That happens a lot with DB enabled stuff. I can copy stuff out of a text file in an editor that's using Verdana (boo, M$ font, hiss, I know, but I'm at work so what do you want), paste it into my web front end Mozilla, have the apostraphe look like an apostraphe, save it, and have the M$ SQL server convert it to a question mark. Same with hyphens. Frustrating it is. I can't tell if it's the M$ server or the Word document I originally copied from. I'm pretty sure it all starts with Word though.
Moral of the story: Word sucks. You can't work with it, and you can't make your clients send you content in another format.
I've been noticing people complaining about stuff like this. A lot. And I think I know the reason why it's always happening.
The people reviewing and approving stories don't review the links. They just post the story. Verbatim.
This is actually a good thing because if they started editting user submitted articles (the stuff in italics, all of it, in any way), they would be breaking their integrity, and a whole other segment of the/. community would be in an uproar. But, they are still responsible for these links. So what should they do?
How about updates and addendums. There used to be witty comments after each user submitted article. They could say things like CT: Use the mirrors from this list to download the kernel and leave the poor main server alone. Taking a little time to make sure the mirrors are respected shouldn't hurt too much.
If you pay to license their trademarks, you can't bad mouth their company. I believe in the previous thread, somebody used the example of "If you open up a McDonald's franchise, you can't go on national TV and say McDonald's food sucks, and expect to still be running a McDonald's the next day." Same thing.
That license didn't have anything to do with bad independent reviews. But if you wanted to use, say, the Duke Nukem name on a product, you can't turn around and badmouth Apogee.
Again, that's a fairly standard and semi-reasonable restriction for a trademark license.
I do know, however, that he's right. That license agreement was for the trademarks. It was a standard license. It has been legal binding for years. If you wanted to legally use Apogee's trademarks, you had to agree to play by their rules. It's not like it actually covered any of their software.
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1. I'm in the country so I don't get cable. 2. I'm in Canada, so I couldn't get the Cartoon Network anyway. That's why I'm working off my admittedly bad memory.
I meant subbed (subtitled). Especially for Eva. English Asuka is damn annoying.
My bad.
The networks just don't show this stuff.
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The major/minor networks show only a couple of these shows. Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Digimon, Dragonball Z, and Macross masquerading as Robotech. Gundam Wing should be appearing on the Cartoon Network come fall, IIRC.
In order to see most of this you need to find a friend who is big into this stuff, or a comic store. Most comic stores I've been into contain at least a few titles for you to check out.
Just a warning: watch it in order. Do not skip ahead. Ever. You will only get confused, and that's not supposed to happen until episode 25.
Macross is good if you can find the dubbed version (Robotech will just drive you batty). Macross Plus is awesome. Macross 7 should be avoided at all costs.
Ranma is good if you don't want to think.
Slayers is good too, but the AOVs should probably be avoided.
Sailor Moon man. Get the dubs, get the dubs!
Then when you're done that, get hooked on the music. Then get hooked on JPop in general. Then spend your days hopelessly looking for Megumi Hageshibara (sp?) or even Amuro Namie on Napster, and the circle of life will be complete.:)
If I had mod points I'd mod you up. I did a fair amount of TM resaerch a few years ago (I was flirting with the idea of TMing a name for some programs I was writing - I then decided against it), and I know that this license claptrap is pretty standard fare.
The only thing I'm disappointed about is that I had to scroll so far down to see some common sense...
....for the election in 1998. There are two major problems with that scheme:
1. The polls in the West coast close at 4pm. 2. Saskatchewan doesn't have Daylight Savings Time, so their polls closed an hour later then the rest of the country. Stupid it was.
A much better solution is to simple not disclose the election results until after all of the votes have been counted - say, at 6AM the next morning. But, then the pundits wouldn't get to talk about the results as they come in, so that would never be allowed to happen:)
Ontario has mostly OPP, not RCMP. The RCMP are federal, and rarely seen outside Ottawa.
The all black uniform thing was pretty standard within the OPP before the Tories came into power, IIRC. It's a new thing for Toronto police, who do not (necessarily) come under provincial jurisdiction.
Granted, what the Tories did to education (piss off all the teachers - great idea!) and health care (from now on we won't have any!) is just wrong, but if you're going to bitch and complain, at least get your facts right.
