The comparison to Vader in TFA seems to be an appropriate one. In the movies, Vader can't find redemption until his son comes along. In real life, it may be the heirs to his legacy who can redeem him from high-budget schlock.
No better way to court heirs to his legacy than by teaching.
And given some recent reading I've been doing on the topic, it doesn't really smack of a populist revolution. More an orchestrated schism. Though perhaps that's what most of them are in reality.
dingdingdingding... we have a winner!
Like the Who say, "Meet the New Boss / Same as the Old Boss."
(Hey, I happen to be one of those rightwing nutjobs, remember? Well, ok, not really. But that's what all my liberal friends tell me, while at the same time all my conservative friends are telling me I'm a liberal pinko commie. Whatever. And dang do you ever have a low slashdot user ID number...)
I can imagine that if Linus had been able to profit from the success of Linux the way e.g. Gates had made profit from Windows & DOS, then he would have.
Of course if he hadn't done it GPL, would it have been so big?
Can you imagine anyone who rides on an elevator having that kind of access?
Including 13-year-old punkass kids?*
*Note: I do not refer to the vast majority of non punkass 13-year-olds; rather to that particular beast for whom pushing every button on the elevator, hitting the "emergency stop" and trying to climb out when it's halfway down, etc. are fun things to do
Say, "We can and will do it; here are the resources required to do it." Remember Scotty's Rule to double-double the resources you think it will take; once because it always takes twice as many resources as you think it will, and a second time because sometimes it takes more than twice as long.
I never tell my superiors that something can't be done, because any technical problem is solvable given infinite resources. The key is to assess the number of resources and make sure they're informed of the resources required. Once they know that, then it's up to them to make the decision.
Another "craze" I read an article about in some magazine that hasn't happened to me, despite having an iPod for well over a year, wearing it visibly with a nearby university full of other ipod-wearing people, and having fine hygiene and none-too-shabby appearance. I haven't seen anyone else doing it, either, at the bus stop, on the train, on planes or anywhere.
Supposedly, a good-looking chick will go up to you, pull out her white headphone miniplug, and look at you expectantly. You're then supposed to remove your white headphone plug, put it into her ipod, while she does the same to yours, and you each enjoy the other's music for a time.
I was skeptical of the craze when I read about it over a year ago. The "craze" has been mentioned in other magazine articles. But I'm beginning to feel it was manufactured by magazine article writers who were desperate for something to write about.
Agreed, but the US government should be asking itself whether it can afford to have that breakthrough happen somewhere else. It is extremely foolish (and yet commonplace) to think that Americans have a monopoly on innovation.
Funny you mention the word "monopoly."
With Microsoft owning the applications, OS, development tools and (by extension) methodologies the overwhelming majority of the populace uses, that prevents researchers from implementing their ideas into the software most people see. There's been a complete lack of visibility for this research for the past fifteen years, because of Microsoft's monopoly. The cutting of projects is the obvious next step.
The nationalistic decision by other countries to block Microsoft is what will allow those countries to eventually reap the benefits of higher-end research. The prime reason Linux is taking off is because researchers can implement their ideas in it; and if they want to replace the kernel wholesale, the GNU tools are there to turn the idea into an OS.
Next thing you know, we Americans are wondering, "Why is all of the cool stuff on my computer coming from [insert foreign country here] when ten years ago it was all American?" Just like what happened in the home electronics industry in the 80's, when suddenly all the great stuff was Japanese...
Seen KDE 3.4? It's already beyond Windows XP's interface, and it's starting to look and feel better than Panther's interface. This is not an American invention...
All right, that's it, I don't care about IT outsourcing any more. Those are our geek brothers and sisters over there, and they're being attacked! Indian or Pakistani or Chinese or Thai or Turk or Russian or American or German or Finn or Swede or Brit or Mexican or Brazilian or Spanish or...
Geek is geek. A threat to Indian geeks is a threat to all of geekdom!
I agree that we're not going to see the "end of Microsoft." Microsoft can do their best possible impersonation of Skylab for twenty years straight and never hit bottom.
Part of succeeding in business is having the right people, and one of the right people just left Microsoft. By itself, it doesn't mean much. Compiled with certain other events, eyebrows which have already begun a Science Officer Spock ascent hitch yet another millimeter; eyebrows that haven't give a twitch.
It's not the end of Microsoft, but these tidbits portend the end of Microsoft's dominance.
