Ahh, is that similar to the one where hardware companies make use of GPL code and then release their derivative code that is useless on anything other than their hardware?
That's a great use of GPL.
I guess the BIG question is; can the resulting boxes can be mod'ed to run Windows XP?;-)
Well said. I also especially enjoy spending quality Farscape time looking for leftover files conveniently organised by publisher name. They are arrogant morons, plain and simple.
From what you said you don't need an uninstaller - just delete the folder. In fact, you don't even need a folder because your application can actually *live* in the start menu, and thus your users can just delete the start menu icon and your application is gone.
Too simple? Make your users lives much easier by adding an "uninstall" option to your "file" menu - from the sounds of it it will be the most used feature...perhaps a toolbar button would be best.
(no, I'm not seriously suggesting any of these things. Adding an entry to the registry is childs play. Stop dragging your heals for the sake of it and get with the programme, stop trying to reinvent the wheel coz your square one is no improvment.)
"See, we were right all along, all the fossile fuels we've burned haven't had any effect on the climate."
Of course not directly. But because we've burnt all that coal and oil the earth is now lighter and is slowly spiraling in towards the sun.
Pretty soon a manned mission to mars won't be much more difficult than getting to the moon...and it might make for a handy stopping off point for those that don't wish to burn in enternal damnation.
We did it, but in an entirely new and creative way.;-)
Um, oh, okay. So your poll shows one thing and another poll shows something completely different. That's fine because the newspapers and 24/7 news channels etc. all have different audiences with different needs and different world views.
The true test came with the debate in the commons when the representatives of the people voted. I think it's worth remembering that many of these people can be voted out themselves very easily so it's in their interests to be representative.
Say what you will but the current UK government got the support they needed as the amendment was squashed and the decision to attack iraq was passed.
Looks like support to me.
So some people resigned. Good, I'm glad they felt compelled and strong willed enough to take such a bold decision and I would have been disappointed otherwise. Their action just goes to show how serious the issue and the debate were and WHY the result is so clear.
Anyway, this is just "serious consequences" (talk my friend, just talk) now as the war is in full swing.
"...plus the UK and Australia, who have yet to defy the US. None of these administrations have popular support at home"
What? The UK is behind the action in Iraq. The UK government, and the government opposition, is fully supportive of the armed forces and the decision to take action. This was clearly demonstrated in the recent commons debate.
Yes of course there are demonstrators against the action in Iraq but they do not in any way form the majority, or even close to the majority.
The UK government has put forward a compelling and intelligent case for this war and has won the hearts and minds of the nation because of it.
Read what you will but you cannot claim the UK government does not have support at home for the action.
I can't be specific about the tools and blah I tried but the experience has left a lasting impression; Slow, unhelpful and cumbersome.
I plan to have another look in the very near future but I suspect I've been spoilt by MS Developer Studio and my Universal subscription;-)
What would be truly cool would be an integrated dev. toolset (like devstudio) that allowed me to develop software for both Linux and Windows - anyone know of such a tool, either free or commercial?
Human nature I guess. Some people that have a problem assume that in solving their problem they will have to (argue) discuss it with someone more knowledgeable than themselves.
Their stance is one of defence because they have already tried everything, at least from their perspective, that is in their power. So they mostly start agressively.
Not everyone opens a support query like this but I've seen my fair share. It's entirely possible to turn it around and transform them into a happy customer once more but it does require patience.
The threats piss me off more than anything else; "fix this or I'll use [alternatives, legal action, tell everyone I know that you are crap])". People that threaten this type of thing should be aware that instantly promote themselves to the bottom of the queue.
When replying to bug reports or support queries the hardest part is to avoid patronising the other person. The trouble is that everyone has different abilities so a clean/terse reply to one person is outright rude to another, a long winded assume-nothing reply is patronisingly offensive to some yet informative and helpful to another.
I should add that I have found this to be true for both open source projects and commercial (I do both).
My ultimate get out; I write software, everyone knows that's my job. Hardware? Configuring operating systems? Um, no. If I didn't write it I can't comment on it. It's harsh I know but it works.
