The GPL has been tested in court? I must have missed this one. I know of disputes that were settled out of court, but I am not aware of any court directly ruling on the GPL. Has the GPL been tested **IN** court? Please provide some references.
If solar was efficient, there would be no need for incentives. The power itself would be an incentive. No way in heck am I spending tens of thousands of dollars on something that won't pay off for ten years or more. Even hybrid autos are better than that. Just say no to any technology that needs more lobbyists than engineers. Solar will be great in the future, but right now its just not ready for wide scale deployment.
There was a short article a while back on how to compile the FreeBSD kernel in just twelve seconds (on a P4 iirc). The chief trick is to write a kernel config file that excludes all the drivers and modules. I'm sure Linux is very similar.
Linux was supposed to be its own project, until Stallman decided to throw a big giant turd at the fan. Now people refer to it by an unpronounceable trademarked symbol, lest the Stallmanite hordes take offense.
That might have been me. No, I won't hit you or otherwise assault you. But if you forget my wakeup call and I miss my flight, it will be YOU paying for my flight and lost time.
You mean those things that don't happen on a predefined tuesday in november and generally go unannounced until after the fact? Crystal ball is broken, sorry.
Bullshit. Elections are announced to all registered voters.
Absolutely. That's how it works out in the real world.
I've got a flat screen monitor that came with DVI cable that I don't use (for a variety of reasons), but I can't return the cable for a partial refund. I've got a KVM switch that has audio cables that I don't use, but I can't return those cables for partial refund. Hell, I've got an entire drawer full of cables and adaptors and crap that I don't use but which no one will accept a partial refund for.
I know tons of FreeBSD developers who have MacBooks, but none of them have demanded partial refunds from Apple. PHK is doing this SOLELY because it's Microsoft.
p.s. I helped fund PHK a few years back. Can I get a partial refund for the featurettes I don't want?
Yet you 40% still don't show up for referendums. It's not that you're waiting for the right person (hah!) to vote for, you just don't want to vote. Period. It's okay with me if you don't vote, just don't make excuses for it.
80% of the features in OpenOffice I never use. I suspect that neither do most users. There's also stuff that can be provided by other apps. The Unix philosophy is for small apps that do one thing well, rather than large apps that do everything. For example, graphical editing controls in my word processor. Why can't use Inkscape instead?
If I wanted a full desktop publishing suite, I would use Scribus. But all I want is something that will open my boss's Word documents, and let me write a nicely formatted report.
All those advanced features in the background *do* disturb the newbie. Currently OpenOffice takes twenty seconds to start. And saving (even autosaving) documents can be five to ten seconds. IT'S FRAKING HUGE AND SLOW!
I purchased SofMaker suite since they support FreeBSD. It's decent software, much much lighter in weight in OpenOffice, and free of annoying featuritus. It's chief drawback is its proprietariness. If they ever open sourced it, I would banish OpenOffice forever from my harddrives.
Now, a blogger at The Tech Report makes the case that censorship of violent and sexual images and themes in video games is precisely what inhibits video games from maturing artistically beyond a nascent form.
Sure, because we all know that slasher flicks and porn are the highest artistic form of cinema...
Buying platinum is for its value storage properties. It's not about a collapse. If civilization collapses, you might as well screw your gold goodbye. I mean, who the hell is going to accept gold coins in the aftermath? It's a ludicrous goldbug fantasy. Gold's non-monetary utility is jewelry, and pretty baubles are going to be the last thing anyone thinks about after the collapse. But even if they did care about shiny metal disks, gold's worth far too much to use for daily purchases, so silver would be far better. Hell, silver was used a LOT more than gold simply because you didn't have to deal with futzy microscopic milligram coins with which to make change.
If you want a valid medium of exchange for the post-apocalyptic order, you should be considering bullets. They're easily transportable, have relatively uniform sizes and weights, and have a utility value independent of their role as currency.
Remember all the Great Crash of 1987? Remember how it was going to be the end of civilization? Remember how gold was skyrocketing?...remember how gold crashed and took twenty years to come back?
