You sound like you're in high school, kid. How come your site "nickstallman.net" redirects to a site dedicated to cheating at some game called Runescape? Your code might be "truely" amazing to your fellow 15 year old gamers, but let's get real here.
Actually, Canada has some of the lowest corporate taxes in the western world, along with Sweden (yes, Sweden). Our high prices are a bit mysterious for sure, but it's probably due to a combination of "shipping costs" and a basic lack of competition.
Yeah, fair enough. I was just explaining the current situation, not offering a smarter way to do it. I'm not a Windows user either, and I'm well aware of better file management strategies;)
It's not Explorer's fault. From what I recall, you can't delete a file off an NTFS volume if a program has opened it with exclusive (ie not shared) access.
Kate is good, though - I actually run it on OS X under X.
Speaking of Smultron, can you tell me how to get it to not jump the cursor halfway up the screen when you scroll down and the cursor hits the bottom of the current screen of text? Very annoying.
What? Only the gui layers are closed, and open source had zero to do with their development. You have access to all the other source - the kernel, BSD userland, all the various services (including ones written by Apple, like launchd), etc. You have no idea what you're talking about. How old are you?
Ha, I own one for that exact reason: it's the best machine for me, a non-Windows, Java/Python/C programmer, that I've found. To each their own, I guess.
Your comment is senseless kneejerking. I never said that geothermal is an invalid form of energy production. I just wondered if it was viable in all circumstances. I don't know very much about it.
Do you have a link to show that geothermal is viable in areas that don't have a lot of geological activity? Say, Saskatchewan? So far as I know, it isn't, but maybe there's some recent research I'm unaware of.
Yeah, I never used a Mac before OS X, but I believe you. Don't forget that the Java that gets shipped with OS X is Apple's, not the BSD one. And anyway, with the GPL'd Java, all those half-baked free alternatives (Blackdown, etc.) will hopefully bite the dust, and the cross-platform thing won't matter as much.
As far as the actual development goes, though, IDEA + vim + Quicksilver (which is unique to OS X) + Umbrello (soon to run natively, rather than under X) + iTerm + Parallels (for when I have to deploy to a Linux server, usually RHEL) = development nirvana.
How is OS X lacking in Java development? A part of my bread and butter is enterprise Java stuff, and I do it all on a MacBook. What am I missing exactly?
For years, it was impossible to develop with Java on Linux because all of the implementations sucked so badly. OS X made Java development on a Unix box bearable (note that I'm not a huge Java fan, but whatever, it pays the bills).
As for the mouse thing, the OS supports multiple buttons, so I just use my Microsoft mouse. I'm not sure if I've ever even used an Apple one, as this MacBook is my first Apple.
That's what I meant...sorry, I obviously wasn't clear. Novelists write with the hopes of future earnings. The other guy said novelists should write because someone pays them ahead of time, but forego future earnings. As you noted, novelists don't get paid ahead of time. So the net effect is to write for free (a bit tongue in cheek, I know).
Well, your approach to novels is certainly...novel. I can't see it working though, as there is no incentive to write books essentially for free (you don't get paid ahead of time for writing one).
As for the code example...decompile it and reimplement?? That is the most hilarious thing I've heard all day. Have you ever written software? So some company takes Asterisk, closes it, and adds a bunch of stuff. I'm going to decompile it and figure out what they did? Are you daft?
The "write free stuff, get paid for support" model works in certain limited cases only, normally enterprise stuff. How would it work for games, for example?
I really get the feeling you guys have never actually created anything of value, particularly GPL'd software.
Who said anything about selling them? I'm only talking about the exclusivity of distribution. Without that sales is not an issue. You will make money when somebody asks you to produce more of what they like. That's how it works for me, and most everybody else. Again: without copyright, what is to prevent someone from printing 100,000 copies of my book and selling them without me making a dime? You seem to be sidestepping this question.
GPL? Public domain will insure it stays open and distributable. No, it doesn't. A company could take my code, close it up, and use it, which would be against my wishes. The GPL protects me from that.
That doesn't stop you from attaching your name as the creator. In that manner copyright can be useful as a registrar of such things. GPL was created to prevent "normal" copyright from closing it and possibly prevent you from using your own creation. That is something that the present system allows if the other guy files first. Listen, there are many people who say it more eloquently than I can. Feel free to look them up. Yeah, there must be, because what you're writing is senseless. Now you're saying copyright is okay (compared to earlier posts where you say it must be abolished entirely). And what's this about preventing me from using my own creation if the other guy files first? Files what? If I write code and want it to stay open, as I have when contributing to projects from Asterisk to KDE, then the GPL protects me. No one can "file first" and prevent that. Are you confusing copyrights with patents? It sounds like it to me.
Okay, so you'd feel okay about printing 100,000 copies of my novel and selling them and not giving me anything for them? That seems silly.
How is the existence of the GPL only necessary because of copyright? I don't get it. If I write some code and I want it to stay open, because it is attributable to me, I use the GPL. How would abolishing copyright keep my code open? Am I missing something obvious here?
Or rather, a beginning to the reformation of copyright law, as copyright is necessary. The GPL is a copyright license, for example. Or let's say I wrote a novel - I would be pissed to see it on sale as with my name crossed out and "iminplaya" pencilled in instead.
Yeah, I know. My quote refers to the "major challenger" part. There's infinitely more (well, not really, but close) Java deployed on enterprise Linux servers than.Net/Mono, free or not. I'm not sure what the "challenge" is. Obviously, a GPL'd Java is a good thing, but how that will help Java meet this "challenge" that doesn't exist mystifies me.
