You have confused me. Are you mixing credit worthiness with wealthiness? You can have lots more money than the folks in XXX poor country and still be less trustworthy.
Not speaking for the GP, I'm not confused by it. No credit history is the same as a bad credit history, and neither one indicates any criminal behavior. Why should a foreign worker, about whom nothing is known, be considered more trustworthy than a resident with no credit history, especially when the foreign worker has no reason to fear the laws of some other country?
They were confused? They should be expecting and encouraging that sort of thing!
Not really. I've had several such calls asking if I just authorized whomever in this city to charge $xxx.xx. They already have the information. A yes or no answer doesn't give away anything they don't know already.
The question is, since Slashdot has decided to punish users who post "Funny" comments, why do they continue to put up "funny" articles on April 1st? My keen insight tells me there's a double standard here.
Even if half the April Fool's jokes are bad, is it really so wrong to have one . . . day a year where people are expected to be a little light hearted and not take everything so seriously?
I was just informed that my new project manager is a 25 year-old with zero experience. Her only qualification appears to be fishnet stockings. It's no joke, and I don't feel much like laughing. Another case of knowing how to dress for success I suppose. April Fools? Bah, humbug. In management land, every day is fool's day.
The reason that a lot of people insist on using Windows is because they're used to it, so it's easy for them. They often complain about their favourite programmes not being available under Linux. The poor Brazilians in question do not yet have such a collection of favourite programmes.
Those all sound like excellent reasons for the Brazilian government to promote Linux and free software and export less money to Microsoft. Some countries understand that free trade is not the same as fair trade.
Mitchell is the general troubleshooter, spokesperson and policy arbitrator for mozilla.org. She works extensively with companies and projects using Mozilla. . ..
They don't understand (for the most part) how something without a brand name or big company headquarters can produce and sustain quality software. Hopefully as these folks retire and younger folks move in, we'll see a shift, or at least more acceptance of OSS.
As one of the old fogies myself, it's not that cut and dried. From what I've seen, most of the kids we get today have never used anything except Microsoft products and IE. Most have zero experience with *nix of any sort. I am the one showing them where to get Firefox. We may use Oracle, but we also use Apache, Perl, and Linux, and we're converting those big Unix boxes into commodity Linux boxes because now it makes financial sense. If it were up to the younger folks, we'd be running nothing but MS.
Again, Ahead is a profitting company so I guess they are only testing the ground, and after that they may put out a full featured version at some cost.
The article indicated one had to buy the Windows version to get the Linux version. If they are just testing the water with a crippled version, it should be free. They won't get very far by charging for it.
Changes between the theaterical release to the official home video release happen all the time. For example, see Terminator 3 -- the widescreen DVD is missing boobies that were shown in the theater and are, oddly enough, on the fullscreen version (and it ain't open matte).
I have to agree with that, and it's been going on for a long time. The home release of Aliens didn't have the scene with Sigourney Weaver taking her shirt off. It's not like you're missing a lot, but it was still missing.
And every note for every piano concerto ever written can be traced to a "learning piano" book. Ergo the music should not be protected.
Sorry, your logic is flawed.
Like musical notes, there are a limited number of processor instructions that can be rearranged to produce a unique product. Like music, software should be copyrighted, not patented. The actual code should be protected, not the idea or the end result.
In the the case a jury acquitted ElcomSoft & Sklyarov. Calling this a vindication for fair use is like calling O.J. Simpson's acquittal a vindication for the legal right to matricide.
O. J. killed his mother too?! Is there no end to that man's dastardly behavior?
Man, I'm getting sick and tired of people thinking "PR" means "fooling the populace".
Isn't it the PR people who are trying to make us believe that MS is a cute, cuddly little company that only wants to help us instead of a massive, monopolistic juggernaut that crushes everything in its path? Aren't these the folks who tell us that MS is not to blame for their software's swiss cheese security? To me, it sounds like they want to fool us.
I could really cook up vaporware so much better than the security-cleared assclowns they hire for these projects. The government is where you go to work when your skills won't get you a job in the private sector.
The software was produced by SAIC, a private-sector, employee-owned, contractor.
Large organizations are only truely served by in-house developed software. The trick is for said organizations to hire folks who really know what they are doing.
Agreed. However, there is a mindset in a lot of government agencies that COTS and/or using consultants saves money - no matter how many times they get burned. In typical fashion, the article indicates the FBI ("I" for investigation) has hired two more groups of consultants to investigate the problem.
So, why don't we put a few more birds in the sky so we have 24x7 coverage of all areas? Or would that be too cost-prohibitive?
I'd hate to be directing traffic. Seriously, 24x7 coverage doesn't do you any good in the visible light spectrum. At common resolutions, you couldn't pick up headlights. Infrared is only useful in certain circumstances. Each requires a different sensor which increases cost, weight, and downlink bandwidth.
The millions it costs to put a satellite in orbit is only part of the expense. Then you need people to fly the bird, places to downlink the data, systems to convert the raw data to a usable form, analysts to examine the finished product, etc. It's an expensive proposition.
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You have confused me. Are you mixing credit worthiness with wealthiness? You can have lots more money than the folks in XXX poor country and still be less trustworthy.
Not speaking for the GP, I'm not confused by it. No credit history is the same as a bad credit history, and neither one indicates any criminal behavior. Why should a foreign worker, about whom nothing is known, be considered more trustworthy than a resident with no credit history, especially when the foreign worker has no reason to fear the laws of some other country?
Of course, how long until Indian criminals wise up and use offshore banking?
You mean like the Bank of America?
They were confused? They should be expecting and encouraging that sort of thing!
Not really. I've had several such calls asking if I just authorized whomever in this city to charge $xxx.xx. They already have the information. A yes or no answer doesn't give away anything they don't know already.
