Perhaps I'm just use to it. But I do like having my grammar somewhat checked. It isn't perfect, but it's helpful. I'm open to an alternative. I guess my point really is not what word processor is better, but what is the best tool for the job. Most of the time it is an open source product, but on some rare occasions, it is a closed source product.
I agree, I like Open Source but sometimes a closed source proprietary app is better, such as Photoshop. OS is getting better and there are OS apps that can do about as well for some things as PS does but I don't know any that come close to PS in everything that PS does. To use OS one need to use different OS programs for all of what PS does. I don't think MS Office fits here though, most people can get by with using OO.
You're not going to get a good tracking mount for $500, never mind a mount and a telescope. $600 DSLR on a regular tripod with a $100 lens will outperform a film camera on a $500 mount. You simply can't track well enough with a cheap mount.
You have the same problem with a tripod as you do a telescope and mount. Unless you get a telescope that can track they are both stationary. However with software for the telescope you can know exactly what it is you're shooting. As for mounts, Google Checkout lists 8 for $100 or less. I have no idea what the quality of them are though. And getting a 35mm film camera you can save money to get a good mount.
That's not really the issue, however. The issue is whether there is a logical reason to reject the GPL3. It has to be a discussion based on logic, since Mr. Torvalds does not own or control all the code that goes into the Linux kernel.
You bring up a second reason Linus rejects GPL v3, the first being that he just wants Linux to be used and v3 interferes with that. The second is as you say, he doesn't own all of the code in Linux and even if he wanted to I doubt he could get the thousands of people who contributed to release their code under v3.
It sucks (believe me - as a scrawny, glasses-wearing white kid growing up in rural Hawaii, I know all about how bad being judged on appearances can be), but it is what it is. Human nature being the way it is, it will probably always be that way to some extent.
Oh, I agree. There are some, too many, who only go by someone's looks and not on merit. In a way that was one of the hardest things to deal with when I went into the army. In high school I had shoulder length hair and went into the army afterwards. When it came to cutting my hair, to get it over with I told the barber to cut it all off. He said he couldn't so I told him to cut as much off as he could. Thereafter about once a month I was told I had to go to the barber shop. I had the say problem with a beard. Thing is is I can understand the beard, a gas mask won't make a seal if there's a beard, but I don't understand the hair length except for everyone being uniform, which I had trouble with.
Copyright law is in favor of the person creating something.
Yea that's right, copyrights are there to encourage people to create something. You take copyrights away and you take a reason to create somwthing away.
I'd recommend trying LightZone instead, it's a commercial app, specialized for photographers (much like Adobe's Lightroom)
I bookmarked and will check it out but I don't really want or need right now a workflow and management app, I could of gotten Aperture when I got my Macbook Pro if I wanted something like that. What I am looking for and want right now a full graphics editor. For management I want to create my own system, from accounting to websites with a shopping cart, piecing together difference open source software. I want to make something that would easily allow a photographer to create an online portfolio and sale photos. I'd use it myself but I also want the option of being able to sell it to other photographers.
Inkscape is a vector drawing software, kinda like Adobe's Illustrator
Yea, I know. It's for SVG editing but still I want to check it out for photography..
if you're interested in that area I'd also suggest checking out Xara Xtreme which is another, Free vector software for Linux and IMHO, even better than Inkscape.
I've seen it before, however there isn't an OS X version. It says they're looking for help in porting it to Macs. They do have one for Linux, and I have a Linux PC, however it will be mainly used as a server while for photography and development I'll be using mostly my Macbook Pro.
Your needs sound different than the person who asked the original question. He wants to know how to get started in astrophotography, and the answer is to get some sort of digital camera, with his budget probably a non-current model DSLR. You're more interested in regular photography and might want to play with some astrophotography now and then with your existing equipment.
He, or she, also stipulated $1000 dollars. A DSLR will cost that much, well $900 maybe. That leaves only $100 for a telescope and mount. A 35mm film camera on the other hand and cable release can be bought new for under $400, then a 'scope and mount for under $500. My point was that buying a 35mm film camera instead of a DSLR will leave plenty of money for a good telescope. And someone who really wants to do astrophotography needs, well maybe "need" is too strong a word, should have a telescope. Hold on, I just checked Ritz Camera's website and they list one DSLR for $600 ($700 with a $100 instant rebate) and eight others under $1000. However compact flash cards adds to that and 3 didn't come with lenses. If all you do is use the 'scope then another lens isn't needed.
