Putting a piano through an amplifier with screwed up bass/treble and blown speakers gives you a sound unlike a normal piano, but it's not an electrical instrument;)
I saw the "Penn & Teller: Bullshit" show where they showed the christian nutters having a hearing in some godforsaken part of the US, where they were arguing in favour of creationist theory being taught alongside evolution in Science. Their reasoning is that if they can make it sound scientific enough, they can get it taught. The fact it's all based on an old guy floating around on a cloud and 100%-non-science apparently doesn't seem to matter.
They also have these little "Evolution is just a theory and shouldn't be taken as fact" stickers in their textbooks so the students don't forget God is watching them. The US is ruled by the christian right. christian wrong more like.
Lots of vendors haven't invested millions into the drivers they produce. Most of their investment is in hardware design/production. Obviously, with nVidia's drivers being an integral part of their GPU packages, opening that up would be giving away a huge part of their business. Kind of like them including schematics and detailed instructions on how to make your own board. It's not commercially viable for them to do so, and completely unreasonable for anyone to expect them to. Also, they have code from other companies in there, and their licenses don't allow the source to leave nVidia.
My views on the story: if StorageTek tells the customer "you can't get a 3rd party in to fix your StorageTek hardware" then the customer shouldn't get 3rd parties in to fix it. StorageTek have made it pretty clear they don't want people monkeying around with their stuff, so how can anyone defend someone who is going against something they've already agreed to? Just because the 3rd party in question has the key doesn't mean to say they're allowed to use it.
Basically, if you buy something from someone and it comes with an agreement or license, and you agree to it, you have to follow it to the letter. Saying it costs you more if you do, or it conflicts with your ideology isn't anyone else's problem but yours.
nVidia's cards work with their binary drivers, so what's the beef with nVidia? I assumed (incorrectly) as he was having a pop at nVidia, that it must be due to their closed binary drivers. If he doesn't have a problem with that, what does he have a problem with? They work out of the box...
Releasing the source to their drivers is giving you something you didn't pay for. If you want to own that technology, you can license it from them for a few hundred thousand dollars. You seem to be confusing buying a video card and owning a license for every single piece of technology used in the creation and use of it. Just because you have it in your hand doesn't mean to say you intrinsically own every aspect of it.
I understand the difference between purchasing a product and purchasing the use of a product. I know that, as technology has become more complicated, lines can and will be drawn in the sand between what an owner can do with their products. nVidia, especially, are having issues with this as they use non-open-source code in their drivers. Releasing that into the wild would be a violation of their license.
I really fail to see how someone with the slightest intelligence can have a problem with that, unless you're some sort of zealot. I'm not having a go, but I really could do with it being explained to me. I'm a reasonable person:)
Your car analogy is slightly flawed. The correct analogy would be: You get in your car, it starts and drives perfectly, and you ask the manufacturer how they managed to get it to work so well. They tell you that they spent millions developing it, and unless you want to fork over some money for that secret, they won't tell you. Suddenly doesn't sound so unfair, does it.;)
Which is exactly what they proposed. The probe, once sealed into the ice, would release a sterilising agent into the cavity around it, cleaning it. You'd end up with some steriliser in the lake, but you've not introduced any new microbial guys.
Because apple is fascist in not letting you get your music off your iPod, without downloading extra stuff or writing your own scripts... anything else?:-P
Because bluetooth has a ridiculously low transfer speed, and would be nearly useless in this situation. Bluetooth earpieces for the iPod would be a great idea, however, if they could get the frequency response good enough to not piss people off.
No, they wont, as it cost them millions of dollars to create. Let's not get blinded by our ideologies. It's not right or wrong to be open or closed source - it's personal preference. Having a go at companies for not releasing their intellectual property they spent millions on to the general public for free is incredibly naive.
And people wonder why more and more American jobs are going to other countries. Attitudes like that mean you're no longer financially competetive. You have to move with the markets, otherwise you drown in 'em.
You've missed the point completely. Normal people don't kill others, true, but normal people aren't normal all the time. People get angry, and when they get angry their mentality is affected. Having, in close proximity, a weapon designed to inflict death in milliseconds means if you get all hot under the collar, before you've calmed down in 3 seconds, 5 people could be dead. That's why the suicide rate in the US is much higher than in most other places - the fact someone can end their life without forethought, instantly and without pain means people DO. Take away the guns, and those people would all still be alive. It's not rocket science:)
Dude, I'd be more scared of your granny mistaking the postman for a gang of youths. I mean seriously - old-aged drivers are bad enough - now they're armed?? sheesh! only in America.
