I don't think his point was to highlight the myriad of products made by the same corporations.
Rather, I think he was pointing out how many companies supply either the same everyday products or a modified version to the military. Simply put, if you try to boycott everything availible for military use, you will find it is nearly impossible.
It gets even more silly if you try to expand to encompass the products that Marines, soldiers, sailors, & airmen use on a regular basis in their personal lives. Believe it or not, quite a few of us live pretty normal lives when we're not on duty. Hell, I myself have cut down to only eating babies & kicking puppys on even-numbered days.:)
Ok... I still don't see the word "military" in there.
Florida has plenty of residents overseas during any given election that are not in the military. So characterizing them as such lends an unesscessary bias, IMO.
IE 6.0 and Firefox 0.8 do indeed open up a compose email window. Mozilla 1.6, OTOH, just sits there with a broken picture icon.
I'm not sure which is more interesting - that Firefox allows it such a boneheaded thing or that Firefox allows it when Mozilla does not. Aren't both using the same version of Gecko (I'm assuming that this is a function that Gecko would handle)?
You fail to see a crime??? Are you insane? Who modded this crap as "Interesting"? I hope they meant Interesting = sadly amusing in its ignorance. If you were trying for funny, you missed the mark.
They are commiting fraud. They are defrauding the employees out of wages. They are also defrauding the government out of payroll taxes, but we'll leave that for someone else.
Suppose you're selling me a serivce (let's say computer consulting), and you bill me at a rate of $100 per hour. I'm in charge of keeping track of the hours you work. You tell me each day what you worked & I then give you a statement at the end of each week with the total hours and a check for what I owe you. If you submit 10 hours for five days (50 hours = $5000) & I give you the statement with 45 hours listed and a check for $4500, explain how I did not just cheat you out of $500.
Tannenbaum (spelled with two(2) n's) talks about Windows2000 threading model vs. linux's vs. Solaris's in his book Modern Operating Systems. That's just the threading chapter.
Tanenbaum (one "n" - I have the 2nd edition [2001] in front of me right now), uses UNIX for his examples. Yes, in the chapter on threading he briefly discusses the creation and termination of processes in UNIX versus Windows. Then he continues on with the chapter using UNIX for his examples as he always does and as he states he will at the beginning of the book.
Throughout the book, he uses UNIX for examples and only occasionally mentions Windows. The exception is the history of OS's and the case study chapters - one on UNIX/Linux and one on Windows 2000. Solaris isn't even in the index and I doubt it's mentioned anywhere (I haven't ever seen it).
Next time you want to point out a problem with an article, try not mentioning a file with today's timestamp, twisting a quote, and spouting some flamebait about the quality of Slashdot - people may take you seriously.
Also, not posting a second time to another unrealated thread, after having a +5 posted to an unrelated thread at the top of the freaking page is another good way to not look like a troll. Even more true for a third time.
So assuming your info is correct (I'm not feeling masochistic enough for a trip to IRC tonight), I take back calling you a troll.
I hope you accept my apology, you Flamemebait-spreading Astro-turfing Karma-whore.
I think you're misunderstanding what he was getting at in that sentence (or at least the way I took it).
Yes, if Sun goes crazy a year from now, we can implement our own Java. But that fork means that the Free Java now has to compete with the Official Sun Java. Which standard will people follow?
Having the Official Java be Free at the same time will mean that the chances of people following after a non-Free fork will be greatly diminished.
Sort of like may explanation about VG2 detection on my radar detector:
"Okay, the cops have radar, right? So I have a radar detector. So the cops have a radar detector-detector (VG2). So my radar detector has a radar detector-detector-detector. That means I'm safe until the cops get a radar detector-detector-detector-detector."
This is reinforced by you tellimg me that I now have to PAY to get a reliable easy to use patch system (Windows updates always have been free).
Windows updates are INCLUDED. I can update my Fedora, Red Hat, and SuSE machines, running OSes I legally obtained and installed for free, for free. Updating my WinXP Pro box is included in the price of the OS. You're either naieve or intentionally misrepresenting the issue here.
