All these people "with knowledge of the case" better watch-out they don't go off-message or they could find themselves hunted as whistle-blowers too, but they'll be OK as long as they keep talking about Snowden and not crimes he exposed.
FOSS should have an org. that acts as a middleman for donations, tax issues, and foundation compliance. Make a donation to the org (hereafter MITM) on behalf of the software project, similar to Kickstarter but without the projects needing to join or setup a page. MITM can let accounts build-up until it's worth dealing with, find and verify the contributors, then help them with taxes or setting-up a foundation. MITM could also have donation clauses that let them change donations from dead projects to other similar ones, or maybe donations could be restricted by license, or by estimated number of users, etc...
I'd suggest GNU to take this on, but I don't think they'd be pragmatic enough.
Somebody has to speak for these oranges. You all got on this website for different reasons, but you all come to the same place. So now I’m asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make oranges...better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave.
PDF/A-3 (ISO 19005-3:2012. Part 3) allows embedding of arbitrary file formats (such as XML, CSV, CAD, wordprocessing documents, spreadsheet documents and others) into PDF/A as complete archived objects.[9]
They also imply it is entirely optional to actually note your copyright in your files, when it is really bad practice not to unless you really want to make it impossible for people to understand the copyright history when e.g. merging your code into another project.
No need for copyright notice on every file, a single LICENSE file is enough. If people want to merge files or copy parts of the code, then they can note the licensing. This attitude isn't helping when you imply that people aren't doing enough, even when they write open source code and license it appropriately.
When doctors say it's bad to collect too much information, they're talking about medicine not liability. Liability determines the motivations, and tells us how both doctors and the NSA will act:
If Doctors or the NSA don't identify someone: Major liability (although doctors only have to ID patients they encounter, not everyone in the general population) If Doctors or the NSA have false positives: No liability (because it was an honest mistake, by people doing their best) If Doctors or the NSA don't treat/investigate someone who's identified: Major liability If Doctors or the NSA treat/investigate someone correctly: No liability (even if the patient dies or the person becomes a terrorist) If Doctors or the NSA are negligent when treating/investigating: Major liability (NB: negligence is NOT determined by outcome, but by professional standards)
When politicians hold agency witch-hunts after disasters they make the liability unlimited, and we get the NSA breaking laws (even the constitution!) to adjust.
Firefox would do better to spend more time focused on protecting users, rather than limiting options to what they think is less confusing. Lots of bad things use JS and ordinary people have few options to protect themselves... disabling JS is one of the best. Advertising, tracking, right-click "protection", and just poorly written websites are a real issue for users, and often times disabling JS actually works.
Extensions are fine and all, but built-in Options are more important (always available, easily discoverable, safe to experiment with) and disabling JS should be there.
Unlimited replacement pilots. Pilots don't have to travel. Local pilots who know an area can assist or take over. AI can be integrated, or even replace the pilots without much of a change....
We let the AMA run medicine like a medieval guild, while almost everyone else is exposed to ruthless market competition...
Therefore we should expose doctors to "ruthless market competition"? No. We should be tempering labor laws and industry regulation to ensure high quality staff, not pretending that the market is a cure-all.
Ironically, conservatives in the US argue against "socialist" medicine, while holding up the US medical system as the best in the world. Can't be both a "medieval guild" and an exemplar of capitalism. I'd say its closer to a guild and that's part of why it works so well.
Maybe this will help: 1. Open and Standardized is good. 2. DRM is not Open. (This is simply its nature.) 3. DRM can be Standardized with HTML5 extensions.
The problem is confusing point one with the FOSS attitude of wanting systems that are open. Standardization is not advocated by any open source group or in any open license. Standardization is an artifact commonly associated with free/open systems, but it's presence doesn't mean the system is free or open.
Bitch please, enough of those bad jokes. $200 Android tablets use $9-20 ARM A9 dual-quad core SOCs. How is Intel going to compete with that? Give chips for free and make it up in volume?
