I'm very sceptical to ancient folk remedies in general but I am willing to believe that some of them do work even though the explanations why they work are lacking. The thing is that those cures have been developed by trial and error and they have been tested and found to be working during such a long period of time. And medicine development today is still to a large extent trial and error - it's usually done by taking one substance, which is known to be working, and then changed a little based upon predictions what might make it work better and then tested (first mice, then bigger mammals and finally humans - healthy for comparison of side-effects and then ill to see if it works as a cure). A funny thing I remember from high school chemistry - my teacher told us about this trial and error development, a company began development of a pain killer (for humans) but ended up with a very good tranquilizer for horses (this was the result of all the tests).
I need to critisize myself for my previous comment because I forgot to mention one of the biggest disadvantages - the part that people don't like doing simply isn't done (why are so many manuals crap compared to the software itself?). And of course the development model is different since it's some tweaking here and there all the time whenever something is noticed - this does fit in with the carpenter analogy though. Flaws are discovered through usage and then fixed instead of rigourous testing and quality assurance (ok some software companies forget this though...) and then delivering (as would be the case with a house purchase, to continue my analogy). So even though there are "stable" versions they still quite frequently lack something (ie. the manual might be "please write it").
Compare it to any group of people working on something together for everyone to share - especially professionals doing something they like. For example, a group of carpenters building a summer house together because they love doing it and therefore do it pretty damn well and are intent on sharing it together. Except that with open source everybody gets their own copy of it instead of eg. everyone gets to spend X weeks of your vacation here. And in addition to them getting a copy many others do too - and they thus get their eternal admiration and gratitude:)
And no, it's not for beginners, but it is great for someone who'd like to learn more about Linux.
Couldn't agree more:) I think it's a very good distro for those who are somewhat experienced with computers but maybe not specifically Linux (so that they know what compiling is all about and don't fear manually editing config files) and are thus interested in trying something different than off-the-shelf OSes - ie. compiling your own OS.
But how do you synchronize marketing with a "it's done when it's done" schedule? Buying advertising, retailers, publicity - everything outside the coding itself requires a schedule planned well in advance.
I recall an expert on the BBC news (so trust the source to the degree you wish) describing it in a very odd way: He said that if somebody threw a piece like that (which fell off) at you, you wouldn't even feel it...
I agree, everybody already has a "personal DNS server in their pocket" so the numbers aren't that relevant anymore. It's kind of funny - I still remember some of my childhood friends' numbers since there were no or only very small address books built in then but now I don't remember the numbers of people I call every and barely remember my own number...
It's very good that you can tell the difference between cell phone numbers and others since the cost is different - and not only whether it's cell or not but also which operator it is since the cost also depends on that. In the future it might be different though (at least in Finland, where I live, and probably the rest of the EU too) since the authorities have decided that you must be able to switch operator without switching your number - and thus the competition between operators will become harder and prices lower since there's no lock-in for customers (no need to notify all friends/relatives/idiots that you have a new number). The authorities have, however, also decided that the caller must be able to determine which operator they're calling (so that they'll know what it will cost) even though the number will no longer reveal which operator it is so the operators have to come up with some solution for that. It's kind of funny since the operators' main argument against the no-number-change requirement was that it would be difficult for the consumer to know what the call will cost - and then the authorities told them "you have a point, so you'll have to solve that".
Day care is paid for by taxpayer money here (there's a reason why the taxation here is so fscking high) so they're all pretty much of the same (quite high) standard anyway so people usually just pick the nursery which is closest to home/work so that taking their kids there and picking them up is as convenient as possible. Thus, songs they sing don't affect profitability...
# Imagine a Beowulf cluster... Would that be a traffic jam of cars like this? # But can it run Linux?
No, but I'm sure that Linus, as a Finn, would enjoy running it...
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well, it has water-cooling...
(For those that aren't familiar with traditional saunas: People throw water on the rocks to make the sauna steamy.)
