You miss the point. The point isn't to get commercial software on Linux, or make Linux into a commercial item, it's to make commercial software obsolete. All the *other* industries besides software are the ones to benefit from software creation. This is only possible now because of the near-zero cost of distribution. The free copycat versions of relatively simple commercial software will ensure the demise of most of the software industry. It might be that vertical apps or very complex apps will still have a market.
Standardization, fwiw, will happen when there is a clearly superior competitor. With Gnome and KDE, that hasn't happened yet.
LSB is working on the dir and file name/location issues. This is a bit of standardization where there *is* a superior version. That is to say, almost everyone will prefer these to be standard across distros -- even if everyone disagrees with some part of the standard. It's easier to create software when you don't have to worry about this; and that's what Linux and FS is all about.
I'm so tired of the appliance analogy. People think the computer should be as simple and easy as a toaster. Right. Computers do more than just one mechanical trick, ok? Imagine a $100 microwave that's as versatile and powerful at heating as my computer (which is old and slow) is at processing information. I could use it for *terraforming* for fsck sake.
Hardware: NVIDIA TNT, TNT2, GeForce, or Quadro based graphics accelerator. The NVIDIA NV1 and RIVA 128/128ZX chips are supported in the base XFree86 4.0.x install and are not supported by
this driver set.
Um, maybe you should consider becoming some sort of free agent. Most of the contractors I've met would think twice before taking a FT/perm job. Most of the former FT/perm contractors I've met have *no* plans take a FT/perm job in the forseeable future.
Here's a link for some (lite) background:
http://www.net-temps.com/talentcenter/section4.h tm
"The most telling statistic about Independent Contractors is that when surveyed, 96.5% indicated that they intend to continue in this arrangement for as long as they were able."
Um, Python can use Perl modules, some recent bit of code. I don't have a link, but I'm sure a quick search of the python sites will turn it up...
Re:How can I assert my own ethics on FreeNet?
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Perhaps there would be a way to specify the type of information your node will handle (similar to the geek code). If the information has flags that explicitly don't match yours (or doesn't have flags at all) then that information is denied storage -- flags you don't specify are OK by default. This is policy, of course, and should be built on top of the underlying system, not into it.
"how to get the unwashed masses attention, interest and energy behind the causes we find important. Those of us here obviously can't do a whole lot of good on our own, we need to get others involved."
Talk about impotent whining. The unwashed masses aren't going to do anything for anyone, that's why they're the unwashed masses! Everybody sitting on their ass looking to figure a way to get the *other guy* off *his* ass. Sad. Get off your ass!
join:
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"the Internet's collective response to one well-nigh apocalyptic decision after another has unfortunately been the same as the Internet's collective response to just about everything: posts, lots and lots of posts. Discussions and cries of hypocrisy and malformed analogies have consumed megabyte upon megabyte of masturbatory rage and self-indulgent self-righteousness."
Adding deCSS to the posts, ain't gonna make one bit of difference.
"Libertarians believe the answer to America's political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America's founders."
Issues covered:
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Re:Makes me think about yesterday's discussion
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We all need to get over the notion that John Q. Sheeple and Betsy Nailpolish are going to *ever* become enlightened, put down the remote control and the Doritos and save us all from big bad government.
Active and vocal minorities are what got us where we are (no mean feat). Active and vocal minorities will be what, if anything, saves freedom.
Re:The trouble is, he's partly right
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http://www.ij.org/
Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice is what a civil liberties law firm should be. As our nation's only libertarian public interest law firm, we pursue cutting-edge litigation in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the State - rights like economic liberty, private property rights, and the right to free speech, not only on paper but also on the Internet.
Simply put, we sue the government when it stands in the way of people trying to earn an honest living, when it takes away individuals' property, when bureaucrats instead of parents dictate the education of children, and when government stifles. We seek a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society.
Re:It's still a democracy.....use it!
