Poutine the food is junk food from Quebec (or slow way to commit suicide, depend on whether or not you pay attention to things like "nutrition")... named, I believe, because the word "poutine" means "mess" in French. That might be Quebecois slang, I'm really not sure. I'm a western Canadian, so I don't have to know these things.
BTW, apparently they have something like poutine in Newfoundland that also has meat in it. They call it "Mess".
I don't think they are at the "potential customer" phase of their business plan. I believe they are still at the "potential product" phase, since Rob's articles suggests they have finally passed the "potential office space" phase.
The Phantom isn't vaporware... the COMPANY is vaporware. These guys are probably failed spammers... what is Bachus going to have once Infiniwhatsit strips him of his credibility?
The next release of Mandrake Linux will feature the 2.6 kernel. They are at Beta 2 of Mandrake 10 right now. Fedora Core Test 2 is specifically for testing the 26 kernel, among other things.
Does the definition of "just a DoS attack" include the acknowledgement that a system with no availability is useless? Or does OpenBSD's stated designs only include the goal of no unauthorized access without any pretentions of "features", "usefulness", or "availability"?
Agreed, the stock Mustang Deathsled, although a "fast car" in conparison with the low-powered stock Civic, isn't what I'd want to drive in anything other than a straight line.
BTW, I care about how unfast the Civic is because of the flood of wannabes with superficial modifications to their shitty cars. Real modifications, like what Junior did, make fast cars... I just don't consider it a Civic any more! At least I didn't consider it a Civic once he swapped out the engine.
I like cars that are designed to be fast by real engineers, and I think it is important to bludgeon home the fact that a 120 HP Civic is not a fast car just because of a spoiler, decal, and chrome exhaust tip. Its my way of giving back to the community;)
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Originally, Junior added dual 40mm sidedraft carburetors to the DX engine. Although the dual carburetors increased top-end power, the sacrifice in low-end torque and driveability was too much of a trade-off. Junior's solution was to replace the stock DX engine with an 1988 CRX Si engine. Wanting even more power than the stock Si engine could offer, Junior experimented with forged pistons, ported heads, aftermarket fuel injection and just about every grind of cam ever made for the Si engine. After much thought, Junior decided that the only way he would be able to generate the power he wanted would be through turbocharging."
What Junior did was make modifications that actually matter. He didn't add a bunch of lame-ass logos at 1.5 HP per decal, ground effects to leave nice streaks on speedbumbs, or extra finage to make him feel like the physics of aerodynamics works different than it actually does. He changed the engine, and then further modded it with additions that are *gasp* relevant to performance. What he is driving is no longer a "Civic" aside from the frame and body.
The Civic is not a fast car. It is a budget ride, a starting point for Fast & Furious wannabes.
Oh, and the other secret is that how fast Junior is, in comparison to me, other Civics, cars that are naturally fast, or airplanes, isn't relevant to anything other than Junior's own feelings of inadequacy.
The two are merged consecutively, and works quite well.
1. Install SuSE without KDE
2. Installl Ximian
Personally, I have always liked Ximian's contribution to the desktop and the excellent SuSE support in Ximian is a reason to choose SuSE as your desktop distribution.
I'm really dissapointed that nobody got around to writing a Welchia variant that upgrades vulnerable Windows boxes to Linux. It would have been a business move to gain desktop market share that even Bill Gates would have applauded.
One of the point of hiring contractors is that they don't have the same rights... and are therefore good abuse targets. You can't blame Microsoft for that;)... well, maybe a little.
Anyways, the point is that Microsoft is far better at customer care, employee relations, and those other soft skills than this book tells us Oracle is. I have no reason to dispute that either.
Thank you for that dose of reality regarding homosexual rape... now crime is going to skyrocket once everybody realizes that you can get teh free education, room and board, gym facilities, and other perks without having to tolerate the anal rape.
Where were you when Samir Nagonnaworkherenomore was panicing, huh? HUH?!
