I agree a few extra words should have been inserted, but if you read Slashdot, or a Groklaw or any FOSS news site or any imaginary property related news site you should know about this case.
A lot of people in IT complain about the lack of opportunities for promotion within the field.
A likely explanation is that women are taking better opportunities outside IT. If so then women who go into IT may end up doing better than men - just not in IT.
Its interesting the women's average salary is only slightly lower than men, despite the fact that, if they leave mid-career, the average woman will have much less experience.
By not "necessarily free" I assume that you are referring to the "no derivatives" and "no commercial" variants?
It is not quite free in the free software sense, but I do not think it matters for the types of works that are distributed under CC licences. Unlike software, there is no need to be able to fork to avoid lock-in, commercial distribution for free works does not really exist, and for some types of works worthwhile derivatives are rarer.
Using loaded words like "steal" instead of breach of copyright does not make your comment more credible, it just reduces it to propaganda.
This campaign could easily backfire as it ends up telling people that some artists are quite happy to use free licences. Once you know that, then its hard not to ask why others cannot do the same.
They can also put the link back up if they receive a counter notification.
The point of this is that the counter notification must agree to US jurisdiction - so sites outside the US must agree to US jurisdiction or they can be removed from US search engines by an allegation of copyright violation.
As all the main search engines are American, and most sites need search engines to bring them readers, this effectively gives the US global jurisdiction on copyright.
The/. editor is also talking rubbish by saying it is "UK copyrighted material". It is also covered by US copyright, which is what counts in this case.
1) Giving money and training to Osama bin Laden and others of that type. 2) Supporting the extremist government of Saudi Arabia, which keeps that country fundamentalist and backward, and pouring money into fundamentalism elsewhere.
I few months ago I heard Fatima Bhutto talking about how (moderate) Sufism was being displaced by (fundamentalist) Wahabism because of the financial backing the Wahabis have.
That is a distortion. Its meaningless to say you are a Christian or a member of a particular church unless you share its essential beliefs. On the other hand, within those boundaries churches are full of debate.
the very act of instituting "Churches" runs contrary to the Bible
You mean the Bible that was compiled by the..um.. church?
Jesus certainly wouldn't be allowed in "Church", they'd probably stone him if he went up before them preaching some of the things the Bible says he preached.
That is exactly what I do not like about where Wordpress is going. I just want a simple blog. If I want a simple CMS I use one (my current choice is Wolf), and if I want a heavily customised site I use a framework (I like Django).
I am likely to move to a hosted blog instead. Posterous would be nice if they could import comments (I suppose I could write a script to do it though their API).
I work in the UK as a freelancer in IT and I need to have my own company, pay taxes and have an accountant.
There is nothing in UK law that forces any of this (apart from paying taxes) on you. It may provide you with limited liability or tax advantages, but its still your decision.
In addition, it is comparatively cheap and easy in the UK.
Nice distortion of the facts: different outcomes on different facts in the case, in different countries with different laws.
Why did Comedy Central bother what a group of ten people published on their website that no-one reads? There was no explicit threat (it could be read as "someone will do this", not "we will do this")
In any case are talking here about British law which places a very low value on freedom of speech, whereas you are talking about something that happened in the US which has very strong protections for freedom of speech. Strong protection for freedom of speech means its harder to prosecute edge cases.
Poor little Apple fanbois feel all sad and hurt if you point out that their demigod Steve is an uncultured pathetic little micromanaging dictatorial prick.
Do you mean:
uncultured pathetic little micromanaging dictatorial stately, plump cartoon penis.
Although those countries may underpay migrant workers compared to citizens, they do not treat them the way the oil rich Gulf states do: they are often physically and sexually abused, imprisoned or even executed without fair trials, have their passports stolen by their employers to prevent they going home, used as virtual slave labour (not paid the promised wage, and not paid enough to go back home), etc.
You will get a "rich Taliban" with US intervention= not very different from their their backers in Saudi Arabia, and like the Saudis they will put lots of money into spreading Islamic fundamentalism.
It is linked to a Wine library. That makes it installable from Googles repos (Google have repos supporting APT, yum, urpmi, and YAST), a bit better in UI terms, and may be a bit lighter.
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I agree a few extra words should have been inserted, but if you read Slashdot, or a Groklaw or any FOSS news site or any imaginary property related news site you should know about this case.
Our chief weapons are rum, sodomy, and the lash. They're Swedish? I'll come in again.
Rum, sodomy and the lash are associated with the navy, not pirates.
A lot of people in IT complain about the lack of opportunities for promotion within the field.
A likely explanation is that women are taking better opportunities outside IT. If so then women who go into IT may end up doing better than men - just not in IT.
Its interesting the women's average salary is only slightly lower than men, despite the fact that, if they leave mid-career, the average woman will have much less experience.
