The financial times of London has a fantastic story [ft.com] talking about how this means a heavy-handed expansion of the DMCA powers. Bascially, it all comes down to power, and who is going what to whom. It [gro.se]sounds like things are going to get really ugly. 2600.org didn't even know what to expect.
Who amongst us can be surprised by this shit? I don't care what anyone says, 2600 hardly has a good reputation, and the courts have not been kind of them.
SupCo will shit upon them, and perhaps that's all just as well.
Regarding the business of the Million Geek march -- can we come up with something a little fucking original? Why does everyone have to copy the Million Man march? Worthless sods.
This was my Ask Slashdot question, so here's the deal, just to put the kibosh on the usual round of pissing and moaning, and especially the "use Google" and "why do we have to do your work?"
One: You don't have to. There's a dozen other slashdot stories. It's a favor, and if you're not up for assisting, then don't.
Two: GIS is not some crazy fucking one-time use thing. There's a hell of a lot of people in the EXACT same place as the Plan 9 Bunny, and any collective knowledge that can be amassed in one particular forum will help the collective good. Google crawls this site like mad, and the results are usually high on its list. So it helps a lot of people by being easily searchable.
Three: Google has a shitload of information, but it is impossible to determine the validity of it. My question addressed this. Hell yes, I searched Google. Mostly, I found ESRI stuff -- the prime seller of GIS stuff. Do you think that ESRI themselves will admit to publishing a shitty book on GIS? However, maybe some slashdot reader has read the ESRI stuff and can comment on its utility and validity (or lack of), or perhaps recommend an alternate text.
Four: This is the best spot on the Internet for discovering Linux (and UN*X) alternatives to expensive, proprietary solutions. Google is scant in this respect. If a project is new, or relatively unknown, it won't be high on the Google list. GIS is exploding, so truly functional alternatives have to be new if they are to be on par with the commercial options.
Six: Even at 19 replies currently, 18 if you don't count your irrational rant, at least half have been helpful and insightful. That's already well above what I found on Google -- and I trust this information. Anyone who is willing to donate their time to answer my questions is likely to Have a Clue.
Is to take all of the $50,000, and spend it on development of a good GUI for Plan 9. As the official mascot of Plan 9, I, the bunny, have seen it go from bad to worse. I don't think I'm talking to a vacuum here when I say that the screen shots are rather heinous -- and I have pretty low standards, even for a bunny.
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The financial times of London has a fantastic story [ft.com] talking about how this means a heavy-handed expansion of the DMCA powers. Bascially, it all comes down to power, and who is going what to whom. It [gro.se]sounds like things are going to get really ugly. 2600.org didn't even know what to expect.
Who amongst us can be surprised by this shit? I don't care what anyone says, 2600 hardly has a good reputation, and the courts have not been kind of them.
SupCo will shit upon them, and perhaps that's all just as well.
Regarding the business of the Million Geek march -- can we come up with something a little fucking original? Why does everyone have to copy the Million Man march? Worthless sods.
This was my Ask Slashdot question, so here's the deal, just to put the kibosh on the usual round of pissing and moaning, and especially the "use Google" and "why do we have to do your work?"
One: You don't have to. There's a dozen other slashdot stories. It's a favor, and if you're not up for assisting, then don't.
Two: GIS is not some crazy fucking one-time use thing. There's a hell of a lot of people in the EXACT same place as the Plan 9 Bunny, and any collective knowledge that can be amassed in one particular forum will help the collective good. Google crawls this site like mad, and the results are usually high on its list. So it helps a lot of people by being easily searchable.
Three: Google has a shitload of information, but it is impossible to determine the validity of it. My question addressed this. Hell yes, I searched Google. Mostly, I found ESRI stuff -- the prime seller of GIS stuff. Do you think that ESRI themselves will admit to publishing a shitty book on GIS? However, maybe some slashdot reader has read the ESRI stuff and can comment on its utility and validity (or lack of), or perhaps recommend an alternate text.
Four: This is the best spot on the Internet for discovering Linux (and UN*X) alternatives to expensive, proprietary solutions. Google is scant in this respect. If a project is new, or relatively unknown, it won't be high on the Google list. GIS is exploding, so truly functional alternatives have to be new if they are to be on par with the commercial options.
Five: Here's a good place to start for your Pascal compiler project.
Six: Even at 19 replies currently, 18 if you don't count your irrational rant, at least half have been helpful and insightful. That's already well above what I found on Google -- and I trust this information. Anyone who is willing to donate their time to answer my questions is likely to Have a Clue.
Is to take all of the $50,000, and spend it on development of a good GUI for Plan 9. As the official mascot of Plan 9, I, the bunny, have seen it go from bad to worse. I don't think I'm talking to a vacuum here when I say that the screen shots are rather heinous -- and I have pretty low standards, even for a bunny.