So why not vote independent then and let the responsibility of screwing up the country fall on someone who didn't vote their conscience? At least you will have voted responsibly.
Sorry, man... as long as we still use the archaic, undemocratic FPTP voting scheme, I will NOT throw away my vote. I might consider using something like VotePair, but I actually really like the democratic candidate thsi time (my only beef is his views on Isreal, but hey, Dean said what I felt, and got slammed by AIPAC).
Seriously, the only way to really get any 3rd parites involved is to update the horribly unrepresentative vote counting system in this country.... but before we do anything *really* profound like oh, say, instituting IRV, for example... I think we first have to look at other forms of electoraly dysfunction like Diebold and vote-disenchranchisement.
I once had to write a blackjack game in SmallTalk. The only mark I lost is because I made the dealer inherit from the player class, instead of the deck.
Yeah, I really feel the pain with ya, brotha. That's one thing I *HATE* about single-inheritance object-oriented models, esp. in smalltalk... there are so many ways to do the right thing, that often times, flamewars are caused simply by difference of opinion on what way is more "appropriate". Also, single inheritance schemes sometimes seem right, but when scope changes, you have refactor simply because the object model doesn't make sense any more.
What does that say about Wall Mart participating in the community.
This is a major point, but it's much worse than that. They are capitalistic vampires, draining the economic lifeblood of many cities and counties... and are in a monopoly position as prime vendor. I'm not talking about urban areas or metropolitan suburbs, but the real one-highway stop small city out there in BFE.
Bullshit. I have had 3 friends who, even if they're computer literate, are really hating their windows boxes. I've tried time and again, to get them to install spybot, firefox, etc. But they won't have it. THey're convinced that these are stopgap measures that really won't accomplish much in the long run. One of them refuses to use his PC networked anymore (even afer OS reinstall). He just views his camera images and listens to his music. Another one is trying out Linux (Lindows/Linspire). The last one is dead-set on spending $3000+ to get a new powerbook + ipod.
These people aren't exactly Joe Schmoe, but they're not powerusers either. They're done with windows. I just wish my work would let me bring in a mactop, otherwise I'm stuck with my windoze one:-(
Props to you brotha... someone pls mod up parent. I think the original torrent is hosed. This is the only working link on the page.
Also linked your torrent on other sites (dailykos.com)
Can't say much about game title weakness, Sony tends to be pretty strong there. Maybe they should dump some cash into the research of those nuclear batteries?
tuff that runs on Linux doesn't mean jack, because in the big wide world, linux doesn't mean jack.
No, I think there's a less acrimonious reason: People USE these tools. They have no frickin idea that most of the web runs on Apache, nor do they care that the servers running their webmail run FreeBSD (yahoo mail).
They care about things they can see and use. Office and Browser are two of the most used and needed apps out there. If you ask 90% of the people what apps they use most, those would be them. Some people in fact, use their computers for little else (my parents).
So it's good we have presence where it counts, b/c we have presence elsewhere too.. and when the users or enterprise needs it OSS will be there.
Sounds like a good reason not to rent from Hertz! It's not like it's as hard to change car rental agencies as it is to change banks.A-fuckin-men. I use hotwire.com for rentals... I've gotten great deals on *same day rentals*... for flights, I often need to specify times, but for rentals, hotwire is da shiznit. Note: hotwire.com chooses the best price for that location, so I get to try out many different vendors... without using their POS website.
(resubmit w/ formatting... doh!)
Seriously, I see a lot of replies that make fun of the marketroid-speak that infests the article, but here's a simple translation into human-readable text:
"ERP vendors like SAP/Peoplesoft/Oracle are going to lose their bread and butter to Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA)... unless they also conform to SOA architectures."
Of course, there's no attempt to explain why, but I think it's pretty clear: because the industry has *failed* to really answer the integration problem. Customers buy into a suite of software, spend millions on it, and the next big software comes out, and they have to spend a bunch more on integration between the new and the old system.
Solution: Web services, SOA and SOAP/XML/UDDI as standard intercommunication methods.
Will it work? Who knows... but IBM is sure big on SOA, and guess what... IBM loves open source/linux (Eclipse is OSS, too). So this might be a way for non-players (think OSS projects) in the big field of enterprise software to become involved and maybe even gain marketshare... by following the Unix methodology of doing something, and doing it well... and interacting well with other services.
Yes, the article makes very little sense, but the web service evolution is happening as we speak... so it'd be better to understand and engage than ignore and ridicule.
Seriously, I see a lot of replies that make fun of the marketroid-speak that infests the article, but here's a simple translation into human-readable text:
"ERP vendors like SAP/Peoplesoft/Oracle are going to lose their bread and butter to Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA)... unless they also conform to SOA architectures."
