I couldn't find anything compelling on the first amendment issue. It is my perception, however, that there is a clear delineation between the establishment of state religion and the oppression of free exercise, and that the courts enforce a different line that infringes on the rights of the religious. (Of which, incidentally, I am not one.)
First, will you allow me to simply refer to judges as Democrats and Republicans? While it isn't technically correct, we all know the deal.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Do you disagree that Democrat judges will curb religious speech before other types? Have you not noticed they way they gleefully disregard the second amendment?
It's worse than you make it out to be. Here's the text. I've emphasized the key word.
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
It seems like you are giving Democrats a pass in the omission. Both "sides" have blood on their hands.
That's a great theory. Execept that it's the same freaking dude (Obi-Wan) who runs the test on Anikin's sample that is totally silent on the matter in the original trilogy.
In all his pontificating on the Falcon on the way to Alderan he might have mentioned, "You're father had the highest midi-whatsit count ever measured." Maybe he was about to say that when Alderan blew up. Or maybe Lucas is full of shit.:-/
Well said. I don't belong to a political party, but I am a libertarian. (One of those guys you disagree with, but respect.)
I've voted Libertarian in the last two presidential elections. I probably would have voted for Bush in '00 had I not lived in Texas at the time.
He ran on smaller government, which is the issue closest to my heart.
Then he took office and proposed a budget larger than any Bill Clinton had proposed!
He also ran on a platform of "no more nation building." An issue dear to me, since Bill Clinton's slippery policy on Bosnia put me in the Balkans.
Now we're in Iraq.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There isn't a nickel's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats in practice or policy, only in rhetoric.
Anyway, good to know that there's someone level-headed on the other side of the fence!
Sometimes having a discussion on/. is like trying to nail jell-o to the wall.
This all started with the question, "Aren't they supposed to make this stuff generally available, when it's based on GPL'd software? It looks like right now the only way to get access to it is to join their ydl.net program."
Do you think your statement addresses that question? Do you think he was talking about licensing or source code? Do you think that by "available" he meant "not stop people who obtain the source code by registering from redistributing IAW the GPL?"
My perspective is that he meant source code. That he mis-understands the GPL.
The fact is that as long as they make the code available to whomever they distribute their binaries to, and don't stop those people from re-distributing, they are in the clear.
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above
provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
So, they only have to give it to "members" or whomever they provide binaries to.
I remain unconvinced that that a software company making its crown jewels Free Software is a good idea.
On the other hand the huge preponderance of software out there falls into the "necessary evil" category. I don't see any reason not to make that Free, and every financial incentive to distribute the burden of writing and maintaining it.
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U.S. v. Miller
Quillici v. Morton Grove
I couldn't find anything compelling on the first amendment issue. It is my perception, however, that there is a clear delineation between the establishment of state religion and the oppression of free exercise, and that the courts enforce a different line that infringes on the rights of the religious. (Of which, incidentally, I am not one.)
-Peter
Do you disagree that Democrat judges will curb religious speech before other types? Have you not noticed they way they gleefully disregard the second amendment?
-Peter
So it's okay to ignore the second amendment and half of the first, as long as you acknowledge the forth and the other half of the first?
I contend that judicial activism is bad, even if they are doing something you (or I) personally like.
-Peter
It seems like you are giving Democrats a pass in the omission. Both "sides" have blood on their hands.
-Peter
But it is pretty clear to an English speaking person that it is covered by the forth amendment.
Too bad we don't feel compelled to interpret the constitution in the obvious way.
-Peter
Which clearly wasn't created by human ingenuity, but by a bargin with a demonic force.
Poe's conjecture stands.
-Peter
Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 123: I, Borg
VB is Hugh.
Bill Gates is Picard.
The whole world's turned on it's fucking head.
-Peter
Right, but what if you take $20 out of his wallet, but you also leave it there?
That would be a more accurate analogy. And would seem to leave no victim.
-Peter
If you weren't a poser you would have said "magic missle".
-Peter
I see you are unfamiliar with Newton's first law.
-Peter
That's a great theory. Execept that it's the same freaking dude (Obi-Wan) who runs the test on Anikin's sample that is totally silent on the matter in the original trilogy.
:-/
In all his pontificating on the Falcon on the way to Alderan he might have mentioned, "You're father had the highest midi-whatsit count ever measured." Maybe he was about to say that when Alderan blew up. Or maybe Lucas is full of shit.
-Peter
Weesa really fucked nowsa.
-Peter
Well said. I don't belong to a political party, but I am a libertarian. (One of those guys you disagree with, but respect.)
I've voted Libertarian in the last two presidential elections. I probably would have voted for Bush in '00 had I not lived in Texas at the time.
He ran on smaller government, which is the issue closest to my heart.
Then he took office and proposed a budget larger than any Bill Clinton had proposed!
He also ran on a platform of "no more nation building." An issue dear to me, since Bill Clinton's slippery policy on Bosnia put me in the Balkans.
Now we're in Iraq.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There isn't a nickel's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats in practice or policy, only in rhetoric.
Anyway, good to know that there's someone level-headed on the other side of the fence!
-Peter
Sometimes having a discussion on /. is like trying to nail jell-o to the wall.
This all started with the question, "Aren't they supposed to make this stuff generally available, when it's based on GPL'd software? It looks like right now the only way to get access to it is to join their ydl.net program."
Do you think your statement addresses that question? Do you think he was talking about licensing or source code? Do you think that by "available" he meant "not stop people who obtain the source code by registering from redistributing IAW the GPL?"
My perspective is that he meant source code. That he mis-understands the GPL.
The fact is that as long as they make the code available to whomever they distribute their binaries to, and don't stop those people from re-distributing, they are in the clear.
-Peter
So, they only have to give it to "members" or whomever they provide binaries to.
-Peter
No.
Have you even read it?
-Peter
Oh, I get it, I misspelled Balkans. Ha! You pointed out my spelling mistake. LOL! Where's a mod when you need one!
-Peter
I remain unconvinced that that a software company making its crown jewels Free Software is a good idea.
On the other hand the huge preponderance of software out there falls into the "necessary evil" category. I don't see any reason not to make that Free, and every financial incentive to distribute the burden of writing and maintaining it.
-Peter
I never have gotten the hang of vowels.
I should have been born an ancient Hebrew.
-Peter
I wasn't aware there was a "the D&D universe".
Anyway, I was in the the Balkins, not a character I played.
-Peter
I was in the US Army.
TS/SBI. Airborne. Served in the Balkins.
Played D&D as a teen. Recently started playing again.
Honorably discharged. Never created a security risk.
For whatever that's worth.
-Peter
See my sig.
'Cause no one has ever said that Nippon is ichiban.
Idot.
-Peter
A specification must be an MS Word document. You must have missed the memo on that.
-Peter
Try this. 3.9 meg (windows) AbiWord package with the OO.o Write and MS Office Word filters, but no dictionary.
-Peter