It's been hard to get long uptimes with 2.6... the network drivers are leaky/crash, SCSI support sucks.
I experienced the same thing for about a week, before I switched back to 2.4. Can't argue with a kernel that gave me 300+ days uptime without breaking a sweat.
I'm not being elitist. I'm not saying you shouldn't run Windows or use a Mac (I happen to be a big fan of OSX myself). You are free to use whatever you like. I'm not a FOSS zealot. My point is that by running a pirated copy of Windows, you are giving MS even more of a reason to use and support DRM. The same goes for any pirated software, movie, music, etc. I can't stand when people use pirated software or download music and movies they don't own from the web, then turn around and complain about companies using DRM. There are millions upon millions of people like me worldwide.
Oh, I see. So that makes it ok then? Hey, whatever makes you feel better about yourself. Tell me I'm not supporting OSS by running it where it's appropriate for my life. Tell me.
Tell me how running a pirated copy of Windows supports OSS and is appropriate in your life. Tell me.
So if I pay money to Ferrari for a hood ornament, I have the right to steal the whole car? I disagree with their "terms and conditions"
So don't use MS's software. No one is forcing you. And I do believe in free/open software
Actions speak louder than words. You can go around saying you support FOSS all you want, but if at the end of the day you sit down in front of your computer running Windows (be it a pirated copy or otherwise), you really aren't supporting FOSS, now are you? All you are doing is giving software companies a bigger reason to incorporate DRM into their products.
Yes, you can take whatever moral position you want, and, no, no one can stop you. But don't bitch when DRM is used in products because when people wonder why companies use it, those companies using it point to people like you as their reason.
People will simply stop speaking/writing the name, for fear of being docked a month's pay
You still didn't RTFA, did you? The $200 fee doesn't apply to speaking or writing the word "Linux". That's called "fair use". Since you apparently refuse to read the Groklaw article, here's a piece that should (hopefully) clear things up for you:
Examples of Fair Use.
If you are a journalist interested in writing articles that include the term "Linux," you do not need a sublicense. If you are printing up pencils, stenciling T-shirts, or distributing coffee cups with a legend on them like "Linux®is the greatest!" or "Even my Mother uses Linux®!" this is normally considered "fair use".
Trademarks: Use Requiring A Sublicense.
On the other hand, if you plan to market a Linux-based product or service to the public using a trademark that includes the element "Linux," such as "Super Dooper Linux" or "Real Time Linux Consultants" you are required to apply for and obtain a low-cost sublicense from LMI. This is true whether or not you apply to register your trademark with a government.
The store owner can't make whatever policies he wants in his store.
You should tell that to all the liquor stores and restaurants I've been to that have a sign in the window that says "We reserve the right to deny the sale of alcohol" (or something along those lines).
I've played WoW since open beta and I've also participated in forum discussions. And in my experiences, most "problems" were no more than people shouting "nerf pallys" or "boohoo, i got ganked". Maybe I'm lucky, but I haven't run into any issue that prevented me from playing the game. Sure there were times when I thought some things in the game were a little out of balance, but that's part of the development process - find out what works, and release patches to change what doesn't. You sound like the typical forum poster that demanded that a blue rep respond immediately, and it doesn't suprise me that you are complaining about not being able to reach a developer. But hey, you should get an immediate answer from the developers because you are more important than the other 3.5 billion subscribers. Yeah, right. Post to the forum or open a ticket, and wait for a respose like everyone else. And I would hardly call this "catering to/.". The game is leaps and bounds better than it was when it first came out. There have been quite a few bug fixes and there's been quite a bit of content added. Not that I expect you to know that, since you cancelled your account. And for the record, I'm not affiliated with Blizzard so spare me any smartass comments about how I'm Blizzard PR in disguise.
Stupid patents like that are the reason why I boycot amazon.
I'm sure Amazon is not the only company to have stupid patents. Even so, how has Amazon used any of the patents offensively? The only time I can think of was when Amazon sued B&N over the one-click patent. Unfortunately, AFAIK the details of the settlement weren't disclosed and B&N didn't seem too affected by it. Also, they haven't sued anyone over a patent since. In fact, I believe Amazon has been more on the receiving end of patent lawsuits than the giving end.
