They gave their customers lower prices if they guaranteed not to buy their rival's chips. To my mind, that is unfair.
Well, maybe it's not very "nice". But I still don't understand what objective grounds can be given for making it illegal or considering it immoral. They're Intel's chips, they made them - why can't they charge whatever the hell they want, to whomever the hell they want? You don't have to buy them. If you don't like Intel's practices, let them know - by supporting the competition instead.
But local files kick the crap out of the registry, which should only be used IMHO for system data but is used all too often for app data.:-(
This is probably because, unfortunately, the guidelines that were given to developers (developers! developers!...) by MS back in the Win95 era suggested that apps stop using local INI files and start putting all their configuration data into the Registry. I never understood why, so I never did it, but a lot of other folks apparently did...
Then you've got your x.x.0 release. Basically, you subdivide your release schedule according to the major tasks needed to get there. So, for instance, if you're creating a video player, 0.1.0 would be to get something proof-of-concept running some basic video codec. 0.2.0 would be for major GUI additions, 0.3.0 would be for extra codeces, etc. These should adhere to a strict roadmap.
Next, you've got the x.x.x release. So, let's say that you're at the GUI stage above, if you've added the player buttons, you're at 0.1.1 (0.2.0 should be reserved for completion of the GUI stage -- are you writing this down?). A menu means 0.1.2, a status bar, 0.1.3 etc. Once more, this should also adhere strictly to the roadmap.
However, you might run into situations where a bug might creep up, and you want to do an extra release between x.x.x releases. This is where you incorporate the a/b/c etc. releases -- for minor changes that occur between the smallest parts of the roadmap. So, if you had an eject button that wasn't working, and you wanted to fix that before moving onto the menu bar, you release 0.1.1a. Small video glitch that arose because of this? 0.1.1b.
This sounds all well and good for development pushing toward a major release, but what about changes/enhancements beyond 1.0? What's a 1.x, and what's a 1.x.y in this case? When the main features are already in place, it's not as clear what's a feature vs. an enhancement of a feature.
And for those who believes women cannot be tough and single-minded in their purpose, I have only two words: Margaret Thatcher.
Nor are those sufficient qualifications for good management. Fiorina was tough and single-minded in her purpose, and look where HP ended up. Forget "sufficient"; I'm not sure that "single-mindedness" is even a desirable trait in a good manager. Modern business is complex and multi-faceted, and requires managers who can deal with that.
Recent events have showed us that we MUST cause a regime change for the Solarians. No longer must they live under the titanical rule of Sunddam Hydrogen.
Oh, sure, you only want invade the places that are rich in energy sources. What if the people of Pluto were being crushed by a brutal dictator? Huh? Huh? Oh, wait - maybe they have plutonium...
...why aren't we doing things like this here? There are plenty of American kids without access to decent textbooks, or modern textbooks, or who have to share textbooks, etc. If this sort of thing can happen in places like Kenya and India, then why not here? (dammit?!?)
I've thought for a while now that maybe Bachelor's programs (especially engineering degree) should be expanded to five years, and maybe high school as well.
So, you're telling me that 50% more (a common advertisement on food products) is actually 0.5x the amount?
No, "50% more" would be 150% of the original, i.e. the 100% from the original value, plus 50% more. Similarly, 3x the original is the original 100%, plus 200% more.
So if you don't have a car, do you get no advantage from publicly maintained roads? If you get deliveries from UPS or FedEx, or buy groceries at a store you benefit from low shipping costs.
I am benefiting from UPS's or FedEx's use of the roads. They can pay the costs, and pass them along to me. (They do already, anyway.)
You should understand the freedom is not simply the protection of property.
You should understand that your pet theory of freedom is one of many. In my pet theory, freedom is precisely equal to the protection of property, starting with one's ownership of one's self and proceeding outward from there.
So it's not communism when a government decides to do something - we're a community, we live together, and if our governments want to build infrastructure that benefits everyone, let them!
How do you justify saying they benefit "everyone"? It seems to me that such a system benefits those few who use it, at the expense of everyone who pays taxes, whether they use the service or not.
