Second, the election was close enough to require a recount under Florida law. When George W. Bush's lead soon slipped to 327 votes, Republican field leader James A. Baker III repeatedly urged an end to the stalemate, asserting that "the vote in Florida has been counted and the vote in Florida has been recounted." In fact, 18 of the state's 67 counties never recounted the ballots at all. They simply checked their original results. To this day, more than 1.58 million votes have not been counted a second time.
This is all good and what not, until you realize that the standard of error for a voting machine is the *same* as that of the gallop poll - around 4%. In an election that close, 1/2 of the time when you count votes, Bush wins. The other 1/2, Gore wins. Hence, they could count votes for the next 4 years and consistently come up with different answers. Voting booths are accurate, not precise.
And precision is something we need to include into our voting system. HI Mom!
Except those darn birds don't fly so freaking fast!
Seriously, though, stealth aircraft are designed to be stealthy against 1 type of radar station - a station where send and recieve occur at the same location. It is well known that separate send/recieve locations can reveal stealth aircraft, but there is a logistical problem when you shoot the send wave straight up.
Plus, the stealth on the craft will still work against missiles and other plane radar. HI Mom!
This same thing happened a while back with the term "nigger". It's very offensive, very hurtful (much more so than "fuck"),...
I'm sorry, but that is just a bunch of bullcrap. Nigger isn't an offensive word without context - and even then those offended tend to blow it out of proportion. If nigger was truly so damn offensive, then the entire black community would be up in arms about most of the gansta rap where nigger is used in almost every verse. And guess what? They aren't.
The fact of the matter is this - nigger isn't an offensive word unless context is considered. This goes for all words.
I'm so tired of living in the United States of the Offended. Build a fucking bridge and get over it.
It's as if this country has forgotten a childhood rhyme - "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me."
I'm sure the moderators will have a field day with this comment, but sometimes, you've gotta get up on your soapbox and slap some sense into people.
After all, after pr0n, mp3s, DivX DVD rips, and a shitload of anime, my 75GB IBM drive doesn't cut it any more.
Hell, just my mp3s consume not 1 but 2 60 GB drives. I'm now on a 40 GB hd because it's empty.
I'm selling my 200 disc CD changer because mp3s (encoded with lame -b 256 -h -ms -p)[1] sound as good and are much much more accessible than my extensive CD collection.
As far as these CD-R/DVD/Etc - IDE HDs are the cheapest option right now. Hell, you can get an 80 GB HD for 200 bucks. If you've got to back up that much data, just grab a couple of those and back it up, then place the disks back in their static-proof bag, and stick them on the shelf. I guess tape might still be cheaper, but if your pressed for space and/or speed - the IDE drive is the new standard.
[1] Don't bitch about how that's too much space. HDs are cheap and I know that mp3s at that setting are of a higher quality than my ear can distinguish. So:p.
Since the PS/2 is a loss-leader in the hardware dept (the money is made on games) - I'm all for giving it basic internet functionality. Give me a wireless keyboard and mouse, an internet enabled PS/2, and a nice 50 inch HDTV, and I'll be cooking with grease!
That's what these companies realize. HDTV has monitor-like resolutions. And hell, why should I spend 2k for a 24 inch LCD (price pulled outta my ass - with left hand) when I can spend the same amount for a nice 50 inch 16:9 HDTV that will show me DVDs *and* be my computer monitor.
Hell, I could watch the National Kickball Tournament[1] on 1/2 of the screen and surf on the second 1/2. I'd be happier than pigs in mud.
[1] When was the last time you used "Kickball" in a sentence?
What is wrong with Microsoft attempting to compete on the desktop they created?
NOTHING.
That is the nature of competition. These aftermarket software companies - like Netscape, Real, AOL, etc - are just that. Aftermarket. If MS incorporates programs into their OS - so freaking what? It's their OS - and their desktop. The aftermarket has just changed. Now, browsers are all free, or IM clients, or audio applications - there's an aftermarket for a different product.
It's that simple.
Now, if these companies want to survive, they need to work on making their products compatible with a cross-OS open standard so anyone can use their programs.
It boils down to the fact that if these companies want their software to survive, they've got to uncouple it from Windows dependencies, because MS can and should expand into those areas.
