Or maybe they are being written by Linux fanatics:->.
Seriously, the rise of Unix-like OSes, a full ten years after they were supposed to be dead (Byte, July 1992, anyone else remember? - be a good slashdot posting now the anniversary is coming up) must be a real threat. I am sure we can expect to see lots more FUD-enducing "cross platform" nonsense shortly.
The problem that you have is that I don't think charity is going to provide anything other than temporary relief. I believe in political change and that is what I work for. Part of political change is about getting people to question the values and ethics of the society they live in.
I have to say I feel that looking an auction for a studio prop that starts at $80,000 in a world while around one quarter of children go to bed hungry.
I know, I know, even by typing this I am compromising with the system, but doesn't anybody else feel uneasy about the celebration of this sort of thing?
I do think these things are fun. Seems to be that 3G mobile phones will offer the ultimate in 'vanity' servers - does anyone know if the telcos are actively looking at hosting services going on their phones?
Something to make the code that little bit more unmaintainable. That keep those PHP whores on their toes:->
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There is a certain irony in the way in which the huge boom - founded on the idea that computing was to become so cheap to use that it would transform all aspects of the economy - should result in the bust that will reduce competition and so make computing more expensive.
We all know the dangers of monopolies and how innovators can rapidly turn into blocks on progress, so we'll have to watch with care.
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The heart of this is democracy in its most purre form.
The problem is that the truth is not democratic. Just because some corporate fat cats - or even every member of the US Senate - finds a fact uncomfortable it does not mean it should be deleted or litagated against.
There are other freedoms at stake here too - the freedom to state the facts, no matter how inconvenient.
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Oops - I got it wrong too :-
/. - News for the literate. Stuff about monsters.
Or maybe they are being written by Linux fanatics :->.
Seriously, the rise of Unix-like OSes, a full ten years after they were supposed to be dead (Byte, July 1992, anyone else remember? - be a good slashdot posting now the anniversary is coming up) must be a real threat. I am sure we can expect to see lots more FUD-enducing "cross platform" nonsense shortly.
Can't believe this is true. At least I hope not.
I know that some parts of Janet (like Imperial College) (used to) peer with ISPs - Demon in the case of Imperial.
It wouldn't be too difficult to route traffic through these, would it?
Yes, I did, but I misunderstood it the first time and thought it was an i8080. Oh well, got modded down for trying to be too clever.
Yes, the Heaney translation is great.
Does it play "Global Thermonuclear War"? That looked like a great game.
You clearly haven't read the poem! Beowulf is killed by the warriors, not other monsters :P
I'd be interested if they upgraded to something bleeding edge - like a Z80, for instance.
So we all know the solution - use the force. Hey, it worked for him!
The problem that you have is that I don't think charity is going to provide anything other than temporary relief. I believe in political change and that is what I work for. Part of political change is about getting people to question the values and ethics of the society they live in.
So suck on that dweeb.
Yes, that's right. When you express an issue of political concern that you don't like, it's a troll.
Moron.
I have to say I feel that looking an auction for a studio prop that starts at $80,000 in a world while around one quarter of children go to bed hungry.
I know, I know, even by typing this I am compromising with the system, but doesn't anybody else feel uneasy about the celebration of this sort of thing?
Well, it was £0.75 and the postage was a quid. A lot less than it would have cost me to go somewhere and buy it.
Isn't the thing about ebay - at least it is for me - is not the availability of large numbers of things, but that they are cheap?
Seventy five pence for a working NIC was a recent purchase of mine.
There was a nanotech product I wouldn't mind owning :->
I do think these things are fun. Seems to be that 3G mobile phones will offer the ultimate in 'vanity' servers - does anyone know if the telcos are actively looking at hosting services going on their phones?
compatability with the latest Office standards
Except they aren't standards are they? They are secrets.
Reasons to like Perl/why parent is wrong:
1. It's fun
2. It's reusable - mainly because you use it to do similar things again and again.
3. It's on far more web servers than PHP or ruby (what's that?)
Perl is the tool for the job as far as many web site developers are concerned.
Something to make the code that little bit more unmaintainable. That keep those PHP whores on their toes :->
There is a certain irony in the way in which the huge boom - founded on the idea that computing was to become so cheap to use that it would transform all aspects of the economy - should result in the bust that will reduce competition and so make computing more expensive.
We all know the dangers of monopolies and how innovators can rapidly turn into blocks on progress, so we'll have to watch with care.
Unicode is only useful when you want to use more than one languages at the same time.
But if we are talking about giving OSS a competitive advantage, having that degaree of interoperability built in seems like a good idea to me.
Will they call it Linux or GNU/Linux?
The right to challenge the data the Government uses and produces? Betcherass!
BTW: I am familiar with the nature of scientific positivism.
I am not familiar with the cancer treatment example you quote, but it certainly isn't clear to me that this was government data!
How are you going to feel if/when all sorts of government scientific data is challenged by creationists?
Will be faster. GIFs are for whimps.
The heart of this is democracy in its most purre form.
The problem is that the truth is not democratic. Just because some corporate fat cats - or even every member of the US Senate - finds a fact uncomfortable it does not mean it should be deleted or litagated against.
There are other freedoms at stake here too - the freedom to state the facts, no matter how inconvenient.