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Don't forget The Institue for Justice:
http://www.ij.org/profile/index.html
Re:Who really needs a lesson
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http://libertyboard.org/ is probably what you're wanting. Folks here should spend more time there, methinks.
Re:It's still a democracy.....use it!
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Have you not heard of the Libertarian Party or Harry Browne??
OK, how about a coordinated DOS attack on the bandwidth of the internet over a period of time? Like-minded folk getting together to saturate cross-continental communication links (regional hubs?) by generating traffic between themselves. No crime, right? (maybe not) I doubt the critical mass could be achieved for single event, but it's a better idea for a campaign. Donate your spare packets to freedom sort of thing -- Fill Your Pipe for Freedom Client Software... Hmm, I'm beginning to like that idea, viral qualities, temporal persistence...:)
Re: `Geeks' *can* be organised...
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>>why should we bother biting the hand that feeds us?
Pod person! It's *we* that are feeding *them*. Where, after all, did all this wonderful technology come from? Not from MBAs in suits, I assure you.
My sense of humor is clearly no match for your penetrating powers of observation.
Yes, I'm a US citizen. Of course, the whole freakin *point* of this article is that it is the *US* government that is chipping away the freedoms of *US* citizens. Clear enough?
I didn't say we own it, I said we control it. A trivial distinction really, since geeks are the only people who can make it all work. A lear jet doesn't fly anywhere for it's owner without the pilot, see?
Slashdot Mirror
modern gui: XFree86 4.1.0, KDE 2.2.1, GNOME 1.4
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modern os: Linux kernels 2.2.19 and 2.4.5, glibc 2.2.3, and all the usual utilities
package system: http://www.slackware.com/book/index.php?source=c3
dunno about the device config in Mandrake v. Slackware...
You miss the point. The point isn't to get commercial software on Linux, or make Linux into a commercial item, it's to make commercial software obsolete. All the *other* industries besides software are the ones to benefit from software creation. This is only possible now because of the near-zero cost of distribution. The free copycat versions of relatively simple commercial software will ensure the demise of most of the software industry. It might be that vertical apps or very complex apps will still have a market.
Standardization, fwiw, will happen when there is a clearly superior competitor. With Gnome and KDE, that hasn't happened yet.
LSB is working on the dir and file name/location issues. This is a bit of standardization where there *is* a superior version. That is to say, almost everyone will prefer these to be standard across distros -- even if everyone disagrees with some part of the standard. It's easier to create software when you don't have to worry about this; and that's what Linux and FS is all about.
I just knew I'd spell something wrong in that post. :-p
misspelled
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...which is to say, more money won't help the educational system...
:wq
I'm so tired of the appliance analogy. People think the computer should be as simple and easy as a toaster. Right. Computers do more than just one mechanical trick, ok? Imagine a $100 microwave that's as versatile and powerful at heating as my computer (which is old and slow) is at processing information. I could use it for *terraforming* for fsck sake.
Yeah! Enough plain-speaking! We need to be represented by marketdroidspeak!
The Contract Worker's Bill of Rights:t ml
http://www.cehandbook.com/cehandbook/acidtest.h
Ok, so maybe there would be one for FT/Perm and one for contractors, with a shared core or something.
Well, not all Nvidia chips are supported. I think the Prophet has a GeForce2 chip, which doesn't appear in the list below.
/ xfree86_40bld095FAQ#Requirements
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf
2.1 Requirements
Hardware: NVIDIA TNT, TNT2, GeForce, or Quadro based graphics accelerator. The NVIDIA NV1 and RIVA 128/128ZX chips are supported in the base XFree86 4.0.x install and are not supported by
this driver set.
Um, maybe you should consider becoming some sort of free agent. Most of the contractors I've met would think twice before taking a FT/perm job. Most of the former FT/perm contractors I've met have *no* plans take a FT/perm job in the forseeable future.
h tm
Here's a link for some (lite) background:
http://www.net-temps.com/talentcenter/section4.
"The most telling statistic about Independent Contractors is that when surveyed, 96.5% indicated that they intend to continue in this arrangement for as long as they were able."
