Hiding important information has always been one of SCO's favourite strategies, right? (e.g. "Linux infringes on our IP, but we can't tell you where, how, or why.").
He thinks the OSI has been successful? The lack of comments to this story alone shows just how irrelevant OSI is today. Although let's be honest; all Eric Raymond ever cared about was money, the OSI was just a means of accomplishing that goal.
The Muslims mostly don't use English or other European languages Now that is a troll if I've ever seen one. There are plenty of muslims in countries where English is commonly spoken, read & written (such as Pakistan), and plenty of muslims in European countries (such as Albania).
I have zero patience for the Protestant evangelical crowd and less for members of any cult, but Mormons, at least in my experience, tend to be shiny happy people that don't really bother anyone. Even the ex-Mormons I've met seem to have few bad things to say and if they do, you can't help but notice there's a certain lingering nostalgia in their eyes. That's not to say their beliefs aren't loony, but if members of cults were as benign as the typical Mormon, I wonder if anyone would notice, or care. That may have less to do with them being Mormons and more to do with them being from Utah. In my experience people from the country tend to be shiny happy people that don't really bother anyone, regardless of religion.
How can a search engine that nobody has ever heard of be worth 1.3 billion? Just because you have never heard of it doesn't mean that nobody else has. FAST's main product is a search engine, not a website, so unless you work for a company that makes use of their search engine you will probably have never have heard of them. It's a very good product with lots of advanced features, however it is complicated and requires very skilled (and expensive) consultants to get the most out of it. If you want to see an example of a web search site that uses FAST, take a look at Sensis Search.
In Australia, the 8800 GTS 640MB is STILL (i.e. as of today), AU$500 (about $450 US according to Google). The current top of the line video card from nVidia (the 8800 Ultra) is still AU$985 (or $900 US from Google). These prices are for ASUS video cards, from MSY (pdf), which is the cheapest shop I've ever found here.
For many people, the attraction to Apple ends when they find out that they can't easily do something that's important to them.
Hard? Since when is a Mac hard to use? Just where did the GP post mention Macs? I don't believe they did. Also, you're living with your head in the sand if you think everything Apple makes is designed to do what users want. Think iPod. My girlfriend's sister had one; and you know what frustrated her the most? She couldn't copy her mp3s off the damned thing! Sure, she could try, but who can tell what 348y2bdfmgb78b.mp3 really is?? It would be a simple thing for Apple to create a file mapping hashcodes to file names so that the original file names could be preserved, but clearly that's contrary to their goals (which are NOT in the users' interest in this case).
I'm guessing this version won't cause excessively bright light to pour out of every bodily orifice, however the pain effect seems rather similar. Do you think they're testing it on Teal'c?
In Australia, new games usually launch for AU$99 (which Google tells me is US$87.50). It seems that games cost a lot more here. It doesn't bother me though - I refuse to pay that much for games, so I wait until they're a year old and get them for AU$50.
You know, the interesting thing is, so many people are trolling this, but if you are, you must have never been through VC funding. You're funded by the Viet Cong?
It is now official. MadPenguin.org has confirmed: Ubuntu is not dying. For those people who don't get the joke (which there sadly seem to be quite a few of), this is a parody of the old bsd is dying troll that seems to make it into every slashdot story about BSD. Although I have to admit I haven't seen this is quite a while now; could it be that the "bsd is dying" trolls themselves died?
In Australia all drinks that contain caffeine are labelled with the amount that they contain. Makes it easier to determine just what a drink is going to do to you.
Jay: All these assholes on the internet are calling us names because of this stupid fucking movie.
Banky: That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously. Stopping the flick isn't gonna stop that.
The spirit of it is clear - no profit, no stealing, no typical corporate BS with the code
That's not true; the GPL isn't about any of these things, it's about ensuring the freedom of users to modify the code, which means when you distribute a GPL licensed program, you must also distribute the source code. This doesn't mean that you can't charge money for it, it doesn't mean "no stealing" (it's perfectly legal to sell someone else's GPL code - take the Linux kernel for example), it just means "no binaries without making the source available". That way when you don't like something about a program, you have the freedom to fix it yourself.
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Hiding important information has always been one of SCO's favourite strategies, right? (e.g. "Linux infringes on our IP, but we can't tell you where, how, or why.").
and guns
True that - and the thought of that guy with a gun is the only reason I'd ever need to support gun control.He thinks the OSI has been successful? The lack of comments to this story alone shows just how irrelevant OSI is today. Although let's be honest; all Eric Raymond ever cared about was money, the OSI was just a means of accomplishing that goal.
I mean The Hobbit was originally published in 1937, why is there even any question about royalties? The book is over 70 years old, it should be public domain already!
The effect of the fibre outage will be mass constipation!
There's already a section about the world's biggest boobs.
You call $400 for a video card expensive??
In Australia, the 8800 GTS 640MB is STILL (i.e. as of today), AU$500 (about $450 US according to Google). The current top of the line video card from nVidia (the 8800 Ultra) is still AU$985 (or $900 US from Google). These prices are for ASUS video cards, from MSY (pdf), which is the cheapest shop I've ever found here.
c. a sign of duke nukem forever
I'm guessing this version won't cause excessively bright light to pour out of every bodily orifice, however the pain effect seems rather similar. Do you think they're testing it on Teal'c?
Only if you're over 50. Otherwise, you use kilograms.
You're kidding yourself if you think it hasn't already happened here.
In Australia, new games usually launch for AU$99 (which Google tells me is US$87.50). It seems that games cost a lot more here. It doesn't bother me though - I refuse to pay that much for games, so I wait until they're a year old and get them for AU$50.
In Australia all drinks that contain caffeine are labelled with the amount that they contain. Makes it easier to determine just what a drink is going to do to you.
Jay: All these assholes on the internet are calling us names because of this stupid fucking movie.
Banky: That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously. Stopping the flick isn't gonna stop that.
But considerably less for rape or murder.