ZDNet is reporting that a UK IT industry body backed by Microsoft, IBM, Intel, BAE Systems and other high-tech heavyweights has urged the UK government not to commission open-source software...
I don't understand, this means not to fund open-source projects (which would suck) - it doesn't mean they can't use them, right?
I've been using bittorrent to download mpegs of television shows that haven't been produced to VHS or DVD; Invader Zim, Kids In The Hall... in the month or so that I've been using it, the biggest problem has clearly been people whom have dropped off after downloading the content.
How could one prevent this from happening? I can only see banning by IP as the only way.
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Galloping through the sward Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore And his horse concorde He steals from the rich And gives to the poor Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Riding through the night Soon every lupin in the land Will be in his mighty hand He steals them from the rich And gives them to the poor Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Dum dum dum the night Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Dum de dum dum plight He steals dum dum dum And dum dum dum dee Dennis dum, Dennis dee dum dum dum
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Riding through the woods Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore With his bag of things He gives to the poor And takes from the rich Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Riding through the land Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Without a merry band He steals from the poor And gives to the rich Stupid Bitch.
Apologies to Monty...
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I know you are going to get slammed by the 'Bill Gates said 640k was enough' crowd so I thought you would like to know that Doom 3 isn't going to require a Freon cooled GeForce 3000 XP+ SupraGamer to be playable...
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Last I heard, it took a day to drive across Texas by itself.
No, only texans think Texas is that big. You can drive across Texas in a four or five hours. Also, take into account that they are crossing two time zones.
Isn't one of the best options for these schools to simply buy more Macintoshes?
I assume you are being sarcastic; if you aren't, you must have missed the point where they discussed not having the money to pay for all of the Microsoft software. Where do you think they will get the money to afford the premium* that comes with buying an Apple computer?
*Note: I don't dislike Apple computers, but I do realize that the experience and usability they provide comes at a premium. Even with an Educational discount.
It's funny/sad/lame to me that eveyone here hates MS for being predatory and abusing their monopoly power, but nobody is taking Wal-Mart to task.
Maybe it's that when Wal-Mart rolled into town they only offered a better value? Maybe its that they didn't require that all of the Mom and Pop stores to pay Wal-Mart a tithe everytime a screwdriver is sold?
"Awareness of computer security as a whole is kind of on the upswing," says Laura Koetzle, an analyst with Forrester Research. "As mainstream companies get more interested in computer security and realize that they don't know very much about it, there's more of a market for it."
You would think that watching their software products get constantly infected by viruses would have brought this about?
Oh well, maybe with a heightened sense of security they might get their software patched more often or perhaps switch to an operating system that isn't such a target to script kiddies.
Why in the hell are you using Catalina/Tomcat in your project? It's just a reference platform! I mean, it's a very well done reference platform and useful for development purposes but if you are putting this out in production you should think about using something else, like JRun or ServletExec.
I think the cable broadband providors are doing this just as a dog-and-pony show so they don't get regulated or classified in a fashion where there will be real competition.
I think what we'll see will be that it will always be less expensive to go with the larger carrier than with their 'allowed' competitors.
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I find it hard to believe this article wasn't orginally from the Onion. That, or the state of CA is trolling the rest of the nation for laughs.
... I'd love to find out just how much they're going to be paying in legal fees after all this is cleared up.
What does it matter? Didn't Microsoft pay for the lawyers in advance via 'licensing fees' to SCO this May?
In fact, had they have done the engine in java, you would have anti-gravity...
And if you did the engine in strong tea you would have an infinite improbability engine, right?
ZDNet is reporting that a UK IT industry body backed by Microsoft, IBM, Intel, BAE Systems and other high-tech heavyweights has urged the UK government not to commission open-source software...
I don't understand, this means not to fund open-source projects (which would suck) - it doesn't mean they can't use them, right?
I bought 2 chocolade bars yesterday, so it's okay that I steal one today?
So, by watching it at home I've consumed it and it can never be watched again? Neat! What part of my PC eats the bits?
This post really needs to be modded up.
