This may bother you, but everything on Debian is Open Source. And that means that you can take it and do whatever you want to with it, including porting it to windows.
This may shock you but you cannot "take it and do whatever you want to with it". I would receive a Richard Stallman rectal exam if I were to take any of the GPL components of Debian and utilized them in a commercial product without releasing the source. I have done some stupid, dumb things in my life like bungie jumping, walking in certain neighborhoods in New Orleans after midnight and running a NT webserver but there is one thing I would never dare to do. I would never do anything that caused Richard Stallman to come in contact with me. Now that's scary.
I can't imagine he would be too happy with GPL licensed software being ported to a proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. But then again, after Fink utilized GPL software for porting to Mac OS X (half free source/half proprietary), this is not too far fetched of an idea.
Human powered devices? Think of the Wall Street investment possibilities! With the stock price of old school bulk energy suppliers like Enron swan diving into the abyss, companies that provide fuel for the human machine will skyrocket. Of all the companies that seek to power the human machine, Taco Bell has to be the most efficient source as a catalyst for human produced methane gas. IANASP (I am not a Stock Broker) but if I had some extra cash lying around, I think I would sink it into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc (YUM) -- parent company of Taco Bell and that chicken shop that supposably sells dead fried birds that never had bones, feathers or feet with the mascot that reminds you of the "Good Ole Days" before the Civil War (War of Northern Aggression for you Georgia boys). One stop everyday at Taco Bell could power your PDA, Cell Phone, AbTronics Belt, GPS, IBM's Digital Photo Linux Watch, iPod and a Madonna Vougeing Aibo via a rear mounted methane to electric converter. Plus, if Hollywood can predict the future, according to Sly Stallone's movie "Demolition Man", every restaurant is going to be a Taco Bell anyway...
Has everyone jumped on the 'X' bandwagon now that Apple has labeled their next generation operating system, OS X? First it was Microsoft, now its Wesley Crusher!
Then again, the Nation of Islam might state Apple stole it from Malcom X.
The last thing in the world we could want to see is Wil Wheaton's career suffer. We need a petition to urge the producers of this future flop not to hire Wil Wheaton. After reading his website and responses to questions on Slashdot, I started to really like this guy and learned that he is not the dweeb I once imagined. We all know this movie will be a boring morality play where the Prime Directive will be violated during a temporal distortion caused by Data's emotion chip malfunctioning after having a "human" moment with Jorde's visor in the privacy of the holodeck.
However, I hope every scene is filled with Brent Spinner. After that "Ol' Yellow Eyes is Back" album, he deserves to spend the rest of his life having to listen to plot flaws while signing autographs for socially-retarded Acne cream test subjects. Also, I hope that they make Marina Sirtis cover up. At her present age, they must be bouncing off her knees now.
So you are just pissed that I am right (you even admit this dumbass, i.e., Lanham Act, your opinion if it is right or not doesn't mean sh%t, that is for a court to decide.) and have to call me clueless for it? We have Apple lawyers talking about Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property and EULA violations. They MUST virgously defend these things or they are doing a disservice to their stockholders. No matter what you think, if you do not defend your rights, you lose them because you are sending out a signal to the world that your property is ripe for the taking.
So I am right. Get over it. Hope you got your ticket punched for the Clue Train.
Apple must defend its property. To not is to invite other companies (i.e., Microsoft) to dig in and steal. Apple already had its "idea" (debatable) of a GUI taken lock, stock and barrel by M$. They lost out because they did not vigorously defend it.
This is also a EULA, Lanham and copyright case as well not just IP. If Apple were to sit on its hands they will have a much tougher time in the future. You must be consistent to be effective. If Apple were to brush off all the minor incidents like this it will make their future protection against the major ones much more difficult.
Its intellectual property and reverse engineering not just copyright. Also a violation of term of service according to EULA. Think you need to read beyond the briefing on/.
Before the bashing begins, remember that Apple has to protect its intellectual property in these little matters in order to protect it when the big boys start violating Apple's TOS or IP. Its a stupid, jerky thing to do but the sharks^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers would eat Apple alive if it dropped the ball on the protection of its IP.
