I mean, come on. Not only do people have to worry about what patents their newest idea is stepping on, but now when companies are bought, they may have large ramnifications which ripple around?
I'm pretty tired of this rubbish. They should just throw away software patents - then we could still have good companies which actually develop stuff instead of simply being bought for their patents. Alas poor Sun.
Being able to sell expensive and dangerous stuff for billions of profits - without government caring about whether they'll kill you or embarass you - is one of the results of a 'free market'.
Nobody seems to have realised that if I'm in a crowded airport with a few million people, I can just explode a bomb before the security checkpoint. Or I could blow up a subway. This paranoid security is going around it in the wrong way.
This is kinda reminding me of the whole DRM arguments - You piss off normal people who had no intention of doing anything illegal, yet people who really want to get around it can.
Tim has been trying to get the "Semantic Web" project started up for ages. Social Networking sites already collect tons of excellent, linked, semantic information which could be very useful for those efforts.
I think that's the point he was trying to get across.
The fact that they were taken was because of the fact that they worked in Nuclear Energy - which probably meant it was irradiated or something - which means that you probably shouldn't give it to anyone else - especially if they died.
That said, if the people died of old age, then you're not going to give the organs, because they'll be too old anyway.
Testing wasn't done very fairly in my opinion. On my netbook, Ubuntu works faster, probably because Windows is bogged down by a bunch of programs which open at startup.
For a start, its not always the underlying operating system which makes the difference.
They compared -
1. Bootup (which is mostly fair) 2. Opening using OpenOffice. I'm pretty sure that the Windows version of this program is not the exact same one as the Ubuntu version. So you're comparing two different programs on two different operating systems. 3. Web performance - again, he used Google Chrome for one, and Chromium for the other. See above - the windows version is not the exact same one as the linux version. 4. Flash performance - this part was very funny. Anyone who's used flash on linux knows how crap it is. When adobe start supporting it properly...
So the testing wasn't very fair. It does not answer "but the key question is how each one performs on low-powered netbook hardware". If they wanted to answer that, they could have written a pair of programs in C to benchmark it - exact same code, exact same program.
"If the subject were copyright infringement of music, we'd all be in support (or at least sympathize with) the infringing party"
There are many differences - if we wanted to make them equal then :
"Magazine X [which is avaliable for free and makes no profits whatsoever] printed a [recipe written by a [multi-millionaire recipe-creator, who sued college students for thousands of dollars], with all the information required to purchase more of this person's work]"
Which is totally different. Brackets up there intend to show 'pieces' - not used as per English Grammar use.
I agree with this. Allright, I'm sure relatives will be angry for some reason...
But the dead person didn't mind, he's not going to need his body anymore - and its not like anyone is going to use it.
"How dare you take the organs out, they deserve to rot in the dirt" or "How dare you take the organs out, we need them to burn them alight and scatter their ashes".
Still pointless - at least SOME good came from them.
It would be nice to set up a card that can only be read on *MY* machine, so if someone snags it, they can't read the contents.</p><p> </p></quote>
You could always try encryption - there are many programs which will encrypt any read/writes made to a particular drive
Why all the fuss about getting the government involved and giving them handouts?
If you don't switch to ipv6 soon, then your clients will either be disconnected from the internet, or unable to connect to ipv6 compliant websites. Do we NEED any more reason? You're going to piss off customers = loss of profits. Make the damn switch already.
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And if you pay a little extra you can get a different - more attractive desktop environment, and the ability to change your background.
(For those not in the know - its a reference to the Windows 7 Starter edition)
...Is tired of this whole software patent mess?
I mean, come on. Not only do people have to worry about what patents their newest idea is stepping on, but now when companies are bought, they may have large ramnifications which ripple around?
I'm pretty tired of this rubbish. They should just throw away software patents - then we could still have good companies which actually develop stuff instead of simply being bought for their patents. Alas poor Sun.
"Why do stupid people always get to make stupid choices that affects billions of travelers every year?"
Its called lobbying. And bribery. And 'favors for friends'. And money.
Money has an interesting habit of making stupid suggestions sound like a good idea. I wonder why.
Being able to sell expensive and dangerous stuff for billions of profits - without government caring about whether they'll kill you or embarass you - is one of the results of a 'free market'.
Nobody seems to have realised that if I'm in a crowded airport with a few million people, I can just explode a bomb before the security checkpoint. Or I could blow up a subway. This paranoid security is going around it in the wrong way.
