These reptiles are certainly trying to influence the environment in which new software initiatives will die or prosper. Micro$oft was born and thrived into deregulation, giving people like Nathan their cool billion or two to play with. How far would boy Gates and his gang have got if they had had to "rent" their ideas on day 1? (Assuming they ever had any ideas. The silver spoon might have seen Gates through it I suppose.) How would a Free Software Foundation get off the ground in a patented world?
A cynic would say they are making sure the billions stay in their cold scaly hands by freezing out opportunities for "other Micro$ofts" - or more likely (since the last thing the world needs is another M$), by freezing Open Source, the only truly innovative game in town.
One has to ask. Is it necessary for the mega-rich to continue to enrich themselves beyond caricature, at the expense of human progress. How can I cast my vote against this nonsense? Uh, wait...
I probably went too far in directly equating the two, but this critique of Sun's JRL mentions some of the ways IP protection can effectively freeze research.
There is a problem that is specific to financial markets. In most fields of research, when someone makes an important finding, they publish it. In the case of prices, they set up a firm and sell advice about their discovery. If they can make money from it, they will. So the research into market dynamics is a closed field.
That is exactly how the software patent regime shuts down computer science.
IF people are content with the experience of sitting at home watching muffled, fuzzy camcorder tapes made in cinemas, then H'wood has a much bigger problem than piracy. And theatre owners might start to wonder why they spent all those millions on projection, seating and sound gear.
Or at least, H'wood might look at alternative delivery methods, since people are apparently tired of high-fidelity delivery. Video on demand, anybody?
But I'm not sure the cinema experience is obsolete, yet. I think it's inseparable from the movies, even if you just want to out in the dark.
I never understood why people bothered wasting money on crappy camcorder bootlegs; I saw a bootleg Shrek 2 recently and at the end of it wasn't sure if I'd seen the movie at all. Certainly it wasn't enjoyable.
There was a time when people actually used to eat corn, but I guess that's just a historical artefact now that world hunger has been completely solved.
I don't know about Latham, but I do know that the drooling fool Howard has taken concrete steps to outlaw Open Source in Australia, by signing the latest Trade Agreement, a.k.a. bloodless coup by paper. (The F stands for "Fuck You, Australia".) You did want software patents, didn't you?
Binary directory/usr/local/bin Library directory/usr/local/lib Include directory/usr/local/include Manual directory/usr/local/man Doc directory/usr/local/share/doc/tcc Source path/home/Toby/tcc-0.9.21 C compiler gcc make make CPU x86 Big Endian no gprof enabled no Creating config.mak and config.h config.h is unchanged gcc -O2 -g -Wall -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -falign-functions=0 -o tcc_g tcc.c -ldl tcc.c:48:26: sys/ucontext.h: No such file or directory tcc.c: In function `ieee_finite': tcc.c:914: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules In file included from tcc.c:9137: tccelf.c: In function `resolve_sym': tccelf.c:390: error: `RTLD_DEFAULT' undeclared (first use in this function) tccelf.c:390: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once tccelf.c:390: error: for each function it appears in.) tcc.c: At top level: tcc.c:9277: error: parse error before "ucontext_t" tcc.c: In function `rt_get_caller_pc': tcc.c:9282: error: `level' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9288: error: `paddr' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9288: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9288: error: `EIP' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9297: error: `EBP' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c: At top level: tcc.c:9321: error: parse error before '*' token tcc.c: In function `rt_error': tcc.c:9327: error: `fmt' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9332: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9327: error: `va_start' used in function with fixed args tcc.c: In function `sig_error': tcc.c:9347: error: `ucontext_t' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c:9347: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function) tcc.c: In function `expand_args': tcc.c:10090: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules tcc.c: In function `parse_args': tcc.c:10122: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules tcc.c:10193: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules make: *** [tcc_g] Error 1
A non-American's opinion in the 2004 presidential election is pretty much as irrelevant as it gets
It isn't irrelevant under the new and horrifying doctrine of illegal unilateral "pre-emptive" invasion - under which, no other sovereign nation is safe. FYI this is why the 2004 "election" is of such interest to citizens outside the U.S. who, contrary to your invitation, never wish to become U.S. citizens by force or other means.
How on Earth can a decision about one election result be binding on any later election? If they could just count every vote (and stop the deliberate disenfranchisement of eligible voters), the courts wouldn't be needed at all!
And a bit trickier than rigging evoting: the Byzantine setup that tilts Venezuelan elections. That should give Vote-Robbing Hood and her cronies some ideas.
It would be interesting if contestants could defeat the statistical methods used to uncover fraud mentioned elsewhere on that blog.
this one might actually seem like an active parent discovering what their child did because they were paying attenion not because they heard a Dateline (or similiar program down under) story
Yes. And best of all, she actually did something about it: approached the current affairs journalists and got the story aired. That might help thousands of less observant parents.
these platforms couldn't run the software people wanted without jumping through hoops like Digitals binary translator [FX!32]
Or Apple's 68K-PowerPC recompiling emulator; which worked brilliantly, very fast, and is still part of OS X's "Classic" subsystem. Its only shortcoming is lack of FPU emulation.
