IANAL but I've followed the SCO case on/. and have a decent understand of copyright, trade secret, patents, and other such rights (and unlike many on/. know the difference between them!).
If SCO is no longer arguing that thier code was copied, then they have no case (if they ever had one) on grounds of copyright, and the GPL is not involved in any way. The only thing that they might get something on is if they have a patent on the concept that IBM implemented in Linux.
If not, then it's a simple breach of contract (if there is such clause prohibiting using expertise gained from SCO in other areas such as Linux), and IBM would just have to pay a probably large sum of money to SCO.
But I doubt they have even that. But of course we all pretty much know that.
I lived in a rural area so my appointments couldn't be as closely spaced as most people (to account for driving time). And I'm not a people person. Oh it also probably didn't help that I was living out of my car at the time because my parents kicked me out.
I liked the knives though. Wish I had the money back then to keep my set.
Portage 2.1 to adopt RPM format for LSB compliance
In what will likely prove to be a controversial decision, Portage 2.1 will adopt the RPM format for all packages moving forward. The use of ebuilds will be deprecated in favor of the defacto RPM standard. The primary driver for this decision was to ensure compliance with the Linux Standard Base specification, which mandates RPM support for package management.
The developers have been hard at work to make this migration as easy as possible. Already a proof-of-concept ebuild2rpm script is in place and being tested by a pilot group of developers. Unfortunately, because of the architectural differences between the two formats, some features will not be supported once Gentoo moves to RPM. USE variables are one such feature; sandbox security is another. However, the added benefit brought about by full LSB compliance should far outweigh the loss of these two minor features.
Additionally, because of LSB's required library support, the xfree86 package will move to become part of the base Gentoo Linux system, rather than an optional addition. Users interested in learning more about the Linux Standard Base should read the LSB FAQ or the full LSB 1.3 specification.
On that same note... the only time I've just about thrown my computer out the window was when I was trying to rename a.avi file (I rename them based on codec used,.divx,.xvid, etc). Very frustrating because windows insists on getting a preview frame for the video, even if all the bloatware is turned off!
I finally gave up and my multimedia box nox runs linux. The only thing I sacraficed was TV In, and I'm playing with gatos to see if I can get that to work.
Until very recently (maybe 3 months ago?) Qwest used to charge a "Long Distance Restriction" fee... i.e. if you don't have Long Distance service on your phone you get charged a fee.
Though as much as I have dealt with Qwest, the last few months their service seems to be getting better. We'll see if it lasts.
Recent improvements I've noticed:
Lower DSL Price Got rid of Long Distance Restriction Fee Outsourced thier call center (have not been on hold for more then 30 seconds since they did this, I used to wait quite some time on hold before) Faster Response time (new service, change service, etc) They work on Sundays! (a friend of mine just moved and was stunned when they came out on a Sunday to setup her line)
So we'll see. I suspect they were losing customers because of thier shitty customer service. Many people I know don't have a land line anymore... net access via cable and a cell phone.
And it's information is several years out of date.
When I lived at home, my phone number was 509-292-9090 - I'll be 21 in April, and moved out just after I turned 18. My parents got rid of the extra line shortly after I moved out (I was paying for it and they couldn't afford it).
As far as menus and icons go, there are standards and solutions out there, they just have yet to be finalized and implemented on a wide-scale basis.
Desktop Entry Specification
"Both the KDE and GNOME desktop environments have adopted a similar format for "desktop entries," or configuration files describing how a particular program is to be launched, how it appears in menus, etc. It is to the larger community's benefit that a unified standard be agreed upon by all parties such that interoperation between the two environments, and indeed any additional environments that implement the specification, becomes simpler."
Desktop Menu Specification
"This DRAFT document defines how to construct a user-visible hierarchy of applications, typically displayed as a menu. It allows third-party software to add menu items that work for all desktops, and allows system administrators to edit menus in a way that affects all desktops."
