the poor see nothing because they pay almost no taxes!!
the rich pay more taxes than anyone else (greater than 50% in some cases). let's see you cough that up. accross the board tax cuts affect everyone equally.
I just don't understand why all of these Linux companies have to give away their software? What's the harm in only offering your product on store shelves or from your online store, like every other money making company in the world??
I can't believe I'm falling into answering this, but what application do you need that you don't have? (Sincere question -- I write software; might be fun to fill in a gap).
Dude, it goes beyond just the 'Office' products. Those are about the ONLY things you can find replacements for in Linux.
I can't run linux at home anymore 'cause the GF uses my computer for her VPN to administer an NT Interwoven shop. Java script rarely works correctly, even in Konq. Games are scarce. When in Linux, she can't do about 50% of what she needs to do. I used the Gimp when I was in Linux, but always went back to Photoshop to finish the job. Now I boot over to Linux, about once a month when I'm bored and just want to tinker.
Give easy to use apps in an already set-up environment, and people will be productive. I've been using Pronto mail, but the development on it has been slow lately and there are some very annoying bugs, so I may give evolution a try.
Make the apps work before making them easy to use. My GF refuses to use linux because java-script sucks shank, therefore, she can't be productive.
... and extra time to fix this distro. I've decided to delay my upgrade until 8.2. Until recently, I was planning on making the upgrade to 8.1. The reports I've read, however, have convinced me to wait. Now that you have the extra time, why not box an 8.1.1?
A huge (non-technical) listener base, multiple copy protection schemes. There might be a way to tell from where a song was ripped (if it shows up on Gnutella, researchers might be able to determine where it came from; UK, US or DE presses). Which country's CDs got the most complaints from users? This seems like a pretty good experiment. They'll know which scheme is the most effective at copy protection while being the least inconvenient.
Splitting off Office isn't going to do anything as there isn't much competition for Office (except WP, but that battle was lost long ago).
They should split off the OS from everything else. Then, MS-software would have to compete to be on the MS desktop, just like everyone else.
And let's not forget the question of lines of stem cells created in other countries. If those were made available, why not put those in the registry as well?
I think foreign stem cells can be put in the registry. From the article: Based on those conversations, Thompson and NIH are confident stem cell lines owned by private researchers in the United States and around the world will be made available to the U.S. government.
But if the issue comes up again for a new set of lines, he won't be able to say no to them without going back on what has been said.
Good point. Though, I think Bush is basically saying, "Well, the damage is done, so we might as well use these cells... Just don't let it happen again!" It will be interesting to see how the handling of future lines pans out.
From my understanding, public, federally funded research, can only be conducted on these existing lines. Any new lines created by private firms cannot be used in federally funded research. Of course, no matter what the gov't decides, private researchers will go and do what they please. They just won't get any money from the feds.
See
this article.
You are confusing "samples" and "lines." Research can be funded on the 60 existing "lines" of stem cells already harvested from which a theoretical infinite amount of stem cells can be derived. The controversy arises from the lack of genetic diversity in only 60 lines. These lines will be tracked by the government so that only those stem cells will be used in federally funded research.
Remember, most manufacturers are not content providers, and has little incentive not to do this, especially with competitors taking market share with their products.
Not getting sued out of business seems like a pretty good incentive.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe Ballmer should be pushing his employees to create the breakthrough..
Yay! Someone read the patent..
I think Slashdot should disable comments for the first half hour or so of an article's posting to give everyone a chance to read the link.
Imagine the bandwidth (and money) Slashdot would save not having to deal with all of these uninformed posts.
the poor see nothing because they pay almost no taxes!!
the rich pay more taxes than anyone else (greater than 50% in some cases). let's see you cough that up. accross the board tax cuts affect everyone equally.
This is why I use microblogger. Don't have to rely on anyone else's fsck-ups.
Maybe it should have been named 'Geek' since it seems to run from bullies...
Interestingly, disabling pop-ups also disables the ability to read your MS outlook web e-mail.
So I have to leave pop-ups on.
I find, though, that I only run into one or two a day anyway, so it's not really a problem.
