Yes a skilled housepainter costs X. Most people dont need a skilled housepainter they need a reasonably competent one. They dont need a perfect job, they need a painter that can give them what they need at a price they can afford.
Coding that is neither innovative nor complicated does not need to be done by someone in the US making 65-80k a year. If someone in India making 1/5-1/10 the salary can do a job that is "good enough" and on schedule for the person paying them then they will get that job....and they should
The problem is many people posting on this board see in black or white. Either its skilled or its crap...it doesnt happen that way in the real world.
The problem programmers in the US have is not the outsourcing or the visas, its the pre-2001 assumption that anyone is irreplacible, it bred complacency. When costs got tight employers said "I can cut costs 80% and produce an acceptable product" (note I said acceptable not execellent)...does anyone honestly blame them?
Not necessarily. The only forseeable reason you use FAT in a desktop is to dual install windows. If you have a valid copy of windows you have a license for FAT.
However, there can be a solution. Unlike SCOs $699 per license, the FAT terms seem very reasonable. If Linux community decides FAT is something they cant live without then then we can get a consortium to buy one 250k license for ALL future linux use. IBM has buffet dinners that cost more than that. It sticks in your craw to give Microsludge money but oh well
We also remind Microsoft that if they dont accept the agreement, that the antitrust people are waiting in the wings.
There are still plenty of problems with linux, including a print system that sucks, and plenty of problems that need fixing. It took us until last year to get fonts that looked good without having to add more. Whats worse is our tendency to mimic features in windows instead of trying to surpass windows. Instead of yet another lecture about how everyone should do everything with a CLI, lets get a GUI that is BETTER than mac or windows. A package system that works automatically (even RPM isnt automatic) and having dependent files included with applications.
Japan became a pacifist nation because they had their ass handed to them, before that they were one of the most brutal states in world history. One of the things the Nagasaki tourist office doesnt mention is that Nagasaki was the site of one of their more brutal POW prison camps where prisoners were routinely beaten and executed. The former prisoners there are quite sincere in their belief that they would be dead if the atom bomb had not been dropped.
Now find me a victorious nation who has turned their back on war...and ill believe that nation is a good and peaceful nation.
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Every 10 dollars some schmuck company gives them in licenses or payoffs is another 8 dollars they can use to sue all the other companies and another 2 dollars in the lawyers pockets.
The only way seemingly to end this is to buy out SCO completely or to bankrupt them completely.
Im not sure bankruptcy can work because they could simply shrink themselves down to a company with no employees whos only assetts are their IP and then still have the lawyers persue them
Sims Online is way better...with a heck of a lot more content.
Alternatively if you want a more adult experience Second Life has better graphics...and more revealing outfits.
If "there" was free and then charged you 15 cents for buying extra clothing or doodads, you could understand it and it might even kinda cute, but when they want a monthly payment and then nickel and diming you on top...that just gets annoying.
All that says is that the states cannot prohibit people from keeping and bearing arms...it does not say the states cannot regulate this. Hunting is not protected under the 2nd amendment.
By the way your quote left off a line after the word powers and before the phrase the states. "even laying the constitutional provision in question out of view", the court was not making a direct 2nd amendment argument but an argument for maintainng a militia reserve. The Federal government can waive that right.
The amendment means the federal government cannot ban the private ownership of handguns because the states militia needs people who know how to use guns , a well regulated militia is the province of the states. The national guard is not the militia...many states including Florida have state militias separate from the national guard. If the state of florida wants everyone to own guns and be in the militia by default thats the state of floridas business...if Florida wants to disband their militia thats all the states business.
The amendment was to protect the right of citizens to bear arms in order to guaruntee a well regulated which meant "equipped" militia.
It was an individual right...however it was also a conditional right that would be controlled by the states.
Even in a free country where people are afraid to speak anonymously speech is curtailed...if not by the government but by the screaming mob.
We live in a country now where people who criticize the war are called traitors and put in government databases. Where visitors to our country are fingerprinted without suspicion and where people are held without charges for months at a time. Where the label of terrorist is slung around with a casualness unknown 5 years ago.
Our politics has been poisoned and this poison is eating away at our republic.
Sure China isnt free but Chinese have hope for the future all we have is fear.
to fire this guy. If Im a company that is doing research into my comptitors products and some jackass contractor takes photos of my research and puts it on the web without permission of course Im going to fire his ass. If this were any other company this would not be news. This is not a free speech issue, this is not ominous for the future, its a dumbass breaching his confidentiality agreement...oh well.
