your "ignorant investor" friend has a very valid point. having more shares can indeed be extremely beneficial even if the overall value of his holdings is the same. one makes money on stocks when the price PER SHARE goes up or down. selling 100 shares $1 higher than the purchase price makes a person more money than selling 50 shares $1 higher. WTF do you care if your holdings are at $20 or $40, wouldn't you rather have more shares? the real issue is whether or not the stock's Average True Range decreases with the price decrease (ex. the stock used to swing $2/day at original price, now daily swings are $1).
I know I'm late to this story so maybe no one will see this, but Sen. Orrin Hatch has his own cd out. Maybe if all of a sudden his album was downloaded 1000's of times, he would change his tune.
you can buy/sell futures for most current events- for example, you can buy saddam futures based on when/if you think saddam will be captured, or you can bet on what kobe bryant will be charged with. this is a real site where you can make lose money- crazy stuff.
I'm surprised i don't see more mention of Gnucleus for file sharing. Why don't more people use this? Gnucleus is an open source client for the gnutella network- no ads, no spyware, and no hidden corporations running it. I have been using it successfully for a long time, but whenever i ask others what they use it's always "kazaa". I don't get it.
As Linux continues to mature and Micro$oft keeps losing more and more control, M$ will have no choice but to open the Windows source in order to compete and give consumers what they want. It reminds me of what M$ did to Netscape with IE (giving IE away for free to f*ck Netscape). I'll go even further and predict that Windows will also be free eventually. There is no other way Windows will last. As Linux gains popularity (it's already huge now anyway), what person or company is going to pay for Windows and all the new licenses and upgrades that are required? TCO? come on... every day more and more linux gurus are emerging, and universities are teaching *nix heavily also. Finding Linux support will be no problem. M$ is screwed and they know it. It's just going to be a while before it happens (at least several years). just my $.02. no refunds.
I am currently at work using 4 monitors all run by the Colorgraphic Predator video card. I don't know the technical details of the card (IANAT - i am not a techie) but i must say the setup i have kicks ass. the card is described here
This smart table calculates the angles, but the game of pool is about a LOT more than the angles. Or maybe I should say that there is a lot more to the angles than just straight geometry. For example, most people don't realize that if you spin the cue ball (whether on accident or on purpose) then the ball the cue ball strikes will pop off the cue ball at a different angle than if there was no spin on the cue ball. It is extremely difficult to put NO spin on the ball, and most players purposely spin the cue. It's just that the good players know how to re-calculate the angles needed based on what spin they are using. anyway, this table seems like a big waste, but i guess in the end it's just a pool table.
I thought RedHat's stable, production level releases all were *.2 (i don't remember a 6.3, and 6.2 was the release for a while). Is this considered a stable release that can be used in production systems?
How can it work with the Open Source community, leverage its resources, and still make a buck?
The answer? It can't. The reason? Because M$ knows that open source is the only real threat to it's monopoly. The second M$ does anything to help out the open source community, it is weakening it's control. That is why we will NEVER see IE for Linux. MS Office documents will never be in an open standard that Linux can open easily with no problems. I don't know much about Samba, but I am waiting for the day that MS changes something so that Samba doesn't work for file sharing. Open Source is MS's biggest enemy and competitor. Asking this question is like saying "how can coke help out pepsi". It's not going to happen. just my $.02.
Isn't SecureIM reenabled with today's release?
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SecureIM is enabled again with the most recent Trillian release.
I don't know too much about these things, but isn't Lotus Notes (or is Domino the server) a serious competitor to Exchange? And I know Lotus runs on Unix & Linux. Isn't Lotus part of IBM, and most people have seen how much IBM is pushing Linux as a platform. Anyway, obviously I am asking these questions more than making a statement, but I know Lotus is pretty widely used, it runs on Unix, and has many Outlook features, so why is OpenMail "the only serious Unix-based competitor to Microsoft Exchange"?
