I wasn't trying to suggest that being military inferior is a good thing. I was trying to suggest that sending an invasion fleet to the aliens is a REALLY BAD IDEA - and you just pointed out exactly what would probably happen...
Well, that WOULD work. Unless the aliens are military superior to us, and get offended by it.
But - I suppose you're from the US and can't understand the implications it gives the inhabitants of the country you're trying to invade...
Interesting solution, but not very neat. Not having the cable for the player seems great. It would be more interesting to see factory-made headphones with included flash mp3 player. That would make a more fancy solution. However, I'm not sure that would really happen - most people who use headphones are rather nittpicky about the quality of them...
He may know which connection he's calling - but perhaps not what person. In Europe, we don't all have dedicated landlines, you know, but often share them in a family or similar...
Well, I doubt even that. I saw an article some time ago (unfortunately lost the link though) saying that nowadays there are even more cellphones in Sweden than inhabitants... (!)
In a world dominated by open-source software, rather than closed-source as it is today, such a ripoff would probably be economically unviable. Its very nature of being closed would probably be a very large disincentive for potential buyers.
Where did I say it was going to be re-released as a closed-source-product? In the PearPC case that certainly may be, but I actually didn't say it had to be re-released as closed source. To re-release under GPL (a supposedly not well-known software, ripping Linus Torvalds off probably won't work) a GPL software, only stripped of copyright notice (well the notice who wrote it) and exchanged with your own, would be totally possible if copyright was no more. However - thanks to copyright this isn't possible. Copyright makes GPL enforcable - and such behaviour, actually, would be inconsistent with GPL, I think at least. As I've understood GPL copyright notices must be preserved - which they wouldn't be in the above scenario.
To make a comparison - the nowadays not that alive tracking scene is the closest I can think of GPL software in music. Lots of musicians basically have released "source code" for their music on pages like this one, distributed for free. Copyright infringement IS unusual, but not unheard of. There's always one or another lunatic who think you can get away with changing "famous tracker artist" to "own nick" to boost their own fame...
Actually copyright is what is making the ripoff of PearPC illegal. Without copyright, you would be free to take any source code, modify it, and pretend you wrote it.
At least in Sweden, you differ between two parts of the copyright - "ekonomisk upphovsrätt" (economical copyright), and "ideell upphovsrätt" (ideal copyright").
The first one is referring who is able to copy, earn money off of your work etc. (That's the kind being abused in P2P-pirating and which *AA is so aggressive about, and which may be debatable).
The other one is concerned with the problem in TFA. Some one is copying something you've done, claiming it is an original work. As far as I know, there isn't any big disagreements about this one - IT IS GOOD.
There is one way (through legislation) that should take care of at least the spam (not your fans though, and I wouldn't want such a law either...).
Just make unsolicited AUTOMATED email-sending illegal... (IANAL, but it hopefully should be possible to translate that sentence into legalese)
The spammers aren't going to make such a problem sending spam manually...
Actually I think ddmmyy is totally backwards (literally). In my eyes (swedish ones) it should be yymmdd - logical order compared to the decimal number system - "biggest" number should be to the left. It's also very logical when combined with times. Right now it is 050302 03:30 in Germany, for example.
At least we agree on one thing - dates are written differently all over the world (we haven't even started to count other calendars...) and the american way to do it is really strange.:)
I do use it. But only when I'm writing in my third language - german (german grammar is a pain in the b***, and well, I could need some more training). My swedish and english are good enough to beat the grammar check, though...
So - the grammar check IS great - when you're writing in a foreign language.
Actually, the CD version IS digital, just not distributed over the Internet. That makes a digital (in some format, including CD) song impossibly more expensive as the CD versiom.
Same for my parents. My mom has an Ericsson GH198. It's kinda ancient... However, she's still using the preprogrammed ringtone (there's a possibility to choose from five or six different ones). Needless to say, she never hears it normally.
