Really, I don't see the point of proposing new licenses every day.
Agreed. I'm sure there are some really good reasons for "rolling" your own license, but being too lazy to look for an already existing license that meets your needs isn't one of them.
There are 3 major *BSD distros and 1 minor one (DragonFly).
Count up all the linux distros sometime.
Now tell me who is forked and who isn't.
If y'all want to have a debate, you at least need to talk about the same thing. Your parent poster was talking about software packages released under GPL verses software packages released under BSD licenses. You are talking about distributions. Linux distributions contain numerous software packages, and they aren't all licensed under the GPL.
I'm sure you can come up with lots of reasons why the Linux distribution world is more fragmented than that of BSD, but the nature of the license probably isn't one of them.
How many people have you helped to switch? Seriously. The vast majority of home users become frightened about running anything that didn't come with their computer. However, I've found that if you take the time to set up alternatives for them, they use them without problem. I make sure all of my friends and relatives have Mozilla installed as their default browser. I then show them how to copy and paste the URL into an Internet Explorer session for the very rare times when a site they are trying to browse only works with IE.
If you want to see people move away from MS software, you will have to hold their hand.
All were the same, some 35 year old assistant manager snorts coke all the time and supplies beer to the underage female coworkers.
Well, sounds like that would have been pretty easy to handle. Secretly replace his normal "fix" with something a little more potent. Instant overdose, and now corporate has a good idea where all of the "losses" have been coming from.
I thought it was pretty well-established that sleep plays a role in post-analysis of the days accumulatd information ?
It is well established. I honestly don't know who forked over the cash for this study, but this must have been an alternative to a dot-com investment. I think I'm going to start a new career. I'll choose subjects with a well-known outcome and devise a study that proves what everybody already knows. That way, I can collect all kinds of grant money. Anybody with me?
What you're forgetting here is that this is now a world filled with PC-using linux weenies who consider any computer older than about 3 months to be worthless trash.
Hunh? Where do you get that idea? Sure, any serious gamer considers PC's older than about 2 seconds to be out of date, but most of the Linux crowd that I'm aware of rejoices in the ability to run Linux (in some form) on systems more than ten years old. I think you probably meant the PC-using Windows weenies who just accept the fact that the minimum requirements seem to quadruple (ok, a little exaggerated) with each new release. (No disprespect intended to Windows users -- just Windows weenies:-) )
before we have a mozilla plugin to circumvent this?
Actually, they only run in Windows Media Player, so just get rid of that and you won't have a problem. I predict that Microsoft will quickly lose market share in streaming media.
To me, they used clear english: they don't want to end the product lines; rather they want to stake their business future on the product lines.
And what's unclear about that is that the use of the word "stake" in this case is metaphorical and may be confusing to those who haven't heard it used in this context. Most of the rest of us don't realize this because we hear it all the time and automatically pick up on its meaning.
For a full understanding, imagine that you are climbing a mountain and at the end of the day there is no ledge to sleep in. You must set up a hanging bed which requires that you drive a supporting stake into a crevasse in the rock. Which one will you choose? Now compare that choosing which product line to focus on. Choose incorrectly and it could do to your company what a similar mistake would do to a mountain climber. However, I think the origin of this usage of the word has nothing to do with mountain climbing.
Or did I miss something else that you are blabbing about?
I think you missed the fact that they are attempting to encumber the GPL-distributed code with a license fee, which is in effect a violation of the GPL. If allegations are not true and System V code was not copied into Linux, they stand in violation of the GPL and can therefore be sued, particularly because they have managed to sucker a few people into paying the license fees before they've won a victory in court.
So does it actually work if almost all of the links to litigious bastards are located on the same web site? Wouldn't it be better if people started adding them to the blogs and personal or business sites?
well that's like trusting the goverment to make sure you get all your tax deductions whether you knew they were owed you or not;)
You AREN'T going to believe it, but when I lived in the state of Delaware, they actually did this. Granted, they didn't notify me just so they could send me more money. They sent me a letter because one of my pieces of documentation somehow never got to them. When I called to find out exactly what they were missing, they told me that I had also missed one of my deductions that I could have taken. In the end, it only amounted to about $50, so it wasn't worth it to file an ammendment and chance the audit flags in the future, but I was completely shocked that they pointed my mistake out.
People like you make me really mad. But then I have to remember that you're only ignorant. The terrorists and Talebans of the world don't actually follow Islam.
