GPL "Protects" your "rights" to the software while stripping the rights of anyone else to modify the software for their own use.
GPL doesn't restrict your right to modify software for your own use. In fact, it grants that right which would otherwise be illegal or questionable. GPL does impose some conditions on your redistribution of that derivative work (i.e. provide source code and GPL) which are there to ensure other people have the same rights you are granted. Or don't you think others deserve the same rights as you?
I used to be amazed at how many people got upset that they can't take someone else's work, and profit from it any way they see fit. Now I know that's just some peoples definition of business.
I think they should consider the possibility of a company modifying the code and distributing it to employees (without source). What if they claim that's not redistributing derived code because it's still in the company? Now picture a coalition of companies that act as a single entity for purposes of maintaining their own version of GPLed software for internal use within the entity.
BTW, Forcing people to "give back" to those they got code from is a bad thing and is not how it's written today. That disallows forks.
That's just plain untrue. You've never shot anything have you? There can not be an increase in energy - especially after using a bunch to break bones (big hole in skull) and stuff. For the target to move toward the shooter, there would have to be a net acceleration of the rest of the system (target and bullet) away from the shooter - that would mean an increase in total energy. Consevation of energy and Conservation of momentum are physical laws and can not be broken regardless of who you are or how hard you try. OTOH, the public will belive anything they see on TV - especially if it's presented by a magician.
Apparently someone has already done some testing and concluded these things are extermely
TOXIC. Clothing and other every-day things made of this stuff? You go first. OTOH, it might be just fine encased in resin. Carbon-nanotube-fiber constuction could be fantastic for everyone except the people who actually make the stuff...
So why did his head get thrown backward by the bullet? I've never heard a valid explanation for that other than "he was shot from the front". I've heard all kinds of pseudo-science, but nothing based on reality.
Never mind the condition of the bullet and the doctored photos. Forget about using the footage from the movie too, that's not real and has someones idea of what happened built in.
"Also of interest is the fact that at either of the extremes, that is, at stall or at no load, the motor is actually performing no mechanical work, despite consuming a (potentially large) amount of electricity."
Most likely they're running a 3 (or more) phase motor driven by IGBTs using pulse width modulation (PWM). In all systems I've worked with, you never apply full voltage to the motor at zero speed (except as a transient to get current going) - the current you'd get would fry everything in the system. Even if you do, the bridge is very efficient and mechanical power out ~= electrical power in. At zero speed you get lots of torque by only using a fraction of the available voltage, so low electrical power to match the low mechanical power output. At the no-load speed (high RPM) you apply all your supply voltage just to cancel the back EMF and current (proportional to torque) drops to zero. So you use little electrical power which matches the mechanical power at zero torque. Using fancy methods, you can exceed the no-load speed by quite a bit (double or triple) and still produce near maximum power. Bottom line is that the drive system is very efficient and mechanical power out is very nearly electrical power in - if not something is going to burn up.
Power = wT = IV except for friction and resistance losses.
AFAIK most people are not really looking for jobs because they think there aren't any out there. This would lead companies to think there is a short supply of people. If you'd like to jump ship, get looking for something else - don't listen to what people think the situation is. After you're gone, your previous employer will be looking for your replacement. To some extent, the job market is what people perceive it to be.
Free speech is about expressing yourself, not violating copyright law. I agree that the xIAA have abused the system and should be disbanded, but just because they have abused the system does not change the meaning of copyright. Songs and movies do in fact have writers, and the copyright law does cover them as extended by congress - as permitted in the constitution (by your reasoning, software is not copyrightable either). Unfortunately, the term is not indicated in the constitution, but is one of the details left to congress and subject to influence.
Don't try to stand behind the constitution to justify illegal activity.
"he seems to think that being a good programmer is fundamental to being a good manager..."
And he is correct. The top people at the most successful companies have moved up through the ranks or have a background in what the company does/makes. I saw one report that like 60 percent (was it more?) of the fortune 500 companies have this trait, and of the remaining ones, half drop out of the top 500 soon after they get in.
It's true that there are aspects of running a company that are independant of what it does or what industry it's in. They really make that point in business school. The problem is there are aspects to running any business that they just don't teach in business school. You'll find lots of engineers, chemists (see Exxon), etc who get real world experience and then pick up an MBA and move up the food chain. I've never heard of an MBA going back for a technical degree, have you? And which one do you suppose is more valuable?
If your company suddenly brings in a bunch of xEOs from an unrelated industry, it's time to find new cheese.
Learn python. I believe there is a more compact (possibly more "natural") way to express this in Python, but I'm still learning the language. BTW, it looks so much better with the second line indented (as is required) but I couldn't figure out how to make slashdot indent.
