If this firm attacked Linux, say, what is to stop someone with a big patent portfolio (like IBM) from attacking individual members - even all of them - who subscribe to this cartel? Members could get pulled into patent disputes through the actions of their fellow members. They had better stick to defence, not offence. They might shoot themselves in the foot.
With a substantial number of Slashdot users (a third?) coming from non-American countries, you would notice quite a difference.
I search in German as well as English... and occasionally read other languages too (I once managed to understand the gist of an article in Norwegian). I learned German at school - I am not a native speaker.
I buy books, CDs and videos over the web from Australia, the US, Britain and Germany.
I download software from all over the world (ALSA is Czech, isn't it - and aalib?).
I read English-language pages in lots of countries: e.g. Russia, China, Japan, India, Spain, Indonesia, Middle-east...
I used the internet to book accommodation in New Zealand - and buy my airline tickets there. Picked them up in Australia. I would do the same if travelling to Europe or America.
When I go onto the web, I don't think of myself as being "in Australia", but as being in an international forum. Wish more people would think that way.
"Also I like how Linux sucks because software like Income Tax apps are lacking...hello? I processed my last 3 income tax paperwork via Turbo Tax online."
I just gave my few tax-related documents to an accountant. No paper forms, no software, no headaches. It works, even if I were to use CP/M as my OS. And it is pretty cheap.
Filling in tax forms used to be so painful - I'm happy to pay someone else to have that pain for me.
"Your house is your property only because of a government deed OR because I paid for it, tomayto, tomahto."
What is this "paid" thing?
Oh, I get it, you gave them some government-secured pieces of paper, while relying on a "contract of sale" which exists under the government's law.... with all the support to a relatively stable and reliable market-place that government gives us.
Government is what stops me (and people with less sensitive morals than I) from just taking your property.
1. Polls open on Saturday morning - but anyone unable to attend can vote by postal vote beforehand. Anyone who votes in the mid-afternoon will have virtually no queues. 2. Attendance is compulsory for all electors. 3. Polls close at precisely 6pm Saturday evening. 4. Minutes later the media announce that the exit polls are too close to call... 5. The vote is immediately counted by hand, with scrutineers from all parties watching every step like hawks. This keeps the system honest. 6. The party scrutineers start reporting their counts to party HQs, who usually have a better idea of how the election actually went than the pundits on TV. 7. Everyone has an Election Night party in front of the TV. By about 7PM or 8PM we are starting to see early results, usually from the smaller booths. 8. By 9.30 or 10PM we have a pretty good idea who is going to win. The losing side may have announced that they have lost the election. 9. By 10PM or so, the losing leader comes into a hall of mourning faithful, to say that there were no losers, as the winner was democracy. 10. By 10.30 or 11PM the winning leader comes into a hall of delerious followers, and says that he will govern for "all". This commtiment usually lasts until the first working day of Parliament. 11. The next day, we buy the paper to see how the Senate vote went. The outcome of the Senate vote, owing to a complicated formula that makes rocket scientists fearful, will not be known for another three weeks, when it is discovered that the balance of power in the Senate will be held by the "Save The Robin Redbreast" Party candidate who apparently got a Senate quota based on the votes of the last 3 communists in the country, plus the combined block of votes for the "Get Rid of Foreigners" Party and the "Help Elderly Voters Cross the Street" Alliance. Only the elderly
See. Much better. We get our results before midnight. And everyone votes.
And suddenly the number of people claiming to read LiveJournal climbs through the roof.
"Each copy must be getting read by several thousand people, if that is the case", said the circulation manager of LiveJournal. "Perhaps we should put our membership list on the web next week... hurry up, folks, you just have time to subscribe right now."
And in the Congress lobby this week, the biggest topic in conversation was "Did you see that article in LiveJournal..? I read it all the time."
Before 11 Sep 2001, Americans hadn't had an attack on one of the actual states in living memory: Hawaii and Alaska not being states during WW2 when they were attacked. War, for current Americans, has always been an "away game", so it has been a bit of a shock to the US comfort zone to have casualties in its own backyard. They haven't got the British memories of being repeatedly bombed during WW2, and of Irish nationalist bombings since then. All American losses have been comfortably overseas, among all those dangerous foreigners. Back home, they are "safe".
So, Americans are used to the idea that they can bomb the innards out of other nations, but no one dares lay a hand on the, A shock to discover they are not invulnerable.
Scared wimps indeed. Of course, some of my fellow Australians are not much better.
MTASC. It is a fast, open source compiler of ActionScript 2.0. You write code, compile it, and straightaway have a SWF file. It runs on Linux, MacOSX and some other odd OS.
Slashdot Mirror
"What happens tomorrow if they decide to throttle back Gmail, and throttle up Hotmail ??"
Anti-trust action?
Start sending them a bill for rent.
They want to use your land to run their *profit-making* line, they pay you rent, buddy!
If this firm attacked Linux, say, what is to stop someone with a big patent portfolio (like IBM) from attacking individual members - even all of them - who subscribe to this cartel? Members could get pulled into patent disputes through the actions of their fellow members. They had better stick to defence, not offence. They might shoot themselves in the foot.
"Just make sure there aren't any electrical conduit where you're making your hole. That might make it less fun."
That is a bit self-centred of you - it would be great fun for all the people watching you.
They may well over-rule the HOST file ... but *I* administer the firewall, the router and the DNS server.
What's that URL you want to look up?
Where do you want to have that packet sent? Oh, THAT IP, huh? Sure, I will.
Bwahahaha!
Like many rich men, Gates has a hobby.
He just likes to collect China.
2. Why did the sea creatures decide to go on land?
To get to the sea on the other side.
"Yeah and then they blame windows->microsoft that their computer is running like crap."
