Post #194,121
2/11/05 8:31:19 AM
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Basically what peter said.
And those Modifications if distributed in Binary form, must also be available in source form.
That is another caveat, but it forces improvements to be returned/available to the core. Which makes you not have to have as heavily modified kernel in the future. Henceforth why the Linux kernel so rapidly evolves. This is also the benefit of the GNU GPL.
BTW, Thanks for joining, tell us about yourself. Welcome.
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Post #194,464
2/13/05 7:19:36 PM
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Re: Basically what peter said.
Thanks for all the responses. I am one of those lowly tech journalists who occasionally hears something in an interview that causes me to question, investigate and maybe even write a story about my findings.
Tina
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Post #194,469
2/13/05 8:04:35 PM
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Is this you?
[link|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tina+daunt&btnG=Google+Search|http://www.google.co...tnG=Google+Search]
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Post #194,474
2/13/05 8:34:56 PM
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Re: Is this you?
nope
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Post #194,477
2/13/05 8:45:04 PM
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Waitaminnit ... actual research?
Don't post your real name here. I hear checking your facts can cost you your press credentials some places. (No, I'm not cynical. :-/ )
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Post #194,500
2/14/05 12:06:13 AM
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Well you know where to go for background
I'm guessing that you're [link|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Tina+Gasperson%22&btnG=Search|http://www.google.co...on%22&btnG=Search].
If you ever need people to fill you in on tech issues, feel free to ask here, or to contact some private people. You aren't the first tech journalist here, and you wouldn't be the first one to ask questions of IWETHEY people as well.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #194,527
2/14/05 9:15:05 AM
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Pick a different name
While I might not have guessed, someone eventually will.
In your profession, it is a good idea NOT to leave a web footprint.
No way you can state an opinion without later on having your impartiality impugned.
Make sure name having nothing to do with you real name, your profession, or your hobbies.
And, welcome.
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Post #194,619
2/14/05 4:53:10 PM
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I didn't guess...
I googled for the user ID. The name was obvious from what I got back.
I second [link|/forums/render/user?username=broomberg|broomberg]'s advice. Incidentally the best-known journalist that we have here goes under a name that can't readily be tracked back to her real name. Of course everyone here knows who she is, and a good number of us know where the name comes from (a game she used to play with her daughter), but nobody is going to track it down with a trivial Google search.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #195,461
2/18/05 10:20:52 PM
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I still play the game...
With my kids.
Glen
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