Perhaps to inform the many number of Windows user who read Slashdot that updates will be available on February 8th so that our systems can be kept up to date rather than have those unsecured systems we all love to hate.
Exeem will be a failure. By keeping the source locked up and Windows-biased, you alienate that very segment of users whose OSes are stable enough to actually stay running for more than 24 hours at a time.
Yes. "GPL source code theft" is impossible. There's nothing to stop anyone from using, sharing, giving, selling it. With that in mind, how is any megacorp that "stole" the code going to make their millions from it? How are they going to keep me from getting the source?
Umm, ever heard of closed-source software?
What, it's okay to disrespect the copyrights of large corporations but it's not okay for large corporations to disrespect the copyright of GPL developers?
Legal pornography is made by consenting males and females who have no qualms in showing off their activities.
Having worked in call centers as an occupation, I would say these degrade both men and women alike - should call centers be banned for this reason too?
In that case I would hope it would be down to the customer to prove that they are legally allowed to purchase the game in question, just like in an off-license of a pub it's down to the customer to prove their age should the staff suspect they are under the legal age limit.
The notebook PC I bought last month came with Norton AV 2005 with a one year subscription to LiveUpdate (which the application informed me of on first boot).
From past experience using Norton products, I also know that as I come towards the end of the free 12 month period it will also inform me of this so I can either subscribe for a further period or purchase an updated version of Norton 2006. So unless a user has their eyes closed all the time and doesn't read messages thrown up by their PC, they might not understand that the software is useless without updates but they will learn.
I'm not saying people don't know that there's a difference between Macs and PCs, I'm saying they have no idea what the difference is. For example, go ahead and ask people whether you can install the same copy of MS Word on your Dell and your Mac, and if not, why not?
They might know that you can't, but they'll probably just tell you, "It's because they're different kinds of computers" without any idea of what they mean by "different kinds". Now put your Ubuntu LiveCD on both the Mac and the Dell, and watch the confusion play out. Now, why is it that they can run the same programs?
Yes, and if you had a CD-ROM containing both PC and Mac versions of MS Office like the Linux CD in question has both versions of Linux for x86 and PPC then you would have exactly the same effect.
First of all, such a statement simply assumes that it is not possible to write correct software. That is beyond arrogance and disregards the primary benefit of open source: like solid science, peer review is paramount in ensuring correctness of the results.
Well, it isn't possible to write 100% bug free, correct, and secure software - unless of course we're talking about Hello World.
Humans by their very nature are not perfect and no matter whether you want to talk about propriety software, open source software, Windows, Linux, or whatever - there will always be mistakes.
As an ex-smoker I used to always chew gum after a smoking break because I myself hated the smell of stale smoke and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. However your point about colognes and other such things being nowhere as intrusive shows you've never worked in an office where a fellow collegue feels the need to wear masses and masses of it which results in an awful cough to innocent bystanders.
1. Go to local music store or online equivalent 2. Purchase CD 3. Convert CD tracks to 320kbps MP3s using your favourite encoder 4. Listen to said MP3s
What a clueless industry.
I would actually say "what a clueless poster" for not realising that you can still get your MP3 file rather easily.
I don't think that's necessarily true - I would consider myself a smart person, and I find iTunes perfectly convenient for my needs. I use a laptop computer and also an iPod, and iTMS tracks are also permitted to be burned to CD for use in the car.
Which is why today "gnutella" is synonymous with p2p file sharing, and people say "Napster Who?".
I don't see how you can make this statement - Gnutella is in no way synonymous with P2P file sharing; having used it myself and knowing others who have tried it the only thing I would associated the name Gnutella with is a software application which getting any file will take a relative lifetime.
Napster however is a different story. They had a product which was used by many and had an immense amount of content available to download and I bet in a survey of 100 people Napster would be the name they associate with filesharing moreso than Gnutella.
This is a common misconception - Skype is owned by the same people who created the FastTrack protocol used in KaZaA amongst other filesharing applications - the actual KaZaA application is distributed by Sharman Networks who are a Vanatu-based company who are responsible for the spyware present in KaZaA.
Aside from business-class leased lines and the like, within Glasgow and its surrounding areas you're not going to get a broadband connection of over 2Mbps - I'm on the Southside of the city in one of the "important" areas for telcos and cable providors and until our local cable co ups its downstream speed to 3Mbps later this year 2Mbps is the most we can get.
This deal in the UK isn't exactly the best deal either - what I've failed to see mentioned so far is that this service is as a result of LLU (local loop unbundling) and thus the 8Mbps download speed is only available in a very small part of the country.
Where I live is right next to one of the major exchanges in Scotland and also covered by our cable company - but the maximum this company can offer me is 1Mbps, which is slower than I have just now.
It's the same reason copyright infringment is called theft - so-called identity theft is also a term which has been beefed up to make it sound scarier when it's merely fraud in the old sense.
I don't see this as much of a problem - Bram Cohen licensed the original code under a license which allows developers more freedom (including said code in closed-source applications) and as such the creators of eXeem are merely following the terms of the license.
Soon I would expect. Assuming they only want authorised users using the correct eXeem client connecting to their servers they would be well within their rights to do so.
I would have to disagree here and say the BSD license is significantly better than the GPL in that it allows more freedom to developers by not forcing them to GPL any code they write.
Why enter an arms race you have no chance of winning?
Sure, you can block the ads however in the end if/when enough people block ads and the ad-supported business model becomes unviable then you will have lost the so-called arms race as you will be unable to access the websites without a subscription.