You're absolutely right. The problem is that the terrorists are busy shouting out how all they do is based on their faith and death to the infidels. Since they are currently the loudest, their teachings are the perception that non-muslims get of Islam. For that matter, it's the perception that some muslims (their target audience) get as well. Perhaps if those who more closely follow the actual practices written in the Quran would speak up more -- a lot more -- perceptions would change.
I think not all followers of Islam are the same....
This is totally off topic, but I completely agree, and these days I'm sure many of the pacifist muslims are really getting the shaft in some countries. However, it probably wouldn't hurt if the pacifist groups were a little more outspoken and downright condemning of the extremist factions that churn out the terrorists. They could probably start by publicly questioning the motives and moral condition of the clerics who encourage these kinds of actions.
Ah, so in other words, the only products which improve over time are OSS products.
Er, no. It implies that while other products improve over time, Linux has the advantage of a more diverse group of experts to feed it. The reasoning is the same as that used by many students to choose a large multi-cultural university instead a small unheard-of community college. Sure, you'll improve yourself at both, but which experience do you think offers the best opportunities? OK, so maybe most students choose for the party factor instead, but you get my point.:-)
Spyware on news.google.com?? Or was there a particular link you had in mind?
Sorry to take so long in responding. I was not pointing out a problem with news.google.com. Some of the news sites that they link to, however, contain ActiveX-exploiting features. I can't remember which of the sites that I noticed as a primary culprit, but I think it was one of the sites in the middle east. That's the best I can tell you, and I'm sorry that I can't be more specific. Once I noticed the problem, I just stopped running IE. I occasionally like to read the links on the middle eastern sites because it gives a completely different slant to news, particularly with respect to stories involving the United States.
Hear that parents? If your children insist on using their "spending money" to feed the monster, you can join in the fray by making your kids use up their money on the "in-style" clothes and makeup they want. Given a choice between a new CD and wearing something other than the standard classic collegiate look, almost any teenager will opt for style over the music. Just offer to buy the run of the mill jeans and shirts. If the teen wants hip-hugger flared bottom pants with hems that look like they've been trampled by a herd of elephants, they can pay for them themselves. That ought to quickly put a dent in the RIAA growth fund.
As nice as it is to have choice one things Windows brings it is a constant. Things normally work on most PC's.
This is completely true, but it also shows the uphill battle that desktop Linux has. Almost every single PC and PC-compatible device is specifically designed to work with Windows. I pop open the lid on my laptop and there's a little label that says "Designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional." All of the hardware vendors test their devices with various versions of Windows to make sure they work, and correct problems that they find during the testing process. This naturally leads to the way things normally work with Windows. On top of this, most people purchase their PC with Windows pre-installed and never bother to upgrade the OS without buying a new system. This allows the OEM to handle integration testing.
In the case of Linux, the effort falls on the distribution developers to make sure everything works on the plethora of hardware available. This is, of course, absolutely impossible to do. I doubt that even Microsoft would have the resources to test Windows on every conceivable hardware configuration. They rely on the hardware vendors. On the other hand, if you build your own system with parts that are stated by the vendor to work with Linux, or purchase one of the rare "for Linux" systems, you can expect exactly the same experience that Windows users are used to. Things will work just fine right out of the box.
Don't get me wrong. I understand that many people considering switching from Windows to Linux are going to be driven away if things don't work right the first time. But short of some massive effort by Linux enthusiasts to deal with this shortcoming (across multiple distributions), I'm not sure how it can be eliminated.
I've NEVER, NEVER, let me repeat, NEVER have gotten spyware, nor a virus.
Have you scanned for spyware? I can tell you that all it takes to get spyware is to follow one of the links on http://news.google.com using IE with ActiveX enabled. Needless to say, I don't do ever do this.
Happily, about a month ago, my employer started buying Starbucks for our coffee machine instead of the industrial-grade coffee service junk.
Unhappily, MY employer replaced Starbucks coffee with one of the industrial-grade services in Q1 of last year. The caffeinated is tolerable, but the decaf is just horrible. Personally, I haven't really enjoyed any coffee in the US since living in Germany. I like my coffee strong, but with a smooth finish. Oddly enough, most of my German colleagues like the italian coffees, which have more of a bite to them.
Unfortunately for geeks it would still be cheaper to use an old PC running Linux
I think the value that it brings (for the $400) is the client software that automatically mirrors your changes to the appliance. But somebody could probably duplicate that easily enough and pair it with a Linux box running CVS or something similar to achieve the same results.
Woops, forget it. It does have only one 120GB disk. Why the hell do they say it's RAID-1?
Article says single 120GB disk, but maybe that's just because it LOOKS like a single disk from the reviewer's perspective. I only got about half way through the article, so maybe near the end it talkes about what's underneath the hood.
