Hmmm. Could be counterproductive: what if MS' license is found not to have force of law, but also the GPL? If GPL is found to be void, then MS could reuse all that code and release a "Linux++" or some such.
Create a "Follow-ups" category, and post any story directly related to any "recent" (say, 3 months?) story under this category. People can then choose to ignore that category, if they like
What, a country where Microsoft makes $1.4B a year in revenue is a country "without Microsoft?" I don't buy it. Yes, the "enterprise" market in Japan still uses mainframes more than it does here (and perhaps more than it should), but the last time I checked, Windows was the standard on the vast majority of PCs sold in Japan.
Indeed. We pay $B every year to maintain severe overcapacity in the farming business, because of the sentimental attachment to family farms. Fortunately we are not doing the same for high tech (except aerospace). Let's keep it that way.
There was so much crap in the market that burned through so many investors' dollars it was scary.
Warren Buffett said it correctly: many of these "bubble companies" were designed to make money off investors, not for them. Serves them right that they're toast.
My sweetie is a California attorney and is required to complete 40 or so hours of continuing legal education to remain an active member of the Bar. This is time-consuming but is in my mind a good requirement, because it keeps you sharp.
Frankly I wish I had a mandatory training requirement (I work for an ISP) to keep my technical skills up. But I am getting some training ad hoc.
Not in my experience! I've been to some excellent semi-technical classes (notably Network Security Administration from ARG, now Global Knowledge) that went way, way beyond RTFM to hands-on learning and problem solving. This was well worth the money, given that I was suporting a managed VPN service at the time (1998, when IPSec was very new).
Other classes have been useful (my employer has a training center that is good but generally not excellent) but this was the best.
I would definitely advise people looking for training to look for courses with hands-on learning where appropriate, and look for a detailed syllabus that covers the range of info that you know you need to know. Global Knowledge is expensive but very good.
VA Linux has generated a significant majority of its revenues...
They need to maximize profits, which were not forthcoming from the hardware business, as you can tell from the discussion of "cash burn." OSDN can be made (maybe is already?) profitable, so it's worth keeping.
After all, I can sell dollars for 99 cents and make lots of revenue. Stockholders a couple of years ago were willing to fund such behavior. No more.
Either Anne is real or she isn't. If she's real, this is an internal matter that we really don't need to interfere in. If, as the "Anne" poster suggested, she quit because Taco and Hemos are hard to work with, she was within her rights and should get at least some support from a community which often says "Quit! Now!" to Ask Slashdots about PHBs.
If she's not, this is all a big waste of everyone's time, and possibly the best troll we have ever seen on slashdot. (An account by that name has a brand new uid (462836) and zero comments.) Think of the trolls you've posted - how many led to 100s of posts on other threads, conspiracy theories galore, and posts by #1 and #2? Whoever did this (if not Anne) should get mad props from the troll fans, but should not take any more of our time.
My bet is that she's not real. But in either case we should drop it and get on to more important things.
And WTF were you smoking when you came up with the graffiti campaign? Cute, yes, but now whenever I think "IBM Linux" I immediately think "spray paint."
Should we blame the government?
Or blame our ISP?
Or should we blame the h4x0rs at DirecTV?
No!
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
With their blinking LEDs,
And inflated techsupport fees,
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
We need to form a full assault!
It's Cisco's fault!
Don't blame me for old JonKatz,
He lost his damn connection,
Now he's shooting at little brats!
And poor Roblimo once had
pictures of Heidi Wall,
But now, when I see him,
He tells me to suck his balls!
Well,
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
It seems like everything's gone down
Since Cisco came to town.
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
They're not even a real company, anyway.
Slashdot could've been the place to get our fix of daily news,
Instead we just get jpegs of the results of anal screws!
Should we blame the Editors?
Should we blame the Trolls?
Or the moderators who let them take their toll?
Heck, no!
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
With all their worthless stock options,
And that bitch Anne Tomlinson, Blame Cisco! Shame on Cisco, for...
The crap that we flood,
The news that's a dud,
The MPAA,
Your Rights gone away:
We must blame Cisco! Shout and cuss -
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
You could probably buy a local OC48 from one of those providers pretty cheaply... but you'd need to kick in some serious dough for the router to terminate it, and also for capacity on the backbone you connect it to.
This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo removes such Content from the Service.
Seems to me that this would supersede the "perpetual" license granted below. Even if not, I don't think this would be enforceable - if I did first circulate my novel that way, which I wouldn't anyway, I'm sure a jury would agree with me that it's still mine despite the "sneakwrap" T&C that I never bothered to read.
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Well, I'll never rent from them. And I bet others won't either, if they hear this story.
Typical for a settlement. Admit guilt and you encourage more lawsuits.