While I can appreciate the problem he's having, I also see several signs of something else... Panic Attacks. I have relatives who've gone to ER over them and I've had some symptoms myself at stressful times. Until you experience it, it's hard to understand/believe. To me (and I am not a doctor) this guy seems to need a small dose of valium followed by continued treatment for the infection - or whatever his doctors agree it is.
BTW, Xanax can also help take the edge off anxiety, but I've seen what appear to be withdrawl symptoms last for months or years after it is stopped (not abruptly either).
"It was set up specifically to regulate interstate communications."
Great, so what does that have to do with my PC or my home network or even my ISPs network up to the state line? They'd need to just regulate packets crossing state lines and keep their grubby hands off the intrastate stuff.
This could be a good way to break up ISPs into state sized chunks - at least physically.
Yes, again. As long as we keep hearing about MS senderID crap, we should keep hearing about this. Or more importantly, the FTC or anyone listening to MS should also be listening to this.
I'm not sure hashcash is the best postage formula to be using, but the idea is excellent.
I'll check that out and see if I can get my bug removed if it's a dup. When I submitted it, I didn't know about the uniqueness of using google as a start page (the other people I had test it also use google) so I just said something like "1)start mozilla, 2)click the drop down, 3)doesn't work" It should be even more obvious with FF defaulting to a google start page.
Should Microsoft lose this round of the browser wars, they can just grab the Firefox code, change the appearance a bit and release it as the next version of IE. That will get it on the OEM boxes for sure. Oh, but of course they'll extend it with a few proprietary features first - DRM stuff, etc...
This is why BSD style licensed code can never win against proprietary software - if it does, it just becomes proprietary.
Lets not forget that FF could have just ripped SVG code from inkscape if they didn't require a dual license... Another problem with the Moz.
From reading the description but not the code, it sounds very similar to a method I devised about a year ago. The stuff in the/. article is very poor in comparison and a perfect example of premature optimization - with all those bit fields... Oddly, my algorithm doesn't really seive for primes, it actually factors every number in the range (except for prime powers) and is still fast.
And the URL drop-down still doesn't work properly on the first click when using google for a start page. (or when going from the FF seach box to the drop down) I reported this bug over a month ago and never got any feedback other than that it's in the database. Odd given that it affects one of the most prominent UI controls.
It bugs me to no end because I use the dropdown history instead of some extra bookmarks. Never works the first time...
I'll find a newly formed company and patent the idea of doing business with them. Or perhaps just doing business with anyone in the year 2005, that hasn't been done before.
I didn't get exactly what part of 3D stuff they are claiming. Atari produced 3D wireframe video games in the 1970s and the first flat shaded one in 1983 (I, Robot - which had several patents of its own). There is obvious prior art before Atari depending what exactly they claim to own.
"Because the Linux bandwagon currently only exists for servers."
Hollywood took it upon themselves to fork the GIMP (creating Cinepaint) and dump Photoshop because they like to make movies on servers;-) Nonono... I think they had a lot of Linux boxes (renderfarms) and asked for a Linux version of Photoshop. When Adobe didn't come through, they just added what they needed to the GIMP and that was that.
I think the fork is really unfortunate and the GIMP guys should really try to re-do what Cinepaint did. I doubt merging the features is possible at this point.
I've been waiting for geeks to do this. I figured OLEDs would cause it. The key is to find low cost inks that have the right properties and work in a refillable ink cartridge. When doing layout, on-screen colors would naturally indicate different materials on the print.
No, they were talking about nanometer size silver particles in the conductive ink. The traces should be much larger than that if you want to carry even small currents. At least you read TFA if not carefully enough:-)
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GPL doesn't restrict your right to modify software for your own use. In fact, it grants that right which would otherwise be illegal or questionable. GPL does impose some conditions on your redistribution of that derivative work (i.e. provide source code and GPL) which are there to ensure other people have the same rights you are granted. Or don't you think others deserve the same rights as you?
I used to be amazed at how many people got upset that they can't take someone else's work, and profit from it any way they see fit. Now I know that's just some peoples definition of business.
BTW, Forcing people to "give back" to those they got code from is a bad thing and is not how it's written today. That disallows forks.
As someone else asked: does it really matter?
Apparently someone has already done some testing and concluded these things are extermely TOXIC. Clothing and other every-day things made of this stuff? You go first. OTOH, it might be just fine encased in resin. Carbon-nanotube-fiber constuction could be fantastic for everyone except the people who actually make the stuff...
Never mind the condition of the bullet and the doctored photos. Forget about using the footage from the movie too, that's not real and has someones idea of what happened built in.