But seriously folks, a new architecture should be just a recompile. It is, for NEXTSTEP, NetBSD, SunOS, ULTRIX, and many others (very often Linux), all systems for which the underlying architecture is entirely hidden. (If you don't believe me, go try them: I've used more than one architecture on each.)
Who on earth started promulgating the idea that hiding source code was a useful thing to do?
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A cynic would say they are making sure the billions stay in their cold scaly hands by freezing out opportunities for "other Micro$ofts" - or more likely (since the last thing the world needs is another M$), by freezing Open Source, the only truly innovative game in town.
One has to ask. Is it necessary for the mega-rich to continue to enrich themselves beyond caricature, at the expense of human progress. How can I cast my vote against this nonsense? Uh, wait...
I probably went too far in directly equating the two, but this critique of Sun's JRL mentions some of the ways IP protection can effectively freeze research.
Your folks are right. Never trust a computer you can lift.
Or at least, H'wood might look at alternative delivery methods, since people are apparently tired of high-fidelity delivery. Video on demand, anybody?
But I'm not sure the cinema experience is obsolete, yet. I think it's inseparable from the movies, even if you just want to out in the dark.
I never understood why people bothered wasting money on crappy camcorder bootlegs; I saw a bootleg Shrek 2 recently and at the end of it wasn't sure if I'd seen the movie at all. Certainly it wasn't enjoyable.
I'm sure the stockholders won't let them fritter and waste all their dough in such an offhand way... One way or another, this nonsense will stop.
There was a time when people actually used to eat corn, but I guess that's just a historical artefact now that world hunger has been completely solved.
I don't know about Latham, but I do know that the drooling fool Howard has taken concrete steps to outlaw Open Source in Australia, by signing the latest Trade Agreement, a.k.a. bloodless coup by paper. (The F stands for "Fuck You, Australia".) You did want software patents, didn't you?
It's only virtually dead.
Don't forget gold miner.
The current model is completely irrelevant...link to the 1979 model.
Current Iraqi civilian death toll from American actions in Iraq: >100,000
Binary directory /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include /usr/local/man /usr/local/share/doc/tcc /home/Toby/tcc-0.9.21
Library directory
Include directory
Manual directory
Doc directory
Source path
C compiler gcc
make make
CPU x86
Big Endian no
gprof enabled no
Creating config.mak and config.h
config.h is unchanged
gcc -O2 -g -Wall -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -falign-functions=0 -o tcc_g tcc.c -ldl
tcc.c:48:26: sys/ucontext.h: No such file or directory
tcc.c: In function `ieee_finite':
tcc.c:914: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
In file included from tcc.c:9137:
tccelf.c: In function `resolve_sym':
tccelf.c:390: error: `RTLD_DEFAULT' undeclared (first use in this function)
tccelf.c:390: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
tccelf.c:390: error: for each function it appears in.)
tcc.c: At top level:
tcc.c:9277: error: parse error before "ucontext_t"
tcc.c: In function `rt_get_caller_pc':
tcc.c:9282: error: `level' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9288: error: `paddr' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9288: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9288: error: `EIP' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9297: error: `EBP' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c: At top level:
tcc.c:9321: error: parse error before '*' token
tcc.c: In function `rt_error':
tcc.c:9327: error: `fmt' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9332: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9327: error: `va_start' used in function with fixed args
tcc.c: In function `sig_error':
tcc.c:9347: error: `ucontext_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c:9347: error: `uc' undeclared (first use in this function)
tcc.c: In function `expand_args':
tcc.c:10090: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
tcc.c: In function `parse_args':
tcc.c:10122: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
tcc.c:10193: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
make: *** [tcc_g] Error 1
NEC's is announced, this one is installed.
Was recently showcased in Zoetrope All-Story magazine, and lucky for us, is actually published on their web site.
How on Earth can a decision about one election result be binding on any later election? If they could just count every vote (and stop the deliberate disenfranchisement of eligible voters), the courts wouldn't be needed at all!
It would be interesting if contestants could defeat the statistical methods used to uncover fraud mentioned elsewhere on that blog.
Or Apple's 68K-PowerPC recompiling emulator; which worked brilliantly, very fast, and is still part of OS X's "Classic" subsystem. Its only shortcoming is lack of FPU emulation.
But seriously folks, a new architecture should be just a recompile. It is, for NEXTSTEP, NetBSD, SunOS, ULTRIX, and many others (very often Linux), all systems for which the underlying architecture is entirely hidden. (If you don't believe me, go try them: I've used more than one architecture on each.)
Who on earth started promulgating the idea that hiding source code was a useful thing to do?