I googled and group.googled for a while (searching on release version, looking for hints on install problems) and found a Usenet post complaining about my very problem,
And it's far more than just paying for support and training in Linux. Rebuild all the custom applications that have been floating around the company for the last x years, ensure that all your customers and suppliers can access the documents you produce, etc, etc, blah blah blah.
I googled and group.googled for a while (searching on release version, looking for hints on install problems) and found a Usenet post complaining about my very problem,
And I've done exactly the same for Windows problems. Running back to (and paying) MS is not the only option for getting help with Windows.
The main difference is, with a Linux problem, often you can really fix it (recode and recompile, assuming you have the skill) instead of just a workaround on a Windows binary.
I really believe someone is going to eventually introduce legislation forcing adult content onto.xxx, or something specific, and I think that's a mistake.
Exactly. And one man's adult content is another man's vacation photos from a topless beach.
Lots of fees apply for various govt functions.
Just imagine if it cost zero to apply. The patent office would never get to approve anything, due to the proliferation of incredibly trivial crap applications. Far worse than it is now. I don't think 'self-funding' has been the cause of declining technical rigorousness.
its the FUCKING job of a government to provide basic sevices to the people. And now internet access is one of those
Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, but virtually everyone already has an internet pipe coming into their house. The phone line. Everyone.. And that tiny percentage that doesn't NEEDS the phone line first.
Tell me the compelling need for tax-funded wireless broadband.
Or, replace 'internet access' in your statement with 'phone service'. I don't see many cities lining up to supply everyone with taxpayer funded, but "free to the user", telephone service. Or electricity.
The problem is, there may not BE a pay service around. Are there enough users who would pay for the extra services (static IP, etc) to sustain an alternate company?
You're kidding, right? Don't accept money from a political party/candidate for your blog. Problem solved.
With a PayPal link, how do you prevent a particular individual from donating? "If you are a candidate, or a paid or volunteer worker for a political party, please do not donate any money. Thanks."
That could even be used in a reverse sting. An opposing candidate donates to the blog, via PayPal. A week before the election, it is 'leaked' that the popular website www.HisBlog.com has been accepting donations from a political party, and has not declared those donations. Hilarity ensues.
Let's say that slashdot was hosted/incorporated in SanFran.
-Expenses over $1000/year? Check
-Poitical section of their site? Check
-Hosted direct statements and opinions from candidates? Check
-Has discussed San Francisco City elections? Probably.
exemptions which includes "news stories, commentaries, or editorials distributed through any newspaper, radio, television station, or other recognized news medium" which certainly might include a web page. Or it might not. Does this let all 'web pages' off the hook? Certainly not.
So...would they have to file IAW this ruling? It would appear so.
When you say that they need all of those things, you ARE saying they need more tech. Maybe not "a PC in every living room", but most assuredly with a higher level of tech that they have now. How do you design a better water purification system? Or irrigation for crops? How to control efficient distribution of vaccines? How to get that knowledge to the villiage doctor?
Better tech. 2 cans and a string doesn't make it. Think beyond consumer goods like TV's and mp3 players. Think of a group of sheepherders finding out about a disease running wild in a village a dozen miles away. And then finding out how to protect their herds. Think of a kid in that village. Instead of growing up to be a sheepherder, 'just like dear old dad', he can actually have an idea of what life is like beyond the local field.
What's REALLY needed is to combat local and national corruption. Many, many times...aid in the form of food and materials have been donated, only to be left rotting at the docks, because local head chief A wanted a kickback from local chief B.
In any case, "ROBOSAPIEN! Go dick with the cat!" would be fun. Of course, we'd have to build in some image recognition, else he messes with the dog instead. In which case he'd be an ex-robosapien.
Slashdot Mirror
Linux being a viable platform "2 years from now" means it will be 5 years from now before Company X actually migrates to it on a mass scale.
And it's far more than just paying for support and training in Linux.
Rebuild all the custom applications that have been floating around the company for the last x years, ensure that all your customers and suppliers can access the documents you produce, etc, etc, blah blah blah.
And I've done exactly the same for Windows problems. Running back to (and paying) MS is not the only option for getting help with Windows.
