Why negotiating lower prices on their evil global communication networks of course.
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You're obviously new to/. (see I did the slashdot symbol so I'm l33t). My point is that, if you weren't new you would have known that you never have to be on topic here. Just draw some loose (and I use that word in the loosest sense) relationship between the topic you have a question about an the topic of discussion and you'll be right at home. For example if you have a question about how install bionics into your 3-month old baby using only spare parts from old Amiga you bought on e-bay, but the topic of discussion is "Microsoft evil Satan destroyer of souls or evil demonbeast destroyer of worlds?" you would lead in with something like this...
I hate Microsoft, and cannot stand Bill Gates, and oh-my-gosh do I love Linux, and you-guys, like, I've got a poster of Linus on my wall, and I have this 3-month old child who I want to install bionics into and I need to run linux on the kid, and I only have old Amiga parts. Has anyone done this before?
See... that's easy.
So to your question about which Linux version is the best version. This is very easy. Knoppix.
Many people will disagree with me, and they are all right, except for people who say:
Gentoo - It's dead. Like BSD dead. Debian - It's stable, but smells funny... stale and pungent. Suse - It's just Redhat, with a different name. Redhat - Very popular, but owned by an evil corporation set on destroying the rainforests. Slackware - Was the best prior to kernel version.7 Fedora - Think Redhat, but w/ a hint of the stink of Debian. Knoppix - Meets all your needs. Easy installation. Don't mind the difficulty in getting persistant storage setup. SCO Unix - It's like linux, but well I've heard there identical.
Whatever you choose make sure you talk alot about your cooling (say it's liquid cooled even if that just means you rest your beer on the case from time to time) and also brag that your going to setup a beowulf cluster of these someday soon. Once you get the baby setup w/ the bionics.
Don't let anyone tell you that BSD is an option. BSD is no longer being developed. The government was funding it, but quit, when they realized it was dead. Something about using old birth certificates or patents from the 50s. I don't know.
This is actual text from the patent "An improved butt hinge is disclosed in which each hinge half comprises a leaf portion formed integrally with a butt strap. A second leaf portion mounts to each butt strap after the butt straps are mounted to a door and door frame."
Or... if you hope to gain a competitive advantage or exclusive benefit from code you pay to have written make sure you have a non-compete type clause in your contract with the developer you hire. The clause should restrict the developer from implementing a similar feature in the same or similar products for a set amount of time. Then don't distribute your custom developed code.
So true. And actually there will be three buildings built only one used. They'll start with a single design, but a left handed architect will decide that they really should have a doorknobs for left handed people so he'll copy the plans, rework all of them for left handed folks and start his own building project.
Once the contractors are brought into the picture they'll wage a holy war over which building materials are the best. The original design will be built in steel b/c it's such a robust and flexible choice. One of contractors will completely reject the rigid structure steel requires you to work in, instead he'll choose a more flexible material, clay, because he used that once to make this wonderful outdoor grille. The left handed building will use brick b/c they're different and don't want to be mainstream.
The tenets will show up to help build the building b/c, this is a community project right. 98% of the tenets will walk around the construction site complaining about how nothing is done and how this and that need to be changed. Occassionaly people will jump in by building out their offices, or enhancing the restroom facilities near their office.
After 6 months a sign will go up announcing the completion of the project in 3 weeks. After another 6 months the sign has will still be there. 3 years later the clay project will have fallen in on itself several times, eventually becoming a worthless pile of unsightly clay. The left handed building will be completed, and will be loved by all left handed people, but will never be used by the faculty who tend to be mostly right handed. Teh left handed building will gain no mainstream acceptance. The steel building will be completed as well. Unfortunately it is the most sterile unsightly building you've ever seen. Minimilism could learn a thing or two from this building. There are no electrical outlets in the offices, only bare wires that "allow you to interface directly with the electrical module". Nice feature.
The residents of the Gates building have been watching for four years while these building were built. They'll talk about how much more robust steel is and how they wish they had more of it in their building. They'll talk about how nice the brick is, and the left handed tenets will dream of a day when they'll get left handed doors and talk about banding together and migrating all at once. Several people will talk about all of the space over in the steel building, but will complain that the tenets are hard to talk to because they're always fixing things in their building and all that manual labor makes the whole building wreak of sweat, the hygeine habit of the steel building's tenets is generally questioned. One of the women complain that when she went over to the steel building and asked to use the restroom, she was pointed an empty room, when she asked why the room was empty she was met w/ a nasty look and a sharp "Hey it's free lady! Build it yourself. We can't do everything for you... newbies."