This is what worked for me (granted I have a (much) older card (TNT2)):
Get Mandrake 8.2.
Go here and grab the perl script. Run it according to the directions.
Enjoy your 3D goodness.
.f
I just don't understand why all of these Linux companies have to give away their software? What's the harm in only offering your product on store shelves or from your online store, like every other money making company in the world??
If you make a good product, people will buy it.
So you'll "donate" your time to code around the ads, but you can't pay $5 to get rid of them completely?
Your time must not be worth much.
Imagine it's your kid. Imagine your little girl got a form of cancer that could've been screened for.
This is going to replace my 7.2 install, I think.
(of course, that's what I said about 8.0, 8.1...)
You forgot the most important one.
It's free (as in open)!
I can't believe I'm falling into answering this, but what application do you need that you don't have? (Sincere question -- I write software; might be fun to fill in a gap).
Dude, it goes beyond just the 'Office' products. Those are about the ONLY things you can find replacements for in Linux.
I can't run linux at home anymore 'cause the GF uses my computer for her VPN to administer an NT Interwoven shop. Java script rarely works correctly, even in Konq. Games are scarce. When in Linux, she can't do about 50% of what she needs to do. I used the Gimp when I was in Linux, but always went back to Photoshop to finish the job. Now I boot over to Linux, about once a month when I'm bored and just want to tinker.
Give easy to use apps in an already set-up environment, and people will be productive. I've been using Pronto mail, but the development on it has been slow lately and there are some very annoying bugs, so I may give evolution a try.
Make the apps work before making them easy to use. My GF refuses to use linux because java-script sucks shank, therefore, she can't be productive.
...not a state. Get it right.
(no, it doesn't really matter)
Well, for one.
Also, read through some of the past articles on Mandrakeforum starting with this.
... and extra time to fix this distro. I've decided to delay my upgrade until 8.2. Until recently, I was planning on making the upgrade to 8.1. The reports I've read, however, have convinced me to wait. Now that you have the extra time, why not box an 8.1.1?
Seems fairly obvious to me.
A huge (non-technical) listener base, multiple copy protection schemes. There might be a way to tell from where a song was ripped (if it shows up on Gnutella, researchers might be able to determine where it came from; UK, US or DE presses). Which country's CDs got the most complaints from users? This seems like a pretty good experiment. They'll know which scheme is the most effective at copy protection while being the least inconvenient.
Face facts, slashdroids love to say they hate windows, but at the end of the day, it's what they use on their desktops.
...at work.
Much of my slash reading is on an NT machine at work. My linux box at home hits this site only occasionally.
Splitting off Office isn't going to do anything as there isn't much competition for Office (except WP, but that battle was lost long ago).
They should split off the OS from everything else. Then, MS-software would have to compete to be on the MS desktop, just like everyone else.
And let's not forget the question of lines of stem cells created in other countries. If those were made available, why not put those in the registry as well?
I think foreign stem cells can be put in the registry.
From the article:
Based on those conversations, Thompson and NIH are confident stem cell lines owned by private researchers in the United States and around the world will be made available to the U.S. government.
But if the issue comes up again for a new set of lines, he won't be able to say no to them without going back on what has been said.
Good point. Though, I think Bush is basically saying, "Well, the damage is done, so we might as well use these cells... Just don't let it happen again!" It will be interesting to see how the handling of future lines pans out.
From my understanding, public, federally funded research, can only be conducted on these existing lines. Any new lines created by private firms cannot be used in federally funded research. Of course, no matter what the gov't decides, private researchers will go and do what they please. They just won't get any money from the feds.
See this article.
You are confusing "samples" and "lines."
Research can be funded on the 60 existing "lines" of stem cells already harvested from which a theoretical infinite amount of stem cells can be derived. The controversy arises from the lack of genetic diversity in only 60 lines. These lines will be tracked by the government so that only those stem cells will be used in federally funded research.
Apples to apples:
The maximum sentence for rape is about 20 years.
Remember, most manufacturers are not content providers, and has little incentive not to do this, especially with competitors taking market share with their products.
Not getting sued out of business seems like a pretty good incentive.