The main difference is, with a Linux problem, often you can really fix it (recode and recompile, assuming you have the skill) instead of just a workaround on a Windows binary.
Exactly. And one man's adult content is another man's vacation photos from a topless beach.
You'd end up pretty broke depending on this crowd for that.
And anybody can buy a Dell N-series desktop.
Dell sells many levels of machines sans Windows.
Not.
Wake me when anyone debates in an unbiased forum.
aarrggg...You're right! Both of those have been on TV in the last week, and I got them mixed up.
Van Wilder
Lots of fees apply for various govt functions.
Just imagine if it cost zero to apply. The patent office would never get to approve anything, due to the proliferation of incredibly trivial crap applications. Far worse than it is now. I don't think 'self-funding' has been the cause of declining technical rigorousness.
On what funds does the patent office run?
They should be free to defend. They should be free to attack.
That requires a patent attorney to do the legwork. Someone whose specializes in patents and patent law. How is he paid?
The problem is, no one wants it in their backyard (or even their county/state). As everywhere is someone's backyard, problems abound.
Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, but virtually everyone already has an internet pipe coming into their house. The phone line. Everyone.. And that tiny percentage that doesn't NEEDS the phone line first.
Tell me the compelling need for tax-funded wireless broadband.
Or, replace 'internet access' in your statement with 'phone service'. I don't see many cities lining up to supply everyone with taxpayer funded, but "free to the user", telephone service. Or electricity.
How can they compete with free?
And Dayton should have funded this for some other city?
Spreadsheets and word processors are hardly the main selling points here.
This was a $200 braindead, monochrome handheld. Dell has a $200 color model, much more powerful. It's no wonder the Simputer didn't sell well.
With a PayPal link, how do you prevent a particular individual from donating? "If you are a candidate, or a paid or volunteer worker for a political party, please do not donate any money. Thanks."
That could even be used in a reverse sting. An opposing candidate donates to the blog, via PayPal. A week before the election, it is 'leaked' that the popular website www.HisBlog.com has been accepting donations from a political party, and has not declared those donations. Hilarity ensues.
-Expenses over $1000/year?
Check
-Poitical section of their site?
Check
-Hosted direct statements and opinions from candidates?
Check
-Has discussed San Francisco City elections?
Probably.
exemptions which includes "news stories, commentaries, or editorials distributed through any newspaper, radio, television station, or other recognized news medium" which certainly might include a web page.
Or it might not. Does this let all 'web pages' off the hook? Certainly not.
So...would they have to file IAW this ruling? It would appear so.
Technology.
better agricultural technology
Technology.
health care
Technology.
roads
Technology.
electricity
Techhnology.
When you say that they need all of those things, you ARE saying they need more tech. Maybe not "a PC in every living room", but most assuredly with a higher level of tech that they have now. How do you design a better water purification system? Or irrigation for crops? How to control efficient distribution of vaccines? How to get that knowledge to the villiage doctor?
Better tech. 2 cans and a string doesn't make it. Think beyond consumer goods like TV's and mp3 players. Think of a group of sheepherders finding out about a disease running wild in a village a dozen miles away. And then finding out how to protect their herds. Think of a kid in that village. Instead of growing up to be a sheepherder, 'just like dear old dad', he can actually have an idea of what life is like beyond the local field.
What's REALLY needed is to combat local and national corruption. Many, many times...aid in the form of food and materials have been donated, only to be left rotting at the docks, because local head chief A wanted a kickback from local chief B.
my computer (which, Yes, is next to my bed, and my bed is where I'm typing from at the moment)
and this:
turning on my monitor again just long enough to pick a new program to lull me to sleep
Is why you have to do this:
- connect to VoIP services ("Vonage Call Claire.")
...instead of having Claire wake up next to you.
In any case, "ROBOSAPIEN! Go dick with the cat!" would be fun. Of course, we'd have to build in some image recognition, else he messes with the dog instead. In which case he'd be an ex-robosapien.
Bliss.
[1] Port is only needed because RoboS is too short and weak to actually open a standard fridge door.
What can I do with it that I can't do with a free Linux distro, or the Windows that I already have? Tell me why I should drop $100 on this.