Um. No one debates that construction crews are skilled labor.
But there's a reason they're called "construction contractors". They know what the terms of their contract are. It is possible for them to plan on other jobs to minimize downtime.
That's good evidence that your managers are worthless. So perhaps you'll consider a revision:
If the interviewers seem like worthless fools obsessed with appearances and not concerned with getting their job done properly, lie. (Or walk out the door, if you'd like to avoid a similar mark on your resume after they fuck you over.)
If the interviewers seem like they genuinely care about getting the best applicant for the job, just tell them the truth.
their overload problems are almost completely fixed
Sure they are. How many times have the Freenet kids said that before? "It's only using 40% of my CPU now!"
I won't be running Freenet until I hear from somebody uninvolved with the project that it's miraculously become effective and easy to use. I've burned too many hours trying to get it to work.
I agree. My "whining" comment only relates to the talk described by great-grandparent poster. Forking is not a reason to avoid releasing your source via GPL or any of the corporate-sponsored OSS licenses.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that I agree with ESR's statements on the subject. I don't necessarily think Sun should GPL java. Just that forking shouldn't be their reason.
But if it were GPLed, Sun could reincorporate those changes or include an "MS Java" compatibility layer at little programming cost.
So he's right, an Open Source (note caps) license might fork Java. However, if it were released as Free Software (note caps), it would not be forked in a meaningful way.
Look at Linux, and look at BSD. I'm not saying one is better than the other. I'm just saying that one license style lends itself to forking and the other does not. If Sun prefers no forking they can use the GPL and quit whining.
Since the Bush Administration and the Republican dominated Congress has managed to outspend every liberal administration/Congress since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Interesting point. When you say "every liberal administration/Congress" do you mean every time we liberals have held both branches of the federal government, or do you mean every time we liberals have held either of the branches of the federal government?
The first scenario has only happened very rarely and would not surprise me at all. It also isn't saying anything particularly interesting.
The second scenario would be interesting, and if that's what you're saying, I'm interested to know where you got that factoid.
At least we were, until last night, when I took a plane flight from SF to DC. The character sitting next to me on the plane was dressed real sharp, had his hair perfectly done up, and had the expensivest Dell laptop they made. It seemed as if he just had to have the best of everything.
When it started up, I noticed the WinXP Pro boot screen had to anti-alias like crazy, but it still looked pretty good.
Then he got to his desktop, and started up Outlook, and it was all I could do to avoid stabbing myself in the eyes. He'd set his beautiful 1600x1200 LCD to display 1024x768. Everything was a blur. If he seemed like a nicer person, I might have imposed to point out how he could configure the fonts to display larger and set the resolution higher. But he was a jackass. So I'll let him suffer. I was mildly tempted to tell him that he wasted $1000 on that laptop screen, since a cheaper screen would look better at that resolution.
But he could have beat me up. Anyway, maybe Dell really can't market laptops with those resolutions. Maybe 0.5% of their laptop purchasers wanted to buy ultra high resolution displays, and 5% of their laptop purchasers want to buy the best of everything, and see that the "WUXGA+" screens cost mad bank, so they have to have it.
Maybe. Iduno.
Tivo hacking safety!
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Tivos are probably the most dangerous of consumer appliances to service. Very high voltages (up to 5000 V) at potentially very high currents (AMPs) are present when operating - deadly combination. These dangers do not go away even when unplugged as there is an energy storage device - a high voltage capacitor - that can retain a dangerous charge for a long time. If you have the slightest doubts about your knowledge and abilities to deal with these hazards, replace the Tivo or have it professionally repaired.
Careless troubleshooting of a Tivo can not only can fry you from high voltages at relatively high currents but can irradiate you as well. When you remove the metal cover of the Tivo oven you expose yourself to dangerous - potentially lethal - electrical connections. You may also be exposed to potentially harmful levels of television emissions if you run the Tivo with the cover off and there is damage or misalignment to the waveguide to the Tivo chamber.
My girlfriend was impressed with Mac OS X until she renamed/home/atr/ (her initials) to/home/alli/ (her name).
Mac OS X didn't like that so much. She stuck with Mac OS X. Maybe every OS needs to telepathically interpret your desires, or maybe your coworker is the problem. Sure, maybe Mandrake should have prevented him from easily changing those names if it was going to be destructive.
