When you put a web site up, then you invite everyone to visit it. But just because I have an email address, doesn't mean that I invite everyone to send me email. Your analogy is invalid.
FYI, you're quoting Rush, not Simon and Garfunkle. S&G wrote the version that says "words of the prophets", but Rush's version says "words of the profits".
With the vast majority of OpenSource developers disliking writing code in C++
Do you have even the slightest bit of evidence to back this absurd claim? It's true that a number of Linux kernel developers don't think C++ belongs in the kernel, but that's a far cry from what you're claiming.
But what about the (unlikely) situation of a geek getting a girlfriend? All of her steamy email will be flagged as spam, and then she'll get upset and dump him. Oh, the irony!
I don't know why you would say that. All the environmentalists I know care a great deal about non-human lifeforms, sometimes even more than humans. Polution and toxins are bad for everything, not just people.
Well, after reading this, I have to assume that you just don't understand my point. What you consider to be major differences, I consider to be details.
The size of the memory or the speed of the processor are completely irrelevant to my point. I don't think RAD comprises a significant portion of code development today. I don't think it's possible for someone to maintain a career as a software developer using only RAD tools. Sooner or later, he'll need to break out his text editor and write straight code (in C, Java, whatever) and compile the SOB, then probably debug it using a debugger or a bunch of printf's. And the difference between GWBASIC and today's languages is also minor, IMHO. Sure, OOP adds a whole new dimension, but it's still writing code in an editor, compiling, and debugging.
30 years from now when I am 50, computers are likely to be as different from today's, as the computers today are different from those of the 1970s.
Computers are not that different. Programmers have been writing software the same exact way for 50 years, and there's no indication that it will be different any time soon.
MS lost against Lindows because "Windows" is already an English word, so the judge decided that Lindows could easily have been derived from the English word rather than Microsoft's trademark. However, "Godzilla" is not an English word, and it only means one thing.
It doesn't matter what their PR department says. An Intel employee who doesn't believe in Intel is an idiot. Can you imagine a Linux advocate working for Microsoft? What would be the point?
Again, it's not theft! The whole problem with the copyright laws today is that too many people are using the word "theft" when they should use a different term, like "infringement" or "extortion".
It may be bullshit, but there is nothing which prohibits copyright holders from limiting use of the material.
Yes there is, and it's called fair use. If I buy a DVD, I have the right to play it on any DVD players in any country I want.
It's no different than buying the UK version of a Harry Potter and bringing it back to the U.S. to read. What if the publisher didn't want me to be able to do that? Too bad, he can't stop me.
OS X can run the entire Mac OS 9 OS inside of itself, much like OS/2 can run Windows 3.1. That is, if you want to run a Mac app that does not run natively under OS X, you need to launch "OS 9 Classic Mode", and then run your OS 9 app inside that mode. It's almost like an emulator.
This is a letter I just sent to my Representative and Senators. Permission is given to anyone who wants to use this text to send a similar letter.
Today I read an article on news.com (http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html) that Hewlett-Packard has intended to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to punish a company that has released information about a security vulnerability in an HP product. For quite some time I have been telling you that the DMCA is a bad law that needs to be repealed, and this is just more evidence to that effect. HP has known about this vulnerability for a year, but has chosen to do nothing to fix it.
HP's action could set a precedent that would stifle technology research. Companies would be free to release broken technologies that would eventually be used in high-security environments. Anyone who attempted to test the strengths of these products would be branded a criminal.
HP's customers and the American public deserve to know about security issues in HP's products. Withholding such information is just like the accounting scandals that have been rampant in recent times. Insecure technology is a weapon that hackers and terrorists can use against us. So when an American company decides to hide behind an American law rather than fix it products, our politicians need to re-examine that law.
I urge you to sponsor legislation that will repeal the DMCA. Americans deserve better. Please write back to me and let me know that you support my fair use rights in a digital world, and that you'll be working to repeal the DMCA.
Emebedded system, C and assembly? The other developers can't write code fast enough? If youre company is in Austin, TX, may I suggest that you fire one of them and hire me instead? I can assure you, you won't regret it.
Are you saying that in the UK, it is illegal for a store to offer a refund for an item that is not faulty? What if you bought someone a sweater for Christmas, and it was the wrong size? I would think you could return it.
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And who says the a developer is only someone who writes code?
Oh, just about everyone. The terms "developer" and "programmer" are synonyms. If someone comes to me and tells me he's working on a piece of software and he's a developer, I'm going to assume that he writes code, and if doesn't, I'm going to tell him that he's not a developer.
