He isn't confusing. He wrote code. He wants people to be able to do whatever they want with that code, so long as they keep the source available. That is pretty simple, and the GPLv2 meets his wants.
Some people write some code, and they want people to be able to do whatever they want with that code, so they put it in the public domain.
Some people write some code, and they want people to be able to modify and run the code, so long as they keep the code available and don't restrict others from using modified versions of that code on the hardware that they sell, so they will use GPLv3.
Linus is concerned with control of the code. The GPLv3 guys are concerned with control of the hardware that the code runs on.
* Firefix will not adhere to it on principle, but there will be 17 plugins that claim to, 3 of which actually work. * Konqueror will support it, but 90% of the ads won't show because KHTML properly handles CSS errors but the authors assume a laxer CSS parser. There will be an option to turn it off. * Opera will not support it because the users don't want it. * Internet Explorer will claim to support, but there will be the usual embrace, extend, extinguish, and all ads will be replaced with MSN ads. * Lynx will put a note in the man page that the next version of Lynx will support frames.
I downloaded the QEMU image and converted it to VMWare and ran two copies, which I named Tom and Dick. There are some neat ideas. Tom opens the web browser and goes to slashdot.org. Tom shares the web browser. Dick looks at the neighborhood view and sees Tom with a shared web browser. Dick clicks on Tom's web browser. It opens up to . . . google. What happened to slashdot? Tom is still looking at slashdot. Tom closes the browser. Dick is still looking at google. Tom looks at the neighborhood view and sees Dick looking at his web browser still, so he clicks on it and gets slashdot. Dick can't close it. Tom can close it, but Dick is still looking at it. Ok, switch to console, killall -HUP sugar-shell. Now it behaves like it should. It is really pretty neat when it works.
I guess this is pretty typical of how computers work. Throw 'em in the water, they'll learn to swim. Hopefully somebody was taught how to use ps, grep, and kill.
Honda, even with their plants in the US, aren't supporting the old union contracts and pensions that Ford and GM are.
Civics and Accords are not balanced. They are not nice to drive. My 20 year old BMW 325 beater is a more enjoyable, more balanced car than newer Hondas. I will give credit to Subaru though, their Legacy is very nice. The difference is that some cars feel like they are meant to be driven, other just don't feel. Yes, it is largely personal preference, but everybody I know who likes to drive have similar preferences.
Ford is screwed. They can't make money building Accord and Civic knockoffs. The profit margins are too low. Honda and Toyota can do it because they have much lower labor and insurance costs. The Big 3 can't; their expenses are too high. They have to make high profit margin cars. There are three proven markets for that: 1) Huge ugly trucks. Ford's bread and butter. 2) Exotics. Ford has, and still can, build a GT[40] that will compete with Porsches and Ferarris. But they don't have the beauty of the Porsches and Ferraris. There _is_ a substitution for cubic money, its called soul. 3) Luxery Sport. For whatever reason, Lincoln and Cadillac just don't seem to be able to find a good balance of power, handling, comfort, and style like BMW and Mercedes Benz have.
There is another problem: it is the American car buyers. They don't want a simple, balanced, efficient car. They won't buy them. That is why you can't get a BMW 318i here anymore, and never could get a 316 or a 1 series or an Audi A3.
Say, for example, that somebody gets the Supreme Court to decide that only well regulated militias have the right to arms, and then to interpret "regulated" to mean federally regulated. Would that mean that cops can no longer carry guns?
I wonder if the national organization with which I participate in Civil War re-enactments counts as a well regulated militia? If so, can I carry my (replica) 1853 Colt revolver?
Develop on Safari or Konqueror. I have had to fix sites that were written by professionals who develop on Firefox, but used invalid CSS that Firefox and IE handled gracefully, but incorrectly.
