That's the price of you pay when you have a community of developers that consists of various groups of like-minded people that all have ther own creative desires and functional wants. Then you add business into the mix, and you get competition.
I wish that there was just one unified desktop project, one window manager, and more emphasis placed on advancing XFree86. We could get a lot farther a lot faster. Just look at Windows. With Windows 95 Microsoft scored a hit. It has only gotten better since than. Gnome and KDE have been at it for years and are barely better then Win95, and still far behind WinXP.
Three major development groups like Red Hat, IBM, and now Novell (with their purchase of Ximian) should get together and form a single, solid desktop group and pour some money into it. Linux would have second place in the desktop war in about a year, instead of three or four (if ever).
I don't care about any new visuals that they've added or performace enhancements. I just want it to be as easy in Gnome to make shortcuts and use the quick launch bar (Gnomes version of it) and manage display settings as it is in KDE 3 and Windows insert any version greater then Windows NT 4 here.
I am not a Gnome basher, frankly I find it humurous that people would bicker over desktops. But, I am forced to use it from time to time, so I would it to be at least as good as KDE.
Yes, and it also launched viruses and worms effortlessly (even simple ones written in VB script), which made people like us have to work extra hours to clean up messes.
Don't worry though, Microsoft will find new ways to make IT staffers suffer.
"The attrociously insecure program won't go away, but no new work is being done. It was our best attempt at writing a simple email client in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around agents that will allow us to more effectively execute our SPAM campaign and strengthen our monopoly: Hotmail and MSN. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment, development work, and worm targets that will give your IT guy an incredible head ache."
That is the most killer case mod I have ever seen. If you are going to take the time to mod your case, you might as well make a it a real product of artistic and creative expression and go all out like this.
When programs (even large ones like Apache and XFree86) crash in Linux, UNIX, *BSD, or Macintosh, rarely do they take down the entire operating system.
Wow, they admitted that their operating system is so bad, that chances are if a program crashes, so will the operating system. Amazing.
I'm gonna say it plain and simple. Where'd you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?
Since Wildcat is on teh spoke, it will cost $699 for year-long hosting service on goatse.cx or tubgirl.com, either 'State side or in Soviet Russia. Just be careful about allowing copyrighted works from being posted, as you may be subject to DMCA litigation. Please refrain from "sharing" music files as well, since it would be highly likely that the RIAA would seek legal action against both you and your new web host. Please know that customer support is currently unavailable as we move our offices to Bangaledesh, India.
I might also suggest that you protect your new M$ Windows 2003 Server (SCO Unix intellectual property leased and paid for) server with a firewall, and block TCP port 135. Your Front Page extensions have been installed for you.
Thank you,
Mao
"Tuesdays are for trolling" - part of what makes Slashdot great!
UNIX = Commercial way of thinking and doing business from a software standpoint, extended to the hardware aspect (by tieing the commercial, closed software to certain hardware). The old way, it is no doubt dying.
Linux = Completely "free" and collaborative way of thinking, developing, and doing business in terms of software, hardware is largely ignored. However, this "free" system can be utilized by commercial and hardware specializing vendors and incorporated into their closed business model, but can never be made closed itself.
No, I shouldn't. This worm isn't clogging up bandwidth or DoS/DDoS attacking routers and web servers like Code Red and Nimda did. This is just making WinNT and greater workstations and servers (should you actually be using a Windows OS on a server that isn't heavily protected) to reboot.
At 10:06 AM, August 12th, 2003, Skynet launched dah Win32 Blaster Wahm. It quickly seized contrahl of ahh computers on the Net and forced a mahndatory reboot.
Filthy losers, people that invest that much importance in virtual items.
