What a strange defence! Next time you are in court, try defending your client in the way you suggest: "My client should be praised and rewarded for his deads. Although he admits robbing the bank, it was done in a more humane way."
You are playing with words. The claim was that there is no OSS community; which you have turned it into just "community". In effect, it is like claiming that the Blue community exists simply because (any) community exists.
Yes, you are correct to reject those who willing to spend their time to answer 100 mostly unrelated questions. Most competent persons will laugh at you if you ask them to do this or that just to make it to the interview.
The GPL demands money if you want the
code under a different license.
You have to pay if
you want to remove the GPL restrictions; whereas, for
BSD sofware do not have to pay.
I don't know if Makedonias were allowed to compelte in the Olympics. It is a fair indication that if Makedonias were invited to compete with other Greeks, then Makedonias were also Greeks. Please remember that Larisa is only a short distance away from Pela (Makedonia), and Larisa was a Greek city famous for it horsemanship -- the Kentucky Derby of ancient times. On the surface, it seems more probable that Makedonia was considered Greek among the Greeks.
Conservatives stand for freedom, liberty, individual
responsibility, honest prosperity, and peace.
Your definition is not very intresting. Almost all other groups
state that they also stand for freedom, liberty, responsibility,
and prosperity. Same thing for peace.
I care little what people will remember of me after I am dead; it is also best to receive benefits now when it matters -- it is too later after death. ( This I presume is common thinking, at least of the humans I meet so far. I have yet to observe the opposite.)
With the logic of 'welcome to the real world' I should be allowed
to rape your daughter. Defective public bridges should also be
allowed to fall, and should take your chances when you fly on
the airplane.
The issue is not whether you must accept the realities of life
(or life is not fair) and just deal with it. The issue is whether
you desire a better life and to help make it possible.
There is no difficulty discovering how it applies to drivers
as well; assuming, if you wish to arrive safe and not die in traffic.
Oh, I can see it quite easily.
Spectacular thinking! Do you realize that even the toilet paper contributes towards generating revenue? And so is electricity, and so is lots of other things.
And do you suppose the seed of the farmer are 'just a liability'? The seed, the manure, and pencils, are all directly contributing towards generating his income.
The toilet paper in the bathrooms (to you, 'liability') is actually more important than the last sale. Is it not?
Would it have made a difference? That is a lame excuse because the next question should be: Why were were you building something that would not have made a difference?
And who is looting different than gauging? According to your logic, all I have to prove is whether looting brings down prices. Well, it does! After 20,000 laptops are looted, prices will tend to decrease since a lot people already own laptops and demand for laptops is less than before.
People, there is no such thing as right and wrong it all depends on where is your self-interest. This you call 'right' and 'just'.
I always knew that the term 'GNU' was not a trademark, and you can still observe this in software named with the prefix gnu. Yours was the second post that keeps claiming the 'GNU' is an official trademark, and the first post insited even more bluntly. I understand that at/. everyone writes whatever comes to their head, as the thoughts arrive and without processing, but I am begining to feel too much disorientation. A quick search at Google has yet to clarify who is right; could someone who actually knows inform us if 'GNU' is a trademark. Thanks.
A small correction. I remember that the person who first filed to trademark 'Linux' and then asked for royalties was a computer programmer (not a lawyer). In fact, he fired his lawyer after the lawyer advised him to settle the lawsuit brought by Linus and the Linux companies.
Most people have a price, where from that point the rewords are worth the risk. Surely, the more you pay the higher the chances to buy loyalty. But they are already earning more money than their compatriots? That is irrelevant: I also have my price, and if the money are attractive, and attractive enough, it is easier to flip to the other side; nothing to do with comperative salaries.
How can you steal SSN numbers? These numbers are not meant to stay secret, they should be treated in the same way we treat telephone numbers from the telephone book. How can you steal telephone numbers from the telephone book? In similar way, the SSN numbers are public identifiers, not secrets.
Yes, but the REAL point is that the terms of GPL does affect prices. When everyone is allowed to distribute unlimited copies it does not take long for prices to drop all the way down to zero! This is a direct result from the terms of the GPL (which speaks nothing about price).
Nowday, what I see on the news are stories about Michael Jackson, Mrs. Stuart, and the Pope. This is what is passed as "news". Is the media biased towards the left or towards the right? When all they do is talk about the unimportant, the media is not biased at all! They are just silly.
Finally, the parent post has some clue where International waters start.
I personally thought they start at 12 miles, but only 6 miles around islands.
Furthermore, since I think Reagan, the US (unilaterally) declared that its
waters extend for 200 miles: the first 6 miles belong to the state, and
the rest 194 miles belong to federal government.
Either way, 3.5 offshore is not International waters.
Because it may encourage people to just go to a commercial
alternative.
What? If a stranger or relative requests as a favor to
drop him at the airport, do I have to honor his request or
provide a lengthy explanation why I choose not to comply?
No explanation is needed. And so what if the stranger chooses
a commercial alternative by hiring a taxi cab?
Unless of course you imply that kernel developers should be
slaves, either to CA or to 'the common good', which for you
means Linux market share. The kernel developers
have their own personal goals, it is their own time, and have
little obligation to follow other peoples interests.
If speed is such a major concern, would it not be simpler to adjust the gas intake of cars cannot run above the highest speed limit? Such modifications could be optional, or they could be mandated by law -- depending on what you want accomplished. Issuing traffic tickets via monitoring systems mostly indicates a desire to collect money, not a desire for public safety.
Oh, that is Microsoft we are talking about! It is well known (through court rulings) that they don't play within the confines of the law. I am afraid, this empire does not always care about legal boundaries.
