Actually the motivation to develop automatic phone switching was not based on scaleability (though its developement was necessary for further developement). The switch was developed by the opearator of a funeral parlour because he felt the local operator was sending all calls to his competition (which was run by the operators family).
Outlook runs on Microsoft Windows. You have to pay Microsoft for Windows. Outlook is sold as both a standalone product, and as a component of Office. You have to pay Microsoft for both of those.
If Linux - anything that is not Microsoft - replaces a Microsoft product, they loose twice. First, they loose money from not having the next upgrade, and far more importantly their strangle hold gaurenteeing lots of money from future upgrades is loosened. The later (long term revenue) is so important that they have often given away the former (quick money from a license today). Think IE. Think all the features of Windows, that they could have charged for, that they give away -- things that prevously could be had by 3rd party vendors.
If any non-Microsoft product replaces a Microsoft product then the whole system starts to fall apart.
Slightly more complex then one would first think. The system can grant reservations based on some critera, for example (I am not making this up) if the requestee is a first class passanger or not.
False. The vast majority of mechanical devices, especially the (mechanica) housings of computers have at least a 70% redundency of fasteners. Hell, a computer store could make money by selling product at time+materials based on turning in spare screws to recylcers.
Without a doubt the hardware that actuall does the DVD production would be more expensive then the eqivelent CD thinger (esp. since the later is already paid for). But the actuall pressing of the disc is a relativly small component. They are exactly the same size, the same robots can deal with them in exactly the same way. The box/case production, exactly the same.... In the grand scheme of things, I doubt that the thinger in question is even a signifcant cost component of a disc factory.
They oversell (overgive?) their storage. ISPs and NSPs oversell their bandwidth. Airlines oversell flights. Callcenters have less operators then customers.
The question isnt as easy as $USERCOUNT*$MAXQUOTA. The question is how much storage will users use, on average. They got it wrong. Thats not supprising, really.
2 and 3 contradict your idea of a "viewer" If all they have is a lightweight viewer, then it matters not what the format it, all they can do is view it. The best app to edit a OOo file if OOo. So the user has to get the full thing....
But I agree with the basic premis. A viewer app would be quite usefull.
Except to satisy your English professor... But in all seriousness, turning in an empty or otherwise spoiled ballot is usefull. If you cant figgure out why, I cant explain it to you.
According to http://www.levenez.com/unix/history.html , IRIX was a deritive of MIPS OS, itself a deritive of BSD. Perhaps it was not certified as UNIX until 1995, but UNIX certification is a relativly new thing. Beh. Even if technically, "Its a UNIX system" is incorrect, the important part: THEREFOR "...I know this", is correct. That is, the leap from "I know 1994 UNIX" to "I know the 1993 version of IRIX" is valid (though she might not have known UNIX).
IRIX is a Unix system, dumbass. Perhaps a paticularaly batardized one - Ive never used it - but no more then the dozens of bastartized Unix systems from the 80's.
It may very well be true that Netware is dead, and even that it has no place in the 21st century. Netware is an operating system. Netware is usefull only to netware administrators. File and print sharing is the core service it provides. Just about everything else can be had on systems other then Netware, eDir/NDS runs on Windows and Linux. Groupwise, Zenworks, ditto. Since NDS can quite happly provide a usefull security framework for Windows NT boxen, you can run a "Novell" file and print sharing network sans-Netware.
Not that Im disagreing with your basic point... Novell was its worst enemy in the 90s. Its stuff worked too well, was ignored and forgotten about. 3.11, NT 3.5, and 95 with their half assed networking abilities appeared better, and in many cases was good enough. But there back. Hopefully
I predict that terrorists will sneak aboard by disguising themselves as a rock band. From there, when all the officers, and the skeleton crew in in one place ready to boogie, the band overwhelms the crew and takes control of the ship. Fortunately, since the material is only 140kg, they need not go to the effort of producing a complex winching mechanism, they just pick up the suitcases, get back on the chopper, and fly away.
I interperted your example as showing how stupid Obi Wan was - for stashing Luke in an obvious spot. I may have been obvious, but a compleatly reasonable spot. Vader not figguring it out is a different gripe. Perhaps he rememberd his life their as a slave as being not too fun, so compleatly repressed memories of it. Who knows?
And, for that matter, closed source does not necessaraly mean that you are not allowed to use it. Im sure there exists at least one library, prodced by a money grubbing company, released as binaries only, but you are allowed to use it any way you want.
Obi Wan stashed Luke where HIS FAMILY LIVED. One member of his familiy became evil, yes. But the brother of an evil man is a better father then $some_random_jedi_orphange.
