A modern PC is an incredibly powerful tool. Factory specs don't say it all however. On my circa 2002 PC, I have developed benign s/w that typically performs a trillion (10^12) algorithmic passes on a long afternoon. Each pass includes a fair amount of trig ops. Imagine an algorithm that isn't benign.
In 15 to 20 years, given Moore's Law, computers will be 1000 times faster than today (1024, but who's counting?). Consider the analogy with transportation. If a person can't handle a vehicle traveling at 1 mi/hr today, how could they possibly be qualified to handle supersonic travel 20 years from now?
Bought out, improved, fielded, and quickly crushed. The service was $14.95/month for unlimited service at a time when AOL itself was going to go unlimited at $19.95/month. They launched service in October 1995 and shut it down in November 1996.
Maybe this is how they'll finally destroy Netscape. AOL has done it to most everything else they've bought, so why break their record, eh?
If the purpose is to bring people's awareness to fundamental flaws in MS Windows, it isn't going to work. Business, especially that which is connected to government, is like a little junkie. They know it's bad for them, but they just need another fix of XP, Office, Outlook, et al.
MS has no motivation whatsoever to change their model. Some external nuissance like IEEE isn't going to change how they do business.
I've tried many versions of Mandrake Linux, and even used v8.2 for a short while when Red Hat was not working very well. Unfortunately I found some shortcomings with Mandrake also. At present I'm running SuSE 8.2. I tried it from download and subsequently spent US$80 for the pro version.
I was getting interested in trying Mandrake 9.2 when it releases, but not now!
Are you trying to alienate this other side of the Linux community? Well, if you are, congratulations! If not, you might wish to reconsider using ads in the distro. Regardless, that's one download I'll not try, and accordingly it's one distro I will not buy.
The article wasn't saying a lawsuit is good, but that a lawsuit with this plaintiff is relatively good. A relatively bad one would be with Microsoft.
There's always a bully, whether in business, school, on the street, or in dealing with foreign nations. If you have no prominence, your battles will be few and/or minor. Linux is now big, and it has attracted the attention of others in a big way.
I think this lawsuit will be painful, but Linux could in fact come out stronger. IBM continues to push Linux as strongly as ever. To the outside world, they didn't even flinch when the AIX cease and desist date came and passed. They continue to advertise Linux in prominent business magazines. The IBM legal machine is already engaged for the battle. Now Red Hat and SuSE are going against SCO in the US and German courts, respectively.
IBM can and will continue to fight SCO, and will probably win in court, though there are no guarantees. Linux may come out with what might metaphorically be a bloody nose, but that's life.
The battle needs to be fought such that the next bully thinks twice before swinging at Linux.
I try to walk regularly for exercise. It gets me out and keeps the body reasonably healthy. 2 miles a few times a week is good. Also, I swim because of a bad back. Once a month I swim roughly a quarter of a mile.
Cut out fats. Meat is still fine, just make it lean. Look at packages and the nutrition labels. Bologna, for instance, is almost all fat. A good steak that's been trimmed of fat served with fresh steamed/nuked broccoli and a cold beer can be a healthy meal.
Good snacks include apples, oranges, and other fruits. They're healthy, tasty, and generally low in calories.
Weigh yourself regularly. Do it morning, noon, and night. Watch how it fluctuates over the course of a day, week, month, and across the seasons. When you do that, you get a sense of how to manage your weight.
Proof? I'm almost 46 years old, 5ft 9in, and weigh 135lbs.
Maybe that was crafted as a bullshit response, but those numbers provide an interesting perspective. For US$26K you can bollix a major portion of the world's computing industry.
But, why not? Not long ago, the air transportation industry was hosed by terrorists wielding $2 box cutters.
It's not just the Linux end on the SCO case that is of concern. IBM is now required to resolve this issue by June 13, 2003 (Exhibit E from the SCO case files). If it is not resolved, the current agreements to Unix code are terminated. Bye bye AIX. Extrapolate from there. (I have no financial or other interest in IBM, beyond the fact that I own a ThinkPad running SuSE 8.2.)
Actually the 49 does not do rpn by default; algebraic is the default. I know, I have a 49G that I just checked. However, rpn can be set under the "MODE" function key.
It's my building and it is empty. YAY! I have virtually no distractions. I can design, program, analyze without interruptions from meetings or phone calls. It's the best workday of the week.
(/. isn't a distraction, btw. It is part of the spin-up process for me.;-))
The su (spouse unit/super user) and I changed our schedules when our kid was born. The su works part time and I work full time, including Saturdays for 10 hours. Only 23 of my work hours are during "normal business hours". I've done it for over 4 years, and in that time I've done so well that I've been promoted. Today I'm a principle investigator on a research project.
The bottom line is that companies can realize considerable gains by accommodating creative people.
I do lots of geometric work and I depend on vector math.
If I'm not concerned with speed, Python is very nice as I can reuse a module package I wrote that contains my most often used functions. Additionally, the fact that Python is OO is also very helpful.
