Microsoft funding Novell in a behind-closed-doors manner to create the deal with Canopy in order to hype up the media attention around unix/linux/bsd all in order to drive SCO/Canopy/Caldera into the ground
There's one tiny flaw in your logic: with knobs like Ransome Love and Darl McBride at Caldera's helm, Microsoft didn't need to bother doing anything to run Caldera to the ground. They did that themselves just fine...
Novell was to be awarded around 17% of the Microsoft settlement money, but of course, as the money lovers they are, Canopy wanted more and sued Novell over their share of the pie.
Also, while Caldera initiated the suit against Microsoft, Caldera later split in two and the DRDOS operations went to the embedded division, called Caldera Thin Clients, then later Lineo. Lineo never got much of the settlement money, Canopy and Caldera Inc (the original company, who had nothing to do with DOS anymore for years when the suit ended) got most of it. And their lawyers.
Oh, and also, you might be interested to know that Ray Noorda, the man behind the suit against Microsoft, was the former CEO of Novell, and everybody close to the suit knew Caldera was Novell's tool.
I personally don't mind extra scrutiny if it's in the name of keeping me and my family alive.
People in 1933 Germany were quite happy to put up with Hitler's new policies, and give up "some" of their civil rights, for a variety of perfectly valid reasons too...
Do you realize the government is taking the constitution apart slowly but surely?
They said its time to get Mr. Bush and his Nazi party out of the white house.
Explain this to me:
- Clinton gets a blowjob from a (arguably willing) woman working at the White House, people right and left call for impeachment.
- Bush illegally invades a sovereign country, based of fake evidences shown to Congress and the UN, violates the Geneva convention repeatedly in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Graib, passes unconstitutional laws, raises the national debt to an all-time high, etc...etc... and nobody peeps a word, when really he should be impeached in a hurry and tried for high treason.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE???
The only explanation I have is, either the American people really is brainwashed by now (unlikely) or the media are well and truly gagged and controlled by Washington.
Actually, the way we see WWII, France appeased Hitler, then when the Germans became hostile, France gave up without a fight. Then after the Nazi's pretty much took France, the French helped them fight the Allies.
Blah blah blah... Okay, so the French were whoopsies during the war, and even worse, they helped Hitler. But what about Poland? Austria? Don't you think the French had 60 years to reflect on the collaboration era? same as Germany actually, they still feel like shit today, as a people.
But when I hear you, Americans are the true heroes, the ones whose honor never faltered, uh? don't you think you have shameful acts on your conscience too? like the way you treated native indians, like the way you treated the blacks *in your own country*, like the way you treated the Vietnamese... and that buddy is more recent history than WW2!
So give me a fucking break with your US-saved-France-France-should-be-forever-grateful record. The fact is, that was 60 years ago: back then, France was shameful and the US pretty much saved Europe. Today, the US is the gravest threat to world's peace, and the French can have the satisfaction of having chosen not to participate in the US' illegal invasion of another country and repeated violations of the Geneva convention. The US *today* is nothing to be proud of, and France was right to say no. Period.
So while you may be "good people" (debatible)
One day, when you have more experience and you stop believe Fox News and CNN, you'll realize that all people, most of the human race, is decent, honest and peace-loving. It's just governments that wage war upon each others, using their populations to do so.
Hint: which country's government, US or France, has the most peace-loving and honest government today?
As for French people, I have been to France 5 times.
All of 5 times? I can see that's a major asset to understand the French people.
Everytime I have gone, I have experienced some sort of anti-American behavior.
No, you have experienced anti-tourist behaviors. The French despise tourists with a passion, despite loving the money they bring.
From being kicked out of a convenience store (because I was looking at the post cards)
The French do that to each other too. Nothing particular to you really...
to being spit on for speaking English. Both of these incidents occurred in Paris on seperate trips.
Paris isn't representative of France, just like California doesn't represent the US.
including 'Animal Crossing DS, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime: Hunters, a new Super Mario Bros game, Super Mario 64X4, and WarioWare Inc. DS'.
For a moment, I thought Nintendo was still milking Mario like there's no tomorrow. I'm so glad they're moving on and producing entirely new fun games, like Zelda...
If the sensors aren't video cameras, you'd better pray not too many people pass through these woods. Because I have a feeling that, if they are very popular woods, constantly visited by herds of tourist hikers, you'll see blips all over the map all the time, and the results won't help much to find a missing hiker.
