I've had similar experiences with UPS. They charged me about $45 USD brokerage on a $50 USD electronics part. What the hell is brokerage?? Why does it often cost more than the stuff itself? How come some of the things I order from the US come through without me having to pay taxes/customs/brokerage/anything.
Basically, it is not worth the risk of ordering anything from the US, even in Canada. Buy domestically or not at all.
First of all, how does the language used for the system relate to this discussion? Aren't we talking about the OS?
And secondly, there are a lot of languages that are more open that Java. Sun could do a lot of damage to the Java community if they decided to not release any specs or improve Java at all. Similarly to Linux being "declared illegal".
So this is one of those "look into the crystal ball" articles. A quick look at the numbers show that Linux adoption is levelling off, as are all server OSs across the board (with Solaris and BSD (is dying!)) actually decreasing in market share).
After glancing over that quickly, I thought I could guess what was coming next. Something about Netcraft and the number of Usenet posts.;)
That's the irony of Slashdot. You get modded down for trollish posts, but a huge number of the stories are trolls too. And why not? As the parent said, trolls bring in the pageviews for Slashdot. There is probably nothing better for them, revenue speaking, than a huge flamewar.
The least they could do is make the Slashdot search halfway decent. License Google's tech or something like all the Universities too (I know, they get it free). The Slashdot search is amazingly poor. Even if the editors do attempt to search, they won't find duplicates.
But how do you know which way it's really meant to be? I pronounced it "lie-nucks" for almost a year before I heard anyone say the name out loud. Linus himself says it quite differently than is the American norm. (Famous sound clip). I still *think* it should be "lie-nucks" so it is closer to his name. But I bow down to peer pressure and call it "lin-nucks" now.
An interesting point. What do you consider to be a thumbnail? 10% of the original image? In terms of raw bits, MP3s throw out probably 90% of the data. Hence their popularity.
Now, if they catch me downloading music off the 'Net that is ILLEGAL and come into my computer and find other music then I would assume it's my responsibility to prove myself innocent.
What they want to do is exactly the opposite.
Well, I wasn't expecting you to finish how you did but this raises an interesting point. RIAA goes after the distributors, not the downloaders. Theoretically (*) aren't the distributors more likely to own the material? I buy lots of CDs, and rip them, as I consider it my right to do so. (To put them on my iPod). Yes, they are in my "shared" folder. Am I doing something illegal?
I'm no fan of guns, but isn't it analogous to *selling* a gun? It's not illegal. The people that buy them and shoot people are doing the illegal thing, i.e. the downloaders.
(*) I realize that most people with large collections of music on P2P programs are distributing because they downloaded it from other people.
Adobe really has some great coders and great products but the whole corporate culture just sucks majorly.
Wasn't Adobe ranked as one of the top places to work recently? (Here is the link I was thinking of. Adobe is #3 on the list.) Maybe it's like Microsoft, in that many employees get somewhat cocky?
Well put. Isn't it interesting though that Apple can make these huge software-based companies bow out of the market just by releasing a competing product? Are Apple's software developers that much better? In lots of cases, they are using IP that others had a strong part in creating (e.g. KHTML, purchased Shake from someone). Or is their marketing machine more effective? What's the deal?
I don't know too much about chip architecture, but if I understand correctly, that huge speed difference isn't due to anything special in the G5 design. It's due to AltiVec, or IBM's equivalent implementation of AltiVec (which is actually Motorola's). Since both the G4 and G5 have AltiVec compatible units, they both do well at vector operations. The guy is saying the G5 does better *only* because it has a higher clockrate.
It sounds from this article like this branch of NASA has a heavy investment in AltiVec based vector code since it is on average 10 to 13 times faster than scalar code.
Thanks AC, I was wondering that myself. Maybe it's just not a popular opinion. But the current state of affairs in the US government is very alarming. The Bush Administration is looking to "cut the fat" that is government (their opinion, not mine), and run the country with a small elite group.
