I work for a smallish company in CA and our HR director told me that employment contracts are not enforcible. This was in response to my asking why we didn't ask employees to sign one when they were hired.
According to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default. asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_ fil_baey.asp only XP has them. My understanding is that NTFS 5 is available with Win2k.
Crikey, symlinks have been around for ages ('82?). How can MS say they have a modern FS without these?
Don't tell me short cuts are equivalent to symlinks. They are a veneer on top of the OS. They are not transparent as symlinks are on UNIX to programs that don't know about symlinks.
This would be an excellent idea.
The guy, Darin Morgan, directed my favorite X Files episodes. My
absolute favorite was Humbug. Man, that was a funny eps.
For proof of what you say, just look at the last presidential election. The people spoke (more or less) and they want someone in the whitehouse that will give biz free reign. Sigh.
Here's why it does matter. Say the radio, newspaper and tv for a specific market (ie, city) in the future fall under one media company. Then, at some time after that there is some event (think terrorism or massive civil disobedience). Now, you and I, in a situation like this will not turn to tv or radio to get our news. We'll go to the internet. But, what about all those people that rely on the traditional outlets? They could be easily duped by that media empire.
Before you say this is unrealistic and absurd, think about 9/11 and extend it a little. Say there were more bombs (think Israel and the consistent loss of life there). In this type of situation, I think it would be dangerous for one company to control all traditional media outlets.
At least they are not cowards. I find it very interesting that they are willing to put their name on their comments, but you right wing nuts who label anyone who disagrees with you a "liberal" must hide behind the AC. Seems dishonest to me.
The truth is that Bush could not be more pro big business. Perhaps you are among those that think whatever big business wants will be good for America? Remember Enron, AC.
The fact that the parent was moderated down to 0 shows how naive people are. Have we forgotten Enron already? Just look at how many former Enron (millionaires) work in the Bush administration. Until campaign finance reform is passed, big business will own the government.
CVS's format is nice and open, and based on RCS. It's extremely simple to convert from CVS into most other formats--for example, Perforce supplies CVS conversion utilities in Perl on their homepage. Piece of cake my friend!
Not in my experience. I tried the Perforce conversion tools (2 of them) and they barfed on my repository. The errors were unclear, and a couple of hours of debugging led nowhere. At the time the Perforce support folks were not that helpful, but said if I became a customer they would solve the problem. For my staff, I calculated it would cost about $6000/yr to purchase and maintain p4, but ultimately I was too busy mentally to tackle the daunting (in my mind) task of converting my repository.
The problems might have been due to the fact that my repository is very old, as I said. The,v files were imported from the days when we used just RCS. The first version of CVS we used was 1.2. Perhaps the format of the RCS files got subtly corrupted from the Perforce conversion tools point of view, but not from CVS' point of view.
It is an important feature of subversion that it will be CVS compatible. I manage a 10+ year old/1+GB CVS repository. CVS has a lot of faults, but I can't throw that version history away. It's too valuable. subversion gives me hope that I'll get something more usable than CVS (we'll see, won't we!) without much pain.
I'm really hoping the subversion developers succeed.
Having said that, I'm all for arch succeeding too. Perhaps it will be better for new projects. Who knows.
The thing that MS is very good at is hooking the developer. Start using their API and in no time you will feel the pain. That is the pain of upgrades. Remember OLE, then COM, then ActiveX, etc, etc?
Everyone has to realize that following MS is just that. You will burn massive resources the rest of your like FOLLOWING. You will not do anything new, but you will put massive effort into staying compatible with them.
Do NOT forget than when MS wants to, they can hurt you. Remember the Win32s compatibility that IBM did? Remember what MS did to IBM? They released a gratuitously different Win32s just to break IBM's translator (that ran on OS/2).
The same thing could happen with.NET. If MS wants to put the followers at a disadvantage, they will do so. Period.
That is the reason.NET should be ignored by the opensource community. Go out and invent something just as good or better, that stands on its own. That way, MS can't mess with it.
I would like someone to prove, once and for all, that sharing of movies, songs, etc., does the copyright holder more good than harm.
From my own personal experience, I have purchased MORE music since the sharing of mp3 started, not less, because I was exposed to MUCH MORE. I like supporting the artists and having a physical CD.
Sharing of movies hasn't really gotten to the point that audio has, but I can imagine it will affect me in exactly the same way. I'll probably buy or rent more movies as a result of sharing. I certainly don't want to watch movies on my PC. I wanna watch them on a couch, and I won't be making DVD+R copies either.
