Actually, everyone agrees what it means. It's just that different people have use for different bases, so if an analyst is talking to an analyst, they both know which log they're talking about.
And I'm pretty sure the only reason anyone cares about the base 10 log is because sliderules were invented.
When did he say something inflammatory? Last I read, he said arguments about GPLv3 were going to be a lot of hot air, and they'd die down eventually and everyone would go on with their lives.
There is no such thing as intellectual property. Property law cannot logically be applied to non-tangible things.
Businesses in any other sector would say, "This new development has a potentially huge negative impact on our profitability. How can we modify our business model to mitigate that impact?" Because the entertainment sector has political power, they say, "This new development has a potentially huge negative impact on our profitability. How can we keep people from taking advantage of this technological innovation?" The effect is to hamstring technological development. I think this is an ethically and economically bad thing.
The difference between copyright infringement and pollution is that pollution affects the public directly. The fact that copyright is being infringed does no harm to my quality of life. The reactions of entertainment companies, to (attempt to) impose Digital Restrictions Management on my media, to call me a thief, do harm.
Therefore, I propose that we allow the market to settle this. Entertainment companies can impose DRM if they want, but there is no reason to mandate such a thing by law. If people will put up with it, maybe it'll stick around. They must also face the fact that rampant copyright infringement is here to stay; it isn't 1980 anymore. They can sue in civil court for damages from infringement, and they can sue to shut down services that only exist to illegally distribute copyrighted material. (If a service can show a significant legitimate use and demonstrate due diligence to prevent infringement, they'll have to live with it or find another way to prevent such distribution.)
If these companies can't stay in business because of lost revenues due to copyright infringement, tough shit. There are plenty of vibrant alternative channels for artists to be seen/heard.
Excuse me for not having more sympathy for the multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry.
No if you don't know how to stop without it. Some dumbass who slams on the brake and goes into a skid stops a lot slower than someone who does the same with ABS.
Yeah, Linux UIs are consistent. Give me a call when all the gnome applications use the same font sizes (which are set in a gnome preference, not app preferences). This has been enough to keep me using Evolution, which freezes every time I click on a card in my contacts, rather than sylpheed or cronos or balsa or whatever. Evolution is the only one that looks right.
Try "(app menu) -> Hide others," usually command-option-h (except in Photoshop, I think), to clear other applications' clutter. I usually have a few browser windows with a few tabs each, and I find it works well.
It isn't a maximize button. The last time I owned a computer that primarily ran Windows was in 2001, so I'm used to it. I use the "Application -> Hide others" command to get rid of the clutter of other windows.
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Because a new version of the Flash player for Windows came out since then.
{P(1), P(2), ...} are all the prime numbers, not some list of the ones you know. 2*3*5+1=31, which is prime.
No one said it could be used to find new primes, either. It's a proof that there are infinitely many primes.
Actually, everyone agrees what it means. It's just that different people have use for different bases, so if an analyst is talking to an analyst, they both know which log they're talking about.
And I'm pretty sure the only reason anyone cares about the base 10 log is because sliderules were invented.
When did he say something inflammatory? Last I read, he said arguments about GPLv3 were going to be a lot of hot air, and they'd die down eventually and everyone would go on with their lives.
LOL
"for those whose browsers are incapable of leaving the slashdot domain"
Thanks, because traffic from Slashdot readers has never been known to slow down or disable a web server, or else there would be a verb for it. Chode.
There is no such thing as intellectual property. Property law cannot logically be applied to non-tangible things.
Businesses in any other sector would say, "This new development has a potentially huge negative impact on our profitability. How can we modify our business model to mitigate that impact?" Because the entertainment sector has political power, they say, "This new development has a potentially huge negative impact on our profitability. How can we keep people from taking advantage of this technological innovation?" The effect is to hamstring technological development. I think this is an ethically and economically bad thing.
The difference between copyright infringement and pollution is that pollution affects the public directly. The fact that copyright is being infringed does no harm to my quality of life. The reactions of entertainment companies, to (attempt to) impose Digital Restrictions Management on my media, to call me a thief, do harm.
Therefore, I propose that we allow the market to settle this. Entertainment companies can impose DRM if they want, but there is no reason to mandate such a thing by law. If people will put up with it, maybe it'll stick around. They must also face the fact that rampant copyright infringement is here to stay; it isn't 1980 anymore. They can sue in civil court for damages from infringement, and they can sue to shut down services that only exist to illegally distribute copyrighted material. (If a service can show a significant legitimate use and demonstrate due diligence to prevent infringement, they'll have to live with it or find another way to prevent such distribution.) If these companies can't stay in business because of lost revenues due to copyright infringement, tough shit. There are plenty of vibrant alternative channels for artists to be seen/heard.
Excuse me for not having more sympathy for the multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry.
And can I get an internet that blocks any page that refers to Microsoft as "M$?" Please?
This is just a fucking whiny blog post. Give me a break.
The first thing I did when I got a laptop was blog from the toilet. As far as I'm concerned, that's the reason for technology.
I mean, I guess you're right, assuming a camera can steal your soul.
Authentication before making system changes. This, the author implies, is acceptable on OSX, but not Windows? Why?
Because it's better implemented in OS X.
Why the fuck would anyone write a long text file like this? Are we on usenet?
No if you don't know how to stop without it. Some dumbass who slams on the brake and goes into a skid stops a lot slower than someone who does the same with ABS.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
Free as in beer, not as in freedom.
I'd rather the letter keys be centered with the screen than have more keys.
Yeah, Linux UIs are consistent. Give me a call when all the gnome applications use the same font sizes (which are set in a gnome preference, not app preferences). This has been enough to keep me using Evolution, which freezes every time I click on a card in my contacts, rather than sylpheed or cronos or balsa or whatever. Evolution is the only one that looks right.
Try "(app menu) -> Hide others," usually command-option-h (except in Photoshop, I think), to clear other applications' clutter. I usually have a few browser windows with a few tabs each, and I find it works well.
Yeah, but you only get Windows upgrades twice a decade, so it evens out.
You can use Spotlight as a primitive launcher. Works for me. Command space, the type the first few letters.
It isn't a maximize button. The last time I owned a computer that primarily ran Windows was in 2001, so I'm used to it. I use the "Application -> Hide others" command to get rid of the clutter of other windows.
Personally, I hate the way it drops .DS_Store files every-fucking-where.
Shitty journalism, yes, but shitty sentence structure as well. Not grammatically incorrect, just retardedly hard to read.