You said: Because if you did, you'd realize that they are basically perpetrating fraud on every poor cad who has to by music from them.
But, as the previous poster pointed out, nobody has to buy any music from anybody. The real problem is that people are basically willing to be ripped off for CDs. Something is worth only as much as someone else is willing to pay for it. TeenyBopper234211 is perfectly happy paying $16 for the latest "music" from the Spears factory.
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Hey, at least it's not 100% off-topic. Anyway, I just happen to be really excited that Transmeta is one of our clients. Click my sig for details.
End of shameless plug. Flame away...
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Just Yet Another Kudos Post, but talk about perserverance... I remember reading about WINE back in what - 1992? Nice work guys, this is one of those quiet, non-hype amazing projects that is going to make a huge difference in the long run.
What's the team looking for non-wizards to contribute?
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My understanding (IMO and, of course, IANAL) is that public forums are not responsible for the content they host UNLESS they excercise some censorship or editorial control. Once they censor a post for any reason, then they are considered a publisher/editor and are thus liable for ALL content on the site.
At least, that's what I remember back when AOL started censoring posts. Anyone know better?
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Are there good numbers anywhere on the number of Linux-only (or Linux-only-except-for-quakeV-and-force-feedback) desktop machines out there? How many of those users would actually pay money for good games on Linux? When was the last time _you_ actually bought a legit PC game?
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Isn't this site acting as (basically) just a big router? If I took jive, rewrote it in microcode and stuck it on a Cisco router, would that be a copyright violation too?
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Anyone know first-hand what the quality is like on those new TV boxes? Do they have some kind of neat custom gear or are they just standard parts marked up like crazy for stupid people?
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Hey, I just wanted to apologize for that comment. Looking at it now, I realize it was just a stupid one-off. I get pissed, but I actually meant to ask for some action that would violate the UCITA but not any of the good existing laws (that is, those of the existing laws that happen to be good). Of course, I support free software. I just thought it would be interesting to try and find something that would catcht he mainstream media's attention...
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Card alwasy has to write about the super-smart
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What I thought was really funny about Ender's Shadow was the fact that Card completely manipulated events in the original book so that it turns out that the smartest kid ever in the history of the world was actually Bean, his new main character. I guess that's just his style - he does a really good job of describing the "I'm too smart for everyone" perspective. I guess I lot of us feel that way, which is why we like the books so much;)
Anwyay, I'm curious to see if the new books will also demonstrate that, actually, Petra was pulling the strings the whole time.
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I submitted this story to/. a while ago, and it has been (briefly) discussed on another thread. Here are a few clarifications that came out of that discussion.
There is now a limited "beta" version of AskGneeves up at http://www.Gneeves.org which is based on some simple code.
Ultimately, it makes sense for AskGneeves to basically serve as a front-end to the Open Directory Project, rather than having to re-create all that content. The beta that I have up uses some open-source PHP code to run a simple keyword search against the ODP, but tighter integration would obviously be better
Some have commented that this does not, necessarily, have to be an OSS project. However, I think it should be, since that guarantees that the rankings and search results are not being manipulated. Also, it would be the first instance (that I know of) where users could contribute new features to a search engine. Don't like the natural language processing? write your own.
There have been many comments about how AskJeeves "sucks" and about how Linux hackers would not have any interest in a project aimed at "lusers" like this one. I think that this is a mistaken view, and I think that it would be cool for us to create a platform-independant app that would be useful to normal end-users, and explain to them just why open-source and open standards are good.
Thanks for everyone who's contributed feedback. Now, all we need is someone to maintain the project...
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So, either we can simply avoid buying software ina UCITA state, or we could do one better. What's the most egregious way to flaunt the UCITA? Set up a big demonstration with 50 CDRWs and offer to burn anybody who wants a free copy of shrink-wrapped software? Any better ideas?
If you could convince them to arrest you, you could take it up the courts as a protest...
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For those of you who have read Brian Greene's excellent book The Elegant Universe, or have other sufficiently advanced physics background, do you know if this "curvature" extends into some or all of the 6 micro spatial dimensions?
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Why not just have a huge, distributed, open-source database of sites that specially chosen "moderators" get to give input on. Rate them according to certain adjectives. Then, let parents (or anyone else) choose what "Threshold" to browse the web at. This tech would easily integrate into modern web browsers (just stick it with Netscape's "What's Related").
Tell me somebody is already working on this, right?
