When a developer writes software for their employer, the developer does not own his or her code, as it is a work for hire. I think its a little ridiculous to hold developers personally responsible for code they do not own rights to. In this scenario, the developer assumes 100% of the risk, and the employer assumes 100% of the return. What an interesting way to convince people to not become programmers.
The "social contract" does not obligate the consumer to tolerate annoying advertisments. It is the resonsibility of marketers to create advertising that entices rather than repulses.
Products like ad-blocker and features like Tivo's 30 second skip should provide a loud and clear wake-up call to marketing people that the current strategy is not working, and will not work.
If developers do find that SP2 breaks their applications, it most likely means that they were not following best practices in terms of security when writing their applications, according to Goodhew...Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net is one of the applications affected by Windows XP SP2
There is no question that the GNU project has contributed enormously to the Linux community. However, I think their passing acknowledgment of Linus Torvald's contribution to the "GNU/Linux OS" is insulting.
If Linux is ever going to gain supremacy over proprietary solutions, we must not put our energy into internal bickering over the symantics of what constitutes an Operating System vs a Kernel, or whether Gnome is better than KDE, etc. These "holy wars" divert energy from the real work, and threaten to rip the community apart from inside. What would make Microsoft happier than that?
I think that Rasterman has some very good points that imply potentially important questions.
How and by whom Are PC's being used in the early 21st century as compared with 20 years ago? only 25 years ago, people who used micro-computers primarily did so as a hobby. Throughout the 80's, early adopters bought PCs and then tried to figure out what they were good for. Now it is more common for people to purchase a PC with a specific use in mind. They want access to the internet, or they want to do budgeting, or games, etc. Perhaps one multi-purpose metaphor (like the desktop metaphor) is no longer serving our needs. While Microsoft continues to push the status quo, perhaps it is time for Open Source developers to stop chasing Windows and start innovating new ways to present the digital environment.
I respectfully disagree wih Raster when he says there is no new ground to be broken in the world of desktop computing. To say so implies that the Desktop Metaphor created by Xerox PARC, as introduced by Apple and popularized by Microsoft is the best option for computer-human interfacing. I don't believe that this is necessarily so.
I think in general, computer games have become both more intense and realistic, and much less entertaining.
Like Hollywood, the industry has found a formula and an accompanying demographic that translates into optimum profit when marketed correctly, and they will "sing that note" until it stops making them money.
BTW, I remember a great little game for the 6502-based PC's (C-64, Atari 800, etc.) called "Racing Car Destruction Set"--what a blast!
Firstly, let me say that I am a resident of Las Vegas. In fact, I am a third-generation Las Vegan.
I believe that the majority of people in the United States has an extremely skewed perception of Las Vegas. Most people (I think) have the idea, based on film and television portrayals that The Strip is Las Vegas. I think the public would benefit from a more in-depth understanding of the community of Las Vegas--a city of 1.5 million where people are born, go to school, go to work, grow up, raise families, and live their lives. There is much more to this Metropolitan Area than Show Girls and free cocktails.
In my life, I have seen LV grow exponentially...I have watched the home my mom grew up in deteriorate in the shadows of downtown gaming properties. My family has 8 mm film of "mushroom clouds" taken by my grandfather sitting on the roof of his home as the US government conducted nuclear tests that were promised to be perfectly safe. My grandpa died from cancer at the age of 72.
I have never deluded myself into thinking that we would stop Yucca Mt. from being jammed down our throats. 5 Electoral votes just don't have enough horse-power.
For anybody here who has tossed out glib comments along to lines of "oh well, its just ugly desert anyway", I suggest you think twice, or once for that matter before dismissing the gravity of this decision. And, a decision had to be, and was made. Now, I must decide if my wife and I are to stay in a place my family has called home for nearly 3/4 of a century, or to move where my children won't be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Now, I ask you this: Why should I have to leave my home because other places are producing waste products that are dangerous?
