Actually Kirk showing up on the show is a really good idea. I mean, who would play young Kirk? There is lots of potential there to introduce something really exciting. Also, what if old Kirk shows up? Maybe he never died and instead made the ribbon (or whatever that was) take him to the first Enterprise.
Also, I can't wait to see what Q does with the new crew.
And waiting. I wonder how they are going to do the previous-show crossovers this time. Maybe Seven of Nine fell into a time warp once and spent a few seasons with Bakula. That'd be cool. Or maybe Warf took a wrong turn in the DS9 wormhole and ended up being the only Klingon with a universal translator in Enterprise time.
The people making these laws aren't just trying to maintian heavy handed control over the American poeple (at least not all of them). They have legitimate fears seeded in truth and actual occurances. However they are taking the wrong perspective.
During WW2 the Germans had then very strong encryption with the Enigma machines. The Allies were only able to get a hold of these machines later on in the war, and by several accounts were crucial to the German's defeat.
Our law makers fear another enemy rising and using impossible to crack encryption, and this time using it to win. Most of us here on Slashdot however realise the obvious flaws in this logic. Just as when WWI transformed war into a battle faught with trenches the security of communication on each side will too change the face of war. We would be better to adapt to the changes in war than to expect everyone to play by our rules.
I'm glad RMS said this - and so tactfully! We are all afraid of these very things happening. As members (most of us) of the open source community our representetives, as it were, need to express how we feel.
Sure, RMS, ESR and Linus were never voted in, aren't always in agreement and have as much opposition as support within the OSS community however they are the people that CNN, Cnet and the like quote as being our collective voice. Even if slashdot has modded similar posts up to 5 numerous times those posts aren't going to be read by your congressman unless they are typed out on nice paper by someone like RMS.
And to RMS, thank you. When these rights are taken away atleast we can say, "told you so."
Why is your business in downtown anyways? Most business can be done very efficiently out of downtown or in a smaller city altogether. It's like telecommerce versus telecommuting.
Err, someone mod me town for that telecommerce thing.
I think an important thing to note here is that this article was written nearly 30 years ago. The facts that you accurately pointed out as false were very true when this article was written.
I think it is obvious that this license is not for everyone. Just like the GPL (ducks a swing from RMS). I both write software and record music.
If my music is, for example, written for a game or a web site or something where the music is basically ancillary to the main part of the entire work then I would have no problem releasing the audio under the OAL. However when the audio is the main part then I do not want that audio taken and molested by anyone who wants to harm it.
When I write a song at 2 am with my guitar it is very spiritual. I don't sing mathematical truths or other factual data, I sing a unique interpretation of my life as I have experienced it. This song is not something that anyone else can understand the same way I do. Other people may be able to identify with it and share some common ground, but no one can truly feel the same way I did when I recorded it - if they did then they would have mysteriously written the exact same song.
I want to keep these songs mine, like journal entries, as a collection of memories. I don't want some teenager with a eukalalie recording a modified version of my memory.
Tickle us do we not laugh? Prick us do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge? -General Chang
I'm not sure if that is supposed to be funny. You must know that you have that quote attributed wrong. Even if Chang did say it he was quoting the original author: Shakespeare. It is from the Merchant of Venice and if you like that quote you would likely enjoy Merchant of Venice as well.
If I were American I would definitely take the Canadian blank media levy as a bad sign. Here in Canada we do not yet have DMCA style copyright laws, yet we were able to get a CD-R tax. The tax is, basically, fifteen cents per disk (roughly an american dime).
If such a law were passed in the US I would expect it to be several times larger, probably a dollar or more per disk. This is certainly something to worry about.
No one is going to take this review seriously. Not only does the author not give version numbers he also refers to Netscape Navigator as "Netscape". Was he testing the corporation itself?
Personally, I'd be more interested if Navigator 6.1 were compared along side 4.7x and Mozilla.
I know the PDF format decently well (I'm writing a PDF library) and I don't think that this is a threat. Besides embedded programs there isn't much that can get executed by the system. Has anyone ever heard of a Postscript virus? That would probably be needed to make a PDF virus.
However if there is a PDF virus it'll probably just take advantage of a buffer overflow problem in the Windows version of Acrobat Reader. Use Linux (and use Python) and you should have no problem.
If this can influence development gnome would get a significant advantage over KDE (or anything else). Sun is particularly good on making sure UIs are usable. They used to have a page documenting the UI revisions to their web site. It was very well thought out and lead to a very usable web site.
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When the DoJ get released from their five weeks of captivity with the MS brain washing crew they'll all have C# tattoos! We can't let this happen!
I use both Mac OS 9.1 and OS X and I'm wondering - worriedly - if there will be a Mac version. Has Id quietly dropped support for PPC?
Actually Kirk showing up on the show is a really good idea. I mean, who would play young Kirk? There is lots of potential there to introduce something really exciting. Also, what if old Kirk shows up? Maybe he never died and instead made the ribbon (or whatever that was) take him to the first Enterprise.
Also, I can't wait to see what Q does with the new crew.
And waiting. I wonder how they are going to do the previous-show crossovers this time. Maybe Seven of Nine fell into a time warp once and spent a few seasons with Bakula. That'd be cool. Or maybe Warf took a wrong turn in the DS9 wormhole and ended up being the only Klingon with a universal translator in Enterprise time.
