Whenever you pay more than the distribution cost for a piece of software, it is overpriced. Zeros and ones does not cost anything to produce, more than the duplication and transfer cost.
If only I had mod points to bury you to oblivion. It takes considerable time, effort and resources for engineers to design, write and test software. There is no way that paying the bare minimum to cover distribution costs will pay the salaries of everyone involved in developing a product - the zeros and ones don't randomly arrange themselves. Whilst many developers volunteer their time as a hobby, you can't expect everyone to do so.
They mentioned that Google makes money from their open source software. They do have a lot of OSS, but it doesn't make much money at all. Therefore, Google probably shouldn't be in the list.
Scottish names tend to use either, it isn't exactly exclusive. And that was effectively my point - just because one group has a convention doesn't mean they can claim complete ownership over it for future use.
The Mc prefix is also used in Scottish naming conventions, what if someone was selling Scottish chocolate cakes online? Common patterns are not enforceable trademarks.
You know, I still don't understand why there is even such a thing as a user agent string. That is, I can see why i.e. Microsoft would want such a thing but I do not see any way that it's in the interests of users. If we really want standards and we really want openness, having no way for a Web server to determine what the browser is can only advance this goal. Then the only concern is whether that browser is standards-compliant.
At the time of writing, this only achieves 3, Insightful? Come on mods, be a little more generous...
I thought the idea of Ubuntu was to provide a community-based GNU/Linux distro by improving the experience, not just to do whatever it takes to get more users. Displaying a EULA is not common practice in the GNU/Linux world, and displaying one isn't the best way to improve the experience.
Be it military, with imminent threats of destruction from a nation that has no way to harm anyone but themselves, yet turning a blind eye to nations that could (Iraq vs. North Korea for example?)
But North Korea doesn't have oil...
Just sayin'.
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Umm, you're wrong. Look at the PS3. It's meant to have OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS installed on it.
There is a difference between meant to have and supported. Installing Linux isn't a requirement, and the DRM in the game doesn't affect the Linux install or the XMB install (unless it requires a firmware update, which is a Sony OS upgrade for Sony hardware, rather than a 3rd party hack on top of a Microsoft system).
Honestly, if you post this sort of thing of course you're going to get a sexist reply. I mean the assumption that it's men that's broken is in and of itself sexist.
I got the feeling that zappepcs wasn't suggesting that at all. Then you went on to blame it all on the Women. At least you got the "of course you're going to get a sexist reply" part right...
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Long term option? Not at all. The oil in Alaska and offshore doesn't last forever. It is a mid term solution at best.
I find the Qt documentation leaps and bounds ahead of MSDN.
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I must be new here, but why does everyone seem to call slashdot "./"? This isn't dotslash after all...
What are you talking about? This is in regards to a software standard. Lenovo is IBM's old "PC Company"...
Mr Anonymous Coward comment was replying to a question about outsourcing hardware divisions, it wasn't intended to be related to a software standard.
Chrome, Subversion contributions and the bulk of Android are examples. I guess I exaggerated a little, but they aren't completely closed source.
Whenever you pay more than the distribution cost for a piece of software, it is overpriced. Zeros and ones does not cost anything to produce, more than the duplication and transfer cost.
If only I had mod points to bury you to oblivion. It takes considerable time, effort and resources for engineers to design, write and test software. There is no way that paying the bare minimum to cover distribution costs will pay the salaries of everyone involved in developing a product - the zeros and ones don't randomly arrange themselves. Whilst many developers volunteer their time as a hobby, you can't expect everyone to do so.
They mentioned that Google makes money from their open source software. They do have a lot of OSS, but it doesn't make much money at all. Therefore, Google probably shouldn't be in the list.
You can get a similar deal here for around 10/15 pounds a month from most operators. The difference here is you are paying for a single day's usage.
Where exactly is "here"?
No, but don't forget that emacs is a good operating system and application suite in need of a good text editor.
That's communicating between different platforms. I was referring specifically to local computations.
Assembly is platform specific. When dealing with a specific platform, the number of bits in a byte doesn't change.
The main benefit(?) of digital has been more channels.
The main benefit to consumers is less noise in the signal, drastically improving the quality. Resolution isn't the only measure of quality.
The rectangle is also a primitive in OpenGL. Also, with the correct viewport settings a triangle would still be sufficient to cover the entire screen.
Scottish names tend to use either, it isn't exactly exclusive. And that was effectively my point - just because one group has a convention doesn't mean they can claim complete ownership over it for future use.
The Mc prefix is also used in Scottish naming conventions, what if someone was selling Scottish chocolate cakes online? Common patterns are not enforceable trademarks.
Windows shares BSD roots with it's TCP/IP stack.
That used to be true. The Vista one is all new code.
You know, I still don't understand why there is even such a thing as a user agent string. That is, I can see why i.e. Microsoft would want such a thing but I do not see any way that it's in the interests of users. If we really want standards and we really want openness, having no way for a Web server to determine what the browser is can only advance this goal. Then the only concern is whether that browser is standards-compliant.
At the time of writing, this only achieves 3, Insightful? Come on mods, be a little more generous...
I thought the idea of Ubuntu was to provide a community-based GNU/Linux distro by improving the experience, not just to do whatever it takes to get more users. Displaying a EULA is not common practice in the GNU/Linux world, and displaying one isn't the best way to improve the experience.
Be it military, with imminent threats of destruction from a nation that has no way to harm anyone but themselves, yet turning a blind eye to nations that could (Iraq vs. North Korea for example?)
But North Korea doesn't have oil...
Just sayin'.
Umm, you're wrong. Look at the PS3. It's meant to have OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS installed on it.
There is a difference between meant to have and supported. Installing Linux isn't a requirement, and the DRM in the game doesn't affect the Linux install or the XMB install (unless it requires a firmware update, which is a Sony OS upgrade for Sony hardware, rather than a 3rd party hack on top of a Microsoft system).
These "better languages" are easier to use which allows for less experienced coders to perform the tasks. This is not an ideal world we live in.
Honestly, if you post this sort of thing of course you're going to get a sexist reply. I mean the assumption that it's men that's broken is in and of itself sexist.
I got the feeling that zappepcs wasn't suggesting that at all. Then you went on to blame it all on the Women. At least you got the "of course you're going to get a sexist reply" part right...
They didn't need an ending. DRM prevents you from getting close.
So can we get a little less whining about a well-whined about topic and focus on what they did RIGHT?
What about people such as myself that missed out on the whining the first time round, you insensitive clod?!
UAC: You can not make this thumbnail bigger because the rights holder says you can't. Cancel or Allow?
Cancel or allow what? It was an error message, not a warning with confirmation. If you really insist on insulting Vista, at least do it right.