I tried cutting down by going from drinking many cups of coffee a day to one cup of coffee and as much tea as I liked. I soon found myself drinking tea almost continuously.
If you are going to use the tapering off method, you'd be better to cut the total caffeine content but not the amount you drink. As someone else mentioned, the psychological effect of holding and sipping the hot drink is probably a bigger part of the addiction than the physical need to maintain caffeine levels. Stick to your regular imbibement schedule and just mix smaller amounts of "leaded" with larger amounts of "unleaded" and you'll have more success. Of course, this will work if you can get some decent decaffeinated coffee. The stuff we have at work is just garbage.
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Agreed. I'm sure there are some really good reasons for "rolling" your own license, but being too lazy to look for an already existing license that meets your needs isn't one of them.
Count up all the linux distros sometime.
Now tell me who is forked and who isn't.
If y'all want to have a debate, you at least need to talk about the same thing. Your parent poster was talking about software packages released under GPL verses software packages released under BSD licenses. You are talking about distributions. Linux distributions contain numerous software packages, and they aren't all licensed under the GPL.
I'm sure you can come up with lots of reasons why the Linux distribution world is more fragmented than that of BSD, but the nature of the license probably isn't one of them.
How many people have you helped to switch? Seriously. The vast majority of home users become frightened about running anything that didn't come with their computer. However, I've found that if you take the time to set up alternatives for them, they use them without problem. I make sure all of my friends and relatives have Mozilla installed as their default browser. I then show them how to copy and paste the URL into an Internet Explorer session for the very rare times when a site they are trying to browse only works with IE.
If you want to see people move away from MS software, you will have to hold their hand.
Well, sounds like that would have been pretty easy to handle. Secretly replace his normal "fix" with something a little more potent. Instant overdose, and now corporate has a good idea where all of the "losses" have been coming from.
It is well established. I honestly don't know who forked over the cash for this study, but this must have been an alternative to a dot-com investment. I think I'm going to start a new career. I'll choose subjects with a well-known outcome and devise a study that proves what everybody already knows. That way, I can collect all kinds of grant money. Anybody with me?
Hunh? Where do you get that idea? Sure, any serious gamer considers PC's older than about 2 seconds to be out of date, but most of the Linux crowd that I'm aware of rejoices in the ability to run Linux (in some form) on systems more than ten years old. I think you probably meant the PC-using Windows weenies who just accept the fact that the minimum requirements seem to quadruple (ok, a little exaggerated) with each new release. (No disprespect intended to Windows users -- just Windows weenies :-) )
Actually, they only run in Windows Media Player, so just get rid of that and you won't have a problem. I predict that Microsoft will quickly lose market share in streaming media.
And what's unclear about that is that the use of the word "stake" in this case is metaphorical and may be confusing to those who haven't heard it used in this context. Most of the rest of us don't realize this because we hear it all the time and automatically pick up on its meaning.
For a full understanding, imagine that you are climbing a mountain and at the end of the day there is no ledge to sleep in. You must set up a hanging bed which requires that you drive a supporting stake into a crevasse in the rock. Which one will you choose? Now compare that choosing which product line to focus on. Choose incorrectly and it could do to your company what a similar mistake would do to a mountain climber. However, I think the origin of this usage of the word has nothing to do with mountain climbing.
Such as? I certainly didn't see anything new there.
I think you missed the fact that they are attempting to encumber the GPL-distributed code with a license fee, which is in effect a violation of the GPL. If allegations are not true and System V code was not copied into Linux, they stand in violation of the GPL and can therefore be sued, particularly because they have managed to sucker a few people into paying the license fees before they've won a victory in court.
So does it actually work if almost all of the links to litigious bastards are located on the same web site? Wouldn't it be better if people started adding them to the blogs and personal or business sites?
You AREN'T going to believe it, but when I lived in the state of Delaware, they actually did this. Granted, they didn't notify me just so they could send me more money. They sent me a letter because one of my pieces of documentation somehow never got to them. When I called to find out exactly what they were missing, they told me that I had also missed one of my deductions that I could have taken. In the end, it only amounted to about $50, so it wasn't worth it to file an ammendment and chance the audit flags in the future, but I was completely shocked that they pointed my mistake out.
You're absolutely right. The problem is that the terrorists are busy shouting out how all they do is based on their faith and death to the infidels. Since they are currently the loudest, their teachings are the perception that non-muslims get of Islam. For that matter, it's the perception that some muslims (their target audience) get as well. Perhaps if those who more closely follow the actual practices written in the Quran would speak up more -- a lot more -- perceptions would change.
