I always as that one. It's not a make or break... but I have found several would be sysadmins that don't have computers at home - that are just not into it, and do lousy work.
I also ask how they got into computers in the first place... This is another 'into it' question... you get a lot of people who got into the biz for the $ and don't really enjoy the work...
The netwider was a nice little box... It would be nice if they just released all the plans for it - (open source hardware) but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
If this is based on the same concepts of hailstorm, then potential customers may have some concerns...
...mind you I'm sure everything will get worked out - throw money at a problem, and they tend to get solved - I'm sure in the end it'll come out that it was script kiddies hacking the MSN messenger network...;)
The BSA could be a double edged sword - used as a tool to inspire companies to move to open source software.;)
For example, I'm sure there's been a medium to large size company in your past that was not interested in adopting 'free software', but was more than willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional licensing over step with windows/office...
One of two things will happen: 1) they end up spending a lot of money paying fines and buying licenses, or 2) they pay their fines and start looking for free software alternatives...
Seriously. I like free (as in beer or as in speech) software... I prefer open source... but as long as I don't have to sign away my first born... I just don't care enough to not use the software.
They aren't all linux boxes - some ar "UNIX" some are windows...
Also in the article is mention of StarOffice 6 - to be released later this year - that will be launched with each of its applications as seperate components in order to help performance.
I own a dreamcast, an N64, and a playstation (haven't bought a PS/2 yet)... but I will not buy an Xbox... not just because it is M$ - but because of how they are playing this... exclusivity... yuck.
The only way that I can get my message accross to any company is to NOT buy their product... period.
I know mine don't... but i thought that was 'cause I had a few hundred users seeing thousands of pages per month each... you must have thousands seeing one or two a day...
"You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means..."
Seriously though... if everything went faster on my computer - things would just be better...
Moe: Oh, boy! The deep fryer's here. Heh heh, I got it used from the navy. You can flash-fry a buffalo in forty seconds.
Homer: Forty seconds? But I want it now!
...until of course anything valuable is discovered on it... or we need it for something (like to store stuff - or launch large rocks at foreign countries).
...and then take it by pure brutal ignorant millitary force.
That's even cooler if all he is done is "claim it" but still lives in a house on earth... roll in the tanks, and bombers... better make sure you don't live next door to that guy... he's a target now...
...oh wait a second... he owns an object on the moon... and based on that has laid claim to the whole thing...
Blast him anyway... carnage... chaos... destruction! Wait a second... all of that isn't embodied in millitary force...
Ferrets! Chaos with fur, claws and an odd smell. Release the ferrets! They'll teach him a fuzzy lesson he won't soon forget - and the therapy won't be cheap either.
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I always as that one. It's not a make or break... but I have found several would be sysadmins that don't have computers at home - that are just not into it, and do lousy work.
I also ask how they got into computers in the first place... This is another 'into it' question... you get a lot of people who got into the biz for the $ and don't really enjoy the work...
The netwider was a nice little box... It would be nice if they just released all the plans for it - (open source hardware) but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
If this is based on the same concepts of hailstorm, then potential customers may have some concerns...
;)
...mind you I'm sure everything will get worked out - throw money at a problem, and they tend to get solved - I'm sure in the end it'll come out that it was script kiddies hacking the MSN messenger network...
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The BSA could be a double edged sword - used as a tool to inspire companies to move to open source software. ;)
:)
For example, I'm sure there's been a medium to large size company in your past that was not interested in adopting 'free software', but was more than willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional licensing over step with windows/office...
One of two things will happen: 1) they end up spending a lot of money paying fines and buying licenses, or 2) they pay their fines and start looking for free software alternatives...
Either way - it could be entertaining.
Sleeping in a gymnasium? Luxury! In my day we'd have slep on a pile of broken glass in the sewer, and been happy to have the glass!
I love the smell, but I can't stand the taste.
Seriously. I like free (as in beer or as in speech) software... I prefer open source... but as long as I don't have to sign away my first born... I just don't care enough to not use the software.
...the idiots that write their passwords on post-its and stick them to the bottom of their keyboards?
Service Level Agreement.
They aren't all linux boxes - some ar "UNIX" some are windows...
Also in the article is mention of StarOffice 6 - to be released later this year - that will be launched with each of its applications as seperate components in order to help performance.
they tend to be much quieter...
You should probably make a prototype... something simple that shows the basic premise of the game...
:)
Gaming houses do like it if you show up with a finished/debugged game to sell though.
...but the point being that I should not be the only one doing it.
True enough... but that's not my reasoning... re-read my comment.
But this is different... I mean threatening companies that want to produce on Xbox - if they produce on other platforms is just wrong.
I own a dreamcast, an N64, and a playstation (haven't bought a PS/2 yet)... but I will not buy an Xbox... not just because it is M$ - but because of how they are playing this... exclusivity... yuck.
The only way that I can get my message accross to any company is to NOT buy their product... period.
1. Learn Japanese.
2. Buy a PS2.
3. Get kit.
4. Convince wife that it is all "educational" and is not because of any "cool factor".
Heh... www.goats.com is an actual comic strip... pretty funny too.
Don't the flycast ads pay much?
I know mine don't... but i thought that was 'cause I had a few hundred users seeing thousands of pages per month each... you must have thousands seeing one or two a day...
Not me personally - all of my ip addresses are very dynamic. ;P
You just have to coax it a little... "c'mon feel the burn", and "where's your second wind?" or even "you've almost acheived runner's high!"...
Perhaps you should find your bottle-neck...
If my dual celeron can do it in 3 minutes... you have an issue.
"You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means..."
Seriously though... if everything went faster on my computer - things would just be better...
Moe: Oh, boy! The deep fryer's here. Heh heh, I got it used from the navy. You can flash-fry a buffalo in forty seconds.
Homer: Forty seconds? But I want it now!
...until of course anything valuable is discovered on it... or we need it for something (like to store stuff - or launch large rocks at foreign countries).
...and then take it by pure brutal ignorant millitary force.
That's even cooler if all he is done is "claim it" but still lives in a house on earth... roll in the tanks, and bombers... better make sure you don't live next door to that guy... he's a target now...
...oh wait a second... he owns an object on the moon... and based on that has laid claim to the whole thing...
Blast him anyway... carnage... chaos... destruction! Wait a second... all of that isn't embodied in millitary force...
Ferrets! Chaos with fur, claws and an odd smell. Release the ferrets! They'll teach him a fuzzy lesson he won't soon forget - and the therapy won't be cheap either.