Besides, Bezos said he's in favor of shortening patent lengths to 3-5 years. It would be kind of nice to have a large company on the side of patent reform, don't you think? If they want to register stupid patents in a defensive manner, so be it. A knee-jerk reaction of disliking Amazon simply because they are a company with stupid patents is not a very well thought out decision. Amazon's actions should speak louder than the patents they hold.
I'm a long time Slack user (especially for servers) and every time I've tried another distro, I've always found myself switching back to Slackware. Nothing against Debian though. apt-get was nice but I've always been happy with swaret. I've also always been a big fan of Slack's rc files (probably due to me being a BSD fan). I've also had great luck with stability on Slack (2+ years uptime on one of my servers). I always found it fun to try something different every once in a while, but personally I would stay with Slack. As they say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
the previous story reported the system was being developed. this story announces it's launch. i'm not sure about you, but to me "in development" != "in use". so how is this a dupe?
If they didn't make an significant changes to the BSD TCP stack, what is there to give back? How do you know they made improvements and didn't just copy the code into Windows?
Do you have the code for the BIOS of your motherboard? If not, why did you spend you %currency_units% on it?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Open Source. But I'd also like to enjoy 3d acceleration in X while running FreeBSD on my computer. For this, nVidia provides a solution. If you could point me to an equal OSS alternative, I'd be more than willing to try it.
So? That doesn't mean they will make extensions that are 100% compatible with non-MS products. Their extensions will be released under the Creative Commons License
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your comment made me laugh and spill my hot coffee...
It's been hard to get long uptimes with 2.6... the network drivers are leaky/crash, SCSI support sucks.
I experienced the same thing for about a week, before I switched back to 2.4. Can't argue with a kernel that gave me 300+ days uptime without breaking a sweat.
Oh so the airport screening machines are on the internet, are they?
Or more likely, someone brought in an infected laptop and connected it to the network...
Not that it's a much better situation, but just because a computer (or network) has a virus on it, does not mean it's on the internet.
Doctors need to start writing prescriptions that read "Run your ass around the block a few times."
This doctor basically did, and look where it got him...
more elitism.
I'm not being elitist. I'm not saying you shouldn't run Windows or use a Mac (I happen to be a big fan of OSX myself). You are free to use whatever you like. I'm not a FOSS zealot. My point is that by running a pirated copy of Windows, you are giving MS even more of a reason to use and support DRM. The same goes for any pirated software, movie, music, etc. I can't stand when people use pirated software or download music and movies they don't own from the web, then turn around and complain about companies using DRM.
There are millions upon millions of people like me worldwide.
Oh, I see. So that makes it ok then? Hey, whatever makes you feel better about yourself.
Tell me I'm not supporting OSS by running it where it's appropriate for my life. Tell me.
Tell me how running a pirated copy of Windows supports OSS and is appropriate in your life. Tell me.
I pirate Microsoft apps...but money has been paid
So if I pay money to Ferrari for a hood ornament, I have the right to steal the whole car?
I disagree with their "terms and conditions"
So don't use MS's software. No one is forcing you.
And I do believe in free/open software
Actions speak louder than words. You can go around saying you support FOSS all you want, but if at the end of the day you sit down in front of your computer running Windows (be it a pirated copy or otherwise), you really aren't supporting FOSS, now are you? All you are doing is giving software companies a bigger reason to incorporate DRM into their products.
Yes, you can take whatever moral position you want, and, no, no one can stop you. But don't bitch when DRM is used in products because when people wonder why companies use it, those companies using it point to people like you as their reason.
People will simply stop speaking/writing the name, for fear of being docked a month's pay
You still didn't RTFA, did you? The $200 fee doesn't apply to speaking or writing the word "Linux". That's called "fair use". Since you apparently refuse to read the Groklaw article, here's a piece that should (hopefully) clear things up for you:
Examples of Fair Use.
If you are a journalist interested in writing articles that include the term "Linux," you do not need a sublicense. If you are printing up pencils, stenciling T-shirts, or distributing coffee cups with a legend on them like "Linux®is the greatest!" or "Even my Mother uses Linux®!" this is normally considered "fair use".
Trademarks: Use Requiring A Sublicense.
On the other hand, if you plan to market a Linux-based product or service to the public using a trademark that includes the element "Linux," such as "Super Dooper Linux" or "Real Time Linux Consultants" you are required to apply for and obtain a low-cost sublicense from LMI. This is true whether or not you apply to register your trademark with a government.
Get it now?
