I'm thinking of a machine right now that has the DVD drive, but nothing else. IDE has died at the motherboard and will not boot anything other than that DVD drive. And even though the computer is six years old, I want to keep it around. A bootable DVD is perfect for creating a nice little workstation that needs nothing else.
A cheap thumb drive or small USB hard drive and it's a beast again.
Imagine training gnomes in World of Warcraft to go out and do battle! Or better, massive multiplayer online first person shooters that give you battalions to train. If you train them right you win, if not you lose.
Gives people the ability to have AI on their side for once.
Well, I was talking about the depression that sets in. Even though Ray Charles says "night time is the right time" I don't mind a little "Afternoon Delight":
Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight Gonna grab some afternoon delight My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right' Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night? When everything's a little clearer in the light of day...
The entire world becomes depressed, due to the absence on natural light, kills themselves or simply stop having sex. Doesn't apply to humans only, most higher forms of animal life ceases to exist.
Of course, linux users are as chipper as ever due to the fact that they never seen natural light to begin with so they aren't as affected.
(As someone with seasonal affective disorder, I see this as a death sentence)
I assume that to make the best product that someone debugs or tests the code, I assume that the reason you are using linux is to not only save a few billion on licensing is to take advantage of the open nature of the code...
I'm just saying that even though they can block me from loading new code, do they have a responsibility to make their changes public? Assuming there are changes...
Does shipping a consumer device with a modified kernel fall under binary distribution?
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Apparently they haven't been on the Internet lately!
I've got that and more, and you can buy it [Billboard Top 100] from iTunes... feel free to fill in the gaps [copyright battle] songs using any variety of Internet protocols...
It's a closed system; you can't get at the internals.
I've always wondered, does this mean we can expect to see some source code from Motorola? (It may already be published, if so forgive me).
That question is more rhetorical, but the real question I have is: Isn't that binary distribution? If device makers start using GPL code for their devices, and ship them, doesn't that make them subject to making their work public again? It would seem so, but my knowledge of this frontier is limited to say the least...
I was just pointing out that it was written and signed at one point in time....
What here in America makes you think we would support this edict being inforced at home?
Hell, this edict has been violated in post-war Germany since the fall of the Nazis - to the point where Buddhist and Hindu (among other's) swastikas are banned! I don't really know what to think about the situation, I just was pointing it out.
kick China out for censoring their citizens overtly
Well, it's not that easy - as most things in politics. The point of having China in the UN is two-fold: one so we can stop them from doing things to other peoples; two so that we include them (rightfully) among the other superpowers. If you don't think China is a superpower, then you don't understand why it is so hard to force change on them.
I don't agree with what they are doing to their citizens, and in a perfect world we would put a stop to it - but it isn't as easy as it sounds. Kicking China out of the UN would have the same effect as America leaving the UN: World War III. All bets are off and the world starts looking like Europe before World War II.
But why not go into Darfur? Why not hold Saudi Arabia to the same standards? Saudi Arabia is a member of the United Nations and executes innocent people by the hundreds weekly. Why not stop all forms of tyranny everywhere? Because it isn't practical. When we (liberals) were trying to do it we were told to stop trying to save the world - now saving the world is lead policy to NeoConservatives (by their own admissions, see: BBC's The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear).
Now american cos. are working against the peoples of Iran ?!!!!
Well, we issued these people their corporate charters - not the Iranians. I'm not just saying "fuck them" - but we've made Cisco, Microsoft, et. al. the monsters they are. We are the ones who told them their profits are more important than anything else. If it is such a big deal, we'd stop them. Of course, we have no reason to see the Iranians "free" - we don't want more competition.
The UN's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" states (Article 19):
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
This is all fine and good, but it would sure be nice to spend some of that money on writing classes, or directing semminars.
No, not really. It's just a movie set, that takes place in the computer. Lucas isn't going to be writing and directing the movies - he's just going to be making them.
You come up with the script, you take it to Lucas and they show you what they came up with. Now, I've never seen a Harry Potter movie (all of the way through) but that is the type of customer Lucas wants. Potter's sound is done at Abbey Road (!!!) and special effects done at ILM. Since the story was already there - it's perfect. Everyone seems to love these movies, so it works out.
This, one day, will let you get off of welfare, write a book, and turn it into a set of movies that stand out among its peers and gross more than the books ever could.
I use XP Home on a PC and have found that the "limited" account too limited to even do things like play games (which read from the CD-ROM). After two days of trying to find ways to allow the limited users access to the CD-ROM I gave up all together and made all of the accounts 'administrators' again.
Defeats the purpose. Upgrading to XP Pro isn't an option because that costs too much money (YMMV). When I first used Linux, I found it easier to allow and restrict access to devices and files. In Linux it was more straight forward (E.g. deny write access and no one can burn a CD - and once you understand groups you can customize any users rights pretty easily). Of course, with Windows 2000 it is pretty straight forward but the functionality/setup in XP is pretty much hidden or not there. And there is not a lot of home users with 2000 installed.
