I think there's value in some of what OS/2 had, but not necessarily OS/2 itself, except as an intellectual excercise.
OS/2 was known mainly for its stability in the embedded market. That's something that's certainly available using GNU/Linux, and on the desktop market, the appeal was the speed and ability to run Windows applications.
Well that was Windows 3.1, maybe 95, but nothing past that. Wine is the closest the Free Software community has to compatibility in another OS (yes I know about ReactOS).
What's left is a single user multitasking OS.
First, the OS/2 developer community wasn't as vibrant as some of the other lesser-known OSes of the time like Amiga or BeOS, both of which had good multimedia support.
I think there's still value in a simple, easy to use OS with good support for hardare and (probably) multimedia. I just don't see OS/2 fulfilling that particular need.
If there's something that OS/2 did well and I don't know about, I'd be interested in learning more.
The problem with Jabber in real life is that in the early days it was plagued with issues of incompatibilities and poor implementations, and never gained the momentum it needed to reach enough of the right people.
And of course unless you force people to use your (non-Free) client, it's very costly for the service provider.
This is very similar to David Brin's idea in the Book "Earth" with people needing to wear a strap on thier chin to measure the elctrical impulses for the very same reason.
In the book he postulates that doing so, the actual movement can be reduced, and in time, you can speak quicker with this method than you can when actually vocalizing.
If it looses as a binding contract, created on the foundation of copyright law for copyrighted works, then lots of contracts will be called into question.
Remember, without the GPL, you aren't allowed to do things like make copies. If you say "I don't believe in the GPL" then you say "I don't believe I have any of the rights granted to me by the GPL"
So either the contract is invalid (and the copyrights revert to their strict intepretation), or you agree to the terms that came with the program.
Worse still, implementing such workarounds to emulate Windows at the level of attempting to bypass a security measure might sound to someone a little too much like a DMCA violation to be ignored.
Moving in this direction would be walking into a legal trap that could hurt many project due to PR.
I'd like to send him an email saying that I can get him out of jail and have a ton of lawyers standing by prepared to give him free legal representation. All he needs to do is send me $30,000 in processing fees.
Yes, while it's technically possible to make this a sort of distributed project, it would require a lot of work. Even beyond the technical "get voices recorded", the trick in training is to know what needs to be recorded and how to train the system with the data.
Anyone whose ever worked with a netural network can tell you that real training is a sort of half skill half art. Even assuming you can get all the people to read the script (a big undertaking but certainly doable), you'd have to know how to train the system.
I've learned never to doubt the experise of the Free Software community, but I wonder if the expertise will emerge out of the rough and if it'll be successful.
The point of the post is to realize that source code isn't always all that's needed.
In the late 90s I talked with an IBM representative about releasing the ViaVoice source under a Free Software license and the person I talked to (I don't recall his name) said that they might be willing to release the source code- the code wasn't valuable to them. The value in the ViaVoice is the "thousands of hours of training" that the code uses to determine words and voices.
So my question is- will the code released include training to make it work and or will someone be able to put together the necessary resources to train the system.
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I think there's value in some of what OS/2 had, but not necessarily OS/2 itself, except as an intellectual excercise.
OS/2 was known mainly for its stability in the embedded market. That's something that's certainly available using GNU/Linux, and on the desktop market, the appeal was the speed and ability to run Windows applications.
Well that was Windows 3.1, maybe 95, but nothing past that. Wine is the closest the Free Software community has to compatibility in another OS (yes I know about ReactOS).
What's left is a single user multitasking OS.
First, the OS/2 developer community wasn't as vibrant as some of the other lesser-known OSes of the time like Amiga or BeOS, both of which had good multimedia support.
I think there's still value in a simple, easy to use OS with good support for hardare and (probably) multimedia. I just don't see OS/2 fulfilling that particular need.
If there's something that OS/2 did well and I don't know about, I'd be interested in learning more.
Nader asked IBM to do this years ago: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/06/08/213122 7&tid=136
The problem with Jabber in real life is that in the early days it was plagued with issues of incompatibilities and poor implementations, and never gained the momentum it needed to reach enough of the right people.
