I simply meant that it is not like America where there are different phone connection protocols with different levels of reception depending on where you are, there is just one across the whole of Europe.
Europe's like what...the size of Texas? If we had that many folks living in such a small area, then different types of coverage wouldn't be an issue. But for that vast amounts of rural area the US has, CDMA makes providing service that much easier. Even where I live, wedged between two metro areas 50 miles in each direction, CDMA is much more reliable than any of the other protocols. Your comment displays your ignorance of America (much like most American's ignorance of Europe is so frequently pointed out.) The country is freaking HUGE.
I'm almost tempted do go in for this, get Vista 64 Ultimate and run it on my Mac Pro... maybe twice a year, just for shits and giggles. I wonder if they'd be able to monitor me correctly?
You sound like a person that's never lived on a budget. Giving $0.50 towards something that requires $0.75 to deliver is also foolhardy...economies of scale and all that. The original point is valid, despite your calculation (however valid.)
In the US there used to be a tradition whereby ex-Presidents did not criticize current Presidents. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have thrown this out the window, repeatedly criticizing President Bush. I'm not saying Bush is above criticism, but the era of 'working together' on foreign policy is over. Even Harry Reid is ignoring the evidence of the current surge in Iraq actually working and instead saying it's a failure because it doesn't meet his expectations, whatever those are in his capacity as a representative of Nevada. Sadly, since they tried to tag Viet Nam as "Nixon's War" (despite Dick not getting involved until it had been going on for almost 6 years) foreign policy has been extremely volatile in the US. I was hoping that when the Baby Boomers died we would have a return to common sense. Current political commentary on/. makes that seem unlikely.
You realize franchises are awarded at the local level, right? That's why RCN could never get into Philadelphia, even though RCN offered them 250 million reasons to say "Yes."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Vermont every original colony considered themselves their own nation? Also, my implication was 'by force' though not part of the quote you used.
So I get to rebuild php (again universal build). That too didn't play well with the apache system, and to keep MySQL support, the headers weren't provided. So I had to trackdown dependencies to the point where I felt as if I was working on a Slackware system, except worse, since most of the time, the dependency tracking in Slackware doesn't require the rebuilding of existing software/libraries. At that point I was begining to get scared that I will have to rebuild the compiler and the libc libraries, as I once did for an Oracle installation on a Debian (Woody) system. But that is a whole different story for another time.
You obviously don't get the concept of using the right tool for the job, do you? Pray tell, were you using Xserve or are you trying to gin up a web server on a desktop OS? People say Apple 'Just Works' because when you plug your camera in...it grabs the fucking pictures! Something that Microsoft has had an incredibly difficult time in doing. They don't say it 'Just Works' because it provides your flavor of AMP support by clicking a button. Yes, it's easier to do what you're asking on a Debian or Slackware machine. *yahtzee forehead slap* No shit.
Hawaii and Texas were both sovereign nations who voted on becoming part of the United States. There were wars of agression against both Mexico and the Phillipines, however neither of them are formally part of the US. I never made the point that the US does not dictate to conquered terroritories. So yes, you win the straw man competition. I also never stated that the US does not US its military with other levers to mould foreign policy. Glad you can posit naievete which I don't have.
Germany, Japan, et al. are entirely within their right to get rid of our bases. Look at Vieques, Puerto Rico. Of course, Puerto Rico didn't realize how much aid they would lose, now did they? Price for everything, I reckon.
And while Viet Nam was tragic (on any number of levels) Iraq is starting to show that, just like WWII, WWI, the Civil War, Hastings...you name - war DOES get it done. It ended slavery in the US and fascism in Europe. War works. *stops channelling Patton doing Gordon Gecko*
I think Paul is tremendously naive, but that's no sin. As long as he's not President.
I am firmly against empire building, which the US and many other nations have done for a while.
Right. Because Iraqis, Germans, Italians, Bosnians and Japanese have not had any elections since we introduced forces there. Can you name one sovereign nation that US has ever taken over in order to expand its borders and impose its laws over? Hint: Texas don't count. In fact, after WWII the US forced many liberated countries to free their colonies, like Libya, Suriname, Indonesia to name a few. You fail it.
