This was more years ago than I'd care to admit, but when I was in 7th grade, I needed special permission from my parents to check Lord of the Flies from the school library. There were a number of books that the school board had determined were too mature for young minds, but they didn't want to ban them outright.
Sounds like a mainstream politician to me. Like it or not, Lieberman's not on the fringe, and thus not an extremist. He's a "conservative" Democrat, to be sure, and that's why he's had some rough sledding so far in the primary, but he's far from being a radical at either end of the political spectrum.
I happen to love car analogies. There is no car analogy that can't be tortured to explain or describe anything in the universe.
However, in this case, a better car analogy would be to compare a '57 Thunderbird (Newton) with a '87 Yugo (Q1). Er, a really expensive Yugo. With a really small gas tank. =)
The latest is not always the greatest. People will remember the Newton long long after the Q1 is forgotten. Love it or hate it, it's a computing classic.
No, you have it right. Distribution is implied. Making notes, addendum, scribbling in the margins are fine, so long as you do not try to distribute the new derivative work. It's called fair use. You could use your modified recipe book as tha basis of a restaurant, and distribute the results from the original recipes + yout changes, and you wouldn't be in violation of the original recipe writers copyright.
It seems that there are some FSFers that want to take away the Freedom of the user. This seems to go completely against the original principles as I understood them.
What's next, FSF DRM to control how end users will use supposedly free software? I hope what I'm hearing is coming from a few extremists, and doesn't reflect the views of the majority.
I hope you're right. It would be highly ironic if the GPL made code less free to use. You'd think that RMS and Mog would stick to principles, even if they have unintended consequences. Those that want to force users to release undistributed work want to take the "Free" out of Free Software.
I know what you're saying, but I still side with Alioth on this. Radiation has a specific meaning in science. Is this being pedantic? "Radiant Cooling" sounds like something someone in marketing would come up with. It describes the effect, but at the expense of communicating what is really going on. If you want to say "cooling through heat transfer", then just say it.
I think the point he was making is that cold does not radiate, despite appearances. Radiation has a specific scientific meaning. While it might make "sence" to you, it will lead to all sorts of problems and misunderstandings should you want to, say, build something that needs to be cooled. That and you might get hauled into court for attempting to break the second law of thermodynamics. =)
You're talking about getting off the grid entirely, it seems. Where I live, the power company is required by law to purchase any excess electricity you put back on the grid. So, no need to store your home generated electricity with batteries.
Depending on how expensive electricity gets in the near future, solar panels to supplement what one takes off the grid might make the whole thing economically viable. Combine this with tax credits and suddenly it doesn't seem so expensive.
Not all places are equally windy. Where I live, we get a good deal more sunshine than we do wind. Wind power wouldn't work for me.
Being a cashier = playing God? How much crunch are you smoking and where can I get some? =)
People generally use the self-check out in hopes (hopes, mind you) that it will be faster than waiting in line for the regular register and cashier.
Nobody has directly addressed the fact that the long lines at the regular register is due to the fact that the stores in question haven't hired enough people, however. When was the last time you saw all the registers manned at the supermarket? So the consumer is not really given a choice in the matter, all other things being equal.
How do you know it was just for a minute? Any fresh and unexplained scars on your body? Have you started having headaches? Trouble sleeping at night? Has your car become magnetized? Just before you spaced out, do you remember seeing anything unusual, such as bright flashing lights from above? Lastly, does your butt hurt?
It's not like when we were kids and listened to quality music, is it? Damn these young whippersnappers with their loud rock and roll, their crazy hair cuts, and their hot rods racing up and down main street!
Hold on a minute. I gotta go yell at the neighbor kids on my lawn.
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The difference here, apparently, is that I had enough character to get over it and move on with my life rather than whining about it forever
Apparently not, if you have to bring it up on slashdot for sympathy.
This was more years ago than I'd care to admit, but when I was in 7th grade, I needed special permission from my parents to check Lord of the Flies from the school library. There were a number of books that the school board had determined were too mature for young minds, but they didn't want to ban them outright.
Inconceivable!
Sounds like a mainstream politician to me. Like it or not, Lieberman's not on the fringe, and thus not an extremist. He's a "conservative" Democrat, to be sure, and that's why he's had some rough sledding so far in the primary, but he's far from being a radical at either end of the political spectrum.