For speed, such as when I do 10^12+ math operations, I fall back to C. Nothing crunches numbers faster.
Python and C. They're not just for breakfast anymore.
...to patrol who goes on aircraft. It is the airlines' business. Period. The only legitimate purpose of government wrt the air transportation system is to ensure crimes against person and/or property are either not committed, or are prosecuted after they are committed.
If an airline wishes to offer me some quick pass ID so I don't need to mess with security and get molested every time I board an aircraft, I'd be inclined to accept. If the government offers me a quick pass ID to do same, I'm very concerned, as they have no bloody right to tell me whether I can board a plane or not.
The EULA in essence is a contractual agreement. It is legal and supported in a court of law as long as it meets certain criteria: competent parties; subject matter; consideration; mutuality of agreement; mutuality of obligation.
You read a EULA from MS. My guess is you're a competent party, as is MS. The EULA sets forth rules, establishing what you both will or won't do. You give them money, they give you rights. You agree to it or not. You are both obliged to follow the terms of the EULA.
The EULA can potentially be invalidated if its obligations are against the law. Likewise, if consideration is unduly biased towards one party, that too could invalidat it.
Check out law a little bit. You might find it interesting.
I work a shifted schedule as an applied mathemagician/analyst/programmer type. Half of my scheduled work time is after normal business hours (such as today, a Saturday). For my hours that *are* during normal business time, I ensure I am always in the building. I am available for meetings, always keep management informed as to what I am doing, always keep up-to-date on email and vmail. When there is an important meeting during my time off, I am there. Though I refuse to do the pager/cell phone routine, I make sure people can reach me during off hours for emergency situations.
I am forever telling people my work schedule - politely, generously - sometimes multiple times a week to the same person. I don't mind. The shifted schedule is extremely valuable to me, and I actually *enjoy* my work.
Point is, you have to be a telecommutable employee, in addition to finding a telecommutable job and finding a work environment that supports telecommuting. That means too that you must telecommute well.
On a strictly business level, my work mantra is, "Food, clothing, shelter." An employer's mantra could similarly be, "What can s/he do for me?" Assuming you find the appropriate job and work environment, you need to make your telecommuting easy for your coworkers and supervisors.
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Well, patch my systems and let the disk drives roll. Who'da thunk that being root on a system could present security risks?
A modern PC is an incredibly powerful tool. Factory specs don't say it all however. On my circa 2002 PC, I have developed benign s/w that typically performs a trillion (10^12) algorithmic passes on a long afternoon. Each pass includes a fair amount of trig ops. Imagine an algorithm that isn't benign.
In 15 to 20 years, given Moore's Law, computers will be 1000 times faster than today (1024, but who's counting?). Consider the analogy with transportation. If a person can't handle a vehicle traveling at 1 mi/hr today, how could they possibly be qualified to handle supersonic travel 20 years from now?
Yes, they could let you in and you realize you've got nothing in common with them - just like in the real world.
Google should bow to SCO and redirect all *Nix queries to SCO.
Bought out, improved, fielded, and quickly crushed. The service was $14.95/month for unlimited service at a time when AOL itself was going to go unlimited at $19.95/month. They launched service in October 1995 and shut it down in November 1996.
Maybe this is how they'll finally destroy Netscape. AOL has done it to most everything else they've bought, so why break their record, eh?
Did you Read The Fucking Post? It's littered with trash. Fucking idiot.
If the purpose is to bring people's awareness to fundamental flaws in MS Windows, it isn't going to work. Business, especially that which is connected to government, is like a little junkie. They know it's bad for them, but they just need another fix of XP, Office, Outlook, et al.
MS has no motivation whatsoever to change their model. Some external nuissance like IEEE isn't going to change how they do business.
Dear Mandrake,
I've tried many versions of Mandrake Linux, and even used v8.2 for a short while when Red Hat was not working very well. Unfortunately I found some shortcomings with Mandrake also. At present I'm running SuSE 8.2. I tried it from download and subsequently spent US$80 for the pro version.
I was getting interested in trying Mandrake 9.2 when it releases, but not now!
Are you trying to alienate this other side of the Linux community? Well, if you are, congratulations! If not, you might wish to reconsider using ads in the distro. Regardless, that's one download I'll not try, and accordingly it's one distro I will not buy.
Do while true:
Read the subject line: Hey Mandrake, BAD IDEA!
New Zealand rabbit eggs is merely a short hop from Australian kangaroo eggs.
Are you sure this is Pravda on the Potomac and not The Onion?
The article wasn't saying a lawsuit is good, but that a lawsuit with this plaintiff is relatively good. A relatively bad one would be with Microsoft.
There's always a bully, whether in business, school, on the street, or in dealing with foreign nations. If you have no prominence, your battles will be few and/or minor. Linux is now big, and it has attracted the attention of others in a big way.
