Sure, the worth of the information may be subjective, but how much time it required of its creator is not. That time is either worth money to you, or it isn't.
In the case of a good reporter, you ought to pay them (if not directly, then through a subscription to that media source) so that they can continue to produce that content for your consumption.
Many forms of content that we enjoy on the web today will not be here in a few years -- then we'll be starving for that great content we had for free, and they'll be able to charge for it -- because we'll see the value of it after its gone.
Lets actually pay for and sponsor those who deserve that money now, instead of later.
Oh goodness -- get a grip. The person asked a valid question, if a little trollish, and you didn't answer it.
Yes, the Slashdot authors seem biased toward KDE. That's their opinion, and as editors on a site that claims to pronounce "News", they ought to be open with any such predispositions.
w3m (lynx replacement with better layout) is only 279684 bytes.
Netscape shouldn't be 4M either -- but its statically linked against all its libraries./usr/bin/nslookup: 263k/usr/sbin/named: 509k
(vs)/usr/bin/dnsqr: 27k/usr/bin/tinydns: 24k/usr/bin/dnscache: 49k
You _do_ realise that the complaint is not that the executable won't fit on the drive, but that 4M of code is _too much_ code for almost any purpose needing coding.
Find me a program that _requires_ 4M of code to do what its intended to do and I'm sure you'll find many people able to do it in a lot less code.
That would be a very smart button to add in the About dialog of GNU projects -- an HTTP link to Paypal to donate to the author(s) or an open funding group.
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Afraid to allow them to be stupid and suffer their own natural consequences?
<P>Yes, because we all have to share the consequences of things like heavy smog build-up and a loss of natural ressources, not just the people who have to drive that far to work. Its not always a case of stupidity either -- the government isn't willing to back high-quality public transit that would allow for fast and fuel-efficient commutes for the working public, so you end up with millions of cars stopped on the road burning fuel in rush-hour.</P>
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Except that those "wackos" actually have a point that is utterly ingored -- we need to stop doing things just because they're profitable and think about the "big picture".
The Catholic Church persecuted some scientists in history because they were narrow minded. Now the "pro-business" and "pro-progress" people persecute the ecologists and conservationists for being wackos in the same way. You got your comparison backward.
I feel that the Illustrator brand is well recognised in the graphics industry for good reason. I feel that you would receive a better response from your competitors, corporate and otherwise, if you simply requested that the KIllustrator project either be renamed or have an obvious statement made that it is not the "Illustrator" offering from Adobe and that it is in no way associated with your brand image.
Trademarks are your friend. If you don't think so, you have serious issues.
Whether you believe in free software, free speach, or hit-them-with-bats policies, trademarks protect _everybody_, including consumers.
If you bought "Corn Flakes" and they made you ill beyond belief, you'd have a few words for Kellogs. Why? Because we all know that "Corn Flakes" are made by Kellogs, even though they're both common words. It just so happens that common-word and personal-name based businesses are the most successful, not the ones who make up "innovative" and strange names.
I respect Adobe's trademark on Illustrator and feel it _was_ detrimental to their image for someone to purposefully use that name for their competing product, something that would not be allowed between businesses, but we seem to encourage just because the software's free. There may be users who download it thinking they're getting Adobe Illustrator or some variant thereof when in fact they're getting a completely different product.
WordPerfect and Microsoft Word are very different brands, both recognised. Note that there was also WordStar... AbiWord, for example, is another in this trend of packages that has a unique name, based on a common word.
Adobe's product, however, is named "Illustrator" and not even Corel or Harvard bothered to make products with that name, opting instead for "Draw" and "Graphics"... also common words.
Get over it...
... PS, I think that Adobe should be happy with a change in project name, if not just to "KDE Illustrator" with a link (for really good faith) to Adobe's product page for reference.
I maintained one... years ago. It started when I used PGP in my pre-PPP days of having shell accounts with Elm and Pine.
I had assumed that good E-mail clients supporting PGP natively would emerge. Pronto Secure fit that bill but there was some big anti-Pronto thing in alt.security.pgp so they cancelled the project. Its unfortunate since I loved their IMAP support too.
Any time I think of buying a CD or DVD while this case is on, I'll donate at least the same amount to the EFF for this case. I'd hate to be funding the defense...
I thought someone on Slashdot had better notice that too. I just saw that and almost flipped. "encrypted or otherwise inappropriate" strikes me as an odd way to phrase it, but it points out one thing -- London's Southwark Council has no clue.
Slashdot Mirror
Sure, the worth of the information may be subjective, but how much time it required of its creator is not. That time is either worth money to you, or it isn't.
In the case of a good reporter, you ought to pay them (if not directly, then through a subscription to that media source) so that they can continue to produce that content for your consumption.
Many forms of content that we enjoy on the web today will not be here in a few years -- then we'll be starving for that great content we had for free, and they'll be able to charge for it -- because we'll see the value of it after its gone.
Lets actually pay for and sponsor those who deserve that money now, instead of later.
w3m would qualify, I believe.
Oh goodness -- get a grip. The person asked a valid question, if a little trollish, and you didn't answer it.
Yes, the Slashdot authors seem biased toward KDE. That's their opinion, and as editors on a site that claims to pronounce "News", they ought to be open with any such predispositions.
w3m (lynx replacement with better layout) is only 279684 bytes.
