FYI, newer versions of Zope have the to mount additional ZODBs in the hierarchy. You're no longer limited to just one database. I haven't fooled with this yet, but it looks promising.
I, on the other hand, was extremely pissed when they stopped the POP3. A couple of years ago, I went ahead and paid Yahoo! to register a domain name for my "premium service" personalized mail address. I even renewed it for a second year. When I received the "no more POP3" notice in my inbox, I assumed that didn't apply to me because I was already a premium user. Wrong! They still wanted to dip into my wallet a little deeper and charge extra for POP3. There's already enough vendor lock-in in the world. The last thing I need is another company trying to nickel & dime me (I get enough of that with my mobile phone bill).
What morons. Giving POP3 access away for free saves them server space and bandwidth, so the only explanation I can come up with is that they want more eyeballs on the ridiculously huge ads they embed in their webmail interface. Screw that. I have better things to do with my time than wade through Flash ads while I'm trying to read email.
I canceled the premium service, switched the domain away from Verisign (I'll tell you where you can shove your damn SiteFinder), and now Yahoo! doesn't get a single cent from me... EVER AGAIN. Now I can check my email via webmail, pop3, or imap4 and I have better virus and spam controls than Yahoo! ever offered (thank you Spamassassin).
I feel sorry for the non-geeks out there who put up with crap like this from the likes of Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft etc. because they don't have the time or patience to investigate the alternatives.
Funny... I mentioned this a while back somewhere (might have been/.) and got the "It's all about choice" speech from several posters. I, for one, am looking forward to the day when my desktop machines are running KNOME.
... is actually a customer of mine. I can't believe she'd go behind my back and try to smuggle the money through some idiot at Princeton. She's trying to cut me out of my share of the money!!!
Disclaimer: Packetvision, being a parody site, doesn't always work as expected. As such, your results may vary.
This isn't news at all (it's "olds"). They've been taking donations for database independence for over a year now. Did it really take you this long to pick up on it? They'll eventually have all of the business logic rolled into Jboss instead of residing in PL/SQL form in the database.
In addition to the manufacturing to repair the damages from the war, do not forget the following impacts on the consumer side of the economy:
Increased pay to servicemen and servicewomen for overseas duty, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, FSA (Family Separation Allowance) etc. etc. All of this goes back into the U.S. consumer economy, and most of this will not be taxed. People who serve in areas labeled as "warzones" do not have to pay taxes for that calendar year (if I remember correctly).
Serviceman's Group Life Insurance payments to the families of our fallen servicemembers ($200K per policy if memory serves me correctly).
Orders to government contractors to replace spent munitions, missiles, etc.
Orders to manufacturers to replace destroyed equipment, Hummers, tanks, aircraft and parts for all of the above.
I have a feeling that a large portion of the $87B rebuilding check to Iraq will end up in the hands of U.S. entities (engineering and consulting firms, etc.)
I don't know how much of a part our senators play in role of being consumers, but they just voted themselves a nice little pay raise (bastards... I just got a pay cut). Now they can afford that new Mercedes Benz and someone gets to spend the commission.
Rather than one big class action suit, how about the Slashdot effect?
gun@curly stuart $ cd/usr/src/linux-2.4.22 gun@curly linux $ grep N: CREDITS | wc -l
429 gun@curly linux $
Even just 429 small claims suits would be a thorn in their side. Imagine if everyone slapped them around in district civil court!
I know there are many Linux developers in countries other than the U.S. What are the international laws regarding compensation for copyright infringement? Perhaps we can shut these idiots up once and for all.
I agree, Mr. Gates has made Microsoft one of the most successful companies of all time. That doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't need an occasional clue injection.
Imagine how much more successful Microsoft would be if they were able to work efficiently with other companies and software developers. Unlike our good friend Mr. Stallman, I feel that proprietary software has its place in the world. Nonetheless, I don't think that vendors of proprietary software need to act like spoiled brats and refuse to get along with the rest of the world.
If Microsoft was able to play nicely with all of the other children, we wouldn't make them sit at the front of the class next to the teacher's desk.
Hrmm... I guess, according to Microsoft's logic, I should switch to WindowsXP so that I won't be restricted to viewing music, movies, etc. in non-Microsoft^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hstandard formats.
Yeah, right. If Microsoft understood open formats, they would have launched their own music download service months ago.
Now I remember why my cluebat has a permanant imprint of Mr. Gates' forehead on one side.
Once I grow my beard longer, I would be honored if someone called me a bright, educated, comp-sci longbeard. I wouldn't be insulted in any way. (Guess I should hurry up and finish my BSCS too while I'm growing out my beard).
... Please let me know exactly what it is you're smoking, because I know I can get at least $200 an ounce for it on the street. You and I can split the profit 50/50.
What are you going to do when some PHB marketing genius does something stupid to increase market share and exposure... like... say... hijack unregistered domains? Oh wait... Verisign already tried that.
