You need an IEEE compliant floating point unit. non-zero/0 is Infinity. 0/0 is NaN. So MS Windows is Infinity times better than Linux, unless Windows is also free.
Perhaps, but how about the differences between audio CD and DVD. I beleive the solution there was simply to put 2 readers in the DVD drive. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will have many of the same components. The motor and tracking will probably work the same way, and once the data is actually read, the electronics will be more or less identical.
if you're into logical UI, and getting rid of the horrible window-MDI model.
This is fine for X and the Apple UI, but illogical UI design on Windows though. Inconsistency is bad. Almost every other Windows application uses MDI, so stick to what users are used to.
I don't see why this would cause a problem. I don't think you understand what the other poster suggested.
It's not a sample we want. We're not after statistical estimate. All we want to do is confirm that it's fairly unlikely that any of the machines gave the wrong count.
We assume that anyone who wanted to rig the election by using faulty machines would rig more than one machine. If there are 100 machines, and 10 of them are rigged, then rigourously testing 10 of them, bu comparing the actual count with the reported count will give (I think. It's been several years since I did stats) roughly a 70% chance of hitting a compromised machine. Enough to deter fraud for later elections, and offering reasoanble security.
Competition is a good thing for the consumer. Consumers make the final decision and they aren't stupid. They'll go for the best format out of the 2. And best doesn't only cover best picture quality. It also convers flexibility and limited restrictions.
The studios love to prevent us from doing what we want to do (fast forward through copyright warnings and region coding being the worst of these). Hopefully the format with least restrictions will be the most tempting for the consumer.
But I've always felt this as well. Surely the difference in mass doesn't make any difference in terms of story telling. "But do they mean 120 metric tonnes or non-metric tons? This plot is far too confusing if they don't explain that one".
Well, Season 5 was terrible. And I agree with Legend of the Rangers.
Crusade could possibly have been good given time. There were elements that showed promise, and the premise was perfectly reasonable even though it was essentially a tried and tested sci-fi on a speaceship formatt.
It's probably determined more or less as they see fit.
The NYT is ultimately only responsible to its owners. They can decide Disney is a non-profit entity if they so choose, or decide that a company that rich can afford to pay double. There's no need for checks and balances. If the advertisers feel hard done by, they go to a competitor.
Okay... I don't think you've ever been in court though.
The spyware people will present themselves in a very favourable light, showing how much miney they contribute to the economy, how valuable the software industry is, and how much piracy is costing the industry. And how they help allow people to acquire software legally without having to pay for it.
They'd also point out that their software is perfectly ethical in that it presents the user with the option of whether they want to install it, and makes it perfectly clear what it's going to do.
I've always wondered what prevents people from starting a case, and taking a dive though. If I was to write an application, and have as the EULA with various other unfair clauses, and was to prosecute someone for violating it, I suspect that the court may well overreact and declare all EULAs invalid.
Clearly, its the customer who is giving the other application permission to uninstall the exisitng malware. The vendors of the other application have no influence or stake in the agreement between the exisitng malware authors and the user. The only party that can breach the agreement is the user.
So, the users should be punished for violating the copyright on the software they didn't want in the first place, and was installed without their knowledge.
Well, gettign away from the original point - What use would an old woman who regularly drives a Taurus wagon have with a Porsche? It holds hardly any shopping, is harder to drive, uses more fuel, costs more to maintain, and doasn't carry many passengers. It's also harder to get into and out of, and more likely to be stolen. The Taurus is superior to the Porsche in many respects.
You seem to think that Linux is better than Windows for every task? In what way is it better? I've used both. For what I do, Windows is better.
As we all know, open source is all about free software, and if the users here are anything to go by, free music, and generally speaking a free ride.
Advertised products cost money, and usually don;t work with Linux. They also usually have no way to circumvent paying for them. What interest would a firefox user have in clicking one of these ads in the first place? It could only cost them money or waste a click.
Really? Which people? I am sure everybody in redmond agrees but I don't and neither do most people I know. Most people I know find Linux to be an incredibly productive environment, way more then windows.
The people who quote him agree with him! That's why they quote him.
But let's presume for a moment that you are right and that a lot of people agree with him. Does that make him right? How many people agree that evolution should not be taught in schools? How many people believe in UFOs?
