Remember that PGP has saved lives, too. It has been used by humanitarian organisations to get information out of countries whose governments would rather not let information get out.
If you're not a US citizen, write to Senator Hollings and thank him for crippling the US computer industry in order to give the rest of the world a chance.
is it true that BSD licensed code may be re-released under the GPL, just as it may be re-released under a closed-source license?
Code released under a licence stays under that licence unless the copyright holder changes it. If you hand someone else the source unmodified, the BSD licence must remain attached, so they get the same rights you did. (Of course, you don't have to hand them the source. That's not re-releasing under a closed-source licence, it's not releasing the source.)
The main thing, though, is that if you have code under a BSD licence (sans advertising clause) you can incorporate that code in a larger work which can then be released as a whole under the GPL. This is what we mean by "GPL compatible": your changes can be released under the GPL.
I kinda get that one. The first verse has talk of tombs toppling over.
I really can't work out the Cat Stevens version of Morning has Broken, though. I'm willing to bet that more than one church sang that last Sunday in memory of the fallen. Perhaps it's because he's now known as Yusuf Islam?
You can't be at war with a person, or an idea. You can only be at war with a country. If Mr Bush decides to remove the Taliban from power over the 90% of Afghanistan that they currently control, that would be a war. What we have is a criminal investigation followed by possible millitary action to aprehend the alleged culprit(s).
One more thing. Lots of countries in the world have freedom, opportunity and democracy. Every country in Europe, for starters. Ask yourself why the US was singled out if that was the real issue.
I do admit that people in, say, Afghanistan have objectively less freedom than in the US. However, I find it almost impossible to believe that these attacks were motivated by this. Why? You said it yourself:
These people don't care about freedom, or democracy..
...and they don't care that the US has it, so long as they don't throw their weight around the Middle East.
The attacks, if they truly came from the Middle East (it has not been proven in a court of law yet), are because of a perception of the US interfering with local issues, and possibly also some personal grudges that certain individuals have against the US. Neither freedom nor democracy enter into it.
The US Government doesn't have to "send a message".
They don't have to, but they are.
Did you see the broadcast by Bush? Let me quote:
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world.
We both know that's not true, right? The
terrorists were almost certainly not trying to attack "freedom", "opportunity" or "democracy".
The US Government is embarking on a campaign of propaganda to help people accept whatever retaliation is to come. Just as the terrorists have twisted their religion to support their atrocities, the US Government is twisting "freedom" and "democracy" to support the atrocities which will no doubt be perpetrated in retaliation.
Note that this is probably not a conscious act on the part of the US Government. I have no doubt that Bush believed what he said, and his motives were nothing but honourable.
Seriously, LISP is to functional programming what Fortran is to imperative programming, or what Simula is to object-oriented programming. Modern functional programming is pure algebra.
Try out Haskell, Clean, or ML. You might be pleasantly surprised.
And even more shameful is that NO ONE in the computer industry is willing to honor the man in a way where their name will be seen.
You're kidding, right? The greatest award which a Computer Scientist can receive (since there isn't a Nobel Prize for computer science) is the A.M. Turing Award. Take a look at the list of past winners and you'll see all the great names (since the 60s, anyway).
If was doing marketing for AMD, I'd stress this to hell and back. Show how Intel has "a lot of gigahertz" but not much "performance" or "power". Make it look like Intel was somehow trying to deceive you by quoting clock speed rather than how fast your applications run. Then show the prices for equivalently powerful chips. Maybe throw in a quip or two about whether you want to buy the name "Pentium" or buy computing power.
Sorry, I left out a "k". I meant to say 3500kHz, not 3500Hz. And I know that figure is right because I read it off the screen when my wife had a scan last night.:-)
These machines have come a long way since when I briefly did some work with them 11 or so years ago. (I never got to operate the machines, of course. I just developed film. This was in the days before ultrasound and CT scan machines had photo printers hooked up to them. I digress.)
You can work it out from the knowledge that the average speed of sound in soft tissue is 1540m/s. A 3500kHz frequency gives you a wavelength of 1540/3.5e6 metres or 0.4mm, which is the sort of resolution that you need for diagnostic purposes. Diagnostic imaging devices can use different frequencies, of course. Typical range is 1-15 MHz.
I used to know a physiotherapy postgrad student who was researching the use of ultrasound to achieve a similar effect. Ultrasound is more like 3500Hz, of course. Still, you can use it in zero gravity.
The DMCA isn't all bad. Yes, the anti-circumvention provisions are pretty much all bad IMO. However, it also did bring copyright law into the 21st century.
For example, under a strict reading of copyright law, web proxies should have been illegal, as they republish copyrighted information. The DMCA made proxies legal. I think most of us would agree that this is a good thing.
Yeah, but what about the lost interest on the $50,000?
Tough. Even being awarded "costs" doesn't necessarily mean you'll get all your costs back. If the one awarded against doesn't pay, you have to sue them separately to recover the money. And that means going before a judge who might say "well you're rich and he's not, so he doesn't need to pay all of it".
Yes, and sadly I think this is the main thing that Chris Morris failed to highlight.
With all due respect to Chris Morris, that wasn't his task. His show is a send-up of a tabloid current affairs/infotainment show. Given that not only did he effectively raise public debate about the British tabloid media, but even managed to rouse them into exactly the same kind of outcry that he satirises, I think he did that job admirably.
Presenting actual facts on Brasseye would be counter-productive. However, you might want to check out this article) from The Onion, which sums up the dilemma nicely.
Actually, how about Aaron Sorkin? He knows how to do the job (having written both The American President and The West Wing), his characters are more fair-minded than any real politician, he's an alcoholic with a DWI conviction... Almost overqualified.
