Bullshit. I had 3 employees at one business I owned, and while I lost $20,000 in three months from lost profits, NONE of them lost a single hour of payroll, I made sure it was so. My largest client in another business suspended all accounts for 3 months as well, costing me at least another $10,000 in pure profits. Two weeks prior to 9-11, I had just invested almost $10,000 in equipment that I never got to use.
The difference is, I slashed my expenses, sold an extra car I had, wholesaled out some equipment, kept my employees fed, and ate an unreal amount of beans and rice. We ebay'ed some personal belongings. I didn't sit and cry and blame the President, instead opting to get out and chase some business. But I kept going.
I didn't do anything special, I just took responsibility for my own life, and for keeping my employees fed. I decided I wasn't going to roll over and die. It took 6 months for the business to start paying its own way again, and two years to recover the lost income, partially by earning more than I had ever before. I never received 1 cent in help from anyone, nor did the idea ever cross my mind.
So yes, I bore quite a bit of the brunt after 9-11, thank you very much.
I am not smarter, better or luckier than anyone else. I am harder working and more willing to make sacrifices than some, and less likely to shift the blame. That is the difference.
Actually you were making a good point until you started flaming at the end. But not all of Kerry's (or any Senator's) votes were of this caliber. I would even give you that MOST of the time, it is the scenario you state. Sometimes they flip because of a trade with other Senators, vote for a vote. But this is why only two Senators have become president, the appearance of indecision. Most have been Governors, or military leaders. It's just a different quality.
Frankly, I think it takes a different kind of person to be a good Governer or President than it does to be a good Senator or Representative. One is about leadership (even against the majority) and one is about building concensus and compromise.
Rudy made a great Mayor for NYC, but he would not have made a good Rep., because of his style, for instance. Same for Reagon, Carter and even Bill Clinton. Most presidents have been too independent to play nice in Congress.
Some people make great teamplayers, some people make good coaches. Seldom does anyone do both well.
How many Americans give a rat's ass about the fact that their nation has been transformed into a police state in which fundamental rights are suspended because they are in a "state of war"?
Um, I don't like parts of the Patriot act (and have been very outspoken about it), but you would have be smoking crack to think the US is a police state. I travel all over the US and even Europe and have never been refused to go anywhere. I voice my opinions openly and loudly. This is not a police state.
Calling the US a police state is the same kind of propeganda that Moore is spewing. It is simply not backed up with facts. Go to a few countries in Africa or the Middle East if you want to see a police state. Or the former Iraq. We can both agree that the Patriot Act has some issues, but calling us a police state is akin to finding a $100 bill and considering yourself a millionaire: Its a gross overstatement.
Assuming that we liberate the people and "finish the job", why should they be forced into a democracy, and if they are, how is it of their own choosing?
Finishing the job is removing the small band of brutal rulers, headed by Saddam, that would not allow the will of the people to be expressed. Really, if you can type, you are simply too old for me to explain this to you, or you are just trolling for an arguement. We can debate the wisdom of going into Iraq, but the fact that Saddam murdered millions (yes, millions) and did not allow representation by the people is not debated by the UN, any Iraqis, or any reasonable person.
Thank you for stating it correctly. People drive me insane when they sit at home all day, crying because they have no job, and just blame SOMEONE, like the President (any President).
I can tell I need to avoid politics.slashdot.org, because I am one of those guys that will be the first to tell people to get off their ass and go invent something, go learn something, go start something, but quit bitching, and obviously many moderators are bitter unemployed programmers that wont seek a job unless it pays 1999 wages. I'm actually making over twice what I did in 1999, perhaps because I didn't spend very long licking my wounds and blaming Clinton/Bush, and instead took responsiblity for my future. Personal responsiblity seems all too easy to avoid.
Actually we just hired several new people because of outsourcing. By shifting growth (and risk) overseas, our US plant is more stable and we need more salesmen, warehouse workers and customer service people. Had we not been able to expand by creating jobs overseas, we would not have hired anyone else. No one lost a job here.
I know this is not how it works for every outsourced jobs, but all this outsourcing bashing is just uninformed.