They have been renamed to the equally girly "Duck Tools"
So the backup program is now called Duck Tape? Sorry.
The question is, since Slashdot has decided to punish users who post "Funny" comments, why do they continue to put up "funny" articles on April 1st? My keen insight tells me there's a double standard here.
Anyone else strangely aroused by this dog?
Um, no. It's male.
Even if half the April Fool's jokes are bad, is it really so wrong to have one . . . day a year where people are expected to be a little light hearted and not take everything so seriously?
I was just informed that my new project manager is a 25 year-old with zero experience. Her only qualification appears to be fishnet stockings. It's no joke, and I don't feel much like laughing. Another case of knowing how to dress for success I suppose. April Fools? Bah, humbug. In management land, every day is fool's day.
so why not code a patch and submit it to the Slashcode CVS?
Since you're duping yesterday's question, I'll just link you to yesterday's answer.
I would go into the classroom and help out on Fridays, sometimes showing the kids how to make PowerPoint presentations.
Ye gods, what's the fun in being a kid anymore?
Mommy, Mommy! Daddy taught us how to make deadly boring bullet points today!
The reason that a lot of people insist on using Windows is because they're used to it, so it's easy for them. They often complain about their favourite programmes not being available under Linux. The poor Brazilians in question do not yet have such a collection of favourite programmes.
Those all sound like excellent reasons for the Brazilian government to promote Linux and free software and export less money to Microsoft. Some countries understand that free trade is not the same as fair trade.
Is it just me, or is 'Mitchell' supposed to be 'Michelle'?
No.
They don't understand (for the most part) how something without a brand name or big company headquarters can produce and sustain quality software. Hopefully as these folks retire and younger folks move in, we'll see a shift, or at least more acceptance of OSS.
As one of the old fogies myself, it's not that cut and dried. From what I've seen, most of the kids we get today have never used anything except Microsoft products and IE. Most have zero experience with *nix of any sort. I am the one showing them where to get Firefox. We may use Oracle, but we also use Apache, Perl, and Linux, and we're converting those big Unix boxes into commodity Linux boxes because now it makes financial sense. If it were up to the younger folks, we'd be running nothing but MS.
Would we really be more effective if we were sending mail instead of e-mail?
I'm not sure that's a good example considering the time wasted both generating and reading the useless email that gets CC'd to half the company.
Would the department budget really be better managed using paper and pencil rather than spreadsheet?
Since our management can't get it right in any case, there doesn't necessarily seem to be an advantage to one method.
Again, Ahead is a profitting company so I guess they are only testing the ground, and after that they may put out a full featured version at some cost.
The article indicated one had to buy the Windows version to get the Linux version. If they are just testing the water with a crippled version, it should be free. They won't get very far by charging for it.
Sort of like major league baseball?
Total cost? $.35 and I have some fun doing it.
Fun? You want to have a real blast? You can come over and itemize my deductions next year. :)
Changes between the theaterical release to the official home video release happen all the time. For example, see Terminator 3 -- the widescreen DVD is missing boobies that were shown in the theater and are, oddly enough, on the fullscreen version (and it ain't open matte).
I have to agree with that, and it's been going on for a long time. The home release of Aliens didn't have the scene with Sigourney Weaver taking her shirt off. It's not like you're missing a lot, but it was still missing.
Problems filing 10-K indicate serious problems in their accounting department.
Maybe it's a problem with management sorting things out now that Yarro's out and Noorda's back at Canopy. Probably just wishful thinking.
she only died on December 11
Only? That seems like a fairly important event of a lifetime to me.
And every note for every piano concerto ever written can be traced to a "learning piano" book. Ergo the music should not be protected.
Sorry, your logic is flawed.
Like musical notes, there are a limited number of processor instructions that can be rearranged to produce a unique product. Like music, software should be copyrighted, not patented. The actual code should be protected, not the idea or the end result.
In the the case a jury acquitted ElcomSoft & Sklyarov. Calling this a vindication for fair use is like calling O.J. Simpson's acquittal a vindication for the legal right to matricide.
O. J. killed his mother too?! Is there no end to that man's dastardly behavior?
Man, I'm getting sick and tired of people thinking "PR" means "fooling the populace".
Isn't it the PR people who are trying to make us believe that MS is a cute, cuddly little company that only wants to help us instead of a massive, monopolistic juggernaut that crushes everything in its path? Aren't these the folks who tell us that MS is not to blame for their software's swiss cheese security? To me, it sounds like they want to fool us.
I could really cook up vaporware so much better than the security-cleared assclowns they hire for these projects. The government is where you go to work when your skills won't get you a job in the private sector.
The software was produced by SAIC, a private-sector, employee-owned, contractor.
Large organizations are only truely served by in-house developed software. The trick is for said organizations to hire folks who really know what they are doing.
Agreed. However, there is a mindset in a lot of government agencies that COTS and/or using consultants saves money - no matter how many times they get burned. In typical fashion, the article indicates the FBI ("I" for investigation) has hired two more groups of consultants to investigate the problem.
So, why don't we put a few more birds in the sky so we have 24x7 coverage of all areas? Or would that be too cost-prohibitive?
I'd hate to be directing traffic. Seriously, 24x7 coverage doesn't do you any good in the visible light spectrum. At common resolutions, you couldn't pick up headlights. Infrared is only useful in certain circumstances. Each requires a different sensor which increases cost, weight, and downlink bandwidth.
The millions it costs to put a satellite in orbit is only part of the expense. Then you need people to fly the bird, places to downlink the data, systems to convert the raw data to a usable form, analysts to examine the finished product, etc. It's an expensive proposition.