There have been many different "but.."s posted, and i want to add my own to the list. here are the ones ive seen:
1) Dust cloud would be bad. they wanted a water vapor cloud
2) even if it did make a vapor cloud it will take months to analyze their data properly..
3) (this ones mine) there was only a 10% chance of success for this mission, so just because there was no vapor cloud, doesnt mean there wasn't any water there..
4)..or anywhere else (someone elses, but a corrollary to mine)
This is one of the worst thought-out "articles" I've ever read on CNN. I'll present a few of my complaints:
Now try thinking about IT managers that typically have little to do with procuring Palms but often end up managing them. How much fun is it to keep track of these devices? Lost. Stolen. Broken. Frozen.
This is pointless. Just because there is an occasional overhead period when you break it, does that make it a useless tool? Just because yr car breaks down once or twice does that make it not worth it to drive anywhere? My mechanic has to work all day to fix my car, so it's just a toy?
Are they accomplishing anything with it that they wouldn't with a notebook computer and daytimer?
How many notebook computers can you fit in your back pocket? How many notebook computers can run off of two AAA batteries for as long as a month? How many notebook computers boot up immediately and cost only $450? That's the purpose of the Palm Pilot. The size of a daytimer and some of the functionality of a notebook.
But what I want to know is, do you really need it? Write to me and prove that your Palm is worth the hassles it causes the IT department.
Do you need your underwear? Do you need your watch? Do you need your New York Times subscription? Do you need your second phone line? There are lots of things that you could just say "Do you need this?" about and the answer would be no. Does that mean it isn't useful? Does that mean it's just a toy?
A coworker of mine was trying to get this to work a little while back. We tried AcceleratedX and all kinds of wacky settings, but it never seemed to work correctly. All he could get was wide text on his console. So we tried it with Win98 and the OpenGL support was super-crummy so he trashed it. (Well, handed it off to some PHB).
Despite what you may think, elitism is not a good thing. You deserve to use Linux more than me or more than Billy down the street because you saw it first? "I liked Linux before it was popular"? That's the biggest load of bull I've heard in a long time. That's completely the opposite of Linux's goal. It's not about a free, stable operating system for you and your LUG. It's about a free, stable operating system for EVERYONE. And if you don't want to be associated with Billy, maybe you should reevaluate your ethics.
very interesting logic. especially the "i cant start a domain registrar, and neither can you, so no one can". it doesnt take all that much money or expertise to do this, and properly planned, could probably gain venture capitalists quickly..
None of this is going to stop people from buying Windows
I know several people who have been converted to Linux and BSD since they first heard of the MS/DoJ trial. This will (and has) stop(ped) people from buying Windows.
Microsoft employees are voting, tax paying Americans. Hence some effort will be made to appease them in any ruling.
I'm not sure what they tought you in elementary school, but the employees of the DoJ are not elected officials, and neither is the judge trying the case. Voters be damned, this is about breaking the law.
The company will not be broken up, so you can forget that right now.
I don't want to jump to any conclusions myself, but they said the same thing about AT&T.
As for any ruling making Windows "open source" - big deal. Unless you have ten years to spare, the source isn't going to help you much.
Ever done any open-source development? You don't need to understand the entire source code to be able to contribute.
i wouldnt write this off so quick. i imagine 90% of the posts to this thread will be "leo decrapio" and some reference to the old lady in titanic. but i think we've all seen lucas' casting abilites enough to be able to tell he wont make this decision if it will be a poor one. we have also seen his directing abilities enough to be able to say that if anyone can turn leo into a good actor, he can. im not saying he's the best actor for the job.. im just saying.. who can play a teenage anikin well? i cant think of one good teenage white male actor. (and i think george did a great job with jake lloyd. or he got lucky..)
I first started reading slashdot about 18 months ago. I was first pointed to it by a friend of mine who said he read it almost every day. I thought it was too nerdy for me at first, but i read it about once a week. Eventually I discovered the conversations, and became an avid reader. It wasn't long until I was posting AC posts on an almost daily basis. When Rob began making the moderation and preference changes to slashdot, i decided it was time to create an account. Now, I access slashdot a dozen times a day from work, despite the lack of images. Slashdot is the first web page I check in the morning, and the last one i read at night. I get 90% of my news from slashdot. My coworkers and I talk about the articles over lunch. I am truly a slashdot addict, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Unless you're having trouble with 2.2.8, triggered by anything listed above, don't bother downloading it. Wait for the next one.
That should be your philosophy with EVERY kernel. Why upgrade if you're not having difficulty? I'm still running 2.0.35 on a couple of my boxen, with no problems whatsoever. And I'm sure there are thousands of users out there with earlier kernels still chugging happily. The only reason to upgrade with each kernel, besides having problems with old ones, is if you're a developer (in which case you should be keeping up with the pre-patches..)
Just because there's a new kernel is no reason to upgrade.
Of course! There were never any "easy to open" cases until Apple! I mean, you can't include the old IBM PS/2 cases which had only two thumbscrews keeping the side on. Or the Aptiva on my desk with the case that just slides off.
Sorry both of the examples are IBMs, but its all I've ever owned. the point is, there have always been some great cases out there. Apple just took it the next step..
