Sort of. In context of a GNU GPL'd work, all distributors are users of the upstream source (and all users are potential distributors). There's not a clear distinction.
But yes, there is a big difference between the GPL and regular/default copyright. The GPL tends to protect the rights of people like me; straight copyright tends to protect rich publishers. But my original post still applies: if you don't like the license, don't use the product. Of course most of us are only familiar with copyrighted music, so it's not practical (what? listen to unfamiliar music?). But in a strange, RMS rules, idealistic universe we would not listen to non-Free music and instead create Free alternatives, like we do with software.
"To all those who don't like the license: you don't have to use it. Just write your own code. But if you want to use GPL code, the license comes with it. It's a package deal. Thanks."
(which has been oft-said on/.)
And those who don't like restrictive copyright on music: you don't have to listen to it. Just write your own songs. But if you want to listen to copyrighted music, the restrictions come with it. It's a package deal.
as the only other toolkit (AFAIR - please correct me if that's not the case anymore) that has native Mac OS X support is wxWindows and it's about as ugly there.
There is an initial port of gtk+ to Mac OS X (and an older, less complete port: gtk+osx). The Java toolkits run on OS X. Tk supports OS X natively (according to this -- I can't say I've ever come across a Tcl/Tk script on a Mac). There might be others.
wxWindows is just a wrapper around the Mac APIs, so it shoudn't be ugly.
As far as non-native toolkits go, I think qt actually looks pretty good under OS X. Here's a good link: Qt/Mac is Mac OS X Native
Yes, highlighting the row makes the biggest difference. And some HTML tables do highlight the row the mouse is over. It's one of those instances you come across now and then where javascript is actually being used to increase usability.
I'm not saying the danger isn't there, but generally if someone has access to make nefarious changes to an archive, modifying the signature as well is pretty trivial, if not mandatory.
But if the signatures/hashes were signed by a trusted PGP key, as the GP was suggesting, then they couldn't be modified without notice.
Your "moron" makes a good point. If something is legislated and described as a speed limit, then a car traveling at said limit should not, under ordinary circumstances, be slowing anybody down.
> There's no monopoly on stupid, that's for sure.
But it's the legislators who pass unheeded and unenforced laws, your law enforcement friends who would ticket the one law-abiding motorist, and all the I-need-to-be-first-in-an-endless-queue left-laners who are sharing the market on stupid. Not the guy who interprets "limit" in the ordinary English sense of the word.
If speeding is truly dangerous or otherwise detrimental, and we believe it's up to the state to put an end to it, then speed limits should be enforced and your "moron" is absolutely in the right. If exceeding current speed limits is not dangerous, or we believe it is not the state's duty to prevent it, then the laws should be changed or removed... and this would become a non-issue.
Of course, given the current state of traffic laws, it's probably best just to acknowledge that speed limits are enforced very loosely and strive to maintain the flow of traffic. Even if that means sticking to the right while driving at the maximum speed limit so that faster vehicles can pass you without slowing down or changing lanes. The less acceleration on the roads, the safer they are.
He didn't have many dots to work with. I came to the same conclusion after reading the recent posts at freedb.org. It seems rather ordinary, not "sensational". What really happened?
Anyway, thanks for getting another database up so quickly, Andrew. I hope you are able to keep it Free and open. Good luck.
> They used an unusual interface (XMLHTTPRequest) which most > pre-8 versions didn't support.
A relatively new* JavaScript object, but not an unusual one. XMLHTTPRequest is the only way to write asynchronous JavaScript web apps ("Ajax" and all that hype).
* First supported in the Windows IE 5.0 * Available in Mozilla 1.0 (Netscape 7.0) * In Safari by 1.2 * Apparently in Opera after 8.0
The W3C's DOM Level-3 defines a non-Microsoft method to do the same thing, but I don't know if any browsers implement it.
"If your identity shows up in the 'so five minutes ago' column of what's hot/not in entertainment weekly, it's going to hurt, sure. But it's ultimately your fault for taking yourself so seriously."
I think the Ecstasy deserves more blame than you are giving it. Almost the exact same thing happened to a girl who goes to a local high school here (Brittney Chambers).
I'm not convinced Leah was drinking water because she was afraid of her father. Ecstasy is known to elevate body temperature, and a natural response is to drink water.
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Sort of. In context of a GNU GPL'd work, all distributors are users of the upstream source (and all users are potential distributors). There's not a clear distinction.
But yes, there is a big difference between the GPL and regular/default copyright. The GPL tends to protect the rights of people like me; straight copyright tends to protect rich publishers. But my original post still applies: if you don't like the license, don't use the product. Of course most of us are only familiar with copyrighted music, so it's not practical (what? listen to unfamiliar music?). But in a strange, RMS rules, idealistic universe we would not listen to non-Free music and instead create Free alternatives, like we do with software.
