Imagine that I own the cola.com domain (currently owned but not in use, btw), and I name two of my hosts in cola.com Pepsi and Coca. This would give me two hosts, one called pepsi.cola.com, and the other called coca.cola.com.
Could this be taken as cybersquating/typosquating, even if cola.com and my two hosts were legitimately serving webpages for the "Canadian OnLine Alliance" (COLA)?
I believe that the reason is that the OpenMotif authors are trying to get the best of both worlds. If you notice, OpenMotif is Motif ("The public license will allow the release of the Motif source code, as a product called Open Motif"). However, OpenMotif isn't licenced for "non-free" operating systems because "The existing commercial release of Motif continues to be available for non-Open Source distribution".
In other words, some companies paid for the right to distribute Motif on non-Open Source platforms, and T.O.G. wants to retain that business. However, on Open Source platforms, T.O.G. has competition that has undercut their position in the market (MooTIF, for example) and effectively prevented Motif from entering the arena, since few companies are willing to pay for a licence to distribute a product that can otherwise be obtained for free. This OpenMotif licence is T.O.G.'s attempt to regain some "Open Source platform" ground for Motif without disturbing the paying customers (too much).
But I guess he is. After all, he's proclaimed the Linux desktop dead, and "He's the boss". No matter that, at home, a linux desktop is all that I use now. Never mind that the linux desktop is really the Unix desktop that's survived a decade or so. And ignore that the linux desktop is close kin to the much-vaunted OS X desktop that seems so healthy. Kevin has pronounced the linux desktop dead, and I guess that we should just abandon all hope and go back to our MSloving ways.
NOT!!!
Come on, Kevin. Just because you have some problems doesn't mean that everyone has problems, and just because your problems prevent you from using a linux desktop doesn't mean that no one can use a linux desktop. If that were the case, then Microsoft should have fallen a decade or so ago.
The truth of the matter, Kevin, is that you have failed. It's your problem (one that I don't share) that you can't use linux on your desktop. It's you who are dying (figuratively, of course) because you can't live without your dinosaur of an OS.
Too bad most people don't remember Robert Truax. He gained fame in the '70s by building a single-man rocket and selling rides in it (I don't know that it ever launched, but it was intended to). You can find Mr. Truax's website at http://www.rctruax.com/, where he and his company will be able to sell you one of his "Excalibur" low cost space launch vehicles. According to the website, these vehicals have the capability to place payloads ranging from 200 to 1,000,000 lbs to LEO and other space orbits.
No, nobody has a right to have a particular business model work, but I don't think that we want to destroy the hardware industry just to appease our own curiousity. Sometimes, self control is needed beyond what is required by the law.
With that in mind, I believe that it is time for all those remaining Buggy Whip manufacturers to begin a class-action lawsuit against Ford, General Motors, et al, with regards to the destruction of the Buggy Whip manufacturing industry that occurred when the automobile manufacturers made the Buggy Whip manufacturers business model irrelevant.
Of course, if Henry Ford, et al had exercised "self control beyond what is required by law" then we all would probably be living in a much different world: smaller communities, fewer products that are less available, poorer communications (it takes me an hour by car to go visit friends across town; that would likely be a half-day journey one way without a car).
Unlimited TLDs aren't the answer, what we need are the equivalent of zoning laws.
The "zoning laws" already exist, and are enforced for the.MIL,.EDU, and.GOV TLDs. What we need is better enforcement of the "zoning laws" already in place, so that big business can't buy/force exceptions like they have.
Remember,.COM is reserved for Commercial enterprise,.ORG for non-comercial Organizations, and.NET for Network providers. It's only because the "zoning enforcement officers" don't have the backbone (or perhaps the ability) to enforce the rules that these three TLDs are defacto reserved for Commercial enterprise.
...is an alternative to DNS that has 'commercial/political reality' built in.
