I'm not going to debate this. Its a perception and with people perception is 90% truth.
Did you fail to understand? I am writing this on Fedora core 8 system. I could care less, but the perception is what I said it was. If you don't like it oh well! People say Linux is too difficult. I'm not in the business of selling an OS. But from years of frustration, I am not going to rush to quote the merits of windows. I'm not a gamer, but I am systems admin. And having worked on more PC's since the early 90's than I can count. And having only owned 2 macs, I can attest Microsoft is not anywhere near "user friendly". Macs aren't perfect there is no perfect OS. Choice is good.
Put down the joystick and realize there is a whole real world out there. Many people just want to use the internet period. There is a whole baby boomer generation that is connected. They use computers to stay in touch,get news and order things online. We have people 70+ years using computers every single day. The common consensus is apple is easier. That they don't have nearly as many problems, and they are "high quality". I'm not going to debate this. Its a perception and with people perception is 90% truth. There is a huge market for a device that keeps them doing what they are and "just works". Microsoft rarely puts out anything the just works. In many cases a PC works great for about 6 months to a year then it gets slower, and slower and sloooooowwwwweeer. And when they ask their local "expert" there is one in every family, they get reinstall your OS, check for viruses/malware, buy a new PC in that order. Lately a lot have just said screw it and buy a MAC. My company president came to me and said "its time to get a new laptop, this time get me a Mac. My wife loves hers." You can also play any game on a Mac as you can a PC. The idea of running windows in a protected virtual machine is appealing to many. Apple is a hardware company, lest you forget.
My browser crashes anytime I try and print a page on fedora 8. It is an extremely annoying 'feature' that came with the firefox 3.0 upgrade. Until now I decided it was my fault for installing it as soon as it went 'final'. Printing works fine in firefox 2.x, opera and even konqueror. Firefox 3 works fine on OSX, which also uses cups. If they want to start nagging us to upgrade, then I assume its alright to nag them to fix it.
Your correct also as a previous post pointed out here
The CPU on a disk machine should be idle more. Count how many times the program ran in the time tested. If a program runs straight through to completion say twice as many times as the hard disk. Then it really isn't less efficient.
Try using a capacitor instead, they can quickly be charged. But you need a huge power source to do it.
Nuclear power can supply that. A replacement scheme similar to propane tanks would make instant recharge on demand possible. See Super Capacitor
With a power grid sufficient to handle it you wouldn't need batteries. A capacitor can be quickly charged and discharged if needed. No lead, no acid. But you need to be able to connect to a very large power source. Plug in, 5 minutes your charged. Also you could have a replacement scheme similar to propane tanks.
Building a nuclear based power infrastructure would allow us to beef up the power grid to supply electric vehicles. A super capacitor driven car could recharge fast. But our current electrical capacity would be overwhelmed. Electric trains would also benefit greatly. We wouldn't need to heat buildings with oil either.
Ok, you give it away. So, do you expect the companies that sell the chemicals to give them away? do you expect the equipment need to be free? all the people in manufacturing and the supply chain to work for free? Do you expect shipping to be free?
No but you make it as cheap as aspirin since it is "MY PATENT" and I bore the work developing it. The GPL doesn't say you can't charge for distribution now does it? Get real! The issue isn't profit its how much! My wife works for a charity and gets paid. You talk about reality, reality is some people aren't trying to get rich quick off of others work. Many believe in fair, and equitable exchanges. And many people are altruistic when their immediate needs are met.
Capitalist doesn't necessarily mean cut throat competition, stealing others work and selling it as your own.
Thus, any entity (person, corporation, etc etc) who does not play in this our capitalist society by their rules will just fade away.
The Red Cross, the Peace Corps,the March of Dimes, the combined Federal Campaign,Doctors without Borders, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, when do they fade away?
I stated hypothetically that I already bore costs those by inventing it. If your glaxo or some other company, you would be stupid not to capitalize on it. You could sell it at aspirin prices and profit.
