...hundred million botnets, washed up on the shore Seems I'm not alone in being alone Hundred million castaways, looking for a home
Ill send an SOS to the world Ill send an SOS to the world I hope someone don't get my I hope someone don't get my I hope someone don't get my PC in a botnet, yeah PC in a botnet, yeah PC in a botnet, yeah PC in a botnet, yeah
I'm pleased with my current laptop, but not so much so that I'll buy another to replace it. Why?
Wireless issues (as mentioned in TFS). Ubuntu is doing better, but still has a ways to go.
Battery issues. If I unplug my battery, I have to run, not walk, to the next outlet. And this is my second battery.
Trackpad. The best trackpad ever pales in comparison to a decent mouse.
I don't actually use it if I don't have to. How many times do I have time to work, an outlet, and no access to a desktop? I'll tell you: once a week. At the laundromat.
My current desktop and laptop will probably last me several more years. When they finally kick off, I'll be buying a gigantic flat-screen TV (read: monitor), a home server, and a wireless keyboard and mouse.
In the meantime, my Nokia N800 makes for an adequate dumb terminal.
...every time I deconstruct a revolution, the same thing happens. I put it all back together, and there's one piece left over, and I can't figure out where it goes.
Thanks for pointing this out, and for bringing up the verb "to be." This is, by default, the oldest verb in any language (except perhaps Russian, which they tell me doesn't have it), and therefore the most irregular.
Based on this, I have formulated the theory that "to be" is irregular in every language (that has it). In good scientific methodology, I am seeking out evidence to the contrary. Can anyone provide any?
As you seem to have almost exactly opposite likes to mine and you ave actually tested the alternatives, it seems worth asking why you prefer Gnome? To me, Gnome feels like my living room, and KDE feels like a sterile businessplace. Yes, I can probably do my work a bit more efficiently in an office, but I look forward to quitting time. Gnome isn't as configurable, but it doesn't need to be, because it's really pretty good as it is. It makes me feel at home.
I haven't missed that (JanneM, take note). I've done it... I just wasn't that impressed with KOffice as it is currently. It isn't bad, it just isn't better than OOo, and it doesn't yet support ODF. That's why I have high hopes for 2.0, because I'd love to have a cross-platform suite that supports ODF.
Heck, I hardly use an office suite at all. I spend most of my time in Firefox, Scribus, and Inkscape. My officemates, on the other hand, use Word and/or Excel all day, every day. It's really them I need to convince. I'm happy with Google Docs.
I'm a Gnome user (after road-testing KDE for a good six months), but I've been infected with the hype about KDE 4, and in particular, Koffice. If it's really as good as they say, there's a good chance I'll switch over. My job uses Macs, and I've found NeoOffice too unstable to use (four crashes in two hours). Supposedly, there will be a Mac OS X-native version of Koffice, which would fit the bill to replace friggin' MS Office.
My fallback -- and I'd just like to take this opportunity to veer off-topic, here -- is to put Ubuntu on a used CPU and run LTSP, with the Macs as thick clients. One way or another, I can't stand to see my office sink any more money into proprietary software.
Having just perused the comments on the poll, I would like to propose a deliberately-designed Slashdot meme to honor IT workers or aficionados whose work puts them in direct, physical danger. It probably wouldn't save any lives, but it might be a way to express solidarity with those whose work makes a real difference. Even symbolic gestures take on importance if despots and dictators know that the whole world really is watching.
I don't have any ideas beyond this in mind, but if ever there was a cauldron of collaborative creativity, it's the comments on Slashdot.
You know, that is some heap of non-logic you are throwing out there buddy. You would seriously believe that a person's body of thought is somehow isolated from a major portion of his work. That's absurd.
I asked for a specific admission. You have not cited one. If you want to say there are overtones, leanings, implications, that's fine. "Admitedly," as used, is a pejorative, and as such, is open to challenge.
But note that he does not believe, per se, in copyright law.
On the contrary, the GPL is specifically and explicitly couched in the contemporary understanding of copyright. It expressly allows for a carefully-defined set of exemptions thereto. Or have you not noticed that Slashdotters are salivating for someone to challenge the GPL in court?