I have played MMOGs here and there, so I am famailar with the crowd. MMOGs are fun; they afford you the oppurtunity to play a fantasy game with thousands of other knuckleheads like you - they are good sources of entertainment, but I feel that they also pander to a nasty trait in some people's character. Most recently I picked up Star Wars Galaxies (it's not that great, by the way, but shows promise). Before that I tried Earth and Beyond for a week or two, Dark Age of Camelot (which I felt was the best) for a good month, and Ultima Online for at least a year and a half off-and-on. Suffice to say, I have met the people that will spend their real life money on some video game sword or hat.
First, when I play a video game, part of the joy is either "beating" it, or earning things and "building my character up" (making your character better/stronger/faster). The main lure for me is to be challenged, and if playing a role playing game, feel immersed. I prefer console games, because they can give you that "quick fix". When it comes to MMOGs you are already paying a monthly subscription fee, so why in the world would you want to spend more money to get things that you can just earn by playing the game? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of playing and remove all feeling of accomplishment? Where is the challenge?
If you are willing to spend $100 of your real life money on some "magic sword of troll killing" or a pile of graphical gold in Ultima Online, I think that you shound stop and consider if it is healthy that you care more about video game gold than $100 of real money - I don't care how rich your are.
$521,000,000 USD isn't much to Microsoft. They probably have 8 times this amount saved up for legal issues anyways. In the end, Microsoft is going to pull an IBM on this company and make them sorry for ever suing them. Whoever had the balls to do this to Microsoft probably won't be around much longer.
Just look at the political careers of all the *major* politicians that were invloved in the original MS anti-trust case. If they didn't politically stagnate then MS made them go away - quietly, and expensively.
Monopolies can not be brought down with small lawsuits anymore. It will take a vast reversal in public opinion, many brave and ambitious politicians, and some fierce competition. So far we have 1 out of 3.
No shit Sherlock. Next they'll blurt out, front page: "Microsoft still making lots of money. IBM angry, wants to make that much money as well. As you know, Microsoft Windows drives the systems of governments and businesses of almost every nation on the planet Earth."
Will this Directive mean that young people using file swapping software via their PCs will be held liable for IPR infringement?
The proposed Directive would not introduce tougher sanctions against individuals downloading the odd track for non-commercial purposes, though it would not stop Member State authorities from introducing and applying tougher laws.
The scope of this proposal covers infringements carried out for commercial purposes or which cause significant harm to the rightholder.
File swapping may be considered a copyright infringement depending on the national law in question.
This proposal only covers illegal acts, where authorisation has not been given by the rightholder or where the appropriate remuneration has not been paid for the use of that piece of intellectual property.
Exchanging illegal content over the internet is an illegal act, or an infringement of copyright if it relates to music files.
Although considerable injury to rightholders can be caused by an individual via his/her computer linked to the internet, it is not in the interest of rightholders to spend a lot of time and money in litigation to catch offenders who are simply sharing a few files with a handful of friends.
The proposed Directive aims to strike a fair balance between the interests of rightholders and legitimate users of intellectual property on the one hand and the wider opportunities the internet offers to consumers on the other, by focusing on commercial infringements or those which most damage rightholders' interests. It is not aimed at allowing the prosecution of large numbers of individuals using peer to peer (P2P) networks for casual file swapping.
For criminal sanctions to apply, the infringement must be 'serious'. An infringement is considered 'serious' if carried out intentionally and for commercial purposes.
Although the Directive also includes references to proportionality, i.e. for the punishment to fit the crime, it is up to national judges to decide on sentencing on a case by case basis.
Do you find any merit in SCOs IP claims against Linux? If not, why? As a side note to the question, what would you suggest to a company that is thinking about using Linux but has SCO concerns?
It would be pretty cool to have your pizza delivered by a GPS guided helicopter droid, yes. I bet they would fly like how pizza boys drive though, which would be bad for telephone poles, birds, tall houses, etc.
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Alluding to the fact that there was a previous article isn't enough. The TAM5 link is a map and a bunch of coordinates - what is all of this? The "previous story" linked too turns around and links to yet two previous stories.