But that assumes you don't need tax breaks and folks using your other drugs because your considered good. It takes a lot of time, money and manpower to develop an Operating System, Webserver, Databases. But that didn't stop anyone now did it?
It isn't greed to get paid. It is instead greed to think that everyone else should support you because you are a nice person
Okay be sure and tell that to all the US Charities, the Red Cross, The Peace Corps and curiously enough, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
'I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them,' he said, adding with a shrug: 'That may seem radical."
Well if I invent the cure for AIDs then I can't give it away? And I can't license my drug patent so that it can't be used unless you plan on giving it away. I realize that selfless acts do seem radical to him. The tax write benefits and goodwill generated by any company agreeing to the terms would be priceless. They would go down in history as the company that saved Africa. Bill Gates is being either a short sighted idiot, or a greedy lying sob. I can't decide which.
SES has decided not to pursue any legal options against Boeing and wants to collect their insurance policy payout.
Why operate a satellite for years at diminishing returns when you can get an immediate big payoff? And as a side benefit the blame goes to a competitor whom your are engaged in a lawsuit with. Immoral? Not to them. Just businesses screwing each other. The Insurance company will pass the loss down the chain. Somewhere down the chain I figure I'm going to end up paying in a tax . Especially since the Fed and Congress are into the business of bailing out companies.
I will submit patches to everything you post. You'll never notice, you don't read what you post do you?
If I submit a 'patch' it is seen by a lot of people. But then again we're all out to get you. EVERYONE
Python would be my choice. Perl isn't bad, just not my first choice for a beginner. Its way too easy to fall into bad habits. I started out in perl and looking back 5-7 years at some of my stuff, ouch! Its way too easy to find really bad, insecure examples on the internet code by using google. I've seen some really horrid stuff end up in production settings because a programmer found a few tid bits on the internet. Not that you can't find crappy python code. It just doesn't seem to come up as readily in a search.
Grants are decided by congressional funding. Democrats have had a majority for how long now? Grants have been plentiful but they are always tied political means. Want to get funded to study chemical interactions in the ionosphere? Tie it to climate change. Who cares that we're talking much higher than the thermal sphere where the green house effect is. Put in a few one liners and hopefully nobody notices. Government money always has strings attached. Long term research grants have been declining since the first Bush was in office.
I know you want to believe everything bad that has ever happened or will happen is caused by G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney, but all powerful omnipotent evil really only happens in the minds of the fanatical. Both parties suck! Obama / Hillary/ Ron Paul etc. aren't the messiah and whoever wins in November won't make much difference to the average person.
The average American is more concerned with the economy, the war, immigration. The dollar has been going down the drain. Gas has not really been going up much compared to other currencies. China has been dumping US Dollars, the government has been spending like theres no tomorrow since the 70's. When the government needs money they go to a legal banking cartel the Fed and money is created from nothing. Unfortunately thats like adding water to soup. Pretty soon all you have is discolored water. The dollar is lower than the Canadian dollar for the first time in my lifetime and I'm pretty damn old. So I would bet whoever wins isn't going be concentrating very much on government freebies for pie in the sky research that has little chance for sort term gain.
But, as far as I can tell *none of it was classified*.
That's what I was trying to convey. I have no doubt he got mail, lots of it. I also noticed no actual follow up from the reporter, none. I also have no doubt some of it 'looked official' its just that sending sensitive information via email can get you jail time. There are systems in place for classified and sensitive information. The invention of the computer didn't replace secure information practices. The worst problem the military has is blogs. People will post things that try speak around something classified. Single posts are usually harmless but after many posts in one place,the bigger picture emerges.
Your right, the device was a probably a KY-58 but it looked exactly the same as the KG in the aircraft. I did my first 10 years in avionics.The last 8 was doing maintenance on the Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System Through that device we sent messages and looked at classified pages while deployed. Computer security for your basic office computer used to be abysmal. The average 2E2 had no real computer security training other than the completely obvious.
www.airforce.com is a PR site. Ever see any bases or email addresses with a.com? The airforce uses.af.mil even public affairs would know that.