The hard cold reality is that gold is not money, it's just another commodity. The bubble in gold came about because of inflation, which both funded the gold investments with easy credit, but also the overhype due to worries about eroding value. Add the hysteria about a collapsing monetary system, and gold became absurdly overvalued. We're seeing it again today.
If you want an inflation hedge, and are squeamish about land, then buy platinum. Same qualities as gold but without the hype. Or buy collectible coins. They'll keep their value better but less likely to be confiscated by the next FDR.
As one who has a wide streak of goldbug in me, I must ask the question: why? At 30% over market price who the hell would buy gold out of a vending machine? If you're the type who thinks inflation is going to stomping Europe so hard that 30% is an acceptable markup for gold, then you're not the type who's going to be buying gold out of a vending machine.
Are gold dealers not allowed in Germany or something? Is it illegal to sell out of store fronts? Why the hell pay such a ridiculous markup for a commodity metal? It must be a European thing...
I'm not worried about the Asian flu or a pandemic. I'm worried about the entire passenger list becoming infected with a common garden variety flu because ONE asshole decided they needed to fly while they were sick.
Door locks are ineffective. The average wooden door to a house can be opened with a swift kick. Even the better doors can be opened with a sledgehammer. This makes door locks completely worhtless. The goal of door locks must be to program people to get used to ridiculous measures for their "security".
I've got mixed feelings about this. If someone sitting next to me on a plane has a fever, I want to know about it! Either way I want to know about it. On the other hand, the very fact that I've left my home exposes me to the risk of germs.
If you are sick, do not travel. If for some reason you must, wear a mask and ask the agent to give you a seat in the back.
This is where source based packaging makes sense. With a source based system (FreeBSD, Gentoo, etc) you have "knobs" to give you a little control over the dependencies. Thus you can have a GNOME without Mono. But with binary packages you are stuck with what the Committee decides you need.
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The GPL has been tested in court? I must have missed this one. I know of disputes that were settled out of court, but I am not aware of any court directly ruling on the GPL. Has the GPL been tested **IN** court? Please provide some references.
If solar was efficient, there would be no need for incentives. The power itself would be an incentive. No way in heck am I spending tens of thousands of dollars on something that won't pay off for ten years or more. Even hybrid autos are better than that. Just say no to any technology that needs more lobbyists than engineers. Solar will be great in the future, but right now its just not ready for wide scale deployment.
... and because people on BOTH sides refuse to have a rational discussion on this.
How to frak did this troll get modded up to insightful? It's like it's being moderated according to its length rather than its content. Sheesh.
There was a short article a while back on how to compile the FreeBSD kernel in just twelve seconds (on a P4 iirc). The chief trick is to write a kernel config file that excludes all the drivers and modules. I'm sure Linux is very similar.
Linux was supposed to be its own project, until Stallman decided to throw a big giant turd at the fan. Now people refer to it by an unpronounceable trademarked symbol, lest the Stallmanite hordes take offense.
That might have been me. No, I won't hit you or otherwise assault you. But if you forget my wakeup call and I miss my flight, it will be YOU paying for my flight and lost time.
Well maybe not. But what about that Satan-spawned HDMI adaptor?!?!?!
Bullshit. Elections are announced to all registered voters.
Absolutely. That's how it works out in the real world.
I've got a flat screen monitor that came with DVI cable that I don't use (for a variety of reasons), but I can't return the cable for a partial refund. I've got a KVM switch that has audio cables that I don't use, but I can't return those cables for partial refund. Hell, I've got an entire drawer full of cables and adaptors and crap that I don't use but which no one will accept a partial refund for.
I know tons of FreeBSD developers who have MacBooks, but none of them have demanded partial refunds from Apple. PHK is doing this SOLELY because it's Microsoft.
p.s. I helped fund PHK a few years back. Can I get a partial refund for the featurettes I don't want?
Yet you 40% still don't show up for referendums. It's not that you're waiting for the right person (hah!) to vote for, you just don't want to vote. Period. It's okay with me if you don't vote, just don't make excuses for it.
Nutbag Troofer sues for being exposed as a nutbag Troofer. Hilarity ensues.
