Acknowledge means "yes, I know. You're right". Now can anybody tell me WHICH Linux developer has admitted that the Linux Kernel DOES violate ANY software patent?
Constant reading of this site will turn you into a complete loser. You'll say goodbye to your family, your friends, in exchange for a little karma in an endless feedback loop.
[I disagree] [I agree - POST!]
*click* OK, now let's see... where's that +5 insightful?
Compare it with a dictatorship where all decisions are exposed to the public. The public can whine, rant, yell, scream, protest, but it's still the govt's decision anyway.
Open Source is in contrast, a democratic government, run by the people. Open source isn't about "opening" your source. Open source projects are community driven, designed for and by the people.
If Microsoft wants to share its SQL server source, they must ensure: a) That the whole thing is released so people can compile it at home, b) Support the community requests to change this or that part of the code and most important, c), NOT use this as a weapon to end the competition. How do we know that they'll sue open source projects because one of their developers has even glimpsed at Microsoft code?
Call it FUD if you like, but As much as Bill says GPL can infect projects, I fear that the "microsoft share code" will "infect" open source projects so that Bill can sue them all and vanquish the competition.
OK before anything, I'd ask the guys to forget all that bullshit about sombreros and guys wearing sandals.
I live in Mexico City and we're SURROUNDED by "ducky" schools teaching you to be a "computer technician bachelor", and they teach you Windows, Word, and all that crap.
You can find cybercafe's every 2 or 3 blocks.
People in here use MS Word to use their homeworks. Go to a cafe and you'll see thousands of "Learn Word" books, booklets, magazines, etc. You can buy the tutorials off the streets.
Children in elementary already use Word for their homeworks. Most kids I know already got a MSN account (just don't ask me about their grammar or *shudder* spelling).
In other words, no, we don't need any more Microsoft training, thank you.
And with the current trends, Linux will be much more popular 10 years from now. Want to prepare them for the future? Teach them Linux.
"Moderators lose duplicity Battle" From the oh-no-not-again dept.
Dupernova writes: "The slash dot editors were told today by a bunch of users that it 'missed the start' in trying to dictate how duplicates were banned. This was after the moderators tried (unsuccessfully) to ban a duplicate submission which was allowed to get published. This comes after studies revealing that massive amounts of dupes are being immorally uploaded from the internet and the moderators want a way to stop these dupes being posted and accepted."
the problem here is that a webpage is not data but also program (i.e. javascript).
Alice could log in to the fake bank, and not realize that instead of doing the magic password trick, she's sending her password in plain text. Why? Because at the moment, the password encryption is (putting SSL aside) implemented by javascript!
To be safe, a key encryption algorithm would need an established software running it (in this case, the web browser).
This means:
a) having a W3-approved algorithm to be implemented in browsers, or b) Having downloaded specific software by the bank (i.e. bankOnline browser(TM) or something).
Self help: SPAM on paper
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I've been watching closely the trend between supposedly "self-help" book. Many end up taking you to the new age and esoteric alley - so that you can get in touch with your inner self and awake the cosmic karma hidden thru the eons - WTF?
If you remember the previous discussion on the self-help market, you'll realize most self-help books are just means to gain more money at the expenses of others' suffering. I made a joke about it, but in the end, it's more or less the same:
"trust your self. Take away the negative from you and be happy." Say, those are the nicest $29.95 i've ever heard.
IMHO, the book of proverbs is FREE, and I've found more hints on helping yourself than this overhyped "literature" of today.
Have you EVER used wxWidgets? No, have you even READ TF website?
wxWidgets is NOT an EMULATOR layer. It's a parallel implementation of an UI using the Native OS's widgets. From the wxWidgets site: "the open source, cross-platform native UI framework with twelve years of evolution behind it".
It's not about how a widget should LOOK or FEEL. It's about using THE SAME CODE to make a program.
Maybe for your small needs you don't need cross-platform. Maybe you're happy crunching bits and recompiling the most of your kernel, but you're certainly not the average Joe User - and that's a majority that has needs. These people right now are screaming when their machines are being invaded by spyware, viruses (and coming soon, rootkits) . These people need to escape. And cross-platform applications is the way to go.
But if you really want to help people migrate from Windows to a safer Linux environment without losing their friendly commodities, at least you should give programmers the benefit of the doubt.
I AM a windows user. But I'm planning on migrating. And I want OTHER people to migrate to Linux. Linux doesn't belong to elitists... it belongs to the world, that's why it's Open Source, and GPL licensed. So please, stop building iron walls and let the Windows prisoners escape to a safer world.
