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A friend of mine used to inspect HVAC systems at construction sites and he'd find all sort of things the 'quality union workers' would totally mess up, such as putting fans in backwards.
They are charging for support, not the code. In the 80s, RMS mentioned this as a way for people to make money with GPL'ed software along with providing source and/or binaries on portable media, hardcopy documentation, etc..
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I've heard of contractors doing the same thing with insulation. and the owners wonder why their utility bill is so high...
Hundreds of dollars? I can buy a digital camera with similar capabilities from Wal-Mart for about $20. I can hook it up to a PC for downloading and erasing pictures as many times as I want. They are probably selling these at or a little above cost.
The company was just betting on reselling the camera over and over again. Each additional time a camera is returned, it's pure profit. I haven't priced digital to print services to know whether they were gouging the consumer there too.
Just make sure that the bits don't get transmitted through the MidEast or Islamic controlled Africa. People will freak out, break into server rooms and start beating those evil routers. The Christians or Jews will retaliate and sooner or later someone will end up dead. If a rumor that a party was going to be a beauty pagent caused this to happen, the real thing, even if it was virtual, would probably do the same thing.
if it was designed to be a trilogy, they should have put more effort into the story for all three parts. Sounds like they made Revolutions too quickly.
Linux usually isn't, you often have to mess with things a lot.
That depends on what it is. With many of the newer distros, plugging in a camera or any other USB device that uses the mass storage interface is as easy to use as it would be with Windows. Now if it's some new dohicky that the manufacturer has supplied Windows drivers for, but hasn't released any sort of documentation for anything else (like Creative's Jukeboxes because they have their own DRM), then it will take a while.
Novell has run a lot of good software products into the dirt over the years. Because of this my first reaction was one of sadness. I hope they have a clue and won't do the same to SuSE or Ximian.
It's not any different than NASA's, the Russian's or the ESA's unmanned launchers. The shuttle practically has to be torn down and rebuilt after every shuttle landing now which isn't cheap. Look at all the other nations that are launching stuff into space. The US is the only one that uses a reusable craft. The other approaches are cheaper.
NASA needs something to launch big heavy payloads into space. The shuttles are ok, but a unmanned vehicle would be extremely useful for shipping new sections to the ISS or a hubble replacement.
when data disproves their propaganda/brainwashing. Especially if it's put in a book with lots of graphs...it's easier to bury trends in row after row of unsorted text & numbers.
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I guess that's why 90+% of the NFL is White - because Asians and Blacks are every bit as athletic, right?
You wouldn't happen to be referring to the NHL are you? The NFL probably hasn't been 90% White since the mid 60s.
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And if you do decide to come up with a method of calculating the bonuses, get all of them in a room and explain how it's going to be done so everyone knows it up front. During the year, you can give everyone a status update. They will know as the company does better, the better their bonus. It can be a trip to get a bonus that's 1/3 of your normal salary when the company has a great year. Well, that is until the Feds take their share. =(
Yeah, but when given the choice, what are many of the troops in Iraq using, M4 or AK-47? Why? Ammunition is plentiful, it's more reliable in rugged conditions, better knockdown power, etc. Sure, it's not as accurate, but this isn't long distance fighting. Plus, they don't have to clean it religiously to make sure it works. Which is always the followup whenever anyone is discussing M16 reliability: you won't have any problems if you clean it every day. It is a light, accurate, versatile weapon that you can attatch lots of different stuff to it. You won't find many people who will dispute that. It's too bad you have to clean it every day to make sure it won't cost you your life.
That sounds about right. Taking a 3rd party utility, merging it into the OS, and giving nothing or very little back to the original developer. Yep. That certainly sounds like MSFT behavior. Too bad Apple decided to follow the pattern.
anyone bought it because they thought it had something to do with Malcom X? The box looks a lot like those baseball caps that were so 'hip' a few years ago.
The FSF sells GPL'd software to raise money, so why can't RedHat? The money they charge is for the support contract. Some may like it, but it's never helped us much in the past.
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And if the stuff behind the scenes breaks, then you're up a creek and don't know why. I'm glad MS hasn't deviated from their design methodology. "I'm sure a reboot and/or re-install will fix it..."
The time or two that I've tried it, it gave much better results than Yahoo, Mapquest, or Rand McNally. The end result still used an interstate route, but was about 60 miles shorter than the other routes.
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A friend of mine used to inspect HVAC systems at construction sites and he'd find all sort of things the 'quality union workers' would totally mess up, such as putting fans in backwards.
