"And by the time his father has bought Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft Office, how much as he paid? Lets be generous and say that the missing features in the Linux equivalents are worth half the price. Still sounds like a pretty good deal to me."
I'm not taking a side in this argument; just pointing out an inconsistancy here.
If you install Linux, you get the operating system for free. You also get all the basic stuff (Gimp, OpenOffice, Firefox) for free.
But if you install Windows, you pay $100-$200 for the operating system, but you can also download the exact same extras (Gimp, OpenOffice, Firefox) for free, bringing the total cost to $100-$200, not $1000.
You don't have to run MS Office and Photoshop if you run Windows.
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I realize you said "like LexisNexis", but I'm not so sure about LN itself. I have access, and I gave it a quick perusal.
There are some areas where you can search for information about people, but that's just a law directory, with info about lawyers. There's also a biographical search, but that only includes politicians and business executives. I tried looking myself up, for example, and found nothing.
He's referring to the last sentence, in which you question how 'you' (I guess talking about the poster) could install Gentoo without knowing the command line.
I realize you've gotten a lot of responses already, but here's something for everyone else.
The beauty of Theora is that it's completely open source and does have any (known) patent licensing issues. This means that in theory, anything capable of playing a video should be able to play Theora, for free.
On Linux, use mplayer, xine, vlc, or anything based on Gstreamer.
Well, you're right that NASA is a civil agency, but it most certainly does work on classified military projects. I know, I tried to get a job at the Advanced Aircraft Branch at Langley and was told that the security clearance would take longer than my duration there (semester during college).
Uninstalling the old before you install the new won't get rid of your settings. Those are saved in your home dir (on Win2000/XP).
You're asking for trouble if you update without installing. I ended up with both 1.0 and 1.0.1 in my Add/Remove Programs (win98), and removing the former broke the latter (and broke its uninstall function). The only way to get rid of 1.0.1 was to reinstall it to restore the uninstaller, then try again.
It's a trial of the service more than a trial of the downloaded music. And for the latter, a few songs will certainly let you test quality and such. You can always stream stuff if you want to know if they have anything you like.
How does Slack handle software updates? I much prefer running 'emerge -u world' or checking CNR to subscribing to 100 different announcement mailing lists and tracking down dependencies myself.
I suppose one system isn't 'better' than another (if Slack makes you find and install your own updates), it's just different. I find automated updates easier to deal with, although maybe a tad slower than doing it myself.
Maybe, if you're on an hourly gig. If you're on salary, you're being paid to be productive, not work a set number of hours per week. And if taking crossword breaks makes you more productive, I see no reason why the employer shouldn't encourage the behavior (unless it interferes with other employees or something).
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Maybe in the private sector, but in government (as the article discusses), it is extremely hard to get someone fired. Hearings, evidence, the prying eyes of watchdog groups...
Some people call it government waste, others call it job security.
To me, saying that "IE does not support CSS2" implies that if you write a site using CSS2, it won't work in IE. The truth is that most of it will work, with some omissions. To me, an accurate example of IE "not supporting" something would be SVG. By itself, IE doesn't implement any of SVG, and if you write a site using it, no matter what you do, it will not display.
Now if you said "IE does not fully support CSS2", I'd say that would be a truthful, accurate statement, not misleading at all. It implies that if you design a CSS2 site, some of it will fail if you use part of CSS2 that falls outside of its support range.
Note that by your definition, Firefox also "does not support CSS2". See here.
I suppose it's the difference between an everyday definition of "supporting" versus a strict definition of "supporting". Seeing your original post, I saw no reason to take it strictly.
" MS have stated that they will *not* be supporting CSS2 in IE7."
Correction: certain unnamed sources close to Microsoft have stated that IE7 will offer better CSS2 support than IE6, but may not implement the entire standard.
You may consider this "not supporting CSS2", but it's misleading.
Geeze, what I was saying was just a characterization of a group of people who download and share music as a protest against the music industry. Of course you don't need to crack DRM to download a song.
I used to think like this (and sometimes still do). I even cooked up a little analogy:
These DRM-cracking P2P-downloading "freedom fighters" are forgetting that they were the origins of this problem to begin with. It's like an all-you-can-eat buffet at the local restaurant. It charges $10 per person to eat, but you and 10 of your friends come in every day, pay for one plate, and use it to feed everyone. But not only do you expect the restaurant to continue to do business with you, you expect them to lower their restrictions because of your exploits!