I'll be excited when "free music" gets to the quality/popularity that current popular music does
Let me guess, you're not very old are you?
Most good "popular music" was made at least 20 years ago. If you refer to Britney Spear, N'Sync or Bust-a-Rythm, then I suggess you change radio station once in a while, to hear some music for a change.
For all of the lofty talk in the community, is it at it's root support for whatever it takes to get "what I want, free"?
Have you ever visited the planet Earth?
It's not about stealing, it's about exercising your right to fair use, on the songs you purchase from Apple. It's a *right* you have, you hear? this simply prevents Apple from trampling on *your rights*.
No doubt some people will use it to steal and share, but then, you can buy laser printers, yet the KKK have the right to print their racial slur with the same hardware you use. Would you like it if laser printers couldn't be bought easily anymore just to fight a minority that misuses the product?
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You forget the all important "a little over $1 a share after 6 months, about to be delisted."
And here we see Andy666 trying to be modded up by repeating a troll he had previously posted, with some success.
Please respect the sign and do not feed this animal.
This, ladies and gentlemen, conclude the Slashdot Zoo visit for the day.
A Dutch court in Haarlem has cleared Techno Design, the operator of
I hear the court in Waatts and Columbiaa Heights are still deliberating...
I guess the e means electrical, and I can't really see any problem with the name.
That's right. Who ever said anything about electrical-bay, electrical-thernet, electrical-business or the Jaguar electrical-type uh?
Microsoft funding Novell in a behind-closed-doors manner to create the deal with Canopy in order to hype up the media attention around unix/linux/bsd all in order to drive SCO/Canopy/Caldera into the ground
There's one tiny flaw in your logic: with knobs like Ransome Love and Darl McBride at Caldera's helm, Microsoft didn't need to bother doing anything to run Caldera to the ground. They did that themselves just fine...
Novell was to be awarded around 17% of the Microsoft settlement money, but of course, as the money lovers they are, Canopy wanted more and sued Novell over their share of the pie.
Also, while Caldera initiated the suit against Microsoft, Caldera later split in two and the DRDOS operations went to the embedded division, called Caldera Thin Clients, then later Lineo. Lineo never got much of the settlement money, Canopy and Caldera Inc (the original company, who had nothing to do with DOS anymore for years when the suit ended) got most of it. And their lawyers.
Oh, and also, you might be interested to know that Ray Noorda, the man behind the suit against Microsoft, was the former CEO of Novell, and everybody close to the suit knew Caldera was Novell's tool.
Name a single Constitutional right which has been curtailed since September 11
The 1st Amendment
The 4th Amendment
What is this adding to our security?
It's not about security. This biometrics thing achieves 3 goals:
1) A high-profile "look how much we do to ensure your safety" effect
2) Save money by firing flesh-and-blood security guards
3) Make several biometrics hardware maker's execs extremely wealthy
I personally don't mind extra scrutiny if it's in the name of keeping me and my family alive.
People in 1933 Germany were quite happy to put up with Hitler's new policies, and give up "some" of their civil rights, for a variety of perfectly valid reasons too...
Do you realize the government is taking the constitution apart slowly but surely?
Will they scan everyone entering the US from Mexico (and Canada)? At some border places it all ready takes an hour to cross...
Do like many Mexicans do: take the short route across the Rio Grande, it only takes 30 minutes and they don't require you to be scanned...
Seriously thought, this police-state "security" with borders as tight as a prostitute's legs amounts to installing a steel door on a camping tent.
is .wav
...
wav files just don't last as long as mp3s
They said its time to get Mr. Bush and his Nazi party out of the white house.
Explain this to me:
- Clinton gets a blowjob from a (arguably willing) woman working at the White House, people right and left call for impeachment.
- Bush illegally invades a sovereign country, based of fake evidences shown to Congress and the UN, violates the Geneva convention repeatedly in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Graib, passes unconstitutional laws, raises the national debt to an all-time high, etc...etc... and nobody peeps a word, when really he should be impeached in a hurry and tried for high treason.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE???
The only explanation I have is, either the American people really is brainwashed by now (unlikely) or the media are well and truly gagged and controlled by Washington.
In short:
THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A DEMOCRACY ANYMORE.