Because I CAN...I dont have to buy a $3000 computer. I can spend $1000 and get 90% of the performance. I can always expand it later and in ways I choose.
Can you imagine these nutter bicycle mechanics claiming they flew! Langley has spent almost a million dollars on flight unsuccessfully. I think Orvile and Wilbur Wrong are cranks we can safely ignore.
Actually you can get a Athlon 64 with an 80gig hard drive, 512 meg of ram and a 128 meg video card for under $1000. Is it all state of the art stuff...no. It DOESNT HAVE TO BE....
A 10% difference in performance is not worth $2000
After being burned by Eolas...they may decide to patent everything they can in order to prevent from being sued again. The patent of cookies is likely to be unenforceable and if microsoft tries they may be targeted for more anti-trust action (for using lawsuits designed to damage competition in the marketplace). IE has 97% of the market its unlikely they are going to go after everyone else.
The ugly fact is all these computers have not made our cars more reliable. Im not against computers in cars but they need to have programs as simple as possible and these programs should be open source.
If my computer crashes because of a bug I can replace it.
If my car crashes because of a computer bug, me , someone I care about or someone who could sue me could be injured or killed.
The problem is that the law is disproportionate to the losses suffered.
The founding fathers who designed the Copyright law always intended to punish those who copied for profit more than those who copied for personal use or distribution for friends...yet that distinction was removed. That should be put back.
There should be a cap on fines for copying that does not involve distribution for profit. IF we cannot have some sort of compulsory licensing,at least we can have some sanity with the laws we do have.
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Um he made millions...and Netscape still went open source. Id say he was a winner.
Yes a skilled housepainter costs X. Most people dont need a skilled housepainter they need a reasonably competent one. They dont need a perfect job, they need a painter that can give them what they need at a price they can afford.
...does anyone honestly blame them?
Coding that is neither innovative nor complicated does not need to be done by someone in the US making 65-80k a year. If someone in India making 1/5-1/10 the salary can do a job that is "good enough" and on schedule for the person paying them then they will get that job....and they should
The problem is many people posting on this board see in black or white. Either its skilled or its crap...it doesnt happen that way in the real world.
The problem programmers in the US have is not the outsourcing or the visas, its the pre-2001 assumption that anyone is irreplacible, it bred complacency. When costs got tight employers said "I can cut costs 80% and produce an acceptable product" (note I said acceptable not execellent)
PC builders put a $3 fan and heatsink on a $100 chip. Spending the extra $10 for a real fan and heatsink makes a heck of a lot of difference.
Not necessarily. The only forseeable reason you use FAT in a desktop is to dual install windows. If you have a valid copy of windows you have a license for FAT.
However, there can be a solution. Unlike SCOs $699 per license, the FAT terms seem very reasonable. If Linux community decides FAT is something they cant live without then then we can get a consortium to buy one 250k license for ALL future linux use. IBM has buffet dinners that cost more than that. It sticks in your craw to give Microsludge money but oh well
We also remind Microsoft that if they dont accept the agreement, that the antitrust people are waiting in the wings.
No I mean like a package system that offers the easy way out for the people who want it....while allowing "expert" options for people like you.
Its called "automatic" installation versus "custom" or "manual" installation.
Im sure such a system would have "Are you sure you want to overwrite "x" " giving you the option to decline
is the one who is right.
There are still plenty of problems with linux, including a print system that sucks, and plenty of problems that need fixing. It took us until last year to get fonts that looked good without having to add more. Whats worse is our tendency to mimic features in windows instead of trying to surpass windows. Instead of yet another lecture about how everyone should do everything with a CLI, lets get a GUI that is BETTER than mac or windows. A package system that works automatically (even RPM isnt automatic) and having dependent files included with applications.
Self-honesty is your best weapon.
Japan became a pacifist nation because they had their ass handed to them, before that they were one of the most brutal states in world history.
One of the things the Nagasaki tourist office doesnt mention is that Nagasaki was the site of one of their more brutal POW prison camps where prisoners were routinely beaten and executed. The former prisoners there are quite sincere in their belief that they would be dead if the atom bomb had not been dropped.
Now find me a victorious nation who has turned their back on war...and ill believe that nation is a good and peaceful nation.
Millions for Defense not one cent for Tribute!
