"Few people realize that when they buy software or music or movies, they are actually buying a license to use, watch or listen."
Oh yeah? Then why is it that when I lose my copy of a CD, or it becomes damaged, the industry won't supply me with a new copy, free of charge? How about when CDs die and are replaced with new media? Are they doing to continue my perpetual license and supply me with new copies of my 200+ CDs? No? Then screw 'em.
Sorry, but IMHO, the Matrix Reloaded really sucked, so while I'm against censorship, I think the Egyptian people are being done a favour.
While they're at it, they should ban Ghost Ship, Charlie's Angels, and pretty much anything with Van Damme or Seagal in it. Make way for better movies that actually have a decent story.
RedHat has been proving time and time again that the bottom line matters more than free/open software. They're not true believers, and their work is sloppy. Stop supporting them and they might change their behaviour.
Some may actually be stupid enough to lose all of the benefits of the internet in the workspace due to complete paranoia over security risks, but I don't think the majority will allow it to happen.
I regularly save the company money by the information provided to me by the internet. I download language updates, CPAN modules, bug fixes, HOWTOs. There is a wealth of information and tools available for programmers. Usenet alone is a place where others can help me solve complex language problems. It would cost millions to cut us off now.
Besides, as someone said, there are a ton of security fixes for Windows. Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, the list goes on.
Shutting down an internet connection because Microsoft knows nothing about security? Just dump Microsoft you twits.
And here I thought that free software had forever put to rest that nasty rumour that you get what you pay for. Windows is nice and expensive, if you feel like paying for it, but I'll stick with good old free Linux, even though your statement implies lower quality.
The lesson here is simple. If you neglect the story, people will notice. When are filmakers going to give the public enough credit to understand that we actually do appreciate a good story? Dress the movie up all you like, but we can smell commercialism a mile away. Never, never, never neglect the story. If it won't make a good book, it'll suck as a movie.
When filmmakers understand that, we'll get better movies and they'll make more money.
Less interaction among the characters, more action, less continuity? So, they mean more crap and less story. Lovely. I swear, TV execs are totally clueless as to how to please anyone with half a brain.
I think I'll cancel my cable and go read a book now. Thanks to these same TV execs, there isn't much good on anyway.
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I agree that KDE should resist the urge to add too much nonsense. Tighten up what is there. Keep it fast and sexy. Gnome is still slow and bloated. Don't give in to feature creep.
Great. Now when your harddrive starts swapping
like a machinegun, you won't be able to hear it anyway. Yet another way to hide M$'s inadequacies from the public.
I personally think that abandoning some of the most basic X protocols was a huge mistake on the part of the Gtk+ and Qt hackers. I should be able to set resources in my.Xdefaults file, xrdb merge them in, and they should take effect. It's a beautifully simple, portable system. I can take my.Xdefaults file from my Linux box to my HP-UX workstation and it works perfectly for my xterm settings. Meanwhile Gnome and KDE both have their own methods for handling this because those camps decided to reinvent the wheel, and they've blown the beautiful simplicity I've come to expect from Unix out of the water. Thanks for nothing people.
Personally I find a trip to the gym helps. I totally exhaust myself physically, until I can't think at all. Then shower up and take a little meditation time, and some sleep. Most of the time, I find that the answer was right in front of me. I've actually woken up in the middle of the night, sprung to my computer and coded the answer. Kay, I'm a geek.;-)
Not just that, but all of these wonderful tools were created on Unix, and then ported to windows. That's not like porting from one Unix to another. The Unix paradigm isn't even supported under windows, so I find that ported Unix tools often feel totally alien under windows. Best to leave them on their native platform and use them there.
Besides, doesn't it say something when to work effectively on windows, so many developers are using ported Unix tools and languages?
Hey, if M$ is giving the access to the data, maybe it'll come at a hidden price. Every time you look at the sky you'll see, "Where do you want to go today". *shudder*
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...it's called iTunes.
"Few people realize that when they buy software or music or movies, they are actually buying a license to use, watch or listen."
Oh yeah? Then why is it that when I lose my copy of a CD, or it becomes damaged, the industry won't supply me with a new copy, free of charge? How about when CDs die and are replaced with new media? Are they doing to continue my perpetual license and supply me with new copies of my 200+ CDs? No? Then screw 'em.
lilo: linux init=/bin/bash - Instant root without password
"Enter Lilo Password:"
Sorry, but IMHO, the Matrix Reloaded really sucked, so while I'm against censorship, I think the Egyptian people are being done a favour.
