Well, since Comcast artificially limits my bandwidth now, I would assume some other ISP would be able to raise that artificial limit. Or lower it. Or maybe Comcast would limit the bandwidth to the ISP and raise it for their own customers. Who knows? But the point is competition could result in higher bandwidth -- it's technically possible.
But since we're talking about the cable television industry, my bet is on this eventually reducing our bandwidth.
A common phrase in the Open/Free software movement, especially in connection with Linux, is "Free as in Beer," meaning you don't pay for the software any more than you pay for free beer. When Linux was first released, software was usually not free any more than beer was free.
It's free, as in beer, not Free, as in Libre. Nor is it Open, as you observe. In other words, the features they've crippled in the free version can't be fixed, because it's not Free.
Sure, it can be done. What you're describing is setting up your own consulting firm and outsourcing the technical work to India. So you're traiding your technical job for one in Sales and Marketing, something that can't be easily outsourced. But if you think you'll "sit on my ass all day and play games" you're sadly mistaken.
This is Microsoft saying, "We're not the best in this market, so we quit." When have they ever said that before? (Hey, even Bob was the best in its market:-)
Sounds like someone over there might have finally caught a clue. In the game business people won't put up with a crappy 1.0 and a mediocre 2.0 while waiting for the finally good 3.0.
Uh, no. I said I agreed with it, I didn't say it orginally. And I'm not thinking about maybe trying one of the BSDs, I said I'm actually using OpenBSD -- on my firewall and on all my servers. But until it plays my Windows-only games, I'll stick with Windows on my laptop, thank you very much.
The point, which you missed, is that I'm a Slashdot reader who uses a Unix flavor (OpenBSD) AND Windows and NOT Linux. The assumption in the story was "most Slashdot readers are Linux users," and I disagree.
My the books in any Encyclopedia all look the same (excepting the binders which, when all together on the shelf say "Worldbook"; but the content inside all has the same look and feel). All my books from O'Reilly pretty much look the same. As it is now, the documents at LDP all pretty much look the same, and I'd like it to stay that way, thank you very much.
I tried Linux (Coyote, Red Hat 4, Red Hat 5, Gentoo, Mandrake 7, Red Hat 7, Mandrake 8) but it just never grabbed me. I switched my firewall from Coyote to OpenBSD and liked it so much I now use it for my server, too. I still use Windows on my workstation because I need it for games and it's just easier to stick with it for everyday things than to multi-boot. If I ever get the money I may try VMWare, but it won't be to run Linux on my Windows PCs, it will be to run BSD. I really agree with the statementn "Linux is for people who hate Microsoft; BSD is for people who love UNIX."
Yeah, I know BSD is dead, but I'm a zombie so I don't care:-P
Consistency, please
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If LDP goes with CSS, it should be one CSS for all the documents. I'd hate to see each document author do their own (different) style sheet.
Also, the full text should remain available in plain ASCII. Just my $0.02 worth. Thanks for asking!
The problem was that the DOS function calls were not re-entrent (is that the right word?). So if an app was in the middle of a file save and another app interrupted it to do a file save, the first file save was toast. Or keyboard read, or whatever. Apparantly they didn't quite get that fixed, so they dropped the multi-tasking version. The others (desqview?) got around that by basically doing what Windows did -- they took over the DOS functions and did them themselves, using DOS just get things started in the first place. That's why Microsoft starting calling Windows an operating system -- because it really was doing everything DOS was supposed to do.
Thanks for the case mod idea. I'm gonna put a Ford badge on my Dell Inspiron. I figure Dell is the Ford of the computer world, right?
I guess that makes HP the GM, given that GM has several brands of car due to merger and acquisition and HP has several brands of computer also due to merger and acquisition.
Must make Apple the Avanti, selling very few very stylish very expensive products and always on the verge of bankrupcy.
