yea they are supposed to be banned during lifeoff and landing because they can potentially disrupt transmission from ground control. They are usually allowed once the plane reaches a certain altitude.
They are banned so that you will pay $$$ to use the phone built into the seat. The phones built into the seat use the same technology as regular cell phones. They're just screwing you.
It's a joke. I tried installing Debian potato and failed. I've used RedHat on my home computer for a couple of years. I figured I'd try Debian. Apparently, I haven't learned enough about Linux to get everything set up.
The way people want it? Like how everyone in your house with a computer has to buy their own copy of a song/album if your computer isn't on/connected/available? You mean like the way each song records which computers are authorized to play a certain song, how many times a song has been burned, and how many times a song has been played? You mean the fact that most independent and rare music is not available because apple only has deals with the big 5 record companies producing arguably the worst music in the world? You have a bizarre idea of what music lovers want.
You can pay $.99/song and you can burn it to CD without restriction. What else do you need? Make an MP3 from the CD if that's what you want.
How very naive of them. Why shouldn't the people that force us to take extreme measures for a little bit of privacy, convenience, not be made to deal with the same garbage that we do?
Because they are idealists, which means that they will never get anything done and they will always be inconvenienced by their ideals. That said, we can all benefit from those who believe so strongly in their ideals since the majority of us are weak enough to compromise our ideals any time it is convenient, profitable, fun, or whatever other excuse we invent.
Re:Improve upon our faults. OCing the Human Brain?
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Who defines these "faults"? Someone so short minded as to call them faults? Perhaps they have a real purpose.
To get to a point where we have a genuine grasp of the impact of genetic manipulation of humans (and we have only the smallest inkling of a clue right now), we have to test by trial and error. That means many, many ugly mistakes. How about you start coming up with some accepted ethical policies for dealing with live human "mistakes". Imagine the possibilities for what you could screw up in a person.
What happens when our genetic engineering has impacts that show up over multiple generations? What happens when we have completely ruined our genome? I guess the aborigines will get to repopulate the planet.
Here in Tokyo, the place where you want to be when you want Internet connections for cheap, the standard DSL service is 12Mbit/s down, 1Mbit/s up. For abour Yen 3000 (about US$ 26). And so far no restrictions. And it's fast (within Japan 900kbyte/s if the server is fast enough, to USA usually 200kbyte/s).
Is there something wrong with me if that gives me wood?
Unfortunately for Blockbuster, the lie is a bit more visible as new DVDs already sell for LESS or the same than VHS copies of the same movies- and this is with bonus materials! They're raising their prices because they've managed to displace the little guys in most areas and their profits are lower because of the recession. Yes, they're that stupid.
There are two price levels for movies: Priced for rental Priced for sale
If you are going to rent it, you have to pay the higher 'Priced for rental' price. For all you (or I) know, the studios charge more for a DVD priced for rental than VHS priced for rental. Remember, it doesn't matter what it costs to make, it matters what it is worth to the consumer.
The only thing I can think of protecting mircrosoft would be the EULA, but im no expert in that area.
That's exactly what is protecting them. They make no warranties and assume no liabilities. As far as they are concerned, they product may not even work. Beautiful, isn't it.
LAMP? I used it on my FreeBSD box [...] My only objection? Having a title that implies that only Linux can do this.
Only about 8 people, including developers, use BSD. Linux has as much broader base of interest, and adding *BSD or Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/BobsBSD to the title of the book may create the illusion of complexity. This books seems more like an intro, which means that you don't want to confuse people. If you use FreeBSD, then you are smart enough to recognize that this book will work for you.
Speaking of bad jokes, my wife's coworkers tried to get her to call me and say she was in labor (she's actually due on Thursday). I'm so sick with anticipation that I think the false alarm would literally kill me.
No lawyer will sue for something piddly like $500. What we need is for someone to set up a service that we can forward all our spam to. It will root out the sender and lump all violations against one sender together. Then, the guy gets sued to hell and back. We all get our $300/ea ($500 less 40% legal fees) and everyone is happy.
I just don't think the interest would be there to support the product the way that Linux has been supported
There would be far more interest than Linux has. Remember, 20 times more people use Windows. There are probably at least 20 times more developers for Windows. Even if only a fraction of them offer bug fixes, they come out ahead (remember, only a fraction of Linux users submit any bug fixes).
I actually think opening the source (but not GPL) is the way to go for MS. They open their source for viewing, but not for using. They get some bug fixes, but more importantly, they taint everyone that looks at it. Now that you see how MS does it, you can't copy it yourself. I'm surprised they haven't done it already.
