The electoral college must be dismantled and we must finally get to a point where an individual's vote actually counts again.
What do you mean? An individual's vote *never* actually counted. In the beginning, individual's did not even vote for most of the federal candidate's. We live in a republic.
Er, not to troll, but I seem to recall Al Gore won the popular vote...he just lost the Supreme Court vote.
Uh, no. If you are not trolling, it was the electoral vote that he lost. The electoral vote is the Constitutional method for determining presidents.
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frivolously than do I.
Or more billable work, I suppose. Seeing as I can bill $50 an hour for doing Linux system administration, it really doesn't pay to stop that for 4 hours (or probably much, much longer) to compile the latest linux stuff, when a company has already done that for me for only $40.
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You can make Slackware 3.x look just as cool if you compile KDE 3.1 and a few themes/backgrounds.
As for liking the ads, well I guess we'll address that in the future- its not a bad idea. ALthough, depending on your reading habits, you could enable ads on the Homepage, but see them on articles & comments, which would probably allow you to still see a few ads every day.
I'd rather see all the ads, and just pay $20 a year. Perhaps you could offer 2 subscription methods. I just feel that if I turn of ads, I'll miss something someone wants to sell me that I like.
isn't there some sort of ethical problem with this sort of thing?
Please eleborate. There is nothing ethical in question here. In fact, there is nothing in question here. Just a chance to see stories before the unwashed masses.
Are you comparing so-called "antitrust" behavior with patently criminal acts such as robbery and murder?
Yes.
Are all laws just?
If you don't agree with the law, work to change those laws. As a democratic society, that is your right. Until then, if a company breaks antitrust law, they are guilty and should be punished.
I'm going to campaign to make stealing Lexus' legal. I've got my eye on a nice one.
Capitalism is a self correcting system. Its just sometimes we are too impatient and want the results unreasonably quick.
I just want to add, to cover all PoV, that a self-correcting system does not mean that no justice is needed. If someone breaks the law, I expect them to be found guilty and punished no matter who they are. This is whether they stole my car, robbed a bank, murdered, or broke antitrust law.
What make Microsoft and Sony different is not the size of the company. It's not the money they make. It's what they do with their power. Sony has not been found to abuse theirs. Microsoft has. EoS.
Isn't it ironic that IBM makes the Power PC processor but doesn't use it? Instead IBM uses someone else's processors and lets their competition uses the Power PC.
dude! IBM uses PowerPC chips in a huge percentage of their servers. You do not know what you are talking about....
If you had followed some of the other links suggested in this thread, you would have noticed that AppGen's MyBooks [appgen.com] runs on Linux as well as MacOS and Windows.
Actually, I do use Appgen for my business. It's just that Quicken is a very important product, much like MS Office is. If there was a Linux version of Quicken, I know a lot more people who would get rid of Windows.
we see Quicken commercials for our Linux pc's?
Then I'll KNOW it's time to switch over to gnu/hurd!;)
Most people are dying to see Quicken commercials for Linux, and here you are not wanting them? Why, I know whole businesses that run entirely on Linux except for Quickbooks.
I know that there are no financial programs for GNU/Hurd. You either have mastered a financialless lifestyle, or prefer to leave your finances to fate. Which is it?
Maybe the public is realizing you can get a very formidible windows based computer for half the price of a cheap mac.
I don't understand either. I'm currently looking for a notebook myself, and although people claim that a similarily configured PC is much cheaper then an Apple system I just am not finding those prices.
In fact, not only can I not find Windows based notebooks for half the price, but I'm not even finding them cheaper. I just priced a Dell for comparison. Even with Dell's rebates and free upgrades right now, their Inspiron 4150 sells for $1,813.00, compared to Apple's iBook for $1,728.00. And the iBook *still* has an extra 128 meg of RAM.
If you compare desktops the numbers are slightly in your favour. A comparetively priced Dimension 8250 is priced at $1,397 after all the rebates and free upgrades available. The G4 goes for $1,599. Although that's just a tad over $200, I would not consider that 'blatently overpriced.' Also, I would guess that the hardware that Apple uses is slightly higher-quality then Dell's hardware. Enough to make the $200 worthwhile anyways.