Keep in mind that this was paid by the Microsoft tax often ridiculed by slashdotters....
Well, the Linux community can do just as well!
decapitating our brave soldiers
What soldier?
If you must troll, at least do it right...
Rutan's SpaceshipOne Hits 200,000 Feet
So, did he make a quarter of the population of Mojave line up along the road and drive over their feet with the truck carrying SpaceShipOne?
Actually, the way we see WWII, France appeased Hitler, then when the Germans became hostile, France gave up without a fight. Then after the Nazi's pretty much took France, the French helped them fight the Allies.
Blah blah blah... Okay, so the French were whoopsies during the war, and even worse, they helped Hitler. But what about Poland? Austria? Don't you think the French had 60 years to reflect on the collaboration era? same as Germany actually, they still feel like shit today, as a people.
But when I hear you, Americans are the true heroes, the ones whose honor never faltered, uh? don't you think you have shameful acts on your conscience too? like the way you treated native indians, like the way you treated the blacks *in your own country*, like the way you treated the Vietnamese... and that buddy is more recent history than WW2!
So give me a fucking break with your US-saved-France-France-should-be-forever-grateful record. The fact is, that was 60 years ago: back then, France was shameful and the US pretty much saved Europe. Today, the US is the gravest threat to world's peace, and the French can have the satisfaction of having chosen not to participate in the US' illegal invasion of another country and repeated violations of the Geneva convention. The US *today* is nothing to be proud of, and France was right to say no. Period.
So while you may be "good people" (debatible)
One day, when you have more experience and you stop believe Fox News and CNN, you'll realize that all people, most of the human race, is decent, honest and peace-loving. It's just governments that wage war upon each others, using their populations to do so.
Hint: which country's government, US or France, has the most peace-loving and honest government today?
As for French people, I have been to France 5 times.
All of 5 times? I can see that's a major asset to understand the French people.
Everytime I have gone, I have experienced some sort of anti-American behavior.
No, you have experienced anti-tourist behaviors. The French despise tourists with a passion, despite loving the money they bring.
From being kicked out of a convenience store (because I was looking at the post cards)
The French do that to each other too. Nothing particular to you really...
to being spit on for speaking English. Both of these incidents occurred in Paris on seperate trips.
Paris isn't representative of France, just like California doesn't represent the US.
People in southern France are really nice though.
As I said...
Apparently, it's pronounced "free-crash" right now...
http://freecache.org/http://your.site/yourfile
f reecache.org
http://freecache.org/http://freecache.org/http://
seems to piss it off slightly. I wonder why...
including 'Animal Crossing DS, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime: Hunters, a new Super Mario Bros game, Super Mario 64X4, and WarioWare Inc. DS'.
For a moment, I thought Nintendo was still milking Mario like there's no tomorrow. I'm so glad they're moving on and producing entirely new fun games, like Zelda...
For a lot of people, the woods is where you can be Not monitored, where you Are at risk of getting lost or getting mauled by a bear. That's the point.
Then train the bears to report hiker sights over the radio. The hikers will be none the wiser...
If the sensors aren't video cameras, you'd better pray not too many people pass through these woods. Because I have a feeling that, if they are very popular woods, constantly visited by herds of tourist hikers, you'll see blips all over the map all the time, and the results won't help much to find a missing hiker.
No need to splurge on sunscreen this year - I won't be outside except to go buy more beer!
I'd buy the bottle of sunscreen just in case, if I were you...
I'll be excited when "free music" gets to the quality/popularity that current popular music does
Let me guess, you're not very old are you?
Most good "popular music" was made at least 20 years ago. If you refer to Britney Spear, N'Sync or Bust-a-Rythm, then I suggess you change radio station once in a while, to hear some music for a change.
For all of the lofty talk in the community, is it at it's root support for whatever it takes to get "what I want, free"?
Have you ever visited the planet Earth?
It's not about stealing, it's about exercising your right to fair use, on the songs you purchase from Apple. It's a *right* you have, you hear? this simply prevents Apple from trampling on *your rights*.
No doubt some people will use it to steal and share, but then, you can buy laser printers, yet the KKK have the right to print their racial slur with the same hardware you use. Would you like it if laser printers couldn't be bought easily anymore just to fight a minority that misuses the product?
Government sues Mario. Nintendo execs in jail...