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whatever happened to 3dfx? I remember when people used to joke about these other companies. Seems like they're slippin'
why even bother with a graphics "co-processor" when it's kicking the ^@%$^ out of my so-called CPU? I mean, my wintel box is already just a dedicated QuakeX-playing machine...
Interesting bit: , Olivier Ezratty, VP of marketing and communication for Microsoft France said that Microsoft was eventually ready to grant some independent technical authority full access to the source code of Microsoft software within government control. Also, Microsoft often makes custom versions of their products for large consulting companies in order to comply with their needs. Eventually, Microsoft is also free to publish a detailed and consistent documentation on its comunication standards so that they become open standards.
Glad to know that Microsoft will not be prohibited from publishing consistent and complete documentation. But seriously, this sounds like a very good use of government power. I'd hate to see the government get into the business of dictating development techniques (much as I love open source), and this seems like a good way of encouraging open standards without deliberately antagonizing powerful companies like MS.
The real question is: who's pissed in their pants more, OS vendors like Microsoft or chip vendors like Intel?
Anyone have the scoop on what the money's going to be used for? Just more bigger faster marketing, or do they plan on branching out/diversifying their products...? Massive hiring spree or massive tech spending? Both?
Taking a look at the ChangeLog, it looks like this is mostly incremental bug fixes. Anything major new here? What should I be on the look out for, when I try to impress my date with this hot new distro?
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But, as the previous poster pointed out, nobody has to buy any music from anybody. The real problem is that people are basically willing to be ripped off for CDs. Something is worth only as much as someone else is willing to pay for it. TeenyBopper234211 is perfectly happy paying $16 for the latest "music" from the Spears factory.
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End of shameless plug. Flame away...
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What's the team looking for non-wizards to contribute?
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At least, that's what I remember back when AOL started censoring posts. Anyone know better?
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Maybe we should really call it GNU/Penguin/Linux
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Anwyay, I'm curious to see if the new books will also demonstrate that, actually, Petra was pulling the strings the whole time.
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Thanks for everyone who's contributed feedback. Now, all we need is someone to maintain the project...
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If you could convince them to arrest you, you could take it up the courts as a protest...
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http://www.gneeves.org
Why not just have a huge, distributed, open-source database of sites that specially chosen "moderators" get to give input on. Rate them according to certain adjectives. Then, let parents (or anyone else) choose what "Threshold" to browse the web at. This tech would easily integrate into modern web browsers (just stick it with Netscape's "What's Related").
Tell me somebody is already working on this, right?
whatever happened to 3dfx? I remember when people used to joke about these other companies. Seems like they're slippin'
hey, my apologies if my .sig comes off too commercial. I guess the transmeta connection is too obnoxious, and I should post as AC in cases like that.
My bad.
why even bother with a graphics "co-processor" when it's kicking the ^@%$^ out of my so-called CPU? I mean, my wintel box is already just a dedicated QuakeX-playing machine...
Interesting bit:
, Olivier Ezratty, VP of marketing and communication for Microsoft France said that Microsoft was eventually ready to grant some independent technical authority full access to the source code of Microsoft software within government control. Also, Microsoft often makes custom versions of their products for large consulting companies in order to comply with their needs. Eventually, Microsoft is also free to publish a detailed and consistent documentation on its comunication standards so that they become open standards.
Glad to know that Microsoft will not be prohibited from publishing consistent and complete documentation.
But seriously, this sounds like a very good use of government power. I'd hate to see the government get into the business of dictating development techniques (much as I love open source), and this seems like a good way of encouraging open standards without deliberately antagonizing powerful companies like MS.
The real question is: who's pissed in their pants more, OS vendors like Microsoft or chip vendors like Intel?
Anyone have the scoop on what the money's going to be used for? Just more bigger faster marketing, or do they plan on branching out/diversifying their products...? Massive hiring spree or massive tech spending? Both?
Goody. If the rate of CPU growth slows, it'll force people to realized speed gains by actually writing more efficient code. Eat that, Wintel!
What service do they really provide? are there any compelling technical reasons to keep them? And where can I get .foo and .bar?
in fact, now that I think of it, let's just let registrars register their own new TLDs from NSI, first-come, first-served...
Eric
Taking a look at the ChangeLog, it looks like this is mostly incremental bug fixes. Anything major new here? What should I be on the look out for, when I try to impress my date with this hot new distro?