Sure, this might be a function that most users don't need, but it is compiled in for most so it is there, and exploitable, whether it is needed or not.
How many Ubuntu-ites recompile stripped kernels? Ubuntu is supposed to be this touchy-feely Linux where you don't have to have a pet kernel hacker, just install the CDs. If you're arguing that Ubuntu-ites should rebuild kernels then you're missing the point of Ubuntu.
The healthy thing to do here is what most people are doing: accept that there has been a screw-up, fix it and learn from the experience.
We have a weird circular loop going here. Searching the other planets for life etc is supposed to be telling us more about how life might have eveolved on earth. Now we're searching earth to find out how life might evolve on another planet so we can come back and say how it might have eveolved on earth. Does anyone else see the irony in thi?. Perhaps we should just skip the whole space searching deal and spend more time doing earth-based research?
This is a stupid inflammatory summary designed to troll.
First off, the concerns raised by the original article only apply to some biofuels, not all. The corcerns only apply to some biofuel crops and to some farming practices. Secondly, the original article had a 'might' in it and was of the form "Biofuels might make greenhouse gases worse". Deleting 'might' combletely changes the meaning and esculates the threat. Slashdot editors are getting to be like regular journalists ((hint: this is not a compliment) and looking for a new inflammatory headline where they can. Junk journalism!
Sure, you can invest out of ethical reasons, but face it most investors are out to make money. And yes, you're correct, this does lead to unsustainable business practices but so does the whole Wall St model of quater-to-quarter business and the demand for growth. If you're expecting to find anything other that quarter-to-quarter profits and greed you got off the subway at the wrong station. City Mission is a few stops along.
So.... Yahoo! won't come easy, MS will just mount a hostile take over. That won't slow them for long. If anything a Yahoo rejection will lower stock price making it cheaper for MS.
For Joe & Jane Sixpack,buy a new computer. Facebook works fine on their old XP and not on Vista. If J&J have a few Mac-oriented friends, they'd tell them that Facebook is fine on Macs. Therefore Vista is broken.
MS cannot morally use the standards argument after IE.
Unless you're timing with a stopwatch etc, there is no way in hell you will notice a 9% speed up. You need a speed up of 50% or so before most people will really appreciate the difference.
Besides, unless the huge copy time problem has been fixed people will not be happy. Going from 15 minutes to 13.5 minutes is not going to make MS any friends.
Politicians build perceptions, reality does not matter. They want to do two main things: Keep you scared. A frightened citizen/voter is more likely to submit to airport cavity searches etc. Keep the whole WarOnTerror thing in your face to justify spending etc (and keep you scared). Show that they're keeping abreast of modern technology.
It used to be that Americans would say "Well it's better than living in UK", or some other top shelf company (Sweden, Australia...). Now people say "Well it's better than living in Iraq", or Rwanda etc. (though I think Rwanda has better cell coverage)
A toughbook will cost you a huge wad of cash and is heavy. If/when it gets stolen/broken you're going to cry.
I'd go for something very light and cheap. If it breaks and you need a replacement well you're still way ahead than if you'd bought a Toughbook.
Also, instead of burning CDs, use SD cards or something small and light. They are far more likely to get through 3rd world post without getting stolen/broken than DVDs and you don't need a DVD drive. Sure they are more expensive, but EeePC or XO + bunch of SD cards is still way cheaper than a toughbook.
If fact it could even hurt a competitor. If the company decided to dump a project because they are moving out of that business arena, but the competitor is still staying in that arena, then opening up the code will dilute the competitor's position.
As parent says, they own the code. If they want to abandon it they still own it and don't automatically abandon rights to the code. Ask them if they are prepared to release the code and if not, why not. If their major concern is laibility, then get the code signed over to another party who will shield them from liability. THis might be yourself or EFF or whatever. If they still won't well you're screwed as it is theirs.
Sure some CISCs have a RISC under the hood, but that just means you need to have a "virtual machine" that emulates a CISC on top of the RISC. Those extra layers mean more internal operations which mean more switching.