After D. Robbins left Gentoo he has spent much of his time consulting with Sun. It appears one of his key strategic recommendations was to open source the OS and then infuse Sun's installation/package management system w/ portage. We all know portage is based off of BSD ports (at least in concept). So clearly, Sun is hoping to send Solaris down the path that Gentoo and BSD have already been down. The path to oblivion. By devaluing their intellectual property they can write it off and use that as means to boost their profitability (like they did w/ the Microsoft settlement).
Slashdot... news reporting and commentary on par w/ CBS.
I agree... let's go kick their ass and take it from them. All we need is our missile defense system to protect against their ICBMs. Of course IANAL so this might violate some sort of international law or something.
The application, at least the first application, probably will not be in an environment where many people own the resources. Instead this will enable the ad-hoc sharing of resources owned by a single entity or a small conglomeration of entities. The application is in business, in sharing resources in a fairly controlled although transient environemnt. Once the infrastructure is in place for manufacturing maybe the home consumer will find a need for it.
I don't so much worry about the cancer... I think that's just a scare tactic by the wired phone providers. What I do worry about is that, like taking your picture with a camera, the wireless technology will slowly take pieces of my soul. And without a soul I would be visible to the alien hoards travelling through the metaspace between us and Arpotek VIII.
Even thought lasik eye surgey did allow us to see into the horrors of the metaspace, and some believe that a highly concentrated beam of x-rays projected onto tinfoil formed into the shape of a swan will build a bridge to the metaspacce, I wouldn't call this "bad news". Sure, we know about evil the lurks out there waiting to destroy us, but I figure it's better to know the truth then to live in a shroud of lives and deceptions. I don't know why scientists, engineers or doctors are relevant to your point. I think the only beings who can really help us are the descendants of Colby of Calteran.
But hey... what do I know... oh, looks like it's time for my meds. Which room do you live in? You're here in the sanitarium too right? Or are you just another one of my mind friends... are you... are you real?
It wasn't a real movie... it was just a hologram of the original movie. So I think it's ok to copy or show this derivative work. Sort of like when Luke was talking to Obi Wan Kenobee in Star Track Episode II (maybe it was Episode III - Wrath of Kahn?)
Google will spend the money to create new search technology that will search for buried treasure. Then they'll be rich I tell you, RICH! And not just this rich in the play stock money rich.. oh now... they'll have real gold dabloons, cups of silver, and precious gems from the farest reaches of this world. Ayh! Dabloons I say! Million of em! And they'll be rich!
Although this looks like a straightforward patent suit, there are more dubious motives at play here. Specifically Google was in the middle of developing a new search technology that would finally bring search technology into 93% of all North American households (world wide estimates vary based on the region). Yahoo! used the suit to dilute Google's stock price and drain their cash reserves while Yahoo! develops their own alternative solution in a partnership with MSN.
I was skeptical at first until I was given a demo of the new technology by one of my old graduate school friends who is working for Google. The tool's interface is similar to Google's current standard search interface (although a verbal UI is under development). The killer feature, the feature that would have made Google search ubiquotous, is the ability to search for physical objects. I simply typed in "my keys" and I was given a reply "Your right pocket", along with a short description of the object, the # of key, use of the keys, and their GPS location. Amazing!
My friend, who for obvious reasons must go unnamed, told me the lawsuit will force google to shut down the project because the only way they could fund it was through context based advertisements (based on the infringing patent). He did however point me to this backdoor. I can't promise it will stay up very long... especially with the Slashdot crowd using and abusing it... so check it out while you can.
There are several more affordable ways to pick a Kensington lock. One for example only requires two strands of human hair and a kleenex. But in the interest of giving people time to stop using the locks... I'll leave the actual method of opening the lock up to the reader.
Don't get me wrong... I think this is a very interesting study and the data I got back seemed accurate. I was just a little uneasy about answering questions #6 and #7. The questions were...
6.) What is your complete mailing address?
7.) While you are sleeping, do you think you would wake up if someone broke into your house, stole your valuables, and used your toothbrush?
I don't know what my mailing address has to do w/ how tired I am.
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Well, I guess now you'll just have more energy for the riots after the game.
Why negotiating lower prices on their evil global communication networks of course.
You're obviously new to /. (see I did the slashdot symbol so I'm l33t). My point is that, if you weren't new you would have known that you never have to be on topic here. Just draw some loose (and I use that word in the loosest sense) relationship between the topic you have a question about an the topic of discussion and you'll be right at home. For example if you have a question about how install bionics into your 3-month old baby using only spare parts from old Amiga you bought on e-bay, but the topic of discussion is "Microsoft evil Satan destroyer of souls or evil demonbeast destroyer of worlds?" you would lead in with something like this...
