Re:Let's just have one Linux desktop
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KDE 3.5 Released
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Wow, that's a lot of FUD in one post. I'm impressed.
Even now we have only 2 widget toolkits - Qt and gtk.
Not true; there are several alternatives.
The problem is that Qt is proprietary and this upsets some people.
Not true: QT3-X11 is available under the GNU GPL; QT4 is available under the GNU GPL even for windows. In addition to that, QT is available under proprietary licenses; this has no effect on the GPL release whatsoever.
Also, we should have some sort of Open Source widget toolkit that we can fall back to when trolltech goes by the wayside, though they will probably just release Qt as Open Source then and we will see some merge between the two.
QT already is open source.
You should really do some research before you start spreading FUD. People like you give people like us a bad name.
I completely agree with your point. When I was in high school I failed my finals, and when I had to redo them my parents revoked my computer access (I was still a minor), but I just found a different diversion (TV, friends, going out, reading..). I simply didn't care enough about school.
If you're asking me why, though, I couldn't tell you..
By that analogy, consider the following fictional article:
Shadow over Microsoft product usage
German court ruling halts shipments of Sitecoms distribution of Microsoft Windows; Microsoft claiming a license violation. End users are outraged over attempts to limit sharing of Microsoft products..
... do you know for sure it won't break in the future? Binary-only drivers are notorious for breaking in every kernel release (just look at nvidia's proprietary display driver).
In addition, to that, there are various other reasons for open sourcing drivers, (probably) the most important benefit being community-based maintenance and porting of the drivers.
Actually, they didn't find anything. They demonstrated how the IDN character support could be used to trick users. A virtually identical demonstration can be found in the original paper/advisory. Thanks for the FUD, slashdot editors.
Furthermore, whether this is actually an exploit or not remains a subject of debate, as is evident from Opera's response ("It's implemented properly"). Fact remains that people can be fooled, though.
v. The technique of using boiler plate text to advance a political agenda. "Astroturfing" is typically done by sending the same letter to every newspaper one can find. A certain number of newspapers will be duped into thinking that the letter is original and heartfelt when it is neither.
Fortunate for Microsoft, blocking Outlook Express et al from Hotmail forces users to use the web interface, which contains plenty of ads. Unless of course the user is a payer..
The first motion (motie-Gerkens/Vendrik, 21501-30), was not to order the the minister to change his vote to no; it was to urge the minister to change his vote to no. This motion was not accepted.
The second motion (motie-Van Dam c.s. 21501-30, nr. 52) was to urge the minister to abstain from voting. This motion was accepted.
A clarification of the second motion (Dutch):
"De heer Van Dam (PvdA): Zal ik dan helderheid bieden in deze discussie? Wat mij betreft kunt u de motie als volgt interpreteren. Er komt nog een formele bekrachtiging. Ik vraag van u niet meer dan dat u aan de andere lidstaten laat weten dat u geen steun geeft aan het raadsvoorstel. Ik vraag u dus niet om per se stemming aan te vragen. Ik begrijp ook dat het raar is om stemming aan te vragen en vervolgens niet tegen te stemmen. Wel vraag ik dat u op dat moment laat weten aan de andere lidstaten dat u niet kunt instemmen met het voorstel."
Both this/. article and the title of the FFII press release are misleading.
"According to an FFII press release, the Dutch Parliament yesterday voted to change its Minister's vote, which was in favor, to an abstension."
This is not correct. The Dutch Parliament does not have the power to change its Minister's vote.
The FFII new release title: "02/07/04: Dutch Parliament forces Minister Brinkhorst to withdraw support for software patents directive"
However, the first line of the same press release states: "..the Dutch Parliament voted to urge Minister Brinkhorst and Secretary of State van Gennip (Economic Affairs) to withdraw the Dutch vote in support of the Council of the European Union's text for the Directive on Software Patents."
In other words, the Dutch Parliament has urged the Minister to change the Dutch vote. The Minister has the right to disregard the Parliament's urging and keep the Dutch vote as it is (in favour of software patenting).
However, if the Minister disregards the Dutch Parliament, he risks a motion for his own dismissal. If the parliament files this motion, though, it risks getting the entire government dismissed, if, and only if, the Prime Minister resigns because of the upstir. The Dutch Parliament may not be willing to take that risk, because many of the MP's are members of parties that are in the government.
The battle on Dutch ground is not over yet. Freedom wins the first round, though.
Re:whats keeping xvid from doing mainstream...
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XVID 1.0 Released
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· Score: 1
To distribute an MPEG-4 codec (like Xvid) in binary form, licensing fees will have to be paid to the MPEG LA. However, as no funds are raised by this free and open source project (hence: no spyware installer), the Xvid developers don't pay these fees. So, you'll have to find binaries using google, or compile the codec for yourself.
Perhaps you should start the emails saying..
"When you visited www.thissite.com, you requested you be sent messages concerning A and B. Well, here it is! If you'd no longer like to receive these emails, click here.."
And you could title the emails with "subscription follow-up:..", for example.
Hopefully that would help people see that they really want to receive your *cough*advertisement*cough*.
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Wow, that's a lot of FUD in one post. I'm impressed.