Netscape shouldn't be 4M either -- but its statically linked against all its libraries.
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My point was simply that 4M is a _lot_ of code space (especially of 32 bit CISC code).
w3m (lynx replacement with better layout) is only 279684 bytes. Netscape shouldn't be 4M either -- but its statically linked against all its libraries. /usr/bin/nslookup: 263k /usr/sbin/named: 509k
(vs) /usr/bin/dnsqr: 27k /usr/bin/tinydns: 24k /usr/bin/dnscache: 49k
I seperate (whether correct or not) the concept of GNU software and software created by the Free Software Foundation.
GNU/Linux, as I understand it, does not necessarily _only_ contain software owned by the FSF, but any GPL'd (or otherwise 'free') software.
I may be mistaken -- and thus open to correction -- but I'd call any project under the GNU Public License a GNU project.
You _do_ realise that the complaint is not that the executable won't fit on the drive, but that 4M of code is _too much_ code for almost any purpose needing coding.
Find me a program that _requires_ 4M of code to do what its intended to do and I'm sure you'll find many people able to do it in a lot less code.
That would be a very smart button to add in the About dialog of GNU projects -- an HTTP link to Paypal to donate to the author(s) or an open funding group.
<P>Yes, because we all have to share the consequences of things like heavy smog build-up and a loss of natural ressources, not just the people who have to drive that far to work. Its not always a case of stupidity either -- the government isn't willing to back high-quality public transit that would allow for fast and fuel-efficient commutes for the working public, so you end up with millions of cars stopped on the road burning fuel in rush-hour.</P>
Except that those "wackos" actually have a point that is utterly ingored -- we need to stop doing things just because they're profitable and think about the "big picture".
The Catholic Church persecuted some scientists in history because they were narrow minded. Now the "pro-business" and "pro-progress" people persecute the ecologists and conservationists for being wackos in the same way. You got your comparison backward.
Yes, Lawyers should get paid by their clients. Lawyers should not make up lawsuits just to have a reason to get paid.
Companies should fire lawyers who spend their time trying to find a reason for their existence.
Dear Adobe,
I feel that the Illustrator brand is well recognised in the graphics industry for good reason. I feel that you would receive a better response from your competitors, corporate and otherwise, if you simply requested that the KIllustrator project either be renamed or have an obvious statement made that it is not the "Illustrator" offering from Adobe and that it is in no way associated with your brand image.
Michael T. Babcock
CTO, FibreSpeed
Trademarks are your friend. If you don't think so, you have serious issues.
... AbiWord, for example, is another in this trend of packages that has a unique name, based on a common word.
... also common words.
...
Whether you believe in free software, free speach, or hit-them-with-bats policies, trademarks protect _everybody_, including consumers.
If you bought "Corn Flakes" and they made you ill beyond belief, you'd have a few words for Kellogs. Why? Because we all know that "Corn Flakes" are made by Kellogs, even though they're both common words. It just so happens that common-word and personal-name based businesses are the most successful, not the ones who make up "innovative" and strange names.
I respect Adobe's trademark on Illustrator and feel it _was_ detrimental to their image for someone to purposefully use that name for their competing product, something that would not be allowed between businesses, but we seem to encourage just because the software's free. There may be users who download it thinking they're getting Adobe Illustrator or some variant thereof when in fact they're getting a completely different product.
WordPerfect and Microsoft Word are very different brands, both recognised. Note that there was also WordStar
Adobe's product, however, is named "Illustrator" and not even Corel or Harvard bothered to make products with that name, opting instead for "Draw" and "Graphics"
Get over it
... PS, I think that Adobe should be happy with a change in project name, if not just to "KDE Illustrator" with a link (for really good faith) to Adobe's product page for reference.
I only ever use my work address and telephone number for online subscriptions like Intel, MSDN, etc.
...
I do sympathise with those who can't hide behind a corporate environment and secretary
Who's ready to propose some Linux-based SAN sales to the cable companies?
Microsoft went S/MIME, remember?
I maintained one ... years ago. It started when I used PGP in my pre-PPP days of having shell accounts with Elm and Pine.
I had assumed that good E-mail clients supporting PGP natively would emerge. Pronto Secure fit that bill but there was some big anti-Pronto thing in alt.security.pgp so they cancelled the project. Its unfortunate since I loved their IMAP support too.
Lets just hope the original posting is edited to include a link to this article.
I'd hate for people to do a search on UNICODE and come up with Slashdot's reference to that previous piece.
Any time I think of buying a CD or DVD while this case is on, I'll donate at least the same amount to the EFF for this case. I'd hate to be funding the defense ...
Next time, use:
<TT>
(PGP stuff)
</TT>
in Slashdot's HTML posting mode.
Yeah, I was wondering where the reviewer was when I had my powerglove hooked up to my PC.
I'm sure you can still find the schematics for attaching one to a parallel port.
Have you considered getting a clue yourself?
PGP/GPG Key: 0xC2F837FD.Have a nice day of course ...
I thought someone on Slashdot had better notice that too. I just saw that and almost flipped. "encrypted or otherwise inappropriate" strikes me as an odd way to phrase it, but it points out one thing -- London's Southwark Council has no clue.
They don't post as AC's :-)
The level of entropy in scientific study is something that a lot of people seem unaware of these days.