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More about that: "Sauna" is the only Finnish word that has become a common loan word in other languages. The Swedish word for it, "bastu", makes more sense though since it's derived from "bad-stuga" (in ancient Nordic-speak), which translates roughly to "bath cabin". And about saunas in cars: I know two more of these in Finland and they can be driven - a nice way to travel;)
OK, thanks! I was a bit hasty... I read that article too now (Swedish is my native language but I've lived in Norway for one year so I understood it easily).
I'm not sure that I understand what you mean. I don't think that MS would worry that consumers would choose to buy the latest Playstation instead of the latest X-Box because they get sick and tired of the way MS treats them. So far - unfortunately - most people have been willing to accept almost any kind of bad treatment from MS. I'm quite sure that MS will bet that being able to play old X-Box games is not a sales argument that would result in bigger profits than doing the way I described in my previous comment.
They would definitely do that. If you've bought an X-Box 2 it's quite unlikely that you'd want to buy old games to play on it when there are newer (and at least graphics-wise more impressive) ones available but if you do and the old games don't run on your new X-Box they can make you pay more. If you already have the old games you probably have an X-Box (1) too and if you still want to play them you can't sell your old box and every consumer-to-consumer X-Box or just game sale is one less sale from them and they don't want that... And if there's still a demand for the old games then MS could release them again (with the only difference being that they're signed with the X-Box 2 key) and then charge you for them again. The more your old X-Box and the games for it lose of their value when they release a new one the more money they make.
RTFP!!! "The Neo Project recently updated its client so users can use free processor cycles to try and crack the private key that Microsoft uses to sign Xbox software."
You might want to try running it with wine - check out the app database. I haven't tried eudora on wine myself but according to some of the comments it's running quite well and that's with an older version of wine in my experience the newest one is significantly better than the previous ones.
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I'm very sceptical to ancient folk remedies in general but I am willing to believe that some of them do work even though the explanations why they work are lacking. The thing is that those cures have been developed by trial and error and they have been tested and found to be working during such a long period of time. And medicine development today is still to a large extent trial and error - it's usually done by taking one substance, which is known to be working, and then changed a little based upon predictions what might make it work better and then tested (first mice, then bigger mammals and finally humans - healthy for comparison of side-effects and then ill to see if it works as a cure). A funny thing I remember from high school chemistry - my teacher told us about this trial and error development, a company began development of a pain killer (for humans) but ended up with a very good tranquilizer for horses (this was the result of all the tests).
I need to critisize myself for my previous comment because I forgot to mention one of the biggest disadvantages - the part that people don't like doing simply isn't done (why are so many manuals crap compared to the software itself?). And of course the development model is different since it's some tweaking here and there all the time whenever something is noticed - this does fit in with the carpenter analogy though. Flaws are discovered through usage and then fixed instead of rigourous testing and quality assurance (ok some software companies forget this though...) and then delivering (as would be the case with a house purchase, to continue my analogy). So even though there are "stable" versions they still quite frequently lack something (ie. the manual might be "please write it").
Compare it to any group of people working on something together for everyone to share - especially professionals doing something they like. For example, a group of carpenters building a summer house together because they love doing it and therefore do it pretty damn well and are intent on sharing it together. Except that with open source everybody gets their own copy of it instead of eg. everyone gets to spend X weeks of your vacation here. And in addition to them getting a copy many others do too - and they thus get their eternal admiration and gratitude :)
And no, it's not for beginners, but it is great for someone who'd like to learn more about Linux. :) I think it's a very good distro for those who are somewhat experienced with computers but maybe not specifically Linux (so that they know what compiling is all about and don't fear manually editing config files) and are thus interested in trying something different than off-the-shelf OSes - ie. compiling your own OS.
Couldn't agree more
But how do you synchronize marketing with a "it's done when it's done" schedule? Buying advertising, retailers, publicity - everything outside the coding itself requires a schedule planned well in advance.
So light. But in my opinion "notice if somebody threw it at you" is a very odd way to measure density...