This is offtopic, but maybe someone can help. I was on the @home network, and my connection was down the last few days while I was switched to another network (@attbroadband??). Now my windows boxes can connect to the network fine, but my linux boxes won't connect. No matter what web page i visit, i get an ATT Broadband page saying my settings are not configured properly. I tried Konquerer, Netscape, and Mozilla. I am behind a Linksys router, and I know everything is configured properly. The linksys has access, the win boxes have access, and the linux boxes can traceroute and ping no problem, but no network app's can connect (browser, ftp). Anybody have this same problem?
I'm sure eventually someone will be able to pick this thing apart and write a tool to detect it. Who cares if Symantec doesn't? I guess that's not really the issue or point, though. By not detecting it, it opens up the possibility of other security holes, and a lot of users will never know about it.
That was not trolling. It was a little offtopic because my point had to do with the ease or difficulty of installers in general, for all types of users, and the original poster has a different audience. Why is anything remotely pro MS considered troll on this site? Open your mind.
And I'm not sure how a setup.exe is only for a limited set- like half a dozen windows targets. For example, Morpheus is on over a million pc's. Every one of those was installed by double-clicking setup.exe (actually it is morpheus.exe). Even something as robust as the Microsoft Visual Studio uses setup.exe to install, and is also probably on a million windows machines.
actually, you're totally wrong. my mom is a beginning home user. initially, she had problems learning how to double click without the mouse moving and messing it up. i said 'close the window' and she looked at me like i was speaking greek, so i backed up and said 'these are all windows, click here to close them'. there is no way she would ever figure out to type 'rpm -ivh program.rpm'. she, and thousands of other home users, will never type a command at a terminal ever, nor will they want to. i know this poster has a different audience in mind, but my point was different.
that wasn't my point. i am very comfortable with rpm, and compiling and installing, because i am at least intermediately tech savvy. i was referring to a much wider audience that doesn't want to type commands or write shell scripts.
...there is also something to be said for double clicking 'setup.exe', then clicking 'Next' through an installer. One of the places I have always thought linux was way behind windows (especially for the new user) is with software installation. rpm -ivh??./configure, make, make install?? come on, you think a beginner home user will figure those out?
Not only is that really expensive, like everything else we pay for, the price would eventually go up- just like soda vending machines or payphones. I remember days of 50 cents or less for soda, and 10 cents for a payphone call- and that wasn't too long ago. Eventually it would be 2 cents, then 4, then a quarter per page. I also say no to that idea.
I agree, but at least Sony doesn't have the MSN network, and Passport, and their own browser, and MSN internet service. I am curious to see how much the xbox requires you to use Microsoft web services to get online, and if it tries or requires users to sign up for Passport. Sony is still a major form of 'The Man', but when given a choice, I pick Sony over Microsoft. Another issue for me is that I have always been extremely happy with Sony products. I feel like they make high-quality electronics. i can't say the same about the things Microsoft makes. And Nintendo doesn't have the games I'm interested in.
...and i'm starting to regret it. all of the xbox screenshots i see look noticably better than the ps2 graphics. that's too bad because i really don't want to buy the microsoft product. especially since it seems the future trend for these devices is towards a full media hub- gaming, dvd, music, internet browsing, hard drive space, etc. the last thing i want to do is use a platform that will force me to go where microsoft wants me to go. i would rather play games, watch dvd's, listen to music, and surf the web as microsoft free as possible. perhaps i'll just have to enjoy my ps2 for now and wait for the ps3.
...I just alt + tabbed from my morpheus window over to my browser with slashdot open, and the lead story talks about how morpheus is going strong. With 542414 users online, and 416984.0 GB of files, I'm still having trouble finding last tuesday's Simpsons Halloween special. If you have it, share it!!
