You mean they are awarding patents even when prior art is stated in the patent itself? Are they using something like mv/patent/pending/*/patent/granted/ ?
The middle class, if you would, is a newer concept (thanks to the tech boom).
No, Middle Class is not a new concept here, in India. No, its not due to "the tech boom". And, No, all Indians definitely don't work for offshoring companies. Its a complete country with all kinds of jobs and economic classes and it has been like this for decades.
Most of the broadband services here (India) put unrelistically small download limits on their connections. However 'unlimited' download connections are popping up and with a speed of 2mbps there won't be, hopefully, any download limit.
All I can say now is: Damn. I live in Bangalore which is supposed to be the Silicon Valley of India (but its not in Andhra Pradesh). Here the cheapest connection people can get is s 128kbps unlimited connection for Rs. 1,000 (about 20 USD) pm. (There are cheaper ISPs but they are not available in most places of the city or the customer should have a cable TV connection from them)
I can't think of a good reason await sarge's release other than having all the latest eye candy apps. Woody is working finely for me and it has all the features i would need. Of course there might be one or two program whose latest version I need, but I can upgrade them separately, and it doesnt warrant for a full system upgrade.
Wait before you make comments about the bill making legitimates software illegal. The bill makes installing such software illegal, not producing it. You can still develop ssh and you can still install it on your own computer. You just shouldn't install it on other people's computers without their consent. That seem fair. (Until, of course, someone finds a loophole to exploit it.)
WTF?? Just $ 1000? They harm your computer and waste almost hours of your time and all you can claim is 1k?
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Exactly, I've rarely heard somoene use knoppix because they wanted to try linux. BTW, please don't reply to the parent post with how you know a newbie who used knoppix to try out linux; every rule has exceptions.
Its possible to understand the motivations of the original virus writer (All your forum are belong to us.), but it makes you wonder what the motivations are of the anti-worm writer.
The laws of many countries make it legal for automated directory services and search engines to link to illegal content as long it just links to everything. But when non-automated sites provide links to illegal content exclusively, many countries make it illegal. (IANAL, I don't know the exact term, but the effect is what I said.) But I don't know about lokitorrent, since anyone can upload a torrent and it might have legal torrents. BTW, IIRC, in the US this provision for search engines is provided through the DMCA (yes, the "OMG! It's evil!!" DMCA). And the lack of such a provision led to this in India.
The first thing I thought when I saw the headline was 'broke 100,000 what?'. The headline should have been better, like 'crossed the 100,000 barrier' or just 'crossed 100,000'.
Isn't there xprint? and dont most x toolkits have some sort of printing capability? text based program can use a2ps. And how is postscript printing any different from printing on other platforms like windows?
Once the earthquake hit with a sea floor epicenter, everyone with a web browser knew a tsunami was going to hit somewhere.
Are you sure? Because I read somewhere that only vertical movement in the ocean causes tsunamis, that not all quakes in the ocean cause tsunamis. But, not sure about this...
India is sending aid to sri lanka. (Don't what aid, just saw it on TV) Its probably already sent, not sure though.
The quake was centered in Summara, an island in Indonesia. I bet that they got the brunt of this thing
Yeah, last time I checked, about 200 casualties. But its interesting (in a very sad way) that although the quake occured in Indonesia, bigger devastation has been seen in Sri Lanka (and India).
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RMS has the balls to do the right thing (which is to quit the job because they make you use non-free software). Most of us don't.
You mean they are awarding patents even when prior art is stated in the patent itself? Are they using something like mv /patent/pending/* /patent/granted/ ?
It's nice to see that at least *someone* on slashdot is not an idiot.
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Where, in my post, did I say that its all because of RMS' code? Its because of his efforts. Get a dictionary and look up the word 'effort'.
They should have asked him about his thoughts on the recent introduction of software patents in India.
Desperately trying to find RMS' fault?
Why do slashdotters hate RMS so much? I hope you realise that slashdot (and all such sites) would not have been here if it wasn't for RMS' efforts.
They are dancing to "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'" ? Hey, yes! That song is really good!!
The middle class, if you would, is a newer concept (thanks to the tech boom).
No, Middle Class is not a new concept here, in India. No, its not due to "the tech boom". And, No, all Indians definitely don't work for offshoring companies. Its a complete country with all kinds of jobs and economic classes and it has been like this for decades.
Most of the broadband services here (India) put unrelistically small download limits on their connections. However 'unlimited' download connections are popping up and with a speed of 2mbps there won't be, hopefully, any download limit.
All I can say now is: Damn. I live in Bangalore which is supposed to be the Silicon Valley of India (but its not in Andhra Pradesh). Here the cheapest connection people can get is s 128kbps unlimited connection for Rs. 1,000 (about 20 USD) pm. (There are cheaper ISPs but they are not available in most places of the city or the customer should have a cable TV connection from them)
I can't think of a good reason await sarge's release other than having all the latest eye candy apps. Woody is working finely for me and it has all the features i would need. Of course there might be one or two program whose latest version I need, but I can upgrade them separately, and it doesnt warrant for a full system upgrade.
Wait before you make comments about the bill making legitimates software illegal. The bill makes installing such software illegal, not producing it. You can still develop ssh and you can still install it on your own computer. You just shouldn't install it on other people's computers without their consent. That seem fair. (Until, of course, someone finds a loophole to exploit it.)
WTF?? Just $ 1000? They harm your computer and waste almost hours of your time and all you can claim is 1k?
Exactly, I've rarely heard somoene use knoppix because they wanted to try linux. BTW, please don't reply to the parent post with how you know a newbie who used knoppix to try out linux; every rule has exceptions.
Its possible to understand the motivations of the original virus writer (All your forum are belong to us.), but it makes you wonder what the motivations are of the anti-worm writer.
Mod parent down as troll.
The laws of many countries make it legal for automated directory services and search engines to link to illegal content as long it just links to everything. But when non-automated sites provide links to illegal content exclusively, many countries make it illegal. (IANAL, I don't know the exact term, but the effect is what I said.) But I don't know about lokitorrent, since anyone can upload a torrent and it might have legal torrents. BTW, IIRC, in the US this provision for search engines is provided through the DMCA (yes, the "OMG! It's evil!!" DMCA). And the lack of such a provision led to this in India.
The first thing I thought when I saw the headline was 'broke 100,000 what?'. The headline should have been better, like 'crossed the 100,000 barrier' or just 'crossed 100,000'.
Nothing.
Isn't there xprint? and dont most x toolkits have some sort of printing capability? text based program can use a2ps. And how is postscript printing any different from printing on other platforms like windows?
Being an Indian, as much as I would hate to admit it, the parent post is right.
Hindi doesn't mean Indian or Hindu. It's a language. Sorry, just being a nitpicker.
Yeah, those are all vertical movements. Do all earthquakes (in the ocean) cause tsunamis?
Once the earthquake hit with a sea floor epicenter, everyone with a web browser knew a tsunami was going to hit somewhere.
Are you sure? Because I read somewhere that only vertical movement in the ocean causes tsunamis, that not all quakes in the ocean cause tsunamis. But, not sure about this...
India is sending aid to sri lanka. (Don't what aid, just saw it on TV) Its probably already sent, not sure though.
The quake was centered in Summara, an island in Indonesia. I bet that they got the brunt of this thing
Yeah, last time I checked, about 200 casualties. But its interesting (in a very sad way) that although the quake occured in Indonesia, bigger devastation has been seen in Sri Lanka (and India).