Having run a mail server with a few hundred users, I have learned that people hate being told to run anti-spam software. They expect you to remove every piece of junk mail for them before it gets to their computer. Even with SpamAssassin, and subscriptions to most major spam and dnr databases in my configuration, people still complain, but refuse to run mail filters of their own.... and now you are dealing with someone who has a big enough ego to have gotten elected to public office, and will expect more done for him.... all I can say is good luck with that.
At first, I thought this was going to be a post addressing the increased power consumption of additional cores. I can see that being a negative factor in some cases.
I just wish there was something similar to Mythbuntu for gaming PCs.
I want to be able to install it on a home brew computer or net top, plug in my usb game pad, and navigate to a simplified package manager (that just shows the games section...there would also be an update manager and package manager with a full list of packages if you switch to desktop mode) where I can install some of the many awesome OSS games / Emulators / etc available and just play them.
There are a lot of USB Gaming devices (thank you Xbox 360) that can be plugged in and work right off the bat. For example, I have a USB guitar that works with Frets on Fire.... and a few cheapo $5 USB Game pads that work just fine...
If something like this existed, I bet it would be extremely popular, and we would see a lot of OSS home brew game consoles cropping up....and a lot more OSS Games cropping up simply because people would be able to rig up their own game consoles.
If I'm not doing IT, I'm producing web sites. Sometimes I report to our Creative Services manager, other times the President, other times the CFO....and yet other times one of the partners.
I'm responsible for deadlines, and dead lines. Usually they conflict with each other.
Oh yeah, I also take out the trash, sell stuff, support stuff, and market stuff.
Ahh....so that's why so many Starbucks are closing in my area.... (the Burger Kings closing were throwing me off)....no one has enough money to pay as much for a cup of coffee as they do to buy a can of grounds. ($2.50/48C can Colombian blend...mmm mmm good!)
The more interesting part of TFS is the 11,500 McDonalds locations with Free Wifi, that way, while you are buying your overpriced coffee, you can get an Egg McMuffin and Hash brown for about the same price.
It's nice to know that I can (and for the last few years) go to just about any McDonalds or Denny's (or now, in upscale neighborhoods Starbucks) and access the Internet in a pinch, rather than paying a cellular carrier for the frustration of a 3G card.
I would imagine being an ER doctor is a lot like being an Emergency Repair technician. The best at getting the job done quick and moving on to the next, but not the best to explain what happened. I bet the reason most ER doctors don't want to talk to you is because they want to finish the job and get to the next patient. (I'm always hearing about the ERs around here being packed solid from people waiting 8-10 hours to get in)
On the other hand, the nurses probably have a little more time to talk a bit and tell you what might help. If you want to talk to a doctor, schedule a regular visit with your family doctor. Chances are though, that they will tell you the same things a nurse will.
They should have just stuck with the iPaq name...I bet that would have really pissed Apple off, because they wouldn't be able to do jack about the use of it, considering iPaq ws already used for an earlier generation product well before the iPad was even dreamed up.
Being someone who sells software I write for a living, I have no problem paying for software, licenses, or whatever it takes to make my computer work how I want it to. I think the big thing I like about FOSS isn't the price tag, but more of the peace of mind I get from using something that promotes software that is Free as in Speech, that the community has a say in, and can be used without worrying about whether I'm breaking a license or not.
I wish Canonical would license more things like h264 and such, and have a version of Ubuntu that users can choose to buy that has this licensed software included in the repos on the CD/DVD, or maybe an Add-On CD that has licensed proprietary software on it. They are doing so much to promote, and giving so much back to the community that they deserve to have some way to make their distro stand out, and even dare I say turn a little profit...especially if the profit is just a result of a more noble act.
To everyone saying that licensing h264 is a bad thing, I think you are the ones who make certain commercial developers so they don't want to release on Linux. They no that there are so many people in the Linux world opposed to paying for their software.
Isn't FOSS about CHOICE? If you should choose to use only GPL software, that's fine, but don't spit on people who buy some software because it does what they want.
I hope they release a tablet and carry on with the iPaq name.
Imagine them doing that and Apple suing them only to find out that HP has every right to use the iPaq name....and iPad might be a trademark infringement since it's a similarly named product in the same product space as HP/Compaq's original iPaq palm-computing machines (not the desktop line they were named after).
