Point one, working to benefit primarily your family and yourself *does* benefit society as a whole as well, under any sort of economic system I am aware of in which you are not a slave.
Point two, you'd likely feel differently if you had been raised in a more or less functioning socialist-capitalist state such as Canada or western Europe. Just because *you're* a Rugged Individualist doesn't mean that socialism doesn't work.
As for me, if my family were comfortable, I would be happy to work for whatever, if I could, just because I like to work.
Actually, I am a union member, in one of the largest and most corrupt unions in the states, and I used to work in management at a unionized college. Oregon is rather fascist in many ways. One of them is that you can't work at a union shop and refuse to be in the union. Working at the place I do is valuable enough to me that I just put up with the pro-union dipshits and pay their tax. But AFAIK the union at the college was fine.
Both places have their share of slackers. Most are in management -- I don't disagree about government corruption. But in my experience, most people (80% or so) work hard at whatever they choose to do. And that's the key, I think. If you're forced to work on something, maybe you'll get good at pretending to work, but all motivation will be gone. That's one of the reasons why communism is something different from simple "more socialism" -- show me a socialist state where people are forced to do things they didn't choose to.
Besides that, if you work in the US and make more than minimum wage, a good 30 percent of your paycheck probably *does* go to support the collective.
Upgrading to whatever is currently in debian unstable (2.0.0-cvs-something) fixes most of those problems... it still crashes when opening RTF files with hyperlinks (i will file a bug) and it doesn't auto-recognize the extension on save.
I moderated it as "Troll" because there is no "Completely wrong" category. Unfortunately, it looks like I was wrong[1]... I have not looked at RTF lately and apparently it is a lot more featureful than it used to be. (Hereby I undo the insult to your karma which is no doubt excellent.)
[1] There are a considerable number of problems with RTF in AW though. As a test, just now I created a document in AW 1.99.2 on Debian, with three styles and a footnote, saved it as RTF and reloaded it in AW. I was surprised to see that the styles weren't lost -- apparently RTF is better than it used to be, hence the separate "RTF for old applications" type. But the footnote was destroyed (the footnote text ended up right after the [1] reference,) and it inserted a spurious blank line where there wasn't one before. After that, I created one with a hyperlink to a different part of the document, saved it as "2.rtf", reopened it, and the hyperlink was preserved! Suspicious, I noticed that even though I used a.rtf extension, it saved the file in AW's native XML format. I re-saved it as a real RTF file, and now AW crashes when opening it. As a third test, I created a file with a calculated field (# of characters) and after saving and re-opening that, the field survived, but the old value was inserted in plain text following the correct computed value.
The directions clearly state to mix the glue solution and the sodium borate in a 4:1 ratio.
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I'll second the recommendation for this excellent book. I appreciated the religious themes more than the sci-fi aspects, though, and I'm an atheist. Most of the SF elements were fairly realistic. Without revealing too much, the alien society and the humans' interaction with it sort of serves as a very loose metaphor for the Christian myth of God's relationship to humans, but you should really read the whole book before thinking about what it means. Also, definitely check out the sequel, Children of God.
I recommend a hovercraft. Massive geek factor -- and no washboarding! Or maybe that SUV comment was a rhetorical question and wasn't really aimed at you.
Just yesterday, I saw a woman screaming at some poor teenager, because the woman, driving an Cherokee in downtown Portland by herself, had nearly run over the teenager, riding some kind of razor-scooter thing. The scooter had scratched the truck's paint, you see. It was probably the teenager's fault.
I think there must be a deliberate conspiracy by Apple to undermine Garfinkel's advice, by making the Macintosh into a UNIX platform. What is the world coming to.
Well, annoying troll, you didn't look very hard. On their About Us page, you'll learn that Technology Review has been a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1899, and that Technology Review's board of directors consists almost entirely of high-level MIT administration. Also, you might notice that the URL "http://web.mit.edu/techreview" redirects to http://www.technologyreview.com. Don't be so paranoid.
