(Thanks to dictionary.com) free adj. freer, freest
1. Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.
2. Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.
3.
1. Having political independence: "America... is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world" (Rudolph W. Giuliani).
2. Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.
3. Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.
4.
1. Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.
2. Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.
5. Not subject to external restraint: "Comment is free but facts are sacred" (Charles Prestwich Scott).
6. Not literal or exact: a free translation.
7.
1. Costing nothing; gratuitous: a free meal.
2. Publicly supported: free education.
8.
1. Not occupied or used: a free locker.
2. Not taken up by scheduled activities: free time between classes.
9. Unobstructed; clear: a free lane.
10. Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank.
11. Taking undue liberties; forward or overfamiliar.
12. Liberal or lavish: tourists who are free with their money.
13. Given, made, or done of one's own accord; voluntary or spontaneous: a free act of the will; free choices.
14. Chemistry & Physics.
1. Unconstrained; unconfined: free expansion.
2. Not fixed in position; capable of relatively unrestricted motion: a free electron.
3. Not chemically bound in a molecule: free oxygen.
4. Involving no collisions or interactions: a free path.
5. Empty: a free space.
6. Unoccupied: a free energy level.
15. Nautical. Favorable: a free wind.
16. Not bound, fastened, or attached: the free end of a chain.
17. Linguistics.
1. Being a form, especially a morpheme, that can stand as an independent word, such as boat or bring.
2. Being a vowel in an open syllable, as the o in go.
adv.
1. In a free manner; without restraint.
2. Without charge.
It's disgusting that they can do this, particulary at such personal expense. Sadly, Chip has dug his own grave, I don't know much about US emplyment law, but I don't think whistle bower type protection will be any good, as he approached the company first, and not the authorities who are now chastising him.
Working for an ethically dubious employer is tough, say something, and they'll throw the book of selective dismissal conditions at you, say nothing, and, well, like myself, sometimes the roof over your head is worth keeping whilst you seek employment elsewhere.
Living in the UK, I'm able to distinguish between what is actually said, and what will be done. As with most things over here, it's all good and well in theory. The rollout of Broadband in the UK has been a sham, and the government has done little to help, despite its claims of a "broadband Britain". For such a small (Geographically) country, this should of been a doddle, but the soon to be out-dated technology is what we're sticking to. I reckon it'll be 2005 before wireless access is made commercially available (in already serviced areas), let alone implemented and running. The fact is, rural areas in the UK are too rural to make them profitable to BT. No profit to BT, no broadband.
my girlfriends kid complains cos the laptop in his bedroom wont run Return to Castle Wolfenstien as fast as my machine. I distinctly remember a similar complaint when I first tried to run the original Wolfenstien on my firt PC!
A commodore+4, I think (correct me if I'm wrong please), this was released in the states as the vic 20. The plus 4 reffered to the MASSIVE 4Kb of extra RAM, this made it ideal for "Business Applications". It's currently in a loft in Scotland in my mothers house, but still works with the original tape deck and everything! ...Sorry, got carried away.... god I miss her.(the Commodore, not my mother!)
Obviously a marketing drone
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Surely nobody but a Marketing drone would have this much time to flirt away at work... except me, but that's different.
A little common sense and it's safe to assume commercial is in reference to the price tag!
This is of little surprise, as commercial programmers are all to often not made accountable for their work(Yes I know this isn't always, it gets hidden away in millions of other lines, so sloppy code is inevitable. Open source promotes peer review, so when you submit something, there's a bit of pride being put on the table too.
This is already happening, I've only just started using Linux again after about 18 months sticking to Windows. It was a consious decision, not because I could't keep my home network running, but because with the tools at the time, I couldn't be bothered. I missed the old girl, and thankfully I've come back to find that things are MUCH better now for the desktop/tinkering user.
I aint reading it again, I wasn't overly impressed the first time;)
I'm talking about the general public, geeky or otherwise. People wishing to become programmers will have to go a damn sight further than using this. But that is not to say that this isn't a good start. Hence, this is a great toy, and, but how many people can justify having one? As cool as I think it is, I probabally wont be going out of my way to get it. As far as scrotum grabbingly georgous toys so, this has to be quite high up there. But the vast majority of people, as much as they love the idea, won't bother. And if this thing ever makes it onto the high street, I'll take it all back, and you can gloat and feel smug;)
As cool as this is, I fail to see it providing any significant advantages. Most people will stick with their trusty desktop and not bother forking out. I on the other hand, am due for a pay rise soon.....
Despite most Slashdot posters negative response to this, I for one shall jump on Mr. Scott's bandwagon, and buy it.
It's a great story, retold...again. But a great story non the less.
Well, I have to say I'm relieved. At the same time though, would it not be interesting to see what a Corporation like that would do with an existing Linux distro.
They should stick to convention in this case.
one thing that makes me nervous though, the quote
"optimized for Windows XP Home and Professional OSs".
Could prove ugly in the not too distant future?
Absolutly! Even after season 3, it began to dwindle into a poor shadow of itself. Shame, really, they had such a good thing going, now, it'll go down in history as, 'Just another Sci-Fi series'
Slashdot Mirror
Germany stealing Blizzard IP or the other way round?
I think the fun was taken out it by service management types. Report churning extension of sales.
(Thanks to dictionary.com)
free
adj. freer, freest
1. Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.
2. Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.
3.
1. Having political independence: "America... is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world" (Rudolph W. Giuliani).
2. Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.
3. Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.
4.
1. Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.
2. Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.
5. Not subject to external restraint: "Comment is free but facts are sacred" (Charles Prestwich Scott).
6. Not literal or exact: a free translation.
7.
1. Costing nothing; gratuitous: a free meal.
2. Publicly supported: free education.
8.
1. Not occupied or used: a free locker.
2. Not taken up by scheduled activities: free time between classes.
9. Unobstructed; clear: a free lane.
10. Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank.
11. Taking undue liberties; forward or overfamiliar.
12. Liberal or lavish: tourists who are free with their money.
13. Given, made, or done of one's own accord; voluntary or spontaneous: a free act of the will; free choices.
14. Chemistry & Physics.
1. Unconstrained; unconfined: free expansion.
2. Not fixed in position; capable of relatively unrestricted motion: a free electron.
3. Not chemically bound in a molecule: free oxygen.
4. Involving no collisions or interactions: a free path.
5. Empty: a free space.
6. Unoccupied: a free energy level.
15. Nautical. Favorable: a free wind.
16. Not bound, fastened, or attached: the free end of a chain.
17. Linguistics.
1. Being a form, especially a morpheme, that can stand as an independent word, such as boat or bring.
2. Being a vowel in an open syllable, as the o in go.
adv.
1. In a free manner; without restraint.
2. Without charge.
It's disgusting that they can do this, particulary at such personal expense. Sadly, Chip has dug his own grave, I don't know much about US emplyment law, but I don't think whistle bower type protection will be any good, as he approached the company first, and not the authorities who are now chastising him. Working for an ethically dubious employer is tough, say something, and they'll throw the book of selective dismissal conditions at you, say nothing, and, well, like myself, sometimes the roof over your head is worth keeping whilst you seek employment elsewhere.
How would I get the shebang line up using predictive text input?
Dude are you sick that BSD chick looks about 14 years old!
Living in the UK, I'm able to distinguish between what is actually said, and what will be done. As with most things over here, it's all good and well in theory. The rollout of Broadband in the UK has been a sham, and the government has done little to help, despite its claims of a "broadband Britain". For such a small (Geographically) country, this should of been a doddle, but the soon to be out-dated technology is what we're sticking to. I reckon it'll be 2005 before wireless access is made commercially available (in already serviced areas), let alone implemented and running. The fact is, rural areas in the UK are too rural to make them profitable to BT. No profit to BT, no broadband.
my girlfriends kid complains cos the laptop in his bedroom wont run Return to Castle Wolfenstien as fast as my machine. I distinctly remember a similar complaint when I first tried to run the original Wolfenstien on my firt PC!
"primitive"
"It was never a success"
That really hurt you know...
A commodore+4, I think (correct me if I'm wrong please), this was released in the states as the vic 20. The plus 4 reffered to the MASSIVE 4Kb of extra RAM, this made it ideal for "Business Applications". It's currently in a loft in Scotland in my mothers house, but still works with the original tape deck and everything!
...Sorry, got carried away.... god I miss her.(the Commodore, not my mother!)
Surely nobody but a Marketing drone would have this much time to flirt away at work... except me, but that's different.
A little common sense and it's safe to assume commercial is in reference to the price tag! This is of little surprise, as commercial programmers are all to often not made accountable for their work(Yes I know this isn't always, it gets hidden away in millions of other lines, so sloppy code is inevitable. Open source promotes peer review, so when you submit something, there's a bit of pride being put on the table too.
This is already happening, I've only just started using Linux again after about 18 months sticking to Windows. It was a consious decision, not because I could't keep my home network running, but because with the tools at the time, I couldn't be bothered. I missed the old girl, and thankfully I've come back to find that things are MUCH better now for the desktop/tinkering user.
I aint reading it again, I wasn't overly impressed the first time ;)
;)
I'm talking about the general public, geeky or otherwise. People wishing to become programmers will have to go a damn sight further than using this. But that is not to say that this isn't a good start.
Hence, this is a great toy, and, but how many people can justify having one? As cool as I think it is, I probabally wont be going out of my way to get it. As far as scrotum grabbingly georgous toys so, this has to be quite high up there. But the vast majority of people, as much as they love the idea, won't bother.
And if this thing ever makes it onto the high street, I'll take it all back, and you can gloat and feel smug
As cool as this is, I fail to see it providing any significant advantages. Most people will stick with their trusty desktop and not bother forking out. I on the other hand, am due for a pay rise soon.....
Despite most Slashdot posters negative response to this, I for one shall jump on Mr. Scott's bandwagon, and buy it. It's a great story, retold...again. But a great story non the less.
Well, I have to say I'm relieved. At the same time though, would it not be interesting to see what a Corporation like that would do with an existing Linux distro.
They should stick to convention in this case.
one thing that makes me nervous though, the quote
"optimized for Windows XP Home and Professional OSs".
Could prove ugly in the not too distant future?
Yes this type of tool is a good thing, as long as alternatives exist, that's the point of using Linux isn't it?
Absolutly! Even after season 3, it began to dwindle into a poor shadow of itself. Shame, really, they had such a good thing going, now, it'll go down in history as, 'Just another Sci-Fi series'