Back when lindows started I subscribed to the insiders program. I was wholly unimpressed with Lindows as a whole. Then the big lawsuit from Microsoft came down and Robertson had a reply 'CEO to CEO' to Bill Gates. The reply from Robertson basically stated that he was going to sell Lindows to a discriminated market, and that it would be impossible for people to confuse Windows with Lindows. However, not six months later was Lindows being sold at Wal-Mart, which in my personal and professional opinion is most certainly _not_ an outlet that sells to a discriminated audience. Not to mention later on WinE was removed from the distribution. That's a whole other story however. It just comes as no big shock that Robertson is playing games again later on.
2 cab companies, 1 charges the extra.01 and lets you listen to music (or whatever the extra monatary charge will be) the second offers no radio in the cab for a cheaper fare. Add's to competition. Now I know on that busy NY day I'm looking to see what taxi I'm hailing.
There are many other stipulations to the do not call list. If the person is in your locality, and has a product that they can show you, lets say season tickets to the football team in your area, there's no do not call list to put you on, they can call you all they want until you tell them you don't want them. Asking to be put on a do not call list with a firm of that nature will do nothing.
I actually got into the Lindows 'sneak preview' program. They have done some excellent work with wine, and making things run seamlessly. Microsoft Office 97 worked good, 2000 worked good, XP wouldn't even install. There was some issues with Internet Explorer functioning when it wanted to. I tried a few other base applications I run while using windows. Here's the breakdown I had. mIRC 6.0X wouldn't run mIRC 3~5.X ran just fine LeechFTP ran just fine BitBeamer ran just fine FileMaker Pro ran, but had some major stability issues. Microsoft Money 2002 wouldn't even open. Trillian ran, but had some major stability issues. SecureCRT wouldn't even open up Solitare worked flawlessly (go figure) FreeCell also worked flawlessly (again, go figure)
All in all, my experience wasn't too bad with Lindows. However, I am capable of installing a 'real' linux distribution and, I am even capable of compiling my own kernel. I guess all those years of cutting class in highschool were worth it.
I forsee it being marketable to your average kid who wants to convert from windows to lindows, then eventually to a 'real' linux distribution. I don't see too many businesses running it. I am a business, and I only ran it for a few days. I couldn't trust it to run what I needed flawlessly.
The different sizes in money is to cut down on counterfiting. For example. If the 50 dollar bill is larger than the 1 dollar bill, you cant blow the ink out of a 1 dollar bill, and then print a 50 on it. It's been used in asian countries forever.
Real good books written by Kim Stanley Robinson. The books tackle this kind of issue. The colonization of mars, mars' fight for independence, and the eventual war that comes about.
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Back when lindows started I subscribed to the insiders program. I was wholly unimpressed with Lindows as a whole. Then the big lawsuit from Microsoft came down and Robertson had a reply 'CEO to CEO' to Bill Gates. The reply from Robertson basically stated that he was going to sell Lindows to a discriminated market, and that it would be impossible for people to confuse Windows with Lindows. However, not six months later was Lindows being sold at Wal-Mart, which in my personal and professional opinion is most certainly _not_ an outlet that sells to a discriminated audience. Not to mention later on WinE was removed from the distribution. That's a whole other story however. It just comes as no big shock that Robertson is playing games again later on.
2 cab companies, 1 charges the extra .01 and lets you listen to music (or whatever the extra monatary charge will be) the second offers no radio in the cab for a cheaper fare. Add's to competition. Now I know on that busy NY day I'm looking to see what taxi I'm hailing.
The goverment does something good for a change.
If adding features becomes illegal, or makes you prone to litigation. Call them bugs.
Russia couldn't even hold up their end of the bargain on the ISS. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see someone hit Mars, but hindsight is always 20/20.
That was the point. I was showing how technically you could come up with 25 hours in a day. It wasn't meant to be correct.
0000-0059 = 1 (Midnite)
0100-0159 = 2
0200-0259 = 3
0300-0359 = 4
0400-0459 = 5
0500-0559 = 6
0600-0659 = 7
0700-0759 = 8
0800-0859 = 9
0900-0959 = 10
1000-1059 = 11
1100-1159 = 12
1200-1259 = 13 (Noon)
1300-1359 = 14
1400-1459 = 15
1500-1559 = 16
1600-1659 = 17
1700-1759 = 18
1800-1859 = 19
1900-1959 = 20
2000-2059 = 21
2100-2159 = 22
2200-2259 = 23
2300-2359 = 24
2400-2459 = 25
So as you can see, technically, there is 24 hours 59 minutes, and 59 seconds, and 59 milliseconds, and so on and so fourth.
There are many other stipulations to the do not call list. If the person is in your locality, and has a product that they can show you, lets say season tickets to the football team in your area, there's no do not call list to put you on, they can call you all they want until you tell them you don't want them. Asking to be put on a do not call list with a firm of that nature will do nothing.
I actually got into the Lindows 'sneak preview' program. They have done some excellent work with wine, and making things run seamlessly. Microsoft Office 97 worked good, 2000 worked good, XP wouldn't even install. There was some issues with Internet Explorer functioning when it wanted to. I tried a few other base applications I run while using windows. Here's the breakdown I had.
mIRC 6.0X wouldn't run
mIRC 3~5.X ran just fine
LeechFTP ran just fine
BitBeamer ran just fine
FileMaker Pro ran, but had some major stability issues.
Microsoft Money 2002 wouldn't even open.
Trillian ran, but had some major stability issues.
SecureCRT wouldn't even open up
Solitare worked flawlessly (go figure)
FreeCell also worked flawlessly (again, go figure)
All in all, my experience wasn't too bad with Lindows. However, I am capable of installing a 'real' linux distribution and, I am even capable of compiling my own kernel. I guess all those years of cutting class in highschool were worth it.
I forsee it being marketable to your average kid who wants to convert from windows to lindows, then eventually to a 'real' linux distribution. I don't see too many businesses running it. I am a business, and I only ran it for a few days. I couldn't trust it to run what I needed flawlessly.
The different sizes in money is to cut down on counterfiting. For example. If the 50 dollar bill is larger than the 1 dollar bill, you cant blow the ink out of a 1 dollar bill, and then print a 50 on it. It's been used in asian countries forever.
Real good books written by Kim Stanley Robinson. The books tackle this kind of issue. The colonization of mars, mars' fight for independence, and the eventual war that comes about.
There was a book a while back about IBM's involvement with Nazi Germany. It's called Final Solutions.
Way old news, it's been out for over a week. http://xtreme-xbox.net