I don't know if I agree, but the goverment sure does, so don't expect any change in unemployment figures other than those brought about by accounting. -js
There is a huge difference is "the government" and "the president". The President, by him/herself is not as significant in job creation/deletion as the Congress, the Fed and many other institutions. I stand by my original statement. The one office is not that influential when it comes to jobs.
I dont consider the Iraq war immoral. I consider it overdue. I have been bitching since Desert Storm I that we left the Iraqi people out to dry. It was about time we had the guts to finish the job, give the Iraqis a chance to live in peace with a democracy of their own choosing.
To me, its a big deal, and this is from someone who has actually served in the military, and was raised in a military family with a father that served in Korea and Vietnam. I am more than a little aware of the risks and the costs, and in my opinion, it is a small price to pay.
you cant get quality employees at the extremely low pay rate you are offering.
Every time I hear that bullshit line from a "business owner" I jump all over them ape-shit style.
Perhaps you should actually ASK what I paid before telling me how low the pay was? Or ask what city I live in?
Greensboro, NC paying $20 an hour for a basic computer/electronics tech to work 30+ hours a week (any hours they wanted as long as it was mon-fri) in a shop open 50 hours a week. I am not the only one here that has this problem.
Go flame elsewhere jr., I am smart enough to pay well to get good help. The problem wasn't pay or environment, there just wasn't enough people here that had the skills or wanted the work. At my other business, I pay on average 20% higher than anyone else in the industry and have better luck keeping employees. Avg. employment length is measured in years. These jobs, however, are non-skilled.
Get your facts before assuming. The vast majority of small business owners are not the greedy idiots you assume. You don't own a successful business very long if you are.
Um, congress DID extend unemployment benefits after 9-11, up to one freaking YEAR! I know several people who benefited by this by not seriously looking for a job for an extra year. Sad but true. You might want to google that extension, its not exactly new news.
Um, of the 4 people running (Bush, Kerry, Chaney, Edwards) Bush is by far the least wealthy, with a net worth estimated around 6 million. This sounds like alot until you compare it to the others.
As for power, W.'s only power is that given to him by the voters. Michael Moore is considerably richer than Bush, and appears to want to use this wealth (or accepting loss of future revenue by giving it away on TV instead of DVDs) to push his agenda, instead of standing on a soap box and letting people vote him in or out.
Its Moore's money, he can do with it as he pleases, but his power is from money while most any politician's is based only getting 51%+ to agree with them. There is a difference.
Unemployment is currently at the same level that Clinton ran on in the 1996 election, 5.4%.
Presidents don't make jobs. In the best case, they can get the hell out of the way of the companies that do make jobs. I hate it that your friends don't have jobs, but perhaps you need to look elsewhere for answers. As for me, I just sold a business because I could not get quality employees. It became too big a hassle. Then again, in my 40 years, I have never been more than two weeks without a job, and never accepted unemployment checks, choosing a lower job until I could work my way back up instead. I guess its just a matter of choice.
Who is President simply does not affect jobs the way so many state, but I guess it does make some feel better if they have someone to blame for what is likely just bad luck.
And I am sure his reasons are pure, simply wanting to inform the electorate....Right.
Agree or not, its simply propeganda, and he has made enough money that he just wants the POWER he thinks he would get if Kerry won, so he could take credit and be even "more important" than he already thinks he is.
What do people that have too much money want? Power.
I like Enterprise as well, although season 2 was a bit thin. I can't help but to agree with the original post that Berman is part of the problem, if not the whole problem. His approach has become too predictable, too formulaic. He seems to have lost his way.
They do focus on technobable entirely too much, and they forget what the hell ST really is: A soap opera for nerds, with social commentary that questions the status quo. Once you get away from that, it gets weak. Its not about taking sides on current issues, its about raising issues and letting the viewers debate it. Also, just ONCE I would like to see them shut the Autodestruct down with more than 1 second left... Showing dumb luck as just dumb luck would also be more realistic.
The Xindi thing was good, although I agree its about time to move on. I DO really like the way Archer has to face a bunch of moral questions, and the response is usually realistic. IE: Yes, what we will do is wrong, but the world is not so black and white, and we have to survive. Again, its the story, not the do-dads and special effects that make the show.
