Do you have any kind of evidence whatsoever to back that up?
Hm. I suspect your tenure as an active slashdotter has not been as lengthy as it may have been, or in more common parlance, "you must be new here".
Your cowardly reliance on anonymity, forthermore, may imply a certain embarrassment concerning your slashdot userid. I'd wager it's around twice mine.
I'm sorry. I'll get back to the point.
Now, you'll notice that the parent whom you prompt for evidence employs the phrase "open source" in a context suggesting blind allegiance and a rampant desire to propagate it (often at the expense of procreation).
This being slashdot, the original poster is exempt from the condition of providing evidence.
Or do you think that it is a bad thing for open source to be propelled?
Gentlemen moderators, the parent requires to be moderated "funny". No one on slashdot is dumb enough to require proof of outrageous claims.
My hat's off to Linus for his work and stewardship of the kernel.
That doesn't make this right, however. Linus is unequivocally wrong in creating double standards for the morality of reverse engineering, and I don't think the community is going to forget that.
I'm not vilifying Linus, I'm aying that the guy's human, not the demigod that the slashbot party portrays.
He just cannot be in such a sensitive position and remain "just an engineer".
Granted, he isn't the philospher RMS is, granted he's free to choose his own platform, but I'm not thrilled.
One of the great things about linux which came about organically and entirely incidentally was the fact that it works on commodity hardware. I live in and work as an open source consultant in a developing country; this stuff is not important, it is critical. Precious few people here can afford non-commodity computing assets (software or hardware).
Torvalds is the figurehead for the movement though, whether he likes it or not. I'd venture a guess that over 90% of linux users use x86 platforms; it feels a bit like the BMW CEO driving a Mercedes. Both good cars, but there's more to the decision of what to drive than that.
I am reminded of a story of the early days in the Chrysler-Benz merger; the Chrysler top execs would drive to meetings in a Chrysler van (they called it "the clown car"), whereas the Benz execs would show up in all sorts of fancy vehicles.
It's a matter of understanding your base better by using what they use.
Erh, sorry, ranting. I'm still infinitely grateful to Linus, and I'm not as upset about this as the post may suggest, but I still feel it isn't a good idea.
Re:LOL, "familiarize new users"
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I'm not sure what dork modded this insightful.
I've got my 14 year old baby brother using linux with knoppix (zero linux experience) and I've also given it to an MCSE friend of mine who, like any MCSE, knows jackshit about proper computing and now is TRULY learning.
Yes, anonymous dork, knoppix is often used to familiarise new users.
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty links to space stuff.
Astronauts make good sources for space-related links!
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty links to space stuff.
Astronauts make good sources for space-related links!
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty a href="http://www.well.com/user/rs/links.h
The inventory (finished goods inventory, not It inventory) is maintained on the AS/400 (running an ERP), except our IT persons are not capable of producing proper reports. I am still not sure if this is a hardware or staffing problem. My database is a mirror of this data.
I do not regard myself as a linux guru. I do, however, take pride in being the only assistant marketing director I know of who also admins the company's exim server.
The fact is, I am upper management where I work, and I am the only person who knows Linux well enough to keep a debian mail server up for 245 days and counting (I'm about to ruin that uptime though; compiling LFS on the poor machine).
I understand you are most likely frustrated by management types (I've seen some pretty bad ones myself), passthecrackpipe, but I'd like to suggest in as friendly a manner as possible that you would do well to give more benefit of doubt to people.
i have had my share of trouble with erroneous reports and you end up spending way too much time arm-twisting it into prividing the right figures.
Also, ad hoc reporting is not a good thing; however, I present reports I am asked for. Management can't figure out a set of reports to standardise on. Pity me.
Fortunately, I am moving to a new FOSS startup within a month. I'll have a look at (R)OLAP tools as you suggested. Thanks for the tip, kpharmer.
I have worked in fairly high level management for some years now. Where I work, I am the only relatively tech-savvy person, and that includes our IT department (AS/400 without DB2. go figure).
As such, it falls to me to do any form of knowledge generation and decision support based on figures. So, I have been using access for several years now. While I truly hate it, I must admit that it strikes a pretty sweet spot in terms of features.
It is a database. A very poor one, I know. My inventory table reached three million records and access keeled over. I'm in process of migrating to a postrgresql backend.