Like it or not, the bad guys have guns. Hugs will not get it done, son.
Well Microsoft does have.NET Compact Framework, which may not allow really easy portability from.NET apps, but still fairly easy, and it does include everything such as SQL Servers, GUIs, etc.
You really think they're going to continue support for.NET migration through subsequent releases? I can tell by your UID that you have no knowledge of the 16 to 32 bit migration nightmares. Or the VB5 to VB6 headaches. Your optimism is refreshing, however it is sadly misplaced. There is a vast difference between recompiling on an operating system and compiling on a platform. Theoretically, the latter should be easier but Microsoft's history has never borne that out.
My experience is that it just doesn't. Couldn't get Windows Update to run even sending the update log and system config info repeatedly to Microsoft Tech Support. Seems they couldn't figure it out, either. I'm back on XP (at least for gaming) and using MEPIS or OS X for productivity and multi-media respectively. But I'm glad it works for you. I really am.
All of a sudden people start breaking things with financial incentive (botnets, spam, etc) and it became a jumbled mess.
You must be new to the game...script kiddies were cracking things long before there was financial incentives. The 'openness' of the gp's post is a pipe dream from before the first time one of his servers got nicked.
I did notice that parent read and interpreted this story from an "American Victm" perspective.
Are you saying if I take your car you would not be the victim? Something was stolen from someone. How are they not a victim of the theft? Or is that not a crime in your world?
Capitalism uses the power of the state to concentrate economic power into the hands of a few.
I believe you mean Capitalism as practiced in the U.S. uses the power of the state, etc. But to me, that's not Capitalism, but another form of Statism (nay, even Collectivism.)
As far as I can tell, the one difference between Nazi's and Communists were their stances on private property - Nazi's believed in Private Property insofar as it did what the state directed it to do. VW didn't come up with the Volkswagon themselves. 'Racial Superiority' was part of the Nazi's idealogical arsenal, however it was not and is not the chief defining characteristic any more than anti-Zionism is Communism's.
And Socialism has precious little to do with 'working cooperatively' and everything to do with wealth redistribution. I guess it depends on which side of the equation you're on, eh?
nazi == National Socialist (state control of industry) - them and liberals the same thing. Laissez faire capitalism is another animal altogether. Slashdot moderates us folks into oblivion.
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That's one way to release a beta...and about as effective as Google's release process.
Now come on...that isn't really how you got the nickname.
Be honest.
Europe's like what...the size of Texas? If we had that many folks living in such a small area, then different types of coverage wouldn't be an issue.
But for that vast amounts of rural area the US has, CDMA makes providing service that much easier. Even where I live, wedged between two metro areas 50 miles in each direction, CDMA is much more reliable than any of the other protocols.
Your comment displays your ignorance of America (much like most American's ignorance of Europe is so frequently pointed out.) The country is freaking HUGE.
You mean something like the SOSUS network.
Or ducks
You can't run the 64 bit versions of Windows on Macs (at least not easily.)
You sound like a person that's never lived on a budget.
Giving $0.50 towards something that requires $0.75 to deliver is also foolhardy...economies of scale and all that.
The original point is valid, despite your calculation (however valid.)
You've never dealt with the mob, have you?
In the US there used to be a tradition whereby ex-Presidents did not criticize current Presidents. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have thrown this out the window, repeatedly criticizing President Bush. /. makes that seem unlikely.
I'm not saying Bush is above criticism, but the era of 'working together' on foreign policy is over. Even Harry Reid is ignoring the evidence of the current surge in Iraq actually working and instead saying it's a failure because it doesn't meet his expectations, whatever those are in his capacity as a representative of Nevada.
Sadly, since they tried to tag Viet Nam as "Nixon's War" (despite Dick not getting involved until it had been going on for almost 6 years) foreign policy has been extremely volatile in the US.
I was hoping that when the Baby Boomers died we would have a return to common sense.
Current political commentary on
I was wondering when you were going to mention me...
