Except that warning people about shootings is unlikely to cause a rational reaction from the warned. There is a reason why people are supposed to stay where they are until they are "retrieved" by the police. It's called not having targets running around for the shooter to shoot. Not to mention that people running around would also be a problem for the police.
The fact of the matter is that if there is something like a shooting on campus, if you're in the "danger zone", you'll hear the shots long before that text comes in.
It would actually be MUCH more efficient and SAFER to have security "lock down" the building where the shooter is presumed to be (fire doors are rather strong) preventing more students from entering until the police got there. It prevents panic and lets the professionals deal with the situation.
How exactly would this answer a religious question again? It still doesn't answer the question of where the Universe came from in the first place nor why it came about nor... I mean seriously, replacing a "We don't know" with the equivalent of "It's turtles all the way down" doesn't exactly answer any so called religious questions at all. In fact, it doesn't even encroach on them.
Not to mention that it's BSD'd code which means that other companies can actually use it! So, sorry, but RH has been beaten to the punch. And from an industry that's *far* more competitive to boot!
I said dl and in *dynamic linking*. I even stated as such *before* using the short form. LGPL'd libs NEED dynamic linking to not have to license/your/ code as LGPL. Please read my posts before replying.
And of course, no-one will ask any questions about the cumulative effects. Nor will they make analogies to x-rays being "safe" *except* for those under radiation treatment, or pregnant, or...
How will this tech (or possibly the person running it) tell one person from the list above? This whole mentality is actually starting to get to the point where it endangers people's health (or that of the unborn child).
The biggest reason that I've heard that holds any water as to why there isn't any commercial game development on Linux (or the *BSD's) is the problems with cross-platform development. Which was true once upon a time. As in, the cost to do it was quite high.
BUT, today what do we have? We got games being developed not only for the PC/XBox, but also the PS3, Wii and toned town version(s) for the PSP and/or the GBA/DS. Clearly there isn't much of a fear/cost with regards to cross-platform development any more.
My opinion as to what the next reason will be is licensing. The bulk of the useful tools on the Linux Distro's are (L)GPL'd. Now, I know that the dynamically linking to a lib that is LGPL'd is ok, but not to one that is GPL'd. Also, has anyone taken a look at (at least Ubuntu's) libc? It's LGPL'd. Anyone here want to dl LIBC? Because that'll be necessary to alleviate any legal ambiguity regarding libc's usage even if the Linux people/say/ it's fine.
Quite frankly, I see this free (as in RMS's definition) software thing as having shot itself in the foot. RMS wanted an "us" v.s. "them" thing:
If you need to worry about "your 12 year-old self competing with" you, then I would say that you need to revisit your product rather than the *perceived* effort going into it.
In a couple years people will be used to them and those cameras will effectively been invisible. So, why remove them? Slippery slope.
You're also assuming that these cameras will actually do something. Are you sure that's a good assumption? Because this sort of non-logic has been debunked over and over and...
That's total bullshit! The Americans came up with something that was practically useless and then the Brit came along and turned it into something useful. Sorry, but the Brit is the only one with the claim to fame here. You see, that's how Science and Math works. Everyone builds on everyone else's work and the guy(s) that ends up actually making the breakthrough wins. Want another example? How about Einstein's SR. Most of the stuff used to create that was well known at the time.
There a joke that I heard (that's actually pretty much true):
A Physicist goes to a Mathematician for advise on solving a Differential Equation. The Physicist explains this and writes the equation on a Blackboard. The Mathematician stares at the equation for more than half an hour. Finally, he says, "Yes, it has a solution."
Basically, the Maths (even applied) are about details and considering them *very* carefully. With this in mind, is it any surprise that they are somewhat "slow"? Especially when they are starting from scratch within the problem domain?
In that landmark case, it was decided that ID was NOT science and Evolution IS. Good luck to any teacher attempting to defy Evolution with this bill and/not/ get sued.