The calibre is irrelevant, yet somehow I'm not surprised someone is using that to justify the pro-gun stance. A gun is a gun and can very, very easily kill a person. It's rather harder to kill someone with an.avi file... Come on - there's no logical argument against it:)
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Putting a piano through an amplifier with screwed up bass/treble and blown speakers gives you a sound unlike a normal piano, but it's not an electrical instrument ;)
They also have these little "Evolution is just a theory and shouldn't be taken as fact" stickers in their textbooks so the students don't forget God is watching them. The US is ruled by the christian right. christian wrong more like.
My views on the story: if StorageTek tells the customer "you can't get a 3rd party in to fix your StorageTek hardware" then the customer shouldn't get 3rd parties in to fix it. StorageTek have made it pretty clear they don't want people monkeying around with their stuff, so how can anyone defend someone who is going against something they've already agreed to? Just because the 3rd party in question has the key doesn't mean to say they're allowed to use it.
Basically, if you buy something from someone and it comes with an agreement or license, and you agree to it, you have to follow it to the letter. Saying it costs you more if you do, or it conflicts with your ideology isn't anyone else's problem but yours.
nVidia's cards work with their binary drivers, so what's the beef with nVidia? I assumed (incorrectly) as he was having a pop at nVidia, that it must be due to their closed binary drivers. If he doesn't have a problem with that, what does he have a problem with? They work out of the box...
You've asked to get information on how they work, which is essentially the same thing. Once you know that, filling in the blanks isn't so hard.
I understand the difference between purchasing a product and purchasing the use of a product. I know that, as technology has become more complicated, lines can and will be drawn in the sand between what an owner can do with their products. nVidia, especially, are having issues with this as they use non-open-source code in their drivers. Releasing that into the wild would be a violation of their license.
I really fail to see how someone with the slightest intelligence can have a problem with that, unless you're some sort of zealot. I'm not having a go, but I really could do with it being explained to me. I'm a reasonable person :)
Your car analogy is slightly flawed. The correct analogy would be: You get in your car, it starts and drives perfectly, and you ask the manufacturer how they managed to get it to work so well. They tell you that they spent millions developing it, and unless you want to fork over some money for that secret, they won't tell you. Suddenly doesn't sound so unfair, does it. ;)
They've adapted!! Arrrgh!! :-P
You can even get a temporary tax ID from the IRS, which is will validate as an SSN.
Teaching creation in science classes in the US is the biggest farce in the world. Religion. In science. Go figure. fight the good fight!
"creation science" - hahahaha! Where's the science?? It's like saying I've studied Republican Kindness or French Dignity.
Dick Cheney must be crapping himself by now.
Which is exactly what they proposed. The probe, once sealed into the ice, would release a sterilising agent into the cavity around it, cleaning it. You'd end up with some steriliser in the lake, but you've not introduced any new microbial guys.
I'll get my coat.
Because apple is fascist in not letting you get your music off your iPod, without downloading extra stuff or writing your own scripts... anything else? :-P
It's still not an iPod... :-P
Because bluetooth has a ridiculously low transfer speed, and would be nearly useless in this situation. Bluetooth earpieces for the iPod would be a great idea, however, if they could get the frequency response good enough to not piss people off.
No, they wont, as it cost them millions of dollars to create. Let's not get blinded by our ideologies. It's not right or wrong to be open or closed source - it's personal preference. Having a go at companies for not releasing their intellectual property they spent millions on to the general public for free is incredibly naive.
Oh great. libertarians. the great political panacaea. they're just loner republicans. woo. :)
Oh yeah... this is slashdot :-P linux is everything ;)
And people wonder why more and more American jobs are going to other countries. Attitudes like that mean you're no longer financially competetive. You have to move with the markets, otherwise you drown in 'em.
Dude, I'd be more scared of your granny mistaking the postman for a gang of youths. I mean seriously - old-aged drivers are bad enough - now they're armed?? sheesh! only in America.
Everything's science, dude :)
In that particular case the fable's title is funny, not accurate. According to the dictionary, the lion's share is the majority, not the total.
It was also Luke's ID as a stormtrooper when in disguise in star wars... Han's was TK421, not that I remember...
The calibre is irrelevant, yet somehow I'm not surprised someone is using that to justify the pro-gun stance. A gun is a gun and can very, very easily kill a person. It's rather harder to kill someone with an .avi file... Come on - there's no logical argument against it :)