This is probably why the Microsoft smartphones won't and haven't so far taken off. Other devices are using browsers like Opera and they have done some good work on making pages useable on small screens.
If it had three sets of wheel with a variable spacing it could climb quite easily. Two of the sets of wheels could be on the horizontal keeping the device steady while one is on the vertical.
It's nothing to do with money, it's more about control and freedom.
Many countries have become sick of waiting for Microsoft to translate software into their language, with open source one clever person can do it. One example of the freedom of open source.
But I swapped the board only to find it was the chip on the head that had failed. Being a wally I opened up the drive and tried to change heads from the new drive to the duff one. Didn't work and the result was two duff drives.
Indeed, I'm not far from the west midlands and many did have speccies. I had the C64 myself, missed out on some good games to start with but the SID chip made up for that.
Sinclair doesn't really have a market now, people expect cheap junk to be very cheap and work.
He's a clever man, but I think his designs are quite eccentric and ill thought out at times. The C5 for example had a very horrible driving position, I had a go in one once and began to hurt my back.
Not to mention once you have control over media formats you can then do deal with record labels to bring online music to the masses. This is what the real fuss is about, each player supports its own media format.
Nobody will use open source audio formats since copy protection and DRM would bypassed.
If they win (by that I mean there really was SCO code in the kernel) the code will be removed from Linux or rewritten. The person who added it will be sued by many Linux vendors for putting it there. SCO's case is with the person who put the code into to the kernel, not with Linux users. But of course by creating this fuss they're hoping to make money and get people to use their crusty Linux distro.
Internal reports done have already highlighted how Windows is inferior to Linux and Unix systems. These documents were lifted when Microsoft's FTP server was found to be insecure.
I can't see how Microsoft will even show that security is better in Windows, given that most users of their OS run with full admin rights. Sure if they do everything by the book it might compare favourably, but there's plenty of clueless buggers out there. At least KDE and Gnome warn you when you're running as root, Mandrake even allows you to set a paranoid security level when you install that only lets to get to a root prompt through "su".
I would help if you wanted to do such a thing, I'm a helpful sort of person.
Not saying someone without intelligence shouldn't use a computer, but that they might save other people (including themselves) some time and money if they got lessons first. After all you could probably teach yourself to drive if you spent long enough doing so, but it's best to get a driving instructor.
Maybe, but then by being simple it often frustrates power users. Plus it's also not simple enough in some areas, cutting out the crud and bloat is tricky for the less knowledgeable user.
Windows isn't simple, it's rather over complex and messy under the surface (have a look in the registry for example). You can't have a simple GUI that does everything, with Windows you end up searching the registry for some obscure entry when things go pear-shaped.
True, however these idiots end up online spreading viruses around the net.
Like I say, make something simple and the "knowledge challenged" people will use it. In my country they made heavy goods vehicles simpler to drive and since then more accidents have occured.
It has a Fisher Price GUI that holds your hand when you do anything complex.
Ultimately make computers easier to use and you will get more idiots using them. What we really need is a computer operation license like a driving license:)
The name Cray is synonymous with speed and high end performance. Of course many clued up folks are building their own solutions with the power of clustering.
I never mentioned that these DJs were pirating MP3s or should get their music for free.
They were priced out of the market by the RIAA, these people were promoting music and should not have been shut down by stupid licensing that doesn't apply to normal radio stations.
Lets face it, the RIAA doesn't have an effective policy for sale and promotion on the Internet.
Firstly they screw over small webcasters, eliminating the hobbyist and enthusiast DJs (these are people doing it for love not profit and so should be encouraged).
Then they proceed to annoy everyone else online that has downloaded music (illegally yes, but it's infringement not theft under current laws).
Keep it up RIAA, keep us in the dark ages, the Internet had the possibility of being a new method for distributing and selling music but you blew it. You've sealed your demise.
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This is probably why the Microsoft smartphones won't and haven't so far taken off. Other devices are using browsers like Opera and they have done some good work on making pages useable on small screens.
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If it had three sets of wheel with a variable spacing it could climb quite easily. Two of the sets of wheels could be on the horizontal keeping the device steady while one is on the vertical.
Going up stairs looks tedious and cumbersome, why can't the wheels just drive it up somehow?
Isn't it the south pole where much of the ice is on land? hence if that melts it will raise the levels of the seas.
