(...) Recipient shall not distribute the Software, in whole or in part, in conjunction with any Publicly Available Software (..)
Now that sez you cannot distribute them together. I reckon it would be enough to make it two different package, while your library has a 'perl' prerequisite ("go figger yerself where ya get that stinkin' perl, man")
No, what bugs me more is the term "Potentially viral Software" in conjunction with "Free Software" (free as in both beer and speech). Do they try con convey/insinuate that All Free Software Is (potentially) Evil (TM)? Then again, this would include their own freebie tools you can download off their site.
Hey, I just proved that Microsoftware is "Potentially Viral". Oh, maybe that was a typo: They should've written "Potentially Vi t al"!
Don't get me wrong - I am a tech freak too. But the electromagnetic smog around us gets thicker and thicker and I am not sure if that really has no influence on us.
When they find out the cellular phones heat up the noggin because of the not-neglectable power these beasts emit - what if I have to sit day after day in an area where they add more and more frills and thus more and more electromagnetic 'waste'...?
I wonder when GaTech (or someone else doin' the same) first gets sued by an ex-pregnant student/employee that gave birth to a negatively-influenced (as not to say mutilated) child...
Sigh. Need a loong sommer somewhere in the wilderness...
WordPerfect was in Utah for a long time. What about Novell?? Caldera???
Yeah. And what has become of them? Well, maybe Caldera is an exception. But only because open source is not only developped in Utah.
Once I've been sent to Lexington, KY, for an assignment, and boy was that boring! Yes I'd strongly suggest everyone seeking for a job stays alone there over a rainy weekend. If one didn't kill oneself by Monday, one might be fit for that job.
C'mon, there is more to life than just commercials interrupted by a late night show or some news.
Obviously scholl has taught you one thing: to read letter by letter, not to try to understand the thought behind. You may not be a factory worker, but you'd indeed make a good bureaucrat.
What this gentlemen was trying to convey is that today's school system (including ours over here in Switzerland) first of all try to teach the kids to obey the authorities and to be on time.
IF and only IF there's time left after nth grade, one may also teach them how to use their head - yes it is more than a helmet holder. But usually the well-seasoned teacher has enough means to avoid such embarrassing situations.
You see how far we have got with this methodology. Don't forget that the U.S. are by far the most violent country when you count juvenile crime and minor weapon abuse. Yes, not all of them are factory workers. They land in the slammer way before.
I wholeheartedly agree. The longer you have to wait for something the bigger the joy when it finally arrives. (Within certain limits, of course.) I remember our hooray hollering when the pascal compiler on our university's apple ][ finally did compile/link that three-liner...
When you're raising kids or do some gardening, time gets back its original value and meaning. Remember that story about the hitchhiking indian who asked to be dropped off after a few miles so that his soul was able to follow him?
I remember people complaining about Word Processor X version N being sooo slow; the manufacturer then placed the 'AboutBox.Show' call at the top of the code in Version N+1 and everybody was happy. (It still took ages to open the main 'window', though)
Why bother that your system takes 3 Minutes to boot when you are typing at a measly 0.3 characters per second?
Remember that grass doesn't grow faster when you're pulling it.
Let's face the truth: every company acquired by NAI sooner or later died (ie was sucked dry be these vampires; they're undertakers in disguise). I'd never ever buy a product with a NAI sticker on it, and if 'my' favourite was bought by NAI, I'd quickly shop around for alternatives.
I wouldn't be overly surprised if NAI sold backdoors to either MS or NSA or KGB or whoever is able to pay enough. So, I am not overly surprised that Zimmerman left the ship.
(now I wonder whether *that* insult was polite...)
Ahh, you [...]!
So please tell me why the fsck Nike has the impertinence to ask say 70 bucks for such shoes while they pay their sweating suppliers a measly $2.50 a pair.
I wouldn't say anything if them shoews cost us $10; then at least they passed their profit to us (and we'd have to wrestle with our hearts). But when they make 300% profit just by having them put onto AthleteFoot's shelves, then this is downright immoral. It's as if Microsoft charges you 70 dollars for a Windows upgrade which is not even worth the CD it's burned on...
Stop trademarking descriptive names!. Basically the magazine company should not have been allowed to put up referee.com in the first place. (As an aside note, I'd personally search for http://www.refereemag.com if I went after an online version)
They (dah mag) might stand a chance if they held a portal site directed to all kinds of referees.
If they were clever they'd ask eReferee to put a link on their home page pointing to theirs (and possibly vice versa). That way you theoretically double the possible visitors while still sporting that scarce common-sense attitude.
But lawyers and common sense probably don't match.
