When XP come out, its minimum spec was 64MB. It refused to install on 32MB machines, but when lied to, it installed and was able to run light programs, I was able to run even MS Office, but couldn't defrag my hard drive because it was always swapping...
Nowadays XP won't stop swapping on a 512MB machine, you need at least 1GB to run it well.
We weren't made for flying, but computers excel on it! A human has no chance against an AI pilot.
By the way, you'll find that your virus idea is really much easier than corrupting humans, and much, much harder to detect before the act. Also remember that every time you talk about nuclear bombs delivered by missiles...
Let me further explain the situation. You are free to do anything that is legal, except when somebody with deep pockets and a legal department doesn't want.
"Couldn't the same argument be used against distro repositories, security vendors websites, and any other system that people assume is safe and working in their best interests?"
Yes, theoretically, it could. In practice, the argument only holds against Windows and MS Office update (maybe also Firefox), since the others have a very high diversity.
To tell you the truth, I didn't think about central banks being irrational before that. I'd probably have noticed if I was paying attention, but I wansn't.
Lots of people fail to understand that, but competition doesn't happen between products, it happens between people (or companies). Since everybody can change it anyway they want, Free Software doesn't need alternatives to maintain competition, only one product is enough. Everybody then can fork it if they want.
That is quite different a goal, isn't it. Why should he change his lifestyle when he simply wants to install some solar panels and reduce electricity spending?
Questions #1 and #2 have merit, but #3 doesn't. You make sure projects continue to be free by distributing them under a free license. Authors can not change their terms after they put the code under them.
Heh... After he rate cuts of 2006, I nailed my prognostics down to august of 2007 (no link, sorry). Of course, I had the same problem you had, after it all started to fall apart, government stepped in and made a short term fix. That is the problem with prognostics, there is a huge irrational actor disturbing the playing field.
You just need a 32 bits Debian machine, add debian-multimedia to your sources.list, then apt-get install mplayer smplayer w32-codecs.
Unfortunately, some of the w32-codecs aren't available for 64 bits. Smplayer is a good front-end, that you can use instead of the native one. Also, you may not need to add debian-multimedia, I've dowloaded mplayer without it once, but I don't know if it's currently 'non-us', 'main' or simply considered too much pain to be put on main. Although, I can't guarantee the reciprocal if you add debian-multimedia, it will surely work.
"And you want to compare... And mplayer with iTunes or Windows Media Player?"
Let me try comparing them. Two of those can't play DVDs, and can't play ogg. Media Player requires that the user search for codecs, install those stuff (you'd better be running as admin), get some virus on the way. It takes a couple of days to put Media Player on a state where you can simply click on a video and it plays, iTunes can never be put on such state, and they still can't play DVDs (oh, and can they reproduce.flv? I was never able to do that).
Now, for mplayer there is a package of codecs. If you are running Windows, you download those and install where mplayer is. If you are running Linux, they will probably come bundled with the player. Done, you'll never need an extra codec for anything else. Ok, CLI sucks, so you'll need a front-end, well for most Linuxes, there is one bundled (although smplayer is better), for Windows it is like the codecs' instalation (probably better now, there is a while that I don't use mplayer on Windows). Oh, and it will play DVDs, flv, ogg, basicaly anything, with better interpolation algorithms.
"Remove the back/forward/location/search bar that's attached to all windows (I think this was in Vista as well, but I skipped Vista)"
Kudos for Microsoft for imitating something good from KDE3. Oppening a document with a middle mouse button works at Konqueror, maybe you should try it at Windows, but I really doubt MS copied the hability to opt out of such an interface.
Well, Impress is quite good now. You should take a look. Just don't look at Calc, it is not getting any better.
Also, I doubt that it is cheaper to use Word instead of Writer, even if you have already paid for its license. Word is so unproductive that it is probably better to install another suite just for the text editor.
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Ok. You didn't get it. Let me explayn...
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When XP come out, its minimum spec was 64MB. It refused to install on 32MB machines, but when lied to, it installed and was able to run light programs, I was able to run even MS Office, but couldn't defrag my hard drive because it was always swapping...
Nowadays XP won't stop swapping on a 512MB machine, you need at least 1GB to run it well.