It seems to me that nobody remembers how Internet access worked before broadband. The marketing-speak for broadband services evolved from that context, and I wouldn't call somebody "reasonable" if they can't understand that historical context in the use of language to describe broadband Internet services.
I would also challenge the notion that your definition of "umlimited" is reasonable if it only applies to amounts of usage in time and bandwidth, but don't apply to other limits which may exist for any variety of reasons. That understanding of the term, contrary to what is stated in TOS and AUP documents for most ISPs, is self-serving, not due to reason.
The average customer (notice I'm not using the word "reasonable") is not aware of how technology works, only that it does. They may also be aware that their old dialup account only allowed them 20 hours per week, but their new cable/DSL Internet provider is an "always on" connection. They may be aware of limits on the service such as the amount of email or webpage storage alloted to them (i.e., 10 MB of email storage on the server, 100 MB of webpage storage, etc), limits stated in Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policies, etc. They should be aware, since they are signing some sort of document which makes reference to those details.
The point here is that if "unlimited" is applied in an unlimited sense (i.e. not understood within the context in which it came into use), then I'd expect to see a bunch of bitching about how 10 MB of email storage is not enough to hold every single HTML, Flash, and jpg joke email received by a user forever... and 100 MB of webpage storage isn't enough to hold a backup of their harddrive for safe-keeping (because people do try that sort of thing, believe it or not).
Instead, what we see is bitching about bandwidth limits, which usually relates to people running servers on their residential connections in contravention of most Terms of Service, leeching from USENET, or other activities.
Do you not see the logical inconsistency in arguing that "unlimited" only applies to monthly/weekly time and bandwidth?
Since when did "unlimited" mean anything other than customers aren't limited to 20 hours of dialup time? That, after all, is the context in which the description of an "unlimited" Internet service comes from. Somehow this got interpreted as "there are no limits whatsoever to the Internet service", which is an unreasonable interpretation.
There must be limits, if only by the technology itself. The design of a network, which includes scaling based on "normal" bandwidth utilization, should be included in the classification "technological limitation".
You'd never see this much whining from the users back in the good ol' days when the BOFHs were in charge. They'd be happy just to have a functioning connection... complaining about not being able to leech warez to your heart's content was a great way to get an account deleted. Now people are shocked at receiving a warning first;)
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BTW, apparently they have something like poutine in Newfoundland that also has meat in it. They call it "Mess".
The Phantom isn't vaporware... the COMPANY is vaporware. These guys are probably failed spammers... what is Bachus going to have once Infiniwhatsit strips him of his credibility?
I would like to see one of the following:
1. Poutine Linux
2. Pamplemousse Linux
Who's with me?
<cricket noises>
Bastards.
I guess its time to change my WEP key.
CRIA has started its out version of what the RIAA has done, and its probably safe to assume that they'll pursue the settlement/extortion route.
On the contrary, SCO apparently earned the title of most hated company in tech according to BW Online. Ransom Love must cry himself to sleep at night...
I have similar thoughts about spam... perhaps the solution is to make sure mob bosses get more, resulting in retaliatory hits against spam gangs.
The next release of Mandrake Linux will feature the 2.6 kernel. They are at Beta 2 of Mandrake 10 right now. Fedora Core Test 2 is specifically for testing the 26 kernel, among other things.
Sounds like empowerment and freedom of speech, not just speech for the rich. Are you arguing for or against the Internet?
Does the definition of "just a DoS attack" include the acknowledgement that a system with no availability is useless? Or does OpenBSD's stated designs only include the goal of no unauthorized access without any pretentions of "features", "usefulness", or "availability"?
For references to this theory, please see every ATI Radeon review for the past year.
That could end up as the single bit of fact when fiaSCO goes to court ;)
BTW, I care about how unfast the Civic is because of the flood of wannabes with superficial modifications to their shitty cars. Real modifications, like what Junior did, make fast cars... I just don't consider it a Civic any more! At least I didn't consider it a Civic once he swapped out the engine.
