I read No Fluff Just Stuff... lots of advanced developer articles written by people who actually know what they are talking about. Aptly named publication!
I hate it when people attempt to miss the obvious here and apply some inane ideology.
Well no... that simply is not the case - and this isn't inane ideology either. It's just how the law works.
A license is unilateral permission to use someone's property. A contract is an exchange of obligations. Groklaw gives a very good explanation of the difference and describes why the distinction is important:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851
Except the GPL is not a contract... its a license. There's a difference.
But yeah, your point still holds though. The work is still under copyright (though appearing to be "abandoned" - whatever that means), and the GPL is the only means for which it is legallay able to be used.
What's really scary is that an unelected bureaucrat is stating whether you like it or not, the FCC will implement net neutrality. A sweeping change over one of the most influential technologies that impacts almost every American... yet no one gets to vote for it. Net Neutrality has morphed from what it once was when people started talking about it (a means to prevent ISPs from throttling/blocking content in order to create a tiered service model) to a means for bringing the Fairness Doctrine 2.0 to the Internet.
Slashdotters talk about the technical merits of the proposals, but the politicians and bureaucrats are talking about something entirely different.
If the economy and the fall of the major auto makers haven't put dealerships out of business, this program surely will. Many dealerships have already delivered multiple $4500 rebates to their customers, and have yet to be reimbursed. It looks doubtful that they ever will. Many of the deals have yet to be accounted for by the NHTSA system due to glitches and server load. So... not only is this idea horrible from a national fiscal policy point of view, but now the very businesses that this is intended to help out, which are already struggling, are being forced to give large interest free loans to the federal government that very well may never be repaid.
Nothing really. Firefox is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), an open source license. Don't see any barriers related to copying code here - that's one of the main advantages of open source software.
Suddenly, I'm no longer so sure that absolute freedom of the press is such a good idea any more.
Are you kidding me? Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of our (the U.S.) democracy as we see it today. Even if I don't like the media's biased view points and influence, I would never ever want the government to come in and dictate what can and cannot be said... even if its in the spirit of "fairness and balance". For who is to determine what is fair or balanced?
Today's Obama supporter would cry foul if the Bush Administration forced the Fox News format of "fair and balance" onto CNN, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC, just as today's conservatives are currently crying foul regarding the Democrats (Schumer, Kerry, Feinstein, and Bingaman) plans to reinstate the "Fairness Docterine" that will surely squelch conservative talk radio.
Don't be seduced by an attempt to control speech in an effort to keep things balanced. The suppression of speech leads to tyranny.
INDIVIDUAL: I'd liked to register a TLD please.
ICANN: Ok, what is it?
INDIVIDUAL: foo
ICANN: Ok... we'll have to do some extensive research on this.
ICANN: [Turns around, ruffles some papers, turns back around]
ICANN: Ok our extensive army of legal analysts deem "foo" to be acceptable. That will be $180,000 please!
What could possibly require a fee that high (I don't buy the "staff time" and "investment" line)? I mean... if you already resigned to polluting the name space with gimmicky TLDs, why should ".foo" cost more to register than "acme.com"? Is it just a barrier for entry?
Actually... $180,000 is for the luxury of filling out the application form... you aren't guaranteed to get the TLD. So lucky you, you get to pay up front before they say yea or nay.
I think its actually a great idea on their part...
Remove all the accessory apps, and make them available free for download all in one place. That way, people can see a list of all these great free applications that are available only on Windows.
Much better than having them preinstalled and Joe SixPack not knowing that they're there among all the other crappy OEM software. Probably also puts them in better light with the EU too.
What airlines have power jacks in the seats? Seriously, I bought an airline AC adapter a while back, and I have yet to see a jack on any plane that I have flown on (for seats in cattle car... err coach, not first class). I always have to resort to bringing an extra battery for my old G4 powerbook just to get through the flight.
I fly United Airlines predominately with the occasional JetBlue. Even international flights on big planes don't offer this convenience. Who has these airline jacks?
JBoss has already pulled a fast one anyway. What used to be free, circa JBoss 4.0.2, (embedding the app server in a shrink-wrapped application) is now for a fee. I used to work for a company that bet the farm on JBoss 4.0.2. And you know what they're doing now? PAYING JBoss. They have no choice. Not sure what you mean by that... I can download the latest JBoss app server for free at:
http://labs.jboss.com/jbossas/downloads/
I'm currently using JBoss 4.2.1 in production without paying a cent (well, I don't have support either, but that's ok for me). What do you mean they have no choice?
That has nothing to do with it... the problem with Windows Update recently is not that they aren't pushing out updates in a timely matter or that they are pushing out buggy updates too quickly, it's that they are being sneaky about updates. There's no reason that they couldn't be up front in disclosing everything about what components of your system will be changed with any given update. It's when they say an update fixes a specific problem, and then also install windows genuine advantage behind the scenes that we have a problem.
