Pretty is useful. The better you can make it look, the more the masses will flock to it. On the MS side of things, I feel DOS is much more useful than Windows 3.1, but back in the day that crappy shell got everyday people using the PC. I'm sure much of that was because of "ooh, look at the perty graphics" compared with the monotone command prompt that was DOS.
Willard said the company's exit from the commodity NT server business was a good one. Its current strategy, to focus on its proprietary, high-end systems running Irix, its version of the Unix operating system and Linux, makes sense.
Hmm, must be a misplaced comma. They offer systems running Linux, but I'm fairly certain that Irix doesn't contain GPLed code. Good move getting away from the NT market.
Well, since he only wrote a quarter million lines of code, I'm guessing the other part of the quarter billion lines must be comments. You know, there is a such thing as too much commenting...
The kids face up to five years -- of course since they aren't in the U.S., they might actually be punished.
Ok, I know I'll probably get marked as troll, but oh well. The way I see, is these kids are kinda like Big Tobacco. They make something that's harmful, and the people that use it do so of their own free will, despite the countless warnings given out that they should not. It seems funny to me that the same people who think Big Tobacco shouldn't be punished, also think that any mischeivous kids should be severely punished. Well, that is unless it's their own kid.
Hmmm, given your example of artists that make it being screwed to make up for artists that don't, it's kind of funny how most of the artists that don't make it are driven into bankruptcy by being forced to pay the record companies back for all of the costs.
The other IT guys and me at my company are pretty well bonded. Though we don't have a few cold ones at the barbeque, we will sometimes get together for a nice LAN party. Amazing how our lives revolve around computers even outside the workplace... Of course, we only hire true computer geeks too! That could be because during the during an interview for an IT position, the lead developer will ask, "What's your favorite FPS."
I was replying to the bit about the portal sites. Increasingly, the music portals are either going out of business or being bought by the industry. Strictly independent is definitely the coolest way to go, but it unfortunately doesn't have the power of the big sites.
A future where the artists have all gone independent and is selling their music and other value-added products online through a number of portal sites.
Trax in Space went under. MP3.com is owned by Universal, and CDNow (They do sell independent) is owned by BM. Seems to me as though some record companies are branching out while destroying every other venue that may be competition...
Do you know what happens when you bring that much gold back? Its worth drops to almost nothing. Therefore, I don't think it will solve any budgetary woes.. well, that is unless they don't tell anyone and slowly introduce it =).
The only phone calls I get are from people trying to sell me something.
Maybe that's because your friends got tired of trying to get through the busy signal? I've never known a salesmen get tired of trying to get through a busy signal, nor do they seem to get it when you tell them they're not interested...
Ok, look at these general figures (note, these could vary greatly depending on areas and services).
40 dollars a month for a faster, always connected broadband service. 20 dollars a month for an ISP with a 56k modem. 20 dollars a month for the extra phone line.
I'd rather go with the broadband. Of course, if you live in an area where you can't get flat rates on your ISP, or you don't care about tying up your phone line, then maybe dialup would be the way to go. BTW, my experiences with ISDN seems to gravitate towards "it sucks".
in favour of their modems. Cheaper, and more reliable service, apparently!
1) Cheaper. I don't think so. With dial-up, you'll still have to pay for an extra phone line if you want to talk. My cable modem is bundled into my cable package. I don't need an extra phone line, and with the same cable setup I had before I got a cable modem, I'm paying the same price. For me, the cable modem is free. For others, it'll still be the same cost if they want the convenience of using a phone while on the net.
2) More Reliable. I very rarely have problems from my cable modem. I know plenty of people who have problems with their dialup. Not only that, but if I'm transferring huge files, I don't have to worry about being suddenly disconnected in an all day transfer. Again, cable wins out.
That only gives them the right to publish it without paying you, but they still have to give you credit for it. It's a non-exclusive right at that. If you're going to submit something, you need to understand you're essentially releasing it into the Public Doman. I think you can get away with the Open Content license, because it doesn't violate the terms of the permission form.
Kylix 1 isn't broken. Kylix 2 Enterprise was released because Kylix 1 Server Developer did not have the Websnap and Biznap components. They were going to call it Kylix Enterprise, but I guess they decided the amount of new features constituted a major software release.
Well, at the moment, neither is the JDT (Eclipse's Java Tools), or anything else on Eclipse. It is free however, just like JBuilder Personal Edition is.
IMO, if you want to build a good UI in Java, you don't have to use IBM's stuff. Instead, use JBuilder by Borland, the personal version is free! And yes, it does run on different OSes.
You're forgetting. After the Hobbit and before the Lord of the Rings, the same could be said of Tolkien. The Hobbit was written as a children's story, based off of the bedtime stories he told his kids. Don't knock a book because of it's intended audience.
I wonder how long it will be before Microsoft claims it is a victim of cyberterrorism, get's money off of Bush's bill, then has everyone that finds an exploit in their software thrown in jail for the rest of their life? Unlikely you say? With PATRIOT passed, I think there is a good possibility.
"Remember this is just one side of the story, what happened while he was at Future Tech and knowing his attitude he sure pissed off a few people."
So what _ganja_? Who cares if he may have pissed a few people off. The way things work in capitalistic society is, you do the work, you get paid. He obviously didn't get paid, therefore, they don't get his work. If they wanted it so bad, they should have just paid him. What part of that do you not understand?
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Yea, that's all we need... a bunch of Windows 3.1 clones! Maybe Attack of the Clones isn't so far-fetched anyhow?
Pretty is useful. The better you can make it look, the more the masses will flock to it. On the MS side of things, I feel DOS is much more useful than Windows 3.1, but back in the day that crappy shell got everyday people using the PC. I'm sure much of that was because of "ooh, look at the perty graphics" compared with the monotone command prompt that was DOS.