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your "ignorant investor" friend has a very valid point. having more shares can indeed be extremely beneficial even if the overall value of his holdings is the same. one makes money on stocks when the price PER SHARE goes up or down. selling 100 shares $1 higher than the purchase price makes a person more money than selling 50 shares $1 higher. WTF do you care if your holdings are at $20 or $40, wouldn't you rather have more shares? the real issue is whether or not the stock's Average True Range decreases with the price decrease (ex. the stock used to swing $2/day at original price, now daily swings are $1).
I know I'm late to this story so maybe no one will see this, but Sen. Orrin Hatch has his own cd out. Maybe if all of a sudden his album was downloaded 1000's of times, he would change his tune.
there is a similar idea already running online:
http://www.tradesports.com
you can buy/sell futures for most current events- for example, you can buy saddam futures based on when/if you think saddam will be captured, or you can bet on what kobe bryant will be charged with. this is a real site where you can make lose money- crazy stuff.
I'm surprised i don't see more mention of Gnucleus for file sharing. Why don't more people use this? Gnucleus is an open source client for the gnutella network- no ads, no spyware, and no hidden corporations running it. I have been using it successfully for a long time, but whenever i ask others what they use it's always "kazaa". I don't get it.
Every time some new, cool tech gadget comes out here, i talk to my friend from Tokyo and he tells me he had it a year ago.
As Linux continues to mature and Micro$oft keeps losing more and more control, M$ will have no choice but to open the Windows source in order to compete and give consumers what they want. It reminds me of what M$ did to Netscape with IE (giving IE away for free to f*ck Netscape). I'll go even further and predict that Windows will also be free eventually. There is no other way Windows will last. As Linux gains popularity (it's already huge now anyway), what person or company is going to pay for Windows and all the new licenses and upgrades that are required? TCO? come on... every day more and more linux gurus are emerging, and universities are teaching *nix heavily also. Finding Linux support will be no problem. M$ is screwed and they know it. It's just going to be a while before it happens (at least several years). just my $.02. no refunds.
i use them to look at multiple market charts. these multi-displays are necessary for day traders.
I am currently at work using 4 monitors all run by the Colorgraphic Predator video card. I don't know the technical details of the card (IANAT - i am not a techie) but i must say the setup i have kicks ass. the card is described here
This smart table calculates the angles, but the game of pool is about a LOT more than the angles. Or maybe I should say that there is a lot more to the angles than just straight geometry. For example, most people don't realize that if you spin the cue ball (whether on accident or on purpose) then the ball the cue ball strikes will pop off the cue ball at a different angle than if there was no spin on the cue ball. It is extremely difficult to put NO spin on the ball, and most players purposely spin the cue. It's just that the good players know how to re-calculate the angles needed based on what spin they are using.
anyway, this table seems like a big waste, but i guess in the end it's just a pool table.
I thought RedHat's stable, production level releases all were *.2 (i don't remember a 6.3, and 6.2 was the release for a while). Is this considered a stable release that can be used in production systems?
How can it work with the Open Source community, leverage its resources, and still make a buck?
The answer? It can't. The reason? Because M$ knows that open source is the only real threat to it's monopoly. The second M$ does anything to help out the open source community, it is weakening it's control. That is why we will NEVER see IE for Linux. MS Office documents will never be in an open standard that Linux can open easily with no problems. I don't know much about Samba, but I am waiting for the day that MS changes something so that Samba doesn't work for file sharing. Open Source is MS's biggest enemy and competitor. Asking this question is like saying "how can coke help out pepsi". It's not going to happen.
just my $.02.
SecureIM is enabled again with the most recent Trillian release.
I don't know too much about these things, but isn't Lotus Notes (or is Domino the server) a serious competitor to Exchange? And I know Lotus runs on Unix & Linux. Isn't Lotus part of IBM, and most people have seen how much IBM is pushing Linux as a platform. Anyway, obviously I am asking these questions more than making a statement, but I know Lotus is pretty widely used, it runs on Unix, and has many Outlook features, so why is OpenMail "the only serious Unix-based competitor to Microsoft Exchange"?