And if you were to investigate the options, you'd stop using a QWERTY keyboard immediately, because the RSI is caused by non-home-row stretching.
I'm actually surprised that a lawyer hasn't won a large class-action using OSHA laws - since the DVORAK keyboard has been proven to be a safer keyboard to use over the long term.
Adding.whatever won't help, because the system was intitially designed when the internet was relatively small *and* largely corporate free. The TLDs had meanings -.net,.org,.com,.edu,.gov. It's pretty simple to see what those things mean.
Then, the internet went global. Now you have every company on the face of the globe competing for the same name in the.com domain - because companies are allowed to have the same name in the real world as long as they are different types of business. This doesn't work with the current TLD system.
To further compound the problem, companies in the same business are allowed to have the same name, provided they don't overlap regions. Restaraunts are a classic example of this. How many differrent cities have a "Grandma's Restaraunt" or "Mom's Kitchen", when none of them are related? So who gets mom.com?
First come, first serve makes sense initially, but the problem is easy to see, and easy to see blow up - which is what happened - when it goes global.
The TLD system needs to be completely revamped to have several different manners of identifying the same business.
1) There should be a geographical notation TLD - sort of a business.city.state/province.country
Ex: momskitchen.newyork.newyork.us and momskitchen.neworleans.louisianna.us
People will adjust to the difference in nomenclature - and it isn't all that complicated. However, this system presents a problem for large multinationals. So, we need to address this. Perhaps a.mtl domain would work for them.
2) We need to have a business type TLD system - so that Bob's Car Market and Bob's soul kitchen and Bob's spandex emporium all can have a reasonable web address. So businessname.businesstype.country might work for them.
This is the type of stuff that is going to need to be done to fix this problem. It's going to need to be totally revamped in a manner similar to what I have above.
Then, when changing over, give businesses 1 year to grab their web address (since they can no longer claim ignorance to the net) and then put them up for grabs.
What an extremely naive view of things. The handling of data by the government is much much more complex than how a microphone works, and besides, if you purchase a microphone, it is legal to take the damn thing apart and figure out how it works. You analogy, though horrid, actually works against your case.
If a corporation/company/spy agency places a "bug"[1] in a microphone, the microphone is working beyond its described task - it's duplicating the information presented to the device in a subtle manner and transmitting it elsewhere. However, the owner of the microphone has the right to examine his microphone and remove any "bugs", if found. The same goes for software.
Making matters worse, the government's primary job is to manage information about identity and ownership. The government knows that you and you alone have claim to item X because it knows that you exist, you are whom you claim you are, and that you've legally obtained item X. This information exists to protect your rights when someone else lays a fraudulent claim on either your identity or your property.
Now, realizing that this is perhaps the ultimate function of government, do you want your identity and property information being sent to any corporation whose software is used to manage this data?
The only sensible answer is "No"
[1] Used here as an electronic transmission device
This isn't forcing private citizens or corporations to use open-source software - just the government.
Read the law. It applies to the government only, and why shouldn't a free society be allowed to monitor each and everything that their government does? That's what this law is stating. The citizens have a right to see what their government is doing with software.
I would argue that in order to have a free government, then one must be able to examine everything the government does. This includes software. Note that the law does not state the programs must be free beer, but only free speech.
This law is very well written - with good intent behind it.
This law basically states that if the government or government owned institutions are to use software, it must be examinable by the people of that country. What a wonderful idea - one that most Americans are familiar with.
We are allowed to observe almost all areas of government, comment upon it, and change it as needed. I'm glad that at least some governments realize that this should apply to software as well.
I wonder if there is a similar push here in the U.S., or should we start a grass roots campaign?
To the submitter with the 60 Hz hum - the solution is at Radio Shack (You have questions, we have blank stares.).
March in there with 15 bucks per RCA cable you want the hum removed from and purchase "ground loop isolators". It'll be a small round transistor with RCA jacks on each side. 60 HZ hum begone.
The sad thing is that the local movie theater (Hollywood in Mobile, AL) has a 60 Hz hum in every one of its brand new statium theaters. I'm sure Sony would be glad to know their new state-of-the-art theater sound is being ruined by some rednecks in Alabama. I personally avoid the theater because for 7 bucks a pop, there really shouldn't be a 60hz hum in the theater.
