It's interesting to mention that in the Basque country (Spain/France), one of the most frequent diseases is stomach cancer, dure to eating too much cured ham (lots of salt in it).
Actually I think the parent might prefer the "enlightened masses" to decide of their own future. This requires massive efforts at "enlightenment of the masses", which might include :
weaning them from stupid TV programs
teaching them to get their news from various sources and exercise a critical look on them (i.e. not relying solely on Fox News)
rather than dismissing all proposals from politicians as "technocratic" or "too complicated", have those politicians actually explain what they are up to, take a role in public protests when necessary: reclaim a decent, vivid political life.
That list could contain many more items, of course...
Sell new keyboards and mice that deliver electric shock
Mind you, that feature already existed on the keyboard of the Apple ][ that I happened to use in the early eighties. Not sure if it was intended though...
No, Google is actually pushing people to abandon the.EXE executable file format. Next step is returning your mail with the following comment : "Sorry, I will not send any e-mail with an.exe file attached to it. PLease switch to Linux and stick to source code tarballs."
60-something percent participation ? Heck, South Vietnam voters turned up at 83% in the 1967 elections despite Vietcong terror. All this thanks to the forces of Freedom and Democracy, aka the US army, and you can be sure that president Johnson bragged about it.
Needless to say, the US forces left the South Vietnam Republic as soon as the elections were over and the South Vietnamese lived happily ever after. Err, wait...
And here's something to set you off: Condi in '08. Romney in '16.
And to our readers in Baghdad : Al Zarqawi in '08,
Bin Laden in '12 ? All thanks to Dubya.
In related news, Remington has announced that it will invest in IT, specializing in Internet security systems. They have already released a number of RFC-1149 compliant firewall appliances.
They had all that time to study the sky because they didn't have much else to do.
Yup, and also because they could actually *see* the sky and the stars, much better than we can. They did not spend hundreds of kilowatts polluting the eyesight at night with a public light system.
I second this entirely. At my current workplace, we rae refraining from upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2, because a number of the other software vendors we work with are still in the process of upgrading their software to make sure it works with that new release of WinXP. Altera, for instance, has just released an update for its Quartus CAD software.
Yet SP2 has been released for a few months now, and a number of critical security faults have already been found. Will the othe vendors catch up, and will we be able to upgrade to SP2 before the next major service pack is released ? That's a question that keeps our sysadmin sleepless at night...
...as much as I appreciate that decision from IBM, I remain skeptical about the real potential of the licensed patents.
A few months ago I was working on a project that required the use of a particular data compression method (arithmetic coding), because of its great efficiency on the type of data I was supposed to process (uncompressed output from various audio codecs, including experimental ones). IBM owns no less than 19 patents on that algorithm and its derivatives. Sure, the first 3 of them are expired by now, but none of the others were in the 500 list.
Data compression is one of the areas where pure software patents are commonplace and very annoying, which makes your choices very narrow when it comes to choosing a compression method for your projects. Check it out here.
Fully agree. Actually, having somebody spend money to replace a broken window is more interesting for the economy as a whole that having that money sleeping under a pile of sheets or on a bank account.
I wrote a letter a few months ago (that was in late june IIRC), just after the vote of the parliament, expressing my concerns as an IT professional about software patents and how they were going to happen if the european council did not follow the amendments voted by the parliament.
I did get a letter back, quite a few months later (mid-October), explaining to me with flawed arguments that I need not worry and "pure software patents" were not about to happen, only patents on inventions "with a technical effect". We all know what it's really all about, and how any telco can put a patent on a vocal codec claiming a "technical effect", while it is just a patent on an algorithm (I was working in a large telco at the time).
So basically my big fat obnoxious Minister of Industry and Small and Medium Businesses fails to see where the problem is, despite a huge number of SMEs having signed the petition online. However, I still invite *you* to write to your own ministers or secretaries of state in charge of the matter. The louder we will shout, the more likely they will lend an ear.
Also keep in mind that "wounded" during the Civil War likely meant missing arms or legs upon your return from the front.
Waitaminute. How is that different from "wounded" in Fallujah ? Have you seen the guys maimed at the US military hospital in Germany ? This doctor has. Is there any mainstream news outlet in the US talking about them and the miserable lives they are about to face, with their crippling injuries and their downsized war pensions (thanks Mr bush for "supporting the troops" by cutting into their meager benefits and salaries) ? Is there any ?
Influential, on the other hand, means " Having or exercising influence."
Torvalds may be influential in the world of technology, but that influence is still to be proved in the world of IP business, politics and patent laws. After all, even *I*, Joe Shmoe, have written to my minister of Industry (in France) to express my concern about the patent laws. And all I got back was a lousy letter telling me not to worry, because pure software patents are still an impossibility according to them. I call bullshit on that, but what can I do ?
So unless Linus gets a different answer, I will question his influence on the political world. Bill Gates, on the other hand... *sighs*
Or they secretly reverse-engineer, and then pull a lawyerly trick like "It seems to use our method, please produce the source code in court to prove it doesn't."
Which can lead to incredibly successful lawsuits and lots of money pouring in. Just ask SCO.
Oh, wait...
If anything Fedora Core 3 reminds me that Linux still has big (!) issues on the home desktop and is still very hard/impossible for the newbie to install.
Please. You are misovergeneralizing. (is my neWspeak correct ? I'm just practicing for the day it becomes mandatory.)
If FC 3 pisses you off, there are still plenty of voable options for the home/desktop user. Mepis Linux comes to mind, along with all the variations around Knoppix. And for a more complete distribution, check out Mandrake. And they are *very* easy to install -- installation flawless for most of them.