This is totally off topic, but I completely agree, and these days I'm sure many of the pacifist muslims are really getting the shaft in some countries. However, it probably wouldn't hurt if the pacifist groups were a little more outspoken and downright condemning of the extremist factions that churn out the terrorists. They could probably start by publicly questioning the motives and moral condition of the clerics who encourage these kinds of actions.
Er, no. It implies that while other products improve over time, Linux has the advantage of a more diverse group of experts to feed it. The reasoning is the same as that used by many students to choose a large multi-cultural university instead a small unheard-of community college. Sure, you'll improve yourself at both, but which experience do you think offers the best opportunities? OK, so maybe most students choose for the party factor instead, but you get my point. :-)
I hope they don't try to. It's close enough (industry-wise) to these guys that we could have a pretty big battle.
Sorry to take so long in responding. I was not pointing out a problem with news.google.com. Some of the news sites that they link to, however, contain ActiveX-exploiting features. I can't remember which of the sites that I noticed as a primary culprit, but I think it was one of the sites in the middle east. That's the best I can tell you, and I'm sorry that I can't be more specific. Once I noticed the problem, I just stopped running IE. I occasionally like to read the links on the middle eastern sites because it gives a completely different slant to news, particularly with respect to stories involving the United States.
Hear that parents? If your children insist on using their "spending money" to feed the monster, you can join in the fray by making your kids use up their money on the "in-style" clothes and makeup they want. Given a choice between a new CD and wearing something other than the standard classic collegiate look, almost any teenager will opt for style over the music. Just offer to buy the run of the mill jeans and shirts. If the teen wants hip-hugger flared bottom pants with hems that look like they've been trampled by a herd of elephants, they can pay for them themselves. That ought to quickly put a dent in the RIAA growth fund.
This is completely true, but it also shows the uphill battle that desktop Linux has. Almost every single PC and PC-compatible device is specifically designed to work with Windows. I pop open the lid on my laptop and there's a little label that says "Designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional." All of the hardware vendors test their devices with various versions of Windows to make sure they work, and correct problems that they find during the testing process. This naturally leads to the way things normally work with Windows. On top of this, most people purchase their PC with Windows pre-installed and never bother to upgrade the OS without buying a new system. This allows the OEM to handle integration testing.
In the case of Linux, the effort falls on the distribution developers to make sure everything works on the plethora of hardware available. This is, of course, absolutely impossible to do. I doubt that even Microsoft would have the resources to test Windows on every conceivable hardware configuration. They rely on the hardware vendors. On the other hand, if you build your own system with parts that are stated by the vendor to work with Linux, or purchase one of the rare "for Linux" systems, you can expect exactly the same experience that Windows users are used to. Things will work just fine right out of the box.
Don't get me wrong. I understand that many people considering switching from Windows to Linux are going to be driven away if things don't work right the first time. But short of some massive effort by Linux enthusiasts to deal with this shortcoming (across multiple distributions), I'm not sure how it can be eliminated.
Have you scanned for spyware? I can tell you that all it takes to get spyware is to follow one of the links on http://news.google.com using IE with ActiveX enabled. Needless to say, I don't do ever do this.
Unhappily, MY employer replaced Starbucks coffee with one of the industrial-grade services in Q1 of last year. The caffeinated is tolerable, but the decaf is just horrible. Personally, I haven't really enjoyed any coffee in the US since living in Germany. I like my coffee strong, but with a smooth finish. Oddly enough, most of my German colleagues like the italian coffees, which have more of a bite to them.
I think the value that it brings (for the $400) is the client software that automatically mirrors your changes to the appliance. But somebody could probably duplicate that easily enough and pair it with a Linux box running CVS or something similar to achieve the same results.
Article says single 120GB disk, but maybe that's just because it LOOKS like a single disk from the reviewer's perspective. I only got about half way through the article, so maybe near the end it talkes about what's underneath the hood.
I think I favor your explanation. I KNOW I don't get enough water. My diet isn't too awful, but could probably be improved some.
If you are going to use the tapering off method, you'd be better to cut the total caffeine content but not the amount you drink. As someone else mentioned, the psychological effect of holding and sipping the hot drink is probably a bigger part of the addiction than the physical need to maintain caffeine levels. Stick to your regular imbibement schedule and just mix smaller amounts of "leaded" with larger amounts of "unleaded" and you'll have more success. Of course, this will work if you can get some decent decaffeinated coffee. The stuff we have at work is just garbage.