I "consume" movies and music to set a mood, to gain insight and knowledge, to expand the mind. I also remix movies and music. So, these "consumables" are there to provide something meaningful (for me).
On the other side, I like to install Linux (and other free OS), just to have it. Maybe I play around with it, but generally I just like the fresh and untouched installation. It is like meditation.
So, you see, you can have it always the other way around.
I don't understand why people are doing jobs that are per se senseless.
It makes no sense to support an OS, which is so crappy (I don't suggest Windows is;-) it needs a support industry to get it "working". And all just to have a job. Life should offer more than that.
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Don't you think that Excel 2007 can do more things than Excel 5.0? It is much bigger, much more bloated, but compared to the times of Excel 5.0, the hardware requirements are actually cheaper - so 2007 is smaller than 5.0 in a way.
You may not use the extra functionality in a new version, but some do. Probably only a fraction of the users, but nobody's "hurt", because the current hardware runs the current program just as good as the old hardware ran the previous version.
If you don't like bloat and are satisfied with the feature set, why don't you stay with the older version (and older hardware). Or you just need a custom-tailored app for your needs.
... the police can ask for your ID (you must have one, but you don't have to carry your ID card with you, though it's recommended), and if you cannot provide any, they can take you to the police station for identification.
Shop personnel can ask you, if you allow them to inspect your bag. You can refuse, but in this case, they can legally arrest you until police arrives to inspect your bag.
I started with a Commodore 128 in 1985. I recently put it up on a desk again for playing with a new cartridge, the Prophet64. Funny, how there is still new software for this computer being made.
A lot of afternoons were "wasted" with Epyx' Games series, sitting there with friends trying to establish new records... It looks like for a not so small percentage of people growing up in the 80s the defining factors were films like "War Games", Weird Science" and a Commodore computer:-)
If good market demand studies were all it takes to make a good product why are there still flops from companies with big marketing departments?
People often do not recognize products they could use before they see them. They cannot imagine what they could use in the future - otherwise most people would be inventors. Also, market demand can be quite unreasonable. If a marketing department does not contain engineers who actually are very close to the technical field in question AND part of the development team, the marketing/management types do not know what's possible and what's not.
Both sides are important to develop a product, but in the end, the marketing people should keep in mind, that they are NOT able to develop anything and that they are only a kind of service department to engineering. They serve them to sell the product, nothing else. Unfortunately, in most companies, sales and marketing think they are the people keeping the company alive. But in the end, a engineer can develop something and maybe sell it badly, but a sales guy cannot sale anything without someone who developped the thing in the first place.
"Windows NT" was originally a new design for OS/2, which Microsoft codenamed "NT" for "New Technology". When Microsoft dropped out of the OS/2 development effort, they went it on their own under their existing Windows brand, hence "Windows NT".
The moniker "New Technology" was retrofitted onto Windows NT long after the product had been shipped. Originally the code was developped on the Intel i860 CPU, which was called N10 (N-Ten). The "NT" derived from this CPU. Windows 2000 says it is being "build on NT technology", which is utter nonsense, if you look at it as "New Technology technology".
The same goes with Windows CE, with CE standing for nothing. Some Microsoft guys just thought it sounded cool.
Palm-sized, weight under 200g, with HDD, Slots for CF and SD, USB2.0 for peripherals, VGA screen, Wifi, Bluetooth, Infrared, GPS, mobile phone integrated, 4 MP digital camera for photo and video with optical zoom, stereo sound, DVB-T TV tuner.
That is soooo lame. If I have a recovery tape, which is common practice under HP-UX, I can't recover from it, unless I use a very uncomfortable 2-step procedure (booting from CD and then proceeding from tape). HP-UX is one of Itanium's "native" OSes, but EFI is somewhat of a step back in some parts compared to HP's Boot Console Handler.
Unfortunately I cannot boot the c't Knoppix CD on my HP Omnibook 4150. I tried every boot option, but even with "failsafe" it hangs looking for the CDROM - although it seems to access it and it spins up, but nothing happens.
It's common in Germany to have "Frauenparkplaetze" (parking lots unter video surveillance reserved for women drivers) to prevent women from being robbed or raped in a parking garage at night.
I never understood why Americans are satisfied with opening only *half* of the window.
The GPL states, that everybody can sell software under the GPL, but he has to provide the source code, if his customer asks for it. And, of course, the customer has the right to re-distribute the software (again under the GPL). You don't have any rights to get binaries or ISO images, if you aren't a customer. Red Hat is so kind to let you download the whole enterprise distro as source RPMs, but in GPL terms they only have to do this for their customers.
A CPU under constant high load will on average die younger. The heat puts a lot of stress on the material. But all in all, looking at the way CPUs are upgraded, it is more likely you have a new computer before your CPU dies of finding aliens.
