Internet radio's biggest potential market is the millions of people working at their pc in the office or at home, not, for example, people on the beach. When was the last time you saw people on the beach listening to the radio? Most people I see have portable cd/mp3 players, not radios.
In fact, I would argue that it is traditional radio that has the smaller potential market. Traditional radio is largely relegated to the timeslot which occurs whilst people are in their car or at work places that don't have computers-- and even there, it's my impression people tend to prefer CDs.
You can't argue with choice. Being able to hookup to radio streams from all around the world beats K00L FM any day-- and I spend 10+ hours a day at my computer.
My verdict: A movie with entertaining fight scenes and some funny lines. The plot: Snipes beats up and kills all his enemies (I bet you weren't expecting that).
If you are squeamish you may not like it. It's definitely more gruesome than the first movie.
The irony that lies with you telling somebody to learn their grammar better but being unable to spell the word is truly entertaining.
He wanted a pointer to a grammar checker, not a lecture on why his wife should practice her grammar.
What if Sun charges ~120$ for it? I think I fault Mandrake for not thinking to clearly ahead and making the original statement that all club members were 'equal'. I don't fault them for the decision as if it costs them more to deliver it than they were paid. Personally I don't mind as paid for their membership to support them.
However, one thing is certain in my mind. Mandrake is a business. When businesses make promises they often get sued to keep said promises; usually they get nailed under false advertising. The people complanining may be petty, but I assure you Mandrake is going to get itself very quickly into buckets of very serious legal trouble if it doesn't get its business act toghether yesterday.
No decent person likes to hear of, much less come accross, child porn on the internet.
The problem is not the commendability of trying to legislate the issue. Rather it is the problem of forcing upon an internet service purveyor the monumental task of filtering THE ENTIRE INTERNET: an at-best prohibitive task fraught with missfires and at worst a constraint that will severely hamper other very proper and honest internet usages.
Legislation of this type is a copout that makes internet connection providers responsible for monitoring content they not only have no control over; content that rightly is the domain of law enforcement agencies to investigate and control-- but, it's much cheaper to foist the problem onto the back of already financially weak ISPs than give more money to law-enforcement.
It is totally realistic that the punitive damages ordained by this legislation will drive most ISPs in that state out of business, leaving customers with few choices for access. This, while at the same time totally failing to solve a problem which is quite badly exagerated in my opinion. Exagerated and used as the riding horse of people who would like the internet to be generally censored against everything they dislike.
"You didn't buy the software, you bought a license which contains several clauses to which you have to agree if you want to use the software."
No, what I have done is made the mistake of promoting a monopoly with some of my purchases. A monopoly, which because of its position, can railroad consumers into accepting egrerious licensing terms.
Further, I think operating systems should be banned by law from forcing customers, through licensing constraints, to not use a competing product. NO operating system should have the right to license away the competition. That you seem to think this is acceptable is shameful and appauling.
I have no tolerance for this kind of invasiveness on how I use my computer and I sincerely hope Microsoft chokes itself on these crappy EULA restrictions. Stunts like these make me so mad... next thing you know, the BSA is going to start suing people for NOT using Microsoft Word.
Mac, here I come. I'm saving for one starting today.
I will support Mandrake but my reasons are entirely selfish: I happen to like their distribution and wish to continue benefiting from it.
In fact, I now support both Redhat and Mandrake for such similar reasons. Interestingly, the cost of of my support for the two is still a fraction of what Windows costs me.
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behavior and information is something a product should clearly and regularly identify it is doing to the customer. Customers are generally willing to cooperate when they perceive there is value to the free product/service they are getting-- but only if they understand exactly what is being recorded, when, and how.
Having to worry about software doing stuff behind your back without informing you is exactly the reason why I go to great lengths to avoid using Windows Media and why I don't use a number of current gnutella clients.
"Our mission is for forward thinking companies to be able to deploy Linux strategies and fulfill their business objectives. We consult with clients to develop the best technological solution to their business problems........"
So we read from their mission statement that basically they're a Linux services consulting company trying to compete in an arena where Redhat and IBM already have most of the dollars. I feel bad for them, but it's not something uncommon in a difficult market.
The GPL is not a EULA. It is a distribution agreement. It only applies to you if you want to distribute the software. The organization that gives you the software uses the GPL to distribute to you a freely useable program.
You can use it in any way you like, that is your responsability.
As for it's application to children. If you cannot abide by its terms, because of age, patents, royalty considerations etc... then you don't have a license to distribute the software covered by the GPL. In such a case, you cannot legally distribute it.