The current DNS system was designed by idealists who apparently decided that
Businesses would use.COM exclusively, while Network providers would use.NET exclusively and non-commercial Organizations would use.ORG exclusively. This isn't the case in our commercial/political world (except for.EDU and.MIL, where enforcement of the original rules is strictly observed) where commercial entities (Businesses) own.COM,.ORG, and.NET versions of their names without having the underlying organizational infrastructure implied by the name.
second-level domainnames would reflect the organizational entity so that the xyz.com domain would reflect all the servers for entity XYZ. This isn't the case these days, where each product gets it's own 2nd level domain (anyone care to guess what barbie.com leads to? Hint: it doesn't lead to Barbie Inc.'s website.)
It seems to me that either the naming convention recognizes these commercial aspects in it's design, or it abolishes them; there's no room for ambiguity here.
Great, now Linux software is going to become bloated. Only if you buy these Microsoft applications. The free GPL applications won't be affected.
Oh, and let's not forget that this might open Linux to the ILOVEYOU VB viruses. Only if you use these for-purchase Microsoft products. The standard Linux applications won't be affected.
When you ask what the impact of english in computer languages is on the industry, you most naturally have to defer to COBOL as the highest-impact example.
Trillions of lines of code have been written in programming languages designed for the use of english-speaking accountants. COBOL programs (at their wordiest) read like an Introduction to Accounting textbook written for idiot-savants.
MULTIPLY SUB-TOTAL BY PROVINCIAL-SALES-TAX-PERCENT GIVING PST-TOTAL.
MULTIPLY SUB-TOTAL BY GOODS-SERVICES-TAX-PERCENT GIVING GST-TOTAL.
ADD SUB-TOTAL, PST-TOTAL, GST-TOTAL GIVING TOTAL-COST.
At least with C, Perl, etc., the influence of the English language is mininized.
Question: In your travels around the world, have you considered writing a global "Meaning of Liff" book? I'd be interested in your interpretation of Canadian and Australian placenames, in particular.
Question: It's been a few years since you wrote your book on endangered species. In the mean time, we've had many more additions to the list, and crises in biotechnology that could cause the list to inflate further. If you were writing that book today, how different would your journalistic approach be?
Question: On a similar note, why don't you and Michael Palin team up for a book?
It never ceases to amaze me that we abrogate our freedoms because some corporation wants us to. I am also continuiously astounded at the attitude that most people have of "some one else should take care of it".
The people who buy blocking software are "letting someone else take care of" their children's access to the internet. Are they also letting "someone else take care of" their discipline, or their education, or their meals, or their housing? Probably.
According to the Slackware website, the team consists of PV and three others. I'd say that they are doing pretty good so far; let's hope that this reorg doesn't disturb them.
I searched the Slackware Linux site without success for the "Get Slack" banners/icons that their old site used to make available. The best I could find (beyond grabbing the "Slackware Linux" logo from their webpage) was a product photo of a Slackware mouse mat (at Walnut Creek) that had the Smoking Penguin Slackware mascot on it.
Daily, I read through the alt.linux, alt.os.linux and comp.os.linux newsgroups, and by far the smallest number of "it doesn't work" messages are from Slackware installs. Most of the problems come from users of the other distros when their nice MSWindows-like gui-based all-in-one Wizard maintenance tools don't do the job. And by far, the best answers come from those people (like those who use Slackware) who don't use those gee-whiz tools, but know their systems from experience.
If PV keeps up the good work, I couldn't care less if they were spun off or still supported by Walnut Creek. Slackware is by far the best distribution for those who expect to use Linux in serious work. It's even a pretty good distro for those who want to have a pretty desktop machine.
To those who post the "for dummies" questions in comp.os.linux.*, I say "Get Slack!".
I could go on and on. There is two or three lifetimes of thought-provoking, interesting, entertaining writing out there in the guise of "Science Fiction". So many authors asking so many relevant questions, hidden as fiction about future times. You could add such classics as "Gullivers Travels", "The Time Machine", "Walden Two", the list goes on.
Since 'adult' sites are graphic in nature, how about allowing unlimited access, but with a text-only web browser? Unless of course, the 'adult' site contains written ('verbal') material (how suited to a library);-)
My employer's 'telecommuting' policy is fragile enough that if this ruling were applied in Canada (where I live and work), I'd bet that my employer would simply discontinue their policy of permitting telecommuting. And, I wouldn't blame them.