... computers (and automatisation, robots) and the ever-increasing effiency lead to the elemination of all jobs, except the ones in arts and research, meaning the creative ones? Can the society provide jobs for all? Are all human beings capable of doing a "creative" job. I don't think so. Yes, a lot of SF works already dealt with the question. But did you find the answer satisfying?
Nice thing, this 15" PB. Cutting the wires on keyboard and mouse is surely a good thing. We will see, if the index finger cancer rates will go up... As an owner of an rev. A 12" PB I don't feel an urge to upgrade, although the new RAM ceiling is nice (not sure, if the "old" 12" will work with 1.128GB RAM) as is DVI output.
In the recent CPU overview article, they tested 65 CPUs all with WinXP. It runs just fine on an P1 100, but it needs some RAM (TH put 512MB into the machine - ok, maybe its hard to find a mobo which supports both P1 and 512MB RAM).
I know the difference between standard RH and RHAS, but as your other statement clearly says, you can use it _after_ the license expires, which is a right RH grants to the user. But you still have to buy a license for every _newly_ installed system. Red Hat made it pretty clear to us, that we have to license every system otherwise we are violating the agreement and they would sue everyone who is doing so.
Thanks for your information, but I disagree. Don't let me be misunderstood, I appreciate the benefits of Linux and I'm happily using it on my desktop at home. I work with a big OEM company who sells preinstalled systems with RHAS. It is *not* true, that you can copy RHAS on every system. You have to buy a license for every system and Red Hat is granted the right to inspect your systems to validate proper licensing. Here's an excerpt from the License Agreement for RHAS:
4. REPORTING AND AUDIT. If Customer wishes to increase the number of Installed Servers, then Customer will purchase from Red Hat additional Services for each additional Installed Server. During the term of this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, Customer expressly grants to Red Hat the right to audit Customer's facilities and records from time to time in order to verify Customer's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhlas_us.html)
There is no such thing as RHAS *without* support/servide contract. For Red Hat RHAS *is not* software but a service bundled with software.
between a Open Source product like Red Hat Advanced Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server? I have to buy a license for every system every year. It cost a lot. For patches I have to wait for Red Hat and Microsoft to release them. Sure, I can look a the source using RH Linux, but if I apply my own patch, I'll have an unsupported system. Red Hat will do the same audits as Microsoft to validate if you have the proper license. What's the benefit of Open Source in this case. To look at the source? Just looking gets me nowhere.
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I "consume" movies and music to set a mood, to gain insight and knowledge, to expand the mind. I also remix movies and music. So, these "consumables" are there to provide something meaningful (for me). On the other side, I like to install Linux (and other free OS), just to have it. Maybe I play around with it, but generally I just like the fresh and untouched installation. It is like meditation. So, you see, you can have it always the other way around.
I don't understand why people are doing jobs that are per se senseless. It makes no sense to support an OS, which is so crappy (I don't suggest Windows is ;-) it needs a support industry to get it "working". And all just to have a job. Life should offer more than that.
Don't you think that Excel 2007 can do more things than Excel 5.0? It is much bigger, much more bloated, but compared to the times of Excel 5.0, the hardware requirements are actually cheaper - so 2007 is smaller than 5.0 in a way. You may not use the extra functionality in a new version, but some do. Probably only a fraction of the users, but nobody's "hurt", because the current hardware runs the current program just as good as the old hardware ran the previous version. If you don't like bloat and are satisfied with the feature set, why don't you stay with the older version (and older hardware). Or you just need a custom-tailored app for your needs.
... the police can ask for your ID (you must have one, but you don't have to carry your ID card with you, though it's recommended), and if you cannot provide any, they can take you to the police station for identification.
Shop personnel can ask you, if you allow them to inspect your bag. You can refuse, but in this case, they can legally arrest you until police arrives to inspect your bag.
I started with a Commodore 128 in 1985. I recently put it up on a desk again for playing with a new cartridge, the Prophet64. Funny, how there is still new software for this computer being made.
:-)
A lot of afternoons were "wasted" with Epyx' Games series, sitting there with friends trying to establish new records... It looks like for a not so small percentage of people growing up in the 80s the defining factors were films like "War Games", Weird Science" and a Commodore computer
If good market demand studies were all it takes to make a good product why are there still flops from companies with big marketing departments?
People often do not recognize products they could use before they see them. They cannot imagine what they could use in the future - otherwise most people would be inventors. Also, market demand can be quite unreasonable. If a marketing department does not contain engineers who actually are very close to the technical field in question AND part of the development team, the marketing/management types do not know what's possible and what's not.
Both sides are important to develop a product, but in the end, the marketing people should keep in mind, that they are NOT able to develop anything and that they are only a kind of service department to engineering. They serve them to sell the product, nothing else. Unfortunately, in most companies, sales and marketing think they are the people keeping the company alive. But in the end, a engineer can develop something and maybe sell it badly, but a sales guy cannot sale anything without someone who developped the thing in the first place.
Do you mean a Tezro (http://www.sgi.com/products/workstations/tezro/) with "the industry-leading VPro V12 graphics"...