No, I mean invalid as in cannot be applied in a particular case (although I'm not sure what that could be). It's like a judge ruling a clause in a contract is invalid. The GPL in this case states if it is ruled invalid, that you lose your rights to distribute your derivative work.
The idea of making the GPL itself globally invalid is an unlikely possibility. Personally, I only see this happening through some kind of federal leglislation making the GPL kind of licensing illegal. Since the GPL only affects how you distribute derivative works of copyrighted software given to you for free, that is a very remote possibility.
The GPL is clear on this point. If, for whatever reason a court of law decides the GPL is invalid in a particular case, then you lose any right to distribute derivative works.
Thus, there is no incentive for a company to try to invalidate the GPL, because without it they have no rights to distribute derived works. The only option a company has is to prove it is in compliance with the GPL.
The one interesting thing here I observe is that once you have been found in violation of the GPL only the holder of the copyright can reinstate your ability to distribute derivative works-- and there is no obligation to do so.
Thus, companies using GPLed code in works they distribute need to pay special attention to compliance as none-compliance carries with it the possibility being permanently blocked from using the GPLed code again.
Admitedly though, it's not complicated. Simply ensure you distribute your source along with the product, and all is well.
Otherwise put, if you want to use GPLed code, you have to share the code of your derivative work with everyone.
I own tons of Microsoft Windows software from companies that have disapeared and gone down the tubes. This "risk" exists for all platforms.
About the only thing I see having gone from the Linux world are all the make-money-fast-and-get-rich startups. Loki didn't succeed but, dare I point out, lasted longer than a large number of Windows gaming companies I know.
There are lots of significant developments in our community happening that have interesting potential for the longterm.
Finally, let me assure you that the novelty is not over for those looking for a platform that isn't controlled by a single company that forces upon its customers a paradigm shift every two years.
Sure a lot of air bags got deflated last year, but thats a good thing in the long term for Linux-- not a bad thing.
" Um. There are plenty of "inside windows" books and the like. "
I fail to see how your post has anything to do with the original post which stated that the openess of Linux kernel development was one of the reasons he likes Linux.
What the hell do COM and COM+ have to do with kernel development?
Lately, I'm getting the impression a lot more Microsoft zealots are trolling slashdot and just generally spewing total disinformation and nonesense.
What is Microsoft so worried about that they don't want the proceedings covered by media? Surely a corporate entity intent on settings things right would want the greatest transparency possible.
It is possible that Microsoft is about to propose another remedy and hopes that this time, since the media will be barred from seeing the proceedings, the outcry will be lessened enough that some of the remaining states will be willing to cave in.
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Some people say there is no money in Linux. Well, the problem about Windows is that Microsoft wants all the money. At least in Linux I don't have to worry about big brother being able to murder my business using dirty tricks.
What kind of business case does a company have when its competitor can prevent all its products from being on the shelf at whim? Thats what happened when OEMs tried to bundle products Microsoft didn't approve of with new computers.
The government has a moral obligation here. Oddly, it appears only a few of the states are answering.
KOffice: Pull out version 1.0 of MS Office and compare... I thought so.
MSOffice:"Have you pet your paperclip lately?"
" to let you type cp/dev/zero/dev/mem "
Have you tried deleting the contents of your registry yet? NT is stupid enough to let you do that.
BSOD: "It's the vendor's fault"... how typical.. mabye NT internals just suck.
gcc: Works pretty good for me. At least it didn't cost me 1000$ to get standards support. Microsoft has been trying since verion 1.0 and msvc still isn't compliant.
Lynx never hosed my coporate network.
ftpd: Your machine got hosed? Thats too bad, maybe you should apply the free upgrade that fixes ALL the problems. No endless litany of hotfixes that may or may not fix one big gapping hole but not the other one.
Retard? I'm just playing with a Troll.. here Troll.. good Troll.
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Internet radio's biggest potential market is the millions of people working at their pc in the office or at home, not, for example, people on the beach. When was the last time you saw people on the beach listening to the radio? Most people I see have portable cd/mp3 players, not radios.
In fact, I would argue that it is traditional radio that has the smaller potential market. Traditional radio is largely relegated to the timeslot which occurs whilst people are in their car or at work places that don't have computers-- and even there, it's my impression people tend to prefer CDs.
You can't argue with choice. Being able to hookup to radio streams from all around the world beats K00L FM any day-- and I spend 10+ hours a day at my computer.
