How about blinding the sailors on board, who then run around in a panic and knock over the pot of charcoals used for igniting the flaming arrows? Carcoals ignite the ship's deck instead, or someone's clothes, the fire spreads, voila. No more battleship.
There Still Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Those "freebies" you got still cost somebody something. Just because they didn't cost you anything (directly) doesn't mean they were without cost.
I'm wrong because I can disprove the accepted enviro-political dogma via an objective scientific discourse? Or am I wrong because "everybody just knows it", the way everyone once "knew" that there were only four elements?
In case you hadn't noticed, the ground layer is covered with a layer of CO2, as evidenced by the tremendous amount of plant life on the planet.
However, you aren't taking into account the difference in atomic weight (hence, density): CO2 (atomic weight ~44) is just 57% heavier than N2 (atomic weight ~28), while the simplest CFC is at least twice as heavy as N2 (min. atomic weight 66). A multiple-carbon CFC will be even heavier. Saying that CFC's diffuse easily, even under the thermal activity induced by the Sun, is like saying the Mississippi River can carry a brick from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Ozone is heavier as well, but it's the absorption of the UV light by 3 O2 which ionizes it and forms 2 O3. In other words, ozone forms in the upper atomsphere and is the evidence that the UV has been stopped.
Notice that I didn't say it was impossible, or that there were no CFC's in the upper atmosphere. You assumed, incorrectly, that that's what I said. Go back and re-read my original comment.
The mechanisms which put CFC's into the upper atmosphere have been present on the planet longer than mammals, never mind primates and humans.
You cannot put bits of it into your own projects...and if you do, Microsoft will move to shut you down. Such a threat is real enough for the Samba team:
In order to avoid any potential licensing issues we also ask that anyone who has signed the Microsoft CIFS Royalty Free Agreement not submit patches to Samba, nor base patches on the referenced specification.
The conspiracy theorist in me says Microsoft hopes (L)GPL projects will be contaminated by exposure to their code. The more cross-pollenation, the more Open Source they can shut down and bully.
If a network or a local provider is trying to block VoIP by detecting the TCP/UDP port, or the type of service (inspecting the payload), why not just run it through SSL?
Thanks for the info. Given that my life had fallen apart a few months before, and I was still trying to put the pieces back together when the boycott ended, I'm not surprised that I didn't know.
Comment withdrawn. Moderators, feel free to take grandparent down to -1.
This is all the more reason to order the destruction of software patents.
Also from TFA: Does the Japanese patent system have no concept of "prior art"? The patent in question was granted in 1998, but the products in "violation" has been on the market since 1985 and 1987.
It isn't closed, merely narrowed. Think of this: new rogue website, not yet blacklisted, and it has an ActiveX which is designed specifically to clear out your blacklist. Bonus points for pulling this off without administrator privileges. Five clicks later, and you're ready to re-install Windows.
Stay with Firefox. It's sensibly disconnected from the #1 security weakness in Windows.
In related news, Motorola sued several Taiwan-based manufacturers for using the prefix "M-". Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, was heard to say, "What do we care? We use 'i', not 'M-'."
Term 1 of the GPL states: You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
Does that make the GPL incompatible with itself?
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From TFA:
You told me that if I ever hit a wall with Steve or his people, I should let you know.
Somehow, the image of Linus Torvalds grabbing Steve Ballmer and swinging him like a bat at a brick wall, Neo-vs.-Smith style.... It's a good thing I didn't have any soda in my mouth when I read that.
There's not enough money, or time, for most folks to play the shopping game for services like this.
If you have put your business into a position where this is true, then I have no sympathy for you. The name of the game is bargaining/negotiating power, and losing it because of your ISP's intransigence is your own fault.
Take it into another realm: transportation. If the driver's window in your car periodically opened and closed for no apparent reason, you would take it back to the dealer and demand either a repair or a refund. You would not throw up your hands and say, "I just don't have the time or money, so I guess I'll put up with it."
Likewise, if your ISP's negligence resulted in an open gateway for spam, and it sent your client (or vendor, doesn't matter) a bunch of UCE or worse, to the detriment of your corporate relations, you have every right to demand a fix or take your business elsewhere. It's that simple.
The client may not have enough control over their systems
Wrong. Even if your hosting is completely contracted out, you can still put pressure on them to shape up or lose your business. And what good business would give up that much control of their email?
Not opening the bill does not mean you don't owe the money, and when your electricity gets turned off for not paying the bill, you're the one who goes out of business.
You're confusing what I said. I said nothing about you being the client.
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If this was commissioned in 1998, during Bill Clinton's perj^H^H^H^Hpresidency, and then concluded during GWB's perj^H^H^H^Hpresidency...
Was someone the Perj^H^H^H^HPresident in between them?
Maybe not igniting them directly, but...
How about blinding the sailors on board, who then run around in a panic and knock over the pot of charcoals used for igniting the flaming arrows? Carcoals ignite the ship's deck instead, or someone's clothes, the fire spreads, voila. No more battleship.
There Still Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Those "freebies" you got still cost somebody something. Just because they didn't cost you anything (directly) doesn't mean they were without cost.
Need I say more?
the rather shocked expression on the face by the posting.