Intel should make a new architecture that's better than ARM (battery life, performance/watt) and then work with Microsoft for Windows support. Atom+Windows is a delaying tactic, letting Intel and Microsoft collect as much rent as possible. Making a new architecture would be a savior for both companies: * Intel can gain market share from exclusive Microsoft support. Notice how Windows doesn't really support ARM because the device has to be locked down; so you can't just throw Window on whatever cheap hardware you buy from Taiwan. * Microsoft can gain near-monopoly status in small devices by tying Windows support on the new architecture to their other software (Office/AD/Exchange/.Net/SqlServer) rather than supporting open standards. All they need to do is use "unique" hardware features as justification, i.e. the encryption/network transport/cross chip memory access system/etc.. only works with Windows on the new architecture.
Ironically, Intel and Microsoft would be called "innovators" for recreating their monopolies like this.
...if the previous residents of my house liked to decorate the windows with pentagrams? Or do people understand that different people live at the same address at different times?
No, not when it comes to the internet. If hotmail.com was sold and became a p0rn site, it'd be a media apocalypse. Eventually people would understand the difference but they don't today.
What should be done, relative to the popular ignorance on this subject, is simple: the buyers of used domains should be careful to guard their reputations, allowing caches to expire, 404'ing inbound links from old affiliates, etc... A more interesting discussion would be, What technical steps should be taken when buying a used domain?
After all, there isn't any reason why a company needs to struggle to perpetuate its existence forever...
Almost all market value is derived from future earnings; it's the potential that drives stock price.
Is there a process where you just quit before you are behind, wind down neatly, rather than the corporate equivalent of spending a few years stuck full of tubes and unresponsive in the ICU?
Yes and they're quite common. Companies call them 'projects'.
Steve Jobs made it clear that the donor matching system is corrupt: if you're rich you can register at many transplant locations. Having enough money to travel should not be a basis for medical decisions. The donor match system is national, and we should evaluate donor matches nationally. Optimizing matches by location does not have to be changed, only the influence of money.
Data loss prevention (DLP) poses a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents and the cost to businesses continues to increase. Whether it is intentionally malicious or inadvertent, data loss can diminish a company's brand, reduce shareholder value, and damage the company's goodwill and reputation.
Besides ensuring that your company’s investment in Linux is protected from a legal, technical and promotional perspective, there are many other benefits in joining the Linux Foundation as a Corporate Member.
The Benefits of Linux Foundation Membership
The ability to participate in Linux Foundation member-only activities like the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and Legal Summit to learn, influence and participate with the Linux Foundation workgroups
The right to vote and run for Linux Foundation board seats and influence the direction of the organization
Unsurpassed networking opportunities and a unique introductions service. Meet other Linux Foundation members and Linux users in small settings or get introduced to companies in a one-on-one fashion by Linux Foundation staff>
Access to the Linux Foundation media network, including Linux.com. The Linux Foundation reaches 2 million users and developers a month through its online channels and newsletters and promotes members directly to these audiences
Discounts on Linux training
The right to participate in Linux Foundation member councils such as the Vendor and End User Councils and collaborate directly with the technical leaders of Linux
Discounts for sponsoring LinuxCon, Linux Japan Symposium, The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and other Linux Foundation events. Members get priority at these events
Logo listing on the Linux Foundation site and the ability to add a member logo to your site or marketing materials
Exclusive member content, such as the Briefing Book, and one-on-one analyst briefings (depending on membership level) that keeps you up to date on the Linux market to make the most of your investment in Linux
The ability to create workgroups and collaborate in a neutral setting to solve pressing Linux or open source issues
Guidance on open source issues and using Linux in your products
DRM/Walled gardens "protect" the user (yea right), but when it comes to protecting the users files it's useless, and somehow blameless: Nobody in this thread blames the phone manufacturer or Verizon for not locking down the software and protecting the user. We know it's hypocrisy to say DRM and walled gardens benefit the customer, but they still deserve the blame for events like this -- they want to control the device, they should get the blame.
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All these people "with knowledge of the case" better watch-out they don't go off-message or they could find themselves hunted as whistle-blowers too, but they'll be OK as long as they keep talking about Snowden and not crimes he exposed.