They are charging for support, not the code. In the 80s, RMS mentioned this as a way for people to make money with GPL'ed software along with providing source and/or binaries on portable media, hardcopy documentation, etc..
I've heard of contractors doing the same thing with insulation. and the owners wonder why their utility bill is so high...
they are proud of their cheer. they aren't the only ones.
Hundreds of dollars? I can buy a digital camera with similar capabilities from Wal-Mart for about $20. I can hook it up to a PC for downloading and erasing pictures as many times as I want. They are probably selling these at or a little above cost.
The company was just betting on reselling the camera over and over again. Each additional time a camera is returned, it's pure profit. I haven't priced digital to print services to know whether they were gouging the consumer there too.
Just make sure that the bits don't get transmitted through the MidEast or Islamic controlled Africa. People will freak out, break into server rooms and start beating those evil routers. The Christians or Jews will retaliate and sooner or later someone will end up dead. If a rumor that a party was going to be a beauty pagent caused this to happen, the real thing, even if it was virtual, would probably do the same thing.
if it was designed to be a trilogy, they should have put more effort into the story for all three parts. Sounds like they made Revolutions too quickly.
Linux usually isn't, you often have to mess with things a lot.
That depends on what it is. With many of the newer distros, plugging in a camera or any other USB device that uses the mass storage interface is as easy to use as it would be with Windows. Now if it's some new dohicky that the manufacturer has supplied Windows drivers for, but hasn't released any sort of documentation for anything else (like Creative's Jukeboxes because they have their own DRM), then it will take a while.
Novell has run a lot of good software products into the dirt over the years. Because of this my first reaction was one of sadness. I hope they have a clue and won't do the same to SuSE or Ximian.
Supposedly by about 11% in this last quarter. I imagine some of that is going to new equipment. I hope the trend continues.
It's not any different than NASA's, the Russian's or the ESA's unmanned launchers. The shuttle practically has to be torn down and rebuilt after every shuttle landing now which isn't cheap. Look at all the other nations that are launching stuff into space. The US is the only one that uses a reusable craft. The other approaches are cheaper.
NASA needs something to launch big heavy payloads into space. The shuttles are ok, but a unmanned vehicle would be extremely useful for shipping new sections to the ISS or a hubble replacement.
Glad to see that they gave themselves an ample timeframe to get these commercially available.
when data disproves their propaganda/brainwashing. Especially if it's put in a book with lots of graphs...it's easier to bury trends in row after row of unsorted text & numbers.
I guess that's why 90+% of the NFL is White - because Asians and Blacks are every bit as athletic, right?
You wouldn't happen to be referring to the NHL are you? The NFL probably hasn't been 90% White since the mid 60s.
And if you do decide to come up with a method of calculating the bonuses, get all of them in a room and explain how it's going to be done so everyone knows it up front. During the year, you can give everyone a status update. They will know as the company does better, the better their bonus. It can be a trip to get a bonus that's 1/3 of your normal salary when the company has a great year. Well, that is until the Feds take their share. =(
Yeah, but when given the choice, what are many of the troops in Iraq using, M4 or AK-47? Why? Ammunition is plentiful, it's more reliable in rugged conditions, better knockdown power, etc. Sure, it's not as accurate, but this isn't long distance fighting. Plus, they don't have to clean it religiously to make sure it works. Which is always the followup whenever anyone is discussing M16 reliability: you won't have any problems if you clean it every day. It is a light, accurate, versatile weapon that you can attatch lots of different stuff to it. You won't find many people who will dispute that. It's too bad you have to clean it every day to make sure it won't cost you your life.
That sounds about right. Taking a 3rd party utility, merging it into the OS, and giving nothing or very little back to the original developer. Yep. That certainly sounds like MSFT behavior. Too bad Apple decided to follow the pattern.
anyone bought it because they thought it had something to do with Malcom X? The box looks a lot like those baseball caps that were so 'hip' a few years ago.
The FSF sells GPL'd software to raise money, so why can't RedHat? The money they charge is for the support contract. Some may like it, but it's never helped us much in the past.
How is that different than any other PC OEM?
And if the stuff behind the scenes breaks, then you're up a creek and don't know why. I'm glad MS hasn't deviated from their design methodology. "I'm sure a reboot and/or re-install will fix it..."
The time or two that I've tried it, it gave much better results than Yahoo, Mapquest, or Rand McNally. The end result still used an interstate route, but was about 60 miles shorter than the other routes.
I've tried it recently, and didn't have any problem using a gecko based browser with it.
Correction. I'd like the see Ann Coulter in my bed! Not under.