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How many Ubuntu-ites recompile stripped kernels? Ubuntu is supposed to be this touchy-feely Linux where you don't have to have a pet kernel hacker, just install the CDs. If you're arguing that Ubuntu-ites should rebuild kernels then you're missing the point of Ubuntu.
The healthy thing to do here is what most people are doing: accept that there has been a screw-up, fix it and learn from the experience.
We have a weird circular loop going here.
Searching the other planets for life etc is supposed to be telling us more about how life might have eveolved on earth.
Now we're searching earth to find out how life might evolve on another planet so we can come back and say how it might have eveolved on earth. Does anyone else see the irony in thi?.
Perhaps we should just skip the whole space searching deal and spend more time doing earth-based research?
Add the Clorox to the methane producing dudes. Kill 'em off! Need to fix the gloabl warming.
First off, the concerns raised by the original article only apply to some biofuels, not all. The corcerns only apply to some biofuel crops and to some farming practices.
Secondly, the original article had a 'might' in it and was of the form "Biofuels might make greenhouse gases worse". Deleting 'might' combletely changes the meaning and esculates the threat.
Slashdot editors are getting to be like regular journalists ((hint: this is not a compliment) and looking for a new inflammatory headline where they can. Junk journalism!
For Joe and Jane Sixpack, PDF=Acrobat, www=IE. Saying that other readers/browsers are safe is irrelevant for the majority of people.
Take pill. Throw in trash. Box fooled.
I guess a shuttle could be packed with explosives and made into a huge ICBM.
So.... Yahoo! won't come easy, MS will just mount a hostile take over. That won't slow them for long. If anything a Yahoo rejection will lower stock price making it cheaper for MS.
MS cannot morally use the standards argument after IE.
Besides, unless the huge copy time problem has been fixed people will not be happy. Going from 15 minutes to 13.5 minutes is not going to make MS any friends.
Modular systems are nothing new.
Sleeves for personalizing gizzmos is about as old as forever. Even God has sleeves so he can appear in different forms.
Politicians build perceptions, reality does not matter. They want to do two main things:
Keep you scared. A frightened citizen/voter is more likely to submit to airport cavity searches etc.
Keep the whole WarOnTerror thing in your face to justify spending etc (and keep you scared).
Show that they're keeping abreast of modern technology.
Now people say "Well it's better than living in Iraq", or Rwanda etc. (though I think Rwanda has better cell coverage)
Americans, you have lost your aspirations.
Want some goals to aspire to?
Perceived corruption http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html USA ranks 20th.
Press freedom http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=824) US ranks 31st.
Privacy http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559597 , got beaten by Philipines.
You can install Vista and get screwed today! Get a 2 year head start on your friends!
The Vista computer won't get hacked because nobody will want to take it home!
I'd go for something very light and cheap. If it breaks and you need a replacement well you're still way ahead than if you'd bought a Toughbook.
Also, instead of burning CDs, use SD cards or something small and light. They are far more likely to get through 3rd world post without getting stolen/broken than DVDs and you don't need a DVD drive. Sure they are more expensive, but EeePC or XO + bunch of SD cards is still way cheaper than a toughbook.
I wasn't perving the girls' dorm on purpose! My roboscope got a virus.
355/113 is accurate to 7 decimal places (or about 3 metres on the circumference of the earth).
Perhaps it's a double irony in that TFA's Google Earth feed got hacked and Nigeria/Brazil got swapped.
If fact it could even hurt a competitor.
If the company decided to dump a project because they are moving out of that business arena, but the competitor is still staying in that arena, then opening up the code will dilute the competitor's position.
ball + less = AC
As parent says, they own the code. If they want to abandon it they still own it and don't automatically abandon rights to the code.
Ask them if they are prepared to release the code and if not, why not.
If their major concern is laibility, then get the code signed over to another party who will shield them from liability. THis might be yourself or EFF or whatever.
If they still won't well you're screwed as it is theirs.
Sure some CISCs have a RISC under the hood, but that just means you need to have a "virtual machine" that emulates a CISC on top of the RISC. Those extra layers mean more internal operations which mean more switching.
That's why your cell phone has an ARM CPU and not an x86.