The common thread I see on this site is that its not the game developers' responsibility to produce "morally ethical" games, but the parents' responsibility to censor what their kids see, play, and do, as they see fit. I agree completely, and do exactly that with my own kids. So, help me out. Since game developers have been nice enough to rate the games and help us parents decide which games our kids should play, I'd like to keep some of those games from being played at my house. How about a lock on the console, preventing use of games rated "M" without a password, similar to netnanny, or the feature in cable tv boxes? I'm sure most of slashdot can think of lots of ways to do this. How come this hasn't been done yet? To me, it seems like a no-brainer, and empowers parents to be effective censors of their kids, even when their not right over their shoulders.
I have experience working in a few restaurants that have used the Micros system, and to my knowledge the backend was NT based, except for one place that had some kind of *nix backend; it definitely could've been sco. Another poster mentioned Squirrel systems. I haven't used any of their modern stuff, but the two setups i've seen ran on os/2. Yes, they were both really old.
My company fits into this category, with less that 20GB of data amassed over the last 10 years. Virtually all of this is in the form of WordPerfect text files and photographs. Our old Colorado 5GB Travan drive recently went south, and as a replacement we got one of those new, snazzy Rev Drives from Iomega. 90GB compressed storage, decent transfer speeds, and low cost: it really seems to fit the bill as a good backkup solution for a small business. In the event that an airplane crashes into the building and it burns to the ground, we lose 1 weeks worth of data, which is perfectly acceptable us. I bet lots of small companies out there don't want to spend USD2500 for a drive, plus the cost of tapes, and this drive fits the bill nicely when paired with a raid1 setup.
Iomega has a somewhat new backup solution out called a rev drive. Its quite a bit like a hard drive, but removable. Mine holds 90GB compressed, and the transfer speed isn't all that bad. I haven't had the opportunity to test it on Linux, So I can't say it will work with your setup. the drive is under 300USD, and about 50USD per cartridge.
...it could be that people in the U.S. are no longer interested in spending $400 on a PDA when they can get a cheap $50 Palm with no frills. Just my two cents.
I fit into that category entirely. I spent US$40 on a refurb'd Palm M100 2 years ago, and don't have any intention of replacing it in the near future. Calendar, alarm clock, phone book, dopewars, some super-advanced software I use to track my billable hours (*cough* text file *cough*), and thats all the functionality I need. I can only imagine that there are many others out there like me that just don't need all the bells and whistles of a modern pda. Is it time to declare the pda dead? No, IMHO, just really really slow.
Absolutely, welcome to Portland! I am one of about 4 people actually born here (joke, sort of), and I love almost everything about living here. One of the nice perks is that you are never more than 45 minutes away from the middle of nowhere, which is handy if you enjoy the outdoors.
Also, let me be the first to volunteer to mow your lawn.
I agree completely. I can't count how many times my customers have asked me "What about those companies that guarantee 1st page rankings? What are they doing that you aren't?". Its hard to compete (honestly, anyway) with folks who have sold their souls and annoyed countless thousands by taking unfair advantage of the features that have made google the #1 search engine out there. Link trades, registration, and smart content and meta tags apply less and less to rankings nowadays. At least I can console myself (and hopefully, my customers) in that I can offer rankings without being annoying or stepping on others' toes.
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Check out Vector Linux. Works pretty good, and its based on Slackware.
In many states, before a malpractice lawsuit is filed the plaintiff must have a statement from another doctor that the lawsuit has merit.
As stated in a previous post, I work for a medical malpractice plaintiff's attorney. IMHO, any medmal attorney worth his/her salt would confer with at least a couple doctors before determining his/herself whether the case has any real merit. The fact that some states require this kind of statement speaks to the quality and ethics of way too many lawyers in our society these days. Its always the ambulance-chasers that people remember, not the ones that actually make an effort to do a service to society by bringing out the truth in a valid case.
I work for a medical malpractice plaintiff's attorney who recently settled a case involving almost exactly this scenario. A set of twins, one born normally, and the other (identical, btw) with severe cerebral palsy due to the staff improperly handling an emergency during delivery. Twin #2 has a normally functioning brain and is very intelligent, but is so crippled he can't even use a manual wheelchair. He gets to spend the rest of his life looking at what he would be like if he were "normal".
Without getting into the details of every thing that happened during labor/delivery (confidentiality), suffice it to say that the hospital staff were properly trained, knew the standards of care pertaining to this particular emergency, and ignored them completely.
While I generally agree with the folks out there that complain about frivilous lawsuits in this country, etc., I also get to see cases where the mistake is so frickin obvious that it leaves me amazed that these doctors go to school for 7+ years and have to do a residency for 2+ years afterward to prepare them for their careers. Then they go and whine about how much money they have to pay for medmal insurance.
I run IT for a small "mom and pop" law firm, and have our webserver running slackware. Yes, i am a slashdotter, and have been following this whole fiasco with some amusement. I don't really care what sco thinks they can charge me for *if* they actually come out on the winning end of this, since i know that it won't take more than 2 hours of my time to install bsd and get it over with. If I had multiple servers/desktops relying on Linux technology, that would be a different story, of course, but still wouldn't ever motivate me to believe that they can extort me out of even $1 because of some "misappropriated" code that they won't identify. Chances are that I will bill them for my time replacing the OS, just to see what happens.
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Great, vi vs. emaacs wasn't enough. Bring on the *foil-hat zealotry!
There are also *bsd torrents available off of that site.
