Normally, I'd agree with you, but I have a sinking feeling that there's gonna be another "terrorist attack" followed by a "panic" in which something like this could be easily slipped in. It sure was convenient how that other one happened, and they had that law all ready to go, wasn't it?
I agree. What's so sad is that quite frankly, the US has become a nation of pussies. There's no other way to say it. The "rugged individualism" of early 20'th century and previous is long gone. We now are a country full of people terrified of their own shadows. Personally, I'm embarassed to be an American, and will be leaving as soon as I can afford it. I just don't know where's any better:(
A. Clear Channel doesn't own every radio statino in America. They own a lot, but nowhere close to all of them.
B. CD's are already being created on the fly at shows. Have been for years. I remember seeing this at least two years ago at a local band's show. A simple CD duplicator can spit 'em out *fast*. This is about as groundbreaking as taking tickets at the entrance to a show.
That's very true. If there's no consideration (ie: payment in some form), then very likely, it'll be completely unenforceable, since I don't think that you can have a contract without consideration. That's just what little I know about contracts from Buisness Law 101, and a Real Estate Broker certification. If I agree to give you a candy bar, but want nothing for it, and then decide not to give you that candy bar, I can't be sued since the other party was not offering anything in return.
And of course if this is proved, then pretty much everyone who wants to will start bundling various OSS technologies and selling 'em in their own proprietary products. Ouch.
I always understood that the whole point of a Tivo was not to have to watch crap in the first place. This doesn't sound a hell of a lot better than broadcast TV, complete with commercials and garbage TV.
I'm gonna gamble that going through that kind of pain once every 10 years is not gonna be as bad as going through it a little bit every couple of years. At the very least, expense is gonna be a lot less.
It still sounds like indoctrination to me. Probably the most deeply seated in the history in the war for computing mindshare. MS does nothing like this. Apple just offers hardware discounts... but training kids and "guaranteeing" them jobs? That's fucking twisted. I can't even imagine what the/. thread would look like if "Redhat" were replaced with "Microsoft".
I know! I was being serious! In most traditional office type environments, there's not a lot that can't be done in DOS. Again, fuck changes. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. I don't understand the mindset of, "Well, it's newer, we should buy it." In my business, I stretch every dollar as far as it can go, which means that if perfectly software is working, I'm not gonna throw money out the window to "upgrade" and to deal with the headaches, and the training, etc.
No, in this case, Office is the wrong tool for the job. The guy needs a screwdriver, and he (or his company) bought a full service pneumatic, variable spped drill complete with 57 screwdriver attachments. I don't need all that shit either, but I don't use Office, either. I use Textpad for word processing. Period. That's the right rool for what I do.
I was primarily talking about apps developed in house, since those are the most used apps in the corporate world, I'm willing to bet.
As far as commercial licenses, what happened to just buying the damn thing? That's what I did for my biz. I bought a license to use the software indefinitely, and that's it. I use it, it works, end of story.
OSS is the way. Well the proper licensed stuff is anyway. You can use what you have and leave it working well. I think this will be the greatest part of the threat to commercial software from OSS, that systems dont need changes
Oh, now that was just plain funny. It seems that/. alone posts a "Version 0.2.3.1.2 of GNUXKApp is out today" several times daily. RedHat has, what, at least a new major release every year for the past few years? Maybhe more ofen than that? Sorry, bud, but that last paragraph doesn't hold water.
Also, why in the hell are companies "upgrading" constantly? What ever happened to the days of buy something and use it. Hell, that's what I do for my tiny business. Every "upgrade" is expensive and time consuming. I'll just use what I have, thank you.
No, it's called "c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n". I own a retail store. Am I gonna post easy to find directions so that people can find my competitors? Fuck no.
You know, small stores often offer better service. Not every store is a fucking giant multi-super-world-industrial-conglomerate Super Store. I live my entire life without EVER going in any of those fucking places.
However, the extra cost is worth not having to go to a mall or other shopping center.
You know, you can buy things in the real world without having to go to those nightmare stores. Really! There are these things called "small businesses" that usually have better service, much better atmosphere, and usually, better prices. You should try 'em some time.
Wrong. No, what it means is that online retailers are finally going to be on fair footing with traditional retailers. My retail shop pays thousands in sales tax every month, and online retailers pay next to nothing. It'll definitely be more fair to the small, local retailers.
And as far as a hassle, you know I know just the kind of device that's good at storing and calculating numbers. In fact, this device was invented for the purpose of manipulating numebrs... It's simple software. It's a cost of doing business. I have POS software for my store that I paid out the nose for. Online retailers should have to do the same.
Actually, I think it has more to do with it's a huge company, and getting Mozilla to work with their sites has got to be a low as hell priority. I mean, after all, why should they rush to fic something that affects maybe 1-2% of all browsers, with most of those people not even being their customers?!?
