Of course. I was suggesting that In Addition to the legalese there should be equivalent Plain Language (sort of an outline?).
Ahh, just read your "In other words"...yes, it would indeed be tricky to implement. IANAL - but my brother is and I lived with him and two other law students for 3 years - does osmosis count?
I agree, but the remaining problem is that the language seems designed to discourage people from reading it. I think a better law would to be to require a Plain Language Summary of the EULA that must substantially reflect all that legal crap. I can't imagine anything in there that can't be summarized like "we have the right to check your compliance with our license." or some-such. Then go ahead and follow it with the legalese if you need to.
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That's pier, not bridge. A long walk off a short bridge puts you on the other side of the river or whatever.
Clearly, Linus' personality is strong enough that he will tell everyone to go screw if he finds that BK isn't cutting it for him. I'm guessing that he has agreed that there is a problem. I applaud the idea that he is trying this despite his long and loud protests in the past.
__________ is to ____________
Fill in the blanks with Your Native Language and Your Favorite Programming Language.
English is a rich language (that has borrowed/stolen from many others) and you can say a lot with it. It doesn't necessarily have to be consistent or easy. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
Hey, thought I'd let you all know that MacSlash has as story where someone found the Draft iMac Service Manual (PDF) and has posted it. Looks really interesting, especially the Thermal Paste issues and the Faraday Cage. Lots if Pictures for the textually impaired.
AmigaDE should be Cool. It includes technology from the Tao Group called Intent. I'm not up on all the recent details, but originally this was a system that ran a small (~8KB) VM on each CPU and could translate from their byte-code system to native during the time it took to transfer the byte-code from: HDD, Network, or another CPU. Translation - you could run the same software on multiple CPUs OF DIFFERENT TYPES! On the same bus no less. Check out the Tao Group
In case you didn't notice, that was a quote from the Matrix. It didn't really need such a detailed reply - although it is my (and I guess a lot of people's) favorite quote therefrom.
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...don't leave out the Rosecrusians! (sp?)
OK, I agree completely, but Why? Why here, why like that?
Of course. I was suggesting that In Addition to the legalese there should be equivalent Plain Language (sort of an outline?). Ahh, just read your "In other words"...yes, it would indeed be tricky to implement. IANAL - but my brother is and I lived with him and two other law students for 3 years - does osmosis count?
I agree, but the remaining problem is that the language seems designed to discourage people from reading it. I think a better law would to be to require a Plain Language Summary of the EULA that must substantially reflect all that legal crap. I can't imagine anything in there that can't be summarized like "we have the right to check your compliance with our license." or some-such. Then go ahead and follow it with the legalese if you need to.
OT Warning That's pier, not bridge. A long walk off a short bridge puts you on the other side of the river or whatever. Clearly, Linus' personality is strong enough that he will tell everyone to go screw if he finds that BK isn't cutting it for him. I'm guessing that he has agreed that there is a problem. I applaud the idea that he is trying this despite his long and loud protests in the past.
"Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!" post!
__________ is to ____________ Fill in the blanks with Your Native Language and Your Favorite Programming Language. English is a rich language (that has borrowed/stolen from many others) and you can say a lot with it. It doesn't necessarily have to be consistent or easy. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
All of them. How many have you pressed?
the Full line of W&G clothing. I mean, people do wear more than just shorts. I think the fashion potential here is fantastic.
Hey, thought I'd let you all know that MacSlash has as story where someone found the Draft iMac Service Manual (PDF) and has posted it. Looks really interesting, especially the Thermal Paste issues and the Faraday Cage. Lots if Pictures for the textually impaired.
Yeah, I knew that. Just making sure you were paying attention. ;-)
AmigaDE should be Cool. It includes technology from the Tao Group called Intent. I'm not up on all the recent details, but originally this was a system that ran a small (~8KB) VM on each CPU and could translate from their byte-code system to native during the time it took to transfer the byte-code from: HDD, Network, or another CPU. Translation - you could run the same software on multiple CPUs OF DIFFERENT TYPES! On the same bus no less. Check out the Tao Group
I'm still waiting for those properly conducted and documented double blind listening tests....
Don't you mean double deaf listening tests...?
Ditto. I have the same setup. Clean, Fast, simple...Did I say Fast already?
In case you didn't notice, that was a quote from the Matrix. It didn't really need such a detailed reply - although it is my (and I guess a lot of people's) favorite quote therefrom.
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