Indeed. I wonder if i'll ever be arrested for helping a friend on FFXI land "bigger nukes".
The common thread I see on this site is that its not the game developers' responsibility to produce "morally ethical" games, but the parents' responsibility to censor what their kids see, play, and do, as they see fit. I agree completely, and do exactly that with my own kids. So, help me out. Since game developers have been nice enough to rate the games and help us parents decide which games our kids should play, I'd like to keep some of those games from being played at my house. How about a lock on the console, preventing use of games rated "M" without a password, similar to netnanny, or the feature in cable tv boxes? I'm sure most of slashdot can think of lots of ways to do this. How come this hasn't been done yet? To me, it seems like a no-brainer, and empowers parents to be effective censors of their kids, even when their not right over their shoulders.
I have experience working in a few restaurants that have used the Micros system, and to my knowledge the backend was NT based, except for one place that had some kind of *nix backend; it definitely could've been sco. Another poster mentioned Squirrel systems. I haven't used any of their modern stuff, but the two setups i've seen ran on os/2. Yes, they were both really old.
My company fits into this category, with less that 20GB of data amassed over the last 10 years. Virtually all of this is in the form of WordPerfect text files and photographs. Our old Colorado 5GB Travan drive recently went south, and as a replacement we got one of those new, snazzy Rev Drives from Iomega. 90GB compressed storage, decent transfer speeds, and low cost: it really seems to fit the bill as a good backkup solution for a small business. In the event that an airplane crashes into the building and it burns to the ground, we lose 1 weeks worth of data, which is perfectly acceptable us. I bet lots of small companies out there don't want to spend USD2500 for a drive, plus the cost of tapes, and this drive fits the bill nicely when paired with a raid1 setup.
Iomega has a somewhat new backup solution out called a rev drive. Its quite a bit like a hard drive, but removable. Mine holds 90GB compressed, and the transfer speed isn't all that bad. I haven't had the opportunity to test it on Linux, So I can't say it will work with your setup. the drive is under 300USD, and about 50USD per cartridge.
...it could be that people in the U.S. are no longer interested in spending $400 on a PDA when they can get a cheap $50 Palm with no frills. Just my two cents.
I fit into that category entirely. I spent US$40 on a refurb'd Palm M100 2 years ago, and don't have any intention of replacing it in the near future. Calendar, alarm clock, phone book, dopewars, some super-advanced software I use to track my billable hours (*cough* text file *cough*), and thats all the functionality I need. I can only imagine that there are many others out there like me that just don't need all the bells and whistles of a modern pda. Is it time to declare the pda dead? No, IMHO, just really really slow.
Absolutely, welcome to Portland! I am one of about 4 people actually born here (joke, sort of), and I love almost everything about living here. One of the nice perks is that you are never more than 45 minutes away from the middle of nowhere, which is handy if you enjoy the outdoors.
Also, let me be the first to volunteer to mow your lawn.
I agree completely. I can't count how many times my customers have asked me "What about those companies that guarantee 1st page rankings? What are they doing that you aren't?". Its hard to compete (honestly, anyway) with folks who have sold their souls and annoyed countless thousands by taking unfair advantage of the features that have made google the #1 search engine out there. Link trades, registration, and smart content and meta tags apply less and less to rankings nowadays. At least I can console myself (and hopefully, my customers) in that I can offer rankings without being annoying or stepping on others' toes.
Check out Vector Linux. Works pretty good, and its based on Slackware.
In many states, before a malpractice lawsuit is filed the plaintiff must have a statement from another doctor that the lawsuit has merit.
As stated in a previous post, I work for a medical malpractice plaintiff's attorney. IMHO, any medmal attorney worth his/her salt would confer with at least a couple doctors before determining his/herself whether the case has any real merit. The fact that some states require this kind of statement speaks to the quality and ethics of way too many lawyers in our society these days. Its always the ambulance-chasers that people remember, not the ones that actually make an effort to do a service to society by bringing out the truth in a valid case.
I work for a medical malpractice plaintiff's attorney who recently settled a case involving almost exactly this scenario. A set of twins, one born normally, and the other (identical, btw) with severe cerebral palsy due to the staff improperly handling an emergency during delivery. Twin #2 has a normally functioning brain and is very intelligent, but is so crippled he can't even use a manual wheelchair. He gets to spend the rest of his life looking at what he would be like if he were "normal".
Without getting into the details of every thing that happened during labor/delivery (confidentiality), suffice it to say that the hospital staff were properly trained, knew the standards of care pertaining to this particular emergency, and ignored them completely.
While I generally agree with the folks out there that complain about frivilous lawsuits in this country, etc., I also get to see cases where the mistake is so frickin obvious that it leaves me amazed that these doctors go to school for 7+ years and have to do a residency for 2+ years afterward to prepare them for their careers. Then they go and whine about how much money they have to pay for medmal insurance.
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And in related news....wait. NOBODY FUCKING CARES.
I run IT for a small "mom and pop" law firm, and have our webserver running slackware. Yes, i am a slashdotter, and have been following this whole fiasco with some amusement. I don't really care what sco thinks they can charge me for *if* they actually come out on the winning end of this, since i know that it won't take more than 2 hours of my time to install bsd and get it over with. If I had multiple servers/desktops relying on Linux technology, that would be a different story, of course, but still wouldn't ever motivate me to believe that they can extort me out of even $1 because of some "misappropriated" code that they won't identify. Chances are that I will bill them for my time replacing the OS, just to see what happens.