I recall a news story a few years ago about a resident in my home town (Philly) who outfitted his roof with solar cells. All of his appliances were DC powered, and during some seasons of the year his meter flowed backward; he was producing more power than he was pulling off the grid.
You can buy systems that do this at your local Home Depot store here in San Diego. They're expensive and unlikely to pay for themselves at this point, but in five years? Who knows?
In a world of uncertainty, the existence of constants can soothe our troubled souls: Death, Taxes and Dvorak writing about things that are over his head.
I don't think the differences are so significant as to be noteworthy, and the benefits for the community are great. I know it's trendy to believe "government is always bad", but it's not always true. I've worked in enough corporate environments to know how screwed up and inefficient they can be.
Yeah, darn those newfangled libertarians. Trendy since 1776. Why can't we go back to the old ways when the government controlled everything?
Government actually is always bad. Anarchy is worse. That's why Thomas Jefferson described government as a "necessary evil."
I think it's sufficient to say that he's employed by a company for the purpose of selling that company's products. If the literature isn't somewhat biased, he should be fired.
That said, he is clearly very good at what he does. I'd love to have him working for us.
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That could be the thing for him to do.
The comparison to Vader in TFA seems to be an appropriate one. In the movies, Vader can't find redemption until his son comes along. In real life, it may be the heirs to his legacy who can redeem him from high-budget schlock.
No better way to court heirs to his legacy than by teaching.
And given some recent reading I've been doing on the topic, it doesn't really smack of a populist revolution. More an orchestrated schism. Though perhaps that's what most of them are in reality.
dingdingdingding... we have a winner!
Like the Who say, "Meet the New Boss / Same as the Old Boss."
(Hey, I happen to be one of those rightwing nutjobs, remember? Well, ok, not really. But that's what all my liberal friends tell me, while at the same time all my conservative friends are telling me I'm a liberal pinko commie. Whatever. And dang do you ever have a low slashdot user ID number...)
I believe it's that little thing we Texans called "The War of Northern Aggression." ;)
"I think he'd actually be pleasantly surprised at how long America has gone without a revolution."
Now, you are taking into account that little event that happened sometime in the mid-to-late 1800's, aren't you?
I can imagine that if Linus had been able to profit from the success of Linux the way e.g. Gates had made profit from Windows & DOS, then he would have.
Of course if he hadn't done it GPL, would it have been so big?
Nothin' wrong with that, either.
I think I should be terrified that I know what you're talking about.
Can you imagine anyone who rides on an elevator having that kind of access?
Including 13-year-old punkass kids?*
*Note: I do not refer to the vast majority of non punkass 13-year-olds; rather to that particular beast for whom pushing every button on the elevator, hitting the "emergency stop" and trying to climb out when it's halfway down, etc. are fun things to do
That's because elevators have emergency brakes that automatically latch on at the first sign of anything going wrong.
Now that I think of it, it's like running as a user instead of root, isn't it? Ehrm, wait a minute...
Bingo.
Never say, "It can't be done."
Say, "We can and will do it; here are the resources required to do it." Remember Scotty's Rule to double-double the resources you think it will take; once because it always takes twice as many resources as you think it will, and a second time because sometimes it takes more than twice as long.
I never tell my superiors that something can't be done, because any technical problem is solvable given infinite resources. The key is to assess the number of resources and make sure they're informed of the resources required. Once they know that, then it's up to them to make the decision.
You can't be too pro-F/OSS. But you can be too anti-Microsoft.
The goal here is to be pro-F/OSS without being anti-Microsoft. One day, Microsoft will change its stripes, just the same way IBM did.
88 percent of respondents said that the quality, performance and reliability of Windows was equal to or better than Linux.
Bwahahaha!! Hahahahaha omg, make the laughing stop, my stomach hurts...
Oh man... I tell ya, you can't beat an idiot at her own game. She'll take you down to her level and beat ya with experience. All you can do is laugh.
Man, I needed that laugh on a Monday. Next week, maybe we'll hear more out of Ken Brown.
Please, Laura, tell that one to my friends and families with their spyware-infested Windows machines!
Another "craze" I read an article about in some magazine that hasn't happened to me, despite having an iPod for well over a year, wearing it visibly with a nearby university full of other ipod-wearing people, and having fine hygiene and none-too-shabby appearance. I haven't seen anyone else doing it, either, at the bus stop, on the train, on planes or anywhere.
