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This is a whimsical post so take it lightly. |
When I buy Jersies these days, it's generally for a player who as far as I can tell, remains/ will remain a permanent fixture on the Team. (example, Eli) |
But in general with all the Cap Restrictions, Salary limitations and re-structured CBA in place and so on; I am realizing that investing in a Jersey is kind of silly and instead I opt for the shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps, beanies etc that represent the Team/Franchise as a whole. |
Does anyone else do the same and for similar reasons? |
I own a Strahan, Tiki, Eli, Jeter, Ewing, Posada, Berra (combinations T-Shirts or Jersies) and was thinking about an Amar'e, Melo or Osi...yes Osi (maybe a bargain if/when he leaves the Team). |
(I hope we keep Cruz but ...) ( I bought my two older sons a Tuck and Cruz jersey last year sometime- LOL) |
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This is somewhat related to my other question, but is actually different. |
I would like to license a Windows Phone application under the GPL. All other Windows Phone Marketplace issues aside (I'll ask those on the forums), I'd like to include icons that ship with the SDK in my application. While this is common practice (documentation points to the icons' location), I'm not sure if I'd be forc... |
How is this usually handled in GPL or am I simply out of luck? |
The icons in question are copied into the project's source tree and distributed with the application. |
The license that ships with the SDK states that you may not: |
modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code [incl. the icons] so that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, that |
• the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or |
• others have the right to modify it. |
My question now becomes: can I distribute the icons with my GPL'd application in any way (for example, by including provisions in my license text) that would not violate either the GPL or the SDK agreement? |
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First off, you can't 'force' GPL on the icons - they aren't yours, so you can't decide their licensing. They remain someone else's property, no matter what you say. The worst you can do is release your program in violation of the GPL, and create legal headaches for yourself and for anyone who later tries to work with y... |
Second, remember that we're not lawyers, just opinionated people who've read some things. |
What's the documentation specify as the license for the icons, or the SDK itself? I'm kind of presuming first off that it's OK to use them for building apps for Windows Phone, and second off that there's nothing in the SDK license that precludes using the GPL on applications. |
Are the icons referenced from the SDK, or do you copy them into your project? If they are referenced from the SDK at build time, then they won't be part of your source code distribution. They'll probably be compiled into your app at build time, but there's probably several library stubs and chunks that are compiled in ... |
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Correct on all points. You can't "force" the GPL on anyone, nor can you force someone to open their source because they included a GPL component. All you can do is compel them to correct the violation, which they can do by removing the GPL'd component. The GPL is a license, not a contract, and you can't impose its term... |
@Michael - These particular icons are copied into the project. In one case, they're modified (I've "baked" a foreground icon onto the common background icon) – Richard Szalay Dec 4 '12 at 21:47 |
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
Nike Native |
Nike is reportedly producing a line of shoes made soley for Native Americans. They will distributing the shoes to tribal wellness programs and tribal schools at a discount. They will be called the Air Natives. I know they have their own marketing team but I thought I'd take a shot at coming up with some slogan ideas. T... |
1. Say "How" to the new Air Natives. |
2. The Air Natives, not your chief's mocassins. |
3. The Air Natives, $119.99 or 400 acres of reservation. |
4. The Air Natives, because your athletic wear shouldn't be a gamble. |
5. The Air Natives, reserve yours today. |
6. The Air Natives, so good you'll give them as a gift and then take them back. |
7. The Air Natives, hey sorry for that whole stealing your land thing. |
8. The Air Natives, so comfortable the Trail of Tears is no big deal. |
9. The Air Natives, What would you do with out the White Man? |
10. The Air Natives, made for cheap by natives of another land. Sold for cheap to natives of this land. |
Monday, September 24, 2007 |
Scissors Rule! |
Okay, maybe I'm geeking out a bit, but scissors are really really awesome! Wait, hear me out. I know we've all used scissors before and yeah there's nothing new about them. But I just used a pair of scissors to cut open a bag containing a yummy snack and I have to say, I was overwhelmed with joy over what an awesome pi... |
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting) Florence Baptistery By: LancelotLink. |
