Definition of MANIA 1 : excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of bipolar disorder 2 a : excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm —often used in combination b : the object of such enthusiasm
So, in conclusion: it's the object of excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm, not the best thing since sliced bread.
The plant was asked to comment on this technology, and all it said was: "Oh no, not again."
I speculate that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that, we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
15 years ago it probably crossed the mind of phone users that a telephone land line should be an inalienable right. Right now, that would seem kind of silly, and another 15 years from now people would be scratching their heads wondering why anyone would have ever made that a law in the first place. So consider how young the Internet is as a specific technology that enables communication, and ask yourself if this proposal really makes any sense or not.
Gravity! It's working on a small scale, but that's why it would do that. As a casual observer, i'm pretty sure i've noticed this type of behavior in sand before, it's surprising to me that others haven't. I'm pretty sure that's the same reason why the last few cheerios stick together in the bowl of milk.
There is a big difference between a phone that in the cockpit causing a display to flicker and one that is in the passenger portion of the airplane causing problems with the controls or communications. If i kept my old nextel phone close to a radio, it would cause interference, but if the phone was at least a few feet away, it was fine, and none of that interference caused the radio to malfunction, it just caused some clicking noises to be heard.
So a company decides to sell Clone PCs with hardware that all happens to be supported by OSX. They're hardly the first to do so, they just happen to be the first to send out some press releases saying so. Why would i buy their PC and pirate OSX? I could just buy the components myself and do the same, or do the right thing and just go buy an apple PC from them. Even if it isn't illegal for this company (whose website makes them look like a fly-by-night) to sell the machines, it is still illegal for their customer to pirate OSX. No thanks, I'll just buy what i want in the first place and be done with it.
I'm sure that the upgrade license agreement does not allow this, even if it is technically possible, so why would i spend money and still have an illegal copy of windows? If you're going to use an illegal copy, use one, if you're going to do the right thing and purchase a license, you might as well buy the right one.
I don't live in a car, but i work in one. I'm a consultant, and constantly go from one client to the next, and it's not always practial, or possible to check my email at a client's site. I use a cell phone and pager extensively, and having an internet connection in the car would be quite handy.
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hmmm.... i see advertizers with these... Soon, i'm driving down the highway, and as a approach each billboard, they turn from whatever random ad to ads for things that interest me... the latest sci-fi flick, the latest creative labs video card, etc. now that would be scary....
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There is one reason for this. The "experts" on y2k were in a position to make some big money consulting on y2k projects. Yes there was some problems, but by creating so much FUD about y2k, they put themselves into a position that created a large amount of demand for their services. It wasn't totally a scam, but largely it was. How many software vendors said that they weren't sure about the version of their software that you were running would work, but the upgrade (only $59.95!!) is guaranteed. Truth is, your version would work fine, but the software company benefited from the increased sales. Yes, i think the whole bit was mostly a scam, but no, not 100%. Just 100% smart marketing. While the IT consumers (particularly the large buisnesses) spent a large amount of money, it's the sofware companies and y2k "experts" laughing all the way to the bank (which also overspent on y2k assesments)
I tend to disagree with you. Buisness drives the IT world, and home users are more of a niche market. Furthermore, if one controls the buisness setting, those people who have linux on their desktop at work will more likely buy what they already are familiar with for home use.
Besides, who ever said that Linux must dominate all markets? Anyone who strives to make linux a dominant operating system is missing the point. The effort needs to be put into making it a better OS, and the domination will follow. Linux has never been about the big advertising and commercialism, it's been about doing thing well, and letting the product speak for itself.
The goal should not be to have Linux penetrate into markets such as grandma's house, it should be to make the best OS possible and to let things fall into place. If grandma doesn't use linux, who cares? She might prefer the candy colored macs to match her stained glass windows for all i care.
Microsoft is/was trying to make themselves the answer to every question. I think that is what will make them fail. Linux doesn't have to be the answer to every question, just the answer to some of them.
naah, it takes them long enough to deliver a package... It would take two months just to get a login prompt.... I don't even want to think about how long it would take to ftp install a dist....
It works yes, but, on a page with a lot of links, you could potentially have to hit tab may times, thus making it quicker to reach for the rodent. however sometimes it is useful. For example, to go to the next cartoon in the UF archive, you would have to hit tab 7 times and then space or enter to follow the link. (disclaimer) And yes, i do use ie, but only because it's the company's standard browser, and have no choice about it or my OS. at home, it's a different story(/disclaimer)
would such a thing be possible?? I was reading all of the user friendly cartoons, and was wishing there was a hotkey to go to the next cartoon. I could also think of a few other sites where being able to define hotkeys in html would be useful. For example... right now I'm typing this comment, it would be nice to be able to hit Ctrl-Shift-P or something to hit preview... Obviously, it would be difficult to come up with a hotkey scheme that would not conflict with any browser/os/wm/whatever, but it sure would be nice...
