... which he could very well claim was the impetus for the visit: Pixar's working on a movie that could be interpreted to infringe upon Mouse's old idea, so they send someone to check up upon it, but he decides it's irrelevant--and Stan doesn't.
Last summer, while I was home from school, I was on a Charter cable modem (because of the damned winmodem my box came with). It took two guys to install when all they had to do was plug it in (and issue an `ifconfig eth0 up` as root). The whole time they were bitching about how hard Linux is, and all it took was one line at the shell prompt of 16 characters. Thank whatever god(s) you pray to (if any) that MicroSuck makes things so easy for us that all it takes to get a Windows box running on cable is a ninety-minute spyware install with two "trained" technicians--I wish I had it that easy. </sarcasm>
Come on, more storage is always a good thing. Not only will it give us the quality we deserve, it is likely to cut down on Hollywood's largest fear (piracy) by making the media ungodly HUGE."
Right. That's what the MPAA is trying to do--stop piracy by imposing pragmatic means of copy protection, not with lawyers.
You can try this, but most retail outfits (at least, the ConglomoCorp Chains) have "no-returns-on -opened-software-except-for-same-title-exchanges" policies. The same policy applies to software, music, and movies. IANAL (yet), but one could try to make the case that if their end of the license is not upheld, then you are free to do with your junk CD as you please.
For me, at least, dead tree books are more portable than online-documentation. "Why? This runs counter to everything I expect!" you claim? Well, get me something in paper, and I don't need a Windows box to read it when I'm away from home. Although, while I'm at home, and have a Real Computer (tm), online-doc is kewl.
What will the kids run? What educational software is there for Linux? I mean REALLY? Sure, there is some, but it's not even close to what is available for Windows.
Well, if I remember back to my high school days (which were only a few years ago)--and pondering the current predicament of my college days--the "educational software" for Windows consisted of Internet Explorer, Word, PowerPoint, QBasic, and Visual Studio. On top of an NT server, not only does this provide for absolute zero stability, but the exceptional bugginess gets absolutely zero education done. Give me StarOffice or KOffice, Konqueror, Perl, and gcc, and I'll get infinitely more accomplished, and infinitely more education.
Red Hat's not being arrogant (or at least self-serving). Microsoft's deal would bring them money in the long run (five years from now when they hold a gun to the schools' heads), but Red Hat stands to profit absolutely nothing. In fact, by offering free support, Red Hat is actually giving away what they could make money from.
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Plato used the format of a somewhat-enlightened person vs. very enlightened person conversation in The Republic, which formed at least part of the basis of the Heglian dialect (thesis-antithesis-synthesis).
Much like this book is written. Except, Adams reads better in English.
Scott's doing nothing new format-wise, but I'd be interested in what he has to say. Much of it sounds like the stuff he wrote towards the end of The Dilbert Principle
Actually, it was The Dilbert Future that you're thinking of here.
Every preinstalled GN*/Linux system I've ever seen was going for the same price as the same hardware sporting M$. Now, we know M$ doesn't give anything away free, so what's the conclusion? Computer manufacturers are cashing in on their M$ taxen, and charging end-users an extra $300-$400. So why would any self-respecting geek buy a pre-installed system that way? Buy a Windoze box, wipe it, install your distro of choice, and hit up M$'s ass for your refund.
Why market a game featuring the linux mascot to the unwashed windoze masses?
My first thought. Then I realised: the unwashed masses who don't know their asses from their elbows won't know Tux from a Stroggo, anyway, so it's "Awwwww, cute penguin!!!!!!!"
"Microsoft worked for the past two weeks with eEye Digital to develop a patch that the company made publicly available for download Monday. But that patch does no good unless system administrators actually install it. It is that human element that security experts say is often the biggest problem involving computer security."
Translation: "Don't blame us for bad security out-of-the-box, we can't do anything about it," or, "it's the fault of sysadmins who use IIS".
(Also, note that "Microsoft worked for the past two weeks with eEye Digital to develop a patch," whereas Apache, the world's most popular web server, for good reason, is community-supported and -developed.)
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Flash: Native for Linux
Realplayer: Native for Linux
Trillian: GAIM
What's the point in using Crossover?
UA-Spoofing doesn't work for Ms.[0] Tubbs-Jones, at least, not in Konqueror.
