You see... ads on google are relevant to your search criteria, yet are separate from the results.
More and more the first part of that is becoming untrue. I searched for "hiccups" about an hour ago and got an ad for eBay. I'm starting to tune out the ads completely, since they're no longer relevant.
No, many comments don't end up getting indexed by Google, and recent discussions aren't indexed at all. I've tried that method in the past with little success.
NetBSD is free of the GPL. Its BSD license is the most flexible, business-friendly license available. Users may change the kernel or add drivers while keeping the changes entirely secret.
RTFL: This is also allowed by the GPL and always has been. You only have to distribute source if you distribute binaries. In fact, licenses that don't allow private modifications to be kept secret are not free software licenses.
If you can't say anything to prove the original post wrong, do you suppose maybe that's because it was right? Ridiculous name-calling doesn't make you look smart.
C for Dummies is horrible. It's extremely platform-dependent and ought to be called "C for DOS for Dummies," or maybe "C for Borland C++ for DOS for Dummies"). It wastes far too much space with plodding, tiresome explanations and cornball jokes. I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
I can't believe that this language, which isn't all that old, doesn't have parameters which can be returned from a subroutine (without using globals).
You can't return things from a subroutine, but you can return them from a function. That's the whole point of the distinction. Functions return values, subs don't. That's also how it is in several other flavours of BASIC, such as VB.
I agree with you that BASIC is rather cruddy to program in. When you have to do something "advanced," like reading or writing binary files, all the inconsistencies they added to the language to make it "easy to learn" come back to haunt you.
Exceptions to the rules make languages confusing and harder to learn or use. That's why I have the apparently unpopular opinion that C is a great first language to learn. It's true that you can mess stuff up with pointers, but the rules of the language are simple, clean, and consistent. Contrast that to, say, Perl and Python, both of which have so many hacked-on features that the syntax rules are insanely complex and do lots of things you wouldn't expect.
The post you replied to was saying that the recording industry persons need to find a new business model, and it is true. Copyright was, at the time of its creation, something that applied only to publishers. It didn't require ridiculous shit like the DMCA to enforce. With modern technology, copyright has applied in ways not even considered by its original proponents, and as we're seeing, it's often impractical to enforce it without taking away everyone's free speech and privacy and all that stuff.
I don't know what the original poster's view was, but I don't believe copyright should be abolished completely. For works of entertainment and/or art, the context of this discussion, I think copyright should last much shorter than it does now (15-20 years seems fair) and should be more restricted, so that something like this would be the strictest license possible. Ultimately, that would benefit everyone. The business model of the *AA's might no longer work, but then, it really wouldn't work now if they weren't buying laws and all.
There is no fundamental right to be able to earn a living by making music.
In the US there is. It's in the Constitution.
Good one, and what does your version of the Constitution look like? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, and allow everyone to earn a Living by making Music..."
I make music, and I'm not able to earn a living from it. That's unconstitutional! Who should I sue?
People are not entitled to make a living producing things that other people don't want to buy (e.g. vacuum tubes) but they are entitled to a limited (in time and in terms) monopoly on their creative works.
Please RTFC before you start whining about it. Congress can enact copyright laws if they think it's a good idea (or if they've been paid enough, but that's a discussion for another day). They aren't required to. Quoting Article 1, Section 8:
"The Congress shall have Power to...promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Even if it's a single song, big deal. Few CD's have more than 15 songs these days. If a CD isn't expected to earn $15 profit in five years, might as well let the copyright expire already.
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Would you care to elaborate?
Actually, Netscape is dead and the Mozilla project is no longer sponsored by AOL. Where have you been?
What about pinball? Windows NT came with a pinball game.
Or use the mouse instead. Duh.
No, many comments don't end up getting indexed by Google, and recent discussions aren't indexed at all. I've tried that method in the past with little success.
What drug slang does "MySQL" sound like?
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"Three Short Books Reviewed"?
It's $1 every five years after the fifty-year mark. If you don't make $1 profit from a copyright in five years, what the hell is it good for?
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen? It should be TEG!
No, he would have to send two warning notices first. But maybe two other senators have also pirated the software!
If you can't say anything to prove the original post wrong, do you suppose maybe that's because it was right? Ridiculous name-calling doesn't make you look smart.
I could've sworn I saw this article here a day or two ago.
C for Dummies is horrible. It's extremely platform-dependent and ought to be called "C for DOS for Dummies," or maybe "C for Borland C++ for DOS for Dummies"). It wastes far too much space with plodding, tiresome explanations and cornball jokes. I recommend avoiding it at all costs.
I advise people who are new to programming to follow these introductory notes with K&R2 and the comp.lang.c FAQ as reference materials.
I agree with you that BASIC is rather cruddy to program in. When you have to do something "advanced," like reading or writing binary files, all the inconsistencies they added to the language to make it "easy to learn" come back to haunt you.
Exceptions to the rules make languages confusing and harder to learn or use. That's why I have the apparently unpopular opinion that C is a great first language to learn. It's true that you can mess stuff up with pointers, but the rules of the language are simple, clean, and consistent. Contrast that to, say, Perl and Python, both of which have so many hacked-on features that the syntax rules are insanely complex and do lots of things you wouldn't expect.
Your post is redundant too; some AC already got to that one!
Indeed. How long until Sealand gets its own TLD? I can't think what it would be, though; according to this page, .se, .sa, .sl, .sn, and .sd are all taken.
The post you replied to was saying that the recording industry persons need to find a new business model, and it is true. Copyright was, at the time of its creation, something that applied only to publishers. It didn't require ridiculous shit like the DMCA to enforce. With modern technology, copyright has applied in ways not even considered by its original proponents, and as we're seeing, it's often impractical to enforce it without taking away everyone's free speech and privacy and all that stuff.
I don't know what the original poster's view was, but I don't believe copyright should be abolished completely. For works of entertainment and/or art, the context of this discussion, I think copyright should last much shorter than it does now (15-20 years seems fair) and should be more restricted, so that something like this would be the strictest license possible. Ultimately, that would benefit everyone. The business model of the *AA's might no longer work, but then, it really wouldn't work now if they weren't buying laws and all.
I make music, and I'm not able to earn a living from it. That's unconstitutional! Who should I sue?
Please RTFC before you start whining about it. Congress can enact copyright laws if they think it's a good idea (or if they've been paid enough, but that's a discussion for another day). They aren't required to. Quoting Article 1, Section 8:
"The Congress shall have Power to...promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing
for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right
to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
It looks like there's some text cut off the bottom of that scan. Don't you see the bits of text down there?
I hate you, and I think you going to die. Just jesting. Seriously, though, mod parent up. It is definitely insightful.
Even if it's a single song, big deal. Few CD's have more than 15 songs these days. If a CD isn't expected to earn $15 profit in five years, might as well let the copyright expire already.