I started as a Solaris administrator. I converted from running Solaris with CDE as my main desktop to Debian with Fluxbox. At some point we needed a replacement for an old FTP server that had been running on IIS and I suggested a Linux based replacement on spare hardware. That was the toe in the door that led to a variety of servers running a variety of services on Linux.
Once we had Linux running in the environment I began to get Red Hat certifications. As I added each certification, Linux became even easier to sell as a solution since the company had a known skill set to run it.
I am forced to wonder if setting the clock forward to a date after the copyright on this game expires will automatically unlock the DRM. If not, perhaps there is a legal issue to be pursued, since the public domain is protected by the US constitution.
Yeah, I have that problem too, only reverse. I am a Unix admin. I get screenshots pasted directly into Outlook that come to me as "OLE_embedded" in Thunderbird. Just attach a.jpg, don't embed it and just assume that someone else is using your same client to read your email.
OTOH, I can reasonably assume that if they really wanted help they would have sent it in a readable format in the first place.
Dammit, the proof is not in the pudding! Who puts the proof in the pudding, anyway? The saying is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". And, just to stay on topic, Bobby is proof that unconventional thinking in one aspect of life can lead to difficulties if unchecked in other areas. Inspired becomes insane if the inspiration doesn't lead to success.
Maybe because the music is DRMed, will not play on the iPod or a Zune (anyone have these?), is Windows(tm) only, and is not available outside the US and Canada.
Linux should never be "just like Windows". If that is what you are looking for, you shouldn't care whether GNU/Linux "wins". You should use Windows and be happy with it. Most users of Linux (the silent majority) don't care if Linux "wins", we just want enough market share to receive hardware and software support from vendors. In 20 years, if MS is still a billion dollar company, but I can buy a new scanner and it says "Linux drivers included" on the box, I am happy. If the next great PC game (if games don't migrate entirely to the console) has a Linux port or is developed natively on Linux, I am happy. Success of MS does not preclude success of Linux, nor vice versa.
This article seems heavily slanted toward an "everyone uses Microsoft software and GNU/Linux naming conventions should match" point of view. Many of the listed Windows programs don't have the slightest bearing on their function, and many GNU/Linux programs were missing.
Web Browser
Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera
Linux: Konqueror, Opera, Epiphany, Galeon, Firefox
There is more than one web browser available, even for Windows. Internet Explorer could lead one to believe they should use it to view files on the internet through the same interface they see when they use Explorer to view the files on the local hard drive.
Graphics Editing
Windows: Photoshop, Illustrator
Linux: GIMP
As has been mentioned, Photoshop sounds like a place to buy photos, or a photograph editor. What if I just want to create a graphic?
Movie Playback
Windows: Windows Media Player
Linux: Helix, Xine, MPlayer
MPlayer is pretty obvious if you ask me.
DVD Playback:
Windows: WinDVD, Windows Media Player
Linux: Ogle, Xine, Totem
Simple Text Editing
Windows: Notepad, Wordpad, TextPad
Linux: Gedit, Kate, VI, Gvim, Emacs, OpenOffice.org Writer
I think Writer should be allowed as it does perform the function of editing text.
Instant Messaging
Windows: Trillian, Yahoo Instant Messenger
Linux: Gaim, Kopete, Yahoo Instant Messenger
We should do an apples to apples comparison here. Neither side seems very intuitive unless using the client supplied by the instant messenging service.
Music Playback:
Windows: Windows Media Player, Itunes, WinAmp
Linux: XMMS, Noatun, MPlayer, Xine
Again, MPlayer is pretty obvious.
CD Ripping:
Windows: Itunes, Windows Media Player
Linux: Grip, Gnome Toaster, Sound Juicer
I don't understand how WMP is more intuitive than Grip? And Itunes? Doesn't say "This program is for ripping CDs" to me. (I have to be honest, I didn't know WMP could rip CDs)
CD Burning
Windows: Roxio Easy CD Creator, Nero
Linux: K3b, Gnome Toaster, XCDRoast, Nero
Nero? Didn't he play a fiddle or something? I'll give them the Easy CD Creator though.:)
Had you RTFAs she mentions that she had written the scripts herself, was aware of the difficulties, challenges and opportunities involved and that SciFi turned her away.
Yeager didn't say that about his ribs being cracked, he made the statement in reference to his going to Stapp to clear him for the flight because the other flight doctors would have grounded him.
Are you honestly saying that you feel that anyone should be able to express their beliefs anywhere, at any time, with no financial repercussions from any government agency? If so, I would assume that you would support the government continuing to provide grants to a body whose president publicly stated a stance of violent purging of minorities, so long as this statement were made after funding were initially granted. It seems to me that the government has no responsibility to continue to fund any individual or team led by an individual (as a figurehead or otherwise) that makes public statements that are at odds with the government's ideals. It seems otherwise that if the Grand Dragon of the KKK could somehow manage to con the government out of a grant, that the KKK would easily become a government subsidized organization in perpetuity.
I am of the belief that free speech takes you only so far. As a public official I could not make a law banning you from saying things I don't agree with, but as a philanthropist neither would I be obligated to provide or continue to provide you with money or other support to further your cause.