It does not require knowledge of SQL. This is the killer feature, except no one seems to get it. The query builder is simply superb. I am an ardent FOSS advocate and I helped found the first Egyptian LUG. If I say it is superb know that I do not say so idly.
Lastly, it has been remarked in another comment in reply to yours that it is more than a database since it contains a form designer. I at least do not consider that atrocity in any way usable. Killer feature number two: seamless interoperability with Excel. Ad hoc reporting nirvana.
As such, I'm looking forwards to testing the 2.0 release. A proper access replacement will do wonders.
Now if only they'd fix the autofiltering functionality in the spreadsheet to only show filtering options based on existing filters like Excel... Then my linux migration would be complete.
I ran the babelfish translation through a markov generator and was not surprised when the output made more sense than the babelfish translation. Here:
The Amazon Japan... did the portable edition of online book store "Amazon.co.jp" service is started from 2001, but... was done attendant upon the efficiency improvement multi-functionality of carrying. Were added in personal computer edition became purchase possible. In addition, such as CD sales ranking of search keyword ranking and American Amazon the male also information is published. Also navigation and search function of the portable telephone and can scan the bar-code of the commodity, also the service which with the same sight the purchase possible commodity it can order directly. At the same company, when the commodity which order and the friend of the consumable have likes, when liking to know whether what kind of related commodity sells in other things, with you say that utilization when you said is supposed. EZweb, border phone live! Edition, while looking at the trend of i mode edition, have assumed that it keeps examining. On the 22nd concert was held inside capital. As for jasper
of Representative President same company, "those where the commodity is discovered in Amazon with scan search, become very simple", that appealing the easiness of the same service. Concerning... doing portable edition "with respect to the strategy, as the importance you consider also Mobile", that it does, "function of personal computer edition even with Mobile steadily probably becomes possible. On the one hand, keeps constructing also just Mobile feature ", that you talked the future enthusiasm. As for access to of portable edition Amazon.co.jp, if with the same
This might be more logical an indicator of what the buying public considers a good book.
Also windows and gaming heavy though. Erh... And why's there a book called "Windows XP for Dummies"? How dumb do you have to be to not only use XP but to require a book for it? And furthermore, a book slagging you off for being such a dummy? The mentally retarded mascochist niche must be bigger than I thought.
Whattapussy! I mean, technically it was even correct. Archaeologists dig up friggin graves don't they? What, if some cyborg Indiana Jones digs ME up in 3004 and sticks me in a goddamn museum I'mm call him a grave robber too, not an archaeologist...
I think the level of implied evilness in this matter is overplayed. Microsoft aren't denying that these standards are not exactly theirs exclusively to play around with.
Reading the FAQ, it looks more like some arcane clot of lawyers came up with this one to cover [Microsoft's|developers'] butts from ???. (can't figure out what the lawyers were trying to accomplish).
Specifically, this:
Q. I noticed a number of these protocols are available for license via other avenues - for instance, under license agreements promulgated by members of a standards setting body. If I already have rights to implement protocols (e.g., under other agreements), do I also have to sign a royalty-free license?
A. No, unless you wish to obtain rights available under the royalty-free license that are not available under other license agreements you may have.
There. They are acknowledging that you can use the protocols anyway without signing this license agreement.
Strange move, but not evil if I read things properly.
Slashdot Mirror
I watched the video.
I couldn't help thinking that that was what I'd have been like if it wasn't for my girlfriend's constant vigilance...
I kept on looking for someone holding a gun to their heads but I don't think there were any.
Do you have any kind of evidence whatsoever to back that up?
Hm. I suspect your tenure as an active slashdotter has not been as lengthy as it may have been, or in more common parlance, "you must be new here".
Your cowardly reliance on anonymity, forthermore, may imply a certain embarrassment concerning your slashdot userid. I'd wager it's around twice mine.
I'm sorry. I'll get back to the point.
Now, you'll notice that the parent whom you prompt for evidence employs the phrase "open source" in a context suggesting blind allegiance and a rampant desire to propagate it (often at the expense of procreation).
This being slashdot, the original poster is exempt from the condition of providing evidence.
Or do you think that it is a bad thing for open source to be propelled?
Gentlemen moderators, the parent requires to be moderated "funny". No one on slashdot is dumb enough to require proof of outrageous claims.
