There are plenty of respectable people in the Open Source community - I've dealt with quite a number of them. I don't know specifics on the internals of the FSF, but I would hope/expect that it constitutes mostly/entirely of that group.
However, there are also the zelots, fanatics, and lemmings who do more harm than good to the cause by being hipocrites who say "everyone should have the freedom to choose" in words, but in actions append "the same thing I chose, and nothing else".
Unfortunately, even in the best of OSS groups that I've been around, I've seen that a lot. I certainly would not hold it against Linus for sticking it to that sub-crowd.
This isn't meant to be a troll, but will probably be taken as such, oh well.
I think he was wrong at simply/I realize nobody is likely going to listen to me/
It's either false modesty or ignorance [not using the word as an insult]. There are enough people who worship at the altar of Torvolds that no matter what he says, someone will listen. His work has affected a lot of lives to their benefit (directly or indirectly), so it does make a lot of sense.
And, although I dislike his OS (I use another OSS OS that gurantees at least 1 troll vote whenever I mention it), I do very much agree with his other statements in that article as well.
then how can people make a living out of creating things for the public to enjoy? How can we encourage those to do it, and do it well when otherwise they wouldn't have the time and resources? Copyright protection is important in the regards, abusable, yes, but the advantages are worth more than the contrary. Additionally, I'm speaking of this within limits, not the draconian rules that some with to apply to copyrights...
As far as the hydrogen goes - it's a good point, it's not a fuel source, it's a transport mechanism, since we don't have a lot of easily collectable hydrogen around - we have to obtain it by expending energy. Hydrogen should be thought more in the lines of electricity than of gas, just that it has different uses.
As for "water running out"? WTF? Clean water may be diminishing, but the amount of water on the earth probably hasn't fluctuated by even 1% over the past billion years. Seing as how we aren't/drinking/ the hydrogen... I don't see that as being a big issue.
And anyway, take the hydrogen out of unclean water... Well, when that hydrogen mixes with oxygen, I gurantee you the water will be clean.
That's a relief. It looks like it affected more of UC than LA was affected by the system incursion, and I applied to UCSD during that time frame. Although SD wasn't one of the mentioned groups, I worried it might be possible. No letter was given to me, so needless to say, I thought it a valid concern.
what if they took the people who's information they obtained, and then dropped it from the server.
For eaxmple - they only went after applicants, collected the information, and dropped it from the server. There would be no existing student/faculty to wonder why there data was missing, and on top of that, if they did it at the right time, there might not even be a backup to verify it was ever there. Thus, the victim gets no warning whatsoever, and the thief gets an even longer time to escape.
I manage a Stellent Content Server where I work, and it's a pretty decent app. Not cheap from what I hear though.
It's the only Java application I've tried that hasn't been problematic.
Like everything else, it has some of what you want, some you don't.
Con: 1) It's not open source 2) It's not cheap
Pro: 1) The training courses are good 2) It's fairly well documented, once you get the basic concepts of the design understood, which are not as well documented. 3) It's very modular, while it's not open source, you can easily replace almost any chunk of the server with your own custom code and either (a) call that chunk so it still exists and is used, just effectively has enhanced functionality, or (b) simply replace that chunk with your own completely custom code. 4) It's the only java based application I've ever used that hasn't been buggy as hell.
it doesn't actually create living cells as implied. It looks more like it makes a growth template for stem cells to use, as well as possibly planting them.
Still useful mind you. But creating functional cells de-novo? No. That would be extremely nice, and probably the most nobel-worthy discovery in biology since Watson & Crick's nice little discovery (even if it didn't require a printer, just doing it would be quite useful)...
I have switched from Verizon to Sprint, have much less in the way of dropped calls (the only time I've had a dropped call, it's pretty much assumed it was the Verizon individual - her phone always drops calls, and even to ground lines, so we know it's her). Actually, the Verizon people I know have a lot of dropped calls... And those were to a ground line.
Add to that the insanely rude and arrogant customer service people at Verizon. Screw them. Sprint is much greater than Verizon.
I thought lithium polymer was actually newer than lithium ion? Yeah, it's less energy dense, but it's a lot safer, as it is much less likely to burst into flames (though it can still happen from over charging or too-fast charging if I remember correctly).
yeah, someone needs to pull a class action suit against MS for this... They have shown they can pull patches out of their asses real quick for stuff that doesn't actually threaten the users, why not for harmful things?
lol, actually my boss and I are the only two here that don't really mind Unix operating systems that much, though I'd much rather used BSD than Linux...
and I know theres a way to get the result to be 0 also...
