It's the kiss of death when a traditional UNIX on RISC vendor jumps on the Linux bandwagon. By offering Linux on x86, Sun is now competing against everyone and their dog.
Ah well, it was only a matter of time before they were pushed out of the lower middle range of the market.
Are you single?
If so, are you open to a new relationship?
I'm 5'10, 140lbs with brown hair and blue eyes.
I want to spend the rest of my (eternal) life with someone like you. --Kara
Verbiage is used advisedly. In the book perhaps, but not in the review. Here's a tip, don't use words that you aren't comfortable with in a desperate attempt to appear smart. Just say no.
I understand that pastiche and pretense are par for the course here on slashdot, but you go too far. We can handle 30,000 helpdesk monkeys claiming to be hotshot unix admins - after all, there's a shortage of qualified unix admins. What we do not need is another Jon Katz. One is more than enough.
Heidi,
Here's the deal. Most slashdot users are 19 year old boys. They've learned how to use man, cat and ls, and they think it makes them an expert on everything. They can't help it. The only cure is age, and as boys don't mature as fast a we do, it'll take considerable time.
They also have issues with women. Don't expect to get treated like a human being here. These boys will greet you with hostility or desperate pleas for attention. They don't know how to do anything else.
Look, why are we bothering with ethical discussions on cloning. That's just plain stupid.
All we need to do is scrape the shroud of turin for Jesus' dna, clone him and then ask him what he thinks about it.
Since he is our lord and saviour, he'll be able to give a definitive answer. Admittedly we're screwed if he tells us that cloning is wrong - seeing as how we'd have already done it. But the risk of sending a handful of scientists screaming into hell is worth it. Espescially since most scientists are atheists and will burn in hell anyway.
The potential benefits would be huge. Imagine if the cloned Jesus sid that it wasn't adultery to keep a Mel Gibson clone in the closet for those occasions when you want something from "down under." And we're not talking about the current, old enough to be my grandpa, Mel here either - we're talking the "Mad Max" era, greatest film stud since Brando Mel.
This group has really captured the spirit of the early days of the web. Content nobody wants to see with bandwidth requirements nobody can handle.
Amazing.
It's 1994 again and I'm trying to view a graphics rich page on a 14.4 modem.
Thanks for the nostalgia! --Kara
Another net appliance (sort of) with a web interface for management. What's the point? Any time you see something advertise that it has a web interface, you know that you're about to be confronted with something that lacks all the power of the command line AND lacks all the ease of use of a conventional gui application. These things make my ears steam.
Let's be honest, nobody has even figured out how to make a decent web interface to email, much less system monitoring. Why won't people just give it a rest already and realize that web interfaces, while useful for times when you don't have your laptop, are completely unsuited as a primary interface to any application.
Oh well, at least it's not java. --Kara
Liquid water is a lot easier and safer to obtain than liquid oxygen. We should use it instead. Basically, you use ground based lasers and train them on the bottom of the launch vehicle - this causes the water stored inside to vaporize, providing thrust.
Nasa has done some research on these systems, but I haven't heard anything recently. Have any of you?
You know who you are. Maybe you use Lynx, maybe you haven't got a sound card or maybe real player crashes when you open it. Any way, here's what went on in the video for you:
The clip begins with a head shot of Michael Tiemann Michael: Recently Jim Alchin made some comments about open source, microsoft and innovation. He said open source will suppress innovation. Well I'm here to tell you that the open source movement, which we at Red Hat are proud to be a part of, is constantly innovating. In fact, I'm so innovative, I'm not even wearing pants right now!
Camera slowly zooms out to reveal that Mr. Tiemann is in fact nude from the waist down. He is also obviously excited. And let me tell you something else Mr. Alchin, we know what innovation means. Open source has allowed thousands of volunteers around the world to collaborate on code for the passion of it. Michael grabs his crotch to emphasize the word passion then releases it. Why don't you go check the SpecWeb99 benchmarks Mr. Alchin, you'll notice that our innovative new kernel support for http enables us to blast right past IIS 5.0 on equivalent hardware.
And look at our desktop code, we've got skinning support in every layer of our gui, hows that for innovation you dissapated fuck?
