W-a-t-t-s. It's even in the story summary. Goddamn it, there are some spelling errors that bug even me, and I tend to be pretty mellow about such stuff these days.
The record companies followed the true American dream of quick profits at the expense of quality and longevity.
Good Christ, what the hell does this mean? You could go back to the 50's at least and hear complaints like this, and maybe the 40's (think about how the oldsters used to wail about bobbysoxers and Frank Sinatra).
The artists they promote are the musical equivalent of rubber dog shit, fake vomit and whoopie cushions.
If there were a Beatles-caliber (say) songwriting team with even half the talent of a Lennon/McCartney hiding out there, don't you think they'd be flogging the holy hell out of them? Guys like that are rare. They're in business to tickle the fickle prejudices of 14-year-olds. 'Twas ever thus.
That is, they want enshrined in national law the most pernicious possible data standards. The fact that this is going down during the Bush administration may or may not play a part, but certainly, the idea that bad laws can be purchased isn't helping assuage any fears I have that such legislation is hopelessly one-sided.
However, Moglen said Wednesday, speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here, the rewrite of the GPL is not an election and there will be no voting on its clauses.
He couldn't be more wrong. If people don't like the rewrite, they won't use it.
This puts a key part of MySQL under Oracle control; they could elect to kill InnoDB at some future point. I just don't see how this is a win for FOSS. To me, this isn't a likely danger, though. Oracle has recognized that the food chain has moved away from the database, and up to applications that rest atop it. This was what powered their aggressive drive to acquire PeopleSoft. (On the other hand, if they really believed their core product was declining in value, why would they make it so damn difficult to buy in the first place?) From that point of view, owning MySQL simply means they're not dependent on their own inflexible, expensive platform. Call it a very expensive hedging of bets.
From the main page:
SpaceNow's ultimate goal is to elevate the levels of public knowledge and debate regarding space exploration and its potential benefits for humankind. In the final analysis, we either become spacefaring or extinct - and today, we stand at a crossroads where both possibilities can be seen on the horizon.
Really? Supporting evidence? As usual for these sorts of advocacy groups, what they're after is, "we have a fantasy and you need to pay for it."
This blog post makes it pretty clear that the American Red Cross is rather iffy in terms of its effectiveness, and certainly in terms of its ability to forward contributions to those most in need. The kicker is this Toronto Star article indicating that about 40% of the money raised following 9/11 went to administrative overhead or non-9/11 projects. Even though that means the majority of the money went towards relief, it raises substantial questions as to whether the ARC is a trustworthy charity, or merely a vehicle for its own self-perpetuation.
"The wireless phone is becoming the third screen of [consumers' lives]," said John Garcia, Sprint's senior VP of sales and distribution. "They want this phone to do everything that their TV does and everything that their PC does."
Does this guy even get out and talk to anybody who isn't a marketroid or a self-serving company flack (often the same people)? I have never -- not one time -- met a person who's demanding this. If anything, what I've encountered is people who don't want their phone to be anything other than a phone. This is self-interested wanking from a company praying for yet another captive customer base.
That should go along nicely with China's commensurate commitment to freedom of speech, human rights, free flows of information among its citizenry, support of protest and political dissent, and so on.
Yes, and consider yourself the winner of the "Why China's Development Will Ultimately Be Limited By Their Stupid Politics" sweepstakes. Countries with centralized economies and no limits to government use of force are brittle, brittle, brittle, and unnecessarily burden the vestigial markets they do have with inadequate information. (Did you know that the list of friends of the President of China is a state secret? Wouldn't you like to know whether your project is favored before you invest in it? No?)
China has advanced -- if there's much distinction there -- from communism to fascism, but both are totalitarian ideologies.
Licensing Fee? What's That?
on
DECnet Isn't Dead
·
· Score: -1, Redundant
He has to be kidding, right?
IP, though, is the industry standard protocol. These days, everybody knows how to use TCP/IP. That means anyone also deploying DECnet has to license both protocols. The good news is that the DECnet fees are a bit less than those for TCP/IP.
1) It is a significant advance for common sense application of the Constitution. The states were clearly trying to help out whatever local businesses they had that would benefit from importation restrictions, and the Supremes saw through it. Hooray!
2) It is a blow to the idiocy of state-imposed taxes on Internet retail sales. The constitution is pretty clear that states don't get to post import duties on things brought in from other states. However, the states have been trying to squeak past this one for years. Maybe with this decision to lean on, it'll be another argument to prod the Supremes in future legal actions to reject a sales tax on cross-border transactions.
Most colos don't change what they charge customers based on their energy usage. Energy efficiency gains are therefore all downside for the customer (more expensive equipment, presumably) and all upside for the colo. Putting a power meter on each rack or cage would end that in a hurry.
Slashdot Mirror
"Ah, my computer's crashed. Time to nip off to the pub..."