"requiring a little stretch of the thumb for every left click" On my ThinkPad, I can hit the the left mouse button with a 1/2" movement of my left thumb, the right mouse button with a 1/2" movement of my right thumb, the middle with a 3/4" movement of either thumb, and comfortably hit the trackpoint with either index finger, all without taking my fingers off the home row. I have always found Apple's mouse button placement awkward.
Many people use their laptops in places not condusive to using a separate mouse. Not having three mouse buttons and a track point is a major reason not to get one.
It is not because Americans were more economically or environmentally conscious. It is because they bought GPS navigation systems and took better routes.
"and let me add that 'quitting because of a moral choice' doesn't look good on a resume or in an interview if the topic is as tame as soft porn."
It would look good if I were considering hiring you. If you refuse to do unethical things that your boss tells you to do, I can be pretty sure you won't do similar unethical things on your own.
What does religion have anything to do with setting up a wireless network?!
I am a Christian. I work with a Muslim and a Hindu. Any of the three of us will help you set up your wireless network. None of us are planning on blowing anything up, save maybe lightbulbs in our microwave ovens.
The company I work for has had a lot of success with XML, and are planning to move the internal data structure for our application from maps to XML. There is one simple reason for our sucess with it: XSLT. A customer asks for output in a specific format? Write a template. Want to display the data on a web page? Write a template that converts to HTML. Want to print to PDF? Write a template that converts to XSL, and use one of many available XSL->PDF processors. Want to use PDF forms to input data? Write a template to convert XFDF to our format. Want to import data from a competitor and steal their customer? You get the picture.
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He isn't confusing. He wrote code. He wants people to be able to do whatever they want with that code, so long as they keep the source available. That is pretty simple, and the GPLv2 meets his wants.
Some people write some code, and they want people to be able to do whatever they want with that code, so they put it in the public domain.
Some people write some code, and they want people to be able to modify and run the code, so long as they keep the code available and don't restrict others from using modified versions of that code on the hardware that they sell, so they will use GPLv3.
Linus is concerned with control of the code. The GPLv3 guys are concerned with control of the hardware that the code runs on.
Headline: "Submitting Federal Proposals Requires Windows" .They do have a Citrix substitute for non-Windows users. . ."
Blurb: ". .
So. . . you don't actually have to use Windows?
If enough people subscribe to Slashdot, will they hire a real editor?
The Real Time Zone. Pacific Time. The default time zone of Windows.
In many places in the US, it is legal for women to go topless. But it is still illegal to televise it.
* Firefix will not adhere to it on principle, but there will be 17 plugins that claim to, 3 of which actually work.
* Konqueror will support it, but 90% of the ads won't show because KHTML properly handles CSS errors but the authors assume a laxer CSS parser. There will be an option to turn it off.
* Opera will not support it because the users don't want it.
* Internet Explorer will claim to support, but there will be the usual embrace, extend, extinguish, and all ads will be replaced with MSN ads.
* Lynx will put a note in the man page that the next version of Lynx will support frames.
The cursed back button. Arch enemy of every web application developer and user.
How was it your browser's fault and not your own? What browser were you using?
I think my driver's ed teacher was about to demonstrate safe following distances, but then his phone rang so he took the call.
I downloaded the QEMU image and converted it to VMWare and ran two copies, which I named Tom and Dick. There are some neat ideas. Tom opens the web browser and goes to slashdot.org. Tom shares the web browser. Dick looks at the neighborhood view and sees Tom with a shared web browser. Dick clicks on Tom's web browser. It opens up to . . . google. What happened to slashdot? Tom is still looking at slashdot. Tom closes the browser. Dick is still looking at google. Tom looks at the neighborhood view and sees Dick looking at his web browser still, so he clicks on it and gets slashdot. Dick can't close it. Tom can close it, but Dick is still looking at it. Ok, switch to console, killall -HUP sugar-shell. Now it behaves like it should. It is really pretty neat when it works.
I guess this is pretty typical of how computers work. Throw 'em in the water, they'll learn to swim. Hopefully somebody was taught how to use ps, grep, and kill.
