It all depends on the individual. My parents had the forsight in 80's to buy one of the first PC's IBM's 8088 model 5051. Today I work in the feild and I am my own boss.
P.S. 16k of ram, no hard disk, 5.5 floppys, and an rf modulator so we can hook it up to the TV, total cost about $6K. The monitors at the time would sell for $3K (mono green or amber). It still runs. To bad I cant't install Linux on it, I have IBM DOS 1.1 for it.
Are you saying that the research done using public money should not be given back to the public?
On another point if you do not like the GPL then create your software from scratch. Was the original author an idiot that he may not benefit from his own code? His benifit as I see it, as also being the licensing fees, is that he will have use of all the derivatives of his code. WHAT A BRILIANT CONCEPT!!!!!! You may not EXTEND his code for your own selfish needs. You may EXTEND his code if you give yours back. And that is how the circle of GPL life works.
On the other hand we are seeing Linux being advertised by more and more tech support co's. We are also seeing tech schools advertising training and courses. Why would they if there was no demand? I beleive there are a great many co's who support and are recomending Linux or OSS to business clients but few wish to step on Micro$oft's toes.
Yes, because in most cases Flash pages are designed for look not size. So some people put in useless garbage just for look so Flash pages tend to be larger than non Flash pages. It's not Flash that is the problem it's people who think that their animated logo is more important than the information on the site. Gee that logo moves,... cool!!!NOT
Funny in most cases I don't even wait for Flash to download. Just the animation is not enough for my entertainment. My time is more valuable than that.
On the other hand if I wish to be entertained I'll look for something else than advertising.
GPL is infringing on their buisness model, but instead of asking for $$$$ GPL asks for the code. If you beleive that time is money, then in fact GPL has the same business model as Micro$oft.
an you represent any integer quantity between 0 and 10 using only an integer quantity between 0 and 9?
Not my point, but if I use binary to represent the integer or ASCII I will have two diff. file sizes.
But it is beside the point. Because we do not know how to it does not mean we are unable. If some one had the solution to this problem it would not be a problem. All I'm saying is that nothing is impossible just highly unlikely.
I'll never againg question the need for a good lawyer. These two people READ there own contract. In other word said one thing but meant another.
On a seperate subject compression of random numbers is not imposible just very unlikely. Maybe one day we will find a way to represent any randum number in a simple formula. Because we are unable to do this today does not mean it is impossible, just unlikely ( I will not mention how many inventions we take for granted today which were thought impossible in the past)
The sytem is running no problemo....oups... while you were not wathcing something happens, dont know what but something must have happened...since everything seems to be OK. the settings are fine but.... you are unsable to do thing A. So you spend a couple of hours looking over your settings everything is fine..then you start asking yourself if you changed something. NO you didn't touch it. So after reinstalling Thing A and it still doesn't work you decide to backup, format, and reinstall. You enter the same info as before and everything works again...but you just lost 5 hours.
OR
You buy this new do hicky of a thing, doesn't matter what you install it on your system then you boot...so the OS finds it but it selects the wrong driver...you put in the Hardware driver that the manufacturer included with the thing and it can't find the driver for your thing...so you waste a coulple of hours and still...but you see the dam driver on the #$%^&* floppy and still you can't chose it... so you decide to add new harware and choose from list pop in your floppy and install... you restart the system... and now it sees it...but you have a conflict with the one that your OS initially saw...so you remove it and restart...
I have more many more...did you guess the OS. It's you friendly Window$...so user friendly in fact that most users need the same Linux/FreeBSd/Unix techie to figure it out.
so for you who think that Windows is so easy all I have to say is THANK YOU MICRO$OFT for all the MONEY YOU HAVE MADE ME. 'cause when I Install FreeBSD/Linux I only get calls 2 to 3 years later due to harware failure or upgardes...When will the OO comunity solve this one..I hope it's after I retire.
ok now mabe you can send me some documentation on NetInfo and how to set it up....I seem to be unable to find any documentation on networking on the Apple site.
So that takes care of, maybe, 10% of the market. Waht about the average person who normally doesn't use these advanced options. As far as I see most people dont't even know how to use Word.
or does it seem the love and peace baby boomer generation which fought for freedom of speech and such, turning into the generation they hated.
It's not just in Aussie it seems to be everywhere, in the US, Canada, UK, etc...
It seems to me that this generation is trying to tell all others that they only know what's good for us. Now that they are in a position of power they wish to control everything. i.e.