Gentoo is working towards implementing these, as outlined in GLEP 16 and I'm sure patches they make to window managers will be passed back to the respective developers.
We are trying to attact users, not scare them away... if you didn't know what Tux was, what would you think if you saw Tux holding a pitchfork? I'd run for my life I think.
Unless he bought from one of those Amazon sponsored "Buy this used" shops. Shipping isn't free on those items, unless the shop chooses to do that. The only items that are free shipping are the ones that you buy directly from Amazon themselves.
I have friends that come over to my place all the time. I run fluxbox on my desktop... for those of you that don't know, it can be quite different for those used to windows... but once I've shown my friends the basics of how to start a program (right click) and how my multiple desktops work (scroll mouse wheel or click buttons on bar to switch between them) then they are fine doing whatever they want.
The hardest part of Linux is getting it all tweaked and installed just right. Once it's running how you want it, there's more or less no reason to change (unless you drastically change what you use your computer for... and even then it's neglible).
BTW... has everybody noticed that including a URL your/. profile and then making posts that get modded up exposes that URL right here, on a site that's treated with authority?
yes. my site is #6 when searching for goatsecx because of my post regarding why scientology comes up when you search for goatse...
obviously. it's been building up for quite some time and they have been going to counseling. They seemed to be doing better, but apparently not. The chinese checkers was just the last straw....
My parents broke out in a fight over a game of chinese checkers and are now going to file for divorce. All today, wonderful christmas day. hahaha. They've been married over 21 years.
I think this is changing. My last bank statement had text on in the effect of "your debit card will no longer work at Visa credit card labeled locations". I haven't called for clarification but I take it to mean it won't pretend to be a credit card anymore.
Also about the CompUSA, I noticed the last few times I payed with a credit or debit card in there they did this, but I don't recall them doing it a few years ago (I moved to an area without CompUSA and then just moved back this year). I wonder if they had too many people claim that they didn't authorize that transaction when they really did so they started doing imprints of the card to prove it or some-such. *shrug*
There are 11 siblings in the Stott family, the 2 parents, and most of the 11 siblings have children old enough to play as well. So we usually end up with around 20-25 people playing at once in a very tight circle. Because there are so many players we use 2, sometimes even 3 decks.
And as I suspect any regular player of Uno does, we have custom rules. Like for instance if a 0 is played, you pass your hand to the left. You can "match" at any time... i.e. if you play a red 8 anyone in the circle can match the red 0 and instantly the turn moves to that person. But it has to be matched before the next card is played. This makes the game go VERY quickly. Oh yea, you can match reverses, draw fours, draw twos, whatever. If the person before you plays a draw card (i.e. you have to draw cards) if you have a draw card in your hand that matches (wild or just color) then you can play it, and the next person has to draw the total amount of the draws, unless of course they have a draw card as well.
The game goes moves VERY quickly, but rounds are actually longer then what a round under normal rules would be.
It is "open source is inherently secure and any security bugs that do exist get fixed immediately ONCE FOUND".
With closed-source systems, the company does a cost-analysis on whether it's cheaper to fix and distribute a binary patch vs. any cost to them leaving the hole in.
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IANAL but I've followed the SCO case on /. and have a decent understand of copyright, trade secret, patents, and other such rights (and unlike many on /. know the difference between them!).
If SCO is no longer arguing that thier code was copied, then they have no case (if they ever had one) on grounds of copyright, and the GPL is not involved in any way. The only thing that they might get something on is if they have a patent on the concept that IBM implemented in Linux.
If not, then it's a simple breach of contract (if there is such clause prohibiting using expertise gained from SCO in other areas such as Linux), and IBM would just have to pay a probably large sum of money to SCO.
But I doubt they have even that. But of course we all pretty much know that.
I lived in a rural area so my appointments couldn't be as closely spaced as most people (to account for driving time). And I'm not a people person. Oh it also probably didn't help that I was living out of my car at the time because my parents kicked me out.
