It's amazing that the author considers himself an early adopter of VoIP. It has been all but pasted to the main stream at this point. Heck, my grandmother mentioned it to me the other day.
I don't think you can claim that title without taking the risk of the technology's utter failure, which I think everyone will agree won't happen to VoIP at this point. And besides, how "early" can he be - even the US government is trying to take a chunk out of it at this point.
Guess he had to introduce his story somehow. I'm going to go early-adopt some lunch now.
And exactly what does islamic terrorism have to do with the war in Iraq?
It's amazing how logic and reason have been steamrolled by the terrorism affect, and the lemmings went marching after it. When are Americans going to ask the question "if our foreign policy doesn't benefit us, and all it does is piss off the international community, who does it benefit?". Because that, my friend, is the true enemy of the world. There is your wormtongue.
Personally, I'm looking forward to driving around in a world full of vehicles with automated collision response systems. The first thing I'm doing is hacking the rear emitter so the next time some nitwit on a phone is compelled to tailgate me, I "inform" his BMW that I am now traveling BACKWARDS!
Can someone actually second the idea that the driver bridge will actually run on a 2.6 kernel? I'm having to reboot back to 2.4 for the Cisco vpn driver, some of my hardware support, et al. I hope this isn't just another of those...
Are they going to use the same stage sets that were used for the Apollo project? Seems like it would be important to look consistent.
I hope they add some special effects, maybe some living rocks that shoot lasers, or holes in the surface that suck astronauts up in plumes of moon dust.
Yeah, the limit on programming languages reminds me of The Jerk. No, not my grandfather, but the Steve Martin movie. Specifically, a scene where he is working at a carnival stand:
Carnival Goer: What'd I win?
Navin: Uh, anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo and on this side of the bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtrays and the thimble. Anything in this three inches right in here in this area. That includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.
Well, how about that! He lives right around the corner from my archery club. >:)
Wish I had points shaped like little punching bags. Maybe I'll just start giving out his number and address as mine whenever some retail store asks for it.
Well, now, imagine what would happen if they had said something original! That would have stopped everyone from reading the rest of the comments because they would be entrenched in thought about the original comment, and then we would all be stuck here, on Slashdot, and unable to do anything else!
Imagine that, huh!? Oh, and while you are, imagine that the article is a dupe article.
Okay, all of you jokers citing examples of other areas where you have to be licensed:
First, you don't have to be licensed to have kids. Second, nobody in the US will argue that the exam for a driver's license is challenging enough - there is still plenty of bad driving.
Besides, ask yourself, what will a license actually accomplish, other than to intimidate more people, and add more barriers to entry?
Finally, isn't there a massive initiative to supply students in public schools with notebook computers? I'm afraid that cat is out of the bag, out of the house, and driving away, unlicensed, in your car.
You see, in the states, you simply change jobs once per year, and take a 6 week vacation between the jobs, two of which are paid by the last sucker^h^h^h^h^h^hemployer.
So you can keep your government mandated time off, and I'll keep pocketing more of my paycheck than you. Any the grin on my face, thank you very much.
In my case, because writing one single driver for the video camera in my computer is something I would like to do to see if I can. I code for a living, I code for fun, I code for my dreams of having my own, you guessed it, software company.
For some of us (a lot of us, in fact) this is actually pretty fun stuff.
It's the companies which need to reconsider their business models. When a group of people create something for free as a hobby, and you are trying to sell it for a living, it's safe to assume that you are the victim of the unworkable business, not the hobbiests.
Selling operating systems, or any other truly useful piece of software which has too large of a user base, is a dying business. Servicing said software is not, and won't be for a long long time. Niche software is probably a safer bet. SCO needed to switch gears, but instead they are throwing a tantrum against the inevitable bed-time clock.
And to top it off, the Jackass suggests that the open source community needs a "sustainable business model". What a unbelievable case of tunnel vision.