Oh yea, and although I am a bit insulted by the overt sexuality of T'Pol, I would still savor the opportunity to bring out a little emotion in her, if ya know what I mean;) Oh, and lots more Hoshi, who is sexier than T'Pol anyway. Hoshi doesn't have to look like a slut to be hot. Once they found out more people like Hoshi than T'Pol, I noticed Hoshi became a lot more scarce. That is just dumb.
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No, I think its funnier that he didn't. My guess is after he hit "submit" he went, "oh crap, now everyone knows I wear Depends when gaming".
My understanding of the GPL says you can't just release the Linux version of the source if you release a Windows binary: You have to release the Windows source and the make files to build it or you are in violation.
Releasing the Linux only version is no different than taking Open Office 1.1, modifying it to "Bob's Office 1.2" and selling the binary but only releasing the source to Open Office 1.1. This is NOT complying with the GPL, since you are not releasing YOUR changes to someone else's GPL code.
As to the contributers, they contributed to a GPL project. If they did not state what license they are contributing under, then he has illegally distributed their code without any license from them. This is copyright infringement against the contributers. He could assume that they were contributing under the GPL if it was a GPL project (not smart, but reasonable) but he can't assume it was simply given to him as PD. Unless he has a statement saying the contributions were in the public domain, he MUST assume they are copyrighted.
If I contributed to this project, and someone did this, I would be very pissed off.
This is exactly why I play on two screens at my own house: a 51" projection TV, and an 80" projector against a white wall, both on computers. The colors are not as good as a monitor, but load up Doom 3 and start walking around the complex, and 80" of screen will make you poop your pants when something pops out and starts shooting you. The surround sound system helps, too.
I'm already using the computer on the system for a media center anyway, playing games was the next logical step, and no P2/XBox needed.
The theatre idea is perfect if you don't have the funds to buy your own or like to be more social with your gaming. I can see this being the next reason that people actually leave their homes and interact with other people, rather than go to bars and risk a DWI/DUI.
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Ok, this is buried so deep in the thread, you probably won't see it, but I have absolutely found the best solution if "portable" means very portable, but the size of a paperback book.
Removeable IDE hard drive trays from computergate.com are less than $10 each for inner and outer tray. They have some that cost more, too. I bought 12. I installed one frame in a CDROM bay of every computer I access, as the secondary master, and for both masters on my main computer. This allows for alternate booting of other drives/OS. Very cool feature.
Harddrives. Ebay, computergate again, or anywhere. I have over a dozen different drives, from 1.6gb to 200gb. Easy to find 40 gig drives for under $50. Very easy.
Now I can format a drive as bootable or not, partitioned how I want, and take it anywhere. If a computer I use crashes or won't boot (think Windows) then I can take the drive out, mount in a tray if it is not already and mount it easy on another computer to fix.
I can add or update the capacity easily and cheaply. I can try out different OS's on small cheap drives (like $10 10gig) without the risk of messing up my install, and with 5 seconds worth of tray swapping with the computer off.
Here is a typical setup, YMMV: (6 x $8) + $10 = $58 for trays (3 x $50) = $150 for three 40GB drive (2 x $100) = $200 for two 200GB drives (1 x $25) = $25 for one 20GB drive Total cost: $385 Total storage: 540GB over 6 disks
For me, it was the cheapest and easiest solution, plus offers other benefit including alternate booting, ability to migrate a portable drive to a permanant one and ease and cost to upgrade.
It's not that simple. You still have to pick a media, either -R9 or +R9, and most people prefer to use a single media type, myself included. This complicates future compatibility, if you pick the "wrong" media. Most DVD ROMs in the future will be able to read both, but that is not guaranteed. You can argue that "anyone can read up and make an intellegent decision" but the majority of people don't or won't take the time. So they continue to use CDROM burners instead.
The problem with multiple standards is that this causes confusion. Even I just bought my first burner for home (have one at work) and still not sure which formats will properly play in any DVD player. I'm pretty hardcore and oldschool in my geekiness, but I put it off for so long to keep from getting the "wrong" type.
