It is exactly like Seagate have added Lindows to their products. Those drives will ship directly from Seagate factories with the operating system installed.
This makes perfect sense if you are interested in computers. If you aren't interested in computers, especially if you are uncomfortable with them, there is a very good chance you will just make sure you have the correct information before trying anything.
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Why shouldn't the bigger one be able to hold either? You just happen to know it doesn't.
The fact that the average person using one system or the other is more or less competent isn't a very useful piece of information. If you are interested in comparing Linux to Windows you need to do so on the merits of the systems themselves, not on those of their users. What if the user base changes? Then we know nothing. What if we want to give a Linux system to someone used to Windows?
I've also got to respond to the usual arguments about security - that by not running as root you are somehow safer than if you run as root. I'll grant that you are safer from your own mistakes, but to believe that any computer user will be happy because, though all their personal files are wiped out, the system is still humming along smoothly. What possible use is a functioning system that has been wiped of all your personal data? Its no more useful to me than a system sitting on the showroom floor at Fry's Electronics.
This is not the right group to do this
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The people who design a new mail protocol should, at the very least, all know the current one backwards and forwards.
they'll probably just put a check in the "supporters" comment and throw the text away. Then they can say the measure has overwhelming support.
Re:Losing the competitive edge or getting a life?
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As a scientist, you should be careful about reading so much into their conclusions. They never say that the *only* way sciences gets done is because of testosterone. Their study included and only drew conclusions about the careers of male scientists. And as for the logic of trying to attract a mate with thesis results, remember that we're talking about hormones here - logic isn't a big factor.
I have a slimp3 and I'm satisified. I'm not familiar with mp3elf, so you'll have to do your own comparison. The software/firmware project is hosted on sourceforge.
I just love competing with people who feel they have to decide whether their customers deserve their product. Also those who are convinced that convenience is an impossible dream.
Why do people wash their own cars? Cook their own food? Play their own music? Why do people pick up litter on the beach? There are plenty of reasons to do things besides wrapping them up in plastic and putting them on a store shelf. Saving money. Making money indirectly or otherwise fulfilling job or academic requirements. Enjoyment.
Why does this question even get asked? Why are people always questioning the motivation of this particular hobby or activity? It seems like someone out there would prefer that people *didn't* write open source software...
The GPL has prevented fragmentation of many open source projects into various proprietary versions with different improvements. Instead, all the improvements have been fed back to the publicly available versions due the license requirements.
You can also access the source for each package by clicking on the "Specifications" tab on each product page. I'm amazed at how many people repeat this "no source code" line without actually ever looking for source.
Hopefully we will soon need a smartcard to buy cigarettes as well...
Cable is better in the US because of the WTC
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When they put up the World Trade Center, suddenly everyone in Manhattan's TV reception got really crappy because of multipath. So they started installing Cable. I remember trying to watch TV in my Grandfather's apartment on 5th avenue during family holidays. Terrible!
You fail to note those notable exceptions, which I believe fall under the category of "fair use." My understanding is that most uses which do not involve resale or redistribution fall under this category, wishful thinking and lobbying by the industry notwithstanding. It makes no more sense for the industry to prevent us from fast forwarding our PVRs during a commercial than it does for them to prevent us from fast forwarding a VCR, hitting the mute button, or getting up and going to the can. What you portray as a black and white issue is, at best, an extremely slippery slope.
So enjoy it while you can. I do. I watch (some) commercial TV and I don't watch the ads. Many execs would have you believe that this is some sort of theft. But as Robert Heinlein said:
"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is supported by neither statue or common law. Neither corporations or individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
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It is exactly like Seagate have added Lindows to their products. Those drives will ship directly from Seagate factories with the operating system installed.
This makes perfect sense if you are interested in computers. If you aren't interested in computers, especially if you are uncomfortable with them, there is a very good chance you will just make sure you have the correct information before trying anything.
Why shouldn't the bigger one be able to hold either? You just happen to know it doesn't.
the settlement terms specify that you only get vouchers for computer hardware and software, nobody gets cash.
...Redhat should be smart and aggressive?
your mum probably hasn't opened any ports in the firewall and so is not at risk.
The fact that the average person using one system or the other is more or less competent isn't a very useful piece of information. If you are interested in comparing Linux to Windows you need to do so on the merits of the systems themselves, not on those of their users. What if the user base changes? Then we know nothing. What if we want to give a Linux system to someone used to Windows?
I've also got to respond to the usual arguments about security - that by not running as root you are somehow safer than if you run as root. I'll grant that you are safer from your own mistakes, but to believe that any computer user will be happy because, though all their personal files are wiped out, the system is still humming along smoothly. What possible use is a functioning system that has been wiped of all your personal data? Its no more useful to me than a system sitting on the showroom floor at Fry's Electronics.
The people who design a new mail protocol should, at the very least, all know the current one backwards and forwards.
they'll probably just put a check in the "supporters" comment and throw the text away. Then they can say the measure has overwhelming support.
As a scientist, you should be careful about reading so much into their conclusions. They never say that the *only* way sciences gets done is because of testosterone. Their study included and only drew conclusions about the careers of male scientists. And as for the logic of trying to attract a mate with thesis results, remember that we're talking about hormones here - logic isn't a big factor.
I have a slimp3 and I'm satisified. I'm not familiar with mp3elf, so you'll have to do your own comparison. The software/firmware project is hosted on sourceforge.
I just love competing with people who feel they have to decide whether their customers deserve their product. Also those who are convinced that convenience is an impossible dream.
I know you're not asking me, but the answer has to be... ACPI suspend support.
Why do people wash their own cars? Cook their own food? Play their own music? Why do people pick up litter on the beach? There are plenty of reasons to do things besides wrapping them up in plastic and putting them on a store shelf. Saving money. Making money indirectly or otherwise fulfilling job or academic requirements. Enjoyment.
Why does this question even get asked? Why are people always questioning the motivation of this particular hobby or activity? It seems like someone out there would prefer that people *didn't* write open source software...
No relation...
The GPL has prevented fragmentation of many open source projects into various proprietary versions with different improvements. Instead, all the improvements have been fed back to the publicly available versions due the license requirements.
Saying a problem is intractable, especially one that isn't a computational complexity problem, is usually a mistake.
You can also access the source for each package by clicking on the "Specifications" tab on each product page. I'm amazed at how many people repeat this "no source code" line without actually ever looking for source.
Now, good luck getting ahold of Xandros source!
you might get some nice drawings of such a console.
is to take advantage of open-source R&D. Why have open-source R&D if nobody takes advantage of it?
Hopefully we will soon need a smartcard to buy cigarettes as well...
When they put up the World Trade Center, suddenly everyone in Manhattan's TV reception got really crappy because of multipath. So they started installing Cable. I remember trying to watch TV in my Grandfather's apartment on 5th avenue during family holidays. Terrible!
You fail to note those notable exceptions, which I believe fall under the category of "fair use." My understanding is that most uses which do not involve resale or redistribution fall under this category, wishful thinking and lobbying by the industry notwithstanding. It makes no more sense for the industry to prevent us from fast forwarding our PVRs during a commercial than it does for them to prevent us from fast forwarding a VCR, hitting the mute button, or getting up and going to the can. What you portray as a black and white issue is, at best, an extremely slippery slope.
So enjoy it while you can. I do. I watch (some) commercial TV and I don't watch the ads. Many execs would have you believe that this is some sort of theft. But as Robert Heinlein said:
"There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is supported by neither statue or common law. Neither corporations or individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
It is not the least bit proprietary, all the code is in the public Wine tree. The current Codeweavers release is proprietary.