You do know that they are trying to reboot the series like BSG did right?
Yes, we're clear on what they're trying to do. The concern is whether that's wise, given that much of the core fanbase are... well... kind of nuts.
Just for example, I am seriously wondering how in the hell you can have two Kirks in one universe. Who would win in a fight between Lemmy and God? KIRK! No, wait, I mean NEWKIRK!
Doesn't work, does it? Do you see what they are up against?
Beat me to it. "Who, what, when?" was going to be my title. An article about a guy who was remotely involved in this game-generation's Daikatana becoming un-involved? Yaaawn.
I'll save further comment for when kdawson dupes this article on Friday.
As far as I can see, OLPC makes no guarantee at all that they will "give one" for every one that's bought. Rather, they sell you a "$100" toy for $400, and plough the profit back into their business. Given the colossal serial fuckup they seem to be making of that, I doubt that a free device will ever pop out the other end due to your generous "donation".
Maybe that's good enough for you, but if I'm going to pay $400 for an obsolescent widget with no support, I'll damn well expect at least some cybering with the hot South American teenager that's "got" the companion device.
It seems like a tacit admission that the entire purpose of the scheme is simply to introduce mandatory ID, rather than effective ID. We joke about these fuckers using 1984 as an instruction manual, but the laughs are becoming forced.
Proof yet again that in addition to kdawson not "editing" Slashdot, he/she/it doesn't even read it.
Honestly, how would you replace him/her/it with a shell script that performed that badly? You'd have to write it in FORTRAN, blindfolded, while tripping on mescaline.
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Ooh, the battery. What's that, a $7K item, and the failures start at 7 years (depending on your duty cycle)? Hands up anyone who would buy a 5+ year old hybrid with its original battery. Anyone? Anyone at all? You'll get a free bridge with it.
If they put a GPL engine into IE, they would have to GPL IE, and that isn't happening.
Or what?
At some point, Microsoft are going to have to tackle the GPL head on, and it's in their interests to do it while they still have overwhelming market share and resources.
They'll likely keep doing it via proxies like SCO, they might do it themselves in a small compartmentalised way that they can retreat from, or they might gamble the company on it by hijacking GPLd code straight into the Windows core and saying "So sue us" (or pre-emptively launching a bullshit legal attack in a friendly jurisdiction).
It'd be insane for them to do the latter, but... Ballmer.
Also, the people most likely to be available to talk to pollsters are the parasitic dole scroungers and long term sickie scammers who form the core of Labour's electorate. Those of us who have to work for a living have either voted by post, or don't have time to chit chat.
By which you mean: liar, liar, pants on fire. No, I'm not doing this again. The very fact that we're having this conversation convinces me to believe the evidence of my own eyes rather than some random intartubes zealot who is absolutely convinced that it should just work.
I will bet you just about any amount of money that the standard kernel for Vista doesn't detect that card.
Oh, I'll take that bet. I'll have to collect via my wife's Vista install though, rather than Ubuntu 8.10, since 8 hours of Googling, modprobing and sudoing has been unable to breathe life into the generic USB wifi dongle that Vista just worked with.
I'm not even going to take issue with the general contention that Linux supports more hardware out of the box, but it still lags in wifi support, and that's a huge problem, since without network access, you don't have a system.
Say: how many solar power companies do you know that power any of their production process, from extraction through to installation, using the output of their own products?
We're in no hurry. Go do your Googling, and let us know what you find.
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So, smog and low level ozone then?
Yes, we're clear on what they're trying to do. The concern is whether that's wise, given that much of the core fanbase are... well... kind of nuts.
Just for example, I am seriously wondering how in the hell you can have two Kirks in one universe. Who would win in a fight between Lemmy and God? KIRK! No, wait, I mean NEWKIRK!
Doesn't work, does it? Do you see what they are up against?
We can't allow it to fall into the hands of the damn Sandpeople.
Are we playing horseshoes, or hand grenades?
Beat me to it. "Who, what, when?" was going to be my title. An article about a guy who was remotely involved in this game-generation's Daikatana becoming un-involved? Yaaawn.
I'll save further comment for when kdawson dupes this article on Friday.
GP didn't say that they are common carriers. Go back and read again, slowly.
Citation required.
As far as I can see, OLPC makes no guarantee at all that they will "give one" for every one that's bought. Rather, they sell you a "$100" toy for $400, and plough the profit back into their business. Given the colossal serial fuckup they seem to be making of that, I doubt that a free device will ever pop out the other end due to your generous "donation".
Maybe that's good enough for you, but if I'm going to pay $400 for an obsolescent widget with no support, I'll damn well expect at least some cybering with the hot South American teenager that's "got" the companion device.
It seems like a tacit admission that the entire purpose of the scheme is simply to introduce mandatory ID, rather than effective ID. We joke about these fuckers using 1984 as an instruction manual, but the laughs are becoming forced.
Proof yet again that in addition to kdawson not "editing" Slashdot, he/she/it doesn't even read it.
Honestly, how would you replace him/her/it with a shell script that performed that badly? You'd have to write it in FORTRAN, blindfolded, while tripping on mescaline.
Just above your number plate?
An appeal to authority? That's how your hero, Hitler, used to argue.
Ooh, the battery. What's that, a $7K item, and the failures start at 7 years (depending on your duty cycle)? Hands up anyone who would buy a 5+ year old hybrid with its original battery. Anyone? Anyone at all? You'll get a free bridge with it.
Your protest is exactly as effective as someone who's not in a Nielsen household boycotting a channel. Nobody knows, nobody cares.
Or what?
At some point, Microsoft are going to have to tackle the GPL head on, and it's in their interests to do it while they still have overwhelming market share and resources.
They'll likely keep doing it via proxies like SCO, they might do it themselves in a small compartmentalised way that they can retreat from, or they might gamble the company on it by hijacking GPLd code straight into the Windows core and saying "So sue us" (or pre-emptively launching a bullshit legal attack in a friendly jurisdiction).
It'd be insane for them to do the latter, but... Ballmer.
Also, the people most likely to be available to talk to pollsters are the parasitic dole scroungers and long term sickie scammers who form the core of Labour's electorate. Those of us who have to work for a living have either voted by post, or don't have time to chit chat.
Well, sure. "Lonely bored crazy guy yells at squirrels in the park" is not a headline either.
I was writing joystick handling code on a Ubuntu install running under VMware. Truly, a momentous occasion.
Pop quiz: who just got his feet under the Big Desk at USCENTCOM?
That's right, it's General Smithers - sorry, Petraeus.
War were declared in 5... 4... 3...
By which you mean: liar, liar, pants on fire. No, I'm not doing this again. The very fact that we're having this conversation convinces me to believe the evidence of my own eyes rather than some random intartubes zealot who is absolutely convinced that it should just work.
Plus whatever recycled crap is left over by the time kdawson drags his sorry ass to the keyboard.
So, do you have an answer to the question that I asked?
Oh, I'll take that bet. I'll have to collect via my wife's Vista install though, rather than Ubuntu 8.10, since 8 hours of Googling, modprobing and sudoing has been unable to breathe life into the generic USB wifi dongle that Vista just worked with.
I'm not even going to take issue with the general contention that Linux supports more hardware out of the box, but it still lags in wifi support, and that's a huge problem, since without network access, you don't have a system.
Chinese children?
Say: how many solar power companies do you know that power any of their production process, from extraction through to installation, using the output of their own products?
We're in no hurry. Go do your Googling, and let us know what you find.
We may have different views on what "worked" means.