Having the tracks made available DRM-free means signing a piece of paper. Since many smaller labels aren't particularly organised, this often takes a bit of time or gets lost in the shuffle entirely.
I can't agree. I've had some perl programs that were measly hundreds of lines of code. Strict pragma all the way. A couple of not-so-tricky RegEx's. The kid who "inherited it" couldn't figure it out so the project got shelved.
Come on, either your code was poorly-written or the "kid" who took over maintenance wasn't competent. That's not intrinsic to the language.
Some people get confused by their own native language. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with Kannada, or Bahasa Indonesia, or English.
It comes down to having what is called an "ideal reader" in Literary Theory. You're writing with a specific ideal code maintainer in mind, and if your ideal reader's knowledge is not a subset of the real-word reader's knowledge, you've got a problem. So if you're dealing with substandard maintenance programmers, write the line that increments and assigns as two steps.
The TPJ articles are directed at a more advanced audience. Depending on your programming experience, you should start with "Learning Perl" (less) or "Programming Perl" (more). The latter is a must-have for anyone serious about Perl. If you are more independent-minded, you can also use the perldoc documentation, but although it is very good, it is not as well-structured as, say, the PHP manual.
Although it's currently in B, the Opie Player 2 does this on OpenZaurus with a minimum of problems... But a caveat: there are search problems. It is, however, worth giving a whirl for any Zaurus user.
Opie Player 2 (op)
The new Opie mediaplayer. Does, mp3, shoutcast, ogg/vorbis, ogg streaming, mpg1, mpg2, divx3, divx4, divx5,XviD, mpeg4, wav. More to come. Still consumes a lot of memory. Make sure you have libopie and the codecs also installed. Since the 2.4.6 on zaurus also has some memory problems in the kernel, you might want to reboot the zaurus if you see problems with playback. New version, improved playback in nonfullscreen video mode. Also the ipk for the retail rom are now installable, but use the command line ipkg. The gui frontend does not find the ipk. Note: You also need zlib, both that and libopie_0.9.1 can be downloaded from -
here !
My opinion is not quite so superlative, but I've also had mainly good experiences with Dell tech support. I have an Inspiron system that, in the course of three years, had problems with the touch point, built-in DVD-ROM, and with the modular CD-RW. With my service level---3 year, next business day---they have replaced all of these without complaint. In the US, they did ask me on occasion to try to use their diagnostics disk, but if you really know what you're talking about, I suggest you lie to save time. ("I ran the diagnostics twice and it failed on $insert_hardware_name both times.")
Obviously there might be some question as to the quality of the hardware on my system, but the tech support in the US has been, if not good, at least respectful and quick to react to my problems. The German tech support has been excellent in technical knowledge as well.
Here in Germany, they will also deliver systems with Windows, Linux (Red Hat), or no OS---at least to universities. See if you can order a "virgin" system and choose your EULA later.
Unfortunately, this is not a solution for Joe Normal User (or "Otto Normalverbraucher"), since I doubt he will be installing his own free OS. Maybe sometime soon, though.
From the article (which you apparently didn't read, even the first line):
SAN FRANCISCO -- Call it spam rage -- a Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees of the company he blames for bombarding his computer with Web ads promising to enlarge his penis.
[...]
Booker said the problem stemmed from a program he mistakenly downloaded from the Internet that brought a continuous stream of advertising to his computer.
Looks like this wasn't e-mail, but obnoxious pop-up web ads.
The only problem with Linux these days is hardware installation, due to lack of support.
Specifically, lack of vendor support.
It continues to amaze me how few hardware manufacturers are interested in taking advantage of the Open Source / Free Software Community (TM) to provide new drivers and improve their existing ones.
Yes, of course it's much more likely that a wife and children bring a man down than, say, the man's "genius" being less active because he is ready to settle down. I just love the conclusions people draw from statistics.
Anyway, everyone knows women do all the thinking in relationships.
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The ability of a child to pick up something faster depends on the kind of knowledge. Linguistics and musical ability are at least in part innate in human beings. For activities in which human beings are less specialized, a broader foundation of knowledge is required.
I've also informed the European Parliament government that Graham Taylor has the full support of the Slashdot Community. You cooperation is appreciated.
People outside of Germany (particularly in the US) do not not take making references to Nazism as seriously as Germans do. As a matter of fact, this kind of joke is pretty common: "Come to think of it, I've never seen Richard Nixon and Mr. Ed at a party together."
"and not give a" is probably what you wanted to say in that last sentence, assuming "other Countries" means the US.
This is Slashdot, something to appreciated with a grain of salt.
For those who don't know it already: calling someone a Nazi or comparing them to a Nazi is considered defamation of character in Germany. It's really really bad.
[...] if an American company goes to China, they should pay Chinese and American taxes, they shouldnt be able to get out of paying taxes because they go over to China where the taxes arent so high.
Actually, the US is one of the few countries in the world that reserves the right to tax its citizens abroad. Right now, however (and this partially supports what you say), if a US citizen earns below $80,000, she or he qualifies for the so-called Foreign (Earned) Income Exclusion.
When I first moved to Germany in 1994, there was little information available for expatriots. It was all pretty much learning by doing. I recently spent about a year and a half in LA and returned to Germany at the end of last year with my girlfriend, who does not speak German. While looking for orientation materials for her (actually an experienced expat), I discovered that
the amount of information has expanded greatly.
One really useful site is How To Germany, which includes a brief overview and a nice link to an online comparison chart. The best computer magazin in the world had an entire section devoted to the best and cheapest DSL/cable internet service at the end of last year. Unfortunately, you will have to learn German to read the article (The issue's TOC is here, if you want it---and this is reason enough to want to learn German.)
