the fact that the Dutch parliament asked its government to change the pro-vote into an abstention
Actually, the dutch parliament told the dutch minister of economic affairs to vote against software patents. Brinkhorst, the dutch minister of economic affairs, then voted for software patents, because he doesn't give a shit about the democratic process. Dutch parliament then told him to change his vote in "against," he didn' t want to because that would mean losing face so instead he abstained.
Funny thing is, in a previous government, Brinkhorst was minister of agriculture.
Microsoft will ship the [XP SP2] CD to you free of charge.
true, but for a lot of languages the cdreleasedate is september 14 or later (check your own link), besides which MS states on that same page "Please allow approximately 4-6 weeks for shipping." So were I running XP, and on dial-up, I could'nt install SP2 before mid-october.
As far as keeping things in order, well, wasn't that the point of the whole "My Documents", "my pics", "my pr0n" folders and such?
the problem is, when you're working on a project, you're going to have wordprocessor-documents, spreadsheets, presentations, whathaveyou that you'd like in one folder. Now you're using your spreadsheet program that by default stores everything under "My spreadsheets", and your wordprocessor that stores everything under "My Docs" and there chaos starts, because from your project point of view, my pics, my pr0n, my britney just doesnt work. This is the point where virtual folders, such as can be created by evolution and kmail (possibly others, too) come in handy, and the way I see it, virtualizing folders is what MS tries to do fully automagically with their winFS.
Ok, lets get this straight, once and for all - WinFS IS NOT A NEW FILESYSTEM!
Maybe youd better tell Jim Allchin that. Because according to him it is: In an interview Friday with CNET News.com, Allchin explained that the decision announced Friday to strip an advanced file system dubbed WinFS from Longhorn was made to ensure that the new OS could be shipped in 2006.
You dont have to use the keyboard AT ALL so going back to a special key or a combinaison of keys is even more a waste of time in term of usability.
When coding, or otherwise editing text, or just working in an xterm, I tend to use the keyboard rather intensively. Very pleasant not having to take my hand of my keys in order to move it to the mouse in order to do something that I could just as easily accomplish with the keyboard.
Nice of you to provide te link, buyt a drop from 95.48 to 94.42% in market share is nowhere near what I call a "Mass migration" either.
according to here, there were 128 million internet users in the us in 2003. 1.06% of 128million is 1,356,800 users. thats quite a large demographic, in the us only.
You could clearly read "The quick brow" backwards,
Why backwards? It was printed almost through his finger and you could read it from the other side? I mean, printers are meant to produce forwardreadable prints, no?
During the 2000 campaign, a Republican strategist observed that women respond to the phrase "for the children" positively, regardless of context. (Within reason, of course.)
So, for our children, we must ensure the continued propagation and promotion of the Linux kernel!
I The customer do declare I will NOT buy your stuff when you;-
you forgot 7) try to sell me stuff by phone.
I always ask what it is they are trying to sell me, and then tell them I will never ever buy that product again. Basically it all comes down to intrusive/agressive advertising, and products that are advertised thus should be boycotted.
Apparently they're British and European. There was an investagative TV program a few weeks ago, and the Nigerian spammers were operating out of Amsterdam and London
They're from Dublin, too. One 419-spammer over there got caught redhanded and tried to
eat his usb-stick.
this is the only time it has ever happened to me, but i am interested in hearing other similar stories from folks around the world.
what countries have you had problems in?
Not an ATM but an automated trainticket machine in the Netherlands. You select destination, class, number of tickets, valid date and insert your bankpass, and of you go. Except that this particular fucker accepted my pass, my pin, returned my pass, said "now printing ticket" and then showed this all too familiar window stating please wait while windows writes unsaved data to disk, after which there was a nice little window saying this machine is defective. I mean, this thing did NOT give me my trainticket, but was smart enough to not crash all-out while it still had info on MY money and MY bankaccount. Had to get a ticket from the machine left of it, and the railway company never did return my money, even though they promised they would.
Granted, one move like that and treaties with Pakistan or not, the US will be hell bent to exterminate Al Qeada.
If running a bundle of planes into buildings wasn't enough, exploding a dirty bomb somewhere isn't either. Of course, now that Saddam's detained, the US will have to find an entirely new best enemy they can invade in order to restore their pride when Osama strikes next. Any bets Osama bin Laden will be captured about a month before the next US elections?
But since raids by companies would be unconstitutional in all member states the 'raid by companies' bit was pulled out of the editor's ass.
Right. From the BBC-article:
The directive allows companies to raid homes, seize property and ask courts to freeze bank accounts to protect trademarks or intellectual property they believe are being abused or stolen.
From the IPjustice-link:
It also provides for Anton Pillar orders or 'midnight knocks' that permit private citizens' homes to be raided by recording industry executives, and Mareva injunctions, which freeze consumers? bank accounts and other assets without the need for a court hearing.
From the FFII link:
It could allow surprise raids on teenagers in the middle of the night by private security firms on the flimsiest of evidence;
That's a lot of editors' asses. On the other hand, the Directive (and yes, I've read it completely and it IS ugly, if only because of the legalese) does seem to leave raidingpower etc in the hands of (OXYMORON-ALERT)competent judicial authorities, even though it looks as if they're supposed to act at the whim of the IP-rights holders.
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A. Ok, I stand corrected. Thanks for your info.
Actually, the dutch parliament told the dutch minister of economic affairs to vote against software patents. Brinkhorst, the dutch minister of economic affairs, then voted for software patents, because he doesn't give a shit about the democratic process. Dutch parliament then told him to change his vote in "against," he didn' t want to because that would mean losing face so instead he abstained.
Funny thing is, in a previous government, Brinkhorst was minister of agriculture.
dude, in the us a black felt pen is a copyright circumvention device.
His indexfinger and a claytablet.
Great quote. Do you have a source for it?
well, user@localhost is a valid address. At least where Im sitting.
(Sorry. couldnt resist...)
Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole how to talk?
You almost made me spill my drink.
good point. We need more chicks in *nix.
I always ask what it is they are trying to sell me, and then tell them I will never ever buy that product again. Basically it all comes down to intrusive/agressive advertising, and products that are advertised thus should be boycotted.
You can throw them a lot further than 10 centimeters (about 4 inches for you metrically challenged).
I always thought google was named after the famous 18th century poet Izaak Jan Alexander Gogel.
That's a lot of editors' asses. On the other hand, the Directive (and yes, I've read it completely and it IS ugly, if only because of the legalese) does seem to leave raidingpower etc in the hands of (OXYMORON-ALERT)competent judicial authorities, even though it looks as if they're supposed to act at the whim of the IP-rights holders.