but TV sucks anyway. There is nothing useful on and the bills for cable (esp in florida) are outrageous. They want 50 bucks a month for basic, bare-bones cable. They wanted 120 a month for the digital package. Plus, they are the only game in town so I'm stuck with them since my apt. wont let me have a dish. I'll stick to reading books because TV sucks.
Your examples hold no relevance to what I was saying. No one gives a shit that Kimberly-clark wax paper is used to contain the capt-crunch in my cereal box because it does the job and its only a product that runs about 3 bucks. No one cares that BASF coloring was used for their CD, and no one really gives a shit what kind of potatoes are used in their Happy Meal. As for the Delco radio, at least you can take it out and sell it to someone.
With the operating system, you are buying something you don't really want to run your spiffy new 2,000 computer. With the kind of money people spend on their computers, they should have a choice of whether or not they want that software on that computer. As for your last saying: it would be nice if the companies would at least give you the option of not having MS installed on the computer at the time of purchase. What is so hard to understand?
Methinks you just assume things a little too much. My job RE-FUCKING-QUIRED that I have a dell. I would think maybe that scenario would cross someone's mind on this forum at some point.
OK FUCK TARD, I needed a computer for work. I was told to buy one. I had to buy from dell because they are who our support contract was with. I didnt have a fucking choice you mindless piece of shit. do you get it now fuck face?
I can't even believe that I am dignifying your post with a response, but I guess I'll feed the ass holes.
You weren't forced to buy shit
Yes I was. I wanted a laptop computer with certain specs and without an OS. But, due to Microsofts license agreement with companies like Dell, these companies are forced to include Microsoft's OS on their computer when they sell it to me AND relay the cost of that OS on to me as well. I could have gone and bought a laptop without the OS, but the specs were not what I wanted and the inconvinience was too great.
You chose to buy a product that it came bundled with.
That's the thing, I didn't have a choice. It was either get the laptop with their bastard os, or have no laptop at all.
You could easily have said no thanks, I just won't buy. Instead you made the decision to buy it as well.
Some times saying "no thanks" just isn't an option. Have you ever had a job before?
Don't get mad because you are a dumb butt-fuck that doesn't want to take responsibility for your own actions.
At this point, you are at the level of a two-year old. What does taking responsibility for my own actions have to do with shit? You are simply pulling stuff out of your ass in the hope of looking like a bad ass. Are you compensating for something? Perhaps you should see a counselor for your teenage angst problem. Are your peers picking on you at school? Are you bullied by them and find it necessary to attempt your bullying on/. just to make yourself feel better, feel more powerful than you actually are? Cmon. Get a grip.
After sifting and sorting through the myriad of posts pointing out that this site is running IIS 5 and how the govt. is so hypocritical for doing so, I've come to the conclusion that some if not most slashdotter's are too riled by minor details. It conveys a serious lack of intelligence on our part. But I digress...
While going through some of the PDF docs on the site, mostly pertaining to court judgements, I noticed that many of these documents reference the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
2 Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 2
Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court
For those that don't know, this is Section 2 of the Sherman act, which Microsoft was found in violation of. I see the fine of $10,000,000 as a maximum to be completely impotent against a company with a financial foundation such as microsoft's. There should be some sort of percentage of profits reaped from the anti-competitive behavior that should be taken away. $10,000,000 is a drop in the bucket for microsoft. The penalty should be stiffer.
I'd be interested in filing a complaint regarding their procedures regarding the computer sales market, how pretty much all PCs come with their product and their "tax" regardless of whether or not you want it. THAT is a complaint worth filing. I am being FORCED to pay for a PRODUCT that I NEVER asked for nor implied that I wanted.
What is really interesting though, is that the animals which did survive the great blast that killed the dinosaurs were much much smaller. Coupled with the fact that this asteroid isn't that large and that we are smaller than the dinosaurs, I'd like to believe that our odds would be much greater.
As is many times the case, whatever protocol MS decides to come up with will eventually be reverse engineered and incorporated into a later release. We know this from CIFS (Samba). They can't win. They might be a step ahead because it's their code, but its nothing to worry about. The people at gaim will figure it out. I have faith in them.
IBM wont do that. You don't always have to be fearful of large corporations. Plus, they know the claim is baseless. I think if IBM actually got the IP rights for UNIX, they would just open source the whole fuckin thing and be done with it (except of course, they would not open AIX).
Show me where this supposed "code" is in the kernel, and I will delete it. If i need it, i will grab the equivalent code from the 2.2 tree. This is BS. You can have the $700 hundred dollars for my license... when you pull the wallet off my cold dead body.
good christ, there is no emulation people! we are not translating instructions for one arch for another. All wine does is provide a linux native set of libraries for win32 applications hence "Wine Is Not an Emulator." In theory, wine has the potential to outperform the standard win32 api and in fact, there are already some applications that do this. Half-life for instance, is consistently faster on Wine than it is on Windows (at least for me). Oh, and read the bloody article. They already stated the cost benefits of using wine with photoshop instead of windows. The results were impressive.
