There cannot be a genocide of 'Palestinians' because 'Palestinian' is not a nationality in the sense the term 'Genocide' is normally used with. The Arabs are a nomadic people, and they live scattered all across the Middle East. The ones who are conveniently called 'The Palestinians' are just a group of them who were pushed off land that is now Israel. They would have assimilated into the Arab population of the other countries they were pushed into, except that those countries have kept them locked up in Refugee Camps for decades now to use as political hostages. The Arab people will not, and could not, be wiped out as the result of the death of every living 'Palestinian.' No genocide is possible.
Actually, there are nut-cases who have risen to lead nations. Hitler was one. There were a number of them in the Eastern European countries during the cold war. The theocracy running Iran is another.
They ensure Palestine is essentially a ghetto without real blowback.
You're confusing the matter. The Arab States ensure that the Palestinians remain in ghettos. Little holding camps within the Arab States that the refugees cannot escape from. They do this because they view the Palestinian refugees as a weapon to use against the West.
It's an appalling situation, and the Arab States are responsible for it. 'Palestine' didn't even exist as a nation. Just a bunch of arabs who lived in that area.
I think you're confusing Corporatists with Conservatives.
And Corporatists come in all political flavors. Did you think the left wing of that particular ugly flapping bird won't be choking on their Target stock?
the netbook having a hardware limit of 2gb max memory, which pretty much fucks anyone who wants to use Linux
It sounds like the Linux developers have screwed themselves, then. I pretty much quit running Linux back in about 1998 (BSD is much better in almost all regards) but I remember it running really well in machines with as little as 32 megs of memory. What did they do wrong?
Even if this was infringement (and I'm skeptical on that point, the functions "infringed" look pretty standard and trivial to reimplement), they still aren't making a profit on this "theft."
'Profit' has nothing at all to do with the issue. You can take a loss while distributing somebody's code that you stole from them, and you still stole it.
Now there's an easy tool provided by Google to identify what employees are doing with Google-related products while on the job. You didn't think anything you did on your work computer was your private information, did you?
The only reason Microsoft is dominant now with the Windows platform is that Apple sued out of business all of Microsoft's competitors (GEM and GeoWorks are two that come to mind) back when there was real competition on x86 in the early GUI era. Their legal strategy guaranteed that it would have to be a BIG company that defeated their claim to OWN the GUI concept whole-cloth.
So yes. Apple is/was evil. Windows is Steve Jobs' fault.
It would be good engineering practice for them to have it running on ARM and SPARC, too. Cross-platform development keeps code clean and portable, as NetBSD demonstrates. It probably doesn't serve a strong commercial purpose, but it's a good exercise.
He's just asserting that it isn't a good sign that their software seems to be growing unnecessarily into a bloated pig. And others will agree with him. 'Fatter' software is by definition less reliable. It involves pushing more electrons around to do the same task as before, and the laws of probability decree that this means more potential points-of-failure in the physical realm.
Apple is making a very nice business out of being the premium computer and electronic gizmo maker.
Let's declare a truce and just agree that they've successful marketed their hardware that way.
You can believe in their marketing scheme. Some of the rest of us can feel their customers are being duped.
Well, not really, duped. Whatever it costs someone to boost their self-esteem is probably worth it to them. Gucci handbags have a similar theraputic value, for their buyers.
Apple doesn't need to join in with everyone else in the race to the bottom.
Actually, they did that on the day that they started selling hardware built with COTS 'pc clone' components. Their hardware is an expensive dongle required to run their software. The Hackintosh community has proven that. If Apple wants to continue to sell expensive dongles as a requirement to use their software, that is their perogative. But dongle schemes can be broken.
It would put a lid on part of the Hackintosh community. There are people who want a powerful desktop machine they built themselves with a phillips screwdriver. There are people who won't buy any computer as a finished machine, ever.
True, but if they 'intentionally broke' support for Atom, it would be through some deliberate code. Which they could then undo. It's a mistake to not have all future possible platforms in mind, so your reasoning follows. They should test on anything they MIGHT port to, and they probably do.
Most of the 'Bell System Property' telephone sets were sold-to-the-customer through long leasing arrangements after Bell stopped 'owning' them, so the warning doesn't apply anymore. And sticker??? My 'Bell System Property' phones have that stamped/embossed into the steel.
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So Cheech Wizard is your given name?
What's your street address?
You put too much emphasis on this as a Sunni/Shiite struggle. That is not the demarcation line.
It is a Persian/Arab struggle. Two actual nationalities are in struggle. It's not an inter-Islamic conflict.
There cannot be a genocide of 'Palestinians' because 'Palestinian' is not a nationality in the sense the term 'Genocide' is normally used with. The Arabs are a nomadic people, and they live scattered all across the Middle East. The ones who are conveniently called 'The Palestinians' are just a group of them who were pushed off land that is now Israel. They would have assimilated into the Arab population of the other countries they were pushed into, except that those countries have kept them locked up in Refugee Camps for decades now to use as political hostages. The Arab people will not, and could not, be wiped out as the result of the death of every living 'Palestinian.' No genocide is possible.
