According to the article, it only works for medical terms so far, and is only 80% accurate. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't think I'd want to trust any of my medical treatment to such a translation!
Doctor: "Well, we thought he said pennicillin, not omoxycillin! I'm afraid the infection has run amok!"
Yes, actually I do. My post was for those who might not want ANY of their money to go to SCO. Personally, I judge my funds by their returns, not by what specific stocks they invest in.
What they are selling for $1299 is hardly a barebones system. The only things I'd change is the video card and the addition of some more RAM. I think the other guy who answered your post was right, you were just fishing for Mac user sympathy karma. To get a G5 with comparable geat you'd have to spend over $2000.
Perhaps those of you who have funds with any of these companies should contact them and explain that if they don't pull out of SCO, you'll be transferring your money to another fund...
You are either stupid or trolling. Windows never forked. Your statement is like saying 'how many releases of the Linux Kernel are there'.
That being said, Dr. Sauer is spewing FUD. Forked projects can undergo a Darwinian type of process where the best one is left standing. I tend to agree with Taco that it's the abandoned or dead projects that are a danger. Don't stake your business on a piece of OSS that you aren't sure is going to be around for awhile.
And you are surprised by the prospect because...? This is how it's been for years now. Buy the latest card, get all the latest features, then 6-12 months later it's outdated. You don't have any reason to complain, especially since the next DX version won't ship until Longhorn ships, which will probably be sometime in the year 2020;)
Either you want Linux to become mainstream and widely adopted, or you don't. You can't have it both ways. If it is to become a serious presence on the desktop, companies are bound to add proprietary elements to their personal flavors/distributions. That doesn't stop you from using Linux.
It is exactly this 'well if it isn't 100% free I don't want it involved with Linux' mentality that is keeping Linux from the prime time.
You'll still need energy to run the replicators...perhaps the joule will be the unit of currency of the future, or credits based on a 'joule standard'.
Nah, it was pro bono. I have a lawyer on retainer for a long standing custody dispute, but he does criminal and civl law not just family law. I networked his house for him and he owed me advice;)
It isn't always in the vendor's favor. We ordered a package deal from our phone company a few years ago. Voice mail, call waiting, etc. The under billed us and have ever since, compared to the price they quoted on the service. We're being charged $12/month less than they quoted.
As we did not sign any kind of contract, there is no way they can ever try to back bill us if they ever catch the mistake (IANAL, but my lawyer did tell me that they couldn't do so).
Microsoft is offering to license its FAT file system specification and associated intellectual property. With this license, other companies have the opportunity to standardize the FAT file system implementation in their products, and to improve file system compatibility across a range of computing and consumer electronics devices.
Reading this and the rest leads me to believe that they are NOT preventing people from reverse engineering FAT. Rather, they are selling their 'true' implementation of the filesystem. Nowhere does it say that companies providing their own 'clean room' implementation of the FAT filesystem will have to pay.
That doesn't mean they won't go there, just that they haven't yet. Still, the typical knee-jerk reactions here are as yet unwarrented.
Your girlfriend had a very different experience than my wife and I did. We fired T-Mobile the minute our contract was up last year. Not only was their coverage horrible (including not working in areas that the said it should, like downtown Pittsburgh at times!) but their customer service was even worse.
To paraphrase a saying that I cannot for the life of me find the author of (it was a Sci Fi author, please one of you MUST remember who said it): If a graybeard scientist says something is possible, pay attention to him. If that same graybeard scientist says something is impossible, he's wrong.
Not to mention that it's Dell's job to support the hardware and software that they shipped to the user, not anything third party or anything installed (inadvertently or not) by the actions of the user.
Many enterprise level IM systems support crypto. Lotus Sametime uses SSL I believe.
As for a right to privacy, there is none. At least not in the US. Courts have been arguing in recent years that there is such a right, but there is absolutely nothing in the Consitution regarding a universal right to privacy. A right to not be subjected to unlawful searches perhaps, but no basic privacy right.
I might not be a matter of who is right or who is wrong. Things aren't always that black and white. Sometimes different approaches can yield comparable results.
Of course, it's fashionable to bash Intel around here. If it were AMD announcing this, the fanboys would be lining up for their fr1st pr0st proclaiming it the Second Coming;)
I agree in priciple with the 'correct' definitions, but language is generally defined by definitions that are accepted by the majority, regardless of how 'correct' those definitions are.
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According to the article, it only works for medical terms so far, and is only 80% accurate. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't think I'd want to trust any of my medical treatment to such a translation!