Union, shmunion.
Um, Python can use Perl modules, some recent bit of code. I don't have a link, but I'm sure a quick search of the python sites will turn it up ...
Perhaps there would be a way to specify the type of information your node will handle (similar to the geek code). If the information has flags that explicitly don't match yours (or doesn't have flags at all) then that information is denied storage -- flags you don't specify are OK by default. This is policy, of course, and should be built on top of the underlying system, not into it.
You're leaving money on the table, and that's a bad business model.
Clearly you need to go back and read the chapter on Microsoft...
"how to get the unwashed masses attention, interest and energy behind the causes we find important. Those of us here obviously can't do a whole lot of good on our own, we need to get others involved."
Talk about impotent whining. The unwashed masses aren't going to do anything for anyone, that's why they're the unwashed masses! Everybody sitting on their ass looking to figure a way to get the *other guy* off *his* ass. Sad. Get off your ass!
join:
www.lp.org
www.ij.org
write a real physical letter!
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
vote!
Let's review the article, shall we?
"the Internet's collective response to one well-nigh apocalyptic decision after another has unfortunately been the same as the Internet's collective response to just about everything: posts, lots and lots of posts. Discussions and cries of hypocrisy and malformed analogies have consumed megabyte upon megabyte of masturbatory rage and self-indulgent self-righteousness."
Adding deCSS to the posts, ain't gonna make one bit of difference.
Here's something that might help:
http://www.lp.org/issues/
"Libertarians believe the answer to America's political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America's founders."
Issues covered:
Corruption & Campaign Reform
Crime & Violence
Drug Prohibition
Economy & Employment
Education
Environment
Family Budgets
Foreign Policy
Gun Laws
Health Care
Internet
Immigration
National Defense
Poverty & Welfare
Privacy
Social Security
Taxes
Trade
We all need to get over the notion that John Q. Sheeple and Betsy Nailpolish are going to *ever* become enlightened, put down the remote control and the Doritos and save us all from big bad government.
Active and vocal minorities are what got us where we are (no mean feat). Active and vocal minorities will be what, if anything, saves freedom.
http://www.ij.org/
Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice is what a civil liberties law firm should be. As our nation's only libertarian public interest law firm, we pursue cutting-edge litigation in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion on behalf of individuals whose most basic rights are denied by the State - rights like economic liberty, private property rights, and the right to free speech, not only on paper but also on the Internet.
Simply put, we sue the government when it stands in the way of people trying to earn an honest living, when it takes away individuals' property, when bureaucrats instead of parents dictate the education of children, and when government stifles. We seek a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society.
Don't forget The Institue for Justice:
http://www.ij.org/profile/index.html
http://libertyboard.org/ is probably what you're wanting. Folks here should spend more time there, methinks.
Have you not heard of the Libertarian Party or Harry Browne??
Hey, new article just posted... forget this boring lawyer crap!
OK, how about a coordinated DOS attack on the bandwidth of the internet over a period of time? Like-minded folk getting together to saturate cross-continental communication links (regional hubs?) by generating traffic between themselves. No crime, right? (maybe not) I doubt the critical mass could be achieved for single event, but it's a better idea for a campaign. Donate your spare packets to freedom sort of thing -- Fill Your Pipe for Freedom Client Software... Hmm, I'm beginning to like that idea, viral qualities, temporal persistence... :)
>>why should we bother biting the hand that feeds us?
Pod person! It's *we* that are feeding *them*. Where, after all, did all this wonderful technology come from? Not from MBAs in suits, I assure you.
My sense of humor is clearly no match for your penetrating powers of observation.
Yes, I'm a US citizen. Of course, the whole freakin *point* of this article is that it is the *US* government that is chipping away the freedoms of *US* citizens. Clear enough?
I didn't say we own it, I said we control it. A trivial distinction really, since geeks are the only people who can make it all work. A lear jet doesn't fly anywhere for it's owner without the pilot, see?