The thing is, Oracle still owns it. Or at least as much as Sun owned it. GPL to the contrary nonwithstanding, who (among the open source community) is going to want to update MySQL, now that it's in Oracle's hands?
The popular euphemism for that arrangement is "A mature technology".
Well, maybe it is. But Oracle's product acquisition is like product punctuation, full stop.
Actually, I believe Julian Assange is also being kept in the dark. On the ABC (Australian radio) at lunchtime I heard they're keeping him in solitary confinement; that they gave him a copy of Time magazine to read, but removed the cover because it featured him.
The fact that he's being held like this is a much bigger indictment of American policy than any unguarded opinions of the diplomats would be.
It's a simple and elegant means of getting around space. The only real problem is that it's a tremendously slow way of traveling across orbital distances.
As the esteemed Dr. Jerry Pournelle once said to me (we were discussing the possibility of using spaceborne lasers made out of ice) Slow isn't a problem - if it takes ten years to get from the asteroid belt to Earth, send one per year and after ten years you get one per year for life.
I thought their argument was flawed but I didn't realise there were quite so many holes in it, it's a pity though that some of the people targeted will have settled out of court already.
It's good to see that at least some default judgement requests are failing -- maybe we are seeing a tidal shift in purse-seine litigation?
"I can see you are a swordsman. Therefore you are educated. If you are educated, you must know you are Mortal! CLEARLY you would put the poison furthest away from YOU!"
Indeed. Printer? It's a box, with an Ethernet connection. You could sniff traffic, figure out a routable IP address for yourself, pick the lowest numerical IP addresses that get traffic, and send a few feelers that way. In D&D terms, it's a Mimic.
Or to paraphrase a certain Pixar character, once you're plugged into the switch, all sorts of culinary experiences open up.
"Use it or lose it" may have merit. But personally, I'd be quite happy if patents (and copyrights) were completely non-transferrable as well. No more patent trolls, no more RIAA - if the creators of the work were guaranteed ownership of the work, what would that do?
I suspect that Al-Queda sends an idiot through the airlines once in a while to get caught, just to keep the TSA's attention focused there. Personally I'd be looking at vulnerable civil infrastructure by now, totally ignoring risks to flight - they're covered. That's not going to happen again, they've used that one up.
But while we're looking at the airports, how safe is our water supply? How disruptive would destroying the civil sewerage system be? Infecting a single beef feedlot? I think it's time to wake up and think about other ways the bastards could get at us.
And by the way, how the fuck can anyone object to an amicus brief?
"The water's rushing in! Throw this sandbag on it!
"That's no sandbag, that's a baby!"
"It's a sandbag. Throw it on the pile and I'll get another".
The tactic relates to removing your opponent's argumentative ammunition, by any means. If they have a devistating argument, all the more reason to try to get it thrown out. Nice, or Right, doesn't enter into it.
Oak wasn't the only kind of wood used in ships, including warships.
No, they also used Huon Pine. Lovely wood, grows straight as an arrow, completely insect and mold proof, and easy to carve, perfect for ships' masts. Shipbuilders did their best to completely deplete the only source of that timber (Huon Valley, South Tasmania). Fortunately, it's a protected species now. They're not really farmable, taking several hundred years to reach a decent size (a "sapling" with a 3 inch bole could be a hundred years old). They are one of the oldest living organisms in Australa, with some examples alive after 3000 years.
Please don't cut them down for wind power, they're pretty.
"Poor old Marat, in you we trust. You work 'till your eyes are as red as rust..."
Judy Collins, "Marat/Sade". I sense parallels between Wikileaks and the fugitive newsman from the French Revolution. Sometimes you just have to put your shoulder to something bigger than yourself.
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The thing is, Oracle still owns it. Or at least as much as Sun owned it. GPL to the contrary nonwithstanding, who (among the open source community) is going to want to update MySQL, now that it's in Oracle's hands?
The popular euphemism for that arrangement is "A mature technology".
Well, maybe it is. But Oracle's product acquisition is like product punctuation, full stop.
