But who pays for NPR (and PBS)? The government, large corporations, and large foundations. Despite claims of being "viewer supported", most of their revenue does not come from viewers. The only reason NPR and PBS have "high brow" programming is because the hoi polloi aren't paying for it.
For true audience supported programming, you need to turn to cable and the pay-for and add-on stations.
Those 6000 bombs are leftovers from the coldwar and the arms buildup. It's expensive to dismantle them which is why it is taking time.
p.s. And before the knee jerkers decide to blame Bush for this, realize that these bombs were there under Carter and Clinton, and would still be here even if Gore and Kerry had won.
Someday, you will be able to use any OS on any CPU and any Application on any OS. This is one step in that direction.
You can do that now... if only there were standards for the CPU, OS and application. You won't be able to do it in the future without these standards. Don't tell me about Java, because I've seen enough IE-only Java applets and Windows-only Java applications to know better.
Last week I called it quits on five years of employment at Siemens. The only way the division I was in can survive is to buy up other companies and slap the Siemens name on their product. The problem? It's a slave to the market and terminally damaged its engineering department.
Actually, it worked quite well with nicotine (which some people say is more addictive than heroin). We proved we could drastically reduce cigarette smoking without throwing smokers in jail or spending billions on treatment programs, so why can't we do the same with narcotics? The truth is that we can, we just need to get past the silly idea that it's the government's problem.
Stop lying. I can understand some ancient CDROM with a weird ass proprietary board not working. And I can even understand your monitor not working because it needed some weird ass modeline that Linux was lucky enough to stumble across. But your harddrive wouldn't work with PC-BSD?
James Dobson, you know, the guy of Spongebob Squarepants is a conspiracy to turn kids gay fame.
The more people like you make stuff up like this, the less people will believe you when you decide to say something truthful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dobson
Think of an analogy to math. Just because you know how to use a calculator doesn't mean you know arithmetic. Or what about an analogy to language. Just because you know how to speak doesn't mean you know jack about how to structure a sentence.
Merely knowing how to use Outlook is insufficient for computer literacy. You also need to know the basic concepts behind email: what is an email address, the difference between the client and the server, the basic netiquette of not top posting, how to recognize spam and scams, etc, etc. Do you know what a file is? A directory? Can you navigate a directory hierarchy? Do you know what a file system is?
Clicking buttons on a GUI is not computer literacy, no matter what Bill Gates says.
Protesting people who don't care while trying to gain the attention of people who don't care is a complete waste of time and resources.
Observing the modern protestor up close, I've come to the conclusion that the purpose of protesting is not to change anyone's mind, but instead to get laid. Protesting is the progressive's courtship ritual. Male progressives display their plumage (banners, Che-shirts, Hammas headgear), and the females pick those most they deem most suitable for siring a new flock of progressives.
True conversation with a friend:
Friend: "Hey, come to the park with me this Saturday."
Me: "Why?"
Friend: "We're going to have a protest march."
Me: "What about?"
Friend: "I can't remember. Logging the rainforest or something. Let's go, there'll be lots of chicks!"
You definitely get noticed, but the end result is severe tire damage to your cause. Take a look at the Zombie Hall of Shame for photos of actual protesters in action. Imagine, if you will, how much permanent damage this guy did for the anti-war effort.
They are teamed up with CivicAction, and so have permanently cemented the reputation of Free Software as a left wing progressive ideology. Thanks for alienated everyone to the right of left of center. If that was your goal, congratulations, you succeeded.
I said nothing of the sort! What is wrong with you Slashdot people, don't you even know how to read posts? I said it is "low" to sue me for distributing the software after you've given me permission to do so. That is all. Period.
Frankly I am distressed by the extreme negative response to my post. It's almost as if you GPL users *WANT* to sue people! Hauling people into court for distributing the software you gave them permission to distribute IS NOT FREEDOM, not matter what RMS tells you. Sheesh.
Agreement, what agreement? Everyone from RMS on down keeps telling me the GPL is not a contract, but a copyright based license. Now you're telling me it's a contract. Make up your mind.
Besides which, I am in FULL COMPLIANCE with your conditions. You publicly told the world that I can redistribute the software if I met certain conditions, and I HAVE met those conditions. To turn around and sue me for doing what you told me to do is very low indeed. That you think such behavior is moral sickens me.
Nonsense. I paid for that "traditional" license, and I followed the onerous restrictions in the GPL. I am in FULL COMPLIANCE with both licenses.
If a "traditional" developer sued me after I paid him money for the permission to redistribute the software, the judge would be well within his perogative to deal with him very harshly. The same goes for you. The GPL does not absolve you of being an asshole. If you give me permission to redistribute the software under certain conditions, and I meet those conditions, you have NO grounds to sue me.
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NPR makes just over half of its money from the fees and dues it charges member stations to receive programming
You're interpreting this as being all viewer donations, but the article does not say that.
One of the strongest things Kerry had going for him was his stance against nuclear weapons.
Ditto for Clinton. But it didn't happen. Sometimes reality trumps campaign posturing.
But who pays for NPR (and PBS)? The government, large corporations, and large foundations. Despite claims of being "viewer supported", most of their revenue does not come from viewers. The only reason NPR and PBS have "high brow" programming is because the hoi polloi aren't paying for it.
For true audience supported programming, you need to turn to cable and the pay-for and add-on stations.