Flight plans for a presidential visit would not be sent via email. Its funny,but you read what some dork tells you and its instantly 'true'. But when Master Sergeant Charles Tubbs, chief of media relations at RAF Mildenhall, said: "There has not been any verified security breach that warrants any action." you ignore it. I'm sorry, but in PR speak what he got was: "We checked it out there wasn't a security breach. We can't stop everyone from sending you something." Then he was told by the comm sq "Here are some things you can do to help." I'm sure he got personnel information, spam and people asking for information. What I find hard to believe is anything that is 'classified' or 'sensitive' reached him.
The USAF started tightening its security when I was in. They had come to realize how much information could be pieced together from various sources each part harmless but together they were harmful. This is a problem in any large organization. They hadn't yet thought about blogs. Where dumb asses are willing tell you anything you want to know. I have worked in the corporate world now for 9 years, the air force even then was far more security aware than some of the Bozo's I've met.
I spent 20 years in the Air Force. All DOD domains end in.mil not.com. We only have this persons word, didn't see one example. Flight plans via email. Crap! the DOD uses a device called KG-58 its an encryption device. The key is sent via courier every month. That is the only approved way to send any sensitive information.
"It had the notice 'Destroy by any means to prevent capture'," Right, that's absolute crap. One that is not the correct wording. Two its an electronic message, its on your hard drive. Did his computer explode after reading it? I'm sure there are idiots who sent things to his domain. But these just could not be official communications. There are way too many safeguards in place.
People from government ministry of finance offices in African Nations are always send me stuff too.
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Yes, I much prefer having my documentation in pdf on a separate dvd, or better yet a paper clip
Sarcasm aside, I'll take a man page over the documentation most software comes with.
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I'm not going to debate this. Its a perception and with people perception is 90% truth.
Did you fail to understand? I am writing this on Fedora core 8 system. I could care less, but the perception is what I said it was. If you don't like it oh well! People say Linux is too difficult. I'm not in the business of selling an OS. But from years of frustration, I am not going to rush to quote the merits of windows. I'm not a gamer, but I am systems admin. And having worked on more PC's since the early 90's than I can count. And having only owned 2 macs, I can attest Microsoft is not anywhere near "user friendly". Macs aren't perfect there is no perfect OS. Choice is good.
Put down the joystick and realize there is a whole real world out there. Many people just want to use the internet period. There is a whole baby boomer generation that is connected. They use computers to stay in touch ,get news and order things online. We have people 70+ years using computers every single day. The common consensus is apple is easier. That they don't have nearly as many problems, and they are "high quality". I'm not going to debate this. Its a perception and with people perception is 90% truth. There is a huge market for a device that keeps them doing what they are and "just works". Microsoft rarely puts out anything the just works. In many cases a PC works great for about 6 months to a year then it gets slower, and slower and sloooooowwwwweeer. And when they ask their local "expert" there is one in every family, they get reinstall your OS, check for viruses/malware, buy a new PC in that order. Lately a lot have just said screw it and buy a MAC. My company president came to me and said "its time to get a new laptop, this time get me a Mac. My wife loves hers." You can also play any game on a Mac as you can a PC. The idea of running windows in a protected virtual machine is appealing to many. Apple is a hardware company, lest you forget.
My browser crashes anytime I try and print a page on fedora 8. It is an extremely annoying 'feature' that came with the firefox 3.0 upgrade. Until now I decided it was my fault for installing it as soon as it went 'final'. Printing works fine in firefox 2.x, opera and even konqueror. Firefox 3 works fine on OSX, which also uses cups. If they want to start nagging us to upgrade, then I assume its alright to nag them to fix it.
No masturbation, his next title will be really popular with adolescent males.
Your correct also as a previous post pointed out here The CPU on a disk machine should be idle more. Count how many times the program ran in the time tested. If a program runs straight through to completion say twice as many times as the hard disk. Then it really isn't less efficient.
