I have a similar situation, I believe. I was much more "extroverted" (read talkative), when I was a kid. But I did enjoy being on my own a lot too - exploring the woods, marshes, etc. in the general area where I grew up. It was more enjoyable actually to do it alone, which may have been a sign of introversion.
I don't remember anything emotionally painful, being bullied, etc. but I do remember some relatives saying 'Gee, why do you ask so many questions?' Or 'You don't have to give me the whole encyclopedia entry' - when you answered a question. These can be painful I suppose, though I don't remember feeling bad - I remember thinking that the people who said these things were stupid.
I don't seem to remember SCO giving IBM much of a chance for "good faith discussions"
What's even worse, is that you'd never know if they actually had them or not. Their story keeps changing.
First they say that they discovered stolen code in December... no wait, it was March, wait... I think it was January. They said they decided to take legal action when we saw a presentation by IBM people saying that Unix was irrelevant.. no wait.. they decided when they did a code audit.. wait... when they spoke with some Linux hacker in Keokuk Iowa.. yeh - that's it. Because of course, there is 80 lines of stolen code.. no wait... a couple hundred lines of code.. no, now they have discovered thousands of lines in hundreds of files. That's it. That's the ticket.
They're suing IBM for breach of contract - but don't worry Linux users. Wait, then they thought should sue Linus Torvalds too. They claim he didn't answer their emails about it.. but wait, then they said that they had spoken to him about it in December.
Now they want to go after *all* Linux users.. but wait.. if you buy a license, we won't touch you.
As I said, they may have decided to have good faith discussions with IBM, or Santa Claus, or whovever.. you'd never know it.
I love fountain pens and I really get my ideas flowing when I use them, even if it is to turn around and code the thing with emacs. I have tried to use emacs or other editors to flesh out preliminary ideas, but it just doesn't have the same appeal to me. I believe I read something about air traffic controllers still doing part of their job on paper because they can't get the same results with computer programs. It has something to do with that meditative experience your talking about, IIRC.
Someone once said that the the Internet is a global village. Anyone who lives in a *real* village knows that everyone watches your every move and they know all about you.
What's more, he'd sell the records cheaper than anyplace else
Because Branson devised a scheme where he claimed he was exporting some records to the rest of Europe and he didn't pay any tax. The records would end up back in his stores. He got caught and he had to pay a heavy fine. Virgin Records only started to make money because of Tubular Bells.
On a business/pleasure trip to the US back in October (2002) , I bought a Lindows machine from Walmart. I ordered the modem for it and that brought the price up to 226 USD (because where I was going to be staying didn't have DSL in the area). The keyboard was total crap, but I went to a local mall and forked over some cash for a decent one. Lindows pretty much did everything I needed it to do and it ran pretty well. First thing I did was to create a user account for myself. (don't wanna be running as root, do we?)
When my trip was finished, it fit into my big Samsonite and I took it back with me. I did two things when I got back home - move the power supply button to 220 and the switch the OS to SuSE Linux. I changed to SuSE because I like that distro more than Michael Robertson's 'apt-get' for a fee'. That's the weakest part of the whole deal.
I just put Red Hat 9 on the box about a week ago. It runs a little slower, but pretty well all in all. I think it was a good value. It's on all the time and it stands up pretty well. If it runs for a year, it's paid itself back.
This is not FUD. These are real preditory practices and it was prepped by MS a few weeks ago.
Not too long ago, Ballmer gave an interview and said that MS was concerned about the cheap Linux boxes being sold because the owners would turn around and put pirated XP on them in under a week. This is an interview within the last 3 weeks or so, but I couldn't find the link. This is a typical MS FUD tactic. Provide some hearsay evidence that Joe Sixpack runs down to WalMart and gets his Lindows box to turn around and get a warez XP. That is, Ballmer says 'cheap Linux box == piracy' - first step in the plan. Now they pull this stunt at TigerDirect and you'll see that MS will give some explanation that their trying to stop 'piracy'. Walmart may be a different story. Bill Gates may be the richest guy in the world, but at least 3 people on the top ten list have the last name 'Walton'.
SCO's actions angered Linux supporters, who allegedly deluged the company with angry e-mails, threatened drive-by shootings, and posted SCO's executives' home phone numbers and addresses on Web sites.
I have been following the SCO case very closely and I have not heard about threats of 'drive-by shootings'. Can anybody substantiate this? -- point to some links where SCO alleges this or news about this? I think that if EE Times invented this or if SCO invented this, it's pretty outrageous. It's equally outrageous if it really happened, but I would not say that these people are your 'garden variety' Linux enthusiasts.
I'd be interested to know if this kind of thing constitutes libel. This is a page that SCO has posted that tries to make Stallman and Perens look bad. The use it to back up their "case".
This was posted on aldaily.com last week. I'm glad it's here, because it's a great article. I do have a problem with this rule, however. 6. The discoverer has worked in isolation.
