The business world? We are not trying to impress the business world or make ourselves look more credible in their eyes. Even if that was the goal, we reached it long ago - businesses are tripping over each other to become 'Open source' friendly. Each other then? I would guess most/. people are not english or business majors, and don't put much stock in grammar as a way to judge another person, even if they do notice it (I do) and can write well themselves (I like to think that I can). One thing I haven't seen very often on/. compared to other forums is flawed logic as a result of a grammar error. Nerds tend to be careful about getting the intended meaning across. Notice the ranting recently about what double negatives mean (on the SMP thread) - they were debating whether negatives applied to a word are added to make a stronger negative or multiplied to cancel each other out. And programming syntax often finds it's way into subject headings. Meaning - the important part of any communication - is given top priority, and I like it that way.
Just another difference between hackers and suits.
Couldn't resist that title. Seriously, though, any patent that seems even halfway obvious shouldn't go through, and if it does, is should last only for a coulple years. It is SO frustrating to have to abandon work on something because the idea is patented, especially when it is not exactly a unique, brilliant flash of genius to begin with.
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I don't think I need to explain my reasoning here. The two are about as extreme as they can get in this respect.
It sure looks to me like he is saying, "NT is better than Linux because it has more market share." To put it another way, Microsoft is the smarter choice because it is a monopoly. No operating system could possibly be a better choice because Microsoft is a monopoly. Are they just giving up on the case and chasing Linux now, or what?
There's a whole system that goes with it. A system with points and weightings for different offences and such. You can figure out whether you're going to heaven with a few calculations. It's really quite silly.
As it stands right now, the rooms in the house we must use are the kitchen, the bathroom, and whatever room has the computer in it. We passed the point of being able to stay inside permanently long ago. With this new innovation we need only visit the kitchen and the bathroom. Let's hope it stays that way, because the next one to go would be the kitchen. Ugh.
from the same premise of the village. While you did know everyone in a village, he contended that to have a private conversation with someone you needed only to step out behind the barn and talk.
So back then, there was more privacy, if you wanted it, and less if you didn't care. I personally don't give a crap who knows what salad dressing i bought, or, for that matter, the amount of all my monthly bills. This was all stuff that people in the friendly village could find out if they wanted to. But, like in the old days, its nice to know you can have a private conversation if you want. Otherwise its 1984.
BTW, good choice of article Hemos. Inspires lots of good debate.
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Only one step left, fellows.
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The business world? We are not trying to impress the business world or make ourselves look more credible in their eyes. Even if that was the goal, we reached it long ago - businesses are tripping over each other to become 'Open source' friendly. /. people are not english or business majors, and don't put much stock in grammar as a way to judge another person, even if they do notice it (I do) and can write well themselves (I like to think that I can). /. compared to other forums is flawed logic as a result of a grammar error. Nerds tend to be careful about getting the intended meaning across. Notice the ranting recently about what double negatives mean (on the SMP thread) - they were debating whether negatives applied to a word are added to make a stronger negative or multiplied to cancel each other out. And programming syntax often finds it's way into subject headings. Meaning - the important part of any communication - is given top priority, and I like it that way.
Each other then? I would guess most
One thing I haven't seen very often on
Just another difference between hackers and suits.
Couldn't resist that title. Seriously, though, any patent that seems even halfway obvious shouldn't go through, and if it does, is should last only for a coulple years. It is SO frustrating to have to abandon work on something because the idea is patented, especially when it is not exactly a unique, brilliant flash of genius to begin with.
I don't think I need to explain my reasoning here. The two are about as extreme as they can get in this respect.
>You remind me of all those ms haters at work who use amipro...
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>I work for microsoft and Bill is expected
Don't make me puke
It sure looks to me like he is saying, "NT is better than Linux because it has more market share."
To put it another way, Microsoft is the smarter choice because it is a monopoly. No operating system could possibly be a better choice because Microsoft is a monopoly.
Are they just giving up on the case and chasing Linux now, or what?
He was a marching band director. The pronounciation, I think, is almost exactly the same, not a rhyme.
There's a whole system that goes with it. A system with points and weightings for different offences and such. You can figure out whether you're going to heaven with a few calculations. It's really quite silly.
Since when was it "Europeam" OSS vs. "American" OSS? Don't most of these projects tend to cross national borders?
As it stands right now, the rooms in the house we must use are the kitchen, the bathroom, and whatever room has the computer in it. We passed the point of being able to stay inside permanently long ago. With this new innovation we need only visit the kitchen and the bathroom. Let's hope it stays that way, because the next one to go would be the kitchen. Ugh.
For those of you familiar with the SAT notation for analogies. Big, bloated, inefficient, and loaded down with dubious 'features'.
from the same premise of the village. While you did know everyone in a village, he contended that to have a private conversation with someone you needed only to step out behind the barn and talk.
So back then, there was more privacy, if you wanted it, and less if you didn't care. I personally don't give a crap who knows what salad dressing i bought, or, for that matter, the amount of all my monthly bills. This was all stuff that people in the friendly village could find out if they wanted to. But, like in the old days, its nice to know you can have a private conversation if you want. Otherwise its 1984.
BTW, good choice of article Hemos. Inspires lots of good debate.
then they fight you, then you win.
-Ghandi
Only one step left, fellows.
what were they thinking
Are we trying to push the micro server to it's limit?