I think I see where you're coming from, you'd rather buy a DSLR and forget the telescope, but I'd rather get a 35mm film camera and a good telescope if I only had $1000. A DSLR can always be bought later, next year, or maybe even before the end of the year DSLR prices will drop and or resolution will increase. In the meantime with the 'scope some great photos can be taken on film.
If you to prevent people from doing whatever they want with their own code, you are restricting their freedom. Linus standing up for his stuff is is very much standing up for freedom.
Stability is neither needed nor wanted. What is needed is Creative Destruction.
Just see how far a politician gets on that platform.
Going back to FDR, none has.
Obviously you've never had a family.
Yes, I grew up in a family with two sisters. I also took care of one sister's daughter for about a year. But obviously you don't think Sony has any employers who have families. Sony was a master of Creative Destruction. As were many other Japanese companies, that's how they became so big. Heck MS owes a debt to creative destruction. The release of Word and Excel was an act of creative destruction. Now it's Linux's turn.
if you decided that you wanted to take someone else's GPL'd software and wanted to make a living off of that (I'd call you a free loader). The GPL does protect against that
No, the GPL does not prevent this, what the GPL does is it allows anyone else to take it and do the same thing. The GPL simply requires all distributors to also make the source code available. Your freeloader can take GPLed software and sale it, but then the person they sold to could do the same.
Supply and demand does not change at all because of any version of GPL!
This is patently false, the GPL makes sure anyone anywhere can take GPLed software and distribute it, therefore it does have a direct affect on supply.
Alternatives to a lot of software, which was not available to the general public has been made available by way of FOSS. This has only devaluated software which was inferior to the FOSS alternatives. Example: For all the great features of Gimp, Photoshop is still very successful, and to my knowledge the price tag hasn't gone down because of Gimp.
Yea, as much as I'd love GIMP if it had the capabilities of Photoshop, it doesn't come close for pro photographers. Film Gimp, aka CinePaint is a lot better on that score, and I may try it out. But first I plan on trying out Inkscape. I hope it works, I don't want to layout $800 for PS CS3.
Software is not the same, because the vendor usually restricts access to the blueprints (source code) without which are (for most practical purposes) necessary for the customer to modify the software.
If the user wants software modified then they can ask, and or pay, the developer to modify it. In a small niche market if software is released open source then the business may not be able to pay it's employees because anyone could take the hard work of others without paying. Oh and you mention blueprints, architects charge for their blueprints why shouldn't software developers? Architects like programmer put in a lot of tyme and effort into creating those blueprints, they don't magically appear.
A friend of mine went on a trip to Ecador recently. The idea was to make water collection tanks for the natives out in the jungle. He's an engineering graduate student, everyone else was in sociology, and they were hippies to the man. Tons of pot. Dirty. White people with dreadlocks. You name a stereotype, they had it.
Whoever set up the program did a bad job, if your friend wants to try again have him checkout Transitions Abroad. It has the resources to find good programs.
All the DRM and spyware included in Windows is why I switched. For the past 10 years I've used Windows almost exclusively however because of all the crap MS has started to include in software from Activation to WGA/WPA I've switched. I've got a PC with Linux preinstalled which I'll setup as a server and I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro.
Interesting, I like how the rollover effect was done. With the multiple exposures I'm wondering if you can't get the same results with film. Though my 35mm is a cheap one I can still take multiple exposures on the same frame. I suppose what I could do is test it, take a 5 minute exposure on one frame then take 5 one minutes exposures on the next. I don't know anyplace around here that doesn't have light pollution, however there's a waterfall not far where I want to get some tyme lapse photos of early in the morning. I'll need to get at least one ND filter first though.
Oh, I also don't want to leave the impression I don't like or have something against DSLRs, I don't and I'd like to get one myself. Perhaps the Canon 5D. The film camera I have is a Canon EOS Rebel so I'll be able to use the same lenses on both. However before I get a DSLR I want to get a a medium format camera first, perhap one of Mamiya's 645s with a film back. Eventually when the prices come down and I can afford one I can get a digital back for it. My dream camera would allow me to shoot both digital and film at the same tyme. Technically though I don't know if one can be made yet have good image quality, either the light would have to be split with one going to the film plane and the other to the sensor, or possibly have the film right in front of the sensor. The first one though means splitting light in half requiring twice as long an exposure, and the second means the film will interfere with the sensor.
