3. the DA may be sucking up to MA tech companies for some support voters are just another commodity, it's ads and connections that count. 2. We may be Taxachusetts, but the salaries are higher, and so are porperty values. Where the hell do you live? 1 See #3 and nobody gives a crap who the DA is here, anyways. They're all part of a single Democratic machine.
Mass has a lot of schools that were early adopters of free software, and student idealism to flip MS off. FSF is based Cambridge, after all. I think there are a lot of bitter people around the 128 corridor that have never forgiven companies on the West Coast for stealing their thunder.
Actually Tim Reilly addressed this issue. Because Mass. (and other states?) planned for this to be a long, drawn out battle, there isn't much cost to continue the status quo. We can also hold out for a better settlement. I wish I could say this was because of principles, but we probably have more high tech competitors to Microsoft than anywhere else.
I am really sick of/.ers asking "why do this?"
Why don't you actually use your overstuffed, overeducated brains and IMAGINE SOME USES FOR IT, YOURSELF!
Isn't that part of the idea behind open source? You build something for yourself, and then let others improve upon it. Why should it be so different when the project isn't implemented in software? It shouldn't. If you can't figure it out DON'T POST
You'd think maybe someone would be working on using desktop computers for a digital hub, or maybe intergrate it with home entertainment. Funny how nobody has thought of that.
Was your friend writing a paper.. on the pc and it was like..
beep beep bip blip bleep bleep bleep bleep
and then... like... halfa his paper was GONE.
and he was like...
unnnhhh...?
Then he got a shuttle...and everything just worked...on the first try!
According to Showstooper! by GZachary, The phrase was a favorite of David Cutler, the "mastermind" behind the creation of Windows NT. Not that this makes the paper more credible, but this "ridiculous analogy" has been in widespread use at Microsoft.
I can't resist biting this troll. Have you considered that it's not that the "publisher offered me just as much money to do one-fourth the work", It's that the publisher offered money for insisting on the crappy title for his book. Have you published any books? I doubt it. Maybe you should try before you hurl around the insults
You may feel like you've been dragged in the mud, but I think the other K Spencer got the worst of this! Its amazing how many people DO judge a book by its title. I think they have no idea about how difficult it is to publish a book. Personally, I'm glad you posted this story. Thanks
I think "democracy", particularly in America, is simply a way to discourage a popular rebellion from forming, or at least to give the government some semblance of legitimacy. Nothing more. (The founders' fears were realized in the Civil War, when a large part of the population wasn't allowed to participate) At its worst, its like putting lipstick on a pig. As long as the majority of voters believe the system works, it doesn't matter if the "elected" government represents "the will of the people" or not.
A geek NEEDS this- how can you ask such a question. Actually I'm disappointed that Tadpole doesn't make AlphaBooks anymore. I'd rather have a portable Tru64 machine. Oh well.
I'd think Apple could work with IBM, who also make PowerPC chips. Granted, IBM's chip division isn't too healthy, but is Motorola really the only player? And what about 64-bit chips like Itanium? Might this also have something to do with Apple's decision?
He didn't ask why HE or even linux-users should switch. He pitted RH Linux against Darwin asking why "anyone" would. Your question is different. You would consider it if you were using Darwin or MacOS X already and wanted to add an additional box to a network or test stuff on. Its probably not going to get anyone to switch.
Open source won't catch on until something is done about P2P pirating. [not that I want that to happen soon;) ] Also I can't wait for the kinks to be worked out on WINE, or for Hurd to give me a microkernel. Perhaps X11 should replace Linux as the poster-boy for Open Source.
"get out the binary editor and code the hexadecimal values by hand"
I'm not sure if this is really doable, even as a fun, pointless little exercise. Have any/.ers tried this or even done a little binary coding? That would really impress me!
Leave out any stories about "We used to do that all the time" Just show us an example
Apple made huge amounts of money by appealing to non-technical people. Red Hat has not made enough money for a two-bit documentary to come along and call linux a religion.
Its been suggested that Jackson purposefully sabotaged his rulings. There are many reasons he would want to do this: There was a prevalent fear that the economy would tank if Microsoft was found guilty: Jackson may not have had much faith in his own recommendation to divide the company, etc.
Try thinking outside the box, or maybe outside the boxen,/.ers!
I've heard that conversions about morning bowel movements is actually polite amongst Japanese businessmen. It shows concern for another's health and well being. Truly "Ultrapersonal" would be a PDA designed to be physically inserted in one's anal cavitiy.
Oh Wait-
Perhaps it's meant to be shoved up other peoples'...
"Let me give you these spreadsheets of my 401k again, special delivery, Mr Ken(Enron)Lay!"
I remember spending many hours with a friend with ACS on a C64. The fact was, that though it was easy to see the potential, we never made any substantial adventures. We just played the ones already created. It was too time consuming to build. I think we set up a few scenarios where there were ridiculous of firearms, treasure and many targets to fry all in one spot.
We're basically fundamentally lazy, you need discipline or something to motivate one to do more
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3. the DA may be sucking up to MA tech companies for some support voters are just another commodity, it's ads and connections that count. 2. We may be Taxachusetts, but the salaries are higher, and so are porperty values. Where the hell do you live? 1 See #3 and nobody gives a crap who the DA is here, anyways. They're all part of a single Democratic machine.