Great, so am I to believe that case modders now have psycho chicks stalking them?
Why does anyone take this jackass seriously?
W-a-t-t-s. It's even in the story summary. Goddamn it, there are some spelling errors that bug even me, and I tend to be pretty mellow about such stuff these days.
This is exactly what's wrong with the grandparent. The Euros are a bunch of censors when it comes right down to it.
Am I the only one who thinks their new zeitgeist page looks frighteningly similar to something Microsoft would have designed?
Good Christ, what the hell does this mean? You could go back to the 50's at least and hear complaints like this, and maybe the 40's (think about how the oldsters used to wail about bobbysoxers and Frank Sinatra).
The artists they promote are the musical equivalent of rubber dog shit, fake vomit and whoopie cushions.
If there were a Beatles-caliber (say) songwriting team with even half the talent of a Lennon/McCartney hiding out there, don't you think they'd be flogging the holy hell out of them? Guys like that are rare. They're in business to tickle the fickle prejudices of 14-year-olds. 'Twas ever thus.
... more attractive to the opposite sex just yet, though I'm sure that if Google could get you laid, you'd think I'd've heard about it by now...
- Individuals have no rights to privacy.
- Corporations can do what they want with any data.
That is, they want enshrined in national law the most pernicious possible data standards. The fact that this is going down during the Bush administration may or may not play a part, but certainly, the idea that bad laws can be purchased isn't helping assuage any fears I have that such legislation is hopelessly one-sided.However, Moglen said Wednesday, speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here, the rewrite of the GPL is not an election and there will be no voting on its clauses. He couldn't be more wrong. If people don't like the rewrite, they won't use it.
Is this what you yell out the door of the transport as the stripper/parachutists dive out of the plane? *ducks*
This puts a key part of MySQL under Oracle control; they could elect to kill InnoDB at some future point. I just don't see how this is a win for FOSS. To me, this isn't a likely danger, though. Oracle has recognized that the food chain has moved away from the database, and up to applications that rest atop it. This was what powered their aggressive drive to acquire PeopleSoft. (On the other hand, if they really believed their core product was declining in value, why would they make it so damn difficult to buy in the first place?) From that point of view, owning MySQL simply means they're not dependent on their own inflexible, expensive platform. Call it a very expensive hedging of bets.
Hey, is that a Virgo rising or are you just happy to see me?
From the main page: SpaceNow's ultimate goal is to elevate the levels of public knowledge and debate regarding space exploration and its potential benefits for humankind. In the final analysis, we either become spacefaring or extinct - and today, we stand at a crossroads where both possibilities can be seen on the horizon. Really? Supporting evidence? As usual for these sorts of advocacy groups, what they're after is, "we have a fantasy and you need to pay for it."
... or maybe an eleven. I'm sick of my stories getting routinely squished, immediately upon submission, too.
This blog post makes it pretty clear that the American Red Cross is rather iffy in terms of its effectiveness, and certainly in terms of its ability to forward contributions to those most in need. The kicker is this Toronto Star article indicating that about 40% of the money raised following 9/11 went to administrative overhead or non-9/11 projects. Even though that means the majority of the money went towards relief, it raises substantial questions as to whether the ARC is a trustworthy charity, or merely a vehicle for its own self-perpetuation.
... but can you get a teensy, tiny corporate logo on their sides?
That's "torrents" (two r's, not three).
Yes, and consider yourself the winner of the "Why China's Development Will Ultimately Be Limited By Their Stupid Politics" sweepstakes. Countries with centralized economies and no limits to government use of force are brittle, brittle, brittle, and unnecessarily burden the vestigial markets they do have with inadequate information. (Did you know that the list of friends of the President of China is a state secret? Wouldn't you like to know whether your project is favored before you invest in it? No?)
China has advanced -- if there's much distinction there -- from communism to fascism, but both are totalitarian ideologies.
... buckets and gobs of RAM and CPU cycles. MS is scurrying to do what they can to staunch the bleeding, but it's not a very compelling turn.
1) It is a significant advance for common sense application of the Constitution. The states were clearly trying to help out whatever local businesses they had that would benefit from importation restrictions, and the Supremes saw through it. Hooray! 2) It is a blow to the idiocy of state-imposed taxes on Internet retail sales. The constitution is pretty clear that states don't get to post import duties on things brought in from other states. However, the states have been trying to squeak past this one for years. Maybe with this decision to lean on, it'll be another argument to prod the Supremes in future legal actions to reject a sales tax on cross-border transactions.
Most colos don't change what they charge customers based on their energy usage. Energy efficiency gains are therefore all downside for the customer (more expensive equipment, presumably) and all upside for the colo. Putting a power meter on each rack or cage would end that in a hurry.
Kansas will devolve into a state where new ideas are banned You got your tense wrong, s/b "has devolved"...