You realize franchises are awarded at the local level, right? That's why RCN could never get into Philadelphia, even though RCN offered them 250 million reasons to say "Yes."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Vermont every original colony considered themselves their own nation? Also, my implication was 'by force' though not part of the quote you used.
You obviously don't get the concept of using the right tool for the job, do you? Pray tell, were you using Xserve or are you trying to gin up a web server on a desktop OS?
People say Apple 'Just Works' because when you plug your camera in...it grabs the fucking pictures! Something that Microsoft has had an incredibly difficult time in doing. They don't say it 'Just Works' because it provides your flavor of AMP support by clicking a button.
Yes, it's easier to do what you're asking on a Debian or Slackware machine. *yahtzee forehead slap* No shit.
Hawaii and Texas were both sovereign nations who voted on becoming part of the United States. There were wars of agression against both Mexico and the Phillipines, however neither of them are formally part of the US. I never made the point that the US does not dictate to conquered terroritories. So yes, you win the straw man competition. I also never stated that the US does not US its military with other levers to mould foreign policy. Glad you can posit naievete which I don't have.
Germany, Japan, et al. are entirely within their right to get rid of our bases. Look at Vieques, Puerto Rico. Of course, Puerto Rico didn't realize how much aid they would lose, now did they? Price for everything, I reckon.
And while Viet Nam was tragic (on any number of levels) Iraq is starting to show that, just like WWII, WWI, the Civil War, Hastings...you name - war DOES get it done. It ended slavery in the US and fascism in Europe. War works.
*stops channelling Patton doing Gordon Gecko*
I think Paul is tremendously naive, but that's no sin. As long as he's not President.
Right. Because Iraqis, Germans, Italians, Bosnians and Japanese have not had any elections since we introduced forces there. Can you name one sovereign nation that US has ever taken over in order to expand its borders and impose its laws over? Hint: Texas don't count.
In fact, after WWII the US forced many liberated countries to free their colonies, like Libya, Suriname, Indonesia to name a few.
You fail it.
Like it or not, the bad guys have guns. Hugs will not get it done, son.
You really think they're going to continue support for
I can tell by your UID that you have no knowledge of the 16 to 32 bit migration nightmares. Or the VB5 to VB6 headaches.
Your optimism is refreshing, however it is sadly misplaced. There is a vast difference between recompiling on an operating system and compiling on a platform. Theoretically, the latter should be easier but Microsoft's history has never borne that out.
My experience is that it just doesn't. Couldn't get Windows Update to run even sending the update log and system config info repeatedly to Microsoft Tech Support. Seems they couldn't figure it out, either.
I'm back on XP (at least for gaming) and using MEPIS or OS X for productivity and multi-media respectively.
But I'm glad it works for you. I really am.
You must be new to the game...script kiddies were cracking things long before there was financial incentives. The 'openness' of the gp's post is a pipe dream from before the first time one of his servers got nicked.
Are you saying if I take your car you would not be the victim?
Something was stolen from someone. How are they not a victim of the theft? Or is that not a crime in your world?
I believe you mean Capitalism as practiced in the U.S. uses the power of the state, etc.
But to me, that's not Capitalism, but another form of Statism (nay, even Collectivism.)
They are both forms of collectivism and are thus inimical to economic and political self determination, the hallmarks of laissez faire capitalism.
National Socialism "considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the interests of the state."
How does this differ from Liberalism/Socialism? Or Hillary Clinton's famous "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
As far as I can tell, the one difference between Nazi's and Communists were their stances on private property - Nazi's believed in Private Property insofar as it did what the state directed it to do. VW didn't come up with the Volkswagon themselves.
'Racial Superiority' was part of the Nazi's idealogical arsenal, however it was not and is not the chief defining characteristic any more than anti-Zionism is Communism's.
And Socialism has precious little to do with 'working cooperatively' and everything to do with wealth redistribution. I guess it depends on which side of the equation you're on, eh?
nazi == National Socialist (state control of industry) - them and liberals the same thing.
Laissez faire capitalism is another animal altogether.
Slashdot moderates us folks into oblivion.
I thought that was a new strain of Dutch hydro at first...
Silly me.
And if it didn't post?