I know plenty of people (myself included) that used windows 2k because it was included on the new computer that they bought (I wouldn't have bought it if it was running 98). I don't know of anyone that went out and bought a copy of 2K and upgraded from 98, but I don't know of anyone that's done that since 3.0 --> 95.
The lady was using eDonkey or whatever. The RIAA downloaded 11 songs from her and filed a lawsuit.
They have a screenshot showing that she was sharing 27 songs and want all them included in their lawsuit, even though they didn't actually download/verify 16 of the songs. That's my understanding, at least.
The open registration uses the facebook infrastructure, but is in a completely different, walled off partition than the existing college user space facebook.
Orkut has a closed registration system and nobody gives a shit about them. There are obviously other factors involved.
VA Linux faced a NASDAQ delisting in 2001, due to their penny-stock status (3 months of a closing price under $1.00 leads to delisting). NASDAQ gave everybody a 3-month repreive following the 9/11 bombings, by which time they managed lay off most of their employees, stop hemoraging cash, and escape delisting.
Oddly enough, that wasn't "news for nerds" or "stuff that matters" -- it was -1 troll. I wonder if it still is:)
Interesting. the GNU RCS code is kind of an ugly mess (one reason it's stagnated, one reason it's had so many vulnerabilities). For local stuff, RCS is nice and simple, but I don't know why anyone would use CVS when much better alternatives now exist.
I know postgresql at one point unintentionally used one of IBM's patents. They removed/rewrote the code though, since they use the BSD license. Using IBM's patent would prevent people from close-sourcing it without negotiating a license from IBM.
Tail recursion is no more expensive than iteration. Using scheme or lisp, it is much easier to mathematically prove your code correct. Infinite loop == shitty programmer.
IIRC, unofficial numbers from iTMS indicate they only keep $0.25-0.30 per song sold. Napster has the subscription model, but most likely the expenses are similar. Result: $100 million in revenue is probably closer to $25 million.
Throw in bandwidth, employees, and adverstising (Apple advertises the iPod, but that has a comfortable profit margin. I don't think I've ever seen an ad for iTMS specifically). That's not much room for profit.
Slashdot users are pretty adept at spotting slashvertisements and astrotrufing (better than the slashdot editors, it would seem. Did anyone think "lonelygirl15" was real?
And the largest disadvantage to a "for-profit charity?" Your donations are NOT tax deductible.
You and I aren't going to be donating money, google.com is ($1 billion in seed money). Since google.org is a child company of google.com, their accountants and lawyers can futz with it to minimize any tax implications.
If Microsoft (or International Chess University) stole GPL code, would you be saying the same thing? Maybe Universal is being an asshole here, but it's their right to do so.
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I know plenty of people (myself included) that used windows 2k because it was included on the new computer that they bought (I wouldn't have bought it if it was running 98). I don't know of anyone that went out and bought a copy of 2K and upgraded from 98, but I don't know of anyone that's done that since 3.0 --> 95.
The judge doesn't get to choose who to believe
They do when it's a judgement.
The lady was using eDonkey or whatever. The RIAA downloaded 11 songs from her and filed a lawsuit. They have a screenshot showing that she was sharing 27 songs and want all them included in their lawsuit, even though they didn't actually download/verify 16 of the songs. That's my understanding, at least.
if he was masturbating and his cock also exploded?
nice try, asshat, but the correct symbol is HPQ. In the last year, they've gone from $28 to $35.
of course you can do it for fun. But there's nothing new about it.
don't forget the css that specifies everything in pixels. Or the 13 tables on the front page being used for layout.
so the difference is... you don't have a plan to make money. (hoping yahoo buys you out is very much web 1.0).
A better approach would be to fork FreeBSD and place it under a GPL v3 (or later) license.
they're not buying the code and rackspace needed to host it, they're buying the users and brand name.
The open registration uses the facebook infrastructure, but is in a completely different, walled off partition than the existing college user space facebook.
Orkut has a closed registration system and nobody gives a shit about them. There are obviously other factors involved.
Did you learn anything from the failure of bounty quest?
VA Linux faced a NASDAQ delisting in 2001, due to their penny-stock status (3 months of a closing price under $1.00 leads to delisting). NASDAQ gave everybody a 3-month repreive following the 9/11 bombings, by which time they managed lay off most of their employees, stop hemoraging cash, and escape delisting.
Oddly enough, that wasn't "news for nerds" or "stuff that matters" -- it was -1 troll. I wonder if it still is :)
They don't include 'dead' topics like geeks in space or apache, but BSD gets more action than backslash
GNU RCS has been replaced with OpenRCS.
Interesting. the GNU RCS code is kind of an ugly mess (one reason it's stagnated, one reason it's had so many vulnerabilities). For local stuff, RCS is nice and simple, but I don't know why anyone would use CVS when much better alternatives now exist.
I know postgresql at one point unintentionally used one of IBM's patents. They removed/rewrote the code though, since they use the BSD license. Using IBM's patent would prevent people from close-sourcing it without negotiating a license from IBM.
*sniff* *sniff* smells like troll spirit...
Tail recursion is no more expensive than iteration. Using scheme or lisp, it is much easier to mathematically prove your code correct. Infinite loop == shitty programmer.
Throw in bandwidth, employees, and adverstising (Apple advertises the iPod, but that has a comfortable profit margin. I don't think I've ever seen an ad for iTMS specifically). That's not much room for profit.
My $0.02.
it's Moelenaar. (Actually, it should be a umulated o, but slashdot won't let me type one in).
Theres two pictures proving the computer was up to date with all patches, then a picture of a console window with some gibberish.
I wonder if Keith Dawson's only purpose in lifes it to make Zonk look competent.
Slashdot users are pretty adept at spotting slashvertisements and astrotrufing (better than the slashdot editors, it would seem. Did anyone think "lonelygirl15" was real?
Actually, their founders use this, which gets 0.3 mpg.
And the largest disadvantage to a "for-profit charity?" Your donations are NOT tax deductible.
You and I aren't going to be donating money, google.com is ($1 billion in seed money). Since google.org is a child company of google.com, their accountants and lawyers can futz with it to minimize any tax implications.
Next up: Why Zonk Can't Edit.
If Microsoft (or International Chess University) stole GPL code, would you be saying the same thing? Maybe Universal is being an asshole here, but it's their right to do so.