Dont forget PHP! PHP-cli is actually quite awesome for windows stuff, and if you can handle glade, you can even make some rapid efficient graphical apps. My only tip would be to avoid vbs like the plague.
A purely "opt in" philosophy for things that can be considered public infrastructure is by nature flawed. Sure, I dont "opt in" to see billboards, signs, or those funny little planes dragging banners behind them. I also dont "opt" to use street lamps, parks, or anything like that. Finally, telemarketing obviously benefits some people who recieve calls. In general, people perform transactions when they see the product offered as a favorable exchange for their money. If it wernt for the call, they may have never discovered the product or service. If nobody ever bought anything advertised on these calls, the telemarketers wouldnt exist in the first place, because they wouldnt be able to pay their phone bills. Lastly, do you know how much money goes to the phone companies from these people? It's kind of important that we allow the phone system to remain in at least some way sustainable. If you would opt to pay $$ instead of getting called to the phone company, then maybe it would be okay for your phone never to ring.
It alarms me just how riled up people can become over our nation's inability to say "Thanks, but I'm really not interested, please take me off the list."
These legal concerns are way exaggerated. These are politicians trying to score some easy "family values" points, but little if anything will actually come out of this. In the end, computer games are like cable TV. Sure, bad stuff gets broadcast, but it's so woven into society that nobody will be foolish enough to rub it the wrong way.
and it's easier to count by 5s than any other difficult or obscur numbers, like, 1s... See, I'd think that firefox 1.2 would be a lame version number, but 1.3, 1.7, 1.9? awesome. It's like the lucky numbers on the back of fortunes in fortune cookies: some numbers work really well, some dont. I see this "by the 5s" thing as a copout.
Software version numbers mean about as much to the average user as those numbers in the upper right hand corner of your monitor [i know you just looked ] and those foolish numbers PC makers put on their machines. Now, find yourself wondering what happened to the Compaq V699, then, realize you do not care.
Geez man, you knew what I meant, and I know you knew what I meant. My point was more for the bulk of home computer users, who, while I'd love to believe are ready for, willing to adopt, or even aware of awesome superior free alternatives to windows, generally arnt at least one of these things. For grandma sitting in some nursing home somewhere who knows how to use windows, I'd rather install firefox than try to convince her to shell out for opera.
I'd have to pay for windows to use wordpad too, but that doesnt mean I'd slap money down for it. As far as I see it, something is only really worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Obviously, nobody in their right mind would pay for IE, thus, the price is right. I could however see sevearl situations where someone would genuinely need Windows for something... like... i dont know, does jedi knight dark forces 2 run under wine?
Firefox 1.1: Renamed, Reloaded, and ready to kick the intraweb's ass!....well, almost ready... maybe in a couple of months; dont go crazy! were just letting you know it will be called something differnt, you'll still have to wait unless your uber and dload the nightlies, and if you are uber, which, i really want to believe you are, you're really going to love it when we change firefox 1.5 to firefox 5.1 in a crazy "wtf" switchup 2.5 weeks from now.
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Not that I use it, but I feel I must point out that IE is free. Isnt that kind of why opera gets crushed? It's a commercial software package squashed between an awesome free package that you need to download, and a sub-par package that likely comes with your computer.
P.S. I dont use opera either.
There isnt any logic behind version numbers, that's why they're making news out of stuff like this. As far as i'm concerned, I don't really care about what version number my browser is, as long as it's the latest, and it doesn't start with IE.
Do you guys feel that there may be a future for censorship on WoW given the massive chinese population? If the chinese government gets nervous over blogs, how do you think they'll feel about an online virtual environment where its citizens can interact with eachother in ways now seen to be perhaps, too free?
What gets to me sometimes is a game with really solid music, which just plays the same songs from the soundtrack over and over again until you learn to hate them, or turn the music off.
That being said, things are definitely improving, especially towards rules about how many times a given song should play.
Brittle in this case refers (albeit, somewhat obscurely) to the operating system's probability to fail quietly, or possibly even handle a fault as opposed to simply disintegrating while attempting to save an important document, close a program, or, god help you, surf the web.
I blame "vote or die" for confusing me. Hey, that gives me an idea! If dvorak keeps pissing people off this much, he could be an excellent case for "publish and perish."
So what's the difference between the creative commons and saying "Copyright 2005 me, all rights reserved except reproduction for non-commercial use."