At this point Michael Tiemann abandons all pretense of reasonable discussion and begins howling obscenity at the camera and punctuating it with frequent pelvic thrusts. this continues for about 15 minutes. Over all, I thought the rebuttal was somewhat unprofessional but nevertheless quite compelling. I could watch it again and again and again. Mr. Tiemann may lack self controll, but DAMN - he could run a 3-legged race all by himself.
Ok,
I for one appreciate the irony of the RIAA being threatened with compulsary liscensing, but it's a bit misguided.
Fundamentally the rights of copyright holders must be considered sacred by both the Citizens and the Government.
Sure we all want free music, but are we willing to pay the price of a complete breakdown of the intellectual property system in this country.
Consider this - the GPL is founded on intellectual property law.
Let's take another example - the pharmecutical industry. They too are threatened with compulsory licensing, and like the content industry, we must never allow it to happen. The gain of decreasing the price on some drugs does not match the price of no longer developing new treatments. Similarly, the gain of cheap music and movies does not make up for the destruction of an industry that employs 10's of thousands.
Do we really want to destroy all of this over mp3s?
I hate the MPAA and RIAA as much as the rest of you, but this is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. --Kara
I know the truth. Taco wrote this story and had Hemos post it to the front page. The proof is overwhelming:
Linux is developed in a so-called open-source environment in which the software code generally isn't owned by any one company. That, as well as programs such as music-sharing software from Napster Inc., means the world's largest software maker has to do a better job of talking to policymakers, he said.
There's only 1 person on earth who writes such painfully incoherent prose and his name is Rob Malda.
Linux is the most widely known open-source product, though other programs including the popular Apache system for Web server computers also are developed the same way.
Read this sentence. Then read it again. Either the author learned english as a second language or his name is CmdrTaco.
Allchin said he's concerned that the open-source business model could stifle initiative in the computer industry.
Anyone who's spent more than 3 minutes listening to a Microsoft employee knows that "innovation" is their favorite word, but here's Jim Allchin apparently saying "initiative" instead. Only Taco could make such an error.
He's also a leader in a project develop an open-source file and printer server program.
Leaving out "to", that's vintage Malda.
Linux is the fastest-growing operating system program for running server computers, according to research firm IDC.
Normal, non-Malda writers would have phrased it as "According to IDG, Linux is the fastest growing server operation system."
It never ceases to amaze me how companies that are struggling to turn a profit are willing to spend money on silly lawsuits.
If I was an investor, I'd want to know why Amazon is so intent on giving money to lawyers to protect a buisness model that isn't even making them any money.
Honestly, it's like having a patent on "exfoliating creams for ring tailed lemurs" or something. It may or may not be patentable, but if you can't turn a profit on the invention even with a government enforced monopoly, is it worth patenting? Is the pattent then worth enforcing? Of course not. --Kara
It seems obvious to me that this is the wrong decision.
BruceSpringsteen.com is clearly attempting to profit by people confusing it with an official Bruce Springsteen website.
They are parasites attempting to make money off his name.
I know that a lot of/. readers think domains should be handed out on a first come, first served basis, but there are some legitimate trademark concerns here.
This is just another stupid decision by the WIPO - the only difference is that they sided with the original domain holder this time. --Kara
your name sounds girlish, and your talk is unmanly. please be a girl please I am in fact a woman.
I've linked to the definition on dictionary.com as it seems unlikely that you've ever met one.
Try leaving the house once in a while. --Kara
Finding a partner is not a positive-sum game for instance, and that's about the most important thing there is. *Eyebrows raise*
Not positive sum eh? No wonder you're failing at it.
I call that evolution in action. --Kara
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It's the kiss of death when a traditional UNIX on RISC vendor jumps on the Linux bandwagon. By offering Linux on x86, Sun is now competing against everyone and their dog.
Ah well, it was only a matter of time before they were pushed out of the lower middle range of the market.
Breast implants were made of silicone , not silicon.
I've been feeling up my computer for no good reason?
That's depressing.
--Shoeboy
5 words:
Light emitting silicon breast implants.
Brings a whole new meaning the "check out the headlights on that one."
