Pakistan too says that it will use Linux. An article at paknews.com talks about that. This is inspite of the fact that Microsoft is offering a 90% discount to the pakistan Government.
Maybe i'm late in replying to this story, and hence this post won't be modded up.. (and i don't have that +1 bonus yet:-) but i just thought of putting here the fact that India has successfully used evm's in its elections. more details can be found at here And it does not contain Microsoft software:-)
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It's supposed to be funny to have recursive acronyms.
Go down and read the article pointed to, and you find a nice mention of Yipes communications, filing for bankruptcy.
Their press release opens like: "Yipes Communications, Inc., a provider of scalable Ethernet services, announced that it is seeking to restructure its business to enhance future growth opportunities."
A discussion is on the same website here I Read through a few of the discussions. Most of them would be better than 5:Insightful. And maybe people would copy a few of them here:-)
go to advanced serch from yahoo home page.. yahoo premium search is a nice thing to have. They have a collaboration with some sites, whose documents can be bought as mentioned in the news. Help on premium document search can be found here. And a list of all "qualifying documents" can be found here
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Queens police confirm an aircraft crashed Monday in the Far Rockaways neighborhood of the New York City borough.
The spokesman could not confirm the type of plane but said it crashed in the Rockaways at 122nd Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
WCBS-TV reported that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it was an American Airlines 767 presumably on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The station showed pictures of a huge plume of smoke.
There are quite a few places which have stopped keeping lyrics online... for eg: lovetest.com. Go go google, search for lyrics band name song title and lo... there you go..
Shouldn't be much of a problem getting the lyrics. someone somewhere will have it, and if not, the google cache will surely have it.
A lawsuit asserts that VALinux Inc's Slashdot "News for Nerds" has damaged desktop monitors when users visit the website through their computers.
CmdrTaco has refused to comment on this issue.
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Even if they are not new to e-mail, please forward the posting to them, and request them to forward it to others.
Do you expect an article which says the following, to mention GPL, and explain the differences between the licences ?
"Open-source" programs, such as the popular Linux operating system, are typically free and allow users to view and modify blueprint-like instructions known as source code.
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Pakistan too says that it will use Linux. An article at paknews.com talks about that. This is inspite of the fact that Microsoft is offering a 90% discount to the pakistan Government.
If you want better features, wireless etc, go and get the high end machines. This one is supposed to be a low level, without even backlights..
Moderator: why is the above post insightful ?
There's a review here.
According to the review, zire is amongst the lightest of the palm family.
It has no backlight.It has date-book, address-book, memo-pad, and to-do-list manager. Also has a calculator, a palm expense program, and a clock.
A good review at techtv.com.
Maybe i'm late in replying to this story, and hence this post won't be modded up.. (and i don't have that +1 bonus yet :-) but i just thought of putting here the fact that India has successfully used evm's in its elections. more details can be found at here And it does not contain Microsoft software :-)
It's supposed to be funny to have recursive acronyms.
This is Actually TRUE.. I just went back and read the article, and laughed twice as much when i actually found it there.
/. reached the category of Reuters etc ? :-)
so has
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I'd like to meet the moderators who moderated the above +1 Insightful, +1 Funny, -1 Troll.
A Beowulf cluster of these....
Go down and read the article pointed to, and you find a nice mention of Yipes communications, filing for bankruptcy.
Their press release opens like:
"Yipes Communications, Inc., a provider of scalable Ethernet services, announced that it is seeking to restructure its business to enhance future growth opportunities."
A nice opening for a chapter 11 filing !!
Imagine the number of anti trust cases which would be running if there were 10 bill gates each with his own Microsoft[1-10].
err.. wait.. that wouldn't be a monopoly..
A discussion is on the same website here I Read through a few of the discussions. Most of them would be better than 5:Insightful. And maybe people would copy a few of them here :-)
go to advanced serch from yahoo home page..
yahoo premium search is a nice thing to have. They have a collaboration with some sites, whose documents can be bought as mentioned in the news. Help on premium document search can be found here. And a list of all "qualifying documents" can be found here
Isn't there anyone offering a bounty for writing a program that would crash some OS :-)
If this trend continues, and we have enough generous donors, we might end up having a whole lot of very interesting stuff out really really soon...
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Queens police confirm an aircraft crashed Monday in the Far Rockaways neighborhood of the New York City borough.
The spokesman could not confirm the type of plane but said it crashed in the Rockaways at 122nd Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
WCBS-TV reported that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it was an American Airlines 767 presumably on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The station showed pictures of a huge plume of smoke.
There are quite a few places which have stopped keeping lyrics online... for eg: lovetest.com. Go go google, search for lyrics band name song title and lo... there you go..
Shouldn't be much of a problem getting the lyrics. someone somewhere will have it, and if not, the google cache will surely have it.
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Does google cache it's cache ?
Before someone else asks this, can we have lyrics GPL'ed ?
One of the major points for passport to even think that it will be successful is that it works on hotmail.
Will any other system, which does not have such a mass base, ever be successful ?
Times of India Report
Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower, one witness said.
A Simpler solution is to change 999999999 to 0999999999 and then it would sort correctly..
A lawsuit asserts that VALinux Inc's Slashdot "News for Nerds" has damaged desktop monitors when users visit the website through their computers. CmdrTaco has refused to comment on this issue.
A better Answer..
What's the difference between root and God ?
God doesn't think that he is root.
Please forward the above post to all the people who you know, and are new to e-mail. Even if they are not new to e-mail, please forward the posting to them, and request them to forward it to others.
Do you expect an article which says the following, to mention GPL, and explain the differences between the licences ?
"Open-source" programs, such as the popular Linux operating system, are typically free and allow users to view and modify blueprint-like instructions known as source code.