I guess the confusion expressed by the idiots here on/. is a good example of the reason these screens aren't marketted.
Whenever coworkers look at my screen, their initial reaction is always "everything's so small! Why don't you make your screen bigger?"
If display makers are going to have trouble explaining that it's the things on the screen that are smaller, not the screen... I can't imagine how they'd try to sell a 15" 1920x1200 display to those jackasses.
Seriously. Apparently the jackasses pack pretty densely here on slash.
Re:I'm still not seeing the point.
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Who's to say I can trust the DRM program?
That's up to you and your DRM hardware. You can be guaranteed that only your chipset manufacturer could have built in backdoors. No, DRM doesn't have to be proprietary. It has to have open standards, at least, since Intel is going to want you to be able to run Lunix on it.
But what's to stop a coworker who has a copy of that file from using a different program to read the file, then copying the data as normal?
Strong encryption is what's to stop them. But that's the wrong question. They can still take a photograph of their monitor, or retype the data. All Windows RMS gets you is reduction of accidental data leaks. You can forward something to your coworkers, and even if they neglect to notice that you've marked something confidential, they will have to go out of their way to forward it. It's just about making the secure way also the convenient way.
And it's not that special. But it's a morally acceptable use of DRM. Agreed?
See subject.
I'm awfully curious to find out what kind of a handheld Apple will build. This way, Palm can be sure we find out. And they better hope Apple doesn't make a windows version... not 'cause they'll get beaten necessarily, but because they don't need any added competition.
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Um. No one debates that construction crews are skilled labor.
But there's a reason they're called "construction contractors". They know what the terms of their contract are. It is possible for them to plan on other jobs to minimize downtime.
That's good evidence that your managers are worthless. So perhaps you'll consider a revision:
If the interviewers seem like worthless fools obsessed with appearances and not concerned with getting their job done properly, lie. (Or walk out the door, if you'd like to avoid a similar mark on your resume after they fuck you over.)
If the interviewers seem like they genuinely care about getting the best applicant for the job, just tell them the truth.
their overload problems are almost completely fixed
Sure they are. How many times have the Freenet kids said that before? "It's only using 40% of my CPU now!"
I won't be running Freenet until I hear from somebody uninvolved with the project that it's miraculously become effective and easy to use. I've burned too many hours trying to get it to work.
Um... Good point.
I agree. My "whining" comment only relates to the talk described by great-grandparent poster. Forking is not a reason to avoid releasing your source via GPL or any of the corporate-sponsored OSS licenses.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that I agree with ESR's statements on the subject. I don't necessarily think Sun should GPL java. Just that forking shouldn't be their reason.
But if it were GPLed, Sun could reincorporate those changes or include an "MS Java" compatibility layer at little programming cost.
So he's right, an Open Source (note caps) license might fork Java. However, if it were released as Free Software (note caps), it would not be forked in a meaningful way.
Look at Linux, and look at BSD. I'm not saying one is better than the other. I'm just saying that one license style lends itself to forking and the other does not. If Sun prefers no forking they can use the GPL and quit whining.
Since the Bush Administration and the Republican dominated Congress has managed to outspend every liberal administration/Congress since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Interesting point. When you say "every liberal administration/Congress" do you mean every time we liberals have held both branches of the federal government, or do you mean every time we liberals have held either of the branches of the federal government?
The first scenario has only happened very rarely and would not surprise me at all. It also isn't saying anything particularly interesting.
The second scenario would be interesting, and if that's what you're saying, I'm interested to know where you got that factoid.
It *is* legal. Were you paying attention when they passed CAN-SPAM? Read what the anti-spammers have to say about it.
China is a totalitarian government. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise.
Communism doesn't have to have anything to do with totalitarianism. Or Stalinism.
There are _real_ elections in China. It's weird how many Americans don't realize that.
We're on the same page.
At least we were, until last night, when I took a plane flight from SF to DC. The character sitting next to me on the plane was dressed real sharp, had his hair perfectly done up, and had the expensivest Dell laptop they made. It seemed as if he just had to have the best of everything.
When it started up, I noticed the WinXP Pro boot screen had to anti-alias like crazy, but it still looked pretty good.