I was always told in my computer studies that water and electronics do not mix. So if you were to mark data with water wouldn't that actually damage it to the point that it would be useless to the user?
Oh sh*t! The last thing I need is the Sensible Shoe Wearing, Amazon Warriorette of the RIAA chasing me down for my DMCA violation! I am now going into hiding in a country where freedom of speech still matters.
I thought the official party line was that CLIs were "evil", like two-button mice
That's what us Mac zealots want you to think. Its a part of our propaganda goals. Apple has had a historical problem of building enough machines to match demand so as a Mac zealot we really don't want too many converts so we don't have to fight for a Mac. Those "deficits" of the Mac platform are meant to drive the weak minded to Windows.
It takes my Archos Jukebox 6000 about 5 1/2 hours to copy over 6 gigs of data and it take my iPod only 12 minutes to copy 5 gigs over. The iPod can set individual EQ settings for each of your mp3. I can play breakout on my iPod. The iPod supports ID3v2.3 tags while the Archos supports on the 1.1 tags. The Archos only displays the song title while the iPod will display the song, artist and album.
I own an Archos Jukebox 6000 but just switched to an iPod. Its a good mp3 player however copying files via USB is like pulling teeth. It takes about 5 to 6 hours to fill up its 6 gig HD. My iPod only takes 12 minutes to fill up its 5 gig HD via firewire. Granted, the Archos is compatible with Linux and Windows which probably makes it more useful for most folks on Slashdot.
I have had my iPod for a little over a week now and its very trivial to copy files from the mp3 storage area to your mac. In Mac OS X, just hop to the "Terminal" and do a "cp -R/Volumes/[iPod Name]/Music/* ~/Music" and it moves across nicely.
Its no problem if they are your CDs. Steve Jobs actually has the right idea regarding "stealing music". He has said it is not a technology problem but a social one. People who are inclined to steal will no matter what technology you use to prevent it. "Don't Steal Music" sticker on a new iPod is a social message.
P.S. I own an iPod and its worth every penny of its $399 sticker price. It blows my Archos Jukebox 6000 out of the water.
Thanks! I knew there had to be an "Enterprise" before 1899 but I couldn't resist typing "screw tug" -- a rough day coming back to work after the week off and needed a stupid juvenile giggle.
Wasn't the first "Enterprise" ship the HMS Enterprise? It was commissioned on October 2, 1899 by the Royal Navy as a steam-powered screw tug. So maybe Star Trek stole from the Queen.
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We also get.
"Mommy, Timmy is hogging all the bandwith".
"Don't make me come back there and pull out your Airport card, Timmy."
This may shock you but you cannot "take it and do whatever you want to with it". I would receive a Richard Stallman rectal exam if I were to take any of the GPL components of Debian and utilized them in a commercial product without releasing the source. I have done some stupid, dumb things in my life like bungie jumping, walking in certain neighborhoods in New Orleans after midnight and running a NT webserver but there is one thing I would never dare to do. I would never do anything that caused Richard Stallman to come in contact with me. Now that's scary.
Respect the GPL or meet a fate worst than death!
Good one! :) But will he start wearing shoes again in public?
I can't imagine he would be too happy with GPL licensed software being ported to a proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. But then again, after Fink utilized GPL software for porting to Mac OS X (half free source/half proprietary), this is not too far fetched of an idea.
Human powered devices? Think of the Wall Street investment possibilities! With the stock price of old school bulk energy suppliers like Enron swan diving into the abyss, companies that provide fuel for the human machine will skyrocket. Of all the companies that seek to power the human machine, Taco Bell has to be the most efficient source as a catalyst for human produced methane gas. IANASP (I am not a Stock Broker) but if I had some extra cash lying around, I think I would sink it into Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc (YUM) -- parent company of Taco Bell and that chicken shop that supposably sells dead fried birds that never had bones, feathers or feet with the mascot that reminds you of the "Good Ole Days" before the Civil War (War of Northern Aggression for you Georgia boys). One stop everyday at Taco Bell could power your PDA, Cell Phone, AbTronics Belt, GPS, IBM's Digital Photo Linux Watch, iPod and a Madonna Vougeing Aibo via a rear mounted methane to electric converter. Plus, if Hollywood can predict the future, according to Sly Stallone's movie "Demolition Man", every restaurant is going to be a Taco Bell anyway...