Not true; there are several alternatives.
Not true: QT3-X11 is available under the GNU GPL; QT4 is available under the GNU GPL even for windows. In addition to that, QT is available under proprietary licenses; this has no effect on the GPL release whatsoever.
QT already is open source.You should really do some research before you start spreading FUD. People like you give people like us a bad name.
Uh, you mean, like ICANN?
I completely agree with your point. When I was in high school I failed my finals, and when I had to redo them my parents revoked my computer access (I was still a minor), but I just found a different diversion (TV, friends, going out, reading..). I simply didn't care enough about school. If you're asking me why, though, I couldn't tell you..
That's exactly my point.
By that analogy, consider the following fictional article:
Shadow over Microsoft product usage
German court ruling halts shipments of Sitecoms distribution of Microsoft Windows; Microsoft claiming a license violation. End users are outraged over attempts to limit sharing of Microsoft products..
You'd think students would be smart enough to use P2P software that provides both encryption and anonymity, wouldn't you.
You'd be wrong, though!
... do you know for sure it won't break in the future? Binary-only drivers are notorious for breaking in every kernel release (just look at nvidia's proprietary display driver).
In addition, to that, there are various other reasons for open sourcing drivers, (probably) the most important benefit being community-based maintenance and porting of the drivers.
Actually, they didn't find anything. They demonstrated how the IDN character support could be used to trick users. A virtually identical demonstration can be found in the original paper/advisory. Thanks for the FUD, slashdot editors.
Furthermore, whether this is actually an exploit or not remains a subject of debate, as is evident from Opera's response ("It's implemented properly"). Fact remains that people can be fooled, though.
v. The technique of using boiler plate text to advance a political agenda. "Astroturfing" is typically done by sending the same letter to every newspaper one can find. A certain number of newspapers will be duped into thinking that the letter is original and heartfelt when it is neither.
Wouldn't this have the same effect as adding for example "Disallow: /forums/" to your robots.txt?
Fortunate for Microsoft, blocking Outlook Express et al from Hotmail forces users to use the web interface, which contains plenty of ads. Unless of course the user is a payer..
http://mrpostman.sourceforge.net/ for all, I say.
Are you sure that's not an error in the word processor used on the transcripts? ;)
I'm afraid you misinterpreted the transcript.
The first motion (motie-Gerkens/Vendrik, 21501-30), was not to order the the minister to change his vote to no; it was to urge the minister to change his vote to no. This motion was not accepted.
The second motion (motie-Van Dam c.s. 21501-30, nr. 52) was to urge the minister to abstain from voting. This motion was accepted.
A clarification of the second motion (Dutch): "De heer Van Dam (PvdA): Zal ik dan helderheid bieden in deze discussie? Wat mij betreft kunt u de motie als volgt interpreteren. Er komt nog een formele bekrachtiging. Ik vraag van u niet meer dan dat u aan de andere lidstaten laat weten dat u geen steun geeft aan het raadsvoorstel. Ik vraag u dus niet om per se stemming aan te vragen. Ik begrijp ook dat het raar is om stemming aan te vragen en vervolgens niet tegen te stemmen. Wel vraag ik dat u op dat moment laat weten aan de andere lidstaten dat u niet kunt instemmen met het voorstel."
Do your homework properly :)
Both this /. article and the title of the FFII press release are misleading.
"According to an FFII press release, the Dutch Parliament yesterday voted to change its Minister's vote, which was in favor, to an abstension."
This is not correct. The Dutch Parliament does not have the power to change its Minister's vote.
The FFII new release title: "02/07/04: Dutch Parliament forces Minister Brinkhorst to withdraw support for software patents directive"
However, the first line of the same press release states: "..the Dutch Parliament voted to urge Minister Brinkhorst and Secretary of State van Gennip (Economic Affairs) to withdraw the Dutch vote in support of the Council of the European Union's text for the Directive on Software Patents."
In other words, the Dutch Parliament has urged the Minister to change the Dutch vote. The Minister has the right to disregard the Parliament's urging and keep the Dutch vote as it is (in favour of software patenting).
However, if the Minister disregards the Dutch Parliament, he risks a motion for his own dismissal. If the parliament files this motion, though, it risks getting the entire government dismissed, if, and only if, the Prime Minister resigns because of the upstir. The Dutch Parliament may not be willing to take that risk, because many of the MP's are members of parties that are in the government.
The battle on Dutch ground is not over yet. Freedom wins the first round, though.
To distribute an MPEG-4 codec (like Xvid) in binary form, licensing fees will have to be paid to the MPEG LA. However, as no funds are raised by this free and open source project (hence: no spyware installer), the Xvid developers don't pay these fees. So, you'll have to find binaries using google, or compile the codec for yourself.
Perhaps you should start the emails saying.. "When you visited www.thissite.com, you requested you be sent messages concerning A and B. Well, here it is! If you'd no longer like to receive these emails, click here.." And you could title the emails with "subscription follow-up: ..", for example.
Hopefully that would help people see that they really want to receive your *cough*advertisement*cough*.
If this flaw works only in IE5, then it is not a flaw in yahoo/hotmail, but just another IE exploit.