Considering the number of people using RHEL (and CentOS) on the Desktop, I think this will be well received.
I for one use CentOS on my machines. Which is ok, since I do have to manage a lot of servers. But I also have my wife's machine to consider. And while I do want something that will be easy for her to use, I also want something as close as possible to what I use and that requires little or no maintenance.
Maybe you don't like RedHat, or you simply don't have that many machines to administer. Maybe you simply think that "information wants to be free", or whatever. I, for one, welcome this new member of the RedHat family with open arms. Specially if it is anything close to the stability of RHEL, and the way things "just work".
Considering the "basic subscription" version of RHEL Desktop goes for $80, I expect this Global Desktop Linux to sell for the same price (or less). Sounds like a good deal to me.
And even if that is too expensive for you, we should get a CentOS Desktop (or something like it) very soon.
Backups SHOULD be legal, yes, because I own (or should own) the data on the disc once I have purchased it.
I really don't get it. By your rationale, backups should be legal. The content providers, however, insist that you don't own the data. You payed for the right to listen/use it. In that case, backups AGAIN should be legal (your right doesn't goes bad with the media).
So, no matter how I look at it, backups are still legal.
What he's saying is that the music industry is in a creative crisis, and that the source of that crisis is a kind of breakdown in communication between artist and artist and artist and audience.
I happen to agree with him.
In the past, those artists would have direct contact with the public. And I don't mean "I can write in his blog" direct contact. I mean "sitting on the same table". These days you record an mp3 and post it.
Is that the only problem ? Of course not. It that the major problem ? I really can't tell. But it is a problem and should not be minimized.
The Internet is not the only thing that is keeping the artist distant from his audience. The recording labels are doing their share too, trying to create "hit bands" out of the blue, which ends up amounting to the exactly same thing.
"Manufactured artists", be by RIAA or by the easy of _indirect_ communication provided by the Internet is a big issue, and part and parcel of the reason we have so much crap.
the fact is that simple protocols usually work better than complex protocols
No shit Sherlock.
Witness TCP/IP vs Token Ring
Or Apple vs Boing. Or Microsoft vs BMW. (Even worst, since TCP and IP are 2 different things).
What are you trying to compare ? Ethernet and Token Ring, or IP and IPX ? Just so you know, IP is anything but simple. And Ethernet doesn't work better than Token Ring. It simply is better. You have several factors that have nothing to do with "working better", like cost.
Also, there is always the question: better for what ?
I agree with your idea that this whole thing is a bad idea, and completely senseless, thou. Then again, I think everyone on/. does.
The real question is: What can we do about it ? Baseball bat ?
Results 1 - 10 of about 68,600. That is what I get for my name ("First Last", not/. alias). 7 of the links on the first page (out of 10, duh) are actually correct (really me).
So, what is my point ? I'm not famous. At all. If that guy only gets 64,500, he is pretty much a John Doe.
See, no matter how much those of us who like and use Open Source bitch about this, if 90% or more of all of the computers in the world are running Windows, then to almost that proportion of users, there only is Windows and Office.
Just do as I do. I configured my e-mail server to automatically reject e-mails with.doc and.xls files. And automatic reply will inform the sender that those formats are not accepted, and to resubmit using.txt,.rtf or.odf (for.doc, others for.xls). Actually, come to think of it, I should reject.sxw files too.
I can't remember the last time someone sent me an e-mail to "give" me money. People usually send e-mails to "get" my money (so to speak). E-mails to "give" me money are replies to e-mails I sent to "get" theirs, so usually no attachment problems there.
Sheesh, where do people get this nonsense from?? We do NOT get paid to approve licenses!!
Yes Russ, you don't get paid to approve licenses. Actually, I'm not sure anyone outside the OSI board knows what happens to get a license approved.
According to the guidelines, a license had to be submitted to the mailing list for public scrutiny and discussion. Well, I was subscribed to the list for 2 years or so, and I only recall a single case that a license submitted to the list was approved. At the same time, the number of approved licenses more than tripled, with lots of licenses that never passed through the mailing list. That was when I got disgusted with OSI, left the list, and started pretending it doesn't exit.
