Damn, I've been boycott Nigerian scammers for years and I still get those in my inbox.:( Obviously not the best solution, is it? (it's not like well-established businesses are spamming anyway).
No. Thin about it. SCO says "Linus stole our code" because otherwise he couldn't have written a good OS. Now this guy comes up saying "Linus did that with AT's code". It only gives less credit to what SCO's saying, not more.
I used to work for a company in Montreal where we had beer&chips provided by the company every friday afternoon. They got bought by a US company and had a hard time keeping that (though they managed to - until everything closed).
This has nothing to do with security through obscurity since the protocols and everything were open. The fact of publicly disclosing flaws is a different topic, not security through obscurity. For example, you could decide to publicly disclose a Windows security hole, while not disclusing a Linux one (until it's fixed).
and why that statement about the Bush administration's science policy is a bit out of whack
The thing is that most manipulations occur when using valid science to promote bogus goals. With the Bush administrations, it's that they use bogus science to promote bogus goals.
If we do X, there's no guarantee that X will happen. So are you willing to spend hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars and affect every industry for possibly no gain?
So if we detect a large (planet-killer) asteroid going straight to the Earth and it costs a trillion to have a chance to stop it, it's not worth it either, right?
The thing is: no we're not 100% sure there's going to be global warming and no, we're not 100% sure we can stop it. However, with the stakes involved, it's foolish to do nothing about it (even if it costs lots of money).
Oh, I didn't mean "card doesn't work", but "sound works better with Linux". Examples of that are when dealing with multiple cards or doing some low-latency stuff. As for unsupported soundcards under Windows, it probably happened with a few cards with Win2k came out, but obviously cards will otherwise be supported by Windows, because it's in fact more the other way around (i.e. *Windows* is supported by all card manufacturers, MS doesn't really write drivers for all those).
Five seconds is probably not long enough to know what really happened.
Not in the general case, but in this case, I'm sorry but there's *no* excuse to be going at 160 km/h (and it's not like you push the pedal and you're suddenly going 160 km/s).
Is it fair if my car has the feature, but the other guy's doesn't?
Soon I think all cars will have the feature because it's part of the airbad system and airbags are now required on new vehicles.
You can tell that I was speeding, but what if he was speeding more?
Speeding that much and killing someone is criminal, no matter what the other one did.
I'm wondering what would happen if all manufacturers of electronic equipment were required to provide a 5-year warranty on all their products. Anyone think it would reduce the amount of cheap electronic stuff that ends up in the garbage after a week and contributes to pollution?
When someone pays less, they'll just have to figure out how to spend less.
Everybody, stop paying your taxes! That way, everything will be free. Overspending may be a problem but it isn't solved with people not paying their taxes.
Imagine how much of a problem it will be with subatomic particles.
We're nowhere near subatomic here. In order to fit 50 GB on a disk, the bits will probably be in the hundreds of nanometers large. That's still much larger than atoms.
That makes the (false) assumption that record labels don't make any profit. Also, using your argument, I can also defend any corporation whatever it does. Oh, and while we're at it, why not drug dealers too. They too end up paying other people and everything...
That's only for criminal offenses. Of course, I'd like criminal code to apply to corporations, but right now, the civil code is what matters. There's no innocent until proven guilty in the civil code.
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Damn, I've been boycott Nigerian scammers for years and I still get those in my inbox. :( Obviously not the best solution, is it? (it's not like well-established businesses are spamming anyway).
Thanks. At least someone with some sense in here!
In which case, it would be called "compressed", not "raw".
Don't know how you count by at 8-bit resolution 24 bpp, you end up with 42 MB per raw pic for a 14 MP camera.
SCO Lawyer (to Linus): Can you explain how you created such an advanced operating system without copying SCO's code?
Linus: Easy, I copied Tanenbaum's code!
SCO Lawyer: Damn!
Tanenbaum: He DID NOT copy my code, because monolithic are so much inferior.
