About 4 years ago I bought an mp3 player. People told me mp3 would never catch on. "Oh it's too difficult" "but it doesn't sound as good as CD". Then I showed somebody else "wow - no moving parts, that's cool". Guess who was on the right track and who was wrong ?
SCO sued IBM for allegedly adding code from AIX into Linux. Since SCO and IBM had a license agreement that forbade IBM from using AIX code in anything else, SCO sued IBM.
This article is interesting because it shows that some of the code allegedly added by IBM was in fact added by SCO itself.
Well, they apparently handled it well enough to safely destroy all of Iraq's WMD's. That was the reason the US went in, right ?
That aside, the problem with ICANN is that all its agreements are with the US government and nobody else. That may have worked when the internet was mainly a US network, but now something's gotta change. A global network needs global management. I only hope the next lot do a better job than the ICANN.
Strange...their site does not seem to up at present. What a pity, I was going to order 10,000 Linux licenses today.
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Even those who do not use MS Office, and use other such as Open Office, Star Office, etc., save their documents in MS Office format. I have yet to see anybody who uses an alternate office suite save their documents in the native format of that package. It's always in MS Office format.
I was only disputing that part of his argument by providing a counter example. The original poster seemed to be using this argument to claim that.doc format was somehow intrinsically superior to other formats.
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I use Star Office's own format. So your whole argument falls down.
Exactly, they are going to ease into it. It will slowly become more and more painfull and crippling NOT to have a Trusted Computer. You can't install the new Windows. You can't install new commercial software. You start getting locked out of more and more websites.
I am as paranoid as the next guy, but why would a commercial website want to lock out potential customers ? It doesn't make good business sense to force users to go to your competitors.
Isn't electricity also used by people who share music online ? Yay...let them tax electricity as well. And water...well online pirates have to drink, how about taxing the water...oh and of course they breathe too !! A tax on air would also work nicely.
Why ? I have heard of, but not seen the expose feature. If you try asking a Mac user about it, the standard reply is: "wowmanitssooooooocooolitjustblowsmymindawayyougot taseeitman" without any explanation of what it actually does.
Now this article explains it nicely, it actually looks quite useful.
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It's a warning to the broadcasters to get ready to show the advertising slot. I am not sure if it's still used, but you might see it on older shows.
What the hell is a .chm file ?
Me too. I was worried us poor Linux users mightget left out.
About 4 years ago I bought an mp3 player. People told me mp3 would never catch on. "Oh it's too difficult" "but it doesn't sound as good as CD". Then I showed somebody else "wow - no moving parts, that's cool". Guess who was on the right track and who was wrong ?
Not at all. I am happy to pay for music I like provided it follows these basic rules:
Must be CD quality or better.
No DRM.
Tracks must be 99c or less.
The range of music should be such that I can find the music I am looking for.
Pretty simple. I am still waiting for such a service.
...news for nerds ? Remind what this has to do with technology again.
This article is interesting because it shows that some of the code allegedly added by IBM was in fact added by SCO itself.
...is rename themselves Xindows. Then they could claim the name was derived from the X Window System.
Well, they apparently handled it well enough to safely destroy all of Iraq's WMD's. That was the reason the US went in, right ?
That aside, the problem with ICANN is that all its agreements are with the US government and nobody else. That may have worked when the internet was mainly a US network, but now something's gotta change. A global network needs global management. I only hope the next lot do a better job than the ICANN.
Strange...their site does not seem to up at present. What a pity, I was going to order 10,000 Linux licenses today.
Even those who do not use MS Office, and use other such as Open Office, Star Office, etc., save their documents in MS Office format. I have yet to see anybody who uses an alternate office suite save their documents in the native format of that package. It's always in MS Office format.
I was only disputing that part of his argument by providing a counter example. The original poster seemed to be using this argument to claim that .doc format was somehow intrinsically superior to other formats.
I use Star Office's own format. So your whole argument falls down.
It doesn't matter what he says about the GPL, because that is his *opinion*, not the law. Linus could say the GPL was illegal and it wouldn't matter.
SCO don't own any patents. Those are still held by Novell.
When you have finished your post production, you might want to take a look at my little application LiVES
1) Ogg vorbis is only of relevance if you are a Linux user.
2) Linux is free, therefore it must be used by poor people.
3) Poor people do not buy hardware.
Therefore, since ogg vorbis is only relevant to people who do not buy, there is no point in implementing it.
Anyone else see the problems here ?
As somebody pointed out elsewhere in the replies, it won't even stop viruses. You can still delete/corrupt a file whether it is encrypted or not.
Mozilla is post 1.0 (has been for 2+ years IIRC). Insofar as that is a measure of 'completeness', mozilla is complete.
I am as paranoid as the next guy, but why would a commercial website want to lock out potential customers ? It doesn't make good business sense to force users to go to your competitors.
Isn't electricity also used by people who share music online ? Yay...let them tax electricity as well. And water...well online pirates have to drink, how about taxing the water...oh and of course they breathe too !! A tax on air would also work nicely.
But it's easy for the Russians. Remember, in Soviet Russia, maths problems solve you.
without any explanation of what it actually does.
Now this article explains it nicely, it actually looks quite useful.
And Digital Equipment Corp. I'm gonna go buy me a PDP-10.
Thanks for the tips. I have OO 1.0, but I never knew this functionality existed.