Yeah. Because it's completely impossible to write an office suite that isn't in java, and completely impossible to have an office suite work without java. MS Office must just be a figment of our collective imagination, ditto for every other office suite ever. Of course
Or join KOffice. It works, it performs better, the codebase is smaller and arguably friendlier, it's (at least from the CVS version, and it will be in the next release) using the same open format, and it's been going longer than OOo. But it could always use more developers.
Because it depends on undocumented "features" that are only available in the sun JRE, which is THE PROBLEM THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT. Wasn't this exactly what sun (quite rightly) criticised MS for doing with java?
Windows is there and basically free, and many people use it. But for open source people that's not enough. Likewise, for strict open source people (Debian) OOo is not free enough, because it depends on something that is under a very non-free license
1. It's under a very restrictive license. The license isn't so restrictive by the standards of applications or operating systems, but by the standards of languages it's very strict.
2. RTFA, the major problem is that they're using undocumented sun-only features, almost as if they're deliberately breaking it on Kaffe etc.
I do leave it alone and use KOffice, and I try and encourage others to do the same. One way to do so is tell people about the problems with OpenOffice. Because make no mistake, these are problems.
I'm running slackware (well, sort of) and have no trouble with the number of steps it requires, but samba is far easier. Even compared to the steps you list, setting up samba on slack is easier - and I'd imagine the friendlier distros make samba much easier too.
Whenever I'm doing maths problems I like to lie down. I get some weird looks, but I do feel like it helps me solve them. Things make more sense, and I'm more comfortable.
A java program is still a separate program, and there's the obnoxious java license to worry about too. I find samba really nice to use, so much that I even use it for nix-to-nix transfers. And if you don't like it there's always http, open protocol with tiny servers and clients available for every OS (far more than the JRE runs on, in fact. And I think samba has been ported to more systems than JRE)
The success of netflix suggests there are enough people who don't feel that way to provide a market. Personally, for that kind of price it's something I can justify - satellite radio isn't that much cheaper and doesn't let you choose which songs are played.
Exactly. Apple owns the DRM scheme and unreasonably, abusively refuses to license it. Because like it or not, it is impossible for music stores to obtain a license to sell non-drmed major-label music. So apple makes a killing by being the only store able to sell major-label music for their near-monopoly player.
In the UK at least, you have to be able to prove every single statement to the standard required in a court of law - i.e. beyond all reasonable doubt. You can have some pretty good evidence - but if it isn't good enough to convict someone on (think OJ), then you're still libelling.
The problem is the law doesn't say the states have to run a national ID like this. It simply says any state which does not will not recieve federal highway funding.
There's something he doesn't mention there though. Elliptic curve algorithms have been proven to be fully exponential with key length if the underlying problem is - something that isn't the case for RSA or DH. (in fact factorisation is definately not exponential) This makes me trust them a bit more.
Nope. If you don't bother to register it, that's fine - you just don't get the copyright. If it's a personal photo, you won't be giving anyone you don't trust a copy, so it doesn't matter that you don't have copyright to it. I do think the compulsory licensing should only be if the work is not readily available.
No. That's what I'd say if he had forgotten it that one specific time. I meant he forgets to rtfa, generally. And it was also fitting as closely as possible with the post I was replying to.
And would that be there if every vehicle on the road was a motorbike? I suspect if everyone switched to motorbikes the roads would be safer - the other person usually comes out much better off after colliding with a motorbike. If you drive a tank you'll ensure you personally don't get hurt, but overall you're decreasing the safety of the road, because whoever you crash into is going to die.
IIRC the criterion is "legitimate fear for your life". An animal may well have seen campers kill its friends or family, and certainly knows humans have the ability to kill, I think if the human doesn't back off after a few growls or even knowing about their presence then the animal would be in legitimate fear for its life.
Yes, a few animals are guilty of some things. But the vast majority are innocent. You can't evecute a random 10% of some town just because you know there's a big mafia there.
Many people will kill when the need arises. Plenty of them, myself included, would have no problem killing you if they thought it was necessary under the circumstances. Does this give you the right to kill them?
It's still a monopoly. MS had a monopoly on operating systems even though BeOS was available and a lot better. And apple are abusing it by refusing to license their DRM to anyone else, knowing that other stores aren't permitted to sell non-drm files.
However, unlike say voters, linux users are almost all proud of the distribution they use. I suppose you could get a few people ashamed to be mandrake users, but I doubt there will be be much effect from that.
