"Would you rather have a free BMW or a free cardboard box with wheels drawn on the sides?"
They picked the box.
Depends on the use. If you can modify both the BMW and the cardboard box (say add some pram wheels), I know which one would be less work to get ready for the local soapbox derby!
Thing is you see, I was just regulating funkyness. I have no experience running a small business making software (That's a rare thing to see on/., an admission of knowing nothing about the subject!) so I will take you at your word on the problems faced. I was just being a pedant about the difference between cloneing and reverse-engineering software.
Not releasing your software on Linux under a closed source licence will not protect it from clones. Cloning software is reproducing the look-n-feel and functionality of the software, without seeing the source code. This does not need to be by reverse-engineering the software, or even need the software to run on that platform.
Not releasing your software on Linux with a closed source licence _will_ protect it from reverse-engineering however.
Either that or you take all your unlicensed MP3 files, and using the built in tool, append a CC license to them all. How is limewire going to know you are not allowed to do this?
In the UK, if you permanantly wire _anything_ in, you need to get it certified by a qualified electrician. Mounting plug sockets in the wall, even if they has a plug on the end, counts as permanent. This has been a requirment since 1st Jan 2005.
Electricians can charge what they like for this service, so it may be cheaper to have a sparky do this for you. Get some quotes first.
Imagine, your greasy burger in your hands without even getting your wallett out!
Not sure I really like this idea, _way_ too easy for someone to carry a RFID scanner on the tube for example, and come back with a huge haul of credit card info.
Congratulations. In just 3 posts slashdot has started a trend that will make any legitimate information on java multithreading impossibe to find amidst the "zomg!! java multithreading !11!!!1 LOLOLOLZZ!!111! " comedy posts we are going to have for the next 14 months...
What other search terms would you like to see trashed? Answers on a postcard (or the back of a stuck down envelope) to the ususal address please.
One forced upgrade path that I have seen where I work was to do with Viruses.
We were all running 2000 quite happily, then a virus got loose. We contacted our anti-virus vendor, and they told us that that virus would not be removed by the 2k version of their product, and we needed to migrate to XP to be protected.
Sometimes the upgrade path is forced upon you by outside vendors.
Having done BOTH, I strongly Disagree with point 5. Sysadmins can have a useful input into systems planing, even more so if the higher ups know nothing. Working at McDonalds the only input you have into designing burgers is the ones that you eat yourself in the break room!
What you need to do is to tactfuly suggest some small changes, to build up their confidence in your skills. Don't go at it like a bull in a china shop, trying to change everyting at once. This will get you nowhere fast. Go for the simple quick wins. Maybe you can replace a NT file server with a SAMBA Linux box. Maybe move some of the teachers to OpenOffice on Windows. Move slowly but confidantly, and be prepaired to show the benefits in advance, then show the benefits again when tings have been in for a while, just to remind people. Sometimes just checking up that a previous problem has been cleared up by what you have done can help.
OK, I get sick and tired of the shout that "If you are enjoying driving you should be on a track" Not _all_ enjoyment in driving comes from high speed!
I have driven cars from a 3lt Senator, 2.8 Injection Special Granada, via a Customised Transit van to a 998cc Mini Mayfair, along with a few motorbikes. I have enjoyed driving them all. I am currently restoring a '74 mini Clubman estate. I intend to enjoy driving that too! I don't speed. What do I enjoy about driving? Acceleration is fun, not top speed. What else do I enjoy? Taking a slightly unusual route, avoiding all the traffic, and getting there before all the drones on the motorway, without once speeding or driving dangerously! Taking a cruise through the contryside. Picking the perfect line round a roundabout, _without_ excessive speed or tyre smoke.
In the context of the parent, In motorway driving, I enjoy keeping with the flow of traffic, anticipating when to pull out to get round that truck without slowing down or holding up traffic, whilst the Turbo-nutter in his CVXZ-GTI-Turbo-skirted whatnot with all the driving skills of a damp dishcloth gets stuck behind the truck, then pulls out causing the 5 cars coming up on his outside to brake like loonies, blue tyre smoke everywhere.
You can take pleasure in the smoothness of your drive.
You _can_ enjoy driving without driving like a common hoon!
