One major problem with your idea is that a security vuln in a library would then involve waiting for the developers of ALL your apps to release a new version with a fixed library, as opposed to now where you just replace the library and restart the programs that are using it.
That page scares me. Looking at the source, it's not a link to paypal.com, it's a link to pypal.com. Firefox then of course renders the #1072 character in the statusbar, which looks A LOT like an ascii 'a'. (looking really closely, the 'a' in "pay" does look slightly different than the 'a' in "pal", though it's not something you'd notice casually).
Though I had the disableIDN workaround thing set, so when I clicked the link, I just got an error saying "www.paypal.com" could not be loaded.
Anything can be wrong when you take it out of context. Are you claiming that the GPL is more restrictive than a Microsoft EULA? Because that is demonstrably false.
Looking at the movies I've gotten off kazaa, the high quality ones are typically split in two files, both CD-sized. a CD is ~750MBs. 750MBs * 2/movie * 3 movies = 4500MB = 4.3GB. That should easily fit onto a 4.7GB DVD.
I noticed only two screenshots that actually looked any different from what I already have in gnome 2.8, and even then it was only minor changes to menu layouts in a couple minor apps. But then reading the 2.10 preview that somebody else linked, there's actually a lot of good, new stuff in gnome 2.10. Stupid osdir screenshots are worthless.
The problem is though, should McDonalds sue the maker of the signs? Or should they sue Subway for making fraudulent signs? In your analogy, Google is a neutral sign-maker, they've done nothing wrong.
So these HVD's are 217.9x larger than a standard DVD. It won't mean that you'll be able to store 217.9x as much information on it, though, what it really means is that they'll come out with a video format that is 250x as large, so you still won't be able to get more than one movie onto a single disc.
(It's a pet peeve of mine when I see a trilogy released on DVD, and it's a 3-disc set. They could easily fit all 3 movies on one disc).
Linux is encumbered by the proprietary Gnu license
This is a strange thing to say. All licenses are inherently "proprietary". Proprietary in the sense that somebody owns it, and is licensing it to you to use. Based on your phrasing in other parts of your post, you make it sound like Linux is tied up in some kind of license that doesn't permit anybody to use it for anything, which is demonstrably untrue -- the GPL is a very, very permissive license, compared to something like an MS EULA.
Just print the fucking adverts on the inside of my eyelids so that I see them whenever I close my eyes, no matter where I am. It's inevitable. Governments will mandate it after lobbyists push for it hard enough.
In my understanding, the answer to this question is a big, clear "NO". Your code is sitting only on your own internal servers, no distribution has happened. That the program's input came from the internet, and the output went back to the same place on the internet, does not constitute distribution.
Then that definition is bogus. WINE simply isn't an emulator, it's a reimplimentation of an API. Somebody else already mentioned it, but I'll ask it again: Would you consider GTK+ for Windows a Linux emulator? I wouldn't. Similarly, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Then it is obvious that you don't know what an emulator is.
WINE is an implementation of the win32 api on linux, such that windows applications will run on it without recompiling. An application running on WINE isn't encapsulated in a "safe" emulated environment much like vmware would do, it's running in your system just like any other app you're running.
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One major problem with your idea is that a security vuln in a library would then involve waiting for the developers of ALL your apps to release a new version with a fixed library, as opposed to now where you just replace the library and restart the programs that are using it.
That page scares me. Looking at the source, it's not a link to paypal.com, it's a link to pypal.com. Firefox then of course renders the #1072 character in the statusbar, which looks A LOT like an ascii 'a'. (looking really closely, the 'a' in "pay" does look slightly different than the 'a' in "pal", though it's not something you'd notice casually).
Though I had the disableIDN workaround thing set, so when I clicked the link, I just got an error saying "www.paypal.com" could not be loaded.
Swing and a miss.
Anything can be wrong when you take it out of context. Are you claiming that the GPL is more restrictive than a Microsoft EULA? Because that is demonstrably false.
