These 'toys' are for professional programmers writing professional code.
It's less useful when writing software for one platform only. If you want your code to be cross-platform (or at least multi-unix), then you should rely on optimizing compiler to do the dirty work.
If Linux is such a great product, and open source is the business methodology of the future...
Linux is a good (at least) product.
But is open source the business methodology of the future? No one knows yet! We would know two to three years from now, when RH either makes profits or goes bankrupt!
If you look to European or Japanese business you will see a more healthy outlook, and a more mature perspective with regards to employees (in terms of company to employee commitment during 'rough times').
I am not sure about Europe. But for Japan, that may be the case ten years ago. Not anymore.
I don't have the link here, but past few years several big japanese companies, expecially those in financial business, shut down (NOT layoff!) because of bad investment decision and bad government supervision.
Interesting. Yeh, no one understand everything. If in doubt, i agree, ask scientists (or specialists....)
Re:It goes against reason, check your bible !
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By the way, i am also a Christian, but i am not a Biologist...
I do not think Hubbard ways of argument would win people.
From what i know, there are three ways to treat science/religion:
1. They are conflicting with each other. So all true scientists should not believe in religion (Christianity,Muslim,Natives...) And all religous people could not be real scientists. BTW, there are real religous scientists.
2. Similiar to 1, one tries to... explain science using religion or religion using science. This is Hubbard's stand. It simply doesn't work. It's called, roughly,God between leaks. This is a superstitous view, i.e. eventually God would be squeased out and forgotten.
3. They deal with different issues.So you should evaluate science claims using scientific method, and evaluate religous claims using ways that you deal with daily lives. Again, there are real religous scientists.
Most importantly, don't pretend to be know-all
(for both scientists and religous people and everyone in between.) If you want to discuss science/religion, fine, but do that after you are knowlegable in the things you are evaluating.
Since i am not a biologist by trade, i would shut up now...
Ricky
Re:It goes against reason, check your bible !
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By the way, i am also a Christian, but i am not a Biologist either...
I do not think Hubbard ways of argument would win people.
From what i know, there are three ways to treat science/religion:
They are conflicting each other. So all true scientist should not believe in religion(Christianity,Muslim...) And all religous people could not be real scientists.
B
Information wants to stay free... but if you don't pay people are not going to get information at all.
If people want information to stay free, then they could generously repost what they paid.
How would you ruin Salon? I don't know whether they have sponsors. Settle down, it's just an experiment. (I am not sure whether it is calculated, risky or desperate)
Only problem: people motivated enough to get rid of the ads can do so for free by using a filtering proxy, some name server or/etc/hosts tweaks, firewalling rules or whatever
I think what people want is to get rid of the ads and read contents.
And those not motivated enough, well, they do not care enough to fill out the forms, let alone pay the subscription price
I agree with you. We could wait and see whether Salon's experiment works.
I agree with you that their server offerings are decent. On the other hand, it is not 'free/open software". Well, it does not 'really' matter to me. But just still wondering whether selling free/open software makes money.
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Is it a troll?
I think not. So my opinion...
These 'toys' are for professional programmers writing professional code.
It's less useful when writing software for one platform only. If you want your code to be cross-platform (or at least multi-unix), then you should rely on optimizing compiler to do the dirty work.
Just my 0.02 cents.
Ricky
Most people convert TeX into PostScript file.
Ricky
NO, i don't think it's a Troll.
Well, i should not respond, but i can't control myself.
Ricky
From someone who knows very little about economics...
If Microsoft gives out dividends, i would invest in it.
Since it doesn't, i would invest in neither.
Well, if i got extra money, i would invest in RH. (Great! It's grown 10000%! I could retire now and...)
Ricky
Sorry,
Thanks, i wish more people would talk about things they know
I should say "they know about" and "would discuss".
From a non-native Engish speaker,
Ricky
Hi,
Thanks, i wish more people would talk about things they know, rather than giving out "town-council" opinion.
And "Economics courses" drive me crazy!!!
Ricky
If Linux is such a great product, and open source is the business methodology of the future...