I liked the knives though. Wish I had the money back then to keep my set.
I too worked for Cutco once upon a time. The only thing I got out of it was a car that wore out way too quickly... never broke even... how'd you do?
Apr 1 2003 Gentoo Weekly Newsletter:
Portage 2.1 to adopt RPM format for LSB compliance
In what will likely prove to be a controversial decision, Portage 2.1 will adopt the RPM format for all packages moving forward. The use of ebuilds will be deprecated in favor of the defacto RPM standard. The primary driver for this decision was to ensure compliance with the Linux Standard Base specification, which mandates RPM support for package management.
The developers have been hard at work to make this migration as easy as possible. Already a proof-of-concept ebuild2rpm script is in place and being tested by a pilot group of developers. Unfortunately, because of the architectural differences between the two formats, some features will not be supported once Gentoo moves to RPM. USE variables are one such feature; sandbox security is another. However, the added benefit brought about by full LSB compliance should far outweigh the loss of these two minor features.
Additionally, because of LSB's required library support, the xfree86 package will move to become part of the base Gentoo Linux system, rather than an optional addition. Users interested in learning more about the Linux Standard Base should read the LSB FAQ or the full LSB 1.3 specification.
You may be interested in my writeup regarding society's similiarities to the borg.
On that same note... the only time I've just about thrown my computer out the window was when I was trying to rename a .avi file (I rename them based on codec used, .divx, .xvid, etc). Very frustrating because windows insists on getting a preview frame for the video, even if all the bloatware is turned off!
I finally gave up and my multimedia box nox runs linux. The only thing I sacraficed was TV In, and I'm playing with gatos to see if I can get that to work.
Qwest vs SBC (yet again)
Until very recently (maybe 3 months ago?) Qwest used to charge a "Long Distance Restriction" fee... i.e. if you don't have Long Distance service on your phone you get charged a fee.
Though as much as I have dealt with Qwest, the last few months their service seems to be getting better. We'll see if it lasts.
Recent improvements I've noticed:
Lower DSL Price
Got rid of Long Distance Restriction Fee
Outsourced thier call center (have not been on hold for more then 30 seconds since they did this, I used to wait quite some time on hold before)
Faster Response time (new service, change service, etc)
They work on Sundays! (a friend of mine just moved and was stunned when they came out on a Sunday to setup her line)
So we'll see. I suspect they were losing customers because of thier shitty customer service. Many people I know don't have a land line anymore... net access via cable and a cell phone.
And it's information is several years out of date.
When I lived at home, my phone number was 509-292-9090 - I'll be 21 in April, and moved out just after I turned 18. My parents got rid of the extra line shortly after I moved out (I was paying for it and they couldn't afford it).
Google still lists that number as mine.
Though you were being funny, it made me think of something serious.
This world is seriously over populated.
I say let the fuckers die.
Flame on.
As far as menus and icons go, there are standards and solutions out there, they just have yet to be finalized and implemented on a wide-scale basis.
Desktop Entry Specification
"Both the KDE and GNOME desktop environments have adopted a similar format for "desktop entries," or configuration files describing how a particular program is to be launched, how it appears in menus, etc. It is to the larger community's benefit that a unified standard be agreed upon by all parties such that interoperation between the two environments, and indeed any additional environments that implement the specification, becomes simpler."
Desktop Menu Specification
Gentoo is working towards implementing these, as outlined in GLEP 16 and I'm sure patches they make to window managers will be passed back to the respective developers."This DRAFT document defines how to construct a user-visible hierarchy of applications, typically displayed as a menu. It allows third-party software to add menu items that work for all desktops, and allows system administrators to edit menus in a way that affects all desktops."
You make it idiot-proof and they'll make a more idiotic idiot.
"Tux could even hold a pitchfork or something."
We are trying to attact users, not scare them away... if you didn't know what Tux was, what would you think if you saw Tux holding a pitchfork? I'd run for my life I think.