Looking at the movies I've gotten off kazaa, the high quality ones are typically split in two files, both CD-sized. a CD is ~750MBs. 750MBs * 2/movie * 3 movies = 4500MB = 4.3GB. That should easily fit onto a 4.7GB DVD.
I noticed only two screenshots that actually looked any different from what I already have in gnome 2.8, and even then it was only minor changes to menu layouts in a couple minor apps. But then reading the 2.10 preview that somebody else linked, there's actually a lot of good, new stuff in gnome 2.10. Stupid osdir screenshots are worthless.
The problem is though, should McDonalds sue the maker of the signs? Or should they sue Subway for making fraudulent signs? In your analogy, Google is a neutral sign-maker, they've done nothing wrong.
So these HVD's are 217.9x larger than a standard DVD. It won't mean that you'll be able to store 217.9x as much information on it, though, what it really means is that they'll come out with a video format that is 250x as large, so you still won't be able to get more than one movie onto a single disc.
(It's a pet peeve of mine when I see a trilogy released on DVD, and it's a 3-disc set. They could easily fit all 3 movies on one disc).
It's been that way for at least 30 years.
What? WHAT?!?!
You mean it used to be different?
"OMG, d00dz, it runs a program now! What do we do?!"
"Oh, fuck, dude, I dunno! We should start over from scratch or something!"
"Hey, good idea!"
You die, well, you get to sit there and watch your buddies try to complete the mission.
Wow, just like in real life!
"Hey, Fred!"
"What's up, Bob?"
"tsa's getting old!"
"Holy shit, Bob, we gotta go buy some Britney Spears!"
"Good idea, Fred."
Linux is encumbered by the proprietary Gnu license
This is a strange thing to say. All licenses are inherently "proprietary". Proprietary in the sense that somebody owns it, and is licensing it to you to use. Based on your phrasing in other parts of your post, you make it sound like Linux is tied up in some kind of license that doesn't permit anybody to use it for anything, which is demonstrably untrue -- the GPL is a very, very permissive license, compared to something like an MS EULA.
... visible to about 25% of the Earth ... treat the other 25%.
What about the other two 25%'s? What are they, chopped liver?
Just print the fucking adverts on the inside of my eyelids so that I see them whenever I close my eyes, no matter where I am. It's inevitable. Governments will mandate it after lobbyists push for it hard enough.
They want the 8-year-old grandmother
Ah, the 8 year old grandmother. She must have been busy!
Do I have to make the code available?
In my understanding, the answer to this question is a big, clear "NO". Your code is sitting only on your own internal servers, no distribution has happened. That the program's input came from the internet, and the output went back to the same place on the internet, does not constitute distribution.
Let me guess, speed stripes?
Boy, weren't you fooled. It was written by a committee of humans. Stupid, cave-man humans, at that. Hee hee! ;)
Actually, yes, it is.
were singularly human proclivities?
Like, your preponderance for verbosity perturbs me, an' shit.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go spank my monkey. Bad monkey! Bad!
I guess I'm objecting to the notion that being male is the norm.
Don't be silly. Women only exist on the computer screen.
It's not a tribute to you?
Does it look like my name is Douglas Adams? Of course it isn't a tribute to me.
(you didn't get the joke...)
Then that definition is bogus. WINE simply isn't an emulator, it's a reimplimentation of an API. Somebody else already mentioned it, but I'll ask it again: Would you consider GTK+ for Windows a Linux emulator? I wouldn't. Similarly, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
You might think that's a funny joke, but just imagine all the gun enthusiasts thinking "what do you mean it's an AMD sixty... four?"
Then it is obvious that you don't know what an emulator is.
WINE is an implementation of the win32 api on linux, such that windows applications will run on it without recompiling. An application running on WINE isn't encapsulated in a "safe" emulated environment much like vmware would do, it's running in your system just like any other app you're running.