+5 funny is more like it. 7zip is open source. Go compile it in 5 different environments (None of them x86 or Windows) and tell me open source==portable. Open source has advantages, but that one is bullshit.
Of course, is this a surprise?
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Is IRC All Bad?
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Look at what illegal activity occurs on IRC in comparison to what legal activity happens on IRC. Development conversation lasting one hour: 100k of text. Let's say 1,000 participate in something like that. That makes 100 MB of traffic (Fuzzy math, I know). Now let's say two people download the French Halo 2. I'm going to estimate it at 8 GB each. That's.1GB/16GB Legal/Illegal ratio,.625% legal activity.
"Firefox isn't perfect. It still has some bugs, which isn't surprising considering it only recently came out of "beta" or testing mode. It also can't do much with pages that require features only Internet Explorer has, such as the ability to run Active-X programs. These features are part of the reason IE is so riddled with malware, but they also allow it to interact with certain websites."
Why is that something that we should hate? It's true, no matter how you slice it. It's not the fault of Firefox, it's just reality. Websites use ActiveX (I think I have run into around 5 that use it legitimately, but that's another issue), and Firefox doesn't [natively] support ActiveX. And the ActiveX plugin is crap. (I haven't used it, but sorry, if the official beginner's guide says it's crap, what are the chances?)
So far as file transfer, Freenet is best for HUGE files. The speed is generally good, but the latency is around 10 seconds AT BEST. So, Torrents are the worst thing to share on Freenet. Sorry.
In section 2: a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
So there is a requirement of a changelog that states there were changes and when they occured, but NOT what they were. If there's another provision I missed, please point it out. (I'm a skimmer). I stopped at the "END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS" so if it's included in the explanations (Non-binding) part, I didn't even glance at it.
He's not obfuscating the code, and the Changelog file doesn't fall under the GPL (At least it would be ludicrous if it did, but hell, I haven't read the GPL THAT closely).
This, and some replies here seem to act like Solaris enters the OSS world as an enemy that we can now more fully pick apart and find the flaws of to mock them. Kinda disheartening, if that's the angle people are going to take on it.
This is a complete non-story. "Red Hat's [version of] Linux" is what what was obviously intended.
(Actually, technically it would be "Red Hat's [operating system for which their own tweaked version of the] Linux [kernel is used]," but we all know that "Linux" is used to refer to operating systems using the Linux kernel, no matter how much any of us hates it. )
Guns aren't banned in Canada. In fact, guns are more common in Canada than most parts of the US from what I've heard. (From Michael Moore, admittedly, and though I'm Liberal, he's a Liberal Nut, so take it with a grain of salt). It didn't seem like something he'd lie about; generally his BS is easy to spot.
Just checked, and rest assured - it renders just as crappy in IE. Shit tastes bad in a bowl, but don't blame the bowl -- it tastes bad on a plate, too.
Most flight info monitors are placed in a housing such that all but the screen is covered. I think they may also be computer monitors, but I am not sure.
It sends a "power" signal. In essence, it is a universal on remote. I've never seen anything with a button that turns a tv off but not on (though I have [and own] a vcr that has an on-only button and a on-off button).
He's not saying it's a problem, just that it's indicative of a problem that does exist. I don't care that my cleaning fluids tell my not to drink them, but I do care about the fact that if I were to sell cleaning fluid without such a warning, I would be wide open to law suits. "A reasonable person" doesn't exist in America. "A reasonable person" is assumed to be instead the least common denominator so far as the law is concerned.
13.- 7. Requisites after the grant. No person shall be entitled to the benefitof this act, unless he shall give information of copyright being secured,by-causing to be inserted, in the several copies of each and every editionpublished during the term secured, on the title page, or the page immediatelyfollowing, if it be a book, or, if a map, chart, musical composition, print,cut, or engraving, by causing to be impressed on the face thereof, or ifa volume of maps, charts, music or engravings, upon the title or frontispicethereof, the following words, viz: " Entered according to act of congress,in the year by A. B., in the clerk"s office of the district court of ___________________"(as the case may be.)
This was supersceded by the Berne Convention; declaring copyright is no long necessary.
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I wish there was a non-DRM music store, too Click English at the top left. I use it, it's great. I've downloaded over 100 songs on $10 (At 192 VBR, but you can select higher/lower quality, you pay by bandwidth). I love the Russian economy. Feel free to copy and paste the link, there's no referrer tag.
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I never even mentioned Linux, but ok -- I'll bite. Comment on my journal with a link to 7zip binaries for NetBSD and/or plan9.
+5 funny is more like it. 7zip is open source. Go compile it in 5 different environments (None of them x86 or Windows) and tell me open source==portable. Open source has advantages, but that one is bullshit.
