A *working* model of the Death Star. Now it doesn't have to be to scale, nor does it need to blow up an entire planet. I'll be sufficiently impressed if it's good enough to blow up a small city the size of, say, Redmond.
I knew this was coming. Microsoft sympathizers are always so quick to point out "but look, MS is using XML now so why are you complaining about closed file formats". Now this. Why are we not surprised.
..when I'd much prefer Linux. Though I won't get "64-bit computing" with Linux on sparc64, since the userland is only 32-bit. Unfortunately, no one cares enough to fix the situation.
...to win the hearts and minds of Australian authorities. Linus poses in a speedo in.au, and his popularity there surges! Governments rush to his defence, fighting off evil SCO lawyers for Linus! If Darl wants to get support, he'll have to do the same ; strip and get dunked.
By the time this is finished enough to be "useful" the next generation of hardware will be out or imminent....why not think of this stuff when the hardware is new? Xbox Linux crew did...
Perhaps, so that old "obsolete" hardware continues to be "useful"? Besides, I wouldn't want to install Lunix on my Gamecube if it were brand spanking new, I'd be using it to play games.
Only that there is no price discrimination for DVD's. In Malaysia we have to pay for real DVD's with inflated prices that are comparable to US prices after factoring in the exchange rate. And they wonder why Asians pirate.
"...stating he had intended all along to sell the domain for profit and that his domain would confuse Microsoft customers."
This means that Microsoft's customers are easily confused. Perhaps Microsoft's lawyers could use that as an angle for their case.
"Your honor, we have customers who paid real money for Windows upgrades, and they actually thought they were getting something in return for their hard earned dollars other than a superficial interface upgrade! Look at all those people who bought XP. If they were dumb enough to do that, they will almost certainly mistake some kid's website for ours! We're going to lose billions in revenue from that! Hang the boy!"
Why does anime consist of young wide-eyed teenage girls piloting giant robots? I can't imagine a teenybopper even driving a car, let along pilot a giant walking robot with weapons. What's the appeal of anime again?
It works on many other operating systems too, including the proprietary Windows. But it is still a success for Linux and open source in general, because any technology that does not allow Microsoft to lock in its customers is a win for freedom, and a loss for Microsoft. Microsoft values one thing more than money, that is the guarantee of making more money (marketshare strangehold). So as Linux and other open source operating systems gains widespread acceptance not just in the server space but with clients too, Microsoft loses out. Microsoft isn't left out or locked out, it is just forced to play on an level playing field.
So victory for open source is not the complete desctruction of the towers of Barad-dur in Redmond, but the creation of a fair and competitive server and desktop market and the neutralization of Microsoft's monopoly power. Once we have that, we have already won. Marketshare numbers will be meaningless, since you are not forced to adopt the platform with the highest market share to get the software solutions that you need.
Ahh, thank you for clarifying. Actually, I've not used Slackware, and I made an (obviously incorrect) assumption that they were source-tarballs.
However, if you're a Slackware user, you'll find yourself compiling from source a lot, for Slackpacks are not readily available for many programs. So you are not entirely off the mark:)
Why is it everyone gets the hang-ups over a freakin' FILE SELECTOR? GNOME critics will always say "GNOME is the worst DE in the universe! It sucks! Why? Because... it has...uh... a lousy...FILESELECTOR! Yeah, thay's it".
Now that the fileselector is improved, what will you bitch about now?
Sure, they can. I fully believe Linux will have a superior desktop in this decade. It's just taking a REALLY long time.
For me, Linux is the superior desktop already. It has been for the past 3 years. It's not as hideous or as insulting to use as WinXP, which others claim in all seriousness is "superior" to Linux desktops because of its "integration and usability". Whatever the hell that means. To each his own.
The majority of people who complain that the Linux desktop sucks is the ones who get the hang-ups over "integration" and the fact that Linux does not work like Windows does. For me, I couldn't care less about integration, and the fact that it doesn't work like Windows is a feature, not a bug.
Hooom... no one cares about the trees or free sharing of code anymore...it's all FUD and copyrights and lawsuits.... hooomm... time to rouse the forest!
We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom!
We come, we come with horn and drum: ta-runa runa runa rom!
To Redmond! Though Redmond be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Redmond be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with roll of drum, we come, we come;
To Redmond with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!
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A *working* model of the Death Star. Now it doesn't have to be to scale, nor does it need to blow up an entire planet. I'll be sufficiently impressed if it's good enough to blow up a small city the size of, say, Redmond.
I knew this was coming. Microsoft sympathizers are always so quick to point out "but look, MS is using XML now so why are you complaining about closed file formats". Now this. Why are we not surprised.
mldonkey comes to mind...
You can use it on a console and has a web interface and a GTK interface.
..when I'd much prefer Linux. Though I won't get "64-bit computing" with Linux on sparc64, since the userland is only 32-bit. Unfortunately, no one cares enough to fix the situation.
