There are currently 2 main options for new users. KDE and Gnome, both are very pretty, easy to use and straighforward. I don't think you can go wrong with either one, they are both excellent.
I think the choice is good. For those who care about the differences you can switch, pretty easily now. I started using GDM specifically because it let me start KDE Gnome or another setup very easily.
I remeber when I had a typewriter, if I wanted a picture, I would glue a photo onto the page. Computers allowed you to cut and paste the picture. Later sound, or video. What makes the remoteness a differentiating factor?
This isn't even an issue of software patents, just stupidity. Putting payment informaiton into a device, and then with a single click selecting the product is obvious. I do it at Amazon.com, a Pop Machine, and a laundrymat, the computer doesn't really make it any difference.
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Yes if you want to support Mandrake give them money.
But if you want to support the various apps and projects give them money directly.
I think the work done on gnome, kde and X are more likey important to a typical user. If you want that to improve put your money there, not on the guys making a distribution.
Darn, sucks doesn't it? Fighting against SPAM will occasionally interfere with other peoples email.
You are complaining that you just get sucked into this "war on spam". But wars don't ask permission from the people either.
I'm sure the average Iraqi isn't all that happy about having their country invaded, government overthrown, losing security, power, clean water and generally in a big mess. They didn't ask for it either, and all the bitching and complaining by the world didn't stop it either.
An ISP should be permitted to filter spam on their server. Most users want this, the ISP wants it.
Users should be able to opt out of this filtering if it is broken. Yahoo has a nice "bulk mail" folder that routinely catches stuff that is not spam.
Properly done Parents concerned about spam could check the Bulk mail box for false positives. Little sally doesn't see the porn, which is what most parents care about anyway.
But if IBM distributes GPL software that uses the patents they can't sue for infringement.
As GPL software becomes more prevalent, it becomes more costly to build a proprietary solution. Eventually it will be very cheap to use GPL software and just pay someone to adapt it to you than to develop any proprietary software.
As the article states, netgear support doesn't answer.
I am finding this typical of most tech companies.
I buy fom the local shop, who provides me with the tech support. I know the manufacturer isn't going to do much, but my local guy will do some work for me, and stand behind what he sells.
Yes, eventually GPL code will become public domain. This will happen whenever the copyright runs out, which is a long time. The code will likely be considered trivial or obselete by then anyway.
They are only accused of violating the law. They have not been found to actually violate the law.
Should a corporation turn over any personal information of an anonymous individual private individual to another corporation.
Lacking permission of the individual this is generally not permitted. In the case where there is a court order the individuals wishes are overruled by the government. Should the government overrule a persons right to privacy? On what grounds? Accusation without evidence? Accusation with circumstantial evidence? What protections will be in place for this private information? If a company can overrule my privacy rights, I should be allowed some way to pretect them. I am not suggesting privacy for criminals, I am advocating that innocent people should retain their privacy until there is at least a reasonable chance they are guilty of something.
They were not intending to defraud, just poor computer administration led to some accidental license violations.
The offensive part is they didn't give an opportunity to clean up the mess when it was pointed out by deleting the unused software, or buying the software. They didn't work with him to develop a system to track this, or even give a nice little FAQ to help him out.
Instead of working with their customer, they settled for $100,000, for 6 infringing computers? $17k per computer in fines and penalties. That's ridiculous, all the software is a fraction of that cost.
When a person makes a mistake, it is reasonable to point it out and suggest that more care should be taken to avoid this in the future. Expecting them to pay for any damage they caused is also reasonable.
Looks like they are trying to determine what is valuable on usenet. By checking how the posts and ids relate it appears he is trying to figure out how to determine.
I'd guess MS is looking for ways to hide the flamewar threads, and the spam, and promote the informative threads and posters.
This data sorting would be quite valuable not only to usenet, but in all sorts of messy data. Finding relevant information is the current problem.
The crux of their concern actually was the very fact that every large commercial software manufacturer, including MS, included language in their EULAs that indemnified the customer against patent- or copyright-infringing code.
Actually they don't. SCO itself doesn't, at the very least not on any of the GPL code they distribute that I'm aware of.
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There are currently 2 main options for new users.
KDE and Gnome, both are very pretty, easy to use and straighforward. I don't think you can go wrong with either one, they are both excellent.
I think the choice is good. For those who care about the differences you can switch, pretty easily now. I started using GDM specifically because it let me start KDE Gnome or another setup very easily.
Hypermedia? wtf is that?
Embedding of stuff, this is obvious.
I remeber when I had a typewriter, if I wanted a picture, I would glue a photo onto the page.
Computers allowed you to cut and paste the picture. Later sound, or video.
What makes the remoteness a differentiating factor?
This isn't even an issue of software patents, just stupidity.
Putting payment informaiton into a device, and then with a single click selecting the product is obvious.
I do it at Amazon.com, a Pop Machine, and a laundrymat, the computer doesn't really make it any difference.
Yes if you want to support Mandrake give them money.
But if you want to support the various apps and projects give them money directly.
I think the work done on gnome, kde and X are more likey important to a typical user.
If you want that to improve put your money there, not on the guys making a distribution.
Darn, sucks doesn't it?
Fighting against SPAM will occasionally interfere with other peoples email.