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The Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St. John) is a religious building in Florence, Italy, which has the status of a minor basilica. The octagonal Baptistery stands in both the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza di San Giovanni, across from the Duomo cathedral and the Giotto bell tower. It ... |
8 reasons why journalists shouldn’t name a prostitute’s clients |
I will be the first to admit that when I heard the phrases “Zumba instructor” and “prostitution” and “Kennebunk, Maine” collide in the same news story, I sat up and took notice. I’m inclined to read any story with the word Zumba in the headline. |
In a story that’s only a bit more sleazy than the latest political ad, a woman from Maine named Alexis Wright — a dance instructor — has reportedly been working as a prostitute with more than a hundred clients in her studio and a nearby office. |
That is interesting enough, but more interesting, and consequential, is the decision by law enforcement to name her clients. (In routine Google searches for this story, I have bumped into the published names of 21 of her clients, which is said to include husbands, fathers, realtors, lawyers and other prominent business... |
There are, of course, different thoughts on whether the clients should have been named. A New York Times story about the incident said: “Generally, women who were interviewed here seemed to applaud making the list public with as much information as possible. Men, on the other hand, generally thought that the crime was ... |
I have fielded phone calls from Maine journalists who consider this story and this case an ethical minefield. To their credit, they are asking for advice. Here’s what I argued: |
1. Publication of the names of johns serves no journalistic purpose or social benefit. |
2. The consequences of publication are predictable: It will harm the most vulnerable of the stakeholders, the children of those who are named. Sex crimes — whatever the nature or severity — carry a particular stigma for families. |
3. The criminal justice system does not need to publish the names in order to suppress the business of one busy prostitute. Nor will publication deter men in the future from engaging in this kind of activity. |
4. It was not that many years ago when police would make busts at gay bars and then publicize the names of the men arrested. On occasion, these names could appear in the news media, the men, essentially “outed.” Social mores change over time, and prostitution in some countries is legal. |
5. The argument “Well the names are already all over the Internet” does not hold water with me. If the names are all over, what is the point of publishing them again, except as a cheap way to attract readers to your paper or your website? Wouldn’t it be better not to pander to the crowd, to take the high road in the in... |
6. “But it’s a public record?” So what? What percentage of public records make their way into the press? Obviously, only the tiniest sliver. The key question remains: What good would this do? |
7. Isn’t it sexist to publish the name of the one who offers sexual services but not the ones who pay for it? Maybe, but if this were a male prostitute, I would not publish the names of his clients, male or female. If the police busted, say, a house of prostitution or a ring of call girls, I would only publish the name... |
8. Publishing the names could lead to more confusion than clarity, and could cause people to make incorrect assumptions about people who share the same names as clients. According to The Daily Mail, “a 75-year-old retired colonel … was forced to sit down with his wife and explain to her that he had not been sleeping wi... |
Finally, I would cite an Eliot Spitzer exception. Spitzer, former attorney general and governor of New York State got caught using an escort service in spite of his public law-and-order reputation. To generalize, I would be willing to publish the names of clients whose actions were in gross conflict with his public pos... |
Realtor? No |
Police Chief? Yes |
• http://twitter.com/fyngyrz Bennie The Bouncer |
It’s not shame, in the sense of an internal feeling of having done wrong; it is shaming, which is an externally applied (for instance, by you, against me) harm done which can and does affect job, spouse, offspring, etc. |
If party A and party B agree in an informed manner to participate in a consensual act, agreed upon value received being equitable for value given, clearly there is no cause for shame. It’s a good transaction, done well. |
What is actually happening in the act of criminalizing sex work is that some people are forcing their ideas upon others. A far, far less savory activity than an act where all participants agree. And yes, now we have a legitimate cause for shame. |
• http://twitter.com/fyngyrz Bennie The Bouncer |
“Any time you can get ‘alligator’ and ‘nudist’ into the same headline, it’s been a good day.” |
Yes. And that’s part of the reason why newspapers are dying left and right. Because they have NO IDEA WHAT NEWS ACTUALLY IS. When you pander to the lowest common denominator, you leave the thinking public entirely by the wayside. Further, just about the entire “news” industry is clueless about the fact that people ... |
