(No, I'm not kidding. The pentagon wants to raise the threat level to 'red' but financial advisers say that'll spook the stock market. So, prepare for new terrorism-threat-o-meter levels in the spirit of 'market corrections' and 'negative growth'. Euphamitastic.)
If you have ever visited some of those thousand year old towns in europe you know that the streets are too small...
One could just as much say that LA's streets are too big. And you'd be right, if driving a car weren't a given. Having european-style small streets and compact construction may make it hard to get around except on life-threatning scooters but it sure makes walking anywhere easy.
Bref, as long as your permanent house doesn't depend on tons of power/gas/whatever it'll last and be reasonably practical... might even be a 'character' house someday!
The default splash screen looks kinda classy! Too bad its orange and black doesn't match the default theme (or any other theme I know of) but beggars can't be choosers, right?
You're right. That there should be an Orange Alert is the laughable part.... Duck and cover, you sheep! Your draft-dodging, cokeheadEnron president is leading you to war against evil! Ignore that sucking sound in your pockets!
Ok mister flame on - i'm so sweet like a nice bonbon,
For example, say someone in the accounting department takes the file from the appropriately permissioned root:accounting 644 folder and emails it to Fred in sales, who botches the numbers and faxes it in.
Or whatever. Base point is that you can't control who has access to the file once it's left the supervised playground without some form of DRM.
Of course the Microsoft encryption will be crackable, and the trusted person could give away the password just as well as the file itself but I still stand by my point.
There's demand in any organization for digital rights management... you want to restrict modifying the purchase order forms to the accounting department, but make them globally readable? Check.
What's happening with Castle Technologies' blatant GPL breach?
They went so far as to encourage their developers to steal driver code from GPLed PCI modules. Are the respective copyright owners / FSF going after them or what?
You may have a bigger brain, but they got bigger arms...
I disagree. You (not you in particular, #470187) may be better at solving technical problems or memorizing minutae. Others with equally 'big' brains may be good at being social, motivating people, 'reading' people, scamming people, persuading people (often the same thing!) and will get a lot further in the real world where how you communicate and who you know can be more important than what you know.
I am a nerd, I've got an honors engineering degree, but am beginning to accept that I'm a behind-the-scenes type and am not going to have an easy time in business. OK by me but certainly deflates lots of those silly arguments I propped up my ego with in high school.
You're missing the point. I don't necessarily agree with the parent (parent) post but his point was not that buying an Xbox to mod it would make Microsoft money right now.
The reason MS is (supposedly) taking a loss on the consoles is to get them out there and have numbers to show game developers, "See, you can reach X million eyeballs if you release for our console! We'll throw in a dev pack for free!". That was the original poster's point. Every Xbox you buy adds to the number used to sway developers, and if they start going for the X-box in waves you can bet MS will be raking it in hand over fist.
My opinion: It's not likely that the number of geeks with modded Xboxes will really make a difference.
You're right, the copyright violation of any code equates to a theft of value, monetary or otherwise.
I don't think that contradicts my point, that another aspect of a theft of GPLed code is the discouragement of other potential developers from contributing. You misunderstand me - it's not a person that gets robbed of good will, it's the Linux project. People contribute (partially) because they have a reasonable expectation that their work will remain 'libre'. Remove that expectation by allowing unpunished GPL violations and the motivation to stay up late nights trying to optimize and perfect your code would die.
Why bother making it the best if someone else is just going to get rich off it? Any BSDer got an answer?
The only reason somebody improves Linux is because he's a user.
I would add that another reason for many developers is the knowledge that the code they contribute will remain covered under the GPL and not go towards lining the pockets of a closed-source company. Otherwise they'd use the BSD license, right?
So a GPL copyright violation also robs Linux of a portion of its' users goodwill to develop. Wonder if that would persuade in court...
In an editorial I read lately an interesting statistic was mentioned - A survey of Americans showed that 19% thought that they were in the top 1% income bracket. Not only that but a further 15% thought they would be in the next year.
Another fun quote (so that none of this comment is original material) is from Alexis de Tocqueville:
"The American Republic will endure until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money."
Now the Bush crew are doing one better: bribing the people with visions of their own money while giving the majority of it to that almost-mythical richest 1%!
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How do LEDs hold up to high frequency PWM? That sounds like a really cool idea.