It's an opinion. It is neither right nor wrong. Simply an opinion. Whether evolution should be taught in schools is also an opinion. The existence of UFOs is not an opinion. Some people are wrong and some are right.
"Whether he was knowledgable about the field or not has no bearing. "
Shocking. I am stunned by this sentence.
Why? It does have no bearing. People are quoting the statement on its own merits, not the reputation of the person who said it. That's essentially "Argumentum ad hominem" (argument directed at the person)- which is generally regarded as a logical fallacy.
Right. And I have tested it myself. I am way more productive in linux then I am in windows. Ask anybody who uses linux daily and I bet they say the same thing.
I'm glad you find that. I know I wouldn't be. I simply find it a lot easier to get 3D graphics cards working under Windows. When I started on 3D graphics, I found a Silicon Graphics workstation better than my PC. But since I'm not a professional, the difference in cost is a lot greater than the value of time saved. I could get my graphics card working under Linux. I'd need to make sure the kernel was compiled with the support for 3D graphics, install nVidia's drivers, tinker with X's config files (which involves a bit of hunting since I have no idea where debian keeps them), and test them. Yes, these are one-off tasks, but the cost of Windows-XP is a one off cost.
The only people who are not productive in LInux are nubes who don't know how to use linux. Of course that's to be expected. I can't stick my grandma in a porche with a stickshift and expect her to get to where she wants to go. She doesn't know how to drive a stick. SHe is better off with that ten year old taurus wagon she is driving.
Exactly. And becoming skilled with Linux takes time. For many people its worth the effort. For others it's an unacceptable cost.
Does that mean that a porche is inferior to a taurus wagon?
No. It simply means that the porsche you gave her was not free unless her time is worth nothing.
As I said he is better off pimping alcohol to addicts.
I'm sure he is. That does not - in itself - invalidate what he said.
But switching to Mac is the correct solution for a professional photographer. It is easy to set up, most hardware will work for it, there are a lot of other professionals using it who are willing to give their opinion. The basic configuration is better suited for desktop use, and you can be 100% certain that USB will work out of the box. And you can be 99% certain that any USB device you plug in will just work.
Using Linux in this case is not a logical professional choice. There's no logical reason for it. The only reasons are political.
Why do people keep quoting Zawinski. This is a guy who couldn't cut it in the IT world and went on to open up a nightclub. He is not even in the industry anymore.
Because people agree with the statement. Whether he was knowledgable about the field or not has no bearing. The claim can be tested independently. For some tasks, it takes a lot less time to get Windows to do it than Linux. I'm sure the reverse is also true. So in this case, his statement was correct, and even if it was just luck, it doesn't matter.
How do you avoid having a valid bank account? Most employers would be very reluctant to pay by cash, and paying monthly bills by cash isn't something that most companies encourage.
Google are not offering google groups out of the goodness of their hearts. They're offering it because they believe they can make money from it through advertising. This is fine by me. They make a profit from offering me something I want. I benefit. They benefit. We're all happy.
Now they change things. This annoys me. I liked the old interface. So I'll complain. They have every right to ignore my complaints. I hope they feel that it will benefit them if they offer me the service I want.
What we need is for organisations that need security to set up their own network.
Relying on the internet for anything essential, when you know full well that it's full of malevolent users and security issues, is just idiotic. Just build a securenet. Have proper usage regulations, private ownership, and a security model. It's not like you need a new infrastructure; You can tunnel over the existing internet where neccesary, and have your own lines where reliability really matters.
That's what I was wondering. They can't claim you've breached the licence. You are no longer taking advantage of the "rights" offered.
IANAL but surely the obvious first response to a breach of the agreement would be for Gator to withold the right to use the software. uhhmmmmm.... fair enough....
when you play without paying, you're benefitting from whatever value it provides you. In essence, you get something, they get nothing.
So it's not a zero sum game. What companies need to be doing, rather than fixating on the piracy red herring, is increasing sales and only try to stop piracy if it actually decreases sales.
Ask yourself...what harm is being done if nobody pays, but everyone plays?
No more harm than if nobody pays and nobody plays.
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You need an IEEE compliant floating point unit. non-zero/0 is Infinity. 0/0 is NaN. So MS Windows is Infinity times better than Linux, unless Windows is also free.