I use to have the same beliefs as Stallman as well (except that I'm a Christian and shampoo my hair). But then I realized that sometimes its easier to be pragmatic. After all, why should I only use Open Office when Microsoft Office is a clearly better product?
Ah, but is MS Office really better? I haven't used it since 97. I used WordPerfect more than I have Office. I've used OO some but now I have NeoOffice. Personally I believe MS Office is much, much worse. And unless I find myself in a position where I have to use any MS product, Office, Windows, whatever, I will not use it. Because of MS crapware and spyware MS has forced me to switch from Windows to both Linux and Mac.
My best understanding, which may be very imperfect, is that Mr. Torvalds does not understand the potential for abuse in the GPL2 license. Why? Maybe partly because Mr. Stallman didn't explain it well enough.
The only thing that allowing Tivoization would provide is that companies could sell products for less than they expect to make, and trick buyers into paying more later, as happens with 2 year cell phone contracts when cell phone service prices are dropping fast.
I seem to recall reading Linus didn't care if someone Tivoizes Linux, that he's perfectly fine with what Tivo did. All that matters is that it, Linux, is being used.
Mr. Stallman should read the comments on this Slashdot story carefully to take the true measure of what even technically knowledgeable people know and don't know, and how little they are willing to investigate before they think they understand. His articles should be written for the audience he has, not the audience he wishes he had. After more than 24 years of thinking about this, Mr. Stallman makes the mistake of not realizing how advanced he is in his thinking, and makes the mistake of not realizing most people are not as advanced.
However this wasn't an article RMS wrote, it was an interview someone else eventually typed up. He could have set conditions, but then he'd be no better than all of those politicians who set all of their conditions.
PC World of Australia gave the interview an inflammatory title. PC World made the "Print this story" option display only a small part of the interview, with ads at the bottom.
Yea, I noticed that. Usually when I read an article I look for a print link, and most of the tyme if the article is broken down into more than one webpage, the print link leads to the whole thing on one page. But the link for this one only prints out the one page out of four the interview takes. Then, while the interview only takes one page for the printout, the ads at the bottom add a second page.
Frankly, someone should tell Mr. Stallman to get help with his hair and beard; his message would be much stronger if he didn't look like a poor aging drugee hippie throwback from the 60s, as he does in the photo that accompanies the PC World Australia article.
This I disagree with, it shouldn't matter so much how someone appears, what important is whether they are capable. Then again, like RMS I've got a full head, and face, of hair. Short hair as a standard for men is relatively new. Ever hear of the Whig party? They were called that because they wore whigs. I'd rather have real hair than a wig. As for those with long hair and being drug users, not all are. Though in the neighborhood I grew in many people did use drugs, I was one of them that didn't most of the tyme. I did, as my best friend back then said, only smoke once in a Blue Moon. I'd occasionally spark a debate about that, we'd be at a party passing a joint around and when it came to me I'd just pass it along. Those who didn't know me would think I was some narco or undercover cop.
f you can reduce the noise to practically zero what you're left with is whatever signal you managed to capture. Since film captures much less signal, you still won't see dim objects no matter how many exposures you stack (not to mention that it's a pain with film). On the other hand, the digital sensor captures that signal, though it's covered in noise. Average enough exposures and the noise goes down to a level where you can see the signal again.
Multiple shot star trails with a cable release are pretty frustrating because you have to get each exposure exactly the right length (otherwise your trails will pulse brighter and darker) and can't have much shutter closed time between exposures (otherwise you'll get gaps).
I saw some photos the person taking them spent hours to capture, on film. He'd set the camera up and open the shutter then go back a few hours later to close it. He also did some fantastic light painting, in valleys with almost vertical rock walls, and caverns. After setting up the camera for long exposures, he'd then take a flashlight and with it on point it at the rock walls a slowly move it around so as to paint different spots. He had some terrific shots, and it didn't take any special processing or multiple exposures, which I'm guessing is your stacking. With experience most anyone should be able to do, just keep a log of all shots taken. Which pros do anyway, what film was used, the aperture and exposure tyme, what lens was used, and so on. I write all this down when I go out shooting. Now some digital cameras can record this but so can some film cameras. Later the photos are evaluated and you can see what worked and what didn't. Go out a second tyme and use settings similar to what worked before but also try changing one or two settings. The more you practice doing this the better you'll get.
