I think child abuse is more like when someone uses a child for something other than what they would normally do. So, although I'm absolutely NOT saying that a child who reaches puberty is "fair game", abuse would be more the opposite of early puberty. For instance, if an older kid who was interested in sex used a kid for sex who hadn't yet reached puberty, and had no interest in sex and no understanding of sex, that would be much more abusive.
To me, the self-destructive comment was just misplaced. Although, it's an important concept, and often worth considering in relation to growing up, I don't think it really applies here. Destructive, maybe. Self-destructive? No.
It's great that businesses (and organizations alike) can harness the brainpower of brilliant hobbyists to improve their product for free simply by going open source. I cannot think of any industry in which anything like this is so.
Well, there is astrophysics, which has hobbyist astronomers that contribute to new technical achievements by big organisations; medical and environmental "hobbyists" like volunteer nursing assistants and birdwatchers who may discover new things or conduct studies... I could probably go on, but it's early;)
And recall, Opera got rid of the ads a while back. Of course, I know you haven't bothered to use it recently, so that's why you're making blatantly false statements.
Actually, no, I did use it recently. And I was quite impressed. That doesn't change what I said though. I *did* forget that the ads had been removed, but that's Opera's fault, for doing something so annoying that it sticks in potential customers' minds.
APT makes this a no-brainer. Perfect debian dist..
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APT makes this stuff so simple, that the idea of writing a book on it is ridiculous. Just configure machines, using other apt tools for major roll-outs if necessary, and set up a proxy server which caches patches, then serves them to clients. If you want to pre-approve patches, you can do that too by running commands on demand rather than automatically. Simple. Or, as simple as you can expect it to be, at least, given that patches sometimes break stuff on any system.
What we really need though, is organization-wide security, like Active Directory (and maybe eDirectory) provides. Right now, you can lock desktops down via KDE's kiosk tools, and secure directories and devices etc., but on other systems, you can specify configuration for many programs on a network-wide basis, or group-wide, or whatever. I'd love to see a debian-based distro that takes that seriously, and patches every util/app/desktop to support it fully. There are frameworks to do this, and KDE 4 is going to use one I think, but apart from that, it seems to be about the only interest I've seen for such a huge gap in the Linux market:(
Re:Opera - kind of a sad story in a way?
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Opera had always been the "good guys" before Firefox came around and stole the limelight.
Yeah, right. Opera is nice as proprietary browsers go, but most of us consider the good guys to be the volunteers who work to develop open, standardised software that's guaranteed by copyleft to be available to everyone. Opera is in a completely different niche, and it's adware. Definitely not on my list of good guys.
I'd be the first to admit that GIMP is annoying. I've asked them many times to re-do the GUI. Look at projects like K-3D for evidence that massive GUI changes can be made, in complex software, if you care about users.
BUT, I also want to point out that Photoshop is absolutely NOT the be-all-and-end-all of bitmap image editing. I'd much prefer to see a vector/bitmap combo package, like Xara are now developing as open source, or something like Corel Draw/Paint. Photoshop is basically an over-developed retouching utility, not an art program.
Actually, if this rumor has any substance at all, then I'd say it's much more likely to be a tor-like or freenet-like anonymity network. Google, especially with Google Update, would stand a good chance of making that widely successful, and it could tie in nicely with their other philosophies and issues. Google China would become less of an issue then, for instance.
Of course it does. It makes it illegal. If that law isn't being enforced, then it's policing that is at fault. DRM users are taking the law into their own hands, which is akin to vigilantism, and should itself be against the law. So, unless you're advocating a wild-west approach to the digital age...
Well, for one thing, MySQL being dual-licensed does not make it any less GPL'd. If you think it does, then you don't understand logic.
Secondly, there are MANY very important tools in the Free Software community. If you think it's just Linux, you're obviously not very involved in the IT industry's actual needs, beyond those of a desktop user.
MS was testing their TCP DRM so that files could only be opened by certain employees located on certain domains. Even if the file was moved to a floppy, was E-mailed or a laptop / Tape backup was stolen, the data would be virtually useless because it would need permission from the computer, the network domain and the user account to be accessable.