Worthy News: Government interferes with adult, consensual agreement for service; no constitutional basis; legislation penned by Dumbo Legislators 1…n |
Despicable Gossip: John Doe and Jane Doe had Sex For Money! OMG WTF! |
But hey, keep on keepin’ on. I laugh every time one of these formal gossip operations goes bust. |
• http://twitter.com/fyngyrz Bennie The Bouncer |
Yes, of course the same argument applies. If there’s a social problem, we have probation (monitoring by the state), fines, and prison, as well as parole (post-prison monitoring by the state.) |
Shaming is a very poor choice because it is inherently non-level; it need have almost no effect upon the rich, and yet it will probably outright destroy the life of the poor. |
Shaming also tends to last forever, whereas fines, prison, etc. all have defined endings, and offer the potential for the individual to reintegrate into society. If you make them a public target — which is exactly what a public listing does, among other shaming mechanisms — they can’t do that, and consequently, the... |
Shaming is a subset of the “make criminals into a permanent lower class” mindset, utterly replacing the concept of rehabilitation; as such, it is one of the worst social mistakes extant at this time. |
• http://twitter.com/fyngyrz Bennie The Bouncer |
“The fellas whose names appeared in gay bar busts were typically the names people would recognize. If a name is published and people don’t recognize it, they will forget it.” |
If it’s your name, and you are generally unknown, yet your boss or other near associate reads it, they aren’t going to forget it. Better go back to square one with your reasoning; it doesn’t pass muster. |
• http://twitter.com/fyngyrz Bennie The Bouncer |
The entire thing is about puritanical, insane law made by those who would enforce fossilized, toxic, unjustifiable rules of theirs upon the rest of us. You completely miss the real issue at hand here, which is the government interfering in informed, consensual choice. |
These laws *only* do harm. Sex work is no less honorable and legitimate than playing football, giving a massage, or serving hamburgers. |
• http://www.facebook.com/daniel.nephin Daniel Nephin |
More timely question: How are papers handling Boy Scouts’ “secret list?” Identify or no? |
• Krister Rollins |
“All or Nothing” is the basis of equality. Once you start carving it into bits you get people who are more equal than others. The Supreme Court, in fact, unanimously struck down Separate But Equal. So, that’s nine folks (and all the justices since then) who think all or nothing is just fine.What nuances? |
No one argues that punishing men is more important than protecting families. No one. That argument isn’t happening. That rhetoric is called a “straw man.” Justice should be handled evenly regardless of gender. That’s the argument. |
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY: I would argue that the thing these families need protection from is the husbands and fathers (and possibly wives and mothers, the list isn’t completely out yet) who abandoned them to pay for sex with a stranger. Time with a prostitute is ALMOST CERTAINLY time away from the family. And money. |
We could do any number of things but won’t. It’s not up to the women (or men). It’s up to our legal system. And again: These names in any criminal case are made public on the premise that watchdogs ensure justice is done fairly. |
• Anonymous |
First of all, it should NOT be a crime. The fact that people like you may find it offensive is your problem and it should not be illegal. There are plenty of real victims out there that we don’t need to turn consenting adult women into victims of your imagination. If we are going to criminalize personal relationshi... |
You presume that all the clients of prostitutes are married. Typically, men who find comfort with a sex care provider are also widowed, divorced, disabled, socially inept- in other words men (and women) who are not able to, at that point in their lives, find companionship through traditional means. The socially and... |
When you see that man in a wheelchair who can’t lift his head up because he has cerebral palsy- do you think he doesn’t need or want sexual companionship? When your grandmother dies and your grandfather is left alone, do you think that suddenly HE doesn’t want to be held and nurtured? What about those men who have ... |
As far as married men, it was my experience that their wives PREFERRED that they find a professional with whom to enact their fantasies as the wife did NOT want to be bothered. Wives understand that if their husband has an affair, for which there is no legal ramifications other than a possible divorce- the ‘other w... |
I’d like to see you go through the humiliation of having someone name you as a prostitute and see how far you get when you try to find other employment. How about when a person commits ACTUAL violence against another, they are arrested and convicted- THEN we post their names and faces all over the place. Otherwise,... |
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