You are complaining that you just get sucked into this "war on spam". But wars don't ask permission from the people either.
I'm sure the average Iraqi isn't all that happy about having their country invaded, government overthrown, losing security, power, clean water and generally in a big mess.
They didn't ask for it either, and all the bitching and complaining by the world didn't stop it either.
Just sign the IP with an appropriate GPG key.
You could select whos keys to accept, and let the "web of trust" keep it clean.
Just use the set of keys that have a spam policy you agree with.
An ISP should be permitted to filter spam on their server. Most users want this, the ISP wants it.
Users should be able to opt out of this filtering if it is broken. Yahoo has a nice "bulk mail" folder that routinely catches stuff that is not spam.
Properly done Parents concerned about spam could check the Bulk mail box for false positives. Little sally doesn't see the porn, which is what most parents care about anyway.
SPEWS suddenly cut off my email
No they didn't. The person you were sending to chose to cut off your email. SPEWS just suggested it.
I had the opposite experience.
I now run KDE, and mostly gnome apps.
You could probaly just run gnome with the KDE apps just fine.
We increase security because of criminals.
If you have been the victim of a crime, you will increase your security to prevent it from happening again.
The existence of criminal improves security, however this doesn't mean you're in a better overall situation.
It would only be a business tax, consumers wouldn't have to figure it out.
Property rights? I didn't know there was a restrictive license on DeCSS.
What property rights are being violated?
Trade secrets only exist as long as it is a secret. It isn't anymore.
But if IBM distributes GPL software that uses the patents they can't sue for infringement.
As GPL software becomes more prevalent, it becomes more costly to build a proprietary solution.
Eventually it will be very cheap to use GPL software and just pay someone to adapt it to you than to develop any proprietary software.
Simple it doesn't.
But they don't want to argue that you are using the same laws and protections they are.
Much easier to just state you want to destroy IP, because you're not using it right.
As the article states, netgear support doesn't answer.
I am finding this typical of most tech companies.
I buy fom the local shop, who provides me with the tech support. I know the manufacturer isn't going to do much, but my local guy will do some work for me, and stand behind what he sells.
Yes it is a publicly accessible server.
However this isn't reasonable access, this is causing damage to uwisc.
IMO Netgear is responsible for fixing this problem, it is a defective product, it should be fixed.
Yes, eventually GPL code will become public domain.
This will happen whenever the copyright runs out, which is a long time.
The code will likely be considered trivial or obselete by then anyway.
They are only accused of violating the law. They have not been found to actually violate the law.
Should a corporation turn over any personal information of an anonymous individual private individual to another corporation.
Lacking permission of the individual this is generally not permitted.
In the case where there is a court order the individuals wishes are overruled by the government.
Should the government overrule a persons right to privacy? On what grounds? Accusation without evidence? Accusation with circumstantial evidence?
What protections will be in place for this private information?
If a company can overrule my privacy rights, I should be allowed some way to pretect them.
I am not suggesting privacy for criminals, I am advocating that innocent people should retain their privacy until there is at least a reasonable chance they are guilty of something.
Yes actually they do.
First degree murder has a harsh penalty.
Manslaughter and has a much less harsh penalty.
Still a punishment, but they do take into account the intent.
Most companies I worked in had "dumb" rules.
Only IS/IT can move computers at all. Computers being the box, docking station, and monitor.
I didn't understand those policies until recently. I thought they were just insulting my ability to plug cords.
The point is that he wasn't trying to steal.
They were not intending to defraud, just poor computer administration led to some accidental license violations.
The offensive part is they didn't give an opportunity to clean up the mess when it was pointed out by deleting the unused software, or buying the software. They didn't work with him to develop a system to track this, or even give a nice little FAQ to help him out.
Instead of working with their customer, they settled for $100,000, for 6 infringing computers? $17k per computer in fines and penalties. That's ridiculous, all the software is a fraction of that cost.
When a person makes a mistake, it is reasonable to point it out and suggest that more care should be taken to avoid this in the future. Expecting them to pay for any damage they caused is also reasonable.
I was like that till my mid 20's.
I would drink almost a whole case of beer, and be fine. (almost, I weighted 130lbs).
Now I get headaches and hangovers whenever I drink too much.
Enjoy your headache free life while you can.
Looks like they are trying to determine what is valuable on usenet.
By checking how the posts and ids relate it appears he is trying to figure out how to determine.
I'd guess MS is looking for ways to hide the flamewar threads, and the spam, and promote the informative threads and posters.
This data sorting would be quite valuable not only to usenet, but in all sorts of messy data. Finding relevant information is the current problem.
The legal system is supposed to just be a set of rules that equal justice.
Laws are only complex to allow for fair treatment.
As you explain and clarify it gets bigger and messier.
If you step through carefully most do make sense, it's just the apparant volume of law that makes it seem confusing.
The crux of their concern actually was the very fact that every large commercial software manufacturer, including MS, included language in their EULAs that indemnified the customer against patent- or copyright-infringing code.
Actually they don't.
SCO itself doesn't, at the very least not on any of the GPL code they distribute that I'm aware of.
Unless the contract is designated with separable clauses, that is true.
My apartment lease was like that. It makes sense as the rental laws explicitly overrule lease clauses.