Mama don't take my Ricochet
Mama don't take my Ricochet
Mama don't take my Ricochet away
Hmmm. Could be counterproductive: what if MS' license is found not to have force of law, but also the GPL? If GPL is found to be void, then MS could reuse all that code and release a "Linux++" or some such.
It's called Slashback!
I can buy a Palm, for example!
What, a country where Microsoft makes $1.4B a year in revenue is a country "without Microsoft?" I don't buy it. Yes, the "enterprise" market in Japan still uses mainframes more than it does here (and perhaps more than it should), but the last time I checked, Windows was the standard on the vast majority of PCs sold in Japan.
Indeed. We pay $B every year to maintain severe overcapacity in the farming business, because of the sentimental attachment to family farms. Fortunately we are not doing the same for high tech (except aerospace). Let's keep it that way.
Maybe the name cut too close to the bone?
Warren Buffett said it correctly: many of these "bubble companies" were designed to make money off investors, not for them. Serves them right that they're toast.
Results:
40% had passwords falling into categories "Cryptic, Family, Friends, Sex, Geeky, Miscellaneous."
60% told us to fuck off. (correct answer)
Frankly I wish I had a mandatory training requirement (I work for an ISP) to keep my technical skills up. But I am getting some training ad hoc.
Other classes have been useful (my employer has a training center that is good but generally not excellent) but this was the best.
I would definitely advise people looking for training to look for courses with hands-on learning where appropriate, and look for a detailed syllabus that covers the range of info that you know you need to know. Global Knowledge is expensive but very good.
I'd switch. What, MSN users can't find another ISP among the thousands in business?
(And you thought slashdot was losing its "news for nerds" flavor!)
I want a Hypo-Allergenic Cat!
Buy ads on Slashdot for your project!
VA Linux has generated a significant majority of its revenues...
They need to maximize profits, which were not forthcoming from the hardware business, as you can tell from the discussion of "cash burn." OSDN can be made (maybe is already?) profitable, so it's worth keeping.
After all, I can sell dollars for 99 cents and make lots of revenue. Stockholders a couple of years ago were willing to fund such behavior. No more.
Either Anne is real or she isn't. If she's real, this is an internal matter that we really don't need to interfere in. If, as the "Anne" poster suggested, she quit because Taco and Hemos are hard to work with, she was within her rights and should get at least some support from a community which often says "Quit! Now!" to Ask Slashdots about PHBs.
If she's not, this is all a big waste of everyone's time, and possibly the best troll we have ever seen on slashdot. (An account by that name has a brand new uid (462836) and zero comments.) Think of the trolls you've posted - how many led to 100s of posts on other threads, conspiracy theories galore, and posts by #1 and #2? Whoever did this (if not Anne) should get mad props from the troll fans, but should not take any more of our time.
My bet is that she's not real. But in either case we should drop it and get on to more important things.
And WTF were you smoking when you came up with the graffiti campaign? Cute, yes, but now whenever I think "IBM Linux" I immediately think "spray paint."
Blame Cisco
Times have changed,
Our Slashdot's getting worse,
There's no more "stuff that matters,"
Just a hit on VA's purse!
Should we blame the government?
Or blame our ISP?
Or should we blame the h4x0rs at DirecTV?
No!
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
With their blinking LEDs,
And inflated techsupport fees,
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
We need to form a full assault!
It's Cisco's fault!
Don't blame me for old JonKatz,
He lost his damn connection,
Now he's shooting at little brats!
And poor Roblimo once had
pictures of Heidi Wall,
But now, when I see him,
He tells me to suck his balls!
Well,
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
It seems like everything's gone down
Since Cisco came to town.
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
They're not even a real company, anyway.
Slashdot could've been the place to get our fix of daily news,
Instead we just get jpegs of the results of anal screws!
Should we blame the Editors?
Should we blame the Trolls?
Or the moderators who let them take their toll?
Heck, no!
Blame Cisco! Blame Cisco!
With all their worthless stock options,
And that bitch Anne Tomlinson,
Blame Cisco! Shame on Cisco, for...
The crap that we flood,
The news that's a dud,
The MPAA,
Your Rights gone away:
We must blame Cisco! Shout and cuss -
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
now what happened? Down several hours Tues am pdt... why?
No, if /. ran on Macs it would crash twice a day.
You could probably buy a local OC48 from one of those providers pretty cheaply... but you'd need to kick in some serious dough for the router to terminate it, and also for capacity on the backbone you connect it to.
This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo removes such Content from the Service.
Seems to me that this would supersede the "perpetual" license granted below. Even if not, I don't think this would be enforceable - if I did first circulate my novel that way, which I wouldn't anyway, I'm sure a jury would agree with me that it's still mine despite the "sneakwrap" T&C that I never bothered to read.