and the South Koreans plan to appeal to the World Trade Organisation
whether this is a good thing or not, me, i'm personally opposed to tariffs, but, i dislike far more a foreign entity telling having control of any kind over our trade policies. i don't want foreign governments telling us what we can or cannto do. period. loss of sovreignty is a far worse thing. and before the flames start flying, please remember this: it is specically our freedoms, i.e., the first ammendment and the fourth and fifth that would be some of the first to be thrown out should otgher nations have a say in our laws.
microsoft is not a tech company
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really, what "technologies" have they developed, other than the animated paper clip. they buy, beg, borrow, or hell, just steal whatever they need. and never in their technological evangelism, is there any notion of the BETTER technology winning. in fact, most of theirs that won, isn't even close.
one of the things congress can do is cut off the H1B visa program. almost every tech company is outsourcing its IT to chinese, indian, and others. these are jobs that will never return and are not part of the economic cycle. of course the public schools need to push technology education far more also. write your representatives!!
this is why capitalism i sso good. it allows for disruptive technologies. in the end, some companies fail, some change, some succeed. the beneficiaries are the consumers. linux is that that disruptive technology. it's like gasoline. gasoline can power lawnmowers to airplanes. linux can power watches to mainframes. ultimtely, even microsoft will have to do more than bash linux.
so what if they need cash? like that makes a powerbook a piece of crap? maybe car dealerships are hard up for cash at the end of the year when they move out last year's models? oh yeah, dell is offering a $150 online rebate. wow, looks like dell is screwed.
apple is offering sweet $300 dollar rebates to students, and they have just dropped the price on many models like the powerbook. might be a good time to jump on one.
now, as a history teacher, i understand the problems that islam has with the "personification" of God, however,
which are related to the three divine religions, which we all respect and believe in.
muslims recognize abraham, moses, jesus, et al., as prohets, muhammad being the last and final, but i do doubt their sincerity here. they are an islamic nation, and their laws reflect as much (we should remember that here), however i wonder how "divine" they see jews and christians. even though egypt is one of only two arab nations that have recognized israel (jordan being the other), their actions towards jews and christians have been less than respectful, i dare say
damn, i read that article too. it made sense, unless you think not like a microshill which dvorak does most of the time. think of all the add on products you "have to buy" for windows. anti-virus, firewall, admin tools, etc. windows is basically incomplete software, always in beta. so this is a good move on microsoft's part. you basically begin to remove, piece by piece, all the major products for windows. and then you push all development into web services. which means they use microsoft front end to back end, the only difference is HOW YOU USE their technology.
really. it's a graet desktop distro, and all the server goodies are there. same too of suse i guess, though i've never tried suse. they have done some nice work in their corporate edition and they have really nice gui interfaces, but you can easily do it all with vi and a term. in my class, i have a p3 933 with 512mb ram runnign 9.0, and it acts as a Xserver for 7 clients, runs ftp/http, has 4-5 ncp mounts at any one time, has 3-4 copies of OO.org and moz open at any one time, etc. plus, every where i go on campus i bring my old notebook, and bring up X remotely. amazes the hell outta people. when my students are in the lab, i'll have them share files via ftp and have more than 30 connections concurrently, and lots of other stuff. now, this is hardly "enterprise", but my uptime is over 150 days. i pound it really hard, and still no crash. none. seriously, drake is quite good.
microsoft was able got most customers locked in, and allowed all the bugs to continue. thus, they provide the compelling reason to upgrade. 1) you can't switch platforms, and 2) you can't stay with their insecure platforms. genius i tell ya, pure genius. (maybe SCO patented that, i don't know)
Bill: Steve? Steve: yeah, what's up? Bill: Saw this on a/. posting. For one, I am not going to invest in a machine that won't be able to run the operating system being released in 2-3 years Steve:Well, now what? Are they starting to catch on? Bill: More marketing Steve. Oh, and Stevie boy, less jumping please.
apparently you have no idea about the quality of our service personnel. they are not DMV idiots. to say "so long as the Colonel can use it", shows extreme ignorance and probably your dislike of the military in general. i find it extremely disturbing that with the most technologically advanced military, one that has very high entry requirements, one that even the pfc in the field has more tech at his disposal than most people, you think they couldn't run linux. hell, mose nco's (sergeants and up) have the equivalent of assoc. degrees, and many have the equivalent of bachelors. every officer has a 4 year degree, and every enlisted man, down to private has a high school diploma. also, unlike years past, when it was impossible to get out, now it is easy. in fact, one of the interesting things happening, is the rather high rate of attrition in recruits. you don't fit in, thanks, see ya later. the entire infantry in mechanized. go inside even a bradley. holy crap. it's like flying a freaking fighter jet. of all the places where OSS will be easily adopted, it is the military.