Napster: I find Ma Bell was as instrumental as Napster in helping people violate copyright laws.
DeCSS: Same point as above. Why should I not be able to make private copies of DVD's I can do it with VHS. I mean I bought a copy of the vedeo why not ensure that I will be able to watch it in the future.
VW.NEt What does it have to do with cars? For everyone with the initials of VW I'd be very worried.
ereferee.com In this one I can see the point that the online mag tried to mimic the print Mag Referee, but the word referee should never have been allowed as a trade mark within the sporting comunity. SH_T I should trade mark player or team and demand royalties from every one who uses these two words.
These are just a few points wihich I have seen here on/., I can go on forever on stupid issues like these....
What's the diff between SSH, CSH, BASH, KSH etc...
Ther is nothing original in SSH. ie I have a shell (which is allready abbriviated as sh) and I add the s for secure.
To use your own argument OpenSSH is not going by the acronym SSH but by OpenSSH. If people can't defirentiate the two who are/is the idiot. Your logic states that no one can use MO, MSO because they represent Microsoft Office.
As you see it a x386 would do the job of a Pentium because the only diff is time. It's just that the x386 would take a little longer.....Maby we should keep the old systems and just get rid of the breaks, time in/out, fire drills, meetings etc....
I have worked in the travel industry and have been on both sides, so here is my 2cents.
In some cases Unions are required due to employers taking advantage of uneducated people. But in most cases the unions hinder the progress/salarie of the dedicated individual. All employees are grouped into classes/departments and perfomance is no longer considered. ie. NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION. Imagine a software house where we have debuggers and programes. If a programer finds a bug he will no longer be allowed to follow it through and fix it. It will have to be transfered to the debugging department to document it and research it. Example: I have seen a hotel maid pass by a news paper in the hallway and call a houseman in order for the paper to be picked up two hours latter the houseman finally has time to pick it up. If a manager would have picked up this paper a greivance would be filled. So a 2 second job took more than two hours.
As for:
* Tech companies will lay-off people without a second thought if it helps the bottom line.
No collective agreement will prevent this. Lay-off's are a part of business, they allow a company to recover when they are unable to make ends meet. If lay-off's are not permitted then you are headed into bankruptcy.
In which case the employee is responsible because he represents the company and therefore the non-employee is not liable.
Imagine walking into a store asking for some item and being directed behind the counter, and being arrested just because you followed the directions of the employee.
Or take for example when I got my cell phone. The employee gave me a free leather case and a free cordless home phone. She said it was a promo they were doing. I guess if she called the cops I would be had 'cause I took her word for it.
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RTFA Read the F****** ARTICLE
Maybe time to change your ISP.
Yes it does!!! If you can't afford to buy (ir T1) the car you lease (DSL, CABEL) with the milage limitations and all.
It all depends on the individual. My parents had the forsight in 80's to buy one of the first PC's IBM's 8088 model 5051. Today I work in the feild and I am my own boss.
P.S. 16k of ram, no hard disk, 5.5 floppys, and an rf modulator so we can hook it up to the TV, total cost about $6K. The monitors at the time would sell for $3K (mono green or amber). It still runs. To bad I cant't install Linux on it, I have IBM DOS 1.1 for it.
On another point if you do not like the GPL then create your software from scratch. Was the original author an idiot that he may not benefit from his own code? His benifit as I see it, as also being the licensing fees, is that he will have use of all the derivatives of his code. WHAT A BRILIANT CONCEPT!!!!!! You may not EXTEND his code for your own selfish needs. You may EXTEND his code if you give yours back. And that is how the circle of GPL life works.
On the other hand we are seeing Linux being advertised by more and more tech support co's. We are also seeing tech schools advertising training and courses. Why would they if there was no demand? I beleive there are a great many co's who support and are recomending Linux or OSS to business clients but few wish to step on Micro$oft's toes.
On the other hand if I wish to be entertained I'll look for something else than advertising.
Not my point, but if I use binary to represent the integer or ASCII I will have two diff. file sizes.
But it is beside the point. Because we do not know how to it does not mean we are unable. If some one had the solution to this problem it would not be a problem. All I'm saying is that nothing is impossible just highly unlikely.
