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Luigi Donatello Asero
Art Sackett said:About that, I don't know. I know that our current resident of the White
House holds the record as the killingest state governor in history,
back when he was the governor of Texas.
Are you against the use of death penalty?
I mean that it might be effective, but it would also be quite
dangerous.
True enough -- but it's quite popular here in the US. I spent over $2k
online in October.
There is also an additional problem, that is to ensure that a contract is
valid and not only that a ware or a service is paid.
too?
It's common for credit card companies to volunteer that information to
law enforcement with no court order or even a good reason presented.
But no one is required to carry a credit card at all times, or to
present it upon demand. It's a voluntary act, whereas a national ID
card would be mandatory, and would be used to tie together the data
that is now fragmented in databases all over the country. With all of
that data in one place, a data entry error or a database corruption
could render one unable to travel via aircraft, ineligible to vote, or
even land one in jail.
Well, first we must understand that not all software is developed by
entities with the profit motive. For example, right here on my
workstation, I can think of only two non-free components: the JVM and
the Flash plugin for my browser. Everything else, up to and including
the operating system kernel, is mine to do with as I please, within
certain reasonable limits. I can not only view the source code, I can
modify it to my heart's content. I can sell it or give it away. I don't
have to ask anyone's permission to do any of these things, and I didn't
have to pay to get these rights. I didn't pay for any of this software,
so it's free in both the gratis sense, and the libre sense.
Did Sun give you the source code for their Java Virtual Machine? If you
got your hands on it, could you modify it or redistribute it without
even asking Sun's permission? The answer to all of these questions is a
resounding "NO!"
If you're curious about the operating system I'm using, pay a visit to
http://www.debian.org/ -- it's not the only Linux around, but it's what
I've been using since '96 and I'm quite happy with it. It's very, very
stable and reliable; a machine I remotely administer has delivered
100.00% uptime for just two weeks shy of four years. It kinda begs the
question, "Why pay for an operating system that's inferior to the free
ones?", I think. I could be wrong.
If you use Linux it is difficult to find softwares which suit it, isn´t it?
Most are compatible to Microsoft´s