The don't speak for me either. I'm really getting into this UTF-8 stuff lately.
"To all those who don't like the license: you don't have to use it. Just write your own code. But if you want to use GPL code, the license comes with it. It's a package deal. Thanks."
(which has been oft-said on /.)
And those who don't like restrictive copyright on music: you don't have to listen to it. Just write your own songs. But if you want to listen to copyrighted music, the restrictions come with it. It's a package deal.
(Not-so-oft-said on /. )
There is an initial port of gtk+ to Mac OS X (and an older, less complete port: gtk+osx). The Java toolkits run on OS X. Tk supports OS X natively (according to this -- I can't say I've ever come across a Tcl/Tk script on a Mac). There might be others.
wxWindows is just a wrapper around the Mac APIs, so it shoudn't be ugly.
As far as non-native toolkits go, I think qt actually looks pretty good under OS X. Here's a good link: Qt/Mac is Mac OS X Native
Yes, highlighting the row makes the biggest difference. And some HTML tables do highlight the row the mouse is over. It's one of those instances you come across now and then where javascript is actually being used to increase usability.
So now using CSS and JavaScript is a criterion for "Web 2.0"? When will it end?
The pages would look even better and load even faster if they used Vi or Emacs. Obviously.
Unfortunately, the system as described is still insecure as it is missing the requirements for something new and something blue.
Except I don't think "gleamed" means what s/he thinks it means.
Pfft. That's nothing. I onc mitsyped, lik, fivve wrds in a row.
But if the signatures/hashes were signed by a trusted PGP key, as the GP was suggesting, then they couldn't be modified without notice.
Your "moron" makes a good point. If something is legislated and described as a speed limit, then a car traveling at said limit should not, under ordinary circumstances, be slowing anybody down.
> There's no monopoly on stupid, that's for sure.
But it's the legislators who pass unheeded and unenforced laws, your law enforcement friends who would ticket the one law-abiding motorist, and all the I-need-to-be-first-in-an-endless-queue left-laners who are sharing the market on stupid. Not the guy who interprets "limit" in the ordinary English sense of the word.
If speeding is truly dangerous or otherwise detrimental, and we believe it's up to the state to put an end to it, then speed limits should be enforced and your "moron" is absolutely in the right. If exceeding current speed limits is not dangerous, or we believe it is not the state's duty to prevent it, then the laws should be changed or removed... and this would become a non-issue.
Of course, given the current state of traffic laws, it's probably best just to acknowledge that speed limits are enforced very loosely and strive to maintain the flow of traffic. Even if that means sticking to the right while driving at the maximum speed limit so that faster vehicles can pass you without slowing down or changing lanes. The less acceleration on the roads, the safer they are.
"Irrigardless" is not a word.
True. But irregardless might be.
How many times is Netscape going to die?
> [...] can serve forth malware
Serve Forth malware from a website? I'd be more concerned about JavaScript malware and the like.
... but is that any worse than an open format no one has heard of that has no support or documentation...
If a format has no documentation, then in what way is it open?
He didn't have many dots to work with. I came to the same conclusion after reading the recent posts at freedb.org. It seems rather ordinary, not "sensational". What really happened?
Anyway, thanks for getting another database up so quickly, Andrew. I hope you are able to keep it Free and open. Good luck.
> Do most people feel that stealing from Walmart is wrong, since they are a huge mega-corp?
um, yes.
> They used an unusual interface (XMLHTTPRequest) which most
> pre-8 versions didn't support.
A relatively new* JavaScript object, but not an unusual one. XMLHTTPRequest is the only way to write asynchronous JavaScript web apps ("Ajax" and all that hype).
* First supported in the Windows IE 5.0
* Available in Mozilla 1.0 (Netscape 7.0)
* In Safari by 1.2
* Apparently in Opera after 8.0
The W3C's DOM Level-3 defines a non-Microsoft method to do the same thing, but I don't know if any browsers implement it.
Yeah, that'll happen sometimes. Tweak your rules. The SpamAssassin Rule Emporium might help.
Yes it is.
because most of us haven't heard of it until now.
"If your identity shows up in the 'so five minutes ago' column of what's hot/not in entertainment weekly, it's going to hurt, sure. But it's ultimately your fault for taking yourself so seriously."
I think the Ecstasy deserves more blame than you are giving it. Almost the exact same thing happened to a girl who goes to a local high school here (Brittney Chambers).
I'm not convinced Leah was drinking water because she was afraid of her father. Ecstasy is known to elevate body temperature, and a natural response is to drink water.