These are not.NET applications, they are Gtk+ applications written in C#. As a result, they don't run on Windows or.NET out of the box.
That's because they keep thinking "Linux-only". It's not "I'm going to make a cross-platform app using C#", but "I like C#, I'll use it on Linux".
WAKE UP, GUYS!!!
If you want Mono apps to run in Windows, perhaps you should take a look at wx.NET.
From the link:
Cross-Platform, Multi-Runtime
Without any extra work on your part, your application will run on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows using any of the following.NET runtimes: MS.NET, Mono [emphasis mine], or DotGNU Portable.NET.
Native UI, No Emulation
Unlike other toolkit approaches, wx.NET uses the native UI framework on each platform. Under Windows the WIN32 API is used to create buttons, checkboxes, etc. On Linux, GTK+ 2.0 is used (not really "native", but a look/feel users are familiar with). On the Mac, the full aqua look and feel is provided by using Quartz window compositing and HIView implementations for controls.
Other toolkits take the emulation route. This can cause look/feel inconsistencies to end users and slower executing interfaces.
(end of snip)
Take two very good cross-platform things (.NET/Mono, wxWidgets)... a powerful combination like this could jeopardize Microsoft's monopoly if you ask me. And that is always a good thing.
Microsoft IsNOT seeing that the always popular C++ (or even C#) IsNOT having their IsNOT operator, AND the global village IsNOT ignoring other solutions (like wxPython).. AND the market IsNOT getting any nearer Microsoft - specially when their Operating system IsNOT becoming any safer for viruses... I wonder why it IsNOT reaching bankrupcy yet.
But I bet it IsNOT too far until they do. And I think this IsNOT a far-fetched scenario. Face it, Billy. The world IsNOT meant to be run by one company.
If you don't want to deal with it, don't put it out in the first place.
"Hi! My name's Bernard. I'd give you out my e-mail, but i can't give it out in public. Please contact me in person or send me a post card to the following PO Box, so i can answer you back. Good day!"
Moral of the story: e-mail was meant for private communication, not for marketing purposes. Allowing spammers to harvest e-mail, is going against the very reason why e-mail was invented.
there's nothing new about Jokes on Intel's power consumption. I remember back in 1994, a cartoon on PCMagazine, which portraited a chef. The title: "Cooking with the 586".
I still wonder why it took Intel 10 years to realize there was a problem.
Furthermore, none of them MAKE WEBSITES FOR A LIVING. They don't have to worry about a website running in this or that browser ("hey, just make it have a javavm and we're all set"), and they certainly don't have to cope with pointy-haired bosses wanting to move this graphic here or there.
"What do you mean it can't be done?" "The browsers do not support the specs, sir." "You're fired!"
Oh, you bet they'd DO support webforms if they had to experience the pain of web designing.
For me it doesn't sound like too much trouble. It's just part of the evolution of HTML. The thing here is that they're submitting it to the W3C. Think of it as "instrumental regulations" vs. "wacky patents".
In my case, i developed a very similar javascript which uses additional tags in html, to automate validation of html forms. I just add the tags saying how this number should be validated, etc etc.
I read the web forms spec. It's cool, it even has regex testing. See, in the era of the XML-hype, there was this thing that everybody thought would be cool. It was called XForms. But in the end, they were simply too complicated to implement.
Web forms were designed to make things much more simpler. And AFAIK, Microsoft never aims to make things simpler, but rather the opposite (proprietary formats, bells and whistles, etc). So I think this webforms thingy can't be bad.
that most of the reasons companies seek patents is because of the competition? IMHO, they don't apply for patents because they want to get hold of the market. They do it because they don't want others to get hold of it (take a look at the google autolinks story).
In other words, patents are like a weapon in an arena. You must get it before the other guy does.
Of course, if there were no weapons, things would be much better for all the competitors.
Well, i couldn't watch the Titan images. But the stereo images of the houses were easy.
a) Copy the images in your clipboard b) Open them in Irfanview (if you use windows) c) Reduce them to 65% size. d) Grab an envelope and make sure each eye can only see one image (the envelope will also make sure you won't stay that close to the screen) e) Focus
Now if you excuse me, i have to welk to the house i think i gott a tliele dizzy oops
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In satellite TV, decoders had a parental-block, and would stop you if the movie was rated-R or something.
And that was 10 years ago.
Now if you mean enforcing all tv producers to say "This movie is rated R" and use some blocking, I agree.
After all, kids watch cable, too, don't they?
WTF is this guy talking about?!
