Posts by Sierpinski

I'd push for an argument that the third forbids this as well. The government is forbidden from quartering soldiers in times of peace, storing other government property in times of peace, without the consent of the Owner in the Owner's property, should likewise be forbidden. Eminent domain language in the fifth amendment further support the idea that compensation is owed by the government prior to occupation of private property, not after, which should definitely include storage on private devices.

Re: Speed of light

How about a torus taurus?

Re: Why should buyers (believers) worry about this?

It's not much of an indulgence.

Re: Every single comment at least one D/V

<p>@Teiwaz

If everyone approved of what you've typed, what would even be the point? A downvote means that, barring a script doing the downvoting, someone had to read and comprehend something that disagrees with their views.

<p>And back to on-topic..

<p>WINE has been a source of entertainment for me for the last 15ish years. Projects such as Everquest and World of Warcraft with frequent, incremental changes, and multiple executables almost almost always had workarounds, both on WINE HQ and the official forums for the games, available on patch days. Occasional fixes under Linux actually resulted in performance boosts that "mysteriously" found their way back into the Windows client within the next month or so. Both the monthly subscription and freemium styles of supporting game development played nice (pirating the client wasn't a loss to sales... up until 3rd party emulated servers popped up, but that's another story). Telemetry in WINE is opt-in, and makes clear to the user how to disable it at any time, and is auditable by anyone that cares to prior to opting in.

<p>Any application that really is a "must have" gets time and money thrown at it up to the point that the "must have" portions become usable. Anything that's known to be illegal due to software patents in certain jurisdictions is labeled as such, but still made available with warnings. It's a model that actually respects fair use and intellectual property rights, and doesn't begin with an assumption of guilt in the wording (the way more than a few digital rights management systems I've encountered have).

<p>WINE is like a figurative bridge spanning multiple cliff faces (Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, and others). Lanes close for construction on occasion, but it has acted as a shield against lock-in and monoculture (no apologies for the pun, I regret nothing).

<p>I look forward to more of the cycle of frustration and elation any time something stops working and I read up enough to submit a bug report and live with the work around until some with more skill and patience than I takes an interest in fixing it.

Re: It needs a catchy name ....

While H2G2 is a good source for a name, I rather suggest a name from a Heinlein source instead. Also 2 syllables, how about the "Holmes Five". This would make it the successor of Mike, the Holmes Four, from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Just be careful using it to make automated payments to janitors, that can lead to all sorts of funny business.

Re: Phone book

I think you've still got it sideways. GDPR appears to continue allowing your information to be in the phonebook, but it's not allowed to be distributed in full any more. Other people have to fill out the shiny new proper paperwork to view entries. It's a jurisdiction grab.

If you've got it, flount it?

Re: The icon says it all.

Of course "freedom fighters" follows the same construction as "fire fighters".

Re: Groundhog day

Planet of the APIs?

Re: "There are quite a lot of people in NSA who think their job is to subvert standards"

Researches discover "peer pressure".

Re: Linux

"Why dont you all upgrade your naff Linux to Windows 10?"

The sheer number of default settings that have been automatically adjusted away from "best practices" by automatically pushed updates is sufficient.

Re: Notes left by execs

Unless the notes indicate that Google could implement a different method not covered by the patent, which would be fair game. The existence of the notes needs to coincide with them actually meaning what Max Sounds lawyers claim.