That's optimistic. Not many countries are big enough to influence others with a decision like this. Why should they care? This is less important that the fact they speak different languages.
Working models influence decisions. Vietnam could easily release their version of the OS as a defacto government solution, making them valuable, to other global trading partners. Do you think China will turn a blind eye to this? No, they will request a copy of it to study it. They might even use it, if it's any good.
When you get China to use your software, that tends to have a ripple effect.
Penguins?!? in Vietnam? It's a cold day in hell boys!!!
Also, this bodes well for Open Source everywhere. Eventually all other countries will follow suit and the people will have government systems that work best for their diverse cultures, tailor made UIs and logic, that can also extend inventive solutions.
Also knowing what is in the source code helps identify potential threats to national security.
"Volume name" is an OS-specific term, this is Slashdot.
Judging from the sig of the grandparent, he is an idiot and therefore incapable of understanding such generalities. Perhaps if you break it down into monosyllabic bits, his defective chimpanzee brain can grasp the fundamentals of your message.
You've plotted a graph, have you? Sure it isn't a cubic or quartic?
The stupidity of bureaucratic policies only goes downhill, so sorry - only inverse cubic curves apply, except in the minds of their inventors, who because they are backwards, believe the effects of their policies are all positive.
Although t (t2 1, t (t2 1)) (graph)seems to demonstrate some strains of hierarchical stupidity, as we follow the graph from the point where x = 1 and y = 1, to its natural conclusion where x= -1 and y = -1 -- catastrophic and universal malaise is achieved. Obviously we would want to start where x and y are -1, and lead them to the conclusion where they become +1, but that is never the case with bureaucracy.
Arguing that the university is owed a debt for providing resources to students, is like arguing that the owner of Menlo Park should reap a percentage of Edison's rewards, even though rent was paid for those labs.
I could see if the arrangement wasn't one of default methodology. The university establishes a de facto toe-hold over patents, and gets paid for it. But that kind of exploitation is against the morality of education and must be rejected by educators. Or we have nothing but a society of pyramid schemers.
You try adapting that response and doing something different... doesn't make it stupid. If policy is there for good reason and hasn't become out-dated then it's not stupid. Yes, stupid policies exist and need to be removed, but that doesn't make every example stupid.
Most policies are, like technology, outdated, by the time they are enacted.
I would say when you apply inappropriate policy, then you are applying stupidy... but yes, I agree that many universities (and many large organisations) may apply stupidity through their often outdated or naively applied choice of policies.
The process is that someone with great power and possibly little foresight, creates a policy that can be in effect for twenty-five years, or more. During the policy's lifespan, many changes to culture and student life, the economy -- impact changes -- will cause each policy to be less effective, exponentially, as time passes. Some policies will become oppressive, others impotent.
Policies are most effective within the first year of their life.
Lazy university-employed Autocrats will during the lifespan of a policy, apply said policy for the sole purpose to reduce their effort required for them to collect a paycheck. As time passes, the degree of laziness of autocrats increases and so does the size of their paycheck. The life of an autocrat is not too unlike the life of a virus.
Good policies will unleash students, faculty and support staff, rather than bind them to regulations for the sake of the binding. The binding is UNIMPORTANT, yet many autocrats will adhere to rules for the sake of being bound to them. That is a lie.
Therefore I would have to reinforce that most policies are nothing more than exerted stupidity, and should be abolished, unless mandated change stipulations exist that cannot be abused by the fat, overpaid, stupid autocrats.
Policies should be about what can be done, and not what cannot be done. Therefore when some policy doesn't say that something can be done, some level of thinking is required by the student and support staff, to come to a satisfactory outcome.
Sure, if I agreed with that statement, I might concur... but I really don't think that one's inability to change is a reflection of their stupidy (and even then I don't accept the assumption of inability to change).
The central measure for intelligence is the degree and speed of adaptability to new circumstances. As universities are typically unable to adapt (rooted in age-old dogma and entrenched authoritarian policy), they are unable to apply intelligence. Therefore when you apply policy you are applying stupidity.
They do this for precedent. What MSFT didn't tell the pirates is that they used the Windows 7 files to trace their network as they were all trojan horses with call-home scripts built in. Although the pirates rewrote the scripts and now they act as a nice lava-lamp plugin, mostly for decoration (and Slashdot karma/irony).
Best keyboard of all time is the old version of the G15 from Logitech, which has functionally been replaced with the new G11. You don't get the display but I barely used it anyway. I love all the macro keys on the left side for World of Warcraft, which make a really nice comp for pvp and pve in that you can easily combine them with the CTRL button, the CTRL SHIFT or SHIFT (which is a little more awkward than the ctrl and ctrl shift for some reason).
As for mice, I have to say that my Sidewinder from Microsoft represents some irony in the fact that it works nicely and does not impede me in any way.
They've successfully dispelled the rumor that no own owns a Zune.
The only thing I wanna know is... CAN they get BILL GATES to drink the ZUNE KOOLAID? Make an advert about it and Jerry Seinfeld can do the eulogy. Of course, no Bill Gates would be actually hurt during the ad, but this kind of commercial would follow the existing MSFT advert model.
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The Dopefish uses complex pot-philosophy for inner-vision.
