I have an N95, and Gizmo. If I want to make a call that would be expensive on the cell side, I just find a WiFi hot spot and use the Gizmo Voip program.
It works great, especially while traveling in areas where the the AT&T roaming charges would stagger a billionaire.
There is a difference. Let's say I am a "Customer" to be sold, not merely a "Consumer"to be culled. If I watch a copy of a video, and I like it enough to pay for it, I will buy a copy. If it is crap, then there is no need for me to waste my money on it. It has to do with THEM producing something of value. I do not see why I should pay for something I do not like.
I do not think sharing is wrong, no matter what the **AA lobbyist written law is.
If some one is lurking around the mall, is that 'intent' of robbery?
No, I think proof is needed of each single instance.
And, I have yet to be convinced that 'sharing' is wrong, in my mind, it would only be real copyright infringement if the works were actually sold to some one.
That is what copyright law was originally meant to protect, SALE of some ones work without authorization, not letting some one read, see, listen to it.
The time is coming that using a 'throw away' laptop will be needed for all foreign trips. Everyone will need a server in some 'safe' country to upload everything to, documents and pictures will be needed to be uploaded to Google Docs and Picasa respectively. Any pictures, or letters that were on the laptop will need to be deep erased.
then , just add the cost of having the mini laptop seized to every trip.
Pluto got it's name from the famous Disney character. I am surprised that the Disney Corporation hasn't been going after some one or other to get payment for using their "IP".
Given Disney's rapacious geed over things like this, I would think they are at least cooking up some idea of having the world pay for saying the name "Pluto" in any context.
It was only a BJ, no big deal. Not that I care, but a BJ is not the same as actual sex.
Proof of this is, that if a BJ was the same as sex, then why are they different prices?
Cheers
Re:Good riddance! SUV's arent all bad
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I would like to suggest a scenario where large SUV'S could be really beneficial to the single males out there. Lets assume that we have a Ford dealer in town that is overstocked with, say V10 Excursions that get about 7 MPG. Let's also assume that this dealer has an attractive female sales person. Thirdly, let us assume that you are a single male, that being a Slashdot geek does not do so well in meeting females of fun and games at the local bar scene.
Customer: WOW! I am interested in one of those big powerful giant size SUV's that you have lined up, out there.
Cute lady salesperson: Oh, really? Are you really interested in buying one?
Customer: Well, maybe, can we go for a test drive?
Cute lady salesperson: Sure!
{ while on the test drive }
Customer: Gee, I like this, but with gas the way it is, how can you convince me to buy this rolling tribute to oil companies?
I will leave the rest to your imagination, however from a strict probability assessment, I think the customer has a better chance of some adult fun in this encounter, than say...... in the VIP area of a strip club.
Why would anyone assume that a commercial tool, or any commercial software would be better than a free one? The reasoning behind the GPL license for example, is that many can add to the content of the work, as long as all can use it for free.
From a purely rational perspective, I can not see how a commercial business model could produce a better product.
Someone making a profit from the work of their programmers can not improve the quality of their work.
Why is this modded down, it is so likely to ber true, it is close enough now. I wish i had mod points. I am getting tired of all this "security", and I think this post is closer to the truth than is comfortable for many.
For business and school use, Google Docs, etc are betting o be so good, that the only thing that really matters is having Firefox, and a good WiFi link to the internet.
Expand on that, get your own domain, and Google Apps let you expand on that and manage quite complex projects.
You may still need a Windows machine to use some application specific software, but carrying one of thesse or the Eee really can solve so many of your mibile needs, that like I said, the OS just doesnt matter.
That is, if you actually have any. Motorola, once great, has been sent to oblivion by management with no clue of their business, just Wall Street stuff. Cable boxes were about the last thing they made.
Actually I think you have hit the nail on the head. The problem is Windows. I am sure that the malware folks would be happy to start writing their wares for OS X, Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc, but all of those OS's are superior by design, and more difficult to attack, other than by trickery.
The problem is Windows, and Microsoft could have fixed much of this, but decided that having an insecure OS, and making security and virus protection a profit center really will be their downfall.
Look how business is rejecting Vista in droves, and giving their execs Mac's.
Soon the grunts will be getting Mac's as well, and Microsoft will be relegated to selling Office for Mac.
A previous Slashdot article said 66% of all PC's over $1000.00 last month were Apples.
80 large for software? , and DNS software? are you nuts?
Given BIND is a pig, I think you can by some pretty high horsepower hardware to run it or an open source alternative for a whole lot less.
Do you realize how fast a computer you can get for $80K?