Both you and I know that will never ever ever ever... (five minutes later, and I type fairly fast)... ever ever ever ever happen again. Ever.
What will probably happen with the database itself? In about a week or two somebody will get the bright idea of spinning this move badly (think Alliance after they get a leader) and complain loudly. The Canadian public will (hopefully) realize they've been had, and will demand the personal info be removed from the databases entirely.
Then, that done, Ontario will split the conservative vote and let the Liberals in for another five years, and the circle of life will continue.
1. Yes it was tongue in cheek. I don't know what code the original post guy was complaining about (that post was oh so helpful) but I'm also sure it can't be new code. I also know that I don't know SQL worth a damn and I've got a few database driven sites up, so anything can happen. 2. I keep forgetting that slashcode is up on SourceForge. My bad. 3. I'm sick of general "your code sucks" comments too. I see them all the time. Constructive comments are good. Specific comments are good. "Slashdot bites" is a troll that I shouldn't have responded to, but hey, what's done is done.
If you can come up with better SQL, stop your whining and send a better query to CmdrTaco. Not only wil you get a pat on the head (and maybe a cookie if you're particularly inventive), but if your new uber SQL query speeds up Slashdot, then everybody will love you for it.
I am sure the/. crew doesn't really know SQL. It sounds like you *might*. If you *do* prove it and make SlashCode better for all eternity (replace the abysmal queries with mediocre queries - even small improvements are good). Otherwise, quit your whining.
Switch from NFS to SMB - even the apache site recommends this for speed.
I don't know the first thing about NFS but I am familiar with SMB, and all I can say to that line is GOOD GOD! If NFS is less efficient than SMB I would just HATE to see a packet analysis (I make it a point at home to use FTP for large transfers because SMB takes about three times as long).
The guy who had the job before her did. She was just moved in a while ago to take the fall. Sorta like Shiela Copps and the GST thing. She'll get a bad rep and then move to a less important ministry. Such is the life of a Liberal cabinet minister.
Truth to tell, even though IANAL (I did take a couple years of High School law, but that obviously doesn't count), or even an American, I don't think there is a precedent for this. Is (at law)/. a service provider, a "portal", or a genuine news service with one stupidly big reader feedback section?
I would take the stance that everybody was well within their first amendment rights. However, you may still be forced to take off the comments that post the document verbatim - that does seem to be a copyright violation to me. You should be able to keep the links - there have been precedents there. You should also be able to keep the comments that tell people how to bypass the EULA - after all, opening the EXE in WinZip and extracting the file could be abstracted to allow Linux users to read the document.
Mind you, M$ has a trump - the patent on the concept that is/.:).
So for me, back when Commodore ruled supreme and no laws dealt specifically with computer games, Cracker = that guy who cracked the game.
So the cracker/hacker thing always made sense - the guy had to crack the game like you crack a safe. Then I grew up:).
On a side note, I always thought hacker was appropriate for programmers, because all we're doing is writing up code and hoping it compiles. At least I always felt like a cheap hack....writing Galaga in BASIC...or a side scroller with a flying spoon.
Fill the whole pantleg with these things baby. Mind you, if you do that *and* pour hot grits down your pants, then you will probably void the warranty on your BeoWolf, and then where would you be?
And since it was modded up to 2 I have no idea how you managed to miss it:).
Plus, with that many 12 GB drives, just think about the crazy "two years without repeats" playlist you could have....only you would need to rent an office building to keep the CDs in if you were gonna keep it legal.
...is that the little thing sucked at playing MP3s. Hannibal tracked it down to a WaveOut problem. Once that gets fixed up, then this baby will be a sweet little PC.
Plus, filling a normal PC case with a Beowolf Cluster® full of these things still seems like a good way to blow all that lottery money I want to win:) (sorry - somebody had to say it).
Slashdot Mirror
For some unknown reason, an apostraphe in one ain't necesarily an apostraphe in another.
It's also remotely possible they just strip out anything resembling HTML speak when they submit the page.
Okay, I'm reaching here, but it could happen.