What a great example of why the Internet's Infrstructure should not be commercialized: Verisign's little Sitefinder stunt.
Now that SCO actually has some money to throw around, this is the ideal time for all of us who support Linux for a living to file our class action suit against them for the damages their false claims have had on our ability to make a living.
After all, in this impromptu, roadside interview, Darl @ SCO basically states that they have to protect their income (6:42 into the conversation) and their employees' livelihoods. Those of us who depend on Linux for a living should protect ours too.
As an independent IT pro, I can honestly say that my company's bottom line can definitely use an injection. SCO's unchecked, continuing spreading of FUD has seriously impacted the number of companies implementing Linux (thus lowering the number of potential customers).
Let's face it, SCO's practically using the court system as its marketing department. That "courtroom marketing" just got the company a nice, fat $50M check. I don't see how they can get away with this right under the SEC's (apparently not-so-watchful) eye. It's so ridiculously obvious that they pumped up their stock with false claims and dumped it successfully for a huge profit, and now they're getting ready for a second round of pumping. I wonder how much the SCO execs will rake in this time around. (watch SCOX tomorrow)
SCO: Give me a copy of your source code, the Linux source code, and the BSD source code and I'll tell you whether or not your claims hold merit. My bet is that after I publish my results, your precious UNIX products will have nice, big GPL and/or BSD licenses on them. Either that, or your UNIX products will fit on a 1.44MB floppy after I remove all of the code you stole from the BSD project(s).
It's great to see that your Bayside stakehorse just dumped another bankroll of chips in front of you. I'll see your UnixWare and raise you one Linux kernel. Now call, fold, or get the hell out of the game. Whatever you do, make it quick before everyone notices you're dealing from the bottom of the deck.
If you want optimized, install gentoo instead. Contrary to popular belief, you don't actually have to compile everything. If you download the CDs for your architecture, you'll find that the included binary packages are compiled for your architecture alerady.
It's a little overkill for my shop of 5 (we use dotproject instead), but DCL is a pretty powerful web-based project/ticket management system with nice reports.
I welcome spam with open arms. After all, I'd hate to cut off my easiest revenue source. If you find any Nigerian millionaires, be sure to send them my way.
Just a novelty? What about the applications of such robots in real-world environments. Now big, mean, ugly robots won't be so prone to bullying smaller robots because there will always be the possibility that the smaller one may be a Ninjabot.
Slashdot Mirror
FYI, newer versions of Zope have the to mount additional ZODBs in the hierarchy. You're no longer limited to just one database. I haven't fooled with this yet, but it looks promising.
Try Plone. It's easy to install, works right out of the box, and has available blog and photoalbum modules that are easy to install and configure.
I, on the other hand, was extremely pissed when they stopped the POP3. A couple of years ago, I went ahead and paid Yahoo! to register a domain name for my "premium service" personalized mail address. I even renewed it for a second year. When I received the "no more POP3" notice in my inbox, I assumed that didn't apply to me because I was already a premium user. Wrong! They still wanted to dip into my wallet a little deeper and charge extra for POP3. There's already enough vendor lock-in in the world. The last thing I need is another company trying to nickel & dime me (I get enough of that with my mobile phone bill).
What morons. Giving POP3 access away for free saves them server space and bandwidth, so the only explanation I can come up with is that they want more eyeballs on the ridiculously huge ads they embed in their webmail interface. Screw that. I have better things to do with my time than wade through Flash ads while I'm trying to read email.
I canceled the premium service, switched the domain away from Verisign (I'll tell you where you can shove your damn SiteFinder), and now Yahoo! doesn't get a single cent from me... EVER AGAIN. Now I can check my email via webmail, pop3, or imap4 and I have better virus and spam controls than Yahoo! ever offered (thank you Spamassassin).
I feel sorry for the non-geeks out there who put up with crap like this from the likes of Yahoo!, AOL, Microsoft etc. because they don't have the time or patience to investigate the alternatives.
I upgraded six RedHat servers (versions ranging from 7.3 through 9) to Gentoo 1.4 for a customer recently. He couldn't be happier.
Click here to view the status of Red Hat's Trademark filing.
... you'd have to be by far the bluntest tool in the box...
Or a wedge (the simplest of tools).
Heck, I even made it a company service offering:
http://packetvision.net/money/
Funny... I mentioned this a while back somewhere (might have been /.) and got the "It's all about choice" speech from several posters. I, for one, am looking forward to the day when my desktop machines are running KNOME.
... is actually a customer of mine. I can't believe she'd go behind my back and try to smuggle the money through some idiot at Princeton. She's trying to cut me out of my share of the money!!!
Disclaimer: Packetvision, being a parody site, doesn't always work as expected. As such, your results may vary.
Note: It's funny... laugh.
This isn't news at all (it's "olds"). They've been taking donations for database independence for over a year now. Did it really take you this long to pick up on it? They'll eventually have all of the business logic rolled into Jboss instead of residing in PL/SQL form in the database.
