Common law only applies where there aren't more recent laws overriding. For example, some states have enacted laws removing restrictions on punitive late fees and other common-law principles meant ensure that contracts benefit both parties. They've done that to attract credit card companies.
I don't know if California respects common law contract principles.
It sounds like you are contemplating buying one copy of the entire premium suite for everyone. Probably overkill. Find out which apps they need and buy only those. If you can get the price down you will quickly cross the "unproductivity and training for poorly-documented apps exceeds the cost of commercial apps that have great resources available at your local book store" threshold.
The color spaces for CMYK and RGB do not quite match, so conversion is not perfect. However, if by CMYK support you really mean you use it because your print shop expects it then the conversion is probably good enough.
The blogger who is the subject of the article means by email bankruptcy that he is removing himself from any obligation to read anything sent in the past, or to reply to anything. It is a notice and an apology to anyone waiting for his attention. He might also think that email is dead, but by email bankruptcy he did not mean "email is dead".
There are thousands of little groups that hang out with each other, online, because they re-enforce each other's beliefs. Look at profiles on MySpace or other sites and see how many people are looking for a "safe" place to talk about things. I see that as code for "think like I do".
That's a FAQ, not a legal document.
Actual, real-life lawyers within corporations nix GPL software. I'm afraid a good ol' OS "we know what we're doing" doesn't hold much weight with them.
The concern corporations have over licensing of open source has very much to do with licensing and support.
1) They do not want to be compelled to release their own software, and GPL does not make clear what constitutes distribution. They send their internally-developed software to company divisions all over the world, which may or may not be sold in the future, and to vendors and suppliers. Sometimes they make licensing agreements with third-parties to support or even take over internally-developed applications. Does that constitute distribution?
So, they play it safe and forbid the use of GPL code for development.
A swap of a SATA cable and my Win XP machine becomes an Ubuntu 6.10 machine. I need to be able to support Linux but don't need it very often.
I was shocked that my network connection Just Worked on first install. But my screen was at the wrong resolution, and I had no 3d acceleration. Time to install nVidia drivers.
A day later, now with experience with run modes and editing config files, I had nVidia drivers installed and my 3d app worked fine. It turned out to be simple, but there are an overwhelming number of bad-advice posts to be found on googling for help. This is A Big Problem.
Google a windows problem and you'll find some easy-to-understand magazine editor to explain it, or something on Microsoft's site. Google a linux problem and you get geek-speak. And most of it is bad advice. Usually the bad advice...
"edit the conflabulating confic spec generator and type '@*$&T IU H@U HR@&*&@BFG @&(G' at the third prompt"
is answered with
"No, don't do that! You'll gaspulate the modulating interferometerizing reverse vectral sync mode!"
so you avoid those. Eventually you end up typing '@*$&T IU *^HC* HR@&*&@BFG @&(G' at the *fourth* prompt, because nobody had a heart attack over that suggestion. But then your modulating interferometerizing reverse vectral sync mode is fubar, anyway.
Anyway, I eventually found a suggestion that looked more elegant than the rest and didn't involve editing any conflabulating confic spec generators, wiped to drive and started from scratch, and the nVidia drivers Just Worked.
If I had the power to Make It So, I'd purge 90% of the online linux discussion, because most of it is crap.
Or, maybe by "nerd factor" they mean that self-important people who think their very narrow category of knowledge defines human intelligence don't make attractive study and class mates? Maybe they mean the ego and the adolescent behavior is off-putting? These are stereotypes, of course, but put ten or more high school graduate tech nerds together and you're not unlikely to get more than one narcissist that sensible people don't want to be near.
Most of us prefer to be productive (or actively goofing off doing something else) while we chat.
I failed to address your multi-tasking comment...
You can multitask while using a 3D app. I always have at least a browser, text editor and Photoshop handy while chatting in Second Life, and the TV is mounted right over the computer monitor. I can do my work in Illustrator/Photoshop/Visual Studio while a 3D chat app is running. Chat doesn't get my full attention while working, but, well, I'm working.
Fans of the Second Life "platform" may bristle at the suggestion that it's a chat program, but it was clear to me from the first day I used it that that's what people are using it for.
Ah, I think I ignored a key part of his comment. You can multitask while using a 3D app. I always have a browser, text editor and Photoshop handy while chatting in Second Life, and the TV is mounted right over the computer monitor.
Your co-workers will likely never IM you on an X-Box, so lets discount them for a moment. That leaves your friends and family. Since it's an X-box we're talking about, I have to picture them sitting in front of a TV with a keyboard in their lap to IM you. Seem unlikely? Yeah, I thought so, too.