I can remember seeing an advert from the 60's for an adapter kit to add a hand crank to a mini. The idea behind this was that it made turning the engine over to do the tappets much easier. I don't think it would have been much use to start the car, as you had to turn the wheels to get at it.
Wait a tick. If it is the owners fault for not securing their AP, then would it be the municipal councils fault if a park bench went missing because it wasn't cemented to the ground?
No, but if they left it sitting on a hand truck would they really expect to find it there in the morning?
The GPL is not a restriction. The GPL allows people to modify and distribute your work.
Copyright exists on the code you personally write. You own that code. If you give your copyrighted code to me without any form of licence, then the Copyright law states that I can not change or distribute that code, as I do not have the copyright holders (your) explicit permission to do so. If you give me your code along with the GPL licence, then I can change and distribute your code, because the GPL gives me explicit permission to do this.
OK, here is what I do: I use old registration numbers as passwords. Here in the uk that means LLLNNNL or LNNNLLL or LLNNLLL (where L is a letter and N is a number) depending on the age of the car or bike. I tend to use these in medium to low risk applications/systems. Protects my PC from casual faffing, as My 3 current passwords are all from cars and bikes scrapped more than 7 years ago, and I have only been here 2 years.
But maybe I am just odd, as I have always been able to remember registration numbers....
This was in the UK. The main problem that people had was not that they were charged for driving without due care and attention, but that the police on the scene made no mention of this possible charge, and told everyone thet they were being let off with a caution.
Getting a court summons on a different charge 2 weeks after an incident that you were told you had been cautioned for tends to offend.
And there were no signs indicating the change in speed limit.
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The difference is with the LGPL you have to distribute the source of the LGPL files, not the source code to your own binaries. This has not been done.
Depends on the use. If you can modify both the BMW and the cardboard box (say add some pram wheels), I know which one would be less work to get ready for the local soapbox derby!
Remember what the goal of the $100 laptop is.
Depends on how often I whine plaintively at him.....
Thing is you see, I was just regulating funkyness. I have no experience running a small business making software (That's a rare thing to see on /., an admission of knowing nothing about the subject!) so I will take you at your word on the problems faced. I was just being a pedant about the difference between cloneing and reverse-engineering software.
Sorry, I'll go crawl back under my rock now.
Sorry, gonna bite...
Not releasing your software on Linux under a closed source licence will not protect it from clones. Cloning software is reproducing the look-n-feel and functionality of the software, without seeing the source code. This does not need to be by reverse-engineering the software, or even need the software to run on that platform.
Not releasing your software on Linux with a closed source licence _will_ protect it from reverse-engineering however.
Hello Mr. Karma, going down?
This is classic! That way you know you are under survellance as your wallpaper explodes!
I just can't stop laughing at the picture that has conjured up in my head!
Umm, where can I get hold of an unarmed missile firing drone?
Try the "Take a tour" option. How many times can they say "Works with Windows"?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Either that or you take all your unlicensed MP3 files, and using the built in tool, append a CC license to them all. How is limewire going to know you are not allowed to do this?
In the UK, if you permanantly wire _anything_ in, you need to get it certified by a qualified electrician. Mounting plug sockets in the wall, even if they has a plug on the end, counts as permanent. This has been a requirment since 1st Jan 2005.
Electricians can charge what they like for this service, so it may be cheaper to have a sparky do this for you. Get some quotes first.
Imagine, your greasy burger in your hands without even getting your wallett out!
Not sure I really like this idea, _way_ too easy for someone to carry a RFID scanner on the tube for example, and come back with a huge haul of credit card info.
Congratulations. In just 3 posts slashdot has started a trend that will make any legitimate information on java multithreading impossibe to find amidst the "zomg!! java multithreading !11!!!1 LOLOLOLZZ!!111! " comedy posts we are going to have for the next 14 months...
What other search terms would you like to see trashed? Answers on a postcard (or the back of a stuck down envelope) to the ususal address please.
60,676 Results for Drama Queen....
One forced upgrade path that I have seen where I work was to do with Viruses.
We were all running 2000 quite happily, then a virus got loose. We contacted our anti-virus vendor, and they told us that that virus would not be removed by the 2k version of their product, and we needed to migrate to XP to be protected.