This is kinda reminding me of the whole DRM arguments - You piss off normal people who had no intention of doing anything illegal, yet people who really want to get around it can.
Tim has been trying to get the "Semantic Web" project started up for ages. Social Networking sites already collect tons of excellent, linked, semantic information which could be very useful for those efforts.
I think that's the point he was trying to get across.
Uh no. Apple products just make you cool and artistic.
Its Linux which makes you smarter.
"The prosecutor kindly asks for the Defendant to present the weapon used"
It could happen actually,
If you sleep with a person who didn't tell you s/he had HIV (while they knew) - then you could pretty much say that.
This of course has naught to do with the current case - which appears to be about him failing to "Phone her in the Morning"
I find the US government to be a bit weird.
It tries to impose regulations in places where they probably shouldn't, and leave it as a free-for-all on places where it should.
And before someone mentions "Socialism", you should probably google what that word means.
They should run Mac software on PLCs. Macs don't get viruses!
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When I saw this article I thought "Oh look, I must have gotten the main page cached or something"
Seriously, why hasn't this whole fiasco/media circus died already?
Zipf's law strikes again!
Its written in C++ and Java. However, by extension, the Java VM would probably be optimised for windows users.
Lets put it this way:
The fact that they were taken was because of the fact that they worked in Nuclear Energy - which probably meant it was irradiated or something - which means that you probably shouldn't give it to anyone else - especially if they died.
That said, if the people died of old age, then you're not going to give the organs, because they'll be too old anyway.
Dell used to offer them, but they stopped.
I saw some for sale in Europe, but its usually a brand-made operating system based on Linux .
You could always install your own if you really want it.
Testing wasn't done very fairly in my opinion. On my netbook, Ubuntu works faster, probably because Windows is bogged down by a bunch of programs which open at startup.
For a start, its not always the underlying operating system which makes the difference.
They compared -
1. Bootup (which is mostly fair)
2. Opening using OpenOffice. I'm pretty sure that the Windows version of this program is not the exact same one as the Ubuntu version. So you're comparing two different programs on two different operating systems.
3. Web performance - again, he used Google Chrome for one, and Chromium for the other. See above - the windows version is not the exact same one as the linux version.
4. Flash performance - this part was very funny. Anyone who's used flash on linux knows how crap it is. When adobe start supporting it properly...
So the testing wasn't very fair. It does not answer "but the key question is how each one performs on low-powered netbook hardware". If they wanted to answer that, they could have written a pair of programs in C to benchmark it - exact same code, exact same program.
"If the subject were copyright infringement of music, we'd all be in support (or at least sympathize with) the infringing party"
There are many differences - if we wanted to make them equal then :
"Magazine X [which is avaliable for free and makes no profits whatsoever] printed a [recipe written by a [multi-millionaire recipe-creator, who sued college students for thousands of dollars], with all the information required to purchase more of this person's work]"
Which is totally different. Brackets up there intend to show 'pieces' - not used as per English Grammar use.
"This would give people who ARE willing to be donor a better chance of receiving in case of need"
Then you'd end up with people having livers with "Only two careful owners".
Joking aside, I fully agree with everything you said. If you're offering a chance at life to someone, then you should be given the same in return.
I agree with this. Allright, I'm sure relatives will be angry for some reason...
But the dead person didn't mind, he's not going to need his body anymore - and its not like anyone is going to use it.
"How dare you take the organs out, they deserve to rot in the dirt"
or
"How dare you take the organs out, we need them to burn them alight and scatter their ashes".
Still pointless - at least SOME good came from them.
I'm pretty sure no other Nuclear worker held open the eyes of the other Nuclear workers while yelling into the sky...
It would be nice to set up a card that can only be read on *MY* machine, so if someone snags it, they can't read the contents.</p><p>
</p></quote>
You could always try encryption - there are many programs which will encrypt any read/writes made to a particular drive
Why all the fuss about getting the government involved and giving them handouts?
If you don't switch to ipv6 soon, then your clients will either be disconnected from the internet, or unable to connect to ipv6 compliant websites. Do we NEED any more reason? You're going to piss off customers = loss of profits. Make the damn switch already.
[Insert Ur-anus size joke here]
"Raytheon is seeking to develop the suits to help the US military carry supplies"
Cue: Power Armour in 3...2...1.
You can just remove the 'news.' part of the URL once you get the 404, and it'll work.