The parent is not flamebait material. Just because you use debian or love debian does not mean you have to mod a post flamebait. This is the absolute truth. I did not say that debian suxors or some bullshit like that, I stated that debian is NOT very attractive in the corporate sense due to support and what some would call bad "marketing".
That said, debian is a solid distro and has contributed great things to the open source world. I have no ill will toward the debian project.
Perhaps restating this line
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". Who the hell in their right mind would do that?
As:
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". What unknowing corporate executive, in their right mind, would take that chance?
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". Who the hell in their right mind would do that? Plus, does the Debian group offer support for their product in the corporate sense of the word? I don't think so. Your average CIO/CEO etc. is not going to be happy knowing that any problems with their IT infrastructure will be handled by some guy on a mailing list from some other country. This scenario is not at all attractive to the corporate big-wigs that run companies.
Give me a break people. This is not really a problem. Its the same thing as when you walk into a damn wal-mart or any other department store. You have entered an area where someone else holds the cards when it comes to things like that. You have all of those semi-sphere black camera deals in the ceiling. I see no difference... oh oh oh, but wait, they keep the flight recording on file for 10 years... so? I'm sure some 20-some year old beatnik is going to get a real kick out of you picking your nose ten years from now when they decide to go through those archives for no apparent reason. Relax people, they aren't out to get you. Just think, if we had that on 9/11, we could have really known what happened on those planes moments before their collisions, whether or not some passenger overpowered the terrorists in the plane (in the case of the pennsylvania crash) or if they simply forgot how to fly. I think its useful.
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but TV sucks anyway. There is nothing useful on and the bills for cable (esp in florida) are outrageous. They want 50 bucks a month for basic, bare-bones cable. They wanted 120 a month for the digital package. Plus, they are the only game in town so I'm stuck with them since my apt. wont let me have a dish. I'll stick to reading books because TV sucks.
XMMS Mplayer
"As for the Delco radio, at least you can take it out and sell it to someone." ...the same goes for Windows in that PC.
Yeah, you go ahead and try it. I've got a bridge in brooklyn and some beach front property in arizona that i'd like to sell you.
Your examples hold no relevance to what I was saying. No one gives a shit that Kimberly-clark wax paper is used to contain the capt-crunch in my cereal box because it does the job and its only a product that runs about 3 bucks. No one cares that BASF coloring was used for their CD, and no one really gives a shit what kind of potatoes are used in their Happy Meal. As for the Delco radio, at least you can take it out and sell it to someone.
With the operating system, you are buying something you don't really want to run your spiffy new 2,000 computer. With the kind of money people spend on their computers, they should have a choice of whether or not they want that software on that computer. As for your last saying: it would be nice if the companies would at least give you the option of not having MS installed on the computer at the time of purchase. What is so hard to understand?
Methinks you just assume things a little too much. My job RE-FUCKING-QUIRED that I have a dell. I would think maybe that scenario would cross someone's mind on this forum at some point.
*entering your level*
OK FUCK TARD, I needed a computer for work. I was told to buy one. I had to buy from dell because they are who our support contract was with. I didnt have a fucking choice you mindless piece of shit. do you get it now fuck face?
*/exiting*
Do you like what you sound like, bitch?
I can't even believe that I am dignifying your post with a response, but I guess I'll feed the ass holes.
/. just to make yourself feel better, feel more powerful than you actually are? Cmon. Get a grip.
You weren't forced to buy shit
Yes I was. I wanted a laptop computer with certain specs and without an OS. But, due to Microsofts license agreement with companies like Dell, these companies are forced to include Microsoft's OS on their computer when they sell it to me AND relay the cost of that OS on to me as well. I could have gone and bought a laptop without the OS, but the specs were not what I wanted and the inconvinience was too great.
You chose to buy a product that it came bundled with.
That's the thing, I didn't have a choice. It was either get the laptop with their bastard os, or have no laptop at all.
You could easily have said no thanks, I just won't buy. Instead you made the decision to buy it as well.
Some times saying "no thanks" just isn't an option. Have you ever had a job before?
Don't get mad because you are a dumb butt-fuck that doesn't want to take responsibility for your own actions.
At this point, you are at the level of a two-year old. What does taking responsibility for my own actions have to do with shit? You are simply pulling stuff out of your ass in the hope of looking like a bad ass. Are you compensating for something? Perhaps you should see a counselor for your teenage angst problem. Are your peers picking on you at school? Are you bullied by them and find it necessary to attempt your bullying on
After sifting and sorting through the myriad of posts pointing out that this site is running IIS 5 and how the govt. is so hypocritical for doing so, I've come to the conclusion that some if not most slashdotter's are too riled by minor details. It conveys a serious lack of intelligence on our part. But I digress...
