Well this law was quite obviously passed very soon after the accident.
I agree fully that if you dial 911 on a VoIP the provider should connect you to a government 911 service and provide them with any info they have. If I remember correctly though, the 911 service in the USA are privately financed (thats stupid!) and phone providers have to pay a fee for each line they conenct there. Which would mean the end of all free VoIP services.
Also, the VoIP providers should only be required to provide your location if they could resonably know it.
With free software I am a user, the software a tool. My data and programs are my own to do with as I please.
Right! With free software I know the software works for me and nobody else. I can stand quite a lof of bugs, bit I really can't tolerate suckiness intentionally put in there.
A prime example is when acroread tells me I am not allowed to copy text from a document. This is how the OSS world takes care of such issues: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62513
The problem I guess, would be that the battery might leak or break. The article says it uses tritium gas, which is a beta-minus emitter. Not very dangerous at a distance, but dangerous if you inhale it.
The battery will need quite a lot of radioactive material to provide enough power too.
"Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL."
I don't like CDDL either, but it IS a free software license.
Does this mean that Windows users need a special permit to make documents with the Windows fonts? Or does Microsoft specifically allow using the fonts in their license?
These people are a lot more evil then you might expect.
This does not include computer programs or other software as such.
The nice little trick here is that a computer program running on a computer is not a computer program "as such". Yes, a laugh is a proper reaction here. Then anger should follow.
Nothing that is not patentable now will be made patentable by the directive.
It is correct that the European Patent Organization is already granting software patents against the law, but this new directive will make those 30 000 granted patents valid.
I'll put it in StarCraft terms: you're spending your minerals on upgrading your Zealots, and failing to invest in the pylons and tech structures that would allow you to build a whole frickin' fleet of Protoss Carriers.
As a non-american, I'd rather see you doing something about your zealots than building a fleet of carriers.
So what exactly is being taught here? Just curious.
As an example, you learn what a kernel module is. When I installed my first Linux (Red Hat) it didn't teach me that, so when all the linux forums around told me to use this or that module, I had no idea what it was all about.
So, we're supposed to get angry at all anti-piracy groups now because this one planted evidence?
These are some of the members companies of the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau. My guess is that most anti-piracy groups are run by them.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
CAPITOL FILM DISTRIBUTION
Columbia TriStar Films
Microsoft
PAN Vision
Paramount Home Entertainment
Sandrew Metronome
Scanbox Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Home Video
Universal Music
EMI Music
Sony Music Entertainment
A spyware company has a "chief privacy officer?!" What's next, a security-obssessed government that makes us less secure? Oh, wait... Seriously, though, I can almost see the logic in this appointment. One thing spyware companies know is computer security. They defeat it all the time.
I would somehow understand them if they hired tech people from spyware companies. But what is a former "chief privacy officer" of such acompany good at except telling lots of lies to the press and public?
One of those who have the ability sets the process going. Nobody knows who that would be or how they are elected, but they have an unexplained tendency to propose whatever Microsoft et.al. request.
Once the process has started the directive WILL go through no matter what. What differs is how long it takes (potentially infinite) and how mush is left of it in the end (potentially nothing).
The possibility of simply rejecting a directive does not seem to exist (excepts formally), allthou us anti-swpat people over here are constantly looking for a chance. Who knows, If we are really good, this might be the first time in history the EU rejects a crappy directive.
Because fansubs are usually fairly litteral translations, so i get the original menaning even though the english sentences might be a little awkward.
Professional subbers on the other hand seem to think "What would an american say in this situation?", which is completely wrong since, in most cases, the charachter is japanese.
And yes, I am learning japanese but it will take some time before I can decode the longer sentences in real-time.
So if I tell my friend that a local computer store sells pirated software, with the intention of helping my friend obtain that software, am I committing a crime?
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Well this law was quite obviously passed very soon after the accident.
I agree fully that if you dial 911 on a VoIP the provider should connect you to a government 911 service and provide them with any info they have. If I remember correctly though, the 911 service in the USA are privately financed (thats stupid!) and phone providers have to pay a fee for each line they conenct there. Which would mean the end of all free VoIP services.
Also, the VoIP providers should only be required to provide your location if they could resonably know it.
When will legislators learn not to hurriedly pass new laws right after terrible things happen? We all know it's not a good idea.
