Cellphone and PDA games are nice, but if you could play (insert favorite 3d game) on your handheld, wouldn't you? Of course people defer to simpler games on the go! It's not as if mobile phones have the computing power necessary to render Quake III, and most laptops do not come with top of the line video. At the current point in off-the-shelf technology, mobile devices simply aren't designed for demanding, 3d capable games. Maybe in the future. Who knows?
It will be another example of them leveraging their monopoly power
I wish people knew that Microsoft doesn't technically have a monopoly. By definition, a monopoly must have 100% market share (in effect there are no alternatives). Microsoft is guilty of unfair business practices, but does not have a monopoly. Just more old news, though.
You have misread what I posted. I did not say that David slew 10,000 Goliaths. There is this thing in the English language that is called the 'subjunctive' tense. It is typically used for conditional phrases. God was with David; that was my point, and that is why he was sure to prevail. The armies of Israel were encamped for at least 40 days (1 Samuel 17:16), and not a single soldier accepted Goliath's challenge; they were afraid of him (1 Samuel 17:11). What set David apart was that he went against Goliath in the name of God (1 Samuel 17:45). David's faith was the miracle. The stigma that some kind of healing or that a pillar of fire must come down for a miracle to occur is false. If you want to believe in 'the arm of flesh,' so to speak, that's your perogative, but you aren't going to convince me.
Then you missed the point of the story entirely: David was a good marksman, sure, but even if there were 10,000 Goliaths he would still have won because God was on his side. I wasn't saying that God is some kind of crutch. And who are you to say whether or not a miracle was involved? Does your version of the Bible have something mine doesn't? Is faith itself not a divine miracle? Are you saying that because David could use a sling that SCO is comparable? Or are you remarking on the practical generality of David and Goliath as a desciptor? Please clarify.
I think you have the right idea, but even if there were 4 Goliaths, David had God on his side. Somehow I just can't see SCO as a humble, righteous sheepherd boy. Personally, I'd compare SCO to a Corellian Corvette with disabled thrusters, and IBM to a Super Star Destroyer.
Exactly. This is why I recommend taking at least one humanitites class every semester. You may not care about art or literature or another language, but you might care about the hot blond sitting next to you.
... There's a/. post about life on Mars. Really people, is it so hard to talk about something new? Maybe there should be a new catagory for 'life on Mars' articles? Taco or whoever could draw a new logo. Hey, we could all play reporter! Just make something up! It would be a lot more interesting.
Forget politics for a second. You get your news from the inquirer? And you believe it? Trusting tabloids is not a wise move. But of course, believe what you like.
Well, certainly no one is going to accuse you of being a bigot. I would like to take this time to thank you for all of your comments. People like you remind me why I'm proud to be an American. Of course, there is another thing that needs saying. In the words of my more colo(u)rful friends: bring it bitch.
That's a fair question. Like most other licenses this one will come with a unique, identifying number (well, more likely an alpha-numeric code), which is to be attached to all messages coming from the associated server, and would be checked against a national database. Messages with valid numbers would be able to go through, and others could simply be rejected. This may not personally identify an individual or company, but it helps by locating the offending network. Fraud could be an issue with this, so maybe some more rules should be made:
5) It would be illegal to use someone else's unique number. Somekind of nasty penalty would apply of course.
6) Making up a "unique" number would be illegal (that would be very difficult to enforce, though).
But that isn't quite enough to prevent fraud. The codes would be reissued on a daily basis. Encrypting the codes would be necessary, too, to prevent someone from grabbing a day's code from a random email. A general set of public and private keys would be issued with the codes to maintain this. This would also better help filter messages: a message with an old code or old key would be denied.
As for forcing US ways on others, well, if this works well enough other countries will follow, and there won't be a need to force anything on anyone. I apologize to slashdotters of other nationalities. Sometimes I forget that good old/. is an international medium;)
There have been many new proposals for making email spamless, but let's face it: most of them suck. The only way to curb spam is to force responsibility on ISPs and any person or organization that is running a public mail server with the law (setting public standards are what laws are for, folks).
We don't need any fancy legislation (but some simple legislation is necessary). The government repeatedly proves it's ineptitude when it comes to these matters, so we must only trust them with the little that necessity requires. A federal registrar of email servers should be enough, and a few rules should be made about operating these servers:
1) It would be illegal to run a non-registered email server.
2) Lawbreakers will be penalized with a hefty fine and jail time for every count of illegal activity.
3) PROFIT! (just kidding)
4) The server admin would be partly responsible for the messages that go through his/her server.
I know that these may be incomplete, but if anyone is willing, let's put our heads together and come up with something. There is no reason why we need to give up any liberty at all.
