Agreed that she should have a lawyer. Gotta call bullshit on "They have her IP Address. She did it." We know the former, but only speculate about the latter. Sounds like, "The police wouldn't have arrested 'em if they hadn't done it."
Perhaps the problem is trying to extend "Document" to include things like sound files and video? Do people refer to that new "document" showing at the theatres? Or ask each other if they've heard the new "document" by that new band? Half way through your post you state that "Your point about not needing a 3-D interface for SIMPLE apps is not lost on me" seems to indicate that there is confusion also between a document and an application. The article author noted that data set visualization was different. So I'd suggest that your exercise in hubris ("SIMPLE", "DEAD SIMPLE") is in fact in perfect agreement with the article.:-)
I agree, and I think this is important and is often overlooked. Ubuntu people I've chatted with on IRC are among the most friendly and helpful people I've experienced online or off. This really matters, and it matters at least as much as, (and to a newbie, especially, quite a bit more than,) the technical merits behind differences between distros or desktops. I've always respected Debian, but I can't say I'll be going back to their IRC channels.
You lose me at the point where you say that "Raping and murdering is normal for a corporation." However, if you really believe that then it would explain seeing MS as just another company.
Is this what they call "begging the question"? One person says that MS didn't win fairly because they never played fairly (legally) and so have never been competitive. You suggest that since they won, the market chose them (implying they won via fair competition), then use the assumed win at a fair competition to prove that they are competitive. The fact is that they won, yes. Another fact is they were convicted for their actions. You can scream that "people chose MS" all you want to, those of us who've been tracking the industry since before there was a MS no better.
Well you are half right. "M$" is an accurate and derogatory term for the company. It has less to do with feelings than historical fact. It is descriptive. You seem to be taking offense to its use, but I'd suggest that says more about you than the poster.
Personally, I think that Gnome works better as a Desktop than MS Windows does. I prefer nautilus, and gedit kicks ass on notepad. Gnumeric is better than excel. For the sort of stuff I code I hate visual studio. I prefer emacs and m-x run-octave for a kickass octave mode. I also use gcc and gnuplot. You should see people's faces the first time I do a 3D plot, then rotate it with my mouse:-) Oh, and Gnumeric will export LaTeX.
By your arguement, you shouldn't assume that your neighbors wouldn't be murderers and rapists if they got the chance, since so-and-so is a murder or rapist. It doesn't work. Not every company that achieves near monopoly control abuses their power. There are significant differences in corporate culture. Different cultures will say "ok / not ok" to different levels of different sorts of behavior.
I used to dual boot, but the last time WinXP crashed a drive I just gave up on it. I've lost data to win9x, win2k, and winxp. I've never lost data on linux in all that time. Same hardware. Maybe it is just me, but I doubt it. I agree that windows is getting more stable, yes. But it isn't ready for serious work unless you backup often to external media.
You would be hard pressed to so anything with Excel's macros that can't be done with Gnumeric's Python & R bindings. You just have to turn on the plugins.
The thing is when one talks about the large number of eyes making bugs shallow, they aren't refering to the number of users. Rather, the quote refers to having the source code available so that any developer can look at it. All developers have access to all projects. That is unique.
Wow. My P266, 32 MB, 4.1 GB HD system croaked when I tried to move it from Win95 to Win98. FAT32 confused the hell out of my BIOS. That system went from crashing every couple of weeks to crashing a few times a month, though. I think it was boosting the RAM to 256MB that did that, rather than the OS change. Win9x just was never stable for me (even running the OEM installed versions.)
From the Planet CCRMA FAQ, "I'm not running RedHat or Fedora Core, can I still use Planet CCRMA? The short answer is, sorry, no." However they go on to list other projects:
For Debian users: Demudi, a branch of the Agnula project
They finish that question's answer with a request:
It would be possible to rebuilt all the package collection on top of a different RPM based distribution, but it would be a LOT of work. Volunteers accepted:-)
But for how much longer? Doesn't your arguement sound a little bit like, "maybe a car is ok for a trip from Austin to Dallas, but everybody has to have horses just to get around town, and what about all those places roads don't go to?" Magazines, TV, Radio, these are channels that were designed for one-way transmissions in an era when "broadcast" resources were considered scarce. Things have changed, and the point is that the changes have occured faster than the oligarchy could thwart. Consider that magazine ad. The RIAA loves it because there is no way to block magazine ads. Rigid, captivating distribution streams is the bedrock of their business plan. It is all about *control*.