I'm not sure if I will buy an iBook, but based on price alone, Apple seems to stomp anything that the PC world can provide. I'd like to see Dell or someone massively undercut Apple, because I like good deals too, but until now I haven't seen it.
VMWare et al are great for ad hoc stuff and I think sooner or later most developers would be glad to have it around, but if you plan on running it all the time, in a server environment for instance, then it's just a big kluge. Your OS wasn't _designed_ to run inside itself... it's a big resource waste. Fix the problems in the OS. Compartmentalize, if that's what the environment demands. But don't do it this way. It's just goofy.
It's not goofy. It's not just to work around problems. And it'll probably be only included in Advanced Server or higher.
There are many uses for virtualizing servers. On obvious reason is internet hosting. This is done on Linux commonly already.
A second more important reason is for developers. Instead of needing a $2000 workstation for each developer, how about a $10,000 development server. Then the developers can run 98, 2000, and XP. They can test, crash, rebuild, and in general be more productive. Have another one for QA. Sounds good to me.
Well, the picture of the card is not sent via encrypted email, so it's not secure at all.
Oh.
I missed the email part. I just saw fax and mailing, and thought that it was a physical copy that they actually wanted to receive. Obviously email a graphic isn't a very good idea, considering it's probably easy to photoshop a CC image to begin with.
Mailing a picture of the card kinda defeats the purpose of the secure, encrypted order form.
How's that? I mean it would seem like an ID complements a secure, encrypted order form. The encrypted page just means that no one else can get your transaction. It has nothing to do with authenticating you. Every legitimate buyer is going to have access to their ID and credit card. At least if you are going to approve stolen CC #'s make sure that they stole the whole card, and not just a number out of a hack database someplace.
How will the RIAA react to this, seeing as this is legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music pirating?
How does the fact that a concert promoter licenses the ability to create concert CD's legitimize music pirating. This is no different then them playing the music on stations, or selling the bands other CD's. In every case I'm sure that proper royalties are being paid.
They sent this IT support guy to help me configure my static ip addresses but was completely dumbfounded when he sat at my terminal (which was running blackbox). You shoulda seen his face.... he's like where's "My Computer??"
So what you are saying is that they aren't actually actively monitoring employees desktops, they just have the ability to take over desktops remotely to support them. You don't ask them for support, so they don't need to connect to your desktop.
I have a friend that worked in a really large company who went to do some "updates" to computers in the marketing department. He came upon one employees cube and there was Red Hat instead of NT running on the computer. Fortunetaly, I had introduced him to Linux, so he thought that was cool and moved on.
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What do you mean? An individual's vote *never* actually counted. In the beginning, individual's did not even vote for most of the federal candidate's. We live in a republic.
-BrentIf we made him what he is, then it is probably our responsibility to get rid of him.
-BrentWho's ours? I thought the US was attacking Iraq. Oh, and England and Australia. But I don't think that were interested in the oil either.
Actually, it is France, Russia, and China that have oil contracts with Iraq. That's why they *don't* want to overthrow Saddam.
-BrentThat would be awesome! I just got a Linksys 802.11G AP, and if it was replaced with Cisco hardware, I'd be one happy guy.
-BrentUh, no. If you are not trolling, it was the electoral vote that he lost. The electoral vote is the Constitutional method for determining presidents.
-BrentOr more billable work, I suppose. Seeing as I can bill $50 an hour for doing Linux system administration, it really doesn't pay to stop that for 4 hours (or probably much, much longer) to compile the latest linux stuff, when a company has already done that for me for only $40.
-BrentI'd rather pay someone $40 to do that for me.
-BrentYou don't really believe that support is free, do you?
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Thanks!
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I'd rather see all the ads, and just pay $20 a year. Perhaps you could offer 2 subscription methods. I just feel that if I turn of ads, I'll miss something someone wants to sell me that I like.
-BrentHaha! I'm not a subscriber. So when I was refering to the unwashed masses, I was refering to us.
-BrentPlease eleborate. There is nothing ethical in question here. In fact, there is nothing in question here. Just a chance to see stories before the unwashed masses.
-BrentYes.
Are all laws just?If you don't agree with the law, work to change those laws. As a democratic society, that is your right. Until then, if a company breaks antitrust law, they are guilty and should be punished.
I'm going to campaign to make stealing Lexus' legal. I've got my eye on a nice one.