But a new analogy has crept into my head (forgive its over-the-top comparison): those black individuals in the US South in the 1950s and '60s. They could have simply not done business with with the city bus system, or the lunch counters that didn't allow their presence. But by confronting the situation, and edging their way just into the place where they were not supposed to be, they ignited a sweep of change that completely altered the situation.
Now, I'm not arguing that the freedom to break copy protection on your music files is on the same moral level as the civil rights movement. I do, however, consider the continued violation of the DCMA in these ways a valid method for fighting it.
Every time a major crack is announced, the public sees yet another example of large corporations trying to control the behavior of their customers, which is something that people inherently don't appreciate. The goal here is to show the publishing houses and such that, unlike the buffet, they cannot continue to do business by simply locking people down even harder, or banning them from the premesis. They will have to innovate a new way of doing business that does not rely on the infringement of its customers' freedoms.
This is, of course, a pretty radical goal, and one which I'm not completely sure I support. But I have moved beyond the stage where I would boycott iTunes because of its DRM. Instead, perhaps cracking it to allow for legal fair use and then making Apple completely aware that your business depends on your ability to do so would be a better solution?
I tend to gravitate more to sites that offer a "Recommendations" feature based on stuff that I've rated previously. With P2P, you have to know what you're searching for, and streams can get somewhat old (although I agree, I've found some excellent ones).
What I really want is some website that lets me condense all my ratings for everything (books, movies, music, games) and spits out some nice recommendations for me. Maybe even a community site with real people doing the recommending.
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"And by the time his father has bought Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft Office, how much as he paid? Lets be generous and say that the missing features in the Linux equivalents are worth half the price. Still sounds like a pretty good deal to me."
I'm not taking a side in this argument; just pointing out an inconsistancy here.
If you install Linux, you get the operating system for free. You also get all the basic stuff (Gimp, OpenOffice, Firefox) for free.
But if you install Windows, you pay $100-$200 for the operating system, but you can also download the exact same extras (Gimp, OpenOffice, Firefox) for free, bringing the total cost to $100-$200, not $1000.
You don't have to run MS Office and Photoshop if you run Windows.
I realize you said "like LexisNexis", but I'm not so sure about LN itself. I have access, and I gave it a quick perusal.
There are some areas where you can search for information about people, but that's just a law directory, with info about lawyers. There's also a biographical search, but that only includes politicians and business executives. I tried looking myself up, for example, and found nothing.
Ok, sorry, I stand corrected. dispatch-conf should be present on everyone system now, since it's included with Portage.
"2) Liar. Anyone who's using Gentoo should know about dispatch-conf, which is a better solution that the dev's are moving to replace etc-update with.
I looked up dispatch-conf, since I use Gentoo every day and haven't heard of it.
Basically, it's a replacement for etc-update in a Python script. It exists within the confines of this bug on Bugzilla.
Looks interesting for the future, but hardly something "anyone using Gentoo should know about" or use.
He's referring to the last sentence, in which you question how 'you' (I guess talking about the poster) could install Gentoo without knowing the command line.
I can see how it could be taken both ways.
That's a big myth propagated by questionable download sites.
I challenge you to find any mention of a 24-hour rule in the US Code.
They may take it into consideration when they decide how much you have to pay, but it doesn't stop it from being infringement.
Sorry, I was responding to military work in general. Some people forget that NASA does more than space.
I realize you've gotten a lot of responses already, but here's something for everyone else.
The beauty of Theora is that it's completely open source and does have any (known) patent licensing issues. This means that in theory, anything capable of playing a video should be able to play Theora, for free.
On Linux, use mplayer, xine, vlc, or anything based on Gstreamer.
On Windows, download the DirectShow codec or the RealPlayer plugin, or use the Windows version of one of the Linux players.
Now that Theora codec has reached a final state, there should be no excuse for anyone to not be able to play it (barring hardware limitations).
Well, you're right that NASA is a civil agency, but it most certainly does work on classified military projects. I know, I tried to get a job at the Advanced Aircraft Branch at Langley and was told that the security clearance would take longer than my duration there (semester during college).
Uninstalling the old before you install the new won't get rid of your settings. Those are saved in your home dir (on Win2000/XP).
You're asking for trouble if you update without installing. I ended up with both 1.0 and 1.0.1 in my Add/Remove Programs (win98), and removing the former broke the latter (and broke its uninstall function). The only way to get rid of 1.0.1 was to reinstall it to restore the uninstaller, then try again.
The rules: fair use
Um, downloading copyrighted music without the permission of the copyright holder is illegal. See the Napster case, 9th Circuit.