it uses the IP protocol, which means that the novell admin has to turn it on, and he might not if only 3% of the poop. need it. and it doesn't support ncp or ipx. i have scoured far and wide, up and down apples web site and there is nary a article about ipx and os x.
i would recommend a powerbook or an ibook, but, many schools use novell, and if they're running 5.x, they can't log onto the network. my school district does, and i can't access my novell stuff. (though i can access everything through my linux desktop, even running our grade program under wine. whooo-hooo). but for most campii, the powerbook will work for everyone, from normal user to even CS student. then get an ibm thinkpad and install (distro of choice).
holy crap, she's got clothes on, for christs sake. at least sublimedirectory has got real nudes!! if/.'ers can get off so easily, i'm posting elsewhere!!
then ship the JRE with the app. geez, the JRE is redistributable. i might be wrong, but it is my understanding that a majority of java apps are written for internal consumption.
Re:I really want to understand...
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I'm an MCSE running all MSFT...
sorry to hear that. but really, it isn't "what can i do with this", it is simply, "i can do this". it's like an education, what you do with it is your business, but you have an education and you are able to do so much more. and in fact, try to do this with your msft boxes. it can't be done. because they tell you what you can and can't do. period.
really needs to be said
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this is truly remarkable and only could be done in an open source envronment. it is projects liek this that clearly show that it is only a matter of time before we look back and go "micro who?". forget the billions in the bank, the fud, the monopoly, etc., could they really do something like this? and when the cat is finally, really out of the bag, about the quality of F/OSS, it will be amazing.
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and the South Koreans plan to appeal to the World Trade Organisation
whether this is a good thing or not, me, i'm personally opposed to tariffs, but, i dislike far more a foreign entity telling having control of any kind over our trade policies. i don't want foreign governments telling us what we can or cannto do. period. loss of sovreignty is a far worse thing. and before the flames start flying, please remember this: it is specically our freedoms, i.e., the first ammendment and the fourth and fifth that would be some of the first to be thrown out should otgher nations have a say in our laws.
really, what "technologies" have they developed, other than the animated paper clip. they buy, beg, borrow, or hell, just steal whatever they need. and never in their technological evangelism, is there any notion of the BETTER technology winning. in fact, most of theirs that won, isn't even close.
1. buy some else's IP
2. have several shitty economic plans
3. sue
4. profit
Unless that little Gollum thing is in every scene, why does he need more?
um, ya read the book? he makes more than a cameo.
I haven't seen Microsoft send patches to BSD even though they used to use the TCP/IP stack and other stuff in Windows
you really want microsoft code in BSD?
one of the things congress can do is cut off the H1B visa program. almost every tech company is outsourcing its IT to chinese, indian, and others. these are jobs that will never return and are not part of the economic cycle. of course the public schools need to push technology education far more also. write your representatives!!
this is why capitalism i sso good. it allows for disruptive technologies. in the end, some companies fail, some change, some succeed. the beneficiaries are the consumers. linux is that that disruptive technology. it's like gasoline. gasoline can power lawnmowers to airplanes. linux can power watches to mainframes. ultimtely, even microsoft will have to do more than bash linux.
so what if they need cash? like that makes a powerbook a piece of crap? maybe car dealerships are hard up for cash at the end of the year when they move out last year's models? oh yeah, dell is offering a $150 online rebate. wow, looks like dell is screwed.
apple is offering sweet $300 dollar rebates to students, and they have just dropped the price on many models like the powerbook. might be a good time to jump on one.
now, as a history teacher, i understand the problems that islam has with the "personification" of God, however,
which are related to the three divine religions, which we all respect and believe in.
muslims recognize abraham, moses, jesus, et al., as prohets, muhammad being the last and final, but i do doubt their sincerity here. they are an islamic nation, and their laws reflect as much (we should remember that here), however i wonder how "divine" they see jews and christians. even though egypt is one of only two arab nations that have recognized israel (jordan being the other), their actions towards jews and christians have been less than respectful, i dare say
this guy has way too much time on his hands. holy shit.