I would be willing to "Let them try, at least." If the NJ law enforcment were willing to try the new recognition system for 5 years, and it was proven reliable and effective, ie no failures when deadly force was required and no instances of stolen police weapons recovered in a modified, recognition system disabled form and a decrease in violent crime and accidental shootings, I would see no reason this would not be a valid failsafe device for public use.
Wow, an actual retraction of mis-stated statistics, on slashdot./me boggles
OTOH please try to understand that this is an emotionally charged issue for some (including me) and thus the reaction you received was out of proportion to the offense.
I have to agree with the shotgun being the best home defense weapon. In addition to the points you bring up it has one other very powerful point in its favor. Poor penetration. With a 9mm you may go through a wall and hit your family member on the other side if you miss your intended target. A bird shot loaded 12 gauge is extremely unlikely to penetrate a wall, however it will be able to cause significant damage to a soft target (ie: a person).
Considering how out of touch with everyday life on Earth most politicians seem to be, I'd venture that most of them are out there on some moon somewhere.
The second purpose is to give authors or inventors a temporary monopoly. If there was no guarantee of profit for inventing things or creating art then few people would do it, none as a career, and the quality and quantity of such things would be far less. Without a temporary monopoly someone who writes a book will have it immediately stolen and published by numerous publishing houses and recieve no money for their hard work. Someone who invents a new device will have it copied in 100 different forms and sold by 100 other firms in different names and varieties resulting in no standard and yet again no money for the inventor.
According to this view, open source software is doomed. An insufficient amount of people will contribute anything of quality to the public domain if there is not the assurance of profit. What is Linux but a public domain work distributed by numerous publishing houses?
Why would Microsoft publicly state that UNIX makes a better server than Windows? Microsoft is in the business of selling desktop and server software. If they come to you with the sales pitch that "UNIX is better, but we cost more", I doubt that you would generate many sales for them. I highly suspect that Microsoft wishes this document had never been put in front of the public, as it really hurts their marketing.
From playing a man who was afraid to fly (because of the gremlin on the wing) to being the self confident phaser and a smirk captain of the starship enterprise, you have had a large range of roles in your years of acting. Which was your favorite role, or roles, and why?
Could someone write a script that would log into AOL and use all 1000 hours of each of these disks? Since 1000 hours = 41.67 days you would need more than one computer making simultaneous connections to use all the time in one month. In my house I could dedicate 5 comps to the problem through a broadband router (would this count as a separate connection?) to use up all the time in 8 days 8 hours. If the script were written and posted to a popular website (example) I think that could go a long way to ending the free coaster flood.
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I started as a Solaris administrator. I converted from running Solaris with CDE as my main desktop to Debian with Fluxbox. At some point we needed a replacement for an old FTP server that had been running on IIS and I suggested a Linux based replacement on spare hardware. That was the toe in the door that led to a variety of servers running a variety of services on Linux.
Once we had Linux running in the environment I began to get Red Hat certifications. As I added each certification, Linux became even easier to sell as a solution since the company had a known skill set to run it.
I am forced to wonder if setting the clock forward to a date after the copyright on this game expires will automatically unlock the DRM. If not, perhaps there is a legal issue to be pursued, since the public domain is protected by the US constitution.
Yeah, I have that problem too, only reverse. I am a Unix admin. I get screenshots pasted directly into Outlook that come to me as "OLE_embedded" in Thunderbird. Just attach a .jpg, don't embed it and just assume that someone else is using your same client to read your email.
OTOH, I can reasonably assume that if they really wanted help they would have sent it in a readable format in the first place.
Dammit, the proof is not in the pudding! Who puts the proof in the pudding, anyway? The saying is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". And, just to stay on topic, Bobby is proof that unconventional thinking in one aspect of life can lead to difficulties if unchecked in other areas. Inspired becomes insane if the inspiration doesn't lead to success.
Wouldn't you be typing in octal?
You'll often find that your friend Bill and your mom are speaking of the same people. If you are lucky.:)
In retrospect, intergalactic war seemed preferable.
Linux should never be "just like Windows". If that is what you are looking for, you shouldn't care whether GNU/Linux "wins". You should use Windows and be happy with it. Most users of Linux (the silent majority) don't care if Linux "wins", we just want enough market share to receive hardware and software support from vendors. In 20 years, if MS is still a billion dollar company, but I can buy a new scanner and it says "Linux drivers included" on the box, I am happy. If the next great PC game (if games don't migrate entirely to the console) has a Linux port or is developed natively on Linux, I am happy. Success of MS does not preclude success of Linux, nor vice versa.
This article seems heavily slanted toward an "everyone uses Microsoft software and GNU/Linux naming conventions should match" point of view. Many of the listed Windows programs don't have the slightest bearing on their function, and many GNU/Linux programs were missing.
Web Browser
Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera
Linux: Konqueror, Opera, Epiphany, Galeon, Firefox
There is more than one web browser available, even for Windows. Internet Explorer could lead one to believe they should use it to view files on the internet through the same interface they see when they use Explorer to view the files on the local hard drive.
