Even with IE forcing MSN as their start page, I bet most users are not using it. People like Google. This may come as a shock to M$ but some people like to use OTHER companies' software! Yes, there are other competent developers on the planet. This is why I loath M$.
The only reason my kids' Mac has IE is because my daughter's web class required it for their online software. We instructed her to use it for that purpose only. For everything else, there's Firefox. Hey, that sounds like a commercial!
Simple. M$ isn't going to concede that they can't keep up; not even to technologies they don't even have yet. They will buy technology, mimick it, or simply continue to bastardize. The thought, "You know, this software from Acme is filling the niche well. There's no reason for us to go into that segment" never occurs to them. Let alone, "You know, we've wrestled with standards and security and perhaps we should exit the browser market given the great alternatives out there." They want it all and they want it now.
"about four times all the electrical power on Earth"
Wouldn't that be all of the OTHER power on Earth? After all, this test was conducted on Earth, making even this discharge a subset of the "all the electrical power on Earth," but I digress. It's really amazing, though, to think this was pulse through a tuna-can sized hunk of aluminum. You'd think it melt. Tuna...melt....I really should stop.
In the U.S., free speech is pretty well protected. Michael Moore can still foment anger, blogs are just fine, in fact it's the left that rants about blogs BTW. Just as it was leftist leanings that came up with political correctness. The Patriot Act isn't stopping anyone from blogging. My whole point is, anytime the government (US or Brit) shuts something down everyone one/. thinks the sky is falling.
Guess I'll use my G4 Apples as long as possible then switch back to Linux full-time when the Apintel's come out. Unless...someone comes up with a way to recompile the kernel without Big Brudduh!
I think that was the previous generation. From the article: "Gamepark's website offers no indication of when the GPX2-F100 might become available." OTOH, I'm shocked they are touting it for around $200. That's odd for Linux devices. My big complaint has always been that when a company puts Linux inside, the price goes up. That and the fact they never have widespread availability.
The question isn't how hard it will be to get GPE or Opie loaded on it. The question is how hard will it be to even GET one. It's a two-parter: a) it's going to be priced out of the market as usual and b) it will....(wait for it) only be available in Asia! These stories make me giddy with excitement! Like going to a car show and looking at concept cars. Aren't they cool? Oh, you'll never get one.
"I wonder how easy it would be to associate any particular activity with 'terrorism.'"
Yeah, that's what they really want. Mr. and Mrs. Jones vacation page to be shut down under the guise of anti-terrorism. Damn, people, grow the fsck up!
I would agree that this is a stupid proposal. This has NOTHING to do with curbing child pornography. It's about money. A chance to tax and getting away with it under the guise of curbing child pornography. But your point of how this can harm children is way off. Kids who aren't developed sexually will begin to mimic what they see. Ever see a 9 year old girl acting coy and seductive? It's pretty sick shit. When they are molested, they very often have no sexual feelings at all. Yes they may feel pleasure but not orgasmic pleasure. They learn that to get what they want they can behave a certain way. They take this into their teens and often become prostitutes. There's a BIG difference between sneaking a peak at your Dad's Playboy collection and actively viewing or participating in sexual acts. Hollywood has been systematically sexing our kids younger and younger. It's all good to get kids having sex when they're not your kids. Have some of your own and the thought of some 50 year old man having "consentual" sex with your 15 year old daughter makes you want to grab a gun.
I think it's great too. As great as NASA is, they've kind of been slow to find the next leap forward. The Shuttle Program is a great accomplishment but it's become routine almost, recent disaster aside. The ISS is a neat idea but it's kind of stagnant too. Perhaps the private sector can move us along so that we may all have the chance to see Earth from space someday.
This is why we shouldn't do ANY business there. Free-thinking countries opened the door to this long ago. Now the market is too big to ignore. We've legitimized China on the world stage and have little choice but to do business with them. The question is, what are we going to do with the big snake we've raised from a tiny baby now that it's outgrown the small bits we'd been feeding it? We've been doing so much business with this machine that it's now huge. The same goes for Vietnam, though we can nip that in the bud at this point (and I'd interject it's a slap in the face to our Veterans that we'd do ANY business with them). The idea that if we do business with communist nations we can "turn them on" to capitalism and eventually democracy is a risky game. I know it's working to some extent in China but it's not at the point it can't go south. If the free countries of the world would have taken a stand against these nations to start with, they'd perhaps rethink their positions. We had the chance when the Soviet Union fell.
I think you're right. It's easy to say that you'll get a place full of freeloaders but I think in the long run you'll gain business. Right down from REI in Denver is a little two-room coffee shop. It's actually a decent design since you can go back into one quieter room and spread out. I don't think this was by design, but it probably works out well. Again, in the long run, the more people that occupy space at a coffee shop the more coffee you'll sell. When others see this, they'll wonder what the fuss is about.
