You know what? You're absolutely right. I don't 'get' that exaggerations make the point. I always thought that in order to disprove a false statement, you have to use the truth, rather than a different falsehood. What I 'get' is that shock value doesn't substitute for sound logic. Neither, for that matter, does sarcasm.
The really unfortunate part is that in the elder days, Caldera used to be one of the better Linux distros out there. They had a good system installer, lisa, for example. Shame, really, what mr. McBride's done with the company.
I am. The work I develop goes back into the community in the form of bug reports or extensions when they're generic enough to be useful for anyone besides me. That's all the kindness I get, all the kindness I need, all the kindness I return.
Free software is kind of like Communism, but it works within a Capitalist framework. But when people think inside the box, they don't see the added value unless it translates into dollars now.
Pay attention to what I said. It isn't what you say, it's how you say it. If you were advocating the opposite view, you'd still be a troll, bottom-feeder. Nothing like a good ole' dying-loved-ones scenario to spread your FUD of choice.
So large black holes will simmer coldly, shrinking only with glacial slowness if at all, and small ones will be hot and shrink very rapidly indeed - finally disappearing altogether in an brief, intense burst of radiation, according to Hawking's theory.
Gamma-ray bursts?:-)
(Yes, I know GRBs' actual nature isn't known for sure, and that the universe would have to have a heck of a lot of small blackholes to fit with the number of GRBs that are detected, but baseless speculation is fun for the masses. The real physicists distill what might actually be science from there).
The Street performer protocol isn't widely implemented for lack of knowledge about it; we'll see in the future if it gains public acclaim or if it falls into obscurity.
However, the idea that you can't charge for software you're giving away is actually naive of parent's part. Sure, you can't charge for software you've already written -- but if it hasn't been written yet or it doesn't fit client's needs without custom modding, then heck, client's going to have to induce someone to write it, usually paying for it. The work involved is in writing, not what comes after it's written. Therefore, the developer ought to be compensated for the part that is actually work.
And next week I'll complete a year in a software consulting company where this kind of theoretical bullshit I'm talking about, which couldn't work in a million years, which nobody would ever pay for, actually works. It's not like we can get a system we build for one client to ever work in another without extensive modding, because we have to interoperate with 1,397 legacy systems with wildly varying APIs and databases with varying levels of completeness and/or usefulness.
But no, I could never make a living in a company like that. Or maybe I did?;-)
"The Free Software Foundation is concerned with the freedom to copy and change software; music is outside our scope. But there is a partial similarity in the ethical issues of copying software and copying recordings of music. Some articles in the philosophy directory relate to the issue of copying for things other than software. Some of the other people's articles we have links to are also relevant.
"No matter what sort of published information is being shared, we urge people to reject the assumption that some person or company has a natural right to prohibit sharing and dictate exactly how the public can use it. Even the US legal system nominally rejects that anti-social idea."
"Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU project is that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible -- just enough to cover the cost.
"Actually we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can."
"The artist offers to continue producing their freely-available creations so long as they keep getting enough money in donations to make it worth their while to do so."
Hopefully these links will provide you some food for thought about the 'party line' on how "liber" books and pieces of artwork could work out economically, tavarich. Except that few people bother to think such things through these days, do they?
Have you read the article? Ms. Livschitz mentioned that the OO paradigm may have its limitations. Given that, is it appropriate to go about trumpeting the virtues of POOPs to all and sundry?
Not that OO isn't good, it's very good - as much of a step above structured languages as structured languages are above the older non-structured languages. It's just that maybe it's time to look for the next level of abstraction for languages, and that's what the article is all about.
Brazil in the early 80s developed a technology to make cars run on ethanol that is distilled from sugarcane (just like cachaca). It might not be as clean as a hydrogen fuel-cell, but it's quite a bit more efficient, and very stable technology.
Actually, Tolkien got that name by applying standard phonetic changes to a completely made-up 'primitive' root orok(search for 'orch' in this page). He came up with 'orch' in Sindarin and 'urco' in Quenya; in the Black Speech the orks used, it became 'uruk'.
In a completely unrelated note, the Mesopotamian city of Uruk is also known as Erech in the bible.
In one phrase, Gimli being used as comedy relief. We could have done without the 'fantasy dwarf' cliche that only came into being long after LotR was already written. He comes through the movies seeming like a bigger country bumpkin than even the hobbits...:-(
It was a conscious design decision that caused a lot of the features in Seamonkey to be removed because they weren't used much. The rationale is: several extensions will be provided to supply those functionalities, and the user picks and chooses which she wants in and which she wants out. It does wonders to remove the UI clutter that unfortunately plagues Seamonkey. If you miss some preferences, chances are there's some extension out there that puts them back in; but you only need to put back in the ones you'll actually use.