I think this lawsuit will be painful, but Linux could in fact come out stronger. IBM continues to push Linux as strongly as ever. To the outside world, they didn't even flinch when the AIX cease and desist date came and passed. They continue to advertise Linux in prominent business magazines. The IBM legal machine is already engaged for the battle. Now Red Hat and SuSE are going against SCO in the US and German courts, respectively.
IBM can and will continue to fight SCO, and will probably win in court, though there are no guarantees. Linux may come out with what might metaphorically be a bloody nose, but that's life.
The battle needs to be fought such that the next bully thinks twice before swinging at Linux.
No. I just made it up.
pot.kettle(black)
I try to walk regularly for exercise. It gets me out and keeps the body reasonably healthy. 2 miles a few times a week is good. Also, I swim because of a bad back. Once a month I swim roughly a quarter of a mile.
Cut out fats. Meat is still fine, just make it lean. Look at packages and the nutrition labels. Bologna, for instance, is almost all fat. A good steak that's been trimmed of fat served with fresh steamed/nuked broccoli and a cold beer can be a healthy meal.
Good snacks include apples, oranges, and other fruits. They're healthy, tasty, and generally low in calories.
Weigh yourself regularly. Do it morning, noon, and night. Watch how it fluctuates over the course of a day, week, month, and across the seasons. When you do that, you get a sense of how to manage your weight.
Proof? I'm almost 46 years old, 5ft 9in, and weigh 135lbs.
Linux Protection, whether you want it or not.
"It's not just for the Mafia anymore."
...is a Smith & Wesson.
But, why not? Not long ago, the air transportation industry was hosed by terrorists wielding $2 box cutters.
It's not just the Linux end on the SCO case that is of concern. IBM is now required to resolve this issue by June 13, 2003 (Exhibit E from the SCO case files). If it is not resolved, the current agreements to Unix code are terminated. Bye bye AIX. Extrapolate from there. (I have no financial or other interest in IBM, beyond the fact that I own a ThinkPad running SuSE 8.2.)
What power for a pittance.
http://www.caldera.com/scosource/ip.html
This contains links to the complaint and 5 exhibits. If you're going to write to SCO, you really ought to RTFDocs.
Real Video, High Quality works under Linux. Thanks!!!!!!!
Actually the 49 does not do rpn by default; algebraic is the default. I know, I have a 49G that I just checked. However, rpn can be set under the "MODE" function key.
(/. isn't a distraction, btw. It is part of the spin-up process for me. ;-))
The su (spouse unit/super user) and I changed our schedules when our kid was born. The su works part time and I work full time, including Saturdays for 10 hours. Only 23 of my work hours are during "normal business hours". I've done it for over 4 years, and in that time I've done so well that I've been promoted. Today I'm a principle investigator on a research project.
The bottom line is that companies can realize considerable gains by accommodating creative people.
I do lots of geometric work and I depend on vector math.
If I'm not concerned with speed, Python is very nice as I can reuse a module package I wrote that contains my most often used functions. Additionally, the fact that Python is OO is also very helpful.
For speed, such as when I do 10^12+ math operations, I fall back to C. Nothing crunches numbers faster.
Python and C. They're not just for breakfast anymore.
If an airline wishes to offer me some quick pass ID so I don't need to mess with security and get molested every time I board an aircraft, I'd be inclined to accept. If the government offers me a quick pass ID to do same, I'm very concerned, as they have no bloody right to tell me whether I can board a plane or not.
IANAL...
The EULA in essence is a contractual agreement. It is legal and supported in a court of law as long as it meets certain criteria: competent parties; subject matter; consideration; mutuality of agreement; mutuality of obligation.
You read a EULA from MS. My guess is you're a competent party, as is MS. The EULA sets forth rules, establishing what you both will or won't do. You give them money, they give you rights. You agree to it or not. You are both obliged to follow the terms of the EULA.
The EULA can potentially be invalidated if its obligations are against the law. Likewise, if consideration is unduly biased towards one party, that too could invalidat it.
Check out law a little bit. You might find it interesting.
Yes!
I work a shifted schedule as an applied mathemagician/analyst/programmer type. Half of my scheduled work time is after normal business hours (such as today, a Saturday). For my hours that *are* during normal business time, I ensure I am always in the building. I am available for meetings, always keep management informed as to what I am doing, always keep up-to-date on email and vmail. When there is an important meeting during my time off, I am there. Though I refuse to do the pager/cell phone routine, I make sure people can reach me during off hours for emergency situations.
I am forever telling people my work schedule - politely, generously - sometimes multiple times a week to the same person. I don't mind. The shifted schedule is extremely valuable to me, and I actually *enjoy* my work.
Point is, you have to be a telecommutable employee, in addition to finding a telecommutable job and finding a work environment that supports telecommuting. That means too that you must telecommute well.
On a strictly business level, my work mantra is, "Food, clothing, shelter." An employer's mantra could similarly be, "What can s/he do for me?" Assuming you find the appropriate job and work environment, you need to make your telecommuting easy for your coworkers and supervisors.