If it means Pennington pisses off and makes his own pile of electronic doggy doo desktop environment then I'm happy. Fork away!
My hat's off to Linus for his work and stewardship of the kernel.
That doesn't make this right, however. Linus is unequivocally wrong in creating double standards for the morality of reverse engineering, and I don't think the community is going to forget that.
I'm not vilifying Linus, I'm aying that the guy's human, not the demigod that the slashbot party portrays.
He just cannot be in such a sensitive position and remain "just an engineer".
So that the media will destruct at the moment I die. This will save my heirs from a lot of unnecessary work and embarrasment.
I think you mean your vital signs, unless you want to have to redownload all that pr0n everytime you take a crap.
Granted, he isn't the philospher RMS is, granted he's free to choose his own platform, but I'm not thrilled.
One of the great things about linux which came about organically and entirely incidentally was the fact that it works on commodity hardware. I live in and work as an open source consultant in a developing country; this stuff is not important, it is critical. Precious few people here can afford non-commodity computing assets (software or hardware).
Torvalds is the figurehead for the movement though, whether he likes it or not. I'd venture a guess that over 90% of linux users use x86 platforms; it feels a bit like the BMW CEO driving a Mercedes. Both good cars, but there's more to the decision of what to drive than that.
I am reminded of a story of the early days in the Chrysler-Benz merger; the Chrysler top execs would drive to meetings in a Chrysler van (they called it "the clown car"), whereas the Benz execs would show up in all sorts of fancy vehicles.
It's a matter of understanding your base better by using what they use.
Erh, sorry, ranting. I'm still infinitely grateful to Linus, and I'm not as upset about this as the post may suggest, but I still feel it isn't a good idea.
I'm not sure what dork modded this insightful.
I've got my 14 year old baby brother using linux with knoppix (zero linux experience) and I've also given it to an MCSE friend of mine who, like any MCSE, knows jackshit about proper computing and now is TRULY learning.
Yes, anonymous dork, knoppix is often used to familiarise new users.
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty links to space stuff.
Astronauts make good sources for space-related links!
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty links to space stuff.
Astronauts make good sources for space-related links!
Rusty Schweickart is the only independent involved in the venture. A quick google query brought me to his homepage, where there are some very nifty a href="http://www.well.com/user/rs/links.h
This and this might offer a clue.
You're jumping to conclusions.
The inventory (finished goods inventory, not It inventory) is maintained on the AS/400 (running an ERP), except our IT persons are not capable of producing proper reports. I am still not sure if this is a hardware or staffing problem. My database is a mirror of this data.
I do not regard myself as a linux guru. I do, however, take pride in being the only assistant marketing director I know of who also admins the company's exim server.
The fact is, I am upper management where I work, and I am the only person who knows Linux well enough to keep a debian mail server up for 245 days and counting (I'm about to ruin that uptime though; compiling LFS on the poor machine).
I understand you are most likely frustrated by management types (I've seen some pretty bad ones myself), passthecrackpipe, but I'd like to suggest in as friendly a manner as possible that you would do well to give more benefit of doubt to people.
(note to mods: offtopic, I know. Apologies.)
Both your points are correct.
i have had my share of trouble with erroneous reports and you end up spending way too much time arm-twisting it into prividing the right figures.
Also, ad hoc reporting is not a good thing; however, I present reports I am asked for. Management can't figure out a set of reports to standardise on. Pity me.
Fortunately, I am moving to a new FOSS startup within a month. I'll have a look at (R)OLAP tools as you suggested. Thanks for the tip, kpharmer.
I disagree with you pretty strongly.
I have worked in fairly high level management for some years now. Where I work, I am the only relatively tech-savvy person, and that includes our IT department (AS/400 without DB2. go figure).
As such, it falls to me to do any form of knowledge generation and decision support based on figures. So, I have been using access for several years now. While I truly hate it, I must admit that it strikes a pretty sweet spot in terms of features.
It is a database. A very poor one, I know. My inventory table reached three million records and access keeled over. I'm in process of migrating to a postrgresql backend.
It does not require knowledge of SQL. This is the killer feature, except no one seems to get it. The query builder is simply superb. I am an ardent FOSS advocate and I helped found the first Egyptian LUG. If I say it is superb know that I do not say so idly.