In terms of CD vs MP3, I live in dorms at a University, so perhaps my view is youth skewed, but still: nobody sees a CD as more than a shopping bag container for getting the music from the store to where it can be ripped. Nobody carrys a CD player around campus, but there are a ton of MP3 players. I don't know anybody on my floor who listens to CDs. They literally get home and rip them to listen to them. This is the future the RIAA can't even market to...
Yes, indeed. Further, I'm saying that you scrubbed this version clean enough that it is worth taking as a set of talking points. Thank you for cleaning up your act.:-)
Well no, you don't have to cater to them. You just don't use shitty equipment, and part of defining "shitty" is whether it will run for me. No big deal.
We are talking at cross purposes in terms of GUIs, because it is the inflexability in MS Windows that I hate. I can't stand using it for more than a couple days before I feel like I never want to see their layout again. You can't make more than insignificant changes without paying for third party extentions, and I fear Windows is too britle for layering very much on top of it, anyways.
A happy medium would be the development of a "Linux for Dummies" GUI that Windows Power Users could learn to use. Just don't expect to see anyone switching over to it except for said Windows Power Users.
Ah but are you the one they were trying to attract? Makes all the difference. If they dress hot to go out they are wanting to be seen by "keepers", not "releasers". They'd just as soon the "releasers" stayed home, or at least didn't raise the signal-noise ratio by interacting. Don't want to be a fish out of water, now.
It isn't all that unusual for Freshman girls around this university to get together and take turns chatting dirty with some guy they find in a chat room. It is like voyerism, I guess. And seeing what they can get the guy to type. Lots more laughter than moaning.
At least in the USA, isn't there more money spendt on private security than public police forces? I'd say most major corporations are capable of defending themselves for at least short-term physical events, and are just a phone call or two away from National Guard units being dispatched while the F-14s circle overhead.
Now what is really interesting is the legal status of said AI. A "corporation" is a legal intity. Legally, it is like unto a "person". What happens when said institution becomes self-aware? Can it demand the right to vote? Does it get to do hiring, and firing? What if it wants to spend all the economic profit on smart IOSlaves?
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Agreed that she should have a lawyer. Gotta call bullshit on "They have her IP Address. She did it." We know the former, but only speculate about the latter. Sounds like, "The police wouldn't have arrested 'em if they hadn't done it."
Maybe in TN you will soon start paying tax on your house and car leases.
At amazon Firefly - The Complete Series (2002) is at #6.
So then the next season should be a spinfoff all about Jayne?
Perhaps the problem is trying to extend "Document" to include things like sound files and video? Do people refer to that new "document" showing at the theatres? Or ask each other if they've heard the new "document" by that new band? Half way through your post you state that "Your point about not needing a 3-D interface for SIMPLE apps is not lost on me" seems to indicate that there is confusion also between a document and an application. The article author noted that data set visualization was different. So I'd suggest that your exercise in hubris ("SIMPLE", "DEAD SIMPLE") is in fact in perfect agreement with the article. :-)
Hmmm...so partion the 3D space based on task types, or some other category system?
"Dave, would you like to play a game?"
"No, HAL, I'd rather go to my Happy Place."
Animated naked dancing avatars fill the screen, to the sound of delighted squeals.
(HAL reads the week's Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Times yet again.)
I agree, and I think this is important and is often overlooked. Ubuntu people I've chatted with on IRC are among the most friendly and helpful people I've experienced online or off. This really matters, and it matters at least as much as, (and to a newbie, especially, quite a bit more than,) the technical merits behind differences between distros or desktops. I've always respected Debian, but I can't say I'll be going back to their IRC channels.
You lose me at the point where you say that "Raping and murdering is normal for a corporation." However, if you really believe that then it would explain seeing MS as just another company.
Is this what they call "begging the question"? One person says that MS didn't win fairly because they never played fairly (legally) and so have never been competitive. You suggest that since they won, the market chose them (implying they won via fair competition), then use the assumed win at a fair competition to prove that they are competitive. The fact is that they won, yes. Another fact is they were convicted for their actions. You can scream that "people chose MS" all you want to, those of us who've been tracking the industry since before there was a MS no better.
Well you are half right. "M$" is an accurate and derogatory term for the company. It has less to do with feelings than historical fact. It is descriptive. You seem to be taking offense to its use, but I'd suggest that says more about you than the poster.
Personally, I think that Gnome works better as a Desktop than MS Windows does. I prefer nautilus, and gedit kicks ass on notepad. Gnumeric is better than excel. For the sort of stuff I code I hate visual studio. I prefer emacs and m-x run-octave for a kickass octave mode. I also use gcc and gnuplot. You should see people's faces the first time I do a 3D plot, then rotate it with my mouse :-) Oh, and Gnumeric will export LaTeX.