By adopting a single standard (think "open"), you will increase the total volume of DVD burners simply because there is no confusion, and it becomes more of a commodity item. Perhaps manufacturers do not want this, since this would drive prices (margins) down while it increased volume.
The advantage is that deadbeats who created and contributed nothing at all can use a ready-made anti-spam technique at no cost whatsoever.
Is that so hard to understand?
Maybe some teen sitting in his bedroom things of "free as in beer" is more important than "free as in speech", but not all of us do. One of the main advantages of "free as in speech" is the ability to change and modify the software in any way I want, without spending $1 in time worrying if I am violating some license.
WHY the MS appologists do not understand that the price of the software is trivial, is beyond me. I don't use Linux because it costs $0 vs. $800 for a copy of MS 2003 server. Screw $800. The freedom (as in speech) allows me to innovate without restriction. This helps me generate hundreds of thousands in profits. The labor to install, upgrade and maintain any server FAR outweighs the cost of the freaking software. Again, screw $800, its trivial.
Those of us that run servers are interested in the freedom to USE the software as we please, and happy to share changes. I am not interested in "free as in beer" software that is not "free as in speech". We are NOT the cheap, short-sited bastards you seem to think we are.
Beware any time Microsoft is offering *ANYTHING* for "free".
Well you don't set good precedents in your favor by sueing people who can properly defend themselves.
I would disagree. You set great precedents, in your favor because you win. When quoting previous lawsuits that are similar (precedents) the amount of money the defendent spent on their defense is not mentioned.
Speaking of your sig, you know that while it runs fine on Linux (and I assume other quazi-Uniz systems) it totally barfs on Win32 with Perl installed (XP and ActiveState, specificially). It also barfed in Cygwin, but I think that the prob. there is my install is somewhat corrupt.
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Hoshi is our own little Anime character, all innocent on the inside, but you know shes all naughty on the inside if given the chance.
Ok, gotta go take a cold shower now...
You are not the person bearing the brunt of this.
Bullshit. I had 3 employees at one business I owned, and while I lost $20,000 in three months from lost profits, NONE of them lost a single hour of payroll, I made sure it was so. My largest client in another business suspended all accounts for 3 months as well, costing me at least another $10,000 in pure profits. Two weeks prior to 9-11, I had just invested almost $10,000 in equipment that I never got to use.
The difference is, I slashed my expenses, sold an extra car I had, wholesaled out some equipment, kept my employees fed, and ate an unreal amount of beans and rice. We ebay'ed some personal belongings. I didn't sit and cry and blame the President, instead opting to get out and chase some business. But I kept going.
I didn't do anything special, I just took responsibility for my own life, and for keeping my employees fed. I decided I wasn't going to roll over and die. It took 6 months for the business to start paying its own way again, and two years to recover the lost income, partially by earning more than I had ever before. I never received 1 cent in help from anyone, nor did the idea ever cross my mind.
So yes, I bore quite a bit of the brunt after 9-11, thank you very much.
I am not smarter, better or luckier than anyone else. I am harder working and more willing to make sacrifices than some, and less likely to shift the blame. That is the difference.
Actually you were making a good point until you started flaming at the end. But not all of Kerry's (or any Senator's) votes were of this caliber. I would even give you that MOST of the time, it is the scenario you state. Sometimes they flip because of a trade with other Senators, vote for a vote. But this is why only two Senators have become president, the appearance of indecision. Most have been Governors, or military leaders. It's just a different quality.
Frankly, I think it takes a different kind of person to be a good Governer or President than it does to be a good Senator or Representative. One is about leadership (even against the majority) and one is about building concensus and compromise.
Rudy made a great Mayor for NYC, but he would not have made a good Rep., because of his style, for instance. Same for Reagon, Carter and even Bill Clinton. Most presidents have been too independent to play nice in Congress.
Some people make great teamplayers, some people make good coaches. Seldom does anyone do both well.
How many Americans give a rat's ass about the fact that their nation has been transformed into a police state in which fundamental rights are suspended because they are in a "state of war"?
Um, I don't like parts of the Patriot act (and have been very outspoken about it), but you would have be smoking crack to think the US is a police state. I travel all over the US and even Europe and have never been refused to go anywhere. I voice my opinions openly and loudly. This is not a police state.
