Worse, I (not having heard of Turbine) combined that with the other misreading and imagined a kind of renewable energy planning MUD. The saddest part is I'd actually play that.:/
My university has an “integrated online learning environment” (hopelessly designed, implemented and managed) that includes forums for individual units and courses. All posts are identified by the student or staff member's full name. Many of the posters will see each other in lectures and other classes on a daily basis. All this means that there is no anonymity of any sort.
However, many people who are significantly more reasonable in person present themselves as raging fuckwads on these forums anyway.
This is clear proof that anonymity is not essential in generating online fuckwads. The “distance factor” is a far more reasonable explanation.
Ditto! I was almost ready to adopt Ubuntu as my primary desktop (still keeping XP around though, for those odd occasions when I really needed some Windows app, or game). The thing that killed it for me was my endless string of troubles with ESD (ranging from no sound to freezing my entire session until I manually killed it from another). Seeing Ubuntu's dependence on it removed in Dapper was a godsend.:)
Isn't the point that with the permissible sale of Mozilla products and derivative works, to ensure that The Rules are being followed (in regard to only official Mozilla versions baring the Mozilla trademark etc.) the police would have to have a much more intimate knowledge of the software than they would in usual 'closed source' cases? For example, to be sure of knowing what is a derivative work, they would need to compare copies they find with each official release from Mozilla, and the same would apply for every other GPL/MPL/etc product under inspection. That's a lot of work compared to the traditional "these MS Office CDs weren't burnt by Microsoft; take them away" approach.
So no, I don't think the police are really having trouble understanding the licence[s] involved; they're just a lot more complicated to enforce than traditional licences. However, this is not to say that complaining about this is an acceptable response; they'll just have to develop new systems to deal with it. Law enforcement, government etc. must keep up with society rather than trying to hold it back due to their inadequacies.
We occasionally have an ad that plays on a local station in Melbourne about saving household energy. It has a rather frivolous little song that goes along with it, and one of the line's is "have a shower with your fella, Stella". Based on both anecdotal evidence and personal experience, I never really figured out how this was supposed to help the situation...
I believe this is commonly known as SGS (Silly Gimmick Syndrome). I'm not sure which dialect of English you're most accustomed to, but in some I've heard it referred to as SASMF (Stretching an Already Strained Model Further), and TJPP (That's Just Plain... Poppycock!). The acronyms can get get a bit confusing, but as long as you remember the general meaning you should be fine...:)
Well I thought it was quite obvious that they intend to use the couch to both distribute food to, and provide temporary respite for the homeless......are you telling me you had a better idea?
Parent is not a troll! It merely points out the stupidity of begging the question like TFA does, and assuming that the public agrees with their right to hold and persue protection of their patent.
The more correct use of the word in Creative's case should be "patently obvious"!
Acid2 is designed specifically to determine whether several of the trickier layout requirements of a CSS2 compliant browser are met, not just whether it can render a pretty picture. So yes, it is one of the most relevant tests around.
Oh, 'AC'; now I understand.:)
Australia has Tasmania; we may have some degree of animosity toward New Zealand, but would never dream of directly insulting the intelligence or social merit of our sheep-shagging brethren!
...and are you sure it's the natural order? It seems a little complicated to me; can't we attribute it to some act of God? Pretty plese?
Come to Australia; that's exactly the way it is here. For the last couple of years since the system was made available, I've payed my taxes exclusively online. One piece of software, one set of instructions, and one guarantee that if they stuffed up in any way that messes up your taxes then you're not liable.
I couldn't agree more! You have no idea how relieved I am at this; so many FOSS project members just don't seem to realise that when it comes to (even semi-) mainstream adoption, aesthetics do matter! It's great to see a project with such a broad outlook.
In biology, a lifeform has traditionally been considered to be a member of a population whose members can exhibit all the following phenomena at least once during their existence:
Metabolism, consuming, transforming and storing energy/mass; growing by absorbing and reorganizing mass; excreting waste
Motion, either moving itself, or having internal motion
Reproduction, the ability to create entities that are similar to, yet separate from, itself
Response to stimuli - the ability to measure properties of its surrounding environment, and act upon certain conditions. This property is also called homeostasis.
Quite likely, as most of us do. Fortunately, one of the (supposedly) fundamental rights given to us implicitly by most countries is the right to have secrets. Having "something to hide" is not criminal, unless that something is criminal in itself...
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Worse, I (not having heard of Turbine) combined that with the other misreading and imagined a kind of renewable energy planning MUD. The saddest part is I'd actually play that. :/
My university has an “integrated online learning environment” (hopelessly designed, implemented and managed) that includes forums for individual units and courses. All posts are identified by the student or staff member's full name. Many of the posters will see each other in lectures and other classes on a daily basis. All this means that there is no anonymity of any sort.