My verdict:
A movie with entertaining fight scenes and some funny lines. The plot: Snipes beats up and kills all his enemies (I bet you weren't expecting that).
If you are squeamish you may not like it. It's definitely more gruesome than the first movie.
The irony that lies with you telling somebody to learn their grammar better but being unable to spell the word is truly entertaining.
He wanted a pointer to a grammar checker, not a lecture on why his wife should practice her grammar.
"If IE's Windows integration is a monopoly, then I'm all for the removal of Konqueror from KDE."
You got the code, rip it right out sonny boy.
What if Sun charges ~120$ for it? I think I fault Mandrake for not thinking to clearly ahead and making the original statement that all club members were 'equal'. I don't fault them for the decision as if it costs them more to deliver it than they were paid. Personally I don't mind as paid for their membership to support them.
However, one thing is certain in my mind. Mandrake is a business. When businesses make promises they often get sued to keep said promises; usually they get nailed under false advertising. The people complanining may be petty, but I assure you Mandrake is going to get itself very quickly into buckets of very serious legal trouble if it doesn't get its business act toghether yesterday.
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money is to lie and do dirty stuff if your software is free?
Somebody needs to inform Redhat.. apparently nobody told them.
Or better yet: Company X is dishonest. Company X makes product Y. Therefore all companies that make product Y are dishonest.
You, sir, are a moron.
No decent person likes to hear of, much less come accross, child porn on the internet.
The problem is not the commendability of trying to legislate the issue. Rather it is the problem of forcing upon an internet service purveyor the monumental task of filtering THE ENTIRE INTERNET: an at-best prohibitive task fraught with missfires and at worst a constraint that will severely hamper other very proper and honest internet usages.
Legislation of this type is a copout that makes internet connection providers responsible for monitoring content they not only have no control over; content that rightly is the domain of law enforcement agencies to investigate and control-- but, it's much cheaper to foist the problem onto the back of already financially weak ISPs than give more money to law-enforcement.
It is totally realistic that the punitive damages ordained by this legislation will drive most ISPs in that state out of business, leaving customers with few choices for access. This, while at the same time totally failing to solve a problem which is quite badly exagerated in my opinion. Exagerated and used as the riding horse of people who would like the internet to be generally censored against everything they dislike.
"You didn't buy the software, you bought a license which contains several clauses to which you have to agree if you want to use the software."
No, what I have done is made the mistake of promoting a monopoly with some of my purchases. A monopoly, which because of its position, can railroad consumers into accepting egrerious licensing terms.
Further, I think operating systems should be banned by law from forcing customers, through licensing constraints, to not use a competing product. NO operating system should have the right to license away the competition. That you seem to think this is acceptable is shameful and appauling.
in XP Professional.
I have no tolerance for this kind of invasiveness on how I use my computer and I sincerely hope Microsoft chokes itself on these crappy EULA restrictions. Stunts like these make me so mad... next thing you know, the BSA is going to start suing people for NOT using Microsoft Word.
Mac, here I come. I'm saving for one starting today.
I will support Mandrake but my reasons are entirely selfish: I happen to like their distribution and wish to continue benefiting from it.
In fact, I now support both Redhat and Mandrake for such similar reasons. Interestingly, the cost of of my support for the two is still a fraction of what Windows costs me.
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behavior and information is something a product should clearly and regularly identify it is doing to the customer. Customers are generally willing to cooperate when they perceive there is value to the free product/service they are getting-- but only if they understand exactly what is being recorded, when, and how.
Having to worry about software doing stuff behind your back without informing you is exactly the reason why I go to great lengths to avoid using Windows Media and why I don't use a number of current gnutella clients.
"Our mission is for forward thinking companies to be able to deploy Linux strategies and fulfill their business objectives. We consult with clients to develop the best technological solution to their business problems........"
So we read from their mission statement that basically they're a Linux services consulting company trying to compete in an arena where Redhat and IBM already have most of the dollars. I feel bad for them, but it's not something uncommon in a difficult market.
The GPL is not a EULA. It is a distribution agreement. It only applies to you if you want to distribute the software. The organization that gives you the software uses the GPL to distribute to you a freely useable program.
You can use it in any way you like, that is your responsability.
As for it's application to children. If you cannot abide by its terms, because of age, patents, royalty considerations etc... then you don't have a license to distribute the software covered by the GPL. In such a case, you cannot legally distribute it.
That is all.