This organization consists of companies who _know_ what they're talking about when it comes to computers and competition (and anti-competitive tactics, for that matter), and are taking up the fight from the _consumers'_ point of view.
Do not kid yourself. They are taking up the fight for the purpose of helping themselves. They do not care about the consumer. That just helps their argument. The whole point is so that they can make some more of the money that Microsoft is making.
That being said, I hope they win, because they do happen to be right.
If you lie in your request, then they have a case to say your use is unauthorized, but short of that, there should be no need to have the judicial system rewrite the technology.
I don't have to lie. I do my programming in VB on Windows (save the comments). I have written several programs for scraping, and all of them simply automate Internet Explorer. I identify as an acceptable user agent, and can accept cookies and JavaScript redirections. It works out well. The only thing you might notice is a spike in the number of requests from one location.
How much better could it possibly be? I'm no 'closed OS' hater, by any means, but a choice between the volume of development that has gone in to Linux compared to the volume in Solaris9-x86 just cannot equate to superiority IMB.
The volume of development in Solaris has had focus. The volume of development in "Linux" (are you referring to all packages, because I'm not sure your arguement works as well kernel vs kernel) has resulted in 50 different tools that do the same thing a slightly different way.
but a credit check? No. The only people to whom that should matter are those who can LEND me money.
In effect, your employer does lend you money. Many employers issue a credit card to employees. That is a blank check to screw the company. As an employee, you are an agent of the company, and you can call up another company and order some things. Then, your company gets the bill for it.
If someone was going to have that authority with your credit card or checking account, wouldn't you want to know about their credit history?
I know a way to prevent them....Try this...Fill water in your mouth and hold your nose with your hand...(such that you can't breathe)...Do this for a few seconds...and then release your nose...You will find them gone!! Try again for few seconds if the hiccups still persist!!
The parent to my post was referring to having the hiccups while at work. I don't really suggest you try this while in a meeting!
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Doesn't get any simpler than that
That's if you can get through the complexity of the install, which requires that you do everything yourself.
yea they are supposed to be banned during lifeoff and landing because they can potentially disrupt transmission from ground control. They are usually allowed once the plane reaches a certain altitude.
They are banned so that you will pay $$$ to use the phone built into the seat. The phones built into the seat use the same technology as regular cell phones. They're just screwing you.
This is a joke, right? Or a troll?
It's a joke. I tried installing Debian potato and failed. I've used RedHat on my home computer for a couple of years. I figured I'd try Debian. Apparently, I haven't learned enough about Linux to get everything set up.
Why do they need a NEW distrobution for this? Can't they just add their improvements to Debian?
Because if it were easy to install, it wouldn't be Debian.
You can pay $.99/song and you can burn it to CD without restriction. What else do you need? Make an MP3 from the CD if that's what you want.
Never mind. I misread it. I thought you could burn to Audio CD, not burn to AAC on CD.
The way people want it? Like how everyone in your house with a computer has to buy their own copy of a song/album if your computer isn't on/connected/available? You mean like the way each song records which computers are authorized to play a certain song, how many times a song has been burned, and how many times a song has been played? You mean the fact that most independent and rare music is not available because apple only has deals with the big 5 record companies producing arguably the worst music in the world? You have a bizarre idea of what music lovers want.
You can pay $.99/song and you can burn it to CD without restriction. What else do you need? Make an MP3 from the CD if that's what you want.
How very naive of them. Why shouldn't the people that force us to take extreme measures for a little bit of privacy, convenience, not be made to deal with the same garbage that we do?
Because they are idealists, which means that they will never get anything done and they will always be inconvenienced by their ideals. That said, we can all benefit from those who believe so strongly in their ideals since the majority of us are weak enough to compromise our ideals any time it is convenient, profitable, fun, or whatever other excuse we invent.
Who defines these "faults"? Someone so short minded as to call them faults? Perhaps they have a real purpose.
To get to a point where we have a genuine grasp of the impact of genetic manipulation of humans (and we have only the smallest inkling of a clue right now), we have to test by trial and error. That means many, many ugly mistakes. How about you start coming up with some accepted ethical policies for dealing with live human "mistakes". Imagine the possibilities for what you could screw up in a person.
What happens when our genetic engineering has impacts that show up over multiple generations? What happens when we have completely ruined our genome? I guess the aborigines will get to repopulate the planet.
Here in Tokyo, the place where you want to be when you want Internet connections for cheap, the standard DSL service is 12Mbit/s down, 1Mbit/s up. For abour Yen 3000 (about US$ 26). And so far no restrictions. And it's fast (within Japan 900kbyte/s if the server is fast enough, to USA usually 200kbyte/s).
Is there something wrong with me if that gives me wood?