Blindly trusting a third party, especially one with a track record like Microsoft, with updating your production systems may be an unwise move.
The terms "Trusted Computing" and "Digital Rights Management" were coined by the MPAA/RIAA and their agents specifically to be misleading and to put a positive spin on generally consumer unfriendly technologies. It's been proven time and time again that the masses can easily be persuaded by such propaganda. By using the terms "Treacherous Computing" and "Digital Restrictions Management", he shines light on what the big content industry is attempting to do in an effort to counter what threatens his (and many others) core beliefs.
Google wouldn't need to create a new file system, but instead build off of ReiserFS, which is an amazingly flexible file system which can be extended through the use of plugins. Significant progess in searchable filesystems for linux (ala Spotlight in OSX) has already been made through the Beagle Project. This seems like a natural area for Google to get into...
So maybe building a full blown distro that competes against Redhat and Suse is unlikely... but I could definitly see Google making major feature enhancements in the linux desktop search realm.
That plan would never work...
Going to a movie theatre and plopping down $10 for a ticket and an additional $10 for a drink and popcorn will not just give you chance to view the movie... you get to see the movie on a screen the size of your house with thundering THX surround sound in a relatively comfy chair with a bunch of your friends. You're paying for the whole experience... an experience that most people can't recreate in their homes (though home theatre systems are starting to cut into this).
The movie experience is a shared experience... the theatre house projects one movie and multiple people enjoy it. Unfortunately, the playing a game in a cafe does not translate at all. Each gamer has a unique, customized experience because he/she is actively controlling the action instead of merely viewing it passively. Also there is very little value add to playing a game in a cafe, as the experience can be easily recreated inside joe sixpack's home with relatively cheap computer/console hardware. This is exactly why we saw the demise of the video arcade during the 90s.
This sounds like a situation of control. Rather than sumbit to US authority (which intentionally cripples GPS accuracy for commercial uses), European nations are apparently willing to buy their own (new and improved too!).
It makes all the difference in the world! Yes, the presidency and senate often work hand in hand along party lines; but that doesn't matter. The point is that the supreme court cannot appoint their own! The checks and balances are between branches of government... not political parties.
sigh....
The president appoints a justice(executive branch).... the senate approves a justice(legislative branch).... Thats two branches checking the third (judiciary branch). Once the justice gets on the bench, he/she is on there for life (or at least until retirement). Thats just how the system works.
The judicial branch is there to uphold the constitution which is the highest letter of the law in the U.S. I think you must be referring to how the current administration uses the Constitution as toilet paper so it'd be easy to get that hierarchy misunderstood.
Of course, the judicial branch is there to uphold the constitution. I never said otherwise. I'm not quite sure what the rest of the babble about the current administration and toilet paper is about though...
Appointment of a supreme court judge by the president is absolutely essential; our forefathers specifically designed our federal goverment that way . This directly corresponds to the checks and balances between the three branches of goverment that every US student learned in social studies class (in this case, the executive over the judiciary).
Maybe the reason why you're not having problems with battery life is because you have four ipods! Assuming you're not using your ipods at the same time, you aren't experiencing the wear and tear that normal consumers see (those that save up and buy a single ipod and keep it for a long time). No wonder you don't have sympathy... you're treating an ipod as a disposable product that should be replaced every year.
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Seriously... if its someone's job to make sure that the time is consistent across all adds and product unveilings, they have too much free time.
I read No Fluff Just Stuff... lots of advanced developer articles written by people who actually know what they are talking about. Aptly named publication!
You don't have to live on campus, it's an option, not a requirement.
A LOT of universities require freshman and sophomores to live on campus. In those cases, it is indeed a requirement.
Well, no. The GPL is a contract for a license.
I hate it when people attempt to miss the obvious here and apply some inane ideology.
Well no... that simply is not the case - and this isn't inane ideology either. It's just how the law works.
A license is unilateral permission to use someone's property. A contract is an exchange of obligations. Groklaw gives a very good explanation of the difference and describes why the distinction is important: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851
Except the GPL is not a contract... its a license. There's a difference.
But yeah, your point still holds though. The work is still under copyright (though appearing to be "abandoned" - whatever that means), and the GPL is the only means for which it is legallay able to be used.
Slashdotters talk about the technical merits of the proposals, but the politicians and bureaucrats are talking about something entirely different.
http://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2010/11/20/tech-at-night-red-alert/
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1993/10/em368-why-the-fairness-doctrine-is-anything-but-fair
If the economy and the fall of the major auto makers haven't put dealerships out of business, this program surely will. Many dealerships have already delivered multiple $4500 rebates to their customers, and have yet to be reimbursed. It looks doubtful that they ever will. Many of the deals have yet to be accounted for by the NHTSA system due to glitches and server load. So... not only is this idea horrible from a national fiscal policy point of view, but now the very businesses that this is intended to help out, which are already struggling, are being forced to give large interest free loans to the federal government that very well may never be repaid.
