I don't remember when this was introduced, but more then 15 years ago. Regarding your loop hole, companies like that don't live long and I never hear of anyone trying. Oh and a small flyer is not a newspaper, we talk about real newspaper, magazines are not allowed to be sold in this way.
In Denmark the only thing telemarketers is allowed to sell is newspapers. Trying to sell anything else is illegal. You can also require telemarketers to add you to their "Do-No-Call" list.
Instead of creating a "Do-Not-Call Registry" I would suggest the US to make a law to prohibit sells people to contact you unless you say otherwise, just like in Denmark (as I said newspapers is the only exception). And yes that actually does make spam illegal.
Actually managers hate XP. Time planning in XP is much harder than with traditional software development. In XP you can't say "We're done implementing in 4 months" Managers like development that follow the waterfall model, simply because time managing it more clear. Except form that fact that you only need half the PC's, there are no real cost cutting, not in larger projects at least.
Blindly following XP for every project you do is a bad idea. XP bad choise for many projects. Read "Extreme Programming Explained" and you will see that Kent Beck agrees. Also never comment on the glory of XP without knowing other software development technics.
You do know that ESA puts more commercial satellites in space than NASA? Of cause if you count military satellites NASA wins. ESA isn't allowed to launch military satellites.
The biggest problem is that ESA need NASA or Russia to ship its astronauts.
Another plus form ogg is that we can affort the licence for the ogg encoder. How many have actually paid for a mp3 encoder ? (Yes I know LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder).
Naturally one should try finding the person who wrote and releases the worm or virus, but perhaps we should also target lazy administrators as well. The SQLSlammer shows that this could have been avoided if administrators have install patch made available last summer. If you know that your system is vulnerable and do nothing aren't you to blame for it ? If you run any server on the internet you should read service updates for your software, if not you should be hold responsable when something goes wrong because of it.
Perhaps we should allow CERT to have a small army or something.
The real reason for not distributing mplayer binaries is performance. I tried using an MPlayer compiled for at different cpu than my own (running i386 on a i586) and I could really feel the difference in speed. If they want precompiled they will need a i386, i486, i586, i686, Athlon... and so on. Otherwise the users doesn't get the perfomance boost that the instructions in these cpu will give you. Also they need to distribute the different modules for videocards. My computer only handles mplayer well with the mga_vid module installed. Distributing binaries will just be to much work anyway so they should just drop it.
Why don't they just distribute mplayer like they do with Qmail, Ezmlm and other Bernstein programs ? Seems to work just fine. Although I hate that they start qmail without the use of supervise. (/service)
They say that one reason for choosing SimDesk is that upgrading Office 97 and 2000 to OfficeXP would requirer higher-powered PCs. That's most likely true, but why upgrade if the older versions fit your needs. I mean there aren't any features in OfficeXP that you just can't live without.
This seems to be one of Microsofts greates problems regarding Office. They keep pushing new version, but there are no new features that people really need. Most Office users don't even use half the features. There are no reason for updating perfectly good software just to get features you don't need.
Of cause if Microsoft changes the fileformat in Word or Excel in every version, you will need everyone in the office to run the same version and you can't buy Office 97 anymore. Upgrading all those licences will of cause be expensive. Still I don't see what new features in Office justify the need for a faster computer.
I don't get why people are against unique identifying numbers. I live in Denmark and was given a CPR number (equivalent to SSN) right after birth. Try moving to Denmark and live without one, you can't do anyting without it. No bank will create an account for you, no library card, no drivers license, no doctor, no school, you get the idea. The laws surrounding the use of the CPR number is very strict, meaning that you can't cross reference different databases. Trust me noone in Denmark feel that having their CPR number is a bad idea. My privacy is not violated because of it.
However I would hate using my CPR as a phonenumber, I hate phones and preferrer that people don't call me and I almost never call anyone. But you really need a phone in this world (at least in large parts of the world). Perhaps that's the solution, restrict what you can use a phone for, like emergency only or private phonecall only. (The last one is because I had to call a company who didn't answer email, the funny part is that the company sells webhosting. An Internet company that doesn't answer emails is just stupid)
I completly agree with you. People who start out with Mandrake almost always goes back to using Windows 100%. I Think it's because the installation process is to easy. Yes that's correct: TO EASY. The user really doesn't learn anything during the installation, like they do with Slackware and Debian, therefor they will have problems using their nice Linux OS later on. If however the installation is a bit more complicated moving on won't seem that hard later on.