Stallman notes the stock socialist criticism of the soviet union
See aforementioned mention of red herrings. This one goes by the name of "guilt by association." Perhaps there are others who would be interested in pursuing you down this rabbit hole.
I've called the GPL for what it is, an attempt to put a socialist system into software.
If by "socialist," you mean prioritizing consumer needs over provider needs, you could make a case for this, but you haven't convinced me of this. Given your follow-up, I perceive that you have neglected to reflect on the way market forces have responded positively to GPL'd software. You do allow that software could be an isolated exception, but this contradicts your citing the Soviet Union, etc. In other words, you're muddling state socialism with RMS's philosophy, which I would describe as libertarian socialism, or market socialism. In still other words, the standard vision of socialism as a governmental project should not, and cannot, be conflated free software, which has made inroads into the market without, or even in spite of, the government.
You say "Does an admittedly left leaning GPL..." I want to know who "admit[ted]" that the GPL is "left leaning," and when. Don't cite me RMS's opinions on other matters, or the lifestyle of FLOSS users, or any other ad hominem red herrings. Tell me, specifically, whose admission you are referring to.
Otherwise, I will file you (and any further arguments you may wish to make) next to people who misuse the word "literally," cannot distinguish between "to" and "too," and believe that quotation marks are used to add emphasis.
The rest of you: forgive my grammar Nazi-esque rant, but I'm doing my best to forestall the day on which, as Hobbes the tiger said, language becomes a complete impediment to understanding.
In the big picture, you are right. I run only Linux at home, and am pushing for it at work. But, most people in the general population think that Computer=Windows. The key, I believe, is not convincing them of the benefits of an open OS. That confuses them, which means it scares them. Rather, the way to go is open document formats. That "clicks" with people -- "Oh, yeah, this new Word format doesn't work on my home computer!" Then, when they feel at home with that, you can say to them, "So, how's Vista working out on your home computer? Not so good? Well, Linux works a lot like the open document formats..."
Slashdot Mirror
and welcome our Siberian overlords.
In Soviet Russia, Siberian overlords welcome you!
...hundred million botnets, washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone in being alone
Hundred million castaways, looking for a home
Ill send an SOS to the world
Ill send an SOS to the world
I hope someone don't get my
I hope someone don't get my
I hope someone don't get my
PC in a botnet, yeah
PC in a botnet, yeah
PC in a botnet, yeah
PC in a botnet, yeah
I'll believe you when I see him post here and not get modded to +5... and then cheerfully keep posting.
It could happen. I've seen it happen to Bruce Perens, The Linus, and one or two others. It may have even happened to RMS.
Or, as I should have said...
This gives a whole new meaning to office sweet!
Sweet!
My current desktop and laptop will probably last me several more years. When they finally kick off, I'll be buying a gigantic flat-screen TV (read: monitor), a home server, and a wireless keyboard and mouse.
In the meantime, my Nokia N800 makes for an adequate dumb terminal.
My turnaround time? Half a second. Watch, I'll do it again.
...every time I deconstruct a revolution, the same thing happens. I put it all back together, and there's one piece left over, and I can't figure out where it goes.
I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to argue any more.
An argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.
They make less mistakes.
Fewer. They make fewer mistakes.
What is a beta of a beta?
A meta-beta?
TFA says there were six of them. I suppose that makes them six-pack hunters.
I can identify with that.
Thanks for pointing this out, and for bringing up the verb "to be." This is, by default, the oldest verb in any language (except perhaps Russian, which they tell me doesn't have it), and therefore the most irregular.
Based on this, I have formulated the theory that "to be" is irregular in every language (that has it). In good scientific methodology, I am seeking out evidence to the contrary. Can anyone provide any?
Still, I'll give KDE 4 a try.
I haven't missed that (JanneM, take note). I've done it... I just wasn't that impressed with KOffice as it is currently. It isn't bad, it just isn't better than OOo, and it doesn't yet support ODF. That's why I have high hopes for 2.0, because I'd love to have a cross-platform suite that supports ODF.
Heck, I hardly use an office suite at all. I spend most of my time in Firefox, Scribus, and Inkscape. My officemates, on the other hand, use Word and/or Excel all day, every day. It's really them I need to convince. I'm happy with Google Docs.
