On #2, do realize that this isn't a phone, it isn't even a PDA, it's more in line with an mini-ULPC (a desktop OS on a handheld device--though this one, you know, actually fits in your hand). In that rung, it's priced reasonably well.
Other terrifying fishes include the the Italian Oilfish (or Wop'pi), the Soused Mickey, the Western Atlantic Nee-gar, and the Yellow-Bellied Honkey Racistjocmaker.
I heard this story at least seven years ago, when I was getting my diving certification. Some idiot spears a Jewfish, gets tangled in the line and is dragged to his watery death. The legend of the idiot Jewfish-er who forgets his knife and common sense on the boat is not by any means new, and this tale has no references. Different from the chain letter how?
Also, from the 'man-tries-to-jump-from-train' story: "I am 14, and I know for a fact this story is true." Convincing. Actually, only one of these stories has any references.
This is garbage, as usual. They find a couple of real facts and laugh at the people who died, then make some others up because humanity is just not stupid enough to die in an amusing manner for the legions of misanthropes.
Well, in Jefferson Parish, you're tasered until you fall to the ground, then your beaten with the clubs until you need facial reconstruction surgery. Then the cops take your drugs and leave you convulsing softly and bleeding in the street. Say what you will, but it keeps the blacks out of our perfect shitpeople "city" (David Duke's former congressional district). If they had a new piece of technology that made people feel like they were on fire, but left no scars... they'd probably just set up a battery of them along the 17th street canal and fire them at New Orleans.
Hail King Lee, may the fat fucker be rotated slowly on a spit for all eternity. Or maybe he's just carrying on the legacy of Jefferson Parish Race Relations.
Offtopic, I realize. I just fucking hate cops, growing up where I did.
Someone purchasing 1000 support licenses for linux will go with a distribution that they think isn't going to get sued. That's the kind of linux user Novell is obviously interested in: the paying kind.
...if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
Q1. How is this agreement compatible with Novell's obligations under Section 7 of the GPL?
Our agreement with Microsoft is focused on our customers, and does not include a patent license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft to Novell (or, for that matter, from Novell to Microsoft). Novell's customers receive a covenant not to sue directly from Microsoft. We have not agreed with Microsoft to any condition that would contradict the conditions of the GPL and we are in full compliance.
Novell's end user customers receive a covenant not to sue directly from Microsoft for their use of Novell products and services, but these activities are outside the scope of the GPL.
Q5. Novell's November 2 press release states that, "Novell will also make running royalty payments based on a percentage of its revenues from open source products." Are these payments for a patent license to Novell?
No. Novell has no license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft under this agreement. The payments are for Microsoft's covenant directly to Novell's customers. By the same token, Microsoft's customers receive the same covenant from Novell in return for payment from Microsoft to Novell.
The money, acc'd to Novell, isn't for patent licenses and it isn't going to and from MS and Novell, it's going to and from MS and Novell's customers to improve interoperability and alleviate fears. Sneaky loopholing around the GPL like this doesn't bode well. I'm really hoping my conspiracy theory is wrong.
I know he supported the deal. I mean how does he feel NOW after Ballmer's comments? Stupid? Optimistic? Dismissive? I'd prefer more than an adjective, but I'll take what I can get.
They give Novell a wad of cash and gave Suse and Mono MS's blessing. MS will allow a handful of Linux distros to operate (read: suse, rh) and send cease and desist letters to every other distro because Linux and its various popular applications infringe on 326,038 MS-owned software patents. Novell sees this as good since 12,000 somewhat incompatible distributions devalue their product. Wouldn't it be nice if linux came in only 2 or 3 flavors... if you owned one of those flavors?
It's extortion. Big linux players who play ball will have MS's approval to operate, but the FUD will limit their business (or put them out of business). Since they make up a majority of linux users, and a vast majority of linux servers, this will seal linux's place in the market. All they have to do is keep IBM and/or Sun in court for a couple of years (soon!) and get the big linux players on board (done!) and the FUD will do the rest (started!).
What will stop it?
Patent reform
New Congress pushes MS antitrust (I know, funny stuff. Oh man.)
and... well, that's it. Winning in court won't matter if it drags on for another couple of years. The SCO fiasco has hurt linux adoption (not that it's the only thing). This will be worse. There's no "just show me the code" in a software patent case.
G4, SciFi, and Spike need to merge into the Misogynistic Virgin Network.
