Isn't it more like US's most valuable brands? Budweiser, for example? Who else would think of it as the american version than an american? (and if a european tastes it, he wouldn't call it beer, either:-) )
For the geeks amongst us, it is notable that Mr. Reeves' leg would pass through one of the pillars in the subway station if it was on screen at the time....
but DeCSS as free speech? Are you saying that all code should be free speech? If I write a virus that destroys half a hard drive and distribute it and some government or company criminally prosecutes me, can I claim my free speech rights or is it still illegal?
Actually, IMHO, the code is speech, the use of the code is not. There are laws that says 'You should not copy movies you bought to your friend, he needs to buy it for himself, or else you'll be busted' But! There are also laws (or at least should be) that grants you the right to do whatever you want to do with your rightfully purchased movie, including creating backup copies. And there is some thing like you are not guilty until proven otherwise, so if the companies happen to create a way to protect they movies that does not allow you to create backup, they should be out of luck and forced to remove the protection. In the meantime to the users should be made clear what they can and cannot do with their copy of the movie. If they violate the law, bust them. But not until! The government and the police should develop ways to enforce the law and preserve privacy. Sounds hard? Well, its a hard job...
I thought this is a long time solved issue in an advanced country like the US. When the hungarian state library published several thousand of classic literature (here), I said finally, we are probably lagging behind the rest of the world by a decade... Looks like I was wrong.
I found it amusing that the "network administrators" never heard of traffic shaping. Granted, the banning is kind of shaping, but it's a rather drastical one.
I don't get it! Correct me if I'm wrong, but mandrake == RH && compiled to pentium. I guess the RH alpha port already is optimised for alpha, so what additional value will Mandrake offer?
You are of course right about what goes up must come down, the real question is when? I want to live to see it, and if we sit back and relax and let the inevitable force of history do the work, it might take years, decades or centurys and I sure don't want that. I think we now see the seeds of the Gibsonian corporations world. If they manage to rule the world, it'll take eons to overthrow them.
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Isn't it more like US's most valuable brands? :-) )
Budweiser, for example? Who else would think of it as the american version than an american? (and if a european tastes it, he wouldn't call it beer, either
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Whats a passover?
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For the geeks amongst us, it is notable that Mr. Reeves' leg would pass through one of the pillars in the subway station if it was on screen at the time....
Screenshot?
thanks!
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Why not? What's your point? :-)
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You are joking, right?
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You should wait patiently. It took 5 minutes to render, but it rendered finally (I tried it on NT, sorry if it doesn't apply to linux version)
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I think it will take several years before it really can compete with oracle in the enterprise field. Good news anyway :-)
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Take a look at here!
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but DeCSS as free speech? Are you saying that all code should be free speech? If I write a virus that destroys half a hard drive and distribute it and some government or company criminally prosecutes me, can I claim my free speech rights or is it still illegal?
Actually, IMHO, the code is speech, the use of the code is not. There are laws that says 'You should not copy movies you bought to your friend, he needs to buy it for himself, or else you'll be busted' But! There are also laws (or at least should be) that grants you the right to do whatever you want to do with your rightfully purchased movie, including creating backup copies. And there is some thing like you are not guilty until proven otherwise, so if the companies happen to create a way to protect they movies that does not allow you to create backup, they should be out of luck and forced to remove the protection. In the meantime to the users should be made clear what they can and cannot do with their copy of the movie. If they violate the law, bust them. But not until! The government and the police should develop ways to enforce the law and preserve privacy. Sounds hard? Well, its a hard job...
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So, if those messages bother you, remove them...
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Moreover, it proves we're all inbreeding constantly! Yuck! :-)
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I thought this is a long time solved issue in an advanced country like the US. When the hungarian state library published several thousand of classic literature (here), I said finally, we are probably lagging behind the rest of the world by a decade... Looks like I was wrong.
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Those were different, difficult times back then :-(
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Why not? A little bit of education never hurts :-)
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Actually, no. John von Neumann is originally Neumann János, born in hungary. I guess I know it better :-)
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I couldn't find names like Neumann either :-(
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I found it amusing that the "network administrators" never heard of traffic shaping. Granted, the banning is kind of shaping, but it's a rather drastical one.
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You don't _have to_ use it. You can compile your kernel w/o it, and it won't change. With NT you don't have the choice...
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No, you mixed it with american intelligence...
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I don't get it! Correct me if I'm wrong, but mandrake == RH && compiled to pentium. I guess the RH alpha port already is optimised for alpha, so what additional value will Mandrake offer?
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You can download the beta from http://www.SmartBeak.com/M1
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The article says:
"PDF is also is a free and open standard, which saves Apple from paying Postscript licensing fees."
Is this true?
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I & II at least!
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You are of course right about what goes up must come down, the real question is when? I want to live to see it, and if we sit back and relax and let the inevitable force of history do the work, it might take years, decades or centurys and I sure don't want that. I think we now see the seeds of the Gibsonian corporations world. If they manage to rule the world, it'll take eons to overthrow them.
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and giving anyone more would lead to sloppy code.
:-(
Well, as history showed, he was right, more memory led to sloppy code
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