...if you assume that knowledge can be represented as a list of predicate logic expressions whose arguments represent abstract concepts, you'll have a lot of papers to write about how to make this work.
As Ricky Ricardo used to say, "Lucy, you got a lot of explaining to do."
I know this is hardly the forum for discussion of "good design" when it comes to English, and I did enjoy the article very much, but come on - the last sentence in that paragraph is like a fart in a gourmet soup bowl.
after browsing throught the solutions offered by slashdotters on this topic, I was just wondering if anyone knew whether the nutrition information for trademarked foods and beverages was copyrighted/protected in any way or not? (i.e. the fitday website seems very useful but you can't input "Coca-Cola"; rather you either have to choose "carbonated caffeinated soft drink" or enter the data yourself).
It seems pretty obvious that a database entry stating that a can of Coke has X calories and Y carbohydrates, etc. would not be in violation of any copyrights, but in these days one can never be too sure ("patenting the fork" and so forth).
I haven't found a Linux/OSS solution for this niche yet, but I must admit I love Crosstrainer. Its interface has a lot of annoying kinks in it, but it's got a huge food database, custom analyzation, fitness tracking and all that good stuff. If anyone else was intrigued by this question but is willing to use a proprietary Windows program, that is the one I would recommend.
gnutrition looks like it's the best of the OSS bunch but unfortunately I can't as of yet get it to compile, but then again it's on my back burner at the moment (trying to learn MySQL by making a basic food database of my own).
Why does this question even get asked? Why are people always questioning the motivation of this particular hobby or activity? It seems like someone out there would prefer that people *didn't* write open source software...
Personally, I think it seems to stem from the basic question of whether or not altruism truly exists or not - that is, whether or not humans actually do things for pure unselfish motives or if they're really only taking care of their kids, programming open source software, and donating to charities so that they'll ensure the extension of their genes, have a "large-scale" project completed to list on their resume, and to have a deduction in taxes (respectively).
The question seems to me nothing more than a philosophical exercise - I personally subscribe to Stephen Pinker's splash of cold common sense in the face when he wrote in How the Mind Works that regardless of whether or not we're controlled by little demons that cause some bastard variant of selfishness to express itself in whatever we do, Mother Theresa is good and Gordon Gekko is bad. Period.
"Some people say that cutting on film itself rather than video or computer gives the filmmaker a much closer relationship to the film by allowing hand manipulation of the images, as opposed to pushing electronic buttons to cut your film. If you like the sound of that, do yourself a favor and take some film home at night and fondle it all you want, but when it comes time to cut your movie use a video or computer system."
- Robert Rodriguez
every bong has two sides, unless of course you use a Mobius bong. But then again if you have or have built a Mobius bong you really are already in an "altered" state of mind, aren't you?
Topic selection is a pull down box. AMD and Apple are right next to eachother in the list and this is an simple off by one data entry error.
I think it's more complex than that...
First of all to understand what happened to Taco, you gotta understand who CmdrTaco was. Now Taco was born to a three-legged bitch of a mother, and he was always ashamed of this, man. And then right after that he's adopted by this man - Tito Liebowitz. He's a small time gun runner and a slashdot-editor fight promoter. So he puts Taco into training. They see he's good. He is damn good. But then he had the fight of his life. They pit him against his brother, GeneralGordita. And Taco said "no man that's my brother, I can't fight Gordita!" but they made him fight anyway, and Taco, he killed Gordita. Taco said "that's it!" He called off all his fights, and he started doing crack, and he freaked out. Then in a rage, he collapsed, and he selected the wrong category in the pull-down menu. wow.
Also, the BBC, especially on TV, has a nasty habit of wildly speculating about things. More than once I have seen them suggest that something is certainly going to happen, only for it to later not happen.
We have these in America too - they're called weather forecasters.
1. You can release your code under a non-open "community" license but with a sunset clause. The sunset clause states the date on which the code flips over to the GPL. New releases would keep advancing this date, but a two year old release might be available under the GPL for all.
2. You can dual license your software under the GPL and under a commercial license. GPL users must keep all their own code GPL'd, but you sell a closed-source license for $$$ which allows closed source distribution of the product.
Don't these two suggestions (potentially) violate the GPL?
If, under the sunset clause, a two-year-old release of Hassenfeffer 2001 is GPL'ed, the likelihood that Hassenfeffer XP would have to be GPL'ed because it now contains GPL code would be pretty high, no?
As for the second one, it's not even a matter of likelihood, unless you are prepared to mantain two identical versions of Hassenfeffer XP with two completely different code implementations.
IANAS (I am not a Stallman), and there is the distinct possibility that I am blatantly missing some key element of this, but if not then those first two methods seem inapplicable or at best extremely difficult to work with.
The challenge is to build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a 250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas, 'without external communication or human control.'...any intended entrants out there want to disclose your secret plans?
...but I recall in college reading an essay about how if immortality would be realizable, there would be two kinds of people: those who are impulsive and determined, basically using eternity to run through their to-do list, and those who are perpetually procrastinating, figuring that since they are immortal they'll get to it someday. I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with this essay and knew the title/author/where to find it on the internet because i can't seem to locate it through googling...
I agree. Anything to stop that dastardly Alex Chiu!
