Well fine. It's time to take some action. I'm think I'm just going to hardcode my hosts file in protest. Does anyone know the original address for corinthians.com?
If it's cool enough, and I can click it, I'll take a look. Otherwise, I'll forget about it. This is not television.
I realize the PC thing to do here is to bash these things, yes. But they ain't gonna make no money, because they dont give instant gratification, or direct sales opportunity.
Unix (including Linux) is as straightforward as the GUI. A properly configured (and scripted) GUI can land any user in any kind of environment they like. And the possibilities for enhanced user experience and value for time spent in front of the console is much greater running in an Unix OS, although integration and tweaking takes more time and effort.
Mod parent up. He's right, of course. I'm just another tourist in the land of the vikings. But it's still fun to watch. And it is like some state to state rivalries in the US. And no we don't forget that the nations are sovreign, so dont go there please, we're sensitive right now.
Anyways, I have trouble believing that there were no border discussions when Sweden, uh, abdicated. Maybe I'll ask my wife.
man, that was a pretty depressing followup to my comment. michael really has posted about this thing 4 times in the last two weeks. could we at least wait until it docks before we hear more, now, hmm. i really wonder if you mean all of that, to me you sound pretty depressed, thats for sure. look, it aint over until its over, right? so dont give up hope yet, friend. on the other hand perhaps my comment was out of place, but then on the third hand i could have argued successfully, i think, that this post could have carried the USA selection and/or possibly the geeks in space topic.
Do we want that? Probably Wine is the only possible approach to a full port, but then the real "magic" of office is the integration the rest of the system and the DLLs.
A limited port is probably preferable, more than the just the file formats, but less than VB-scriptable (so to speak). Desktop acceptance of Linux is the goal here. Not the full integration of Office with the system, but the ability to share the space.
1. Dont run as root.
2. Dont run suid
3. Run Tripwire before installing, since theres no way you are gonna get to compile it yourself, and no way you're gonna get to untar the binary distributions.
4. chroot(1) if you feel really paranoid.
I think this would be a good thing, since I could leave MS (the operating system) forever, and at the same time, it would be a fairly humbling punishment for MS, forcing Linux into their own shop, and forcing them to devote resources to it.
In spite of the endless reasons to bash and flame VA, I'll click a reasonable number of links per day to keep/. viable. I know this has been said before, but its a bastion of something, anyways.
Glem aldri
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In Sweden we often poke fun at the Norwegians
As a guest of the norwegians, I find it amusing that they were given the hardest, rockiest land in all of Sweden as their own, only to become the some of the most valuable land on earth, because of the oil, gas, fish, and other wealth just off the shoreline.
It's lots of fun tho, the tit-for-tat between them and you. I saw a widely circulated map the other day which shows scandanavia without sweden. Very popular here.
Closest thing to it in the States that I can think of is the ongoing rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas. (although there is probably more physical violence in that one, heh.)
Stillig klokke, dudes.
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Er, that's expatriate. You'll take exception to the misspelling too, if you ever become one.
Even the typical cleanout is still a good distance from the house. How many payments of 40/mo will it take to cover the cost of a single installation? Not to mention the implicit cost of a J-box, either in the sewer main (as you mention), or in series at the panel, in which case two leads have to be pulled in.
I still think it's a ploy to get access through residential zones.
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Includes the last 75 feet. The robot in the sewer makes it sound good, but I dont believe they can make this work without trenching and traffic.
Instead, I think they mean to run optical cable through a neighborhood, but not actually to the neighborhood. That's where the money will be, getting cable from one industrial/commercial zone to another without having to go out to the mains every time.
Slashdot Mirror
Yet another hi-volume site which still does the job with Perl and MySQL. Is this a troll?
Well fine. It's time to take some action. I'm think I'm just going to hardcode my hosts file in protest. Does anyone know the original address for corinthians.com?
First Ricochet, now this. Could Iridium be next?
From the article:
including modems that currently search in vain for service.
Increase/restore memory?
Fight neurologic disease?
Organic computer components?
Treat drug addiction?
Troll for bozos in the Science selection?
I understood WIPO to be non-binding arbitration in any case.
I realize the PC thing to do here is to bash these things, yes. But they ain't gonna make no money, because they dont give instant gratification, or direct sales opportunity.
to get fired up about...
Cute, but there's no money in something that cant be clicked, is there?
Make sure you turn the sound down before you try this.
I have no idea what a GC is, but I imagine it's in alot of pain. Isn't there a more humane way of doing this?
that the sticky blue gel used in ultrasound will be available for other purposes?
Unix (including Linux) is as straightforward as the GUI. A properly configured (and scripted) GUI can land any user in any kind of environment they like. And the possibilities for enhanced user experience and value for time spent in front of the console is much greater running in an Unix OS, although integration and tweaking takes more time and effort.
Anyways, I have trouble believing that there were no border discussions when Sweden, uh, abdicated. Maybe I'll ask my wife.
man, that was a pretty depressing followup to my comment. michael really has posted about this thing 4 times in the last two weeks. could we at least wait until it docks before we hear more, now, hmm. i really wonder if you mean all of that, to me you sound pretty depressed, thats for sure. look, it aint over until its over, right? so dont give up hope yet, friend. on the other hand perhaps my comment was out of place, but then on the third hand i could have argued successfully, i think, that this post could have carried the USA selection and/or possibly the geeks in space topic.
Oh, yea. That too. Is it too late for me to change my opinion? I so long to be on the A-List in this discussion.
With Perl, you are only limited by your dreams.
A limited port is probably preferable, more than the just the file formats, but less than VB-scriptable (so to speak). Desktop acceptance of Linux is the goal here. Not the full integration of Office with the system, but the ability to share the space.
2. Dont run suid
3. Run Tripwire before installing, since theres no way you are gonna get to compile it yourself, and no way you're gonna get to untar the binary distributions.
4. chroot(1) if you feel really paranoid.
I think this would be a good thing, since I could leave MS (the operating system) forever, and at the same time, it would be a fairly humbling punishment for MS, forcing Linux into their own shop, and forcing them to devote resources to it.
Did you get to see the launch, anyways, Michael? How close did you manage to get?
In spite of the endless reasons to bash and flame VA, I'll click a reasonable number of links per day to keep /. viable. I know this has been said before, but its a bastion of something, anyways.
As a guest of the norwegians, I find it amusing that they were given the hardest, rockiest land in all of Sweden as their own, only to become the some of the most valuable land on earth, because of the oil, gas, fish, and other wealth just off the shoreline.
It's lots of fun tho, the tit-for-tat between them and you. I saw a widely circulated map the other day which shows scandanavia without sweden. Very popular here.
Closest thing to it in the States that I can think of is the ongoing rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas. (although there is probably more physical violence in that one, heh.)
Stillig klokke, dudes.
Er, that's expatriate. You'll take exception to the misspelling too, if you ever become one.
I still think it's a ploy to get access through residential zones.
Instead, I think they mean to run optical cable through a neighborhood, but not actually to the neighborhood. That's where the money will be, getting cable from one industrial/commercial zone to another without having to go out to the mains every time.