Also, should you venture outside and actually meet people NEVER tell them what you do...they all have computer problems in some aspect of their lives and they are only too happy to discuss them. Tell them you design the patterns of holes on Digestive biscuits - but do some research;-)
If the terms and conditions that AA has granted prohibit the Farechaser "use" then what is there to discuss.
It's not even a complex idea. You can view the AA web site so long as you don't take any of the information (using a screen scraper) to republish elsewhere. That's the deal. Don't like it? Go elsewhere, your freedom of choice hasn't been affected.
The collection of the information is not the problem. The problem, as you describe, is peoples use of it.
The problem is one of "use" not of collection. I don't worry about my web browsing or TV habits being collected but, as you say, what will be done with the information? Afterall, one day the mere act of reading slashdot may be viewed as a 'worrying' pastime.
The example of buying books about your 'interest' is a good one. It helps the store owner ensure he stocks his shelves with interesting items for his potential customers - at no point does he need to attribute such purchases to individuals *unless* he is offering some form of custom service. Even then it's doubtful he could justify attributing individual purchases to you.
Of course you could ensure that the store does not track your purchases by asking them if they do and then exercising your right to NOT purchase from them. The choice exists and I would assume that anyone with controversial views already do this.
All of this stuff can be used against us. There is little we can do to prevent it other than request our governments to pass laws to protect our privacy...but sadly, and in this age, it's not in the governments interest to do so.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but this time the bit is real evil and the entire story is even more menacing ;-)
Ahh, is that similar to the one where hardware companies make use of GPL code and then release their derivative code that is useless on anything other than their hardware?
;-)
That's a great use of GPL.
I guess the BIG question is; can the resulting boxes can be mod'ed to run Windows XP?
...or picked up from books, websites and reading code coz he was dedicated.
hehe, would YOU want to be that person?
Well said. I also especially enjoy spending quality Farscape time looking for leftover files conveniently organised by publisher name. They are arrogant morons, plain and simple.
From what you said you don't need an uninstaller - just delete the folder. In fact, you don't even need a folder because your application can actually *live* in the start menu, and thus your users can just delete the start menu icon and your application is gone.
Too simple? Make your users lives much easier by adding an "uninstall" option to your "file" menu - from the sounds of it it will be the most used feature...perhaps a toolbar button would be best.
(no, I'm not seriously suggesting any of these things. Adding an entry to the registry is childs play. Stop dragging your heals for the sake of it and get with the programme, stop trying to reinvent the wheel coz your square one is no improvment.)
"See, we were right all along, all the fossile fuels we've burned haven't had any effect on the climate."
;-)
Of course not directly. But because we've burnt all that coal and oil the earth is now lighter and is slowly spiraling in towards the sun.
Pretty soon a manned mission to mars won't be much more difficult than getting to the moon...and it might make for a handy stopping off point for those that don't wish to burn in enternal damnation.
We did it, but in an entirely new and creative way.
If they knew when to quit then they would have halted just after shouting "roll" on the pilot.
Not sarcasm, it's serious stuff.
Um, oh, okay. So your poll shows one thing and another poll shows something completely different. That's fine because the newspapers and 24/7 news channels etc. all have different audiences with different needs and different world views.
The true test came with the debate in the commons when the representatives of the people voted. I think it's worth remembering that many of these people can be voted out themselves very easily so it's in their interests to be representative.
Say what you will but the current UK government got the support they needed as the amendment was squashed and the decision to attack iraq was passed.
Looks like support to me.
So some people resigned. Good, I'm glad they felt compelled and strong willed enough to take such a bold decision and I would have been disappointed otherwise. Their action just goes to show how serious the issue and the debate were and WHY the result is so clear.
Anyway, this is just "serious consequences" (talk my friend, just talk) now as the war is in full swing.
"...plus the UK and Australia, who have yet to defy the US. None of these administrations have popular support at home"
What? The UK is behind the action in Iraq. The UK government, and the government opposition, is fully supportive of the armed forces and the decision to take action. This was clearly demonstrated in the recent commons debate.
Yes of course there are demonstrators against the action in Iraq but they do not in any way form the majority, or even close to the majority.