I like cars that are designed to be fast by real engineers, and I think it is important to bludgeon home the fact that a 120 HP Civic is not a fast car just because of a spoiler, decal, and chrome exhaust tip. Its my way of giving back to the community ;)
What Junior did was make modifications that actually matter. He didn't add a bunch of lame-ass logos at 1.5 HP per decal, ground effects to leave nice streaks on speedbumbs, or extra finage to make him feel like the physics of aerodynamics works different than it actually does. He changed the engine, and then further modded it with additions that are *gasp* relevant to performance. What he is driving is no longer a "Civic" aside from the frame and body.
The Civic is not a fast car. It is a budget ride, a starting point for Fast & Furious wannabes.
Oh, and the other secret is that how fast Junior is, in comparison to me, other Civics, cars that are naturally fast, or airplanes, isn't relevant to anything other than Junior's own feelings of inadequacy.
Here are a few other things they don't understand:
The Honda Civic is not a fast car, even with ground effects
Girls think that the big wing on your trunk is compensation for a small penis (please see your email for assistance)
Whereas flashy colors assists the mating ritual for peacocks, it detracts from the efforts of humans
No, Mugen is not interested in sponsoring your tricked out Neon
We all know that the NOS meter on your dash is fake
You are no longer part of an underground movement (please see your local Blockbuster or EB for evidence)
1. Install SuSE without KDE
2. Installl Ximian
Personally, I have always liked Ximian's contribution to the desktop and the excellent SuSE support in Ximian is a reason to choose SuSE as your desktop distribution.
What you are describing sounds more like a carcinogenic crutch, not a "mental addiction".
I too would like to see Ralsky in prison... a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
Oh well, snooze ya lose.
I got mine yesterday! 4 disk, 14 episodes, much Firefly goodness.
Anyways, the point is that Microsoft is far better at customer care, employee relations, and those other soft skills than this book tells us Oracle is. I have no reason to dispute that either.
Where were you when Samir Nagonnaworkherenomore was panicing, huh? HUH?!
It seems to me that nobody remembers how Internet access worked before broadband. The marketing-speak for broadband services evolved from that context, and I wouldn't call somebody "reasonable" if they can't understand that historical context in the use of language to describe broadband Internet services.
I would also challenge the notion that your definition of "umlimited" is reasonable if it only applies to amounts of usage in time and bandwidth, but don't apply to other limits which may exist for any variety of reasons. That understanding of the term, contrary to what is stated in TOS and AUP documents for most ISPs, is self-serving, not due to reason.
The average customer (notice I'm not using the word "reasonable") is not aware of how technology works, only that it does. They may also be aware that their old dialup account only allowed them 20 hours per week, but their new cable/DSL Internet provider is an "always on" connection. They may be aware of limits on the service such as the amount of email or webpage storage alloted to them (i.e., 10 MB of email storage on the server, 100 MB of webpage storage, etc), limits stated in Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policies, etc. They should be aware, since they are signing some sort of document which makes reference to those details.
The point here is that if "unlimited" is applied in an unlimited sense (i.e. not understood within the context in which it came into use), then I'd expect to see a bunch of bitching about how 10 MB of email storage is not enough to hold every single HTML, Flash, and jpg joke email received by a user forever... and 100 MB of webpage storage isn't enough to hold a backup of their harddrive for safe-keeping (because people do try that sort of thing, believe it or not).
Instead, what we see is bitching about bandwidth limits, which usually relates to people running servers on their residential connections in contravention of most Terms of Service, leeching from USENET, or other activities.
Do you not see the logical inconsistency in arguing that "unlimited" only applies to monthly/weekly time and bandwidth?
There must be limits, if only by the technology itself. The design of a network, which includes scaling based on "normal" bandwidth utilization, should be included in the classification "technological limitation".
You'd never see this much whining from the users back in the good ol' days when the BOFHs were in charge. They'd be happy just to have a functioning connection... complaining about not being able to leech warez to your heart's content was a great way to get an account deleted. Now people are shocked at receiving a warning first ;)
I love the smell of a dupe in the morning... smells like CmdrTaco.