Okay, I stand corrected; this time it's 'trademark'. OTOH, someone who doesn't grasp the difference between bashing and pondering should be fined with no less than 100 EULAs to read aloud.
Well, basically we (ie: all) are paying for those (few) that already 'stole' copyrighted stuff. When you go to a shop and buy a pair of socks, then the price of these stinkers includes a part of the damage shoplifters have done to the store. When you go for a subway ride, your ticket includes the cost non-paying 'guests' cause to the transportation company. This is the official justification for a 'tax' like this.
IMHO the fundamental error in this argumentation is that each and every customer is regarded an enemy per se, and if he/she is not smart enough to steal, let him/her pay for those who were. I am not sure whether or not I like that attitude.
If the price on pre-recorded media (eg books or CDs) went down to the price of raw media (say 1000 sheets of plain paper or 1 burner plus 100 CD-Rs), then there wouldn't be that many copyright violations. Instead, they're trying to lift the price of raw media to the level of pre-recorded, which in turn makes stealing interesting.
The music/book/software industry had better go after the hardware manufacturers (ie Mitac, HP, LG et al); after all the latter make copyright violations possible. (Hmmm, Philips on one side publishes Music CDs, on the other side manufactures Burners and raw media - see the contradiction?)
Well, this is about the first time I see a copyright holder contacting his 'opponents' in a rather friendly manner. You may argue about his claim but at least formally he's showing manners and common sense.
That said I suggest that we at least *try* to find a way to solve this manner; unfortunately most postings here range from 'get lost, creep' to downright hostile, but I haven't seen many that are constructive.
So, how about 'Secure Telnet' or 'Secure Login' (as it is not exactly a shell but rather an encrypted connection to a shell)? Ah, yes, something with 'Open' in it (doesn't that contradict the 'secure' term? A secured system cannot exactly be described as 'open', right?). So, how about OSTAKAS (Open Secure Telnet Also Known As SSH). Uh, no, the acronym must be recursive, like ONS (O's Not SSH).
Now go use your imagination, this one time not for coding...
So, the next thing MS is asking for when you install one of their Products is your to fax them your Doctor's approval that you are physically and mentally apt to stand the distress to actually use their product.
Why not simply stop the sale of their products on media at all? If you want to have Office 3000, just tuck your 'puter under your arm, walk to your dealer who will happily install it for you. No more hassle with lost keys or scratched CDs!
So, no more 'Re-install the product.' hints but rather 'have your product re-installed.' Just as you call the plumber when your bathroom swims again, you call the P.I. (product installer) when your Notepad BSODs on you...
I second that opinion.
What Linux definitely needs is a universal installer similar to those known in the Winders World (see InnoSetup for an released-source example). This would get us away from that.deb and.rpm crap (not that I want to bash them with no good reason, but for a developer to compile a zillion of different binary packages is just a PITA). It would also take away some importance of what-distro-do-you-use-because-I-only-have-RedHat- stuff question (and give a homebrewn compilation their fair chance for a quick whiff).
So, before publishing any binaries, publish the tarball for a fairly universal installer (less<README,./configure, make, make install). And, yes, add some screenshots, willya?
1. Loading a small file and uncompressing it is actually faster than loading a big file. (Apart from BIOS limitations that allow only a certain max size).
Don't complain about lack of options - You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important - you're insane.
And, after all, every [democratic] country has the government it deserves. Sigh.
Those who refused to vote are co-responsible for the result. Never forget that when you start complaining about the government...
Now there are countries where people fight and demonstrate for a right to vote, and there are others (mine [CH] too) where you literally have to force people to make use of a right they have. Strange world, indeed.
I must admit I am getting sick and tired of those companies who obviously think they earn mo' money by selling stock options instead of (real) products. Quite a number of them has miserably crashed in the near past - I mean, how do you justify a company value of 50 Million bucks when this your company employs a measly 15 employees? Will they ever be able to rake in that money? Nah!
(now this ain't aimed specifically at TL, don't get me wrong) For the sake of the business, they'd better concentrate on supplying top-notch services and products for the near future, building some reserves for the meager years. I know a lot of good companies who are still self-owned and can act with a focus on their interests instead of their shareholders'. Going public is always a little 'selling your company to the sharks'.
I'm trying to figure out how I could replace the indicator ('flasher') bulbs with LEDs, as my motorbike runs on 6V and the indicator lights suck 2*21 Watts which then isn't very bright during daytime.
If I find a good source, I go shopping for some
high-performance yellow ones, soldering 9 of them
onto a bulb socket.
(3 x (3 in series))
Any hints?
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...No commercial hardware company ships its machines with just Unix as the primary OS, or so it seems. All try to add value--the other components of a modern operating system...