Its just DNS software , why would you want to pay ANYTHING let along that much? Buying a faster computer to do the same thing makes a whole lot more scene.
Here we go the the "commercial software is better than open source" argument.
I personally hate BIND, and BIND is open source, but some secret sauce being twice as fast? I don't think so.
Closed source software just can not compete with open source for performance or reliability, can't happen, no way.
And this is for some one that because of the fact that I forgot a period on the end of a domain name was ready to do great harm to the BIND developers out of frustration.
Microsoft is taking care of it's "customers" ( entities that have a choice ) , the broadcasters. To Microsoft, the end users are simply "consumers" to be culled, not customers to be sold or cared for.
Am I the only one here that has no problem with the genetic engineering of humans? Why wait millions of years for evolution to fix things that are obvious?
There are many things we do not know, but many we do. Why not make beter people? I see it no different that giving antibiotics for strep throat, or immunizing against the flu.
We have upset normal genetics with life saving medicine so as to prolong the life of beings that really shouldn't be from a strict Darwinian sense.
If we can make stronger, smarter, and yes, even better looking people with genetic engineering, then go for it.
This is not flaimbait, it is how I feel, so if you want to comment on it, do it from that prospective.
can any of you actually imagine being a 'range safety officer'? Full govt pay, bennies, retirement, and all you have to do is sit by a switch panel during launches. Other than that it would be lots of paper reading and maybe some busy work to make it look like you are earning your pay.
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I have an N95, and Gizmo. If I want to make a call that would be expensive on the cell side, I just find a WiFi hot spot and use the Gizmo Voip program.
It works great, especially while traveling in areas where the the AT&T roaming charges would stagger a billionaire.
Not news, just iPhone news.
Because the Bush administration would look pretty silly going to FISA after the fact to get a warrant for spying the Democratic National Committee.
This way, they can use the excuse of terrorists, and spy on any one they want to.
Every Slashdot post that is an obvious M$ fanboy rant includes, "I am by no means a fan of Microsoft"
This is getting to be a clue, like "Think of the children".
Google this code phrase and see, http://tinyurl.com/4wxy6y
M$ fanboy code.
Cheers
There is a difference. Let's say I am a "Customer" to be sold, not merely a "Consumer"to be culled. If I watch a copy of a video, and I like it enough to pay for it, I will buy a copy. If it is crap, then there is no need for me to waste my money on it. It has to do with THEM producing something of value. I do not see why I should pay for something I do not like.
I do not think sharing is wrong, no matter what the **AA lobbyist written law is.
If I like it, I will buy it.
Cheers
If some one is lurking around the mall, is that 'intent' of robbery?
No, I think proof is needed of each single instance.
And, I have yet to be convinced that 'sharing' is wrong, in my mind, it would only be real copyright infringement if the works were actually sold to some one.
That is what copyright law was originally meant to protect, SALE of some ones work without authorization, not letting some one read, see, listen to it.
I would no longer be subject to the evils and possible dangerous things on alt.rec.motorcycles
greed vs freedom, and think of the children
this is disgusting.
The time is coming that using a 'throw away' laptop will be needed for all foreign trips. Everyone will need a server in some 'safe' country to upload everything to, documents and pictures will be needed to be uploaded to Google Docs and Picasa respectively. Any pictures, or letters that were on the laptop will need to be deep erased.
then , just add the cost of having the mini laptop seized to every trip.
Seems simple to me.
Pluto got it's name from the famous Disney character. I am surprised that the Disney Corporation hasn't been going after some one or other to get payment for using their "IP".
Given Disney's rapacious geed over things like this, I would think they are at least cooking up some idea of having the world pay for saying the name "Pluto" in any context.
I also think a 'Plutiod' is a good description.
Cheers
It was only a BJ, no big deal. Not that I care, but a BJ is not the same as actual sex.
Proof of this is, that if a BJ was the same as sex, then why are they different prices?
Cheers
I would like to suggest a scenario where large SUV'S could be really beneficial to the single males out there. Lets assume that we have a Ford dealer in town that is overstocked with, say V10 Excursions that get about 7 MPG. Let's also assume that this dealer has an attractive female sales person. Thirdly, let us assume that you are a single male, that being a Slashdot geek does not do so well in meeting females of fun and games at the local bar scene.
...... in the VIP area of a strip club.
Customer: WOW! I am interested in one of those big powerful giant size SUV's that you have lined up, out there.
Cute lady salesperson: Oh, really? Are you really interested in buying one?
Customer: Well, maybe, can we go for a test drive?