Can't someone just terminate SCO? I'm getting sick of their spoilt child politics.
"Hello, I'm ringing to claim on my insurance, I've had an accident in the kitchen and my spoons are all bent"
It's nothing to do with money, it's more about control and freedom.
Many countries have become sick of waiting for Microsoft to translate software into their language, with open source one clever person can do it. One example of the freedom of open source.
But I swapped the board only to find it was the chip on the head that had failed. Being a wally I opened up the drive and tried to change heads from the new drive to the duff one. Didn't work and the result was two duff drives.
Was it just Seaquest? I thought I saw it in Babylon 5 too.
Indeed, I'm not far from the west midlands and many did have speccies. I had the C64 myself, missed out on some good games to start with but the SID chip made up for that.
Sinclair doesn't really have a market now, people expect cheap junk to be very cheap and work.
He's a clever man, but I think his designs are quite eccentric and ill thought out at times. The C5 for example had a very horrible driving position, I had a go in one once and began to hurt my back.
I think Linus is very careful about what gets in, so if the code was SCO's then someone has duped him.
Yeh, but they won't publicise that since it could be a lawsuit killer.
I can see a few early retirements happening it SCO once the share price has risen enough. Do they even sell any software any more?
Not to mention once you have control over media formats you can then do deal with record labels to bring online music to the masses. This is what the real fuss is about, each player supports its own media format.
Nobody will use open source audio formats since copy protection and DRM would bypassed.
1. Take the names of the US and EU
2. Remove any common letters, leaving one instance of the letter then rearrange into a new word.
US EU
S E U
Answer SUE!
If they win (by that I mean there really was SCO code in the kernel) the code will be removed from Linux or rewritten. The person who added it will be sued by many Linux vendors for putting it there. SCO's case is with the person who put the code into to the kernel, not with Linux users. But of course by creating this fuss they're hoping to make money and get people to use their crusty Linux distro.
Internal reports done have already highlighted how Windows is inferior to Linux and Unix systems. These documents were lifted when Microsoft's FTP server was found to be insecure.
I can't see how Microsoft will even show that security is better in Windows, given that most users of their OS run with full admin rights. Sure if they do everything by the book it might compare favourably, but there's plenty of clueless buggers out there. At least KDE and Gnome warn you when you're running as root, Mandrake even allows you to set a paranoid security level when you install that only lets to get to a root prompt through "su".
I would help if you wanted to do such a thing, I'm a helpful sort of person.
Not saying someone without intelligence shouldn't use a computer, but that they might save other people (including themselves) some time and money if they got lessons first. After all you could probably teach yourself to drive if you spent long enough doing so, but it's best to get a driving instructor.
Maybe, but then by being simple it often frustrates power users. Plus it's also not simple enough in some areas, cutting out the crud and bloat is tricky for the less knowledgeable user.
Windows isn't simple, it's rather over complex and messy under the surface (have a look in the registry for example). You can't have a simple GUI that does everything, with Windows you end up searching the registry for some obscure entry when things go pear-shaped.
True, however these idiots end up online spreading viruses around the net.
Like I say, make something simple and the "knowledge challenged" people will use it. In my country they made heavy goods vehicles simpler to drive and since then more accidents have occured.
It has a Fisher Price GUI that holds your hand when you do anything complex.
:)
Ultimately make computers easier to use and you will get more idiots using them. What we really need is a computer operation license like a driving license
The name Cray is synonymous with speed and high end performance. Of course many clued up folks are building their own solutions with the power of clustering.
Well the RIAA has an effective means for collecting royalty money, so this suggests that they're involved devising business models.
If they devise a good model and members can use that model it's a lot better than just whining about something which isn't going to go away.
I never mentioned that these DJs were pirating MP3s or should get their music for free.
They were priced out of the market by the RIAA, these people were promoting music and should not have been shut down by stupid licensing that doesn't apply to normal radio stations.
Lets face it, the RIAA doesn't have an effective policy for sale and promotion on the Internet.
Firstly they screw over small webcasters, eliminating the hobbyist and enthusiast DJs (these are people doing it for love not profit and so should be encouraged).
Then they proceed to annoy everyone else online that has downloaded music (illegally yes, but it's infringement not theft under current laws).
Keep it up RIAA, keep us in the dark ages, the Internet had the possibility of being a new method for distributing and selling music but you blew it. You've sealed your demise.