Yes, and if you'd read the article, you'd have noticed that the author dismisses that fact with a distracting wave of the hand. All OSes are buggy. All OSes are vulnerable. Some, maybe, more than others, but bad practices make the best code insecure. Fail to pay attention while installing Linux, and you might end up offering Apache, MySQL, Sendmail, SSH, or maybe even ancient things like telnet, finger or time to the world. All are potential targets for attack, especially if you don't keep them up to date. Just like Windows.
Weird. According to Google, the phrase "cannot be overestimated" is approximately 1/3 as common as cannot be underestimated", and they appear to carry the same meaning. I would tend to agree with the OP though.
... and the X Window System, and Digital GEM, and IIRC the Apple IIgs also had some sort of windowed interface that was similar to whatever that GUI BIOS is (Phoenix?).
Hmm... Good point. Well, they aren't selling that at the moment anyway. Obviously IANAL but since SCO Linux(R) is actually using the Linux kernel under a valid license, I suspect that they are covered. (If they were referring to UnixWare as "SCO Linux" that would be an entirely different situation).
And I don't believe the GPL is revocable, but if it is, that would be a way to get them. The FSF could revoke their license to use the GNU utilities -- they'd be forced to use the standard unix grep, tar, etc. and their operations would grind to a halt as their programmers go insane.
You don't need permission, implicit or explicit, to use a trademark to refer to a product or company. If I say "Microsoft produces the Windows operating system" I've just used two trademarks, but Microsoft can't prevent me from doing it. There are other restrictions, of course. For example, you can't use someone else's trademark to refer to your own company or product.
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So, you're saying that nothing will change, really.:-)
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Point one, working to benefit primarily your family and yourself *does* benefit society as a whole as well, under any sort of economic system I am aware of in which you are not a slave.
Point two, you'd likely feel differently if you had been raised in a more or less functioning socialist-capitalist state such as Canada or western Europe. Just because *you're* a Rugged Individualist doesn't mean that socialism doesn't work.
As for me, if my family were comfortable, I would be happy to work for whatever, if I could, just because I like to work.
Actually, I am a union member, in one of the largest and most corrupt unions in the states, and I used to work in management at a unionized college. Oregon is rather fascist in many ways. One of them is that you can't work at a union shop and refuse to be in the union. Working at the place I do is valuable enough to me that I just put up with the pro-union dipshits and pay their tax. But AFAIK the union at the college was fine.
Both places have their share of slackers. Most are in management -- I don't disagree about government corruption. But in my experience, most people (80% or so) work hard at whatever they choose to do. And that's the key, I think. If you're forced to work on something, maybe you'll get good at pretending to work, but all motivation will be gone. That's one of the reasons why communism is something different from simple "more socialism" -- show me a socialist state where people are forced to do things they didn't choose to.
Besides that, if you work in the US and make more than minimum wage, a good 30 percent of your paycheck probably *does* go to support the collective.
Are YOU that sort of person? Actually I think it's just Calvinists who are like that; hence the fact that it's such a common opinion in the States.
Upgrading to whatever is currently in debian unstable (2.0.0-cvs-something) fixes most of those problems... it still crashes when opening RTF files with hyperlinks (i will file a bug) and it doesn't auto-recognize the extension on save.
I moderated it as "Troll" because there is no "Completely wrong" category. Unfortunately, it looks like I was wrong[1]... I have not looked at RTF lately and apparently it is a lot more featureful than it used to be. (Hereby I undo the insult to your karma which is no doubt excellent.)
.rtf extension, it saved the file in AW's native XML format. I re-saved it as a real RTF file, and now AW crashes when opening it. As a third test, I created a file with a calculated field (# of characters) and after saving and re-opening that, the field survived, but the old value was inserted in plain text following the correct computed value.
