with more effect than any since 1989, when an entire Canadian province had its power knocked out.
Yes, that province was Quebec and we were in the dark for 2-3 days IIRC. A the time, the power company (Hydro Quebec) said "it's because of the sun" and everybody made fun of them.
I wonder if this was also due to the very long power lines (>1000 km) we have from the hydro plants to the cities... I heard they also make perfect antennas for sending 60 Hz waves into space.
As the author of Speex, I'm really curious about whether these phones use Speex (they don't mention the codec used). I'm not going to install Skype (don't use Windows anyway), but if someone is interested in checking for me, e-mail me and I'll send you a piece of code which should be able to tell if Speex is there by inspecting an executable or dll.
The part I like best is where they *quote* someone from the FSF saying: "We have legal teeth, so if someone does not share and share alike, we can make them obey the rules." I'd be very suprised if the guy really said that. The term "share and share alike" was really "invented" my MS do they could talk about Free Software/Open Source without talking about freedom and open-ness. Actually, I wouldn't be suprised if the article (or at least that quote) came from MS directly.
If that's the way spammers operate, there's no need for new spam laws, no? What they're doing (unauthorized access to a machine) is already a criminal offense. Why not prosecute on that?
I'm not saying there aren't advantages, what I'm saying is that there are really annoying things. For example, I have to keep one address for every place I'm going to send mail from. If I'm traveling, I have no way to send mail with a meaningful address.
This will only make e-mail in general worse. First, I'm pretty sure spammers will find a way around it, so it'll probably end up useless before it's even widely implemented. The worst however, is that it prevents important legitimate use of e-mail: always sending e-mail with the same "From:" field regardless of where you are. A couple more "great ideas" like that and e-mail will end up being useless because everything will be restricted for spam reasons.
Of course, it explains why there's still no trace of them 6 months after the war. I think the worst one I heard was (I think from GWB, but not sure) along: "we didn't find any WMD's because nasty Saddam destroyed them before we attacked" (isn't it what you asked for).
Please, don't send RMS. By the time he's done explaining why you shouldn't talk about "Intellectual Property" and why you should say "GNU/Linux", the law will already be voted.
Actually, what I was saying is that I was under the impression that there was more to it than the aliasing rules. As for sacrificing legiblity, I don't think adding a couple restrict's where it really matters (in most places, it won't) would be that bad.
Of course, the extreme solution is to preprocess your code with s/int \*/restrict int \*/ s/float \*/restrict float \*/ and so on...:)
Seems like you are assuming that only Europeans criticize the US (I'm Canadian BTW)... Now, when it comes to your infinite freedom of speech, that must surely explain why you can legaly watch your DVD's using DeCSS and decrypt e-books. Surely the PATRIOT act is there also to defend your freedom of speech, right?
Yeah right, requiring a driver's license is surely against the ultimate freedom guaranteed by your constitution. Seriously, I'm against the idea of requiring a license to surf, but can you please keep the US constitution out of that?
The question isn't "is the user responsible?", but "do we need a license to surf?". AFAIK, there's no need to get a license to buy/eat Pop-Tarts. Well, maybe your PATRIOT act is soon going to ask that you have one, but that's another thing...
Thanks for the link. I hadn't realized it was *that* bad. I mean, what's next? Deregulating the amount of arsenic in tap water? Oh wait, it's already been done...
Why does Bush go through all that trouble of voting these laws (anti-terrorism certification, regulation changes,...) and everything. Why not just take 20% of the US taxes and give divide it among the thousands of companies that gave the most money to his campaign. I mean, it would be much simpler, much more transparent and he could have more vacation...
"Magicians hate me because I always look -away- from where the misdirection is obviously pointing, and I always see the wires. I don't know enough about the politics of this whole situation to be able to tell you where to look, but I know this: Darl McBride is a master manipulator and very expert at controlling a situation. So, with his letter so obviously a troll, what is it he's got you -not- looking at? Heaven knows this man has something coming in from another direction, waiting to say "Ta daaaah!" to the shareholders. What is it?"
I think the answer is legal considerations. It's easy to run into legal trouble when doing that. Even ESR won't say if he wrote the program to refute SCO's arguments.
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"Dear James Bruce,
I will promptly remove this document as soon as you send me an official statement stating it is Diebold copyrighted material"
While you're at it, they could also send some of their soldiers there too...
with more effect than any since 1989, when an entire Canadian province had its power knocked out.
Yes, that province was Quebec and we were in the dark for 2-3 days IIRC. A the time, the power company (Hydro Quebec) said "it's because of the sun" and everybody made fun of them.
I wonder if this was also due to the very long power lines (>1000 km) we have from the hydro plants to the cities... I heard they also make perfect antennas for sending 60 Hz waves into space.