No, I mean invalid as in cannot be applied in a particular case (although I'm not sure what that could be). It's like a judge ruling a clause in a contract is invalid. The GPL in this case states if it is ruled invalid, that you lose your rights to distribute your derivative work.
The idea of making the GPL itself globally invalid is an unlikely possibility. Personally, I only see this happening through some kind of federal leglislation making the GPL kind of licensing illegal. Since the GPL only affects how you distribute derivative works of copyrighted software given to you for free, that is a very remote possibility.
distribute your derivative work.
The GPL is clear on this point. If, for whatever reason a court of law decides the GPL is invalid in a particular case, then you lose any right to distribute derivative works.
Thus, there is no incentive for a company to try to invalidate the GPL, because without it they have no rights to distribute derived works. The only option a company has is to prove it is in compliance with the GPL.
The one interesting thing here I observe is that once you have been found in violation of the GPL only the holder of the copyright can reinstate your ability to distribute derivative works-- and there is no obligation to do so.
Thus, companies using GPLed code in works they distribute need to pay special attention to compliance as none-compliance carries with it the possibility being permanently blocked from using the GPLed code again.
Admitedly though, it's not complicated. Simply ensure you distribute your source along with the product, and all is well.
Otherwise put, if you want to use GPLed code, you have to share the code of your derivative work with everyone.
Except that if you're doing commercial software, you can buy the commercial qt license. All commercial software costs money to develop.
I don't see how having to pay for a qt license amounts to nickel and diming....
I own tons of Microsoft Windows software from companies that have disapeared and gone down the tubes. This "risk" exists for all platforms.
About the only thing I see having gone from the Linux world are all the make-money-fast-and-get-rich startups. Loki didn't succeed but, dare I point out, lasted longer than a large number of Windows gaming companies I know.
There are lots of significant developments in our community happening that have interesting potential for the longterm.
Finally, let me assure you that the novelty is not over for those looking for a platform that isn't controlled by a single company that forces upon its customers a paradigm shift every two years.
Sure a lot of air bags got deflated last year, but thats a good thing in the long term for Linux-- not a bad thing.
" Um. There are plenty of "inside windows" books and the like. "
I fail to see how your post has anything to do with the original post which stated that the openess of Linux kernel development was one of the reasons he likes Linux.
What the hell do COM and COM+ have to do with kernel development?
Lately, I'm getting the impression a lot more Microsoft zealots are trolling slashdot and just generally spewing total disinformation and nonesense.
Big bank gets: an established customer base and a headsart over big banks.
Paypal gets: not having to worry about the big messy process of becoming regulated as a bank.
I'm sure people investing in paypal see this as a likely end to their investment.
The first item in your search results. Google matches up what you are searching for with a company offering a compatible service/product.
This kind of directed advertising is valuable and a good application of their service.
What is Microsoft so worried about that they don't want the proceedings covered by media? Surely a corporate entity intent on settings things right would want the greatest transparency possible.
It is possible that Microsoft is about to propose another remedy and hopes that this time, since the media will be barred from seeing the proceedings, the outcry will be lessened enough that some of the remaining states will be willing to cave in.
--
Some people say there is no money in Linux. Well, the problem about Windows is that Microsoft wants all the money. At least in Linux I don't have to worry about big brother being able to murder my business using dirty tricks.
What kind of business case does a company have when its competitor can prevent all its products from being on the shelf at whim? Thats what happened when OEMs tried to bundle products Microsoft didn't approve of with new computers.
The government has a moral obligation here. Oddly, it appears only a few of the states are answering.
In a game, you spend more money then you get back.
In a business, you get more back then you spend.
It's only a game if you're losing money.
Now there's a thought.
who has lost an argument by looking to see who is swearing first.
bye bye Troll
KOffice: Pull out version 1.0 of MS Office and compare... I thought so.
/dev/zero /dev/mem "
MSOffice:"Have you pet your paperclip lately?"
" to let you type cp
Have you tried deleting the contents of your registry yet? NT is stupid enough to let you do that.
BSOD: "It's the vendor's fault"... how typical.. mabye NT internals just suck.
gcc: Works pretty good for me. At least it didn't cost me 1000$ to get standards support. Microsoft has been trying since verion 1.0 and msvc still isn't compliant.
Lynx never hosed my coporate network.
ftpd: Your machine got hosed? Thats too bad, maybe you should apply the free upgrade that fixes ALL the problems. No endless litany of hotfixes that may or may not fix one big gapping hole but not the other one.
Retard? I'm just playing with a Troll.. here Troll.. good Troll.