Yeah, it's sad that when setting up a new computer for a friend I had to make her kids (12, 14) administrators. If I hadn't there would be no way they could really take advantage of the computer as they install more software than anyone else.
Funny enough a search for "terrorists" gets you these, among other, results:
B - American Legion Post 198 (918) 287-2656 - 22 mi W C - Legion Post 227 American (918) 847-3006 - 18 mi SW E - United States Government: Minerals Council Office (918) 287-1085 - 21 mi W F - Voice of the Martyrs The (918) 337-8015 - 0.2 mi NW G - Oologah Chamber of Commerce (notice the domain?) (918) 443-2790 - 24 mi SE I - Strategic World Impact (918) 336-8400 - 0.1 mi N
No Osama, but two American Legion posts (with the same, wrong link for both)!
Even if you are forced to live in a coma, they would praise your living body! You know why they wanted to keep a brain dead person like Terri Schiavo alive don't you?
Actually, the FDA hasn't totally rejected the use of the device yet (as I already pointed out).. but otherwise you are very correct. At that point I misread the article.
I don't see the problem if someone makes a conscious decision to use this or any other device. If some people want the right to die, then others should have the right to live.I argue constantly with my friend who is fresh out of medical school (and pretty close to Kevorkian's views medically/politically speaking) - but he always seems to argue that doctors would know best. I think the issue is a lot less medical and a lot more personal/religious/whatever...
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It took me years online to create my collection you insensitive clod!
I'm thinking of a machine right now that has the DVD drive, but nothing else. IDE has died at the motherboard and will not boot anything other than that DVD drive. And even though the computer is six years old, I want to keep it around. A bootable DVD is perfect for creating a nice little workstation that needs nothing else.
A cheap thumb drive or small USB hard drive and it's a beast again.
Imagine training gnomes in World of Warcraft to go out and do battle! Or better, massive multiplayer online first person shooters that give you battalions to train. If you train them right you win, if not you lose.
Gives people the ability to have AI on their side for once.
The entire world becomes depressed, due to the absence on natural light, kills themselves or simply stop having sex. Doesn't apply to humans only, most higher forms of animal life ceases to exist.
Of course, linux users are as chipper as ever due to the fact that they never seen natural light to begin with so they aren't as affected.
(As someone with seasonal affective disorder, I see this as a death sentence)
I assume that to make the best product that someone debugs or tests the code, I assume that the reason you are using linux is to not only save a few billion on licensing is to take advantage of the open nature of the code...
I'm just saying that even though they can block me from loading new code, do they have a responsibility to make their changes public? Assuming there are changes...
Does shipping a consumer device with a modified kernel fall under binary distribution?
For an additional $50,000, order our PC Jukebox -- all 20,000 of your 45 rpm records recorded digitally and stored on high-speed hard drives on your brand new PC Jukebox computer. Search by artist, song title, words in song titles, and many other criteria, and prepare electronic music play lists of the songs you want to hear. You will be the only person in the world to own every hit 45 rpm record in digital format! Highly cool
Apparently they haven't been on the Internet lately!
I've got that and more, and you can buy it [Billboard Top 100] from iTunes... feel free to fill in the gaps [copyright battle] songs using any variety of Internet protocols...
It's a closed system; you can't get at the internals.
I've always wondered, does this mean we can expect to see some source code from Motorola? (It may already be published, if so forgive me).
That question is more rhetorical, but the real question I have is: Isn't that binary distribution? If device makers start using GPL code for their devices, and ship them, doesn't that make them subject to making their work public again? It would seem so, but my knowledge of this frontier is limited to say the least...
I was just pointing out that it was written and signed at one point in time....
What here in America makes you think we would support this edict being inforced at home?
Hell, this edict has been violated in post-war Germany since the fall of the Nazis - to the point where Buddhist and Hindu (among other's) swastikas are banned! I don't really know what to think about the situation, I just was pointing it out.
kick China out for censoring their citizens overtly
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Well, it's not that easy - as most things in politics. The point of having China in the UN is two-fold: one so we can stop them from doing things to other peoples; two so that we include them (rightfully) among the other superpowers. If you don't think China is a superpower, then you don't understand why it is so hard to force change on them.
I don't agree with what they are doing to their citizens, and in a perfect world we would put a stop to it - but it isn't as easy as it sounds. Kicking China out of the UN would have the same effect as America leaving the UN: World War III. All bets are off and the world starts looking like Europe before World War II.
