How much do they get per CD now? $1, $.50? I think I read that somewhere. Hell, if I like their tunes I would be willing to double that. It would be a bargain, the musicians would get more dough and the big labels could go to hell.
Treat it like shareware. Make it good, don't try to make a mint on each sale and if people like it they will cough up a few bucks. If they don't, they are dicks.
These clods are killing themselves. This is REALLY funny! The encryption guys there are pulling their chains. They KNOW this is all BS, but they smell money. The RIAA will pump in mega-bucks and get jack in return.
Meanwhile, we will keep right on ripping and jamming.
Before their new "standard" gets out of the lab, we will all have tiny, wearable PCs with standard sound chips. Who needs a proprietary player when your pocket PC does so much more?
Some PHBs would love certification so they would have someone to blame if things go wrong. They make a stupid decision, it comes back to haunt them, who do they use as a scapegoat? Joe hacker, with no formal education, or Mr Certification, who BY LAW is supposed to know code?
It's the same reason the PHB types choose M$, they (stupidly) think they can blame (and sue) the NAME company.
BTW, if degrees count for something, I get mine friday (BS Computer Enginnering Technolgy) YAY!
You know, this is the kind of box schools could use. Cheap, rugged, reasonably powerful laptops with touch-screens, rubberized keyboards and some kind of on-board pointing device. Run Linux on it and you have a nice package.
Wasn't Texas working on something like this a while back?
My first thought on reading the article was "Jeez, this asshole is loosing it!". He seems to be digging himself in deeper and deeper. Maybe it's time for a change at SCO, not that I think that will save them. Their only chance to save anything is to totally embrace Linux.
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>(yes, we lose some freedom.. but even preventing wanton murder is curtailing someone's freedom. It's not a black and white issue.. grow up.)
"Those who give up liberty to gain security deserve neither" either Addams or Jefferson
GUNS DO NOT KILL PEOPLE...PEOPLE DO! There is NO WAY to eliminate guns in the US and still have a country worth living in. PERIOD. It will never happen. There are WAY too many already here and WAY too easy to smuggle in more, not to mention the fact that they are not hard to make.
Frankly, I don't want to be unarmed when the only people with guns are the government and outlaws. The police will tell you outright that they are NOT responsible for your protection. They just clean up afterwards.
A couple of the big companies that are pushing Linux (Oracle for instance) should have put on a new benchmark session with SEVERAL test systems. They should have a variety of hardware, from low to very high-end.
Get some NT and Linux gurus to tune the hell out of their respective OS (lets make this damn fair). Run a series of tests that reflect theoretical and real world conditions.
Get the tech media involved as much as possible and be very honest about it.
Write it up in several formats from guru to PHB level (lots of pretty charts).
Let the results speak for themselves. I would love to read them.
...ban it, regulate it, tax it. As has been stated to death, guns are not the problem, bad people are.
Europeans are so god-awful holier-than-thou. Shit, more death and destruction has been inflicted ON Europeans BY Europeans than the rest of the world combined.
Except for some like Sweden, who have never in modern times had the balls to stand up to anybody, no matter how evil they were.
McCarthy? That was a bit ago. Turns out he was right about a lot of the commies he went after BTW. Bad tactics though.
The incidents you listed (Waco) are among the reasons to HAVE guns.
What was it Churchill said about democracy?
Yeah, be proud. I read the interesting things that come from your MPs. Your house of lords comes up with some good ones too. What about that extridition thing recently?
We don't have to get government permission (or at least pay taxes) to own a TV. We don't go to jail for listening to public service traffic on a radio.
> I want to point out that guns to have freedom is an outdated argument.
REALLY?!?! Tell that to the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Weapons are the FINAL guaranty of freedom. Hell, that kind of shit goes on so much in the world today that I am amazed that people still push the old line that "violence never solved anything". Tell that to the Roman Empire, the American Indians, the Confederacy, the Jews of Europe, the third reich, etc.....
...is ALWAYS gun control. Look at every modern instance of genocide. First you get their guns. Hard to line people up and shoot them if they are armed...
As to people who say "Not in the US", look at the Indians, the Mormons, Blacks in the South, Japanese Americans in WWII, and most recently Ruby Ridge and Waco.
...not Europe, or Canada, etc. Yes, I have lived "across the pond". You don't live in a free society. Even in the UK. You are not citizens, you are "Subjects of the Crown". If your government want to oppress you, oh well...
