What good is "open software" if I need three people with law degrees to figure out which of a number of mutually incompatibe documents governs what I'm about to do and what rules it stipulates?
One of the advantages of Debian is that all the software in it complies to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In short, if a package is in Debian, you can be sure that you may freely use, distribute and modify it.
Unfortunately, it has become fashionable to attack Debian for performing this important, time-consuming and tedious service on behalf of its users; hence most of the comments posted to this story. Instead, I for one applaud them for undertaking this task so that I don't have to do it myself.
If a question asks one to explain the effect of X on B and many students give the same explanation is it violation of copyrights? I don't think so.
If the explanations of the effect of X on B were not copied from one another, then no infringement has taken place. If they were, then it has. No mechanical process can determine whether the answers were copied.
If a question is asked and a truly innovative answer is given, perhaps worthy of a patent.
An "innovative answer" is not worth of a patent. An answer is a literary work, not an invention! You sound worryingly like a shill for the Plot Patents crackpots (intellectual terrorists).
And that worthy answer is used in a way that in no way involved the IP contained in the answer, is that IP violation? I don't see how it could be remotely considered so.
Perhaps because you need to learn the definitions of the various terms you use. There is no such thing as "Intellectual Property". It is a collective term for a group of concepts including "copyright", "patents", "trademarks" and "trade secrets".
The people objected to this are the people who are cheating.
Unfounded and irrelevant accusation.
IP rights has nothing to do with.
There is no such thing as "IP rights". There are, however, rights reserved by copyright law for the exclusive exercise of the author of a literary work, and it certainly sounds like turnitin.com is infringing on the students copyrights by copying their papers. Since they are doing it for commercial gains then they may be liable to criminal prosecution and statutory damages... but that will never happen.
The students who claim their copyrights are being infringed should stop whining and go to court.
Having their papers entered into the turnitin.com database may be beneficial, but it still sounds like a violation of the rights reserved to the authors of the papers.
As an occasional user of Windows, I don't know what to expect. Every app on Windows seems to have its own library of widgets. Even Microsoft can't get it right (Office, Visual Studio)...
You don't see the dialog box at http://www.codeproject.com/tips/runas/runas-shot.p ng? The 'Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity' is what I'm talking about. You do not need to add an additional account.
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Unfortunately, it has become fashionable to attack Debian for performing this important, time-consuming and tedious service on behalf of its users; hence most of the comments posted to this story. Instead, I for one applaud them for undertaking this task so that I don't have to do it myself.
Unfortunately you then have to put up with Intel's binary and proprietary Regulatory Enforcement Daemon.
Maxtor will advance me a new drive. Seagate will not. My important data is backed up. Therefore I buy Maxtors.
I think the standard name of the unit is "one of your Earth years".
ibm.com is shorter than both.
Not over here it's not. Retail is about $550 and OEM is about $110.
That will change. New games will require DirectX 10 which I believe requires Vista...
I suggest _you_ learn the difference between the three.
Oh, why am I bothering. Posting as an AC should be banned.
An "innovative answer" is not worth of a patent. An answer is a literary work, not an invention! You sound worryingly like a shill for the Plot Patents crackpots (intellectual terrorists).Perhaps because you need to learn the definitions of the various terms you use. There is no such thing as "Intellectual Property". It is a collective term for a group of concepts including "copyright", "patents", "trademarks" and "trade secrets".Unfounded and irrelevant accusation.There is no such thing as "IP rights". There are, however, rights reserved by copyright law for the exclusive exercise of the author of a literary work, and it certainly sounds like turnitin.com is infringing on the students copyrights by copying their papers. Since they are doing it for commercial gains then they may be liable to criminal prosecution and statutory damages... but that will never happen.
The students who claim their copyrights are being infringed should stop whining and go to court.
Having their papers entered into the turnitin.com database may be beneficial, but it still sounds like a violation of the rights reserved to the authors of the papers.
I would call it defective.
That did not stop anyone before, and it is not going to stop then now!
As an occasional user of Windows, I don't know what to expect. Every app on Windows seems to have its own library of widgets. Even Microsoft can't get it right (Office, Visual Studio)...
A Display Manager is not a Window Manager. They are completely different.
'KDE' does not expect to run as root. You are thinking of KDM, perhaps?
Because what we need is more programs that look and feel like crap on all the platforms they run on.
:)
Admittedly in the case of Openoffice.org the situation would not get any worse than it is already.
Which window manager runs as root?
Does it matter? The People will pay for it either way.
Whoa, how did I manage that... damn compose key :)
BONG
That was the sound of the "overused clichê" anvil falling on you from a great height.
It's ok, we can send snakes over to kill the beagles.
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/sh: not found
chroot:
Besides, that isn't one command. It's one pipeline and 21 commands.
Ouch ;)
http://www.paulgraham.com/iflisp.html
Ah, Windows. Every day it finds novel ways to aggravate and frustrate its users.
You don't see the dialog box at http://www.codeproject.com/tips/runas/runas-shot.p ng? The 'Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity' is what I'm talking about. You do not need to add an additional account.
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More info at http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004