Simple. You take two jars (or a whole bunch of little ones), and a whole load of gumballs. Then you have the U.S. senate guess which jar has the most gumballs. Whichever one gets more votes of having more gumballs is the winner. Our voting system basically works like that anyways...they couldn't keep an exact number.
Red Hat is a Linux distribution. It must follow the free software licenses that it is built on or it can easily be taken down for copyright infringement. Through the GPL and other licenses thereof, we have Red Hat by the horns. If it ever gets out of line, (not releasing source code, etc), we can slap them in the face with the GPL. Also, nobody is forcing you to use Red Hat. If you don't like what Red Hat has to offer, use Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, etc.
The main point, though, is that if Red Hat tries to become a closed-source deal, it will have thousands, if not millions of hours of code to rewrite.
It shouldn't be hard for newcomers as it features a setup.exe
I never understood that whole setup.exe thing. Why do they call an obvious installer a Setup.exe program? I mean, that's just not user-friendly. I bet you that they couldn't call it an installer back in the day because they feared retaliation from Apple and then only now do they have the balls to call it one. Too late, Setup.exe caught on instead.
If you're worried about your computer catching on fire, just get water cooling. That way the computer itself is like a little fire truck if one of the hoses rupture from the heat!
I believe you are referring to Dr. No, when the evil guy was having people search his room and try to poison him/have tarantulas in his bed/have people come in at night and shoot him.
I have come to hate retail outlets since my last shoe purchase. Why? Because retail stores do not know how to demagnetize their products. Now whenever I go to one of those big stores I set off the shoplifting alarm entering and leaving. I haven't been frisked yet, but I imagine that it will happen soon. It really sucks. Of course, it is interesting to find certain stores that don't set it off...
Buy from the internet. That way THEY are the people that can steal from you. And if they do, you can find out and sue them for $$$.
If there are canons on software development, the Open-Source crew would probably be exempt. It's similar to how an unlicensed surgeon doesn't have to follow the code of ethics, but the good unlicensed ones do. Then again, ARE there any good unlicensed surgeons?
Instead of upgrading the technology, why don't the movie producers make a movie worth the money to watch? It seems that most of the recent movies are just sequels or crappy action movies made from Mad-Lib scripts.
Oh no! The _Noun_ is _verb_ing the _Noun_! Back up, this could turn _adjective_!
My brother was trying to see if something was being sold on ebay, but he accidentally typed ebat. That caused a bunch of pop-up ads to show up and it ended up being a website for "Hot Latino Sluts". I'm sorry, but that is bullshit.
You probably do not want to use 802.11b wireless networking in an apartment complex, considering that a cordless phone can interfere with the signal and destroy all connections within. It happens all the time at my house.
The question is, would you want your name to forever be linked to email spam forever and ever? You would be officially the creator of the scum of the earth.
All we have to do is wait for some catastrophic problem due to companies squashing on our rights.
*whisper*
Oh wait...the DMCA was passed already?! Oh crap!
So they want it to be a FEDERAL CRIME to sell 1's and 0's to kids, when it's still a state misdemeanor to drive a car drunk? There are more fatalities from drunk drivers in a YEAR than there ever was from all the school shootings combined. I guess it only matters if it makes it on national TV for 3+ hours.
When I'm an old man, I'll talk about how all the cyborgs are "pathetic posers for humans, since we didn't have extra arms and legs back in the GOOD days..." And it will be true.
Of course, by then we'll have bionic ears, so people could choose to simply reduce the volumes on their microphone-ins and not hear me...
Damn, I always wondered what would happen if people started to use Pentiums in cash registers...
"Let's see... a two-dollar purchase, another two-dollar purchase....your total comes to $3.999998."
NetHack. The levels are randomly generated, there are surprises at every corner, and most importantly of all, you can minimize it. Also, if your boss has poor eyesight, he may just see that it's a text console and actually say, "Keep up the good work." Don't try to play Q3 or UT at work, as they are impossible to keep hidden on the computer since they're 600+ megabytes each. Hovever, NetHack fits on very small media, including a floppy.
1. Install Linux on the computer. 2. Find that cardboard license that entitles you to use Windows on the PC. 3. Find the CD for Windows that came with the PC. 4. Give the school the Linux PC with the Microsoft OS CD. That way they can choose to install the Microsoft OS or not. If Microsoft's product is the best thing, the school theoretically install Windows from their own free will.
As Homer Simpson shows us, the masses are not ready for Linux.
Computer: "Press any key to continue."
Homer: "Where's the 'any' key? I see Esc, Citarl (Ctrl), and Pig Up (PgUp), but where's the Any key... All this complex computer hacking is making me thirsty, I think I'll order a tab."
Homer presses Tab. The computer beeps.
Homer (holding a cup in front of the disk drive): "Whoops, not now! The computer is starting up!"
Computer: "Vent radioactive gas?"
Homer: "N-O".
Homer types No.
Computer: "Venting prevents explosion."
Homer: "Then give me a Y...."
Homer pushes Y. Computer beeps.
Homer: "Hey, all I have to type in is Y!"
Marge comes in.
Homer: "Hey, Mrs. I-Don't-Find-My-Husband-Attractive-Sexually-Anymor e, I just tripled my productivity!"
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Simple. You take two jars (or a whole bunch of little ones), and a whole load of gumballs. Then you have the U.S. senate guess which jar has the most gumballs. Whichever one gets more votes of having more gumballs is the winner. Our voting system basically works like that anyways...they couldn't keep an exact number.
