I find this article incredibly naive. The home computer industry has been plagued since its inception by people who had no scruples. Because it was possible to copy code , they did just that. Soon, anyone who protested at this practice was denying them a fundamental right. If these people could copy books they would. The notion of intellectual property escapes them entirely. The author of a work expects a fair reward. This is provided in the last analysis by the people who buy the work.
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I actually run XP and Suse 7.3. I use XP for actually doing things and Suse for playing. That way I dont get too upset when an app says " this is not yet implemented" i.e. what you thought was an application is really a bit of crap which doesn't work.I have yet to find anything on the XP CD that does not work. I use Star Office and MS Office and email stuff to and fro. I also use Emacs for coding and Komodo on Windows. Believe me, in the real world, on a home PC, ANY windows is better than ANY linux
I am currently constructing an army of robots which will seek and destroy any scientist who talks to a representative of the news-media. I may except/.
Seasons greetings to all. As I stare out at the birds kneedeep in snow I am envious in the extreme of the chap who has to cool his tropical fish tank. I also envy those turtles in their lager tank. Much tastier than water. I am far too lazy to do the math , but I suspect that the heat from a CPU would make very little contribution to the heat stored in a tank of water. Are we confusing heat with temperature ? Please direct the flames to the fish tank where they will do more good.
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C goodbye. it was fun , but not that much
I find this article incredibly naive. The home computer industry has been plagued since its inception by people who had no scruples. Because it was possible to copy code , they did just that. Soon, anyone who protested at this practice was denying them a fundamental right. If these people could copy books they would. The notion of intellectual property escapes them entirely. The author of a work expects a fair reward. This is provided in the last analysis by the people who buy the work.
I actually run XP and Suse 7.3. I use XP for actually doing things and Suse for playing. That way I dont get too upset when an app says " this is not yet implemented" i.e. what you thought was an application is really a bit of crap which doesn't work.I have yet to find anything on the XP CD that does not work. I use Star Office and MS Office and email stuff to and fro. I also use Emacs for coding and Komodo on Windows. Believe me, in the real world, on a home PC, ANY windows is better than ANY linux
I am currently constructing an army of robots which will seek and destroy any scientist who talks to a representative of the news-media. I may except /.
Seasons greetings to all. As I stare out at the birds kneedeep in snow I am envious in the extreme of the chap who has to cool his tropical fish tank. I also envy those turtles in their lager tank. Much tastier than water. I am far too lazy to do the math , but I suspect that the heat from a CPU would make very little contribution to the heat stored in a tank of water. Are we confusing heat with temperature ? Please direct the flames to the fish tank where they will do more good.
I have cabled a large and indefinite sum to Amazon as a retainer . This may well be book of the new millenium.