Furthermore, it's important for people to remember that there's no "white knight" of copyrights who is going to ride in on horseback to slay those evildoers who misuse your work. It's up to you to spend your time and money to enforce your copyrights.
Trying to "save money" by using the CC instead of seeing a lawyer is silly, because if someone ever infringed you'd have to spend a whole ton of money anyway taking them to court over it. To say you're doing it to "save money" is almost the same thing as saying "steal from me because I dont have the resources to defend myself or my work."
Hell, can I get a list of all you people who "saved money," what you created, and where I can download it? I think I'm going to become a publisher.
I'm confused.
No one can distribute my book under "fair use" copyright law, because it wouldn't be, and certainly commercial distribution is right out.
Are you saying your book isn't copyrighted? And that it's somehow covered under some sort of contractual obligation? Because if it is copyrighted, fair use certainly applies, and if it's under some sort of contract, I dont see how it's enforceable.
That being said, if you truly have something you want to protect, it's always a good idea to see a lawyer about it. Poorly written or misunderstood licenses and contracts have been causing mankind grief since pen was first put to paper. A few minutes of a good attorney's time is an excellent way to ensure you dont repeat other peoples mistakes, and you can usually learn a few interesting things from them as well.
will probably tell you that it made them quite nervous. The GPL, while awesome for some things, also seems to have the potential to be used both for good, and for evil. On the good side, it provides one of many frameworks within which to develop open software. On the other hand, there are no GPL police, nobody is out there ensuring that people OS software that use GPL'd code, and "clean rooming" happens the other way too (to avoid the GPL's viral nature). On the bad side, the GPL muddies the waters for honest companies that want to save money by using some open source software, but are afraid of inadvertantly GPLing their code. This is usually most prevelent in businesses that really like OSS, and thus, want to adhere to the GPL. Once again, MYSQL is a great example. A quick search of google will quickly reveal how much chaos their "dual licence" scenario can cause for some honest people.
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Dont forget PHP! PHP-cli is actually quite awesome for windows stuff, and if you can handle glade, you can even make some rapid efficient graphical apps. My only tip would be to avoid vbs like the plague.
A purely "opt in" philosophy for things that can be considered public infrastructure is by nature flawed. Sure, I dont "opt in" to see billboards, signs, or those funny little planes dragging banners behind them. I also dont "opt" to use street lamps, parks, or anything like that. Finally, telemarketing obviously benefits some people who recieve calls. In general, people perform transactions when they see the product offered as a favorable exchange for their money. If it wernt for the call, they may have never discovered the product or service. If nobody ever bought anything advertised on these calls, the telemarketers wouldnt exist in the first place, because they wouldnt be able to pay their phone bills. Lastly, do you know how much money goes to the phone companies from these people? It's kind of important that we allow the phone system to remain in at least some way sustainable. If you would opt to pay $$ instead of getting called to the phone company, then maybe it would be okay for your phone never to ring.
It alarms me just how riled up people can become over our nation's inability to say "Thanks, but I'm really not interested, please take me off the list."
These legal concerns are way exaggerated. These are politicians trying to score some easy "family values" points, but little if anything will actually come out of this. In the end, computer games are like cable TV. Sure, bad stuff gets broadcast, but it's so woven into society that nobody will be foolish enough to rub it the wrong way.
and it's easier to count by 5s than any other difficult or obscur numbers, like, 1s... See, I'd think that firefox 1.2 would be a lame version number, but 1.3, 1.7, 1.9? awesome. It's like the lucky numbers on the back of fortunes in fortune cookies: some numbers work really well, some dont. I see this "by the 5s" thing as a copout.
Software version numbers mean about as much to the average user as those numbers in the upper right hand corner of your monitor [i know you just looked ] and those foolish numbers PC makers put on their machines. Now, find yourself wondering what happened to the Compaq V699, then, realize you do not care.
Geez man, you knew what I meant, and I know you knew what I meant. My point was more for the bulk of home computer users, who, while I'd love to believe are ready for, willing to adopt, or even aware of awesome superior free alternatives to windows, generally arnt at least one of these things. For grandma sitting in some nursing home somewhere who knows how to use windows, I'd rather install firefox than try to convince her to shell out for opera.
besides that newer versions tend to have a higher number.
Dont forget the wonderful "beta" qualifier which totally throws what you said to the wind.
Beta 1.0->2.0->3.0->....16.0->1.0!