The reason why anyone would copy the i386 directory is for flexibility. I may never use a matrox video card in my machine, but, i may have one in a machine that i'm working on that appears to not be working. To verify that it doesn't work, i'd put it in my machine and try it out. I now know that i'll have drivers for it. maybe it's an old card out of a 486 i want to try... I won't use the card for more than 30 minutes, but i need the drivers. who knows what else i might put in my machine to verify that it works. Right now, i can't see using scanner drivers, but if i'm working on a scanner and am not sure if it's a problem with the scanner itself, or the machine it's connected to, i'd plug it into my machine to check it out. all that is there with good reason.
I think i will buy a copy of this book. Although i have not read it, i have heard good things about it.
For those of you who have seen the matrix as many times as me (20+), you may recognize the title as the book that Neo takes the MiniDisc out of which he sells to the guy with the white rabbit girl. This is in the first scene with neo, just after his search for information about morpheus is interrupted by "wake up neo"
Is there anyone who has read this book that can give a quick synopsis and perhaps comment about it's relation to the movie? (there must be some significance)
By succumbing to using IE for web browsing, you are shooting yourself in the foot if you want to use linux. Any decent size web site tracks what browsers are used to visit their site, and what OS. If you go to sites with a microsoft browser and a microsoft os, you are fighting for the opposite side than what you claim to be on. If you want a site to make itself (netscape/opera)/linux friendly, start hitting with the choice browser and linux. If any decent webmaster sees a growing percentage of hits from linux machines, he/she will make sure that their site works properly for those users. Fight for the good guys.
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from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mania
Definition of MANIA
1
: excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood; specifically : the manic phase of bipolar disorder
2
a : excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm —often used in combination
b : the object of such enthusiasm
So, in conclusion: it's the object of excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm, not the best thing since sliced bread.
To rephrase the headline:
"VMWare realizes that Hyper-V in Server 2012 is now competitive with vSphere in features; lowers prices in an attempt to lose fewer customers."
The plant was asked to comment on this technology, and all it said was: "Oh no, not again."
I speculate that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that, we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
It's good that the Japanese have learned to always mount scratch monkeys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_monkey
15 years ago it probably crossed the mind of phone users that a telephone land line should be an inalienable right. Right now, that would seem kind of silly, and another 15 years from now people would be scratching their heads wondering why anyone would have ever made that a law in the first place. So consider how young the Internet is as a specific technology that enables communication, and ask yourself if this proposal really makes any sense or not.
Nuke it from Orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Gravity! It's working on a small scale, but that's why it would do that. As a casual observer, i'm pretty sure i've noticed this type of behavior in sand before, it's surprising to me that others haven't. I'm pretty sure that's the same reason why the last few cheerios stick together in the bowl of milk.
...that all it takes is a lame comment here to get an achievement.
I'm lame...
It would have been better on Valentine's day, when it could have saved me $5 at Hallmark.
There is a big difference between a phone that in the cockpit causing a display to flicker and one that is in the passenger portion of the airplane causing problems with the controls or communications. If i kept my old nextel phone close to a radio, it would cause interference, but if the phone was at least a few feet away, it was fine, and none of that interference caused the radio to malfunction, it just caused some clicking noises to be heard.
So a company decides to sell Clone PCs with hardware that all happens to be supported by OSX. They're hardly the first to do so, they just happen to be the first to send out some press releases saying so. Why would i buy their PC and pirate OSX? I could just buy the components myself and do the same, or do the right thing and just go buy an apple PC from them. Even if it isn't illegal for this company (whose website makes them look like a fly-by-night) to sell the machines, it is still illegal for their customer to pirate OSX. No thanks, I'll just buy what i want in the first place and be done with it.
I'm sure that the upgrade license agreement does not allow this, even if it is technically possible, so why would i spend money and still have an illegal copy of windows? If you're going to use an illegal copy, use one, if you're going to do the right thing and purchase a license, you might as well buy the right one.
Weird, another Dan Sikorsk(i/y) on slashdot?
Not that name collisions are that uncommon, just that they're uncommon within a given group (slashdot) with less common names (Sikorski).
If you've ever wanted to talk to another Dan Sikorski(i/y), email me: me (AT) dan sikorski . com
I don't live in a car, but i work in one. I'm a consultant, and constantly go from one client to the next, and it's not always practial, or possible to check my email at a client's site. I use a cell phone and pager extensively, and having an internet connection in the car would be quite handy.
hmmm.... i see advertizers with these... Soon, i'm driving down the highway, and as a approach each billboard, they turn from whatever random ad to ads for things that interest me... the latest sci-fi flick, the latest creative labs video card, etc. now that would be scary....