Look at what illegal activity occurs on IRC in comparison to what legal activity happens on IRC. Development conversation lasting one hour: 100k of text. Let's say 1,000 participate in something like that. That makes 100 MB of traffic (Fuzzy math, I know). Now let's say two people download the French Halo 2. I'm going to estimate it at 8 GB each. That's .1GB/16GB Legal/Illegal ratio, .625% legal activity.
Yes, because Mac users are Microsoft's biggest customer base. Face it, most Mac users are fervently anti-MS.
Before Google was mainstream, I Feel Lucky worked great. Good ol' google.stanford.edu.
"Firefox isn't perfect. It still has some bugs, which isn't surprising considering it only recently came out of "beta" or testing mode. It also can't do much with pages that require features only Internet Explorer has, such as the ability to run Active-X programs. These features are part of the reason IE is so riddled with malware, but they also allow it to interact with certain websites." Why is that something that we should hate? It's true, no matter how you slice it. It's not the fault of Firefox, it's just reality. Websites use ActiveX (I think I have run into around 5 that use it legitimately, but that's another issue), and Firefox doesn't [natively] support ActiveX. And the ActiveX plugin is crap. (I haven't used it, but sorry, if the official beginner's guide says it's crap, what are the chances?)
No, matrices.
So far as file transfer, Freenet is best for HUGE files. The speed is generally good, but the latency is around 10 seconds AT BEST. So, Torrents are the worst thing to share on Freenet. Sorry.
In section 2:
a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
So there is a requirement of a changelog that states there were changes and when they occured, but NOT what they were. If there's another provision I missed, please point it out. (I'm a skimmer). I stopped at the "END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS" so if it's included in the explanations (Non-binding) part, I didn't even glance at it.
He's not obfuscating the code, and the Changelog file doesn't fall under the GPL (At least it would be ludicrous if it did, but hell, I haven't read the GPL THAT closely).
This, and some replies here seem to act like Solaris enters the OSS world as an enemy that we can now more fully pick apart and find the flaws of to mock them. Kinda disheartening, if that's the angle people are going to take on it.
I'd have called the month "Monday".
(RTFA)
I'll beta significant proportion of those "IE" users were running Firefox spoofed to look like IE.(Remember, on this scale, .01% is significant)
This is a complete non-story. "Red Hat's [version of] Linux" is what what was obviously intended.
(Actually, technically it would be "Red Hat's [operating system for which their own tweaked version of the] Linux [kernel is used]," but we all know that "Linux" is used to refer to operating systems using the Linux kernel, no matter how much any of us hates it. )
Deuterium is an isotope of Hydrogen. That's what makes it water. H2O.
Guns aren't banned in Canada. In fact, guns are more common in Canada than most parts of the US from what I've heard. (From Michael Moore, admittedly, and though I'm Liberal, he's a Liberal Nut, so take it with a grain of salt). It didn't seem like something he'd lie about; generally his BS is easy to spot.
Which one? The one on my watch, the one on my cell phone, the one on my calculator, or the one on my laptop?
Just checked, and rest assured - it renders just as crappy in IE. Shit tastes bad in a bowl, but don't blame the bowl -- it tastes bad on a plate, too.
Most flight info monitors are placed in a housing such that all but the screen is covered. I think they may also be computer monitors, but I am not sure.
It sends a "power" signal. In essence, it is a universal on remote. I've never seen anything with a button that turns a tv off but not on (though I have [and own] a vcr that has an on-only button and a on-off button).
He's not saying it's a problem, just that it's indicative of a problem that does exist. I don't care that my cleaning fluids tell my not to drink them, but I do care about the fact that if I were to sell cleaning fluid without such a warning, I would be wide open to law suits. "A reasonable person" doesn't exist in America. "A reasonable person" is assumed to be instead the least common denominator so far as the law is concerned.
13.- 7. Requisites after the grant. No person shall be entitled to the benefitof this act, unless he shall give information of copyright being secured,by-causing to be inserted, in the several copies of each and every editionpublished during the term secured, on the title page, or the page immediatelyfollowing, if it be a book, or, if a map, chart, musical composition, print,cut, or engraving, by causing to be impressed on the face thereof, or ifa volume of maps, charts, music or engravings, upon the title or frontispicethereof, the following words, viz: " Entered according to act of congress,in the year by A. B., in the clerk"s office of the district court of ___________________"(as the case may be.)
This was supersceded by the Berne Convention; declaring copyright is no long necessary.
IANALBIPOOSD
I wish there was a non-DRM music store, too
Click English at the top left. I use it, it's great. I've downloaded over 100 songs on $10 (At 192 VBR, but you can select higher/lower quality, you pay by bandwidth). I love the Russian economy. Feel free to copy and paste the link, there's no referrer tag.
I was waiting for Yoda jokes, actually. I was expecting them to go something like:
"FIRST POST!!!
{Insert Yoda joke}."
That's the funniest thing I've read in a long, long time. If I had mod points, you would have gotten one, but then lost it when I said this.