One thing I've noticed about cable companies compared to "traditional" telcos is that their product offerings always seem far more suited to the typical residential customer rather than a more business-class/power user service.
I used to work for one of the UK cable companies (NTL) and while they did have a business section, were I to be a business owner I wouldn't touch their business-class products with a barge-pole.
I'm in a similar position to you, in that I choose to use a 2meg/256k DSL line rather than go with my local cable company for what will soon be a 3meg line due to lack of services such as static IPs, reverse DNS, etc.
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Perhaps to inform the many number of Windows user who read Slashdot that updates will be available on February 8th so that our systems can be kept up to date rather than have those unsecured systems we all love to hate.
Perfect for my Windows XP laptop in that case?
Money transfer services such as Western Union are available in most places from what I understand though and something like that could be ideal.
Umm, ever heard of closed-source software?
What, it's okay to disrespect the copyrights of large corporations but it's not okay for large corporations to disrespect the copyright of GPL developers?
Having worked in call centers as an occupation, I would say these degrade both men and women alike - should call centers be banned for this reason too?
In that case I would hope it would be down to the customer to prove that they are legally allowed to purchase the game in question, just like in an off-license of a pub it's down to the customer to prove their age should the staff suspect they are under the legal age limit.
From past experience using Norton products, I also know that as I come towards the end of the free 12 month period it will also inform me of this so I can either subscribe for a further period or purchase an updated version of Norton 2006. So unless a user has their eyes closed all the time and doesn't read messages thrown up by their PC, they might not understand that the software is useless without updates but they will learn.
They might know that you can't, but they'll probably just tell you, "It's because they're different kinds of computers" without any idea of what they mean by "different kinds". Now put your Ubuntu LiveCD on both the Mac and the Dell, and watch the confusion play out. Now, why is it that they can run the same programs?
Yes, and if you had a CD-ROM containing both PC and Mac versions of MS Office like the Linux CD in question has both versions of Linux for x86 and PPC then you would have exactly the same effect.
Is this the same reason why a default installation of the latest edition of Mandrake Linux comes with the firewall turned off by default too?
Well, it isn't possible to write 100% bug free, correct, and secure software - unless of course we're talking about Hello World.
Humans by their very nature are not perfect and no matter whether you want to talk about propriety software, open source software, Windows, Linux, or whatever - there will always be mistakes.
As an ex-smoker I used to always chew gum after a smoking break because I myself hated the smell of stale smoke and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. However your point about colognes and other such things being nowhere as intrusive shows you've never worked in an office where a fellow collegue feels the need to wear masses and masses of it which results in an awful cough to innocent bystanders.
1. Go to local music store or online equivalent
2. Purchase CD
3. Convert CD tracks to 320kbps MP3s using your favourite encoder
4. Listen to said MP3s
What a clueless industry.
I would actually say "what a clueless poster" for not realising that you can still get your MP3 file rather easily.
I don't think that's necessarily true - I would consider myself a smart person, and I find iTunes perfectly convenient for my needs. I use a laptop computer and also an iPod, and iTMS tracks are also permitted to be burned to CD for use in the car.
Umm, according to whom?
I don't see how you can make this statement - Gnutella is in no way synonymous with P2P file sharing; having used it myself and knowing others who have tried it the only thing I would associated the name Gnutella with is a software application which getting any file will take a relative lifetime.
Napster however is a different story. They had a product which was used by many and had an immense amount of content available to download and I bet in a survey of 100 people Napster would be the name they associate with filesharing moreso than Gnutella.
This is a common misconception - Skype is owned by the same people who created the FastTrack protocol used in KaZaA amongst other filesharing applications - the actual KaZaA application is distributed by Sharman Networks who are a Vanatu-based company who are responsible for the spyware present in KaZaA.
Aside from business-class leased lines and the like, within Glasgow and its surrounding areas you're not going to get a broadband connection of over 2Mbps - I'm on the Southside of the city in one of the "important" areas for telcos and cable providors and until our local cable co ups its downstream speed to 3Mbps later this year 2Mbps is the most we can get.
Where I live is right next to one of the major exchanges in Scotland and also covered by our cable company - but the maximum this company can offer me is 1Mbps, which is slower than I have just now.
It's the same reason copyright infringment is called theft - so-called identity theft is also a term which has been beefed up to make it sound scarier when it's merely fraud in the old sense.
I don't see this as much of a problem - Bram Cohen licensed the original code under a license which allows developers more freedom (including said code in closed-source applications) and as such the creators of eXeem are merely following the terms of the license.
Soon I would expect. Assuming they only want authorised users using the correct eXeem client connecting to their servers they would be well within their rights to do so.
I would have to disagree here and say the BSD license is significantly better than the GPL in that it allows more freedom to developers by not forcing them to GPL any code they write.
A 15-year contract should be illegal? Shame that would outlaw most mortgages.
Sure, you can block the ads however in the end if/when enough people block ads and the ad-supported business model becomes unviable then you will have lost the so-called arms race as you will be unable to access the websites without a subscription.
I used to work for one of the UK cable companies (NTL) and while they did have a business section, were I to be a business owner I wouldn't touch their business-class products with a barge-pole.
I'm in a similar position to you, in that I choose to use a 2meg/256k DSL line rather than go with my local cable company for what will soon be a 3meg line due to lack of services such as static IPs, reverse DNS, etc.