Right. We can download a bunch of packaged source code and roll *something* up out of it. Yeah.
I remember a bunch of years back showing up at a Red Hat 'road show' event held at a rented hotel meeting room. This was back in the era of Red Hat 5.0. I asked the Red Hat marketing lady if I could make copies of my Red Hat 5.0 CD and give them to my friends. (actually, at the time, I only had 5.0 in the form of a copy from my brother in law).
Boy, she had an uncomfortable look on her face after that...
The userland utilties that Microsoft borrowed from BSD are several console apps, i.e. telnet.exe and ftp.exe. They also based their TCP/IP stack on the BSD source just like practially every other OS that implements a TCP/IP stack (except Linux, which has been characterized as having 'odd quirks' since it's the odd-man-out that isn't based on the Berkeley implementation).
It's just weird to see somebody using the 'stability and security' of Windows 2000 to attack the BSD code base. Weird!
Further, Godwin's law was intended to terminate USENET threads.
Usenet threads can and often have stretched on and on for weeks, even months. Slashdot 'threads' generally last a day or two, and by design never last longer than a week.
It's time to put Godwin's Law back in Usenet where it's appropriate.
Furthermore, the discussion component most Godwinesque here on Slashdot is declaring somebody a Troll, not making a comparison to Hitler. Some people act like it ends a thread.
Apple can make changes and improvements on the BSD-licensed code-base they use and are not require to give their changes back to the community if they choose to distribute their binaries. I don't even particularly like the GPL philosophy (I am entering this comment in Mozilla on a NetBSD 2.0 box) and I understand that 'dilemma.'
Apple and many other commercial enterprises make use of BSD-licensed source code and contribute as much or as little back as they choose.
We're not likely to have what could credibly be called a 'backup' on any other biosphere for quite some time yet. A 'hustle' operation to rush some few humans to the surface of Mars in a 'just because' effort will waste resources that can be better spent in a more methodical pursuit of the how and where of space colonisation.
There's really no reason to rush. People who claim otherwise are often looking for an excuse/rationalisation for their destructive/reckless behavior.
The way Kinsey and his fellows conducted their 'research' on young children's sexuality is somewhat, but not greatly, different than how Hitler's scientists conducted research on Jews.
There are clear eggregious examples of sexual abuse, i.e. instances where Kinsey 'researchers' manually masturbated young children.
Kinsey's 'science' needs to be thoroughly reexamined. His sample populations for research included a LOT of prison inmates, for example, which skew things heavily toward an 'everybody is a pervert, it's okay for you to be a pervert, too' ideology, which has hence been pushed hard at the American public as if it were a scientific finding.
In the end, Kinsey will be known as the charlatan that he was. It may take another century, however. There are a lot of people who wish he wasn't, and who overtly 'protect' his legacy.
Actually, it appears he's reading and criticizing articles on Slashdot, and trawling around in the Wikipedia. Nothing wrong with that, but it's certainly not 'working on something real, the Tsunami!'
So, to distill down your point: The 'bodies' of a bunch of Wiki-trolls 'consecrates' the wiki-process.
To my mind, you've just trivialized the event Lincon was commemorating. Maybe stick to Star Trek episodes for further examples and leave the real world well enough alone.
The amusing thing is that one can go to 'Democratic Underground' and 'Free Republic' and find fringe nut-cases from both wings of the big flapping stupid bird who claim that CNN is biased 'the other way.'
This doesn't 'validate' CNN as a news source, but it's amusing to observe.
An amazing amount of untrue drivel is 'reported in non-NNN media outlets.' Substitute in your preferrred NNN.
'The torture at Abu G.' is just a sticker in the anti-US/Bush scrapbook. One with slightly more durable adhesive holding it onto the page than some of the others, i.e. the Dan Rather fabrications, etc.
It's worth noting that the 'Abu G scandal' primarily was spun up in the same propaganda mill as a lot of the other stickers in that scrapbook: CBS News. Kinda the flipside of FOX News, many people would maintain.
I got my copy of the movie Titanic as a set of VHS tapes (officially published copies) in a box lot of misc junk at an auction. Haven't gotten around to watching them yet, but there they sit, and my viewing will be at a VERY nominal cost.
Actually, it may have been the best way, since it turns out the planet wasn't blown up.
It turned out pretty well.
I mean, hell, I have a personal lab full of good solid 1960's-70's era electronics test equipment, which I only dreamed of having when I was a kid, and all because a bunch of it was made and it was well-made enough to go surplus and still work great.
Someone overspent on all that stuff. Tektronix, Fluke, and H-P sure don't make it that way anymore...
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Right. We can download a bunch of packaged source code and roll *something* up out of it. Yeah.
I remember a bunch of years back showing up at a Red Hat 'road show' event held at a rented hotel meeting room. This was back in the era of Red Hat 5.0. I asked the Red Hat marketing lady if I could make copies of my Red Hat 5.0 CD and give them to my friends. (actually, at the time, I only had 5.0 in the form of a copy from my brother in law).
Boy, she had an uncomfortable look on her face after that...
The userland utilties that Microsoft borrowed from BSD are several console apps, i.e. telnet.exe and ftp.exe. They also based their TCP/IP stack on the BSD source just like practially every other OS that implements a TCP/IP stack (except Linux, which has been characterized as having 'odd quirks' since it's the odd-man-out that isn't based on the Berkeley implementation).
It's just weird to see somebody using the 'stability and security' of Windows 2000 to attack the BSD code base. Weird!
But this is slashdot, isn't it?
