I completely agree. I'm in an unrelated field, but my future resume will show a job description that fits the job I'm actually doing and never my official title of "Project Specialist". What the hell does that even mean?
The MS OEM restrictions TheNetAvenger describes are no longer part of the license.
I just bought the OEM version of Win XP a few weeks ago and was surprised to find the restrictions a thing of the past. The real difference between the retail and OEM version licenses is that the OEM license is non-transferable and tied to a single system, while the retail version can be uninstalled from one computer and installed on another.
Regarding activation and hardware modifications, MS allows some flexability, but the intent of the OEM license is to tie the software to the system on which it is orignally installed.
Hemos, For the love of God, would you at least read through your posts once and try and correct the glaring faults? I understand that you are simply quoting from the messages of others, but I am sure they too would like it if they didn't look like idiots when their news makes it onto Slashdot.
Hemos consistently posts news that has some language error that renders the whole story stupid. "AMD announced that they will release the Duron sometime in mid June, instead of last April."
I'll quickly summarize my position so that those who are interested can read the details below. Making the establishment friendly to individual expression means that the establishment must be changed. One highly effective means of changing the nature of the establishment is promoting change from within. That means fighting it on its own terms. The people that hold both money and altruistic intentions could bring about great change pursuing their altruistic aims in the same way many in America promote their corporate aims.
Being a successful capitalist does not necessarily mean that one must abandon altruism societal goals . My background is in Economics and I currently work in policy analysis, so I feel I have a good grounding in how money influences politics and the shape of the establishment. I must agree that the groups most influential in policy making are those organizations that have great sums of money to support their causes. However, I do not see that all groups that are successful making money necessarily hold the same aims or ideals. In a nation where money and lobbying effort dictate a great deal of policy, there seems to be a great deal of room for altruistic capitalism. That is, successful companies, or individuals can promote beneficial change to the establishment the same way that unwelcome policies are promoted.
Many people have a bad taste for special interests that are not viewed as being beneficial to the wider public. What if, all of the sudden, the desire to promote the public's ability to be individualistic became a well funded special interest?
Fortunately we live in a time when a number of people and companies are making large sums of money using non-traditional business structures and plans. Many business models indoctrinate a certain establishment oriented attitude. However, new ground is being broken for successful companies that do not indoctrinate such principles. Think for a moment about the success of Slashdot itself. Also, I would like to refer you to ArsDigita. Read the ArsDigita mission statement, and decide for yourself about the potential of altruistic capitalism.
Many Slashdot readers are supportive of the Free Software Foundation and its aims. The Foundation is quite illustrative of an organization that has agreeable ideals and aims, but has taken it upon themselves to fight for change via established channels. The FSF is not a bunch of punks singing about the benefits of Free Software while refusing to wear ties. They employ button down lawyers advocating change for the good of the public using the most effective means possible.
There is no reason other such organizations cannot do the same. Imagine for a moment that the creators of Slashdot took part of the money they received for joining Andover.net and organized a group of lobbyists to fight for the ideals of the Slashdot community. Now you may argue that such an effort would disagreeable because of the disparity of opinions held by the Slashdot community. I agree that such an effort certainly would suffer from the wide range of opinions among the constituency it represents. However, I argue that, once it decided on its aims, those aims would do much to promote changing the establishment in desirable ways when compared to the self-serving corporate aims of many other influential organizations.
One may also argue that a "Slashdot lobby" would be insignificant when compared to the influence other organizations. I dreamt up the Slashdot advocacy simply to illustrate a point (and it just happens that Slashdot works perfectly in this respect). Slashdot is a successful company making money without losing its altruistic aims, and we live in a time when many other companies are doing the same. Principled, altruistic groups now have the opportunity to play ball the same way unprincipled organizations with money have been pursuing their goals. The success of companies making money in non-traditional business structures may mean a great number of well funded, altruistic people are ready to organize for the public good.
I want to change the world. I am a principled man that thinks the establishment is not friendly to many things that I think people should be able to pursue. I have ruminated long and hard about how to best bring about change to the system. I could try and organize grass roots efforts, try and influence policy from the realm of academia , or I could make a shitload of money and hire my own lobbyists while running a business that does not compromise my ideals. I have decided to pursue the latter course of action.
Maybe there are others out there like me. I urge those people to be as active as possible. Some people have made great sums of money under current economic conditions, but don't like what most people have to do to survive in the current corporate environment. I urge such people to try and affect change but exerting pressure for positive change using the same means that corporate America has proven so successful.
Does anyone know of an affordable host that has third level domain name support??
I currently own (my-surname).com and I really want to be able to host my pages on (my-firstname).(my-surname).com ->pretty cool, eh?
However, I can't seem to find many affordable hosts that support virtual servers for third level domains. Also, third level domain name support is not a feature that I can find in any of the hosting directories.
I see bluetooth as a resonable next step, but IMHO its limited range will keep it from ever taking off.
In an office environment, having wireless devices which do not require wiring may be of great benefit, but the cost of installing the system would have to be quite low. Bluetooth does not eliminate wiring costs (the units 10m apart from one another must still be wired and powered). It only reduces the costs. Unless the money saved by reducing the wiring capacity is greater than the cost of the system, Bluetooth will not succeed.
Shortly before Futurama first aired, there was an interview with Matt Groening in Wired.
In the article he mentioned that he felt that Futurama had a better potential for movie development and that he personally thought the Simpsons were too limiting to expand into a feature film.
Slashdot Mirror
... kill the conversation. Now the comments on a single FA are spread over the comments on two stories.