Every 10 dollars some schmuck company gives them in licenses or payoffs is another 8 dollars they can use to sue all the other companies and another 2 dollars in the lawyers pockets.
The only way seemingly to end this is to buy
out SCO completely or to bankrupt them completely.
Im not sure bankruptcy can work because they could simply shrink themselves down to a company with no employees whos only assetts are their IP and then still have the lawyers persue them
Sims Online is way better...with a heck of a lot more content.
Alternatively if you want a more adult experience Second Life has better graphics...and more revealing outfits.
If "there" was free and then charged you 15 cents for buying extra clothing or doodads, you could understand it and it might even kinda cute, but when they want a monthly payment and then nickel and diming you on top...that just gets annoying.
All that says is that the states cannot prohibit people from keeping and bearing arms...it does not say the states cannot regulate this. Hunting is not protected under the 2nd amendment.
By the way your quote left off a line
after the word powers and before the phrase the states. "even laying the constitutional provision in question out of view", the court was not making a direct 2nd amendment argument but an argument for maintainng a militia reserve. The Federal government can waive that right.
The amendment means the federal government cannot ban the private ownership of handguns because the states militia needs people who know how to use guns , a well regulated militia is the province of the states. The national guard is not the militia...many states including Florida have state militias separate from the national guard. If the state of florida wants everyone to own guns and be in the militia by default thats the state of floridas business...if Florida wants to disband their militia thats all the states business.
The amendment was to protect the right of citizens to bear arms in order to guaruntee a well regulated which meant "equipped" militia.
It was an individual right...however it was also a conditional right that would be controlled by the states.
Even in a free country where people are afraid to speak anonymously speech is curtailed...if not by the government but by the screaming mob.
We live in a country now where people who criticize the war are called traitors and put in government databases. Where visitors to our country are fingerprinted without suspicion and where people are held without charges for months at a time. Where the label of terrorist is slung around with a casualness unknown 5 years ago.
Our politics has been poisoned and this poison is eating away at our republic.
Sure China isnt free but Chinese have hope for the future all we have is fear.
to fire this guy. If Im a company that is doing
research into my comptitors products and some jackass contractor takes photos of my research and puts it on the web without permission of course Im going to fire his ass. If this were any other company this would not be news. This is not a free speech issue, this is not ominous for the future, its a dumbass breaching his confidentiality agreement...oh well.
Easy Cd creator 4.x
that have directcd installed
as far as I can tell.
All you have to do as far as I can
tell is uninstall directcd before installing
itunes which most people dont use anyway
Because I CAN...I dont have to buy a $3000 computer. I can spend $1000 and get 90% of the performance. I can always expand it later and in ways I choose.
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Can you imagine these nutter bicycle mechanics
claiming they flew! Langley has spent almost a million dollars on flight unsuccessfully. I think Orvile and Wilbur Wrong are cranks we can safely ignore.
Actually you can get a Athlon 64 with an 80gig hard drive, 512 meg of ram and a 128 meg video card for under $1000. Is it all state of the art stuff...no. It DOESNT HAVE TO BE....
A 10% difference in performance is not worth $2000
for the price of 1 Apple dual g5.
I dont have $3000 to spend on a computer.
I can get an athlon 64 system for less than
a thousand dollars.
After being burned by Eolas...they may decide to patent everything they can in order to prevent from being sued again. The patent of cookies is likely to be unenforceable and if microsoft tries they may be targeted for more anti-trust action (for using lawsuits designed to damage competition in the marketplace). IE has 97% of the market its unlikely they are going to go after everyone else.
Massive bank failures...10 years of economic stagnation.
The ugly fact is all these computers have not made our cars more reliable. Im not against computers in cars but they need to have programs as simple as possible and these programs should be open source.
If my computer crashes because of a bug I can replace it.
If my car crashes because of a computer bug, me , someone I care about or someone who could sue me could be injured or killed.
Other things...
a) USB 2.0 at the kernel level
b) Fixing the plumbing
c) Mountless CD and floppy use
every 3 months.
The problem is that the law is disproportionate to the losses suffered.
,at least we can have some sanity with the laws we do have.
The founding fathers who designed the Copyright law always intended to punish those who copied for profit more than those who copied for personal use or distribution for friends...yet that distinction was removed. That should be put back.
There should be a cap on fines for copying that does not involve distribution for profit. IF we cannot have some sort of compulsory licensing
be a good thing if it increases the quality of targeting. The more targeted a spam message is ...the less spam that sender sends out.