On a seperate subject compression of random numbers is not imposible just very unlikely. Maybe one day we will find a way to represent any randum number in a simple formula. Because we are unable to do this today does not mean it is impossible, just unlikely ( I will not mention how many inventions we take for granted today which were thought impossible in the past)
Now I got the bug...the above makes no sense
The sytem is running no problemo....oups... while you were not wathcing something happens, dont know what but something must have happened...since everything seems to be OK. the settings are fine but .... you are unsable to do thing A. So you spend a couple of hours looking over your settings everything is fine..then you start asking yourself if you changed something. NO you didn't touch it. So after reinstalling Thing A and it still doesn't work you decide to backup, format, and reinstall. You enter the same info as before and everything works again...but you just lost 5 hours.
OR
You buy this new do hicky of a thing, doesn't matter what you install it on your system then you boot...so the OS finds it but it selects the wrong driver...you put in the Hardware driver that the manufacturer included with the thing and it can't find the driver for your thing...so you waste a coulple of hours and still...but you see the dam driver on the #$%^&* floppy and still you can't chose it... so you decide to add new harware and choose from list pop in your floppy and install... you restart the system... and now it sees it...but you have a conflict with the one that your OS initially saw...so you remove it and restart...
I have more many more...did you guess the OS. It's you friendly Window$...so user friendly in fact that most users need the same Linux/FreeBSd/Unix techie to figure it out.
so for you who think that Windows is so easy all I have to say is THANK YOU MICRO$OFT for all the MONEY YOU HAVE MADE ME. 'cause when I Install FreeBSD/Linux I only get calls 2 to 3 years later due to harware failure or upgardes...When will the OO comunity solve this one..I hope it's after I retire.
ok now mabe you can send me some documentation on NetInfo and how to set it up....I seem to be unable to find any documentation on networking on the Apple site.
So that takes care of, maybe, 10% of the market. Waht about the average person who normally doesn't use these advanced options. As far as I see most people dont't even know how to use Word.
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
But all I get is SuperMario Bros
You tell him!!!!
It's not just in Aussie it seems to be everywhere, in the US, Canada, UK, etc...
It seems to me that this generation is trying to tell all others that they only know what's good for us. Now that they are in a position of power they wish to control everything. i.e.
Napster: I find Ma Bell was as instrumental as Napster in helping people violate copyright laws.
DeCSS: Same point as above. Why should I not be able to make private copies of DVD's I can do it with VHS. I mean I bought a copy of the vedeo why not ensure that I will be able to watch it in the future.
VW.NEt What does it have to do with cars? For everyone with the initials of VW I'd be very worried.
ereferee.com In this one I can see the point that the online mag tried to mimic the print Mag Referee, but the word referee should never have been allowed as a trade mark within the sporting comunity. SH_T I should trade mark player or team and demand royalties from every one who uses these two words.
These are just a few points wihich I have seen here on /., I can go on forever on stupid issues like these....
My point. I would moderate you up but I have already posted on this thread.
What's the diff between SSH, CSH, BASH, KSH etc...
Ther is nothing original in SSH. ie I have a shell (which is allready abbriviated as sh) and I add the s for secure.
To use your own argument OpenSSH is not going by the acronym SSH but by OpenSSH. If people can't defirentiate the two who are/is the idiot. Your logic states that no one can use MO, MSO because they represent Microsoft Office.
As you see it a x386 would do the job of a Pentium because the only diff is time. It's just that the x386 would take a little longer.....Maby we should keep the old systems and just get rid of the breaks, time in/out, fire drills, meetings etc....
In some cases Unions are required due to employers taking advantage of uneducated people. But in most cases the unions hinder the progress/salarie of the dedicated individual. All employees are grouped into classes/departments and perfomance is no longer considered. ie. NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION. Imagine a software house where we have debuggers and programes. If a programer finds a bug he will no longer be allowed to follow it through and fix it. It will have to be transfered to the debugging department to document it and research it. Example: I have seen a hotel maid pass by a news paper in the hallway and call a houseman in order for the paper to be picked up two hours latter the houseman finally has time to pick it up. If a manager would have picked up this paper a greivance would be filled. So a 2 second job took more than two hours.
As for:
* Tech companies will lay-off people without a second thought if it helps the bottom line.
No collective agreement will prevent this. Lay-off's are a part of business, they allow a company to recover when they are unable to make ends meet. If lay-off's are not permitted then you are headed into bankruptcy.
This sounds like a lot more fun than palying and game.
Imagine walking into a store asking for some item and being directed behind the counter, and being arrested just because you followed the directions of the employee.
Or take for example when I got my cell phone. The employee gave me a free leather case and a free cordless home phone. She said it was a promo they were doing. I guess if she called the cops I would be had 'cause I took her word for it.