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Looking for a nice little burst of nostalgia on this fine Saturday evening? Don’t feel like going through the process of installing MAME and lurking for ROMs, but still want to get your classic arcade on? Quarters not necessary
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BSD is like food. It literally (and I mean that metaphorically) whispers "eat me" in the little voice one imagines a cube of cheese might use when it's sitting next to an empty bottle of the best beer in the world, which is of course Orval, brewed by an ancient and almost extinct order of silent Belgian monks called Les Gars Labas Qui Fabrique l'Orval. The BSD license, like its near clone MIT/X11, was designed specifically by a university (Berkeley) with no profit motive to leak work and effort. It is a way to push subsidized technology at below its cost price, a dumping of under-priced code in the hope that it will break the market for others. BSD is an excellent strategic tool, but only if you're a large well-funded institution that can afford to use Option One. The Apache license is BSD in a suit.
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It comes down to behavioral economics and game theory. The license we choose modifies the economics of those who use our work. In the software industry, there are friends, foes, and food. BSD makes most people see us as lunch. Closed source makes most people see us as enemies (do you like paying people for software?) GPL, however, makes most people, with the exception of the Patricks of the world, our allies. Any fork of ZeroMQ is license compatible with ZeroMQ, to the point where we encourage forks as a valuable tool for experimentation. Yes, it can be weird to see someone try to run off with the ball but here's the secret, I can get it back any time I want.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The story is behind a registration wall.
Here's a free version[^]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Corrected - thanks.
/ravi
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The rise of open source software and its impact on market share is undeniable, and I'm not saying we cannot sell open source. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
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If that guy feels his customers have a problem with the term "Open Source" because of security, I'm not sure how the term "Community Software" will assuage their fears.
Maybe something like Observable Source Software.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I concur, and generally feel the attempt is misguided. Open Source Software is just starting to get recognised for what it is, the correct approach is to educate the uninformed, not to rebrand.
I prefer to explain the difference as akin to the difference between being open and closed minded.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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London police are testing a system which would let them know who is likely to commit a crime before they’ve actually done it. However, it’s not quite as Minority Report as it sounds, as the predictive tech is aimed at gang members. "I'm placing you under arrest for the future murder of Sarah Marks and Donald Dubin that was to take place today"
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They just take note of anyone exiting a tattoo parlour.
Or attending a soccer match.
Or running for local office.
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Especially running for office, yes.
TTFN - Kent
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As soon as they get an equivalent to civil forfeiture[^] to get the computers funded....
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According to The Freelancer’s Union, one in three Americans (roughly 42 million) is an independent worker. And by 2020, many predict that freelancers will make up 50% of the labor force. "Gunmen. Nowadays, men are cheaper than guns."
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No strict timings of work we can use our time as we like and enjoy it as we live.
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I read that; the article makes it out to be the best thing that ever happened.. the reality though, is that the vast majority of these 'contractors', make very little money, are disposable labor with no benefits and no security. The model is being adopted as a means of circumventing labor laws and placing all of the control in the hands of the employer..
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Absolutely right. Sad (and I have to admit I do like being a freelancer - sometimes), but it is definitely benefiting many company's bottom line.
TTFN - Kent
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I sometimes think that the world in a hundred years will be much like it was in that old Charlton Heston movie 'Soylent Green'.. minus the people eating.. I hope ;o)
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Google Stars, the long-rumored bookmarking service from Google, has now publicly launched, but with little fanfare. Try it before they cancel it
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They probably won't cancel it, they'll just wait until you get used to it then change everything about it and call it 2.0
Sorry I'm still a little bitter...
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