We all find out its SA Appreciation Day the DAY it occurs!
Much like:
We find out the print server is at capacity the DAY a group has a huge project to print.
We find out we're out of space on file server the DAY the same project has doubled in size.
We find out MS has a new critical patch the DAY after we finally got a change in for patching the LAST critical patch!
Tomorrow, somewhere in Corporate America an SA is going to hear: "Hey! We tried to find you yesterday. We were all taking you to lunch for Sysadmin Appreciation Day! Guess you got caught up in the virus issue on the user volume, eh?"
Someone suggested moving Uranus' name to this planet. I think there should be a contest! Possible new names:
Vaginus
Clitorum
Vulvus
I mean, why not. It's frigid and inaccessible to those who want to "study" it most!
Maybe we need to stock it with OSS-Friendly folks!
"I'm sorry, Sir, your patent is denied because you're an asshat. Yes, Sir, I said asshat. According to our rules: 'Any such patent as applied for in an attempt to circumvent or interfere with the GPL will be denied under the Asshat Clause.' Yes, Sir. You have a great day. Thank you....buh-bye!"
Non-competes are generally a bad idea. Simply put, they prevent a worker from working. This is why many states don't have them. Frankly, MS should be paying this many not to work as a result.
Okay, you're digging up 10 year old predictions here. You may very well be right but nowhere near in the near term or within say 10 years. As long as you have gamer/devel types hungry for powerful desktops, you'll have hackers (strict sense). As long as you have hackers banging code and working on their projects, you'll have a desktop. The Pandora's Box has been opened on hardware and getting it back in (i.e. thin clients) is going to be very tough. I think you can make a great case in corporate environments but for the average user, there's going to have to be a huge catalyst to make this happen.
True but in the long run having this out there means now everyone knows and going after him would be bad PR. Maybe not. I'm sure that's what he's hoping for, though. He should have let it go through the channels. OTOH perhaps he saw it being stalled and figured he'd just do it. I'm not saying he's right, mind you.
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Even with IE forcing MSN as their start page, I bet most users are not using it. People like Google. This may come as a shock to M$ but some people like to use OTHER companies' software! Yes, there are other competent developers on the planet. This is why I loath M$.
The only reason my kids' Mac has IE is because my daughter's web class required it for their online software. We instructed her to use it for that purpose only. For everything else, there's Firefox. Hey, that sounds like a commercial!
Did he really refer to dial-up as "low broadband?" Why do I feel this is like taking the "F" out of school grades?
Simple. M$ isn't going to concede that they can't keep up; not even to technologies they don't even have yet. They will buy technology, mimick it, or simply continue to bastardize. The thought, "You know, this software from Acme is filling the niche well. There's no reason for us to go into that segment" never occurs to them. Let alone, "You know, we've wrestled with standards and security and perhaps we should exit the browser market given the great alternatives out there." They want it all and they want it now.
"about four times all the electrical power on Earth"
Wouldn't that be all of the OTHER power on Earth? After all, this test was conducted on Earth, making even this discharge a subset of the "all the electrical power on Earth," but I digress. It's really amazing, though, to think this was pulse through a tuna-can sized hunk of aluminum. You'd think it melt. Tuna...melt....I really should stop.
In the U.S., free speech is pretty well protected. Michael Moore can still foment anger, blogs are just fine, in fact it's the left that rants about blogs BTW. Just as it was leftist leanings that came up with political correctness. The Patriot Act isn't stopping anyone from blogging. My whole point is, anytime the government (US or Brit) shuts something down everyone one /. thinks the sky is falling.
Guess I'll use my G4 Apples as long as possible then switch back to Linux full-time when the Apintel's come out. Unless...someone comes up with a way to recompile the kernel without Big Brudduh!
I think that was the previous generation. From the article: "Gamepark's website offers no indication of when the GPX2-F100 might become available." OTOH, I'm shocked they are touting it for around $200. That's odd for Linux devices. My big complaint has always been that when a company puts Linux inside, the price goes up. That and the fact they never have widespread availability.
Neither.
The question isn't how hard it will be to get GPE or Opie loaded on it. The question is how hard will it be to even GET one. It's a two-parter: a) it's going to be priced out of the market as usual and b) it will....(wait for it) only be available in Asia! These stories make me giddy with excitement! Like going to a car show and looking at concept cars. Aren't they cool? Oh, you'll never get one.
"I wonder how easy it would be to associate any particular activity with 'terrorism.'"