Seldom will you find a word in the English language more powerful than the word FREE. It brings them, it keeps them coming back, and sometimes you can use it to leverage PR, or sell companion products. The important thing is....it draws them into the web so they can get wrapped up.
If Adobe saw the potential in Linux, they could truly be scary.
Imagine an Ubuntu-based distro with Gnome + AWM + a nice window theme and an optimized version of Bridge as the file manager.
Sell this all pre-configured as a complete solution that can work on your current Mac or PC out of the box, no additional software needed....or hardware upgrades to buy.
Then imagine Adobe releasing this and realizing that they can also sell white-box hardware with well-supported Nvidia or ATI Video cards, Plenty of memory + HD and high quality input devices... and their Suite pre-installed, and a lot of designers would snap them right up just to not have to deal with all of the installing and configuring.
This all being in addition to their current offerings, but ultimately being less of a hassle for the designer who doesn't care about what it's running on as long as it gets the job done well.
But when has Apple ever taken an open-source project, cleaned it up with bugfixes and lots of other improvements, and put a proprietary wrapper around it for ease-of-use?
Samba? Webkit? CUPS?
I wish there was a version of Gimp that had the interface cleaned up. I've tried and tried and just can't seem to get the hang of it....which is a shame because I really want to use it.
I don't do print production, just web development so CMYK doesn't matter to me....but I want things like Vector masks and shapes. I want to be able to make that web graphic any size without artifacting or jagged edges.
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Having run a mail server with a few hundred users, I have learned that people hate being told to run anti-spam software. They expect you to remove every piece of junk mail for them before it gets to their computer. Even with SpamAssassin, and subscriptions to most major spam and dnr databases in my configuration, people still complain, but refuse to run mail filters of their own.... and now you are dealing with someone who has a big enough ego to have gotten elected to public office, and will expect more done for him.... all I can say is good luck with that.
At first, I thought this was going to be a post addressing the increased power consumption of additional cores. I can see that being a negative factor in some cases.
I just wish there was something similar to Mythbuntu for gaming PCs.
I want to be able to install it on a home brew computer or net top, plug in my usb game pad, and navigate to a simplified package manager (that just shows the games section...there would also be an update manager and package manager with a full list of packages if you switch to desktop mode) where I can install some of the many awesome OSS games / Emulators / etc available and just play them.
There are a lot of USB Gaming devices (thank you Xbox 360) that can be plugged in and work right off the bat. For example, I have a USB guitar that works with Frets on Fire.... and a few cheapo $5 USB Game pads that work just fine...
If something like this existed, I bet it would be extremely popular, and we would see a lot of OSS home brew game consoles cropping up....and a lot more OSS Games cropping up simply because people would be able to rig up their own game consoles.
When you write your will, put a clause that all of your works are released under an OSS or Public Domain License upon your death.
There should be a CC License created for this... "In Memory Of"
Obviously you are not familiar with the Constitution of the United States or the Bill of Rights.
Our forefathers gave up their rights when they started the revolution.
What does this Constitution thing you speak of have anything to do with it?
I knew they would find a way to run Linux on batteries some day.
If I'm not doing IT, I'm producing web sites. Sometimes I report to our Creative Services manager, other times the President, other times the CFO....and yet other times one of the partners.
I'm responsible for deadlines, and dead lines. Usually they conflict with each other.
Oh yeah, I also take out the trash, sell stuff, support stuff, and market stuff.
Ahh....so that's why so many Starbucks are closing in my area.... (the Burger Kings closing were throwing me off) ....no one has enough money to pay as much for a cup of coffee as they do to buy a can of grounds. ($2.50/48C can Colombian blend...mmm mmm good!)
The more interesting part of TFS is the 11,500 McDonalds locations with Free Wifi, that way, while you are buying your overpriced coffee, you can get an Egg McMuffin and Hash brown for about the same price.
It's nice to know that I can (and for the last few years) go to just about any McDonalds or Denny's (or now, in upscale neighborhoods Starbucks) and access the Internet in a pinch, rather than paying a cellular carrier for the frustration of a 3G card.
How is adding the task of reading and interpreting the word "please" going to make them less overworked?
Careful, if you hod the door, hold it for everyone. Otherwise, it could be contrived as sexual harassment.