Actually, there are nut-cases who have risen to lead nations. Hitler was one. There were a number of them in the Eastern European countries during the cold war. The theocracy running Iran is another.
They ensure Palestine is essentially a ghetto without real blowback.
You're confusing the matter. The Arab States ensure that the Palestinians remain in ghettos. Little holding camps within the Arab States that the refugees cannot escape from. They do this because they view the Palestinian refugees as a weapon to use against the West.
It's an appalling situation, and the Arab States are responsible for it. 'Palestine' didn't even exist as a nation. Just a bunch of arabs who lived in that area.
I think you're confusing Corporatists with Conservatives.
And Corporatists come in all political flavors. Did you think the left wing of that particular ugly flapping bird won't be choking on their Target stock?
And what if the Chinese decide to retaliate and simply shut down exports for a couple of months?
In this economy, I think the Chinese would suffer more.
The West needs to stop shipping their dollars to China for finished goods. If China were to help with the weaning off process, it would be excellent.
the netbook having a hardware limit of 2gb max memory, which pretty much fucks anyone who wants to use Linux
It sounds like the Linux developers have screwed themselves, then. I pretty much quit running Linux back in about 1998 (BSD is much better in almost all regards) but I remember it running really well in machines with as little as 32 megs of memory. What did they do wrong?
My first Intel 286 based PC was $2,500 and had a whopping 128KB of memory.
I very strongly doubt that you ever had a '286 based PC with only 128KB of memory.
The default memory of even the 8088-based machines was at least 256K by the time the '286 processor was even invented.
While this may be a little pedantic to raise, this is Slashdot where stuff like that matters.
It isn't really moot. If you're lucky, HP will gut the 3Com line and you'll still use HP switches. If you're unlucky the reverse will happen.
Well, yes, Apple is a consumer in the datacenter market. So is WalMart. So is Burger King.
Vista doesn't support the 3C905???
Why doesn't that surprise me? Do you need a Network Interface card with liquid cooling for Vista?
I know what dealing with Outlook is like, if that's any kind of an answer.
Microsoft shifted to being a tool for weasel middle-manager types ages ago.
'Profit' has nothing at all to do with the issue. You can take a loss while distributing somebody's code that you stole from them, and you still stole it.
I think you're confusing the fuddy duddy armchair dude with Johnathan Strange.
Now there's an easy tool provided by Google to identify what employees are doing with Google-related products while on the job. You didn't think anything you did on your work computer was your private information, did you?
The only reason Microsoft is dominant now with the Windows platform is that Apple sued out of business all of Microsoft's competitors (GEM and GeoWorks are two that come to mind) back when there was real competition on x86 in the early GUI era. Their legal strategy guaranteed that it would have to be a BIG company that defeated their claim to OWN the GUI concept whole-cloth.
So yes. Apple is/was evil. Windows is Steve Jobs' fault.
NetBSD. On Apple hardware.
It would be good engineering practice for them to have it running on ARM and SPARC, too. Cross-platform development keeps code clean and portable, as NetBSD demonstrates. It probably doesn't serve a strong commercial purpose, but it's a good exercise.
He's just asserting that it isn't a good sign that their software seems to be growing unnecessarily into a bloated pig. And others will agree with him. 'Fatter' software is by definition less reliable. It involves pushing more electrons around to do the same task as before, and the laws of probability decree that this means more potential points-of-failure in the physical realm.
That's just common sense.
Apple is making a very nice business out of being the premium computer and electronic gizmo maker.
Let's declare a truce and just agree that they've successful marketed their hardware that way.
You can believe in their marketing scheme. Some of the rest of us can feel their customers are being duped.
Well, not really, duped. Whatever it costs someone to boost their self-esteem is probably worth it to them. Gucci handbags have a similar theraputic value, for their buyers.
Apple doesn't need to join in with everyone else in the race to the bottom.
Actually, they did that on the day that they started selling hardware built with COTS 'pc clone' components. Their hardware is an expensive dongle required to run their software. The Hackintosh community has proven that. If Apple wants to continue to sell expensive dongles as a requirement to use their software, that is their perogative. But dongle schemes can be broken.
It would put a lid on part of the Hackintosh community. There are people who want a powerful desktop machine they built themselves with a phillips screwdriver. There are people who won't buy any computer as a finished machine, ever.
True, but if they 'intentionally broke' support for Atom, it would be through some deliberate code. Which they could then undo. It's a mistake to not have all future possible platforms in mind, so your reasoning follows. They should test on anything they MIGHT port to, and they probably do.
Most of the 'Bell System Property' telephone sets were sold-to-the-customer through long leasing arrangements after Bell stopped 'owning' them, so the warning doesn't apply anymore. And sticker??? My 'Bell System Property' phones have that stamped/embossed into the steel.