(No, I'm not kidding. The pentagon wants to raise the threat level to 'red' but financial advisers say that'll spook the stock market. So, prepare for new terrorism-threat-o-meter levels in the spirit of 'market corrections' and 'negative growth'. Euphamitastic.)
One could just as much say that LA's streets are too big. And you'd be right, if driving a car weren't a given. Having european-style small streets and compact construction may make it hard to get around except on life-threatning scooters but it sure makes walking anywhere easy.
Bref, as long as your permanent house doesn't depend on tons of power/gas/whatever it'll last and be reasonably practical... might even be a 'character' house someday!
I know you're joking, but...
The default splash screen looks kinda classy! Too bad its orange and black doesn't match the default theme (or any other theme I know of) but beggars can't be choosers, right?
It would be nicer to have just one focused, properly framed, and complimentary photo of the guy...
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the essence of UNIX... BSD or USL.
No no no, it's two football fields worth...
Publicity also tends to be expensive... the slashdot effect certainly generates a lot of that, too.
Partially by accepting all the lead and PCB infused computer components that get shipped from the USA et al, right?
I know man! These moderators are clueless, maybe I should have thrown a link in to Godwin's Law...
There, it's over.
hee hee. why be anonymous when you can be cheeky?
For example, say someone in the accounting department takes the file from the appropriately permissioned root:accounting 644 folder and emails it to Fred in sales, who botches the numbers and faxes it in.
Or whatever. Base point is that you can't control who has access to the file once it's left the supervised playground without some form of DRM.
Of course the Microsoft encryption will be crackable, and the trusted person could give away the password just as well as the file itself but I still stand by my point.
That only works if you trust bob in accounting not to CC a copy to Fred in industrial so he can 'save time'.
Not all DRM is about P2P.
They went so far as to encourage their developers to steal driver code from GPLed PCI modules. Are the respective copyright owners / FSF going after them or what?
I disagree. You (not you in particular, #470187) may be better at solving technical problems or memorizing minutae. Others with equally 'big' brains may be good at being social, motivating people, 'reading' people, scamming people, persuading people (often the same thing!) and will get a lot further in the real world where how you communicate and who you know can be more important than what you know.
I am a nerd, I've got an honors engineering degree, but am beginning to accept that I'm a behind-the-scenes type and am not going to have an easy time in business. OK by me but certainly deflates lots of those silly arguments I propped up my ego with in high school.
What can we say, we were hatched from bad eggs...
I'm don't know about you, but I'm saving my money for the Athlon XP 3030+, codename 'Deltron'.
The reason MS is (supposedly) taking a loss on the consoles is to get them out there and have numbers to show game developers, "See, you can reach X million eyeballs if you release for our console! We'll throw in a dev pack for free!". That was the original poster's point. Every Xbox you buy adds to the number used to sway developers, and if they start going for the X-box in waves you can bet MS will be raking it in hand over fist.
My opinion: It's not likely that the number of geeks with modded Xboxes will really make a difference.
I don't think that contradicts my point, that another aspect of a theft of GPLed code is the discouragement of other potential developers from contributing. You misunderstand me - it's not a person that gets robbed of good will, it's the Linux project. People contribute (partially) because they have a reasonable expectation that their work will remain 'libre'. Remove that expectation by allowing unpunished GPL violations and the motivation to stay up late nights trying to optimize and perfect your code would die.
Why bother making it the best if someone else is just going to get rich off it? Any BSDer got an answer?
I would add that another reason for many developers is the knowledge that the code they contribute will remain covered under the GPL and not go towards lining the pockets of a closed-source company. Otherwise they'd use the BSD license, right?
So a GPL copyright violation also robs Linux of a portion of its' users goodwill to develop. Wonder if that would persuade in court...
Something tells me that you'd like Lucky Ducky!
In an editorial I read lately an interesting statistic was mentioned - A survey of Americans showed that 19% thought that they were in the top 1% income bracket. Not only that but a further 15% thought they would be in the next year.
Another fun quote (so that none of this comment is original material) is from Alexis de Tocqueville:
"The American Republic will endure until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money."
Now the Bush crew are doing one better: bribing the people with visions of their own money while giving the majority of it to that almost-mythical richest 1%!
Or at least that's how I feel about it.