Glad to see the VA Software sheep are calling this offtopic. I really don't see what's offtopic. They screw the users and take away their IP. You want me to pay for your site....I want complete user moderation.
I agree. I thought the basic premise of having access to root was to not use access to root unless you really need to.
I also found his point about installing device drives to be pointless. Last time I used yast2 with SuSE, it kept asking for my password before I could even install applications. Why should OS X be any different.
Or borrowing the Perl TMTOWTDI, you could also use any number of Ad Filters out on the market. I personally like the Freedom Privacy client [freedom.net].
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And this isn't the first time something like this has been done. I remember when Windows 95 was being released. People would write virii to floppy disks and then go to stores just to crash the new operating system. I even think their was a rumor about IBM OS/2 programmers doing this as well.
Since it's an interstate business, it can't be forced to treat those nine states differently.
I never thought that Business Law class would become useful...
Each state is given the right to dictate commerce in their state from The Constitution. As interstate business took off, people saw the need for a uniformed method of trade, thus some of the lawmakers and lawyers met to propose the Uniform Commercial Code. This was a set of laws that controlled how to conduct business and defined a uniform set of rules regarding trade. Each state had to review the laws and then pass a copy of the UCC.
Today, they still need to lobby each state and ask the state to pass the law. The only reason the laws are uniform is because each state agrees to use the basic premise of these codes. The constitution still allows them to pass any commercial codes they want. If the nine states want to treat Microsoft differently, then they can. This is the same reason that the UCITA is only approved in two states. Everyone is allowed to make their own decision.
What Microsoft is really asking for is that the courts stomp over another little piece of The Constitution and ban the states from using their legal right to control commerce in their states.
Ever run Windows Update...there's always some little items listed under the "Critical Fix" section. I much as I dislike Windows, they did start the process of releasing often with a few big releases along the way at Windows 98.
Not only does VA Software stealing code from sourceforge.net projects, they also started talking smack about Apple. Must have recieved some nice VC from Microsoft.
I've started writing to artists and asking them directly for copies of their music. We generally work out a nice deal and then exchange money for music. No record company.
Artists get just as little each time their song is heard on the radio. There is a parent organization that collects royalties from all radio stations and pays out to the artists. It will add up to many many thousands of dollars. I mean, how many visitors did Napster have? Like 6 million or something??
Sounds like mob behavior. For a nice nominal fee of 91%, we'll collect the money for you and give you your fair share. That's a load of crap. What does the record label actully do? They hit people up for money and lobby the government for more control. Does it really benefit the artist? Most likly not. The artist needs to write the songs, perform tours, make appearances, have the skills to play the instrument. All Lou the record company manager needs to do is send his thugs after those that don't want to play by his rules.
You could always just farm the source code out to all the major universities and make it a project for the operating system classes. Volia...instant grunt labour that pays you to do the work!
We had the same problem in our local library, so the library decided that kids, especially teens, couldn't use the computers. So a bunch of us professional programmers and open source advocates got the library to open the computers up again as long as we supervised. What I found was that kids are just looking for two things - entertainment and knowledge. While we didn't let them play games, we taught them that this is a profession with a future and that not everyone uses their power for evil. A few of them got the local high school to start teaching computer science classes.
I really think the tech community needs to make the effort and reach out when necessary. Not only do we keep kids out of trouble, but we might even inspire the next Linus.
Anytime an idea needs to leave one person, travel arcoss the room in a dialect and enter a second person there is bound to be some problems. UML trys to avoid those problems by creating a simple language to use. Granted, it takes time to become proficent in all of UML. But UML was designed so it could be slowly adopted. Start off with class diagrams only. Then move into collabration diagrams and then to use cases, etc.
At my last job as a C++ system engineer, we were told that everything had to be done via use cases, class diagrams and collabration diagrams. It took months to push changes through the system, but the company was willing to take the expense to produce what they thought was better code.
My current job is basically me working on some stuff and building libraries along the way. I don't use UML any more but it's a real handy skill to have when I'm trying to explan things to people outside our company.
TechTV's Extended Play was reporting on an intresting game, Neverwinter Nights, that allows dungeon master's on the Net to setup and control a game, thus making it limitless. I imagine a game of this nature played in the first person. Brings new meaning to online communities.
That's what I plan on doing when OS X.1 is released. She needs to burn CDs for her clients so I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon until that feature (and some bugs) were cleared up.
This reminds me of a story that ran last year. One of the east coast states started using Linux and StarOffice to reduce the operating costs assoicated with software licenses.
Ever since I started using Linux in '96, people debated if Linux was too difficult to use. The hard answer...it depends what you started with. I started with DOS and then moved into Solaris. I like the command line and when my wife bought a Mac, it was too hard for me to use. She can't use my machine with FreeBSD because she started with Windows 95 and then moved into the Mac world. She hates command lines.
It's sad to see this come up constantly as an issue with Linux. It just starts flamewars.
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Glad to see the VA Software sheep are calling this offtopic. I really don't see what's offtopic. They screw the users and take away their IP. You want me to pay for your site....I want complete user moderation.
I agree. I thought the basic premise of having access to root was to not use access to root unless you really need to.
I also found his point about installing device drives to be pointless. Last time I used yast2 with SuSE, it kept asking for my password before I could even install applications. Why should OS X be any different.