Of course, there's no attempt to explain why, but I think it's pretty clear: because the industry has *failed* to really answer the integration problem. Customers buy into a suite of software, spend millions on it, and the next big software comes out, and they have to spend a bunch more on integration between the new and the old system.
Solution: Web services, SOA and SOAP/XML/UDDI as standard intercommunication methods.
Will it work? Who knows... but IBM is sure big on SOA, and guess what... IBM loves open source/linux (Eclipse is OSS, too). So this might be a way for non-players (think OSS projects) in the big field of enterprise software to become involved and maybe even gain marketshare... by following the Unix methodology of doing something, and doing it well... and interacting well with other services.
Yes, the article makes very little sense, but the web service evolution is happening as we speak... so it'd be better to understand and engage than ignore and ridicule.
Well, NPR already exists in iTunes' radio section under public.
But if you want to use the streams from shoutcast, just click the "Tune in"... unless iTunes isn't the default for.pls... in which case, you can copy the link, then "advanced -> open stream" in iTunes. It should just play, then.
The iMac is quiet, but it's a "turnkey" system without any serious expandability. I have three network cards, a Hauppage vid cap card, and three monitors. The iMac is not suitable for these things.
That's why we retired our old laptop as a low power server (it's great, quiet, and only turns on with local activity), added a NAS, and now use our work laptops and plan on a shiney new iMac LCD for the living room. iTunes, pictures, wifi, etc are all served by low power devices (incl. the laptop server).
But to each his own... if you need a workstation, then an iMac is a bad idea. If you need a quiet machine for regular home usage (or do your heavy lifting elsewhere), it's pretty cool.
Try sourceforge.net. I simple "CRM" search yields a few potentially usable results that probably could be ported/used on OSX, or at least on a web-based infrastructure that is client-agnostic. Also try looking for php plugins that do CRM... I know they exist.
How about Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP? They all have web-based offerings (think Safari/Firefox). Oh you mean contact managers or something low profile? PIMs? How about iCal? Seriously, saying "CRM software" is like saying "calculator"... you could mean "small elegant financial calc" or "powerful graphing sci calc" or even "spreadsheet"... so if you clarify your
"CRM" need, maybe someone could help you.
That said, there are plenty of web-based productivity tools that don't require windows or x86 for that matter.
Hopefully it'll have better info-retention capabilities than my junior high Trapper Keeper:-)
Seriously, my main issue with contact managers are
Data Entry... and this has a full qwerty keyboard (tho it's arguable how usable it is, being so small keys)
Sync capabilities... palm was good, but ipod/iCal is better, and so is my SonyEriccson T610 that supports SyncML. Can't recount the number of times that I lost data due to bad sync or lack of sync {sigh}.
From the site's page on PK, it looks pretty good. Gotta try the download and see if it's better than my palm desktop.
I know that Motorola was the phone manufacturer that's in bed with apple, but jeez, if I could have only 1.5 GB, and still have my iTunes... without carrying my small, but still tangible iPod... I'd be rather happy:-)
... that talking to me while I'm playing is like talking to a robot, or a zombie. And depending on how well I did, I'm either in a good or horrible mood afterwards. It seemed a bit funny to me, but now I think I understand how she must feel.
Look at your Linux desktop in the bottom left corner... What's that thing that you push that pops up a menu of available applications to run? Where did that come from?
Hmm... how about Apple MacOS? Think about where M$ got it's "Start" button.
It is exactly what I would reccomend for the person who has:
A)some money.
B)taste.
C)no interest in games.
D)only multimedia / mail/office needs.
E)no interest in spending time on maintenance.
I'm going to have to take exception with your (C) reference. There are TONS of games that are very playable and will work on a mac. Hint: Mame runs fine on OS/X, and there are those who still play starcraft and nethack (two of the most replayable games ever).
Apple's got some real quality control issues, despite their reputation. They seem to have at least one or two recalls per year for various reasons ranging from defective batteries to defective power supplies to defective screens, as well as other problems that are common complaints but that they do nothing about (such as the iPod battery service life issue). The recall I noted above was actually a safety issue, and I would guess the overheating batteries in the G4 PB's might be a safety issue as well.
Guess their "reputation" also includes independent consumer reports studies... (note: link is to maccentral forums, but the info is from valid consumer reports articles... updated as of Jun04, I checked).
At the tracker bug, you can add your email to the CC, and put in a comment to let the developer's know that it is important to you!
Not sure if it helps, but I also voted for the bug. Also, bugzilla doesn't seem to like/. referrers, so for those of you who have the plaintext extension (or who dont mind cut/paste), here's the URL:
From the article: "That's not to say that the Xeon CPU necessarily deserves excessive praise just yet. At time of publication, our Xeon processor retails for $850 and the Athlon 3500+ retails for about $500 less"
More than that, keep in mind that Xeon mobos are server-oriented, often coming with GbE and SCSI built in, thus being MUCH more expensive than A64 mobos (especially if you want a normal ATX form factor).