Oh yeah. Wow. This suuuure is bad. A credit check. Wow. It's not like the thousands of credit card companies don't do this daily, or your mortgage guy, or the kid you just bought a new car from. Talk about invasive. Whew! When does the revolution start?
"Discrimination" means making a choice based on some information. SOME discrimination is illegal, like making a decision based on race, religion, sex, etc. However, there are no laws on the books about being discriminating (see where that word comes from) about who you hire based on their credit record.
Law has nothing to do with it. This is a private employment contract between two entities. The gov't has nothing to do with it, and it's not race, gender, etc. based discrimination. An employer can also say, "You'll get the job if you jump around and squawk like a chicken". It may be a bad idea, but it's nothing that a lawyer has anything to do with.
The only times one actually *needs* a fast computer for Photoshop work is when using all those utterly useless Photoshop effects, such as lens-flare etc.
Useless, huh? You obviously don't do any work in the "Adult" industry, do you?:)
Ditto here. I have a retail store and my point of sale system (a P2 750, I think?) uses the modem to dial out to do credit card authorizations. I replaced a shitty winmodem (newer technology) with an external USR modem (older technology) and I sped up the speed and reliability of credit card transactions by about 3. I'm not getting rid of serial ports any time soon.
And as far as parallel ports go... I have several printers that are great that are parallel only.
Even more... I have several point of sale systems that run the cash drawer, credit card swipe, and scanner through the PS2 ports.
No way in *hell* I'm buying a machine without these old, solid, reliable, 100% ubiqitous ports. If you're a techno-geek, or you buy new hardware every few months for the hell of it, then no, you probably don't want these ports, but for those of us who actually do *work* with our PC's, they're invaluable.
Well, actually, value and price are tied together. Apples can sell OSX and their hardware at a premium because they *do* provide a good value. The value a Mac owner gets from OSX + Hardware is at least what the purchase price is. So whether it's usability, or just plain prettiness, they provide a good value for the money. Any company does this. They price their product as high as they can, meaning they price it in such a way that the value derived from their product equals or exceeds the price for their customers. For many people, Linux has zero value due to difficulty in use, etc. so even a price of $0 is not considered a good value when taken into consideration with the time and expense needed to switch from an existing product to a Linux.
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Normally, I'd agree with you, but I have a sinking feeling that there's gonna be another "terrorist attack" followed by a "panic" in which something like this could be easily slipped in. It sure was convenient how that other one happened, and they had that law all ready to go, wasn't it?
I agree. What's so sad is that quite frankly, the US has become a nation of pussies. There's no other way to say it. The "rugged individualism" of early 20'th century and previous is long gone. We now are a country full of people terrified of their own shadows. Personally, I'm embarassed to be an American, and will be leaving as soon as I can afford it. I just don't know where's any better :(
A. Clear Channel doesn't own every radio statino in America. They own a lot, but nowhere close to all of them.
B. CD's are already being created on the fly at shows. Have been for years. I remember seeing this at least two years ago at a local band's show. A simple CD duplicator can spit 'em out *fast*. This is about as groundbreaking as taking tickets at the entrance to a show.
That's very true. If there's no consideration (ie: payment in some form), then very likely, it'll be completely unenforceable, since I don't think that you can have a contract without consideration. That's just what little I know about contracts from Buisness Law 101, and a Real Estate Broker certification. If I agree to give you a candy bar, but want nothing for it, and then decide not to give you that candy bar, I can't be sued since the other party was not offering anything in return.
And of course if this is proved, then pretty much everyone who wants to will start bundling various OSS technologies and selling 'em in their own proprietary products. Ouch.
I always understood that the whole point of a Tivo was not to have to watch crap in the first place. This doesn't sound a hell of a lot better than broadcast TV, complete with commercials and garbage TV.
I'm gonna gamble that going through that kind of pain once every 10 years is not gonna be as bad as going through it a little bit every couple of years. At the very least, expense is gonna be a lot less.
It still sounds like indoctrination to me. Probably the most deeply seated in the history in the war for computing mindshare. MS does nothing like this. Apple just offers hardware discounts... but training kids and "guaranteeing" them jobs? That's fucking twisted. I can't even imagine what the /. thread would look like if "Redhat" were replaced with "Microsoft".
I know! I was being serious! In most traditional office type environments, there's not a lot that can't be done in DOS. Again, fuck changes. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. I don't understand the mindset of, "Well, it's newer, we should buy it." In my business, I stretch every dollar as far as it can go, which means that if perfectly software is working, I'm not gonna throw money out the window to "upgrade" and to deal with the headaches, and the training, etc.
