1980's? Try Cold War in the 1960's, before Nixon had even opened a dialogue with China. Some of us have memories of our mothers being required to take an oath ("Better dead than Red") before being allowed to teach in public schools back then.
Otherwise, I mostly agree with your post; it is entirely possible to unbundle capitalism vis-a-vis democracy, where needs be.
"At the wage level of the average American household the people work too much, pay too much in taxes, have too much responsibility to family and friends, to have any time left for political vigilance."
No, that is the reason why they need to be politically vigilant, IMHO.
My heroes are Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds. However, Apple *does* have some extremely nice hardware IMHO.
I can easily get into doing GNU/Linux on the latest and hottest that Apple has to offer. This leaves Gates/MS as a poor fourth choice, to be used when there is no other choice.
I already wandered down to my favorite pubs here in NY USA and the RIAA already got paid; the jukebox has an RIAA/ASCAP sticker on it, tunes are 50 cents each, and the brew is a dollar per glass greater in order to pay for the jukebox.
Valid points, IMHO but... the Upstate NY rural towns I grew up in all had redundant T-1 lines. In one case the whole town was only nine blocks large. Why the T-1's? Because there were three banks on Main street. And yes, the lines were sub-leased (splittable).
Kinda in the same vein of thought, I simply use multiple (virtual) desktops. Like right now, on desktop #3.
Having said that, I feel somewhat compelled to welcome Novell to the FOSS community; though I do also admit to some fear and trepidation much like when IBM got invlolved.
So far, I think Novell is executing quite well; they are doing things that make good sense (IMHO) from both a biz standpoint and also from a FOSS standpoint. They really do need to work on their sales dept. though.
Now that they own SuSE, I'm not sure about this whole Gnome thing. Don't get me wrong, I use Gnome and like it. But isn't SuSE already well-known for their QT/KDE support? Isn't it gonna cost something to convert? So, I am basically wondering "Why?".
Far as Gnome goes, I would love for them to revert back to plain txt config files and Enlightenment by default. Now with SuSE and YaST at the core, with directory and zen works on top of that.
gotta dream, anyway.
I would say to the RISC OS folks that maybe you could do a Creative Commons license thing with it. That way you could open it and still retain some semblance of attribution and control. Possibly even make a buck off the "officially endorsed" version that rolls in all the user mods, etc. under the same licensing.
"When linuxconf's config files get buggered, if you don't know how to manually configure things you're stuck. If you understand how to manually edit config files for the various other services you can make due until you fix linuxconf(or your administration tool of choice)."
God lives somewhere in/etc, with the occasional trip to/var and/proc.
Every single version of "make install" that I can recall offhand will default to/usr/local anyway. Of course, some things (mozilla, OOo) tend to be easier to do with just/usr.
Keeping a distinction with/usr/local is a good idea IMHO, I did that for years. More recently I started simply putting a/bin and/lib in the/home dir (classic style).
I've got some news for you; depending upon how Linus Torvalds declared his citizenship, it probably depends quite a bit. Furthermore, the word "act" *does* mean legal action around here anyway. It is a valid legal issue, and IMHO common sense doesn't have a lot to do with it.
Current USA Federal law recognizes 4 forms of IP:
(1) Copyright (2) Patents (3) Trade marks or Trade Names (4) Trade secrets
It doesn't matter whether cardboard is a good Kleenex material; what matters is whether Linus can use the "Kleenex" name. In the same way, it doesn't matter whether or not you or I can use the "linux" name; what matters is whether or not you or I have the rights to do so. And IMHO that is where it's falling apart.
" Friends, in the Clintonian tradition of getting the bad news out first before your enemies do, I have something truly sordid to admit to all of you.
My hope is that you won't lose all respect for me, though I will understand if you think less of me after I reveal this.
It's funny, it all seemed so innocent and fun back in those heady days of youth, but knowing what I know now, it is painful to even think of the depths to which I sunk. It's not even like I can say that I started off on the wrong foot but so many others were doing it that, eventually, I succumbed to temptation. Worse, even to this day, I am still forced to do things I'm too embarrassed to admit--all because of youthful indiscretion.
To show that I didn't start off wrong, I will say that the first computer I owned was an Apple IIe. I moved on to various Mac incarnations and processor families, but eventually . . .
I programmed in VB. A lot. Too much. I try to tell myself that the C classes as an undergrad kept it from turning my brain into complete mush--I even railed at the memory footprint and consciously tried to write code that wouldn't be Atul-like, but I'm certain that the years have had a deletorious effect.
I'll hang my head in shame and perhaps even stay away for a bit, but I thought it would be better if you heard from me instead of the someone on the other side.
May as well get it all out, xxx-xxxx wrote in message xxxxxx:
>
Any who know how to use our secret weapon already may be aware of this because I've revealed it before, but my undergrad and grad degrees are in English.
I don't expect anyone to agree with the ugly choices I made in my youth, but I hope you understand that I am trying to atone--and the VB I'm forced to touch now is only occasional and I no longer take joy in it. "
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1980's? Try Cold War in the 1960's, before Nixon had even opened a dialogue with China. Some of us have memories of our mothers being required to take an oath ("Better dead than Red") before being allowed to teach in public schools back then. Otherwise, I mostly agree with your post; it is entirely possible to unbundle capitalism vis-a-vis democracy, where needs be.
