Even if backing up your DVDs is illegal, why not just do it anyway? Taking your work copy of Win2k home and installing it on your own computer is illegal too but how many people here have done that? There is no SS that is going to start breaking into your house and checking to see if you have.
When I worked at the University of Washington doing life sciences research, my personal observation saw it to be about 50/50 pc vs mac. (And the UW is a giant in life sciences) When I left in 1999, linux was slowly creeping in but most of the unix based stuff was run by the computer center. The 50/50 number is certainly different than the 95/5 or whatever the worldwide average is/was. And my observations were only in the life-sciences. I have no idea what the ratios were in say, physics or chemistry.
Only a tiny fraction of the science-related software out there runs on Macintosh.
For gui-based stuff, that might be true. But a very big percentage of bioinformatics is done on the command line. And there is a wealth of free unix based bioinformatics software out there.
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Good thing too, last time I heard one of their rack mounts, the were Xtremely loud. (louder than your average rack mount, which are all pretty loud to begin with.)
Apple (as well as other computer companies like IBM) are getting very interested in bioinformatics. They have loaned us a ton of equipment for free even though our product is linux based. Of course, Apple has always had a stronghold in academics.
That's exactly it. Same reason I drink a lot of beer in the span of a few hours than all day. It's the short term affects that are important to most people. I'm sure they could come up with a study that says if you injest the nutrients/sugar/whatever in two donuts through an IV drip over the course of a day it is much better than eating two in the morning.
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1. Start a regular business (from what I have heard, non-profit status is pretty tough to get.)
I have a side business which I started in 1997. In Seattle, you pay $80/year for a business license. You can register a limited liability partnership with the state. I can't remember what it costs but was under $100 and there are no recurring fees. Get a business bank account ($10/mo) and keep all the money seperate from your own. The only hard part is figuring out the tax returns but you only have to do that once and pretty much copy the previous years return with the new figures. The IRS is not too picky with small companies making less than $30K or so. I have noticed some pretty big mistakes on my returns but they never sent me anything about it. Anyway, the total cost of a simple llc is going to be something like $20/mo. Not really all that much if you think about.
2. Put all the donations in an envelope, use them honestly, and hope the IRS doesn't find out. Chances are they won't.
You never know how things are going to work out so going with the business is the safest.
Why not have your roomates have their mail forwarded to something like a yahoo account. Let them use a browser to read their email and you can still use Outlook.
make sure your host doesn't charge through the nose for extra bandwidth.
Or just make sure you have 95th percentile billing. That way, you could survive a short burst (up to 36 hours/month) of high bandwidth since you don't pay for the top 5% of your usage. And if you can't burst beyond a certain number, you'd best rate-shape at the firewall.
And flying cars. Seriously, is there any decent object oriented db out there? Something that you could trust in production? I have been hearing about them for years but where are they?
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I wish there was a filter that scored any post with the words "You're new here, aren't you?" -5 stupid joke.
I, for one, would welcome our new filter overlords.
Who defends the ACLU when their liberties are infringed? The ACLCLU?
Even if backing up your DVDs is illegal, why not just do it anyway? Taking your work copy of Win2k home and installing it on your own computer is illegal too but how many people here have done that? There is no SS that is going to start breaking into your house and checking to see if you have.
...the day after tomorrow. Next time an asteroid movie comes out, expect plenty of articles about about that in the media.
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Now that's just cold.
That's a bit broad. K-12 education, sure,
When I worked at the University of Washington doing life sciences research, my personal observation saw it to be about 50/50 pc vs mac. (And the UW is a giant in life sciences) When I left in 1999, linux was slowly creeping in but most of the unix based stuff was run by the computer center. The 50/50 number is certainly different than the 95/5 or whatever the worldwide average is/was. And my observations were only in the life-sciences. I have no idea what the ratios were in say, physics or chemistry.
Only a tiny fraction of the science-related software out there runs on Macintosh.
For gui-based stuff, that might be true. But a very big percentage of bioinformatics is done on the command line. And there is a wealth of free unix based bioinformatics software out there.
- (1) XtremeMac Xrack Pro Sound Suppressing Server Enclosure
Good thing too, last time I heard one of their rack mounts, the were Xtremely loud. (louder than your average rack mount, which are all pretty loud to begin with.)Apple (as well as other computer companies like IBM) are getting very interested in bioinformatics. They have loaned us a ton of equipment for free even though our product is linux based. Of course, Apple has always had a stronghold in academics.
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That's exactly it. Same reason I drink a lot of beer in the span of a few hours than all day. It's the short term affects that are important to most people. I'm sure they could come up with a study that says if you injest the nutrients/sugar/whatever in two donuts through an IV drip over the course of a day it is much better than eating two in the morning.
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Stagnated companies are always great.
Yeah, and companies that try to do everything are great too. Great at sucking and/or failing.
Interesting. No wait, the other thing - tedious.
Google - stick to your core business. Please. I would hate to see you suck.
Could someone please post a one-line summary for this typical ADHD syndrome Slashdot fool?
Game$.
How is open source software going to counter this latest onslaught from Micro$oft?
Uh, we're talking games here so the answer is: it's not. At least not anytime soon.
1. Start a regular business (from what I have heard, non-profit status is pretty tough to get.)
I have a side business which I started in 1997. In Seattle, you pay $80/year for a business license. You can register a limited liability partnership with the state. I can't remember what it costs but was under $100 and there are no recurring fees. Get a business bank account ($10/mo) and keep all the money seperate from your own. The only hard part is figuring out the tax returns but you only have to do that once and pretty much copy the previous years return with the new figures. The IRS is not too picky with small companies making less than $30K or so. I have noticed some pretty big mistakes on my returns but they never sent me anything about it. Anyway, the total cost of a simple llc is going to be something like $20/mo. Not really all that much if you think about.
2. Put all the donations in an envelope, use them honestly, and hope the IRS doesn't find out. Chances are they won't.
You never know how things are going to work out so going with the business is the safest.
Why not have your roomates have their mail forwarded to something like a yahoo account. Let them use a browser to read their email and you can still use Outlook.
Block the number or get rid of your fax machine. .
Sounds like the government was trolled.
make sure your host doesn't charge through the nose for extra bandwidth.
Or just make sure you have 95th percentile billing. That way, you could survive a short burst (up to 36 hours/month) of high bandwidth since you don't pay for the top 5% of your usage. And if you can't burst beyond a certain number, you'd best rate-shape at the firewall.
the future is object-oriented databases.
And flying cars. Seriously, is there any decent object oriented db out there? Something that you could trust in production? I have been hearing about them for years but where are they?
...before we start hearing horror stories about sitting next to sketchy guys who are checking out pr0n on the plane?
May 17th.
Linus Torvalds was there...and the tag line to the article mentions him...not really sure how you could have missed him.
He means why aren't they already inducted. Either way, it's just like every other hall of fame. There are many greats who are not yet inducted.