This, of course, was some years ago. 4 or more, for sure. Maybe even 6 or 7.
I'm not saying you do get paid. I sincerely believe you don't. On the other hand, I'm not surprised by any "holier than thou" position coming from OSI.
Maybe things changed since I left. I doubt it, but it is possible. "Trustworthy", specially regarding people, can be analyzed by "do actions agree with words?".
How is that difference from what, last say, Al Queada does ? As far as THEY are concerned, they are "fighting with violence a regime that is blinding blood and suffering over the world and commits a horrific genocide".
Either we have clear parameter to define something, or we don't define it. What you are saying is, basically, if you side is doing it, it is heroism. If the other side is doing it, it is terrorism.
For your information, there were some resistance groups that even attacked German civilians. All part of their effort to "drive Germans out of France".
I was again, how is that any different that todays terrorism.
Yes, many (most?) of the french resistance groups were heroes. Just as most muslins are good and peaceful people.
If you are going to judge, you have to have a single parameter that applies for everyone, not only for the "good guys" (as you see them).
You are aware that the Germans referred to the resistance movements in Europe as terrorists ?
Yes, I am. In fact, many of those groups actually WERE terrorists. Not all, thou. I really can't say if most were terrorists or not, since I have no clue. I have an auntie who lived in Paris at the time, and whose father was part of the resistance. He was not exactly a terrorist, but neither from one of the more moderate groups. The point I want to make is that he told her (never met him myself) there were groups that were a lot more "radical" on their actions.
Labeling all of the groups as terrorists, as the Germans did, is historically wrong. It is also historically wrong saying none were, as you didn't say, but implied.
I do. It's high time the American people hold the government accountable for its actions and use its power of the vote to alter the course of American history.
You really have no idea on how a democracy REALLY works. Some very sad facts for you:
1) There are several key positions your vote can't touch 2) From the positions you can touch, you will only be able to affect a few (the majority will be able to be commandeered using voting directing methods)
So, unless you decide to make good of your "right to bear arms" amendment, you are really out of options here. Except, of course, move to Antarctica or some such place.
It is actually easier to keep your "party" (not on the political party sense) in power on a democracy than in any other form of government. That is why the people is power are the first to say democracy is a good thing. Specially for them.
As sad as it sound, not doing anything is a very positive side of a government. Most of the time they will stick their fingers everywhere, and screw things up.
From what I've heard (post fact rationalization if I ever heard it), the main reason is the "whole" about the Christ statue. Not only the setting, but the whole setting.
Well, if they wanted Ipanema to be one of the wonders, they should have named it.
As usual, this is just another marketing stunt. I have been to the Christ statue a few times myself, and was not impressed at all. I was much more impressed by the Iguaçu Falls, and several other NATURAL wonders.
I agree with the China Wall. It was really a big accomplishment if you consider WHEN it was built. Same for the Pyramids at Egipt.
I, for one, only visit the Christ statue for the view. Which is really beautiful.
I strongly disagree with you. What use is running this along a census if a good part of the people never saw even one of those, let alone enough of them to make an educated choice ?
You have 21 candidates ? Ok, only people who has ever visited (no photos) all of them should be allowed to pool.
As things stand, people voted on the one on their own country (mostly). I know that is what happened in Brazil (being a brazilian myself).
What is it with people ? There are very few places where using Flash is a good thing. Everyone and their cats now use javascript on their pages. People develop mathematical programs in Java.
What is the friking problem with those guys ?
Then again, maybe expecting them to use the correct tool for the correct job, or at least something other than "the hammer that is all you have" is a bit too much, hum ?
I know of someone that has an obsessive compulsive disorder, and keeps washing the hands all the time. And I mean something like 50-80 times a day. Would you say she is addicted ?
Just because addiction is an obsession, doesn't mean an obsession is an addiction.