Head over to their database independence forum for more information.
Rather than one big class action suit, how about the Slashdot effect?
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22
gun@curly stuart $ cd
gun@curly linux $ grep N: CREDITS | wc -l
429
gun@curly linux $
Even just 429 small claims suits would be a thorn in their side. Imagine if everyone slapped them around in district civil court!
I know there are many Linux developers in countries other than the U.S. What are the international laws regarding compensation for copyright infringement? Perhaps we can shut these idiots up once and for all.
For my money laundering service.
Note: It's a joke... laugh.
I agree, Mr. Gates has made Microsoft one of the most successful companies of all time. That doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't need an occasional clue injection.
Imagine how much more successful Microsoft would be if they were able to work efficiently with other companies and software developers. Unlike our good friend Mr. Stallman, I feel that proprietary software has its place in the world. Nonetheless, I don't think that vendors of proprietary software need to act like spoiled brats and refuse to get along with the rest of the world.
If Microsoft was able to play nicely with all of the other children, we wouldn't make them sit at the front of the class next to the teacher's desk.
Hrmm... I guess, according to Microsoft's logic, I should switch to WindowsXP so that I won't be restricted to viewing music, movies, etc. in non-Microsoft^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hstandard formats.
Yeah, right. If Microsoft understood open formats, they would have launched their own music download service months ago.
Now I remember why my cluebat has a permanant imprint of Mr. Gates' forehead on one side.
What makes you think it's Apache and not something else like... say... hardware? PHP? Perl?
Once I grow my beard longer, I would be honored if someone called me a bright, educated, comp-sci longbeard. I wouldn't be insulted in any way. (Guess I should hurry up and finish my BSCS too while I'm growing out my beard).
... Please let me know exactly what it is you're smoking, because I know I can get at least $200 an ounce for it on the street. You and I can split the profit 50/50.
What are you going to do when some PHB marketing genius does something stupid to increase market share and exposure... like... say... hijack unregistered domains? Oh wait... Verisign already tried that.
What a great example of why the Internet's Infrstructure should not be commercialized: Verisign's little Sitefinder stunt.
Are investment firms really that dumb?
Ummm.... yes.
Then again, this could be a wolf hiding behind a flock of sheep.
Can I sue IBM and just get $50 million by pretending to be a player in industry?
Ummm.... no.
Then again, we could just all take a chunk of SCO's new $50M check with a class action suit.
This buys us tons more SCO stories!
Damn... groklaw.net is going to need a few mirrors if SCO keeps this crap up and dumps this $50M into its FUD machine.
Now that SCO actually has some money to throw around, this is the ideal time for all of us who support Linux for a living to file our class action suit against them for the damages their false claims have had on our ability to make a living.
After all, in this impromptu, roadside interview, Darl @ SCO basically states that they have to protect their income (6:42 into the conversation) and their employees' livelihoods. Those of us who depend on Linux for a living should protect ours too.
As an independent IT pro, I can honestly say that my company's bottom line can definitely use an injection. SCO's unchecked, continuing spreading of FUD has seriously impacted the number of companies implementing Linux (thus lowering the number of potential customers).
Let's face it, SCO's practically using the court system as its marketing department. That "courtroom marketing" just got the company a nice, fat $50M check. I don't see how they can get away with this right under the SEC's (apparently not-so-watchful) eye. It's so ridiculously obvious that they pumped up their stock with false claims and dumped it successfully for a huge profit, and now they're getting ready for a second round of pumping. I wonder how much the SCO execs will rake in this time around. (watch SCOX tomorrow)
SCO: Give me a copy of your source code, the Linux source code, and the BSD source code and I'll tell you whether or not your claims hold merit. My bet is that after I publish my results, your precious UNIX products will have nice, big GPL and/or BSD licenses on them. Either that, or your UNIX products will fit on a 1.44MB floppy after I remove all of the code you stole from the BSD project(s).
It's great to see that your Bayside stakehorse just dumped another bankroll of chips in front of you. I'll see your UnixWare and raise you one Linux kernel. Now call, fold, or get the hell out of the game. Whatever you do, make it quick before everyone notices you're dealing from the bottom of the deck.
If you want optimized, install gentoo instead. Contrary to popular belief, you don't actually have to compile everything. If you download the CDs for your architecture, you'll find that the included binary packages are compiled for your architecture alerady.
It's a little overkill for my shop of 5 (we use dotproject instead), but DCL is a pretty powerful web-based project/ticket management system with nice reports.
http://dcl.sourceforge.net/
I welcome spam with open arms. After all, I'd hate to cut off my easiest revenue source. If you find any Nigerian millionaires, be sure to send them my way.
Just a novelty? What about the applications of such robots in real-world environments. Now big, mean, ugly robots won't be so prone to bullying smaller robots because there will always be the possibility that the smaller one may be a Ninjabot.