Now, considering that DRM is a double edged sword, and can be used as an extra layer of security to protect users
Microsoft have their own definition of "domain" -- an active directory domain. It's very different from the wider IT industry (ie, non-microsoft user/admin)'s understanding. I think Microsoft deliberately confuse the two, to give the impression to inexperienced windows admins that they can't have an internet company without Windows Server running it.
The distinction is particularly crucial here, I think. It sounds like their intent is to make DRM'd media/content/MS Office docs only readable on a Microsoft windows machine that's tied into an MS Windows network, with a DRM (probably + licensing) server.
So, you're saying that working your butt off to give people tools without regard for their economic status, at your own expense, is a cop-out compared to not having done so, and never wanting to face that? Bull. DRM is a selfish attempt by rich corporations to take more rights than the law entitles them to. Copyright already gives them enough power, and in fact, more power than it was ever intended to give them when originally created.
Ermm, the GPL has nothing to do with Linus. He's just one of many consumers of it. Linux is NOT the only thing that uses GPL licensing -- not by a long way. Also, Linus has no particular say in even the Linux source code, since many other people have contributed to it under their OWN license terms, or without stating their terms, in which case most of us would probably assume "GPLv2 or higher", which is the most common set of licensing terms.
Linux may have earned a reputation for being awkward to use on a desktop. I evaluate it at the moment, and at the moment it's still a set of apps with no common standards held together by sticky tape and pipes.
Actually, no, it's earning a reputation for being a viable desktop. All that 'Linux is not ready for the desktop' stuff has been out of date for years now. If you're finding the Linux desktop unintegrated or "held together with sticky tape and pipes", then you need to re-examine your definition of a Linux desktop. Try the latest Kubuntu release, for example.
As I understand it (which is not well:), an orbit is when something falls, but keeps missing what it's falling towards, because of their different speeds/directions.
It's a legal phrase, meaning that time is critical to the deal, and not some random afterthought. In other words, if you order something for delivery in two days, and time is of the essence of the contract, then your supplier hasn't fulfilled their end of the deal. Hence, you don't pay 'em. In particular, beware of companies who write things like time is not of the essence on their adverts.
No, you're just assuming that's why he said it. He might well have done some very hard research/thinking on the subject. Don't assume that people reject things in a knee-jerk way, just because they reject them quickly. They might have just seen it all before.
No, you're talking about a different issue. You're talking about knowing what people might have done. That's actually not hard to predict with reasonable certainty, if you understand people and their motivations etc. So, you can say with some assurance that it's unrealistic to expect people to have done that.
However, the discussion was about how a physics model could be incomplete, and that the gaps in our knowledge could be absolutely fatal, leading to the end of humanity, then I think it's ridiculous to say that we should just plough ahead anyway. Incomplete models generally can be differentiated from well understood ones, so if there's uncertainty, it's probably wise to step back in this case. Perhaps I overstated it a bit when I said "no matter how unlikely", but I did say that it makes sense in general to discount highly improbable issues.
I've never seen it posted on slashdot before. BUT, it was a reply to someone who obviously isn't aware of it, or at least, isn't aware of the lesson to be learned from it. As such, it's entirely appropriate. If you can't handle that, well... tough. Actually, from your reply, I think you should read it again, instead of just having reactions to it.
First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
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I think child abuse is more like when someone uses a child for something other than what they would normally do. So, although I'm absolutely NOT saying that a child who reaches puberty is "fair game", abuse would be more the opposite of early puberty. For instance, if an older kid who was interested in sex used a kid for sex who hadn't yet reached puberty, and had no interest in sex and no understanding of sex, that would be much more abusive.
To me, the self-destructive comment was just misplaced. Although, it's an important concept, and often worth considering in relation to growing up, I don't think it really applies here. Destructive, maybe. Self-destructive? No.