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Considering the number of people using RHEL (and CentOS) on the Desktop, I think this will be well received.
I for one use CentOS on my machines. Which is ok, since I do have to manage a lot of servers. But I also have my wife's machine to consider. And while I do want something that will be easy for her to use, I also want something as close as possible to what I use and that requires little or no maintenance.
Maybe you don't like RedHat, or you simply don't have that many machines to administer. Maybe you simply think that "information wants to be free", or whatever. I, for one, welcome this new member of the RedHat family with open arms. Specially if it is anything close to the stability of RHEL, and the way things "just work".
Considering the "basic subscription" version of RHEL Desktop goes for $80, I expect this Global Desktop Linux to sell for the same price (or less). Sounds like a good deal to me.
And even if that is too expensive for you, we should get a CentOS Desktop (or something like it) very soon.
When it matted: the first years of his career. Which was kind easy to understand if you paid attention to what I said.
I really don't get it. By your rationale, backups should be legal. The content providers, however, insist that you don't own the data. You payed for the right to listen/use it. In that case, backups AGAIN should be legal (your right doesn't goes bad with the media).
So, no matter how I look at it, backups are still legal.
Whats the catch ?
I happen to agree with him.
In the past, those artists would have direct contact with the public. And I don't mean "I can write in his blog" direct contact. I mean "sitting on the same table". These days you record an mp3 and post it.
Is that the only problem ? Of course not. It that the major problem ? I really can't tell. But it is a problem and should not be minimized.
The Internet is not the only thing that is keeping the artist distant from his audience. The recording labels are doing their share too, trying to create "hit bands" out of the blue, which ends up amounting to the exactly same thing.
"Manufactured artists", be by RIAA or by the easy of _indirect_ communication provided by the Internet is a big issue, and part and parcel of the reason we have so much crap.
Their implementation of TFTP is flawless
Hint: The whole RFC is 2 pages long.
No shit Sherlock.
Or Apple vs Boing. Or Microsoft vs BMW. (Even worst, since TCP and IP are 2 different things).
What are you trying to compare ? Ethernet and Token Ring, or IP and IPX ? Just so you know, IP is anything but simple. And Ethernet doesn't work better than Token Ring. It simply is better. You have several factors that have nothing to do with "working better", like cost.
Also, there is always the question: better for what ?
I agree with your idea that this whole thing is a bad idea, and completely senseless, thou. Then again, I think everyone on
The real question is: What can we do about it ? Baseball bat ?
Yes, because I really should have pasted all my configuration files here, including byte sequences used to identify files, mime-types etc.
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You are really right. I'm sure everyone would be very happy if I had posted all that.
My mistake
Results 1 - 10 of about 68,600. That is what I get for my name ("First Last", not /. alias).
7 of the links on the first page (out of 10, duh) are actually correct (really me).
So, what is my point ? I'm not famous. At all. If that guy only gets 64,500, he is pretty much a John Doe.
Just do as I do. I configured my e-mail server to automatically reject e-mails with
I can't remember the last time someone sent me an e-mail to "give" me money. People usually send e-mails to "get" my money (so to speak). E-mails to "give" me money are replies to e-mails I sent to "get" theirs, so usually no attachment problems there.
Good to see you didn't
It is. He just used the punctuation wrong. It should be:
"I'm all for correct spelling and grammar but, man, hypocrisy pisses me off more than anything...."
Defined by who ?
Isn't broadband defined as 2Mbps+ ? From what I've heard in my telco days, that was the speed threshold.
Yes Russ, you don't get paid to approve licenses. Actually, I'm not sure anyone outside the OSI board knows what happens to get a license approved.
According to the guidelines, a license had to be submitted to the mailing list for public scrutiny and discussion. Well, I was subscribed to the list for 2 years or so, and I only recall a single case that a license submitted to the list was approved. At the same time, the number of approved licenses more than tripled, with lots of licenses that never passed through the mailing list. That was when I got disgusted with OSI, left the list, and started pretending it doesn't exit.