Acknowledge means "yes, I know. You're right". Now can anybody tell me WHICH Linux developer has admitted that the Linux Kernel DOES violate ANY software patent?
That's no acknowledge.
Constant reading of this site will turn you into a complete loser. You'll say goodbye to your family, your friends, in exchange for a little karma in an endless feedback loop.
[I disagree] [I agree - POST!]
*click* OK, now let's see... where's that +5 insightful?
I think of XP Home as a "crippled XP". When I got my windows, I wanted it to be pro. More admin stuff, more tools to maintain my compy, etc.
If this guy had Pro to have a dual boot, he should stick with Pro anyway.
Compare it with a dictatorship where all decisions are exposed to the public. The public can whine, rant, yell, scream, protest, but it's still the govt's decision anyway.
Open Source is in contrast, a democratic government, run by the people. Open source isn't about "opening" your source. Open source projects are community driven, designed for and by the people.
If Microsoft wants to share its SQL server source, they must ensure:
a) That the whole thing is released so people can compile it at home,
b) Support the community requests to change this or that part of the code
and most important, c),
NOT use this as a weapon to end the competition. How do we know that they'll sue open source projects because one of their developers has even glimpsed at Microsoft code?
Call it FUD if you like, but As much as Bill says GPL can infect projects, I fear that the "microsoft share code" will "infect" open source projects so that Bill can sue them all and vanquish the competition.
Sorry, I couldn't hear you.
OK before anything, I'd ask the guys to forget all that bullshit about sombreros and guys wearing sandals.
I live in Mexico City and we're SURROUNDED by "ducky" schools teaching you to be a "computer technician bachelor", and they teach you Windows, Word, and all that crap.
You can find cybercafe's every 2 or 3 blocks.
People in here use MS Word to use their homeworks. Go to a cafe and you'll see thousands of "Learn Word" books, booklets, magazines, etc. You can buy the tutorials off the streets.
Children in elementary already use Word for their homeworks. Most kids I know already got a MSN account (just don't ask me about their grammar or *shudder* spelling).
In other words, no, we don't need any more Microsoft training, thank you.
And with the current trends, Linux will be much more popular 10 years from now. Want to prepare them for the future? Teach them Linux.
For those of you who like MOD music, here's an interesting link:
/ D/djr_bsgt.zip
http://www.modarchive.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi/AP
It's a remix entitled "*BattleStar Galactica-(attention2)".
"Moderators lose duplicity Battle"
From the oh-no-not-again dept.
Dupernova writes: "The slash dot editors were told today by a bunch of users that it 'missed the start' in trying to dictate how duplicates were banned. This was after the moderators tried (unsuccessfully) to ban a duplicate submission which was allowed to get published. This comes after studies revealing that massive amounts of dupes are being immorally uploaded from the internet and the moderators want a way to stop these dupes being posted and accepted."
(2^2^2^2 bytes in body)
Brilliant.
Wouldn't it be rather "dull"?
Any bored attorneys want to send a cease and desist letter to iDownload in regard to them sending cease and desist letters?
They're too busy trying to submit stories...
the problem here is that a webpage is not data but also program (i.e. javascript).
Alice could log in to the fake bank, and not realize that instead of doing the magic password trick, she's sending her password in plain text. Why? Because at the moment, the password encryption is (putting SSL aside) implemented by javascript!
To be safe, a key encryption algorithm would need an established software running it (in this case, the web browser).
This means:
a) having a W3-approved algorithm to be implemented in browsers, or
b) Having downloaded specific software by the bank (i.e. bankOnline browser(TM) or something).
I've been watching closely the trend between supposedly "self-help" book. Many end up taking you to the new age and esoteric alley - so that you can get in touch with your inner self and awake the cosmic karma hidden thru the eons - WTF?
If you remember the previous discussion on the self-help market, you'll realize most self-help books are just means to gain more money at the expenses of others' suffering. I made a joke about it, but in the end, it's more or less the same:
"trust your self. Take away the negative from you and be happy." Say, those are the nicest $29.95 i've ever heard.
IMHO, the book of proverbs is FREE, and I've found more hints on helping yourself than this overhyped "literature" of today.
Have you EVER used wxWidgets? No, have you even READ TF website?
wxWidgets is NOT an EMULATOR layer. It's a parallel implementation of an UI using the Native OS's widgets. From the wxWidgets site: "the open source, cross-platform native UI framework
with twelve years of evolution behind it".
It's not about how a widget should LOOK or FEEL. It's about using THE SAME CODE to make a program.