It's a trial of the service more than a trial of the downloaded music. And for the latter, a few songs will certainly let you test quality and such. You can always stream stuff if you want to know if they have anything you like.
How does Slack handle software updates? I much prefer running 'emerge -u world' or checking CNR to subscribing to 100 different announcement mailing lists and tracking down dependencies myself.
I suppose one system isn't 'better' than another (if Slack makes you find and install your own updates), it's just different. I find automated updates easier to deal with, although maybe a tad slower than doing it myself.
Maybe, if you're on an hourly gig. If you're on salary, you're being paid to be productive, not work a set number of hours per week. And if taking crossword breaks makes you more productive, I see no reason why the employer shouldn't encourage the behavior (unless it interferes with other employees or something).
Maybe in the private sector, but in government (as the article discusses), it is extremely hard to get someone fired. Hearings, evidence, the prying eyes of watchdog groups...
Some people call it government waste, others call it job security.
Sorry, I meant "the original post", not "your original post". Wrong person.
To me, saying that "IE does not support CSS2" implies that if you write a site using CSS2, it won't work in IE. The truth is that most of it will work, with some omissions. To me, an accurate example of IE "not supporting" something would be SVG. By itself, IE doesn't implement any of SVG, and if you write a site using it, no matter what you do, it will not display.
Now if you said "IE does not fully support CSS2", I'd say that would be a truthful, accurate statement, not misleading at all. It implies that if you design a CSS2 site, some of it will fail if you use part of CSS2 that falls outside of its support range.
Note that by your definition, Firefox also "does not support CSS2". See here.
I suppose it's the difference between an everyday definition of "supporting" versus a strict definition of "supporting". Seeing your original post, I saw no reason to take it strictly.
" MS have stated that they will *not* be supporting CSS2 in IE7."
Correction: certain unnamed sources close to Microsoft have stated that IE7 will offer better CSS2 support than IE6, but may not implement the entire standard.
You may consider this "not supporting CSS2", but it's misleading.
Did you even read the rest of my original post? The part where I go so far as discount my own "ridiculous analogy"?
Geeze, what I was saying was just a characterization of a group of people who download and share music as a protest against the music industry. Of course you don't need to crack DRM to download a song.
Notice I said These DRM-cracking P2P-downloading "freedom fighters".
My analogy was specifically targeted at the types of people that share and infringe.
I used to think like this (and sometimes still do). I even cooked up a little analogy:
These DRM-cracking P2P-downloading "freedom fighters" are forgetting that they were the origins of this problem to begin with. It's like an all-you-can-eat buffet at the local restaurant. It charges $10 per person to eat, but you and 10 of your friends come in every day, pay for one plate, and use it to feed everyone. But not only do you expect the restaurant to continue to do business with you, you expect them to lower their restrictions because of your exploits!
But a new analogy has crept into my head (forgive its over-the-top comparison): those black individuals in the US South in the 1950s and '60s. They could have simply not done business with with the city bus system, or the lunch counters that didn't allow their presence. But by confronting the situation, and edging their way just into the place where they were not supposed to be, they ignited a sweep of change that completely altered the situation.
Now, I'm not arguing that the freedom to break copy protection on your music files is on the same moral level as the civil rights movement. I do, however, consider the continued violation of the DCMA in these ways a valid method for fighting it.
Every time a major crack is announced, the public sees yet another example of large corporations trying to control the behavior of their customers, which is something that people inherently don't appreciate. The goal here is to show the publishing houses and such that, unlike the buffet, they cannot continue to do business by simply locking people down even harder, or banning them from the premesis. They will have to innovate a new way of doing business that does not rely on the infringement of its customers' freedoms.
This is, of course, a pretty radical goal, and one which I'm not completely sure I support. But I have moved beyond the stage where I would boycott iTunes because of its DRM. Instead, perhaps cracking it to allow for legal fair use and then making Apple completely aware that your business depends on your ability to do so would be a better solution?
Yep.
/. editors just didn't care.
Either there's some problem with their product, or the
I tend to gravitate more to sites that offer a "Recommendations" feature based on stuff that I've rated previously. With P2P, you have to know what you're searching for, and streams can get somewhat old (although I agree, I've found some excellent ones).
What I really want is some website that lets me condense all my ratings for everything (books, movies, music, games) and spits out some nice recommendations for me. Maybe even a community site with real people doing the recommending.
I found http://ratingzone.com/, but I don't know it enough to tell if it's trustworthy.
Anyone have any advice?