But if they're going to IM you from a game console it will increasingly be from a 3D app. And your PC-IMing friends and family will find their way to current or future 3D apps, too.
Sorry, my response was more a response to the general slashdot "you", and not you in particular. The statements you made are repeated often here and look a lot like self-justification. Of course there are likely a few who mean what they say, too.
I also had an emusic account and canceled because it took forever to find stuff. Then they sent me a teaser re-instroduction and simply following their link to learn more signed me up. Nitwits. Canceled again, of course.
No, 350 miles per hour is 560 kilometers per hour (assuming your "more precise" number is close to correct). You see, there's only 2 significant digits in the number 350, so your conversion should only have two significant digits.
In fact, the reported 350 was rounded to the nearest 50, so there's actually less than two significant digits in the reported number.
You don't get it, and that's why you'll never create anything as memorable as any of these. What kind of metric would you propose be used to compare spreadsheets to ipods?
Each of these was (or still is) important in its time, but ranking things so diverse is a subjective and emotional thing. No surprise, subjective and emotional things make for memorable products, too.
Go ahead and calculate the next big thing, though. Someone with more imagination will kick yer butt in the market.
Perhaps it's the same Very Large Company that I recently left. The engineers currently have both a Windows PC for office apps and email and a Unix workstation (Sun or HP) for actual work, but the current mandate is that all engineering apps are to be ported. This year. Most legacy X apps will be done using that Hummingbird thingy.
What slashdotters don't seem to realize is you can't "just install such-n-such" or "ssh into such-n-such" or "boot from such-n-such" in a controlled corporate environment. If they say Windows, then it's Windows, and don't even think about installing something not in the standard load.
2. That is because the vast majority of GIMP interface complaints have the words "not like in Photoshop" in them somewhere, which totally ignores the basic fact that GIMP is not intended to be a Photoshop replacement/clone.
If you say you can't use Linux because it doesn't run Photoshop, you are told to use GIMP. If you insist that GIMP isn't an adequate replacement for Photoshop you are told it isn't intended to be a Photoshop replacement.
Circular and pointless. This is what people mean when they say you aren't allowed to talk about GIMP.
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Common law only applies where there aren't more recent laws overriding. For example, some states have enacted laws removing restrictions on punitive late fees and other common-law principles meant ensure that contracts benefit both parties. They've done that to attract credit card companies.
I don't know if California respects common law contract principles.
It sounds like you are contemplating buying one copy of the entire premium suite for everyone. Probably overkill. Find out which apps they need and buy only those. If you can get the price down you will quickly cross the "unproductivity and training for poorly-documented apps exceeds the cost of commercial apps that have great resources available at your local book store" threshold.
The color spaces for CMYK and RGB do not quite match, so conversion is not perfect. However, if by CMYK support you really mean you use it because your print shop expects it then the conversion is probably good enough.
The first rule of The GIMP is you don't talk about The GIMP.
:P
Watch how many moderation points get blown stifling any suggestion that The GIMP isn't up to the level of Photoshop.
Watch how many moderation points get blown on this here comment
The blogger who is the subject of the article means by email bankruptcy that he is removing himself from any obligation to read anything sent in the past, or to reply to anything. It is a notice and an apology to anyone waiting for his attention. He might also think that email is dead, but by email bankruptcy he did not mean "email is dead".
Like slashdot?
My statement was intended as an example applicable to some organizations, not as a generalization.
Don't let that stop you from evaluating yourself so highly, though. This is slashdot.
That's a FAQ, not a legal document. Actual, real-life lawyers within corporations nix GPL software. I'm afraid a good ol' OS "we know what we're doing" doesn't hold much weight with them.
The concern corporations have over licensing of open source has very much to do with licensing and support.
1) They do not want to be compelled to release their own software, and GPL does not make clear what constitutes distribution. They send their internally-developed software to company divisions all over the world, which may or may not be sold in the future, and to vendors and suppliers. Sometimes they make licensing agreements with third-parties to support or even take over internally-developed applications. Does that constitute distribution?
So, they play it safe and forbid the use of GPL code for development.
2) Who do you call for support?
A swap of a SATA cable and my Win XP machine becomes an Ubuntu 6.10 machine. I need to be able to support Linux but don't need it very often.
I was shocked that my network connection Just Worked on first install. But my screen was at the wrong resolution, and I had no 3d acceleration. Time to install nVidia drivers.
A day later, now with experience with run modes and editing config files, I had nVidia drivers installed and my 3d app worked fine. It turned out to be simple, but there are an overwhelming number of bad-advice posts to be found on googling for help. This is A Big Problem.