Right, "by 2020" we can power a handful of these plants, worldwide. We can't really afford to wait that long. I'd love to see most of our power being solar and wind based, but you've gotta be pragmatic: It ain't happening any decade soon. In the meantime, we still need to get rid of the coal. And that means nuclear.
If we can't wait that long nuclear won't work either, a nuclear power plant can't be built in a day. Not only that but if the power is needed now building one will take up a lot of power. The manufacture of concrete requires large amounts of energy. The steel required also uses energy. Though it's been more than 10 years I used to work in concrete construction for a concrete and masonry subcontractor.
Of course, my own reasonable success tints my vision pink. But I'm yet to meet a person born-and-raised in this country (immigrants are often impeded by coming here late), who loves what they do and is not well-off...
Actually what most people don't know about immigrants is that they, including illegals, are more likely to start a business than those born and raised in the US.
Do, what you love to do -- and get to be really good at it, and you'll earn a lot.
While I agree that people should do what they love, they don't always earn a lot. They may be happier but still be poor. Many artists were like this, they died broke, it was only after death that they became famous. The ones who did live comfortably had wealthy patrons.
it may also reduce stability. Adam Smith didn't have the math to study stability.
Stability is neither needed nor wanted. What is needed is Creative Destruction. Adam Smith understood that. For instance he was against patents, instead he believed whoever could make something better or more cheaply should be allowed to do so. Competition in an open market would improve people's lives. However it took Joseph Schumpeter to introduce Creative Destruction, and he thought it would lead to socialism.
One reason medical costs are so high is that the certification process favors citizens and domestic drugs because different countries have different medical rules. (But that may change.)
It's almost the opposite in Europe which means Africa is in trouble. After training medical personnel leave Africa and go to Europe because they can make more money in Europe. They are also treated better.
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Perhaps I'm just use to it. But I do like having my grammar somewhat checked. It isn't perfect, but it's helpful. I'm open to an alternative. I guess my point really is not what word processor is better, but what is the best tool for the job. Most of the time it is an open source product, but on some rare occasions, it is a closed source product.
I agree, I like Open Source but sometimes a closed source proprietary app is better, such as Photoshop. OS is getting better and there are OS apps that can do about as well for some things as PS does but I don't know any that come close to PS in everything that PS does. To use OS one need to use different OS programs for all of what PS does. I don't think MS Office fits here though, most people can get by with using OO.
FalconYou're not going to get a good tracking mount for $500, never mind a mount and a telescope. $600 DSLR on a regular tripod with a $100 lens will outperform a film camera on a $500 mount. You simply can't track well enough with a cheap mount.
You have the same problem with a tripod as you do a telescope and mount. Unless you get a telescope that can track they are both stationary. However with software for the telescope you can know exactly what it is you're shooting. As for mounts, Google Checkout lists 8 for $100 or less. I have no idea what the quality of them are though. And getting a 35mm film camera you can save money to get a good mount.
Yes, thanks for clarifying falconwolf, I knew as soon as I hit submit that I'd messed something up :-P
No problem, I realize I probably mess up more than many others, but I try not to and when I do I try to correct it.
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I'm jealous of people with faith, it makes live easier having faith.That's not really the issue, however. The issue is whether there is a logical reason to reject the GPL3. It has to be a discussion based on logic, since Mr. Torvalds does not own or control all the code that goes into the Linux kernel.
You bring up a second reason Linus rejects GPL v3, the first being that he just wants Linux to be used and v3 interferes with that. The second is as you say, he doesn't own all of the code in Linux and even if he wanted to I doubt he could get the thousands of people who contributed to release their code under v3.
FalconIt sucks (believe me - as a scrawny, glasses-wearing white kid growing up in rural Hawaii, I know all about how bad being judged on appearances can be), but it is what it is. Human nature being the way it is, it will probably always be that way to some extent.
Oh, I agree. There are some, too many, who only go by someone's looks and not on merit. In a way that was one of the hardest things to deal with when I went into the army. In high school I had shoulder length hair and went into the army afterwards. When it came to cutting my hair, to get it over with I told the barber to cut it all off. He said he couldn't so I told him to cut as much off as he could. Thereafter about once a month I was told I had to go to the barber shop. I had the say problem with a beard. Thing is is I can understand the beard, a gas mask won't make a seal if there's a beard, but I don't understand the hair length except for everyone being uniform, which I had trouble with.
FalconCopyright law is in favor of the person creating something.