Lastly, it has been remarked in another comment in reply to yours that it is more than a database since it contains a form designer. I at least do not consider that atrocity in any way usable. Killer feature number two: seamless interoperability with Excel. Ad hoc reporting nirvana.
As such, I'm looking forwards to testing the 2.0 release. A proper access replacement will do wonders.
Now if only they'd fix the autofiltering functionality in the spreadsheet to only show filtering options based on existing filters like Excel... Then my linux migration would be complete.
Good. Now we need to know what the time to market is. This was clearly designed for Doom 3 gamers.
So what is sex like?
At what level is a chimera 'too' human?
...?
Slashdotter:
Goat: Not tonight honey, I have a headache.
I ran the babelfish translation through a markov generator and was not surprised when the output made more sense than the babelfish translation. Here:
... ... ... doing
The Amazon Japan
did the portable edition of online book store "Amazon.co.jp" service
is started from 2001, but
was done attendant upon the efficiency improvement multi-functionality
of carrying. Were added in personal computer edition became purchase
possible. In addition, such as CD sales ranking of search keyword
ranking and American Amazon the male also information is published.
Also navigation and search function of the portable telephone and
can scan the bar-code of the commodity, also the service which with
the same sight the purchase possible commodity it can order directly.
At the same company, when the commodity which order and the friend
of the consumable have likes, when liking to know whether what kind
of related commodity sells in other things, with you say that utilization
when you said is supposed. EZweb, border phone live! Edition, while
looking at the trend of i mode edition, have assumed that it keeps
examining. On the 22nd concert was held inside capital. As for jasper
of Representative President same company,
"those where the commodity is discovered in Amazon with scan search,
become very simple", that appealing the easiness of the same service.
Concerning
portable edition "with respect to the strategy, as the importance
you consider also Mobile", that it does, "function of personal computer
edition even with Mobile steadily probably becomes possible. On the
one hand, keeps constructing also just Mobile feature ", that you
talked the future enthusiasm. As for access to of portable edition
Amazon.co.jp, if with the same
This might be more logical an indicator of what the buying public considers a good book.
Also windows and gaming heavy though. Erh... And why's there a book called "Windows XP for Dummies"? How dumb do you have to be to not only use XP but to require a book for it? And furthermore, a book slagging you off for being such a dummy? The mentally retarded mascochist niche must be bigger than I thought.
They e-mailed the iraqi army telling them to give up?
WTF?
That just reminds me so much trash-talking other script kiddies back when I discovered things like winnuke and mailbombing.
HAHA look say I am a stupid bitch NOW or I will *nuke your lame arse! LOL
Err. I never used those things. Just saying...
For 125k, you can call me Mary Jane Rottencrotch.
Whattapussy! I mean, technically it was even correct. Archaeologists dig up friggin graves don't they? What, if some cyborg Indiana Jones digs ME up in 3004 and sticks me in a goddamn museum I'mm call him a grave robber too, not an archaeologist...
over eight billion pages crawled
You don't just go from 4 billion to 8 billion overnight.
They are probably just crawling the same 4 billion twice.
Thanks cmdrtaco. Failed to link to mirrors as usual.
Mod this up if you think Taco is an asshole.
I think the level of implied evilness in this matter is overplayed. Microsoft aren't denying that these standards are not exactly theirs exclusively to play around with.
Reading the FAQ, it looks more like some arcane clot of lawyers came up with this one to cover [Microsoft's|developers'] butts from ???. (can't figure out what the lawyers were trying to accomplish).
Specifically, this:
Q. I noticed a number of these protocols are available for license via other avenues - for instance, under license agreements promulgated by members of a standards setting body. If I already have rights to implement protocols (e.g., under other agreements), do I also have to sign a royalty-free license?
A. No, unless you wish to obtain rights available under the royalty-free license that are not available under other license agreements you may have.
There. They are acknowledging that you can use the protocols anyway without signing this license agreement.
Strange move, but not evil if I read things properly.
the same team claims to have learned lessons
Translation: They're going to paint it flourescent green so they can tell where it crashed.
This is RUSSIA, you morons.
IT wrote HIM.
Get your facts straight.
Then he's going to get blocked on my site in reply.
What's George W. Bush's IP? Anyone know?