Google a windows problem and you'll find some easy-to-understand magazine editor to explain it, or something on Microsoft's site. Google a linux problem and you get geek-speak. And most of it is bad advice. Usually the bad advice...
"edit the conflabulating confic spec generator and type '@*$&T IU H@U HR@&*&@BFG @&(G' at the third prompt"
is answered with
"No, don't do that! You'll gaspulate the modulating interferometerizing reverse vectral sync mode!"
so you avoid those. Eventually you end up typing '@*$&T IU *^HC* HR@&*&@BFG @&(G' at the *fourth* prompt, because nobody had a heart attack over that suggestion. But then your modulating interferometerizing reverse vectral sync mode is fubar, anyway.
Anyway, I eventually found a suggestion that looked more elegant than the rest and didn't involve editing any conflabulating confic spec generators, wiped to drive and started from scratch, and the nVidia drivers Just Worked.
If I had the power to Make It So, I'd purge 90% of the online linux discussion, because most of it is crap.
It's my personal playground. Now get the hell off my lawn.
A few dozen slashdot sales aughta fix their financial woes right quick.
Or, maybe by "nerd factor" they mean that self-important people who think their very narrow category of knowledge defines human intelligence don't make attractive study and class mates? Maybe they mean the ego and the adolescent behavior is off-putting? These are stereotypes, of course, but put ten or more high school graduate tech nerds together and you're not unlikely to get more than one narcissist that sensible people don't want to be near.
If you signed up for gmail using your cell phone then they already have real-world ID data to associate with your searches.
I failed to address your multi-tasking comment...
You can multitask while using a 3D app. I always have at least a browser, text editor and Photoshop handy while chatting in Second Life, and the TV is mounted right over the computer monitor. I can do my work in Illustrator/Photoshop/Visual Studio while a 3D chat app is running. Chat doesn't get my full attention while working, but, well, I'm working.
Fans of the Second Life "platform" may bristle at the suggestion that it's a chat program, but it was clear to me from the first day I used it that that's what people are using it for.
Ah, I think I ignored a key part of his comment. You can multitask while using a 3D app. I always have a browser, text editor and Photoshop handy while chatting in Second Life, and the TV is mounted right over the computer monitor.
Your co-workers will likely never IM you on an X-Box, so lets discount them for a moment. That leaves your friends and family. Since it's an X-box we're talking about, I have to picture them sitting in front of a TV with a keyboard in their lap to IM you. Seem unlikely? Yeah, I thought so, too.
But if they're going to IM you from a game console it will increasingly be from a 3D app. And your PC-IMing friends and family will find their way to current or future 3D apps, too.
You work on a game console? That's pretty cool.
Coming to the party late, as usual. IM is moving to 3D apps like IMVU, Second Life, There and Sony Home.
Sorry, my response was more a response to the general slashdot "you", and not you in particular. The statements you made are repeated often here and look a lot like self-justification. Of course there are likely a few who mean what they say, too.
I also had an emusic account and canceled because it took forever to find stuff. Then they sent me a teaser re-instroduction and simply following their link to learn more signed me up. Nitwits. Canceled again, of course.
Translation: because I can find them for free now, and I've convinced myself I'm entitled.
If I can buy uncrippled, high quality media files, I will
No, you won't.
But. At $.50/song and $5.00/album, I'd buy 100 albums today.
At $.50/song you'll set the bar at $.25.
No, 350 miles per hour is 560 kilometers per hour (assuming your "more precise" number is close to correct). You see, there's only 2 significant digits in the number 350, so your conversion should only have two significant digits.
In fact, the reported 350 was rounded to the nearest 50, so there's actually less than two significant digits in the reported number.
You don't get it, and that's why you'll never create anything as memorable as any of these. What kind of metric would you propose be used to compare spreadsheets to ipods?
Each of these was (or still is) important in its time, but ranking things so diverse is a subjective and emotional thing. No surprise, subjective and emotional things make for memorable products, too.
Go ahead and calculate the next big thing, though. Someone with more imagination will kick yer butt in the market.
What slashdotters don't seem to realize is you can't "just install such-n-such" or "ssh into such-n-such" or "boot from such-n-such" in a controlled corporate environment. If they say Windows, then it's Windows, and don't even think about installing something not in the standard load.
Say hello to Clippy.
If you say you can't use Linux because it doesn't run Photoshop, you are told to use GIMP. If you insist that GIMP isn't an adequate replacement for Photoshop you are told it isn't intended to be a Photoshop replacement.
Circular and pointless. This is what people mean when they say you aren't allowed to talk about GIMP.