Industries can and do make money on services alone. What do you think Health Care is?
The information about how your body works and how to fix it are publicly available. Physicians make their money because they offer a service - they keep up with modern medicine and recommend healthy courses of action for you - based upon a price. If you have the time to do your own research (which most people don't), then you can figure out what is wrong with you and what you need to do about it. Health Care is a service industry, and it does quite fine.
Don't argue that the little bit of hardware used by most physicians eliminates them from the service industry. Overall, it is a minor portion of their duties.
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Microsoft should be feared and despised!
After taking the time to read the Microsoft Passport Web Site Terms of Use and Notices I have had a belly full of them. The potential damage they can do with this license is staggering. I encourage everyone to take the time to read it, particularly the section entitled "LICENSE TO MICROSOFT". If you've ever had any doubts about the nature of that company reading that section should put them to rest for good and all!
I don't know how many times I've heard Microsoft described as "evil" by Linux zealots and open source supporters (which I am both) and thought, "They're losing it... Microsoft is just a company!" but now I'm forced to agree with them. This license is heinous, and more, it's frightening because I know that some people won't read it and will lose the rights to their own data/content without knowing. Add that to the fact that the license is clearly attempting to gain the rights to *ALL CONTENT WHICH PASSES OVER ANY SERVICE THEY PROVIDE*. For example... this article could be copied by someone and sent to someone else who uses the hotmail email service. According to the license Microsoft would then own the rights to this article! Unbelieveable you say? Go read it and see for yourself.
Most of the time when confronted with things like this I may rage for a while but I usually conclude that there is little that I can do to cause the policy to change so why bother doing anything at all but not this time!
Effective with this posting the following blocks are in place against email inbound to MoonGroup.com or any of it's domains. If you truly understand what their license means you will do the same on your mail server.
msn.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
msn.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
microsoft.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
microsoft.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
hotmail.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
hotmail.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
As this is clearly a pre-cursor of what Microsoft's.Net initative is all about I will be watching very closely to see where it goes. I had thought that SOAP might be something very useful which would help to open them up a bit but after reading this license it's clear to me that all that.Net and Hailstorm are going to be is just another sad example of "embrace and extend".
I fear them for what they are doing! I despise them for doing it!
Good luck to all of us... we're going to need it!
Here are some related links:
The Register.COM article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18002.html
Troubleshooters.COM new copyright and other articles: http://www.troubleshooters.com/cpyright.htm http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/2001 04.htm#_new_copyright http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/2001 04.htm#_three_articles
LEAP Thread (first article in thread): http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/leaplist/2001-A pril/011248.html
By Chuck Mead on Monday April 02 2001 @ 11:55PM EDT
I think it's a great idea, if you can still download it for free, and they aren't violating any of the licenses of their software.
Personally, I've contributed money to the Debian project by donating a few dollars whenever I purchased ISO cds from linuxcentral.com. Unfortunately, I now have cable, and I don't need to use linuxcentral any more.
I think more distros should have donation pages off of their main site - which would allow a user to donate some money for each ISO. I'm not sure that I could afford 15 bucks per distribution release (some are 3 a year) but I would happily fork over a few dollars here and there to help pay for the bandwidth and storage costs that allow me to access and download the isos.
Personally, I think that a few more distros are going to do this. Mandrakesoft has just released MandrakeFreq - a semi-regular update of the ISO with latest packages, and several people wanted to donate some money to the cause.
I, however, would not donate money to a distro that didn't allow others to still access the isos for free.
Today, Palm announced that they were introducing a new model. Breaking with their current naming traditions, they decided to call the new model "Bono".
Slashdot Mirror
Second, the election was close enough to require a recount under Florida law. When George W. Bush's lead soon slipped to 327 votes, Republican field leader James A. Baker III repeatedly urged an end to the stalemate, asserting that "the vote in Florida has been counted and the vote in Florida has been recounted." In fact, 18 of the state's 67 counties never recounted the ballots at all. They simply checked their original results. To this day, more than 1.58 million votes have not been counted a second time.