The only exception I know of was when we visited the Liseberg. For their newest rollercoaster - the "Balder", they used exactly that ringtone to convey the warning messages. Quite irritating actually.
Myself - I'm using a ringtone I programmed myself into my cellphone - all free. I doubt that tune will find its way to Jamba etc companies, and if it will, I will just change it to one of the tunes I've written myself.
If not, why do you expect the security guard to know the exact details of the law he's paid to enforce?
I am not expecting that. Actually I was (trying to obviously) show that your definition of "common sense" was a bad one...
To your question about the security guard: Actually I'm a Swede. The principle of publicaccess is very important in Sweden - I would expect a law/regulation (considering things like postmail to authorities, email to the prime minister etc are public in Sweden, ) to be available for the public to read - even if the responsible officer isn't able to present it someone should be able to. I would even expect that in other countries, even the US. But I suppose that's probably me being just one of those insensitive european clods?
Using the same logic, you would get the following:
Linux is incredibly hard to use.
Microsoft makes a good operating systems.
Eating at McDonalds is healthy.
Mathematics is impossible to understand.
Computers are impossible to understand too.
Blablablabla...
Well, if you read my post again I was specifically talking about airline flights [i]inside Schengen[/i] - where as far as I know - those EU fine regulations connected to the Schengen don't apply.
If they do - they're specific UK fines as far as I know (I'm not particularly good at UK law as I'm swedish and not from UK).
Also - except Norway and Iceland - Schengen is a subset of the European Union, so I wasn't speaking of those outside EU-flights either - same rules apply in Sweden, and as far as I know, all EU countries.
Yeah, it would be - but then it would be mandated by an airline policy, and not as mentioned in the article - a secret law.
For example, RyanAir (Europe) demands to see ID/passport on ALL flights - even those intra-Schengen-ones (and even national ones) where it wouldn't be necessary. But that's an airline policy - and not by law.
Well, he might be using Knoppix or another live-cd, and when finished for the day, burn his accomplishments to cd/dvd (ie persistent, but optical, not magnetic storage).
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I wasn't trying to suggest that being military inferior is a good thing. I was trying to suggest that sending an invasion fleet to the aliens is a REALLY BAD IDEA - and you just pointed out exactly what would probably happen...
Well, that WOULD work. Unless the aliens are military superior to us, and get offended by it. But - I suppose you're from the US and can't understand the implications it gives the inhabitants of the country you're trying to invade...
Interesting solution, but not very neat. Not having the cable for the player seems great. It would be more interesting to see factory-made headphones with included flash mp3 player. That would make a more fancy solution. However, I'm not sure that would really happen - most people who use headphones are rather nittpicky about the quality of them...
Yes, when calling a cellphone, you hopefully know who you're calling. :) However, I STILL tend to answer with my name. Old customs, you know...
I was referring to ALL calls - including calls between individuals on private landlines...
He may know which connection he's calling - but perhaps not what person. In Europe, we don't all have dedicated landlines, you know, but often share them in a family or similar...
swedish variant:
Ring!
Recipient: Hello, it's [recipient's name] || Welcome to [company], I'm [recipient's name] || [recipient's phone Number]
Caller: Hello, it's [caller's name], I'm calling about...
[begin conversation]
It always seems to annoy me, when speaking with people from other cultures, that they never tend to tell who they are when speaking with them...
Well, I doubt even that. I saw an article some time ago (unfortunately lost the link though) saying that nowadays there are even more cellphones in Sweden than inhabitants... (!)
(I'm a swede...)
To make a comparison - the nowadays not that alive tracking scene is the closest I can think of GPL software in music. Lots of musicians basically have released "source code" for their music on pages like this one, distributed for free. Copyright infringement IS unusual, but not unheard of. There's always one or another lunatic who think you can get away with changing "famous tracker artist" to "own nick" to boost their own fame...
