Ummmmm, facts? I've so far seen assertions, but you have yet to show any facts. I guess we'll have to wait until you get home, but you're very light on details.
"I guess that makes me a professional barber because when I ran down the stairs with a pair of scissors and slipped, they impaled my skull and removed a few strands of hair."
I would guess that Pudge is painfully aware of the level of journalism as practiced on/.
There is also a relationship between time and money. While a Mac might cost more money, it is possible to save a lot of time using a mac. So dollar for dollar it is not a terrible value.
If anyone has spent any time on MacOSXhints, you might disagree with Chuck.
Many people who are long time mac users are mac power users. While many might be intimidated by the CLI and the Unix underpinings, once they find a site like MacOSXhints those fears can be alleviated and they learn that they can control their computers in far more powerful ways than before, without sacrificing any of the ease of use of normal operations.
Just the fact that you posted to this flame war calls into question your intelligence. Unfortunately for me, my posting a response makes my own inntelligence doubtful. Damn.
You have a point as far as the "precocious" use of big words goes, but the power of a large vocabulary is that different words have shades of meanings, often with context as a factor. Thus "pulchritude" might be a better word than "beauty" in some situations. "Concatenation" might carry more freight than "chain" in some circumstances.
While the sophmoric use of vocabulary for purposes of showing off is generally obnoxious, there are valid reasons to use language as powerfully as one can.
Yes, effective communication must often take the education level of the audience into account. However, let us not dumb down all language in order to satisfy the lowest common denominator.
Thru some unexplainable* rift in the space/time continuum, this comment from 4 years ago somehow made it into the current discovery.
*Is this what led Hawking to revise his blackhole theory? Did the comment escape from a black hole? It is possible, but woukld seem to be irrelevant, as the comment contains no real information and seems to be a form of background radiation.
Right. And purely monetary damage isn't considered irreparable, since it can be fixed with. ..money.
What's funny is that "in a way" SCO is being irreparably harmed by the injunction, as they now have a lot less power to threaten other companies. Their power to threaten and intimidate, which was based on smoke and mirrors anyway, is being irreparably harmed.
Giving SCO the right to limited discovery is questionalbe
Judges need to protect their decisions from appeal. That's all the judge is doing here. It's smart and not at all unreasonable. Other than that, your summation did nicely.
You sound oh so very high minded about standards and integrity, but you reveal your trollish prejudices.
For the purposes of our discussion, the only Unix standard that matters is POSIX compliance. Hmmmm, can you think of any POSIX compliant OSes that don't have the Unix (TM) on them?
TOG's problem is that Apple is only one of many who might want to challenge the Unix trademark's viability in court. So the trademark might not fall this year, as you say, but there's always next time.
I'm not sure why you paint me as being cynical just because I have an inkling of how things work. Or maybe you do know how things work, but you astroturf for SCO/MS.
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Ummmmm, facts? I've so far seen assertions, but you have yet to show any facts. I guess we'll have to wait until you get home, but you're very light on details.
That's because you're not a cow.
I read it. =)
What is the windows equivalent of constantly leaking oil on the garage floor? Piss poor engineering? Shoddy manufacturing?
$5100 for the comparable mac system? Hmmmmm.
Quark runs on PC and mac.
Depends on your definition of runs. Did you mean functions or diarrea?
Jee jee =)
And what do you call it when those responding to your post are to thick to get a joke?
impenetratible? =)
Amost?
Dude, I spent a good 15 minutes palping it. Best palp I've had in months. And I'm not usually the touchy-feely type.
Remove your mittens and try again.
Given the joke comment
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"I guess that makes me a professional barber because when I ran down the stairs with a pair of scissors and slipped, they impaled my skull and removed a few strands of hair."
I would guess that Pudge is painfully aware of the level of journalism as practiced on
There is also a relationship between time and money. While a Mac might cost more money, it is possible to save a lot of time using a mac. So dollar for dollar it is not a terrible value.
If anyone has spent any time on MacOSXhints, you might disagree with Chuck.
Many people who are long time mac users are mac power users. While many might be intimidated by the CLI and the Unix underpinings, once they find a site like MacOSXhints those fears can be alleviated and they learn that they can control their computers in far more powerful ways than before, without sacrificing any of the ease of use of normal operations.
Just the fact that you posted to this flame war calls into question your intelligence. Unfortunately for me, my posting a response makes my own inntelligence doubtful. Damn.
Some people try to do this anyway.
You have a point as far as the "precocious" use of big words goes, but the power of a large vocabulary is that different words have shades of meanings, often with context as a factor. Thus "pulchritude" might be a better word than "beauty" in some situations. "Concatenation" might carry more freight than "chain" in some circumstances.
While the sophmoric use of vocabulary for purposes of showing off is generally obnoxious, there are valid reasons to use language as powerfully as one can.
Yes, effective communication must often take the education level of the audience into account. However, let us not dumb down all language in order to satisfy the lowest common denominator.
So you're not saying that we Mac users are smarter, just wiser? =)
Thru some unexplainable* rift in the space/time continuum, this comment from 4 years ago somehow made it into the current discovery.
*Is this what led Hawking to revise his blackhole theory? Did the comment escape from a black hole? It is possible, but woukld seem to be irrelevant, as the comment contains no real information and seems to be a form of background radiation.
It's really insidious. I'm thinking of the children.
This shouldn't be a foreign concept to the /. crowd.
Pretty good for being half assed. SCO alleges that AZ is improperly using SCO's static libraries with Linux.
Right. And purely monetary damage isn't considered irreparable, since it can be fixed with. . .money.
What's funny is that "in a way" SCO is being irreparably harmed by the injunction, as they now have a lot less power to threaten other companies. Their power to threaten and intimidate, which was based on smoke and mirrors anyway, is being irreparably harmed.
Giving SCO the right to limited discovery is questionalbe
Judges need to protect their decisions from appeal. That's all the judge is doing here. It's smart and not at all unreasonable. Other than that, your summation did nicely.
You sound oh so very high minded about standards and integrity, but you reveal your trollish prejudices.
For the purposes of our discussion, the only Unix standard that matters is POSIX compliance. Hmmmm, can you think of any POSIX compliant OSes that don't have the Unix (TM) on them?
TOG's problem is that Apple is only one of many who might want to challenge the Unix trademark's viability in court. So the trademark might not fall this year, as you say, but there's always next time.
I'm not sure why you paint me as being cynical just because I have an inkling of how things work. Or maybe you do know how things work, but you astroturf for SCO/MS.
I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad. I am bad.
So, someone get Jenna Haze to spank me.
Sorry for the misinformation, everyone.
Oh, I found this, too: , a "unix like OS" for the Sharp MZ-800 (8-bit Zilog Z80). Based on Uzi and Uzix.
There is an embedded linux project, ELKS that is planning a port for the Zilog z80 (the CPU of the Osborne), but I don't think they're there yet.
Just my guess, but BSD probably has too big of a foot print. Besides which, it is dying. =)