So, the problem is that the value of a division by 0 is dependant on how you get there, and it seems to be this isn't a very good answer. That is, unless, contrary to what the name might suggest, Nullity is actually comprised of all numbers. Then shouldn't it be Omegity?
I have a Cowon iAudio X5, and it's a great player for audio, which I bought it for. It uses a USB Hard Drive interface, drag and drop, so it works well. Caveat is that it does not use the itunes format, but you can easily find converters to get you MP3 (great battery life, lower quality), Ogg (Good battery live, better quality), or FLAC (poor battery life, excellent quality).
It also plays WAV and I think WMA, but I've not tried it with either.
It can play video, but you need to use their converter, and it sucks, I've tried setting video to the same format in other software, but haven't figured out the settings yet.
The UI isn't bad (in my oppinion), but I've always kept my music organized in folders so it's easy for me to get through. I do wish the joystick/nub to control it were in the center, rather than the right side-front, because my fingers are long, and it's somewhat uncomfortable to use it there.
Oh, and it's a tank. It's an HD based player, it's taken many 5' falls onto wood, carpet, concrete, the latter at least twice, and more sub-5' falls than I'd care to remember. It's got no problems other than the paint is scratched very slightly in two places.
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There are plenty of respectable people in the Open Source community - I've dealt with quite a number of them. I don't know specifics on the internals of the FSF, but I would hope/expect that it constitutes mostly/entirely of that group.
However, there are also the zelots, fanatics, and lemmings who do more harm than good to the cause by being hipocrites who say "everyone should have the freedom to choose" in words, but in actions append "the same thing I chose, and nothing else".
Unfortunately, even in the best of OSS groups that I've been around, I've seen that a lot. I certainly would not hold it against Linus for sticking it to that sub-crowd.
This isn't meant to be a troll, but will probably be taken as such, oh well.
/I realize nobody is likely going to listen to me/
I think he was wrong at simply
It's either false modesty or ignorance [not using the word as an insult]. There are enough people who worship at the altar of Torvolds that no matter what he says, someone will listen. His work has affected a lot of lives to their benefit (directly or indirectly), so it does make a lot of sense.
And, although I dislike his OS (I use another OSS OS that gurantees at least 1 troll vote whenever I mention it), I do very much agree with his other statements in that article as well.
then how can people make a living out of creating things for the public to enjoy? How can we encourage those to do it, and do it well when otherwise they wouldn't have the time and resources? Copyright protection is important in the regards, abusable, yes, but the advantages are worth more than the contrary. Additionally, I'm speaking of this within limits, not the draconian rules that some with to apply to copyrights...
should not exist.
that's what's copyright is for!
The appropriate phrase is...
"THE SIMPSONS DID IT" a-la South Park.
So, killing demons and satan is satanic?
Funny, I find doom a better game for christian values than that pile of tripe in TFA.
and yet, it still says idiotic things...
/drinking/ the hydrogen... I don't see that as being a big issue.
As far as the hydrogen goes - it's a good point, it's not a fuel source, it's a transport mechanism, since we don't have a lot of easily collectable hydrogen around - we have to obtain it by expending energy. Hydrogen should be thought more in the lines of electricity than of gas, just that it has different uses.
As for "water running out"? WTF? Clean water may be diminishing, but the amount of water on the earth probably hasn't fluctuated by even 1% over the past billion years. Seing as how we aren't
And anyway, take the hydrogen out of unclean water... Well, when that hydrogen mixes with oxygen, I gurantee you the water will be clean.
That's a relief. It looks like it affected more of UC than LA was affected by the system incursion, and I applied to UCSD during that time frame. Although SD wasn't one of the mentioned groups, I worried it might be possible. No letter was given to me, so needless to say, I thought it a valid concern.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing fingerprints, DNA or Retina Scan based systems.
what if they took the people who's information they obtained, and then dropped it from the server.
/that/.
For eaxmple - they only went after applicants, collected the information, and dropped it from the server. There would be no existing student/faculty to wonder why there data was missing, and on top of that, if they did it at the right time, there might not even be a backup to verify it was ever there. Thus, the victim gets no warning whatsoever, and the thief gets an even longer time to escape.