Sure the forces, etc, that enable such things to work would be there. But, that means nothing when it comes to us building something that takes advantage of such forces, etc. For that to happen, it takes math and science i.e. understanding.
And if you read that blog, they admitted that the only things they fixed were the things required to pass ACID2. Please note that this certainly does NOT mean that it is actually compliant.
They may only enforce there policy within the law though. And any civilised nation that I know of prohibits such an invasion of privacy and requires PROOF that such things are going on before action is taken.
""" If Intellectual Property is actually property, why isn't it covered by a property tax? """
Not all forms of property are land. My computer, for instance, is my property. But, do I pay "property tax" on it. NO.
This has to be one of the dumbest things that I've heard of in a while. Seriously, why don't people use there brain filters before publishing moronic bullshit like this any more?
1) The GPL doesn't require the service to be (monetary) free. If that were true, then RedHat, etc would be in a great deal of trouble.
2) Installing a "suspicious toolbar" has nothing to do with the GPL.
3) Though a DOS attack is certainly illegal and tells of the mentality of a/the real shareaza person/people. And apparently you.
4) Name changes due to trade-marks, etc aren't unheard of. Look up the Pigeon project if you don't believe me.
5) IF they have taken the application itself and used it for there pay service, the only problem that might be there is if the source isn't available as well.
6) I really wish that people would read the licenses.
I'm always amazed just how often this and other nonsense comes up. Then I remember that today's people have attention spans of chronically depressed Lemmings and it all comes rushing back... along with that deep sickening sinking feeling.
At any rate, here's a good essay (found it linked to on Schneier's blog) that destroys the argument:
Slashdot Mirror
Except that warning people about shootings is unlikely to cause a rational reaction from the warned. There is a reason why people are supposed to stay where they are until they are "retrieved" by the police. It's called not having targets running around for the shooter to shoot. Not to mention that people running around would also be a problem for the police.
The fact of the matter is that if there is something like a shooting on campus, if you're in the "danger zone", you'll hear the shots long before that text comes in.
It would actually be MUCH more efficient and SAFER to have security "lock down" the building where the shooter is presumed to be (fire doors are rather strong) preventing more students from entering until the police got there. It prevents panic and lets the professionals deal with the situation.
How exactly would this answer a religious question again? It still doesn't answer the question of where the Universe came from in the first place nor why it came about nor... I mean seriously, replacing a "We don't know" with the equivalent of "It's turtles all the way down" doesn't exactly answer any so called religious questions at all. In fact, it doesn't even encroach on them.
They've been sharing chunks of code for a while now.
http://nocturnal.insomniacgames.com/index.php/Main_Page
Not to mention that it's BSD'd code which means that other companies can actually use it! So, sorry, but RH has been beaten to the punch. And from an industry that's *far* more competitive to boot!
... how IE will completely fuck everything up ruining everything for everyone that has to support that raging piece of crap.
Sony's and M$'s services have caused frustration. Nintendo creates a service which doesn't. Why couldn't you come up with that yourself?
Statically that is.
There is a difference between /shipping/ something and LINKING TO IT. Please read posts before commenting on them.
Isn't there a reason why DefCon doesn't have wireless mic's at there event?
I said dl and in *dynamic linking*. I even stated as such *before* using the short form. LGPL'd libs NEED dynamic linking to not have to license /your/ code as LGPL. Please read my posts before replying.
And of course, no-one will ask any questions about the cumulative effects. Nor will they make analogies to x-rays being "safe" *except* for those under radiation treatment, or pregnant, or...
How will this tech (or possibly the person running it) tell one person from the list above? This whole mentality is actually starting to get to the point where it endangers people's health (or that of the unborn child).
Money is the *only* metric for sucess?!?! I pity you.
... getting anonymously irradiated for my own "protection."
The biggest reason that I've heard that holds any water as to why there isn't any commercial game development on Linux (or the *BSD's) is the problems with cross-platform development. Which was true once upon a time. As in, the cost to do it was quite high.
/say/ it's fine.