Has everyone jumped on the 'X' bandwagon now that Apple has labeled their next generation operating system, OS X? First it was Microsoft, now its Wesley Crusher!
Then again, the Nation of Islam might state Apple stole it from Malcom X.
However, I hope every scene is filled with Brent Spinner. After that "Ol' Yellow Eyes is Back" album, he deserves to spend the rest of his life having to listen to plot flaws while signing autographs for socially-retarded Acne cream test subjects. Also, I hope that they make Marina Sirtis cover up. At her present age, they must be bouncing off her knees now.
Captain Archer owns Captain Picard!
So I am right. Get over it. Hope you got your ticket punched for the Clue Train.
Apple must defend its property. To not is to invite other companies (i.e., Microsoft) to dig in and steal. Apple already had its "idea" (debatable) of a GUI taken lock, stock and barrel by M$. They lost out because they did not vigorously defend it.
Oh my God you are right! Stallman makes lawyers look like cute little puppy dogs...
This is also a EULA, Lanham and copyright case as well not just IP. If Apple were to sit on its hands they will have a much tougher time in the future. You must be consistent to be effective. If Apple were to brush off all the minor incidents like this it will make their future protection against the major ones much more difficult.
You have to agree to the EULA if you open and use the software -- fairly standard procedure in commercial software.
So what you are saying is that Apple does not need to protect its intellectual property? Are little garden gnomes going to do it for them?
Its intellectual property and reverse engineering not just copyright. Also a violation of term of service according to EULA. Think you need to read beyond the briefing on /.
Before the bashing begins, remember that Apple has to protect its intellectual property in these little matters in order to protect it when the big boys start violating Apple's TOS or IP. Its a stupid, jerky thing to do but the sharks^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers would eat Apple alive if it dropped the ball on the protection of its IP.
I was always told in my computer studies that water and electronics do not mix. So if you were to mark data with water wouldn't that actually damage it to the point that it would be useless to the user?
cp -R /Volumes/[iPod Name]/iPod_Control/Music/* ~/Music
Sorry about that...
Oh sh*t! The last thing I need is the Sensible Shoe Wearing, Amazon Warriorette of the RIAA chasing me down for my DMCA violation! I am now going into hiding in a country where freedom of speech still matters.
That's what us Mac zealots want you to think. Its a part of our propaganda goals. Apple has had a historical problem of building enough machines to match demand so as a Mac zealot we really don't want too many converts so we don't have to fight for a Mac. Those "deficits" of the Mac platform are meant to drive the weak minded to Windows.
Gay? Like in happy or your alternative lifestyle?
I own an Archos Jukebox 6000 but just switched to an iPod. Its a good mp3 player however copying files via USB is like pulling teeth. It takes about 5 to 6 hours to fill up its 6 gig HD. My iPod only takes 12 minutes to fill up its 5 gig HD via firewire. Granted, the Archos is compatible with Linux and Windows which probably makes it more useful for most folks on Slashdot.
I have had my iPod for a little over a week now and its very trivial to copy files from the mp3 storage area to your mac. In Mac OS X, just hop to the "Terminal" and do a "cp -R /Volumes/[iPod Name]/Music/* ~/Music" and it moves across nicely.
P.S. I own an iPod and its worth every penny of its $399 sticker price. It blows my Archos Jukebox 6000 out of the water.
Thanks! I knew there had to be an "Enterprise" before 1899 but I couldn't resist typing "screw tug" -- a rough day coming back to work after the week off and needed a stupid juvenile giggle.
Huh-Huh, I typed "screw tug".