"... they've discovered their security problem is much bigger than they thought it was."
I wonder if they'd answer with a straight face that the resulting end-user/customer pain was worth the market share. (Assuming flawed design WRT executable stack, browser added to OS, strange mail defaults, etc. etc.) In other words, a question of ethics and ethical design.
Ah, thx for clearing that up. Most of the cars I've had to get rid of because of body rot, but the mechanicals were always good eg. brakes, steering, etc. FWIW I know people who are making six-figures purchasing cars out there and driving them up here to be sold; NY allows 7 sales per year as an individual without requiring a dealer's permit. A Cali car with no body rot can double its value here, since the local values depend on *no rust*.
Drifting totally OT here, but I heard they don't have mechanical safety inspections out there, only smog inspections. Correct me if I'm wrong about that. Here in NY its the opposite; no smog inspections, you pass the mechanical inspection and its almost impossible to claim "mechanical failure" on insurance or during litigation. Which makes me wonder: Could Cali get a huge financial break from banks and insurers if they were to start mechanical inspections? It might help your budget probs (not that NY is doing all that great)
I use the suite just out of sheer laziness. I remember the "browser wars" too well, and decided on Moz back around 0.7 or so. I got sick and tired of trying out everything under the sun all the time, because I'd rather be reading/. than trying to import my prefs into yet another browser. Been a happy camper since.
When I want to hear your opinion, I'll give it to you. You can repeat it back to me.
Now, are you so inpatient for 1 distro, 1 desktop? I agree with you about the hardware detection and upgrades tho; I'd add installers to that list. Perhaps Debian's Progeny will do it.
Heh, I submitted the same story (rejected) probably because I said that Linus even has something to say about the litigious bastards and I put it right there in the blurb... still its way cool to see that somebody got the story through.
I think that's what he was hinting at in TFA. Generally speaking he notes that things are "consolidating". I just thought it was interesting how he considers "...some confusion and rivalry that has helped its development." to be helpful. At least he has the patience to let the community work out standards for itself; I sure don't want to be told what to think.
I was wondering if larger diameter wheels with softer edges would have been easier to use. Farm tractors have large flotation type wheels for similar reasons. Sort of like giant RC car wheels. Dunno, I'm not an engineer; could a real engineer comment on this?
"I see too much room for abuse... Besides, they're using it to track all this traffic activity... do you want to use the government's internet connection so they can track that part of your life, too?
I've often wondered "What if bureaucrats could have *everything* they ever wanted?" What if they actually could know everything about everyone as if webcams were everywhere? Would they be satisfied? What does it take to satisfy?
Somehow, I doubt it would be enough for them; the shock value would wear off and they would need an ever-more sexual/violent/twisted "movie".
Besides, they *still* wouldn't feel like they have real control over it; perhaps they should be trying to control themselves?
Bad enough that my Cartesian Doubt unit was going, but now I have to have my Epistemology out too! This robot is recursive in *so* many ways wrt scientific thought that I'm kind of boggled for the rest of the morning, so I'll bbl.
FWIW my current employer uses analog and fax from the late 1970's to early 1980's courtesy of ATT/Motorola. Why? Because the big boxes in the wiring closet haven't issued the Magic Smoke (TM) signal yet. Not that I always agree, but I *have* to admit that it works and its paid for.
Odd. I'll qualify my [OT] reply right here though: I've got a good 23 years of Chev/GMC mechanic experience as I type this, and I could have told you not to buy such a piece of shit. 1979-1989 were among the *worst* years they ever had due to massive production changeovers and redesigns for a global market.
BTW, I sold my 1971 Impala 5 years ago with 280k miles on it, original transmission and carburetor with no probs. Not that it got any special attention other than upgrading to electronic ignition. The body was falling off, (northeastern winters) so it had to go.
