Because you do. The GPL is a EULA, too, in the sense that 'EULA' is taken to be interchangeable with SLAs in general these days. 'EULA' as such is rarely useful as a result unless ground rules are established in the conversation defining the scope of the term.
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." -- Abraham Lincoln
Same goes for the GPL; just because people call it an EULA doesn't make it one.
I have a few RC helicopters, and there's no way I can fly a funnel, inverted or otherwise. Or some of those other tricks. Therefore, let me officially bow down to our rotary wing robotic overlords.
It's the same reason why commercial GPS shuts down above 60,000 feet or faster than [can't remember the units].
Although, oddly enough, the law is more permissive than that; the GPS can work above 60,000 feet or faster than that velocity, but not both at the same time.
Not that there aren't firmware hacks to get around that, at least for older hardware.
Ah - but do you as an individual care more if your ideas survive you, or the static strands of DNA
Neither; since the world doesn't want either one, I'm only too glad to deny it to them. I'm only sorry I don't believe in an afterlife of the sort where I'd be able to look down and laugh at the end result of policies and behaviors that result in the slick stupid people being the ones reproducing and having their ideas accepted.
Whose? It fell BEFORE the Spanish arrived. And the Mayans -- though not their civilization -- are still around.
Roman Empire - never "collapsed", became two allied states, one of which was conquered by various northern European tribes, the other survived until World War 1.
The western empire collapsed.
Somalia - civil war erupted.
Yeah, that's one of those things which happens when a civilization collapses. It can be cause or result or both.
Afghanistan - invaded
I'm referring to what happened between the time the Soviets withdrew and the Taliban took power.
There is already a well known web browser technology called "chrome". It's an integral part of Mozilla web browsing technology. Confusion in the marketplace anyone?
Never heard of it. I suspect Google's "chrome" is a reference to the term defined by the W3C -- "Any parts of the user interface that do not represent the content being edited."
One after another, we've seen companies looking to developing their own browsers, but rejecting Gecko in favor of other engines, sometimes open-source and sometimes not, even when there was every reason to go with Gecko.
Why is this?
Because it's really hard to get Gecko to work in anything BUT Firefox. Or at least that was true several years ago.
Like what if I paid into it the entire time I was working, and the government could use my money while I worked to invest it in projects that would then make my life easier once I retired?
So you're talking about investing in Treasury securities?
There's something I do that takes up a huge part of my waking life. It involves sitting in front of a computer for long stretches, doing things that, while they differ from day to day in the details, are pretty repetitive in the long run. I don't particularly like to be doing this. Yet when I couldn't do this for a time, I got anxious. Further withdrawal symptoms would have included depression, malnutrition, the loss of my house, my bank accounts, other assets, and eventually, perhaps death. Yet no one thinks I'm addicted to this activity... because it's "WORK".
There's nothing good about looking for conflict. The best path is to dodge it.
Doesn't work. Eventually you find yourself hemmed in with nowhere to dodge and no room to maneuver. Pretty much all new construction in my area sports a homeowners association, and the old stuff falls under historic restrictions (even worse). The exception is the city... where you have to deal with the city government.
Welcome to the future of law enforcement in the UK. Ignorant people who cannot join the police, wearing uniforms and taking out their inferiority complexes on people going about their lawful business.
You could wear your own uniform. Make sure it looks more impressive than theirs. If they give you trouble, order them around as if you're their superior officer. If it were the US I'd suggest a "mall security"-type uniform with the name of a nonexistent mall; I don't know the equivalent to a rent-a-cop in the UK.
Apparently they have this thing in the US called "jaywalking" where you can be shot and killed by the police for crossing the road in the wrong place. Now how crazy is *that*?
Arrant nonsense. The cops don't shoot you for jaywalking, they just run you over with the police car; it's supposed to educate the public about the dangers of jaywalking.