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I wonder what an incoming slashdotting would look like on a 3D operating system...my vote is for something not unlike the big "charge!" scene in Braveheart
...and I apologize if this has been answered ad nauseam, but maybe any MS employees out there can answer: does Microsoft prohibit you from working on open source projects on your own time, even if they aren't related to the project you are currently doing at MS (eg. Windows developer working on the gimp or something)?
you know, being that it's nearly 5am and I havent slept in a while, it took me an inordinate amount of time to realize that we're having a flamewar over a joke that was crappy to begin with. Sorry, pal - if I were over there and you didnt throw me out of your house for showing up unnanounced at five in the morning, I'd buy you a beer. Unfortunately, the best I can do now is a virtual beer. Cheers.
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I know this is hardly the forum for discussion of "good design" when it comes to English, and I did enjoy the article very much, but come on - the last sentence in that paragraph is like a fart in a gourmet soup bowl.
Finally I will no longer get yelled at or arrested for pissing on that goddamn dog
It seems pretty obvious that a database entry stating that a can of Coke has X calories and Y carbohydrates, etc. would not be in violation of any copyrights, but in these days one can never be too sure ("patenting the fork" and so forth).
gnutrition looks like it's the best of the OSS bunch but unfortunately I can't as of yet get it to compile, but then again it's on my back burner at the moment (trying to learn MySQL by making a basic food database of my own).
Let's not forget the fact that it only has a 67% uptime rate.
Personally, I think it seems to stem from the basic question of whether or not altruism truly exists or not - that is, whether or not humans actually do things for pure unselfish motives or if they're really only taking care of their kids, programming open source software, and donating to charities so that they'll ensure the extension of their genes, have a "large-scale" project completed to list on their resume, and to have a deduction in taxes (respectively).
The question seems to me nothing more than a philosophical exercise - I personally subscribe to Stephen Pinker's splash of cold common sense in the face when he wrote in How the Mind Works that regardless of whether or not we're controlled by little demons that cause some bastard variant of selfishness to express itself in whatever we do, Mother Theresa is good and Gordon Gekko is bad. Period.
the poster was probably misusing the concept of "strangers with candy"
Only $3.69!!
Malbolge.
every bong has two sides, unless of course you use a Mobius bong. But then again if you have or have built a Mobius bong you really are already in an "altered" state of mind, aren't you?
I think it's more complex than that...
First of all to understand what happened to Taco, you gotta understand who CmdrTaco was. Now Taco was born to a three-legged bitch of a mother, and he was always ashamed of this, man. And then right after that he's adopted by this man - Tito Liebowitz. He's a small time gun runner and a slashdot-editor fight promoter. So he puts Taco into training. They see he's good. He is damn good. But then he had the fight of his life. They pit him against his brother, GeneralGordita. And Taco said "no man that's my brother, I can't fight Gordita!" but they made him fight anyway, and Taco, he killed Gordita. Taco said "that's it!" He called off all his fights, and he started doing crack, and he freaked out. Then in a rage, he collapsed, and he selected the wrong category in the pull-down menu. wow.
We have these in America too - they're called weather forecasters.
Ah. OK, now I see where you're coming from. Sorry for the mix-up. Tricky GPL :)
2. You can dual license your software under the GPL and under a commercial license. GPL users must keep all their own code GPL'd, but you sell a closed-source license for $$$ which allows closed source distribution of the product.
Don't these two suggestions (potentially) violate the GPL?
If, under the sunset clause, a two-year-old release of Hassenfeffer 2001 is GPL'ed, the likelihood that Hassenfeffer XP would have to be GPL'ed because it now contains GPL code would be pretty high, no?
As for the second one, it's not even a matter of likelihood, unless you are prepared to mantain two identical versions of Hassenfeffer XP with two completely different code implementations.
IANAS (I am not a Stallman), and there is the distinct possibility that I am blatantly missing some key element of this, but if not then those first two methods seem inapplicable or at best extremely difficult to work with.
for some reason, I'm having difficulty imagining a beowulf cluster of these...
I plan to build a 250-mile-long car.
...but I recall in college reading an essay about how if immortality would be realizable, there would be two kinds of people: those who are impulsive and determined, basically using eternity to run through their to-do list, and those who are perpetually procrastinating, figuring that since they are immortal they'll get to it someday. I was just wondering if anyone is familiar with this essay and knew the title/author/where to find it on the internet because i can't seem to locate it through googling...
I agree. Anything to stop that dastardly Alex Chiu!
I wonder what an incoming slashdotting would look like on a 3D operating system...my vote is for something not unlike the big "charge!" scene in Braveheart
...and I apologize if this has been answered ad nauseam, but maybe any MS employees out there can answer: does Microsoft prohibit you from working on open source projects on your own time, even if they aren't related to the project you are currently doing at MS (eg. Windows developer working on the gimp or something)?
and to prove it, the picture accompanying the post is of Taco.
...and acting in their best interest.
pssh - this technology was introduced in 1984.
you know, being that it's nearly 5am and I havent slept in a while, it took me an inordinate amount of time to realize that we're having a flamewar over a joke that was crappy to begin with. Sorry, pal - if I were over there and you didnt throw me out of your house for showing up unnanounced at five in the morning, I'd buy you a beer. Unfortunately, the best I can do now is a virtual beer. Cheers.