, and see what market share that gets them.
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Since the alleged hack was an 'inside job' by a person who had access to the data, is it news at all? I mean, we heard recently that some Pakistani broke into Passport .Net and could reset passwords at will. That was more dangerous.
Mere access to credit card numbers and the corresponding user list does not constitute a major threat, IMO. Most credit card users are indemnified against thefts, misuse etc. The same can't be said about Hotmail hacks or even Windows hacks.
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walk through my Blue Screen of Death!
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5 MB of proper code, and
645 MB of added junk.
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If they continue developing for both platforms the quality of each will suffer.
Despite all public posturing to the contrary, Novell seems to be doing as much to Netware as AOL does to Netscape. Mozilla doesn't need AOL for survival OR growth, neither does Linux need Novell.
Methinks since SCO seems to be losing out on the extortion route, they're using their brother Novell to make money on Linux.
SCO and Novell are part of the Can-O'-Pee group.
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If the content is porn, and the price is right... wel.. Users will pay!
BTW, users will shortly pay for Service Packs from MS, apparently. Does that count for content??
Users pay to get contented, not for content actually.
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1. Offer 'free' software.
2. Get 'downloaders' to make it better.
3. Reach critical mass - a million users, say.
4. Sue them for IP violations
5. Charge them $700 for each instance
6. Profit
If all else fails, ask RIAA...
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Hemming has some interesting... about Hilary Rosen ..but without revealing too much.
Oops.. I'd like some 'revealing' stats about Rosen!
In TechTV.. they've pitted the two against each other.. Streaming video of Rosen
Sounds promising now...
Proudly Posting Without Reading The Article...
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I couldn't move a single bit of data between two WinXP Home systems sitting RIGHT NEXT to each other! The damn thing doesn't support netwroking...
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