Hmmm.
In an interesting display of synchronicity, Slashdot authors still don't read Slashdot until after they have made their posts.
The people making these laws aren't just trying to maintian heavy handed control over the American poeple (at least not all of them). They have legitimate fears seeded in truth and actual occurances. However they are taking the wrong perspective.
During WW2 the Germans had then very strong encryption with the Enigma machines. The Allies were only able to get a hold of these machines later on in the war, and by several accounts were crucial to the German's defeat.
Our law makers fear another enemy rising and using impossible to crack encryption, and this time using it to win. Most of us here on Slashdot however realise the obvious flaws in this logic. Just as when WWI transformed war into a battle faught with trenches the security of communication on each side will too change the face of war. We would be better to adapt to the changes in war than to expect everyone to play by our rules.
Slashdot has gotten into the Apple rumor mongering! I'll start us off down the necessary path:
What else could Steve J be revealing today? I think that aren't quite right for the but I think that we're long over do for . I can't wait!
C'mon, we needed at least one flame-war capable Stallmanism in there!
I'm glad RMS said this - and so tactfully! We are all afraid of these very things happening. As members (most of us) of the open source community our representetives, as it were, need to express how we feel.
Sure, RMS, ESR and Linus were never voted in, aren't always in agreement and have as much opposition as support within the OSS community however they are the people that CNN, Cnet and the like quote as being our collective voice. Even if slashdot has modded similar posts up to 5 numerous times those posts aren't going to be read by your congressman unless they are typed out on nice paper by someone like RMS.
And to RMS, thank you. When these rights are taken away atleast we can say, "told you so."
Turns out there actually won't be any new products announced at Apple Expo this year.
Why is your business in downtown anyways? Most business can be done very efficiently out of downtown or in a smaller city altogether. It's like telecommerce versus telecommuting.
Err, someone mod me town for that telecommerce thing.
You're right. I'd like to blame Taco. He has made my spelling so horrific.
Nonetheless I also think that typos should not be excluded. I mean, unless that is something that is acceptable in programming.
I think Mafiaboy's age has to be taken into consideration. We don't want to go wrecking people's lives here just because of some childish mistake.
Mafiaboy obviously did this just for the attention. What he really needs is a little love & compassion, hopefully at home.
If he was American (or perhaps Russian *cough*Dmitry*cough*) would you think this sentance was lame?
Also I'd like to point out that Taco's postscript editorials are getting more and more annoying.
I think an important thing to note here is that this article was written nearly 30 years ago. The facts that you accurately pointed out as false were very true when this article was written.
Since when did Ask Slashdot become Answers from Cliff?
I think it is obvious that this license is not for everyone. Just like the GPL (ducks a swing from RMS). I both write software and record music.
If my music is, for example, written for a game or a web site or something where the music is basically ancillary to the main part of the entire work then I would have no problem releasing the audio under the OAL. However when the audio is the main part then I do not want that audio taken and molested by anyone who wants to harm it.
When I write a song at 2 am with my guitar it is very spiritual. I don't sing mathematical truths or other factual data, I sing a unique interpretation of my life as I have experienced it. This song is not something that anyone else can understand the same way I do. Other people may be able to identify with it and share some common ground, but no one can truly feel the same way I did when I recorded it - if they did then they would have mysteriously written the exact same song.
I want to keep these songs mine, like journal entries, as a collection of memories. I don't want some teenager with a eukalalie recording a modified version of my memory.
What? Slashdot is ONLY glib sensationalism!
I'm not sure if that is supposed to be funny. You must know that you have that quote attributed wrong. Even if Chang did say it he was quoting the original author: Shakespeare. It is from the Merchant of Venice and if you like that quote you would likely enjoy Merchant of Venice as well.
If I were American I would definitely take the Canadian blank media levy as a bad sign. Here in Canada we do not yet have DMCA style copyright laws, yet we were able to get a CD-R tax. The tax is, basically, fifteen cents per disk (roughly an american dime).
If such a law were passed in the US I would expect it to be several times larger, probably a dollar or more per disk. This is certainly something to worry about.
No one is going to take this review seriously. Not only does the author not give version numbers he also refers to Netscape Navigator as "Netscape". Was he testing the corporation itself?
Personally, I'd be more interested if Navigator 6.1 were compared along side 4.7x and Mozilla.
I know the PDF format decently well (I'm writing a PDF library) and I don't think that this is a threat. Besides embedded programs there isn't much that can get executed by the system. Has anyone ever heard of a Postscript virus? That would probably be needed to make a PDF virus.
However if there is a PDF virus it'll probably just take advantage of a buffer overflow problem in the Windows version of Acrobat Reader. Use Linux (and use Python) and you should have no problem.
Python is also developed this way. It allows fairly large changes to be introduced in a short amount of time.
Might as well replace Scully with someone who can fly.
(yes, that's a Simpsons reference.)
If this can influence development gnome would get a significant advantage over KDE (or anything else). Sun is particularly good on making sure UIs are usable. They used to have a page documenting the UI revisions to their web site. It was very well thought out and lead to a very usable web site.
WHat I really want to know is how many Rocket Arena 3 servers are on it?