It was spoken in Jest (a strangely named world where many people tell the truth).
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The main reason given for deficit spending is that it will stimulate private sector investments and thus lead to a surplus budget in the future.
...except that if your entire plan depends on that surplus magically appearing then it's not a very good plan.
What they really need to do is cut all government spending by 10%. All government departments are staffed by professional liars so it's pointless trying to decide which departments should be cut and which not. You'll die of old age before you reach an agreement. Cut them all and ignore the cries of "But small children will die if you do that!". People are quite capable of tightening their belts and getting resourceful when there's a need, but the need has to be real.
Another good policy would be to close every government department for six months out of every ten years. If nothing really terrible happens then it stays closed.
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Really? You don't spend more than you take in? You don't have a car loan, or a mortgage, or student loans?
If not, then you're probably lucky enough to be in a situation where that's possible. Jobs that pay well enough to put yourself through school are few and far between for those with no experience.
Either that or he doesn't try to live like a king. Believe it or not it is possible to survive without the latest iPhone, designer clothes and a gas guzzler.
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Why on Earth are we still implementing tax cuts and deficit spending?!
As you say, it all depends on who owns the code, them or him.
If they own the code (as is likely in the USA, even if he wrote it at home) then it's not a violation to go from GPL to closed (unless some part of the code is GPL from another source).
If it's theirs then the best he can do is fork it from the code which was already published under GPL.
If 100% of the code was written inside the company then they own the copyright and can do whatever they want with it.
GPL only comes into play if part of the code is GPL, eg. a library used by the program. In this case they're required to either publish their source under GPL or stop using that library.
How exactly are you going to connect your alarm system, sprinkler system, thermostat, garage door opener, etc..etc to a device with only an HDMI and USB connector?
EVERY automaker boss is thinking this right now: "54.5 is only the required average. That means I can still make gas guzzlers so long as there's some shitty little cars somewhere in the books that can do 100mpg. "
I see something like this as much less of a "game console", and much more of a device I'd glue to my alarm system, and to my sprinkler system, and to my thermostat, and to my garage door opener, etc..etc...etc...
That data indicates that Earth is warming up, for a particular period of time. It does not directly indicate that the world is going to continue warming up, nor does it by itself tell why it's warming up (which you need to know to answer the first question).
I don't think there's much doubt that "greenhouse" gases are aptly named, or that we're emitting an awful lot of them.
This new "data" hasn't changed anything much. Global worming due to greenhouse gases is still happening, the only debate is "how much" (and the answer to that is still "too much").
I've got LIDL, not ALDI but it's pretty much the same thing. They do seem to take a lot of care to only sell good stuff (good for the price, that is...).
I got the monitor I'm looking at right now there. It's full 1080p and cost about the same as the brand-name 720p monitor next to it. I don't see any difference at all in image quality (in fact, the graphics for the pop-up menus are *identical* so I suspect they have the exact same internals...)
I wouldn't buy an angle grinder there for use on a building site but for something that's only going to get used a few times a year at home, no problem.
How in the hell does a brand-new out-of-the-box hard drive contain a virus?
I'm guessing they connect them all to a PC at the the manufacturing plant to see if they're working/not before they ship them out. If a PC gets infected then every drive you connect to it will get a copy of the virus.
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If he worked "day and night for the company" then how did he write this in his own time?
Did he only code it in the twilight hours?
That's ridiculous. The code that I write at home has no bearing on my work place.
If it's remotely related to work then it probably does.
Besides, even if you're doing the typing at home I bet you're thinking about it while you're at work. On their time.
...as opposed to bihedral.
So why aren't the "major investors" paying the 4.8 billion? Why are the ordinary people paying it in between trying not to lose their homes?
It was spoken in Jest (a strangely named world where many people tell the truth).
The main reason given for deficit spending is that it will stimulate private sector investments and thus lead to a surplus budget in the future.
...except that if your entire plan depends on that surplus magically appearing then it's not a very good plan.