This is all good and what not, until you realize that the standard of error for a voting machine is the *same* as that of the gallop poll - around 4%. In an election that close, 1/2 of the time when you count votes, Bush wins. The other 1/2, Gore wins. Hence, they could count votes for the next 4 years and consistently come up with different answers. Voting booths are accurate, not precise.
And precision is something we need to include into our voting system.
HI Mom!
Except those darn birds don't fly so freaking fast!
Seriously, though, stealth aircraft are designed to be stealthy against 1 type of radar station - a station where send and recieve occur at the same location. It is well known that separate send/recieve locations can reveal stealth aircraft, but there is a logistical problem when you shoot the send wave straight up.
Plus, the stealth on the craft will still work against missiles and other plane radar.
HI Mom!
Man, I've never seen one bit of cleavage while playing Netrek.
HI Mom!
This same thing happened a while back with the term "nigger". It's very offensive, very hurtful (much more so than "fuck"), ...
I'm sorry, but that is just a bunch of bullcrap. Nigger isn't an offensive word without context - and even then those offended tend to blow it out of proportion. If nigger was truly so damn offensive, then the entire black community would be up in arms about most of the gansta rap where nigger is used in almost every verse. And guess what? They aren't.
The fact of the matter is this - nigger isn't an offensive word unless context is considered. This goes for all words.
I'm so tired of living in the United States of the Offended. Build a fucking bridge and get over it.
It's as if this country has forgotten a childhood rhyme - "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me."
I'm sure the moderators will have a field day with this comment, but sometimes, you've gotta get up on your soapbox and slap some sense into people.
HI Mom!
A running joke is that a shuttle is considered ready for launch once the stack of paperwork stands as high as the rocket
And that, my friends, is where the FBI happened to find the lost McVeigh documents.
HI Mom!
After all, after pr0n, mp3s, DivX DVD rips, and a shitload of anime, my 75GB IBM drive doesn't cut it any more.
:p.
Hell, just my mp3s consume not 1 but 2 60 GB drives. I'm now on a 40 GB hd because it's empty.
I'm selling my 200 disc CD changer because mp3s (encoded with lame -b 256 -h -ms -p)[1] sound as good and are much much more accessible than my extensive CD collection.
As far as these CD-R/DVD/Etc - IDE HDs are the cheapest option right now. Hell, you can get an 80 GB HD for 200 bucks. If you've got to back up that much data, just grab a couple of those and back it up, then place the disks back in their static-proof bag, and stick them on the shelf. I guess tape might still be cheaper, but if your pressed for space and/or speed - the IDE drive is the new standard.
[1] Don't bitch about how that's too much space. HDs are cheap and I know that mp3s at that setting are of a higher quality than my ear can distinguish. So
HI Mom!
Since the PS/2 is a loss-leader in the hardware dept (the money is made on games) - I'm all for giving it basic internet functionality. Give me a wireless keyboard and mouse, an internet enabled PS/2, and a nice 50 inch HDTV, and I'll be cooking with grease!
That's what these companies realize. HDTV has monitor-like resolutions. And hell, why should I spend 2k for a 24 inch LCD (price pulled outta my ass - with left hand) when I can spend the same amount for a nice 50 inch 16:9 HDTV that will show me DVDs *and* be my computer monitor.
Hell, I could watch the National Kickball Tournament[1] on 1/2 of the screen and surf on the second 1/2. I'd be happier than pigs in mud.
[1] When was the last time you used "Kickball" in a sentence?
HI Mom!
What is wrong with Microsoft attempting to compete on the desktop they created?
NOTHING.
That is the nature of competition. These aftermarket software companies - like Netscape, Real, AOL, etc - are just that. Aftermarket. If MS incorporates programs into their OS - so freaking what? It's their OS - and their desktop. The aftermarket has just changed. Now, browsers are all free, or IM clients, or audio applications - there's an aftermarket for a different product.
It's that simple.
Now, if these companies want to survive, they need to work on making their products compatible with a cross-OS open standard so anyone can use their programs.
It boils down to the fact that if these companies want their software to survive, they've got to uncouple it from Windows dependencies, because MS can and should expand into those areas.
That's competition, my friends.
HI Mom!
Man,
I loved that game. Bring it back with super-duper graphics, and the world is yours.
HI Mom!