Try using a capacitor instead, they can quickly be charged. But you need a huge power source to do it. Nuclear power can supply that. A replacement scheme similar to propane tanks would make instant recharge on demand possible.
See Super Capacitor
With a power grid sufficient to handle it you wouldn't need batteries. A capacitor can be quickly charged and discharged if needed. No lead, no acid. But you need to be able to connect to a very large power source. Plug in, 5 minutes your charged. Also you could have a replacement scheme similar to propane tanks.
Building a nuclear based power infrastructure would allow us to beef up the power grid to supply electric vehicles. A super capacitor driven car could recharge fast. But our current electrical capacity would be overwhelmed. Electric trains would also benefit greatly. We wouldn't need to heat buildings with oil either.
Ok, you give it away. So, do you expect the companies that sell the chemicals to give them away? do you expect the equipment need to be free? all the people in manufacturing and the supply chain to work for free? Do you expect shipping to be free?
No but you make it as cheap as aspirin since it is "MY PATENT" and I bore the work developing it. The GPL doesn't say you can't charge for distribution now does it? Get real! The issue isn't profit its how much! My wife works for a charity and gets paid. You talk about reality, reality is some people aren't trying to get rich quick off of others work. Many believe in fair, and equitable exchanges. And many people are altruistic when their immediate needs are met.
Capitalist doesn't necessarily mean cut throat competition, stealing others work and selling it as your own.
Thus, any entity (person, corporation, etc etc) who does not play in this our capitalist society by their rules will just fade away.
The Red Cross, the Peace Corps,the March of Dimes, the combined Federal Campaign,Doctors without Borders, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, when do they fade away?
You see, it costs money to develop drugs.
I stated hypothetically that I already bore costs those by inventing it. If your glaxo or some other company, you would be stupid not to capitalize on it. You could sell it at aspirin prices and profit. But that assumes you don't need tax breaks and folks using your other drugs because your considered good. It takes a lot of time, money and manpower to develop an Operating System, Webserver, Databases. But that didn't stop anyone now did it?
It isn't greed to get paid. It is instead greed to think that everyone else should support you because you are a nice person
Okay be sure and tell that to all the US Charities, the Red Cross, The Peace Corps and curiously enough, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
'I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them,' he said, adding with a shrug: 'That may seem radical."
Well if I invent the cure for AIDs then I can't give it away? And I can't license my drug patent so that it can't be used unless you plan on giving it away. I realize that selfless acts do seem radical to him. The tax write benefits and goodwill generated by any company agreeing to the terms would be priceless. They would go down in history as the company that saved Africa. Bill Gates is being either a short sighted idiot, or a greedy lying sob. I can't decide which.
SES has decided not to pursue any legal options against Boeing and wants to collect their insurance policy payout.
Why operate a satellite for years at diminishing returns when you can get an immediate big payoff? And as a side benefit the blame goes to a competitor whom your are engaged in a lawsuit with. Immoral? Not to them. Just businesses screwing each other. The Insurance company will pass the loss down the chain. Somewhere down the chain I figure I'm going to end up paying in a tax . Especially since the Fed and Congress are into the business of bailing out companies.
I will submit patches to everything you post. You'll never notice, you don't read what you post do you? If I submit a 'patch' it is seen by a lot of people. But then again we're all out to get you. EVERYONE
So what's your point? Because that's exactly what china does.
Python would be my choice. Perl isn't bad, just not my first choice for a beginner. Its way too easy to fall into bad habits. I started out in perl and looking back 5-7 years at some of my stuff, ouch! Its way too easy to find really bad, insecure examples on the internet code by using google. I've seen some really horrid stuff end up in production settings because a programmer found a few tid bits on the internet. Not that you can't find crappy python code. It just doesn't seem to come up as readily in a search.
Grants are decided by congressional funding. Democrats have had a majority for how long now? Grants have been plentiful but they are always tied political means. Want to get funded to study chemical interactions in the ionosphere? Tie it to climate change. Who cares that we're talking much higher than the thermal sphere where the green house effect is. Put in a few one liners and hopefully nobody notices. Government money always has strings attached. Long term research grants have been declining since the first Bush was in office.