I'm considering writing a video driver for my notebook computer's built in computer camera. Why? So I can sell the driver? Uhm, no. Simply because I want to get it to work on Linux. And if some company tries to sell a driver, that doesn't mean I'm only doing it to compete with them. It doesn't mean I have to start charging for it, or make a "sustainable business model".
This guy really is in his own world. And it's obvious there is no oxygen on it.
"If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting,"
There are quite a few people playing this exact game actually. My thoughts are that the best way to keep the car on the road is to put the phone down altogether. But hey, that's just me...
Absolutely! I'm not sure how to qualify it other than to say that X comes up more aggressively, it's more responsive to user input, and I haven't had any nasty spills with test3 so far.
It's probably not the smartest thing I've done running on a test kernel for my work notebook, but the added functionality including support for all of the hardware on a Sager 4760 (save the build in vid camera) makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
It's just a shame that the Cisco VPN client isn't out for 2.6 (that I'm aware of - please correct me if I'm wrong). Otherwise I would be all set.
Improvements to the Windows codebase as a result of emerging exploits is blocked by one simple fact. Microsoft doesn't get paid for fixing defects. They get paid for selling a new copy with "new" features.
There is really an enormous significance to the difference in development models here. Open source is driven by need for functionality, whereas business is driven by profit.
Maintence is a business expense, and security fixes are maintenence. Until a company such as Microsoft can figure out how to be paid reliably for maintenance, you truly aren't going to see much of an attitude change.
That's enough Bill. You can go back to your.Net forum now...
The whole point is that a lot of systems cannot be bought without the operating system. That's the deal Microsoft has roped hardware vendors into. So this is an attempt to undo that.
Looking at their user manual, and specs, here are some corrections to your post:
- No special motherboard needed. This thing plugs in between the ide cable and the driver. - As with all encryption. Lose the key and you're the proud owner of a high tech paperweight. Not unique to this connector. - I suspect they mention fdisk because it's commonly used. It's a transparent encryption system, so
card + drive = normal drive They're just saying to reformat the drive after putting the adapter on. - Any file system/operating system will do. "Device driver free" too. Again, they're just saying you have to start over.
Also worth noting: - The encryption card can use an extension cable get the dongle to the outside of the case. So no, you don't have to pop the cover each time you walk away. - Once you boot up, the key doesn't need to be in any more. - They give you a backup key too.
My win2000 box augered into the ground last week. I'd love for it to stay crashed, but I need financial software.
In the mean time, I've been using Ximian Gnome, Evolution, and Open Office to get to all my stuff on my network shares. I've also purchased a new notebook from <plug> PC Torque</plug>, and plan to put a Debian woody on it, again, with Ximian. This time though, I'm hooking it up to my client's network - read Exchange, NT Domains, MS Office documents, you know the drill.
I know there are still issues in getting this to work easily enough for the average MBA, but I don't see any holes in the quilt. And with a little training and some pilot testing, getting the small businesses to turn over is looking more and more possible. Big business has always been stubborn - look at how long the old Wangs stuck around.
Whatever criticisms might be doled out, one thing is certain: the takeover is imminent. There's just too much energy being pumped into open source for it to fail.
What motivation is there to create something, you say?
For recognition perhaps, but probably for the same reasons that open source projects work. Because somebody needs the invention to solve a problem.
You're confusing capitalism with innovation. People don't create things to make a profit. People create things to solve problems. Companies sell things to make a profit.
If there were not companies and no profits, the need for new inventions would not go away. When there are no more problems to invent solutions to, human nature dictates that we'll make more problems to solve!
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Just change the name on your resume from SCO to Caldera. You'll probably avoid those conversations.
Remember, there is almost more than one way to say something, including identifying your previous employer.
Next!
Anyone else getting tripped up by the author's choice of referring to the nose cone as one word?
nose cone
nosecone.
nosecone?
WTF?
no secone? No Habla!
nosec one?
Oh! Nose cone! Sheesh!
It's amazing that the author considers himself an early adopter of VoIP. It has been all but pasted to the main stream at this point. Heck, my grandmother mentioned it to me the other day.