I recall an expert on the BBC news (so trust the source to the degree you wish) describing it in a very odd way: He said that if somebody threw a piece like that (which fell off) at you, you wouldn't even feel it...
well if you're going to import some you need to buy them first and buying legislators is just plain wrong and immora... oh wait.. just do it! ;)
World Business Report this morning. Very good indeed that Linux gets more and more publicity among businesspeople too.
I agree, everybody already has a "personal DNS server in their pocket" so the numbers aren't that relevant anymore. It's kind of funny - I still remember some of my childhood friends' numbers since there were no or only very small address books built in then but now I don't remember the numbers of people I call every and barely remember my own number...
It's very good that you can tell the difference between cell phone numbers and others since the cost is different - and not only whether it's cell or not but also which operator it is since the cost also depends on that. In the future it might be different though (at least in Finland, where I live, and probably the rest of the EU too) since the authorities have decided that you must be able to switch operator without switching your number - and thus the competition between operators will become harder and prices lower since there's no lock-in for customers (no need to notify all friends/relatives/idiots that you have a new number). The authorities have, however, also decided that the caller must be able to determine which operator they're calling (so that they'll know what it will cost) even though the number will no longer reveal which operator it is so the operators have to come up with some solution for that. It's kind of funny since the operators' main argument against the no-number-change requirement was that it would be difficult for the consumer to know what the call will cost - and then the authorities told them "you have a point, so you'll have to solve that".
Day care is paid for by taxpayer money here (there's a reason why the taxation here is so fscking high) so they're all pretty much of the same (quite high) standard anyway so people usually just pick the nursery which is closest to home/work so that taking their kids there and picking them up is as convenient as possible. Thus, songs they sing don't affect profitability...
RTFF (And just FYI I'm European).
# Imagine a Beowulf cluster...
Would that be a traffic jam of cars like this?
# But can it run Linux?
No, but I'm sure that Linus, as a Finn, would enjoy running it...
well, it has water-cooling...
(For those that aren't familiar with traditional saunas: People throw water on the rocks to make the sauna steamy.)
More about that: "Sauna" is the only Finnish word that has become a common loan word in other languages. The Swedish word for it, "bastu", makes more sense though since it's derived from "bad-stuga" (in ancient Nordic-speak), which translates roughly to "bath cabin". And about saunas in cars: I know two more of these in Finland and they can be driven - a nice way to travel ;)
OK, thanks! I was a bit hasty... I read that article too now (Swedish is my native language but I've lived in Norway for one year so I understood it easily).
It's 90% "An act of intellectual freedom" vs. 10% "An act of theft" right now. Link
Norway is not a member of the EU so they won't be affected.
Norway is not a member of the EU so they won't implement it.
Only 0.1% of those that checked it out would bother to RTFEB...
I'm not sure that I understand what you mean. I don't think that MS would worry that consumers would choose to buy the latest Playstation instead of the latest X-Box because they get sick and tired of the way MS treats them. So far - unfortunately - most people have been willing to accept almost any kind of bad treatment from MS. I'm quite sure that MS will bet that being able to play old X-Box games is not a sales argument that would result in bigger profits than doing the way I described in my previous comment.
They would definitely do that. If you've bought an X-Box 2 it's quite unlikely that you'd want to buy old games to play on it when there are newer (and at least graphics-wise more impressive) ones available but if you do and the old games don't run on your new X-Box they can make you pay more. If you already have the old games you probably have an X-Box (1) too and if you still want to play them you can't sell your old box and every consumer-to-consumer X-Box or just game sale is one less sale from them and they don't want that... And if there's still a demand for the old games then MS could release them again (with the only difference being that they're signed with the X-Box 2 key) and then charge you for them again. The more your old X-Box and the games for it lose of their value when they release a new one the more money they make.
RTFP!!!
"The Neo Project recently updated its client so users can use free processor cycles to try and crack the private key that Microsoft uses to sign Xbox software."
You might want to try running it with wine - check out the app database. I haven't tried eudora on wine myself but according to some of the comments it's running quite well and that's with an older version of wine in my experience the newest one is significantly better than the previous ones.