I've been using bittorrent to download mpegs of television shows that haven't been produced to VHS or DVD; Invader Zim, Kids In The Hall ... in the month or so that I've been using it, the biggest problem has clearly been people whom have dropped off after downloading the content.
How could one prevent this from happening? I can only see banning by IP as the only way.
I have it on DVD and have the soundtrack on casette ... so, no, you aren't the only one.
How could you hate a movie with villains named after candy bars?
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
...
Galloping through the sward
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
And his horse concorde
He steals from the rich
And gives to the poor
Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the night
Soon every lupin in the land
Will be in his mighty hand
He steals them from the rich
And gives them to the poor
Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Dum dum dum the night
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Dum de dum dum plight
He steals dum dum dum
And dum dum dum dee
Dennis dum, Dennis dee dum dum dum
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the woods
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
With his bag of things
He gives to the poor
And takes from the rich
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the land
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Without a merry band
He steals from the poor
And gives to the rich
Stupid Bitch.
Apologies to Monty
I know you are going to get slammed by the 'Bill Gates said 640k was enough' crowd so I thought you would like to know that Doom 3 isn't going to require a Freon cooled GeForce 3000 XP+ SupraGamer to be playable ...
Doom III playable on current hardware says John Carmack in Interview with GameSpy
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Last I heard, it took a day to drive across Texas by itself.
No, only texans think Texas is that big. You can drive across Texas in a four or five hours. Also, take into account that they are crossing two time zones.
At least star wars didn't have the oft repeated line "with great power comes great responsibility" :)
Of course not ... it had plenty of other 'oft repeated line's!
"May the force be with you" ... "Use the force!"
Isn't one of the best options for these schools to simply buy more Macintoshes?
I assume you are being sarcastic; if you aren't, you must have missed the point where they discussed not having the money to pay for all of the Microsoft software. Where do you think they will get the money to afford the premium* that comes with buying an Apple computer?
*Note: I don't dislike Apple computers, but I do realize that the experience and usability they provide comes at a premium. Even with an Educational discount.
You bill your wife for hardware and software?
Samba has a web front-end that makes it all very easy! Just connect to http://localhost:901!
It's funny/sad/lame to me that eveyone here hates MS for being predatory and abusing their monopoly power, but nobody is taking Wal-Mart to task.
Maybe it's that when Wal-Mart rolled into town they only offered a better value? Maybe its that they didn't require that all of the Mom and Pop stores to pay Wal-Mart a tithe everytime a screwdriver is sold?
Last I checked that stood for "National American Space Association," so this would be quite a surprise!
I bet you would be even more surprised to find out that N.A.S.A. stands for "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", eh?
It's funny how an article that says businesses can save money by developing software with new technologies has an ad for Microsoft .NET at the top.
Funny until you relise that the article is hosted at MSNBC.com.
Gee, most of the dot-coms gave their employees all kinds of perks and they folded anyway!
My brother once hit me with a piece of orbital space debris ... once.
"Awareness of computer security as a whole is kind of on the upswing," says Laura Koetzle, an analyst with Forrester Research. "As mainstream companies get more interested in computer security and realize that they don't know very much about it, there's more of a market for it."
You would think that watching their software products get constantly infected by viruses would have brought this about?
Oh well, maybe with a heightened sense of security they might get their software patched more often or perhaps switch to an operating system that isn't such a target to script kiddies.
Are you Sure? Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe.
Are you Sure? I thought stupidity was the most common element in the universe; just take a look at the days news headlines ...
I've heard that NASA spent 2 years developing a pen capable of writing in 0g. The russians used a pencil.
You heard wrong; The Write Stuff
Why in the hell are you using Catalina/Tomcat in your project? It's just a reference platform! I mean, it's a very well done reference platform and useful for development purposes but if you are putting this out in production you should think about using something else, like JRun or ServletExec.
I think the cable broadband providors are doing this just as a dog-and-pony show so they don't get regulated or classified in a fashion where there will be real competition.
I think what we'll see will be that it will always be less expensive to go with the larger carrier than with their 'allowed' competitors.