In my opinion you retain more, if you don't surf!. I too have Harry Potter V the Order of the Phoenix on CD and in hardback. I caught small innuendos and unimportant tidbits because I had been reading some of the slower sections a bit too fast.
The downside is that it takes a LOT longer for me to listen to a book rather than read it.
The upside is that some fantasy is more tolerable in spoken form rather than written. I am speaking specifically of Robert Jordan's Wheel of time series. Somehow his annoying overplayed gender conflict banter that drove me to wear dark glasses to book store for any installment past the third didn't have the same grating quality when I was listening to it.
From the little I know about the US government I don't price is the issue. Earlier this week in the SELinux a military sysop was bemoaning the use of NT 4 because it was verified or validated or whatever. I lived in America for a long while, the government contracts I saw were filled based on how well you were connected or how much you lobbied/bribed. Microsoft has plenty of money to lobby/bribe and so I expect it will always has some sort of foothold.
However on Groklaw a military man wrote a short piece on how the military loves Linux.
So I suppose those areas that need customizability or security over the unwashed masses ability to use it will some sort of *nix.
After reading the SELinux FAQ, it strikes me that the NSA isn't necessarily speaking of secure in the sense the most people think of. I don't think they really are focusing on security the way OpenBSD do, where the only access to the box is via tcp/ip ports, i.e. a web server. Rather they are also interested in when the box is physically accessible like a workstation in an office or computer lab at the university.
The 2002 per capita murder rate of New York City is 200 times that of Vienna. Plenty of other systems work very well at achieving a different balance of priorities in their civil societies.
It just the USians that say 'Our way is best' and run all over the world forcing capitalist democracies on various unfortunate countries. This in light of their own inability to conduct free, fair and accurate elections is quite ironic. (No disrespect to Jimmy Carter, he's a good man).
In fact given the changes in the US Government and laws, since 9/11, I don't think it would be a far stretch to say that the US is leaning away from capitalist democracy and going more towards a Fascist Theocracy. Or maybe it would be more correct to say that members of the current ruling elite in the US show these tendencies with the approval of a sizable and vocal minority.
Anyway my point is: It depends greatly on the goals of a civil society for their measurement of success and comparisons between them must take this into account.
So we have 'evolved' a culture where scatalogical humor is lauded?
Scary!
Re:I wouldn't mind Apple if it wasn't for ...
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1:Both are geniuses
2:2001 A Space Odyssey is a phenomenal movie. The fact that bits of it show up in today's pop culture is more of a testament to Stanley Kubrick than a knock to Steve Jobs
3:Rabid fanboys exist for many things most aren't even computer related
4:Surely you can come up with a better example of product deficiencies than the mouse! My secretary has been working with a two button mouse on Windows for years and has never used the other mouse button. Apple's target audience doesn't need it.How about the fact that their CPU (G4) has been an embarrassment and is just now showing some promise (PPC 970fx).
Some points that you didn't mention that I feel could more relevant:
Bizarre and alienating marketing decisions
Lack of game titles (Not that I game)
Not as much support for odd hardware, although my GPIB board recently has become supported
Is not the best dollar for performance platform available (which I suspect drives many purchases for the/. crowd!).
We are willing to spend the time and effort to build a PC and install the OS (I am installing Gentoo right now) so having it Just Work (TM) isn't such of a value to you as it is to the general public
Bill them for excess bandwidth used. It's only fair! I have fair use bandwidth during day and open in the middle of the night. all for about 45 euros per month.
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Also a sign of a good idea, and a good author. How long ago did he pen that? and it might be practable!?
Yes, am I supposed to act surprised?
It was meerly defending its self from the threat of use with a dot matrix printer!
I use the text to voice often, it's quite good
You obviously lost many of our fellow slashdoters by mentioning objects that do not exist in their mothers' basement.
Apparently original = offtopic
Pity though, it's the funniest comment in the article
The downside is that it takes a LOT longer for me to listen to a book rather than read it.
The upside is that some fantasy is more tolerable in spoken form rather than written. I am speaking specifically of Robert Jordan's Wheel of time series. Somehow his annoying overplayed gender conflict banter that drove me to wear dark glasses to book store for any installment past the third didn't have the same grating quality when I was listening to it.
However on Groklaw a military man wrote a short piece on how the military loves Linux.
So I suppose those areas that need customizability or security over the unwashed masses ability to use it will some sort of *nix.
Is this the primary difference?
Is this why all the extra policies?
Darl Who? SCO Where? We have no records of this.
Without Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Media Player &tc.
Only how does a beginner then GET firefox?
They use image enhancing software to bring out the embossing of the number plate and then come get you and take you to jail.
Be careful!
BTW the prices you quote are a bit high.
I forget who said "Any respectable man is ashamed of his government"
Yes we are both that OLD
Amazing, and the USians get all hot under the collar I point out that the US is becoming a Fascist Theocracy.
Wouldn't it be easier to just storm their offices with pitchforks and torches? Why deal with them at all? The RIAA is a has been just like SCO.
Another interesting thing would be whether or not there was an increase of weather activity due to a warmer atmosphere.
The 2002 per capita murder rate of New York City is 200 times that of Vienna. Plenty of other systems work very well at achieving a different balance of priorities in their civil societies.
It just the USians that say 'Our way is best' and run all over the world forcing capitalist democracies on various unfortunate countries. This in light of their own inability to conduct free, fair and accurate elections is quite ironic. (No disrespect to Jimmy Carter, he's a good man).
In fact given the changes in the US Government and laws, since 9/11, I don't think it would be a far stretch to say that the US is leaning away from capitalist democracy and going more towards a Fascist Theocracy. Or maybe it would be more correct to say that members of the current ruling elite in the US show these tendencies with the approval of a sizable and vocal minority.
Anyway my point is: It depends greatly on the goals of a civil society for their measurement of success and comparisons between them must take this into account.
Scary!
2:2001 A Space Odyssey is a phenomenal movie. The fact that bits of it show up in today's pop culture is more of a testament to Stanley Kubrick than a knock to Steve Jobs
3:Rabid fanboys exist for many things most aren't even computer related
4:Surely you can come up with a better example of product deficiencies than the mouse! My secretary has been working with a two button mouse on Windows for years and has never used the other mouse button. Apple's target audience doesn't need it.How about the fact that their CPU (G4) has been an embarrassment and is just now showing some promise (PPC 970fx).
Some points that you didn't mention that I feel could more relevant:
Bizarre and alienating marketing decisions
Lack of game titles (Not that I game)
Not as much support for odd hardware, although my GPIB board recently has become supported
Is not the best dollar for performance platform available (which I suspect drives many purchases for the /. crowd!).
We are willing to spend the time and effort to build a PC and install the OS (I am installing Gentoo right now) so having it Just Work (TM) isn't such of a value to you as it is to the general public
Yup, it's better than linux and BSD on a non server application. In fact it's great at home!
I haven't had many problems with it.
Maybe you are over reacting.
Not that I condone this
Hell! I'm still trying to understand why anyone would buy a diamond, real or otherwise.
A fair reaction is that you add in one year's worth of pay to the severance package.
Bill them for excess bandwidth used. It's only fair! I have fair use bandwidth during day and open in the middle of the night. all for about 45 euros per month.