And of course unless you force people to use your (non-Free) client, it's very costly for the service provider.
While I generally agree, it's still concerning that Amazon sued BN.com over One Click Shopping.
Dylithium crystals have been used for years on Star Trek...
This is very similar to David Brin's idea in the Book "Earth" with people needing to wear a strap on thier chin to measure the elctrical impulses for the very same reason.
In the book he postulates that doing so, the actual movement can be reduced, and in time, you can speak quicker with this method than you can when actually vocalizing.
In my defense, it wasn't redundant when I posted it- there were no posts then.
Worst April Fool's joke yet!
If it looses as a binding contract, created on the foundation of copyright law for copyrighted works, then lots of contracts will be called into question.
Remember, without the GPL, you aren't allowed to do things like make copies. If you say "I don't believe in the GPL" then you say "I don't believe I have any of the rights granted to me by the GPL"
So either the contract is invalid (and the copyrights revert to their strict intepretation), or you agree to the terms that came with the program.
First, it wasn't a girl, he was a teenage boy.[1]
;)
Second, it wasn't a spinning wheel, it was a wheel with lit fireworks which was spinning.
Third, it wasn't "Wicked!" he was saying "Pretty Wicked!"
Yeesh, get your facts straight.
[1] Of all of the above, I'm the least sure of this.
Sometimes you just want to talk to someone who shares your gender. ...must resist off-color joke...
Essentialy I write GPL software and I cannot use it in any commercial projects.
Nope, you're wrong. You can dual-license your own code. If other devleopers have contributed- you'll have to deal with them on the issue.
In addition, you're making an assumption about your company's software distribution method.
You could write your software with 100% Free Software if your application is delivered over the web.
Worse still, implementing such workarounds to emulate Windows at the level of attempting to bypass a security measure might sound to someone a little too much like a DMCA violation to be ignored.
Moving in this direction would be walking into a legal trap that could hurt many project due to PR.
If this were ported to Syllable, I'd be a lot more enthusiastic.
I think this is purposeful, and, frankly, smart.
The assumption here is that the person the FBI is looking for is breaking the law, and is cracking boxes and other unsavory things.
Why do we assume that the person is a he?
It is possible that it's a she.
People seem to be more sympathetic to women, and so I'd think this would be a good way to combat the steriotype of male "hackers".
Verizon Fiber - Catch The Wave!
I'd like to send him an email saying that I can get him out of jail and have a ton of lawyers standing by prepared to give him free legal representation. All he needs to do is send me $30,000 in processing fees.
Are made from people! It's people!
Is the first I've seen of the "Energy Drink Beer" series. It smells like orange soda and tastes like a Sweet Tart.
6% alcohol cancels out the stimulants though,
It was the Incompatible Time Sharing System.
More information here: http://www.its.os.org/
Actually, "Are we not men? We are DEVO" is from the song Jocko Homo.
(ugg waiting for the trolls to pick up on that..)
Yes, while it's technically possible to make this a sort of distributed project, it would require a lot of work. Even beyond the technical "get voices recorded", the trick in training is to know what needs to be recorded and how to train the system with the data.
Anyone whose ever worked with a netural network can tell you that real training is a sort of half skill half art. Even assuming you can get all the people to read the script (a big undertaking but certainly doable), you'd have to know how to train the system.
I've learned never to doubt the experise of the Free Software community, but I wonder if the expertise will emerge out of the rough and if it'll be successful.
The point of the post is to realize that source code isn't always all that's needed.
In the late 90s I talked with an IBM representative about releasing the ViaVoice source under a Free Software license and the person I talked to (I don't recall his name) said that they might be willing to release the source code- the code wasn't valuable to them. The value in the ViaVoice is the "thousands of hours of training" that the code uses to determine words and voices.
So my question is- will the code released include training to make it work and or will someone be able to put together the necessary resources to train the system.
Yeah. I made a The Meatrix post a few months ago- but decided it was too much.
In the movie they said we were batteries, but now I know it was just another example of factory farming.