I told him that I'd just finished writing an enforcement system for Customs and Excise and would he like me to have them contact him to explain the situation?
Darned right. I don't much care if retailers evade some sales taxes. But they can do their own cheating; if they want me to do it they better have some way of serving my time for me if and when they get caught.
Assuming the items were legitimately confiscated (and not planted), there's a fair indication that something illegal may have been planned.
Gun: Weapon protected under the second amendment. Common item found in many households. Bow and arrow: Weapon used for hunting and target practice. Probably protected under the second amendment. Common item found in many households Throwing knives: A slightly more unusual weapon, but still legal. Assuming they were "throwing" knives in the first place, and not paring knives or something. Flammable liquids: Found in almost EVERY household. Gasoline, turpentine, paint thinner, lighter fluid, etc. Paint: Incredibly common item. I have oil paint, acrylic paint, latex paint, spray paint, and several bottles of enamel paint. Rocks: You're kidding me, right? More common than paint. Slingshots: Another common item. Buckets of urine: Oops, turned out they lied about this one. Two contained dirty water used to flush toilets (damn environmentalists, always trying to conserve water), one, which did contain plumbing, from an apartment without working plumbing.
In other words, no indication anything illegal may have been planned. Unless you think that an environmentalist who is also a weapons enthusiast is suspicious in itself.
... is the three fingers salute. A "standard mechanism allowing end users to terminate faulty operating system processes without having the possibility to save their current work".
Ok it's an easy one.
Apple has prior art -- RESET on the Apple ][, CTRL-RESET on the Apple ][+ and later Apple ][s, and CTRL/OPEN-APPLE/RESET on the Apple//e.
The only information you need to withdraw funds from a checking account is printed on every check. Getting a copy of a transaction history and planning transactions that blend well certainly will be harder.
All terrorism falls under regular law enforcement. There is no legal basis for this mysterious separation of "terrorist" from "criminal" that we see today. They're all criminals. The only time you treat people differently is when you're fighting a war against their country.
So what do you say about a terrorist act orchestrated by an organization person who has a position de-facto at least co-equal to that of the head of state of another country? Seems to me that one might be considered actual war, rather than crime. Then there's the grey areas like terrorist acts controlled by foreign organizations sponsored by and perhaps controlled by foreign states.
I feel the gag orders are necessary for actual investigations. You can't have the ISP's sending letters to subscribers all the time when they get NSL's
If the cops come to my door without any sort warrant and start asking stuff about "Joey the Nose", who is a customer of mine, I can tell them I'm not talking to them. I can then go tell Joey that the cops came to my door asking about him. If I don't know about any crime Joey committed, I'm breaking no laws by doing so.
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"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." -- Abraham Lincoln
Same goes for the GPL; just because people call it an EULA doesn't make it one.
You're welcome. I've noticed a distinct improvement in service and drop in price since you took over from the real AT&T.
And one space in the very back, not quite wide enough for a subcompact, for single childless able-bodied male drivers.
I have a few RC helicopters, and there's no way I can fly a funnel, inverted or otherwise. Or some of those other tricks. Therefore, let me officially bow down to our rotary wing robotic overlords.
Although, oddly enough, the law is more permissive than that; the GPS can work above 60,000 feet or faster than that velocity, but not both at the same time.
Not that there aren't firmware hacks to get around that, at least for older hardware.
I'm pretty sure you can buy cuddling, it's just that the price is higher. Ask Donald Trump.
Neither; since the world doesn't want either one, I'm only too glad to deny it to them. I'm only sorry I don't believe in an afterlife of the sort where I'd be able to look down and laugh at the end result of policies and behaviors that result in the slick stupid people being the ones reproducing and having their ideas accepted.
This is slashdot. Which means that a lot of those non-polys ain't mono, they're zippo.
Whose? It fell BEFORE the Spanish arrived. And the Mayans -- though not their civilization -- are still around.
The western empire collapsed.