I completely agree. I'm in an unrelated field, but my future resume will show a job description that fits the job I'm actually doing and never my official title of "Project Specialist". What the hell does that even mean?
I agree. Ubuntu has been the most popular distribution on distrowatch for more than a year now.
The MS OEM restrictions TheNetAvenger describes are no longer part of the license.
I just bought the OEM version of Win XP a few weeks ago and was surprised to find the restrictions a thing of the past. The real difference between the retail and OEM version licenses is that the OEM license is non-transferable and tied to a single system, while the retail version can be uninstalled from one computer and installed on another.
Regarding activation and hardware modifications, MS allows some flexability, but the intent of the OEM license is to tie the software to the system on which it is orignally installed.
Are you saying that the slashdot crowd wouldn't want to see Mandy Moore nude?
Hemos consistently posts news that has some language error that renders the whole story stupid. "AMD announced that they will release the Duron sometime in mid June, instead of last April."
I'll quickly summarize my position so that those who are interested can read the details below. Making the establishment friendly to individual expression means that the establishment must be changed. One highly effective means of changing the nature of the establishment is promoting change from within. That means fighting it on its own terms. The people that hold both money and altruistic intentions could bring about great change pursuing their altruistic aims in the same way many in America promote their corporate aims.
Being a successful capitalist does not necessarily mean that one must abandon altruism societal goals . My background is in Economics and I currently work in policy analysis, so I feel I have a good grounding in how money influences politics and the shape of the establishment. I must agree that the groups most influential in policy making are those organizations that have great sums of money to support their causes. However, I do not see that all groups that are successful making money necessarily hold the same aims or ideals. In a nation where money and lobbying effort dictate a great deal of policy, there seems to be a great deal of room for altruistic capitalism. That is, successful companies, or individuals can promote beneficial change to the establishment the same way that unwelcome policies are promoted.
Many people have a bad taste for special interests that are not viewed as being beneficial to the wider public. What if, all of the sudden, the desire to promote the public's ability to be individualistic became a well funded special interest?
Fortunately we live in a time when a number of people and companies are making large sums of money using non-traditional business structures and plans. Many business models indoctrinate a certain establishment oriented attitude. However, new ground is being broken for successful companies that do not indoctrinate such principles. Think for a moment about the success of Slashdot itself. Also, I would like to refer you to ArsDigita. Read the ArsDigita mission statement, and decide for yourself about the potential of altruistic capitalism.
Many Slashdot readers are supportive of the Free Software Foundation and its aims. The Foundation is quite illustrative of an organization that has agreeable ideals and aims, but has taken it upon themselves to fight for change via established channels. The FSF is not a bunch of punks singing about the benefits of Free Software while refusing to wear ties. They employ button down lawyers advocating change for the good of the public using the most effective means possible.
There is no reason other such organizations cannot do the same. Imagine for a moment that the creators of Slashdot took part of the money they received for joining Andover.net and organized a group of lobbyists to fight for the ideals of the Slashdot community. Now you may argue that such an effort would disagreeable because of the disparity of opinions held by the Slashdot community. I agree that such an effort certainly would suffer from the wide range of opinions among the constituency it represents. However, I argue that, once it decided on its aims, those aims would do much to promote changing the establishment in desirable ways when compared to the self-serving corporate aims of many other influential organizations.
One may also argue that a "Slashdot lobby" would be insignificant when compared to the influence other organizations. I dreamt up the Slashdot advocacy simply to illustrate a point (and it just happens that Slashdot works perfectly in this respect). Slashdot is a successful company making money without losing its altruistic aims, and we live in a time when many other companies are doing the same. Principled, altruistic groups now have the opportunity to play ball the same way unprincipled organizations with money have been pursuing their goals. The success of companies making money in non-traditional business structures may mean a great number of well funded, altruistic people are ready to organize for the public good.
I want to change the world. I am a principled man that thinks the establishment is not friendly to many things that I think people should be able to pursue. I have ruminated long and hard about how to best bring about change to the system. I could try and organize grass roots efforts, try and influence policy from the realm of academia , or I could make a shitload of money and hire my own lobbyists while running a business that does not compromise my ideals. I have decided to pursue the latter course of action.
Maybe there are others out there like me. I urge those people to be as active as possible. Some people have made great sums of money under current economic conditions, but don't like what most people have to do to survive in the current corporate environment. I urge such people to try and affect change but exerting pressure for positive change using the same means that corporate America has proven so successful.
"Slashdot D.C." - Lobbyists for Nerds
Does anyone know of an affordable host that has third level domain name support??
I currently own (my-surname).com and I really want to be able to host my pages on (my-firstname).(my-surname).com ->pretty cool, eh?
However, I can't seem to find many affordable hosts that support virtual servers for third level domains. Also, third level domain name support is not a feature that I can find in any of the hosting directories.
I came across the CDC-mp3 a few days ago, but could not find a retailer selling it (and believe me, I looked long and hard)?
Does anyone know a retailer that has it, or when it might be distributed widely?
I see bluetooth as a resonable next step, but IMHO its limited range will keep it from ever taking off.
In an office environment, having wireless devices which do not require wiring may be of great benefit, but the cost of installing the system would have to be quite low. Bluetooth does not eliminate wiring costs (the units 10m apart from one another must still be wired and powered). It only reduces the costs. Unless the money saved by reducing the wiring capacity is greater than the cost of the system, Bluetooth will not succeed.
Shortly before Futurama first aired, there was an interview with Matt Groening in Wired.
In the article he mentioned that he felt that Futurama had a better potential for movie development and that he personally thought the Simpsons were too limiting to expand into a feature film.