While they're at it, they should ban Ghost Ship, Charlie's Angels, and pretty much anything with Van Damme or Seagal in it. Make way for better movies that actually have a decent story.
RedHat has been proving time and time again that the bottom line matters more than free/open software. They're not true believers, and their work is sloppy. Stop supporting them and they might change their behaviour.
Debian rocks.
Here's a thought. Do you job.
Some may actually be stupid enough to lose all of the benefits of the internet in the workspace due to complete paranoia over security risks, but I don't think the majority will allow it to happen.
I regularly save the company money by the information provided to me by the internet. I download language updates, CPAN modules, bug fixes, HOWTOs. There is a wealth of information and tools available for programmers. Usenet alone is a place where others can help me solve complex language problems. It would cost millions to cut us off now.
Besides, as someone said, there are a ton of security fixes for Windows. Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, the list goes on.
Shutting down an internet connection because Microsoft knows nothing about security? Just dump Microsoft you twits.
Navarre
While you're at it, don't forget to block yahoo, aol and hotmail. Pretty much anyone on uunet too.
Mike
The writers for X-Files ran out of ideas years ago. The show has quite supremely sucked for some time.
And here I thought that free software had forever put to rest that nasty rumour that you get what you pay for. Windows is nice and expensive, if you feel like paying for it, but I'll stick with good old free Linux, even though your statement implies lower quality.
Cheers.
The lesson here is simple. If you neglect the story, people will notice. When are filmakers going to give the public enough credit to understand that we actually do appreciate a good story? Dress the movie up all you like, but we can smell commercialism a mile away. Never, never, never neglect the story. If it won't make a good book, it'll suck as a movie.
When filmmakers understand that, we'll get better movies and they'll make more money.
Neither did I. I love the cartoon, but this show had none of the silly magic that made the cartoon great. It was just...dumb. Sad but true.
Oh yeah, you can use any license you like... as long as it's one that I endorse. On your feet mere mortals! Worship me! I am Stallman!
Whatever. Pardon me for thinking for myself, but I am free to disagree with you.
Less interaction among the characters, more action, less continuity? So, they mean more crap and less story. Lovely. I swear, TV execs are totally clueless as to how to please anyone with half a brain.
I think I'll cancel my cable and go read a book now. Thanks to these same TV execs, there isn't much good on anyway.
Sure, except speed. Java sucks.
I agree that KDE should resist the urge to add too much nonsense. Tighten up what is there. Keep it fast and sexy. Gnome is still slow and bloated. Don't give in to feature creep.
Otherwise, all you've got is winblows on Linux.
All it does for me is segfault. Very exciting.
Great. Now when your harddrive starts swapping
like a machinegun, you won't be able to hear it anyway. Yet another way to hide M$'s inadequacies from the public.
I listen to music all the time, but if I spent any time at all worrying about what music is so cool, I'd never get anything done.
Maybe if people worried less about what was cool, and more about their own lives, the music industry might have to work a little harder to please.
Cool is irrelevant. Get a life.
I personally think that abandoning some of the most basic X protocols was a huge mistake on the part of the Gtk+ and Qt hackers. I should be able to set resources in my .Xdefaults file, xrdb merge them in, and they should take effect. It's a beautifully simple, portable system. I can take my .Xdefaults file from my Linux box to my HP-UX workstation and it works perfectly for my xterm settings. Meanwhile Gnome and KDE both have their own methods for handling this because those camps decided to reinvent the wheel, and they've blown the beautiful simplicity I've come to expect from Unix out of the water. Thanks for nothing people.
You should have built on top of X, not around it.
Oh please. A Win kernel would have have lasted for 28 years. ;-)
I guess I need to watch more TV. I had no idea who this Fred guy was until he was listed here. *shrug* Another nobody says nothing, and people listen.
Personally I find a trip to the gym helps. I totally exhaust myself physically, until I can't think at all. Then shower up and take a little meditation time, and some sleep. Most of the time, I find that the answer was right in front of me. I've actually woken up in the middle of the night, sprung to my computer and coded the answer. Kay, I'm a geek. ;-)
Not just that, but all of these wonderful tools were created on Unix, and then ported to windows. That's not like porting from one Unix to another. The Unix paradigm isn't even supported under windows, so I find that ported Unix tools often feel totally alien under windows. Best to leave them on their native platform and use them there.
Besides, doesn't it say something when to work effectively on windows, so many developers are using ported Unix tools and languages?
Hey, if M$ is giving the access to the data, maybe it'll come at a hidden price. Every time you look at the sky you'll see, "Where do you want to go today". *shudder*