Perhaps this is the break that this fast-paced region needs: some time to rest, breathe easy for a while. It isn't long before the pace picks up again and everything resumes to normal!
I don't think many people are using this time to breathe easy...
Wow. Calm down little man. He says he thinks it's a shame that in order to help humanity and save lives people also have to help someone make millions. He didn't say people shouldn't make millions. He didn't say people shouldn't help them. He said that it's a shame people have no choice. He said it's a shame that the cure for SARS has to be commercial.
Another point: just because what he says makes you mad, he does not automatically become an extreme leftist. Does anyone else find it interesting that conservatives are the majority but always whine about being outnumbered?
Yeah, and if you ever wanted to upgrade what's on your machines, it's a whole lot cheaper to call Microsoft and ask for the going rate on Windows XP-Longhorn-ExpensiveAssMonster than it is to type in apt-get update apt-get upgrade. Oh, wait. Yeah.
When I was in like fourth grade, I thought up an idea about wireless power. My friends and I schemed up a plan to use a wireless power distribution system to run automobiles. There would be a wireless power node at various points on the power lines in the city, and each one would direct power to cars nearby. The owner of the car would never have to gas the car up, and would just get a bill based on the amount of power his car drew. I even used the terms "microwave" and "electric car" even though this was like eight or nine years ago. I guess it just goes to show you, listen to your kids.
You'd also think that if OpenBSD teamed up with Gentoo we'd come up with a super-secure, super-fast OS, right? No, but the competition between them entices them both to improve and the choice is good for anyone in the market. Not all of these companies have the exact same goals, and the fact that they are competing against each other is what makes at least one of them likely to be successful. Note that NASA really hasn't done anything interesting since the Soviet competition dried up. Would our space program have been better if we'd teamed up with the USSR? No, and nor would theirs have been.
Obligatory use of the word obligatory in an obligatory obligatory. Of all the words to select to become ubiquitous, why obligatory? Obligatory obligatory obligatory. I guess it's because it can replace any word in a sentence and it makes sense (enough so that you can make fun of anyone who doesn't know what you're talking about).
It's almost refreshing to see someone complain that the most secure OS could be more secure. Oh, wait. Let the guy do his job -- maybe if he wasn't doing such a great job his grandstanding wouldn't be as acceptable.
Why don't they just let us pay for the amount of bandwidth we agreed to pay for and let us spread it around as many computers as we want. It's not like putting 2 computers on a 1.5 Mbit connection makes it 3Mbit of throughput. Why should I have to pay more to use the same bandwidth? I already had to buy another computer and the proper routing equipment.
Does anyone else think it's a little weird that the server version has a GUI option for this feature whereas the regular version has to use the command line?
Actually Apple is pretty good at adding features for these releases. Remember that 10.2 costed $129 and Jobs' mantra at the keynote was that there were 129 new features in it. Bug fixes mainly come in the smaller, downloadable releases. Possibly the main problem with it seeming like too much is that they are innovating much faster than their money-charging competition, so a new OS annually seems like more.
John -- I don't know if you are willing to disclose this information (and I don't want to try to pry secret data out of you), but how much is yours going to cost and how are you funding it? Just curious.
If there were only 5 computers in the entire world and they were so expensive that only the richest kings of Europe could afford to own one, that would really suck, right? Well, how great would it be if someone built a smaller computer that was cheap enough that a normal person could buy one? At first these alternative options might not be as good or particularly affordable, but surely that situation would improve. Perhaps eventually everyone would own one.
Analogy: who cares if this initial version isn't the Rolls Royce of spacecraft? As its price goes down and availability goes up, more and more people and companies will get involved in the space travel industry. The first try doesn't have to be the best thing ever; if that is the aim, you get the Shuttle.
The phenomenon of Napster was that it captivated the non technical crowd by giving them a way to find something they already wanted in a new format that was just as good as (or better than) the formats to which they had been accustomed. Napster was so popular because people wanted music. You can't make the vast populace want open source software just by creating a distribution system. Napster was the creation of a distribution system for a latent demand.
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Yeah, instead they should watch primtime US TV. That would give them a realistic picture...
Perhaps this is the break that this fast-paced region needs: some time to rest, breathe easy for a while. It isn't long before the pace picks up again and everything resumes to normal!
I don't think many people are using this time to breathe easy...
I'm sorry. That was bad.
Wow. Calm down little man. He says he thinks it's a shame that in order to help humanity and save lives people also have to help someone make millions. He didn't say people shouldn't make millions. He didn't say people shouldn't help them. He said that it's a shame people have no choice. He said it's a shame that the cure for SARS has to be commercial.