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I hate Microsoft, and cannot stand Bill Gates, and oh-my-gosh do I love Linux, and you-guys, like, I've got a poster of Linus on my wall, and I have this 3-month old child who I want to install bionics into and I need to run linux on the kid, and I only have old Amiga parts. Has anyone done this before?
See... that's easy.
So to your question about which Linux version is the best version. This is very easy. Knoppix.
Many people will disagree with me, and they are all right, except for people who say:
Gentoo - It's dead. Like BSD dead.
Debian - It's stable, but smells funny... stale and pungent.
Suse - It's just Redhat, with a different name.
Redhat - Very popular, but owned by an evil corporation set on destroying the rainforests.
Slackware - Was the best prior to kernel version
Fedora - Think Redhat, but w/ a hint of the stink of Debian.
Knoppix - Meets all your needs. Easy installation. Don't mind the difficulty in getting persistant storage setup.
SCO Unix - It's like linux, but well I've heard there identical.
Whatever you choose make sure you talk alot about your cooling (say it's liquid cooled even if that just means you rest your beer on the case from time to time) and also brag that your going to setup a beowulf cluster of these someday soon. Once you get the baby setup w/ the bionics.
Don't let anyone tell you that BSD is an option. BSD is no longer being developed. The government was funding it, but quit, when they realized it was dead. Something about using old birth certificates or patents from the 50s. I don't know.
Anyways... I hope that helps.
Slashdot: News and commentary on par w/ CBS.
Only if they are configured into a Beowulf cluster.
This is actual text from the patent "An improved butt hinge is disclosed in which each hinge half comprises a leaf portion formed integrally with a butt strap. A second leaf portion mounts to each butt strap after the butt straps are mounted to a door and door frame."
Slashdot, news and commentary on par with CBS.
He won't need to. Kerry will flip-flop and rebut himself.
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Or... if you hope to gain a competitive advantage or exclusive benefit from code you pay to have written make sure you have a non-compete type clause in your contract with the developer you hire. The clause should restrict the developer from implementing a similar feature in the same or similar products for a set amount of time. Then don't distribute your custom developed code.
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So true. And actually there will be three buildings built only one used. They'll start with a single design, but a left handed architect will decide that they really should have a doorknobs for left handed people so he'll copy the plans, rework all of them for left handed folks and start his own building project.
Once the contractors are brought into the picture they'll wage a holy war over which building materials are the best. The original design will be built in steel b/c it's such a robust and flexible choice. One of contractors will completely reject the rigid structure steel requires you to work in, instead he'll choose a more flexible material, clay, because he used that once to make this wonderful outdoor grille. The left handed building will use brick b/c they're different and don't want to be mainstream.
The tenets will show up to help build the building b/c, this is a community project right. 98% of the tenets will walk around the construction site complaining about how nothing is done and how this and that need to be changed. Occassionaly people will jump in by building out their offices, or enhancing the restroom facilities near their office.
After 6 months a sign will go up announcing the completion of the project in 3 weeks. After another 6 months the sign has will still be there. 3 years later the clay project will have fallen in on itself several times, eventually becoming a worthless pile of unsightly clay. The left handed building will be completed, and will be loved by all left handed people, but will never be used by the faculty who tend to be mostly right handed. Teh left handed building will gain no mainstream acceptance. The steel building will be completed as well. Unfortunately it is the most sterile unsightly building you've ever seen. Minimilism could learn a thing or two from this building. There are no electrical outlets in the offices, only bare wires that "allow you to interface directly with the electrical module". Nice feature.
The residents of the Gates building have been watching for four years while these building were built. They'll talk about how much more robust steel is and how they wish they had more of it in their building. They'll talk about how nice the brick is, and the left handed tenets will dream of a day when they'll get left handed doors and talk about banding together and migrating all at once. Several people will talk about all of the space over in the steel building, but will complain that the tenets are hard to talk to because they're always fixing things in their building and all that manual labor makes the whole building wreak of sweat, the hygeine habit of the steel building's tenets is generally questioned. One of the women complain that when she went over to the steel building and asked to use the restroom, she was pointed an empty room, when she asked why the room was empty she was met w/ a nasty look and a sharp "Hey it's free lady! Build it yourself. We can't do everything for you... newbies."
Slashdot - News and commentary on par w/ CBS
venerability - to honor with mingled respect and awe
It to say "Meh, Meh and Meh us all" as I offer up sacrifices to my enshrined Internet Explorer.
May the Gates of Bill be open to you as you trudge through the Bog of Balmer.