80% of the features in OpenOffice I never use. I suspect that neither do most users. There's also stuff that can be provided by other apps. The Unix philosophy is for small apps that do one thing well, rather than large apps that do everything. For example, graphical editing controls in my word processor. Why can't use Inkscape instead?
If I wanted a full desktop publishing suite, I would use Scribus. But all I want is something that will open my boss's Word documents, and let me write a nicely formatted report.
All those advanced features in the background *do* disturb the newbie. Currently OpenOffice takes twenty seconds to start. And saving (even autosaving) documents can be five to ten seconds. IT'S FRAKING HUGE AND SLOW!
I purchased SofMaker suite since they support FreeBSD. It's decent software, much much lighter in weight in OpenOffice, and free of annoying featuritus. It's chief drawback is its proprietariness. If they ever open sourced it, I would banish OpenOffice forever from my harddrives.
Sure, because we all know that slasher flicks and porn are the highest artistic form of cinema...
Buying platinum is for its value storage properties. It's not about a collapse. If civilization collapses, you might as well screw your gold goodbye. I mean, who the hell is going to accept gold coins in the aftermath? It's a ludicrous goldbug fantasy. Gold's non-monetary utility is jewelry, and pretty baubles are going to be the last thing anyone thinks about after the collapse. But even if they did care about shiny metal disks, gold's worth far too much to use for daily purchases, so silver would be far better. Hell, silver was used a LOT more than gold simply because you didn't have to deal with futzy microscopic milligram coins with which to make change.
If you want a valid medium of exchange for the post-apocalyptic order, you should be considering bullets. They're easily transportable, have relatively uniform sizes and weights, and have a utility value independent of their role as currency.
Coca Cola is an immediately consumable product. Gold in bullion form is an investment. That's why a 30% markup at a vending machine is so stupid.
p.s. I recall gold kiosks back in the 80's during the last gold bubble. I have no idea what their markups were though.
Remember all the Great Crash of 1987? Remember how it was going to be the end of civilization? Remember how gold was skyrocketing? ...remember how gold crashed and took twenty years to come back?
The hard cold reality is that gold is not money, it's just another commodity. The bubble in gold came about because of inflation, which both funded the gold investments with easy credit, but also the overhype due to worries about eroding value. Add the hysteria about a collapsing monetary system, and gold became absurdly overvalued. We're seeing it again today.
If you want an inflation hedge, and are squeamish about land, then buy platinum. Same qualities as gold but without the hype. Or buy collectible coins. They'll keep their value better but less likely to be confiscated by the next FDR.
As one who has a wide streak of goldbug in me, I must ask the question: why? At 30% over market price who the hell would buy gold out of a vending machine? If you're the type who thinks inflation is going to stomping Europe so hard that 30% is an acceptable markup for gold, then you're not the type who's going to be buying gold out of a vending machine.
Are gold dealers not allowed in Germany or something? Is it illegal to sell out of store fronts? Why the hell pay such a ridiculous markup for a commodity metal? It must be a European thing...
This was marked down as flamebait? WTF?
I'm not worried about the Asian flu or a pandemic. I'm worried about the entire passenger list becoming infected with a common garden variety flu because ONE asshole decided they needed to fly while they were sick.
Door locks are ineffective. The average wooden door to a house can be opened with a swift kick. Even the better doors can be opened with a sledgehammer. This makes door locks completely worhtless. The goal of door locks must be to program people to get used to ridiculous measures for their "security".
I've got mixed feelings about this. If someone sitting next to me on a plane has a fever, I want to know about it! Either way I want to know about it. On the other hand, the very fact that I've left my home exposes me to the risk of germs.
If you are sick, do not travel. If for some reason you must, wear a mask and ask the agent to give you a seat in the back.
Slashdot editors: So credulous they manage to asound even 9/11 Troofers with with their gullability...
This is where source based packaging makes sense. With a source based system (FreeBSD, Gentoo, etc) you have "knobs" to give you a little control over the dependencies. Thus you can have a GNOME without Mono. But with binary packages you are stuck with what the Committee decides you need.