Actually copyright is what is making the ripoff of PearPC illegal. Without copyright, you would be free to take any source code, modify it, and pretend you wrote it.
At least in Sweden, you differ between two parts of the copyright - "ekonomisk upphovsrätt" (economical copyright), and "ideell upphovsrätt" (ideal copyright").
The first one is referring who is able to copy, earn money off of your work etc. (That's the kind being abused in P2P-pirating and which *AA is so aggressive about, and which may be debatable).
The other one is concerned with the problem in TFA. Some one is copying something you've done, claiming it is an original work. As far as I know, there isn't any big disagreements about this one - IT IS GOOD.
There is one way (through legislation) that should take care of at least the spam (not your fans though, and I wouldn't want such a law either...). Just make unsolicited AUTOMATED email-sending illegal... (IANAL, but it hopefully should be possible to translate that sentence into legalese) The spammers aren't going to make such a problem sending spam manually...
Actually I think ddmmyy is totally backwards (literally). In my eyes (swedish ones) it should be yymmdd - logical order compared to the decimal number system - "biggest" number should be to the left. It's also very logical when combined with times. Right now it is 050302 03:30 in Germany, for example. At least we agree on one thing - dates are written differently all over the world (we haven't even started to count other calendars...) and the american way to do it is really strange. :)
I do use it. But only when I'm writing in my third language - german (german grammar is a pain in the b***, and well, I could need some more training). My swedish and english are good enough to beat the grammar check, though... So - the grammar check IS great - when you're writing in a foreign language.
Actually, the CD version IS digital, just not distributed over the Internet. That makes a digital (in some format, including CD) song impossibly more expensive as the CD versiom.
Same for my parents. My mom has an Ericsson GH198. It's kinda ancient... However, she's still using the preprogrammed ringtone (there's a possibility to choose from five or six different ones). Needless to say, she never hears it normally. The only exception I know of was when we visited the Liseberg. For their newest rollercoaster - the "Balder", they used exactly that ringtone to convey the warning messages. Quite irritating actually. Myself - I'm using a ringtone I programmed myself into my cellphone - all free. I doubt that tune will find its way to Jamba etc companies, and if it will, I will just change it to one of the tunes I've written myself.
I am not expecting that. Actually I was (trying to obviously) show that your definition of "common sense" was a bad one...
To your question about the security guard: Actually I'm a Swede. The principle of public access is very important in Sweden - I would expect a law/regulation (considering things like postmail to authorities, email to the prime minister etc are public in Sweden, ) to be available for the public to read - even if the responsible officer isn't able to present it someone should be able to. I would even expect that in other countries, even the US. But I suppose that's probably me being just one of those insensitive european clods?
Using the same logic, you would get the following:
Linux is incredibly hard to use.
Microsoft makes a good operating systems.
Eating at McDonalds is healthy.
Mathematics is impossible to understand.
Computers are impossible to understand too.
Blablablabla...
Well, if you read my post again I was specifically talking about airline flights [i]inside Schengen[/i] - where as far as I know - those EU fine regulations connected to the Schengen don't apply.
If they do - they're specific UK fines as far as I know (I'm not particularly good at UK law as I'm swedish and not from UK).
Also - except Norway and Iceland - Schengen is a subset of the European Union, so I wasn't speaking of those outside EU-flights either - same rules apply in Sweden, and as far as I know, all EU countries.
Yeah, it would be - but then it would be mandated by an airline policy, and not as mentioned in the article - a secret law. For example, RyanAir (Europe) demands to see ID/passport on ALL flights - even those intra-Schengen-ones (and even national ones) where it wouldn't be necessary. But that's an airline policy - and not by law.
Well, he might be using Knoppix or another live-cd, and when finished for the day, burn his accomplishments to cd/dvd (ie persistent, but optical, not magnetic storage).
Google for "rustboy"...
Conectiva's former owners must have done good business. As we can read at here MandrakeSoft paid for it once yesterday too...