FOSS should have an org. that acts as a middleman for donations, tax issues, and foundation compliance. Make a donation to the org (hereafter MITM) on behalf of the software project, similar to Kickstarter but without the projects needing to join or setup a page. MITM can let accounts build-up until it's worth dealing with, find and verify the contributors, then help them with taxes or setting-up a foundation. MITM could also have donation clauses that let them change donations from dead projects to other similar ones, or maybe donations could be restricted by license, or by estimated number of users, etc...
I'd suggest GNU to take this on, but I don't think they'd be pragmatic enough.
Somebody has to speak for these oranges. You all got on this website for different reasons, but you all come to the same place. So now I’m asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make oranges...better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave.
Many states have legislation regarding the font, margins and paper sizes used for some legal documents.
US courts, archivists and many case management / COPS systems only accept documents in PDF/A.
Sadly, the ISO can't be counted on; it's "Office Open XML" again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A#PDF.2FA-3
No need for copyright notice on every file, a single LICENSE file is enough. If people want to merge files or copy parts of the code, then they can note the licensing. This attitude isn't helping when you imply that people aren't doing enough, even when they write open source code and license it appropriately.
When doctors say it's bad to collect too much information, they're talking about medicine not liability. Liability determines the motivations, and tells us how both doctors and the NSA will act:
If Doctors or the NSA don't identify someone: Major liability (although doctors only have to ID patients they encounter, not everyone in the general population)
If Doctors or the NSA have false positives: No liability (because it was an honest mistake, by people doing their best)
If Doctors or the NSA don't treat/investigate someone who's identified: Major liability
If Doctors or the NSA treat/investigate someone correctly: No liability (even if the patient dies or the person becomes a terrorist)
If Doctors or the NSA are negligent when treating/investigating: Major liability (NB: negligence is NOT determined by outcome, but by professional standards)
When politicians hold agency witch-hunts after disasters they make the liability unlimited, and we get the NSA breaking laws (even the constitution!) to adjust.
Firefox would do better to spend more time focused on protecting users, rather than limiting options to what they think is less confusing. Lots of bad things use JS and ordinary people have few options to protect themselves... disabling JS is one of the best. Advertising, tracking, right-click "protection", and just poorly written websites are a real issue for users, and often times disabling JS actually works.
Extensions are fine and all, but built-in Options are more important (always available, easily discoverable, safe to experiment with) and disabling JS should be there.
Unlimited replacement pilots. ...
Pilots don't have to travel.
Local pilots who know an area can assist or take over.
AI can be integrated, or even replace the pilots without much of a change.
He's been banished from Pax Americana*, so don't mistake his presence for endorsement. Rather, remember why he is banished.
*The minor resistance of local officials, like the Ecuadorian embassy or Pirate Party, is a normal part of the system. Politics by other means.
Just do this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamde
We let the AMA run medicine like a medieval guild, while almost everyone else is exposed to ruthless market competition ...
Therefore we should expose doctors to "ruthless market competition"? No. We should be tempering labor laws and industry regulation to ensure high quality staff, not pretending that the market is a cure-all.
Ironically, conservatives in the US argue against "socialist" medicine, while holding up the US medical system as the best in the world. Can't be both a "medieval guild" and an exemplar of capitalism. I'd say its closer to a guild and that's part of why it works so well.
Maybe this will help:
1. Open and Standardized is good.
2. DRM is not Open. (This is simply its nature.)
3. DRM can be Standardized with HTML5 extensions.
The problem is confusing point one with the FOSS attitude of wanting systems that are open. Standardization is not advocated by any open source group or in any open license. Standardization is an artifact commonly associated with free/open systems, but it's presence doesn't mean the system is free or open.
Bitch please, enough of those bad jokes.
$200 Android tablets use $9-20 ARM A9 dual-quad core SOCs. How is Intel going to compete with that? Give chips for free and make it up in volume?
Intel should make a new architecture that's better than ARM (battery life, performance/watt) and then work with Microsoft for Windows support. Atom+Windows is a delaying tactic, letting Intel and Microsoft collect as much rent as possible. Making a new architecture would be a savior for both companies:
* Intel can gain market share from exclusive Microsoft support. Notice how Windows doesn't really support ARM because the device has to be locked down; so you can't just throw Window on whatever cheap hardware you buy from Taiwan.