By your arguement, you shouldn't assume that your neighbors wouldn't be murderers and rapists if they got the chance, since so-and-so is a murder or rapist. It doesn't work. Not every company that achieves near monopoly control abuses their power. There are significant differences in corporate culture. Different cultures will say "ok / not ok" to different levels of different sorts of behavior.
I used to dual boot, but the last time WinXP crashed a drive I just gave up on it. I've lost data to win9x, win2k, and winxp. I've never lost data on linux in all that time. Same hardware. Maybe it is just me, but I doubt it. I agree that windows is getting more stable, yes. But it isn't ready for serious work unless you backup often to external media.
You would be hard pressed to so anything with Excel's macros that can't be done with Gnumeric's Python & R bindings. You just have to turn on the plugins.
The thing is when one talks about the large number of eyes making bugs shallow, they aren't refering to the number of users. Rather, the quote refers to having the source code available so that any developer can look at it. All developers have access to all projects. That is unique.
Wow. My P266, 32 MB, 4.1 GB HD system croaked when I tried to move it from Win95 to Win98. FAT32 confused the hell out of my BIOS. That system went from crashing every couple of weeks to crashing a few times a month, though. I think it was boosting the RAM to 256MB that did that, rather than the OS change. Win9x just was never stable for me (even running the OEM installed versions.)
For Debian users: Demudi, a branch of the Agnula project
For Slackware users: AudioSlack
For Mandrake users: Thac's RPMs for Mandrake
also for Mandrake: Turn-Key Linux Audio
They finish that question's answer with a request:
as an artist, I could give a rats ass about a specific performance in time
Thanks for the disclosure, now tell us who you are so we won't waste money on tickets.
But for how much longer? Doesn't your arguement sound a little bit like, "maybe a car is ok for a trip from Austin to Dallas, but everybody has to have horses just to get around town, and what about all those places roads don't go to?" Magazines, TV, Radio, these are channels that were designed for one-way transmissions in an era when "broadcast" resources were considered scarce. Things have changed, and the point is that the changes have occured faster than the oligarchy could thwart. Consider that magazine ad. The RIAA loves it because there is no way to block magazine ads. Rigid, captivating distribution streams is the bedrock of their business plan. It is all about *control*.
In terms of CD vs MP3, I live in dorms at a University, so perhaps my view is youth skewed, but still: nobody sees a CD as more than a shopping bag container for getting the music from the store to where it can be ripped. Nobody carrys a CD player around campus, but there are a ton of MP3 players. I don't know anybody on my floor who listens to CDs. They literally get home and rip them to listen to them. This is the future the RIAA can't even market to...
Yes, indeed. Further, I'm saying that you scrubbed this version clean enough that it is worth taking as a set of talking points. Thank you for cleaning up your act. :-)
Well no, you don't have to cater to them. You just don't use shitty equipment, and part of defining "shitty" is whether it will run for me. No big deal.
We are talking at cross purposes in terms of GUIs, because it is the inflexability in MS Windows that I hate. I can't stand using it for more than a couple days before I feel like I never want to see their layout again. You can't make more than insignificant changes without paying for third party extentions, and I fear Windows is too britle for layering very much on top of it, anyways.
A happy medium would be the development of a "Linux for Dummies" GUI that Windows Power Users could learn to use. Just don't expect to see anyone switching over to it except for said Windows Power Users.
Ah but are you the one they were trying to attract? Makes all the difference. If they dress hot to go out they are wanting to be seen by "keepers", not "releasers". They'd just as soon the "releasers" stayed home, or at least didn't raise the signal-noise ratio by interacting. Don't want to be a fish out of water, now.
It isn't all that unusual for Freshman girls around this university to get together and take turns chatting dirty with some guy they find in a chat room. It is like voyerism, I guess. And seeing what they can get the guy to type. Lots more laughter than moaning.
Maybe he is an astrophysicist? Order of magnitude seems to be about right for lots of astronomy calcs...
At least in the USA, isn't there more money spendt on private security than public police forces? I'd say most major corporations are capable of defending themselves for at least short-term physical events, and are just a phone call or two away from National Guard units being dispatched while the F-14s circle overhead.
Now what is really interesting is the legal status of said AI. A "corporation" is a legal intity. Legally, it is like unto a "person". What happens when said institution becomes self-aware? Can it demand the right to vote? Does it get to do hiring, and firing? What if it wants to spend all the economic profit on smart IOSlaves?