You make atheists such as myself and other unbelievers look bad.
Agreed.
But you'll grow up some day.
Debatable.
There is no way to prove conclusively that a deity or deities exist or do not.
That's irrelevant. The usefulness of knowledge comes from our ability to use that knowledge to predict the likely consequences of various actions before we commit ourselves to those actions. Knowledge that comes from religion can't be used to make better-than-random predictions. However, religion can cause people to think they can make better predictions than they actually can, i.e. it gives them a false sense of security. It can also make people unnecessarily vulnerable to con men disguised as holy people.
Soon enough we will know.
What? You just said that we can't know. Now you say that we will?
Those who attack a person's faith (or lack thereof) with such vitriol are merely insecure in their own beliefs.
No. In fact, since Sun is the sole copyright holder, they don't even have to abide by the GPL, but even if they did, this would not be a violation of the GPL unless they distributed binaries to people in those countries, and then refused to distribute sources to those same people.
A friend of mine uses Lynx on the laptop that's connected to her Braille display.
Keep in mind that people who need Braille displays probably don't perform major changes in their computer's configuration (especially the hardware), because they usually have to get somebody else to do it for them.
In the OS world, you can have
-a non-userfriendly (at least not beginner-friendly) but technically superb system. Think of classic UNIX as an example.
-or as the other extreme, a pretty, newbie-friendly but unreliable system, like Windows 9x.
That's a false dichotomy, and there are several examples that prove otherwise. (Amiga, and apparently Plan9 and BeOS.)
Microsoft simply doesn't want to spend the money required to make a quality OS. Either that, or they can't retain the necessary talent due to their corporate culture and reputation.
Ultimately, the can't get sued for copyright infringement here, so you'd have to convince a court that the distributor was trying to get around the requirements GPL. As long as the non-GPL runtime libraries exist, good luck!
If Sun releases both the Java VM, and (more importantly) the Java class libraries under the GPL, it will be huge, because important packages will now be able to include Java functionality out of the box
Example: Distros can ship Firefox (a.k.a. Iceweasel/Firesomething/whatever) with a Java plugin. On every architecture. Running OpenBSD. And it'll be reliable, because weird OS-specific bugs will actually get fixed.
Another example: Debian et al. can start shipping OpenOffice with Java support.
If Sun plays its cards right, it will have eliminated the so-called Java trap, which can only serve to render Java more ubiquitous.
1. Your misspelling of "prove" suggests that you probably don't actually know much about mathematics (you certainly haven't published anything in English).
2. Scientific consensus at the time of Columbus was that the earth was round.
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Mathematics is a substitute for science now?
Given the potential consequences, if we don't know, wouldn't it be wise to err on the side of caution?
We can always dump more CO2 into the atmosphere later if we learn that it won't be a significant problem.
In 1000 years, archaeologists will look at this logo and conclude that it must have had some sort of religious significance.
Agreed.
Debatable.
That's irrelevant. The usefulness of knowledge comes from our ability to use that knowledge to predict the likely consequences of various actions before we commit ourselves to those actions. Knowledge that comes from religion can't be used to make better-than-random predictions. However, religion can cause people to think they can make better predictions than they actually can, i.e. it gives them a false sense of security. It can also make people unnecessarily vulnerable to con men disguised as holy people.
What? You just said that we can't know. Now you say that we will?
That's a rather large generalization. Evidence?
Hopefully the space shuttle doesn't crash there.
Hmm. Or maybe they did release the standard libraries with the JVM. I'm going to try to build it and see what I get.
Hmm. Or maybe they did with the JVM. I'm going to try to build it and see what I get.
Today, Sun released their Java compiler and JVM under the GPL. Big deal. We've already had a free JVM and compiler for a long time.
What we need is their rather large standard library, which is what the GNU Classpath and GNU ClasspathX projects are currently trying to provide.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'll believe it when it happens.
No. In fact, since Sun is the sole copyright holder, they don't even have to abide by the GPL, but even if they did, this would not be a violation of the GPL unless they distributed binaries to people in those countries, and then refused to distribute sources to those same people.
Look closely: They didn't release the class libraries. Just the compiler and the JVM.
A friend of mine uses Lynx on the laptop that's connected to her Braille display.
Keep in mind that people who need Braille displays probably don't perform major changes in their computer's configuration (especially the hardware), because they usually have to get somebody else to do it for them.
That's a false dichotomy, and there are several examples that prove otherwise. (Amiga, and apparently Plan9 and BeOS.)
Microsoft simply doesn't want to spend the money required to make a quality OS. Either that, or they can't retain the necessary talent due to their corporate culture and reputation.
Insensitive clods! What about other encodings? Will I be able to write my exams in Morse code? How about base64?
rg! wtf s rng w ths ppl?
I was wondering where all that personal finance information I sniffed from the air and sold to some Arab dudes came from.
So if Japanese people taste like bacon, what do Canadians taste like?
s/the can't/the user can't/
Ultimately, the can't get sued for copyright infringement here, so you'd have to convince a court that the distributor was trying to get around the requirements GPL. As long as the non-GPL runtime libraries exist, good luck!
His name is Dark Helmet.
If Sun releases both the Java VM, and (more importantly) the Java class libraries under the GPL, it will be huge, because important packages will now be able to include Java functionality out of the box
Example: Distros can ship Firefox (a.k.a. Iceweasel/Firesomething/whatever) with a Java plugin. On every architecture. Running OpenBSD. And it'll be reliable, because weird OS-specific bugs will actually get fixed.
Another example: Debian et al. can start shipping OpenOffice with Java support.
If Sun plays its cards right, it will have eliminated the so-called Java trap, which can only serve to render Java more ubiquitous.
That said, I'll believe it when it happens.
What about the class library? Is this going to make GNU classpath unnecessary?
Huh?
1. Your misspelling of "prove" suggests that you probably don't actually know much about mathematics (you certainly haven't published anything in English).
2. Scientific consensus at the time of Columbus was that the earth was round.
Anyone who wants to post comments claiming that IPv6 is never going to be deployed, please do so in this thread.