Well...if *you've* never eaten a "decent" meal in France, then I guess it's impossible for good food to exist in France. From the sounds of it they were treating you like shit for a very good reason...and it's nothing to do with language.
BTW, I'm european too.
Rooooxaaanne...you don't have to put on the red planet
Those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night sky.
Roooooxannne...you don't have to wear that space-suit tonight
Space-walking for money, you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
...the programmers in days of yore who didn't mind submitting their programs as punched cards and coming back a week later to find that the room-sized computer* had failed on the 2nd card.
*So expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe could afford them.
Que? O.K. I'll re-phrase...What the fuck does the company's warranty have to do with the GPL?
They're making money by selling a hardware product which is designed to work with a specific binary version of some software. If you tool around in the source and cause hardware to fail, it's just the same as if you'd put it in your microwave. Albeit the latter is much harder to do accidentally.
They're also selling support, If you alter the software running on your hardware, then it will increase the difficulty of supporting the product.
As far as I can see, they are fulfilling their obligations under the GPL.
If the original poster wasn't implying that the GPL was being infringed, then maybe they should take their fingers out of the power outlet long enough to articulate what they mean, instead of just copying and pasting and highlighting a block of text.
I wasn't under the impression that right and wrong was under discussion, his (weak) point was.."ah ha ha ha...you all liek seeing badd things happen to people you dislike, but when it happens to someone you like you are unhappy!!" Well no fucking shit sherlock.
Agreed, both "perps" in these cases are deserving of fair punishment, but this has no bearing on how I feel...
Something bad happens to someone we like. Bummer.
Something bad happens to someone we don't like. Haw Haw.
Why do people make such a big fucking deal out of double standards? Should I feel equally angry toward someone who kills a stranger as I would if they'd killed a relative? No.
I've seen several stories in the UK papers where one or other of young business/computing/finance graduates have started training to become plumbers. Either because it's more "rewarding" or "stimulating".
But I can guarantee you the same thing that motivated them to train as a plumber was the same thing that motivated them to get a degree....MONEY.
My dad's a qualified electrician/plumber, and I know that if I told him I wanted to be a plumber, he'd kick me in the balls.
I don't know about anyone else, but I see jobs like Hairdresser and Florist and Care Assistant and think about the "thicky" girls of my youth whose most lofty ambition was to get married and have children.
Maybe they're just happy because they're too stupid to realise they're not...
Don't know about anyone else, but I find it a metric shit-load easier to bring my computer to university -complete with CDs ripped to.mp3 &.ogg on my hard drive- than 200+ CDs.
The execs are just little chicken littles, crying that the sky is falling in, just like they did when taping music off the radio was about to kill the record industry...remember?
Just think of the fun you could have with that bit though..flipping it at random from time to time..making big hollywood movies go late and over-budget.
Low calorie beer?? Well now I've seen everything...
How will people know you're a Beer Drinker if you haven't got a Beer Belly? They'll think you're some kind of quiche-eating fruit-cake who doesn't drink!
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Well...if *you've* never eaten a "decent" meal in France, then I guess it's impossible for good food to exist in France.
From the sounds of it they were treating you like shit for a very good reason...and it's nothing to do with language.
BTW, I'm european too.
...the...trademark pauses...which....build up....tension.
Rooooxaaanne...you don't have to put on the red planet
Those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night sky.
Roooooxannne...you don't have to wear that space-suit tonight Space-walking for money, you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Quite. :o)
Technically..the "don't" bit in this story is if he'd kept it entirely to himself.
...the programmers in days of yore who didn't mind submitting their programs as punched cards and coming back a week later to find that the room-sized computer* had failed on the 2nd card.
*So expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe could afford them.
Man would that "1337 H4X0R" be upset when someone got 5318008...
Fortunately, Southern England has already experienced a cultural revolution and is capable of recognising humour...
*ahem*
Que? O.K. I'll re-phrase...What the fuck does the company's warranty have to do with the GPL?
They're making money by selling a hardware product which is designed to work with a specific binary version of some software. If you tool around in the source and cause hardware to fail, it's just the same as if you'd put it in your microwave. Albeit the latter is much harder to do accidentally.
They're also selling support, If you alter the software running on your hardware, then it will increase the difficulty of supporting the product.
As far as I can see, they are fulfilling their obligations under the GPL.
If the original poster wasn't implying that the GPL was being infringed, then maybe they should take their fingers out of the power outlet long enough to articulate what they mean, instead of just copying and pasting and highlighting a block of text.
What's your point?
YHBT :o)
I wasn't under the impression that right and wrong was under discussion, his (weak) point was.."ah ha ha ha...you all liek seeing badd things happen to people you dislike, but when it happens to someone you like you are unhappy!!" Well no fucking shit sherlock.
Agreed, both "perps" in these cases are deserving of fair punishment, but this has no bearing on how I feel...
Something bad happens to someone we like. Bummer.
Something bad happens to someone we don't like. Haw Haw.
Why do people make such a big fucking deal out of double standards? Should I feel equally angry toward someone who kills a stranger as I would if they'd killed a relative? No.
If I had a family, I'd steal bread to put on the table, but even *I* have my limits.
I'm a happy guy. See this? This is a happy face. You *all*..would be lucky to be as happy as I am..
:o)
I've seen several stories in the UK papers where one or other of young business/computing/finance graduates have started training to become plumbers. Either because it's more "rewarding" or "stimulating".
But I can guarantee you the same thing that motivated them to train as a plumber was the same thing that motivated them to get a degree....MONEY.
My dad's a qualified electrician/plumber, and I know that if I told him I wanted to be a plumber, he'd kick me in the balls.
I don't know about anyone else, but I see jobs like Hairdresser and Florist and Care Assistant and think about the "thicky" girls of my youth whose most lofty ambition was to get married and have children.
Maybe they're just happy because they're too stupid to realise they're not...
I never thought I'd say this...but..cloned dinosaurs and stupid teen hackers are not mutually exclusive.
Don't know about anyone else, but I find it a metric shit-load easier to bring my computer to university -complete with CDs ripped to .mp3 & .ogg on my hard drive- than 200+ CDs.
The execs are just little chicken littles, crying that the sky is falling in, just like they did when taping music off the radio was about to kill the record industry...remember?
Maybe they don't remember that part because YOU JUST MADE IT UP?
Just think of the fun you could have with that bit though..flipping it at random from time to time..making big hollywood movies go late and over-budget.
Hymn? ;o)
Syzygy?
Myth?
Slyly?
Crypts?
Nymphs? (My personal favourite
Spry?
Lots of perfectly lovely words have no vowels at all, you insensitive clod.
Low calorie beer?? Well now I've seen everything...
How will people know you're a Beer Drinker if you haven't got a Beer Belly? They'll think you're some kind of quiche-eating fruit-cake who doesn't drink!
GEORGE!!
"time will tell", oh...and no pun intended.