Tomboy is the app I would, in all seriousness, put as #1 on my list of Linux killer apps.
Oh, and it's a note-taking program with wiki-style linking between notes, among other things. It pulls thoughts right out of my brain and makes it trivial to organize and retrieve them later on.
I agree with OP. Many of these CMS have fairly limited use cases. As soon as you outgrow that you have to hack its core
Or write a module that has the functionality you're looking for. It's not that much harder than writing it for your homebrew web app, plus other people will be able to benefit from what you've developed afterwards.
This is definitely the way to go. The lame thing about the Mac/PC ads is the stereotyping I-define-myself-through-my-hardware-platform nonsense, and a Linux ad should really take exception to that.
The bizarre thing is I'd bet (but no, I haven't actually researched it) that there was more popular support for alcohol prohibition than there is today for prohibiting, say, time or device -shifting.
The big difference here lies in which side the big companies take -- especially in business-governed America.
That once all Microsoft's code and specifications are open sourced, all of it, from the Windows API to the doc format, will be better or equivalently implemented in open source products and noone would have a reason to use Windows anymore.
Keep in mind that many governments have passed or are in the process of passing laws that will enforce open standards on governmental/public documents. This will assumably also influence most companies doing business with the authorities, eventually making ODF (or - hopefully not - OOXML) the standard in most places.
If your kids run around in New York City unattended, they could get lost, kidnapped or in other ways physically harmed. The worst thing that could happen on the internet would be them seeing people doing some unusual things to each other, which has never harmed anyone severely, neither physically nor mentally.
TDC and Telia the main operators here in Denmark have stated they will not implement this unless they lose in court.
Unfortunately, you're wrong. According to this article, Telia wants "a note from IFPI before taking the law into their own hands", so they're not likely to take this far, if at all, in court
It would make more sense for you Americans to simply expect your politicians to be selfish like everybody, and not despise them for that, and instead despise your system if it doesn't provide suitable checks and balances. Which I think it doesn't.
Or, you could vote for politicians that are in politics because of a sincere desire to improve the world instead of the fame and salary. Democracy does partly work if voters and politicians are selfish, but it leaves out the minorities and the weakest when the majority of voters chooses tax cuts over welfare and development aid.
We're talking about two different things. You're assuming that average people, when faced with two options, will pick the difficult one with no benefit to themselves, magically listening to an inconvenient person telling them that the easy option is "amoral". I'm more concerned with how Stallman will get people to actually listen to him. At this rate, he's bound to have as much success as the anti-whalers.
If your goal with life is improving society rather than achieving personal success, this works perfectly fine. It's just about the same choice that Stallman made and it's the same choice that thousands of free software programmers make when they use their spare time making software that the whole society benefits from.
Besides, Stallman has on numerous occasions mentioned ways to make a living while making free software, and many of the aforementioned free software programmers use these. Making private software (software that will never be released to the public, intended for use in only one place), doingsupport, making donationware or doing something other than programming all make you a living, whilst avoiding making proprietary software.
Has anyone stopped to wonder that this is just a Blogspot blog with a single post and a Google-banner? Sure, it looks like all the other Google blogs, but there's still no convincing proof that it is one.
Exactly. And in many cases, other webpages are still considered reliable sources of information. It's not much harder to produce misinformation on a webpage than on Wikipedia, and on Wikipedia, the content is at least controlled by the masses. On top of that, sources are usually cited, and if not, a warning is displayed on the top of the page.
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In what way would having a printed copy be different from having (in this case) a third, digital copy? The paper copy might just as well end up in a fire, as this third copy would fail/burn/etc..
You forgot one thing: Outlook sucks. It's the second most malware-vulnerable app right after IE, and since much malware is spread through e-mail (many of the newbiest users use e-mail more than the web), I would at all times advice people to use Thunderbird or Evolution.
Apparantly Linus hasn't got the basic idea of debating and democracy as a whole. If nobody discussed this issue, it would not be adressed, and no effort would be put into creating a better solution. He's right that the debate might get a bit too hot at times, but the solution to that isn't to call it off.
there are people who do criminal acts because of an illness. The sole factor that should determine whether they should be sentenced to treatment or not is whether treatment will help them or not.