Actually, I believe Julian Assange is also being kept in the dark. On the ABC (Australian radio) at lunchtime I heard they're keeping him in solitary confinement; that they gave him a copy of Time magazine to read, but removed the cover because it featured him.
The fact that he's being held like this is a much bigger indictment of American policy than any unguarded opinions of the diplomats would be.
It's a simple and elegant means of getting around space. The only real problem is that it's a tremendously slow way of traveling across orbital distances.
As the esteemed Dr. Jerry Pournelle once said to me (we were discussing the possibility of using spaceborne lasers made out of ice) Slow isn't a problem - if it takes ten years to get from the asteroid belt to Earth, send one per year and after ten years you get one per year for life.
I thought their argument was flawed but I didn't realise there were quite so many holes in it, it's a pity though that some of the people targeted will have settled out of court already.
It's good to see that at least some default judgement requests are failing -- maybe we are seeing a tidal shift in purse-seine litigation?
Naw, too much to hope for.
Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Or the cybernetic equivalent of a Pet Rock, an item so cute that you'll forget the tax reports don't work.
I always thought he was on some fairly heavy substances, myself.
"I can see you are a swordsman. Therefore you are educated. If you are educated, you must know you are Mortal! CLEARLY you would put the poison furthest away from YOU!"
http://www.universetoday.com/75537/secret-x-37b-space-plane-disappears-again/
How long has it been -since- they started using this for nefarious purposes, you mean.
Whatever goes around, comes around.
Or to paraphrase a certain Pixar character, once you're plugged into the switch, all sorts of culinary experiences open up.
I think I'd like to hold out for Porcuswine.
"Use it or lose it" may have merit. But personally, I'd be quite happy if patents (and copyrights) were completely non-transferrable as well. No more patent trolls, no more RIAA - if the creators of the work were guaranteed ownership of the work, what would that do?
IPV6 anybody? (new meme anybody?)
So, what you're saying is -- you should have a life? That has possibilities.
Hmm.... I already have two level 80 raiders, one a Kingslayer. I suppose I could roll another one...
And I will generally react favourably toward their advertising clients. Anybody who stands up to those bastards will get a chunk of my business.
I suspect that Al-Queda sends an idiot through the airlines once in a while to get caught, just to keep the TSA's attention focused there. Personally I'd be looking at vulnerable civil infrastructure by now, totally ignoring risks to flight - they're covered. That's not going to happen again, they've used that one up.
But while we're looking at the airports, how safe is our water supply? How disruptive would destroying the civil sewerage system be? Infecting a single beef feedlot? I think it's time to wake up and think about other ways the bastards could get at us.
"The water's rushing in! Throw this sandbag on it!
"That's no sandbag, that's a baby!"
"It's a sandbag. Throw it on the pile and I'll get another".
The tactic relates to removing your opponent's argumentative ammunition, by any means. If they have a devistating argument, all the more reason to try to get it thrown out. Nice, or Right, doesn't enter into it.
No, they also used Huon Pine. Lovely wood, grows straight as an arrow, completely insect and mold proof, and easy to carve, perfect for ships' masts. Shipbuilders did their best to completely deplete the only source of that timber (Huon Valley, South Tasmania). Fortunately, it's a protected species now. They're not really farmable, taking several hundred years to reach a decent size (a "sapling" with a 3 inch bole could be a hundred years old). They are one of the oldest living organisms in Australa, with some examples alive after 3000 years.
Please don't cut them down for wind power, they're pretty.
The most energy efficient ground transport, I've been told, is a horse riding a bicycle.
Not kites; vertical cylindrical wind turbines. Wind from any direction, travel toward any bearing.
You're kidding, right? Ever seen a video of that thing taking off? That sucker moves.
And I'm not telling you where, because then everybody would want to emigrate to Australia.
oh, wait...
Judy Collins, "Marat/Sade". I sense parallels between Wikileaks and the fugitive newsman from the French Revolution. Sometimes you just have to put your shoulder to something bigger than yourself.