Linux is a good (at least) product.
But is open source the business methodology of the future? No one knows yet! We would know two to three years from now, when RH either makes profits or goes bankrupt!
Ricky
If you look to European or Japanese business you will see a more healthy outlook, and a more mature perspective with regards to employees (in terms of company to employee commitment during 'rough times').
I am not sure about Europe. But for Japan, that may be the case ten years ago. Not anymore.
I don't have the link here, but past few years several big japanese companies, expecially those in financial business, shut down (NOT layoff!) because of bad investment decision and bad government supervision.
One user goes to CuteFuzzyBunnies.com, while the next goes to GayMidgetKiddiePorn.com
That's an insult to some of my friends. Gay = KiddiePorn??? Come on.
It sounds like a good idea.
But do they have the manpower now to do offline magazine?
I may not want to give my address voluntarily. But creditcard is OK for me. (Am i illogical here?:P)
I am also a Christian...
Interesting. Yeh, no one understand everything. If in doubt, i agree, ask scientists (or specialists....)
By the way, i am also a Christian, but i am not a Biologist...
I do not think Hubbard ways of argument would win people.
From what i know, there are three ways to treat science/religion:
1. They are conflicting with each other. So all true scientists should not believe in religion (Christianity,Muslim,Natives...) And all religous people could not be real scientists.
BTW, there are real religous scientists.
2. Similiar to 1, one tries to ... explain science using religion or religion using science. This is Hubbard's stand. It simply doesn't work. It's called, roughly,God between leaks. This is a superstitous view, i.e. eventually God would be squeased out and forgotten.
3. They deal with different issues.So you should evaluate science claims using scientific method, and evaluate religous claims using ways that you deal with daily lives.
Again, there are real religous scientists.
Most importantly, don't pretend to be know-all (for both scientists and religous people and everyone in between.) If you want to discuss science/religion, fine, but do that after you are knowlegable in the things you are evaluating.
Since i am not a biologist by trade, i would shut up now...
Ricky
By the way, i am also a Christian, but i am not a Biologist either...
I do not think Hubbard ways of argument would win people.
From what i know, there are three ways to treat science/religion: They are conflicting each other. So all true scientist should not believe in religion(Christianity,Muslim...) And all religous people could not be real scientists. B
It's still free with BIG ads.
Ricky
Bingo...
You are a business guy/gal!!:)
I am willing to pay some amount if the site is important to me. I just not sure if enough people would.
Ricky
For popular...
Information wants to stay free... but if you don't pay people are not going to get information at all.
If people want information to stay free, then they could generously repost what they paid.
How would you ruin Salon? I don't know whether they have sponsors. Settle down, it's just an experiment. (I am not sure whether it is calculated, risky or desperate)
Ricky
Only problem: people motivated enough to get rid of the ads can do so for free by using a filtering proxy, some name server or /etc/hosts tweaks, firewalling rules or whatever
I think what people want is to get rid of the ads and read contents.
And those not motivated enough, well, they do not care enough to fill out the forms, let alone pay the subscription price
I agree with you. We could wait and see whether Salon's experiment works.
I still think that 30 dollars p.a. is too much.
Ricky
Just wondering
What about:
3 dollars per month,
30 dollars per year?
Also you could be billed by credit card,couldn't you?
Even Canadian watch News:)
Love your country. Say it once again. Love your COUNTRY...
I don't understand...
Rolling blackouts have begun in California (I got out of my Comp Sci class...)
So you study Comp Sci because of money not because you like computers/software? (not even partially?)
You really think Debian and Mandrake are much better? If true, then fine, everyone could have his/her own opinion. (Is that in correct grammar?)
I just worry this would bring up another distributions flamewar.
Oxymoron. The easier it is to use, the less secure the distro.
That's why snowshovelboy says "easy-enough-to-use-but-still-secure-enough".
I agree with you that their server offerings are decent. On the other hand, it is not 'free/open software". Well, it does not 'really' matter to me. But just still wondering whether selling free/open software makes money.
Ricky