I thought the same thing at first, but then I wondered: how many NFP groups are in a position where they would need to pay the $200/yr?
I assume you're talking about this:
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050816
Very interesting read, IMHO.
The store owner can't make whatever policies he wants in his store.
You should tell that to all the liquor stores and restaurants I've been to that have a sign in the window that says "We reserve the right to deny the sale of alcohol" (or something along those lines).
I've played WoW since open beta and I've also participated in forum discussions. And in my experiences, most "problems" were no more than people shouting "nerf pallys" or "boohoo, i got ganked". Maybe I'm lucky, but I haven't run into any issue that prevented me from playing the game. Sure there were times when I thought some things in the game were a little out of balance, but that's part of the development process - find out what works, and release patches to change what doesn't. You sound like the typical forum poster that demanded that a blue rep respond immediately, and it doesn't suprise me that you are complaining about not being able to reach a developer. But hey, you should get an immediate answer from the developers because you are more important than the other 3.5 billion subscribers. Yeah, right. Post to the forum or open a ticket, and wait for a respose like everyone else. And I would hardly call this "catering to /.". The game is leaps and bounds better than it was when it first came out. There have been quite a few bug fixes and there's been quite a bit of content added. Not that I expect you to know that, since you cancelled your account. And for the record, I'm not affiliated with Blizzard so spare me any smartass comments about how I'm Blizzard PR in disguise.
i so wish i could mod that beyond +5, Funny. that made my day. kudos.
Yeah, but will it run Linux?
Well, it appears that the latest nVidia driver for Linux supports the latest GPUs including the 7800GTX, so I'm going to say yes. Ditto for FreeBSD.
Well hell... somebody better let these guys know then.
That's why I love a saying I've mentioned here on Slashdot:
BSD is for people who love UNIX.
Linux is for people who hate Microsoft.
I've always found a lot of truth in that.
(credit to whoever said it or had it in their sig)
Actually, there are quite a few differences.
c hoosing2.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/
Between this article and the duped article mentioning Johnny Long's book, I think the editors just like the words like "penetration" and "long".
Ok, there's my dirty post for the day.
yep, and here's a perfect example of what you're talking about.
Stupid patents like that are the reason why I boycot amazon.
I'm sure Amazon is not the only company to have stupid patents. Even so, how has Amazon used any of the patents offensively? The only time I can think of was when Amazon sued B&N over the one-click patent. Unfortunately, AFAIK the details of the settlement weren't disclosed and B&N didn't seem too affected by it. Also, they haven't sued anyone over a patent since. In fact, I believe Amazon has been more on the receiving end of patent lawsuits than the giving end.
Besides, Bezos said he's in favor of shortening patent lengths to 3-5 years. It would be kind of nice to have a large company on the side of patent reform, don't you think? If they want to register stupid patents in a defensive manner, so be it. A knee-jerk reaction of disliking Amazon simply because they are a company with stupid patents is not a very well thought out decision. Amazon's actions should speak louder than the patents they hold.
My 2 cents...
You know you've played too many FPSs when you see the word "headshot" and hear that deep voice from the game saying it in your head...
...followed by something like "Double Kill!" or "Quad Damage".
I'm a long time Slack user (especially for servers) and every time I've tried another distro, I've always found myself switching back to Slackware. Nothing against Debian though. apt-get was nice but I've always been happy with swaret. I've also always been a big fan of Slack's rc files (probably due to me being a BSD fan). I've also had great luck with stability on Slack (2+ years uptime on one of my servers). I always found it fun to try something different every once in a while, but personally I would stay with Slack. As they say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Just my 2 cents...
the previous story reported the system was being developed. this story announces it's launch. i'm not sure about you, but to me "in development" != "in use". so how is this a dupe?
They just want to take and not give back.
If they didn't make an significant changes to the BSD TCP stack, what is there to give back? How do you know they made improvements and didn't just copy the code into Windows?
Do you have the code for the BIOS of your motherboard? If not, why did you spend you %currency_units% on it?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Open Source. But I'd also like to enjoy 3d acceleration in X while running FreeBSD on my computer. For this, nVidia provides a solution. If you could point me to an equal OSS alternative, I'd be more than willing to try it.
So? That doesn't mean they will make extensions that are 100% compatible with non-MS products.
Their extensions will be released under the Creative Commons License
There are 6 licenses to choose from, which one is MS using?