I know you want to believe everything bad that has ever happened or will happen is caused by G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney, but all powerful omnipotent evil really only happens in the minds of the fanatical. Both parties suck! Obama / Hillary/ Ron Paul etc. aren't the messiah and whoever wins in November won't make much difference to the average person.
The average American is more concerned with the economy, the war, immigration. The dollar has been going down the drain. Gas has not really been going up much compared to other currencies. China has been dumping US Dollars, the government has been spending like theres no tomorrow since the 70's. When the government needs money they go to a legal banking cartel the Fed and money is created from nothing. Unfortunately thats like adding water to soup. Pretty soon all you have is discolored water. The dollar is lower than the Canadian dollar for the first time in my lifetime and I'm pretty damn old. So I would bet whoever wins isn't going be concentrating very much on government freebies for pie in the sky research that has little chance for sort term gain.
Is it against the law to print the address of a person and that person doesn't lock his garage? No
What makes you think this is any different? Immoral != Illegal.
But, as far as I can tell *none of it was classified*.
,the bigger picture emerges.
That's what I was trying to convey. I have no doubt he got mail, lots of it. I also noticed no actual follow up from the reporter, none. I also have no doubt some of it 'looked official' its just that sending sensitive information via email can get you jail time. There are systems in place for classified and sensitive information. The invention of the computer didn't replace secure information practices. The worst problem the military has is blogs. People will post things that try speak around something classified. Single posts are usually harmless but after many posts in one place
Your right, the device was a probably a KY-58 but it looked exactly the same as the KG in the aircraft. I did my first 10 years in avionics.The last 8 was doing maintenance on the Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System Through that device we sent messages and looked at classified pages while deployed. Computer security for your basic office computer used to be abysmal. The average 2E2 had no real computer security training other than the completely obvious.
.com? The airforce uses .af.mil even public affairs would know that.
www.airforce.com is a PR site. Ever see any bases or email addresses with a
Flight plans for a presidential visit would not be sent via email. Its funny,but you read what some dork tells you and its instantly 'true'. But when Master Sergeant Charles Tubbs, chief of media relations at RAF Mildenhall, said: "There has not been any verified security breach that warrants any action." you ignore it. I'm sorry, but in PR speak what he got was: "We checked it out there wasn't a security breach. We can't stop everyone from sending you something." Then he was told by the comm sq "Here are some things you can do to help." I'm sure he got personnel information, spam and people asking for information. What I find hard to believe is anything that is 'classified' or 'sensitive' reached him.
The USAF started tightening its security when I was in. They had come to realize how much information could be pieced together from various sources each part harmless but together they were harmful. This is a problem in any large organization. They hadn't yet thought about blogs. Where dumb asses are willing tell you anything you want to know. I have worked in the corporate world now for 9 years, the air force even then was far more security aware than some of the Bozo's I've met.
I spent 20 years in the Air Force. All DOD domains end in .mil not .com. We only have this persons word, didn't see one example. Flight plans via email. Crap! the DOD uses a device called KG-58 its an encryption device. The key is sent via courier every month. That is the only approved way to send any sensitive information.
"It had the notice 'Destroy by any means to prevent capture'," Right, that's absolute crap. One that is not the correct wording. Two its an electronic message, its on your hard drive. Did his computer explode after reading it? I'm sure there are idiots who sent things to his domain. But these just could not be official communications. There are way too many safeguards in place.
People from government ministry of finance offices in African Nations are always send me stuff too.
Lets see some real proof!
Then arrest him on his birthday. There are blind people in prison. Take out the juvenile, part and problem solved.
There would still be a need for oil too. We use it in everything from lubricants to plastics.
Previously Ireland finance minister, his basic position is whatever is good for big business is good for the EU.
I noticed that the word artist isn't in that statement. And there's the crux of it. It never really has been about the artist.