How much of this lack of understanding is due to poor curriculum at colleges and universities? When I wanted to study CS, they were offering classes in COBOL, Fortran, and RPG3. I was doing stuff in Pascal and learning C back then. Even then I kew which way the wind was blowing, so I held out and saved my money instead of going to college.
I'd scream like a schoolgirl if I was that age today and saw classes such as GNU C++, Open Architecture Development, Perl, PHP, and Network and Systems Administration courses being offered. And NOT the dime-a-dozen MCSE (Minesweeper Certified Solitaire Expert) night schools, either.
Maybe I'll go get a teaching certificate and save the human race.
The sad thing about this that I got from reading the articles is that Microsoft seems to be telling the world that Embedded Linux is bad because it doesn't support all of the Microsoft "standards" out there today.
What's even sadder is that Joe Consumer doesn't know the difference between Microsoft standards and Open standards.
What's even scarier than THAT is that Joe Consumer likely doesn't give a rat's ass about the difference, and will buy within his comfort level.
So that leaves the rest of us standing around with our dorks in our hands trying to piss farther than Microsoft for wont of a team of marketroids to descend upon the masses and convert them to the Linux alternative in a vision of holy righteousness.
So what do we, the educated, do about this?
Toga! Toga! Toga!
Actually, I think RedHat, Lineo, and other embedded Linux developers need to start taking the offensive and stop trying to defend themselves. Why does Microsoft always get the first kick in, leaving the Linux community sputtering in outrage at their slanderous remarks. When Microsoft says "Linux Sucks" and the Linux community responds with "Linux doesn't suck!" all the consumeroids hear is "Linux doesn't sucks."
Also, until Linux can prove itself on the desktop in front of Jane Slackjaw and her Family of Five, Linux will never have a chance in her hand.
Here's a good argument for P2P sharing if there ever was one. I would be personally willing to share the entire Adcritic site on my machine through LimeWire just so other people could have the opportunity to view these videos.
Another service that comes to mind are MojoNation. Ifyou can't a big pipe outright, buy smaller pieces of many pipes and combine them.
Is anyone offering to mirror the site or is it even going to be possible to do so?
The point of the stealth excercise is not to be "invisible", but rather to remain undetected long enough to launch a first strike with super- (or even sub-) sonic missiles.
Nothing is invisible, but getting in the first punch is just as important. It's called the Alabama Kicking Contest.
...all you want, but the ONLY way that things are going to change is through:
1. Voicing your displeasure in Microsoft by:
a) Boycotting Microsoft Products
b) Sending Microsoft and your elected representatives messages about your personal boycott.
c) Encourage others to do the same.
2. Alternative Advocacy:
a) Put Linux on every computer you can.
b) Educate, amuse, and entertain the people you come into contact with about the alternatives. Make it fun, not a chore.
3. Quit talking out of your ass and spewing anti-MS propaganda. It's hard to make friends when you're vilifying someone else out of the other side of your mouth.
The power of the American citizen lies within his and her wallet. When we buy a product, we are sending a message to the producer that we accept *everything* they do with respect to how that product is made, marketed, and consumed. If you want to hurt Microsoft - do it with your power as a consumer. Hit them where it hurts the most - in the P&L statement. Sell your MSFT and invest the funds in a company you admire.
If you _have_ to use Microsoft products, that's fine, but I've found I can convince my employers to switch not by voicing my hatred of Microsoft, but simply comparing Microsoft products side by side with similarly capable open source alternatives.
It's funny how humans think that they can just come along millions of years later and copyright something they didn't even invent. That's like me mixing red paint and blue paint together, calling it "purple" and patenting it. I didn't even invent either of the source colors.
So we can just come along, rearrange the bits that were already there and call it new? I might be more amenable to accepting this news if the companies in question had actually invented the gene in the first place, but I think someone or something else already has prior art on that one.