Further, Godwin's law was intended to terminate USENET threads.
Usenet threads can and often have stretched on and on for weeks, even months. Slashdot 'threads' generally last a day or two, and by design never last longer than a week.
It's time to put Godwin's Law back in Usenet where it's appropriate.
Furthermore, the discussion component most Godwinesque here on Slashdot is declaring somebody a Troll, not making a comparison to Hitler. Some people act like it ends a thread.
Not necessarily.
Apple can make changes and improvements on the BSD-licensed code-base they use and are not require to give their changes back to the community if they choose to distribute their binaries. I don't even particularly like the GPL philosophy (I am entering this comment in Mozilla on a NetBSD 2.0 box) and I understand that 'dilemma.'
Apple and many other commercial enterprises make use of BSD-licensed source code and contribute as much or as little back as they choose.
You mean the numbers on those chips don't designate their clock speed?!?
We're not likely to have what could credibly be called a 'backup' on any other biosphere for quite some time yet. A 'hustle' operation to rush some few humans to the surface of Mars in a 'just because' effort will waste resources that can be better spent in a more methodical pursuit of the how and where of space colonisation.
There's really no reason to rush. People who claim otherwise are often looking for an excuse/rationalisation for their destructive/reckless behavior.
I know. *sigh*
I've been hanging out in 'online communities' since about 1987, so my vision is rather distorted.
I mention stuff that passes as 'common knowledge' on slashdot at work, and people treat me like a nut.
You are implying that I take sides on the actual 'torture' in question.
I don't.
I am merely pointing out that the 'severity' of the 'torture' is/was greatly amplified for political gain.
I suppose that amounts to 'taking sides' though, since one 'side' is using the Abu G. as a propaganda piece.
NASA isn't a sports undertaking.
Larry left in 2002, meaning that he has been away longer than most of the currently active people have been there.
Lots of turnover? How long have you been involved?
Actually, the fact that Britanica has nothing at all in it about Slashdot is sort of refreshing.
People who think 'everything was fixed in the eighties' are also out of touch. They often fail to recognize this, however.
The way Kinsey and his fellows conducted their 'research' on young children's sexuality is somewhat, but not greatly, different than how Hitler's scientists conducted research on Jews.
There are clear eggregious examples of sexual abuse, i.e. instances where Kinsey 'researchers' manually masturbated young children.
Kinsey's 'science' needs to be thoroughly reexamined. His sample populations for research included a LOT of prison inmates, for example, which skew things heavily toward an 'everybody is a pervert, it's okay for you to be a pervert, too' ideology, which has hence been pushed hard at the American public as if it were a scientific finding.
In the end, Kinsey will be known as the charlatan that he was. It may take another century, however. There are a lot of people who wish he wasn't, and who overtly 'protect' his legacy.
Actually, it appears he's reading and criticizing articles on Slashdot, and trawling around in the Wikipedia. Nothing wrong with that, but it's certainly not 'working on something real, the Tsunami!'
Just thought that bears some clarification.
So, to distill down your point: The 'bodies' of a bunch of Wiki-trolls 'consecrates' the wiki-process.
To my mind, you've just trivialized the event Lincon was commemorating. Maybe stick to Star Trek episodes for further examples and leave the real world well enough alone.
The amusing thing is that one can go to 'Democratic Underground' and 'Free Republic' and find fringe nut-cases from both wings of the big flapping stupid bird who claim that CNN is biased 'the other way.'
This doesn't 'validate' CNN as a news source, but it's amusing to observe.
An amazing amount of untrue drivel is 'reported in non-NNN media outlets.' Substitute in your preferrred NNN.
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'The torture at Abu G.' is just a sticker in the anti-US/Bush scrapbook. One with slightly more durable adhesive holding it onto the page than some of the others, i.e. the Dan Rather fabrications, etc.
It's worth noting that the 'Abu G scandal' primarily was spun up in the same propaganda mill as a lot of the other stickers in that scrapbook: CBS News. Kinda the flipside of FOX News, many people would maintain.
But, whatever. .
I got my copy of the movie Titanic as a set of VHS tapes (officially published copies) in a box lot of misc junk at an auction. Haven't gotten around to watching them yet, but there they sit, and my viewing will be at a VERY nominal cost.
Where's the loss figure for the studio in that?
And I think of USENET as a globalized version of the BBSes I used to call, like the one I used to run on an XT-clone with a 5 meg hard drive.
You're not getting THAT old, sonny.
At least you're honest about your willingness to stomp all over all kinds of other people to champion your fringe ideology.
Congrats, unless you were trolling, in which case I guess I'm now flipping around in the bottom of your boat..
QRP rocks.
It doesn't get much play on Slashdot, but the guys building transceivers into Altoids cans are doing neat things with tech.
Good link to start with: http://www.njqrp.org/
Which one of you is trolling the other? Or is this just the circle-jerk thread?
Actually, it may have been the best way, since it turns out the planet wasn't blown up.
It turned out pretty well.
I mean, hell, I have a personal lab full of good solid 1960's-70's era electronics test equipment, which I only dreamed of having when I was a kid, and all because a bunch of it was made and it was well-made enough to go surplus and still work great.
Someone overspent on all that stuff. Tektronix, Fluke, and H-P sure don't make it that way anymore...
How long each day to you sit in front of your monitor? Do you really click that many links that travel off the edge of 'mainstream'?
Same as it ever was.
Borland let people do that ages ago, with Turbo Pascal and later, Turbo C.
Which wasn't Open Source, but was very affordable.