Sacred mother of god, we're about to give you boys another reason to stare at a woman's chest while talking to her.
Are you single?
If so, are you open to a new relationship?
I'm 5'10, 140lbs with brown hair and blue eyes.
I want to spend the rest of my (eternal) life with someone like you.
--Kara
What makes you think he was uncomfortable with the words he used?
Verbiage is used advisedly is an extremely awkward phrase.
--Kara
--Kara
The world is a palimpsest.
Indeed it is.
Verbiage is used advisedly.
In the book perhaps, but not in the review. Here's a tip, don't use words that you aren't comfortable with in a desperate attempt to appear smart. Just say no.
I understand that pastiche and pretense are par for the course here on slashdot, but you go too far. We can handle 30,000 helpdesk monkeys claiming to be hotshot unix admins - after all, there's a shortage of qualified unix admins. What we do not need is another Jon Katz. One is more than enough.
--Kara
Like my pimp always tells my clients:
"You want some of that ass, you gots to pay for it. I ain't givin' that shit away free, yo."
--Kara
Heidi,
Here's the deal. Most slashdot users are 19 year old boys. They've learned how to use man, cat and ls, and they think it makes them an expert on everything. They can't help it. The only cure is age, and as boys don't mature as fast a we do, it'll take considerable time.
They also have issues with women. Don't expect to get treated like a human being here. These boys will greet you with hostility or desperate pleas for attention. They don't know how to do anything else.
--Kara
Look, why are we bothering with ethical discussions on cloning. That's just plain stupid.
All we need to do is scrape the shroud of turin for Jesus' dna, clone him and then ask him what he thinks about it.
Since he is our lord and saviour, he'll be able to give a definitive answer. Admittedly we're screwed if he tells us that cloning is wrong - seeing as how we'd have already done it. But the risk of sending a handful of scientists screaming into hell is worth it. Espescially since most scientists are atheists and will burn in hell anyway.
The potential benefits would be huge. Imagine if the cloned Jesus sid that it wasn't adultery to keep a Mel Gibson clone in the closet for those occasions when you want something from "down under." And we're not talking about the current, old enough to be my grandpa, Mel here either - we're talking the "Mad Max" era, greatest film stud since Brando Mel.
--Kara
This group has really captured the spirit of the early days of the web. Content nobody wants to see with bandwidth requirements nobody can handle.
Amazing.
It's 1994 again and I'm trying to view a graphics rich page on a 14.4 modem.
Thanks for the nostalgia!
--Kara
He's smart, funny, sexy. Just plain dreamy.
Why can't I find a man like that?
--Kara
Another net appliance (sort of) with a web interface for management. What's the point? Any time you see something advertise that it has a web interface, you know that you're about to be confronted with something that lacks all the power of the command line AND lacks all the ease of use of a conventional gui application. These things make my ears steam.
Let's be honest, nobody has even figured out how to make a decent web interface to email, much less system monitoring. Why won't people just give it a rest already and realize that web interfaces, while useful for times when you don't have your laptop, are completely unsuited as a primary interface to any application.
Oh well, at least it's not java.
--Kara
Liquid water is a lot easier and safer to obtain than liquid oxygen. We should use it instead. Basically, you use ground based lasers and train them on the bottom of the launch vehicle - this causes the water stored inside to vaporize, providing thrust.
Nasa has done some research on these systems, but I haven't heard anything recently. Have any of you?
--Kara
You know who you are. Maybe you use Lynx, maybe you haven't got a sound card or maybe real player crashes when you open it. Any way, here's what went on in the video for you:
The clip begins with a head shot of Michael Tiemann
Michael: Recently Jim Alchin made some comments about open source, microsoft and innovation. He said open source will suppress innovation. Well I'm here to tell you that the open source movement, which we at Red Hat are proud to be a part of, is constantly innovating. In fact, I'm so innovative, I'm not even wearing pants right now!
Camera slowly zooms out to reveal that Mr. Tiemann is in fact nude from the waist down. He is also obviously excited.
And let me tell you something else Mr. Alchin, we know what innovation means. Open source has allowed thousands of volunteers around the world to collaborate on code for the passion of it. Michael grabs his crotch to emphasize the word passion then releases it.