Most likely they're running a 3 (or more) phase motor driven by IGBTs using pulse width modulation (PWM). In all systems I've worked with, you never apply full voltage to the motor at zero speed (except as a transient to get current going) - the current you'd get would fry everything in the system. Even if you do, the bridge is very efficient and mechanical power out ~= electrical power in. At zero speed you get lots of torque by only using a fraction of the available voltage, so low electrical power to match the low mechanical power output. At the no-load speed (high RPM) you apply all your supply voltage just to cancel the back EMF and current (proportional to torque) drops to zero. So you use little electrical power which matches the mechanical power at zero torque. Using fancy methods, you can exceed the no-load speed by quite a bit (double or triple) and still produce near maximum power. Bottom line is that the drive system is very efficient and mechanical power out is very nearly electrical power in - if not something is going to burn up.
Power = wT = IV except for friction and resistance losses.
AFAIK most people are not really looking for jobs because they think there aren't any out there. This would lead companies to think there is a short supply of people. If you'd like to jump ship, get looking for something else - don't listen to what people think the situation is. After you're gone, your previous employer will be looking for your replacement. To some extent, the job market is what people perceive it to be.
Don't try to stand behind the constitution to justify illegal activity.
And he is correct. The top people at the most successful companies have moved up through the ranks or have a background in what the company does/makes. I saw one report that like 60 percent (was it more?) of the fortune 500 companies have this trait, and of the remaining ones, half drop out of the top 500 soon after they get in.
It's true that there are aspects of running a company that are independant of what it does or what industry it's in. They really make that point in business school. The problem is there are aspects to running any business that they just don't teach in business school. You'll find lots of engineers, chemists (see Exxon), etc who get real world experience and then pick up an MBA and move up the food chain. I've never heard of an MBA going back for a technical degree, have you? And which one do you suppose is more valuable?
If your company suddenly brings in a bunch of xEOs from an unrelated industry, it's time to find new cheese.
for item in flowers:
item.nectar = 0
Learn python. I believe there is a more compact (possibly more "natural") way to express this in Python, but I'm still learning the language. BTW, it looks so much better with the second line indented (as is required) but I couldn't figure out how to make slashdot indent.
While I can appreciate the problem he's having, I also see several signs of something else... Panic Attacks. I have relatives who've gone to ER over them and I've had some symptoms myself at stressful times. Until you experience it, it's hard to understand/believe. To me (and I am not a doctor) this guy seems to need a small dose of valium followed by continued treatment for the infection - or whatever his doctors agree it is.
BTW, Xanax can also help take the edge off anxiety, but I've seen what appear to be withdrawl symptoms last for months or years after it is stopped (not abruptly either).
This is just my opinion, don't listen to me.
Great, so what does that have to do with my PC or my home network or even my ISPs network up to the state line? They'd need to just regulate packets crossing state lines and keep their grubby hands off the intrastate stuff.
This could be a good way to break up ISPs into state sized chunks - at least physically.
I'm not sure hashcash is the best postage formula to be using, but the idea is excellent.
I'll check that out and see if I can get my bug removed if it's a dup. When I submitted it, I didn't know about the uniqueness of using google as a start page (the other people I had test it also use google) so I just said something like "1)start mozilla, 2)click the drop down, 3)doesn't work" It should be even more obvious with FF defaulting to a google start page.
Who is Ladesh and why does everyone say to bang her?
This is why BSD style licensed code can never win against proprietary software - if it does, it just becomes proprietary.
Lets not forget that FF could have just ripped SVG code from inkscape if they didn't require a dual license... Another problem with the Moz.
From reading the description but not the code, it sounds very similar to a method I devised about a year ago. The stuff in the
It bugs me to no end because I use the dropdown history instead of some extra bookmarks. Never works the first time...
Does it work with AMD64? How about with one 64 and one 32 bit OS? The FAQ just says "x86".
I'll find a newly formed company and patent the idea of doing business with them. Or perhaps just doing business with anyone in the year 2005, that hasn't been done before.
So he'll just have to modify it with "outside the Netherlands" or "in the United States". Then it will be something "new" and patentable.
I didn't get exactly what part of 3D stuff they are claiming. Atari produced 3D wireframe video games in the 1970s and the first flat shaded one in 1983 (I, Robot - which had several patents of its own). There is obvious prior art before Atari depending what exactly they claim to own.
Hollywood took it upon themselves to fork the GIMP (creating Cinepaint) and dump Photoshop because they like to make movies on servers ;-) Nonono... I think they had a lot of Linux boxes (renderfarms) and asked for a Linux version of Photoshop. When Adobe didn't come through, they just added what they needed to the GIMP and that was that.
I think the fork is really unfortunate and the GIMP guys should really try to re-do what Cinepaint did. I doubt merging the features is possible at this point.
Somebody post a how-to when you figure this out.
No, they were talking about nanometer size silver particles in the conductive ink. The traces should be much larger than that if you want to carry even small currents. At least you read TFA if not carefully enough :-)