As to getting guns into the UK, the IRA has never seemed to have much problem (I know, sore spot, sorry, my brother in law is a Brit).
BTW the shotguns you allow "for farmers" are what did the most damage in Colorado. So called "Assault Weapons" (semi-autos) are used in less than 1% of crimes in the US.
The rest of Europe is even worse. The taxes, the regulations, the bullshit.
As to the US, we DO try to make it difficult for criminals to legally buy guns. We have a new computerized system that is starting to help.
Not a dictator problem? What the HELL do you think "Big Brotherhood" is? It's about control. Whether they control via your data or with a gun to your head the end result is the same.
Here in the USA there are about as many guns as people. The cities with the toughest gun laws have the highest crime. Every day TONS of drugs are smuggled in. If we were to totally ban all firearm ownership tommorrow, there are plenty of guns about already and there is nothing to stop these same drug smugglers from bringing in plenty more, especially since the price for (then illegal) guns would skyrocket. We have a 2nd Amendment for a reason. It is not hunting, it is protection from the excesses of government and, to a lesser extant, from criminals. There is NO WAY to insure criminals will not have access to guns in a free society (and not much of a way in a totalitarian state).
BTW, as I understand it, those two sad, looser assholes in Colorado used shotguns, which are legal even in the holier-than-thou countries preaching to the US about how great they are to have tight gun laws.
I own several guns. I use them for hunting, recreational shooting and protection. I have a concealed carry permit. I also have two young boys. I teach them gun safety and keep my firearms locked in a steel cabinent, with the ammo locked up seperately. EVERY gun owner should do the same. If you don't, shame on you!
What they are working on is a support structure. That is what they are doing with the investment money pouring in. Corporations want 24-7 phone help desks. THAT is the value they are adding and it is where they will make their bucks.
...now, I give it 2 at most. Others have covered the reasons (pricing, crappy code, bad support) very well. Even if they tried to totally re-write their stuff, you just can't beat the Linux pricing model.
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How much do they get per CD now? $1, $.50? I think I read that somewhere. Hell, if I like their tunes I would be willing to double that. It would be a bargain, the musicians would get more dough and the big labels could go to hell.
Treat it like shareware. Make it good, don't try to make a mint on each sale and if people like it they will cough up a few bucks. If they don't, they are dicks.
These clods are killing themselves. This is REALLY funny! The encryption guys there are pulling their chains. They KNOW this is all BS, but they smell money. The RIAA will pump in mega-bucks and get jack in return.
Meanwhile, we will keep right on ripping and jamming.
Before their new "standard" gets out of the lab, we will all have tiny, wearable PCs with standard sound chips. Who needs a proprietary player when your pocket PC does so much more?
Jeez, a degree and I still can't spell!
Some PHBs would love certification so they would have someone to blame if things go wrong. They make a stupid decision, it comes back to haunt them, who do they use as a scapegoat? Joe hacker, with no formal education, or Mr Certification, who BY LAW is supposed to know code?
It's the same reason the PHB types choose M$, they (stupidly) think they can blame (and sue) the NAME company.
BTW, if degrees count for something, I get mine friday (BS Computer Enginnering Technolgy) YAY!
You know, this is the kind of box schools could use. Cheap, rugged, reasonably powerful laptops with touch-screens, rubberized keyboards and some kind of on-board pointing device. Run Linux on it and you have a nice package.
Wasn't Texas working on something like this a while back?
"I'm A Linux Punk!" w/ a pic or tux in a leather jacket and wearing sunglasses.
...take the FUD and run with it!
My first thought on reading the article was "Jeez, this asshole is loosing it!". He seems to be digging himself in deeper and deeper. Maybe it's time for a change at SCO, not that I think that will save them. Their only chance to save anything is to totally embrace Linux.
>(yes, we lose some freedom.. but even preventing wanton murder is curtailing someone's freedom. It's not a black and white issue.. grow up.)
"Those who give up liberty to gain security deserve neither" either Addams or Jefferson
GUNS DO NOT KILL PEOPLE...PEOPLE DO! There is NO WAY to eliminate guns in the US and still have a country worth living in. PERIOD. It will never happen. There are WAY too many already here and WAY too easy to smuggle in more, not to mention the fact that they are not hard to make.
Frankly, I don't want to be unarmed when the only people with guns are the government and outlaws. The police will tell you outright that they are NOT responsible for your protection. They just clean up afterwards.