And if you were to investigate the options, you'd stop using a QWERTY keyboard immediately, because the RSI is caused by non-home-row stretching.
I'm actually surprised that a lawyer hasn't won a large class-action using OSHA laws - since the DVORAK keyboard has been proven to be a safer keyboard to use over the long term.
The whole TLD system needs to be fixed - period.
.whatever won't help, because the system was intitially designed when the internet was relatively small *and* largely corporate free. The TLDs had meanings - .net, .org, .com, .edu, .gov. It's pretty simple to see what those things mean.
.com domain - because companies are allowed to have the same name in the real world as long as they are different types of business. This doesn't work with the current TLD system.
.mtl domain would work for them.
Adding
Then, the internet went global. Now you have every company on the face of the globe competing for the same name in the
To further compound the problem, companies in the same business are allowed to have the same name, provided they don't overlap regions. Restaraunts are a classic example of this. How many differrent cities have a "Grandma's Restaraunt" or "Mom's Kitchen", when none of them are related? So who gets mom.com?
First come, first serve makes sense initially, but the problem is easy to see, and easy to see blow up - which is what happened - when it goes global.
The TLD system needs to be completely revamped to have several different manners of identifying the same business.
1) There should be a geographical notation TLD - sort of a business.city.state/province.country
Ex: momskitchen.newyork.newyork.us and momskitchen.neworleans.louisianna.us
People will adjust to the difference in nomenclature - and it isn't all that complicated. However, this system presents a problem for large multinationals. So, we need to address this. Perhaps a
2) We need to have a business type TLD system - so that Bob's Car Market and Bob's soul kitchen and Bob's spandex emporium all can have a reasonable web address. So businessname.businesstype.country might work for them.
This is the type of stuff that is going to need to be done to fix this problem. It's going to need to be totally revamped in a manner similar to what I have above.
Then, when changing over, give businesses 1 year to grab their web address (since they can no longer claim ignorance to the net) and then put them up for grabs.
What an extremely naive view of things. The handling of data by the government is much much more complex than how a microphone works, and besides, if you purchase a microphone, it is legal to take the damn thing apart and figure out how it works. You analogy, though horrid, actually works against your case.
If a corporation/company/spy agency places a "bug"[1] in a microphone, the microphone is working beyond its described task - it's duplicating the information presented to the device in a subtle manner and transmitting it elsewhere. However, the owner of the microphone has the right to examine his microphone and remove any "bugs", if found. The same goes for software.
Making matters worse, the government's primary job is to manage information about identity and ownership. The government knows that you and you alone have claim to item X because it knows that you exist, you are whom you claim you are, and that you've legally obtained item X. This information exists to protect your rights when someone else lays a fraudulent claim on either your identity or your property.
Now, realizing that this is perhaps the ultimate function of government, do you want your identity and property information being sent to any corporation whose software is used to manage this data?
The only sensible answer is "No"
[1] Used here as an electronic transmission device
This isn't forcing private citizens or corporations to use open-source software - just the government.
Read the law. It applies to the government only, and why shouldn't a free society be allowed to monitor each and everything that their government does? That's what this law is stating. The citizens have a right to see what their government is doing with software.
This is a *good* thing.
I would argue that in order to have a free government, then one must be able to examine everything the government does. This includes software. Note that the law does not state the programs must be free beer, but only free speech.
This law is very well written - with good intent behind it.
This law basically states that if the government or government owned institutions are to use software, it must be examinable by the people of that country. What a wonderful idea - one that most Americans are familiar with.
We are allowed to observe almost all areas of government, comment upon it, and change it as needed. I'm glad that at least some governments realize that this should apply to software as well.
I wonder if there is a similar push here in the U.S., or should we start a grass roots campaign?
To the submitter with the 60 Hz hum - the solution is at Radio Shack (You have questions, we have blank stares.).
March in there with 15 bucks per RCA cable you want the hum removed from and purchase "ground loop isolators". It'll be a small round transistor with RCA jacks on each side. 60 HZ hum begone.
The sad thing is that the local movie theater (Hollywood in Mobile, AL) has a 60 Hz hum in every one of its brand new statium theaters. I'm sure Sony would be glad to know their new state-of-the-art theater sound is being ruined by some rednecks in Alabama. I personally avoid the theater because for 7 bucks a pop, there really shouldn't be a 60hz hum in the theater.