Another point: just because what he says makes you mad, he does not automatically become an extreme leftist. Does anyone else find it interesting that conservatives are the majority but always whine about being outnumbered?
A minor nitpick: the correct spelling is who (which is generally accepted as the norm in most english dictionaries).
I don't want to give away the ending, but...
The butler did it.
Yeah, and if you ever wanted to upgrade what's on your machines, it's a whole lot cheaper to call Microsoft and ask for the going rate on Windows XP-Longhorn-ExpensiveAssMonster than it is to type in apt-get update apt-get upgrade. Oh, wait. Yeah.
I wonder... if you emailed that to a congressman, would you be arrested as a terrorist?
When I was in like fourth grade, I thought up an idea about wireless power. My friends and I schemed up a plan to use a wireless power distribution system to run automobiles. There would be a wireless power node at various points on the power lines in the city, and each one would direct power to cars nearby. The owner of the car would never have to gas the car up, and would just get a bill based on the amount of power his car drew. I even used the terms "microwave" and "electric car" even though this was like eight or nine years ago. I guess it just goes to show you, listen to your kids.
You'd also think that if OpenBSD teamed up with Gentoo we'd come up with a super-secure, super-fast OS, right? No, but the competition between them entices them both to improve and the choice is good for anyone in the market. Not all of these companies have the exact same goals, and the fact that they are competing against each other is what makes at least one of them likely to be successful. Note that NASA really hasn't done anything interesting since the Soviet competition dried up. Would our space program have been better if we'd teamed up with the USSR? No, and nor would theirs have been.
Sure, you have to pay 4 times as much, but you get to live, man! How can you put a price on your own life?
Obligatory use of the word obligatory in an obligatory obligatory. Of all the words to select to become ubiquitous, why obligatory? Obligatory obligatory obligatory. I guess it's because it can replace any word in a sentence and it makes sense (enough so that you can make fun of anyone who doesn't know what you're talking about).
Lessig shouldn't be too worried. If he has to resign from his Stanford post, dozens of other employers would jump on him.
he's going to take two-thirds off the price Afghanistan would charge you if they had launch capability.
A sandwich?
It's almost refreshing to see someone complain that the most secure OS could be more secure. Oh, wait. Let the guy do his job -- maybe if he wasn't doing such a great job his grandstanding wouldn't be as acceptable.
...concept of free speech, which is "I can say anything I want, and and NOBODY should be allowed to respond to it."
Interestingly, that is also the Bush administration's concept of patriotism.
...Support OUR troops! Criticizing anything about the war is "wrong!"
Why don't they just let us pay for the amount of bandwidth we agreed to pay for and let us spread it around as many computers as we want. It's not like putting 2 computers on a 1.5 Mbit connection makes it 3Mbit of throughput. Why should I have to pay more to use the same bandwidth? I already had to buy another computer and the proper routing equipment.
Does anyone else think it's a little weird that the server version has a GUI option for this feature whereas the regular version has to use the command line?
Actually Apple is pretty good at adding features for these releases. Remember that 10.2 costed $129 and Jobs' mantra at the keynote was that there were 129 new features in it. Bug fixes mainly come in the smaller, downloadable releases. Possibly the main problem with it seeming like too much is that they are innovating much faster than their money-charging competition, so a new OS annually seems like more.
John -- I don't know if you are willing to disclose this information (and I don't want to try to pry secret data out of you), but how much is yours going to cost and how are you funding it? Just curious.
They aren't telling us about the second one hidden in Japan. They only want one blown up -- duh... ;)
If there were only 5 computers in the entire world and they were so expensive that only the richest kings of Europe could afford to own one, that would really suck, right? Well, how great would it be if someone built a smaller computer that was cheap enough that a normal person could buy one? At first these alternative options might not be as good or particularly affordable, but surely that situation would improve. Perhaps eventually everyone would own one.
Analogy: who cares if this initial version isn't the Rolls Royce of spacecraft? As its price goes down and availability goes up, more and more people and companies will get involved in the space travel industry. The first try doesn't have to be the best thing ever; if that is the aim, you get the Shuttle.
I'll bet most engineers at NASA would rather work for Rutan.
Ummm, wouldn't incompatibility cause most people to just ignore the new version?
But everyone would say yes to your question. Who wouldn't prefer a larger desktop if given the option?
The phenomenon of Napster was that it captivated the non technical crowd by giving them a way to find something they already wanted in a new format that was just as good as (or better than) the formats to which they had been accustomed. Napster was so popular because people wanted music. You can't make the vast populace want open source software just by creating a distribution system. Napster was the creation of a distribution system for a latent demand.