"Next on MVN, some shit we think is uberlame gets compared to fat chicks, then this totally crazy dude tapes his asscheeks together while we all watch for some reason! After that, uncritical, publisher-influenced game reviews! Then at 11, Grade-Z scifi with tits! So tell your mom to bring some more Cheetoes, cuz you're in for some horizontal time tonight!! And the next night. And the next night. And the next night..."
but instead it was OJ. What a travesty. Justice isn't served just by getting to the right outcome. It's served by proving that the outcome you reach is right.
Water has a special property that, however cold it is, pressure easily turns it back into water. As opposed to stuff like metal. That's why you slip on ice so easily -- the top layer turns to water under your feet.
The USDA allows food producers to round down if their products have.5 grams or less of a food component. They can claim that there is 0 grams trans fat if their products contain.2 grams per serving.
So you see, a producer could easily claim that their products claim "ONLY 0.2 GRAMS OF TRANS FAT PER SERVING!!!", gov't regulations do not prevent this. The producers used free market wisdom to keep their consumers uneducated as to the contents of their food. Removing government regulation means no reporting on the trans fat content at all (and no FDA study).
Of course, as an anachno-capitalist, you believe that the corporations of the world, in their unquenchable thirst for wealth, will inadvertently benefit all mankind with the magic of making money for themselves. This is because using their monetary influence to negatively affect consumer education about the ill-effects of their products would just be wrong. This is something they only do because government regulations tell them that they can't. They're like teenagers in this way.
And as to your original point, this is not good news. If this means cheaper beef by increased cattle agriculture, it means a less efficient use of the land. This does not benefit the poor of the world who are already grossly overusing their farmlands and still coming up short of even supplying their people with grain. A greatly decreased consumption of beef would benefit all humanity much better. I don't think the regulation of beef consumption is the answer, but the misinformation that food producers are only too eager to push will not go away or just sort it self out through the market. The incentive that concerned citizens provide them with, with their phone calls and concerned letters, will not outweigh the incentive that the general public provides when it is too lazy, ignorant, or misinformed to stop eating so much beef.
Also, in your link to Nature, the op-ed makes a good point for not repealing all GMO notification laws, but improving testing methods to make them effective.
If you and I wanted MORE labeling, we'd go to a store that worked with their producers to verify manufacturing and content, and we'd pay more.
Grocers like Whole Foods already tout their GM-free wares far above and beyond what regulations require, because their consumers give them the incentive to do so. There's only enough incentive to do this on niche markets (the wealthy), for those educated on the topic enough to have an opinion about GM foods. Do realize that this is not because most consumers don't want labelling, it's because they haven't been informed or they've been misinformed (usually by producers or retailers). The market doesn't care if they are adversely affected in a decade or two.
How the hell would you know? Oh, YOU MUST KNOW MAGIC!!
It really is the 5th branch of government, magic. When the other 4 branches fail us, magic lets us know that things are being done properly. Did you get one of the pointy hats?
"Or they were watersports sites, mistaken for waterboarding sites! HA HA HA!!", but no one was laughing. The orc blinked and then smashed in his skull in with the log, splattering his ill-humored brains all over his companions.
"Now that was funny," said Jimbo, licking his lips.
What will we be doing in 3 years? Maybe softphones, maybe video conferencing, sometimes burning CD/DVDs while working, and, yes, Vista. I'm looking at systems with Core 2 Duos (800 and 900 Ds are just not worth it compared to Conroe or Allendale performance), and I just made a tiny one for ~1500--minimally outfitted, but not poorly outfitted (1GB RAM, 160GB HD, 3 Year Onsite, 17" FPV Monitor).
Offtopic - Does Dell really need to send me through 4 frikin screens now to customize a system?
Um, no, they won't. A new computer *without* corporate discounts is 25%-30% of that.
Now who's exaggerating? As most coporate PC's are on a 3-4 year cycle, you won't be buying $400-$600 systems. The MS troll's numbers were about right. Look at a decent (i.e., will be useful in 3 years) Opteron or Latitude right now. Our picks were $1450 for the desktops and $2100 for the laptops. That's with a state purchasing discount (more than what private corps get). That's with 3 year warranties, gold support, etc.
There will be a significant cost for the Vista/Office2k7 upgrade, but mostly because it coincides with a number of other upgrades. If you factor in Vista Server (supposedly coming out next year, Enterprise Ed. for clustering), Exchange, SQL Server, and Sharepoint, CALs, the new Office Servers if you want them, I'd say $1500-$2000/client isn't too pessimistic for software alone. That's factoring in software assurance for Vista/Office.
