I agree, let's make the tags synonyms.
However, I say let's make the tags synonyms of derivatives as it is a more concise tag. That way, something that is a derivative but not a derivative work will not be automatically retagged to derivative-work.
Tags -> derivatives
Yaar, it bugs me. If they've contacted their choices for moderators, then I won't be a mod, that's for sure. :( But whatever, it's not like a do or die kind of thing :)
@Martijn look right above :)
@kdopen How is embedded systems going? Noticed you went into beta, and of course who is one of the best experts on the site... :)
@Zizouz212 Very few questions, and having trouble with their scope. Seem to want to reject anyting which could be answered elsewhere, which means they will have too small a user base. This is thei second time in beta
Anything which talks USB, for example, has to have a controller inside it to actually implement the protocols and take actions. The keyboard needs to debounce the mechanical switches and translate them to keycodes, Light the LED's for capslock etc.
The elevator you ride in has one to handle the buttons
Main CPU (i.e. your pentium) actually wrote the ones and zeroes to the disk. Now it just points to a buffer and sends a command. The CPU in the disk drive uses DMA to get the data and handles the writing
If your have a standard PC, it probably contains 10-15 different CPUs. The term 'computer' is usually reserved for a general purpose platform where the user can load new software and run it. It has a user interface which usually contains a screen and keyboard at a minimum
@ratchetfreak It may be more intimate than jst being able to jump on the external Data/Address buses. If, for example, the DMA buffers are in on-board cache
The point is that it is created with a fairly specific set of limited uses in mind. A 'computer' is just a general purpose platform. The user does what they want with it
@kdopen such as exchanging text and video messages, reading news, email, calendar, web browsing, installing third-party applications, taking pictures, reading maps, and oh, yes, phoning
not talking about geeky stuff here, just some of the apps that Google itself provides
And, having worked on smart phones as well, I can tell you that (from the software and hardware point of view) telephony is THE primary function. NOTHING is allowed to get in its way
short of a dead battery - and that's the real reason there is so much power management code in your phone (dimming, turning off the screen when you are holding it to your face, etc). To minimise the chance of a low battery interfereing with telephony
Battery is not on the board. And the antenna is either ceramic, or actually printed in a small area. Higher frequencies == smaller antenna.
It may not be common, but I'm raising this post to hear the community thoughts:
From the dual-licensing excerpt (emphasis mine):
Works can be released under two (or more) licenses, which may or may not be compatible, giving recipients the choice of which terms they will abide by
I'm askin...
I agree, let's make the tags synonyms.
However, I say let's make the tags synonyms of derivatives as it is a more concise tag. That way, something that is a derivative but not a derivative work will not be automatically retagged to derivative-work.
Tags -> derivatives
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