Cute lady salesperson: Sure!
{ while on the test drive }
Customer: Gee, I like this, but with gas the way it is, how can you convince me to buy this rolling tribute to oil companies?
I will leave the rest to your imagination, however from a strict probability assessment, I think the customer has a better chance of some adult fun in this encounter, than say
So, like I said, SUV's have their uses.
Why would anyone assume that a commercial tool, or any commercial software would be better than a free one? The reasoning behind the GPL license for example, is that many can add to the content of the work, as long as all can use it for free.
From a purely rational perspective, I can not see how a commercial business model could produce a better product.
Someone making a profit from the work of their programmers can not improve the quality of their work.
Think!
Why is this modded down, it is so likely to ber true, it is close enough now. I wish i had mod points. I am getting tired of all this "security", and I think this post is closer to the truth than is comfortable for many.
Mod this up, so more people can read it.
For business and school use, Google Docs, etc are betting o be so good, that the only thing that really matters is having Firefox, and a good WiFi link to the internet.
Expand on that, get your own domain, and Google Apps let you expand on that and manage quite complex projects.
You may still need a Windows machine to use some application specific software, but carrying one of thesse or the Eee really can solve so many of your mibile needs, that like I said, the OS just doesnt matter.
Cheers
Microsoft urges users to shun anything that they don't sell.
This is a story?
This really does give a new meaning to "Papers Please" (with a German accent)
That is, if you actually have any. Motorola, once great, has been sent to oblivion by management with no clue of their business, just Wall Street stuff. Cable boxes were about the last thing they made.
what a sad story, from greatness to ruin.
http://www.sneakypetescowboysteaks.com/ in Le Clair, IA also will cut off your tie and hang it from the ceiling.
Sneaky Petes,
They have hundreds of ties hanging from the rafters.
Kewl place, don't wear a tie though.
Actually I think you have hit the nail on the head. The problem is Windows. I am sure that the malware folks would be happy to start writing their wares for OS X, Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc, but all of those OS's are superior by design, and more difficult to attack, other than by trickery.
The problem is Windows, and Microsoft could have fixed much of this, but decided that having an insecure OS, and making security and virus protection a profit center really will be their downfall.
Look how business is rejecting Vista in droves, and giving their execs Mac's.
Soon the grunts will be getting Mac's as well, and Microsoft will be relegated to selling Office for Mac.
A previous Slashdot article said 66% of all PC's over $1000.00 last month were Apples.
Cheers
80 large for software? , and DNS software? are you nuts?
Given BIND is a pig, I think you can by some pretty high horsepower hardware to run it or an open source alternative for a whole lot less.
Do you realize how fast a computer you can get for $80K?
Its just DNS software , why would you want to pay ANYTHING let along that much? Buying a faster computer to do the same thing makes a whole lot more scene.
Here we go the the "commercial software is better than open source" argument.
I personally hate BIND, and BIND is open source, but some secret sauce being twice as fast? I don't think so.
Closed source software just can not compete with open source for performance or reliability, can't happen, no way.
And this is for some one that because of the fact that I forgot a period on the end of a domain name was ready to do great harm to the BIND developers out of frustration.
Cheers
Microsoft is taking care of it's "customers" ( entities that have a choice ) , the broadcasters. To Microsoft, the end users are simply "consumers" to be culled, not customers to be sold or cared for.
Duh!
Thats what monopolies do.
Am I the only one here that has no problem with the genetic engineering of humans? Why wait millions of years for evolution to fix things that are obvious?
There are many things we do not know, but many we do. Why not make beter people? I see it no different that giving antibiotics for strep throat, or immunizing against the flu.
We have upset normal genetics with life saving medicine so as to prolong the life of beings that really shouldn't be from a strict Darwinian sense.
If we can make stronger, smarter, and yes, even better looking people with genetic engineering, then go for it.
This is not flaimbait, it is how I feel, so if you want to comment on it, do it from that prospective.
Cheers
Let's see , is there any where else where M$ and Intel conspired to damage anything? OLPC maybe? EEPC?
Nahh these are good companies beyond reproach.
Right......
Sorry, but now that I have been using Google Apps for email, if you have up to several hundred people, you are just plain nuts to do your own email.
.... no more, no way.
Why would you even want to?
Do not discount what Google Aps does before you try it.
I used to have my own email servers,
can any of you actually imagine being a 'range safety officer'? Full govt pay, bennies, retirement, and all you have to do is sit by a switch panel during launches. Other than that it would be lots of paper reading and maybe some busy work to make it look like you are earning your pay.
It's the job I want.