Of course, if the submitter had used these large yet non-inflammitory numbers, we wouldn't be reading this right now.
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Haha, I know. It's hilarious that gay people exist. I mean really, a man using a hairdryer. Can ya beat that? A man! Ha! Golly.
On #2, do realize that this isn't a phone, it isn't even a PDA, it's more in line with an mini-ULPC (a desktop OS on a handheld device--though this one, you know, actually fits in your hand). In that rung, it's priced reasonably well.
Agreed about Cingular, though. Bummer.
The $499 price IS heavily subsidized by the carrier - that's the 2-year contract price. Don't expect it to come down before 2008+.
Other terrifying fishes include the the Italian Oilfish (or Wop'pi), the Soused Mickey, the Western Atlantic Nee-gar, and the Yellow-Bellied Honkey Racistjocmaker.
I heard this story at least seven years ago, when I was getting my diving certification. Some idiot spears a Jewfish, gets tangled in the line and is dragged to his watery death. The legend of the idiot Jewfish-er who forgets his knife and common sense on the boat is not by any means new, and this tale has no references. Different from the chain letter how?
Also, from the 'man-tries-to-jump-from-train' story:
"I am 14, and I know for a fact this story is true."
Convincing. Actually, only one of these stories has any references.
This is garbage, as usual. They find a couple of real facts and laugh at the people who died, then make some others up because humanity is just not stupid enough to die in an amusing manner for the legions of misanthropes.
He actually said "over 700 million of us". It was a few years ago.
Well, in Jefferson Parish, you're tasered until you fall to the ground, then your beaten with the clubs until you need facial reconstruction surgery. Then the cops take your drugs and leave you convulsing softly and bleeding in the street. Say what you will, but it keeps the blacks out of our perfect shitpeople "city" (David Duke's former congressional district). If they had a new piece of technology that made people feel like they were on fire, but left no scars... they'd probably just set up a battery of them along the 17th street canal and fire them at New Orleans.
Hail King Lee, may the fat fucker be rotated slowly on a spit for all eternity. Or maybe he's just carrying on the legacy of Jefferson Parish Race Relations.
Offtopic, I realize. I just fucking hate cops, growing up where I did.
Someone purchasing 1000 support licenses for linux will go with a distribution that they think isn't going to get sued. That's the kind of linux user Novell is obviously interested in: the paying kind.
http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensou
Check out the first question. Novell at least thinks they've got this covered.
The money, acc'd to Novell, isn't for patent licenses and it isn't going to and from MS and Novell, it's going to and from MS and Novell's customers to improve interoperability and alleviate fears. Sneaky loopholing around the GPL like this doesn't bode well. I'm really hoping my conspiracy theory is wrong.
I know he supported the deal. I mean how does he feel NOW after Ballmer's comments? Stupid? Optimistic? Dismissive? I'd prefer more than an adjective, but I'll take what I can get.
They give Novell a wad of cash and gave Suse and Mono MS's blessing. MS will allow a handful of Linux distros to operate (read: suse, rh) and send cease and desist letters to every other distro because Linux and its various popular applications infringe on 326,038 MS-owned software patents. Novell sees this as good since 12,000 somewhat incompatible distributions devalue their product. Wouldn't it be nice if linux came in only 2 or 3 flavors... if you owned one of those flavors?
It's extortion. Big linux players who play ball will have MS's approval to operate, but the FUD will limit their business (or put them out of business). Since they make up a majority of linux users, and a vast majority of linux servers, this will seal linux's place in the market. All they have to do is keep IBM and/or Sun in court for a couple of years (soon!) and get the big linux players on board (done!) and the FUD will do the rest (started!).
What will stop it?
and... well, that's it. Winning in court won't matter if it drags on for another couple of years. The SCO fiasco has hurt linux adoption (not that it's the only thing). This will be worse. There's no "just show me the code" in a software patent case.
Novell is the primary supporter of Mono, so they should be in the clear (i.e., souls sold).
I would REALLY like to hear from Miguel about THIS.
I think you mean the Sun.
G4, SciFi, and Spike need to merge into the Misogynistic Virgin Network.
"Next on MVN, some shit we think is uberlame gets compared to fat chicks, then this totally crazy dude tapes his asscheeks together while we all watch for some reason! After that, uncritical, publisher-influenced game reviews! Then at 11, Grade-Z scifi with tits! So tell your mom to bring some more Cheetoes, cuz you're in for some horizontal time tonight!! And the next night. And the next night. And the next night..."
but instead it was OJ. What a travesty. Justice isn't served just by getting to the right outcome. It's served by proving that the outcome you reach is right.