Perhaps, but how about the differences between audio CD and DVD. I beleive the solution there was simply to put 2 readers in the DVD drive. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will have many of the same components. The motor and tracking will probably work the same way, and once the data is actually read, the electronics will be more or less identical.
if you're into logical UI, and getting rid of the horrible window-MDI model.
This is fine for X and the Apple UI, but illogical UI design on Windows though. Inconsistency is bad. Almost every other Windows application uses MDI, so stick to what users are used to.
I don't see why this would cause a problem. I don't think you understand what the other poster suggested.
It's not a sample we want. We're not after statistical estimate. All we want to do is confirm that it's fairly unlikely that any of the machines gave the wrong count.
We assume that anyone who wanted to rig the election by using faulty machines would rig more than one machine. If there are 100 machines, and 10 of them are rigged, then rigourously testing 10 of them, bu comparing the actual count with the reported count will give (I think. It's been several years since I did stats) roughly a 70% chance of hitting a compromised machine. Enough to deter fraud for later elections, and offering reasoanble security.
Competition is a good thing for the consumer. Consumers make the final decision and they aren't stupid. They'll go for the best format out of the 2. And best doesn't only cover best picture quality. It also convers flexibility and limited restrictions.
The studios love to prevent us from doing what we want to do (fast forward through copyright warnings and region coding being the worst of these). Hopefully the format with least restrictions will be the most tempting for the consumer.
Gimop isn;t going to be faster, or more fully featured, and will never be as user friendly as its closed source rivals.
But when it comes to splash screens, we will see the Open Source software outclasses even the best closed source application.
Wow. This is totally off-topic.
But I've always felt this as well. Surely the difference in mass doesn't make any difference in terms of story telling. "But do they mean 120 metric tonnes or non-metric tons? This plot is far too confusing if they don't explain that one".
Well, Season 5 was terrible. And I agree with Legend of the Rangers.
Crusade could possibly have been good given time. There were elements that showed promise, and the premise was perfectly reasonable even though it was essentially a tried and tested sci-fi on a speaceship formatt.
It's probably determined more or less as they see fit.
The NYT is ultimately only responsible to its owners. They can decide Disney is a non-profit entity if they so choose, or decide that a company that rich can afford to pay double. There's no need for checks and balances. If the advertisers feel hard done by, they go to a competitor.
Okay... I don't think you've ever been in court though.
The spyware people will present themselves in a very favourable light, showing how much miney they contribute to the economy, how valuable the software industry is, and how much piracy is costing the industry. And how they help allow people to acquire software legally without having to pay for it.
They'd also point out that their software is perfectly ethical in that it presents the user with the option of whether they want to install it, and makes it perfectly clear what it's going to do.
I've always wondered what prevents people from starting a case, and taking a dive though. If I was to write an application, and have as the EULA with various other unfair clauses, and was to prosecute someone for violating it, I suspect that the court may well overreact and declare all EULAs invalid.
Clearly, its the customer who is giving the other application permission to uninstall the exisitng malware. The vendors of the other application have no influence or stake in the agreement between the exisitng malware authors and the user. The only party that can breach the agreement is the user.
So, the users should be punished for violating the copyright on the software they didn't want in the first place, and was installed without their knowledge.
A board game fan that doesn't like settlers!? I had no idea such a beast could exist.
I bet you have a pet unicorn as well;)
Well, gettign away from the original point - What use would an old woman who regularly drives a Taurus wagon have with a Porsche? It holds hardly any shopping, is harder to drive, uses more fuel, costs more to maintain, and doasn't carry many passengers. It's also harder to get into and out of, and more likely to be stolen. The Taurus is superior to the Porsche in many respects.
You seem to think that Linux is better than Windows for every task? In what way is it better? I've used both. For what I do, Windows is better.
No, but I only have a limitedamount of time and clicking pointlessly wastes that.
Most Firefox users are Open source fans.
As we all know, open source is all about free software, and if the users here are anything to go by, free music, and generally speaking a free ride.
Advertised products cost money, and usually don;t work with Linux. They also usually have no way to circumvent paying for them. What interest would a firefox user have in clicking one of these ads in the first place? It could only cost them money or waste a click.
The people who quote him agree with him! That's why they quote him.
But let's presume for a moment that you are right and that a lot of people agree with him. Does that make him right? How many people agree that evolution should not be taught in schools? How many people believe in UFOs?