I'm wrong because I can disprove the accepted enviro-political dogma via an objective scientific discourse? Or am I wrong because "everybody just knows it", the way everyone once "knew" that there were only four elements?
In case you hadn't noticed, the ground layer is covered with a layer of CO2, as evidenced by the tremendous amount of plant life on the planet.
However, you aren't taking into account the difference in atomic weight (hence, density): CO2 (atomic weight ~44) is just 57% heavier than N2 (atomic weight ~28), while the simplest CFC is at least twice as heavy as N2 (min. atomic weight 66). A multiple-carbon CFC will be even heavier. Saying that CFC's diffuse easily, even under the thermal activity induced by the Sun, is like saying the Mississippi River can carry a brick from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Ozone is heavier as well, but it's the absorption of the UV light by 3 O2 which ionizes it and forms 2 O3. In other words, ozone forms in the upper atomsphere and is the evidence that the UV has been stopped.
Notice that I didn't say it was impossible, or that there were no CFC's in the upper atmosphere. You assumed, incorrectly, that that's what I said. Go back and re-read my original comment.
The mechanisms which put CFC's into the upper atmosphere have been present on the planet longer than mammals, never mind primates and humans.
CFC's are incredibly heavy. In order to reach the ozone layer, the CFC's have to be super-heated.
Then what's the point?
You already answered it:
You cannot put bits of it into your own projects...and if you do, Microsoft will move to shut you down. Such a threat is real enough for the Samba team:
In order to avoid any potential licensing issues we also ask that anyone who has signed the Microsoft CIFS Royalty Free Agreement not submit patches to Samba, nor base patches on the referenced specification.
The conspiracy theorist in me says Microsoft hopes (L)GPL projects will be contaminated by exposure to their code. The more cross-pollenation, the more Open Source they can shut down and bully.
Given Google's political donations, perhaps the worry is not without cause.
If a network or a local provider is trying to block VoIP by detecting the TCP/UDP port, or the type of service (inspecting the payload), why not just run it through SSL?
They'll keep hiring new patent "experts" until they get the answers they want.
Thanks for the info. Given that my life had fallen apart a few months before, and I was still trying to put the pieces back together when the boycott ended, I'm not surprised that I didn't know.
Comment withdrawn. Moderators, feel free to take grandparent down to -1.
Given the higher popularity of Firefox among the tech-savvy crowd, and the ongoing boycott of Amazon for their "one-click" patent:
How could the demand among the more tech-savvy crowd result in an Amazon toolbar for Firefox?
Not that I'm trying to start a flame-war. It's just resulting in some cognitive dissonance in my over-taxed brain.
The Micro part just adds to the irony.
until someone ports NetBSD to it?
This is all the more reason to order the destruction of software patents.
Also from TFA: Does the Japanese patent system have no concept of "prior art"? The patent in question was granted in 1998, but the products in "violation" has been on the market since 1985 and 1987.
In fact, the latest release of NetBSD fits better, and runs faster, than the Solaris of 4 years ago.
It isn't closed, merely narrowed. Think of this: new rogue website, not yet blacklisted, and it has an ActiveX which is designed specifically to clear out your blacklist. Bonus points for pulling this off without administrator privileges. Five clicks later, and you're ready to re-install Windows.
Stay with Firefox. It's sensibly disconnected from the #1 security weakness in Windows.
In related news, Motorola sued several Taiwan-based manufacturers for using the prefix "M-". Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, was heard to say, "What do we care? We use 'i', not 'M-'."
Term 1 of the GPL states: You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
Does that make the GPL incompatible with itself?
From TFA:
You told me that if I ever hit a wall with Steve or his people, I should let you know.
Somehow, the image of Linus Torvalds grabbing Steve Ballmer and swinging him like a bat at a brick wall, Neo-vs.-Smith style.... It's a good thing I didn't have any soda in my mouth when I read that.
"Son?"
"Yeah, Dad?"
"I got that tool from the MPAA, and I found some stuff on your computer."
"Dad, I can explain."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"But I--"
"Didn't I teach you to share? Now come on, let's find some good Doobie Brothers..."
There's not enough money, or time, for most folks to play the shopping game for services like this.
If you have put your business into a position where this is true, then I have no sympathy for you. The name of the game is bargaining/negotiating power, and losing it because of your ISP's intransigence is your own fault.
Take it into another realm: transportation. If the driver's window in your car periodically opened and closed for no apparent reason, you would take it back to the dealer and demand either a repair or a refund. You would not throw up your hands and say, "I just don't have the time or money, so I guess I'll put up with it."
Likewise, if your ISP's negligence resulted in an open gateway for spam, and it sent your client (or vendor, doesn't matter) a bunch of UCE or worse, to the detriment of your corporate relations, you have every right to demand a fix or take your business elsewhere. It's that simple.
The client may not have enough control over their systems
Wrong. Even if your hosting is completely contracted out, you can still put pressure on them to shape up or lose your business. And what good business would give up that much control of their email?
Not opening the bill does not mean you don't owe the money, and when your electricity gets turned off for not paying the bill, you're the one who goes out of business.
You're confusing what I said. I said nothing about you being the client.