Where's that big goddamn hook?
If this is a metaphor, it's gone way too far.
The USDA allows food producers to round down if their products have .5 grams or less of a food component. They can claim that there is 0 grams trans fat if their products contain .2 grams per serving.
So you see, a producer could easily claim that their products claim "ONLY 0.2 GRAMS OF TRANS FAT PER SERVING!!!", gov't regulations do not prevent this. The producers used free market wisdom to keep their consumers uneducated as to the contents of their food. Removing government regulation means no reporting on the trans fat content at all (and no FDA study).
Of course, as an anachno-capitalist, you believe that the corporations of the world, in their unquenchable thirst for wealth, will inadvertently benefit all mankind with the magic of making money for themselves. This is because using their monetary influence to negatively affect consumer education about the ill-effects of their products would just be wrong. This is something they only do because government regulations tell them that they can't. They're like teenagers in this way.
And as to your original point, this is not good news. If this means cheaper beef by increased cattle agriculture, it means a less efficient use of the land. This does not benefit the poor of the world who are already grossly overusing their farmlands and still coming up short of even supplying their people with grain. A greatly decreased consumption of beef would benefit all humanity much better. I don't think the regulation of beef consumption is the answer, but the misinformation that food producers are only too eager to push will not go away or just sort it self out through the market. The incentive that concerned citizens provide them with, with their phone calls and concerned letters, will not outweigh the incentive that the general public provides when it is too lazy, ignorant, or misinformed to stop eating so much beef.
Also, in your link to Nature, the op-ed makes a good point for not repealing all GMO notification laws, but improving testing methods to make them effective.
If you and I wanted MORE labeling, we'd go to a store that worked with their producers to verify manufacturing and content, and we'd pay more.
Grocers like Whole Foods already tout their GM-free wares far above and beyond what regulations require, because their consumers give them the incentive to do so. There's only enough incentive to do this on niche markets (the wealthy), for those educated on the topic enough to have an opinion about GM foods. Do realize that this is not because most consumers don't want labelling, it's because they haven't been informed or they've been misinformed (usually by producers or retailers). The market doesn't care if they are adversely affected in a decade or two.
Popularly, the media is the "4th branch of government". I meant to imply this. There goes my funny.
Every time.
How the hell would you know? Oh, YOU MUST KNOW MAGIC!!
It really is the 5th branch of government, magic. When the other 4 branches fail us, magic lets us know that things are being done properly. Did you get one of the pointy hats?
"Or they were watersports sites, mistaken for waterboarding sites! HA HA HA!!", but no one was laughing. The orc blinked and then smashed in his skull in with the log, splattering his ill-humored brains all over his companions.
"Now that was funny," said Jimbo, licking his lips.
What will we be doing in 3 years? Maybe softphones, maybe video conferencing, sometimes burning CD/DVDs while working, and, yes, Vista. I'm looking at systems with Core 2 Duos (800 and 900 Ds are just not worth it compared to Conroe or Allendale performance), and I just made a tiny one for ~1500--minimally outfitted, but not poorly outfitted (1GB RAM, 160GB HD, 3 Year Onsite, 17" FPV Monitor).
Offtopic - Does Dell really need to send me through 4 frikin screens now to customize a system?
New PCs will cost $1,500-$2,000.
Um, no, they won't. A new computer *without* corporate discounts is 25%-30% of that.
Now who's exaggerating? As most coporate PC's are on a 3-4 year cycle, you won't be buying $400-$600 systems. The MS troll's numbers were about right. Look at a decent (i.e., will be useful in 3 years) Opteron or Latitude right now. Our picks were $1450 for the desktops and $2100 for the laptops. That's with a state purchasing discount (more than what private corps get). That's with 3 year warranties, gold support, etc.
There will be a significant cost for the Vista/Office2k7 upgrade, but mostly because it coincides with a number of other upgrades. If you factor in Vista Server (supposedly coming out next year, Enterprise Ed. for clustering), Exchange, SQL Server, and Sharepoint, CALs, the new Office Servers if you want them, I'd say $1500-$2000/client isn't too pessimistic for software alone. That's factoring in software assurance for Vista/Office.
Of course, if the submitter had used these large yet non-inflammitory numbers, we wouldn't be reading this right now.
Pawned?
O-Relay?
Ruffled?
WTF?
By which I mean "Whutfe", Shamalamamese for "Stop Imitating Fifteen-Year-Olds. They're Supposed To Be Imitating You, Dummy."