I don't believe the poster is playing the evangelist. He listened to his boss and determined that OSS/FS best fits management's strategy, eventhough they won't admit it. Of course having a job with a Solaris server is better than having a Solaris server with no job. It might just be worth paying the extra $ to fend off management's worries. If something goes wrong, this guy gets yelled at anyway, no matter the platform. One thing is for sure: handling when to speak up and when to keep quiet can be tricky business.
A good idea, but perhaps that would be more expensive than is necessary. An ATI TV Wonder is cheaper than a full-blown All In Wonder, besides which the tv card is supported under video4linux (yay!).
I'm sorry to say this, but it's already been done. Several border states have already sued the Feds and won. If I remember correctly, the awarded sums were in the billions of dollars. The basis for the suits was the fact that the states had to pay for immigration benefits and jail time for illegal immigrants.
Simple: a lot of people hate lawyers (they can be terribly devious and expensive), but EVERYONE hates telemarketing calls. Put them together with a nice bit of vengeance and it's called entertainment.
And certainly not while France had a $4,000,000,000 oil deal with Iraq, not to mention all the other business contracts. But then again, I could be making this all up. That article at CNN has to forged, and those chemical warheads Iraq was supposedly hiding are most certainly fake!
Your point is invalid, yes, because people make games for the Apple platform. I'm sorry you feel so embarrassed and harrassed that you need to resort to obscenities.
Have you heard of this strange thing called "Apple?" A majority of games are ported to that peticular platform. For the sake of argument we'll ignore Linux this time. Did you know that Apple isn't Microsoft, and yet many developers, including your mal-quoted Blizzard corelease games for this seperate platform? The ignorance behind your post is more shocking than the post itself! I can name other platforms too: Gamecube, Playstation, Dreamcast, and (oh my!) Xbox (which isn't technically marketed as a 'PC'). Did you realize that developers some how manage to release their products on these platforms? I guess not.
At a time like this, I am reminded of an old addage: It is better to keep one's mouth shut, and let others think one is stupid, rather than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
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Cellphone and PDA games are nice, but if you could play (insert favorite 3d game) on your handheld, wouldn't you? Of course people defer to simpler games on the go! It's not as if mobile phones have the computing power necessary to render Quake III, and most laptops do not come with top of the line video. At the current point in off-the-shelf technology, mobile devices simply aren't designed for demanding, 3d capable games. Maybe in the future. Who knows?
It will be another example of them leveraging their monopoly power
I wish people knew that Microsoft doesn't technically have a monopoly. By definition, a monopoly must have 100% market share (in effect there are no alternatives). Microsoft is guilty of unfair business practices, but does not have a monopoly. Just more old news, though.
You have misread what I posted. I did not say that David slew 10,000 Goliaths. There is this thing in the English language that is called the 'subjunctive' tense. It is typically used for conditional phrases. God was with David; that was my point, and that is why he was sure to prevail. The armies of Israel were encamped for at least 40 days (1 Samuel 17:16), and not a single soldier accepted Goliath's challenge; they were afraid of him (1 Samuel 17:11). What set David apart was that he went against Goliath in the name of God (1 Samuel 17:45). David's faith was the miracle. The stigma that some kind of healing or that a pillar of fire must come down for a miracle to occur is false. If you want to believe in 'the arm of flesh,' so to speak, that's your perogative, but you aren't going to convince me.
Then you missed the point of the story entirely: David was a good marksman, sure, but even if there were 10,000 Goliaths he would still have won because God was on his side. I wasn't saying that God is some kind of crutch. And who are you to say whether or not a miracle was involved? Does your version of the Bible have something mine doesn't? Is faith itself not a divine miracle? Are you saying that because David could use a sling that SCO is comparable? Or are you remarking on the practical generality of David and Goliath as a desciptor? Please clarify.
Do you really believe that 12 year-olds account for 20% of music consumers? An age range would be closer to reality. Perhaps 12-18 years of age?
I think you have the right idea, but even if there were 4 Goliaths, David had God on his side. Somehow I just can't see SCO as a humble, righteous sheepherd boy. Personally, I'd compare SCO to a Corellian Corvette with disabled thrusters, and IBM to a Super Star Destroyer.
I've (almost) never heard of anything so blatently stupid. This will be thrown out on appeal.
Exactly. This is why I recommend taking at least one humanitites class every semester. You may not care about art or literature or another language, but you might care about the hot blond sitting next to you.
... There's a /. post about life on Mars. Really people, is it so hard to talk about something new? Maybe there should be a new catagory for 'life on Mars' articles? Taco or whoever could draw a new logo. Hey, we could all play reporter! Just make something up! It would be a lot more interesting.
Forget politics for a second. You get your news from the inquirer? And you believe it? Trusting tabloids is not a wise move. But of course, believe what you like.