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Damn, that was funny. If you signed up for an account just to post that, I tip my hat to YOU.
Basically, it is not worth the risk of ordering anything from the US, even in Canada. Buy domestically or not at all.
Wow, I've never seen a "me too" get +5 insightful! This thing must be good. I'll have to check it out.
Won't anyone think of the privacy rights of the poor cats and dogs?? This is outrageous!!!!!!!
What's your point? Does Linux necessarily have to run on x86 to be considered a win?
And secondly, there are a lot of languages that are more open that Java. Sun could do a lot of damage to the Java community if they decided to not release any specs or improve Java at all. Similarly to Linux being "declared illegal".
After glancing over that quickly, I thought I could guess what was coming next. Something about Netcraft and the number of Usenet posts. ;)
That's the irony of Slashdot. You get modded down for trollish posts, but a huge number of the stories are trolls too. And why not? As the parent said, trolls bring in the pageviews for Slashdot. There is probably nothing better for them, revenue speaking, than a huge flamewar.
The least they could do is make the Slashdot search halfway decent. License Google's tech or something like all the Universities too (I know, they get it free). The Slashdot search is amazingly poor. Even if the editors do attempt to search, they won't find duplicates.
I couldn't figure it out until I read this Ars technica article on .NET. Highly recommended.
But how do you know which way it's really meant to be? I pronounced it "lie-nucks" for almost a year before I heard anyone say the name out loud. Linus himself says it quite differently than is the American norm. (Famous sound clip). I still *think* it should be "lie-nucks" so it is closer to his name. But I bow down to peer pressure and call it "lin-nucks" now.
Don't ever use a big word where a dimunutive one will suffice.
What about security through obscure legislation. Does that work?
Processing power has very little to do with bandwidth.
An interesting point. What do you consider to be a thumbnail? 10% of the original image? In terms of raw bits, MP3s throw out probably 90% of the data. Hence their popularity.
That's my point though. I'm not copying it, they are. (Well, I'm copying it for my iPod.)
Funny, that's two posts in a row for me talking about guns. Arguing opposite points.
What they want to do is exactly the opposite.
Well, I wasn't expecting you to finish how you did but this raises an interesting point. RIAA goes after the distributors, not the downloaders. Theoretically (*) aren't the distributors more likely to own the material? I buy lots of CDs, and rip them, as I consider it my right to do so. (To put them on my iPod). Yes, they are in my "shared" folder. Am I doing something illegal?
I'm no fan of guns, but isn't it analogous to *selling* a gun? It's not illegal. The people that buy them and shoot people are doing the illegal thing, i.e. the downloaders.
(*) I realize that most people with large collections of music on P2P programs are distributing because they downloaded it from other people.
Wasn't Adobe ranked as one of the top places to work recently? (Here is the link I was thinking of. Adobe is #3 on the list.) Maybe it's like Microsoft, in that many employees get somewhat cocky?
Well put. Isn't it interesting though that Apple can make these huge software-based companies bow out of the market just by releasing a competing product? Are Apple's software developers that much better? In lots of cases, they are using IP that others had a strong part in creating (e.g. KHTML, purchased Shake from someone). Or is their marketing machine more effective? What's the deal?
It sounds from this article like this branch of NASA has a heavy investment in AltiVec based vector code since it is on average 10 to 13 times faster than scalar code.
Heh, OK. I guess I owe you one. Thanks. :)
The recently announced 2004 Federal budget clearly implies this, if one was willing to read the 2866 pages. Check out the article GET RICH OR GET OUT - Attempted robbery with a loaded federal budget by Thomas Franks from the June 2003 issue of Harper's Magazine.
I think it would be outrageous if they took it down. What kind of country doesn't let its citizens read up on the government? Possibly a dictatorship?
Good question. I think it should be fairly easy to do on Debian with the kernel package making utility. Anyone agree/disagree?