I don't think you can claim that title without taking the risk of the technology's utter failure, which I think everyone will agree won't happen to VoIP at this point. And besides, how "early" can he be - even the US government is trying to take a chunk out of it at this point.
Guess he had to introduce his story somehow. I'm going to go early-adopt some lunch now.
And exactly what does islamic terrorism have to do with the war in Iraq?
It's amazing how logic and reason have been steamrolled by the terrorism affect, and the lemmings went marching after it. When are Americans going to ask the question "if our foreign policy doesn't benefit us, and all it does is piss off the international community, who does it benefit?". Because that, my friend, is the true enemy of the world. There is your wormtongue.
Personally, I'm looking forward to driving around in a world full of vehicles with automated collision response systems. The first thing I'm doing is hacking the rear emitter so the next time some nitwit on a phone is compelled to tailgate me, I "inform" his BMW that I am now traveling BACKWARDS!
Muahahahaha
And I quote, 2.4 or later.
Can someone actually second the idea that the driver bridge will actually run on a 2.6 kernel? I'm having to reboot back to 2.4 for the Cisco vpn driver, some of my hardware support, et al. I hope this isn't just another of those...
Are they going to use the same stage sets that were used for the Apollo project? Seems like it would be important to look consistent.
I hope they add some special effects, maybe some living rocks that shoot lasers, or holes in the surface that suck astronauts up in plumes of moon dust.
I love sequels!
Yeah, the limit on programming languages reminds me of The Jerk. No, not my grandfather, but the Steve Martin movie. Specifically, a scene where he is working at a carnival stand:
Carnival Goer:
What'd I win?
Navin:
Uh, anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo and on this side of the bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtrays and the thimble. Anything in this
three inches right in here in this area. That includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.
Well, how about that! He lives right around the corner from my archery club. >:)
Wish I had points shaped like little punching bags. Maybe I'll just start giving out his number and address as mine whenever some retail store asks for it.
They're not saying anything original.
Well, now, imagine what would happen if they had said something original! That would have stopped everyone from reading the rest of the comments because they would be entrenched in thought about the original comment, and then we would all be stuck here, on Slashdot, and unable to do anything else!
Imagine that, huh!? Oh, and while you are, imagine that the article is a dupe article.
Okay, all of you jokers citing examples of other areas where you have to be licensed:
First, you don't have to be licensed to have kids. Second, nobody in the US will argue that the exam for a driver's license is challenging enough - there is still plenty of bad driving.
Besides, ask yourself, what will a license actually accomplish, other than to intimidate more people, and add more barriers to entry?
Finally, isn't there a massive initiative to supply students in public schools with notebook computers? I'm afraid that cat is out of the bag, out of the house, and driving away, unlicensed, in your car.
Only if the fool drove his/her car into a lake. In which case, problem solved. Unless you are a passenger..
Driver - Hang on a sec' let me get this call... *SPLASH*
Passenger - What the Hell?!
No, no, no. You're looking at it all wrong.
You see, in the states, you simply change jobs once per year, and take a 6 week vacation between the jobs, two of which are paid by the last sucker^h^h^h^h^h^hemployer.
So you can keep your government mandated time off, and I'll keep pocketing more of my paycheck than you. Any the grin on my face, thank you very much.
In my case, because writing one single driver for the video camera in my computer is something I would like to do to see if I can. I code for a living, I code for fun, I code for my dreams of having my own, you guessed it, software company.
For some of us (a lot of us, in fact) this is actually pretty fun stuff.
It's the companies which need to reconsider their business models. When a group of people create something for free as a hobby, and you are trying to sell it for a living, it's safe to assume that you are the victim of the unworkable business, not the hobbiests.
Selling operating systems, or any other truly useful piece of software which has too large of a user base, is a dying business. Servicing said software is not, and won't be for a long long time. Niche software is probably a safer bet. SCO needed to switch gears, but instead they are throwing a tantrum against the inevitable bed-time clock.
Berkeley Breathed, shown in an undated file photo, is going back to the drawing board.