In the absence of any security, it seems like these devices could make identity theft even easier. I hope there will be be controls on who can access the information contained in these microchips. I for one have chosen to not wear a sign around my neck proclaiming my medical history for anyone who can read.
We use trees, though we didn't come up with 4000 of them.
As an aside, I just got a shiny new sparc workstation, and In keeping with the tree theme, I really really wanted to name it Morningwood. Good sense got the better of me.
I think the original request Mandrake has floated is being clouded by the sputtering protests of all the people who like open source because they think it means you get something for nothing.
Mandrake is not begging for money...they are requesting that users enroll in their membership service which (as I understand it) supplies tech support. This is a far cry from "I'm bleeding, give me money, please", which is how this request is being portrayed. It makes perfect sense for Mandrake to go to its user base and ask for help before turning to more draconian means of freeing capital.
The reason this makes perfect sense is because if they have to start killing projects or trimming the work-force, it is the user base that will suffer. Oops, no more diskdrake. "Hey what happened to drakconfig?"
Open source software is not about getting something for nothing. The "Free" refers to freedom, not $0. That doesn't mean its a crime to dl your distro for free, but why not reciprocate with patch submissions, ideas, or, giving $ where you can. I think that's what it's about.
If we as Open Source advocates don't pull together, we will be split apart. Heavy hitters with virtually unlimited resources are training their gun-sights on the community.
When did everyone start thinking they were entitled to get what ever they want, whenever they want for free.
and and AND,
You can still get/. for free. Yes you will have ads in your page; frogs will not rain from the sky, there will be no fire and brimstone.
and and and AND,
Its $5, kids...that's one trip to Burger King, yeah 100 minutes on 10-10220.
To all those people whining:
What if your employer came to you and demanded you write a system and they were pretty sure that you shouldn't get paid for your effort. How many expletives would you utter on your way out the door? Essentially, you are telling the folks who run/. that their time and effort is not worth 0.005 / page?
To you whiners I say Fooey. I'm opening my Paypal acct tmr. I think/. provides me with far more than $5 worth of information.
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When a developer writes software for their employer, the developer does not own his or her code, as it is a work for hire. I think its a little ridiculous to hold developers personally responsible for code they do not own rights to. In this scenario, the developer assumes 100% of the risk, and the employer assumes 100% of the return. What an interesting way to convince people to not become programmers.
Products like ad-blocker and features like Tivo's 30 second skip should provide a loud and clear wake-up call to marketing people that the current strategy is not working, and will not work.
How about they download openoffice.org for windows.
Do we really want to continue to promote energy sources that rely on fossil fuels?
I think Sun should look around at other companies for really cool technology ideas, and then claim they own the ideas.
And then they could start suing everyone...oh wait. I think SCO owns that business strategy.
Nevermind.
Hmmmmm...
Where'd I put that Betamax again?
Where's that middle finger emoticon again?
SCO is simply suffering from Penguin-Envy.
Keith Richards to be appointed new drug czar.
I thought Al Gore invented the internet.
If Linux is ever going to gain supremacy over proprietary solutions, we must not put our energy into internal bickering over the symantics of what constitutes an Operating System vs a Kernel, or whether Gnome is better than KDE, etc. These "holy wars" divert energy from the real work, and threaten to rip the community apart from inside. What would make Microsoft happier than that?
How and by whom Are PC's being used in the early 21st century as compared with 20 years ago? only 25 years ago, people who used micro-computers primarily did so as a hobby. Throughout the 80's, early adopters bought PCs and then tried to figure out what they were good for. Now it is more common for people to purchase a PC with a specific use in mind. They want access to the internet, or they want to do budgeting, or games, etc. Perhaps one multi-purpose metaphor (like the desktop metaphor) is no longer serving our needs. While Microsoft continues to push the status quo, perhaps it is time for Open Source developers to stop chasing Windows and start innovating new ways to present the digital environment.
I respectfully disagree wih Raster when he says there is no new ground to be broken in the world of desktop computing. To say so implies that the Desktop Metaphor created by Xerox PARC, as introduced by Apple and popularized by Microsoft is the best option for computer-human interfacing. I don't believe that this is necessarily so.