[1] There are a considerable number of problems with RTF in AW though. As a test, just now I created a document in AW 1.99.2 on Debian, with three styles and a footnote, saved it as RTF and reloaded it in AW. I was surprised to see that the styles weren't lost -- apparently RTF is better than it used to be, hence the separate "RTF for old applications" type. But the footnote was destroyed (the footnote text ended up right after the [1] reference,) and it inserted a spurious blank line where there wasn't one before. After that, I created one with a hyperlink to a different part of the document, saved it as "2.rtf", reopened it, and the hyperlink was preserved! Suspicious, I noticed that even though I used a
Apparently :-)
The directions clearly state to mix the glue solution and the sodium borate in a 4:1 ratio.
I'll second the recommendation for this excellent book. I appreciated the religious themes more than the sci-fi aspects, though, and I'm an atheist. Most of the SF elements were fairly realistic. Without revealing too much, the alien society and the humans' interaction with it sort of serves as a very loose metaphor for the Christian myth of God's relationship to humans, but you should really read the whole book before thinking about what it means. Also, definitely check out the sequel, Children of God.
Ooh, look, a shiny thing! *CHOMP*
I recommend a hovercraft. Massive geek factor -- and no washboarding! Or maybe that SUV comment was a rhetorical question and wasn't really aimed at you.
Just yesterday, I saw a woman screaming at some poor teenager, because the woman, driving an Cherokee in downtown Portland by herself, had nearly run over the teenager, riding some kind of razor-scooter thing. The scooter had scratched the truck's paint, you see. It was probably the teenager's fault.
Hmm, I didn't see that one. You may have a point there.
I think there must be a deliberate conspiracy by Apple to undermine Garfinkel's advice, by making the Macintosh into a UNIX platform. What is the world coming to.
Er, nevermind, it doesn't. I was fooled and misled by this page: http://www.mit.edu/faq/techreview.html
Well, annoying troll, you didn't look very hard. On their About Us page, you'll learn that Technology Review has been a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1899, and that Technology Review's board of directors consists almost entirely of high-level MIT administration. Also, you might notice that the URL "http://web.mit.edu/techreview" redirects to http://www.technologyreview.com. Don't be so paranoid.
You know, like the author of "Practical UNIX and Internet Security."
Yeah, you know, even my little sister doesn't fall for that one any more. :-)
Yes, and if you'd read the article, you'd have noticed that the author dismisses that fact with a distracting wave of the hand. All OSes are buggy. All OSes are vulnerable. Some, maybe, more than others, but bad practices make the best code insecure. Fail to pay attention while installing Linux, and you might end up offering Apache, MySQL, Sendmail, SSH, or maybe even ancient things like telnet, finger or time to the world. All are potential targets for attack, especially if you don't keep them up to date. Just like Windows.
Weird. According to Google, the phrase "cannot be overestimated" is approximately 1/3 as common as cannot be underestimated", and they appear to carry the same meaning. I would tend to agree with the OP though.
Rosco, I'm surprised not to see Waylon Jennings in your list :-)
... and the X Window System, and Digital GEM, and IIRC the Apple IIgs also had some sort of windowed interface that was similar to whatever that GUI BIOS is (Phoenix?).
But a hard drive is only 3.5"....
Hmm... Good point. Well, they aren't selling that at the moment anyway. Obviously IANAL but since SCO Linux(R) is actually using the Linux kernel under a valid license, I suspect that they are covered. (If they were referring to UnixWare as "SCO Linux" that would be an entirely different situation).
And I don't believe the GPL is revocable, but if it is, that would be a way to get them. The FSF could revoke their license to use the GNU utilities -- they'd be forced to use the standard unix grep, tar, etc. and their operations would grind to a halt as their programmers go insane.
You don't need permission, implicit or explicit, to use a trademark to refer to a product or company. If I say "Microsoft produces the Windows operating system" I've just used two trademarks, but Microsoft can't prevent me from doing it. There are other restrictions, of course. For example, you can't use someone else's trademark to refer to your own company or product.
So, you're saying that nothing will change, really. :-)
Are you using the official mozilla release, or a differently packaged one such as the one in Debian unstable?
I believe the official mozilla.org nightlies & releases are still compatible with pre-g++ 3.2 plugins.
That should read, "I haven't detected any bias in the rest of the newspaper."