Sometimes the upgrade path is forced upon you by outside vendors.
Having done BOTH, I strongly Disagree with point 5. Sysadmins can have a useful input into systems planing, even more so if the higher ups know nothing. Working at McDonalds the only input you have into designing burgers is the ones that you eat yourself in the break room!
What you need to do is to tactfuly suggest some small changes, to build up their confidence in your skills. Don't go at it like a bull in a china shop, trying to change everyting at once. This will get you nowhere fast. Go for the simple quick wins. Maybe you can replace a NT file server with a SAMBA Linux box. Maybe move some of the teachers to OpenOffice on Windows. Move slowly but confidantly, and be prepaired to show the benefits in advance, then show the benefits again when tings have been in for a while, just to remind people. Sometimes just checking up that a previous problem has been cleared up by what you have done can help.
Please, oh Please, make me suffer a physical loss of Monday! That would be sweet!
OK, I get sick and tired of the shout that "If you are enjoying driving you should be on a track" Not _all_ enjoyment in driving comes from high speed!
I have driven cars from a 3lt Senator, 2.8 Injection Special Granada, via a Customised Transit van to a 998cc Mini Mayfair, along with a few motorbikes. I have enjoyed driving them all. I am currently restoring a '74 mini Clubman estate. I intend to enjoy driving that too! I don't speed. What do I enjoy about driving? Acceleration is fun, not top speed. What else do I enjoy? Taking a slightly unusual route, avoiding all the traffic, and getting there before all the drones on the motorway, without once speeding or driving dangerously! Taking a cruise through the contryside. Picking the perfect line round a roundabout, _without_ excessive speed or tyre smoke.
In the context of the parent, In motorway driving, I enjoy keeping with the flow of traffic, anticipating when to pull out to get round that truck without slowing down or holding up traffic, whilst the Turbo-nutter in his CVXZ-GTI-Turbo-skirted whatnot with all the driving skills of a damp dishcloth gets stuck behind the truck, then pulls out causing the 5 cars coming up on his outside to brake like loonies, blue tyre smoke everywhere.
You can take pleasure in the smoothness of your drive.
You _can_ enjoy driving without driving like a common hoon!
Looks like my closest friend is sdfjbhasfbj@yahoo.com. At least that is who I get most emails from, telling me about my pre-approved 4.25% rate...
So how many people here find something interesting on the web, then print it out to read it if it is more than a few pages?
How many of these students will print out reams of paper that they would not have done if they had the book infront of them?
I can remember seeing an advert from the 60's for an adapter kit to add a hand crank to a mini. The idea behind this was that it made turning the engine over to do the tappets much easier. I don't think it would have been much use to start the car, as you had to turn the wheels to get at it.
No, but if they left it sitting on a hand truck would they really expect to find it there in the morning?
The GPL is not a restriction. The GPL allows people to modify and distribute your work.
Copyright exists on the code you personally write. You own that code. If you give your copyrighted code to me without any form of licence, then the Copyright law states that I can not change or distribute that code, as I do not have the copyright holders (your) explicit permission to do so. If you give me your code along with the GPL licence, then I can change and distribute your code, because the GPL gives me explicit permission to do this.
In short, the GPL does not restrict, it enables.
That is a good idea, but it would not work for me. I have problems remembering current phone numbers, let alone old ones
OK, here is what I do:
I use old registration numbers as passwords. Here in the uk that means LLLNNNL or LNNNLLL or LLNNLLL (where L is a letter and N is a number) depending on the age of the car or bike. I tend to use these in medium to low risk applications/systems. Protects my PC from casual faffing, as My 3 current passwords are all from cars and bikes scrapped more than 7 years ago, and I have only been here 2 years.
But maybe I am just odd, as I have always been able to remember registration numbers....
This was in the UK. The main problem that people had was not that they were charged for driving without due care and attention, but that the police on the scene made no mention of this possible charge, and told everyone thet they were being let off with a caution.
Getting a court summons on a different charge 2 weeks after an incident that you were told you had been cautioned for tends to offend.
And there were no signs indicating the change in speed limit.