As for the Seamonkey thingamabobs that won't work in Firebird, it's a problem of them not being 100% compatible. Eventually most of everything in mozdev.org will be ported to Firebird; until then, Seamonkey isn't quite dead yet.
I agree. If this was a matter of a disgruntled Linux fan, the virus wouldn't set up a doorway for an open relay; it'd concentrate on the DDoS. It doesn't, so I'm forced to believe the DDoS is something to throw people off-track.
I'd be loath to say such things so openly in here. Have you checked the article linked at the bottom of the story? There are some quotes which were taken directly from the comments page in yesterday's story. You may remember "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
Let's try to be careful about what we write. No one knows what may be grabbed by the regular media and taken out of context, so let's cover our bases.
But the man pages *are* written for people who already know the material. Man pages are *reference* -- you already know how to use select(), fstab, or what-have-you but just want to check the parameter list, valid modifiers, etc.
If you want to learn how to use something, you go to the how-to, or the guide, or a tutorial on the Web. That's what they're for.
And please ease on the attitude. Contrary to popular belief, people aren't branded as trolls for having opinions contrary to/. mainstream, they're branded for being rude and/or whiney about it:-(
[Ctrl][Alt][Keypad +] and [Ctrl][Alt][Keypad -], though they only change the size of the viewport. The size of the desktop remains the same, and the viewport slides when the mouse pointer hits its edge. It's actually quite useful, and better (IMHO) than changing the desktop size full-tilt.
I think who's confusing the terms is you. "Average" here refers to a statistical average among the universe of computer users, not to a skill level of average. And that statistically average user doesn't know much of anything at all.
More importantly, he doen't want to care about how the system or the GUI works. He just wants to get his work done and not have too much hassle.
Understanding a system and being able to customize it is a very good thing, but it's not for everyone. We the more advanced users (including the average-skilled ones like you and me) must learn to respect that.
Perhaps the way out is to implement different sets of options, like a beginner's control panel and a master's config utilities?
Funny, the Win2K I use at work has crashed quite a few times already in the past six or so months. Of course, there's the fact that a development machine can and will catch a lot of bad references and logic errors.
But I wouldn't really go so far as "rock-solid". Maybe "non-glazed-clay-solid", which isn't very, but is enough to build a city with.:-)
Yeah, just like we migrated away from NNTP and will have to migrate from Instant Messaging, and heck, why not Bluetooth?
Anything which can be used to communicate can be spammed, so moving over won't really accomplish anything other than rack up huge costs in replacing infrastructure...
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You know what? You're absolutely right. I don't 'get' that exaggerations make the point. I always thought that in order to disprove a false statement, you have to use the truth, rather than a different falsehood. What I 'get' is that shock value doesn't substitute for sound logic. Neither, for that matter, does sarcasm.
The really unfortunate part is that in the elder days, Caldera used to be one of the better Linux distros out there. They had a good system installer, lisa, for example. Shame, really, what mr. McBride's done with the company.
I am. The work I develop goes back into the community in the form of bug reports or extensions when they're generic enough to be useful for anyone besides me. That's all the kindness I get, all the kindness I need, all the kindness I return.
Free software is kind of like Communism, but it works within a Capitalist framework. But when people think inside the box, they don't see the added value unless it translates into dollars now.
Pay attention to what I said. It isn't what you say, it's how you say it. If you were advocating the opposite view, you'd still be a troll, bottom-feeder. Nothing like a good ole' dying-loved-ones scenario to spread your FUD of choice.
Sheep.
Gamma-ray bursts? :-)
(Yes, I know GRBs' actual nature isn't known for sure, and that the universe would have to have a heck of a lot of small blackholes to fit with the number of GRBs that are detected, but baseless speculation is fun for the masses. The real physicists distill what might actually be science from there).
The Street performer protocol isn't widely implemented for lack of knowledge about it; we'll see in the future if it gains public acclaim or if it falls into obscurity.
However, the idea that you can't charge for software you're giving away is actually naive of parent's part. Sure, you can't charge for software you've already written -- but if it hasn't been written yet or it doesn't fit client's needs without custom modding, then heck, client's going to have to induce someone to write it, usually paying for it. The work involved is in writing, not what comes after it's written. Therefore, the developer ought to be compensated for the part that is actually work.
And next week I'll complete a year in a software consulting company where this kind of theoretical bullshit I'm talking about, which couldn't work in a million years, which nobody would ever pay for, actually works. It's not like we can get a system we build for one client to ever work in another without extensive modding, because we have to interoperate with 1,397 legacy systems with wildly varying APIs and databases with varying levels of completeness and/or usefulness.