Yea that's right, copyrights are there to encourage people to create something. You take copyrights away and you take a reason to create somwthing away.
FalconI'd recommend trying LightZone instead, it's a commercial app, specialized for photographers (much like Adobe's Lightroom)
I bookmarked and will check it out but I don't really want or need right now a workflow and management app, I could of gotten Aperture when I got my Macbook Pro if I wanted something like that. What I am looking for and want right now a full graphics editor. For management I want to create my own system, from accounting to websites with a shopping cart, piecing together difference open source software. I want to make something that would easily allow a photographer to create an online portfolio and sale photos. I'd use it myself but I also want the option of being able to sell it to other photographers.
Inkscape is a vector drawing software, kinda like Adobe's Illustrator
Yea, I know. It's for SVG editing but still I want to check it out for photography..
if you're interested in that area I'd also suggest checking out Xara Xtreme which is another, Free vector software for Linux and IMHO, even better than Inkscape.
I've seen it before, however there isn't an OS X version. It says they're looking for help in porting it to Macs. They do have one for Linux, and I have a Linux PC, however it will be mainly used as a server while for photography and development I'll be using mostly my Macbook Pro.
FalconYour needs sound different than the person who asked the original question. He wants to know how to get started in astrophotography, and the answer is to get some sort of digital camera, with his budget probably a non-current model DSLR. You're more interested in regular photography and might want to play with some astrophotography now and then with your existing equipment.
He, or she, also stipulated $1000 dollars. A DSLR will cost that much, well $900 maybe. That leaves only $100 for a telescope and mount. A 35mm film camera on the other hand and cable release can be bought new for under $400, then a 'scope and mount for under $500. My point was that buying a 35mm film camera instead of a DSLR will leave plenty of money for a good telescope. And someone who really wants to do astrophotography needs, well maybe "need" is too strong a word, should have a telescope. Hold on, I just checked Ritz Camera's website and they list one DSLR for $600 ($700 with a $100 instant rebate) and eight others under $1000. However compact flash cards adds to that and 3 didn't come with lenses. If all you do is use the 'scope then another lens isn't needed.
I think I see where you're coming from, you'd rather buy a DSLR and forget the telescope, but I'd rather get a 35mm film camera and a good telescope if I only had $1000. A DSLR can always be bought later, next year, or maybe even before the end of the year DSLR prices will drop and or resolution will increase. In the meantime with the 'scope some great photos can be taken on film.
FalconIf you to prevent people from doing whatever they want with their own code, you are restricting their freedom. Linus standing up for his stuff is is very much standing up for freedom.
FalconStability is neither needed nor wanted. What is needed is Creative Destruction.
Just see how far a politician gets on that platform.
Going back to FDR, none has.
Obviously you've never had a family.
Yes, I grew up in a family with two sisters. I also took care of one sister's daughter for about a year. But obviously you don't think Sony has any employers who have families. Sony was a master of Creative Destruction. As were many other Japanese companies, that's how they became so big. Heck MS owes a debt to creative destruction. The release of Word and Excel was an act of creative destruction. Now it's Linux's turn.
Falconif you decided that you wanted to take someone else's GPL'd software and wanted to make a living off of that (I'd call you a free loader). The GPL does protect against that
No, the GPL does not prevent this, what the GPL does is it allows anyone else to take it and do the same thing. The GPL simply requires all distributors to also make the source code available. Your freeloader can take GPLed software and sale it, but then the person they sold to could do the same.
FalconSupply and demand does not change at all because of any version of GPL!
This is patently false, the GPL makes sure anyone anywhere can take GPLed software and distribute it, therefore it does have a direct affect on supply.
Alternatives to a lot of software, which was not available to the general public has been made available by way of FOSS. This has only devaluated software which was inferior to the FOSS alternatives. Example: For all the great features of Gimp, Photoshop is still very successful, and to my knowledge the price tag hasn't gone down because of Gimp.
Yea, as much as I'd love GIMP if it had the capabilities of Photoshop, it doesn't come close for pro photographers. Film Gimp, aka CinePaint is a lot better on that score, and I may try it out. But first I plan on trying out Inkscape. I hope it works, I don't want to layout $800 for PS CS3.
FalconSoftware is not the same, because the vendor usually restricts access to the blueprints (source code) without which are (for most practical purposes) necessary for the customer to modify the software.