A couple of the big companies that are pushing Linux (Oracle for instance) should have put on a new benchmark session with SEVERAL test systems. They should have a variety of hardware, from low to very high-end.
Get some NT and Linux gurus to tune the hell out of their respective OS (lets make this damn fair). Run a series of tests that reflect theoretical and real world conditions.
Get the tech media involved as much as possible and be very honest about it.
Write it up in several formats from guru to PHB level (lots of pretty charts).
Let the results speak for themselves. I would love to read them.
...PIII only, right? :)
The Constitution has been revised (amended) many times.
Contrary to what most think (the media dosn't help) we are now doing BETTER violent crime wise. The trend has been down for a few years.
If the US had stayed neutral in WWII, you would be speaking German.
...ban it, regulate it, tax it. As has been stated to death, guns are not the problem, bad people are.
Europeans are so god-awful holier-than-thou. Shit, more death and destruction has been inflicted ON Europeans BY Europeans than the rest of the world combined.
Except for some like Sweden, who have never in modern times had the balls to stand up to anybody, no matter how evil they were.
McCarthy? That was a bit ago. Turns out he was right about a lot of the commies he went after BTW. Bad tactics though.
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The incidents you listed (Waco) are among the reasons to HAVE guns.
What was it Churchill said about democracy?
Yeah, be proud. I read the interesting things that come from your MPs. Your house of lords comes up with some good ones too. What about that extridition thing recently?
We don't have to get government permission (or at least pay taxes) to own a TV. We don't go to jail for listening to public service traffic on a radio.
And...we drive on the RIGHT side of the road
> I want to point out that guns to have freedom is an outdated argument.
REALLY?!?! Tell that to the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Weapons are the FINAL guaranty of freedom. Hell, that kind of shit goes on so much in the world today that I am amazed that people still push the old line that "violence never solved anything". Tell that to the Roman Empire, the American Indians, the Confederacy, the Jews of Europe, the third reich, etc.....
...is ALWAYS gun control. Look at every modern instance of genocide. First you get their guns. Hard to line people up and shoot them if they are armed...
As to people who say "Not in the US", look at the Indians, the Mormons, Blacks in the South, Japanese Americans in WWII, and most recently Ruby Ridge and Waco.
...not Europe, or Canada, etc. Yes, I have lived "across the pond". You don't live in a free society. Even in the UK. You are not citizens, you are "Subjects of the Crown". If your government want to oppress you, oh well...
As to getting guns into the UK, the IRA has never seemed to have much problem (I know, sore spot, sorry, my brother in law is a Brit).
BTW the shotguns you allow "for farmers" are what did the most damage in Colorado. So called "Assault Weapons" (semi-autos) are used in less than 1% of crimes in the US.
The rest of Europe is even worse. The taxes, the regulations, the bullshit.
As to the US, we DO try to make it difficult for criminals to legally buy guns. We have a new computerized system that is starting to help.
Not a dictator problem? What the HELL do you think "Big Brotherhood" is? It's about control. Whether they control via your data or with a gun to your head the end result is the same.
Here in the USA there are about as many guns as people. The cities with the toughest gun laws have the highest crime. Every day TONS of drugs are smuggled in. If we were to totally ban all firearm ownership tommorrow, there are plenty of guns about already and there is nothing to stop these same drug smugglers from bringing in plenty more, especially since the price for (then illegal) guns would skyrocket. We have a 2nd Amendment for a reason. It is not hunting, it is protection from the excesses of government and, to a lesser extant, from criminals. There is NO WAY to insure criminals will not have access to guns in a free society (and not much of a way in a totalitarian state).
BTW, as I understand it, those two sad, looser assholes in Colorado used shotguns, which are legal even in the holier-than-thou countries preaching to the US about how great they are to have tight gun laws.
I own several guns. I use them for hunting, recreational shooting and protection. I have a concealed carry permit. I also have two young boys. I teach them gun safety and keep my firearms locked in a steel cabinent, with the ammo locked up seperately. EVERY gun owner should do the same. If you don't, shame on you!
What they are working on is a support structure. That is what they are doing with the investment money pouring in. Corporations want 24-7 phone help desks. THAT is the value they are adding and it is where they will make their bucks.
...now, I give it 2 at most. Others have covered the reasons (pricing, crappy code, bad support) very well. Even if they tried to totally re-write their stuff, you just can't beat the Linux pricing model.