Well, certainly no one is going to accuse you of being a bigot. I would like to take this time to thank you for all of your comments. People like you remind me why I'm proud to be an American. Of course, there is another thing that needs saying. In the words of my more colo(u)rful friends: bring it bitch.
That's a fair question. Like most other licenses this one will come with a unique, identifying number (well, more likely an alpha-numeric code), which is to be attached to all messages coming from the associated server, and would be checked against a national database. Messages with valid numbers would be able to go through, and others could simply be rejected. This may not personally identify an individual or company, but it helps by locating the offending network. Fraud could be an issue with this, so maybe some more rules should be made:
5) It would be illegal to use someone else's unique number. Somekind of nasty penalty would apply of course.
6) Making up a "unique" number would be illegal (that would be very difficult to enforce, though).
But that isn't quite enough to prevent fraud. The codes would be reissued on a daily basis. Encrypting the codes would be necessary, too, to prevent someone from grabbing a day's code from a random email. A general set of public and private keys would be issued with the codes to maintain this. This would also better help filter messages: a message with an old code or old key would be denied.
As for forcing US ways on others, well, if this works well enough other countries will follow, and there won't be a need to force anything on anyone. I apologize to slashdotters of other nationalities. Sometimes I forget that good old /. is an international medium ;)
There have been many new proposals for making email spamless, but let's face it: most of them suck. The only way to curb spam is to force responsibility on ISPs and any person or organization that is running a public mail server with the law (setting public standards are what laws are for, folks).
We don't need any fancy legislation (but some simple legislation is necessary). The government repeatedly proves it's ineptitude when it comes to these matters, so we must only trust them with the little that necessity requires. A federal registrar of email servers should be enough, and a few rules should be made about operating these servers:
1) It would be illegal to run a non-registered email server.
2) Lawbreakers will be penalized with a hefty fine and jail time for every count of illegal activity.
3) PROFIT! (just kidding)
4) The server admin would be partly responsible for the messages that go through his/her server.
I know that these may be incomplete, but if anyone is willing, let's put our heads together and come up with something. There is no reason why we need to give up any liberty at all.
I don't believe the poster is playing the evangelist. He listened to his boss and determined that OSS/FS best fits management's strategy, eventhough they won't admit it. Of course having a job with a Solaris server is better than having a Solaris server with no job. It might just be worth paying the extra $ to fend off management's worries. If something goes wrong, this guy gets yelled at anyway, no matter the platform. One thing is for sure: handling when to speak up and when to keep quiet can be tricky business.
A good idea, but perhaps that would be more expensive than is necessary. An ATI TV Wonder is cheaper than a full-blown All In Wonder, besides which the tv card is supported under video4linux (yay!).
I'm sorry to say this, but it's already been done. Several border states have already sued the Feds and won. If I remember correctly, the awarded sums were in the billions of dollars. The basis for the suits was the fact that the states had to pay for immigration benefits and jail time for illegal immigrants.
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Maybe this simply shows that having "MCSE" on your resume isn't exactly desireable.
Simple: a lot of people hate lawyers (they can be terribly devious and expensive), but EVERYONE hates telemarketing calls. Put them together with a nice bit of vengeance and it's called entertainment.
And certainly not while France had a $4,000,000,000 oil deal with Iraq, not to mention all the other business contracts. But then again, I could be making this all up. That article at CNN has to forged, and those chemical warheads Iraq was supposedly hiding are most certainly fake!
I just might start that site myself- it would certainly get a lot of traffic.
Those pictures look more like Rorschach tests, or my neighbor the last time she took LSD.
I was so scared, I soiled myself. Now excuse me while I go change my armor....
Just in case anyone's really confused:t ter.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030401-newsle
Your point is invalid, yes, because people make games for the Apple platform. I'm sorry you feel so embarrassed and harrassed that you need to resort to obscenities.
Have you heard of this strange thing called "Apple?" A majority of games are ported to that peticular platform. For the sake of argument we'll ignore Linux this time. Did you know that Apple isn't Microsoft, and yet many developers, including your mal-quoted Blizzard corelease games for this seperate platform? The ignorance behind your post is more shocking than the post itself! I can name other platforms too: Gamecube, Playstation, Dreamcast, and (oh my!) Xbox (which isn't technically marketed as a 'PC'). Did you realize that developers some how manage to release their products on these platforms? I guess not.
At a time like this, I am reminded of an old addage: It is better to keep one's mouth shut, and let others think one is stupid, rather than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Have a pleasant day!
Notice the "Coward" part of Anonymous Coward. Only a communist liberal bashes this way....
I don't like some of the stuff Bush has done either, but at least I'm man enough to stick my name under it.