By not "necessarily free" I assume that you are referring to the "no derivatives" and "no commercial" variants?
It is not quite free in the free software sense, but I do not think it matters for the types of works that are distributed under CC licences. Unlike software, there is no need to be able to fork to avoid lock-in, commercial distribution for free works does not really exist, and for some types of works worthwhile derivatives are rarer.
Using loaded words like "steal" instead of breach of copyright does not make your comment more credible, it just reduces it to propaganda.
This campaign could easily backfire as it ends up telling people that some artists are quite happy to use free licences. Once you know that, then its hard not to ask why others cannot do the same.
It has nothing to do with religion, its about preferring to look at the world in an emotive rather than analytical way.
This is not a new or uncommon point of view, and I do not see why its worth bothering about.
What proportion can write interesting blogs, or books, or newspaper columns, or even hold and interesting conversation.
As you can follow anyone you like on Twitter, the question becomes merely one of finding the interesting people.
They can also put the link back up if they receive a counter notification.
The point of this is that the counter notification must agree to US jurisdiction - so sites outside the US must agree to US jurisdiction or they can be removed from US search engines by an allegation of copyright violation.
As all the main search engines are American, and most sites need search engines to bring them readers, this effectively gives the US global jurisdiction on copyright.
The /. editor is also talking rubbish by saying it is "UK copyrighted material". It is also covered by US copyright, which is what counts in this case.
So a torrent tracker in the US would have to follow the DMCA's requirements.
And because it's my actual work computer, all my shit is there when I need it, instead of hoping and praying I remembered to grab everything relevant
Its no that difficult to sync to machines.
I currently have a laptop, but next time I plan to get a desktop plus netbook: decent portability and all the advantages of a desktop.
Not really. The US made terrorists by:
1) Giving money and training to Osama bin Laden and others of that type.
2) Supporting the extremist government of Saudi Arabia, which keeps that country fundamentalist and backward, and pouring money into fundamentalism elsewhere.
I few months ago I heard Fatima Bhutto talking about how (moderate) Sufism was being displaced by (fundamentalist) Wahabism because of the financial backing the Wahabis have.
That is a distortion. Its meaningless to say you are a Christian or a member of a particular church unless you share its essential beliefs. On the other hand, within those boundaries churches are full of debate.
the very act of instituting "Churches" runs contrary to the Bible
You mean the Bible that was compiled by the ..um.. church?
Jesus certainly wouldn't be allowed in "Church", they'd probably stone him if he went up before them preaching some of the things the Bible says he preached.
Like what?
The CIA's definition of oppressive is "we do not like them", so Iran is oppressive, but Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia are not.
That is exactly what I do not like about where Wordpress is going. I just want a simple blog. If I want a simple CMS I use one (my current choice is Wolf), and if I want a heavily customised site I use a framework (I like Django).
I am likely to move to a hosted blog instead. Posterous would be nice if they could import comments (I suppose I could write a script to do it though their API).
Counter example: IBM under Gerstner (MBA, former management consultant, no technology company experience).
I work in the UK as a freelancer in IT and I need to have my own company, pay taxes and have an accountant.
There is nothing in UK law that forces any of this (apart from paying taxes) on you. It may provide you with limited liability or tax advantages, but its still your decision.
In addition, it is comparatively cheap and easy in the UK.
Nice distortion of the facts: different outcomes on different facts in the case, in different countries with different laws.
Why did Comedy Central bother what a group of ten people published on their website that no-one reads? There was no explicit threat (it could be read as "someone will do this", not "we will do this")
In any case are talking here about British law which places a very low value on freedom of speech, whereas you are talking about something that happened in the US which has very strong protections for freedom of speech. Strong protection for freedom of speech means its harder to prosecute edge cases.
Poor little Apple fanbois feel all sad and hurt if you point out that their demigod Steve is an uncultured pathetic little micromanaging dictatorial prick.
Do you mean:
uncultured pathetic little micromanaging dictatorial stately, plump cartoon penis.
Although those countries may underpay migrant workers compared to citizens, they do not treat them the way the oil rich Gulf states do: they are often physically and sexually abused, imprisoned or even executed without fair trials, have their passports stolen by their employers to prevent they going home, used as virtual slave labour (not paid the promised wage, and not paid enough to go back home), etc.
You will get a "rich Taliban" with US intervention= not very different from their their backers in Saudi Arabia, and like the Saudis they will put lots of money into spreading Islamic fundamentalism.
Its not free, its proprietary.
Yes, I know what you mean, but the point needs to be made in case anyone thinks its open source.
Compared to running the Windows executable under Wine, that is.
No raw file handling in Mapvic?
It is linked to a Wine library. That makes it installable from Googles repos (Google have repos supporting APT, yum, urpmi, and YAST), a bit better in UI terms, and may be a bit lighter.