Calling the US a police state is the same kind of propeganda that Moore is spewing. It is simply not backed up with facts. Go to a few countries in Africa or the Middle East if you want to see a police state. Or the former Iraq. We can both agree that the Patriot Act has some issues, but calling us a police state is akin to finding a $100 bill and considering yourself a millionaire: Its a gross overstatement.
Assuming that we liberate the people and "finish the job", why should they be forced into a democracy, and if they are, how is it of their own choosing?
Finishing the job is removing the small band of brutal rulers, headed by Saddam, that would not allow the will of the people to be expressed. Really, if you can type, you are simply too old for me to explain this to you, or you are just trolling for an arguement. We can debate the wisdom of going into Iraq, but the fact that Saddam murdered millions (yes, millions) and did not allow representation by the people is not debated by the UN, any Iraqis, or any reasonable person.
Thank you for stating it correctly. People drive me insane when they sit at home all day, crying because they have no job, and just blame SOMEONE, like the President (any President).
I can tell I need to avoid politics.slashdot.org, because I am one of those guys that will be the first to tell people to get off their ass and go invent something, go learn something, go start something, but quit bitching, and obviously many moderators are bitter unemployed programmers that wont seek a job unless it pays 1999 wages. I'm actually making over twice what I did in 1999, perhaps because I didn't spend very long licking my wounds and blaming Clinton/Bush, and instead took responsiblity for my future. Personal responsiblity seems all too easy to avoid.
Actually we just hired several new people because of outsourcing. By shifting growth (and risk) overseas, our US plant is more stable and we need more salesmen, warehouse workers and customer service people. Had we not been able to expand by creating jobs overseas, we would not have hired anyone else. No one lost a job here.
I know this is not how it works for every outsourced jobs, but all this outsourcing bashing is just uninformed.
I don't know if I agree, but the goverment sure does, so don't expect any change in unemployment figures other than those brought about by accounting. -js
There is a huge difference is "the government" and "the president". The President, by him/herself is not as significant in job creation/deletion as the Congress, the Fed and many other institutions. I stand by my original statement. The one office is not that influential when it comes to jobs.
I dont consider the Iraq war immoral. I consider it overdue. I have been bitching since Desert Storm I that we left the Iraqi people out to dry. It was about time we had the guts to finish the job, give the Iraqis a chance to live in peace with a democracy of their own choosing.
To me, its a big deal, and this is from someone who has actually served in the military, and was raised in a military family with a father that served in Korea and Vietnam. I am more than a little aware of the risks and the costs, and in my opinion, it is a small price to pay.
Bullshit.
you cant get quality employees at the extremely low pay rate you are offering.
Every time I hear that bullshit line from a "business owner" I jump all over them ape-shit style.
Perhaps you should actually ASK what I paid before telling me how low the pay was? Or ask what city I live in?
Greensboro, NC paying $20 an hour for a basic computer/electronics tech to work 30+ hours a week (any hours they wanted as long as it was mon-fri) in a shop open 50 hours a week. I am not the only one here that has this problem.
Go flame elsewhere jr., I am smart enough to pay well to get good help. The problem wasn't pay or environment, there just wasn't enough people here that had the skills or wanted the work. At my other business, I pay on average 20% higher than anyone else in the industry and have better luck keeping employees. Avg. employment length is measured in years. These jobs, however, are non-skilled.
Get your facts before assuming. The vast majority of small business owners are not the greedy idiots you assume. You don't own a successful business very long if you are.
Um, congress DID extend unemployment benefits after 9-11, up to one freaking YEAR! I know several people who benefited by this by not seriously looking for a job for an extra year. Sad but true. You might want to google that extension, its not exactly new news.
Um, of the 4 people running (Bush, Kerry, Chaney, Edwards) Bush is by far the least wealthy, with a net worth estimated around 6 million. This sounds like alot until you compare it to the others.
As for power, W.'s only power is that given to him by the voters. Michael Moore is considerably richer than Bush, and appears to want to use this wealth (or accepting loss of future revenue by giving it away on TV instead of DVDs) to push his agenda, instead of standing on a soap box and letting people vote him in or out.