If the user wants software modified then they can ask, and or pay, the developer to modify it. In a small niche market if software is released open source then the business may not be able to pay it's employees because anyone could take the hard work of others without paying. Oh and you mention blueprints, architects charge for their blueprints why shouldn't software developers? Architects like programmer put in a lot of tyme and effort into creating those blueprints, they don't magically appear.
FalconIsn't that just another way of saying that you profit from holding your customers hostage to your proprietary software platform?
No, it could just means they want to stay in business and employ people.
FalconA friend of mine went on a trip to Ecador recently. The idea was to make water collection tanks for the natives out in the jungle. He's an engineering graduate student, everyone else was in sociology, and they were hippies to the man. Tons of pot. Dirty. White people with dreadlocks. You name a stereotype, they had it.
Whoever set up the program did a bad job, if your friend wants to try again have him checkout Transitions Abroad . It has the resources to find good programs.
FalconWindows Vista is a nasty DRM infected failure
All the DRM and spyware included in Windows is why I switched. For the past 10 years I've used Windows almost exclusively however because of all the crap MS has started to include in software from Activation to WGA/WPA I've switched. I've got a PC with Linux preinstalled which I'll setup as a server and I'm typing this on a Macbook Pro.
FalconHere's an article from a great amateur astrophotographer (who uses both film and digital) on deep sky imaging with digital sensors: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/SIGNAL.HTM
Interesting, I like how the rollover effect was done. With the multiple exposures I'm wondering if you can't get the same results with film. Though my 35mm is a cheap one I can still take multiple exposures on the same frame. I suppose what I could do is test it, take a 5 minute exposure on one frame then take 5 one minutes exposures on the next. I don't know anyplace around here that doesn't have light pollution, however there's a waterfall not far where I want to get some tyme lapse photos of early in the morning. I'll need to get at least one ND filter first though.
Oh, I also don't want to leave the impression I don't like or have something against DSLRs, I don't and I'd like to get one myself. Perhaps the Canon 5D. The film camera I have is a Canon EOS Rebel so I'll be able to use the same lenses on both. However before I get a DSLR I want to get a a medium format camera first, perhap one of Mamiya's 645s with a film back. Eventually when the prices come down and I can afford one I can get a digital back for it. My dream camera would allow me to shoot both digital and film at the same tyme. Technically though I don't know if one can be made yet have good image quality, either the light would have to be split with one going to the film plane and the other to the sensor, or possibly have the film right in front of the sensor. The first one though means splitting light in half requiring twice as long an exposure, and the second means the film will interfere with the sensor.
FalconI use to have the same beliefs as Stallman as well (except that I'm a Christian and shampoo my hair). But then I realized that sometimes its easier to be pragmatic. After all, why should I only use Open Office when Microsoft Office is a clearly better product?
Ah, but is MS Office really better? I haven't used it since 97. I used WordPerfect more than I have Office. I've used OO some but now I have NeoOffice. Personally I believe MS Office is much, much worse. And unless I find myself in a position where I have to use any MS product, Office, Windows, whatever, I will not use it. Because of MS crapware and spyware MS has forced me to switch from Windows to both Linux and Mac.
FalconMy best understanding, which may be very imperfect, is that Mr. Torvalds does not understand the potential for abuse in the GPL2 license. Why? Maybe partly because Mr. Stallman didn't explain it well enough.
The only thing that allowing Tivoization would provide is that companies could sell products for less than they expect to make, and trick buyers into paying more later, as happens with 2 year cell phone contracts when cell phone service prices are dropping fast.
I seem to recall reading Linus didn't care if someone Tivoizes Linux, that he's perfectly fine with what Tivo did. All that matters is that it, Linux, is being used.
Mr. Stallman should read the comments on this Slashdot story carefully to take the true measure of what even technically knowledgeable people know and don't know, and how little they are willing to investigate before they think they understand. His articles should be written for the audience he has, not the audience he wishes he had. After more than 24 years of thinking about this, Mr. Stallman makes the mistake of not realizing how advanced he is in his thinking, and makes the mistake of not realizing most people are not as advanced.
However this wasn't an article RMS wrote, it was an interview someone else eventually typed up. He could have set conditions, but then he'd be no better than all of those politicians who set all of their conditions.
FalconPC World of Australia gave the interview an inflammatory title. PC World made the "Print this story" option display only a small part of the interview, with ads at the bottom.
