The publication of source code in the free software movement is not about receiving benefit in return directly. It's about helping others avoid the effort of solving the same problem. The goal is not fame, fortune, or accolades - just that it would be a waste for others to spend time re-solving the same problem when they could be about something more useful.
The notion of a freeloader is ridiculous. Let me give an example from the current real world. India just became Polio free. That means that you and your children are less likely to become victims of the Polio virus from that region. You are freeloading on their efforts to remove that virus from the world. You benefit from the effort of millions of impoverished women who carted their children to a medical center and stood half a day in the hot sun waiting to receive the vaccine for them and their families. You are a freeloader on the efforts of a woman who in her life could only hope to make a dollar a day and the stakes are the life and death of your children, their lack of exposure to one of the worst scourges Man has ever known. Did you give to polio relief efforts? Did you go and find them, and educate them about why they needed to suffer so much to get the vaccine? No.
In India and other parts of the world the last efforts to rid ourselves of this vile threat are opposed by armed men. Many have already lost their lives to innoculate children. If you would not be a freeloader carried on the back of the least woman in India then get busy earning your benefit. Put your money where your mouth is, or go to Pakistan and start giving shots to the children who might carry the disease that could disable your grandchildren if you don't act. Report back with your findings.
The very topic is a BSD license vs GPL trolling deathmatch. Almost as if it were designed that way.
If the enemies of openness have developed this level of subtlety then they deserve recognition for their brilliance. It is a far cry from "Project Mojave" levels of stupid. Their products still suck, but at least they are learning to push the right buttons.
By all means let us thank the government of India, its politicians, bureaucrats and workers. Also the philanthropists throughout India and around the world. Also the tireless workers, some facing grave danger to bring vaccine to children in cities and remote areas.
If the world is to enjoy freedom from this vile virus let us not forget to thank the countless mothers who walked for miles and stood online for hours to get their children the vaccine. These are heros to future generations as well.
Yeah. Instead we should build a new factory in China where children can assemble happy meal toys for other children half the world away to play with for five minutes and throw away. That at least has a legitimate business purpose of getting children addicted to greasy food and low fructose corn syrup. Mars! Some people!
Planets are hard to get off of. Comets come to close places, but location is not all you need. To mine a comet you have to land on it, and that's like landing a helicopter on a rifle bullet that is exploding.
Nowhere does it mention the one weird trick that effortlessly melts away the pounds in six minutes while you sleep - that the government doesn't want you to know because it creates instant wealth for the few who know this secret.
Yeah, Ceres has got quite more than we need in one easily mined place. But that place is still far. Not as far or hard to get to as the places you refer to though
The most precious mineral you can get from an asteroid is dihydrogen monoxide. Although common on Earth, in space this is a precious substance with myriad uses.
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Let Apple and Microsoft fight over who is a distant number 2. When sales are 3x, the installed base converts pretty quickly.
Dude, I love you but it might be time to talk to the doctor about your meds. You are going disjointed again.
The publication of source code in the free software movement is not about receiving benefit in return directly. It's about helping others avoid the effort of solving the same problem. The goal is not fame, fortune, or accolades - just that it would be a waste for others to spend time re-solving the same problem when they could be about something more useful.
The notion of a freeloader is ridiculous. Let me give an example from the current real world. India just became Polio free. That means that you and your children are less likely to become victims of the Polio virus from that region. You are freeloading on their efforts to remove that virus from the world. You benefit from the effort of millions of impoverished women who carted their children to a medical center and stood half a day in the hot sun waiting to receive the vaccine for them and their families. You are a freeloader on the efforts of a woman who in her life could only hope to make a dollar a day and the stakes are the life and death of your children, their lack of exposure to one of the worst scourges Man has ever known. Did you give to polio relief efforts? Did you go and find them, and educate them about why they needed to suffer so much to get the vaccine? No.
In India and other parts of the world the last efforts to rid ourselves of this vile threat are opposed by armed men. Many have already lost their lives to innoculate children. If you would not be a freeloader carried on the back of the least woman in India then get busy earning your benefit. Put your money where your mouth is, or go to Pakistan and start giving shots to the children who might carry the disease that could disable your grandchildren if you don't act. Report back with your findings.
The very topic is a BSD license vs GPL trolling deathmatch. Almost as if it were designed that way.
If the enemies of openness have developed this level of subtlety then they deserve recognition for their brilliance. It is a far cry from "Project Mojave" levels of stupid. Their products still suck, but at least they are learning to push the right buttons.
The ZScanner 700 was available in 2006. I first became interested the following year, when the ZScanner 800 was released. They were not new even then.
Yeah, I know... not a webcam. They were $50,000.
The data was stolen by the company that prints the replacement cards.
By all means let us thank the government of India, its politicians, bureaucrats and workers. Also the philanthropists throughout India and around the world. Also the tireless workers, some facing grave danger to bring vaccine to children in cities and remote areas.
If the world is to enjoy freedom from this vile virus let us not forget to thank the countless mothers who walked for miles and stood online for hours to get their children the vaccine. These are heros to future generations as well.
Great job on the part of India, the Gates foundation, and all involved. For polio to be eradicated forever would be a great thing.
You use lasers for this.
Yeah. Instead we should build a new factory in China where children can assemble happy meal toys for other children half the world away to play with for five minutes and throw away. That at least has a legitimate business purpose of getting children addicted to greasy food and low fructose corn syrup. Mars! Some people!
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It's not your money. I say let them have their fun.
If you take that long to get to Mars, you aren't going to need long term life support when you get there.
No, not Zoning law. "Zoning" is the nickname we gave the D9 Cat.
From the ratio of stars being ejected, get the average rate of galaxy evaporation. Calculate backward to compute original mass of the milky way.
Planets are hard to get off of. Comets come to close places, but location is not all you need. To mine a comet you have to land on it, and that's like landing a helicopter on a rifle bullet that is exploding.
Nowhere does it mention the one weird trick that effortlessly melts away the pounds in six minutes while you sleep - that the government doesn't want you to know because it creates instant wealth for the few who know this secret.
So you haven't been to the movies or read a bestselling book lately? There is no talent to replace.
Yeah, Ceres has got quite more than we need in one easily mined place. But that place is still far. Not as far or hard to get to as the places you refer to though
The most precious mineral you can get from an asteroid is dihydrogen monoxide. Although common on Earth, in space this is a precious substance with myriad uses.
I was thinking more of a swarm, actually.
I second this motion.
Fold all these under the DOD and call it a day.
Each manufacturer wants to build brand value by being incompatible with all the others in their own unique way.
Unfortunately the Yellowstone caldera has been swelling for a decade.