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Well, to answer your last question: THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. I suppose, by your logic, you only need one, eh?
Actually the motivation to develop automatic phone switching was not based on scaleability (though its developement was necessary for further developement). The switch was developed by the opearator of a funeral parlour because he felt the local operator was sending all calls to his competition (which was run by the operators family).
While true, you miss the point.
Outlook runs on Microsoft Windows. You have to pay Microsoft for Windows. Outlook is sold as both a standalone product, and as a component of Office. You have to pay Microsoft for both of those.
If Linux - anything that is not Microsoft - replaces a Microsoft product, they loose twice. First, they loose money from not having the next upgrade, and far more importantly their strangle hold gaurenteeing lots of money from future upgrades is loosened. The later (long term revenue) is so important that they have often given away the former (quick money from a license today). Think IE. Think all the features of Windows, that they could have charged for, that they give away -- things that prevously could be had by 3rd party vendors.
If any non-Microsoft product replaces a Microsoft product then the whole system starts to fall apart.
Questions?
Holy crap. Its true!
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Slightly more complex then one would first think. The system can grant reservations based on some critera, for example (I am not making this up) if the requestee is a first class passanger or not.
False. The vast majority of mechanical devices, especially the (mechanica) housings of computers have at least a 70% redundency of fasteners. Hell, a computer store could make money by selling product at time+materials based on turning in spare screws to recylcers.
SYNTAX ERROR: "Why?" is not a WFF.
Without a doubt the hardware that actuall does the DVD production would be more expensive then the eqivelent CD thinger (esp. since the later is already paid for). But the actuall pressing of the disc is a relativly small component. They are exactly the same size, the same robots can deal with them in exactly the same way. The box/case production, exactly the same.... In the grand scheme of things, I doubt that the thinger in question is even a signifcant cost component of a disc factory.
This is /. That rate would be a significant improvement for most of us.
Well, the Wiki was already set up. Its been there for years. Wikis are quick and easy.. And its a giant leap forward in uability compared to .plans :)
If you think it through very well, then you wont get caught.
Except that they are both on the topic of freedom, they have very little in common.
My name is su(1). How do you do?
Now you're gonna die.
The question isnt as easy as $USERCOUNT*$MAXQUOTA. The question is how much storage will users use, on average. They got it wrong. Thats not supprising, really.
But I agree with the basic premis. A viewer app would be quite usefull.
And all this time I thought I was the biggest geek in the world. I capitulate that title.
Except to satisy your English professor... But in all seriousness, turning in an empty or otherwise spoiled ballot is usefull. If you cant figgure out why, I cant explain it to you.
According to http://www.levenez.com/unix/history.html , IRIX was a deritive of MIPS OS, itself a deritive of BSD. Perhaps it was not certified as UNIX until 1995, but UNIX certification is a relativly new thing. Beh. Even if technically, "Its a UNIX system" is incorrect, the important part: THEREFOR "...I know this", is correct. That is, the leap from "I know 1994 UNIX" to "I know the 1993 version of IRIX" is valid (though she might not have known UNIX).
IRIX is a Unix system, dumbass. Perhaps a paticularaly batardized one - Ive never used it - but no more then the dozens of bastartized Unix systems from the 80's.
I know this!
Not that Im disagreing with your basic point... Novell was its worst enemy in the 90s. Its stuff worked too well, was ignored and forgotten about. 3.11, NT 3.5, and 95 with their half assed networking abilities appeared better, and in many cases was good enough. But there back. Hopefully
I predict that terrorists will sneak aboard by disguising themselves as a rock band. From there, when all the officers, and the skeleton crew in in one place ready to boogie, the band overwhelms the crew and takes control of the ship. Fortunately, since the material is only 140kg, they need not go to the effort of producing a complex winching mechanism, they just pick up the suitcases, get back on the chopper, and fly away.
I interperted your example as showing how stupid Obi Wan was - for stashing Luke in an obvious spot. I may have been obvious, but a compleatly reasonable spot. Vader not figguring it out is a different gripe. Perhaps he rememberd his life their as a slave as being not too fun, so compleatly repressed memories of it. Who knows?
And, for that matter, closed source does not necessaraly mean that you are not allowed to use it. Im sure there exists at least one library, prodced by a money grubbing company, released as binaries only, but you are allowed to use it any way you want.
Obi Wan stashed Luke where HIS FAMILY LIVED. One member of his familiy became evil, yes. But the brother of an evil man is a better father then $some_random_jedi_orphange.