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Remember that PGP has saved lives, too. It has been used by humanitarian organisations to get information out of countries whose governments would rather not let information get out.
If you're not a US citizen, write to Senator Hollings and thank him for crippling the US computer industry in order to give the rest of the world a chance.
Note that the licence is trivially satisfiable by simply not distributing the work.
Code released under a licence stays under that licence unless the copyright holder changes it. If you hand someone else the source unmodified, the BSD licence must remain attached, so they get the same rights you did. (Of course, you don't have to hand them the source. That's not re-releasing under a closed-source licence, it's not releasing the source.)
The main thing, though, is that if you have code under a BSD licence (sans advertising clause) you can incorporate that code in a larger work which can then be released as a whole under the GPL. This is what we mean by "GPL compatible": your changes can be released under the GPL.
Lego is all very well and good, but it doesn't beat Meccano. You've gotta love something you can build a working orrery or a working vending machine out of.
Goodbye Blue Sky wasn't a single.
I kinda get that one. The first verse has talk of tombs toppling over.
I really can't work out the Cat Stevens version of Morning has Broken, though. I'm willing to bet that more than one church sang that last Sunday in memory of the fallen. Perhaps it's because he's now known as Yusuf Islam?
You've heard the English version of the lyrics, right?
Of course, personally, in this time of warrior rhetoric, I think the song is more apt than ever.
Exactly.
You can't be at war with a person, or an idea. You can only be at war with a country. If Mr Bush decides to remove the Taliban from power over the 90% of Afghanistan that they currently control, that would be a war. What we have is a criminal investigation followed by possible millitary action to aprehend the alleged culprit(s).
One more thing. Lots of countries in the world have freedom, opportunity and democracy. Every country in Europe, for starters. Ask yourself why the US was singled out if that was the real issue.
I do admit that people in, say, Afghanistan have objectively less freedom than in the US. However, I find it almost impossible to believe that these attacks were motivated by this. Why? You said it yourself:
...and they don't care that the US has it, so long as they don't throw their weight around the Middle East.
The attacks, if they truly came from the Middle East (it has not been proven in a court of law yet), are because of a perception of the US interfering with local issues, and possibly also some personal grudges that certain individuals have against the US. Neither freedom nor democracy enter into it.
They don't have to, but they are.
Did you see the broadcast by Bush? Let me quote:
We both know that's not true, right? The terrorists were almost certainly not trying to attack "freedom", "opportunity" or "democracy".
The US Government is embarking on a campaign of propaganda to help people accept whatever retaliation is to come. Just as the terrorists have twisted their religion to support their atrocities, the US Government is twisting "freedom" and "democracy" to support the atrocities which will no doubt be perpetrated in retaliation.
Note that this is probably not a conscious act on the part of the US Government. I have no doubt that Bush believed what he said, and his motives were nothing but honourable.
Have you looked at Common Lisp: The Language by Guy Steele?
BTW, yes, it's that Guy Steele.
You're an experimentalist, right? :-)
Seriously, LISP is to functional programming what Fortran is to imperative programming, or what Simula is to object-oriented programming. Modern functional programming is pure algebra.
Try out Haskell, Clean, or ML. You might be pleasantly surprised.
You're kidding, right? The greatest award which a Computer Scientist can receive (since there isn't a Nobel Prize for computer science) is the A.M. Turing Award. Take a look at the list of past winners and you'll see all the great names (since the 60s, anyway).
That's never stopped anyone before.
If was doing marketing for AMD, I'd stress this to hell and back. Show how Intel has "a lot of gigahertz" but not much "performance" or "power". Make it look like Intel was somehow trying to deceive you by quoting clock speed rather than how fast your applications run. Then show the prices for equivalently powerful chips. Maybe throw in a quip or two about whether you want to buy the name "Pentium" or buy computing power.
Do I get the job?
Sorry, I left out a "k". I meant to say 3500kHz, not 3500Hz. And I know that figure is right because I read it off the screen when my wife had a scan last night. :-)
These machines have come a long way since when I briefly did some work with them 11 or so years ago. (I never got to operate the machines, of course. I just developed film. This was in the days before ultrasound and CT scan machines had photo printers hooked up to them. I digress.)
You can work it out from the knowledge that the average speed of sound in soft tissue is 1540m/s. A 3500kHz frequency gives you a wavelength of 1540/3.5e6 metres or 0.4mm, which is the sort of resolution that you need for diagnostic purposes. Diagnostic imaging devices can use different frequencies, of course. Typical range is 1-15 MHz.
I used to know a physiotherapy postgrad student who was researching the use of ultrasound to achieve a similar effect. Ultrasound is more like 3500Hz, of course. Still, you can use it in zero gravity.
The DMCA isn't all bad. Yes, the anti-circumvention provisions are pretty much all bad IMO. However, it also did bring copyright law into the 21st century.
For example, under a strict reading of copyright law, web proxies should have been illegal, as they republish copyrighted information. The DMCA made proxies legal. I think most of us would agree that this is a good thing.
Final Fantasy was anime. Since when have we expected anime films to have good scripts? OK, The Matrix had a pretty good script. Apart from that.
With all due respect to Chris Morris, that wasn't his task. His show is a send-up of a tabloid current affairs/infotainment show. Given that not only did he effectively raise public debate about the British tabloid media, but even managed to rouse them into exactly the same kind of outcry that he satirises, I think he did that job admirably.
Presenting actual facts on Brasseye would be counter-productive. However, you might want to check out this article) from The Onion, which sums up the dilemma nicely.
Tell me about it. *sigh*
Any chance of getting Martin Sheen elected?
Actually, how about Aaron Sorkin? He knows how to do the job (having written both The American President and The West Wing), his characters are more fair-minded than any real politician, he's an alcoholic with a DWI conviction... Almost overqualified.