You don't understand the service industry.
Industries can and do make money on services alone. What do you think Health Care is?
The information about how your body works and how to fix it are publicly available. Physicians make their money because they offer a service - they keep up with modern medicine and recommend healthy courses of action for you - based upon a price. If you have the time to do your own research (which most people don't), then you can figure out what is wrong with you and what you need to do about it. Health Care is a service industry, and it does quite fine.
Don't argue that the little bit of hardware used by most physicians eliminates them from the service industry. Overall, it is a minor portion of their duties.
Here is the way to protest this.
.Net initative is all about I will be watching very closely to see where it goes. I had thought that SOAP might be something very useful which would help to open them up a bit but after reading this license it's clear to me that all that .Net and Hailstorm are going to be is just another sad example of "embrace and extend".
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Copied below (because black text on black background doesn't work - at least in Konqueror)....
Microsoft should be feared and despised!
After taking the time to read the Microsoft Passport Web Site Terms of Use and Notices I have had a belly full of them. The potential damage they can do with this license is staggering. I encourage everyone to take the time to read it, particularly the section entitled "LICENSE TO MICROSOFT". If you've ever had any doubts about the nature of that company reading that section should put them to rest for good and all!
I don't know how many times I've heard Microsoft described as "evil" by Linux zealots and open source supporters (which I am both) and thought, "They're losing it... Microsoft is just a company!" but now I'm forced to agree with them. This license is heinous, and more, it's frightening because I know that some people won't read it and will lose the rights to their own data/content without knowing. Add that to the fact that the license is clearly attempting to gain the rights to *ALL CONTENT WHICH PASSES OVER ANY SERVICE THEY PROVIDE*. For example... this article could be copied by someone and sent to someone else who uses the hotmail email service. According to the license Microsoft would then own the rights to this article! Unbelieveable you say? Go read it and see for yourself.
Most of the time when confronted with things like this I may rage for a while but I usually conclude that there is little that I can do to cause the policy to change so why bother doing anything at all but not this time!
Effective with this posting the following blocks are in place against email inbound to MoonGroup.com or any of it's domains. If you truly understand what their license means you will do the same on your mail server.
msn.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
msn.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
microsoft.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
microsoft.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
hotmail.com 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
hotmail.net 550 Microsoft licenses are unacceptable. No mail from their services will be accepted.
As this is clearly a pre-cursor of what Microsoft's
I fear them for what they are doing! I despise them for doing it!
Good luck to all of us... we're going to need it!
Here are some related links:
The Register.COM article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18002.html
Troubleshooters.COM new copyright and other articles: http://www.troubleshooters.com/cpyright.htm http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/200
LEAP Thread (first article in thread): http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/leaplist/2001-
By Chuck Mead on Monday April 02 2001 @ 11:55PM EDT
It's called the "OFF" button.
I think it's a great idea, if you can still download it for free, and they aren't violating any of the licenses of their software.
Personally, I've contributed money to the Debian project by donating a few dollars whenever I purchased ISO cds from linuxcentral.com. Unfortunately, I now have cable, and I don't need to use linuxcentral any more.
I think more distros should have donation pages off of their main site - which would allow a user to donate some money for each ISO. I'm not sure that I could afford 15 bucks per distribution release (some are 3 a year) but I would happily fork over a few dollars here and there to help pay for the bandwidth and storage costs that allow me to access and download the isos.
Personally, I think that a few more distros are going to do this. Mandrakesoft has just released MandrakeFreq - a semi-regular update of the ISO with latest packages, and several people wanted to donate some money to the cause.
I, however, would not donate money to a distro that didn't allow others to still access the isos for free.
Research the history of bleach - common household bleach.
That's pretty cool. How'd you manage to do that?
Today, Palm announced that they were introducing a new model. Breaking with their current naming traditions, they decided to call the new model "Bono".
U2 can have one, for the low low price of $399.
This will be a great opportunity for someone to examine their code looking for GPL'ed code.
Wouldn't it be great to find some GPL'ed code in there.... What a can of worms that would be for MS.
We don't need no stinking NDA for Microsoft's source code.