But why not go into Darfur? Why not hold Saudi Arabia to the same standards? Saudi Arabia is a member of the United Nations and executes innocent people by the hundreds weekly. Why not stop all forms of tyranny everywhere? Because it isn't practical. When we (liberals) were trying to do it we were told to stop trying to save the world - now saving the world is lead policy to NeoConservatives (by their own admissions, see: BBC's The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear).
Why not start to right the wrongs at home?
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Abuses/US
Even China thinks we have problems:
http://english.people.com.cn/200503/03/eng2005030
Of course, I'm a "crazy liberal" when I start to talk about making America better. Let's start with things we *can* change...
Now american cos. are working against the peoples of Iran ?!!!!
Well, we issued these people their corporate charters - not the Iranians. I'm not just saying "fuck them" - but we've made Cisco, Microsoft, et. al. the monsters they are. We are the ones who told them their profits are more important than anything else. If it is such a big deal, we'd stop them. Of course, we have no reason to see the Iranians "free" - we don't want more competition.
Just saying...
This is all fine and good, but it would sure be nice to spend some of that money on writing classes, or directing semminars.
No, not really. It's just a movie set, that takes place in the computer. Lucas isn't going to be writing and directing the movies - he's just going to be making them.
You come up with the script, you take it to Lucas and they show you what they came up with. Now, I've never seen a Harry Potter movie (all of the way through) but that is the type of customer Lucas wants. Potter's sound is done at Abbey Road (!!!) and special effects done at ILM. Since the story was already there - it's perfect. Everyone seems to love these movies, so it works out.
This, one day, will let you get off of welfare, write a book, and turn it into a set of movies that stand out among its peers and gross more than the books ever could.
This just in:
Tyranny extends to all forms of communication!
Am I to act suprised?
...IT'S A TRAP!
now that's Industrial .... Light .... and .... Magic ....
I use XP Home on a PC and have found that the "limited" account too limited to even do things like play games (which read from the CD-ROM). After two days of trying to find ways to allow the limited users access to the CD-ROM I gave up all together and made all of the accounts 'administrators' again.
Defeats the purpose. Upgrading to XP Pro isn't an option because that costs too much money (YMMV). When I first used Linux, I found it easier to allow and restrict access to devices and files. In Linux it was more straight forward (E.g. deny write access and no one can burn a CD - and once you understand groups you can customize any users rights pretty easily). Of course, with Windows 2000 it is pretty straight forward but the functionality/setup in XP is pretty much hidden or not there. And there is not a lot of home users with 2000 installed.
Yeah, it's sad that when setting up a new computer for a friend I had to make her kids (12, 14) administrators. If I hadn't there would be no way they could really take advantage of the computer as they install more software than anyone else.
Oh no, my hard earned geek points! Now I'll have to go live with my mother. And she doesn't even have a basement!
Doesn't matter, losing geek points means you can *move out* of her basement...
Funny enough a search for "terrorists" gets you these, among other, results:
B - American Legion Post 198
(918) 287-2656 - 22 mi W
C - Legion Post 227 American
(918) 847-3006 - 18 mi SW
E - United States Government: Minerals Council Office
(918) 287-1085 - 21 mi W
F - Voice of the Martyrs The
(918) 337-8015 - 0.2 mi NW
G - Oologah Chamber of Commerce (notice the domain?)
(918) 443-2790 - 24 mi SE
I - Strategic World Impact
(918) 336-8400 - 0.1 mi N
No Osama, but two American Legion posts (with the same, wrong link for both)!
Tried looking around Iraq for WMD's; this is what Google tells me:
We could not understand the location "weapons of mass destruction" near Iraq
funny because it understands Cocksuckers near NYC just fine... but I understand because "Canada" puts you in England (Hampshire).
Um, this is like reverse abortion.
This is exactly the reason they would support it.
Even if you are forced to live in a coma, they would praise your living body! You know why they wanted to keep a brain dead person like Terri Schiavo alive don't you?
Every vote counts!
That is the exception that proves the rule.
If companies are upfront then they usually avoid the stigma (think Divx).
My grandmother took Thalidomide for a time in the 1950's and it has been assumed that is the reason my uncle sufferes from Meniere's disease...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniere's_disease
Hey, I agree.
I just hope someone appeals to whatever part of his brain that produces rhetoric...
I guess you should write to Karl Rove?
Actually, the FDA hasn't totally rejected the use of the device yet (as I already pointed out).. but otherwise you are very correct. At that point I misread the article.
I don't see the problem if someone makes a conscious decision to use this or any other device. If some people want the right to die, then others should have the right to live.I argue constantly with my friend who is fresh out of medical school (and pretty close to Kevorkian's views medically/politically speaking) - but he always seems to argue that doctors would know best. I think the issue is a lot less medical and a lot more personal/religious/whatever...
I hate to see anyone push their beliefs on another (especially Tom Cruise's religious view of psychiatry, but that is another story).