Those 6000 bombs are leftovers from the coldwar and the arms buildup. It's expensive to dismantle them which is why it is taking time.
p.s. And before the knee jerkers decide to blame Bush for this, realize that these bombs were there under Carter and Clinton, and would still be here even if Gore and Kerry had won.
BLOBs are bad, and their legality in the kernel is questionable.
When BLOBs are outlawed, only outlaws will use BLOBs.
There's also the possibility that the story is total bullshit.
Someday, you will be able to use any OS on any CPU and any Application on any OS. This is one step in that direction.
You can do that now... if only there were standards for the CPU, OS and application. You won't be able to do it in the future without these standards. Don't tell me about Java, because I've seen enough IE-only Java applets and Windows-only Java applications to know better.
Last week I called it quits on five years of employment at Siemens. The only way the division I was in can survive is to buy up other companies and slap the Siemens name on their product. The problem? It's a slave to the market and terminally damaged its engineering department.
Actually, it worked quite well with nicotine (which some people say is more addictive than heroin). We proved we could drastically reduce cigarette smoking without throwing smokers in jail or spending billions on treatment programs, so why can't we do the same with narcotics? The truth is that we can, we just need to get past the silly idea that it's the government's problem.
But what if I don't want people with vapid social lives working for me?
...was to pass the decision either to Florida's legislature or Flordia's Congressional delegation.
You're missing the entire point. Florida is not the Electoral College. There was never any danger of indecision by the electoral college.
Only in the event of an indecision by the Electoral College does something like that happen -- such as what should have happened in 2000.
But there was no indecision by the Electoral College in 2000!
So what is so Politically Correct about this new BSD?
It wears Birkenstocks, listens to NPR, and doesn't shave its pits.
Stop lying. I can understand some ancient CDROM with a weird ass proprietary board not working. And I can even understand your monitor not working because it needed some weird ass modeline that Linux was lucky enough to stumble across. But your harddrive wouldn't work with PC-BSD?
Bullshit!
Did you even read the Wiki link you're quoting?
Did you? Of course not! Criticizing a pro-homosexual video as being pro-homosexual is NOT THE SAME THING as calling Sponge-Bob gay.
James Dobson, you know, the guy of Spongebob Squarepants is a conspiracy to turn kids gay fame.
The more people like you make stuff up like this, the less people will believe you when you decide to say something truthful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dobson
Think of an analogy to math. Just because you know how to use a calculator doesn't mean you know arithmetic. Or what about an analogy to language. Just because you know how to speak doesn't mean you know jack about how to structure a sentence.
Merely knowing how to use Outlook is insufficient for computer literacy. You also need to know the basic concepts behind email: what is an email address, the difference between the client and the server, the basic netiquette of not top posting, how to recognize spam and scams, etc, etc. Do you know what a file is? A directory? Can you navigate a directory hierarchy? Do you know what a file system is?
Clicking buttons on a GUI is not computer literacy, no matter what Bill Gates says.
Well I'm the next guy and I say your not that liberal.
Well I'm the guy next to him, and I say you can't spell.
Protesting people who don't care while trying to gain the attention of people who don't care is a complete waste of time and resources.
Observing the modern protestor up close, I've come to the conclusion that the purpose of protesting is not to change anyone's mind, but instead to get laid. Protesting is the progressive's courtship ritual. Male progressives display their plumage (banners, Che-shirts, Hammas headgear), and the females pick those most they deem most suitable for siring a new flock of progressives.
True conversation with a friend:
Friend: "Hey, come to the park with me this Saturday."
Me: "Why?"
Friend: "We're going to have a protest march."
Me: "What about?"
Friend: "I can't remember. Logging the rainforest or something. Let's go, there'll be lots of chicks!"
You definitely get noticed, but the end result is severe tire damage to your cause. Take a look at the Zombie Hall of Shame for photos of actual protesters in action. Imagine, if you will, how much permanent damage this guy did for the anti-war effort.
They are teamed up with CivicAction, and so have permanently cemented the reputation of Free Software as a left wing progressive ideology. Thanks for alienated everyone to the right of left of center. If that was your goal, congratulations, you succeeded.
...freed from the biennial maintenance release timetable.
This is just a fancy way of saying packages will be breaking on a weekly basis.
You're saying it's "low" to countersue you
I said nothing of the sort! What is wrong with you Slashdot people, don't you even know how to read posts? I said it is "low" to sue me for distributing the software after you've given me permission to do so. That is all. Period.
Frankly I am distressed by the extreme negative response to my post. It's almost as if you GPL users *WANT* to sue people! Hauling people into court for distributing the software you gave them permission to distribute IS NOT FREEDOM, not matter what RMS tells you. Sheesh.
Agreement, what agreement? Everyone from RMS on down keeps telling me the GPL is not a contract, but a copyright based license. Now you're telling me it's a contract. Make up your mind.
Besides which, I am in FULL COMPLIANCE with your conditions. You publicly told the world that I can redistribute the software if I met certain conditions, and I HAVE met those conditions. To turn around and sue me for doing what you told me to do is very low indeed. That you think such behavior is moral sickens me.
Nonsense. I paid for that "traditional" license, and I followed the onerous restrictions in the GPL. I am in FULL COMPLIANCE with both licenses.
If a "traditional" developer sued me after I paid him money for the permission to redistribute the software, the judge would be well within his perogative to deal with him very harshly. The same goes for you. The GPL does not absolve you of being an asshole. If you give me permission to redistribute the software under certain conditions, and I meet those conditions, you have NO grounds to sue me.