Graphics Editing
Windows: Photoshop, Illustrator
Linux: GIMP
As has been mentioned, Photoshop sounds like a place to buy photos, or a photograph editor. What if I just want to create a graphic?
Movie Playback
Windows: Windows Media Player
Linux: Helix, Xine, MPlayer
MPlayer is pretty obvious if you ask me.
DVD Playback:
Windows: WinDVD, Windows Media Player
Linux: Ogle, Xine, Totem
Simple Text Editing
Windows: Notepad, Wordpad, TextPad
Linux: Gedit, Kate, VI, Gvim, Emacs, OpenOffice.org Writer
I think Writer should be allowed as it does perform the function of editing text.
Instant Messaging
Windows: Trillian, Yahoo Instant Messenger
Linux: Gaim, Kopete, Yahoo Instant Messenger
We should do an apples to apples comparison here. Neither side seems very intuitive unless using the client supplied by the instant messenging service.
Music Playback:
Windows: Windows Media Player, Itunes, WinAmp
Linux: XMMS, Noatun, MPlayer, Xine
Again, MPlayer is pretty obvious.
CD Ripping:
Windows: Itunes, Windows Media Player
Linux: Grip, Gnome Toaster, Sound Juicer
I don't understand how WMP is more intuitive than Grip? And Itunes? Doesn't say "This program is for ripping CDs" to me. (I have to be honest, I didn't know WMP could rip CDs)
CD Burning :)
Windows: Roxio Easy CD Creator, Nero
Linux: K3b, Gnome Toaster, XCDRoast, Nero
Nero? Didn't he play a fiddle or something? I'll give them the Easy CD Creator though.
I like the pronunciation Fah - cue.
Had you RTFAs she mentions that she had written the scripts herself, was aware of the difficulties, challenges and opportunities involved and that SciFi turned her away.
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. This would be: 30 degrees is cool 20 degrees is cold 10 degrees is winter 0 degrees is imaginary.
Yeager didn't say that about his ribs being cracked, he made the statement in reference to his going to Stapp to clear him for the flight because the other flight doctors would have grounded him.
Are you honestly saying that you feel that anyone should be able to express their beliefs anywhere, at any time, with no financial repercussions from any government agency? If so, I would assume that you would support the government continuing to provide grants to a body whose president publicly stated a stance of violent purging of minorities, so long as this statement were made after funding were initially granted. It seems to me that the government has no responsibility to continue to fund any individual or team led by an individual (as a figurehead or otherwise) that makes public statements that are at odds with the government's ideals. It seems otherwise that if the Grand Dragon of the KKK could somehow manage to con the government out of a grant, that the KKK would easily become a government subsidized organization in perpetuity.
I am of the belief that free speech takes you only so far. As a public official I could not make a law banning you from saying things I don't agree with, but as a philanthropist neither would I be obligated to provide or continue to provide you with money or other support to further your cause.
I would be willing to "Let them try, at least." If the NJ law enforcment were willing to try the new recognition system for 5 years, and it was proven reliable and effective, ie no failures when deadly force was required and no instances of stolen police weapons recovered in a modified, recognition system disabled form and a decrease in violent crime and accidental shootings, I would see no reason this would not be a valid failsafe device for public use.
Wow, an actual retraction of mis-stated statistics, on slashdot. /me boggles
OTOH please try to understand that this is an emotionally charged issue for some (including me) and thus the reaction you received was out of proportion to the offense.
I have to agree with the shotgun being the best home defense weapon. In addition to the points you bring up it has one other very powerful point in its favor. Poor penetration. With a 9mm you may go through a wall and hit your family member on the other side if you miss your intended target. A bird shot loaded 12 gauge is extremely unlikely to penetrate a wall, however it will be able to cause significant damage to a soft target (ie: a person).
Considering how out of touch with everyday life on Earth most politicians seem to be, I'd venture that most of them are out there on some moon somewhere.
Why would Microsoft publicly state that UNIX makes a better server than Windows? Microsoft is in the business of selling desktop and server software. If they come to you with the sales pitch that "UNIX is better, but we cost more", I doubt that you would generate many sales for them. I highly suspect that Microsoft wishes this document had never been put in front of the public, as it really hurts their marketing.
From playing a man who was afraid to fly (because of the gremlin on the wing) to being the self confident phaser and a smirk captain of the starship enterprise, you have had a large range of roles in your years of acting. Which was your favorite role, or roles, and why?
Science Fiction. I have to take the chance that you are actually asking a legit question here, and I noticed that you had been modded down to 0 Troll.
Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts & Plugins. Uncheck Allow scripts to: Open unrequested windows. Works for me. Mozilla is a wonderful thing.
Could someone write a script that would log into AOL and use all 1000 hours of each of these disks? Since 1000 hours = 41.67 days you would need more than one computer making simultaneous connections to use all the time in one month. In my house I could dedicate 5 comps to the problem through a broadband router (would this count as a separate connection?) to use up all the time in 8 days 8 hours. If the script were written and posted to a popular website (example) I think that could go a long way to ending the free coaster flood.