Wait until you get a call at 4:30 AM from an irate boss complaining that [Killer App A] is no longer working because a patch overwrote a DLL and it's now *your* problem
It doesn't even have to be a buggy patch either. A sysadmin at one of the companies I used to work for applied a sendmail patch to one of their mail servers w/out testing it first and all of a sudden no one's getting their mail. Apparently the issue was that the mail spool path had been changed to something non-standard and the patch assumed the mail spool path was in it's standard location....whoops.
"Until nVidia follows suit there should be no real reason to buy nVidia cards"
I can think of a reason...huge performance gains perhaps?
But seriously, if...i mean when the open source community produces a fast, quality driver for ATI cards that exploits the GPU's full potential, I will definately be reconsidering ATI as a viable solution. Until then, it's nVidia.
I guess IBM didn't learn their lesson in donating questionably patented code to the open source community after the SCO incident, or they really like playing the wolf in sheep's clothing card against companies that deserve the wrath of pulling the IP card. It should be interesting to see what happens with this since Microsoft wouldn't really be able to attack by proxy in the event they decide to take action.
It's illegal because the states have most likely invested money to subsidize the price of these lower emission cars for consumers so they won't be turned off by the insane price they would otherwise cost.
The most attractive thing I found about Gentoo was it's package management system (portage). It was the first time that I had ever been exposed to a package management system that would take care of all of the dependencies for you. But, as I got around more and tried out other distros, I found Gentoo wasn't the only one with this feature, and that it was in fact a copy of BSD's ports sytem. As far as package management systems, I'll have to say Debian's apt system is by far the best solution out there. Yum is ok, but I find it's package searching capabilities kind of lame compared to apt, not to mention that a lot of the packages I consider to be normal aren't included in their repositories by default...weak sauce.
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That's just one of the fringe benefits of being a PC repair tech. The golden stuff is when you come across home-made pr0n from a hotty that needs Windows reinstalled;).
As soon as a company goes public and has stock investors' interests to worry about, they start to turn "evil"..it's just the way things work. Just take a look at the gaming industry. All of these companies have filthy business practices. The only company exempt from this I would say is id Software, and this probably because they're the only gaming company left that's never gone public.
I work at an ISP that implements bandwidth shaping on "excessive bandwidth usage" customers. Basically, it means if you're using so much bandwidth that it's causing problems (other customers complain, the ISP cannot shell into locations to get work done because someone's using too much bandwidth, etc) consistently, then they get capped or blocked. It doesn't really matter what they're doing. Granted we tend not to block people doing legitimate work, but we'll sure as hell put a cap on them so the service doesn't suck for everyone else. My advice, try to find an ISP who's AUP isn't worded in such a way that they can do whatever they want (yea, I know, easier said than done). With a little work and being in the right location, you might be able to find a small ISP with decent service that hasn't completely saturated it's network yet to where they have to put these clauses in their AUPs that complete rape you of the bandwidth you're paying for.
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Wait until you get a call at 4:30 AM from an irate boss complaining that [Killer App A] is no longer working because a patch overwrote a DLL and it's now *your* problem
It doesn't even have to be a buggy patch either. A sysadmin at one of the companies I used to work for applied a sendmail patch to one of their mail servers w/out testing it first and all of a sudden no one's getting their mail. Apparently the issue was that the mail spool path had been changed to something non-standard and the patch assumed the mail spool path was in it's standard location....whoops.
So it's basically loadlin using grub instead of lilo? I hope it works better than loadlin did...
You mean Microsoft is the evil Microsoft? I'm shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
My last ATI card was a.....oh wait, i've never bought one, but that could very well change in the near future.
"Until nVidia follows suit there should be no real reason to buy nVidia cards"
I can think of a reason...huge performance gains perhaps?
But seriously, if...i mean when the open source community produces a fast, quality driver for ATI cards that exploits the GPU's full potential, I will definately be reconsidering ATI as a viable solution. Until then, it's nVidia.
I guess IBM didn't learn their lesson in donating questionably patented code to the open source community after the SCO incident, or they really like playing the wolf in sheep's clothing card against companies that deserve the wrath of pulling the IP card. It should be interesting to see what happens with this since Microsoft wouldn't really be able to attack by proxy in the event they decide to take action.
It's illegal because the states have most likely invested money to subsidize the price of these lower emission cars for consumers so they won't be turned off by the insane price they would otherwise cost.
He's probably pissed that it won't address the 16 gigs of memory in his LED-happy ricer box
The most attractive thing I found about Gentoo was it's package management system (portage). It was the first time that I had ever been exposed to a package management system that would take care of all of the dependencies for you. But, as I got around more and tried out other distros, I found Gentoo wasn't the only one with this feature, and that it was in fact a copy of BSD's ports sytem. As far as package management systems, I'll have to say Debian's apt system is by far the best solution out there. Yum is ok, but I find it's package searching capabilities kind of lame compared to apt, not to mention that a lot of the packages I consider to be normal aren't included in their repositories by default...weak sauce.
This was SCO vs Novell, not SCO vs IBM
You know, Ballmer, there is a difference between being labeled an open source company and actually acting like one.
Sweet, with a cure right around the corner I can sleep easier at night after bangin hos from the PJs.
..come again?
It's ok, just say it was in the name of stopping terrorism and you're golden. It works for the president right?
That's just one of the fringe benefits of being a PC repair tech. The golden stuff is when you come across home-made pr0n from a hotty that needs Windows reinstalled ;).
As soon as a company goes public and has stock investors' interests to worry about, they start to turn "evil"..it's just the way things work. Just take a look at the gaming industry. All of these companies have filthy business practices. The only company exempt from this I would say is id Software, and this probably because they're the only gaming company left that's never gone public.
Uh, ok. Do they plan on keeping the RAM modules powered up? If so, they might as well turn in a rock, as it'd be just as useful to them.
If the RIAA had their way, this would be illegal. In fact, if the RIAA really had their way, you'd be paying each time you listened to your CD...
Its your American right to distribute music! It's lude, crude, litigious, OUTRAGEOUS!
...watch out for your corn hole.
I work at an ISP that implements bandwidth shaping on "excessive bandwidth usage" customers. Basically, it means if you're using so much bandwidth that it's causing problems (other customers complain, the ISP cannot shell into locations to get work done because someone's using too much bandwidth, etc) consistently, then they get capped or blocked. It doesn't really matter what they're doing. Granted we tend not to block people doing legitimate work, but we'll sure as hell put a cap on them so the service doesn't suck for everyone else. My advice, try to find an ISP who's AUP isn't worded in such a way that they can do whatever they want (yea, I know, easier said than done). With a little work and being in the right location, you might be able to find a small ISP with decent service that hasn't completely saturated it's network yet to where they have to put these clauses in their AUPs that complete rape you of the bandwidth you're paying for.
Yea, just like the "WinModem" was only for Windows..
Those of you in the front row would be advised to watch for falling chairs.
You mean the White House lied to the public? I'm shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Somehow I doubt virtualized 3d-acceleration will be able to even come close to native 3d-acceleration..