If you use RH clients (like RH Workstation version) you pay for each client, too.
... freshly installed evaluation copy of Novell Linux Desktop 9. Well, nice startup screen, nice Ns everywhere.
Uhm, and Firefox came with Slashdot already bookmarked.
The moniker "New Technology" was retrofitted onto Windows NT long after the product had been shipped. Originally the code was developped on the Intel i860 CPU, which was called N10 (N-Ten). The "NT" derived from this CPU. Windows 2000 says it is being "build on NT technology", which is utter nonsense, if you look at it as "New Technology technology".
The same goes with Windows CE, with CE standing for nothing. Some Microsoft guys just thought it sounded cool.
Palm-sized, weight under 200g, with HDD, Slots for CF and SD, USB2.0 for peripherals, VGA screen, Wifi, Bluetooth, Infrared, GPS, mobile phone integrated, 4 MP digital camera for photo and video with optical zoom, stereo sound, DVB-T TV tuner.
That is soooo lame. If I have a recovery tape, which is common practice under HP-UX, I can't recover from it, unless I use a very uncomfortable 2-step procedure (booting from CD and then proceeding from tape). HP-UX is one of Itanium's "native" OSes, but EFI is somewhat of a step back in some parts compared to HP's Boot Console Handler.
Unfortunately I cannot boot the c't Knoppix CD on my HP Omnibook 4150. I tried every boot option, but even with "failsafe" it hangs looking for the CDROM - although it seems to access it and it spins up, but nothing happens.
.. as a WWI veteran flying on his doghouse to Mars.
It's common in Germany to have "Frauenparkplaetze" (parking lots unter video surveillance reserved for women drivers) to prevent women from being robbed or raped in a parking garage at night.
I never understood why Americans are satisfied with opening only *half* of the window.
The GPL states, that everybody can sell software under the GPL, but he has to provide the source code, if his customer asks for it. And, of course, the customer has the right to re-distribute the software (again under the GPL). You don't have any rights to get binaries or ISO images, if you aren't a customer. Red Hat is so kind to let you download the whole enterprise distro as source RPMs, but in GPL terms they only have to do this for their customers.
A CPU under constant high load will on average die younger. The heat puts a lot of stress on the material. But all in all, looking at the way CPUs are upgraded, it is more likely you have a new computer before your CPU dies of finding aliens.
... computers (and automatisation, robots) and the ever-increasing effiency lead to the elemination of all jobs, except the ones in arts and research, meaning the creative ones? Can the society provide jobs for all? Are all human beings capable of doing a "creative" job. I don't think so. Yes, a lot of SF works already dealt with the question. But did you find the answer satisfying?
Yes, maybe cooler, but with the new bluetooth keyboard I can put three yards between me and my little hot precious...
Nice thing, this 15" PB. Cutting the wires on keyboard and mouse is surely a good thing. We will see, if the index finger cancer rates will go up... As an owner of an rev. A 12" PB I don't feel an urge to upgrade, although the new RAM ceiling is nice (not sure, if the "old" 12" will work with 1.128GB RAM) as is DVI output.
In the recent CPU overview article, they tested 65 CPUs all with WinXP. It runs just fine on an P1 100, but it needs some RAM (TH put 512MB into the machine - ok, maybe its hard to find a mobo which supports both P1 and 512MB RAM).
I know the difference between standard RH and RHAS, but as your other statement clearly says, you can use it _after_ the license expires, which is a right RH grants to the user. But you still have to buy a license for every _newly_ installed system. Red Hat made it pretty clear to us, that we have to license every system otherwise we are violating the agreement and they would sue everyone who is doing so.
Thanks for your information, but I disagree. Don't let me be misunderstood, I appreciate the benefits of Linux and I'm happily using it on my desktop at home. I work with a big OEM company who sells preinstalled systems with RHAS. It is *not* true, that you can copy RHAS on every system. You have to buy a license for every system and Red Hat is granted the right to inspect your systems to validate proper licensing. Here's an excerpt from the License Agreement for RHAS: 4. REPORTING AND AUDIT. If Customer wishes to increase the number of Installed Servers, then Customer will purchase from Red Hat additional Services for each additional Installed Server. During the term of this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, Customer expressly grants to Red Hat the right to audit Customer's facilities and records from time to time in order to verify Customer's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhlas_us.html) There is no such thing as RHAS *without* support/servide contract. For Red Hat RHAS *is not* software but a service bundled with software.
between a Open Source product like Red Hat Advanced Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server? I have to buy a license for every system every year. It cost a lot. For patches I have to wait for Red Hat and Microsoft to release them. Sure, I can look a the source using RH Linux, but if I apply my own patch, I'll have an unsupported system. Red Hat will do the same audits as Microsoft to validate if you have the proper license. What's the benefit of Open Source in this case. To look at the source? Just looking gets me nowhere.
Yes, that's right, the british band KLF once (in the 90's) burnt one million and was filming the event.