Feel free to mod me down if you wish, but I could swear that Edison was AC and Tesla was DC, and that's why we use AC for homes today (among other reasons), because Edison was more "popular".
Honestly, shouldn't corn hybrids by GPL'ed?:) I mean, we're talking about advances that benefit the greater good* on something that already exists, and if they are bad, they need to be under peer review. I have a real problem with anyone having a "patent" over a hybrid of corn!
Chris
*I am not against the patent concept as a whole, and I think that people will probably try to use the "medicine" argument against me. But most medicines are new and corn...well corn is already there, these companies are just making it better.
Speaking as someone who was a floor sales rep for Office Max for a year and a half, telephone tech support for a printer company (not HP) for a year, and an owner of 3 different inkjet printers, you don't WANT refillable cartridges! By having to buy a new cartridge every time, you're getting a new printhead each time, ensuring the same quality on every print through the life of the machine. Those stupid ass Canon printers are a hassle, you have to replace the ink tank and the printhead, and near the end of the life of the printhead you're going to get streaks, blobs, etc.
Hopefully you (and others) now understand why refillable cartridges != good.
This has nothing to do with "the system." WorldCom ratted themselves out. They got that fuck Ebbers out, got those fucks at Anderson out, did a proper audit, and reported the results.
A better example for your "system" comment would be Enron.
Chris
P.S. Yes, I work for MCI. My opinions do not represent those of MCI/Worldcom.
One of the peer-to-peer networks needs to change this in a way that makes this against the rules of using the client/network, yet doesn't open them up to litigation for not banning illegal mp3's/divx:)
Gives AOL/Redhat/Netscape/Winamp/StarOffice 4 years to come up with a secure, free (or free with 1/2/3 year AOL subsciption) Linux solution that installs faster and easier than Windows and handles all NECESSARY functionality of Windows. You've got AOL for the internet services, Redhat for the OS/Admin tools, Netscape for the browser, Winamp 4 "could be" a MS Media Player killer if they wanted it to be, and Star Office 7 could be the MS Office killer.
I guess it's the difference between the casual fans (the majority of the ones posting to this thread) and the diehards. Most diehard PJ fans will say that Vitalogy is their favorite, with Yield being a close second, and then there are those who feel that No Code is the best. Most people either love or hate No Code.
But Vitalogy has Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Nothingman, Immortality, Satan's Bed, and of course, Corduroy and Betterman. How anyone who likes rock music can call that a coaster is beyond me.
Man, I don't care if I get modded down for redundancy (posted similarly in another thread higher up) or flamebait, but every album between Ten and Binaural is fantastic, with those two book ends being better than average! I can't believe a post saying "xxxx sucks" got modded up to 5 insightful. Vs.-Vitalogy-No Code-Yield is perhaps the best (and most diverse) 4 album series from ANY group of the 90's. And that's not even considering Merkin Ball, which was between Vitalogy and No Code.
To me, the parent (and others posting to this article) sounds like FUD who's maybe heard the aforementioned albums a time or two, if at all, with very narrow and simple tastes in music. And FUD (or"xyz sucks"-type flames) should not be modded up to 5 (nor 3 for that matter).
You guys are all nuts. Pearl Jam's best album is "No Code", followed closely by Vitalogy, Yield, and Vs. (my favorite period is Vitalogy>Merkin Ball>No Code). Binaural is quite different, I'd say it's not quite as good as Ten. But (until now) I don't know of anyone who thinks Ten is their best album!
Chris
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Is it such a hard concept to grasp that some of us Linux zealots are NOT programmers?
I see where they're confused...the article talks about 1.3 preparing for 1.4 to take over the world, so it sounds like 1.3 won't ever "come out" per se.
God, Neutral Milk Hotel is so good! If anyone is looking where to start with that band, I suggest "Naomi", "Holland 1945", "Oh, Comely", "Two-Headed Boy", and "Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2". And then buy the "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" album and listen from front to back, it's awesome.
