But they do leave the licence intact, no? (If not, then the police will be knocking on their door shortly.) The licence says it is free software. While selling like that may not be morally right, some people simply wouldn't use it if it were free.
So, would a CD Found laying around our office end up in any PC?
Yes. There are people who read spam. There are people who open random attachments. There are people who use AOL cds. There will be people who would read an unlabled CD.
In fact, I have a feeling that quite a few people would be interested in a CD that has a good picture and something like "Open CD" and url ending with.org on it.
The report raises questions about the potential inaccuracy of proprietary and other secretive filtering mechanisms: who should be responsible for ensuring their accuracy?
Nobody needs to ensure their accuracy if no one will use them.
I think they should quit trying to filter out pr0n and drugs etc, and instead focus on scam and advertizing cites. Then maybe I might use their filter.
Yes, attention/interest is the key. I think P2P new would be a great idea, but to have even the most remote chance of success, 1. Each story must be signed by at least one key. 2, Each reporter must have his own key, with which he can sign and assign a "news-worthyness" and "trustworthyness" to his stories. 3, There must be several organizations to keep track of and collect stories. Essentially, they will be the new breed of newspapers, whose job it will be to sift through and classify news. This will help make the journalists well-known. 4. An enormous web-of-trust, where people, cyber-newspapers, and journalists sign the keys of those they trust. 5. A way to deliver anonymous news while maintaining a valid signature. This could perhaps be a signature used by many journalists who trust each other, or handed out by some organization (eg the organization will generate and sign an anonymous key if asked by a trusted person).
No, the reason that people like to be able to manufacture en masse is because it is cheaper. For some things, it is cheaper to get it from a living thing, for others to produce it artificially -- unless you want to get your aspirin by chewing willow, that is.
Nuclear decay == Remains of a supernova
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No, the radioactive elemants in the earth's core did not come from the sun. They formed from the same cloud of gas as the sun did (from the remains of a supernova IIRC).
As to saying that radioactive decay is non-renewable, that is rediculous. It will always be there (unless you're looking at millions/billions of years in the future, and you might as well be worried about the sun burning out or exploding by then. You might as well consider the sun to be non-renewable on that timescale, as well.
Wrong! Nuclear decay == Energy
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We do not get all our energy from the sun. Some of it comes from the decay of naturally radioactive isotopes in the earth's core. That is why the earth's core is still liquid. There are 10^24 kg of material making up the earth, and if even a small percent were radioactive (as it is), this would be a great source of energy.
I forsee that in the future, we will be living in futuristic homes (deep, underground shelters), futuristic clothing (radiation protection and mask), using futuristic power sources (nuclear -- oh, the irony), largely replacing our transportation system (biologically powered bipeds), and eating prehistoric foods (grain lasts a loooong time, you know). And we will probably have some missiles left over, in case anyone else survived.
Don't you understand? Do I need to translate it to something you can understand, like, In Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia jokes eventually get sick of you! ?
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But they do leave the licence intact, no? (If not, then the police will be knocking on their door shortly.) The licence says it is free software. While selling like that may not be morally right, some people simply wouldn't use it if it were free.
So, would a CD Found laying around our office end up in any PC?
.org on it.
Yes. There are people who read spam. There are people who open random attachments. There are people who use AOL cds. There will be people who would read an unlabled CD.
In fact, I have a feeling that quite a few people would be interested in a CD that has a good picture and something like "Open CD" and url ending with
There's a surprising amount of people selling Free software to uninformed people.
And this is bad why? It spreads the free software to people who wouldn't have otherwise gotten it.
"I believe in parting a fool and his money as soon as possible" -- someone
Why are are good distro reviews so few and far between?
Summary of review: xyz distro is the best.
Let the flame wars begin.
The report raises questions about the potential inaccuracy of proprietary and other secretive filtering mechanisms: who should be responsible for ensuring their accuracy?
Nobody needs to ensure their accuracy if no one will use them.
I think they should quit trying to filter out pr0n and drugs etc, and instead focus on scam and advertizing cites. Then maybe I might use their filter.
So, what would be so hard about linking the credit card info page with the clicked-from page?
Real hacker snoop the password and take hacker@gmail.com for free.
Yes, attention/interest is the key. I think P2P new would be a great idea, but to have even the most remote chance of success,
1. Each story must be signed by at least one key.
2, Each reporter must have his own key, with which he can sign and assign a "news-worthyness" and "trustworthyness" to his stories.
3, There must be several organizations to keep track of and collect stories. Essentially, they will be the new breed of newspapers, whose job it will be to sift through and classify news. This will help make the journalists well-known.
4. An enormous web-of-trust, where people, cyber-newspapers, and journalists sign the keys of those they trust.
5. A way to deliver anonymous news while maintaining a valid signature. This could perhaps be a signature used by many journalists who trust each other, or handed out by some organization (eg the organization will generate and sign an anonymous key if asked by a trusted person).
are you sure you're not a 'bot?
$389??? At least they could humor a few people and sell it for $386 :-)
No, the reason that people like to be able to manufacture en masse is because it is cheaper. For some things, it is cheaper to get it from a living thing, for others to produce it artificially -- unless you want to get your aspirin by chewing willow, that is.
No, the radioactive elemants in the earth's core did not come from the sun. They formed from the same cloud of gas as the sun did (from the remains of a supernova IIRC).
As to saying that radioactive decay is non-renewable, that is rediculous. It will always be there (unless you're looking at millions/billions of years in the future, and you might as well be worried about the sun burning out or exploding by then. You might as well consider the sun to be non-renewable on that timescale, as well.
How will it access the internet? Mozilla? FireBird? Thunderbird? TwirlyBird?
Doh! Of course Sun is getting dimmer.
I'd blame it on Micro$oft.
We do not get all our energy from the sun. Some of it comes from the decay of naturally radioactive isotopes in the earth's core. That is why the earth's core is still liquid. There are 10^24 kg of material making up the earth, and if even a small percent were radioactive (as it is), this would be a great source of energy.
All your bandwith are belongink to us.
From the FA:Supporters envision the day when armies of 18-year-olds will be transformed into a global posse,
I would much rather 18 year old pussy, thank you very much.
I forsee that in the future, we will be living in futuristic homes (deep, underground shelters), futuristic clothing (radiation protection and mask), using futuristic power sources (nuclear -- oh, the irony), largely replacing our transportation system (biologically powered bipeds), and eating prehistoric foods (grain lasts a loooong time, you know). And we will probably have some missiles left over, in case anyone else survived.
Just my $0.02
That's because this phone is targetted at rich businessmen, not the poor masses. They have the money to buy one of these.
Personally, though, I would preffer a good laptop with a microphone...
(No, I'm not some rich businessman)
I'm sick of Soviet Russia/China jokes!
Don't you understand? Do I need to translate it to something you can understand, like,
In Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia jokes eventually get sick of you!
?
Can I use my digital camera as a screen for one of these? Heh, nothing like having a few GB of hard drive for storing pictures.
I'm betting the Beta version of Longhorn will be sold as the next version of XP.
So, is it the size of an orange, or of an apple?
You said "imagine" without mentioning "beowulf cluster"?!?
Bad boy, no karma for you!
Uhh, with the screen it is bigger than a laptop :-(