Its Moore's money, he can do with it as he pleases, but his power is from money while most any politician's is based only getting 51%+ to agree with them. There is a difference.
Unemployment is currently at the same level that Clinton ran on in the 1996 election, 5.4%.
Presidents don't make jobs. In the best case, they can get the hell out of the way of the companies that do make jobs. I hate it that your friends don't have jobs, but perhaps you need to look elsewhere for answers. As for me, I just sold a business because I could not get quality employees. It became too big a hassle. Then again, in my 40 years, I have never been more than two weeks without a job, and never accepted unemployment checks, choosing a lower job until I could work my way back up instead. I guess its just a matter of choice.
Who is President simply does not affect jobs the way so many state, but I guess it does make some feel better if they have someone to blame for what is likely just bad luck.
And I am sure his reasons are pure, simply wanting to inform the electorate....Right.
Agree or not, its simply propeganda, and he has made enough money that he just wants the POWER he thinks he would get if Kerry won, so he could take credit and be even "more important" than he already thinks he is.
What do people that have too much money want? Power.
I like Enterprise as well, although season 2 was a bit thin. I can't help but to agree with the original post that Berman is part of the problem, if not the whole problem. His approach has become too predictable, too formulaic. He seems to have lost his way.
;) Oh, and lots more Hoshi, who is sexier than T'Pol anyway. Hoshi doesn't have to look like a slut to be hot. Once they found out more people like Hoshi than T'Pol, I noticed Hoshi became a lot more scarce. That is just dumb.
They do focus on technobable entirely too much, and they forget what the hell ST really is: A soap opera for nerds, with social commentary that questions the status quo. Once you get away from that, it gets weak. Its not about taking sides on current issues, its about raising issues and letting the viewers debate it. Also, just ONCE I would like to see them shut the Autodestruct down with more than 1 second left... Showing dumb luck as just dumb luck would also be more realistic.
The Xindi thing was good, although I agree its about time to move on. I DO really like the way Archer has to face a bunch of moral questions, and the response is usually realistic. IE: Yes, what we will do is wrong, but the world is not so black and white, and we have to survive. Again, its the story, not the do-dads and special effects that make the show.
Oh yea, and although I am a bit insulted by the overt sexuality of T'Pol, I would still savor the opportunity to bring out a little emotion in her, if ya know what I mean
No, I think its funnier that he didn't. My guess is after he hit "submit" he went, "oh crap, now everyone knows I wear Depends when gaming".
My understanding of the GPL says you can't just release the Linux version of the source if you release a Windows binary: You have to release the Windows source and the make files to build it or you are in violation.
Releasing the Linux only version is no different than taking Open Office 1.1, modifying it to "Bob's Office 1.2" and selling the binary but only releasing the source to Open Office 1.1. This is NOT complying with the GPL, since you are not releasing YOUR changes to someone else's GPL code.
As to the contributers, they contributed to a GPL project. If they did not state what license they are contributing under, then he has illegally distributed their code without any license from them. This is copyright infringement against the contributers. He could assume that they were contributing under the GPL if it was a GPL project (not smart, but reasonable) but he can't assume it was simply given to him as PD. Unless he has a statement saying the contributions were in the public domain, he MUST assume they are copyrighted.
If I contributed to this project, and someone did this, I would be very pissed off.
This is exactly why I play on two screens at my own house: a 51" projection TV, and an 80" projector against a white wall, both on computers. The colors are not as good as a monitor, but load up Doom 3 and start walking around the complex, and 80" of screen will make you poop your pants when something pops out and starts shooting you. The surround sound system helps, too.
I'm already using the computer on the system for a media center anyway, playing games was the next logical step, and no P2/XBox needed.
The theatre idea is perfect if you don't have the funds to buy your own or like to be more social with your gaming. I can see this being the next reason that people actually leave their homes and interact with other people, rather than go to bars and risk a DWI/DUI.
Ok, this is buried so deep in the thread, you probably won't see it, but I have absolutely found the best solution if "portable" means very portable, but the size of a paperback book.
