uh huh.. cause I often sit in my tent and use the net during the day, or were you thinking that you might just have some battery that can hold a long charge and lug it around with you, if so, why not just recharge it before you leave? No, I'm sure it would be great for going on really long camping trips when you just cant carry that many batteries and you're away from civilization for so long.
Gee, you dont half sugar coat 1984 do you? Ever actually read the book? They dont spy on your television shows, they decide what you watch for you and if you dont like it they come and kill you.
Perhaps some coders should get together and take on the monolith.. build a simple linux based OS that is easy to install (put the cd in the drive man) and "rent" apps themselves, be it for free or for *gasp* a profit.
so because you can control how you use the software you are not willing to purchase it? Bavo! Now if only everyone would apply this to the software have today, we wouldnt have such rediculous things as the EULA. But no, most people are willing to just break the law and ignore the license. One day they just might come break down your door and put the cuffs on you for having an expired copy of win98. "This software has been recalled, it's people like you are contributing to the downfall of society!!" as they drag you off to the Ministry of Love.
I dont understand. You are aware that you dont own your software right? Even if it is free software, unless you wrote it you dont own it. Even if it is in the public domain it is debatable whether you "own" it, as per any understanding of the word property. Perhaps when app rental is a reality the misconception that software is like that bike you got for christmas will finally die.
Making the lives of slashdot readers tedious is my favourite past time, and I'm sure you're aware of the irony of posting a zero content message to slashdot to tell us to stop posting zero content messages to slashdot.
Just like to say I have done work for his Dad and Paul is perhaps one of the nicest people I've ever met. Only knew Adam as the son who had better things to do than maintain the code he wrote for his old man (not that I can talk).
Actually it's a quote but seeing as I cant actually point you at the person who said it I guess I'll just have to accept your critisism. Now if you were really smart (which you obviously think you are) you would have said "that's because they didn't poll you", but I guess that's too much to ask of one man's grasp on statistics. Think a bit longer before making inane observations, k? Thanks.
I hear ya man.. but people dont want to. They like their stupid little window managers. Not that many people who run linux actually use gnome and kde and all that crap. There are literally thousands of apps written for motif that people use. All of them could be ported to gtk or qt or something but are they? No. Once again, what becomes popular has nothing to do with what is good. It has to do with "network effects" as we all used to say 3 years ago.
Some reason I dont think there will be too many victims of the crime lining up to sue this site for revisionist history. The past is alterable man. Just repeat the same lie enough times and have it documented by journalists who are too lazy to do their own research and it soon becomes fact. That's the way the US single handedly one the second world war didn't you know.
Fuck animals and frankly, fuck you. If you think AROS is the bomb (and frankly there aint much competition about) get your ass into gear and make something out of it. Wannabe operating system toting son of a bitch.
Checking X is one thing that Apple can get away with because there's no-one standing around (and not doing anything themselves mind you) saying "but X is great because of network transparency and my never-touch-the-mouse window manager" and shit like that. Apple doesn't have to convince anyone that dumping X is a good idea because the people who use their OS have never seen X (and hopefully never will).
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uh huh.. cause I often sit in my tent and use the net during the day, or were you thinking that you might just have some battery that can hold a long charge and lug it around with you, if so, why not just recharge it before you leave? No, I'm sure it would be great for going on really long camping trips when you just cant carry that many batteries and you're away from civilization for so long.
that's pretty good. that's pretty good.
dont count on it.
So basically what you're saying is you couldn't get a date. woe woe. know the feeling.
download a DivX DVD rip today.
Gee, you dont half sugar coat 1984 do you? Ever actually read the book? They dont spy on your television shows, they decide what you watch for you and if you dont like it they come and kill you.
Dude, I'm talking about linux as in the kernel. Everything else would have to be written. Some leet framebuffer gui running natilus or something.
Perhaps some coders should get together and take on the monolith.. build a simple linux based OS that is easy to install (put the cd in the drive man) and "rent" apps themselves, be it for free or for *gasp* a profit.
Sun Microsystems sales staff circa 1994?
so because you can control how you use the software you are not willing to purchase it? Bavo! Now if only everyone would apply this to the software have today, we wouldnt have such rediculous things as the EULA. But no, most people are willing to just break the law and ignore the license. One day they just might come break down your door and put the cuffs on you for having an expired copy of win98. "This software has been recalled, it's people like you are contributing to the downfall of society!!" as they drag you off to the Ministry of Love.
bah.. read the EULA, Microsoft can recall any piece of software they want and if you use it after the fact you are violating the license.
I dont understand. You are aware that you dont own your software right? Even if it is free software, unless you wrote it you dont own it. Even if it is in the public domain it is debatable whether you "own" it, as per any understanding of the word property. Perhaps when app rental is a reality the misconception that software is like that bike you got for christmas will finally die.
Making the lives of slashdot readers tedious is my favourite past time, and I'm sure you're aware of the irony of posting a zero content message to slashdot to tell us to stop posting zero content messages to slashdot.
Just like to say I have done work for his Dad and Paul is perhaps one of the nicest people I've ever met. Only knew Adam as the son who had better things to do than maintain the code he wrote for his old man (not that I can talk).
Actually it's a quote but seeing as I cant actually point you at the person who said it I guess I'll just have to accept your critisism. Now if you were really smart (which you obviously think you are) you would have said "that's because they didn't poll you", but I guess that's too much to ask of one man's grasp on statistics. Think a bit longer before making inane observations, k? Thanks.
Can someone link me to this "you may not copy our UI" Apple story?
Make sure you turned off your cache and are not being transparently cached.
keep waiting.
I hear ya man.. but people dont want to. They like their stupid little window managers. Not that many people who run linux actually use gnome and kde and all that crap. There are literally thousands of apps written for motif that people use. All of them could be ported to gtk or qt or something but are they? No. Once again, what becomes popular has nothing to do with what is good. It has to do with "network effects" as we all used to say 3 years ago.
Some reason I dont think there will be too many victims of the crime lining up to sue this site for revisionist history. The past is alterable man. Just repeat the same lie enough times and have it documented by journalists who are too lazy to do their own research and it soon becomes fact. That's the way the US single handedly one the second world war didn't you know.
Fuck animals and frankly, fuck you. If you think AROS is the bomb (and frankly there aint much competition about) get your ass into gear and make something out of it. Wannabe operating system toting son of a bitch.
Gotta ask, what's with the horse?
How about.. "You've been awake for 36 hours straight? I dont care! This shit sux!"
we've been using this point and grunt interface ever since!
Checking X is one thing that Apple can get away with because there's no-one standing around (and not doing anything themselves mind you) saying "but X is great because of network transparency and my never-touch-the-mouse window manager" and shit like that. Apple doesn't have to convince anyone that dumping X is a good idea because the people who use their OS have never seen X (and hopefully never will).