Yeah, that's what they really want. Mr. and Mrs. Jones vacation page to be shut down under the guise of anti-terrorism. Damn, people, grow the fsck up!
I would agree that this is a stupid proposal. This has NOTHING to do with curbing child pornography. It's about money. A chance to tax and getting away with it under the guise of curbing child pornography. But your point of how this can harm children is way off. Kids who aren't developed sexually will begin to mimic what they see. Ever see a 9 year old girl acting coy and seductive? It's pretty sick shit. When they are molested, they very often have no sexual feelings at all. Yes they may feel pleasure but not orgasmic pleasure. They learn that to get what they want they can behave a certain way. They take this into their teens and often become prostitutes. There's a BIG difference between sneaking a peak at your Dad's Playboy collection and actively viewing or participating in sexual acts. Hollywood has been systematically sexing our kids younger and younger. It's all good to get kids having sex when they're not your kids. Have some of your own and the thought of some 50 year old man having "consentual" sex with your 15 year old daughter makes you want to grab a gun.
I think it's great too. As great as NASA is, they've kind of been slow to find the next leap forward. The Shuttle Program is a great accomplishment but it's become routine almost, recent disaster aside. The ISS is a neat idea but it's kind of stagnant too. Perhaps the private sector can move us along so that we may all have the chance to see Earth from space someday.
This is why we shouldn't do ANY business there. Free-thinking countries opened the door to this long ago. Now the market is too big to ignore. We've legitimized China on the world stage and have little choice but to do business with them. The question is, what are we going to do with the big snake we've raised from a tiny baby now that it's outgrown the small bits we'd been feeding it? We've been doing so much business with this machine that it's now huge. The same goes for Vietnam, though we can nip that in the bud at this point (and I'd interject it's a slap in the face to our Veterans that we'd do ANY business with them). The idea that if we do business with communist nations we can "turn them on" to capitalism and eventually democracy is a risky game. I know it's working to some extent in China but it's not at the point it can't go south. If the free countries of the world would have taken a stand against these nations to start with, they'd perhaps rethink their positions. We had the chance when the Soviet Union fell.
I think you're right. It's easy to say that you'll get a place full of freeloaders but I think in the long run you'll gain business. Right down from REI in Denver is a little two-room coffee shop. It's actually a decent design since you can go back into one quieter room and spread out. I don't think this was by design, but it probably works out well.
Again, in the long run, the more people that occupy space at a coffee shop the more coffee you'll sell. When others see this, they'll wonder what the fuss is about.
Goodness, no! I think YOU'RE a joke.
Beware a Perl scorned?
HAHA! oh wait, you're serious?
How cute.
We all find out its SA Appreciation Day the DAY it occurs!
Much like:
We find out the print server is at capacity the DAY a group has a huge project to print.
We find out we're out of space on file server the DAY the same project has doubled in size.
We find out MS has a new critical patch the DAY after we finally got a change in for patching the LAST critical patch!
Tomorrow, somewhere in Corporate America an SA is going to hear: "Hey! We tried to find you yesterday. We were all taking you to lunch for Sysadmin Appreciation Day! Guess you got caught up in the virus issue on the user volume, eh?"
Someone suggested moving Uranus' name to this planet. I think there should be a contest! Possible new names:
Vaginus
Clitorum
Vulvus
I mean, why not. It's frigid and inaccessible to those who want to "study" it most!
Maybe we need to stock it with OSS-Friendly folks! "I'm sorry, Sir, your patent is denied because you're an asshat. Yes, Sir, I said asshat. According to our rules: 'Any such patent as applied for in an attempt to circumvent or interfere with the GPL will be denied under the Asshat Clause.' Yes, Sir. You have a great day. Thank you....buh-bye!"
Non-competes are generally a bad idea. Simply put, they prevent a worker from working. This is why many states don't have them. Frankly, MS should be paying this many not to work as a result.
I guess they've answered "Can Open Source and Commercial Software Coexist?" with a YES, and added a HOW!
Okay, you're digging up 10 year old predictions here. You may very well be right but nowhere near in the near term or within say 10 years. As long as you have gamer/devel types hungry for powerful desktops, you'll have hackers (strict sense). As long as you have hackers banging code and working on their projects, you'll have a desktop. The Pandora's Box has been opened on hardware and getting it back in (i.e. thin clients) is going to be very tough. I think you can make a great case in corporate environments but for the average user, there's going to have to be a huge catalyst to make this happen.
True but in the long run having this out there means now everyone knows and going after him would be bad PR. Maybe not. I'm sure that's what he's hoping for, though. He should have let it go through the channels. OTOH perhaps he saw it being stalled and figured he'd just do it. I'm not saying he's right, mind you.