There have been quite a few lone wolves in history who have made important discoveries. (Farnsworth and TV for example). Though the article states specifically that this happens less nowadays, I don't think if some individual makes an important discovery on his or her own that it should be greeted with so much skepticism that it's just discounted sight unseen.
First, three cheers for Opera for giving Microsoft a taste of their own medicine. Microsoft's MSN page issue with Opera is just depressing. Just another one of their scummy tactics. The giant Microsoft picking on a small company again. Reminds me of the man in a Hitchcock movie that gets his kicks out of popping a little kid's baloon with a cigarrette.
That's what I say! Why shoudn't they?!? That way, they can explain why they are trying to destroy Open Source, Free Software and Linux. What better opportunity!
Perhaps it is because people's lives hang in the balance when they interact with the products and structures designed by science/engineering students.
Most lawyers come from humanities backgrounds. Their jobs sometimes involve defending people who might get the death penalty. How's that for lives hanging in the balance?
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I don't remember anything emotionally painful, being bullied, etc. but I do remember some relatives saying 'Gee, why do you ask so many questions?' Or 'You don't have to give me the whole encyclopedia entry' - when you answered a question. These can be painful I suppose, though I don't remember feeling bad - I remember thinking that the people who said these things were stupid.
What's even worse, is that you'd never know if they actually had them or not. Their story keeps changing.
First they say that they discovered stolen code in December ... no wait, it was March, wait... I think it was January. They said they decided to take legal action when we saw a presentation by IBM people saying that Unix was irrelevant .. no wait .. they decided when they did a code audit .. wait ... when they spoke with some Linux hacker in Keokuk Iowa .. yeh - that's it. Because of course, there is 80 lines of stolen code .. no wait... a couple hundred lines of code .. no, now they have discovered thousands of lines in hundreds of files. That's it. That's the ticket.
They're suing IBM for breach of contract - but don't worry Linux users. Wait, then they thought should sue Linus Torvalds too. They claim he didn't answer their emails about it .. but wait, then they said that they had spoken to him about it in December.
Now they want to go after *all* Linux users .. but wait.. if you buy a license, we won't touch you.
As I said, they may have decided to have good faith discussions with IBM, or Santa Claus, or whovever .. you'd never know it.
Don't let him freak you out. Relax and have some Trania.
The man ...... will cease ..... to exist
We are(God it's hard doing Shatner in a slashdot post!)
Because Branson devised a scheme where he claimed he was exporting some records to the rest of Europe and he didn't pay any tax. The records would end up back in his stores. He got caught and he had to pay a heavy fine. Virgin Records only started to make money because of Tubular Bells.
When my trip was finished, it fit into my big Samsonite and I took it back with me. I did two things when I got back home - move the power supply button to 220 and the switch the OS to SuSE Linux. I changed to SuSE because I like that distro more than Michael Robertson's 'apt-get' for a fee'. That's the weakest part of the whole deal.
I just put Red Hat 9 on the box about a week ago. It runs a little slower, but pretty well all in all. I think it was a good value. It's on all the time and it stands up pretty well. If it runs for a year, it's paid itself back.
Not too long ago, Ballmer gave an interview and said that MS was concerned about the cheap Linux boxes being sold because the owners would turn around and put pirated XP on them in under a week. This is an interview within the last 3 weeks or so, but I couldn't find the link. This is a typical MS FUD tactic. Provide some hearsay evidence that Joe Sixpack runs down to WalMart and gets his Lindows box to turn around and get a warez XP. That is, Ballmer says 'cheap Linux box == piracy' - first step in the plan. Now they pull this stunt at TigerDirect and you'll see that MS will give some explanation that their trying to stop 'piracy'. Walmart may be a different story. Bill Gates may be the richest guy in the world, but at least 3 people on the top ten list have the last name 'Walton'.
I have been following the SCO case very closely and I have not heard about threats of 'drive-by shootings'. Can anybody substantiate this? -- point to some links where SCO alleges this or news about this? I think that if EE Times invented this or if SCO invented this, it's pretty outrageous. It's equally outrageous if it really happened, but I would not say that these people are your 'garden variety' Linux enthusiasts.
Now I know why life is so sucky for most people on the planet. The computer must be running the simulation under Microsoft Windows
Don't really want to see it turn into the William Shatner interview, now, do we?
I don't want no commies in my car .... and no Christians either!
6. The discoverer has worked in isolation.
There have been quite a few lone wolves in history who have made important discoveries. (Farnsworth and TV for example). Though the article states specifically that this happens less nowadays, I don't think if some individual makes an important discovery on his or her own that it should be greeted with so much skepticism that it's just discounted sight unseen.
Most lawyers come from humanities backgrounds. Their jobs sometimes involve defending people who might get the death penalty. How's that for lives hanging in the balance?