APT makes this stuff so simple, that the idea of writing a book on it is ridiculous. Just configure machines, using other apt tools for major roll-outs if necessary, and set up a proxy server which caches patches, then serves them to clients. If you want to pre-approve patches, you can do that too by running commands on demand rather than automatically. Simple. Or, as simple as you can expect it to be, at least, given that patches sometimes break stuff on any system. What we really need though, is organization-wide security, like Active Directory (and maybe eDirectory) provides. Right now, you can lock desktops down via KDE's kiosk tools, and secure directories and devices etc., but on other systems, you can specify configuration for many programs on a network-wide basis, or group-wide, or whatever. I'd love to see a debian-based distro that takes that seriously, and patches every util/app/desktop to support it fully. There are frameworks to do this, and KDE 4 is going to use one I think, but apart from that, it seems to be about the only interest I've seen for such a huge gap in the Linux market :(
I'd be the first to admit that GIMP is annoying. I've asked them many times to re-do the GUI. Look at projects like K-3D for evidence that massive GUI changes can be made, in complex software, if you care about users. BUT, I also want to point out that Photoshop is absolutely NOT the be-all-and-end-all of bitmap image editing. I'd much prefer to see a vector/bitmap combo package, like Xara are now developing as open source, or something like Corel Draw/Paint. Photoshop is basically an over-developed retouching utility, not an art program.
Actually, if this rumor has any substance at all, then I'd say it's much more likely to be a tor-like or freenet-like anonymity network. Google, especially with Google Update, would stand a good chance of making that widely successful, and it could tie in nicely with their other philosophies and issues. Google China would become less of an issue then, for instance.
The only question for me now is... when will HURD-L4 be ready?
It's not just white spots. Severe flourosis looks pretty horrible, and flouride poisoning can have other serious results, in adults and children.
Of course it does. It makes it illegal. If that law isn't being enforced, then it's policing that is at fault. DRM users are taking the law into their own hands, which is akin to vigilantism, and should itself be against the law. So, unless you're advocating a wild-west approach to the digital age...
Well, for one thing, MySQL being dual-licensed does not make it any less GPL'd. If you think it does, then you don't understand logic.
Secondly, there are MANY very important tools in the Free Software community. If you think it's just Linux, you're obviously not very involved in the IT industry's actual needs, beyond those of a desktop user.
Microsoft have their own definition of "domain" -- an active directory domain. It's very different from the wider IT industry (ie, non-microsoft user/admin)'s understanding. I think Microsoft deliberately confuse the two, to give the impression to inexperienced windows admins that they can't have an internet company without Windows Server running it.
The distinction is particularly crucial here, I think. It sounds like their intent is to make DRM'd media/content/MS Office docs only readable on a Microsoft windows machine that's tied into an MS Windows network, with a DRM (probably + licensing) server.
Ermm, the GPL has nothing to do with Linus. He's just one of many consumers of it. Linux is NOT the only thing that uses GPL licensing -- not by a long way. Also, Linus has no particular say in even the Linux source code, since many other people have contributed to it under their OWN license terms, or without stating their terms, in which case most of us would probably assume "GPLv2 or higher", which is the most common set of licensing terms.
As I understand it (which is not well :), an orbit is when something falls, but keeps missing what it's falling towards, because of their different speeds/directions.
I can confirm much shorter ones -- weeks, in fact. Personally, I would much prefer tape. HDs seem to be the way to go for me.
No, you're talking about a different issue. You're talking about knowing what people might have done. That's actually not hard to predict with reasonable certainty, if you understand people and their motivations etc. So, you can say with some assurance that it's unrealistic to expect people to have done that. However, the discussion was about how a physics model could be incomplete, and that the gaps in our knowledge could be absolutely fatal, leading to the end of humanity, then I think it's ridiculous to say that we should just plough ahead anyway. Incomplete models generally can be differentiated from well understood ones, so if there's uncertainty, it's probably wise to step back in this case. Perhaps I overstated it a bit when I said "no matter how unlikely", but I did say that it makes sense in general to discount highly improbable issues.
I've never seen it posted on slashdot before. BUT, it was a reply to someone who obviously isn't aware of it, or at least, isn't aware of the lesson to be learned from it. As such, it's entirely appropriate. If you can't handle that, well... tough. Actually, from your reply, I think you should read it again, instead of just having reactions to it.