I hope the investigators are considering
I manage a Stellent Content Server where I work, and it's a pretty decent app. Not cheap from what I hear though.
It's the only Java application I've tried that hasn't been problematic.
Like everything else, it has some of what you want, some you don't.
Con:
1) It's not open source
2) It's not cheap
Pro:
1) The training courses are good
2) It's fairly well documented, once you get the basic concepts of the design understood, which are not as well documented.
3) It's very modular, while it's not open source, you can easily replace almost any chunk of the server with your own custom code and either (a) call that chunk so it still exists and is used, just effectively has enhanced functionality, or (b) simply replace that chunk with your own completely custom code.
4) It's the only java based application I've ever used that hasn't been buggy as hell.
it doesn't actually create living cells as implied. It looks more like it makes a growth template for stem cells to use, as well as possibly planting them.
Still useful mind you. But creating functional cells de-novo? No. That would be extremely nice, and probably the most nobel-worthy discovery in biology since Watson & Crick's nice little discovery (even if it didn't require a printer, just doing it would be quite useful)...
Sadly, not yet.
idiots...
I have switched from Verizon to Sprint, have much less in the way of dropped calls (the only time I've had a dropped call, it's pretty much assumed it was the Verizon individual - her phone always drops calls, and even to ground lines, so we know it's her). Actually, the Verizon people I know have a lot of dropped calls... And those were to a ground line.
Add to that the insanely rude and arrogant customer service people at Verizon. Screw them. Sprint is much greater than Verizon.
I thought lithium polymer was actually newer than lithium ion? Yeah, it's less energy dense, but it's a lot safer, as it is much less likely to burst into flames (though it can still happen from over charging or too-fast charging if I remember correctly).
yeah, someone needs to pull a class action suit against MS for this... They have shown they can pull patches out of their asses real quick for stuff that doesn't actually threaten the users, why not for harmful things?
XviD? I didn't try that particular codec I think. Thanks!
lol, actually my boss and I are the only two here that don't really mind Unix operating systems that much, though I'd much rather used BSD than Linux...
hmmm, can it run NetBSD?
More drive use is my guess - it cant hold the file in memory as easily.
the device does bump a lot more when playing FLAC, which does make sense, you can feel a couple of jitters when it does a read.
I can see it now...
Boss: "What is that on your desk?"
Me: "A particle accelerator."
Boss: "OK, next question... Why?"
Me: "Because I can."
probably:
Installed Explosive Device.
But yes, I want to joint
DAWATS (Do Away With Acronyms They Suck) too.
as I said, I was probably wrong, but you could probably provide examples that would go do to various values...
Oh, I bet it's x/2x that would go to 1/2
If I remember my 1st year calc (which was 6 years ago) correctly:
LIM x->0 (x/x^2) = 1/2
LIM x->0 (x^2/x) = 2
LIM x->0 (1/x) = infinity
and I know theres a way to get the result to be 0 also...
So, the problem is that the value of a division by 0 is dependant on how you get there, and it seems to be this isn't a very good answer. That is, unless, contrary to what the name might suggest, Nullity is actually comprised of all numbers. Then shouldn't it be Omegity?
it?
How does it work?
Does it keep the "you can divide by zero if you know how you got there" class of equations functional?
i.e.
lim x->0 (x/x^2)
etc.
I'll be another "second" to this.
I have a Cowon iAudio X5, and it's a great player for audio, which I bought it for. It uses a USB Hard Drive interface, drag and drop, so it works well. Caveat is that it does not use the itunes format, but you can easily find converters to get you MP3 (great battery life, lower quality), Ogg (Good battery live, better quality), or FLAC (poor battery life, excellent quality).
It also plays WAV and I think WMA, but I've not tried it with either.
It can play video, but you need to use their converter, and it sucks, I've tried setting video to the same format in other software, but haven't figured out the settings yet.
The UI isn't bad (in my oppinion), but I've always kept my music organized in folders so it's easy for me to get through. I do wish the joystick/nub to control it were in the center, rather than the right side-front, because my fingers are long, and it's somewhat uncomfortable to use it there.
Oh, and it's a tank. It's an HD based player, it's taken many 5' falls onto wood, carpet, concrete, the latter at least twice, and more sub-5' falls than I'd care to remember. It's got no problems other than the paint is scratched very slightly in two places.
-Jim