That happens a lot with DB enabled stuff. I can copy stuff out of a text file in an editor that's using Verdana (boo, M$ font, hiss, I know, but I'm at work so what do you want), paste it into my web front end Mozilla, have the apostraphe look like an apostraphe, save it, and have the M$ SQL server convert it to a question mark. Same with hyphens. Frustrating it is. I can't tell if it's the M$ server or the Word document I originally copied from. I'm pretty sure it all starts with Word though.
Moral of the story: Word sucks. You can't work with it, and you can't make your clients send you content in another format.
I've been noticing people complaining about stuff like this. A lot. And I think I know the reason why it's always happening.
The people reviewing and approving stories don't review the links. They just post the story. Verbatim.
This is actually a good thing because if they started editting user submitted articles (the stuff in italics, all of it, in any way), they would be breaking their integrity, and a whole other segment of the /. community would be in an uproar. But, they are still responsible for these links. So what should they do?
How about updates and addendums. There used to be witty comments after each user submitted article. They could say things like CT: Use the mirrors from this list to download the kernel and leave the poor main server alone. Taking a little time to make sure the mirrors are respected shouldn't hurt too much.
Wrong.
If you pay to license their trademarks, you can't bad mouth their company. I believe in the previous thread, somebody used the example of "If you open up a McDonald's franchise, you can't go on national TV and say McDonald's food sucks, and expect to still be running a McDonald's the next day." Same thing.
That license didn't have anything to do with bad independent reviews. But if you wanted to use, say, the Duke Nukem name on a product, you can't turn around and badmouth Apogee.
Again, that's a fairly standard and semi-reasonable restriction for a trademark license.
No, I didn't take the time to read the response.
I do know, however, that he's right. That license agreement was for the trademarks. It was a standard license. It has been legal binding for years. If you wanted to legally use Apogee's trademarks, you had to agree to play by their rules. It's not like it actually covered any of their software.
1. I'm in the country so I don't get cable.
2. I'm in Canada, so I couldn't get the Cartoon Network anyway. That's why I'm working off my admittedly bad memory.
(looks at his post)
(looks at the keyboard)
You know, the D is really clode to the S...
I meant subbed (subtitled). Especially for Eva. English Asuka is damn annoying.
My bad.
The major/minor networks show only a couple of these shows. Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Digimon, Dragonball Z, and Macross masquerading as Robotech. Gundam Wing should be appearing on the Cartoon Network come fall, IIRC.
In order to see most of this you need to find a friend who is big into this stuff, or a comic store. Most comic stores I've been into contain at least a few titles for you to check out.
Unless, of course, you need to be put to sleep for your own good, and for the good of others. Man, was it awful.
Just a warning: watch it in order. Do not skip ahead. Ever. You will only get confused, and that's not supposed to happen until episode 25.
:)
Macross is good if you can find the dubbed version (Robotech will just drive you batty). Macross Plus is awesome. Macross 7 should be avoided at all costs.
Ranma is good if you don't want to think.
Slayers is good too, but the AOVs should probably be avoided.
Sailor Moon man. Get the dubs, get the dubs!
Then when you're done that, get hooked on the music. Then get hooked on JPop in general. Then spend your days hopelessly looking for Megumi Hageshibara (sp?) or even Amuro Namie on Napster, and the circle of life will be complete.
If I had mod points I'd mod you up. I did a fair amount of TM resaerch a few years ago (I was flirting with the idea of TMing a name for some programs I was writing - I then decided against it), and I know that this license claptrap is pretty standard fare.
The only thing I'm disappointed about is that I had to scroll so far down to see some common sense...
....for the election in 1998. There are two major problems with that scheme:
:)
1. The polls in the West coast close at 4pm.
2. Saskatchewan doesn't have Daylight Savings Time, so their polls closed an hour later then the rest of the country. Stupid it was.
A much better solution is to simple not disclose the election results until after all of the votes have been counted - say, at 6AM the next morning. But, then the pundits wouldn't get to talk about the results as they come in, so that would never be allowed to happen
Note - I corrected myself in a reply to myself right after I hit send. I meant to say "You rarely see RCMP in Ontario outside Ottawa." My bad.
Ontario has mostly OPP, not RCMP. The RCMP are federal, and rarely seen outside Ottawa.
Oh, and the provinces that aren't Ontario and Quebec. Note to self - scope my comments properly next time.