I suppose one adjective you forgot was "good". Because both netscape 2 and lynx wld satisfy those needs. Although I suppose you wld want something which cld use something newer than just HTML-2.0
that one-liner was used as an example. not a kernel patch. if you wrote all of your functions on one line, no spaces, no indentation, and then passed it on to someone else and expected them to understand it, they would waste time trying to decipher your code. proper indentation, documentation, and spaces are important parts of programming, even in white-space independant languages like C.
im surprised that all this math is horribly wrong. a domain name consists of up to 26 alpha-numeric characters. which means the correct number is:
36 + 36^2 + 36^3 +... + 36^26
This comes out to approximately 2.9929 * 10^40. Of course this is only assuming there is one TLD. Since there are 5 US (com, org, net, edu, mil, gov), and numerous foreign TLDs, this number is probably 20 or 30 times to small. Considering just the 3 "open" TLDs, 4 million is only 0.0000000000000000000000000000000045491% of the possible domain names.
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And what about ctf? You get 50 points for capturing the flag! 50 "Gib"s in one pop? I support that!
There have been many different "but.."s posted, and i want to add my own to the list. here are the ones ive seen:
..or anywhere else (someone elses, but a corrollary to mine)
1) Dust cloud would be bad. they wanted a water vapor cloud
2) even if it did make a vapor cloud it will take months to analyze their data properly..
3) (this ones mine) there was only a 10% chance of success for this mission, so just because there was no vapor cloud, doesnt mean there wasn't any water there..
4)
Now try thinking about IT managers that typically have little to do with procuring Palms but often end up managing them. How much fun is it to keep track of these devices? Lost. Stolen. Broken. Frozen.
This is pointless. Just because there is an occasional overhead period when you break it, does that make it a useless tool? Just because yr car breaks down once or twice does that make it not worth it to drive anywhere? My mechanic has to work all day to fix my car, so it's just a toy?
Are they accomplishing anything with it that they wouldn't with a notebook computer and daytimer?
How many notebook computers can you fit in your back pocket? How many notebook computers can run off of two AAA batteries for as long as a month? How many notebook computers boot up immediately and cost only $450? That's the purpose of the Palm Pilot. The size of a daytimer and some of the functionality of a notebook.
But what I want to know is, do you really need it? Write to me and prove that your Palm is worth the hassles it causes the IT department.
Do you need your underwear? Do you need your watch? Do you need your New York Times subscription? Do you need your second phone line? There are lots of things that you could just say "Do you need this?" about and the answer would be no. Does that mean it isn't useful? Does that mean it's just a toy?
Not in my book.
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very interesting logic. especially the "i cant start a domain registrar, and neither can you, so no one can". it doesnt take all that much money or expertise to do this, and properly planned, could probably gain venture capitalists quickly..
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I know several people who have been converted to Linux and BSD since they first heard of the MS/DoJ trial. This will (and has) stop(ped) people from buying Windows.
Microsoft employees are voting, tax paying Americans. Hence some effort will be made to appease them in any ruling.
I'm not sure what they tought you in elementary school, but the employees of the DoJ are not elected officials, and neither is the judge trying the case. Voters be damned, this is about breaking the law.
The company will not be broken up, so you can forget that right now.
I don't want to jump to any conclusions myself, but they said the same thing about AT&T.
As for any ruling making Windows "open source" - big deal. Unless you have ten years to spare, the source isn't going to help you much.
Ever done any open-source development? You don't need to understand the entire source code to be able to contribute.
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Hi, Logan.
I first started reading slashdot about 18 months ago. I was first pointed to it by a friend of mine who said he read it almost every day. I thought it was too nerdy for me at first, but i read it about once a week. Eventually I discovered the conversations, and became an avid reader. It wasn't long until I was posting AC posts on an almost daily basis. When Rob began making the moderation and preference changes to slashdot, i decided it was time to create an account. Now, I access slashdot a dozen times a day from work, despite the lack of images. Slashdot is the first web page I check in the morning, and the last one i read at night. I get 90% of my news from slashdot. My coworkers and I talk about the articles over lunch. I am truly a slashdot addict, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
That should be your philosophy with EVERY kernel. Why upgrade if you're not having difficulty? I'm still running 2.0.35 on a couple of my boxen, with no problems whatsoever. And I'm sure there are thousands of users out there with earlier kernels still chugging happily. The only reason to upgrade with each kernel, besides having problems with old ones, is if you're a developer (in which case you should be keeping up with the pre-patches..)
Just because there's a new kernel is no reason to upgrade.
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Sorry both of the examples are IBMs, but its all I've ever owned. the point is, there have always been some great cases out there. Apple just took it the next step..
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The person we have to blame for this is one of Intel's founders, Gordon Moore.
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Altho I agree this mite be an appropriate time to rehash the poll.
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Slashdot doesn't slander Microsoft. Slashdot is a news service. Very rarely Slashdot has its own pieces, and usually they don't even come close to mentioning Microsoft. And all the posts are (in case you've missed the small type): "Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-99 Rob Malda." So Rob doesn't have any worries.
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close, but no cigar. archie comics withdrew the suit. it never went to court. we have diddly. Log
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course then i realized i was poor
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36 + 36^2 + 36^3 + ... + 36^26
This comes out to approximately 2.9929 * 10^40. Of course this is only assuming there is one TLD. Since there are 5 US (com, org, net, edu, mil, gov), and numerous foreign TLDs, this number is probably 20 or 30 times to small. Considering just the 3 "open" TLDs, 4 million is only 0.0000000000000000000000000000000045491% of the possible domain names.
Don't believe me? Do it yrself.
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