A local government sending messages to corporate america. Obviously the big corporate types weren't willing to service these communities, why should a local government be blocked from serving it's electorate?
You bet. Absolutely. And why stop at wireless broadband? Everybody hates the crap that Hollywood puts out, so why not let the government get into the movie business? Or the music business? Why let businesses waste resources by operating supermarkets and department stores, when the government could do it so much more efficiently? Maybe we should let the government run the newspapers and TV stations while we're at it. And why have so many manufacturers of condoms, when the government could make them all?
Here in the Land of The Free (i.e. Western Europe), we allow our local/community governments to do what the electorate want them to do.
I'm not sure how governments messing around in the marketplace constitutes "freedom". Here in the Land of the Free, we place limits on the powers that can be assumed by our federal/state/local governments.
Let's say I have a write a game that uses the popular library, LibSDL (a rendering library). Though open-source may be great, why should I be *forced* to GPL my game code, which has little to do with LibSDL development?
You're not being "forced" to GPL your code, just as no one "forced" you to use LibSDL. You have choices, but those choices have consequences.
Sellafield is nowhere near London. It's about a 300 mile drive away according to Multimap [multimap.co.uk]. It's at the complete opposite side of the country.
300 miles puts you on the other side of the country? (snicker) That's interesting. (giggle) What a quaint little country you have. (bursts out laughing)
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They gave their customers lower prices if they guaranteed not to buy their rival's chips. To my mind, that is unfair.
Well, maybe it's not very "nice". But I still don't understand what objective grounds can be given for making it illegal or considering it immoral. They're Intel's chips, they made them - why can't they charge whatever the hell they want, to whomever the hell they want? You don't have to buy them. If you don't like Intel's practices, let them know - by supporting the competition instead.
But local files kick the crap out of the registry, which should only be used IMHO for system data but is used all too often for app data.
This is probably because, unfortunately, the guidelines that were given to developers (developers! developers!...) by MS back in the Win95 era suggested that apps stop using local INI files and start putting all their configuration data into the Registry. I never understood why, so I never did it, but a lot of other folks apparently did...
Is this really all that different (except in size) from good ol' fashioned wire recording?
Let's issue standard cel phones to one group, placebo cel phones to another and see if there's any difference in cancer rates.
Well, the placebo group might get throat cancer from all the yelling and screaming. "WHAT WAS THAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU..."
Then you've got your x.x.0 release. Basically, you subdivide your release schedule according to the major tasks needed to get there. So, for instance, if you're creating a video player, 0.1.0 would be to get something proof-of-concept running some basic video codec. 0.2.0 would be for major GUI additions, 0.3.0 would be for extra codeces, etc. These should adhere to a strict roadmap.
Next, you've got the x.x.x release. So, let's say that you're at the GUI stage above, if you've added the player buttons, you're at 0.1.1 (0.2.0 should be reserved for completion of the GUI stage -- are you writing this down?). A menu means 0.1.2, a status bar, 0.1.3 etc. Once more, this should also adhere strictly to the roadmap.
However, you might run into situations where a bug might creep up, and you want to do an extra release between x.x.x releases. This is where you incorporate the a/b/c etc. releases -- for minor changes that occur between the smallest parts of the roadmap. So, if you had an eject button that wasn't working, and you wanted to fix that before moving onto the menu bar, you release 0.1.1a. Small video glitch that arose because of this? 0.1.1b.
This sounds all well and good for development pushing toward a major release, but what about changes/enhancements beyond 1.0? What's a 1.x, and what's a 1.x.y in this case? When the main features are already in place, it's not as clear what's a feature vs. an enhancement of a feature.
Linux (Linux Is Not UNIX) is a rip-off and a slapdash clone of UNIX...
No, it was inspired by and has grown vastly beyond Andrew Tanenbaum's Minix.
And for those who believes women cannot be tough and single-minded in their purpose, I have only two words: Margaret Thatcher.
Nor are those sufficient qualifications for good management. Fiorina was tough and single-minded in her purpose, and look where HP ended up. Forget "sufficient"; I'm not sure that "single-mindedness" is even a desirable trait in a good manager. Modern business is complex and multi-faceted, and requires managers who can deal with that.