This, of course, was some years ago. 4 or more, for sure. Maybe even 6 or 7.
I'm not saying you do get paid. I sincerely believe you don't. On the other hand, I'm not surprised by any "holier than thou" position coming from OSI.
Maybe things changed since I left. I doubt it, but it is possible. "Trustworthy", specially regarding people, can be analyzed by "do actions agree with words?".
Yeah, I'm sure the "In Germany" part of your post was really necessary cause, you know, it doesn't happen anywhere else.
Flying monkeys and pants, I say.
How is that difference from what, last say, Al Queada does ?
As far as THEY are concerned, they are "fighting with violence a regime that is blinding blood and suffering over the world and commits a horrific genocide".
Either we have clear parameter to define something, or we don't define it. What you are saying is, basically, if you side is doing it, it is heroism. If the other side is doing it, it is terrorism.
For your information, there were some resistance groups that even attacked German civilians. All part of their effort to "drive Germans out of France".
I was again, how is that any different that todays terrorism.
Yes, many (most?) of the french resistance groups were heroes. Just as most muslins are good and peaceful people.
If you are going to judge, you have to have a single parameter that applies for everyone, not only for the "good guys" (as you see them).
Yes, I am. In fact, many of those groups actually WERE terrorists. Not all, thou.
I really can't say if most were terrorists or not, since I have no clue. I have an auntie who lived in Paris at the time, and whose father was part of the resistance. He was not exactly a terrorist, but neither from one of the more moderate groups. The point I want to make is that he told her (never met him myself) there were groups that were a lot more "radical" on their actions.
Labeling all of the groups as terrorists, as the Germans did, is historically wrong. It is also historically wrong saying none were, as you didn't say, but implied.
You really have no idea on how a democracy REALLY works. Some very sad facts for you:
1) There are several key positions your vote can't touch
2) From the positions you can touch, you will only be able to affect a few (the majority will be able to be commandeered using voting directing methods)
So, unless you decide to make good of your "right to bear arms" amendment, you are really out of options here. Except, of course, move to Antarctica or some such place.
It is actually easier to keep your "party" (not on the political party sense) in power on a democracy than in any other form of government. That is why the people is power are the first to say democracy is a good thing. Specially for them.
As sad as it sound, not doing anything is a very positive side of a government. Most of the time they will stick their fingers everywhere, and screw things up.
From what I've heard (post fact rationalization if I ever heard it), the main reason is the "whole" about the Christ statue. Not only the setting, but the whole setting.
Well, if they wanted Ipanema to be one of the wonders, they should have named it.
As usual, this is just another marketing stunt. I have been to the Christ statue a few times myself, and was not impressed at all. I was much more impressed by the Iguaçu Falls, and several other NATURAL wonders.
I agree with the China Wall. It was really a big accomplishment if you consider WHEN it was built. Same for the Pyramids at Egipt.
I, for one, only visit the Christ statue for the view. Which is really beautiful.
I strongly disagree with you. What use is running this along a census if a good part of the people never saw even one of those, let alone enough of them to make an educated choice ?
You have 21 candidates ? Ok, only people who has ever visited (no photos) all of them should be allowed to pool.
As things stand, people voted on the one on their own country (mostly). I know that is what happened in Brazil (being a brazilian myself).
Did you get a confirmation from netcraft on that one ?
It is pretty easy for you to say that, when you are not the one that will get shot for not following those orders, right ?
I agree with you on so many different levels ...
What is it with people ? There are very few places where using Flash is a good thing. Everyone and their cats now use javascript on their pages. People develop mathematical programs in Java.
What is the friking problem with those guys ?
Then again, maybe expecting them to use the correct tool for the correct job, or at least something other than "the hammer that is all you have" is a bit too much, hum ?
I know of someone that has an obsessive compulsive disorder, and keeps washing the hands all the time. And I mean something like 50-80 times a day. Would you say she is addicted ?
Just because addiction is an obsession, doesn't mean an obsession is an addiction.