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When you put a web site up, then you invite everyone to visit it. But just because I have an email address, doesn't mean that I invite everyone to send me email. Your analogy is invalid.
The freedom to commit a crime is not a freedom you want to support.
FYI, you're quoting Rush, not Simon and Garfunkle. S&G wrote the version that says "words of the prophets", but Rush's version says "words of the profits".
Do you have even the slightest bit of evidence to back this absurd claim? It's true that a number of Linux kernel developers don't think C++ belongs in the kernel, but that's a far cry from what you're claiming.
But what about the (unlikely) situation of a geek getting a girlfriend? All of her steamy email will be flagged as spam, and then she'll get upset and dump him. Oh, the irony!
I don't know why you would say that. All the environmentalists I know care a great deal about non-human lifeforms, sometimes even more than humans. Polution and toxins are bad for everything, not just people.
Well, after reading this, I have to assume that you just don't understand my point. What you consider to be major differences, I consider to be details.
The size of the memory or the speed of the processor are completely irrelevant to my point. I don't think RAD comprises a significant portion of code development today. I don't think it's possible for someone to maintain a career as a software developer using only RAD tools. Sooner or later, he'll need to break out his text editor and write straight code (in C, Java, whatever) and compile the SOB, then probably debug it using a debugger or a bunch of printf's. And the difference between GWBASIC and today's languages is also minor, IMHO. Sure, OOP adds a whole new dimension, but it's still writing code in an editor, compiling, and debugging.
Computers are not that different. Programmers have been writing software the same exact way for 50 years, and there's no indication that it will be different any time soon.
Maybe if Jeri Ryan were compatible with Slashdot readers, she'd be much more ubiquitous.
MS lost against Lindows because "Windows" is already an English word, so the judge decided that Lindows could easily have been derived from the English word rather than Microsoft's trademark. However, "Godzilla" is not an English word, and it only means one thing.
Slightly off-topic (or maybe not), can anyone tell me how I can get Mozilla for Windows to display the Japanese characters?
It doesn't matter what their PR department says. An Intel employee who doesn't believe in Intel is an idiot. Can you imagine a Linux advocate working for Microsoft? What would be the point?
Again, it's not theft! The whole problem with the copyright laws today is that too many people are using the word "theft" when they should use a different term, like "infringement" or "extortion".
I thought it was 85.7%
Yes there is, and it's called fair use. If I buy a DVD, I have the right to play it on any DVD players in any country I want.
It's no different than buying the UK version of a Harry Potter and bringing it back to the U.S. to read. What if the publisher didn't want me to be able to do that? Too bad, he can't stop me.
Ok, with the exception that the binaries run natively on the CPU, it looks and acts just like an emulator.
OS X can run the entire Mac OS 9 OS inside of itself, much like OS/2 can run Windows 3.1. That is, if you want to run a Mac app that does not run natively under OS X, you need to launch "OS 9 Classic Mode", and then run your OS 9 app inside that mode. It's almost like an emulator.
Today I read an article on news.com (http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html) that Hewlett-Packard has intended to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to punish a company that has released information about a security vulnerability in an HP product. For quite some time I have been telling you that the DMCA is a bad law that needs to be repealed, and this is just more evidence to that effect. HP has known about this vulnerability for a year, but has chosen to do nothing to fix it.
HP's action could set a precedent that would stifle technology research. Companies would be free to release broken technologies that would eventually be used in high-security environments. Anyone who attempted to test the strengths of these products would be branded a criminal.
HP's customers and the American public deserve to know about security issues in HP's products. Withholding such information is just like the accounting scandals that have been rampant in recent times. Insecure technology is a weapon that hackers and terrorists can use against us. So when an American company decides to hide behind an American law rather than fix it products, our politicians need to re-examine that law.
I urge you to sponsor legislation that will repeal the DMCA. Americans deserve better. Please write back to me and let me know that you support my fair use rights in a digital world, and that you'll be working to repeal the DMCA.
I apologize, it was a typo.
Emebedded system, C and assembly? The other developers can't write code fast enough? If youre company is in Austin, TX, may I suggest that you fire one of them and hire me instead? I can assure you, you won't regret it.
I also vote for Slickedit. It is by far the best text editor I've seen. It's worth every penny.
Now that is funny!
Are you saying that in the UK, it is illegal for a store to offer a refund for an item that is not faulty? What if you bought someone a sweater for Christmas, and it was the wrong size? I would think you could return it.
Oh, just about everyone. The terms "developer" and "programmer" are synonyms. If someone comes to me and tells me he's working on a piece of software and he's a developer, I'm going to assume that he writes code, and if doesn't, I'm going to tell him that he's not a developer.