It's an opinion. It is neither right nor wrong. Simply an opinion. Whether evolution should be taught in schools is also an opinion. The existence of UFOs is not an opinion. Some people are wrong and some are right. Shocking. I am stunned by this sentence.
Why? It does have no bearing. People are quoting the statement on its own merits, not the reputation of the person who said it. That's essentially "Argumentum ad hominem" (argument directed at the person)- which is generally regarded as a logical fallacy.
Right. And I have tested it myself. I am way more productive in linux then I am in windows. Ask anybody who uses linux daily and I bet they say the same thing.
I'm glad you find that. I know I wouldn't be. I simply find it a lot easier to get 3D graphics cards working under Windows. When I started on 3D graphics, I found a Silicon Graphics workstation better than my PC. But since I'm not a professional, the difference in cost is a lot greater than the value of time saved. I could get my graphics card working under Linux. I'd need to make sure the kernel was compiled with the support for 3D graphics, install nVidia's drivers, tinker with X's config files (which involves a bit of hunting since I have no idea where debian keeps them), and test them. Yes, these are one-off tasks, but the cost of Windows-XP is a one off cost.
The only people who are not productive in LInux are nubes who don't know how to use linux. Of course that's to be expected. I can't stick my grandma in a porche with a stickshift and expect her to get to where she wants to go. She doesn't know how to drive a stick. SHe is better off with that ten year old taurus wagon she is driving.
Exactly. And becoming skilled with Linux takes time. For many people its worth the effort. For others it's an unacceptable cost.
Does that mean that a porche is inferior to a taurus wagon?
No. It simply means that the porsche you gave her was not free unless her time is worth nothing.
As I said he is better off pimping alcohol to addicts.
I'm sure he is. That does not - in itself - invalidate what he said.
But switching to Mac is the correct solution for a professional photographer. It is easy to set up, most hardware will work for it, there are a lot of other professionals using it who are willing to give their opinion. The basic configuration is better suited for desktop use, and you can be 100% certain that USB will work out of the box. And you can be 99% certain that any USB device you plug in will just work.
Using Linux in this case is not a logical professional choice. There's no logical reason for it. The only reasons are political.
Why do people keep quoting Zawinski. This is a guy who couldn't cut it in the IT world and went on to open up a nightclub. He is not even in the industry anymore.
Because people agree with the statement. Whether he was knowledgable about the field or not has no bearing. The claim can be tested independently. For some tasks, it takes a lot less time to get Windows to do it than Linux. I'm sure the reverse is also true. So in this case, his statement was correct, and even if it was just luck, it doesn't matter.
How do you avoid having a valid bank account? Most employers would be very reluctant to pay by cash, and paying monthly bills by cash isn't something that most companies encourage.
Not sure, but if you have anything that people might use to blackmail you, keep it off the internet.
Your point?
Google are not offering google groups out of the goodness of their hearts. They're offering it because they believe they can make money from it through advertising. This is fine by me. They make a profit from offering me something I want. I benefit. They benefit. We're all happy.
Now they change things. This annoys me. I liked the old interface. So I'll complain. They have every right to ignore my complaints. I hope they feel that it will benefit them if they offer me the service I want.
What's wrong with complaining?
so, this movie has what to do with DOOM exactly?
The name.
What we need is for organisations that need security to set up their own network.
Relying on the internet for anything essential, when you know full well that it's full of malevolent users and security issues, is just idiotic. Just build a securenet. Have proper usage regulations, private ownership, and a security model. It's not like you need a new infrastructure; You can tunnel over the existing internet where neccesary, and have your own lines where reliability really matters.
That's what I was wondering. They can't claim you've breached the licence. You are no longer taking advantage of the "rights" offered.
IANAL but surely the obvious first response to a breach of the agreement would be for Gator to withold the right to use the software. uhhmmmmm.... fair enough....
when you play without paying, you're benefitting from whatever value it provides you. In essence, you get something, they get nothing.
So it's not a zero sum game. What companies need to be doing, rather than fixating on the piracy red herring, is increasing sales and only try to stop piracy if it actually decreases sales.
Ask yourself...what harm is being done if nobody pays, but everyone plays?
No more harm than if nobody pays and nobody plays.