Nothing really. Firefox is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), an open source license. Don't see any barriers related to copying code here - that's one of the main advantages of open source software.
Pre-Beta is what Beta used to mean before Google came along... Will GMail ever get out of Beta?
Suddenly, I'm no longer so sure that absolute freedom of the press is such a good idea any more.
Are you kidding me? Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of our (the U.S.) democracy as we see it today. Even if I don't like the media's biased view points and influence, I would never ever want the government to come in and dictate what can and cannot be said... even if its in the spirit of "fairness and balance". For who is to determine what is fair or balanced?
Today's Obama supporter would cry foul if the Bush Administration forced the Fox News format of "fair and balance" onto CNN, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC, just as today's conservatives are currently crying foul regarding the Democrats (Schumer, Kerry, Feinstein, and Bingaman) plans to reinstate the "Fairness Docterine" that will surely squelch conservative talk radio.
Don't be seduced by an attempt to control speech in an effort to keep things balanced. The suppression of speech leads to tyranny.
Riches chose World of Warcraft over working a legit job
Wait... people in prison get to play Warcraft all day? Gee... that sounds like a deal
INDIVIDUAL: I'd liked to register a TLD please.
ICANN: Ok, what is it?
INDIVIDUAL: foo
ICANN: Ok... we'll have to do some extensive research on this.
ICANN: [Turns around, ruffles some papers, turns back around]
ICANN: Ok our extensive army of legal analysts deem "foo" to be acceptable. That will be $180,000 please!
What could possibly require a fee that high (I don't buy the "staff time" and "investment" line)? I mean... if you already resigned to polluting the name space with gimmicky TLDs, why should ".foo" cost more to register than "acme.com"? Is it just a barrier for entry?
Actually... $180,000 is for the luxury of filling out the application form... you aren't guaranteed to get the TLD. So lucky you, you get to pay up front before they say yea or nay.
Remove all the accessory apps, and make them available free for download all in one place. That way, people can see a list of all these great free applications that are available only on Windows.
Much better than having them preinstalled and Joe SixPack not knowing that they're there among all the other crappy OEM software. Probably also puts them in better light with the EU too.
I fly United Airlines predominately with the occasional JetBlue. Even international flights on big planes don't offer this convenience. Who has these airline jacks?
That has nothing to do with it... the problem with Windows Update recently is not that they aren't pushing out updates in a timely matter or that they are pushing out buggy updates too quickly, it's that they are being sneaky about updates. There's no reason that they couldn't be up front in disclosing everything about what components of your system will be changed with any given update. It's when they say an update fixes a specific problem, and then also install windows genuine advantage behind the scenes that we have a problem.
Blindly trusting a third party, especially one with a track record like Microsoft, with updating your production systems may be an unwise move.
No silly... you can get your degree in 6 days!
The terms "Trusted Computing" and "Digital Rights Management" were coined by the MPAA/RIAA and their agents specifically to be misleading and to put a positive spin on generally consumer unfriendly technologies. It's been proven time and time again that the masses can easily be persuaded by such propaganda. By using the terms "Treacherous Computing" and "Digital Restrictions Management", he shines light on what the big content industry is attempting to do in an effort to counter what threatens his (and many others) core beliefs.
So maybe building a full blown distro that competes against Redhat and Suse is unlikely... but I could definitly see Google making major feature enhancements in the linux desktop search realm.
The movie experience is a shared experience... the theatre house projects one movie and multiple people enjoy it. Unfortunately, the playing a game in a cafe does not translate at all. Each gamer has a unique, customized experience because he/she is actively controlling the action instead of merely viewing it passively. Also there is very little value add to playing a game in a cafe, as the experience can be easily recreated inside joe sixpack's home with relatively cheap computer/console hardware. This is exactly why we saw the demise of the video arcade during the 90s.
This sounds like a situation of control. Rather than sumbit to US authority (which intentionally cripples GPS accuracy for commercial uses), European nations are apparently willing to buy their own (new and improved too!).
It makes all the difference in the world! Yes, the presidency and senate often work hand in hand along party lines; but that doesn't matter. The point is that the supreme court cannot appoint their own! The checks and balances are between branches of government... not political parties.
Appointment of a supreme court judge by the president is absolutely essential; our forefathers specifically designed our federal goverment that way . This directly corresponds to the checks and balances between the three branches of goverment that every US student learned in social studies class (in this case, the executive over the judiciary).
Maybe the reason why you're not having problems with battery life is because you have four ipods! Assuming you're not using your ipods at the same time, you aren't experiencing the wear and tear that normal consumers see (those that save up and buy a single ipod and keep it for a long time). No wonder you don't have sympathy... you're treating an ipod as a disposable product that should be replaced every year.