I know this is Slashdot, but some evidence for Symantec's anti-Linux bias might be useful and relevant.
point two
And in reference to some other posts about GNU/Linux not being Apache and Microsoft Windows not being IIS, remember that IIS and Windows are ostensibly developed by the same company, whereas GNU/Linux and Apache are separate open source projects. Blame can be distributed much more broadly in the GNU/Linux world.
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It's not that difficult to do with the correct software--there are some really good question answering systems out there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_answering
Having the tracks made available DRM-free means signing a piece of paper. Since many smaller labels aren't particularly organised, this often takes a bit of time or gets lost in the shuffle entirely.
Come on, either your code was poorly-written or the "kid" who took over maintenance wasn't competent. That's not intrinsic to the language.
Some people get confused by their own native language. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with Kannada, or Bahasa Indonesia, or English.
It comes down to having what is called an "ideal reader" in Literary Theory. You're writing with a specific ideal code maintainer in mind, and if your ideal reader's knowledge is not a subset of the real-word reader's knowledge, you've got a problem. So if you're dealing with substandard maintenance programmers, write the line that increments and assigns as two steps.
The TPJ articles are directed at a more advanced audience. Depending on your programming experience, you should start with "Learning Perl" (less) or "Programming Perl" (more). The latter is a must-have for anyone serious about Perl. If you are more independent-minded, you can also use the perldoc documentation, but although it is very good, it is not as well-structured as, say, the PHP manual.
Although it's currently in B, the Opie Player 2 does this on OpenZaurus with a minimum of problems... But a caveat: there are search problems. It is, however, worth giving a whirl for any Zaurus user.
Opie Player 2 (op)
Source
My opinion is not quite so superlative, but I've also had mainly good experiences with Dell tech support. I have an Inspiron system that, in the course of three years, had problems with the touch point, built-in DVD-ROM, and with the modular CD-RW. With my service level---3 year, next business day---they have replaced all of these without complaint. In the US, they did ask me on occasion to try to use their diagnostics disk, but if you really know what you're talking about, I suggest you lie to save time. ("I ran the diagnostics twice and it failed on $insert_hardware_name both times.")
Obviously there might be some question as to the quality of the hardware on my system, but the tech support in the US has been, if not good, at least respectful and quick to react to my problems. The German tech support has been excellent in technical knowledge as well.
Here in Germany, they will also deliver systems with Windows, Linux (Red Hat), or no OS---at least to universities. See if you can order a "virgin" system and choose your EULA later.
Unfortunately, this is not a solution for Joe Normal User (or "Otto Normalverbraucher"), since I doubt he will be installing his own free OS. Maybe sometime soon, though.
From the article (which you apparently didn't read, even the first line):
Looks like this wasn't e-mail, but obnoxious pop-up web ads.
Specifically, lack of vendor support.
It continues to amaze me how few hardware manufacturers are interested in taking advantage of the Open Source / Free Software Community (TM) to provide new drivers and improve their existing ones.
I sooo wanted to post that, but then I scrolled down to your excellent post.
(I know I'm a social misfit for reading down the thread before posting, but old habits die hard.)
Yes, of course it's much more likely that a wife and children bring a man down than, say, the man's "genius" being less active because he is ready to settle down. I just love the conclusions people draw from statistics.
Anyway, everyone knows women do all the thinking in relationships.
The ability of a child to pick up something faster depends on the kind of knowledge. Linguistics and musical ability are at least in part innate in human beings. For activities in which human beings are less specialized, a broader foundation of knowledge is required.
Virtuosity in musical instruments is related to the physical ability to play something, not to the player's knowledge and cognitive capacity. Many a an excellent musician has lost her/his virtuosity after a certain age (e.g. Andrés Segovia).
One word: GoIntoManagement
With that kind of experience, you're instantly better than any number of bosses I've had in the past.
Is this really an increase in donated software or just an increase in the retail price MS claims on their taxes?
I've also informed the European Parliament government that Graham Taylor has the full support of the Slashdot Community. You cooperation is appreciated.
m ebenso fG
- Allolex
Ah, but this does.
Many use Nero with no problems... many however do have problems.
The Knoppix developers have some documentation on how to burn Knoppix CDs with Nero.
Actually, the $80,000 is a tax credit. There is no earning limit.
[...] if an American company goes to China, they should pay Chinese and American taxes, they shouldnt be able to get out of paying taxes because they go over to China where the taxes arent so high.
Actually, the US is one of the few countries in the world that reserves the right to tax its citizens abroad. Right now, however (and this partially supports what you say), if a US citizen earns below $80,000, she or he qualifies for the so-called Foreign (Earned) Income Exclusion.
There are no Reeses Pieces
If you find somewhere that sells them, post it on Slashdot :-)
Not as many really fat people
This one will only hit you when you go back to the US...
Perhaps due to the lack of Reese's Pieces?
When I first moved to Germany in 1994, there was little information available for expatriots. It was all pretty much learning by doing. I recently spent about a year and a half in LA and returned to Germany at the end of last year with my girlfriend, who does not speak German. While looking for orientation materials for her (actually an experienced expat), I discovered that the amount of information has expanded greatly.
One really useful site is How To Germany, which includes a brief overview and a nice link to an online comparison chart. The best computer magazin in the world had an entire section devoted to the best and cheapest DSL/cable internet service at the end of last year. Unfortunately, you will have to learn German to read the article (The issue's TOC is here, if you want it---and this is reason enough to want to learn German.)
point one
I know this is Slashdot, but some evidence for Symantec's anti-Linux bias might be useful and relevant.
point two
And in reference to some other posts about GNU/Linux not being Apache and Microsoft Windows not being IIS, remember that IIS and Windows are ostensibly developed by the same company, whereas GNU/Linux and Apache are separate open source projects. Blame can be distributed much more broadly in the GNU/Linux world.