-BrentI just want to add, to cover all PoV, that a self-correcting system does not mean that no justice is needed. If someone breaks the law, I expect them to be found guilty and punished no matter who they are. This is whether they stole my car, robbed a bank, murdered, or broke antitrust law.
What make Microsoft and Sony different is not the size of the company. It's not the money they make. It's what they do with their power. Sony has not been found to abuse theirs. Microsoft has. EoS.
-BrentYou seem to think that it illegal to be a big company and/or try to make a lot of money. Why?
I don't have a problem with a company being HUGE or profitable. Although I'm not sure I can fault amazon for not wanting to be profitable either.
-Brentdude! IBM uses PowerPC chips in a huge percentage of their servers. You do not know what you are talking about....
-BrentActually, I do use Appgen for my business. It's just that Quicken is a very important product, much like MS Office is. If there was a Linux version of Quicken, I know a lot more people who would get rid of Windows.
-BrentThen I'll KNOW it's time to switch over to gnu/hurd!
Most people are dying to see Quicken commercials for Linux, and here you are not wanting them? Why, I know whole businesses that run entirely on Linux except for Quickbooks.
I know that there are no financial programs for GNU/Hurd. You either have mastered a financialless lifestyle, or prefer to leave your finances to fate. Which is it?
-BrentI don't understand either. I'm currently looking for a notebook myself, and although people claim that a similarily configured PC is much cheaper then an Apple system I just am not finding those prices.
In fact, not only can I not find Windows based notebooks for half the price, but I'm not even finding them cheaper. I just priced a Dell for comparison. Even with Dell's rebates and free upgrades right now, their Inspiron 4150 sells for $1,813.00, compared to Apple's iBook for $1,728.00. And the iBook *still* has an extra 128 meg of RAM.
If you compare desktops the numbers are slightly in your favour. A comparetively priced Dimension 8250 is priced at $1,397 after all the rebates and free upgrades available. The G4 goes for $1,599. Although that's just a tad over $200, I would not consider that 'blatently overpriced.' Also, I would guess that the hardware that Apple uses is slightly higher-quality then Dell's hardware. Enough to make the $200 worthwhile anyways.
I'm not sure if I will buy an iBook, but based on price alone, Apple seems to stomp anything that the PC world can provide. I'd like to see Dell or someone massively undercut Apple, because I like good deals too, but until now I haven't seen it.
-BrentIt's not goofy. It's not just to work around problems. And it'll probably be only included in Advanced Server or higher.
There are many uses for virtualizing servers. On obvious reason is internet hosting. This is done on Linux commonly already.
A second more important reason is for developers. Instead of needing a $2000 workstation for each developer, how about a $10,000 development server. Then the developers can run 98, 2000, and XP. They can test, crash, rebuild, and in general be more productive. Have another one for QA. Sounds good to me.
-BrentMicrosoft has this same problem. I have to pay about $90 to go from 2000 to XP.
smaller screen(15 to a 10.5 sucks)A 10" screen on OS X has to same real estate as a 10" screen in XP. Same with a 15".
-BrentOh.
I missed the email part. I just saw fax and mailing, and thought that it was a physical copy that they actually wanted to receive. Obviously email a graphic isn't a very good idea, considering it's probably easy to photoshop a CC image to begin with.
-BrentHow's that? I mean it would seem like an ID complements a secure, encrypted order form. The encrypted page just means that no one else can get your transaction. It has nothing to do with authenticating you. Every legitimate buyer is going to have access to their ID and credit card. At least if you are going to approve stolen CC #'s make sure that they stole the whole card, and not just a number out of a hack database someplace.
-BrentHow does the fact that a concert promoter licenses the ability to create concert CD's legitimize music pirating. This is no different then them playing the music on stations, or selling the bands other CD's. In every case I'm sure that proper royalties are being paid.
-BrentSo what you are saying is that they aren't actually actively monitoring employees desktops, they just have the ability to take over desktops remotely to support them. You don't ask them for support, so they don't need to connect to your desktop.
I have a friend that worked in a really large company who went to do some "updates" to computers in the marketing department. He came upon one employees cube and there was Red Hat instead of NT running on the computer. Fortunetaly, I had introduced him to Linux, so he thought that was cool and moved on.
-Brent