I happen to love car analogies. There is no car analogy that can't be tortured to explain or describe anything in the universe.
However, in this case, a better car analogy would be to compare a '57 Thunderbird (Newton) with a '87 Yugo (Q1). Er, a really expensive Yugo. With a really small gas tank. =)
The latest is not always the greatest. People will remember the Newton long long after the Q1 is forgotten. Love it or hate it, it's a computing classic.
Eat up Martha
Yeah, I laughed at that, too, but then I started to wonder . . .
Does the Q1 warranty cover tea bagging?
No, you have it right. Distribution is implied. Making notes, addendum, scribbling in the margins are fine, so long as you do not try to distribute the new derivative work. It's called fair use. You could use your modified recipe book as tha basis of a restaurant, and distribute the results from the original recipes + yout changes, and you wouldn't be in violation of the original recipe writers copyright.
It seems that there are some FSFers that want to take away the Freedom of the user. This seems to go completely against the original principles as I understood them.
What's next, FSF DRM to control how end users will use supposedly free software? I hope what I'm hearing is coming from a few extremists, and doesn't reflect the views of the majority.
What's Linus saying anout all this?
I hope you're right. It would be highly ironic if the GPL made code less free to use. You'd think that RMS and Mog would stick to principles, even if they have unintended consequences. Those that want to force users to release undistributed work want to take the "Free" out of Free Software.
So if I read it will I have to open source my brain?
You can't open source something you haven't got.
ZING!
Kidding! I'm kidding!
Actually, Gore won the popular vote. He received more votes than Bush.
In what way do you figure Lieberman is an extremist? Extremely conservative for a Democrat?
Anyone who opposes these watch list quotas hates freedom and productivity!
As HomestarRunner once said, "It's Dotcom!"
I know what you're saying, but I still side with Alioth on this. Radiation has a specific meaning in science. Is this being pedantic? "Radiant Cooling" sounds like something someone in marketing would come up with. It describes the effect, but at the expense of communicating what is really going on. If you want to say "cooling through heat transfer", then just say it.
I think the point he was making is that cold does not radiate, despite appearances. Radiation has a specific scientific meaning. While it might make "sence" to you, it will lead to all sorts of problems and misunderstandings should you want to, say, build something that needs to be cooled. That and you might get hauled into court for attempting to break the second law of thermodynamics. =)
You're talking about getting off the grid entirely, it seems. Where I live, the power company is required by law to purchase any excess electricity you put back on the grid. So, no need to store your home generated electricity with batteries.
Depending on how expensive electricity gets in the near future, solar panels to supplement what one takes off the grid might make the whole thing economically viable. Combine this with tax credits and suddenly it doesn't seem so expensive.
Not all places are equally windy. Where I live, we get a good deal more sunshine than we do wind. Wind power wouldn't work for me.
Well, technically, he's a Latter Day Saint. Oh, wait. You said "Moron", with an "N". Never mind.
and extra heat sink paste at no extra charge! =)
With a song like that, how can you not dance? Toe-tapping, sir, abso-fucking-lutely toe tapping.
Being a cashier = playing God? How much crunch are you smoking and where can I get some? =)
People generally use the self-check out in hopes (hopes, mind you) that it will be faster than waiting in line for the regular register and cashier.
Nobody has directly addressed the fact that the long lines at the regular register is due to the fact that the stores in question haven't hired enough people, however. When was the last time you saw all the registers manned at the supermarket? So the consumer is not really given a choice in the matter, all other things being equal.
How do you know it was just for a minute? Any fresh and unexplained scars on your body? Have you started having headaches? Trouble sleeping at night? Has your car become magnetized? Just before you spaced out, do you remember seeing anything unusual, such as bright flashing lights from above? Lastly, does your butt hurt?
Also Border's Books, although they're slightly less obvious about it. Still, what other section of Border's has candy? That seems to be the tip off.
Pardon me, but wold you have any Grey Poupon?
It's not like when we were kids and listened to quality music, is it? Damn these young whippersnappers with their loud rock and roll, their crazy hair cuts, and their hot rods racing up and down main street!
Hold on a minute. I gotta go yell at the neighbor kids on my lawn.
I guess that means we have to move the internet infrastructure back to trucks, and hope that the teamsters don't strike for higher pay.