Re:SCO still packs a punch?
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SCO SCO SCO!
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Why don't we(slashdot readers) kick in and pull a blender on SCO? Damn, that would be great, if everybody that reads slashdot could kick in as much as they could, 10, 100, 1000 bucks, whatever, we could buy SCO.
OSS? Linus and software maintainers could stop development at any moment, and a contract with Redhat isn't going to change that.
I don't think you understand how OSS works. See, if Linus&Co decide to stop whatever they're doing and go live fat and happy in Silicon Valley or somewhere, 'we' still have the code. Anyone can take it and continue the development -worst case scenario, they can't call it 'Linux' anymore. However, if Microsoft says 'well, that's all, folks! We'll start selling beach balls from now on!', there's not a single thing anyone can do about it. And no one can continue the development of those systems.
"Wyrm" by Mark Fabi. Neat description of a virtual reality world (and the real world) in the not-too-distant future. Not too high a geek factor, if I recall correctly, but it was entertaining.
Although if this is true, I think my patent application for "in a computer program, stepping through the contents of any container (as defined above) by means of repetition and index point incrementation".
However, having used several of Microsoft's languages, I must say that they are actually surprisingly easy to learn. They are quite powerful in the realm of Windows programming.
Ha! Craters in North America.. finally it was proven! I've suspected for long that it indeed was the honorable G.W. Bush who released us from the horrible death regime of the dinosaurs!
Nothing is perfect. Capitalism is like democracy. It's a rotten system, and the only system worse than democracy and capitalism is everything else.
There's nothing wrong with democracy (capitalism, of course, is the root of all evil). You must be confusing democracy with this current mockery of the word, where people are elected to 'represent the People.'
Per se, democracy means "people's power", from ancient Greek, and it's de facto meaning in politics is a system in which every citizen has an equal opportunity to affect (or decide not to) the decisions made in the name of the community -essentially, everyone has a vote on everything. The reason democracy has failed so far is that after it's birth, communities grew faster than information transportation technologies, rendering the concept of equal vote useless. Now, as we are approaching the time when the whole world can be reached instantaneously, we might yet again see the real democracy rise. I'm also predicting communism will be successful when the information technologies get advanced enough.
The key of Palladium is to encrypt data on a computer so that no unauthorized person can decrypt and hence read it. This is the basic idea, and everything else is a variation of this.
Any criminals and terrorists will love item 1. Complete data safety for all devious plans.
Any authorities will hate item 2.
Due to item 3, MS has to offer backdoors so that under 'special circumstances', data may be decrypted without permission from the owner.
Read item 1, then item 4, and repeat once or twice.
I'm sure you'd be happy without the state/govt.-funded roads, law&order etc., but most of us wouldn't.
Your statement includes a logical fallacy, as well.. the government is not some separate being, it's just a representation of the people.
I've come to notice Americans still live by the misleading phrase "Don't ask what your country can do for you..", when they should be asking what their country will do for them, instead.
How much is it worth to you to teach your **future soliders** proper movement techniques and command and control at the squad level. These techniques keep our soldiers alive, and the soldiers of the future our currently our children.
Me, I'd prefer no wars but it seems to be the losing opinion these days.
Note that this game has zero gore.
This is good how? "Oh, I died, let me just repop." They're recruiting people for war. I personally think they should include a device that gives 10000 volts every time you get killed.
The operating system is the piece of software that manages all the resources and all user processes on a single computer.
An OS is written in a programming language, usually (be it VB, C, Assembler or anything else.)
A programming language can be used to request the OS of the machine to perform the functionality the coder has written.
Java Virtual Machines are operating systems, in a sense. However, they also make requests to the OS proper of the machine. The VMs are simply pieces of software intended to facilitate other software to be run over an intermediary layer. However, even given these considerable accommodations, the VM isn't a programming language, it is software, written in some programming language.
If an operating system is written in LISP, it's an operating system -but LISP isn't. The operating sytem just is written in it.
If one must try to prove their intelligence in some manner, the proper way would be to relate the abundant virtual machines to operating systems, but this, this is just a waste of time.
Everybody seems to be talking about DRM.. however, I would more relate the matter to TCPA and such schemes, and I have thought about only one solid argument against it.
1) The main trick, and the most appealing trick, of TCPA is that the contents of your computer are scrambled so that it's supposedly impossible for unauthorized people to access your data.
2) Criminals (against property or humanity) are going to LOVE item 1. They can keep their data secure from any intervention from any authority.
3) Said authorities are NOT going to like item 2. They will demand that certain backdoors are built into the structure (demand if this isn't done by default) so that 'in case of national security' they can access that supposedly secure data and foil the criminal intentions.
4) Remind me again, what was the most appealing feature of TCPA? Completely protected data? Hm? Anyone?
That is a major problem in America today. Common man no longer makes the laws, the people who can afford it do.
Incorrect. Common man thinks to himself this, however, and by doing so gives up. They don't vote. When enough common men think this way, enough common men don't vote.
Think about this: if everyone who didn't vote (40%, was it?) in the last presidential election had voted for Ralph Nader, he would be president now. Think about it.
But on the other hand, the whole discussion about how it would make speeding more difficult is a bit absurd. The speed limits were put in place for a purpose, and violating them is an offense. Nobody is objecting to the use of radars - so why would using a cell-phone based solution any different?
Er. At least here in Ohio it's entrapment for a police car to be clocking drivers if they aren't clearly at sight (e.g. driving-/tail lights off, hiding behind a wall.)
Never ever underestimate the idiotic influence a great mass of people can have.
I find all this but-they-shouldn't-be-allowed-
to-know-if-I'm-speeding-if-I-can't-see-them-to-
slow-down rationale completely ridiculous.