Well, my friend...have the companies not always served the customer the 'what-costs-me-least' and 'what-is-asked-for-most' combo? Hey, that's easy. It's not about adding value, it's about being that teeny weeny bit better (insert a more suitable word here) than the competitor. Plus, most people can't tell the difference between 'Windows' and 'Word'. (This contradicts the theory of the 'well-informed consumer').
I am not trying to convey in any way that either a) all who buy a computer off-the-shelf are morons or b) all who install those pointy-clicky-draggy-droppy O/S are stupid. But I guess that one who knows how to read a manual (let alone man pages or HOWTOs) is potentially a tweaker who doesn't buy a new PC just because his 'O/S' is broke or too slow. Well-informed consumers ask scary questions. They probe the seller. They are critical. They want to know what they buy. Or they won't buy it. Ask the man who still nurses and pampers his Nomad or 'Vette. They aren't consumers, they are investors.
Fortunately, we still have the freedom of choice ("FOC 'em!") even if M$ finds a naked PC offensive...
Let MIR host the next BigBrother or Robinson series - looks like the logical next step. Ill-suited candidates could then be expelled to outer space instead of just be sent to the back door exit...
Indeed. Short-term profit and the shareholder value (ha! I am a shareholder of Earth, Inc. and I am interested in its health!) are more important than some fresh air or green meadows for our children. After all, most don't think farther than the next election...
(salt into your wounds: Who, I ask, refused to commit himself to strict and stringent measures against pollution at the last climate conference?)
Bad Hair Days are no excuse to use questionable hair spray cans!
One can only hope oil reserves will be depleted really soon, so looking for alternatives is not just a question of money...
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No, what bugs me more is the term "Potentially viral Software" in conjunction with "Free Software" (free as in both beer and speech). Do they try con convey/insinuate that All Free Software Is (potentially) Evil (TM)? Then again, this would include their own freebie tools you can download off their site.
Hey, I just proved that Microsoftware is "Potentially Viral". Oh, maybe that was a typo: They should've written "Potentially Vi t al"!
When they find out the cellular phones heat up the noggin because of the not-neglectable power these beasts emit - what if I have to sit day after day in an area where they add more and more frills and thus more and more electromagnetic 'waste'...?
I wonder when GaTech (or someone else doin' the same) first gets sued by an ex-pregnant student/employee that gave birth to a negatively-influenced (as not to say mutilated) child... Sigh. Need a loong sommer somewhere in the wilderness...
Yeah. And what has become of them? Well, maybe Caldera is an exception. But only because open source is not only developped in Utah.
Once I've been sent to Lexington, KY, for an assignment, and boy was that boring! Yes I'd strongly suggest everyone seeking for a job stays alone there over a rainy weekend. If one didn't kill oneself by Monday, one might be fit for that job.
C'mon, there is more to life than just commercials interrupted by a late night show or some news.
What this gentlemen was trying to convey is that today's school system (including ours over here in Switzerland) first of all try to teach the kids to obey the authorities and to be on time. IF and only IF there's time left after nth grade, one may also teach them how to use their head - yes it is more than a helmet holder. But usually the well-seasoned teacher has enough means to avoid such embarrassing situations.
You see how far we have got with this methodology. Don't forget that the U.S. are by far the most violent country when you count juvenile crime and minor weapon abuse. Yes, not all of them are factory workers. They land in the slammer way before.
When you're raising kids or do some gardening, time gets back its original value and meaning. Remember that story about the hitchhiking indian who asked to be dropped off after a few miles so that his soul was able to follow him?
I remember people complaining about Word Processor X version N being sooo slow; the manufacturer then placed the 'AboutBox.Show' call at the top of the code in Version N+1 and everybody was happy. (It still took ages to open the main 'window', though)
Why bother that your system takes 3 Minutes to boot when you are typing at a measly 0.3 characters per second?
Remember that grass doesn't grow faster when you're pulling it.
I wouldn't be overly surprised if NAI sold backdoors to either MS or NSA or KGB or whoever is able to pay enough. So, I am not overly surprised that Zimmerman left the ship.
(now I wonder whether *that* insult was polite...)
So please tell me why the fsck Nike has the impertinence to ask say 70 bucks for such shoes while they pay their sweating suppliers a measly $2.50 a pair.
I wouldn't say anything if them shoews cost us $10; then at least they passed their profit to us (and we'd have to wrestle with our hearts). But when they make 300% profit just by having them put onto AthleteFoot's shelves, then this is downright immoral. It's as if Microsoft charges you 70 dollars for a Windows upgrade which is not even worth the CD it's burned on...
They (dah mag) might stand a chance if they held a portal site directed to all kinds of referees.