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SCO (old SCO) was the buyer. Their UNIX business was purchased by Caldera a few years later, after Caldera's IPO. Old SCO became Tarantella. This was roughly about the same time as VA's IPO, IIRC (I was using Caldera Linux at the time - it was a nice setup, well engineered). When Caldera purchased the SCO UNIX business, they released the ancient UNIX code freely for personal use, and began working on code merges and ABI compatibility. IIRC having a fully free UNIX was the original dream of Caldera founder Ransom H. Love.
Correct me if I err, but the way I interpret this is: SCO had the rights to maintain current licenses, and needed to double-check potential new licensees through Novell, even through sales of Unixware and not just SysV. So, that potential avenue for growth was seriously restricted; they would have been better off to continue through the tough times with Caldera's Linux. IMHO if they had hung in there just 8 months longer (after Ransom Love left) they would be a decent Lunux player now.
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(from section 4.16 of the Asset Purchase Agreement). Novell was doing a license audit in 2Q 2003.
Longnow seems to be slashdotted, but I remember hearing about it years ago (no pun).
Your idea about "Building something that lasts beyond the language, culture, and technology of the society that built is to create art in the pursuit of science." really got my interest though. IMHO the Great Pyramid would qualify for this, as a very large sun-dial. I can't remember where I heard it (perhaps 20 years ago) but its supposedly off by only a few degrees from true North (referenced to the North Star) due to a few earthquakes in the last couple thousand years. All other factors (rotational velocity, anyone?) being equal, of course.
Yes, I appreciate this sort of thing. Imagine having to calculate all the gear ratios to be prime to each other (for longevity) and then build it. Also, who *doesn't* like it when their work gives them some sign of appreciation? (Yes, I'm mechanically inclined)
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I wonder if they'd answer with a straight face that the resulting end-user/customer pain was worth the market share. (Assuming flawed design WRT executable stack, browser added to OS, strange mail defaults, etc. etc.)
In other words, a question of ethics and ethical design.
Which could even be stuffed into a cron job if you're not paranoid. Therefore, zero mouse clicks, and CLI only 1x.
Ah, thx for clearing that up. Most of the cars I've had to get rid of because of body rot, but the mechanicals were always good eg. brakes, steering, etc. FWIW I know people who are making six-figures purchasing cars out there and driving them up here to be sold; NY allows 7 sales per year as an individual without requiring a dealer's permit. A Cali car with no body rot can double its value here, since the local values depend on *no rust*.
Drifting totally OT here, but I heard they don't have mechanical safety inspections out there, only smog inspections. Correct me if I'm wrong about that. Here in NY its the opposite; no smog inspections, you pass the mechanical inspection and its almost impossible to claim "mechanical failure" on insurance or during litigation. Which makes me wonder: Could Cali get a huge financial break from banks and insurers if they were to start mechanical inspections? It might help your budget probs (not that NY is doing all that great)
What if I bought 200 of them?
I use the suite just out of sheer laziness. I remember the "browser wars" too well, and decided on Moz back around 0.7 or so. I got sick and tired of trying out everything under the sun all the time, because I'd rather be reading /. than trying to import my prefs into yet another browser. Been a happy camper since.
try aee. Works great for me on the console. The only other editors I want and use are vim and gedit.
Now, are you so inpatient for 1 distro, 1 desktop? I agree with you about the hardware detection and upgrades tho; I'd add installers to that list. Perhaps Debian's Progeny will do it.
Heh, I submitted the same story (rejected) probably because I said that Linus even has something to say about the litigious bastards and I put it right there in the blurb... still its way cool to see that somebody got the story through.
+5, Insightful. Bummer I don't have any points for that ATM... maybe later.
I think that's what he was hinting at in TFA. Generally speaking he notes that things are "consolidating". I just thought it was interesting how he considers "...some confusion and rivalry that has helped its development." to be helpful.
At least he has the patience to let the community work out standards for itself; I sure don't want to be told what to think.