BUT, today what do we have? We got games being developed not only for the PC/XBox, but also the PS3, Wii and toned town version(s) for the PSP and/or the GBA/DS. Clearly there isn't much of a fear/cost with regards to cross-platform development any more.
My opinion as to what the next reason will be is licensing. The bulk of the useful tools on the Linux Distro's are (L)GPL'd. Now, I know that the dynamically linking to a lib that is LGPL'd is ok, but not to one that is GPL'd. Also, has anyone taken a look at (at least Ubuntu's) libc? It's LGPL'd. Anyone here want to dl LIBC? Because that'll be necessary to alleviate any legal ambiguity regarding libc's usage even if the Linux people
Quite frankly, I see this free (as in RMS's definition) software thing as having shot itself in the foot. RMS wanted an "us" v.s. "them" thing:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html
And guess what. He got it. Congratulations.
If you need to worry about "your 12 year-old self competing with" you, then I would say that you need to revisit your product rather than the *perceived* effort going into it.
Well, there's the DVR "solution." Or the cheaper actual solution of getting better locks. Hard to trash a room if you can't get in.
In a couple years people will be used to them and those cameras will effectively been invisible. So, why remove them? Slippery slope.
You're also assuming that these cameras will actually do something. Are you sure that's a good assumption? Because this sort of non-logic has been debunked over and over and...
That's total bullshit! The Americans came up with something that was practically useless and then the Brit came along and turned it into something useful. Sorry, but the Brit is the only one with the claim to fame here. You see, that's how Science and Math works. Everyone builds on everyone else's work and the guy(s) that ends up actually making the breakthrough wins. Want another example? How about Einstein's SR. Most of the stuff used to create that was well known at the time.
There a joke that I heard (that's actually pretty much true):
A Physicist goes to a Mathematician for advise on solving a Differential Equation. The Physicist explains this and writes the equation on a Blackboard. The Mathematician stares at the equation for more than half an hour. Finally, he says, "Yes, it has a solution."
Basically, the Maths (even applied) are about details and considering them *very* carefully. With this in mind, is it any surprise that they are somewhat "slow"? Especially when they are starting from scratch within the problem domain?
In that landmark case, it was decided that ID was NOT science and Evolution IS. Good luck to any teacher attempting to defy Evolution with this bill and /not/ get sued.
Sure the forces, etc, that enable such things to work would be there. But, that means nothing when it comes to us building something that takes advantage of such forces, etc. For that to happen, it takes math and science i.e. understanding.
And if you read that blog, they admitted that the only things they fixed were the things required to pass ACID2. Please note that this certainly does NOT mean that it is actually compliant.
They may only enforce there policy within the law though. And any civilised nation that I know of prohibits such an invasion of privacy and requires PROOF that such things are going on before action is taken.
"""
If Intellectual Property is actually property, why isn't it covered by a property tax?
"""
Not all forms of property are land. My computer, for instance, is my property. But, do I pay "property tax" on it. NO.
This has to be one of the dumbest things that I've heard of in a while. Seriously, why don't people use there brain filters before publishing moronic bullshit like this any more?
1) The GPL doesn't require the service to be (monetary) free. If that were true, then RedHat, etc would be in a great deal of trouble.
2) Installing a "suspicious toolbar" has nothing to do with the GPL.
3) Though a DOS attack is certainly illegal and tells of the mentality of a/the real shareaza person/people. And apparently you.
4) Name changes due to trade-marks, etc aren't unheard of. Look up the Pigeon project if you don't believe me.
5) IF they have taken the application itself and used it for there pay service, the only problem that might be there is if the source isn't available as well.
6) I really wish that people would read the licenses.
... again and again and again and ...
I'm always amazed just how often this and other nonsense comes up. Then I remember that today's people have attention spans of chronically depressed Lemmings and it all comes rushing back... along with that deep sickening sinking feeling.
At any rate, here's a good essay (found it linked to on Schneier's blog) that destroys the argument:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565
Just used it on my parents a couple days ago. Spread it around!