Didn't the earlier iPods also run something by a company called Pixo? I seem to recall that. Perhaps the very latest iPods run some kind of stripped-down OS X.
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You sound like you're in high school, kid. How come your site "nickstallman.net" redirects to a site dedicated to cheating at some game called Runescape? Your code might be "truely" amazing to your fellow 15 year old gamers, but let's get real here.
Evolution isn't theoretical science. It is the underpinning of all of modern biology. That's why it's important.
Very true. Rails has deployment issues. See here, and especially read the comments: http://www.rubyinside.com/no-true-mod_ruby-is-damaging-rubys-viability-on-the-web-693.html
I'll second the good words for Django. Never used the others, but Django is just great.
Actually, Canada has some of the lowest corporate taxes in the western world, along with Sweden (yes, Sweden). Our high prices are a bit mysterious for sure, but it's probably due to a combination of "shipping costs" and a basic lack of competition.
Yeah, fair enough. I was just explaining the current situation, not offering a smarter way to do it. I'm not a Windows user either, and I'm well aware of better file management strategies ;)
Woah, I'm not defending Explorer - I'm not even a Windows user. I'm just explaining how NTFS works, that's all ;)
It's not Explorer's fault. From what I recall, you can't delete a file off an NTFS volume if a program has opened it with exclusive (ie not shared) access.
I'll give TextWrangler a shot. Thanks for the help.
Kate is good, though - I actually run it on OS X under X.
Speaking of Smultron, can you tell me how to get it to not jump the cursor halfway up the screen when you scroll down and the cursor hits the bottom of the current screen of text? Very annoying.
What? Only the gui layers are closed, and open source had zero to do with their development. You have access to all the other source - the kernel, BSD userland, all the various services (including ones written by Apple, like launchd), etc. You have no idea what you're talking about. How old are you?
Ha, I own one for that exact reason: it's the best machine for me, a non-Windows, Java/Python/C programmer, that I've found. To each their own, I guess.
Your comment is senseless kneejerking. I never said that geothermal is an invalid form of energy production. I just wondered if it was viable in all circumstances. I don't know very much about it.
Do you have a link to show that geothermal is viable in areas that don't have a lot of geological activity? Say, Saskatchewan? So far as I know, it isn't, but maybe there's some recent research I'm unaware of.
Yeah, I never used a Mac before OS X, but I believe you. Don't forget that the Java that gets shipped with OS X is Apple's, not the BSD one. And anyway, with the GPL'd Java, all those half-baked free alternatives (Blackdown, etc.) will hopefully bite the dust, and the cross-platform thing won't matter as much.
As far as the actual development goes, though, IDEA + vim + Quicksilver (which is unique to OS X) + Umbrello (soon to run natively, rather than under X) + iTerm + Parallels (for when I have to deploy to a Linux server, usually RHEL) = development nirvana.
How is OS X lacking in Java development? A part of my bread and butter is enterprise Java stuff, and I do it all on a MacBook. What am I missing exactly?
For years, it was impossible to develop with Java on Linux because all of the implementations sucked so badly. OS X made Java development on a Unix box bearable (note that I'm not a huge Java fan, but whatever, it pays the bills).
As for the mouse thing, the OS supports multiple buttons, so I just use my Microsoft mouse. I'm not sure if I've ever even used an Apple one, as this MacBook is my first Apple.
That's what I meant...sorry, I obviously wasn't clear. Novelists write with the hopes of future earnings. The other guy said novelists should write because someone pays them ahead of time, but forego future earnings. As you noted, novelists don't get paid ahead of time. So the net effect is to write for free (a bit tongue in cheek, I know).
Well, your approach to novels is certainly...novel. I can't see it working though, as there is no incentive to write books essentially for free (you don't get paid ahead of time for writing one).
As for the code example...decompile it and reimplement?? That is the most hilarious thing I've heard all day. Have you ever written software? So some company takes Asterisk, closes it, and adds a bunch of stuff. I'm going to decompile it and figure out what they did? Are you daft?
The "write free stuff, get paid for support" model works in certain limited cases only, normally enterprise stuff. How would it work for games, for example?
I really get the feeling you guys have never actually created anything of value, particularly GPL'd software.
Okay, so you'd feel okay about printing 100,000 copies of my novel and selling them and not giving me anything for them? That seems silly.
How is the existence of the GPL only necessary because of copyright? I don't get it. If I write some code and I want it to stay open, because it is attributable to me, I use the GPL. How would abolishing copyright keep my code open? Am I missing something obvious here?
Or rather, a beginning to the reformation of copyright law, as copyright is necessary. The GPL is a copyright license, for example. Or let's say I wrote a novel - I would be pissed to see it on sale as with my name crossed out and "iminplaya" pencilled in instead.
Yeah, I know. My quote refers to the "major challenger" part. There's infinitely more (well, not really, but close) Java deployed on enterprise Linux servers than .Net/Mono, free or not. I'm not sure what the "challenge" is. Obviously, a GPL'd Java is a good thing, but how that will help Java meet this "challenge" that doesn't exist mystifies me.
"Then we'll see if Java can become a major challenger to .NET and Mono."
Huh?
Didn't the earlier iPods also run something by a company called Pixo? I seem to recall that. Perhaps the very latest iPods run some kind of stripped-down OS X.
Also, the Wii does NOT run on Linux.
Unfortunately, everyone I know who has bought one (around five people) has installed XP on it. I'd guess lots of others are doing the same.