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Not necessarily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen#Northwest_Passag...

Here in the Faroes (at least in the capital), we have the best of both worlds. Free, and plenty of space.

In 2007, the fare for municipal busses was removes, and at the same time, more frequent trips were introduced (by 50% at day time).

The routes and schedule are managed by the City Council, the operated by the lowest bidding bus company.

So far, it has been successfull, but it had a bit of a bumpy start. The sudden increase in demand for busses, meant that there weren't enough busses to go around and some cheap, old ones were used. But the success has meant that there was a business case to upgrade the busses.

It's payed by tax payers via the Council. The Council is funded via income tax, currently at around 20%.

http://www.torshavn.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=822

when visiting some of their internal sites(http://www.cloudflare.com/overview, http://www.cloudflare.com/people), I get this message: "Sorry, cdnjs.cloudflare.com is currently unavailable. Please try again soon."

That was when I started writing this comment, they are back up now.

Sorry for going off-topic, but is there any explanation why InfoQ does not have an entry on Wikipedia?

Is it just because no one has bothered to do it yet, or is there some other reason why this quite big, and frequently cited, site is not on Wikipedia?

For previous discussions:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4352290

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4350238

Indeed, as the second time you run it, you have visited all those sites, and some of those images are in the cache.

The first time, I had one 'visited', the second time about half were 'visited'. I'm surprised not all of them were, though...

teh guide has lots of typos.

The point is that the "couple of OSes" does not include Windows 7 / Vista / XP.

In an article called "Learning Unix", I think recommending (I assume proprietary) Windows/Mac software, is a bit silly.

Huh, so it isn't just me...

If it will damage your freedom, then, by definition, you don't have freedom.

The effect this might have, if any, is to show who pretends to have/give freedom and who really has/gives it.

I like this bit from the article:

"Smaller companies that held patents worried that if Microsoft prevailed, it could lower the standard of proof for invalidating a patent, crippling small companies that depend on patent protection, legal experts say."

Other than patent trolls, which small (software) company benefits from (software) patents?

I suspect this might be the work of Cory Docterow, I believe I heard him mentioning that the did a deal with Amazon where they would publish his books without DRM. But I might be wrong.

No.

When I first started university, I didn't realise how important pen and paper is. In my course, we use pen and paper more than we do computers.

It will reduce SMS volume by the same amount as it will reduce the Email volume.

My friend has an iPhone. I have an Android. My friend wants to send a short message to me. Will she use iMessage? No. Email or SMS.

The UK has a similar system. You borrow money to pay for the tuition and living costs. The repayment is then, like in the article, a fraction on the post-graduation salary.

The difference is that it is not time base. You have to pay it all back with interest. Also, both the lender and the university are public.

That's pretty much what viewtext.org does on my Android HN app.

That's what I was thinking. He could even have FJ host it for him. win-win.

Next step: Make it illegal to share ebooks.

From the article: '"I don't know enough about that legislation, but if it's combating that issue, I would be in favor of it," [Governor Bill] Haslam said.'

Scary.

Coke?

What about Debian GNU/kFreeBSD?

The point isn't that Linux isn't useful -- it's just that the claim that Linux is so important it should be included as a mandatory suffix any time anyone mentions "GNU" in a context that is not kernel exclusive is grating and silly.

On a more serious note, Android is a great example of a non-GNU Linux(or not-as-much-GNU Linux).

Can the customer compile the source?

Would ordering the comments based on points solve this? Ie. highest scoring comment at top.

I have long believed that the FSF or SFLC should provide free or lowcost insurance against patent lawsuits where free software is involved. That way companies, like HTC, could more comfortably, and with less associated risk, deny paying for these kinds of patent rackets.

The FSF and SFLC would have the expsrtise of fighting the case, and would probably get the resources to do it too.

or, if the employer knows that if she finds a replacement for you, she will have to find replacements for all her employees, then she won't bother coercing you at all.

I completely agree.

Every time I see a digital library service, where you can borrow a book or other media that then is deleted after certain lending period, I can't help but thinking that they are missing the point.

The time-limited lending period used by libraries is a bug. A bug that's solved by technology.

Libraries exist in order to spread knowledge and information. But they can't share their knowledge to everyone who wants it, they physically can't keep enough books or duplicate them in a timely manner. This bug has been fixed by digital technology, and we can duplicate them in a timely manner to anyone who wants it.

But some people insist on keeping the bug, and that they are doing society a favor.

You don't permanently own it.