Most people don't have what it takes to kill another person up-close-and-personal, unless they really have to. Guns provide a neat, clean way to kill people without bothering too much (or getting stains on your clothes.)
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That's called the stock market, genius.
Yes yes, I know. But it's funnier this way.
I don't think you understand how OSS works. See, if Linus&Co decide to stop whatever they're doing and go live fat and happy in Silicon Valley or somewhere, 'we' still have the code. Anyone can take it and continue the development -worst case scenario, they can't call it 'Linux' anymore. However, if Microsoft says 'well, that's all, folks! We'll start selling beach balls from now on!', there's not a single thing anyone can do about it. And no one can continue the development of those systems.
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However, at this day and age we have more memory than we actually need --
No we don't! I don't at least!
Oh. Wait a moment. I've been using winXP all day. Disregard.
"Wyrm" by Mark Fabi. Neat description of a virtual reality world (and the real world) in the not-too-distant future. Not too high a geek factor, if I recall correctly, but it was entertaining.
Meh. Stupid 'lameness filter' needs something written here. I wish it were a little bit more intelligent. E
I didn't think you could patent algorithms?
Although if this is true, I think my patent application for "in a computer program, stepping through the contents of any container (as defined above) by means of repetition and index point incrementation".
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You should actually read the entire series (4 books.) Best literature on earth.
Yet another example of our dear scientists considering the 'can I' instead of 'should I'.
Well lah-di-F#ing-dah.
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I've had more experiences physically relocating the phones than them vibrating..(usually by hand and as far as my muscles carried it.)
How about keeping their titles as they are, mm?
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Assistant Woodborne Datamedium Physical Repositioning Technician,
Department Of Inventing Euphemistic Career Titles,
elvendesigns.com
Ha! Craters in North America.. finally it was proven! I've suspected for long that it indeed was the honorable G.W. Bush who released us from the horrible death regime of the dinosaurs!
Per se, democracy means "people's power", from ancient Greek, and it's de facto meaning in politics is a system in which every citizen has an equal opportunity to affect (or decide not to) the decisions made in the name of the community -essentially, everyone has a vote on everything. The reason democracy has failed so far is that after it's birth, communities grew faster than information transportation technologies, rendering the concept of equal vote useless. Now, as we are approaching the time when the whole world can be reached instantaneously, we might yet again see the real democracy rise. I'm also predicting communism will be successful when the information technologies get advanced enough.
"Sure, it's okay.." I'd imagine quite a few companies are going to sue Microsoft for any losses to the royalties. Good for them.
How about the guy in the new Toyota commercial. He even has a theme of his own. I know I have one. *hums to something like a tune*
You might want to give Mono for your .NET projects (libraries thereof at least.) I'm sure they will have better support for Mozilla :)
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I'm sure you'd be happy without the state/govt.-funded roads, law&order etc., but most of us wouldn't.
Your statement includes a logical fallacy, as well.. the government is not some separate being, it's just a representation of the people.
I've come to notice Americans still live by the misleading phrase "Don't ask what your country can do for you..", when they should be asking what their country will do for them, instead.
Me, I'd prefer no wars but it seems to be the losing opinion these days.
This is good how? "Oh, I died, let me just repop." They're recruiting people for war. I personally think they should include a device that gives 10000 volts every time you get killed.
The premise gives is really pretty bad.
The operating system is the piece of software that manages all the resources and all user processes on a single computer.
An OS is written in a programming language, usually (be it VB, C, Assembler or anything else.)
A programming language can be used to request the OS of the machine to perform the functionality the coder has written.
Java Virtual Machines are operating systems, in a sense. However, they also make requests to the OS proper of the machine. The VMs are simply pieces of software intended to facilitate other software to be run over an intermediary layer. However, even given these considerable accommodations, the VM isn't a programming language, it is software, written in some programming language.
If an operating system is written in LISP, it's an operating system -but LISP isn't. The operating sytem just is written in it.
If one must try to prove their intelligence in some manner, the proper way would be to relate the abundant virtual machines to operating systems, but this, this is just a waste of time.
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Everybody seems to be talking about DRM.. however, I would more relate the matter to TCPA and such schemes, and I have thought about only one solid argument against it.
1) The main trick, and the most appealing trick, of TCPA is that the contents of your computer are scrambled so that it's supposedly impossible for unauthorized people to access your data.
2) Criminals (against property or humanity) are going to LOVE item 1. They can keep their data secure from any intervention from any authority.
3) Said authorities are NOT going to like item 2. They will demand that certain backdoors are built into the structure (demand if this isn't done by default) so that 'in case of national security' they can access that supposedly secure data and foil the criminal intentions.
4) Remind me again, what was the most appealing feature of TCPA? Completely protected data? Hm? Anyone?
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Incorrect. Common man thinks to himself this, however, and by doing so gives up. They don't vote. When enough common men think this way, enough common men don't vote.
Think about this: if everyone who didn't vote (40%, was it?) in the last presidential election had voted for Ralph Nader, he would be president now. Think about it.
Er. At least here in Ohio it's entrapment for a police car to be clocking drivers if they aren't clearly at sight (e.g. driving-/tail lights off, hiding behind a wall.)
Never ever underestimate the idiotic influence a great mass of people can have.
I find all this but-they-shouldn't-be-allowed- to-know-if-I'm-speeding-if-I-can't-see-them-to- slow-down rationale completely ridiculous.
Dude. http://www.everquest.com
You are wrong.
Most people don't have what it takes to kill another person up-close-and-personal, unless they really have to. Guns provide a neat, clean way to kill people without bothering too much (or getting stains on your clothes.)