Supposedly, a good-looking chick will go up to you, pull out her white headphone miniplug, and look at you expectantly. You're then supposed to remove your white headphone plug, put it into her ipod, while she does the same to yours, and you each enjoy the other's music for a time.
I was skeptical of the craze when I read about it over a year ago. The "craze" has been mentioned in other magazine articles. But I'm beginning to feel it was manufactured by magazine article writers who were desperate for something to write about.
Agreed, but the US government should be asking itself whether it can afford to have that breakthrough happen somewhere else. It is extremely foolish (and yet commonplace) to think that Americans have a monopoly on innovation.
Funny you mention the word "monopoly."
With Microsoft owning the applications, OS, development tools and (by extension) methodologies the overwhelming majority of the populace uses, that prevents researchers from implementing their ideas into the software most people see. There's been a complete lack of visibility for this research for the past fifteen years, because of Microsoft's monopoly. The cutting of projects is the obvious next step.
The nationalistic decision by other countries to block Microsoft is what will allow those countries to eventually reap the benefits of higher-end research. The prime reason Linux is taking off is because researchers can implement their ideas in it; and if they want to replace the kernel wholesale, the GNU tools are there to turn the idea into an OS.
Next thing you know, we Americans are wondering, "Why is all of the cool stuff on my computer coming from [insert foreign country here] when ten years ago it was all American?" Just like what happened in the home electronics industry in the 80's, when suddenly all the great stuff was Japanese...
Seen KDE 3.4? It's already beyond Windows XP's interface, and it's starting to look and feel better than Panther's interface. This is not an American invention...
The manufacturer releasing the best product, ahead of the competitors tend to win?
He was right the first time.
Case in point: Apple Newton vs. Palm.
Palm was inferior to Newton in almost every respect and came out later, but guess which product won?
There's more to winning a market than when you come out and how good your product is.
"Is the US public that far behind in broadband connections?"
Yup.
Most people:
a) don't see the need
b) can't afford it
If you're selling hardware, open-source drivers, OS, etc is a no-brainer.
e.g. Linksys
Who programs the cruise missiles?
Who writes the credit checking routines?
Who is the sysadmin of that FBI database?
Geeks, baby.
All right, that's it, I don't care about IT outsourcing any more. Those are our geek brothers and sisters over there, and they're being attacked! Indian or Pakistani or Chinese or Thai or Turk or Russian or American or German or Finn or Swede or Brit or Mexican or Brazilian or Spanish or...
Geek is geek. A threat to Indian geeks is a threat to all of geekdom!
Kill the bastards.
What the AC described is the correct behavior if you're doing "format-as-you-go," not a showstopper bug.
I agree that we're not going to see the "end of Microsoft." Microsoft can do their best possible impersonation of Skylab for twenty years straight and never hit bottom.
Part of succeeding in business is having the right people, and one of the right people just left Microsoft. By itself, it doesn't mean much. Compiled with certain other events, eyebrows which have already begun a Science Officer Spock ascent hitch yet another millimeter; eyebrows that haven't give a twitch.
It's not the end of Microsoft, but these tidbits portend the end of Microsoft's dominance.
I recall a news story a few years ago about a resident in my home town (Philly) who outfitted his roof with solar cells. All of his appliances were DC powered, and during some seasons of the year his meter flowed backward; he was producing more power than he was pulling off the grid.
You can buy systems that do this at your local Home Depot store here in San Diego. They're expensive and unlikely to pay for themselves at this point, but in five years? Who knows?
Honestly. Why ever link to that joker?
In a world of uncertainty, the existence of constants can soothe our troubled souls: Death, Taxes and Dvorak writing about things that are over his head.
I don't watch TV, and I don't read blogs. I hear about them third-hand through slashdot comments.
I don't think the differences are so significant as to be noteworthy, and the benefits for the community are great. I know it's trendy to believe "government is always bad", but it's not always true. I've worked in enough corporate environments to know how screwed up and inefficient they can be.
Yeah, darn those newfangled libertarians. Trendy since 1776. Why can't we go back to the old ways when the government controlled everything?
Government actually is always bad. Anarchy is worse. That's why Thomas Jefferson described government as a "necessary evil."
I think it's sufficient to say that he's employed by a company for the purpose of selling that company's products. If the literature isn't somewhat biased, he should be fired.
That said, he is clearly very good at what he does. I'd love to have him working for us.