* Microsoft can gain near-monopoly status in small devices by tying Windows support on the new architecture to their other software (Office/AD/Exchange/.Net/SqlServer) rather than supporting open standards. All they need to do is use "unique" hardware features as justification, i.e. the encryption/network transport/cross chip memory access system/etc.. only works with Windows on the new architecture.
Ironically, Intel and Microsoft would be called "innovators" for recreating their monopolies like this.
...if the previous residents of my house liked to decorate the windows with pentagrams? Or do people understand that different people live at the same address at different times?
No, not when it comes to the internet. If hotmail.com was sold and became a p0rn site, it'd be a media apocalypse. Eventually people would understand the difference but they don't today.
What should be done, relative to the popular ignorance on this subject, is simple: the buyers of used domains should be careful to guard their reputations, allowing caches to expire, 404'ing inbound links from old affiliates, etc... A more interesting discussion would be, What technical steps should be taken when buying a used domain?
You put to jail people who never had a trial, by merely SCARING them with a hundredfold vengeance if they dare proclaim their innocence.
Thank you. I've changed my mind because of this.
Anchoring also explains hive-mind voting: the higher score is read as a signal of the "appropriate" score.
collusion: Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others.
So you were arguing that we should "expect collusion" and that it's OK? That might account for the "Troll" mods...
Irony: denying the collusion of money and power, regarding the occupy wallstreet protests.
After all, there isn't any reason why a company needs to struggle to perpetuate its existence forever...
Almost all market value is derived from future earnings; it's the potential that drives stock price.
Is there a process where you just quit before you are behind, wind down neatly, rather than the corporate equivalent of spending a few years stuck full of tubes and unresponsive in the ICU?
Yes and they're quite common. Companies call them 'projects'.
Steve Jobs made it clear that the donor matching system is corrupt: if you're rich you can register at many transplant locations. Having enough money to travel should not be a basis for medical decisions. The donor match system is national, and we should evaluate donor matches nationally. Optimizing matches by location does not have to be changed, only the influence of money.
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/about/transplantation/matchingProcess.asp
What are passing scores for users of Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD? What about programmers of C/Python/Java/PHP/Basic?
From (emp mine) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpndevc/ps10128/ps10154/dlp_overview.html
Data loss prevention (DLP) poses a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents and the cost to businesses continues to increase. Whether it is intentionally malicious or inadvertent, data loss can diminish a company's brand, reduce shareholder value, and damage the company's goodwill and reputation.
Key management would also be better, both easier and safer.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/corporate
Besides ensuring that your company’s investment in Linux is protected from a legal, technical and promotional perspective, there are many other benefits in joining the Linux Foundation as a Corporate Member.
The Benefits of Linux Foundation Membership
The ability to participate in Linux Foundation member-only activities like the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and Legal Summit to learn, influence and participate with the Linux Foundation workgroups
The right to vote and run for Linux Foundation board seats and influence the direction of the organization
Unsurpassed networking opportunities and a unique introductions service. Meet other Linux Foundation members and Linux users in small settings or get introduced to companies in a one-on-one fashion by Linux Foundation staff>
Access to the Linux Foundation media network, including Linux.com. The Linux Foundation reaches 2 million users and developers a month through its online channels and newsletters and promotes members directly to these audiences
Discounts on Linux training
The right to participate in Linux Foundation member councils such as the Vendor and End User Councils and collaborate directly with the technical leaders of Linux
Discounts for sponsoring LinuxCon, Linux Japan Symposium, The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and other Linux Foundation events. Members get priority at these events
Logo listing on the Linux Foundation site and the ability to add a member logo to your site or marketing materials
Exclusive member content, such as the Briefing Book, and one-on-one analyst briefings (depending on membership level) that keeps you up to date on the Linux market to make the most of your investment in Linux
The ability to create workgroups and collaborate in a neutral setting to solve pressing Linux or open source issues
Guidance on open source issues and using Linux in your products
DRM/Walled gardens "protect" the user (yea right), but when it comes to protecting the users files it's useless, and somehow blameless: Nobody in this thread blames the phone manufacturer or Verizon for not locking down the software and protecting the user. We know it's hypocrisy to say DRM and walled gardens benefit the customer, but they still deserve the blame for events like this -- they want to control the device, they should get the blame.