If you believe it to still be correct, please show within a BSD license where it restrains users more than the GPL. Better yet, show within the public domain (pd == "") how it designed to restrain users.
Simple: A derivative of a pd-licensed programme can be copyrighted, thereby being as restrictive towards its users as it can get.
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Tomboy is the app I would, in all seriousness, put as #1 on my list of Linux killer apps.
Oh, and it's a note-taking program with wiki-style linking between notes, among other things. It pulls thoughts right out of my brain and makes it trivial to organize and retrieve them later on.
I agree with OP. Many of these CMS have fairly limited use cases. As soon as you outgrow that you have to hack its core
Or write a module that has the functionality you're looking for. It's not that much harder than writing it for your homebrew web app, plus other people will be able to benefit from what you've developed afterwards.
This is definitely the way to go. The lame thing about the Mac/PC ads is the stereotyping I-define-myself-through-my-hardware-platform nonsense, and a Linux ad should really take exception to that.
The big difference here lies in which side the big companies take -- especially in business-governed America.
That once all Microsoft's code and specifications are open sourced, all of it, from the Windows API to the doc format, will be better or equivalently implemented in open source products and noone would have a reason to use Windows anymore.
Keep in mind that many governments have passed or are in the process of passing laws that will enforce open standards on governmental/public documents. This will assumably also influence most companies doing business with the authorities, eventually making ODF (or - hopefully not - OOXML) the standard in most places.
If your kids run around in New York City unattended, they could get lost, kidnapped or in other ways physically harmed. The worst thing that could happen on the internet would be them seeing people doing some unusual things to each other, which has never harmed anyone severely, neither physically nor mentally.
A bit of facts.
GDP per capita 2007:
Norway: 47,098
United States: 44,765
Iceland: 41,680
Denmark: 38,438
Finland: 37,957
Sweden: 36,687
"Tele2 was taken over by Telenor Denmark on the 12th of July 2007"
Unfortunately, you're wrong. According to this article, Telia wants "a note from IFPI before taking the law into their own hands", so they're not likely to take this far, if at all, in court
Good thing you can patenttrolltroll on Slashdot instead.
In Denmark it has been obligatory to attend a 7-hour first aid course in order to obtain a driver's license for about two years now.
Or, you could vote for politicians that are in politics because of a sincere desire to improve the world instead of the fame and salary. Democracy does partly work if voters and politicians are selfish, but it leaves out the minorities and the weakest when the majority of voters chooses tax cuts over welfare and development aid.
If your goal with life is improving society rather than achieving personal success, this works perfectly fine. It's just about the same choice that Stallman made and it's the same choice that thousands of free software programmers make when they use their spare time making software that the whole society benefits from.
Besides, Stallman has on numerous occasions mentioned ways to make a living while making free software, and many of the aforementioned free software programmers use these. Making private software (software that will never be released to the public, intended for use in only one place), doing support, making donationware or doing something other than programming all make you a living, whilst avoiding making proprietary software.
Just that should be enough to deny it ISO certification.
Has anyone stopped to wonder that this is just a Blogspot blog with a single post and a Google-banner? Sure, it looks like all the other Google blogs, but there's still no convincing proof that it is one.
Exactly. And in many cases, other webpages are still considered reliable sources of information. It's not much harder to produce misinformation on a webpage than on Wikipedia, and on Wikipedia, the content is at least controlled by the masses. On top of that, sources are usually cited, and if not, a warning is displayed on the top of the page.
But the iPhone platform will be closed.
Linux can't run without Windows...
In what way would having a printed copy be different from having (in this case) a third, digital copy? The paper copy might just as well end up in a fire, as this third copy would fail/burn/etc..
You forgot one thing: Outlook sucks. It's the second most malware-vulnerable app right after IE, and since much malware is spread through e-mail (many of the newbiest users use e-mail more than the web), I would at all times advice people to use Thunderbird or Evolution.
Apparantly Linus hasn't got the basic idea of debating and democracy as a whole. If nobody discussed this issue, it would not be adressed, and no effort would be put into creating a better solution. He's right that the debate might get a bit too hot at times, but the solution to that isn't to call it off.
there are people who do criminal acts because of an illness. The sole factor that should determine whether they should be sentenced to treatment or not is whether treatment will help them or not.
This one is better worded than my explanation.