"He held the door for Wanda, but not Milton... so he must be trying to get her in the stock room alone."
I would imagine being an ER doctor is a lot like being an Emergency Repair technician. The best at getting the job done quick and moving on to the next, but not the best to explain what happened. I bet the reason most ER doctors don't want to talk to you is because they want to finish the job and get to the next patient. (I'm always hearing about the ERs around here being packed solid from people waiting 8-10 hours to get in)
On the other hand, the nurses probably have a little more time to talk a bit and tell you what might help. If you want to talk to a doctor, schedule a regular visit with your family doctor. Chances are though, that they will tell you the same things a nurse will.
Most attacks. You'd be in big trouble if Chuck Norris decided he wanted to roundhouse kick your notebook.
/me Slaps Terrorists around with a Fish
See Flash....
See Flash Run....
Flash Runs fast!
They should have just stuck with the iPaq name ...I bet that would have really pissed Apple off, because they wouldn't be able to do jack about the use of it, considering iPaq ws already used for an earlier generation product well before the iPad was even dreamed up.
Being someone who sells software I write for a living, I have no problem paying for software, licenses, or whatever it takes to make my computer work how I want it to. I think the big thing I like about FOSS isn't the price tag, but more of the peace of mind I get from using something that promotes software that is Free as in Speech, that the community has a say in, and can be used without worrying about whether I'm breaking a license or not.
I wish Canonical would license more things like h264 and such, and have a version of Ubuntu that users can choose to buy that has this licensed software included in the repos on the CD/DVD, or maybe an Add-On CD that has licensed proprietary software on it. They are doing so much to promote, and giving so much back to the community that they deserve to have some way to make their distro stand out, and even dare I say turn a little profit...especially if the profit is just a result of a more noble act.
To everyone saying that licensing h264 is a bad thing, I think you are the ones who make certain commercial developers so they don't want to release on Linux. They no that there are so many people in the Linux world opposed to paying for their software.
Isn't FOSS about CHOICE? If you should choose to use only GPL software, that's fine, but don't spit on people who buy some software because it does what they want.
I hope they release a tablet and carry on with the iPaq name.
Imagine them doing that and Apple suing them only to find out that HP has every right to use the iPaq name....and iPad might be a trademark infringement since it's a similarly named product in the same product space as HP/Compaq's original iPaq palm-computing machines (not the desktop line they were named after).
Caldera Linux??? Caldera renamed themselves to SCO.
NEVER!
E-Megalomania.... people like to post to see themselves post.... it works on Slashdot too....look, I'm doing it now!
Seldom will you find a word in the English language more powerful than the word FREE. It brings them, it keeps them coming back, and sometimes you can use it to leverage PR, or sell companion products. The important thing is....it draws them into the web so they can get wrapped up.
If Adobe saw the potential in Linux, they could truly be scary.
Imagine an Ubuntu-based distro with Gnome + AWM + a nice window theme and an optimized version of Bridge as the file manager.
Sell this all pre-configured as a complete solution that can work on your current Mac or PC out of the box, no additional software needed....or hardware upgrades to buy.
Then imagine Adobe releasing this and realizing that they can also sell white-box hardware with well-supported Nvidia or ATI Video cards, Plenty of memory + HD and high quality input devices... and their Suite pre-installed, and a lot of designers would snap them right up just to not have to deal with all of the installing and configuring.
This all being in addition to their current offerings, but ultimately being less of a hassle for the designer who doesn't care about what it's running on as long as it gets the job done well.
But when has Apple ever taken an open-source project, cleaned it up with bugfixes and lots of other improvements, and put a proprietary wrapper around it for ease-of-use?
Samba? Webkit? CUPS?
I wish there was a version of Gimp that had the interface cleaned up. I've tried and tried and just can't seem to get the hang of it....which is a shame because I really want to use it.
I don't do print production, just web development so CMYK doesn't matter to me....but I want things like Vector masks and shapes. I want to be able to make that web graphic any size without artifacting or jagged edges.
Richard Stallman, AKA Rob Zombie.... Programmer, Bearded Weirdo, and Rock Star! Rock on Mr. Stallman
I bet once she sees some Slashdotters, any sexual arousal she might suffer from will quickly recede.