The UK government has put forward a compelling and intelligent case for this war and has won the hearts and minds of the nation because of it.
Read what you will but you cannot claim the UK government does not have support at home for the action.
I can't be specific about the tools and blah I tried but the experience has left a lasting impression; Slow, unhelpful and cumbersome.
;-)
I plan to have another look in the very near future but I suspect I've been spoilt by MS Developer Studio and my Universal subscription
What would be truly cool would be an integrated dev. toolset (like devstudio) that allowed me to develop software for both Linux and Windows - anyone know of such a tool, either free or commercial?
Human nature I guess. Some people that have a problem assume that in solving their problem they will have to (argue) discuss it with someone more knowledgeable than themselves.
Their stance is one of defence because they have already tried everything, at least from their perspective, that is in their power. So they mostly start agressively.
Not everyone opens a support query like this but I've seen my fair share. It's entirely possible to turn it around and transform them into a happy customer once more but it does require patience.
The threats piss me off more than anything else; "fix this or I'll use [alternatives, legal action, tell everyone I know that you are crap])". People that threaten this type of thing should be aware that instantly promote themselves to the bottom of the queue.
When replying to bug reports or support queries the hardest part is to avoid patronising the other person. The trouble is that everyone has different abilities so a clean/terse reply to one person is outright rude to another, a long winded assume-nothing reply is patronisingly offensive to some yet informative and helpful to another.
I should add that I have found this to be true for both open source projects and commercial (I do both).
Or...imagine the money we could save if amazon had a beowulf cluster of these pricing problems.
Okay, I'm sorry, I won't do it again.
Yeah, that William H. Torvalds III has done a lot of damage with his weasly little kernel hacks, dammit.
There's lies, damned lies, and statistics.
How do you reconcile the "fact" that everyone has statistics to show what they want, with the fact that you think yours are better?
My ultimate get out; I write software, everyone knows that's my job. Hardware? Configuring operating systems? Um, no. If I didn't write it I can't comment on it. It's harsh I know but it works.
;-)
Also, should you venture outside and actually meet people NEVER tell them what you do...they all have computer problems in some aspect of their lives and they are only too happy to discuss them. Tell them you design the patterns of holes on Digestive biscuits - but do some research
I can see it now; "Sorry Mr R2-D2 but your GPL doesn't cover for driving in Seattle."
;-)
Or..."I gonna have to ask you to step out of the car Sir"..."Um, I *am* the car"
Sorry, I'll get my coat...
What licence will you choose?
If the terms and conditions that AA has granted prohibit the Farechaser "use" then what is there to discuss.
It's not even a complex idea. You can view the AA web site so long as you don't take any of the information (using a screen scraper) to republish elsewhere. That's the deal. Don't like it? Go elsewhere, your freedom of choice hasn't been affected.
Seems pretty open and shut to me.
"No harm at all? Here's a scenario:..."
The collection of the information is not the problem. The problem, as you describe, is peoples use of it.
The problem is one of "use" not of collection. I don't worry about my web browsing or TV habits being collected but, as you say, what will be done with the information? Afterall, one day the mere act of reading slashdot may be viewed as a 'worrying' pastime.
The example of buying books about your 'interest' is a good one. It helps the store owner ensure he stocks his shelves with interesting items for his potential customers - at no point does he need to attribute such purchases to individuals *unless* he is offering some form of custom service. Even then it's doubtful he could justify attributing individual purchases to you.
Of course you could ensure that the store does not track your purchases by asking them if they do and then exercising your right to NOT purchase from them. The choice exists and I would assume that anyone with controversial views already do this.
All of this stuff can be used against us. There is little we can do to prevent it other than request our governments to pass laws to protect our privacy...but sadly, and in this age, it's not in the governments interest to do so.
hey, that'd be great for the truely anal retentives amongst us. They could ensure their socks, all of the same colour, were a proper match ;-)
Will you post a link to it on slashdot?
That's because it's kompatible with everything important, knothing ;-)
...and this vision will be seen only whilst wearing our rose tinted spectactles.
...and that swings both ways. If the source wasn't available could an exploit have been discovered...Hmm, I'll ponder that during tonights Farscape.