And the vast numbers of people that have been able to throw a few things together to make their lives immeasurably easier shouldn't have been able to?
Nobody is saying that people should be constructing enterprise tools with no experience - VB is typically used as a nice interface for some data/processes that would otherwise be a nightmare to bring together, or require actual CS people.
Sounds like there's been a shift in priorities at Intel recently. Someone high up's insisted that all projects be analysed to see if they wil actual be profitable and a few are being canned because they aren't worthwhile.
Almost certainly a good thing - so long as they're still investing heavily in R&D.
If you lived in a reasonable part of the world then you could report them under Data Protection law. If only you didn't let your corporations run the country.
I'm not sure that cities should generally be in the business of selling services. Capitalism and serving the public good sometimes contradict each other and I wouldn't want the city to have to be falling on the wrong side of the line.
Still, it's not a bad idea, provided it was properly controlled.
But would you be happy with other bits of information being sold under the Freedom Of Information act? Or would you rather that they were actually _free_ as the act states?
The city has, for whatever reason, obtained some information. They can either keep that information secret from the people who have _already_ paid for it. Or they can _share_ that information with _anyone_ who wants it.
The City _is_ the people. If the city has made something then it should be freely available to all of its citizens - they paid for it.
And if people want to use GPL software to help run their close-source business, then that's great - so long as they release any changes along with the binary.
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And the vast numbers of people that have been able to throw a few things together to make their lives immeasurably easier shouldn't have been able to?
Nobody is saying that people should be constructing enterprise tools with no experience - VB is typically used as a nice interface for some data/processes that would otherwise be a nightmare to bring together, or require actual CS people.
Requiring you to register online.
Anyone would think they didn't trust you to pay for it.
Yes, selling more copies of your game than any previous XBox game is a real flop. An utter disaster.
Sounds like there's been a shift in priorities at Intel recently. Someone high up's insisted that all projects be analysed to see if they wil actual be profitable and a few are being canned because they aren't worthwhile.
Almost certainly a good thing - so long as they're still investing heavily in R&D.
I bet even my grandmother could follow those instructions!
Well, that information's already available if husband decides to go looking for it...
Well, no. But they could be, if they had the right extension.
It indexes all the files that you'd have access to anyway...
Can't see what the fuss is.
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h p? id=14
http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.p
Report them - it won't cost them a fine if they cooperate. Make them realise they can't flout a law that's actually good for their customers.
If you lived in a reasonable part of the world then you could report them under Data Protection law. If only you didn't let your corporations run the country.
Have you stopped taking cocaine now?
So you want to form the people's front against writing things down?
That's basically what your argument adds up to...
That's exactly what I want to do - any advice?
And running on IBM Z/OS, not AS400.
Yup. I know that. I just like Livejournal, especially as I use it for keeping track of my friends anyway.
My favourite RSS aggregator is Livejournal.
I get all my news, links and comics there, courtesy of RSS.
And I can get to them anywhere there's a web connection.
I don't have a 30-foot screen at home, or massive surround sound speakers.
I wish I did, but until I can afford that I'm going to stick to going to the cinema.
Writing efficient code is great - if what you want to end up with at the end is some really efficient code.
If what you want is....results, then efficient code is one of many ways of getting it, and not necessarily the most efficient one.
I'm not sure that cities should generally be in the business of selling services. Capitalism and serving the public good sometimes contradict each other and I wouldn't want the city to have to be falling on the wrong side of the line.
Still, it's not a bad idea, provided it was properly controlled.
But would you be happy with other bits of information being sold under the Freedom Of Information act? Or would you rather that they were actually _free_ as the act states?
No. I can't see how you got to that.
The city has, for whatever reason, obtained some information. They can either keep that information secret from the people who have _already_ paid for it. Or they can _share_ that information with _anyone_ who wants it.
Which one makes everyone richer?
The City _is_ the people. If the city has made something then it should be freely available to all of its citizens - they paid for it.
And if people want to use GPL software to help run their close-source business, then that's great - so long as they release any changes along with the binary.
Ali Rahimi, was tired of the 'impersonal, unthinking' nature of modern technology, so he hacked an old telephone handset together...
Because telephone handsets are renowned for being both personal and thinking.
Liberum helpdesk does pretty much everything you need. It's open-source and took me about 15 minutes to get set up:
http://www.liberum.org/
accordingly to what? Accordingly to Hindu beliefs? Or Australian Aborigine beliefs? Or Muslim Beliefs?