Mass has a lot of schools that were early adopters of free software, and student idealism to flip MS off. FSF is based Cambridge, after all. I think there are a lot of bitter people around the 128 corridor that have never forgiven companies on the West Coast for stealing their thunder.
Actually Tim Reilly addressed this issue. Because Mass. (and other states?) planned for this to be a long, drawn out battle, there isn't much cost to continue the status quo. We can also hold out for a better settlement. I wish I could say this was because of principles, but we probably have more high tech competitors to Microsoft than anywhere else.
I am really sick of /.ers asking "why do this?"
Why don't you actually use your overstuffed, overeducated brains and IMAGINE SOME USES FOR IT, YOURSELF!
Isn't that part of the idea behind open source? You build something for yourself, and then let others improve upon it. Why should it be so different when the project isn't implemented in software? It shouldn't. If you can't figure it out DON'T POST
You'd think maybe someone would be working on using desktop computers for a digital hub, or maybe intergrate it with home entertainment. Funny how nobody has thought of that.
Was your friend writing a paper.. on the pc and it was like.. beep beep bip blip bleep bleep bleep bleep and then... like... halfa his paper was GONE. and he was like... unnnhhh...? Then he got a shuttle...and everything just worked...on the first try!
OpenVMS will rise from the ashes and stomp out the Windows and un*x blasphemers! Mark my words!
According to Showstooper! by GZachary, The phrase was a favorite of David Cutler, the "mastermind" behind the creation of Windows NT. Not that this makes the paper more credible, but this "ridiculous analogy" has been in widespread use at Microsoft.
I don't know about Zilla, but as for an easy way to cluster Macs, check out Appleseed http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/appleseed/appleseed .html
I can't resist biting this troll. Have you considered that it's not that the "publisher offered me just as much money to do one-fourth the work", It's that the publisher offered money for insisting on the crappy title for his book. Have you published any books? I doubt it. Maybe you should try before you hurl around the insults
You may feel like you've been dragged in the mud, but I think the other K Spencer got the worst of this! Its amazing how many people DO judge a book by its title. I think they have no idea about how difficult it is to publish a book. Personally, I'm glad you posted this story. Thanks
I think "democracy", particularly in America, is simply a way to discourage a popular rebellion from forming, or at least to give the government some semblance of legitimacy. Nothing more. (The founders' fears were realized in the Civil War, when a large part of the population wasn't allowed to participate) At its worst, its like putting lipstick on a pig. As long as the majority of voters believe the system works, it doesn't matter if the "elected" government represents "the will of the people" or not.
Tadpole use to make an AlphaBook, but stopped a long time ago. (It won't even run WinNT) They did exist once, so if you're really motivated...
A geek NEEDS this- how can you ask such a question. Actually I'm disappointed that Tadpole doesn't make AlphaBooks anymore. I'd rather have a portable Tru64 machine. Oh well.
I'd think Apple could work with IBM, who also make PowerPC chips. Granted, IBM's chip division isn't too healthy, but is Motorola really the only player? And what about 64-bit chips like Itanium? Might this also have something to do with Apple's decision?
He didn't ask why HE or even linux-users should switch. He pitted RH Linux against Darwin asking why "anyone" would. Your question is different. You would consider it if you were using Darwin or MacOS X already and wanted to add an additional box to a network or test stuff on. Its probably not going to get anyone to switch.
Open source won't catch on until something is done about P2P pirating. [not that I want that to happen soon ;) ] Also I can't wait for the kinks to be worked out on WINE, or for Hurd to give me a microkernel. Perhaps X11 should replace Linux as the poster-boy for Open Source.
"get out the binary editor and code the hexadecimal values by hand" I'm not sure if this is really doable, even as a fun, pointless little exercise. Have any /.ers tried this or even done a little binary coding? That would really impress me!
Leave out any stories about "We used to do that all the time" Just show us an example
Apple made huge amounts of money by appealing to non-technical people. Red Hat has not made enough money for a two-bit documentary to come along and call linux a religion.
So we're being flushed down a giantic cosmic toilet. Great. I know Tool said I should learn to swim, but I guess that won't be enough.
Its been suggested that Jackson purposefully sabotaged his rulings. There are many reasons he would want to do this: There was a prevalent fear that the economy would tank if Microsoft was found guilty: Jackson may not have had much faith in his own recommendation to divide the company, etc. Try thinking outside the box, or maybe outside the boxen, /.ers!
I've heard that conversions about morning bowel movements is actually polite amongst Japanese businessmen. It shows concern for another's health and well being. Truly "Ultrapersonal" would be a PDA designed to be physically inserted in one's anal cavitiy. Oh Wait- Perhaps it's meant to be shoved up other peoples'... "Let me give you these spreadsheets of my 401k again, special delivery, Mr Ken(Enron)Lay!"
I remember spending many hours with a friend with ACS on a C64. The fact was, that though it was easy to see the potential, we never made any substantial adventures. We just played the ones already created. It was too time consuming to build. I think we set up a few scenarios where there were ridiculous of firearms, treasure and many targets to fry all in one spot. We're basically fundamentally lazy, you need discipline or something to motivate one to do more
Its always impressed me that Artificial Intelligence has found so much use in video games, I hope this book has some mention of AI