As the author of Speex, I'm really curious about whether these phones use Speex (they don't mention the codec used). I'm not going to install Skype (don't use Windows anyway), but if someone is interested in checking for me, e-mail me and I'll send you a piece of code which should be able to tell if Speex is there by inspecting an executable or dll.
The part I like best is where they *quote* someone from the FSF saying:
"We have legal teeth, so if someone does not share and share alike, we can make them obey the rules."
I'd be very suprised if the guy really said that. The term "share and share alike" was really "invented" my MS do they could talk about Free Software/Open Source without talking about freedom and open-ness. Actually, I wouldn't be suprised if the article (or at least that quote) came from MS directly.
If that's the way spammers operate, there's no need for new spam laws, no? What they're doing (unauthorized access to a machine) is already a criminal offense. Why not prosecute on that?
I'm not saying there aren't advantages, what I'm saying is that there are really annoying things. For example, I have to keep one address for every place I'm going to send mail from. If I'm traveling, I have no way to send mail with a meaningful address.
maybe they can even make one for loud annoying kids.
Sssssh. The next thing they'll do is *pay* loud annoying kids as an anti-piracy measure for the soundtrack.
This will only make e-mail in general worse. First, I'm pretty sure spammers will find a way around it, so it'll probably end up useless before it's even widely implemented. The worst however, is that it prevents important legitimate use of e-mail: always sending e-mail with the same "From:" field regardless of where you are. A couple more "great ideas" like that and e-mail will end up being useless because everything will be restricted for spam reasons.
Well the FSF used to sell emacs tapes for $5000, so why not. What you could always do is buy it once and then put it on a web site...
Of course, it explains why there's still no trace of them 6 months after the war. I think the worst one I heard was (I think from GWB, but not sure) along: "we didn't find any WMD's because nasty Saddam destroyed them before we attacked" (isn't it what you asked for).
That's some really SCO'ed up logic for you!
This looks like the same logic as: "We haven't found any WMD's in Iraq. This proves that they are hiding them".
I think you should exercise your right to free speech and call them. i think everybody should do the same.
Please, don't send RMS. By the time he's done explaining why you shouldn't talk about "Intellectual Property" and why you should say "GNU/Linux", the law will already be voted.
Actually, what I was saying is that I was under the impression that there was more to it than the aliasing rules. As for sacrificing legiblity, I don't think adding a couple restrict's where it really matters (in most places, it won't) would be that bad.
:)
Of course, the extreme solution is to preprocess your code with s/int \*/restrict int \*/ s/float \*/restrict float \*/ and so on...
As far as "why is it still being used at all" comments, two words for you: no aliasing.
If that's the only reason, then it should be relatively easy to get similar performance in C99 simply by adding restrict's all over the place, no?
Seems like you are assuming that only Europeans criticize the US (I'm Canadian BTW)... Now, when it comes to your infinite freedom of speech, that must surely explain why you can legaly watch your DVD's using DeCSS and decrypt e-books. Surely the PATRIOT act is there also to defend your freedom of speech, right?
Yeah right, requiring a driver's license is surely against the ultimate freedom guaranteed by your constitution. Seriously, I'm against the idea of requiring a license to surf, but can you please keep the US constitution out of that?
The question isn't "is the user responsible?", but "do we need a license to surf?". AFAIK, there's no need to get a license to buy/eat Pop-Tarts. Well, maybe your PATRIOT act is soon going to ask that you have one, but that's another thing...
Thanks for the link. I hadn't realized it was *that* bad. I mean, what's next? Deregulating the amount of arsenic in tap water? Oh wait, it's already been done...
...the respect that I don't have for other OSS "advocates" like Stallman, Raymond or Perens.
Calling Stallman an OSS advocate! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!! Better hide before the FSF police gets you.
...and this is exactly what IBM's been doing to far.
Why does Bush go through all that trouble of voting these laws (anti-terrorism certification, regulation changes, ...) and everything. Why not just take 20% of the US taxes and give divide it among the thousands of companies that gave the most money to his campaign. I mean, it would be much simpler, much more transparent and he could have more vacation...
from http://linuxworld.com/story/34011.htm
"Magicians hate me because I always look -away- from where the misdirection is obviously pointing, and I always see the wires. I don't know enough about the politics of this whole situation to be able to tell you where to look, but I know this: Darl McBride is a master manipulator and very expert at controlling a situation. So, with his letter so obviously a troll, what is it he's got you -not- looking at? Heaven knows this man has something coming in from another direction, waiting to say "Ta daaaah!" to the shareholders. What is it?"
I think the answer is legal considerations. It's easy to run into legal trouble when doing that. Even ESR won't say if he wrote the program to refute SCO's arguments.