However, many people who are significantly more reasonable in person present themselves as raging fuckwads on these forums anyway.
This is clear proof that anonymity is not essential in generating online fuckwads. The “distance factor” is a far more reasonable explanation.
Just order a free one from the site! https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
Ditto! I was almost ready to adopt Ubuntu as my primary desktop (still keeping XP around though, for those odd occasions when I really needed some Windows app, or game). The thing that killed it for me was my endless string of troubles with ESD (ranging from no sound to freezing my entire session until I manually killed it from another). Seeing Ubuntu's dependence on it removed in Dapper was a godsend. :)
Isn't the point that with the permissible sale of Mozilla products and derivative works, to ensure that The Rules are being followed (in regard to only official Mozilla versions baring the Mozilla trademark etc.) the police would have to have a much more intimate knowledge of the software than they would in usual 'closed source' cases? For example, to be sure of knowing what is a derivative work, they would need to compare copies they find with each official release from Mozilla, and the same would apply for every other GPL/MPL/etc product under inspection. That's a lot of work compared to the traditional "these MS Office CDs weren't burnt by Microsoft; take them away" approach.
So no, I don't think the police are really having trouble understanding the licence[s] involved; they're just a lot more complicated to enforce than traditional licences. However, this is not to say that complaining about this is an acceptable response; they'll just have to develop new systems to deal with it. Law enforcement, government etc. must keep up with society rather than trying to hold it back due to their inadequacies.
So, basically, any four year old could have told them it was a bad idea at the time. Anyone want to trade governments?
Well... let's see if it works; somebody mod this +1 Funny!
They do already... along with the rest of us.
;)
Next job guys: find a cure for bigotry.
We occasionally have an ad that plays on a local station in Melbourne about saving household energy. It has a rather frivolous little song that goes along with it, and one of the line's is "have a shower with your fella, Stella". Based on both anecdotal evidence and personal experience, I never really figured out how this was supposed to help the situation...
I believe this is commonly known as SGS (Silly Gimmick Syndrome). I'm not sure which dialect of English you're most accustomed to, but in some I've heard it referred to as SASMF (Stretching an Already Strained Model Further), and TJPP (That's Just Plain... Poppycock!). The acronyms can get get a bit confusing, but as long as you remember the general meaning you should be fine... :)
Well I thought it was quite obvious that they intend to use the couch to both distribute food to, and provide temporary respite for the homeless... ...are you telling me you had a better idea?
Parent is not a troll! It merely points out the stupidity of begging the question like TFA does, and assuming that the public agrees with their right to hold and persue protection of their patent.
The more correct use of the word in Creative's case should be "patently obvious"!
Acid2 is designed specifically to determine whether several of the trickier layout requirements of a CSS2 compliant browser are met, not just whether it can render a pretty picture. So yes, it is one of the most relevant tests around. Oh, 'AC'; now I understand. :)
Australia has Tasmania; we may have some degree of animosity toward New Zealand, but would never dream of directly insulting the intelligence or social merit of our sheep-shagging brethren!
...and are you sure it's the natural order? It seems a little complicated to me; can't we attribute it to some act of God? Pretty plese?
Offtopic? RTFA, please. :)
Well, I learnt that:
Really, is this front page news?
Come to Australia; that's exactly the way it is here. For the last couple of years since the system was made available, I've payed my taxes exclusively online. One piece of software, one set of instructions, and one guarantee that if they stuffed up in any way that messes up your taxes then you're not liable.
...and your post raises that count to three. :)
I couldn't agree more! You have no idea how relieved I am at this; so many FOSS project members just don't seem to realise that when it comes to (even semi-) mainstream adoption, aesthetics do matter! It's great to see a project with such a broad outlook.
From Wikipedia's article on life:
A conventional definitionIn biology, a lifeform has traditionally been considered to be a member of a population whose members can exhibit all the following phenomena at least once during their existence:
Reference to Jack Thompson and friends; that qualifies for a "5 Funny" around here, right? Maybe too subtle... :P
You know, I'm pretty sure he meant "34 in base 10 is a round number when expressed in base 34"...
Or hey, maybe he's just not satisfied with GMail's compression.
Some people are hard to please...
Quite likely, as most of us do. Fortunately, one of the (supposedly) fundamental rights given to us implicitly by most countries is the right to have secrets. Having "something to hide" is not criminal, unless that something is criminal in itself...
"[You] may turn the switches on and off in any way you choose."
Any way I choose? That sounds to me as if I can determine whether each is on or off...