Hey, greatest post of the year!
Ok, about compiling...
We weren't made for flying, but computers excel on it! A human has no chance against an AI pilot.
By the way, you'll find that your virus idea is really much easier than corrupting humans, and much, much harder to detect before the act. Also remember that every time you talk about nuclear bombs delivered by missiles...
Let me further explain the situation. You are free to do anything that is legal, except when somebody with deep pockets and a legal department doesn't want.
If implemented right, P2P distribution is as hard to break as centralized one. The biggest problem here that the distribution is automatic.
Yes, theoretically, it could. In practice, the argument only holds against Windows and MS Office update (maybe also Firefox), since the others have a very high diversity.
Yeah, he can distribute it in a non-open way, but he can't forbid others from distributing it by the original license.
To tell you the truth, I didn't think about central banks being irrational before that. I'd probably have noticed if I was paying attention, but I wansn't.
Lots of people fail to understand that, but competition doesn't happen between products, it happens between people (or companies). Since everybody can change it anyway they want, Free Software doesn't need alternatives to maintain competition, only one product is enough. Everybody then can fork it if they want.
Well, if you don't know what are QT, GTK, LGPL and GUI, that article is really of no interest for you.
That is quite different a goal, isn't it. Why should he change his lifestyle when he simply wants to install some solar panels and reduce electricity spending?
Hey, just install some concentrated PV disgussed as a very big antenna.
Questions #1 and #2 have merit, but #3 doesn't. You make sure projects continue to be free by distributing them under a free license. Authors can not change their terms after they put the code under them.
Heh... After he rate cuts of 2006, I nailed my prognostics down to august of 2007 (no link, sorry). Of course, I had the same problem you had, after it all started to fall apart, government stepped in and made a short term fix. That is the problem with prognostics, there is a huge irrational actor disturbing the playing field.
There is no global financial crisis!!!
At least, people have been saying the above for about two years... Let's see if it can work for another one.
You just need a 32 bits Debian machine, add debian-multimedia to your sources.list, then apt-get install mplayer smplayer w32-codecs.
Unfortunately, some of the w32-codecs aren't available for 64 bits. Smplayer is a good front-end, that you can use instead of the native one. Also, you may not need to add debian-multimedia, I've dowloaded mplayer without it once, but I don't know if it's currently 'non-us', 'main' or simply considered too much pain to be put on main. Although, I can't guarantee the reciprocal if you add debian-multimedia, it will surely work.
Let me try comparing them. Two of those can't play DVDs, and can't play ogg. Media Player requires that the user search for codecs, install those stuff (you'd better be running as admin), get some virus on the way. It takes a couple of days to put Media Player on a state where you can simply click on a video and it plays, iTunes can never be put on such state, and they still can't play DVDs (oh, and can they reproduce .flv? I was never able to do that).
Now, for mplayer there is a package of codecs. If you are running Windows, you download those and install where mplayer is. If you are running Linux, they will probably come bundled with the player. Done, you'll never need an extra codec for anything else. Ok, CLI sucks, so you'll need a front-end, well for most Linuxes, there is one bundled (although smplayer is better), for Windows it is like the codecs' instalation (probably better now, there is a while that I don't use mplayer on Windows). Oh, and it will play DVDs, flv, ogg, basicaly anything, with better interpolation algorithms.
Well, my experience is that MS pays to get universities using their software, at least at Brazil.
Together with free Windows there is always some monetary "donation".
Yeah, but /. is following the waterfall model. Time to write the summary has passed, now only the comments may change.
h-bar == h / (2 * pi)
Kudos for Microsoft for imitating something good from KDE3. Oppening a document with a middle mouse button works at Konqueror, maybe you should try it at Windows, but I really doubt MS copied the hability to opt out of such an interface.
Well, Impress is quite good now. You should take a look. Just don't look at Calc, it is not getting any better.
Also, I doubt that it is cheaper to use Word instead of Writer, even if you have already paid for its license. Word is so unproductive that it is probably better to install another suite just for the text editor.
Too much optimization and too much interdependency do lead to a Perfect Storm factory.
Ok, I can understand copper, but came-on, iron?! That is a bit too much. Next time you'll be saying we are running out of silicon.