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Windows XP EULA Compared to GPL
cranos writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running an article comparing the XP EULA to the GPL. Basically it's just reinforcing what we already knew but it could be a nice little piece to show your PHB next time."
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HOUSTON, TX - Researchers at the University of Houston-Downtown Computer Science department have been, for the past few months, studying the Necronomicon, or Book of the Dead. They claim to have found the incantation used to create the enthusiastic following that the popular UNIX operating systems have enjoyed over the past years.
"We noticed that UNIX was really shoddy, but these long-haired, unshaven geeks were just foaming at the mouth over how great it was, so we knew something had to be up," says the professor who started the project in February.
According to their analysis of the incantation, UNIX OSes, regardless of their quality or features, are always considered leaps and bounds above any Microsoft OS by most CS majors and people who have been fired from big, MS-friendly companies.
"First, we thought they were just spiteful or jealous," says a graduate assistant. "But this spell is airtight. Just last week, we were able to convince some freshmen that Solaris looks better than Windows XP's 'Luna' interface."
Implications may be limited, as the spell, once invoked, creates such a stubborn mindset in the victims, termed "UNIX junkies," that they will never concede to Microsoft's ability to develop any decent software, regardless of its features or stability.
After being asked how the researchers managed to use UNIX in their project without falling victim to the spell, the head professor leaned back, and replied: "Simple. We just constantly used Windows on a computer next to it. Every time we started getting a 'warm and fuzzy' feeling on the *NIX box, we just did a comparison. After that, we're just like 'What the hell were we thinking? I hate UNIX!'"
Ash Campbell, who is well versed in the Necronomicon, was unavailable for comment.
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Junis and Katz found suffocated in large hole... more on this breaking story here
"A computer professional needs Mac OSX like a fish needs a bicycle." Howzatt?
I meant I THINK the point...
Kinda got lost in the middle of a sentence there.
Goblin
It's all fun and games until a 200' robot dinosaur shows up and trashes Neo-Tokyo... Again
Restaurants:
Charge you for your food, drink, and to have someone carry it out to you.
No shoes, no shirt, no service.
Restrict how many helpings you have.
Food handled out of your sight by persons of unknown background.
Limit the number of people eating off one plate.
Tell you where to sit.
Only allow certain items to be consumed.
Do not allow patrons to bring in food from outside the restaurant.
Have bathrooms used by multiple people simultaneously
Home:
While food is prepaid it is overall less expensive.
No shoes, no problem.
No shirt, no problem (women only - that's my house rule)
Eat as much as you want.
Come, watch the cook...you're among friends here!
Go ahead, share a plate! Eat off the table or floor even!
Sit, stand, who cares? Eat in front of the TV if you want.
Eat whatever is in the house.
Bring your own food? Sure!
Multiple single seat bathrooms ensure privacy
So there you have it folks...clearly eating at home is superior to eating out. Therefore I propose that the new online spelling of restaurant be "re$taurant" to highlight the restrictive nature of re$taurant$.
Sense??? That's asking too much - around here, all you have to do is post something vague that mentions DMCA to get modded "Insightful."
Stop by my site where I write about ERP systems & more
around here, all you have to do is post something vague that mentions DMCA to get modded "Insightful."
:-(
OK. Point made...
- Xanadu
Don't forget to include the phrase "RIAA/MPAA". This is especially effective if you confuse the two, and accuse the MPAA of being pissed about MP3 downloads.
Note that no points will be deducted if you mis spell the acronym as DCMA. If you can use it more than once, extra bonus points!
Someone mod the parent up, he mentioned RIAA, MPAA and DMCA in the same post (spelled DMCA wrong, but thats ok, its slashdot).
Mod this parent up, too. He also mentioned all the magical karma getting terms.
Thank you.