No it doesn't, there are many places where they have red light cameras, but the yellow timing is not tampered with, because that's set by safety bodies on the advice of research and engineering, not by crooked politicians or private camera operators.
And the simple fact is thanks to the loudness war [wikipedia.org] trying to come up with high fi MP3 is about as pointless as coming up with a super polished turd.
Only if you listen to shitty mainstream artists. Not every band/mixer/producer is a victim of the loudness war.
Have you got any evidence that this has happened in "most cases"? The other poster mentioned the UK, where there have been no reports of tampered light timings due to red light cameras. The same is true in many other places, like Europe and Australia. It seems that this problem is endemic to America, where there is a lot of corruption involved, it seems. For example, the idea of the camera companies sharing in the ticket revenue is pretty absurd. The idea that light timings can be tampered with is also pretty alarming
But they continue to distribute the SQL server engine as closed source and with the current license. Does that make SQL server free or not free?
We're basically talking about interacting with a black box. Your machine making the requests is not running the server software.
Similarly, your machine interacts with another black box all the time - the human brain. That's what those keyboards and displays are for. Since we can't produce the source code and schematics for the human brain, then every computer used by a human must be non-free.
Which reduces the scope for innovation, standards and progress. Hence Stallman's warning.
And yet, web apps are where much of the innovation in the software field is happening at the moment. Before web apps, most of the innovation was happening in proprietary desktop software. The Open Source world appears to be where the least innovation happens, and most projects just imitate something that already exists in the proprietary space. There are exceptions of course, but they are rare. The Free software world can hardly be considered a bastion of innovation.
I wonder how Stallman uses anything. Does he keep his money in a bank? The bank uses non-free software to keep track of his money. Does he interact with government? The government is a big user of Microsoft and other non-free products.
I guess the only solution would be to establish GNU Island, a self-governing country which allows no unfree software within its borders. Should probably have some weird floating orb for defense, just to be sure that no unfree software sneaks in.
Why not? Well, there's no legal or moral reason why not, just an aesthetic/cultural one. It's probably going to suck, just like most other "virtual worlds."
'We'll have to be really lucky to decipher an Earth-like planet's atmosphere during a transit event so that we can tell it is Earth-like,' said Kaltenegger.
Governer Kaltenegger continued.... "It is not until this time that we can begin the search for Sarah Connor."
The "netbook" is simply the tech media's latest obsession. Name anything, and the netbook is touted as the reason behind it. Cure to polio? Netbook. Waning Windows adoption? Netbook.
Name any problem, and the netbook is the answer to it. Financial crisis? Netbook. Inexplicable popularity of reality TV? Netbook. Global warming? Netbook.
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Kinda difficult to boot Linux on a filesystem with only 8.3 filenames available.
How can you have 0.3 of a filename?
which will criminalize possession of sexual depictions that appear to show someone under 18 (the age of consent is 16 in the UK)
Well, since the age of consent for this law is 16, then can't I simply not consent to be governed by this law?
I try to surround myself with at least one of every OS
Have you considered building an ark? It could come in handy, what with rising sea levels and all...
Look at the comments under any YouTube video...
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!
So, how do you explain that they seem to have more developers, and sell more apps than any other mobile platform?
So it doesn't really mean anything, just sounds cool?
Except that it doesn't even sound cool.
No, music wants to snort lines of cocaine off your sister's ass. That ain't free.
But why do their names all have a *storm pattern?
Because it's perfect.
No it doesn't, there are many places where they have red light cameras, but the yellow timing is not tampered with, because that's set by safety bodies on the advice of research and engineering, not by crooked politicians or private camera operators.
And the simple fact is thanks to the loudness war [wikipedia.org] trying to come up with high fi MP3 is about as pointless as coming up with a super polished turd.
Only if you listen to shitty mainstream artists. Not every band/mixer/producer is a victim of the loudness war.
In most cases, the timings HAVE been dinked with.
Have you got any evidence that this has happened in "most cases"? The other poster mentioned the UK, where there have been no reports of tampered light timings due to red light cameras. The same is true in many other places, like Europe and Australia. It seems that this problem is endemic to America, where there is a lot of corruption involved, it seems. For example, the idea of the camera companies sharing in the ticket revenue is pretty absurd. The idea that light timings can be tampered with is also pretty alarming
invariably
That word does not mean what you think it means.
Just attach some powerful magnets to your bike and you're good to go.
But they continue to distribute the SQL server engine as closed source and with the current license. Does that make SQL server free or not free?
We're basically talking about interacting with a black box. Your machine making the requests is not running the server software.
Similarly, your machine interacts with another black box all the time - the human brain. That's what those keyboards and displays are for. Since we can't produce the source code and schematics for the human brain, then every computer used by a human must be non-free.
Which reduces the scope for innovation, standards and progress. Hence Stallman's warning.
And yet, web apps are where much of the innovation in the software field is happening at the moment. Before web apps, most of the innovation was happening in proprietary desktop software. The Open Source world appears to be where the least innovation happens, and most projects just imitate something that already exists in the proprietary space. There are exceptions of course, but they are rare. The Free software world can hardly be considered a bastion of innovation.
I wonder how Stallman uses anything. Does he keep his money in a bank? The bank uses non-free software to keep track of his money. Does he interact with government? The government is a big user of Microsoft and other non-free products.
I guess the only solution would be to establish GNU Island, a self-governing country which allows no unfree software within its borders. Should probably have some weird floating orb for defense, just to be sure that no unfree software sneaks in.
Speaking of huzzahs, The Simpsons also debuted 20 years ago. Coincidence? Perhaps not!
For dog's sake, why would anyone think I was being serious? My comment was clearly in jest. What the fuck is wrong with people?
although we'd guess it will cost Indian consumers closer to £1700 when it finally goes on sale, six months late, in March 2009.'"
Indians are using British pounds to buy their cars? What happened to independence?
We need to decentralize the government. That way large corporations cant DoS our congress.
Doesn't matter. Worms, malware, and social engineering do just as good a job as DoS, and aren't affected by decentralization.
Why not? Well, there's no legal or moral reason why not, just an aesthetic/cultural one. It's probably going to suck, just like most other "virtual worlds."
'We'll have to be really lucky to decipher an Earth-like planet's atmosphere during a transit event so that we can tell it is Earth-like,' said Kaltenegger.
Governer Kaltenegger continued.... "It is not until this time that we can begin the search for Sarah Connor."
They really need to get cracking with Moore's law for people. My boss has been stuck at 4.77Mhz for at least twenty years now.
Whoa. That's seriously fast for a boss. Did you overclock him or something?
The "netbook" is simply the tech media's latest obsession. Name anything, and the netbook is touted as the reason behind it. Cure to polio? Netbook. Waning Windows adoption? Netbook.
Name any problem, and the netbook is the answer to it. Financial crisis? Netbook. Inexplicable popularity of reality TV? Netbook. Global warming? Netbook.
Get the fuck off my lawn, assholes. Netbook.
Screw that! I'm skipping nursing school and going straight into the nursing home.