You may have heard the phrase, "Open Source is free as in speech, not as in beer."
你也许听过这句话:“开源是自由的(freeas in speech),而不是免费的(freeas in beer)。”
It's hard to argue with the price, either; the one way to improve on inexpensive hardware is with free (as in beer) software.
价格也是一个难题,改进低价硬件的一种方法就是提供免费软件(啤酒业中就是这样做的)。
Even these companies have been migrating somewhat towards "free as in beer" (gratis) software for individuals, but they tend to shy away from "free as in speech" (libre).
在某种程度上即便是这些公司已经开始为个人提供免费软件,但他们大都对真正意义的自由 软件望而却步。
Hardware can never be "free as in beer" because duplication always costs something, and even the best-intentioned advocates can't afford to offer physical products free of charge indefinitely.
硬件永远不可能像啤酒那样免费,因为复制总是会有成本,即便最诚意的倡导者也负担不起无限地免费提供硬件产品。
Based on that timing, they indicate barley may have arrived in the region not as food, but as raw material for beer brewing.
根据那个时间点,他们指出,大麦可能不是作为食物,而是作为啤酒酿造的原料到达那里的。
Your TA glances over at you, with a beer in hand, and then glances away quickly as if disgusted.
你的助教手里端着啤酒,眼睛撇了一眼你,然后快速把目光移开,好像很反感。
The big difference, of course, is hardware will never be free [as in free beer].
当然,在硬件上最大的区别就是永远不可能免费,就像让啤酒免费一样。
As part of the work, the researchers alsodocumented the breakdown process of bitterness in beer every two weeks for overa year and a half.
作为工作的一部分,研究者每两周记录啤酒内致苦涩的分解步骤,持续了一年半。
What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library.
东德新建了一个露天图书馆,让人难以置信的是,它竟然是东德居民用1,000个空啤酒纸箱齐心协力建造而成的。
There's nothing quite as refreshing as a nice cold beer, but now drinkers may have another reason to raise their glasses in cheer.
没有什么比一杯冰凉好喝的啤酒更振奋人心,但是现在饮酒者还有另外一个理由使他们举杯欢呼。
What began as an assemblage of 1, 000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library.
东德新建了一个露天图书馆,让人难以置信的是,它竟然是东德居民用1,000个空啤酒纸箱齐心协力建造而成的。
CHINA's remarkable growth is as apparent in beer consumption as it is in more formal economic indicators.
中国在啤酒消费方面引人注目的增长和跟其它更正式的经济指标一样明显。
The survivor had been working as a cashier in the hotel when the building collapsed, forcing him to dive under a desk. He said he subsisted largely on cola, beer and cookies.
据悉,该幸存者是酒店的收银员,地震发生时他躲在了一张桌子下,并靠店内一些可乐、啤酒和饼干活了下来。
Traditional USES of coca are not addictive and are as much part of Andean culture as a cuppa is in Britain or beer in Texas.
传统上对古柯叶的使用不会上瘾,正如英国的下午茶,德克萨斯州的啤酒一样,使用古柯叶是安第斯山文化的组成部分。
In an American bar, people don't order beer by asking for a pint or half pint as is done in a British pub.
在美国的酒吧,人们不会像在英国酒馆里那样要一品脱或半品脱啤酒。
There are a string of expats who live in Los Angeles who would love somewhere to go with traditional ales and beer on tap as well as an English food menu.
而很多居住在洛杉矶当地的英国人士对于英式啤酒和食物有着不小的需求。
THE small town of Taylors Arm, in the rolling farmlands of northern New South Wales, was once famous as the setting for “A Pub With No Beer”, an Australian country song.
泰勒斯-阿尔姆(TaylorsArm)小镇,位于新南威尔士省(NewSouth Wales)北部高低起伏的农地之中,一度因为是澳大利亚乡村歌曲《没有啤酒的酒馆(A PubWith No Beer)》的背景而闻名于外。
The End of History is billed as the strongest, most expensive and most shocking beer in the world by its Scottish makers.
历史终点(the Endof History)被其苏格兰创始人标榜为全球最烈性、最昂贵乃至最骇人的啤酒。
Your TA glances over at you, with your beer in hand, and then glances away quickly as if disgusted.
助教手里端着啤酒,眼睛撇了一眼你,然后目光很快又离开了,好像很讨厌的样子。
The letter should look as beautiful as your feelings - a note scrawled in biro on the back of a beer mat is not going to make your Bella go weak at the knees.
情书要看起来要与你所投入的感情一样美丽——用圆珠笔潦草地把信写在啤酒垫背后的话,怎么会使你的那个“她”非你不嫁呢?
As in, a beer that can actually be consumed in space!
对,就是那种真正可以在太空中喝的啤酒!
JUST as the festive season gets going, drinkers in America are finding their favourite beer suddenly more expensive or even-horrors! -not available at all.
正当佳节来临之际,美国的饮酒者却发现他们喜爱的啤酒突然更加昂贵了,甚至根本购买不到-这真可怕!
An experiment in Japan found certain ingredients of beer, such as pseudouridine, melatonine, and abromine can lessen the harm done by radiation to the human body.
日本一项实验显示,啤酒中所含的"假尿嘧啶"和"褪黑素"、"甜菜碱"等成分,能在一定程度上减轻辐射对人体所产生的危害。
The new law would restrict beer sales at night, ban its sale in or close to many public places such as schools, and limit cans and bottles to a maximum size of 0.33 litres.
新的法律将出台几项新规定,如晚上不能卖啤酒,学校等一些列公共场所或靠近公共场所的地方不能卖啤酒,一听或一瓶啤酒最多不能超过0.33升。
Many drivers - strung out from the long desert slog - prefer to push through the night rather than staying in the seedy roadside inns that serve up young prostitutes as cheaply as mugs of millet beer.
很多司机——在沙漠中拍着长队艰难前行——宁可夜间行路不愿呆在路边破烂的酒馆里,那里有年轻的娼妓,便宜得只值几杯稷麦啤酒的价钱。
Asia has overtaken Europe as the world's biggest beer producer for the first time in 35 years, according to a study by the research arm of the Japanese brewing giant Kirin Holdings.
据日本酿造业巨头日本麒麟啤酒的市场调研报考称,35年以来,亚洲第一次取代欧洲成为世界上最大的啤酒生产基地。
The proprietor arrived with the beer just as Radclif, frowning puzzledly, sighed and tucked the paper back in its envelope.
餐馆老板拿着啤酒过来时,拉德克利夫正大为困惑地皱着眉、叹着气将信塞回信封。
The proprietor arrived with the beer just as Radclif, frowning puzzledly, sighed and tucked the paper back in its envelope.
餐馆老板拿着啤酒过来时,拉德克利夫正大为困惑地皱着眉、叹着气将信塞回信封。
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