Linux is on their list of unsupported OS's.
This is offtopic, but maybe someone can help. I was on the @home network, and my connection was down the last few days while I was switched to another network (@attbroadband??). Now my windows boxes can connect to the network fine, but my linux boxes won't connect. No matter what web page i visit, i get an ATT Broadband page saying my settings are not configured properly. I tried Konquerer, Netscape, and Mozilla. I am behind a Linksys router, and I know everything is configured properly. The linksys has access, the win boxes have access, and the linux boxes can traceroute and ping no problem, but no network app's can connect (browser, ftp). Anybody have this same problem?
I'm sure eventually someone will be able to pick this thing apart and write a tool to detect it. Who cares if Symantec doesn't? I guess that's not really the issue or point, though. By not detecting it, it opens up the possibility of other security holes, and a lot of users will never know about it.
That was not trolling. It was a little offtopic because my point had to do with the ease or difficulty of installers in general, for all types of users, and the original poster has a different audience. Why is anything remotely pro MS considered troll on this site? Open your mind.
And I'm not sure how a setup.exe is only for a limited set- like half a dozen windows targets. For example, Morpheus is on over a million pc's. Every one of those was installed by double-clicking setup.exe (actually it is morpheus.exe). Even something as robust as the Microsoft Visual Studio uses setup.exe to install, and is also probably on a million windows machines.
actually, you're totally wrong. my mom is a beginning home user. initially, she had problems learning how to double click without the mouse moving and messing it up. i said 'close the window' and she looked at me like i was speaking greek, so i backed up and said 'these are all windows, click here to close them'. there is no way she would ever figure out to type 'rpm -ivh program.rpm'. she, and thousands of other home users, will never type a command at a terminal ever, nor will they want to. i know this poster has a different audience in mind, but my point was different.
that wasn't my point. i am very comfortable with rpm, and compiling and installing, because i am at least intermediately tech savvy. i was referring to a much wider audience that doesn't want to type commands or write shell scripts.
...there is also something to be said for double clicking 'setup.exe', then clicking 'Next' through an installer. One of the places I have always thought linux was way behind windows (especially for the new user) is with software installation. rpm -ivh?? ./configure, make, make install?? come on, you think a beginner home user will figure those out?
Not only is that really expensive, like everything else we pay for, the price would eventually go up- just like soda vending machines or payphones. I remember days of 50 cents or less for soda, and 10 cents for a payphone call- and that wasn't too long ago. Eventually it would be 2 cents, then 4, then a quarter per page. I also say no to that idea.
I agree, but at least Sony doesn't have the MSN network, and Passport, and their own browser, and MSN internet service. I am curious to see how much the xbox requires you to use Microsoft web services to get online, and if it tries or requires users to sign up for Passport. Sony is still a major form of 'The Man', but when given a choice, I pick Sony over Microsoft. Another issue for me is that I have always been extremely happy with Sony products. I feel like they make high-quality electronics. i can't say the same about the things Microsoft makes. And Nintendo doesn't have the games I'm interested in.
...and i'm starting to regret it. all of the xbox screenshots i see look noticably better than the ps2 graphics. that's too bad because i really don't want to buy the microsoft product. especially since it seems the future trend for these devices is towards a full media hub- gaming, dvd, music, internet browsing, hard drive space, etc. the last thing i want to do is use a platform that will force me to go where microsoft wants me to go. i would rather play games, watch dvd's, listen to music, and surf the web as microsoft free as possible. perhaps i'll just have to enjoy my ps2 for now and wait for the ps3.
...I just alt + tabbed from my morpheus window over to my browser with slashdot open, and the lead story talks about how morpheus is going strong. With 542414 users online, and 416984.0 GB of files, I'm still having trouble finding last tuesday's Simpsons Halloween special. If you have it, share it!!
RedHat has officially released a version of 6.2 for Oracle 8i:
http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/eeoracle/