...to win the hearts and minds of Australian authorities. Linus poses in a speedo in .au, and his popularity there surges! Governments rush to his defence, fighting off evil SCO lawyers for Linus! If Darl wants to get support, he'll have to do the same ; strip and get dunked.
By the time this is finished enough to be "useful" the next generation of hardware will be out or imminent....why not think of this stuff when the hardware is new? Xbox Linux crew did...
Perhaps, so that old "obsolete" hardware continues to be "useful"? Besides, I wouldn't want to install Lunix on my Gamecube if it were brand spanking new, I'd be using it to play games.
Only that there is no price discrimination for DVD's. In Malaysia we have to pay for real DVD's with inflated prices that are comparable to US prices after factoring in the exchange rate. And they wonder why Asians pirate.
"...stating he had intended all along to sell the domain for profit and that his domain would confuse Microsoft customers."
This means that Microsoft's customers are easily confused. Perhaps Microsoft's lawyers could use that as an angle for their case.
"Your honor, we have customers who paid real money for Windows upgrades, and they actually thought they were getting something in return for their hard earned dollars other than a superficial interface upgrade! Look at all those people who bought XP. If they were dumb enough to do that, they will almost certainly mistake some kid's website for ours! We're going to lose billions in revenue from that! Hang the boy!"
Why does anime consist of young wide-eyed teenage girls piloting giant robots? I can't imagine a teenybopper even driving a car, let along pilot a giant walking robot with weapons. What's the appeal of anime again?
It works on many other operating systems too, including the proprietary Windows. But it is still a success for Linux and open source in general, because any technology that does not allow Microsoft to lock in its customers is a win for freedom, and a loss for Microsoft. Microsoft values one thing more than money, that is the guarantee of making more money (marketshare strangehold). So as Linux and other open source operating systems gains widespread acceptance not just in the server space but with clients too, Microsoft loses out. Microsoft isn't left out or locked out, it is just forced to play on an level playing field.
So victory for open source is not the complete desctruction of the towers of Barad-dur in Redmond, but the creation of a fair and competitive server and desktop market and the neutralization of Microsoft's monopoly power. Once we have that, we have already won. Marketshare numbers will be meaningless, since you are not forced to adopt the platform with the highest market share to get the software solutions that you need.
Ahh, thank you for clarifying. Actually, I've not used Slackware, and I made an (obviously incorrect) assumption that they were source-tarballs.
:)
However, if you're a Slackware user, you'll find yourself compiling from source a lot, for Slackpacks are not readily available for many programs. So you are not entirely off the mark
How unslashdotian :o)
I bet Nasa uses metric. You can't say "within hollerin' distance" in space, because in space no can hear you scream (or holler).
Never before has any voice dared to utter words of that tongue in Slashdot, hcg50a!
Sean Connery for Slartibartfast!
Having to support their own old buggy products are their biggest liability. Popularity does have its downside.
On a related note, according to scocountdown.com, SCO should hand over whatever evidence they claim to have to the court....TODAY!
Worst: it doesn't compile with VS.NET. This Linux thing isn't as portable as advertised.
:)
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That one got +1 insightful? This is a sad, sad day for slashdot.
Which is why they said "Beta testing" not "Alpha testing" or something else. Sheesh.
As far as open source is concerned, I dunno how far those terms apply. AFAIK, that's just marketing-speak.
..would mean 3 years of testing, beta or otherwise. It is after all an open source project...
Why is it everyone gets the hang-ups over a freakin' FILE SELECTOR? GNOME critics will always say "GNOME is the worst DE in the universe! It sucks! Why? Because... it has...uh... a lousy...FILESELECTOR! Yeah, thay's it".
Now that the fileselector is improved, what will you bitch about now?
Use Depenguinator on all the unpatched boxen! Let the revolution begin! >:)
Ugh, a BSD troll. How come these guys are tolerated?
Sure, they can. I fully believe Linux will have a superior desktop in this decade. It's just taking a REALLY long time.
For me, Linux is the superior desktop already. It has been for the past 3 years. It's not as hideous or as insulting to use as WinXP, which others claim in all seriousness is "superior" to Linux desktops because of its "integration and usability". Whatever the hell that means. To each his own.
The majority of people who complain that the Linux desktop sucks is the ones who get the hang-ups over "integration" and the fact that Linux does not work like Windows does. For me, I couldn't care less about integration, and the fact that it doesn't work like Windows is a feature, not a bug.
Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the Enterprise was named after Jean Piccard, grand-uncle of Bertrand Piccard.
Hooom... no one cares about the trees or free sharing of code anymore...it's all FUD and copyrights and lawsuits.... hooomm... time to rouse the forest!
We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom!
We come, we come with horn and drum: ta-runa runa runa rom!
To Redmond! Though Redmond be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Redmond be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with roll of drum, we come, we come;
To Redmond with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!
...another step to sentience. Don't tell me I didn't warn you when Google starts taking over the world and starts creating robotic assassins...