While going through some of the PDF docs on the site, mostly pertaining to court judgements, I noticed that many of these documents reference the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
2 Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 2
Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court
For those that don't know, this is Section 2 of the Sherman act, which Microsoft was found in violation of. I see the fine of $10,000,000 as a maximum to be completely impotent against a company with a financial foundation such as microsoft's. There should be some sort of percentage of profits reaped from the anti-competitive behavior that should be taken away. $10,000,000 is a drop in the bucket for microsoft. The penalty should be stiffer.
I'd be interested in filing a complaint regarding their procedures regarding the computer sales market, how pretty much all PCs come with their product and their "tax" regardless of whether or not you want it. THAT is a complaint worth filing. I am being FORCED to pay for a PRODUCT that I NEVER asked for nor implied that I wanted.
no. he's right. ppl have switched to open source due to unreasonable licensing obligations from companies such as SCO.
What is really interesting though, is that the animals which did survive the great blast that killed the dinosaurs were much much smaller. Coupled with the fact that this asteroid isn't that large and that we are smaller than the dinosaurs, I'd like to believe that our odds would be much greater.
ever heard of ... um... binary releases? They have those you know. Troll.
Well, maybe by law. But when has the law ever stopped us? Think DeCSS.
As is many times the case, whatever protocol MS decides to come up with will eventually be reverse engineered and incorporated into a later release. We know this from CIFS (Samba). They can't win. They might be a step ahead because it's their code, but its nothing to worry about. The people at gaim will figure it out. I have faith in them.
3. Japanese anime model 2 (Hentai model!):
Someone has seen "La Blue Girl" one too many times.
That new virus that's out, it wouldn't be called Service Pack 4 by any chance, would it?
IBM wont do that. You don't always have to be fearful of large corporations. Plus, they know the claim is baseless. I think if IBM actually got the IP rights for UNIX, they would just open source the whole fuckin thing and be done with it (except of course, they would not open AIX).
Looks to me that big blue wont have to buy SCO. They will simply be awarded what's left of the company as a settlement. How poetic.
With apt-rpm, red-hat's update system looks like this:
/usr/bin/apt-get update /usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -y
0 0 * * *
0 0 * * *
I get an email from Cron once a day telling me what packages were updated. I never have to do a thing.
Show me where this supposed "code" is in the kernel, and I will delete it. If i need it, i will grab the equivalent code from the 2.2 tree. This is BS. You can have the $700 hundred dollars for my license ... when you pull the wallet off my cold dead body.
good christ, there is no emulation people! we are not translating instructions for one arch for another. All wine does is provide a linux native set of libraries for win32 applications hence "Wine Is Not an Emulator." In theory, wine has the potential to outperform the standard win32 api and in fact, there are already some applications that do this. Half-life for instance, is consistently faster on Wine than it is on Windows (at least for me). Oh, and read the bloody article. They already stated the cost benefits of using wine with photoshop instead of windows. The results were impressive.
To moderators:
The parent is not flamebait material. Just because you use debian or love debian does not mean you have to mod a post flamebait. This is the absolute truth. I did not say that debian suxors or some bullshit like that, I stated that debian is NOT very attractive in the corporate sense due to support and what some would call bad "marketing".
That said, debian is a solid distro and has contributed great things to the open source world. I have no ill will toward the debian project.
Perhaps restating this line
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". Who the hell in their right mind would do that?
As:
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". What unknowing corporate executive, in their right mind, would take that chance?
would clear up any confusion.
Because, the only way to get any relatively new packages or software for debian is to go with their distro that is dubbed "unstable". Who the hell in their right mind would do that? Plus, does the Debian group offer support for their product in the corporate sense of the word? I don't think so. Your average CIO/CEO etc. is not going to be happy knowing that any problems with their IT infrastructure will be handled by some guy on a mailing list from some other country. This scenario is not at all attractive to the corporate big-wigs that run companies.
If you can't run maple, its useless. Maple 9 is nice.
Give me a break people. This is not really a problem. Its the same thing as when you walk into a damn wal-mart or any other department store. You have entered an area where someone else holds the cards when it comes to things like that. You have all of those semi-sphere black camera deals in the ceiling. I see no difference... oh oh oh, but wait, they keep the flight recording on file for 10 years... so? I'm sure some 20-some year old beatnik is going to get a real kick out of you picking your nose ten years from now when they decide to go through those archives for no apparent reason. Relax people, they aren't out to get you. Just think, if we had that on 9/11, we could have really known what happened on those planes moments before their collisions, whether or not some passenger overpowered the terrorists in the plane (in the case of the pennsylvania crash) or if they simply forgot how to fly. I think its useful.
GNOME on an apple II? You must think we're fscking stupid or something. No way in hell.