I'm a Gnome user (after road-testing KDE for a good six months), but I've been infected with the hype about KDE 4, and in particular, Koffice. If it's really as good as they say, there's a good chance I'll switch over. My job uses Macs, and I've found NeoOffice too unstable to use (four crashes in two hours). Supposedly, there will be a Mac OS X-native version of Koffice, which would fit the bill to replace friggin' MS Office.
My fallback -- and I'd just like to take this opportunity to veer off-topic, here -- is to put Ubuntu on a used CPU and run LTSP, with the Macs as thick clients. One way or another, I can't stand to see my office sink any more money into proprietary software.
I used to get them regularly every six weeks, but then one day, they stopped. That was more than two years ago.
I mean, I'd rather comment than mod anyway, but modding would give me something to do after I fire up the crack pipe.
Oh, sure, Linux can handle a USB port. But can it handle a USB starboard?
If it requires a driver and a Linux driver is available
Didn't you RTFS? It has to be autonomous. That means no driver.
Having just perused the comments on the poll, I would like to propose a deliberately-designed Slashdot meme to honor IT workers or aficionados whose work puts them in direct, physical danger. It probably wouldn't save any lives, but it might be a way to express solidarity with those whose work makes a real difference. Even symbolic gestures take on importance if despots and dictators know that the whole world really is watching.
I don't have any ideas beyond this in mind, but if ever there was a cauldron of collaborative creativity, it's the comments on Slashdot.
Bob: 30 km? When did we start using the metric system?
You know, that is some heap of non-logic you are throwing out there buddy. You would seriously believe that a person's body of thought is somehow isolated from a major portion of his work. That's absurd.
I asked for a specific admission. You have not cited one. If you want to say there are overtones, leanings, implications, that's fine. "Admitedly," as used, is a pejorative, and as such, is open to challenge.
But note that he does not believe, per se, in copyright law.
On the contrary, the GPL is specifically and explicitly couched in the contemporary understanding of copyright. It expressly allows for a carefully-defined set of exemptions thereto. Or have you not noticed that Slashdotters are salivating for someone to challenge the GPL in court?
Stallman notes the stock socialist criticism of the soviet union
See aforementioned mention of red herrings. This one goes by the name of "guilt by association." Perhaps there are others who would be interested in pursuing you down this rabbit hole.
I've called the GPL for what it is, an attempt to put a socialist system into software.
If by "socialist," you mean prioritizing consumer needs over provider needs, you could make a case for this, but you haven't convinced me of this. Given your follow-up, I perceive that you have neglected to reflect on the way market forces have responded positively to GPL'd software. You do allow that software could be an isolated exception, but this contradicts your citing the Soviet Union, etc. In other words, you're muddling state socialism with RMS's philosophy, which I would describe as libertarian socialism, or market socialism. In still other words, the standard vision of socialism as a governmental project should not, and cannot, be conflated free software, which has made inroads into the market without, or even in spite of, the government.
I'm calling you out.
You say "Does an admittedly left leaning GPL..." I want to know who "admit[ted]" that the GPL is "left leaning," and when. Don't cite me RMS's opinions on other matters, or the lifestyle of FLOSS users, or any other ad hominem red herrings. Tell me, specifically, whose admission you are referring to.
Otherwise, I will file you (and any further arguments you may wish to make) next to people who misuse the word "literally," cannot distinguish between "to" and "too," and believe that quotation marks are used to add emphasis.
The rest of you: forgive my grammar Nazi-esque rant, but I'm doing my best to forestall the day on which, as Hobbes the tiger said, language becomes a complete impediment to understanding.
And they can't afford professional translators?
IAAPT, and they couldn't afford me.
At least I assume that's why they haven't contacted me.
In the big picture, you are right. I run only Linux at home, and am pushing for it at work. But, most people in the general population think that Computer=Windows. The key, I believe, is not convincing them of the benefits of an open OS. That confuses them, which means it scares them. Rather, the way to go is open document formats. That "clicks" with people -- "Oh, yeah, this new Word format doesn't work on my home computer!" Then, when they feel at home with that, you can say to them, "So, how's Vista working out on your home computer? Not so good? Well, Linux works a lot like the open document formats..."