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[0]Never quite sure what title to use, since "The Honourable Ms..." won't suffice in this case
... which he could very well claim was the impetus for the visit: Pixar's working on a movie that could be interpreted to infringe upon Mouse's old idea, so they send someone to check up upon it, but he decides it's irrelevant--and Stan doesn't.
Last summer, while I was home from school, I was on a Charter cable modem (because of the damned winmodem my box came with). It took two guys to install when all they had to do was plug it in (and issue an `ifconfig eth0 up` as root). The whole time they were bitching about how hard Linux is, and all it took was one line at the shell prompt of 16 characters. Thank whatever god(s) you pray to (if any) that MicroSuck makes things so easy for us that all it takes to get a Windows box running on cable is a ninety-minute spyware install with two "trained" technicians--I wish I had it that easy. </sarcasm>
So that's what happened: Jimmy Hoffa messed with Texas!
Mystery solved.
Right. That's what the MPAA is trying to do--stop piracy by imposing pragmatic means of copy protection, not with lawyers.
You can try this, but most retail outfits (at least, the ConglomoCorp Chains) have "no-returns-on -opened-software-except-for-same-title-exchanges" policies. The same policy applies to software, music, and movies. IANAL (yet), but one could try to make the case that if their end of the license is not upheld, then you are free to do with your junk CD as you please.
His personal site is TIMTOWTDI? Holy Camel! Batman, they've implicated Perl too!
This is where the post stops making sense ... Ytterbium. Ytterbium. Ytterbium....
How come we praise the hackers for doing something we condemn the government for?
I want to make sure the government doesn't look in on me. If you can find a hole, and tell me, I can fix it.
... and here's why:
For me, at least, dead tree books are more portable than online-documentation. "Why? This runs counter to everything I expect!" you claim? Well, get me something in paper, and I don't need a Windows box to read it when I'm away from home. Although, while I'm at home, and have a Real Computer (tm), online-doc is kewl.
"Q. What does XP stand for?
A. "eXPerience"."
Idiot. We all know it's really "eXPloit"
*NIX does multi-user right!
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Red Hat's not being arrogant (or at least self-serving). Microsoft's deal would bring them money in the long run (five years from now when they hold a gun to the schools' heads), but Red Hat stands to profit absolutely nothing. In fact, by offering free support, Red Hat is actually giving away what they could make money from.
foo bar
Plato used the format of a somewhat-enlightened person vs. very enlightened person conversation in The Republic, which formed at least part of the basis of the Heglian dialect (thesis-antithesis-synthesis).
Much like this book is written. Except, Adams reads better in English.
Scott's doing nothing new format-wise, but I'd be interested in what he has to say. Much of it sounds like the stuff he wrote towards the end of The Dilbert Principle
Actually, it was The Dilbert Future that you're thinking of here.
They [Vulcans] gotta let all those barely-repressed emotions out some time.
Every seven years. Which, if the series lasts long enough, will happen eventually.
foobar
Every preinstalled GN*/Linux system I've ever seen was going for the same price as the same hardware sporting M$. Now, we know M$ doesn't give anything away free, so what's the conclusion? Computer manufacturers are cashing in on their M$ taxen, and charging end-users an extra $300-$400. So why would any self-respecting geek buy a pre-installed system that way? Buy a Windoze box, wipe it, install your distro of choice, and hit up M$'s ass for your refund.
Why market a game featuring the linux mascot to the unwashed windoze masses?
My first thought. Then I realised: the unwashed masses who don't know their asses from their elbows won't know Tux from a Stroggo, anyway, so it's "Awwwww, cute penguin!!!!!!!"
Of course he can't. There'd have to be some.
It has been for some time now.
"Microsoft worked for the past two weeks with eEye Digital to develop a patch that the company made publicly available for download Monday. But that patch does no good unless system administrators actually install it. It is that human element that security experts say is often the biggest problem involving computer security."
Translation: "Don't blame us for bad security out-of-the-box, we can't do anything about it," or, "it's the fault of sysadmins who use IIS".
(Also, note that "Microsoft worked for the past two weeks with eEye Digital to develop a patch," whereas Apache, the world's most popular web server, for good reason, is community-supported and -developed.)
like National Geogrpahic's new ape-man missing link ancestor every six months? And who's the 817/1000 of a scientist who joined the boycott?
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