I was wondering if larger diameter wheels with softer edges would have been easier to use. Farm tractors have large flotation type wheels for similar reasons. Sort of like giant RC car wheels. Dunno, I'm not an engineer; could a real engineer comment on this?
I've often wondered "What if bureaucrats could have *everything* they ever wanted?" What if they actually could know everything about everyone as if webcams were everywhere? Would they be satisfied? What does it take to satisfy?
Somehow, I doubt it would be enough for them; the shock value would wear off and they would need an ever-more sexual/violent/twisted "movie".
Besides, they *still* wouldn't feel like they have real control over it; perhaps they should be trying to control themselves?
Bad enough that my Cartesian Doubt unit was going, but now I have to have my Epistemology out too! This robot is recursive in *so* many ways wrt scientific thought that I'm kind of boggled for the rest of the morning, so I'll bbl.
FWIW my current employer uses analog and fax from the late 1970's to early 1980's courtesy of ATT/Motorola. Why? Because the big boxes in the wiring closet haven't issued the Magic Smoke (TM) signal yet. Not that I always agree, but I *have* to admit that it works and its paid for.
Wow, that's a whole lotta bits... ::keeps counting:
BTW, I sold my 1971 Impala 5 years ago with 280k miles on it, original transmission and carburetor with no probs. Not that it got any special attention other than upgrading to electronic ignition. The body was falling off, (northeastern winters) so it had to go.
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SCO (old SCO) was the buyer. Their UNIX business was purchased by Caldera a few years later, after Caldera's IPO. Old SCO became Tarantella. This was roughly about the same time as VA's IPO, IIRC (I was using Caldera Linux at the time - it was a nice setup, well engineered). When Caldera purchased the SCO UNIX business, they released the ancient UNIX code freely for personal use, and began working on code merges and ABI compatibility. IIRC having a fully free UNIX was the original dream of Caldera founder Ransom H. Love.
Correct me if I err, but the way I interpret this is: SCO had the rights to maintain current licenses, and needed to double-check potential new licensees through Novell, even through sales of Unixware and not just SysV. So, that potential avenue for growth was seriously restricted; they would have been better off to continue through the tough times with Caldera's Linux. IMHO if they had hung in there just 8 months longer (after Ransom Love left) they would be a decent Lunux player now.
Here.
Note that there's several licenses involved; I'd just download the whole zip file.
(b) Buyer shall not, and shall not have the authority to, amend, modify or waive any right under or assign any SVRX License without the prior written consent of Seller. In addition, at Seller's sole discretion and direction, Buyer shall amend, supplement, modify or waive any rights under, or shall assign any rights to, any SVRX License to the extent so directed in any manner or respect by Seller. In the event that Buyer shall fail to take any such action concerning the SVRX Licenses as required herein, Seller shall be authorized, and hereby is granted, the rights to take any action on Buyer's own behalf. Buyer shall not, and shall have no right to, enter into future licenses or amendments of the SVRX Licenses, except as may be incidentally involved through its rights to sell and license the Assets or the Merged Product (as such term is defined in the proposed Operating Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1(c)) or future versions thereof of the Merged Product.
(from section 4.16 of the Asset Purchase Agreement). Novell was doing a license audit in 2Q 2003.
Your idea about "Building something that lasts beyond the language, culture, and technology of the society that built is to create art in the pursuit of science." really got my interest though.
IMHO the Great Pyramid would qualify for this, as a very large sun-dial. I can't remember where I heard it (perhaps 20 years ago) but its supposedly off by only a few degrees from true North (referenced to the North Star) due to a few earthquakes in the last couple thousand years. All other factors (rotational velocity, anyone?) being equal, of course.
Yes, I appreciate this sort of thing. Imagine having to calculate all the gear ratios to be prime to each other (for longevity) and then build it. Also, who *doesn't* like it when their work gives them some sign of appreciation? (Yes, I'm mechanically inclined)