DVDs are way more sensitive to damage than CDs, which were not that robust in the first place. What? The data layer of a dvd is in the middle, protected by 6mm of plastic on both sides that you can scratch all you want and then repolish. The data layer of a CD is on the outside (non-playback) edge, protected by a layer of paint. DVDs are much hardier than CDs.
more genetic variation means more resistance to the weakness of monoculture So, you don't think that all the linux distros should adopt a single package manager and synchronize release schedules?
An article written in English showing a Chinese program being installed on a French OS. No. It's an article written in English showing a Chinese program being installed on a French virtual machine running in a Spanish OS.
Oh dear. More evidence for the Microsoft "fact"-sheet that open source is indeed communism. Be that so. Although some Russian leaders have ruined the idea of communism for many people, much of what we love about FOSS software could be seen as communist (or, at the very least, Marxist) ideas.
That said, I love the MSO 2007 interface. Although I've used several different office products over the course of the years, I do not consider myself proficient in any of them. Nor do I want to invest the time to get proficient. In the rare times that I've used MSO 2007 at the university (at home I run Kubuntu), I've found that I can do my work quicker in MSO than in OpenOffice, which I am more familiar with. I would love to see the ribbon as an alternative UI in OOo. I don't see any reason that the program cannot have two UI's, other than lack of programmer time developing it.
Just because unthinking Joe Sixpack decides to throw something out doesn't make it the fault of the designer. Actually, it does. The designer should be aware that the product will continue to exist even after it's intended purpose is fulfilled.
But according to TFS the Pringles can was designed in 19fucking70. Nobody was thinking about recycling back then. The irresponsibility of the current design lays with Pringles, who have not changed the almost-40 year old design in light of current knowledge.
Yet another thread dominated by Twitter and his sockpuppets replying to each other. Sigh.
The sockpuppets in question for this thread are Odder, InTheLoo, and Westbake in case anyone still doesnt know. Why Twitter insists on playing this game even when he has legitimate points to make is very confusing to me. Let it go. So long as the thread is productive, interesting, and on topic, let the multiple personalities yap at each other.
HBO "poisons" P2P with noise and DoS against peers. This targeted the show "Rome" but the price of the defense was massive network disruption for everyone. They don't care about harm to innocent bystanders. Can they be held liable for disruptive practices and abuse of service? Correct me if I am wrong, but in the US such attacks, which include DDoS attacks, are illegal, no?
*Some restrictions may apply. Feel free to come up with clever examples where a government monopoly is an inherent right to a person and appropriate. Building and repairing roads, licensing drivers, and enforcing traffic laws.
So, are some of these schoole going to become money whores and sell out their rights? It's a serious question, folks. When money is involved, you know ethics fly out the door... I certainly hope the do turn into money whores, and that IS ethics. TFS implies that the telecos were not exactly helping the schools when they needed help, so why shouldn't the schools take advantage of the new situation?
What does Vista do better than XP? Use hardware resources. That's "use", not "make available to applications". The OS has astronomical hardware requirements, so the user keeps pouring money into the computer industry buying memory, faster processor, 3D video card...
That is why I am still listening to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. The last RIAA album that I bought was The Fragile, which was a really great album. Too bad everything since from NIN has been garbage.
In practical use, Wine is already a better Windows than Vista. For users. However, it is not good for hardware manufacturers because it means that people do not need to upgrade their hardware every two years. If people can still run their old software on their old hardware, then how will the money machine keep turning?
What they are being denied is the _exclusivity_ of the right to copy You're saying that the original copyright holder no longer holds the copyright? No, he is saying that the copyright holder has to compete with his own product. Think of it like someone coming to your house and fucking your wife occasionally. You can still fuck her, but you have to compete with this guy for pussy in your own home with your own wife.
That just because their FUCKED UP licensing model REQUIRES you to buy the new license in order to use the older, more functional versions doesn't mean that the product is a success. Unless you measure success in dollars.
Since I was getting a new hard drive to start fresh with anyways and I didn't want to use the restore discs, my choices were either spending a hundred bucks on an OEM XP disc (btw, I could never get my "genuine product key" to work with any install CDs I downloaded) or spend a hundred bucks for an OEM Vista Premium disc. You realize that you have another option, don't you?
the only problem I've had is a lack of printer drivers for a printer, and that's because Samsung want to sell new printers rather than make new drivers for their old ones... Hey, that's same same problem that I have with my lugg^H^H^H^H Ubuntu.
Seriously, I've installed Ubuntu on a machine and told the user that it was the latest version of Windows. It's that easy to use, so long as the user is not tainted with the L word. What does paying for Vista get the average home user, who is not tied to some particular business software? That is the reason Vista is failing. It's only real market is for users who need applications that run on Windows, and many of those applications only run on XP.
Must have been a very successful experiment. All the "H" are indeed gone! Obviously, they are Italian. They could even get the trains to run on thyme!
Fix It Again, Tony.
1. Don't I also clicked here just to say don't. Not unless you have:
1) Lots of experience administrating webservers.
2) A big fat pipe to the 'net. Both ways, not simply ADSL
3) Lots of hair on your head. Or none. Lots of hair will give you something to pull on. If you have none, then you won't loose anymore anyway.
4) Time and patience. Your users _will_ try to terrorize each other. And they will be attacked from outside. And their accounts _will_ be compromised. You will be to blame.
Your best bet is to resell hosting from a managed provider, on their servers, with their tech support.
As a human born on planet Earth, I have a right to a plot of land for sustenance and shelter, in reasonable proximity to where I was born. This should supersede property rights of the mega-rich, even if my parents bargained away the rights. At most, the land can be loaned from humanity for an exclusive use of one person for a limited time. Lets not start the same heartless trend on Moon or even try to live there until we can behave decently on Earth. As a human born on the moon, I have the whole damn rock to myself. Paws off.
The various treaties that address the topic are quite clear - in space, as on earth, government property remains government property forever unless specifically yields title. And that's why nobody hears you scream.
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...and that most of the screen these days are more large than high... Dude, when I'm high,Fuck.
That is why I am still listening to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. The last RIAA album that I bought was The Fragile, which was a really great album. Too bad everything since from NIN has been garbage.