In other news, a Corvette just smooooookkkked a Ford Taurus.
I think a more realistic comparison might be a Corvette vs. say, an Imprezna WRX... it's clear that in some conditions, the WRX beats the corvette (mostly due to it's rally-car lineage) even tho it's about a third the price.
. Google will be required (by law) to offer the highest possible returns to its investors.
What kind of bullshit law is this? Nothing. What you are talking about is what the stockholders and board of directors require the company officers to "exercise due dilligence" in keeping the company charter (ie, profitable as possible).
However, in Google's case, the board of directors is the main three who own voting stock, and the stock you get off the market is "non-voting stock". Read up on their released financial docs.
The guys at google aren't dumb. And they still have a potential to "not be evil". I have hope.
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Sorry, man... as long as we still use the archaic, undemocratic FPTP voting scheme, I will NOT throw away my vote. I might consider using something like VotePair, but I actually really like the democratic candidate thsi time (my only beef is his views on Isreal, but hey, Dean said what I felt, and got slammed by AIPAC).
Seriously, the only way to really get any 3rd parites involved is to update the horribly unrepresentative vote counting system in this country.... but before we do anything *really* profound like oh, say, instituting IRV, for example... I think we first have to look at other forms of electoraly dysfunction like Diebold and vote-disenchranchisement.
Yeah, I really feel the pain with ya, brotha. That's one thing I *HATE* about single-inheritance object-oriented models, esp. in smalltalk... there are so many ways to do the right thing, that often times, flamewars are caused simply by difference of opinion on what way is more "appropriate". Also, single inheritance schemes sometimes seem right, but when scope changes, you have refactor simply because the object model doesn't make sense any more.
This is a major point, but it's much worse than that. They are capitalistic vampires, draining the economic lifeblood of many cities and counties... and are in a monopoly position as prime vendor. I'm not talking about urban areas or metropolitan suburbs, but the real one-highway stop small city out there in BFE.
Bullshit. I have had 3 friends who, even if they're computer literate, are really hating their windows boxes. I've tried time and again, to get them to install spybot, firefox, etc. But they won't have it. THey're convinced that these are stopgap measures that really won't accomplish much in the long run. One of them refuses to use his PC networked anymore (even afer OS reinstall). He just views his camera images and listens to his music. Another one is trying out Linux (Lindows/Linspire). The last one is dead-set on spending $3000+ to get a new powerbook + ipod.
These people aren't exactly Joe Schmoe, but they're not powerusers either. They're done with windows. I just wish my work would let me bring in a mactop, otherwise I'm stuck with my windoze one :-(
Props to you brotha... someone pls mod up parent. I think the original torrent is hosed. This is the only working link on the page. Also linked your torrent on other sites (dailykos.com)
That's NUKULAR to you.
No, I think there's a less acrimonious reason: People USE these tools. They have no frickin idea that most of the web runs on Apache, nor do they care that the servers running their webmail run FreeBSD (yahoo mail).
They care about things they can see and use. Office and Browser are two of the most used and needed apps out there. If you ask 90% of the people what apps they use most, those would be them. Some people in fact, use their computers for little else (my parents).
So it's good we have presence where it counts, b/c we have presence elsewhere too.. and when the users or enterprise needs it OSS will be there.
Sounds like a good reason not to rent from Hertz! It's not like it's as hard to change car rental agencies as it is to change banks.A-fuckin-men. I use hotwire.com for rentals... I've gotten great deals on *same day rentals*... for flights, I often need to specify times, but for rentals, hotwire is da shiznit. Note: hotwire.com chooses the best price for that location, so I get to try out many different vendors... without using their POS website.
(resubmit w/ formatting... doh!) Seriously, I see a lot of replies that make fun of the marketroid-speak that infests the article, but here's a simple translation into human-readable text: "ERP vendors like SAP/Peoplesoft/Oracle are going to lose their bread and butter to Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA)... unless they also conform to SOA architectures." Of course, there's no attempt to explain why, but I think it's pretty clear: because the industry has *failed* to really answer the integration problem. Customers buy into a suite of software, spend millions on it, and the next big software comes out, and they have to spend a bunch more on integration between the new and the old system. Solution: Web services, SOA and SOAP/XML/UDDI as standard intercommunication methods. Will it work? Who knows... but IBM is sure big on SOA, and guess what... IBM loves open source/linux (Eclipse is OSS, too). So this might be a way for non-players (think OSS projects) in the big field of enterprise software to become involved and maybe even gain marketshare... by following the Unix methodology of doing something, and doing it well... and interacting well with other services. Yes, the article makes very little sense, but the web service evolution is happening as we speak... so it'd be better to understand and engage than ignore and ridicule.