Willard said the company's exit from the commodity NT server business was a good one. Its current strategy, to focus on its proprietary, high-end systems running Irix, its version of the Unix operating system and Linux, makes sense.
Hmm, must be a misplaced comma. They offer systems running Linux, but I'm fairly certain that Irix doesn't contain GPLed code. Good move getting away from the NT market.
Well, since he only wrote a quarter million lines of code, I'm guessing the other part of the quarter billion lines must be comments. You know, there is a such thing as too much commenting...
Ok, the guy did something wrong. The only thing I want to know is how Intel feels it deserves 72k in restitution?
The kids face up to five years -- of course since they aren't in the U.S., they might actually be punished.
Ok, I know I'll probably get marked as troll, but oh well.
The way I see, is these kids are kinda like Big Tobacco. They make something that's harmful, and the people that use it do so of their own free will, despite the countless warnings given out that they should not. It seems funny to me that the same people who think Big Tobacco shouldn't be punished, also think that any mischeivous kids should be severely punished. Well, that is unless it's their own kid.
A year ago I was working at a smallish startup.
That was a year ago. The fact is, Linux is becoming more and more user/admin friendly.
Hmmm, given your example of artists that make it being screwed to make up for artists that don't, it's kind of funny how most of the artists that don't make it are driven into bankruptcy by being forced to pay the record companies back for all of the costs.
Ever here CompTIA? Their certificates are for the most part vendor-neutral.
The other IT guys and me at my company are pretty well bonded. Though we don't have a few cold ones at the barbeque, we will sometimes get together for a nice LAN party. Amazing how our lives revolve around computers even outside the workplace... Of course, we only hire true computer geeks too! That could be because during the during an interview for an IT position, the lead developer will ask, "What's your favorite FPS."
I was replying to the bit about the portal sites. Increasingly, the music portals are either going out of business or being bought by the industry. Strictly independent is definitely the coolest way to go, but it unfortunately doesn't have the power of the big sites.
A future where the artists have all gone independent and is selling their music and other value-added products online through a number of portal sites.
Trax in Space went under. MP3.com is owned by Universal, and CDNow (They do sell independent) is owned by BM. Seems to me as though some record companies are branching out while destroying every other venue that may be competition...
Do you know what happens when you bring that much gold back? Its worth drops to almost nothing. Therefore, I don't think it will solve any budgetary woes.. well, that is unless they don't tell anyone and slowly introduce it =).
The only phone calls I get are from people trying to sell me something.
Maybe that's because your friends got tired of trying to get through the busy signal? I've never known a salesmen get tired of trying to get through a busy signal, nor do they seem to get it when you tell them they're not interested...
Ok, look at these general figures (note, these could vary greatly depending on areas and services).
40 dollars a month for a faster, always connected broadband service.
20 dollars a month for an ISP with a 56k modem. 20 dollars a month for the extra phone line.
I'd rather go with the broadband. Of course, if you live in an area where you can't get flat rates on your ISP, or you don't care about tying up your phone line, then maybe dialup would be the way to go. BTW, my experiences with ISDN seems to gravitate towards "it sucks".
in favour of their modems. Cheaper, and more reliable service, apparently!
1) Cheaper. I don't think so. With dial-up, you'll still have to pay for an extra phone line if you want to talk. My cable modem is bundled into my cable package. I don't need an extra phone line, and with the same cable setup I had before I got a cable modem, I'm paying the same price. For me, the cable modem is free. For others, it'll still be the same cost if they want the convenience of using a phone while on the net.
2) More Reliable. I very rarely have problems from my cable modem. I know plenty of people who have problems with their dialup. Not only that, but if I'm transferring huge files, I don't have to worry about being suddenly disconnected in an all day transfer. Again, cable wins out.
That only gives them the right to publish it without paying you, but they still have to give you credit for it. It's a non-exclusive right at that. If you're going to submit something, you need to understand you're essentially releasing it into the Public Doman. I think you can get away with the Open Content license, because it doesn't violate the terms of the permission form.
Kylix 1 isn't broken. Kylix 2 Enterprise was released because Kylix 1 Server Developer did not have the Websnap and Biznap components. They were going to call it Kylix Enterprise, but I guess they decided the amount of new features constituted a major software release.
JBuilder is not open source
Well, at the moment, neither is the JDT (Eclipse's Java Tools), or anything else on Eclipse. It is free however, just like JBuilder Personal Edition is.
IMO, if you want to build a good UI in Java, you don't have to use IBM's stuff. Instead, use JBuilder by Borland, the personal version is free! And yes, it does run on different OSes.
...among 13-year-olds!
You're forgetting. After the Hobbit and before the Lord of the Rings, the same could be said of Tolkien. The Hobbit was written as a children's story, based off of the bedtime stories he told his kids. Don't knock a book because of it's intended audience.
Piers Anthony will stand the test of time. His Xanth series is classic, and he's written plenty of other acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy novels also.
I wonder how long it will be before Microsoft claims it is a victim of cyberterrorism, get's money off of Bush's bill, then has everyone that finds an exploit in their software thrown in jail for the rest of their life? Unlikely you say? With PATRIOT passed, I think there is a good possibility.
If what you're saying is true, then what is Hailstorm supposed to be, if not a strategy to proprietize?
"Remember this is just one side of the story, what happened while he was at Future Tech and knowing his attitude he sure pissed off a few people."
So what _ganja_? Who cares if he may have pissed a few people off. The way things work in capitalistic society is, you do the work, you get paid. He obviously didn't get paid, therefore, they don't get his work. If they wanted it so bad, they should have just paid him. What part of that do you not understand?