I'd have to pay for windows to use wordpad too, but that doesnt mean I'd slap money down for it. As far as I see it, something is only really worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Obviously, nobody in their right mind would pay for IE, thus, the price is right. I could however see sevearl situations where someone would genuinely need Windows for something... like... i dont know, does jedi knight dark forces 2 run under wine?
Firefox 1.1: Renamed, Reloaded, and ready to kick the intraweb's ass! ....well, almost ready... maybe in a couple of months; dont go crazy! were just letting you know it will be called something differnt, you'll still have to wait unless your uber and dload the nightlies, and if you are uber, which, i really want to believe you are, you're really going to love it when we change firefox 1.5 to firefox 5.1 in a crazy "wtf" switchup 2.5 weeks from now.
Not that I use it, but I feel I must point out that IE is free. Isnt that kind of why opera gets crushed? It's a commercial software package squashed between an awesome free package that you need to download, and a sub-par package that likely comes with your computer. P.S. I dont use opera either.
There isnt any logic behind version numbers, that's why they're making news out of stuff like this.
As far as i'm concerned, I don't really care about what version number my browser is, as long as it's the latest, and it doesn't start with IE.
One small keystroke for a man, one giant leap forward for verison obscurity.
Do you guys feel that there may be a future for censorship on WoW given the massive chinese population? If the chinese government gets nervous over blogs, how do you think they'll feel about an online virtual environment where its citizens can interact with eachother in ways now seen to be perhaps, too free?
What gets to me sometimes is a game with really solid music, which just plays the same songs from the soundtrack over and over again until you learn to hate them, or turn the music off.
That being said, things are definitely improving, especially towards rules about how many times a given song should play.
Brittle in this case refers (albeit, somewhat obscurely) to the operating system's probability to fail quietly, or possibly even handle a fault as opposed to simply disintegrating while attempting to save an important document, close a program, or, god help you, surf the web.
His comments make me want to hunt him down and whack him over the head with my copy of "programing windows with MFC."
I blame "vote or die" for confusing me. Hey, that gives me an idea! If dvorak keeps pissing people off this much, he could be an excellent case for "publish and perish."
So what's the difference between the creative commons and saying "Copyright 2005 me, all rights reserved except reproduction for non-commercial use."
Furthermore, it's important for people to remember that there's no "white knight" of copyrights who is going to ride in on horseback to slay those evildoers who misuse your work. It's up to you to spend your time and money to enforce your copyrights.
Trying to "save money" by using the CC instead of seeing a lawyer is silly, because if someone ever infringed you'd have to spend a whole ton of money anyway taking them to court over it. To say you're doing it to "save money" is almost the same thing as saying "steal from me because I dont have the resources to defend myself or my work."
Hell, can I get a list of all you people who "saved money," what you created, and where I can download it? I think I'm going to become a publisher.
I'm confused. No one can distribute my book under "fair use" copyright law, because it wouldn't be, and certainly commercial distribution is right out. Are you saying your book isn't copyrighted? And that it's somehow covered under some sort of contractual obligation? Because if it is copyrighted, fair use certainly applies, and if it's under some sort of contract, I dont see how it's enforceable.
There used to be an old expression often applied to college professors: "Write or die." Write or die gentlemen, write or die.
That being said, if you truly have something you want to protect, it's always a good idea to see a lawyer about it. Poorly written or misunderstood licenses and contracts have been causing mankind grief since pen was first put to paper. A few minutes of a good attorney's time is an excellent way to ensure you dont repeat other peoples mistakes, and you can usually learn a few interesting things from them as well.
To be less obscure, copyrights are automatic and instant whenever you author anything original.
will probably tell you that it made them quite nervous. The GPL, while awesome for some things, also seems to have the potential to be used both for good, and for evil.
On the good side, it provides one of many frameworks within which to develop open software. On the other hand, there are no GPL police, nobody is out there ensuring that people OS software that use GPL'd code, and "clean rooming" happens the other way too (to avoid the GPL's viral nature).
On the bad side, the GPL muddies the waters for honest companies that want to save money by using some open source software, but are afraid of inadvertantly GPLing their code. This is usually most prevelent in businesses that really like OSS, and thus, want to adhere to the GPL. Once again, MYSQL is a great example. A quick search of google will quickly reveal how much chaos their "dual licence" scenario can cause for some honest people.
damn, you stole my suggestion =) Top notch though, it is the best solution.