No. Thin about it. SCO says "Linus stole our code" because otherwise he couldn't have written a good OS. Now this guy comes up saying "Linus did that with AT's code". It only gives less credit to what SCO's saying, not more.
I used to work for a company in Montreal where we had beer&chips provided by the company every friday afternoon. They got bought by a US company and had a hard time keeping that (though they managed to - until everything closed).
This has nothing to do with security through obscurity since the protocols and everything were open. The fact of publicly disclosing flaws is a different topic, not security through obscurity. For example, you could decide to publicly disclose a Windows security hole, while not disclusing a Linux one (until it's fixed).
and why that statement about the Bush administration's science policy is a bit out of whack
The thing is that most manipulations occur when using valid science to promote bogus goals. With the Bush administrations, it's that they use bogus science to promote bogus goals.
If we do X, there's no guarantee that X will happen. So are you willing to spend hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars and affect every industry for possibly no gain?
So if we detect a large (planet-killer) asteroid going straight to the Earth and it costs a trillion to have a chance to stop it, it's not worth it either, right?
The thing is: no we're not 100% sure there's going to be global warming and no, we're not 100% sure we can stop it. However, with the stakes involved, it's foolish to do nothing about it (even if it costs lots of money).
You understand that this argument I'm making was followed by "Besides, ..." in my original comment, right?
Oh, I didn't mean "card doesn't work", but "sound works better with Linux". Examples of that are when dealing with multiple cards or doing some low-latency stuff. As for unsupported soundcards under Windows, it probably happened with a few cards with Win2k came out, but obviously cards will otherwise be supported by Windows, because it's in fact more the other way around (i.e. *Windows* is supported by all card manufacturers, MS doesn't really write drivers for all those).
Right. Linux may have some problems, but soundcards definitely isn't one of them. Besides, I've always found sound support to be much better in Linux.
1) Buy Windows XP for $200
2) Download Linux for free and buy a $20 soundcard
I'm really having a hard time making up my mind...
Five seconds is probably not long enough to know what really happened.
Not in the general case, but in this case, I'm sorry but there's *no* excuse to be going at 160 km/h (and it's not like you push the pedal and you're suddenly going 160 km/s).
Is it fair if my car has the feature, but the other guy's doesn't?
Soon I think all cars will have the feature because it's part of the airbad system and airbags are now required on new vehicles.
You can tell that I was speeding, but what if he was speeding more?
Speeding that much and killing someone is criminal, no matter what the other one did.
I suppose you can name small companies that have been saved from big companies thanks to patents?
Then you might as well aim at the sun and really forget about it.
I'm wondering what would happen if all manufacturers of electronic equipment were required to provide a 5-year warranty on all their products. Anyone think it would reduce the amount of cheap electronic stuff that ends up in the garbage after a week and contributes to pollution?
it's defeating one of the most liberal copyright-protection schemes in existance.
So you mean it's liberal enough to allow me to play files in Linux?
How come it is greedy to want to keep your own income?
Depends on how you think. In here (Canada), people tend to think more in terms of what we *get* from the government.
No, they're a wave ;) (at least when used that way)
When someone pays less, they'll just have to figure out how to spend less.
Everybody, stop paying your taxes! That way, everything will be free. Overspending may be a problem but it isn't solved with people not paying their taxes.
Imagine how much of a problem it will be with subatomic particles.
We're nowhere near subatomic here. In order to fit 50 GB on a disk, the bits will probably be in the hundreds of nanometers large. That's still much larger than atoms.
$8.00 ends up going to somebody's salary
That makes the (false) assumption that record labels don't make any profit. Also, using your argument, I can also defend any corporation whatever it does. Oh, and while we're at it, why not drug dealers too. They too end up paying other people and everything...
Innocent until proven guilty, remember?
That's only for criminal offenses. Of course, I'd like criminal code to apply to corporations, but right now, the civil code is what matters. There's no innocent until proven guilty in the civil code.