At 5 hours/600mb, it sounds like he's talking ATRAC format audio as "CD quality", which it basically is, but it wouldn't make sense for Toshiba to use that Sony format. Sharp maybe, but not Toshiba.
That's exactly the mentality that Microsoft, and to some extent Apple, WANT you to have.
It is a good thing to have many different flavors of the same thing! You can pretty much get almost all the same software working pretty easily on Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware, Debian, etc. They all have different "proprietary" features that interest different people. Maybe you like Mandrake because it bundles a DVD player or its xyzdrake-type programs. Maybe you like Red Hat because you can go to Barnes and Noble and buy a book about it, rather than relying on online documentation. Maybe you like Yast in SuSE. Maybe you like Debian's security-oriented mindset and don't need USB, so the 2.2 kernel is fine. Linux distros don't have to fall in the trap of being all things to all people, but instead can concentrate on doing a few things very well.
Most of the world feels that there is only one OS (and company) for x86 hardware, and this severely hinders competition and innovation. Don't force the Linux community to follow the same conventions, because then there's no reason for an alternative in the first place.
You're obviously very proficient with your operating system. Many MS Office users are not. If we want an open source alternative to compete with MS Office, it's going to have to have the same features and more. Missing a major program in the suite would be very detrimental in some people's minds, no matter how easy it is to go and get it, and even integrate it into the suite.
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Feel free to mod me down if you wish, but I could swear that Edison was AC and Tesla was DC, and that's why we use AC for homes today (among other reasons), because Edison was more "popular".
Chris
Excuse me, but if it was MY food I was fucking with and my roommate ate it, fuck him AND the courts!
Chris
Honestly, shouldn't corn hybrids by GPL'ed? :) I mean, we're talking about advances that benefit the greater good* on something that already exists, and if they are bad, they need to be under peer review. I have a real problem with anyone having a "patent" over a hybrid of corn!
Chris
*I am not against the patent concept as a whole, and I think that people will probably try to use the "medicine" argument against me. But most medicines are new and corn...well corn is already there, these companies are just making it better.
If crappy printout is good enough for you, then get one of the aforementioned Canons!
And, if you look hard enough, you can find refills even for HP cartridges made by other companies. I suggest checking out www.tigerdirect.com.
Chris
www.distrowatch.com is another good Linux news site.
Chris
Speaking as someone who was a floor sales rep for Office Max for a year and a half, telephone tech support for a printer company (not HP) for a year, and an owner of 3 different inkjet printers, you don't WANT refillable cartridges! By having to buy a new cartridge every time, you're getting a new printhead each time, ensuring the same quality on every print through the life of the machine. Those stupid ass Canon printers are a hassle, you have to replace the ink tank and the printhead, and near the end of the life of the printhead you're going to get streaks, blobs, etc.
Hopefully you (and others) now understand why refillable cartridges != good.
Chris
This has nothing to do with "the system." WorldCom ratted themselves out. They got that fuck Ebbers out, got those fucks at Anderson out, did a proper audit, and reported the results.
A better example for your "system" comment would be Enron.
Chris
P.S. Yes, I work for MCI. My opinions do not represent those of MCI/Worldcom.
Personally, I'd love to see NTFS write support "finished" (i.e. made stable), but judging from the state of things, that's a high priority for few...
Chris
Because if you want binaries, there's other distros to go with.
Plus, you can get a lot of binaries, by instead typing "emerge foo-bin"
Chris
One of the peer-to-peer networks needs to change this in a way that makes this against the rules of using the client/network, yet doesn't open them up to litigation for not banning illegal mp3's/divx :)
Chris
I'm in the highest level of email customer service at MCI (which is to say about 2 steps above peon). Am I going to get canned? :(
Chris
Gives AOL/Redhat/Netscape/Winamp/StarOffice 4 years to come up with a secure, free (or free with 1/2/3 year AOL subsciption) Linux solution that installs faster and easier than Windows and handles all NECESSARY functionality of Windows. You've got AOL for the internet services, Redhat for the OS/Admin tools, Netscape for the browser, Winamp 4 "could be" a MS Media Player killer if they wanted it to be, and Star Office 7 could be the MS Office killer.