Doctor: "Well, we thought he said pennicillin, not omoxycillin! I'm afraid the infection has run amok!"
Yes, look for a news post by GoaT to snag my addy, or look for Tom the Senior Editor on the contact page.
I'd be interested in reading your thesis if it is publically accessible.
What exactly is 'purist Linux'? Do you mean a good distro should require lots of knowledge to setup/install?
I like Slackware and Debian personally, but Madrake was one of the first distros that a relatively ordinary user could install without help.
It's your kind of attitude that helps keep Linux away from the masses.
Yes, actually I do. My post was for those who might not want ANY of their money to go to SCO. Personally, I judge my funds by their returns, not by what specific stocks they invest in.
What they are selling for $1299 is hardly a barebones system. The only things I'd change is the video card and the addition of some more RAM. I think the other guy who answered your post was right, you were just fishing for Mac user sympathy karma. To get a G5 with comparable geat you'd have to spend over $2000.
Perhaps those of you who have funds with any of these companies should contact them and explain that if they don't pull out of SCO, you'll be transferring your money to another fund...
Probably not if they didn't alter the GPL'd components of the system.
So, that means we'll be finding Win98 CD's laying around on the beach in Florida?
You are either stupid or trolling. Windows never forked. Your statement is like saying 'how many releases of the Linux Kernel are there'.
That being said, Dr. Sauer is spewing FUD. Forked projects can undergo a Darwinian type of process where the best one is left standing. I tend to agree with Taco that it's the abandoned or dead projects that are a danger. Don't stake your business on a piece of OSS that you aren't sure is going to be around for awhile.
Last time I checked there were a lot more Cisco boxes out there than Xboxes though ;)
And you are surprised by the prospect because...? This is how it's been for years now. Buy the latest card, get all the latest features, then 6-12 months later it's outdated. You don't have any reason to complain, especially since the next DX version won't ship until Longhorn ships, which will probably be sometime in the year 2020 ;)
Either you want Linux to become mainstream and widely adopted, or you don't. You can't have it both ways. If it is to become a serious presence on the desktop, companies are bound to add proprietary elements to their personal flavors/distributions. That doesn't stop you from using Linux.
It is exactly this 'well if it isn't 100% free I don't want it involved with Linux' mentality that is keeping Linux from the prime time.
You'll still need energy to run the replicators...perhaps the joule will be the unit of currency of the future, or credits based on a 'joule standard'.
Nah, it was pro bono. I have a lawyer on retainer for a long standing custody dispute, but he does criminal and civl law not just family law. I networked his house for him and he owed me advice ;)
It isn't always in the vendor's favor. We ordered a package deal from our phone company a few years ago. Voice mail, call waiting, etc. The under billed us and have ever since, compared to the price they quoted on the service. We're being charged $12/month less than they quoted.
As we did not sign any kind of contract, there is no way they can ever try to back bill us if they ever catch the mistake (IANAL, but my lawyer did tell me that they couldn't do so).
No. Wine still requires Windows DLL's for many applications.
That doesn't mean they won't go there, just that they haven't yet. Still, the typical knee-jerk reactions here are as yet unwarrented.
Your girlfriend had a very different experience than my wife and I did. We fired T-Mobile the minute our contract was up last year. Not only was their coverage horrible (including not working in areas that the said it should, like downtown Pittsburgh at times!) but their customer service was even worse.
To paraphrase a saying that I cannot for the life of me find the author of (it was a Sci Fi author, please one of you MUST remember who said it): If a graybeard scientist says something is possible, pay attention to him. If that same graybeard scientist says something is impossible, he's wrong.
Not to mention that it's Dell's job to support the hardware and software that they shipped to the user, not anything third party or anything installed (inadvertently or not) by the actions of the user.
Many enterprise level IM systems support crypto. Lotus Sametime uses SSL I believe.
As for a right to privacy, there is none. At least not in the US. Courts have been arguing in recent years that there is such a right, but there is absolutely nothing in the Consitution regarding a universal right to privacy. A right to not be subjected to unlawful searches perhaps, but no basic privacy right.
That's easy...tinfoil hats!
I might not be a matter of who is right or who is wrong. Things aren't always that black and white. Sometimes different approaches can yield comparable results.
;)
Of course, it's fashionable to bash Intel around here. If it were AMD announcing this, the fanboys would be lining up for their fr1st pr0st proclaiming it the Second Coming
Programming enthusiast?
I agree in priciple with the 'correct' definitions, but language is generally defined by definitions that are accepted by the majority, regardless of how 'correct' those definitions are.