Working models influence decisions. Vietnam could easily release their version of the OS as a defacto government solution, making them valuable, to other global trading partners. Do you think China will turn a blind eye to this? No, they will request a copy of it to study it. They might even use it, if it's any good.
When you get China to use your software, that tends to have a ripple effect.
You cannot scare Vietnam with office furniture.
Penguins?!? in Vietnam? It's a cold day in hell boys!!!
Also, this bodes well for Open Source everywhere. Eventually all other countries will follow suit and the people will have government systems that work best for their diverse cultures, tailor made UIs and logic, that can also extend inventive solutions.
Also knowing what is in the source code helps identify potential threats to national security.
Cisco offers simple push-button technology for routers, but they also offer the best customer service in the business.
Google's customer service record is not as good as Cisco's, and that is a condition that will not improve.
Judging from the sig of the grandparent, he is an idiot and therefore incapable of understanding such generalities. Perhaps if you break it down into monosyllabic bits, his defective chimpanzee brain can grasp the fundamentals of your message.
Fixed.
This is one sure fire way to drive yourself insane, as clearly the parent has.
Also, nice sig, loser. I am e-famous!
When launching an attack against someone in your sig, be sure you get their UID correct. Especially when IT IS ONLY TWO FUCKING NUMBERS.
Oh the annoyances of xxx film. Why can't they make it look like people are REALLY HAVING FUN?
And the MUSIC! It's terrible.
Before reading your snotty response, I had no idea who you were. Now I know you as another asshole on my foes list. DIAF.
The stupidity of bureaucratic policies only goes downhill, so sorry - only inverse cubic curves apply, except in the minds of their inventors, who because they are backwards, believe the effects of their policies are all positive.
Although t (t2 1, t (t2 1)) (graph)seems to demonstrate some strains of hierarchical stupidity, as we follow the graph from the point where x = 1 and y = 1, to its natural conclusion where x= -1 and y = -1 -- catastrophic and universal malaise is achieved. Obviously we would want to start where x and y are -1, and lead them to the conclusion where they become +1, but that is never the case with bureaucracy.
Arguing that the university is owed a debt for providing resources to students, is like arguing that the owner of Menlo Park should reap a percentage of Edison's rewards, even though rent was paid for those labs.
I could see if the arrangement wasn't one of default methodology. The university establishes a de facto toe-hold over patents, and gets paid for it. But that kind of exploitation is against the morality of education and must be rejected by educators. Or we have nothing but a society of pyramid schemers.
Most policies are, like technology, outdated, by the time they are enacted.
Champions of policy are often lazy autocrats.
The process is that someone with great power and possibly little foresight, creates a policy that can be in effect for twenty-five years, or more. During the policy's lifespan, many changes to culture and student life, the economy -- impact changes -- will cause each policy to be less effective, exponentially, as time passes. Some policies will become oppressive, others impotent.
Policies are most effective within the first year of their life.
Lazy university-employed Autocrats will during the lifespan of a policy, apply said policy for the sole purpose to reduce their effort required for them to collect a paycheck. As time passes, the degree of laziness of autocrats increases and so does the size of their paycheck. The life of an autocrat is not too unlike the life of a virus.
Good policies will unleash students, faculty and support staff, rather than bind them to regulations for the sake of the binding. The binding is UNIMPORTANT, yet many autocrats will adhere to rules for the sake of being bound to them. That is a lie.
Therefore I would have to reinforce that most policies are nothing more than exerted stupidity, and should be abolished, unless mandated change stipulations exist that cannot be abused by the fat, overpaid, stupid autocrats.
Policies should be about what can be done, and not what cannot be done. Therefore when some policy doesn't say that something can be done, some level of thinking is required by the student and support staff, to come to a satisfactory outcome.
The central measure for intelligence is the degree and speed of adaptability to new circumstances. As universities are typically unable to adapt (rooted in age-old dogma and entrenched authoritarian policy), they are unable to apply intelligence. Therefore when you apply policy you are applying stupidity.
Wat?
Think of your degree of stupidity as a reflection of your inability to change. Now rethink your comment.
The stupid exploit the smart.
They do this for precedent. What MSFT didn't tell the pirates is that they used the Windows 7 files to trace their network as they were all trojan horses with call-home scripts built in. Although the pirates rewrote the scripts and now they act as a nice lava-lamp plugin, mostly for decoration (and Slashdot karma/irony).
America Against Greed.
If you build it, they will come.
I predict that the ISPs who get smart and offer superior anonymity for their customers, will thrive in 2009 and beyond.
Who cares where Clippy is from. I just want it to die.
Best keyboard of all time is the old version of the G15 from Logitech, which has functionally been replaced with the new G11. You don't get the display but I barely used it anyway. I love all the macro keys on the left side for World of Warcraft, which make a really nice comp for pvp and pve in that you can easily combine them with the CTRL button, the CTRL SHIFT or SHIFT (which is a little more awkward than the ctrl and ctrl shift for some reason).
As for mice, I have to say that my Sidewinder from Microsoft represents some irony in the fact that it works nicely and does not impede me in any way.
The only thing I wanna know is... CAN they get BILL GATES to drink the ZUNE KOOLAID? Make an advert about it and Jerry Seinfeld can do the eulogy. Of course, no Bill Gates would be actually hurt during the ad, but this kind of commercial would follow the existing MSFT advert model.