Right! With free software I know the software works for me and nobody else. I can stand quite a lof of bugs, bit I really can't tolerate suckiness intentionally put in there.
A prime example is when acroread tells me I am not allowed to copy text from a document. This is how the OSS world takes care of such issues:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62513
If you want to get a lot of power from radiation, you will need lot of radiation. Can't avoid that.
Like the grandparent, I think this battery generates very little power.
If you RTFA you would see that it is a beta-emitter, and in gas form.
The problem I guess, would be that the battery might leak or break. The article says it uses tritium gas, which is a beta-minus emitter. Not very dangerous at a distance, but dangerous if you inhale it.
The battery will need quite a lot of radioactive material to provide enough power too.
The google cache is:
. com/read/49228.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www5.sys-con
Fun story. But you should read more astronomy and less apocalypse theories.
It's not "Free" by the Free Software Foundation.
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From http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/license-lis
"Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL."
I don't like CDDL either, but it IS a free software license.
Does this mean that Windows users need a special permit to make documents with the Windows fonts? Or does Microsoft specifically allow using the fonts in their license?
These people are a lot more evil then you might expect.
This does not include computer programs or other software as such.
The nice little trick here is that a computer program running on a computer is not a computer program "as such". Yes, a laugh is a proper reaction here. Then anger should follow.
Nothing that is not patentable now will be made patentable by the directive.
It is correct that the European Patent Organization is already granting software patents against the law, but this new directive will make those 30 000 granted patents valid.
Sweden made a similar change a few years ago, and I can't remember any significant problems.
I'll put it in StarCraft terms: you're spending your minerals on upgrading your Zealots, and failing to invest in the pylons and tech structures that would allow you to build a whole frickin' fleet of Protoss Carriers.
As a non-american, I'd rather see you doing something about your zealots than building a fleet of carriers.
So what exactly is being taught here? Just curious.
As an example, you learn what a kernel module is. When I installed my first Linux (Red Hat) it didn't teach me that, so when all the linux forums around told me to use this or that module, I had no idea what it was all about.
Are there any comments from the Florida Institute of Technology? Do they usually sell faked research?
These are some of the members companies of the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau. My guess is that most anti-piracy groups are run by them.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
CAPITOL FILM DISTRIBUTION
Columbia TriStar Films
Microsoft
PAN Vision
Paramount Home Entertainment
Sandrew Metronome
Scanbox Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Home Video
Universal Music
EMI Music
Sony Music Entertainment
I can now get the video by doing
mplayer -vc qtsvq3 -nosound Batman_Net.mov
No sound yet though.
Hexus' site displays Microsoft ads when you hover over the words "Linux" or "open source".
Are there any adblocking tools for this kind of ads?
I would expect the ipod to do random order rather than random selection every time.
Seriously, though, I can almost see the logic in this appointment. One thing spyware companies know is computer security. They defeat it all the time.
I would somehow understand them if they hired tech people from spyware companies. But what is a former "chief privacy officer" of such acompany good at except telling lots of lies to the press and public?
Oh, I think I understand the appointment now.
One of those who have the ability sets the process going. Nobody knows who that would be or how they are elected, but they have an unexplained tendency to propose whatever Microsoft et.al. request.
Once the process has started the directive WILL go through no matter what. What differs is how long it takes (potentially infinite) and how mush is left of it in the end (potentially nothing).
The possibility of simply rejecting a directive does not seem to exist (excepts formally), allthou us anti-swpat people over here are constantly looking for a chance. Who knows, If we are really good, this might be the first time in history the EU rejects a crappy directive.
Be synical if you like to, but please don't interfere when the rest of us are actually doing something about this.
I prefer watching fansubs to official releases.
Why?
Because fansubs are usually fairly litteral translations, so i get the original menaning even though the english sentences might be a little awkward.
Professional subbers on the other hand seem to think "What would an american say in this situation?", which is completely wrong since, in most cases, the charachter is japanese.
And yes, I am learning japanese but it will take some time before I can decode the longer sentences in real-time.
Perhaps, but is it illegal? Should everything that is not "morally upstanding" be illegal?
So if I tell my friend that a local computer store sells pirated software, with the intention of helping my friend obtain that software, am I committing a crime?