Or borrowing the Perl TMTOWTDI, you could also use any number of Ad Filters out on the market. I personally like the Freedom Privacy client [freedom.net].
And this isn't the first time something like this has been done. I remember when Windows 95 was being released. People would write virii to floppy disks and then go to stores just to crash the new operating system. I even think their was a rumor about IBM OS/2 programmers doing this as well.
If offered, never take the display model.
Since it's an interstate business, it can't be forced to treat those nine states differently.
I never thought that Business Law class would become useful...
Each state is given the right to dictate commerce in their state from The Constitution. As interstate business took off, people saw the need for a uniformed method of trade, thus some of the lawmakers and lawyers met to propose the Uniform Commercial Code. This was a set of laws that controlled how to conduct business and defined a uniform set of rules regarding trade. Each state had to review the laws and then pass a copy of the UCC.
Today, they still need to lobby each state and ask the state to pass the law. The only reason the laws are uniform is because each state agrees to use the basic premise of these codes. The constitution still allows them to pass any commercial codes they want. If the nine states want to treat Microsoft differently, then they can. This is the same reason that the UCITA is only approved in two states. Everyone is allowed to make their own decision.
What Microsoft is really asking for is that the courts stomp over another little piece of The Constitution and ban the states from using their legal right to control commerce in their states.
He wants to sit down with everyone who develops Linux, FreeBSD and other open source PC products for some good faith talks? That's one big table.
Ever run Windows Update...there's always some little items listed under the "Critical Fix" section. I much as I dislike Windows, they did start the process of releasing often with a few big releases along the way at Windows 98.
Napster is dead. Put a fork in it, it's done.
But it's breaking the ice for the other sharing technologies. We still need to show our support without giving into their tracking and monitoring,
Not only does VA Software stealing code from sourceforge.net projects, they also started talking smack about Apple. Must have recieved some nice VC from Microsoft.
I've started writing to artists and asking them directly for copies of their music. We generally work out a nice deal and then exchange money for music. No record company.
Artists get just as little each time their song is heard on the radio. There is a parent organization that collects royalties from all radio stations and pays out to the artists. It will add up to many many thousands of dollars. I mean, how many visitors did Napster have? Like 6 million or something??
Sounds like mob behavior. For a nice nominal fee of 91%, we'll collect the money for you and give you your fair share. That's a load of crap. What does the record label actully do? They hit people up for money and lobby the government for more control. Does it really benefit the artist? Most likly not. The artist needs to write the songs, perform tours, make appearances, have the skills to play the instrument. All Lou the record company manager needs to do is send his thugs after those that don't want to play by his rules.
You could always just farm the source code out to all the major universities and make it a project for the operating system classes. Volia...instant grunt labour that pays you to do the work!
95 included a plugin fs...
but M$ forgot to release the API.
If they repair a chip and then try to sell it to you, do they have to tell you about the repair?
This is just my crazy idea...
We had the same problem in our local library, so the library decided that kids, especially teens, couldn't use the computers. So a bunch of us professional programmers and open source advocates got the library to open the computers up again as long as we supervised. What I found was that kids are just looking for two things - entertainment and knowledge. While we didn't let them play games, we taught them that this is a profession with a future and that not everyone uses their power for evil. A few of them got the local high school to start teaching computer science classes.
I really think the tech community needs to make the effort and reach out when necessary. Not only do we keep kids out of trouble, but we might even inspire the next Linus.
Yeah...just like the denied working on a Java killer. M$ executives are the only people who lie more than lawyers.
Anytime an idea needs to leave one person, travel arcoss the room in a dialect and enter a second person there is bound to be some problems. UML trys to avoid those problems by creating a simple language to use. Granted, it takes time to become proficent in all of UML. But UML was designed so it could be slowly adopted. Start off with class diagrams only. Then move into collabration diagrams and then to use cases, etc.
At my last job as a C++ system engineer, we were told that everything had to be done via use cases, class diagrams and collabration diagrams. It took months to push changes through the system, but the company was willing to take the expense to produce what they thought was better code.
My current job is basically me working on some stuff and building libraries along the way. I don't use UML any more but it's a real handy skill to have when I'm trying to explan things to people outside our company.
I wonder if Apple will start selling wall mounting kits. Then you would take up zero desk space.
TechTV's Extended Play was reporting on an intresting game, Neverwinter Nights, that allows dungeon master's on the Net to setup and control a game, thus making it limitless. I imagine a game of this nature played in the first person. Brings new meaning to online communities.
That's what I plan on doing when OS X.1 is released. She needs to burn CDs for her clients so I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon until that feature (and some bugs) were cleared up.
This reminds me of a story that ran last year. One of the east coast states started using Linux and StarOffice to reduce the operating costs assoicated with software licenses.
Ever since I started using Linux in '96, people debated if Linux was too difficult to use. The hard answer...it depends what you started with. I started with DOS and then moved into Solaris. I like the command line and when my wife bought a Mac, it was too hard for me to use. She can't use my machine with FreeBSD because she started with Windows 95 and then moved into the Mac world. She hates command lines.
It's sad to see this come up constantly as an issue with Linux. It just starts flamewars.
I don't know why they want to make a sequel to the movie. No one has ever made a sequel better that the orginial.
It got worse so when the justice department finally tells M$ to back off, then they can return to their normal monopoly level.
Where can I patent the use of 0 and 1 as a representation of logic?