I sure would like to see a real study, that is respected by people on both sides of this issue, so we can put this subject to bed, and permanantly! I, for one, and getting really sick of hearing about it (yeah, I know, we are at the beginning of the curve on this one...).
I agree with the article, that in under-developed countries, where the infant mortality rate is still very high, evolution is still a force.
This has very interesting possibibilities. It might mean a better human will come from the 3rd world. After all, competition for resources, at a primitive level, still goes on there. A mutation that would allow for an edge in that competition would certainly be interesting!
The question is, how long will there be a 3rd world? My guess is for some time, but probably not enough time for evolution to have a great effect. Capitalist 1st world societies will continue to elevate 3rd world countries MERELY for their cheap labor. Over time, these countries will accumulate wealth and thus leave the 3rd world. Then, the next 3rd world will be sought for their cheap labor... round and round we go.
I'm sick of this argument that stealing software doesn't deprive the original owner of something (that he can't sell to someone else), so therefore it is "different".
I think the above opinion is a rationalization after the fact of behavior. It is a convenient way for people not to feel guilty about doing something they should know is wrong.
Often, when you download shareware, you agree that you'll use it for a period of time, then stop using it or pay a fee. Lots of people seem to have forgotten this.
Also, many shareware authors have noted that they sold a few copies, but LOTS of people wanted support. OK, justify that one, poeple! "I didn't rip you off because you could sell your software after I stole it... but can you give me support for free, too?" Gimme a break.
Linus should use CVS only if he is spending lots of time doing the administrative things that CVS would do for him (automatically, at that). CVS is a tool. If it wouldn't save him time, then he shouldn't use it. If it would save him time, he should use it.
Also, I don't buy Linus' argument that using CVS allows crap to get into the sources. If that is true (for him), then he's using CVS wrong. You gotta use the tool in the correct way.
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Yet another reason to hate Sprint. Does anyone know of a reason not to hate them?
I work for a smallish company in CA and our HR director told me that employment contracts are not enforcible. This was in response to my asking why we didn't ask employees to sign one when they were hired.
According to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default. asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_ fil_baey.asp only XP has them. My understanding is that NTFS 5 is available with Win2k.
How do you create them?
Crikey, symlinks have been around for ages ('82?). How can MS say they have a modern FS without these?
Don't tell me short cuts are equivalent to symlinks. They are a veneer on top of the OS. They are not transparent as symlinks are on UNIX to programs that don't know about symlinks.
This is merely newspeak for "we're gonna give you the shaft".
This would be an excellent idea. The guy, Darin Morgan, directed my favorite X Files episodes. My absolute favorite was Humbug. Man, that was a funny eps.
See this for more info on Darin.
For proof of what you say, just look at the last presidential election. The people spoke (more or less) and they want someone in the whitehouse that will give biz free reign. Sigh.
Here's why it does matter. Say the radio, newspaper and tv for a specific market (ie, city) in the future fall under one media company. Then, at some time after that there is some event (think terrorism or massive civil disobedience). Now, you and I, in a situation like this will not turn to tv or radio to get our news. We'll go to the internet. But, what about all those people that rely on the traditional outlets? They could be easily duped by that media empire.
Before you say this is unrealistic and absurd, think about 9/11 and extend it a little. Say there were more bombs (think Israel and the consistent loss of life there). In this type of situation, I think it would be dangerous for one company to control all traditional media outlets.
Gee, just like... but different! I like that.
I think it laughable that because I don't publish my email address you think that's the same as being an AC. Very funny.
At least they are not cowards. I find it very interesting that they are willing to put their name on their comments, but you right wing nuts who label anyone who disagrees with you a "liberal" must hide behind the AC. Seems dishonest to me.
Ahhh, what a mature and reasoned comment.
The truth is that Bush could not be more pro big business. Perhaps you are among those that think whatever big business wants will be good for America? Remember Enron, AC.
The fact that the parent was moderated down to 0 shows how naive people are. Have we forgotten Enron already? Just look at how many former Enron (millionaires) work in the Bush administration. Until campaign finance reform is passed, big business will own the government.
Not in my experience. I tried the Perforce conversion tools (2 of them) and they barfed on my repository. The errors were unclear, and a couple of hours of debugging led nowhere. At the time the Perforce support folks were not that helpful, but said if I became a customer they would solve the problem. For my staff, I calculated it would cost about $6000/yr to purchase and maintain p4, but ultimately I was too busy mentally to tackle the daunting (in my mind) task of converting my repository.