But no, I could never make a living in a company like that. Or maybe I did? ;-)
Please consider these links, then:
Regarding GNUTella
Selling Free Software
The Street Performer Protocol
Hopefully these links will provide you some food for thought about the 'party line' on how "liber" books and pieces of artwork could work out economically, tavarich. Except that few people bother to think such things through these days, do they?
Parent's going for the nuts here. Even if he does not agree with grandparent, he could have chosen a less vitriolic analogy to use.
Naah, you should query for "XP Revolutions instead" :-P
Have you read the article? Ms. Livschitz mentioned that the OO paradigm may have its limitations. Given that, is it appropriate to go about trumpeting the virtues of POOPs to all and sundry?
Not that OO isn't good, it's very good - as much of a step above structured languages as structured languages are above the older non-structured languages. It's just that maybe it's time to look for the next level of abstraction for languages, and that's what the article is all about.
Brazil in the early 80s developed a technology to make cars run on ethanol that is distilled from sugarcane (just like cachaca). It might not be as clean as a hydrogen fuel-cell, but it's quite a bit more efficient, and very stable technology.
In keeping with the Greek theme, I'd say 'technomores' :-)
Actually, Tolkien got that name by applying standard phonetic changes to a completely made-up 'primitive' root orok (search for 'orch' in this page). He came up with 'orch' in Sindarin and 'urco' in Quenya; in the Black Speech the orks used, it became 'uruk'.
In a completely unrelated note, the Mesopotamian city of Uruk is also known as Erech in the bible.
In one phrase, Gimli being used as comedy relief. We could have done without the 'fantasy dwarf' cliche that only came into being long after LotR was already written. He comes through the movies seeming like a bigger country bumpkin than even the hobbits... :-(
It was a conscious design decision that caused a lot of the features in Seamonkey to be removed because they weren't used much. The rationale is: several extensions will be provided to supply those functionalities, and the user picks and chooses which she wants in and which she wants out. It does wonders to remove the UI clutter that unfortunately plagues Seamonkey. If you miss some preferences, chances are there's some extension out there that puts them back in; but you only need to put back in the ones you'll actually use.
As for the Seamonkey thingamabobs that won't work in Firebird, it's a problem of them not being 100% compatible. Eventually most of everything in mozdev.org will be ported to Firebird; until then, Seamonkey isn't quite dead yet.
Most of the damage's already been done, but it was a cool idea. Thanks.
I agree. If this was a matter of a disgruntled Linux fan, the virus wouldn't set up a doorway for an open relay; it'd concentrate on the DDoS. It doesn't, so I'm forced to believe the DDoS is something to throw people off-track.
I'd be loath to say such things so openly in here. Have you checked the article linked at the bottom of the story? There are some quotes which were taken directly from the comments page in yesterday's story. You may remember "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
Let's try to be careful about what we write. No one knows what may be grabbed by the regular media and taken out of context, so let's cover our bases.
But the man pages *are* written for people who already know the material. Man pages are *reference* -- you already know how to use select(), fstab, or what-have-you but just want to check the parameter list, valid modifiers, etc.
/. mainstream, they're branded for being rude and/or whiney about it :-(
If you want to learn how to use something, you go to the how-to, or the guide, or a tutorial on the Web. That's what they're for.
And please ease on the attitude. Contrary to popular belief, people aren't branded as trolls for having opinions contrary to
[Ctrl][Alt][Keypad +] and [Ctrl][Alt][Keypad -], though they only change the size of the viewport. The size of the desktop remains the same, and the viewport slides when the mouse pointer hits its edge. It's actually quite useful, and better (IMHO) than changing the desktop size full-tilt.
I think who's confusing the terms is you. "Average" here refers to a statistical average among the universe of computer users, not to a skill level of average. And that statistically average user doesn't know much of anything at all.
More importantly, he doen't want to care about how the system or the GUI works. He just wants to get his work done and not have too much hassle.
Understanding a system and being able to customize it is a very good thing, but it's not for everyone. We the more advanced users (including the average-skilled ones like you and me) must learn to respect that.
Perhaps the way out is to implement different sets of options, like a beginner's control panel and a master's config utilities?
Peace.
Funny, the Win2K I use at work has crashed quite a few times already in the past six or so months. Of course, there's the fact that a development machine can and will catch a lot of bad references and logic errors.
:-)
But I wouldn't really go so far as "rock-solid". Maybe "non-glazed-clay-solid", which isn't very, but is enough to build a city with.
Some thoughts on that by a man wiser than I To sum it up, maybe we should treat software like we do music. Or was it the other way around? :-)
Anything which can be used to communicate can be spammed, so moving over won't really accomplish anything other than rack up huge costs in replacing infrastructure...
Diskless workstations? Try
Truly there is no need for more, closed protocols.