Well, they are right, aren't they?
My Linux desktop runs better than Windows does on faster hardware. I imagine Sony laptops would run better without Windows clogging up the works.
Windows - when only the most mediocre will do!
With a substantial number of Slashdot users (a third?) coming from non-American countries, you would notice quite a difference.
... and occasionally read other languages too (I once managed to understand the gist of an article in Norwegian). I learned German at school - I am not a native speaker.
...
I search in German as well as English
I buy books, CDs and videos over the web from Australia, the US, Britain and Germany.
I download software from all over the world (ALSA is Czech, isn't it - and aalib?).
I read English-language pages in lots of countries: e.g. Russia, China, Japan, India, Spain, Indonesia, Middle-east
I used the internet to book accommodation in New Zealand - and buy my airline tickets there. Picked them up in Australia. I would do the same if travelling to Europe or America.
When I go onto the web, I don't think of myself as being "in Australia", but as being in an international forum. Wish more people would think that way.
Windows Vista - now with more FPS and with added joystick support.
Or maybe the gaming guys are helping with all that DRM?
At my local hospital, nine women had a baby in just one hour.
Yours must be one of those quiet rural hospitals.
"Also I like how Linux sucks because software like Income Tax apps are lacking...hello? I processed my last 3 income tax paperwork via Turbo Tax online."
I just gave my few tax-related documents to an accountant. No paper forms, no software, no headaches. It works, even if I were to use CP/M as my OS. And it is pretty cheap.
Filling in tax forms used to be so painful - I'm happy to pay someone else to have that pain for me.
And Microsoft would immediately apply for its "Shared Source" to be granted a tax break.
Would you want the US Congress determining the meaning of "open source"?
"Your house is your property only because of a government deed
.... with all the support to a relatively stable and reliable market-place that government gives us.
OR because I paid for it, tomayto, tomahto."
What is this "paid" thing?
Oh, I get it, you gave them some government-secured pieces of paper, while relying on a "contract of sale" which exists under the government's law
Government is what stops me (and people with less sensitive morals than I) from just taking your property.
As usual, you Brits do it all wrong.
...
1. Polls open on Saturday morning - but anyone unable to attend can vote by postal vote beforehand. Anyone who votes in the mid-afternoon will have virtually no queues.
2. Attendance is compulsory for all electors.
3. Polls close at precisely 6pm Saturday evening.
4. Minutes later the media announce that the exit polls are too close to call
5. The vote is immediately counted by hand, with scrutineers from all parties watching every step like hawks. This keeps the system honest.
6. The party scrutineers start reporting their counts to party HQs, who usually have a better idea of how the election actually went than the pundits on TV.
7. Everyone has an Election Night party in front of the TV. By about 7PM or 8PM we are starting to see early results, usually from the smaller booths.
8. By 9.30 or 10PM we have a pretty good idea who is going to win. The losing side may have announced that they have lost the election.
9. By 10PM or so, the losing leader comes into a hall of mourning faithful, to say that there were no losers, as the winner was democracy.
10. By 10.30 or 11PM the winning leader comes into a hall of delerious followers, and says that he will govern for "all". This commtiment usually lasts until the first working day of Parliament.
11. The next day, we buy the paper to see how the Senate vote went. The outcome of the Senate vote, owing to a complicated formula that makes rocket scientists fearful, will not be known for another three weeks, when it is discovered that the balance of power in the Senate will be held by the "Save The Robin Redbreast" Party candidate who apparently got a Senate quota based on the votes of the last 3 communists in the country, plus the combined block of votes for the "Get Rid of Foreigners" Party and the "Help Elderly Voters Cross the Street" Alliance. Only the elderly
See. Much better. We get our results before midnight. And everyone votes.
And suddenly the number of people claiming to read LiveJournal climbs through the roof.
... hurry up, folks, you just have time to subscribe right now."
"Each copy must be getting read by several thousand people, if that is the case", said the circulation manager of LiveJournal. "Perhaps we should put our membership list on the web next week
And in the Congress lobby this week, the biggest topic in conversation was "Did you see that article in LiveJournal..? I read it all the time."
Environmentally friendly, too.
You mean, like IBM's up-and-coming port of the next version of Lotus Notes ("Hannover") to Linux and MacOSX, as part of their Workplace suite?
/ n/nhan6dbjwg
You can read it on this IBM link: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/swnews/swnews.nsf
NSW has about 35% of the Australian population. It isn't just 1 of 8 state and territory governments, it is the *biggest* state government.
Makes a great starter pet, too.
Oh, you mean...?
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Segmentation Fault\n");
return 1;
}
Before 11 Sep 2001, Americans hadn't had an attack on one of the actual states in living memory: Hawaii and Alaska not being states during WW2 when they were attacked. War, for current Americans, has always been an "away game", so it has been a bit of a shock to the US comfort zone to have casualties in its own backyard. They haven't got the British memories of being repeatedly bombed during WW2, and of Irish nationalist bombings since then. All American losses have been comfortably overseas, among all those dangerous foreigners. Back home, they are "safe".
So, Americans are used to the idea that they can bomb the innards out of other nations, but no one dares lay a hand on the, A shock to discover they are not invulnerable.
Scared wimps indeed. Of course, some of my fellow Australians are not much better.
I have Duke Nukem Forever not running on my computer.
Would you like to see it not running?
It's currently not running under Windows 2008, which I also have not running on my computer.
I'll give you a non-copy if you like.
MTASC. It is a fast, open source compiler of ActionScript 2.0. You write code, compile it, and straightaway have a SWF file. It runs on Linux, MacOSX and some other odd OS.
Works for me.
No, no. SKI-diving. It's like water-skiing, only you point the tips of the skis downwards and get dragged under the water.