Yea, I noticed that. Usually when I read an article I look for a print link, and most of the tyme if the article is broken down into more than one webpage, the print link leads to the whole thing on one page. But the link for this one only prints out the one page out of four the interview takes. Then, while the interview only takes one page for the printout, the ads at the bottom add a second page.
Frankly, someone should tell Mr. Stallman to get help with his hair and beard; his message would be much stronger if he didn't look like a poor aging drugee hippie throwback from the 60s, as he does in the photo that accompanies the PC World Australia article.
This I disagree with, it shouldn't matter so much how someone appears, what important is whether they are capable. Then again, like RMS I've got a full head, and face, of hair. Short hair as a standard for men is relatively new. Ever hear of the Whig party? They were called that because they wore whigs. I'd rather have real hair than a wig. As for those with long hair and being drug users, not all are. Though in the neighborhood I grew in many people did use drugs, I was one of them that didn't most of the tyme. I did, as my best friend back then said, only smoke once in a Blue Moon. I'd occasionally spark a debate about that, we'd be at a party passing a joint around and when it came to me I'd just pass it along. Those who didn't know me would think I was some narco or undercover cop.
Falconf you can reduce the noise to practically zero what you're left with is whatever signal you managed to capture. Since film captures much less signal, you still won't see dim objects no matter how many exposures you stack (not to mention that it's a pain with film). On the other hand, the digital sensor captures that signal, though it's covered in noise. Average enough exposures and the noise goes down to a level where you can see the signal again.
Here's an old post on photo.net asking Digital long exposures worse then film?. Photo.net has more discusions on astrophotography and long exposure tymes.
Multiple shot star trails with a cable release are pretty frustrating because you have to get each exposure exactly the right length (otherwise your trails will pulse brighter and darker) and can't have much shutter closed time between exposures (otherwise you'll get gaps).
I saw some photos the person taking them spent hours to capture, on film. He'd set the camera up and open the shutter then go back a few hours later to close it. He also did some fantastic light painting, in valleys with almost vertical rock walls, and caverns. After setting up the camera for long exposures, he'd then take a flashlight and with it on point it at the rock walls a slowly move it around so as to paint different spots. He had some terrific shots, and it didn't take any special processing or multiple exposures, which I'm guessing is your stacking. With experience most anyone should be able to do, just keep a log of all shots taken. Which pros do anyway, what film was used, the aperture and exposure tyme, what lens was used, and so on. I write all this down when I go out shooting. Now some digital cameras can record this but so can some film cameras. Later the photos are evaluated and you can see what worked and what didn't. Go out a second tyme and use settings similar to what worked before but also try changing one or two settings. The more you practice doing this the better you'll get.
Right, "by 2020" we can power a handful of these plants, worldwide. We can't really afford to wait that long. I'd love to see most of our power being solar and wind based, but you've gotta be pragmatic: It ain't happening any decade soon. In the meantime, we still need to get rid of the coal. And that means nuclear.
If we can't wait that long nuclear won't work either, a nuclear power plant can't be built in a day. Not only that but if the power is needed now building one will take up a lot of power. The manufacture of concrete requires large amounts of energy. The steel required also uses energy. Though it's been more than 10 years I used to work in concrete construction for a concrete and masonry subcontractor.
FalconOf course, my own reasonable success tints my vision pink. But I'm yet to meet a person born-and-raised in this country (immigrants are often impeded by coming here late), who loves what they do and is not well-off...
Actually what most people don't know about immigrants is that they, including illegals, are more likely to start a business than those born and raised in the US.
FalconDo, what you love to do -- and get to be really good at it, and you'll earn a lot.
While I agree that people should do what they love, they don't always earn a lot. They may be happier but still be poor. Many artists were like this, they died broke, it was only after death that they became famous. The ones who did live comfortably had wealthy patrons.
Falconit may also reduce stability. Adam Smith didn't have the math to study stability.
Stability is neither needed nor wanted. What is needed is Creative Destruction. Adam Smith understood that. For instance he was against patents, instead he believed whoever could make something better or more cheaply should be allowed to do so. Competition in an open market would improve people's lives. However it took Joseph Schumpeter to introduce Creative Destruction, and he thought it would lead to socialism.
One reason medical costs are so high is that the certification process favors citizens and domestic drugs because different countries have different medical rules. (But that may change.)
It's almost the opposite in Europe which means Africa is in trouble. After training medical personnel leave Africa and go to Europe because they can make more money in Europe. They are also treated better.
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