In the long run, I believe that this policy would cause more problems than it would solve. Your privacy would be violated (can you say periodic inspections and compliance orders) and your employer would be unhappy, but you would be safe from that kitchen chair that you sit on to enter data into your corporate laptop.
It sounds like someone is trying to solve the wrong problem.
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Imagine that I own the cola.com domain (currently owned but not in use, btw), and I name two of my hosts in cola.com Pepsi and Coca. This would give me two hosts, one called pepsi.cola.com, and the other called coca.cola.com. Could this be taken as cybersquating/typosquating, even if cola.com and my two hosts were legitimately serving webpages for the "Canadian OnLine Alliance" (COLA)?
I believe that the reason is that the OpenMotif authors are trying to get the best of both worlds. If you notice, OpenMotif is Motif ("The public license will allow the release of the Motif source code, as a product called Open Motif"). However, OpenMotif isn't licenced for "non-free" operating systems because "The existing commercial release of Motif continues to be available for non-Open Source distribution".
In other words, some companies paid for the right to distribute Motif on non-Open Source platforms, and T.O.G. wants to retain that business. However, on Open Source platforms, T.O.G. has competition that has undercut their position in the market (MooTIF, for example) and effectively prevented Motif from entering the arena, since few companies are willing to pay for a licence to distribute a product that can otherwise be obtained for free. This OpenMotif licence is T.O.G.'s attempt to regain some "Open Source platform" ground for Motif without disturbing the paying customers (too much).
NOT!!!
Come on, Kevin. Just because you have some problems doesn't mean that everyone has problems, and just because your problems prevent you from using a linux desktop doesn't mean that no one can use a linux desktop. If that were the case, then Microsoft should have fallen a decade or so ago.
The truth of the matter, Kevin, is that you have failed. It's your problem (one that I don't share) that you can't use linux on your desktop. It's you who are dying (figuratively, of course) because you can't live without your dinosaur of an OS.
Too bad most people don't remember Robert Truax. He gained fame in the '70s by building a single-man rocket and selling rides in it (I don't know that it ever launched, but it was intended to). You can find Mr. Truax's website at http://www.rctruax.com/, where he and his company will be able to sell you one of his "Excalibur" low cost space launch vehicles. According to the website, these vehicals have the capability to place payloads ranging from 200 to 1,000,000 lbs to LEO and other space orbits.
With that in mind, I believe that it is time for all those remaining Buggy Whip manufacturers to begin a class-action lawsuit against Ford, General Motors, et al, with regards to the destruction of the Buggy Whip manufacturing industry that occurred when the automobile manufacturers made the Buggy Whip manufacturers business model irrelevant.
Of course, if Henry Ford, et al had exercised "self control beyond what is required by law" then we all would probably be living in a much different world: smaller communities, fewer products that are less available, poorer communications (it takes me an hour by car to go visit friends across town; that would likely be a half-day journey one way without a car).
"Let's blame Canada"
Don't look now, but here in Canada, we already blame the USA. ;-)
Maybe we all should blame Finland, instead.
Three words:
Ben Bova "CyberBooks"
- cheap replication: "Venus Equilateral" (George O. Smith)
- instantaneous transportation: "Known Space" (Larry Niven)
- economy of plenty: "Voyage From Yesteryear" (James P. Hogan)
Perhaps it's time that we looked at these as analysis of a problem rather than fiction, and see what we can do with them.The "zoning laws" already exist, and are enforced for the .MIL, .EDU, and .GOV TLDs. What we need is better enforcement of the "zoning laws" already in place, so that big business can't buy/force exceptions like they have.
Remember, .COM is reserved for Commercial enterprise, .ORG for non-comercial Organizations, and .NET for Network providers. It's only because the "zoning enforcement officers" don't have the backbone (or perhaps the ability) to enforce the rules that these three TLDs are defacto reserved for Commercial enterprise.
The current DNS system was designed by idealists who apparently decided that
It seems to me that either the naming convention recognizes these commercial aspects in it's design, or it abolishes them; there's no room for ambiguity here.
Anyway, we've already started our Canadian World Domination, so you might as well get to like us.
Great, now Linux software is going to become bloated.
Only if you buy these Microsoft applications. The free GPL applications won't be affected.