Actually, here is the beginning of an answer.. You must be aware that there can be no organized terrorism in the scale of Al Qaeda without a solid financial infrastructure. Kerry already had a significant experience fighting against that kind of money-laundering organization.
It's a pity that we won't see him handling the Al Qaeda case. Seeing him sweeping through the financial accounts of the Carlyle Group would surely have been fun.
this is just a 4 year tenure (last btw for this guy you all hate so much).
Hmm. Anyone else willing to bet that Cheney will run for president in 2008 and 2012 ?
Oh, and BTW, don't forget that this time, you won't be voting. A handful of old farts at the Supreme Court will pick up the Electoral College for you. It's not as if you had a constitutional right to vote anyway.
I agree with you though on the point that getting organized and fighting from within the country is important. Go America -- for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom from oppression !
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It's interesting to mention that in the Basque country (Spain/France), one of the most frequent diseases is stomach cancer, dure to eating too much cured ham (lots of salt in it).
You though about the IPJugend too ? Wow, I'm glad I'm not alone...
Meanwhile, granpa Bush was busy dealing with Nazi businessmen. Oh yeah, mod me down in flames if you like.
- weaning them from stupid TV programs
- teaching them to get their news from various sources and exercise a critical look on them (i.e. not relying solely on Fox News)
- rather than dismissing all proposals from politicians as "technocratic" or "too complicated", have those politicians actually explain what they are up to, take a role in public protests when necessary: reclaim a decent, vivid political life.
That list could contain many more items, of course...Mind you, that feature already existed on the keyboard of the Apple ][ that I happened to use in the early eighties. Not sure if it was intended though...
No, Google is actually pushing people to abandon the .EXE executable file format. Next step is returning your mail with the following comment : "Sorry, I will not send any e-mail with an .exe file attached to it. PLease switch to Linux and stick to source code tarballs."
Muhahahahha !
Needless to say, the US forces left the South Vietnam Republic as soon as the elections were over and the South Vietnamese lived happily ever after. Err, wait...
And here's something to set you off: Condi in '08. Romney in '16.
And to our readers in Baghdad : Al Zarqawi in '08, Bin Laden in '12 ? All thanks to Dubya.
In related news, Remington has announced that it will invest in IT, specializing in Internet security systems. They have already released a number of RFC-1149 compliant firewall appliances.
Yup, and also because they could actually *see* the sky and the stars, much better than we can. They did not spend hundreds of kilowatts polluting the eyesight at night with a public light system.
Yet SP2 has been released for a few months now, and a number of critical security faults have already been found. Will the othe vendors catch up, and will we be able to upgrade to SP2 before the next major service pack is released ? That's a question that keeps our sysadmin sleepless at night...
Yup. Hey Taco, time to wake up !
A few months ago I was working on a project that required the use of a particular data compression method (arithmetic coding), because of its great efficiency on the type of data I was supposed to process (uncompressed output from various audio codecs, including experimental ones). IBM owns no less than 19 patents on that algorithm and its derivatives. Sure, the first 3 of them are expired by now, but none of the others were in the 500 list.
Data compression is one of the areas where pure software patents are commonplace and very annoying, which makes your choices very narrow when it comes to choosing a compression method for your projects. Check it out here.
Actually, good Christians WOULDN'T evolve. At all. "Evilution", as they call it, is for perverted minds only.
Yup, I remember I saw this on a weather satellite photograph.
Work produces wealth. Money on its own does not.
Hint : a guy handling a real pizza usually does not carry it vertically under his arm...
I did get a letter back, quite a few months later (mid-October), explaining to me with flawed arguments that I need not worry and "pure software patents" were not about to happen, only patents on inventions "with a technical effect". We all know what it's really all about, and how any telco can put a patent on a vocal codec claiming a "technical effect", while it is just a patent on an algorithm (I was working in a large telco at the time).
So basically my big fat obnoxious Minister of Industry and Small and Medium Businesses fails to see where the problem is, despite a huge number of SMEs having signed the petition online. However, I still invite *you* to write to your own ministers or secretaries of state in charge of the matter. The louder we will shout, the more likely they will lend an ear.
Influential, on the other hand, means " Having or exercising influence."
Torvalds may be influential in the world of technology, but that influence is still to be proved in the world of IP business, politics and patent laws. After all, even *I*, Joe Shmoe, have written to my minister of Industry (in France) to express my concern about the patent laws. And all I got back was a lousy letter telling me not to worry, because pure software patents are still an impossibility according to them. I call bullshit on that, but what can I do ?
So unless Linus gets a different answer, I will question his influence on the political world. Bill Gates, on the other hand... *sighs*
Which can lead to incredibly successful lawsuits and lots of money pouring in. Just ask SCO.
Oh, wait...
Please. You are misovergeneralizing. (is my neWspeak correct ? I'm just practicing for the day it becomes mandatory.)
If FC 3 pisses you off, there are still plenty of voable options for the home/desktop user. Mepis Linux comes to mind, along with all the variations around Knoppix. And for a more complete distribution, check out Mandrake. And they are *very* easy to install -- installation flawless for most of them.
Correction : that should read :
Now that the electronic voting machines in this country have soundly rejected the leftist agenda,
It's a pity that we won't see him handling the Al Qaeda case. Seeing him sweeping through the financial accounts of the Carlyle Group would surely have been fun.
Hmm. Anyone else willing to bet that Cheney will run for president in 2008 and 2012 ?
Oh, and BTW, don't forget that this time, you won't be voting. A handful of old farts at the Supreme Court will pick up the Electoral College for you. It's not as if you had a constitutional right to vote anyway.
I agree with you though on the point that getting organized and fighting from within the country is important. Go America -- for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom from oppression !