Then he got to his desktop, and started up Outlook, and it was all I could do to avoid stabbing myself in the eyes. He'd set his beautiful 1600x1200 LCD to display 1024x768. Everything was a blur. If he seemed like a nicer person, I might have imposed to point out how he could configure the fonts to display larger and set the resolution higher. But he was a jackass. So I'll let him suffer. I was mildly tempted to tell him that he wasted $1000 on that laptop screen, since a cheaper screen would look better at that resolution.
But he could have beat me up. Anyway, maybe Dell really can't market laptops with those resolutions. Maybe 0.5% of their laptop purchasers wanted to buy ultra high resolution displays, and 5% of their laptop purchasers want to buy the best of everything, and see that the "WUXGA+" screens cost mad bank, so they have to have it.
Maybe. Iduno.
Tivos are probably the most dangerous of consumer appliances to service. Very high voltages (up to 5000 V) at potentially very high currents (AMPs) are present when operating - deadly combination. These dangers do not go away even when unplugged as there is an energy storage device - a high voltage capacitor - that can retain a dangerous charge for a long time. If you have the slightest doubts about your knowledge and abilities to deal with these hazards, replace the Tivo or have it professionally repaired.
Careless troubleshooting of a Tivo can not only can fry you from high voltages at relatively high currents but can irradiate you as well. When you remove the metal cover of the Tivo oven you expose yourself to dangerous - potentially lethal - electrical connections. You may also be exposed to potentially harmful levels of television emissions if you run the Tivo with the cover off and there is damage or misalignment to the waveguide to the Tivo chamber.
Just kidding. I got that text from a warning in a guide to microwave repair.
This "Ask /." is one of the examples of what's great about /.: The author of the relevant software responded.
And he's at (Score:+5, Informative), you kidder.
My girlfriend was impressed with Mac OS X until she renamed /home/atr/ (her initials) to /home/alli/ (her name).
Mac OS X didn't like that so much. She stuck with Mac OS X. Maybe every OS needs to telepathically interpret your desires, or maybe your coworker is the problem. Sure, maybe Mandrake should have prevented him from easily changing those names if it was going to be destructive.
But if you're lucky, when you're under 40 sometimes you get to spend the bosses money.
I guess the confusion expressed by the idiots here on /. is a good example of the reason these screens aren't marketted.
Whenever coworkers look at my screen, their initial reaction is always "everything's so small! Why don't you make your screen bigger?"
If display makers are going to have trouble explaining that it's the things on the screen that are smaller, not the screen... I can't imagine how they'd try to sell a 15" 1920x1200 display to those jackasses.
You all seem to misunderstand. What if he wants a 15" 1920x1200 display?
He can only buy it on a laptop. Yes, he can buy a giant LCD with that resolution, but that's not what he's talking about.
Yes, they're expensive as hell, but they're 23" large.
And the 17" ones are all 1280x1024. I want a 1920x1200 monitor that's only 15", too, and no one will sell me one. Why?
America Outlet. Everything is cheaper, but that's because it's irregular.
I thought that was pretty clear, personally.
Seriously. Apparently the jackasses pack pretty densely here on slash.
Who's to say I can trust the DRM program?
That's up to you and your DRM hardware. You can be guaranteed that only your chipset manufacturer could have built in backdoors. No, DRM doesn't have to be proprietary. It has to have open standards, at least, since Intel is going to want you to be able to run Lunix on it.
But what's to stop a coworker who has a copy of that file from using a different program to read the file, then copying the data as normal?
Strong encryption is what's to stop them. But that's the wrong question. They can still take a photograph of their monitor, or retype the data. All Windows RMS gets you is reduction of accidental data leaks. You can forward something to your coworkers, and even if they neglect to notice that you've marked something confidential, they will have to go out of their way to forward it. It's just about making the secure way also the convenient way.
And it's not that special. But it's a morally acceptable use of DRM. Agreed?
I think that was one of the things that Licoris or Lindows was advertising. Don't remember.
"Sounds something like , but with " is a valid patent, even where or are items of dubious patentability.
Not that it should be a valid patent, but... Microsoft isn't exactly stretching the rules here. The rules are clear. And fucked.
Apparently there are three Neil Gaiman fans out there that don't know what "Troll" means.
I waren't insightful or nothing, but I waren't a troll neither.
See subject. I'm awfully curious to find out what kind of a handheld Apple will build. This way, Palm can be sure we find out. And they better hope Apple doesn't make a windows version... not 'cause they'll get beaten necessarily, but because they don't need any added competition.