damn, i read that article too. it made sense, unless you think not like a microshill which dvorak does most of the time. think of all the add on products you "have to buy" for windows. anti-virus, firewall, admin tools, etc. windows is basically incomplete software, always in beta. so this is a good move on microsoft's part. you basically begin to remove, piece by piece, all the major products for windows. and then you push all development into web services. which means they use microsoft front end to back end, the only difference is HOW YOU USE their technology.
really. it's a graet desktop distro, and all the server goodies are there. same too of suse i guess, though i've never tried suse. they have done some nice work in their corporate edition and they have really nice gui interfaces, but you can easily do it all with vi and a term. in my class, i have a p3 933 with 512mb ram runnign 9.0, and it acts as a Xserver for 7 clients, runs ftp/http, has 4-5 ncp mounts at any one time, has 3-4 copies of OO.org and moz open at any one time, etc. plus, every where i go on campus i bring my old notebook, and bring up X remotely. amazes the hell outta people. when my students are in the lab, i'll have them share files via ftp and have more than 30 connections concurrently, and lots of other stuff. now, this is hardly "enterprise", but my uptime is over 150 days. i pound it really hard, and still no crash. none. seriously, drake is quite good.
microsoft was able got most customers locked in, and allowed all the bugs to continue. thus, they provide the compelling reason to upgrade. 1) you can't switch platforms, and 2) you can't stay with their insecure platforms. genius i tell ya, pure genius. (maybe SCO patented that, i don't know)
damnit, where's my mod points. +1 funny.
maybe he was off smoking ganj with the "dude" guy.
Bill: Steve? /. posting. For one, I am not going to invest in a machine that won't be able to run the operating system being released in 2-3 years
Steve: yeah, what's up?
Bill: Saw this on a
Steve:Well, now what? Are they starting to catch on?
Bill: More marketing Steve. Oh, and Stevie boy, less jumping please.
apparently you have no idea about the quality of our service personnel. they are not DMV idiots. to say "so long as the Colonel can use it", shows extreme ignorance and probably your dislike of the military in general. i find it extremely disturbing that with the most technologically advanced military, one that has very high entry requirements, one that even the pfc in the field has more tech at his disposal than most people, you think they couldn't run linux. hell, mose nco's (sergeants and up) have the equivalent of assoc. degrees, and many have the equivalent of bachelors. every officer has a 4 year degree, and every enlisted man, down to private has a high school diploma. also, unlike years past, when it was impossible to get out, now it is easy. in fact, one of the interesting things happening, is the rather high rate of attrition in recruits. you don't fit in, thanks, see ya later. the entire infantry in mechanized. go inside even a bradley. holy crap. it's like flying a freaking fighter jet. of all the places where OSS will be easily adopted, it is the military.
if only 3% of the poop. need it. damnit. meant pop. oh well.
it uses the IP protocol, which means that the novell admin has to turn it on, and he might not if only 3% of the poop. need it. and it doesn't support ncp or ipx. i have scoured far and wide, up and down apples web site and there is nary a article about ipx and os x.
os x doesn't support ipx or ncp. pisses me off too. i can ncpmount fromlinux but not "BSD".
i would recommend a powerbook or an ibook, but, many schools use novell, and if they're running 5.x, they can't log onto the network. my school district does, and i can't access my novell stuff. (though i can access everything through my linux desktop, even running our grade program under wine. whooo-hooo). but for most campii, the powerbook will work for everyone, from normal user to even CS student. then get an ibm thinkpad and install (distro of choice).
holy crap, she's got clothes on, for christs sake. at least sublimedirectory has got real nudes!! if /.'ers can get off so easily, i'm posting elsewhere!!
then ship the JRE with the app. geez, the JRE is redistributable. i might be wrong, but it is my understanding that a majority of java apps are written for internal consumption.
I'm an MCSE running all MSFT...
sorry to hear that. but really, it isn't "what can i do with this", it is simply, "i can do this". it's like an education, what you do with it is your business, but you have an education and you are able to do so much more. and in fact, try to do this with your msft boxes. it can't be done. because they tell you what you can and can't do. period.
this is truly remarkable and only could be done in an open source envronment. it is projects liek this that clearly show that it is only a matter of time before we look back and go "micro who?". forget the billions in the bank, the fud, the monopoly, etc., could they really do something like this? and when the cat is finally, really out of the bag, about the quality of F/OSS, it will be amazing.