Ok, so the o/s won't let me read the memory. If I run a TC o/s in a virtual machine, I can read it, no?
Honda, even with their plants in the US, aren't supporting the old union contracts and pensions that Ford and GM are.
Civics and Accords are not balanced. They are not nice to drive. My 20 year old BMW 325 beater is a more enjoyable, more balanced car than newer Hondas. I will give credit to Subaru though, their Legacy is very nice. The difference is that some cars feel like they are meant to be driven, other just don't feel. Yes, it is largely personal preference, but everybody I know who likes to drive have similar preferences.
Ford is screwed. They can't make money building Accord and Civic knockoffs. The profit margins are too low. Honda and Toyota can do it because they have much lower labor and insurance costs. The Big 3 can't; their expenses are too high. They have to make high profit margin cars. There are three proven markets for that: 1) Huge ugly trucks. Ford's bread and butter. 2) Exotics. Ford has, and still can, build a GT[40] that will compete with Porsches and Ferarris. But they don't have the beauty of the Porsches and Ferraris. There _is_ a substitution for cubic money, its called soul. 3) Luxery Sport. For whatever reason, Lincoln and Cadillac just don't seem to be able to find a good balance of power, handling, comfort, and style like BMW and Mercedes Benz have.
There is another problem: it is the American car buyers. They don't want a simple, balanced, efficient car. They won't buy them. That is why you can't get a BMW 318i here anymore, and never could get a 316 or a 1 series or an Audi A3.
Most intelligent people are leaning a little far outside of the mainstream on many issues. What makes you think the mainstream is not the problem?
Say, for example, that somebody gets the Supreme Court to decide that only well regulated militias have the right to arms, and then to interpret "regulated" to mean federally regulated. Would that mean that cops can no longer carry guns?
I wonder if the national organization with which I participate in Civil War re-enactments counts as a well regulated militia? If so, can I carry my (replica) 1853 Colt revolver?
Develop on Safari or Konqueror. I have had to fix sites that were written by professionals who develop on Firefox, but used invalid CSS that Firefox and IE handled gracefully, but incorrectly.
"requiring a little stretch of the thumb for every left click"
On my ThinkPad, I can hit the the left mouse button with a 1/2" movement of my left thumb, the right mouse button with a 1/2" movement of my right thumb, the middle with a 3/4" movement of either thumb, and comfortably hit the trackpoint with either index finger, all without taking my fingers off the home row. I have always found Apple's mouse button placement awkward.
Many people use their laptops in places not condusive to using a separate mouse. Not having three mouse buttons and a track point is a major reason not to get one.
It is not because Americans were more economically or environmentally conscious. It is because they bought GPS navigation systems and took better routes.
"and let me add that 'quitting because of a moral choice' doesn't look good on a resume or in an interview if the topic is as tame as soft porn."
It would look good if I were considering hiring you. If you refuse to do unethical things that your boss tells you to do, I can be pretty sure you won't do similar unethical things on your own.
People actually let their browsers remember their passwords? I have never trusted my browser that much.
Which will be replaced in turn by mainframes.
I'm not kidding. Web 4.0 will be X12.
What does religion have anything to do with setting up a wireless network?!
I am a Christian. I work with a Muslim and a Hindu. Any of the three of us will help you set up your wireless network. None of us are planning on blowing anything up, save maybe lightbulbs in our microwave ovens.
Draconian refers to overly strict punishment, not to what is restricted. Restrictions are not draconian, penalties are draconian.
The company I work for has had a lot of success with XML, and are planning to move the internal data structure for our application from maps to XML. There is one simple reason for our sucess with it: XSLT. A customer asks for output in a specific format? Write a template. Want to display the data on a web page? Write a template that converts to HTML. Want to print to PDF? Write a template that converts to XSL, and use one of many available XSL->PDF processors. Want to use PDF forms to input data? Write a template to convert XFDF to our format. Want to import data from a competitor and steal their customer? You get the picture.