Oh, and let's not forget that this might open Linux to the ILOVEYOU VB viruses.
Only if you use these for-purchase Microsoft products. The standard Linux applications won't be affected.
When you ask what the impact of english in computer languages is on the industry, you most naturally have to defer to COBOL as the highest-impact example.
Trillions of lines of code have been written in programming languages designed for the use of english-speaking accountants. COBOL programs (at their wordiest) read like an Introduction to Accounting textbook written for idiot-savants.
MULTIPLY SUB-TOTAL BY PROVINCIAL-SALES-TAX-PERCENT GIVING PST-TOTAL. MULTIPLY SUB-TOTAL BY GOODS-SERVICES-TAX-PERCENT GIVING GST-TOTAL. ADD SUB-TOTAL, PST-TOTAL, GST-TOTAL GIVING TOTAL-COST.
At least with C, Perl, etc., the influence of the English language is mininized.
With the size of De-CSS, it shouldn't be a problem to memorize. It would be no more work than memorizing a poem or short story.
Question: In your travels around the world, have you considered writing a global "Meaning of Liff" book? I'd be interested in your interpretation of Canadian and Australian placenames, in particular.
Question: It's been a few years since you wrote your book on endangered species. In the mean time, we've had many more additions to the list, and crises in biotechnology that could cause the list to inflate further. If you were writing that book today, how different would your journalistic approach be?
Question: On a similar note, why don't you and Michael Palin team up for a book?
Question: Ford Prefect?
Propaganda was one of the best sites around, for it's content and for it's presentation. I'll miss it greatly.
It never ceases to amaze me that we abrogate our freedoms because some corporation wants us to. I am also continuiously astounded at the attitude that most people have of "some one else should take care of it".
The people who buy blocking software are "letting someone else take care of" their children's access to the internet. Are they also letting "someone else take care of" their discipline, or their education, or their meals, or their housing? Probably.
It's a sad, selfish world we live in.
According to the Slackware website, the team consists of PV and three others. I'd say that they are doing pretty good so far; let's hope that this reorg doesn't disturb them.
I searched the Slackware Linux site without success for the "Get Slack" banners/icons that their old site used to make available. The best I could find (beyond grabbing the "Slackware Linux" logo from their webpage) was a product photo of a Slackware mouse mat (at Walnut Creek) that had the Smoking Penguin Slackware mascot on it.
Anyway, I Got Slack, so I'm happy. ;-)
Daily, I read through the alt.linux, alt.os.linux and comp.os.linux newsgroups, and by far the smallest number of "it doesn't work" messages are from Slackware installs. Most of the problems come from users of the other distros when their nice MSWindows-like gui-based all-in-one Wizard maintenance tools don't do the job. And by far, the best answers come from those people (like those who use Slackware) who don't use those gee-whiz tools, but know their systems from experience.
If PV keeps up the good work, I couldn't care less if they were spun off or still supported by Walnut Creek. Slackware is by far the best distribution for those who expect to use Linux in serious work. It's even a pretty good distro for those who want to have a pretty desktop machine.
To those who post the "for dummies" questions in comp.os.linux.*, I say "Get Slack!".
I could go on and on. There is two or three lifetimes of thought-provoking, interesting, entertaining writing out there in the guise of "Science Fiction". So many authors asking so many relevant questions, hidden as fiction about future times. You could add such classics as "Gullivers Travels", "The Time Machine", "Walden Two", the list goes on.
Welcome brother. Grok the moment and join us.
Since 'adult' sites are graphic in nature, how about allowing unlimited access, but with a text-only web browser? Unless of course, the 'adult' site contains written ('verbal') material (how suited to a library) ;-)
My employer's 'telecommuting' policy is fragile enough that if this ruling were applied in Canada (where I live and work), I'd bet that my employer would simply discontinue their policy of permitting telecommuting. And, I wouldn't blame them.
In the long run, I believe that this policy would cause more problems than it would solve. Your privacy would be violated (can you say periodic inspections and compliance orders) and your employer would be unhappy, but you would be safe from that kitchen chair that you sit on to enter data into your corporate laptop.
It sounds like someone is trying to solve the wrong problem.