Even more paranoid: I delete any mails with atachments or executables right out of hand, regardless of the purported sender or IP addy.
My heroes are Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds. However, Apple *does* have some extremely nice hardware IMHO.
I can easily get into doing GNU/Linux on the latest and hottest that Apple has to offer. This leaves Gates/MS as a poor fourth choice, to be used when there is no other choice.
see alphalinux.org for the current Alpha port of frdora.
I already wandered down to my favorite pubs here in NY USA and the RIAA already got paid; the jukebox has an RIAA/ASCAP sticker on it, tunes are 50 cents each, and the brew is a dollar per glass greater in order to pay for the jukebox.
Valid points, IMHO but... the Upstate NY rural towns I grew up in all had redundant T-1 lines. In one case the whole town was only nine blocks large. Why the T-1's? Because there were three banks on Main street. And yes, the lines were sub-leased (splittable).
Do you have *any* idea how badly you can fsck yourself up with stuff like that??
(And besides, wine is cheaper I bet.)
Kinda in the same vein of thought, I simply use multiple (virtual) desktops. Like right now, on desktop #3. Having said that, I feel somewhat compelled to welcome Novell to the FOSS community; though I do also admit to some fear and trepidation much like when IBM got invlolved. So far, I think Novell is executing quite well; they are doing things that make good sense (IMHO) from both a biz standpoint and also from a FOSS standpoint. They really do need to work on their sales dept. though. Now that they own SuSE, I'm not sure about this whole Gnome thing. Don't get me wrong, I use Gnome and like it. But isn't SuSE already well-known for their QT/KDE support? Isn't it gonna cost something to convert? So, I am basically wondering "Why?". Far as Gnome goes, I would love for them to revert back to plain txt config files and Enlightenment by default. Now with SuSE and YaST at the core, with directory and zen works on top of that. gotta dream, anyway.
How about Image Magick? Does everything I need. (except for airbrushing)
Well. that's one way to get a life.
That's what SCO is for.
Well, OK. Bring it on. But Ballmer et al has a *lot* of catching up to do, IMHO due to his/their own arrogance.
I would say to the RISC OS folks that maybe you could do a Creative Commons license thing with it. That way you could open it and still retain some semblance of attribution and control. Possibly even make a buck off the "officially endorsed" version that rolls in all the user mods, etc. under the same licensing.
AFAIK the stock has been converted to up-front cash and there is no contingency provision.
You think a blank HD is a custom part for Dell?
AKA professional astroturf. See here.
Thank you. I'm USA but you make me glad to see that I am not the only one with a long memory.
Your right ends where my nose begins.
God lives somewhere in /etc, with the occasional trip to /var and /proc.
Every single version of "make install" that I can recall offhand will default to /usr/local anyway. Of course, some things (mozilla, OOo) tend to be easier to do with just /usr.
/usr/local is a good idea IMHO, I did that for years. More recently I started simply putting a /bin and /lib in the /home dir (classic style).
Keeping a distinction with
The jets can go, IMHO. But by all means keep the engineers and the R&D.
I've got some news for you; depending upon how Linus Torvalds declared his citizenship, it probably depends quite a bit. Furthermore, the word "act" *does* mean legal action around here anyway. It is a valid legal issue, and IMHO common sense doesn't have a lot to do with it.
Current USA Federal law recognizes 4 forms of IP:
(1) Copyright
(2) Patents
(3) Trade marks or Trade Names
(4) Trade secrets
It doesn't matter whether cardboard is a good Kleenex material; what matters is whether Linus can use the "Kleenex" name. In the same way, it doesn't matter whether or not you or I can use the "linux" name; what matters is whether or not you or I have the rights to do so. And IMHO that is where it's falling apart.
Nope, I gotta disagree with this (assuming TFA is accurate in any sense):
I think the word "Linux" and the use of it *should* be protected and trademarked, etc.
" Friends, in the Clintonian tradition of getting the bad news out first before your enemies do, I have something truly sordid to admit to all of you.
My hope is that you won't lose all respect for me, though I will understand if you think less of me after I reveal this.
It's funny, it all seemed so innocent and fun back in those heady days of youth, but knowing what I know now, it is painful to even think of the depths to which I sunk. It's not even like I can say that I started off on the wrong foot but so many others were doing it that, eventually, I succumbed to temptation. Worse, even to this day, I am still forced to do things I'm too embarrassed to admit--all because of youthful indiscretion.
To show that I didn't start off wrong, I will say that the first computer I owned was an Apple IIe. I moved on to various Mac incarnations and processor families, but eventually . . .
I programmed in VB. A lot. Too much. I try to tell myself that the C classes as an undergrad kept it from turning my brain into complete mush--I even railed at the memory footprint and consciously tried to write code that wouldn't be Atul-like, but I'm certain that the years have had a deletorious effect.
I'll hang my head in shame and perhaps even stay away for a bit, but I thought it would be better if you heard from me instead of the someone on the other side.
May as well get it all out, xxx-xxxx wrote in message xxxxxx:
>
Any who know how to use our secret weapon already may be aware of this because I've revealed it before, but my undergrad and grad degrees are in English.
I don't expect anyone to agree with the ugly choices I made in my youth, but I hope you understand that I am trying to atone--and the VB I'm forced to touch now is only occasional and I no longer take joy in it. "
(kudos to heimdal31 for the original)