No, in this case, Office is the wrong tool for the job. The guy needs a screwdriver, and he (or his company) bought a full service pneumatic, variable spped drill complete with 57 screwdriver attachments. I don't need all that shit either, but I don't use Office, either. I use Textpad for word processing. Period. That's the right rool for what I do.
I bet most of the secretaries would actually be thrilled to fucking death to be able to use Word Perfect and all of the codes again.
I was primarily talking about apps developed in house, since those are the most used apps in the corporate world, I'm willing to bet.
/. alone posts a "Version 0.2.3.1.2 of GNUXKApp is out today" several times daily. RedHat has, what, at least a new major release every year for the past few years? Maybhe more ofen than that? Sorry, bud, but that last paragraph doesn't hold water.
As far as commercial licenses, what happened to just buying the damn thing? That's what I did for my biz. I bought a license to use the software indefinitely, and that's it. I use it, it works, end of story.
OSS is the way. Well the proper licensed stuff is anyway. You can use what you have and leave it working well. I think this will be the greatest part of the threat to commercial software from OSS, that systems dont need changes
Oh, now that was just plain funny. It seems that
You're a perfect example of what this article is talking about. Arrogant, clueless IT people. Thanks for the example.
Also, why in the hell are companies "upgrading" constantly? What ever happened to the days of buy something and use it. Hell, that's what I do for my tiny business. Every "upgrade" is expensive and time consuming. I'll just use what I have, thank you.
No, it's called "c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n". I own a retail store. Am I gonna post easy to find directions so that people can find my competitors? Fuck no.
You know, small stores often offer better service. Not every store is a fucking giant multi-super-world-industrial-conglomerate Super Store. I live my entire life without EVER going in any of those fucking places.
However, the extra cost is worth not having to go to a mall or other shopping center.
You know, you can buy things in the real world without having to go to those nightmare stores. Really! There are these things called "small businesses" that usually have better service, much better atmosphere, and usually, better prices. You should try 'em some time.
Wrong. No, what it means is that online retailers are finally going to be on fair footing with traditional retailers. My retail shop pays thousands in sales tax every month, and online retailers pay next to nothing. It'll definitely be more fair to the small, local retailers.
And as far as a hassle, you know I know just the kind of device that's good at storing and calculating numbers. In fact, this device was invented for the purpose of manipulating numebrs... It's simple software. It's a cost of doing business. I have POS software for my store that I paid out the nose for. Online retailers should have to do the same.
Actually, I think it has more to do with it's a huge company, and getting Mozilla to work with their sites has got to be a low as hell priority. I mean, after all, why should they rush to fic something that affects maybe 1-2% of all browsers, with most of those people not even being their customers?!?
Oh yeah. Wow. This suuuure is bad. A credit check. Wow. It's not like the thousands of credit card companies don't do this daily, or your mortgage guy, or the kid you just bought a new car from. Talk about invasive. Whew! When does the revolution start?
"Discrimination" means making a choice based on some information. SOME discrimination is illegal, like making a decision based on race, religion, sex, etc. However, there are no laws on the books about being discriminating (see where that word comes from) about who you hire based on their credit record.
Law has nothing to do with it. This is a private employment contract between two entities. The gov't has nothing to do with it, and it's not race, gender, etc. based discrimination. An employer can also say, "You'll get the job if you jump around and squawk like a chicken". It may be a bad idea, but it's nothing that a lawyer has anything to do with.
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The only times one actually *needs* a fast computer for Photoshop work is when using all those utterly useless Photoshop effects, such as lens-flare etc.
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Useless, huh? You obviously don't do any work in the "Adult" industry, do you?
Ditto here. I have a retail store and my point of sale system (a P2 750, I think?) uses the modem to dial out to do credit card authorizations. I replaced a shitty winmodem (newer technology) with an external USR modem (older technology) and I sped up the speed and reliability of credit card transactions by about 3. I'm not getting rid of serial ports any time soon.
And as far as parallel ports go... I have several printers that are great that are parallel only.
Even more... I have several point of sale systems that run the cash drawer, credit card swipe, and scanner through the PS2 ports.
No way in *hell* I'm buying a machine without these old, solid, reliable, 100% ubiqitous ports. If you're a techno-geek, or you buy new hardware every few months for the hell of it, then no, you probably don't want these ports, but for those of us who actually do *work* with our PC's, they're invaluable.
Well, actually, value and price are tied together. Apples can sell OSX and their hardware at a premium because they *do* provide a good value. The value a Mac owner gets from OSX + Hardware is at least what the purchase price is. So whether it's usability, or just plain prettiness, they provide a good value for the money. Any company does this. They price their product as high as they can, meaning they price it in such a way that the value derived from their product equals or exceeds the price for their customers. For many people, Linux has zero value due to difficulty in use, etc. so even a price of $0 is not considered a good value when taken into consideration with the time and expense needed to switch from an existing product to a Linux.