'not believing that there is a god' is a perfectly adequate and suitable definition of atheism. 'believing that there is no god' would be an unusual stance for an atheist because it requires a belief. most atheists are against belief.
Besides that there's also something that stinks about forcing a standard on the web too - open or not. I think I'd rather have market forces decide a standard over a small clique of people who have their own interests and agendas which may not necessarily be the best for the web overall.
the first hurdle any video codec for a browser has to pass to be considered as a standard is it has to be freely implementable. you can't have restrictive patents on standards. for that reason, h264 isn't even in the running. it could be technically perfect, it has no place being used in a tag
'into the market that they created'? i think not. either the market was already there or it wasn't. and you won't be making as many items, so the cost per unit for manufacturing will be higher.
small service pack? i doubt a single package in ubuntu 9.04 is the same as in 8.10. i'm not sure you can say the same about windows xp s2->windows xp s3.
we're talking about two different things here. on the one hand you have reinstalling the same operating system to solve existing problems, on the other hand you have installing a new release of an operating system to solve existing problems.
in other words, i don't think it's possible to update windows xp to windows vista. with ubuntu one tries to make it possible to update 8.10 to 9.04, for example, but there are certain problems (for example if you install software that isn't in the repositories).
well, it's about using a computer some of us grew up dreaming about in freedom with a modern software stack. i think the correct tag for this story would be 'insanely cool'.
note to self: stop watching WWE. parent poster did not write "Cena beats the Miz". in through the nose, out through the mouth. in through the nose, out through the mouth. in through the nose...
I don't want to wait for some communal textbook to emerge.
Instead you obviously want to wait for some non-communal textbook to emerge.
seriously though, if you look at a lot of software nowadays, the best resources are free and online. you often have to wait ages until someone publishes a non-free tree book about the software.
i'm not sure about that. i like teaching. i like it when the pupil(s) understand something and learn and grow. i'm quite happy to teach for free, provided my pupils want to learn.
au contraire. i'd argue that the Blender Institute (Elephant's Dream, Big Buck Bunny, etc.) has solved this problem too. basically, you announce you want to create something, which you will place under a creative commons license once it's created. then you accept donations and pledges. once you have a certain amount, you officially start working. if your reputation is good enough, you can be sure to get a large amount of donations and pledges---enough to support you for years.
We aren't "owed" the creative outpourings of others. A reasonable and fair means to compensate people for their work must be found.
very nice chewbacca defence. we're not talking about who is "owed" what by whom. we're talking about how economics works. that is the reality, you can choose to ignore it, but it won't change it.
Resistance is best accomplished through other means. If you must resist violently, explosives are a better choice than firearms, sabotage a better choice than a direct fight.
what if one particular manufacturer, let's say Ford, because they're the only big american manufacturer that doesn't seem to be going down the pan atm, offered at every dealership double trade-in discounts for chrysler while keeping the same trade-in discounts for all other manufacturers? would you call that immoral?
as it is, cars are a bad example because customer retention isn't as strong. if you have all your information stored on solaris on sparc, migrating to ibm power would be a major undertaking. deciding to buy ford instead of chrysler the next time is not so difficult to implement.
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'not believing that there is a god' is a perfectly adequate and suitable definition of atheism. 'believing that there is no god' would be an unusual stance for an atheist because it requires a belief. most atheists are against belief.
Besides that there's also something that stinks about forcing a standard on the web too - open or not. I think I'd rather have market forces decide a standard over a small clique of people who have their own interests and agendas which may not necessarily be the best for the web overall.
been there. done that. didn't work.
the first hurdle any video codec for a browser has to pass to be considered as a standard is it has to be freely implementable. you can't have restrictive patents on standards. for that reason, h264 isn't even in the running. it could be technically perfect, it has no place being used in a tag
1/ astroturfing
2/ hatred of the EU
'into the market that they created'? i think not. either the market was already there or it wasn't. and you won't be making as many items, so the cost per unit for manufacturing will be higher.
Why should that pain the free software crowd?
where is this tag when you need it?
yeah, one wonders why.
small service pack? i doubt a single package in ubuntu 9.04 is the same as in 8.10. i'm not sure you can say the same about windows xp s2->windows xp s3.
it's called tmesis, by the way.
we're talking about two different things here. on the one hand you have reinstalling the same operating system to solve existing problems, on the other hand you have installing a new release of an operating system to solve existing problems.
in other words, i don't think it's possible to update windows xp to windows vista. with ubuntu one tries to make it possible to update 8.10 to 9.04, for example, but there are certain problems (for example if you install software that isn't in the repositories).
there is a difference between the wording of a rental/lease agreement and what is legally enforceable (in Germany at least).
this is weird. i'm i the only one here who finds this punishment (eviction) to be totally over the top for this copyright infringement?
well, it's about using a computer some of us grew up dreaming about in freedom with a modern software stack. i think the correct tag for this story would be 'insanely cool'.
are you saying it is unethical to share with someone who isn't your friend or a family member?
if you want to use that definition, please name one act that would quality as altruism :)
note to self: stop watching WWE. parent poster did not write "Cena beats the Miz". in through the nose, out through the mouth. in through the nose, out through the mouth. in through the nose ...
I don't want to wait for some communal textbook to emerge.
Instead you obviously want to wait for some non-communal textbook to emerge.
seriously though, if you look at a lot of software nowadays, the best resources are free and online. you often have to wait ages until someone publishes a non-free tree book about the software.
i'm not sure about that. i like teaching. i like it when the pupil(s) understand something and learn and grow. i'm quite happy to teach for free, provided my pupils want to learn.
au contraire. i'd argue that the Blender Institute (Elephant's Dream, Big Buck Bunny, etc.) has solved this problem too. basically, you announce you want to create something, which you will place under a creative commons license once it's created. then you accept donations and pledges. once you have a certain amount, you officially start working. if your reputation is good enough, you can be sure to get a large amount of donations and pledges---enough to support you for years.
no. it's unethical to say "you're not allowed to share your toys with others. every child has to buy their own toys".
We aren't "owed" the creative outpourings of others. A reasonable and fair means to compensate people for their work must be found.
very nice chewbacca defence. we're not talking about who is "owed" what by whom. we're talking about how economics works. that is the reality, you can choose to ignore it, but it won't change it.
Resistance is best accomplished through other means. If you must resist violently, explosives are a better choice than firearms, sabotage a better choice than a direct fight.
are we talking about the iraq war here?
what if one particular manufacturer, let's say Ford, because they're the only big american manufacturer that doesn't seem to be going down the pan atm, offered at every dealership double trade-in discounts for chrysler while keeping the same trade-in discounts for all other manufacturers? would you call that immoral?
as it is, cars are a bad example because customer retention isn't as strong. if you have all your information stored on solaris on sparc, migrating to ibm power would be a major undertaking. deciding to buy ford instead of chrysler the next time is not so difficult to implement.
no. root should be able to do anything. that's one of the guiding principles of free software--you have total access to your own computer.