Mr. McBride has confirmed that he actually wrote the entire linux kernel himself. That damn Linus kid broke into his house, kicked his dog, and stole it. Everyone should promptly remove Linux from their computers, send McBride his royality check and a handwritten appology and get well card for his dog, and then goto your local computer store and purchase a new copy of Windows XP Home
This could be a very good opportunity for techs to take over California. In the last major election (presidential 2000) approximately 11 million California residents (http://www.gwu.edu/~action/states/ca.htm) voted, if those types of numbers hold up, a relatively small percentage of the population could control the destiny of the state. With almost 200 candidates in the race, the winner of the vote (assuming people decide to recall Davis) will probably be elected with a small number of votes (30% may be enough to win). So with roughly 3e6 votes, anyone could become governor. If Slashdot and other tech crowds could make enough noise about a single candidate that cares about tech issues, they very well could be able to swing the election.
That would be all fine and dandy, if everyone had an ton of money and the only choices were about which pretty color to get, but if im going to spend a considerable amout of money on something, I would like to have a way to compare my options and make an informed decision. There has to be a way to compare.
Ive never understood why if something becomes popular and everyone uses its name (illegally) it becomes public property. So i guess if you want to use something's name, just say it a bunch and your all set.
Sharing of music is not an out of control problem. I think it has minimal to no effect on the RIAA or the artists. I have a ton of MP3s that I definatly would not have gone to the store and paid for, therefore since i would not have purchased the music, they are not loosing any money by me having the music without purchasing it. By being able to obtain music free I can then go out and purchase a CD if I like it and support the band (radio is the same way). So for myself and many of my friends, being able to obtain music for free has led to purchasing more CDs than I usually would have.
Good, we dont need them. I graduated about 6 months ago and there were a lot of people who got into CS or Computer engineering for the money. They had no desire to tinker or just screw around with their computers. If you cant add a stick of RAM and dont know why your AOL crashes all the time, you probably shouldnt be here. Go be an English major.
Its not like this guy is going to be in a comma for the next 20 years. He will be around to see the changes in hardware and software and be able to convert whatever digital format he uses to a new technology before all traces our ancient 2003 technology is gone forever.
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Mr. McBride has confirmed that he actually wrote the entire linux kernel himself. That damn Linus kid broke into his house, kicked his dog, and stole it.
Everyone should promptly remove Linux from their computers, send McBride his royality check and a handwritten appology and get well card for his dog, and then goto your local computer store and purchase a new copy of Windows XP Home
Latest count was 193, i would consider that almost 200 (3.5% off is close enought for most stuff).
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This could be a very good opportunity for techs to take over California. In the last major election (presidential 2000) approximately 11 million California residents (http://www.gwu.edu/~action/states/ca.htm) voted, if those types of numbers hold up, a relatively small percentage of the population could control the destiny of the state. With almost 200 candidates in the race, the winner of the vote (assuming people decide to recall Davis) will probably be elected with a small number of votes (30% may be enough to win). So with roughly 3e6 votes, anyone could become governor. If Slashdot and other tech crowds could make enough noise about a single candidate that cares about tech issues, they very well could be able to swing the election.
Im sure you could find pleanty of lawyers who would jump at the oppertunity to countersue the RIAA for little or no cost to you.
If they start winning, they will come for everyone.
That would be all fine and dandy, if everyone had an ton of money and the only choices were about which pretty color to get, but if im going to spend a considerable amout of money on something, I would like to have a way to compare my options and make an informed decision. There has to be a way to compare.
Ive never understood why if something becomes popular and everyone uses its name (illegally) it becomes public property. So i guess if you want to use something's name, just say it a bunch and your all set.
Sharing of music is not an out of control problem. I think it has minimal to no effect on the RIAA or the artists. I have a ton of MP3s that I definatly would not have gone to the store and paid for, therefore since i would not have purchased the music, they are not loosing any money by me having the music without purchasing it. By being able to obtain music free I can then go out and purchase a CD if I like it and support the band (radio is the same way). So for myself and many of my friends, being able to obtain music for free has led to purchasing more CDs than I usually would have.
Good, we dont need them. I graduated about 6 months ago and there were a lot of people who got into CS or Computer engineering for the money. They had no desire to tinker or just screw around with their computers. If you cant add a stick of RAM and dont know why your AOL crashes all the time, you probably shouldnt be here. Go be an English major.
Its not like this guy is going to be in a comma for the next 20 years. He will be around to see the changes in hardware and software and be able to convert whatever digital format he uses to a new technology before all traces our ancient 2003 technology is gone forever.