If they were clever they'd ask eReferee to put a link on their home page pointing to theirs (and possibly vice versa). That way you theoretically double the possible visitors while still sporting that scarce common-sense attitude.
But lawyers and common sense probably don't match.
IMHO the fundamental error in this argumentation is that each and every customer is regarded an enemy per se, and if he/she is not smart enough to steal, let him/her pay for those who were. I am not sure whether or not I like that attitude.
If the price on pre-recorded media (eg books or CDs) went down to the price of raw media (say 1000 sheets of plain paper or 1 burner plus 100 CD-Rs), then there wouldn't be that many copyright violations. Instead, they're trying to lift the price of raw media to the level of pre-recorded, which in turn makes stealing interesting.
The music/book/software industry had better go after the hardware manufacturers (ie Mitac, HP, LG et al); after all the latter make copyright violations possible. (Hmmm, Philips on one side publishes Music CDs, on the other side manufactures Burners and raw media - see the contradiction?)
That said I suggest that we at least *try* to find a way to solve this manner; unfortunately most postings here range from 'get lost, creep' to downright hostile, but I haven't seen many that are constructive.
So, how about 'Secure Telnet' or 'Secure Login' (as it is not exactly a shell but rather an encrypted connection to a shell)? Ah, yes, something with 'Open' in it (doesn't that contradict the 'secure' term? A secured system cannot exactly be described as 'open', right?). So, how about OSTAKAS (Open Secure Telnet Also Known As SSH). Uh, no, the acronym must be recursive, like ONS (O's Not SSH).
Now go use your imagination, this one time not for coding...
Why not simply stop the sale of their products on media at all? If you want to have Office 3000, just tuck your 'puter under your arm, walk to your dealer who will happily install it for you. No more hassle with lost keys or scratched CDs!
So, no more 'Re-install the product.' hints but rather 'have your product re-installed.' Just as you call the plumber when your bathroom swims again, you call the P.I. (product installer) when your Notepad BSODs on you...
What Linux definitely needs is a universal installer similar to those known in the Winders World (see InnoSetup for an released-source example).
This would get us away from that
So, before publishing any binaries, publish the tarball for a fairly universal installer (less<README, ./configure, make, make install). And, yes, add some screenshots, willya?
2. Take e3 http://lrp.c0wz.com/files/e3/. It is only 5K as an executable.
You seem to forget that Windows et al have a whole bunch of .dll files that must be in place, so the exe size alone does not tell you too much.
>And how the heck does it figure out what the "foreground" and "background" components are
You know, background is "0" while Foreground is (not background). If the new format is accepted by the community, they'll try a color version...
But you should see my impossible manoeuvers when my S.O. slaps my face! On the down side, I replaced a sore thumb with a sore head...
- Don't complain about lack of options - You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important - you're insane.
And, after all, every [democratic] country has the government it deserves. Sigh.Those who refused to vote are co-responsible for the result. Never forget that when you start complaining about the government...
Now there are countries where people fight and demonstrate for a right to vote, and there are others (mine [CH] too) where you literally have to force people to make use of a right they have. Strange world, indeed.
(now this ain't aimed specifically at TL, don't get me wrong) For the sake of the business, they'd better concentrate on supplying top-notch services and products for the near future, building some reserves for the meager years. I know a lot of good companies who are still self-owned and can act with a focus on their interests instead of their shareholders'. Going public is always a little 'selling your company to the sharks'.
Just my CHF 0.02...
(3 x (3 in series)) Any hints?
Well, my friend...have the companies not always served the customer the 'what-costs-me-least' and 'what-is-asked-for-most' combo? Hey, that's easy. It's not about adding value, it's about being that teeny weeny bit better (insert a more suitable word here) than the competitor. Plus, most people can't tell the difference between 'Windows' and 'Word'. (This contradicts the theory of the 'well-informed consumer').
I am not trying to convey in any way that either a) all who buy a computer off-the-shelf are morons or b) all who install those pointy-clicky-draggy-droppy O/S are stupid.
But I guess that one who knows how to read a manual (let alone man pages or HOWTOs) is potentially a tweaker who doesn't buy a new PC just because his 'O/S' is broke or too slow. Well-informed consumers ask scary questions. They probe the seller. They are critical. They want to know what they buy. Or they won't buy it. Ask the man who still nurses and pampers his Nomad or 'Vette. They aren't consumers, they are investors.
Fortunately, we still have the freedom of choice ("FOC 'em!") even if M$ finds a naked PC offensive...
(salt into your wounds: Who, I ask, refused to commit himself to strict and stringent measures against pollution at the last climate conference?)
Bad Hair Days are no excuse to use questionable hair spray cans!
One can only hope oil reserves will be depleted really soon, so looking for alternatives is not just a question of money...