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What a strange defence! Next time you are in
court, try defending your client in the way you suggest:
"My client should be praised and rewarded
for his deads. Although he admits robbing
the bank, it was done in a more humane way."
Thats is fine, both parties have the right
to terminate the relashionship; but should not the
bank hand over the money upon termination?
You are playing with words. The claim was
that there is no OSS community; which you
have turned it into just "community". In effect,
it is like claiming that the Blue community
exists simply because (any) community exists.
Yes, you are correct to reject those who
willing to spend their time to answer 100 mostly
unrelated questions. Most competent persons
will laugh at you if you ask them to do this
or that just to make it to the interview.
The GPL demands money if you want the code under a different license. You have to pay if you want to remove the GPL restrictions; whereas, for BSD sofware do not have to pay.
I don't know if Makedonias were allowed to
compelte in the Olympics. It is a fair
indication that if Makedonias were invited to compete
with other Greeks, then Makedonias were also Greeks.
Please remember that Larisa is only a short
distance away from Pela (Makedonia), and Larisa
was a Greek city famous for it horsemanship --
the Kentucky Derby of ancient times. On the
surface, it seems more probable that Makedonia
was considered Greek among the Greeks.
Your definition is not very intresting. Almost all other groups state that they also stand for freedom, liberty, responsibility, and prosperity. Same thing for peace.
I care little what people will remember of me
after I am dead; it is also best to receive benefits
now when it matters -- it is too later after death. ( This I presume is
common thinking, at least of the humans I meet
so far. I have yet to observe the opposite.)
The issue is not whether you must accept the realities of life (or life is not fair) and just deal with it. The issue is whether you desire a better life and to help make it possible.
There is no difficulty discovering how it applies to drivers as well; assuming, if you wish to arrive safe and not die in traffic. Oh, I can see it quite easily.
contributes towards generating revenue?
And so is electricity, and so is lots of other things.
And do you suppose the seed of the farmer
are 'just a liability'? The seed, the manure, and pencils,
are all directly contributing towards generating his income.
The toilet paper in the bathrooms (to you, 'liability')
is actually more important than the last sale. Is it not?
a lame excuse because the next question
should be: Why were were you building something
that would not have made a difference?
And who is looting different than gauging?
According to your logic, all I have to prove
is whether looting brings down prices. Well, it
does! After 20,000 laptops are looted, prices
will tend to decrease since a lot people already
own laptops and demand for laptops is less than
before.
People, there is no such thing as right and wrong
it all depends on where is your self-interest. This
you call 'right' and 'just'.
I always knew that the term 'GNU' was not /. everyone writes whatever comes
a trademark, and you can still observe this
in software named with the prefix gnu.
Yours was the second post that keeps claiming
the 'GNU' is an official trademark, and the
first post insited even more bluntly. I understand
that at
to their head, as the thoughts arrive and without processing, but
I am begining to feel too much disorientation.
A quick search at Google has yet to clarify
who is right; could someone who actually knows
inform us if 'GNU' is a trademark. Thanks.
A small correction. I remember that the person
who first filed to trademark 'Linux' and then
asked for royalties was a computer programmer
(not a lawyer). In fact, he fired his lawyer
after the lawyer advised him to settle the
lawsuit brought by Linus and the Linux companies.
Most people have a price, where from that point
the rewords are worth the risk. Surely, the
more you pay the higher the chances
to buy loyalty. But they are already
earning more money than their compatriots?
That is irrelevant: I also have my price,
and if the money are attractive, and
attractive enough, it is easier to flip to
the other side; nothing to do with comperative
salaries.
How can you steal SSN numbers? These numbers are
not meant to stay secret, they should be treated
in the same way we treat telephone numbers from
the telephone book. How can you steal telephone
numbers from the telephone book? In similar way, the SSN numbers
are public identifiers, not secrets.
We don't disagree: that was my point.
Yes, but the REAL point is that the terms
of GPL does affect prices. When everyone is
allowed to distribute unlimited copies it
does not take long for prices to drop all
the way down to zero! This is a direct
result from the terms of the GPL (which speaks
nothing about price).
Nowday, what I see on the news are stories
about Michael Jackson, Mrs. Stuart, and the Pope.
This is what is passed as "news". Is the
media biased towards the left or towards the
right? When all they do is talk about
the unimportant, the media is not biased at
all! They are just silly.
Furthermore, since I think Reagan, the US (unilaterally) declared that its waters extend for 200 miles: the first 6 miles belong to the state, and the rest 194 miles belong to federal government.
Either way, 3.5 offshore is not International waters.
Because it may encourage people to just go to a commercial alternative.
What? If a stranger or relative requests as a favor to drop him at the airport, do I have to honor his request or provide a lengthy explanation why I choose not to comply? No explanation is needed. And so what if the stranger chooses a commercial alternative by hiring a taxi cab?
Unless of course you imply that kernel developers should be slaves, either to CA or to 'the common good', which for you means Linux market share. The kernel developers have their own personal goals, it is their own time, and have little obligation to follow other peoples interests.
If speed is such a major concern, would it not be simpler to
adjust the gas intake of cars cannot run above
the highest speed limit? Such modifications could be optional, or
they could be mandated by law -- depending on what you want accomplished.
Issuing traffic tickets via monitoring systems mostly indicates
a desire to collect money, not a desire for public safety.
Yes, Free Software is 'I will share, if you share'; but,
it is also important to add this: 'I will share, after you share first' .
Oh, that is Microsoft we are talking about! It
is well known (through court rulings) that
they don't play within the confines of the
law. I am afraid, this empire does not always
care about legal boundaries.