Oh yeah, and Monsanto's really a quality organization, to boot:
What an absurd idea - renting music over the Net. Scenario:
I'm having a party at my house, and I want it to be fun, so I'll download some ska, play it, have a good time, and then revert back to my normal, boring, Barry Manilow life, and "return" the Reel Big Fish the next day.
Puh-lease.
And, as far as copy protection schemes, the only way the RIAA or anyone else is going to stop me from copying music is to cut my ears off. They apparently don't seem to realize that any OUTPUT stream (be it aural or visual) can be turned into an INPUT stream. Until they eliminate the OUTPUT, I've got INPUT to copy from. Nothing can stop that short of taking away my ability to enjoy music.
It's time for the RIAA to sit down and really examine how far up their own ass they're going to crawl to find a "solution" to this "problem." The better thing to do is give up control to the artists and let them determine how they want to distribute their music. I buy the music from the artists I like (particularly LOCAL artists) to support their efforts. The RIAA need to face the fact that they DO NOT represent the artists, but rather a conglomeration of corporations who contribute NOTHING to the artistic process of creating music. All they do is stick the bits on CD and peddle them - and usually shitty music from the like of Britney Spears, N'Sync, and other lyrically-deficient teenie bands.
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Can you imagine the gore, blood, and assorted carnage one could achieve by running through that room with a BFG9000?
Who cares? Besides, who wants to pay for music that, apparently by popularity, is considered quality by people who listen to the likes of Britney Spears, N'Sync, Backdoor^H^H^H^Hstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, Creed, and their ilk. Better yet, visit MP3.com and download quality music for free, and then go out to a local bar and watch a local band. Chances are good that the music you hear there is far ebtter than the cruft they're playing on the radio.
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How much of this lack of understanding is due to poor curriculum at colleges and universities? When I wanted to study CS, they were offering classes in COBOL, Fortran, and RPG3. I was doing stuff in Pascal and learning C back then. Even then I kew which way the wind was blowing, so I held out and saved my money instead of going to college.
I'd scream like a schoolgirl if I was that age today and saw classes such as GNU C++, Open Architecture Development, Perl, PHP, and Network and Systems Administration courses being offered. And NOT the dime-a-dozen MCSE (Minesweeper Certified Solitaire Expert) night schools, either.
Maybe I'll go get a teaching certificate and save the human race.
So now I can have my Leaden Took turned into a Golden Took?
The sad thing about this that I got from reading the articles is that Microsoft seems to be telling the world that Embedded Linux is bad because it doesn't support all of the Microsoft "standards" out there today.
What's even sadder is that Joe Consumer doesn't know the difference between Microsoft standards and Open standards.
What's even scarier than THAT is that Joe Consumer likely doesn't give a rat's ass about the difference, and will buy within his comfort level.
So that leaves the rest of us standing around with our dorks in our hands trying to piss farther than Microsoft for wont of a team of marketroids to descend upon the masses and convert them to the Linux alternative in a vision of holy righteousness.
So what do we, the educated, do about this?
Toga! Toga! Toga!
Actually, I think RedHat, Lineo, and other embedded Linux developers need to start taking the offensive and stop trying to defend themselves. Why does Microsoft always get the first kick in, leaving the Linux community sputtering in outrage at their slanderous remarks. When Microsoft says "Linux Sucks" and the Linux community responds with "Linux doesn't suck!" all the consumeroids hear is "Linux doesn't sucks."
Also, until Linux can prove itself on the desktop in front of Jane Slackjaw and her Family of Five, Linux will never have a chance in her hand.
Here's a good argument for P2P sharing if there ever was one. I would be personally willing to share the entire Adcritic site on my machine through LimeWire just so other people could have the opportunity to view these videos.
Another service that comes to mind are MojoNation. Ifyou can't a big pipe outright, buy smaller pieces of many pipes and combine them.
Is anyone offering to mirror the site or is it even going to be possible to do so?
Scottish invent pay toilet - expect huge returns.
French pad rifles to prevent damage when dropped.
Washington post source of credible news, CmdrTaco says.