Why don't you go check the SpecWeb99 benchmarks Mr. Alchin, you'll notice that our innovative new kernel support for http enables us to blast right past IIS 5.0 on equivalent hardware.
And look at our desktop code, we've got skinning support in every layer of our gui, hows that for innovation you dissapated fuck?
At this point Michael Tiemann abandons all pretense of reasonable discussion and begins howling obscenity at the camera and punctuating it with frequent pelvic thrusts. this continues for about 15 minutes.
Over all, I thought the rebuttal was somewhat unprofessional but nevertheless quite compelling. I could watch it again and again and again. Mr. Tiemann may lack self controll, but DAMN - he could run a 3-legged race all by himself.
--Kara
Ok,
I for one appreciate the irony of the RIAA being threatened with compulsary liscensing, but it's a bit misguided.
Fundamentally the rights of copyright holders must be considered sacred by both the Citizens and the Government.
Sure we all want free music, but are we willing to pay the price of a complete breakdown of the intellectual property system in this country.
Consider this - the GPL is founded on intellectual property law.
Let's take another example - the pharmecutical industry. They too are threatened with compulsory licensing, and like the content industry, we must never allow it to happen. The gain of decreasing the price on some drugs does not match the price of no longer developing new treatments. Similarly, the gain of cheap music and movies does not make up for the destruction of an industry that employs 10's of thousands.
Do we really want to destroy all of this over mp3s?
I hate the MPAA and RIAA as much as the rest of you, but this is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
--Kara
I know the truth. Taco wrote this story and had Hemos post it to the front page. The proof is overwhelming:
Linux is developed in a so-called open-source environment in which the software code generally isn't owned by any one company. That, as well as programs such as music-sharing software from Napster Inc., means the world's largest software maker has to do a better job of talking to policymakers, he said.
There's only 1 person on earth who writes such painfully incoherent prose and his name is Rob Malda.
Linux is the most widely known open-source product, though other programs including the popular Apache system for Web server computers also are developed the same way.
Read this sentence. Then read it again. Either the author learned english as a second language or his name is CmdrTaco.
Allchin said he's concerned that the open-source business model could stifle initiative in the computer industry.
Anyone who's spent more than 3 minutes listening to a Microsoft employee knows that "innovation" is their favorite word, but here's Jim Allchin apparently saying "initiative" instead. Only Taco could make such an error.
He's also a leader in a project develop an open-source file and printer server program.
Leaving out "to", that's vintage Malda.
Linux is the fastest-growing operating system program for running server computers, according to research firm IDC.
Normal, non-Malda writers would have phrased it as "According to IDG, Linux is the fastest growing server operation system."
Give it up Rob, we're on to your game.
--Kara
It never ceases to amaze me how companies that are struggling to turn a profit are willing to spend money on silly lawsuits.
If I was an investor, I'd want to know why Amazon is so intent on giving money to lawyers to protect a buisness model that isn't even making them any money.
Honestly, it's like having a patent on "exfoliating creams for ring tailed lemurs" or something. It may or may not be patentable, but if you can't turn a profit on the invention even with a government enforced monopoly, is it worth patenting? Is the pattent then worth enforcing? Of course not.
--Kara
It seems obvious to me that this is the wrong decision. /. readers think domains should be handed out on a first come, first served basis, but there are some legitimate trademark concerns here.
BruceSpringsteen.com is clearly attempting to profit by people confusing it with an official Bruce Springsteen website.
They are parasites attempting to make money off his name.
I know that a lot of
This is just another stupid decision by the WIPO - the only difference is that they sided with the original domain holder this time.
--Kara
your name sounds girlish, and your talk is unmanly. please be a girl please
I am in fact a woman.
I've linked to the definition on dictionary.com as it seems unlikely that you've ever met one.
Try leaving the house once in a while.
--Kara
Finding a partner is not a positive-sum game for instance, and that's about the most important thing there is.
*Eyebrows raise*
Not positive sum eh? No wonder you're failing at it.
I call that evolution in action.
--Kara
I was planning on upgrading my imac to linux in a few months when I've learned more about it.
Why would they abandon such an cute little platform?
--Kara