Hell, I'd sign up for that.
Chris
You realize that Xandros already does everything you describe, correct?
Chris
I guess it's the difference between the casual fans (the majority of the ones posting to this thread) and the diehards. Most diehard PJ fans will say that Vitalogy is their favorite, with Yield being a close second, and then there are those who feel that No Code is the best. Most people either love or hate No Code.
But Vitalogy has Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Nothingman, Immortality, Satan's Bed, and of course, Corduroy and Betterman. How anyone who likes rock music can call that a coaster is beyond me.
Chris
Man, I don't care if I get modded down for redundancy (posted similarly in another thread higher up) or flamebait, but every album between Ten and Binaural is fantastic, with those two book ends being better than average! I can't believe a post saying "xxxx sucks" got modded up to 5 insightful. Vs.-Vitalogy-No Code-Yield is perhaps the best (and most diverse) 4 album series from ANY group of the 90's. And that's not even considering Merkin Ball, which was between Vitalogy and No Code.
To me, the parent (and others posting to this article) sounds like FUD who's maybe heard the aforementioned albums a time or two, if at all, with very narrow and simple tastes in music. And FUD (or"xyz sucks"-type flames) should not be modded up to 5 (nor 3 for that matter).
Chris
You guys are all nuts. Pearl Jam's best album is "No Code", followed closely by Vitalogy, Yield, and Vs. (my favorite period is Vitalogy>Merkin Ball>No Code). Binaural is quite different, I'd say it's not quite as good as Ten. But (until now) I don't know of anyone who thinks Ten is their best album!
Chris
Is it such a hard concept to grasp that some of us Linux zealots are NOT programmers?
Chris
I see where they're confused...the article talks about 1.3 preparing for 1.4 to take over the world, so it sounds like 1.3 won't ever "come out" per se.
Chris
God, Neutral Milk Hotel is so good! If anyone is looking where to start with that band, I suggest "Naomi", "Holland 1945", "Oh, Comely", "Two-Headed Boy", and "Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2". And then buy the "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" album and listen from front to back, it's awesome.
Chris
At 5 hours/600mb, it sounds like he's talking ATRAC format audio as "CD quality", which it basically is, but it wouldn't make sense for Toshiba to use that Sony format. Sharp maybe, but not Toshiba.
But that is a good question.
Chris
And that browser (NS 4.x) is how old?
Chris
How about the Sharp Zaurus? Doesn't that have some form of ARM processor?
Chris
That's exactly the mentality that Microsoft, and to some extent Apple, WANT you to have.
It is a good thing to have many different flavors of the same thing! You can pretty much get almost all the same software working pretty easily on Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware, Debian, etc. They all have different "proprietary" features that interest different people. Maybe you like Mandrake because it bundles a DVD player or its xyzdrake-type programs. Maybe you like Red Hat because you can go to Barnes and Noble and buy a book about it, rather than relying on online documentation. Maybe you like Yast in SuSE. Maybe you like Debian's security-oriented mindset and don't need USB, so the 2.2 kernel is fine. Linux distros don't have to fall in the trap of being all things to all people, but instead can concentrate on doing a few things very well.
Most of the world feels that there is only one OS (and company) for x86 hardware, and this severely hinders competition and innovation. Don't force the Linux community to follow the same conventions, because then there's no reason for an alternative in the first place.
Chris
A project doesn't ever release late. It releases precisely when it means to.
Chris
You're obviously very proficient with your operating system. Many MS Office users are not. If we want an open source alternative to compete with MS Office, it's going to have to have the same features and more. Missing a major program in the suite would be very detrimental in some people's minds, no matter how easy it is to go and get it, and even integrate it into the suite.
Chris