They even got a PalmOS version now.
Maybe for your small needs you don't need cross-platform. Maybe you're happy crunching bits and recompiling the most of your kernel, but you're certainly not the average Joe User - and that's a majority that has needs. These people right now are screaming when their machines are being invaded by spyware, viruses (and coming soon, rootkits)
. These people need to escape. And cross-platform applications is the way to go.
But if you really want to help people migrate from Windows to a safer Linux environment without losing their friendly commodities, at least you should give programmers the benefit of the doubt.
I AM a windows user. But I'm planning on migrating. And I want OTHER people to migrate to Linux. Linux doesn't belong to elitists... it belongs to the world, that's why it's Open Source, and GPL licensed. So please, stop building iron walls and let the Windows prisoners escape to a safer world.
After all, don't you want to be among the ones who were there, the day Microsoft died?
Certainly, I do.
a thousand words.
That's because they keep thinking "Linux-only". It's not "I'm going to make a cross-platform app using C#", but "I like C#, I'll use it on Linux".
WAKE UP, GUYS!!!
If you want Mono apps to run in Windows, perhaps you should take a look at wx.NET.
From the link:
(end of snip)
Take two very good cross-platform things (.NET/Mono, wxWidgets)... a powerful combination like this could jeopardize Microsoft's monopoly if you ask me. And that is always a good thing.
GoMono!
Microsoft IsNOT seeing that the always popular C++ (or even C#) IsNOT having their IsNOT operator, AND the global village IsNOT ignoring other solutions (like wxPython) .. AND the market IsNOT getting any nearer Microsoft - specially when their Operating system IsNOT becoming any safer for viruses... I wonder why it IsNOT reaching bankrupcy yet.
But I bet it IsNOT too far until they do.
And I think this IsNOT a far-fetched scenario. Face it, Billy. The world IsNOT meant to be run by one company.
If you don't want to deal with it, don't put it out in the first place.
"Hi! My name's Bernard. I'd give you out my e-mail, but i can't give it out in public. Please contact me in person or send me a post card to the following PO Box, so i can answer you back. Good day!"
Moral of the story: e-mail was meant for private communication, not for marketing purposes. Allowing spammers to harvest e-mail, is going against the very reason why e-mail was invented.
there's nothing new about Jokes on Intel's power consumption. I remember back in 1994, a cartoon on PCMagazine, which portraited a chef. The title: "Cooking with the 586".
I still wonder why it took Intel 10 years to realize there was a problem.
None of them develop major Web browsers.
Furthermore, none of them MAKE WEBSITES FOR A LIVING. They don't have to worry about a website running in this or that browser ("hey, just make it have a javavm and we're all set"), and they certainly don't have to cope with pointy-haired bosses wanting to move this graphic here or there.
"What do you mean it can't be done?"
"The browsers do not support the specs, sir."
"You're fired!"
Oh, you bet they'd DO support webforms if they had to experience the pain of web designing.
For me it doesn't sound like too much trouble. It's just part of the evolution of HTML. The thing here is that they're submitting it to the W3C. Think of it as "instrumental regulations" vs. "wacky patents".
In my case, i developed a very similar javascript which uses additional tags in html, to automate validation of html forms. I just add the tags saying how this number should be validated, etc etc.
I read the web forms spec. It's cool, it even has regex testing. See, in the era of the XML-hype, there was this thing that everybody thought would be cool. It was called XForms. But in the end, they were simply too complicated to implement.
Web forms were designed to make things much more simpler. And AFAIK, Microsoft never aims to make things simpler, but rather the opposite (proprietary formats, bells and whistles, etc). So I think this webforms thingy can't be bad.
that most of the reasons companies seek patents is because of the competition? IMHO, they don't apply for patents because they want to get hold of the market. They do it because they don't want others to get hold of it (take a look at the google autolinks story).
In other words, patents are like a weapon in an arena. You must get it before the other guy does.
Of course, if there were no weapons, things would be much better for all the competitors.
Well, i couldn't watch the Titan images. But the stereo images of the houses were easy.
a) Copy the images in your clipboard
b) Open them in Irfanview (if you use windows)
c) Reduce them to 65% size.
d) Grab an envelope and make sure each eye can only see one image (the envelope will also make sure you won't stay that close to the screen)
e) Focus
Now if you excuse me, i have to welk to the house i think i gott a tliele dizzy oops
My vision blurred up for about three minutes and I started freaking out.
You mean like this?
With over 50 redundant "dupe" responses on slashdot, you'd think this story is becoming a DUPER-NOVA!