If I do want to pay to get faster & always availible access to updates from Red Hat or SuSE, they'll gladly let me pay to do it - but that's no different from Microsoft including it in their OS price. If anything it's better, because I can choose to do it in non-peak times for free if I want.
Linux is making a pretty big dent regardless of those tools. Nevertheless, since you obviously don't know what you're talking about and dont'care to research, I'll do it for you.
Recompile??? WTF are you talking about? Install PrefBar in Mozilla, hit F8, & choose you UA from a list. Hell, you can even change it in about:config manually!
And I don't know WTF Access or VB has to do with this thread, but who wants anything like either one of those pieces of shit?
"That thingie on the back is the 'screw' - it turns, and the ship goes forward. That's what we like to call 'movement'."
Who cares if someone knows that the USS Semen docked in Hong Kong five years ago? What you want is where they are going to be docking next month or three months from now. Home docks are common knowledge and guarded quite well. The USS Cole bombing happened due to advanced knowledge of a foriegn port call.
that were got ourselves into this position during WWII. The freeze on wages meant that employers had to get creative to attract the best & brightest. Therefore, they started offering benifits like healthcare. This has led to the current system, which is unpleasant for everyone. However, no one wants to back down, so it will likely take legislative action to get employers out of the healthcare business.
Take someones property from them and they are possibly within their rights to drop you where you stand.
Only in Texas. Anywhere else that I've ever heard of, it's illegal. If a mugger comes up to you, you can shoot his ass - right up until he turns to run with your wallet. At that point you would be defending property, not life and limb, and it would be illegal.
Do you REALLY know that they are bootleging RIAA material as opposed to selling their own or their friends material? (I've personally never witnessed a streetcorner bootleger, I have witnessed local musicians selling their burned CDs of their own songs on the sidewalks of Seattle... one of those high concealed carry areas)
Please don't mistake my clarification of this point as any sort of support or reason to not shoot the RIAA's goons. I'd bust a cap in their ass, too.;-)
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Shit, that was me. Sorry. :-(
I don't think his point was to highlight the myriad of products made by the same corporations.
:)
Rather, I think he was pointing out how many companies supply either the same everyday products or a modified version to the military. Simply put, if you try to boycott everything availible for military use, you will find it is nearly impossible.
It gets even more silly if you try to expand to encompass the products that Marines, soldiers, sailors, & airmen use on a regular basis in their personal lives. Believe it or not, quite a few of us live pretty normal lives when we're not on duty. Hell, I myself have cut down to only eating babies & kicking puppys on even-numbered days.
Ok... I still don't see the word "military" in there.
Florida has plenty of residents overseas during any given election that are not in the military. So characterizing them as such lends an unesscessary bias, IMO.
Ok, I'll bite. Care to explain this one? Why were they invalid?
It'll be done via a Slashdot poll... ...meaning CowboyNeal will now be running X.org.
IE 6.0 and Firefox 0.8 do indeed open up a compose email window. Mozilla 1.6, OTOH, just sits there with a broken picture icon.
I'm not sure which is more interesting - that Firefox allows it such a boneheaded thing or that Firefox allows it when Mozilla does not. Aren't both using the same version of Gecko (I'm assuming that this is a function that Gecko would handle)?
Was it like this?
They are commiting fraud. They are defrauding the employees out of wages. They are also defrauding the government out of payroll taxes, but we'll leave that for someone else.
Suppose you're selling me a serivce (let's say computer consulting), and you bill me at a rate of $100 per hour. I'm in charge of keeping track of the hours you work. You tell me each day what you worked & I then give you a statement at the end of each week with the total hours and a check for what I owe you. If you submit 10 hours for five days (50 hours = $5000) & I give you the statement with 45 hours listed and a check for $4500, explain how I did not just cheat you out of $500.
Yeah, Dude, I hated Windows 85...
Throughout the book, he uses UNIX for examples and only occasionally mentions Windows. The exception is the history of OS's and the case study chapters - one on UNIX/Linux and one on Windows 2000. Solaris isn't even in the index and I doubt it's mentioned anywhere (I haven't ever seen it).