At least give your audience a brief two sentence re-cap, state the goal of the endeavor, and give a reason why we should click the link (it's commonly refferred to as a "blurb" in journalism). Slashdot is now popular (and commercial) enough to have editors that can at least follow the basics of journalism. You are making OSDN look bad. Step up and be big boys, for Christ's sake.
I live in Virginia, and to my knowledge, these machines are only being used at one or two voting facilities (I know, it sounds bad that I forgot what the places that you vote at are called.....). Although some of the old voting machines have been destroyed, there are still plenty left.
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I wish that there was just one unified desktop project, one window manager, and more emphasis placed on advancing XFree86. We could get a lot farther a lot faster. Just look at Windows. With Windows 95 Microsoft scored a hit. It has only gotten better since than. Gnome and KDE have been at it for years and are barely better then Win95, and still far behind WinXP.
Three major development groups like Red Hat, IBM, and now Novell (with their purchase of Ximian) should get together and form a single, solid desktop group and pour some money into it. Linux would have second place in the desktop war in about a year, instead of three or four (if ever).
I am not a Gnome basher, frankly I find it humurous that people would bicker over desktops. But, I am forced to use it from time to time, so I would it to be at least as good as KDE.
All the functionality + security features and no "click and run" worm support
Don't worry though, Microsoft will find new ways to make IT staffers suffer.
"The attrociously insecure program won't go away, but no new work is being done. It was our best attempt at writing a simple email client in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around agents that will allow us to more effectively execute our SPAM campaign and strengthen our monopoly: Hotmail and MSN. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment, development work, and worm targets that will give your IT guy an incredible head ache."
That is the most killer case mod I have ever seen. If you are going to take the time to mod your case, you might as well make a it a real product of artistic and creative expression and go all out like this.
 
Wow, they admitted that their operating system is so bad, that chances are if a program crashes, so will the operating system. Amazing.
Ahhhh.....I can dream, can't I?
The three month trial will also see their customer base dwindle to miniscule numbers.
Article from July 25th showing how much each SCO exec made as of that date
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I'm gonna say it plain and simple. Where'd you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?
Since Wildcat is on teh spoke, it will cost $699 for year-long hosting service on goatse.cx or tubgirl.com, either 'State side or in Soviet Russia. Just be careful about allowing copyrighted works from being posted, as you may be subject to DMCA litigation. Please refrain from "sharing" music files as well, since it would be highly likely that the RIAA would seek legal action against both you and your new web host. Please know that customer support is currently unavailable as we move our offices to Bangaledesh, India.
I might also suggest that you protect your new M$ Windows 2003 Server (SCO Unix intellectual property leased and paid for) server with a firewall, and block TCP port 135. Your Front Page extensions have been installed for you.
Thank you,
Mao
"Tuesdays are for trolling" - part of what makes Slashdot great!
UNIX = Commercial way of thinking and doing business from a software standpoint, extended to the hardware aspect (by tieing the commercial, closed software to certain hardware). The old way, it is no doubt dying.
Linux = Completely "free" and collaborative way of thinking, developing, and doing business in terms of software, hardware is largely ignored. However, this "free" system can be utilized by commercial and hardware specializing vendors and incorporated into their closed business model, but can never be made closed itself.
That about sums it up, no?
No, I shouldn't. This worm isn't clogging up bandwidth or DoS/DDoS attacking routers and web servers like Code Red and Nimda did. This is just making WinNT and greater workstations and servers (should you actually be using a Windows OS on a server that isn't heavily protected) to reboot.
DOOM-DOOM-DOOM-DOOM DOOM * PANG*
At 10:06 AM, August 12th, 2003, Skynet launched dah Win32 Blaster Wahm. It quickly seized contrahl of ahh computers on the Net and forced a mahndatory reboot.
OK this is getting old.....