Recent events have showed us that we MUST cause a regime change for the Solarians. No longer must they live under the titanical rule of Sunddam Hydrogen.
Oh, sure, you only want invade the places that are rich in energy sources. What if the people of Pluto were being crushed by a brutal dictator? Huh? Huh? Oh, wait - maybe they have plutonium...
...why aren't we doing things like this here? There are plenty of American kids without access to decent textbooks, or modern textbooks, or who have to share textbooks, etc. If this sort of thing can happen in places like Kenya and India, then why not here? (dammit?!?)
This country has turned into a Kurt Vonnegut novel.
Sure you're not thinking of Joseph Heller?
I've thought for a while now that maybe Bachelor's programs (especially engineering degree) should be expanded to five years, and maybe high school as well.
Do you guys in NY and LA have the same cognitive dissonance when watching your towns subbing for other parts of the world?
I don't think anyone would use NYC to stand in for some other town - it's too recognizable.
So, you're telling me that 50% more (a common advertisement on food products) is actually 0.5x the amount?
No, "50% more" would be 150% of the original, i.e. the 100% from the original value, plus 50% more. Similarly, 3x the original is the original 100%, plus 200% more.
They took two cows and stapled 'em together.
So if you don't have a car, do you get no advantage from publicly maintained roads? If you get deliveries from UPS or FedEx, or buy groceries at a store you benefit from low shipping costs.
I am benefiting from UPS's or FedEx's use of the roads. They can pay the costs, and pass them along to me. (They do already, anyway.)
You should understand the freedom is not simply the protection of property.
You should understand that your pet theory of freedom is one of many. In my pet theory, freedom is precisely equal to the protection of property, starting with one's ownership of one's self and proceeding outward from there.
Personally, I think muni networks stifle innovation.
Want an example of what happens when government gets in to the ISP business? Minitel. Is that what you want here in the US?
Sarah Vowell says "a Libertarian is a Republican who doesn't believe in God." Knowing that, I wouldn't want to be trapped in an elevator with one.
Oh, so because Sarah Vowell (whoever that is) says something, that makes it true?
So it's not communism when a government decides to do something - we're a community, we live together, and if our governments want to build infrastructure that benefits everyone, let them!
How do you justify saying they benefit "everyone"? It seems to me that such a system benefits those few who use it, at the expense of everyone who pays taxes, whether they use the service or not.
A local government sending messages to corporate america. Obviously the big corporate types weren't willing to service these communities, why should a local government be blocked from serving it's electorate?
You bet. Absolutely. And why stop at wireless broadband? Everybody hates the crap that Hollywood puts out, so why not let the government get into the movie business? Or the music business? Why let businesses waste resources by operating supermarkets and department stores, when the government could do it so much more efficiently? Maybe we should let the government run the newspapers and TV stations while we're at it. And why have so many manufacturers of condoms, when the government could make them all?
Here in the Land of The Free (i.e. Western Europe), we allow our local/community governments to do what the electorate want them to do.
I'm not sure how governments messing around in the marketplace constitutes "freedom". Here in the Land of the Free, we place limits on the powers that can be assumed by our federal/state/local governments.
Let's say I have a write a game that uses the popular library, LibSDL (a rendering library). Though open-source may be great, why should I be *forced* to GPL my game code, which has little to do with LibSDL development?
You're not being "forced" to GPL your code, just as no one "forced" you to use LibSDL. You have choices, but those choices have consequences.
Um... where's England?
Just to the south of Scotland. HTH.
I'm afraid it doesn't. Um, you see, we're Americans. "Scotland"? Is that a place run by some guy named Scott?
To any who are curious: The book is called, "Good Omens", it's by Terry Prachet ( Disc world fame ) and
Neil Gaiman, whose done some pretty good stuff of his own (e.g. American Gods).
Sellafield is nowhere near London. It's about a 300 mile drive away according to Multimap [multimap.co.uk]. It's at the complete opposite side of the country.
300 miles puts you on the other side of the country? (snicker) That's interesting. (giggle) What a quaint little country you have. (bursts out laughing)