Red Hat is a Linux distribution. It must follow the free software licenses that it is built on or it can easily be taken down for copyright infringement. Through the GPL and other licenses thereof, we have Red Hat by the horns. If it ever gets out of line, (not releasing source code, etc), we can slap them in the face with the GPL. Also, nobody is forcing you to use Red Hat. If you don't like what Red Hat has to offer, use Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, etc.
The main point, though, is that if Red Hat tries to become a closed-source deal, it will have thousands, if not millions of hours of code to rewrite.
void Benchmark()
{
cout "AMD Athlon XP: infinity MIPS";
cout "Intel Pentium 4: infinity plus one MIPS";
}
It shouldn't be hard for newcomers as it features a setup.exe
I never understood that whole setup.exe thing. Why do they call an obvious installer a Setup.exe program? I mean, that's just not user-friendly. I bet you that they couldn't call it an installer back in the day because they feared retaliation from Apple and then only now do they have the balls to call it one. Too late, Setup.exe caught on instead.
If you're worried about your computer catching on fire, just get water cooling. That way the computer itself is like a little fire truck if one of the hoses rupture from the heat!
Isn't EVERYTHING being pre-loaded on Wal-Mart PCs?
I believe you are referring to Dr. No, when the evil guy was having people search his room and try to poison him/have tarantulas in his bed/have people come in at night and shoot him.
Buy from the internet. That way THEY are the people that can steal from you. And if they do, you can find out and sue them for $$$.
Hi everybody! Hi Doctor Nick!
Instead of upgrading the technology, why don't the movie producers make a movie worth the money to watch? It seems that most of the recent movies are just sequels or crappy action movies made from Mad-Lib scripts.
Oh no! The _Noun_ is _verb_ing the _Noun_! Back up, this could turn _adjective_!
Maybe the Universe is a good enough computer to run Doom III at high resolution! Or to play the latest version of EverQuest...
My brother was trying to see if something was being sold on ebay, but he accidentally typed ebat. That caused a bunch of pop-up ads to show up and it ended up being a website for "Hot Latino Sluts". I'm sorry, but that is bullshit.
You probably do not want to use 802.11b wireless networking in an apartment complex, considering that a cordless phone can interfere with the signal and destroy all connections within. It happens all the time at my house.
Oh, those hippie programmers couldn't possibly figure out our scheme for making copy-protected CDs. *whisperwhisper* What!? OH CRAP!
The question is, would you want your name to forever be linked to email spam forever and ever? You would be officially the creator of the scum of the earth.
Pants off? Figures you'd say that...that's what most of the pop-under ads are about anyways...
All we have to do is wait for some catastrophic problem due to companies squashing on our rights.
*whisper*
Oh wait...the DMCA was passed already?! Oh crap!
So they want it to be a FEDERAL CRIME to sell 1's and 0's to kids, when it's still a state misdemeanor to drive a car drunk? There are more fatalities from drunk drivers in a YEAR than there ever was from all the school shootings combined. I guess it only matters if it makes it on national TV for 3+ hours.
When I'm an old man, I'll talk about how all the cyborgs are "pathetic posers for humans, since we didn't have extra arms and legs back in the GOOD days..." And it will be true. Of course, by then we'll have bionic ears, so people could choose to simply reduce the volumes on their microphone-ins and not hear me...
Damn, I always wondered what would happen if people started to use Pentiums in cash registers... "Let's see... a two-dollar purchase, another two-dollar purchase....your total comes to $3.999998."
Hmmm...and all this time I thought that going inside of the X-Box would void your warranty...
Now I can finally think, "The components of the old, obsolete computer I just recycled could be part of my next pop bottle or can..."
Raises a few issues about what's in pop, though...
NetHack. The levels are randomly generated, there are surprises at every corner, and most importantly of all, you can minimize it. Also, if your boss has poor eyesight, he may just see that it's a text console and actually say, "Keep up the good work." Don't try to play Q3 or UT at work, as they are impossible to keep hidden on the computer since they're 600+ megabytes each. Hovever, NetHack fits on very small media, including a floppy.
1. Install Linux on the computer.
2. Find that cardboard license that entitles you to use Windows on the PC.
3. Find the CD for Windows that came with the PC.
4. Give the school the Linux PC with the Microsoft OS CD. That way they can choose to install the Microsoft OS or not. If Microsoft's product is the best thing, the school theoretically install Windows from their own free will.
As Homer Simpson shows us, the masses are not ready for Linux.
r e, I just tripled my productivity!"
Computer: "Press any key to continue."
Homer: "Where's the 'any' key? I see Esc, Citarl (Ctrl), and Pig Up (PgUp), but where's the Any key... All this complex computer hacking is making me thirsty, I think I'll order a tab."
Homer presses Tab. The computer beeps.
Homer (holding a cup in front of the disk drive): "Whoops, not now! The computer is starting up!"
Computer: "Vent radioactive gas?"
Homer: "N-O".
Homer types No.
Computer: "Venting prevents explosion."
Homer: "Then give me a Y...."
Homer pushes Y. Computer beeps.
Homer: "Hey, all I have to type in is Y!"
Marge comes in.
Homer: "Hey, Mrs. I-Don't-Find-My-Husband-Attractive-Sexually-Anymo