Unfortunately for Blockbuster, the lie is a bit more visible as new DVDs already sell for LESS or the same than VHS copies of the same movies- and this is with bonus materials! They're raising their prices because they've managed to displace the little guys in most areas and their profits are lower because of the recession. Yes, they're that stupid.
There are two price levels for movies:
Priced for rental
Priced for sale
If you are going to rent it, you have to pay the higher 'Priced for rental' price. For all you (or I) know, the studios charge more for a DVD priced for rental than VHS priced for rental. Remember, it doesn't matter what it costs to make, it matters what it is worth to the consumer.
Well, the original author may be having difficulty determining this. I think that traffic on mailing lists is a good indicator.
Mirror
Right here [cofc.edu]
Is it considered a mirror when the same server (Slashdot) posts three copies of the same thing?
to right a school paper or something
Perhaps you would benefit from writing a few more.
The only thing I can think of protecting mircrosoft would be the EULA, but im no expert in that area.
That's exactly what is protecting them. They make no warranties and assume no liabilities. As far as they are concerned, they product may not even work. Beautiful, isn't it.
LAMP? I used it on my FreeBSD box [...] My only objection? Having a title that implies that only Linux can do this.
Only about 8 people, including developers, use BSD. Linux has as much broader base of interest, and adding *BSD or Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/BobsBSD to the title of the book may create the illusion of complexity. This books seems more like an intro, which means that you don't want to confuse people. If you use FreeBSD, then you are smart enough to recognize that this book will work for you.
Speaking of bad jokes, my wife's coworkers tried to get her to call me and say she was in labor (she's actually due on Thursday). I'm so sick with anticipation that I think the false alarm would literally kill me.
better to have a P2P network sharing the file around and not have the expense of all that bandwidth
Better to have the P2P network next week, not this week.
No lawyer will sue for something piddly like $500. What we need is for someone to set up a service that we can forward all our spam to. It will root out the sender and lump all violations against one sender together. Then, the guy gets sued to hell and back. We all get our $300/ea ($500 less 40% legal fees) and everyone is happy.
I just don't think the interest would be there to support the product the way that Linux has been supported
There would be far more interest than Linux has. Remember, 20 times more people use Windows. There are probably at least 20 times more developers for Windows. Even if only a fraction of them offer bug fixes, they come out ahead (remember, only a fraction of Linux users submit any bug fixes).
I actually think opening the source (but not GPL) is the way to go for MS. They open their source for viewing, but not for using. They get some bug fixes, but more importantly, they taint everyone that looks at it. Now that you see how MS does it, you can't copy it yourself. I'm surprised they haven't done it already.
How 'bout some changes to Slashcode so that story submissions containing URLs from past stories are flagged as "HEY, PROLLY A DUPE!" to the editors...
Because then Taco would never get anything posted.
This organization consists of companies who _know_ what they're talking about when it comes to computers and competition (and anti-competitive tactics, for that matter), and are taking up the fight from the _consumers'_ point of view.
Do not kid yourself. They are taking up the fight for the purpose of helping themselves. They do not care about the consumer. That just helps their argument. The whole point is so that they can make some more of the money that Microsoft is making.
That being said, I hope they win, because they do happen to be right.
If you lie in your request, then they have a case to say your use is unauthorized, but short of that, there should be no need to have the judicial system rewrite the technology.
I don't have to lie. I do my programming in VB on Windows (save the comments). I have written several programs for scraping, and all of them simply automate Internet Explorer. I identify as an acceptable user agent, and can accept cookies and JavaScript redirections. It works out well. The only thing you might notice is a spike in the number of requests from one location.
How much better could it possibly be? I'm no 'closed OS' hater, by any means, but a choice between the volume of development that has gone in to Linux compared to the volume in Solaris9-x86 just cannot equate to superiority IMB.
The volume of development in Solaris has had focus. The volume of development in "Linux" (are you referring to all packages, because I'm not sure your arguement works as well kernel vs kernel) has resulted in 50 different tools that do the same thing a slightly different way.
but a credit check? No. The only people to whom that should matter are those who can LEND me money.
In effect, your employer does lend you money. Many employers issue a credit card to employees. That is a blank check to screw the company. As an employee, you are an agent of the company, and you can call up another company and order some things. Then, your company gets the bill for it.
If someone was going to have that authority with your credit card or checking account, wouldn't you want to know about their credit history?
I know a way to prevent them....Try this...Fill water in your mouth and hold your nose with your hand...(such that you can't breathe)...Do this for a few seconds...and then release your nose...You will find them gone!! Try again for few seconds if the hiccups still persist!!
The parent to my post was referring to having the hiccups while at work. I don't really suggest you try this while in a meeting!