Unless he bought from one of those Amazon sponsored "Buy this used" shops. Shipping isn't free on those items, unless the shop chooses to do that. The only items that are free shipping are the ones that you buy directly from Amazon themselves.
Yea... see what can happen when you don't sit around reading /. all day?
Dead On!
I have friends that come over to my place all the time. I run fluxbox on my desktop... for those of you that don't know, it can be quite different for those used to windows... but once I've shown my friends the basics of how to start a program (right click) and how my multiple desktops work (scroll mouse wheel or click buttons on bar to switch between them) then they are fine doing whatever they want.
The hardest part of Linux is getting it all tweaked and installed just right. Once it's running how you want it, there's more or less no reason to change (unless you drastically change what you use your computer for... and even then it's neglible).
BTW... has everybody noticed that including a URL your /. profile and then making posts that get modded up exposes that URL right here, on a site that's treated with authority?
yes. my site is #6 when searching for goatsecx because of my post regarding why scientology comes up when you search for goatse...
This is /.
You really think he has a girlfriend?
He only *thinks* he has one...
obviously. it's been building up for quite some time and they have been going to counseling. They seemed to be doing better, but apparently not. The chinese checkers was just the last straw....
My parents broke out in a fight over a game of chinese checkers and are now going to file for divorce. All today, wonderful christmas day. hahaha. They've been married over 21 years.
I think this is changing. My last bank statement had text on in the effect of "your debit card will no longer work at Visa credit card labeled locations". I haven't called for clarification but I take it to mean it won't pretend to be a credit card anymore.
Also about the CompUSA, I noticed the last few times I payed with a credit or debit card in there they did this, but I don't recall them doing it a few years ago (I moved to an area without CompUSA and then just moved back this year). I wonder if they had too many people claim that they didn't authorize that transaction when they really did so they started doing imprints of the card to prove it or some-such. *shrug*
I disagree.
;)
Stott-family Ballistic Uno is the best game ever.
There are 11 siblings in the Stott family, the 2 parents, and most of the 11 siblings have children old enough to play as well. So we usually end up with around 20-25 people playing at once in a very tight circle. Because there are so many players we use 2, sometimes even 3 decks.
And as I suspect any regular player of Uno does, we have custom rules. Like for instance if a 0 is played, you pass your hand to the left. You can "match" at any time... i.e. if you play a red 8 anyone in the circle can match the red 0 and instantly the turn moves to that person. But it has to be matched before the next card is played. This makes the game go VERY quickly. Oh yea, you can match reverses, draw fours, draw twos, whatever. If the person before you plays a draw card (i.e. you have to draw cards) if you have a draw card in your hand that matches (wild or just color) then you can play it, and the next person has to draw the total amount of the draws, unless of course they have a draw card as well.
The game goes moves VERY quickly, but rounds are actually longer then what a round under normal rules would be.
Enjoy my suggestions
Except you are wrong.
It is "open source is inherently secure and any security bugs that do exist get fixed immediately ONCE FOUND".
With closed-source systems, the company does a cost-analysis on whether it's cheaper to fix and distribute a binary patch vs. any cost to them leaving the hole in.
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/16/1256226.shtm l (4th post from the top) is why scientology and goatse.cx are related on google.
Read my writeup on it at insaneone.com/13/01
<<6. Register all htomail domains>>
vericgar $ whois htomail.com
[...]
Organization:
Microsoft Corporation
Carolyn Gudmundson
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
US
Phone: 425-882-8080
Fax..: 425-936-7329
Email: domains@microsoft.com
Registrar Name....: Register.com
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com
Domain Name: HTOMAIL.COM
Created on..............: Sat, Nov 29, 1997
Expires on..............: Tue, Nov 28, 2006
Record last updated on..: Wed, Aug 27, 2003
[...]
"The FSF has no buisness in this except perhaps as legal advice."
Unless of course some kernel developers transferred thier copyright to the FSF for "safe-keeping".