Slashdot - Reporting and commentary on par w/ CBS.
After D. Robbins left Gentoo he has spent much of his time consulting with Sun. It appears one of his key strategic recommendations was to open source the OS and then infuse Sun's installation/package management system w/ portage. We all know portage is based off of BSD ports (at least in concept). So clearly, Sun is hoping to send Solaris down the path that Gentoo and BSD have already been down. The path to oblivion. By devaluing their intellectual property they can write it off and use that as means to boost their profitability (like they did w/ the Microsoft settlement).
Slashdot... news reporting and commentary on par w/ CBS.
I agree... let's go kick their ass and take it from them. All we need is our missile defense system to protect against their ICBMs. Of course IANAL so this might violate some sort of international law or something.
The application, at least the first application, probably will not be in an environment where many people own the resources. Instead this will enable the ad-hoc sharing of resources owned by a single entity or a small conglomeration of entities. The application is in business, in sharing resources in a fairly controlled although transient environemnt. Once the infrastructure is in place for manufacturing maybe the home consumer will find a need for it.
I don't so much worry about the cancer... I think that's just a scare tactic by the wired phone providers. What I do worry about is that, like taking your picture with a camera, the wireless technology will slowly take pieces of my soul. And without a soul I would be visible to the alien hoards travelling through the metaspace between us and Arpotek VIII.
Even thought lasik eye surgey did allow us to see into the horrors of the metaspace, and some believe that a highly concentrated beam of x-rays projected onto tinfoil formed into the shape of a swan will build a bridge to the metaspacce, I wouldn't call this "bad news". Sure, we know about evil the lurks out there waiting to destroy us, but I figure it's better to know the truth then to live in a shroud of lives and deceptions. I don't know why scientists, engineers or doctors are relevant to your point. I think the only beings who can really help us are the descendants of Colby of Calteran.
But hey... what do I know... oh, looks like it's time for my meds. Which room do you live in? You're here in the sanitarium too right? Or are you just another one of my mind friends... are you... are you real?
It wasn't a real movie... it was just a hologram of the original movie. So I think it's ok to copy or show this derivative work. Sort of like when Luke was talking to Obi Wan Kenobee in Star Track Episode II (maybe it was Episode III - Wrath of Kahn?)
You remember that right?
Google will spend the money to create new search technology that will search for buried treasure. Then they'll be rich I tell you, RICH! And not just this rich in the play stock money rich.. oh now... they'll have real gold dabloons, cups of silver, and precious gems from the farest reaches of this world. Ayh! Dabloons I say! Million of em! And they'll be rich!
Although this looks like a straightforward patent suit, there are more dubious motives at play here. Specifically Google was in the middle of developing a new search technology that would finally bring search technology into 93% of all North American households (world wide estimates vary based on the region). Yahoo! used the suit to dilute Google's stock price and drain their cash reserves while Yahoo! develops their own alternative solution in a partnership with MSN.
I was skeptical at first until I was given a demo of the new technology by one of my old graduate school friends who is working for Google. The tool's interface is similar to Google's current standard search interface (although a verbal UI is under development). The killer feature, the feature that would have made Google search ubiquotous, is the ability to search for physical objects. I simply typed in "my keys" and I was given a reply "Your right pocket", along with a short description of the object, the # of key, use of the keys, and their GPS location. Amazing!
My friend, who for obvious reasons must go unnamed, told me the lawsuit will force google to shut down the project because the only way they could fund it was through context based advertisements (based on the infringing patent). He did however point me to this backdoor. I can't promise it will stay up very long... especially with the Slashdot crowd using and abusing it... so check it out while you can.
Henry T Ford... T is for tickle?
There are several more affordable ways to pick a Kensington lock. One for example only requires two strands of human hair and a kleenex. But in the interest of giving people time to stop using the locks... I'll leave the actual method of opening the lock up to the reader.
RTFA... it's Suse.
2nd paragraph "The HP Compaq nx5000 will feature Novell Inc.'s SuSE Linux"
was unavailable for comment b/c he was too busy playing Half Life 2.
I'm sure you'll still have to pay something for the hardware on eBay.
that's more capacity than any organization can use at this time
You obviously haven't seen the multi-player requirements for Half-Life 2.
Don't get me wrong... I think this is a very interesting study and the data I got back seemed accurate. I was just a little uneasy about answering questions #6 and #7. The questions were...
6.) What is your complete mailing address?
7.) While you are sleeping, do you think you would wake up if someone broke into your house, stole your valuables, and used your toothbrush?
I don't know what my mailing address has to do w/ how tired I am.