I've battled this for years. It's hopeless. The Pointy Haired Bosses just don't get the difference between mandating corporate file standards and mandating corporate software standards. Mandating software standards is easier, so guess what we all get? At one point I threw up my hands and said, "Why don't we just say the corporate standard is whatever Microsoft wants to sell us?" They were not amused, but that's essentially what they did, one product at a time. Then they'd bitch when you asked for an upgrade from Office 97 to Office 2000 because some nymrod in Accounting wouldn't Save As and you couldn't read his files.
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But since we're talking about the cable television industry, my bet is on this eventually reducing our bandwidth.
I love it -- one AC asking another for proof of their wild-ass claim.
Wow, thanks. This could be just what I'm looking for!
They'v been throwing their rocks at us for years; we're just returning the favor.
With a five digit ID, I figured you'd been here long enough to know the lingo. Sorry if I offended you.
A common phrase in the Open/Free software movement, especially in connection with Linux, is "Free as in Beer," meaning you don't pay for the software any more than you pay for free beer. When Linux was first released, software was usually not free any more than beer was free.
Mozilla's "kiosk mode" is also intended for just such uses, and worthy cause or not the price is exactly US$0.00.
It's free, as in beer, not Free, as in Libre. Nor is it Open, as you observe. In other words, the features they've crippled in the free version can't be fixed, because it's not Free.
Thanks. The "community edition" is free, not Free or Open, but I'll give it a try. Looks like a good tool for learning, at least.
Sure, it can be done. What you're describing is setting up your own consulting firm and outsourcing the technical work to India. So you're traiding your technical job for one in Sales and Marketing, something that can't be easily outsourced. But if you think you'll "sit on my ass all day and play games" you're sadly mistaken.
What softwear, preferably Free/Open, would you recommend for this?
Sounds like someone over there might have finally caught a clue. In the game business people won't put up with a crappy 1.0 and a mediocre 2.0 while waiting for the finally good 3.0.
The point, which you missed, is that I'm a Slashdot reader who uses a Unix flavor (OpenBSD) AND Windows and NOT Linux. The assumption in the story was "most Slashdot readers are Linux users," and I disagree.
My the books in any Encyclopedia all look the same (excepting the binders which, when all together on the shelf say "Worldbook"; but the content inside all has the same look and feel). All my books from O'Reilly pretty much look the same. As it is now, the documents at LDP all pretty much look the same, and I'd like it to stay that way, thank you very much.
I meant I want to see each document look the same; I don't want a different look (different CSS) for each document.
I tried Linux (Coyote, Red Hat 4, Red Hat 5, Gentoo, Mandrake 7, Red Hat 7, Mandrake 8) but it just never grabbed me. I switched my firewall from Coyote to OpenBSD and liked it so much I now use it for my server, too. I still use Windows on my workstation because I need it for games and it's just easier to stick with it for everyday things than to multi-boot. If I ever get the money I may try VMWare, but it won't be to run Linux on my Windows PCs, it will be to run BSD. I really agree with the statementn "Linux is for people who hate Microsoft; BSD is for people who love UNIX."
Yeah, I know BSD is dead, but I'm a zombie so I don't care :-P
Also, the full text should remain available in plain ASCII. Just my $0.02 worth. Thanks for asking!
The problem was that the DOS function calls were not re-entrent (is that the right word?). So if an app was in the middle of a file save and another app interrupted it to do a file save, the first file save was toast. Or keyboard read, or whatever. Apparantly they didn't quite get that fixed, so they dropped the multi-tasking version. The others (desqview?) got around that by basically doing what Windows did -- they took over the DOS functions and did them themselves, using DOS just get things started in the first place. That's why Microsoft starting calling Windows an operating system -- because it really was doing everything DOS was supposed to do.
I guess that makes HP the GM, given that GM has several brands of car due to merger and acquisition and HP has several brands of computer also due to merger and acquisition.
Must make Apple the Avanti, selling very few very stylish very expensive products and always on the verge of bankrupcy.
Sounds familiar.
I'm using Mozilla Internet Explorer
So, how much (or little) do land mines go for these days?
7) There's nobody to sue if it doesn't work.
Not that they ever sue Microsoft or Adobe or Lotus when their crap doesn't work, but I've heard that excuse more than once.
Thanks for letting me rant -- I feel better now.