Yeah, that's one of those things which happens when a civilization collapses. It can be cause or result or both.
I'm referring to what happened between the time the Soviets withdrew and the Taliban took power.
Never heard of it. I suspect Google's "chrome" is a reference to the term defined by the W3C -- "Any parts of the user interface that do not represent the content being edited."
Because it's really hard to get Gecko to work in anything BUT Firefox. Or at least that was true several years ago.
Except .org isn't and wasn't ever intended for the exclusive use of non-profit organizations. And you have a business without a business license.
So you're talking about investing in Treasury securities?
There's something I do that takes up a huge part of my waking life. It involves sitting in front of a computer for long stretches, doing things that, while they differ from day to day in the details, are pretty repetitive in the long run. I don't particularly like to be doing this. Yet when I couldn't do this for a time, I got anxious. Further withdrawal symptoms would have included depression, malnutrition, the loss of my house, my bank accounts, other assets, and eventually, perhaps death. Yet no one thinks I'm addicted to this activity... because it's "WORK".
Then why does management so often go out of their way to indicate that they think engineers are interchangable human resources?
Doesn't work. Eventually you find yourself hemmed in with nowhere to dodge and no room to maneuver. Pretty much all new construction in my area sports a homeowners association, and the old stuff falls under historic restrictions (even worse). The exception is the city... where you have to deal with the city government.
You could wear your own uniform. Make sure it looks more impressive than theirs. If they give you trouble, order them around as if you're their superior officer. If it were the US I'd suggest a "mall security"-type uniform with the name of a nonexistent mall; I don't know the equivalent to a rent-a-cop in the UK.
The Mayan civilization. The Roman Empire. Somalia, for a modern example. Afghanistan, for another.
Arrant nonsense. The cops don't shoot you for jaywalking, they just run you over with the police car; it's supposed to educate the public about the dangers of jaywalking.
Darned right. I don't much care if retailers evade some sales taxes. But they can do their own cheating; if they want me to do it they better have some way of serving my time for me if and when they get caught.
Gun: Weapon protected under the second amendment. Common item found in many households.
Bow and arrow: Weapon used for hunting and target practice. Probably protected under the second amendment. Common item found in many households
Throwing knives: A slightly more unusual weapon, but still legal. Assuming they were "throwing" knives in the first place, and not paring knives or something.
Flammable liquids: Found in almost EVERY household. Gasoline, turpentine, paint thinner, lighter fluid, etc.
Paint: Incredibly common item. I have oil paint, acrylic paint, latex paint, spray paint, and several bottles of enamel paint.
Rocks: You're kidding me, right? More common than paint.
Slingshots: Another common item.
Buckets of urine: Oops, turned out they lied about this one. Two contained dirty water used to flush toilets (damn environmentalists, always trying to conserve water), one, which did contain plumbing, from an apartment without working plumbing.
In other words, no indication anything illegal may have been planned. Unless you think that an environmentalist who is also a weapons enthusiast is suspicious in itself.
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Apple has prior art -- RESET on the Apple ][, CTRL-RESET on the Apple ][+ and later Apple ][s, and CTRL/OPEN-APPLE/RESET on the Apple //e.
The only information you need to withdraw funds from a checking account is printed on every check. Getting a copy of a transaction history and planning transactions that blend well certainly will be harder.
So what do you say about a terrorist act orchestrated by an organization person who has a position de-facto at least co-equal to that of the head of state of another country? Seems to me that one might be considered actual war, rather than crime. Then there's the grey areas like terrorist acts controlled by foreign organizations sponsored by and perhaps controlled by foreign states.
If the cops come to my door without any sort warrant and start asking stuff about "Joey the Nose", who is a customer of mine, I can tell them I'm not talking to them. I can then go tell Joey that the cops came to my door asking about him. If I don't know about any crime Joey committed, I'm breaking no laws by doing so.
Why should it be any different "on the Internet"?