Removeable IDE hard drive trays from computergate.com are less than $10 each for inner and outer tray. They have some that cost more, too. I bought 12. I installed one frame in a CDROM bay of every computer I access, as the secondary master, and for both masters on my main computer. This allows for alternate booting of other drives/OS. Very cool feature.
Harddrives. Ebay, computergate again, or anywhere. I have over a dozen different drives, from 1.6gb to 200gb. Easy to find 40 gig drives for under $50. Very easy.
Now I can format a drive as bootable or not, partitioned how I want, and take it anywhere. If a computer I use crashes or won't boot (think Windows) then I can take the drive out, mount in a tray if it is not already and mount it easy on another computer to fix.
I can add or update the capacity easily and cheaply. I can try out different OS's on small cheap drives (like $10 10gig) without the risk of messing up my install, and with 5 seconds worth of tray swapping with the computer off.
Here is a typical setup, YMMV:
(6 x $8) + $10 = $58 for trays
(3 x $50) = $150 for three 40GB drive
(2 x $100) = $200 for two 200GB drives
(1 x $25) = $25 for one 20GB drive
Total cost: $385
Total storage: 540GB over 6 disks
For me, it was the cheapest and easiest solution, plus offers other benefit including alternate booting, ability to migrate a portable drive to a permanant one and ease and cost to upgrade.
Buy a drive that supports both formats.
It's not that simple. You still have to pick a media, either -R9 or +R9, and most people prefer to use a single media type, myself included. This complicates future compatibility, if you pick the "wrong" media. Most DVD ROMs in the future will be able to read both, but that is not guaranteed. You can argue that "anyone can read up and make an intellegent decision" but the majority of people don't or won't take the time. So they continue to use CDROM burners instead.
The problem with multiple standards is that this causes confusion. Even I just bought my first burner for home (have one at work) and still not sure which formats will properly play in any DVD player. I'm pretty hardcore and oldschool in my geekiness, but I put it off for so long to keep from getting the "wrong" type.
By adopting a single standard (think "open"), you will increase the total volume of DVD burners simply because there is no confusion, and it becomes more of a commodity item. Perhaps manufacturers do not want this, since this would drive prices (margins) down while it increased volume.
The advantage is that deadbeats who created and contributed nothing at all can use a ready-made anti-spam technique at no cost whatsoever.
Is that so hard to understand?
Maybe some teen sitting in his bedroom things of "free as in beer" is more important than "free as in speech", but not all of us do. One of the main advantages of "free as in speech" is the ability to change and modify the software in any way I want, without spending $1 in time worrying if I am violating some license.
WHY the MS appologists do not understand that the price of the software is trivial, is beyond me. I don't use Linux because it costs $0 vs. $800 for a copy of MS 2003 server. Screw $800. The freedom (as in speech) allows me to innovate without restriction. This helps me generate hundreds of thousands in profits. The labor to install, upgrade and maintain any server FAR outweighs the cost of the freaking software. Again, screw $800, its trivial.
Those of us that run servers are interested in the freedom to USE the software as we please, and happy to share changes. I am not interested in "free as in beer" software that is not "free as in speech". We are NOT the cheap, short-sited bastards you seem to think we are.
Beware any time Microsoft is offering *ANYTHING* for "free".
Well you don't set good precedents in your favor by sueing people who can properly defend themselves.
I would disagree. You set great precedents, in your favor because you win. When quoting previous lawsuits that are similar (precedents) the amount of money the defendent spent on their defense is not mentioned.
check 2600.com and their lawsuit for LINKING to the source of DeCSS. They lost. New York Times did the same thing, but wasn't sued.
Along with half movies, bogus titles, viruses, poor quality, people that let you download and kill it after a few minutes it's just not worth it.
Ever hear of using bittorrent for P2P? If you're gonna pira^H^H^Hreview before you buy, at least do it right.
Speaking of your sig, you know that while it runs fine on Linux (and I assume other quazi-Uniz systems) it totally barfs on Win32 with Perl installed (XP and ActiveState, specificially). It also barfed in Cygwin, but I think that the prob. there is my install is somewhat corrupt.
Oh. And yes. Yes I do.