Why don't you put some effort into your trolling?
I think anyone who isn't into self-abuse would. :)
Like vim.
The tax isn't meant to pay the artists, it's meant to cover the cost of your fair use rights.
If I have to pay for it, it is hardly a right.
Next time you want to point out a problem with an article, try not mentioning a file with today's timestamp, twisting a quote, and spouting some flamebait about the quality of Slashdot - people may take you seriously.
Also, not posting a second time to another unrealated thread, after having a +5 posted to an unrelated thread at the top of the freaking page is another good way to not look like a troll. Even more true for a third time.
So assuming your info is correct (I'm not feeling masochistic enough for a trip to IRC tonight), I take back calling you a troll.
I hope you accept my apology, you Flamemebait-spreading Astro-turfing Karma-whore.
Unfortunately, the file is in the releases directory and is dated today. Also, Hemos is clearly referring to Catalyst, not Gentoo. Grow up.
I think you're misunderstanding what he was getting at in that sentence (or at least the way I took it).
Yes, if Sun goes crazy a year from now, we can implement our own Java. But that fork means that the Free Java now has to compete with the Official Sun Java. Which standard will people follow?
Having the Official Java be Free at the same time will mean that the chances of people following after a non-Free fork will be greatly diminished.
Sort of like may explanation about VG2 detection on my radar detector:
"Okay, the cops have radar, right? So I have a radar detector. So the cops have a radar detector-detector (VG2). So my radar detector has a radar detector-detector-detector. That means I'm safe until the cops get a radar detector-detector-detector-detector."
This is reinforced by you tellimg me that I now have to PAY to get a reliable easy to use patch system (Windows updates always have been free).
Windows updates are INCLUDED. I can update my Fedora, Red Hat, and SuSE machines, running OSes I legally obtained and installed for free, for free. Updating my WinXP Pro box is included in the price of the OS. You're either naieve or intentionally misrepresenting the issue here.
If I do want to pay to get faster & always availible access to updates from Red Hat or SuSE, they'll gladly let me pay to do it - but that's no different from Microsoft including it in their OS price. If anything it's better, because I can choose to do it in non-peak times for free if I want.
Linux is making a pretty big dent regardless of those tools. Nevertheless, since you obviously don't know what you're talking about and dont'care to research, I'll do it for you.
VB:
KBasic
Mono
Access:
knoda
GNOME-DB
(For non-free, I beleive that StarOffice may have something and there's also InterBase.)
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux.
Recompile??? WTF are you talking about? Install PrefBar in Mozilla, hit F8, & choose you UA from a list. Hell, you can even change it in about:config manually!
And I don't know WTF Access or VB has to do with this thread, but who wants anything like either one of those pieces of shit?
"That thingie on the back is the 'screw' - it turns, and the ship goes forward. That's what we like to call 'movement'."
Who cares if someone knows that the USS Semen docked in Hong Kong five years ago? What you want is where they are going to be docking next month or three months from now. Home docks are common knowledge and guarded quite well. The USS Cole bombing happened due to advanced knowledge of a foriegn port call.
In other words, your concern doesn't apply here.
Works fine for me on Firebird 0.7 on Fedora and Win XP Pro.
that were got ourselves into this position during WWII. The freeze on wages meant that employers had to get creative to attract the best & brightest. Therefore, they started offering benifits like healthcare. This has led to the current system, which is unpleasant for everyone. However, no one wants to back down, so it will likely take legislative action to get employers out of the healthcare business.
Bullshit. You have an intruder in your house, especially at night, and you are WELL within your rights to shoot his ass. That includes New York.
It is not manslaughter, unless the prosecution can prove that somehow you knew he wasn't a threat and still shot him.
Only in Texas. Anywhere else that I've ever heard of, it's illegal. If a mugger comes up to you, you can shoot his ass - right up until he turns to run with your wallet. At that point you would be defending property, not life and limb, and it would be illegal.
Please don't mistake my clarification of this point as any sort of support or reason to not shoot the RIAA's goons. I'd bust a cap in their ass, too.