The problems might have been due to the fact that my repository is very old, as I said. The ,v files were imported from the days when we used just RCS. The first version of CVS we used was 1.2. Perhaps the format of the RCS files got subtly corrupted from the Perforce conversion tools point of view, but not from CVS' point of view.
According to this, there is a plan for CVS repository conversion.
Cool.
It is an important feature of subversion that it will be CVS compatible. I manage a 10+ year old/1+GB CVS repository. CVS has a lot of faults, but I can't throw that version history away. It's too valuable. subversion gives me hope that I'll get something more usable than CVS (we'll see, won't we!) without much pain.
I'm really hoping the subversion developers succeed.
Having said that, I'm all for arch succeeding too. Perhaps it will be better for new projects. Who knows.
The thing that MS is very good at is hooking the developer. Start using their API and in no time you will feel the pain. That is the pain of upgrades. Remember OLE, then COM, then ActiveX, etc, etc?
.NET. If MS wants to put the followers at a disadvantage, they will do so. Period.
.NET should be ignored by the opensource community. Go out and invent something just as good or better, that stands on its own. That way, MS can't mess with it.
Everyone has to realize that following MS is just that. You will burn massive resources the rest of your like FOLLOWING. You will not do anything new, but you will put massive effort into staying compatible with them.
Do NOT forget than when MS wants to, they can hurt you. Remember the Win32s compatibility that IBM did? Remember what MS did to IBM? They released a gratuitously different Win32s just to break IBM's translator (that ran on OS/2).
The same thing could happen with
That is the reason
I would like someone to prove, once and for all, that sharing of movies, songs, etc., does the copyright holder more good than harm.
From my own personal experience, I have purchased MORE music since the sharing of mp3 started, not less, because I was exposed to MUCH MORE. I like supporting the artists and having a physical CD.
Sharing of movies hasn't really gotten to the point that audio has, but I can imagine it will affect me in exactly the same way. I'll probably buy or rent more movies as a result of sharing. I certainly don't want to watch movies on my PC. I wanna watch them on a couch, and I won't be making DVD+R copies either.
I sure would like to see a real study, that is respected by people on both sides of this issue, so we can put this subject to bed, and permanantly! I, for one, and getting really sick of hearing about it (yeah, I know, we are at the beginning of the curve on this one...).
It's not $2000, it's $2000 + the cost of a HD TV. That's probably more like $6000-12000 right now.
I agree with the article, that in under-developed countries, where the infant mortality rate is still very high, evolution is still a force.
This has very interesting possibibilities. It might mean a better human will come from the 3rd world. After all, competition for resources, at a primitive level, still goes on there. A mutation that would allow for an edge in that competition would certainly be interesting!
The question is, how long will there be a 3rd world? My guess is for some time, but probably not enough time for evolution to have a great effect. Capitalist 1st world societies will continue to elevate 3rd world countries MERELY for their cheap labor. Over time, these countries will accumulate wealth and thus leave the 3rd world. Then, the next 3rd world will be sought for their cheap labor... round and round we go.
According to Peter Norvig, a bigwig there, they use Linux. I just saw a talk by him last week were he said this.
I'm sick of this argument that stealing software doesn't deprive the original owner of something (that he can't sell to someone else), so therefore it is "different".
I think the above opinion is a rationalization after the fact of behavior. It is a convenient way for people not to feel guilty about doing something they should know is wrong.
Often, when you download shareware, you agree that you'll use it for a period of time, then stop using it or pay a fee. Lots of people seem to have forgotten this.
Also, many shareware authors have noted that they sold a few copies, but LOTS of people wanted support. OK, justify that one, poeple! "I didn't rip you off because you could sell your software after I stole it... but can you give me support for free, too?" Gimme a break.
I'm surprised no one has said this:
Linus should use CVS only if he is spending lots of time doing the administrative things that CVS would do for him (automatically, at that). CVS is a tool. If it wouldn't save him time, then he shouldn't use it. If it would save him time, he should use it.
Also, I don't buy Linus' argument that using CVS allows crap to get into the sources. If that is true (for him), then he's using CVS wrong. You gotta use the tool in the correct way.
How ironic. After posting the above, I ran into this: Salon subscriptions top 35,000.
Why, exactly, has it been a disaster?