I really wish we had a little more of this in this increasingly irrational country. Simple judgement calls are being replaced by reactionism, nationalistic hyperbole, simple ignorance, fear, and political opportunism. Making a reasonable point these days is as likely to get you branded a terrorist sympathizer as a good citizen.
I was with you until that last sentence. I find it ironic that you would make such an exagerrated claim after making such a sober point.
And you can be sure that this niche of number crunchers is going to have full access to the Darwin source code, should it matter. Obviously under an NDA, but that's fine as long as they get to crunch their numbers. The number crunchers are usually only interested in hacking commercial products as a means to an end: number crunching. For their point of view, the xnu kernel is pedestrian.
You need to re-evaluate your understanding of science. Science proves nothing. Science is the process of creating models of natural (or even unnatural) phenomena, and empirically testing these models via experimentation. But no amount of experimentation will prove that a model is right. Experimentation can only show that a model is flawed, at which point a new model is proposed.
I like how you casually mention that you've studied under Indians. It's almost like you're Batman. Only instead of having billions of dollars in the bank, a rad car, a hot girlfriend, and a cave, you probably have hundreds of extra pounds hanging from your torso. And a cave.
Are these real operators? I'm looking through perldoc.perl.org for them (I try to learn a new Perl tidbit every day, and this sounds kind of interesting) but I can't find them. Methods/subroutines in a standard package?
If they had tried to maintain the "magic", as you put it, SGI would have died that much sooner. To survive, a company has to build a solid market. Providing a playground for creative people is at best a means to that end.
I think you have that backwards. Providing a playground is the end. All that money stuff is just a means to that end.
Now, then, it WOULD be nice to have an OpenDoc or XML-native word processor that doesn't try and be a page-layout program. A LaTeX program that had autocorrect, a live-use dictionary, OOo's "word complete", and some form of revision tracking would probably be ideal.
Use TeX, a text editor with autocorrect, a dictionary, etc, and SVN. Easy as pie.
The DisplayPort specification also addresses the industry need for a ubiquitous digital interface standard with a compact connector, as well as optional content protection, that can be deployed widely at low cost. A protected digital interface that can be easily deployed on a PC enables broad access to premium content sources such as high-definition movies.
For fuck's sake, the fact that they're provided only to "Authorized" personnel has nothing to do with the case. Apple already said why they're requesting the document pulled, and it's because of an alleged copyright violation. Trade secrets have nothing to do with copyrights.
Even if the manuals are trade secrets, somebody[1] leaked them. They are now in the wild, and SA redistributed them. The only legal question here is whether SA exercised their right to fair use or not.
[1] And I'm sure Apple is investigating who to sue for breach of NDA. Apple doesn't seem to think it was anyone at SA.
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I was with you until that last sentence. I find it ironic that you would make such an exagerrated claim after making such a sober point.
Should you leave your front door unlocked just because a thief could kick it in? Nope.
And you can be sure that this niche of number crunchers is going to have full access to the Darwin source code, should it matter. Obviously under an NDA, but that's fine as long as they get to crunch their numbers. The number crunchers are usually only interested in hacking commercial products as a means to an end: number crunching. For their point of view, the xnu kernel is pedestrian.
You need to re-evaluate your understanding of science. Science proves nothing. Science is the process of creating models of natural (or even unnatural) phenomena, and empirically testing these models via experimentation. But no amount of experimentation will prove that a model is right. Experimentation can only show that a model is flawed, at which point a new model is proposed.
I like how you casually mention that you've studied under Indians. It's almost like you're Batman. Only instead of having billions of dollars in the bank, a rad car, a hot girlfriend, and a cave, you probably have hundreds of extra pounds hanging from your torso. And a cave.
Oh yeah, and you're still really fucking lame.
Nope, I was wrong. You're still really fucking lame.
I prefer to think of both Taylor's (and Weierstrass's) and Fourier's theorem as special cases of the Stone-Weierstrass theorem. Easy, formal, unifying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone-Weierstrass_the orem
That's not a minor security flaw...
Are these real operators? I'm looking through perldoc.perl.org for them (I try to learn a new Perl tidbit every day, and this sounds kind of interesting) but I can't find them. Methods/subroutines in a standard package?
Kind of interesting actually. Especially since voters have rejected measures to drop the law (in Oregon, anyway).
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Straw Hat OS is a name I could get behind. Gomu Gomu no!! Pistole!!
John Smiley. There's no irony there. But it is a conincidence. Or maybe a conspiracy.
Both 'zeta' and 'ubuntu' were meaningful before any marketing team got behind them.
Don't worry, Mr. Stallman. I won't spill the beans.
Get some good coffee and a French press. A nice, mild roast shouldn't need sugar but has enough caffeine to keep you up.
I think you have that backwards. Providing a playground is the end. All that money stuff is just a means to that end.
Straw man or not, it's the myth I bought into before I was a programmer.
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/hysteresis/Wha tIsHysteresis.html
Hope this helps!
Yes. That's what they mean by hystersis in the wikipedia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteresis
Producing tables for the important mathematical functions, for use in astronomy and ballistics (as in aiming artillery).
Use TeX, a text editor with autocorrect, a dictionary, etc, and SVN. Easy as pie.
Even if the manuals are trade secrets, somebody[1] leaked them. They are now in the wild, and SA redistributed them. The only legal question here is whether SA exercised their right to fair use or not.
[1] And I'm sure Apple is investigating who to sue for breach of NDA. Apple doesn't seem to think it was anyone at SA.
Way to stop reading where it suits you. Try being a tiny bit more charitable and you won't look like such a jack ass.