:)
Oh, I can date the photo. It's from the 80's, and they want their hair back.
And to top it off, the Jackass suggests that the open source community needs a "sustainable business model". What a unbelievable case of tunnel vision.
I'm considering writing a video driver for my notebook computer's built in computer camera. Why? So I can sell the driver? Uhm, no. Simply because I want to get it to work on Linux. And if some company tries to sell a driver, that doesn't mean I'm only doing it to compete with them. It doesn't mean I have to start charging for it, or make a "sustainable business model".
This guy really is in his own world. And it's obvious there is no oxygen on it.
Ryan took a photo which might have been more appropriate for the SCO site. Perhaps with some minor fecal photo editing...
"If you have a game involving keeping a car on the road, you do that by tilting,"
There are quite a few people playing this exact game actually. My thoughts are that the best way to keep the car on the road is to put the phone down altogether. But hey, that's just me...
Absolutely! I'm not sure how to qualify it other than to say that X comes up more aggressively, it's more responsive to user input, and I haven't had any nasty spills with test3 so far.
It's probably not the smartest thing I've done running on a test kernel for my work notebook, but the added functionality including support for all of the hardware on a Sager 4760 (save the build in vid camera) makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
It's just a shame that the Cisco VPN client isn't out for 2.6 (that I'm aware of - please correct me if I'm wrong). Otherwise I would be all set.
It's been my experience that heaven and bikinis are usually in very close proximity.
Improvements to the Windows codebase as a result of emerging exploits is blocked by one simple fact. Microsoft doesn't get paid for fixing defects. They get paid for selling a new copy with "new" features.
There is really an enormous significance to the difference in development models here. Open source is driven by need for functionality, whereas business is driven by profit.
Maintence is a business expense, and security fixes are maintenence. Until a company such as Microsoft can figure out how to be paid reliably for maintenance, you truly aren't going to see much of an attitude change.
That's enough Bill. You can go back to your .Net forum now...
The whole point is that a lot of systems cannot be bought without the operating system. That's the deal Microsoft has roped hardware vendors into. So this is an attempt to undo that.
Looking at their user manual, and specs, here are some corrections to your post:
- No special motherboard needed. This thing plugs in between the ide cable and the driver.
- As with all encryption. Lose the key and you're the proud owner of a high tech paperweight. Not unique to this connector.
- I suspect they mention fdisk because it's commonly used. It's a transparent encryption system, so
card + drive = normal drive
They're just saying to reformat the drive after putting the adapter on.
- Any file system/operating system will do. "Device driver free" too. Again, they're just saying you have to start over.
Also worth noting:
- The encryption card can use an extension cable get the dongle to the outside of the case. So no, you don't have to pop the cover each time you walk away.
- Once you boot up, the key doesn't need to be in any more.
- They give you a backup key too.
My win2000 box augered into the ground last week. I'd love for it to stay crashed, but I need financial software.
In the mean time, I've been using Ximian Gnome, Evolution, and Open Office to get to all my stuff on my network shares. I've also purchased a new notebook from <plug> PC Torque</plug>, and plan to put a Debian woody on it, again, with Ximian. This time though, I'm hooking it up to my client's network - read Exchange, NT Domains, MS Office documents, you know the drill.
I know there are still issues in getting this to work easily enough for the average MBA, but I don't see any holes in the quilt. And with a little training and some pilot testing, getting the small businesses to turn over is looking more and more possible. Big business has always been stubborn - look at how long the old Wangs stuck around.
Whatever criticisms might be doled out, one thing is certain: the takeover is imminent. There's just too much energy being pumped into open source for it to fail.
What motivation is there to create something, you say?
For recognition perhaps, but probably for the same reasons that open source projects work. Because somebody needs the invention to solve a problem.
You're confusing capitalism with innovation. People don't create things to make a profit. People create things to solve problems. Companies sell things to make a profit.
If there were not companies and no profits, the need for new inventions would not go away. When there are no more problems to invent solutions to, human nature dictates that we'll make more problems to solve!