Come on...
http://www.webexcel.ndirect.co.uk/gwarnant/
Cymraeg am Byth!
The point of the stealth excercise is not to be "invisible", but rather to remain undetected long enough to launch a first strike with super- (or even sub-) sonic missiles.
Nothing is invisible, but getting in the first punch is just as important. It's called the Alabama Kicking Contest.
...all you want, but the ONLY way that things are going to change is through:
1. Voicing your displeasure in Microsoft by:
a) Boycotting Microsoft Products
b) Sending Microsoft and your elected representatives messages about your personal boycott.
c) Encourage others to do the same.
2. Alternative Advocacy:
a) Put Linux on every computer you can.
b) Educate, amuse, and entertain the people you come into contact with about the alternatives. Make it fun, not a chore.
3. Quit talking out of your ass and spewing anti-MS propaganda. It's hard to make friends when you're vilifying someone else out of the other side of your mouth.
The power of the American citizen lies within his and her wallet. When we buy a product, we are sending a message to the producer that we accept *everything* they do with respect to how that product is made, marketed, and consumed. If you want to hurt Microsoft - do it with your power as a consumer. Hit them where it hurts the most - in the P&L statement. Sell your MSFT and invest the funds in a company you admire.
If you _have_ to use Microsoft products, that's fine, but I've found I can convince my employers to switch not by voicing my hatred of Microsoft, but simply comparing Microsoft products side by side with similarly capable open source alternatives.
Three words: Return on Investment.
That is all.
And me with my mirror, I shall finally destroy the moon and the tiny green aliens that live on it! Muahahahahahahaaaaaah.
Sounds like an episode of Pinky and the Brain...
It's funny how humans think that they can just come along millions of years later and copyright something they didn't even invent. That's like me mixing red paint and blue paint together, calling it "purple" and patenting it. I didn't even invent either of the source colors.
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So we can just come along, rearrange the bits that were already there and call it new? I might be more amenable to accepting this news if the companies in question had actually invented the gene in the first place, but I think someone or something else already has prior art on that one.
Oh yeah, and Monsanto's really a quality organization, to boot:
http://www.google.com/search?q=monsanto+complaint
I helped Osama bin Laden fix a problem with his Megahertz PCMCIA modem... The terrorists won way back then:
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http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22sean+burbidg
Develop a Linux-based OS around this concept. What do you call it?
Easy.
Hendrix.
What an absurd idea - renting music over the Net. Scenario:
I'm having a party at my house, and I want it to be fun, so I'll download some ska, play it, have a good time, and then revert back to my normal, boring, Barry Manilow life, and "return" the Reel Big Fish the next day.
Puh-lease.
And, as far as copy protection schemes, the only way the RIAA or anyone else is going to stop me from copying music is to cut my ears off. They apparently don't seem to realize that any OUTPUT stream (be it aural or visual) can be turned into an INPUT stream. Until they eliminate the OUTPUT, I've got INPUT to copy from. Nothing can stop that short of taking away my ability to enjoy music.
It's time for the RIAA to sit down and really examine how far up their own ass they're going to crawl to find a "solution" to this "problem." The better thing to do is give up control to the artists and let them determine how they want to distribute their music. I buy the music from the artists I like (particularly LOCAL artists) to support their efforts. The RIAA need to face the fact that they DO NOT represent the artists, but rather a conglomeration of corporations who contribute NOTHING to the artistic process of creating music. All they do is stick the bits on CD and peddle them - and usually shitty music from the like of Britney Spears, N'Sync, and other lyrically-deficient teenie bands.
Can you imagine the gore, blood, and assorted carnage one could achieve by running through that room with a BFG9000?
Who cares? Besides, who wants to pay for music that, apparently by popularity, is considered quality by people who listen to the likes of Britney Spears, N'Sync, Backdoor^H^H^H^Hstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, Creed, and their ilk. Better yet, visit MP3.com and download quality music for free, and then go out to a local bar and watch a local band. Chances are good that the music you hear there is far ebtter than the cruft they're playing on the radio.