I have played MMOGs here and there, so I am famailar with the crowd. MMOGs are fun; they afford you the oppurtunity to play a fantasy game with thousands of other knuckleheads like you - they are good sources of entertainment, but I feel that they also pander to a nasty trait in some people's character. Most recently I picked up Star Wars Galaxies (it's not that great, by the way, but shows promise). Before that I tried Earth and Beyond for a week or two, Dark Age of Camelot (which I felt was the best) for a good month, and Ultima Online for at least a year and a half off-and-on. Suffice to say, I have met the people that will spend their real life money on some video game sword or hat.
First, when I play a video game, part of the joy is either "beating" it, or earning things and "building my character up" (making your character better/stronger/faster). The main lure for me is to be challenged, and if playing a role playing game, feel immersed. I prefer console games, because they can give you that "quick fix". When it comes to MMOGs you are already paying a monthly subscription fee, so why in the world would you want to spend more money to get things that you can just earn by playing the game? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of playing and remove all feeling of accomplishment? Where is the challenge?
If you are willing to spend $100 of your real life money on some "magic sword of troll killing" or a pile of graphical gold in Ultima Online, I think that you shound stop and consider if it is healthy that you care more about video game gold than $100 of real money - I don't care how rich your are.
Just look at the political careers of all the *major* politicians that were invloved in the original MS anti-trust case. If they didn't politically stagnate then MS made them go away - quietly, and expensively.
Monopolies can not be brought down with small lawsuits anymore. It will take a vast reversal in public opinion, many brave and ambitious politicians, and some fierce competition. So far we have 1 out of 3.
No shit Sherlock. Next they'll blurt out, front page: "Microsoft still making lots of money. IBM angry, wants to make that much money as well. As you know, Microsoft Windows drives the systems of governments and businesses of almost every nation on the planet Earth."
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Oh, it plays Ogg. Well, if't less then $20 I'll buy it!
Will this Directive mean that young people using file swapping software via their PCs will be held liable for IPR infringement?
The proposed Directive would not introduce tougher sanctions against individuals downloading the odd track for non-commercial purposes, though it would not stop Member State authorities from introducing and applying tougher laws.
The scope of this proposal covers infringements carried out for commercial purposes or which cause significant harm to the rightholder.
File swapping may be considered a copyright infringement depending on the national law in question.
This proposal only covers illegal acts, where authorisation has not been given by the rightholder or where the appropriate remuneration has not been paid for the use of that piece of intellectual property.
Exchanging illegal content over the internet is an illegal act, or an infringement of copyright if it relates to music files.
Although considerable injury to rightholders can be caused by an individual via his/her computer linked to the internet, it is not in the interest of rightholders to spend a lot of time and money in litigation to catch offenders who are simply sharing a few files with a handful of friends.
The proposed Directive aims to strike a fair balance between the interests of rightholders and legitimate users of intellectual property on the one hand and the wider opportunities the internet offers to consumers on the other, by focusing on commercial infringements or those which most damage rightholders' interests. It is not aimed at allowing the prosecution of large numbers of individuals using peer to peer (P2P) networks for casual file swapping.
For criminal sanctions to apply, the infringement must be 'serious'. An infringement is considered 'serious' if carried out intentionally and for commercial purposes.
Although the Directive also includes references to proportionality, i.e. for the punishment to fit the crime, it is up to national judges to decide on sentencing on a case by case basis.
The RIAA will come in the nii-iiight!
Do you find any merit in SCOs IP claims against Linux? If not, why? As a side note to the question, what would you suggest to a company that is thinking about using Linux but has SCO concerns?
It would be pretty cool to have your pizza delivered by a GPS guided helicopter droid, yes. I bet they would fly like how pizza boys drive though, which would be bad for telephone poles, birds, tall houses, etc.
At least give your audience a brief two sentence re-cap, state the goal of the endeavor, and give a reason why we should click the link (it's commonly refferred to as a "blurb" in journalism). Slashdot is now popular (and commercial) enough to have editors that can at least follow the basics of journalism. You are making OSDN look bad. Step up and be big boys, for Christ's sake.
But, it does make for a good story.