Ontario has mostly OPP, not RCMP. The RCMP are federal, and rarely seen outside Ottawa.
The all black uniform thing was pretty standard within the OPP before the Tories came into power, IIRC. It's a new thing for Toronto police, who do not (necessarily) come under provincial jurisdiction.
Granted, what the Tories did to education (piss off all the teachers - great idea!) and health care (from now on we won't have any!) is just wrong, but if you're going to bitch and complain, at least get your facts right.
Both you and I know that will never ever ever ever ... (five minutes later, and I type fairly fast) ... ever ever ever ever happen again. Ever.
What will probably happen with the database itself? In about a week or two somebody will get the bright idea of spinning this move badly (think Alliance after they get a leader) and complain loudly. The Canadian public will (hopefully) realize they've been had, and will demand the personal info be removed from the databases entirely.
Then, that done, Ontario will split the conservative vote and let the Liberals in for another five years, and the circle of life will continue.
1. Yes it was tongue in cheek. I don't know what code the original post guy was complaining about (that post was oh so helpful) but I'm also sure it can't be new code. I also know that I don't know SQL worth a damn and I've got a few database driven sites up, so anything can happen.
2. I keep forgetting that slashcode is up on SourceForge. My bad.
3. I'm sick of general "your code sucks" comments too. I see them all the time. Constructive comments are good. Specific comments are good. "Slashdot bites" is a troll that I shouldn't have responded to, but hey, what's done is done.
If you can come up with better SQL, stop your whining and send a better query to CmdrTaco. Not only wil you get a pat on the head (and maybe a cookie if you're particularly inventive), but if your new uber SQL query speeds up Slashdot, then everybody will love you for it.
/. crew doesn't really know SQL. It sounds like you *might*. If you *do* prove it and make SlashCode better for all eternity (replace the abysmal queries with mediocre queries - even small improvements are good). Otherwise, quit your whining.
I am sure the
Switch from NFS to SMB - even the apache site recommends this for speed.
I don't know the first thing about NFS but I am familiar with SMB, and all I can say to that line is GOOD GOD! If NFS is less efficient than SMB I would just HATE to see a packet analysis (I make it a point at home to use FTP for large transfers because SMB takes about three times as long).
The guy who had the job before her did. She was just moved in a while ago to take the fall. Sorta like Shiela Copps and the GST thing. She'll get a bad rep and then move to a less important ministry. Such is the life of a Liberal cabinet minister.
Truth to tell, even though IANAL (I did take a couple years of High School law, but that obviously doesn't count), or even an American, I don't think there is a precedent for this. Is (at law) /. a service provider, a "portal", or a genuine news service with one stupidly big reader feedback section?
/. :).
I would take the stance that everybody was well within their first amendment rights. However, you may still be forced to take off the comments that post the document verbatim - that does seem to be a copyright violation to me. You should be able to keep the links - there have been precedents there. You should also be able to keep the comments that tell people how to bypass the EULA - after all, opening the EXE in WinZip and extracting the file could be abstracted to allow Linux users to read the document.
Mind you, M$ has a trump - the patent on the concept that is
So for me, back when Commodore ruled supreme and no laws dealt specifically with computer games, Cracker = that guy who cracked the game.
:).
So the cracker/hacker thing always made sense - the guy had to crack the game like you crack a safe. Then I grew up
On a side note, I always thought hacker was appropriate for programmers, because all we're doing is writing up code and hoping it compiles. At least I always felt like a cheap hack....writing Galaga in BASIC...or a side scroller with a flying spoon.
Fill the whole pantleg with these things baby. Mind you, if you do that *and* pour hot grits down your pants, then you will probably void the warranty on your BeoWolf, and then where would you be?
And since it was modded up to 2 I have no idea how you managed to miss it :).
Plus, with that many 12 GB drives, just think about the crazy "two years without repeats" playlist you could have....only you would need to rent an office building to keep the CDs in if you were gonna keep it legal.
...is that the little thing sucked at playing MP3s. Hannibal tracked it down to a WaveOut problem. Once that gets fixed up, then this baby will be a sweet little PC.
:) (sorry - somebody had to say it).
Plus, filling a normal PC case with a Beowolf Cluster® full of these things still seems like a good way to blow all that lottery money I want to win