What they really need to do is cut all government spending by 10%. All government departments are staffed by professional liars so it's pointless trying to decide which departments should be cut and which not. You'll die of old age before you reach an agreement. Cut them all and ignore the cries of "But small children will die if you do that!". People are quite capable of tightening their belts and getting resourceful when there's a need, but the need has to be real.
Another good policy would be to close every government department for six months out of every ten years. If nothing really terrible happens then it stays closed.
Really? You don't spend more than you take in? You don't have a car loan, or a mortgage, or student loans?
If not, then you're probably lucky enough to be in a situation where that's possible. Jobs that pay well enough to put yourself through school are few and far between for those with no experience.
Either that or he doesn't try to live like a king. Believe it or not it is possible to survive without the latest iPhone, designer clothes and a gas guzzler.
Why on Earth are we still implementing tax cuts and deficit spending?!
Because the politicians their pork today !
The other missing information is why he was "terminated"...maybe he's no angel.
He did NOT write using company time OR within the company offices. Nor is it apparent that he used any company machine or software assets.
How/where/when he wrote it doesn't make any difference to the ownership. The only thing that counts is his employment contract.
It all comes down to code ownership and only lawyers can decide that.
The point I wanted to make was that it's not necessarily a GPL violation to go from GPL to closed source, as people seem to be saying.
As you say, it all depends on who owns the code, them or him.
If they own the code (as is likely in the USA, even if he wrote it at home) then it's not a violation to go from GPL to closed (unless some part of the code is GPL from another source).
If it's theirs then the best he can do is fork it from the code which was already published under GPL.
You created this open source code for them, on their dime, on their equipment, as part of your employment for them, right?
You know how I know you didn't read the article...?
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As for the GPL – yes, you need to get a lawyer there, that is indeed a violation.
Says who? It's only a violation of GPL if some part of the program uses GPL code.
eg. If the libraries it uses are MIT license then it's not a violation, they're perfectly free to switch from GPL to 'closed'.
If 100% of the code was written inside the company then they own the copyright and can do whatever they want with it.
GPL only comes into play if part of the code is GPL, eg. a library used by the program. In this case they're required to either publish their source under GPL or stop using that library.
Not the same thing at all. One is the vendor's own fault for not having enough capacity...
How exactly are you going to connect your alarm system, sprinkler system, thermostat, garage door opener, etc..etc to a device with only an HDMI and USB connector?
Citations needed...
It's the reason this will fail too.
EVERY automaker boss is thinking this right now: "54.5 is only the required average. That means I can still make gas guzzlers so long as there's some shitty little cars somewhere in the books that can do 100mpg. "
I see something like this as much less of a "game console", and much more of a device I'd glue to my alarm system, and to my sprinkler system, and to my thermostat, and to my garage door opener, etc..etc...etc...
Try this: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardEthernet
I got mine hooked up to the home router and I can control the stuff connected to it via my mobile phone's web browser (from anywhere on Earth!)
That data indicates that Earth is warming up, for a particular period of time. It does not directly indicate that the world is going to continue warming up, nor does it by itself tell why it's warming up (which you need to know to answer the first question).
I don't think there's much doubt that "greenhouse" gases are aptly named, or that we're emitting an awful lot of them.
As the article mentions sever times, this only affects the "alarmist" computer models. Presumably the realistic models are unaffected.
This new "data" hasn't changed anything much. Global worming due to greenhouse gases is still happening, the only debate is "how much" (and the answer to that is still "too much").
I've got LIDL, not ALDI but it's pretty much the same thing. They do seem to take a lot of care to only sell good stuff (good for the price, that is...).
I got the monitor I'm looking at right now there. It's full 1080p and cost about the same as the brand-name 720p monitor next to it. I don't see any difference at all in image quality (in fact, the graphics for the pop-up menus are *identical* so I suspect they have the exact same internals...)
I wouldn't buy an angle grinder there for use on a building site but for something that's only going to get used a few times a year at home, no problem.
How in the hell does a brand-new out-of-the-box hard drive contain a virus?
I'm guessing they connect them all to a PC at the the manufacturing plant to see if they're working/not before they ship them out. If a PC gets infected then every drive you connect to it will get a copy of the virus.