There is one reason for this. The "experts" on y2k were in a position to make some big money consulting on y2k projects. Yes there was some problems, but by creating so much FUD about y2k, they put themselves into a position that created a large amount of demand for their services. It wasn't totally a scam, but largely it was. How many software vendors said that they weren't sure about the version of their software that you were running would work, but the upgrade (only $59.95!!) is guaranteed. Truth is, your version would work fine, but the software company benefited from the increased sales. Yes, i think the whole bit was mostly a scam, but no, not 100%. Just 100% smart marketing. While the IT consumers (particularly the large buisnesses) spent a large amount of money, it's the sofware companies and y2k "experts" laughing all the way to the bank (which also overspent on y2k assesments)
-Dan
I tend to disagree with you. Buisness drives the IT world, and home users are more of a niche market. Furthermore, if one controls the buisness setting, those people who have linux on their desktop at work will more likely buy what they already are familiar with for home use.
Besides, who ever said that Linux must dominate all markets? Anyone who strives to make linux a dominant operating system is missing the point. The effort needs to be put into making it a better OS, and the domination will follow. Linux has never been about the big advertising and commercialism, it's been about doing thing well, and letting the product speak for itself.
The goal should not be to have Linux penetrate into markets such as grandma's house, it should be to make the best OS possible and to let things fall into place. If grandma doesn't use linux, who cares? She might prefer the candy colored macs to match her stained glass windows for all i care.
Microsoft is/was trying to make themselves the answer to every question. I think that is what will make them fail. Linux doesn't have to be the answer to every question, just the answer to some of them.
-Dan
naah, it takes them long enough to deliver a package... It would take two months just to get a login prompt.... I don't even want to think about how long it would take to ftp install a dist....
-Dan
The UPS that will keep the internet connection live in the event of loss of electricity...
:) -Dan
It works yes, but, on a page with a lot of links, you could potentially have to hit tab may times, thus making it quicker to reach for the rodent. however sometimes it is useful. For example, to go to the next cartoon in the UF archive, you would have to hit tab 7 times and then space or enter to follow the link.
(disclaimer) And yes, i do use ie, but only because it's the company's standard browser, and have no choice about it or my OS. at home, it's a different story(/disclaimer)
would such a thing be possible?? I was reading all of the user friendly cartoons, and was wishing there was a hotkey to go to the next cartoon. I could also think of a few other sites where being able to define hotkeys in html would be useful. For example... right now I'm typing this comment, it would be nice to be able to hit Ctrl-Shift-P or something to hit preview... Obviously, it would be difficult to come up with a hotkey scheme that would not conflict with any browser/os/wm/whatever, but it sure would be nice...
This all sound well and good, but it's like that Trane commercial in the US if you've seen it...
If they used NT, we could likely crash 'em, but son, they use Linux, it'll take a lot....
-Dan
(Netcraft: www.etoys.com is running Etoys Web server 1.2 on Linux )
The reason why anyone would copy the i386 directory is for flexibility. I may never use a matrox video card in my machine, but, i may have one in a machine that i'm working on that appears to not be working. To verify that it doesn't work, i'd put it in my machine and try it out. I now know that i'll have drivers for it. maybe it's an old card out of a 486 i want to try... I won't use the card for more than 30 minutes, but i need the drivers. who knows what else i might put in my machine to verify that it works. Right now, i can't see using scanner drivers, but if i'm working on a scanner and am not sure if it's a problem with the scanner itself, or the machine it's connected to, i'd plug it into my machine to check it out. all that is there with good reason.
-Dan
I think i will buy a copy of this book. Although i have not read it, i have heard good things about it.
For those of you who have seen the matrix as many times as me (20+), you may recognize the title as the book that Neo takes the MiniDisc out of which he sells to the guy with the white rabbit girl. This is in the first scene with neo, just after his search for information about morpheus is interrupted by "wake up neo"
Is there anyone who has read this book that can give a quick synopsis and perhaps comment about it's relation to the movie? (there must be some significance)
-Dan
By succumbing to using IE for web browsing, you are shooting yourself in the foot if you want to use linux. Any decent size web site tracks what browsers are used to visit their site, and what OS. If you go to sites with a microsoft browser and a microsoft os, you are fighting for the opposite side than what you claim to be on. If you want a site to make itself (netscape/opera)/linux friendly, start hitting with the choice browser and linux. If any decent webmaster sees a growing percentage of hits from linux machines, he/she will make sure that their site works properly for those users. Fight for the good guys.
-Dan