Seriously, I see a lot of replies that make fun of the marketroid-speak that infests the article, but here's a simple translation into human-readable text: "ERP vendors like SAP/Peoplesoft/Oracle are going to lose their bread and butter to Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA)... unless they also conform to SOA architectures." Of course, there's no attempt to explain why, but I think it's pretty clear: because the industry has *failed* to really answer the integration problem. Customers buy into a suite of software, spend millions on it, and the next big software comes out, and they have to spend a bunch more on integration between the new and the old system. Solution: Web services, SOA and SOAP/XML/UDDI as standard intercommunication methods. Will it work? Who knows... but IBM is sure big on SOA, and guess what... IBM loves open source/linux (Eclipse is OSS, too). So this might be a way for non-players (think OSS projects) in the big field of enterprise software to become involved and maybe even gain marketshare... by following the Unix methodology of doing something, and doing it well... and interacting well with other services. Yes, the article makes very little sense, but the web service evolution is happening as we speak... so it'd be better to understand and engage than ignore and ridicule.
Well, NPR already exists in iTunes' radio section under public.
But if you want to use the streams from shoutcast, just click the "Tune in"... unless iTunes isn't the default for .pls... in which case, you can copy the link, then "advanced -> open stream" in iTunes. It should just play, then.
That's why we retired our old laptop as a low power server (it's great, quiet, and only turns on with local activity), added a NAS, and now use our work laptops and plan on a shiney new iMac LCD for the living room. iTunes, pictures, wifi, etc are all served by low power devices (incl. the laptop server).
But to each his own... if you need a workstation, then an iMac is a bad idea. If you need a quiet machine for regular home usage (or do your heavy lifting elsewhere), it's pretty cool.
Unfortunately, they've decided to abdicate that responsibility to the bloggers. Just wish the metamods I put on the press would take :-)
Try sourceforge.net. I simple "CRM" search yields a few potentially usable results that probably could be ported/used on OSX, or at least on a web-based infrastructure that is client-agnostic. Also try looking for php plugins that do CRM... I know they exist.
How about Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP? They all have web-based offerings (think Safari/Firefox). Oh you mean contact managers or something low profile? PIMs? How about iCal? Seriously, saying "CRM software" is like saying "calculator"... you could mean "small elegant financial calc" or "powerful graphing sci calc" or even "spreadsheet"... so if you clarify your "CRM" need, maybe someone could help you.
That said, there are plenty of web-based productivity tools that don't require windows or x86 for that matter.
From the site's page on PK, it looks pretty good. Gotta try the download and see if it's better than my palm desktop.
I know that Motorola was the phone manufacturer that's in bed with apple, but jeez, if I could have only 1.5 GB, and still have my iTunes... without carrying my small, but still tangible iPod... I'd be rather happy :-)
... that talking to me while I'm playing is like talking to a robot, or a zombie. And depending on how well I did, I'm either in a good or horrible mood afterwards. It seemed a bit funny to me, but now I think I understand how she must feel.
Hmm... how about Apple MacOS? Think about where M$ got it's "Start" button.
A)some money.
B)taste.
C)no interest in games.
D)only multimedia / mail
E)no interest in spending time on maintenance.
I'm going to have to take exception with your (C) reference. There are TONS of games that are very playable and will work on a mac. Hint: Mame runs fine on OS/X, and there are those who still play starcraft and nethack (two of the most replayable games ever).
The @ is dead... Long live the @ :-)
Guess their "reputation" also includes independent consumer reports studies... (note: link is to maccentral forums, but the info is from valid consumer reports articles... updated as of Jun04, I checked).
Not sure if it helps, but I also voted for the bug. Also, bugzilla doesn't seem to like /. referrers, so for those of you who have the plaintext extension (or who dont mind cut/paste), here's the URL:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id= 122646
More than that, keep in mind that Xeon mobos are server-oriented, often coming with GbE and SCSI built in, thus being MUCH more expensive than A64 mobos (especially if you want a normal ATX form factor).
In other news, a Corvette just smooooookkkked a Ford Taurus.
I think a more realistic comparison might be a Corvette vs. say, an Imprezna WRX... it's clear that in some conditions, the WRX beats the corvette (mostly due to it's rally-car lineage) even tho it's about a third the price.
What kind of bullshit law is this? Nothing. What you are talking about is what the stockholders and board of directors require the company officers to "exercise due dilligence" in keeping the company charter (ie, profitable as possible).
However, in Google's case, the board of directors is the main three who own voting stock, and the stock you get off the market is "non-voting stock". Read up on their released financial docs.
The guys at google aren't dumb. And they still have a potential to "not be evil". I have hope.
"God's machine"?
Oh yeah, here's the link. What does this prove?