Like Hollywood, the industry has found a formula and an accompanying demographic that translates into optimum profit when marketed correctly, and they will "sing that note" until it stops making them money.
BTW, I remember a great little game for the 6502-based PC's (C-64, Atari 800, etc.) called "Racing Car Destruction Set"--what a blast!
It would be very fun to see Good Omens on the big screen, but I guess as Gaiman said, you just don't know until you're sitting in the theatre.
I believe that the majority of people in the United States has an extremely skewed perception of Las Vegas. Most people (I think) have the idea, based on film and television portrayals that The Strip is Las Vegas. I think the public would benefit from a more in-depth understanding of the community of Las Vegas--a city of 1.5 million where people are born, go to school, go to work, grow up, raise families, and live their lives. There is much more to this Metropolitan Area than Show Girls and free cocktails.
In my life, I have seen LV grow exponentially...I have watched the home my mom grew up in deteriorate in the shadows of downtown gaming properties. My family has 8 mm film of "mushroom clouds" taken by my grandfather sitting on the roof of his home as the US government conducted nuclear tests that were promised to be perfectly safe. My grandpa died from cancer at the age of 72.
I have never deluded myself into thinking that we would stop Yucca Mt. from being jammed down our throats. 5 Electoral votes just don't have enough horse-power.
For anybody here who has tossed out glib comments along to lines of "oh well, its just ugly desert anyway", I suggest you think twice, or once for that matter before dismissing the gravity of this decision. And, a decision had to be, and was made. Now, I must decide if my wife and I are to stay in a place my family has called home for nearly 3/4 of a century, or to move where my children won't be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
Now, I ask you this: Why should I have to leave my home because other places are producing waste products that are dangerous?
Just a Thought.
If I am a business owner, why am I obligated to submit to such nonsense?
In the absence of any security, it seems like these devices could make identity theft even easier. I hope there will be be controls on who can access the information contained in these microchips. I for one have chosen to not wear a sign around my neck proclaiming my medical history for anyone who can read.
Maybe they could choose a safer name...like Yoga: Open the Windows(tm) of your mind
Did somebody step on your dick today?
The other night I went to sit on the pot and my butt about froze to the seat.
As an aside, I just got a shiny new sparc workstation, and In keeping with the tree theme, I really really wanted to name it Morningwood. Good sense got the better of me.
Mandrake is not begging for money...they are requesting that users enroll in their membership service which (as I understand it) supplies tech support. This is a far cry from "I'm bleeding, give me money, please", which is how this request is being portrayed. It makes perfect sense for Mandrake to go to its user base and ask for help before turning to more draconian means of freeing capital.
The reason this makes perfect sense is because if they have to start killing projects or trimming the work-force, it is the user base that will suffer. Oops, no more diskdrake. "Hey what happened to drakconfig?"
Open source software is not about getting something for nothing. The "Free" refers to freedom, not $0. That doesn't mean its a crime to dl your distro for free, but why not reciprocate with patch submissions, ideas, or, giving $ where you can. I think that's what it's about.
If we as Open Source advocates don't pull together, we will be split apart. Heavy hitters with virtually unlimited resources are training their gun-sights on the community.
When did everyone start thinking they were entitled to get what ever they want, whenever they want for free.
and and AND, You can still get /. for free. Yes you will have ads in your page; frogs will not rain from the sky, there will be no fire and brimstone.
and and and AND, Its $5, kids...that's one trip to Burger King, yeah 100 minutes on 10-10220.
To all those people whining:
What if your employer came to you and demanded you write a system and they were pretty sure that you shouldn't get paid for your effort. How many expletives would you utter on your way out the door? Essentially, you are telling the folks who run /. that their time and effort is not worth 0.005 / page?
To you whiners I say Fooey. I'm opening my Paypal acct tmr. I think /. provides me with far more than $5 worth of information.