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Yeah. Because it's completely impossible to write an office suite that isn't in java, and completely impossible to have an office suite work without java. MS Office must just be a figment of our collective imagination, ditto for every other office suite ever. Of course
Or join KOffice. It works, it performs better, the codebase is smaller and arguably friendlier, it's (at least from the CVS version, and it will be in the next release) using the same open format, and it's been going longer than OOo. But it could always use more developers.
Because it depends on undocumented "features" that are only available in the sun JRE, which is THE PROBLEM THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT. Wasn't this exactly what sun (quite rightly) criticised MS for doing with java?
Windows is there and basically free, and many people use it. But for open source people that's not enough. Likewise, for strict open source people (Debian) OOo is not free enough, because it depends on something that is under a very non-free license
2. RTFA, the major problem is that they're using undocumented sun-only features, almost as if they're deliberately breaking it on Kaffe etc.
I do leave it alone and use KOffice, and I try and encourage others to do the same. One way to do so is tell people about the problems with OpenOffice. Because make no mistake, these are problems.
NFS. It's harder to configure though, so I tend not to bother, samba works and is more crossplatform in practice.
I'm running slackware (well, sort of) and have no trouble with the number of steps it requires, but samba is far easier. Even compared to the steps you list, setting up samba on slack is easier - and I'd imagine the friendlier distros make samba much easier too.
Whenever I'm doing maths problems I like to lie down. I get some weird looks, but I do feel like it helps me solve them. Things make more sense, and I'm more comfortable.
A java program is still a separate program, and there's the obnoxious java license to worry about too. I find samba really nice to use, so much that I even use it for nix-to-nix transfers. And if you don't like it there's always http, open protocol with tiny servers and clients available for every OS (far more than the JRE runs on, in fact. And I think samba has been ported to more systems than JRE)
The success of netflix suggests there are enough people who don't feel that way to provide a market. Personally, for that kind of price it's something I can justify - satellite radio isn't that much cheaper and doesn't let you choose which songs are played.
Exactly. Apple owns the DRM scheme and unreasonably, abusively refuses to license it. Because like it or not, it is impossible for music stores to obtain a license to sell non-drmed major-label music. So apple makes a killing by being the only store able to sell major-label music for their near-monopoly player.
In the UK at least, you have to be able to prove every single statement to the standard required in a court of law - i.e. beyond all reasonable doubt. You can have some pretty good evidence - but if it isn't good enough to convict someone on (think OJ), then you're still libelling.
The problem is the law doesn't say the states have to run a national ID like this. It simply says any state which does not will not recieve federal highway funding.
There's something he doesn't mention there though. Elliptic curve algorithms have been proven to be fully exponential with key length if the underlying problem is - something that isn't the case for RSA or DH. (in fact factorisation is definately not exponential) This makes me trust them a bit more.
Nope. If you don't bother to register it, that's fine - you just don't get the copyright. If it's a personal photo, you won't be giving anyone you don't trust a copy, so it doesn't matter that you don't have copyright to it. I do think the compulsory licensing should only be if the work is not readily available.
But what happens when you tap someone else? If you're in a car you're far more likely to kill them than on a bike.
No, they fire them slower. Sure there's a spectrum, but there are definitely guns which are more powerful than others.
The question we're discussing is whether or not it's a sport.
No. That's what I'd say if he had forgotten it that one specific time. I meant he forgets to rtfa, generally. And it was also fitting as closely as possible with the post I was replying to.
And would that be there if every vehicle on the road was a motorbike? I suspect if everyone switched to motorbikes the roads would be safer - the other person usually comes out much better off after colliding with a motorbike. If you drive a tank you'll ensure you personally don't get hurt, but overall you're decreasing the safety of the road, because whoever you crash into is going to die.
Both your arguments apply equally well to killing humans.
If you stop slowly, you can take your foot off the gas sooner and just roll, rather than keeping it down all the way up to the lights.
Yes, a few animals are guilty of some things. But the vast majority are innocent. You can't evecute a random 10% of some town just because you know there's a big mafia there.
Many people will kill when the need arises. Plenty of them, myself included, would have no problem killing you if they thought it was necessary under the circumstances. Does this give you the right to kill them?
It's still a monopoly. MS had a monopoly on operating systems even though BeOS was available and a lot better. And apple are abusing it by refusing to license their DRM to anyone else, knowing that other stores aren't permitted to sell non-drm files.
However, unlike say voters, linux users are almost all proud of the distribution they use. I suppose you could get a few people ashamed to be mandrake users, but I doubt there will be be much effect from that.