That said, I have seen people install Mandrake an dropping Windows completly later on.
Im not saying that it's a bad idea, you could use it to show future generations how something looked, but in general the money could be spent better.
I suggest a very large bomb, maybe two. Or larger paycheck to soldiers, police, fire department and people like that.
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I work for free as a Linux admin for the local student organisation, we're three Unix admins and one Windows guy (he handles the workstation). We need to pay someone to maintain the Windows boxes, while getting people to handle the Unix server for free doesn't seem to be a problem. I not care if he get's paid and I don't, as long as I don't have to touch the Windows workstations Im happy:-) I don't know, I think it's weird.
Perhaps we start out working for free a the claim lost pay later on i life?
I not even sure this is a good idea. Your not get SCSI preformance from this adapter, only the ability to connect IDE devices to your SCSI control, which is cool for home users. Do not for a second think it would be cool to use it in a server, IDE devices is't up for it, they aren't designed for running 24 hours a day with high loads.
Still it would be great fun to try it out a workstation, if it wasn't because SCSI controllers where so damn expensive.
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Couldn't you do the same thing with tools like cfengine ( http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/ ) ?
I feel the same way. I love the American people, I hate their political system. I don't think the Americans realize that many Europeans are more afraid of George Bush than Saddam Hussein.
If you read the Phoenix FAQ you'll seen that they where allowed to release 0.5 as Phoenix, because it was already planned at the time Phoenix (the BIOS people) began complaining. Name change is due for the next release.
What I don't get is why they need the fan. Why don't they just slap on a bigger heatsink. I don't like fans in my computer, they're noisy. Loss the fan and they got a nice system.
Btw, my 933MHz C3 doesn't need a fan, just a big fat Zalman heatsink:-)
That they only offer two stupid formats seems to be their main problem. I don't know anyone using those format for storing their music. They should have choosen mp3 or Ogg, (perhaps even flac) and if they really wanted this to work, offer all these formats.
Instead of the email thing, they should just store purchase in a database and then allow you to download the file as may times as you want. That would save them alot of trouble with the authentication.
Of cause that it's IE only just shows once more that the music indutry doesn't care about standards, but we all knew that.
No you can not run IE using Wine... Well you properly could, but you're not allowed to do so. The IE EULA states that IE may only be used on the platform for which it was designed. This also means that you may not run the Windows version on a Mac, even if you could.
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I don't remember when this was introduced, but more then 15 years ago. Regarding your loop hole, companies like that don't live long and I never hear of anyone trying. Oh and a small flyer is not a newspaper, we talk about real newspaper, magazines are not allowed to be sold in this way.
In Denmark the only thing telemarketers is allowed to sell is newspapers. Trying to sell anything else is illegal. You can also require telemarketers to add you to their "Do-No-Call" list.
Instead of creating a "Do-Not-Call Registry" I would suggest the US to make a law to prohibit sells people to contact you unless you say otherwise, just like in Denmark (as I said newspapers is the only exception). And yes that actually does make spam illegal.
Actually managers hate XP. Time planning in XP is much harder than with traditional software development. In XP you can't say "We're done implementing in 4 months" Managers like development that follow the waterfall model, simply because time managing it more clear. Except form that fact that you only need half the PC's, there are no real cost cutting, not in larger projects at least.
Blindly following XP for every project you do is a bad idea. XP bad choise for many projects. Read "Extreme Programming Explained" and you will see that Kent Beck agrees. Also never comment on the glory of XP without knowing other software development technics.
You do know that ESA puts more commercial satellites in space than NASA? Of cause if you count military satellites NASA wins. ESA isn't allowed to launch military satellites.
The biggest problem is that ESA need NASA or Russia to ship its astronauts.
Another plus form ogg is that we can affort the licence for the ogg encoder. How many have actually paid for a mp3 encoder ? (Yes I know LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder).
Naturally one should try finding the person who wrote and releases the worm or virus, but perhaps we should also target lazy administrators as well. The SQLSlammer shows that this could have been avoided if administrators have install patch made available last summer. If you know that your system is vulnerable and do nothing aren't you to blame for it ? If you run any server on the internet you should read service updates for your software, if not you should be hold responsable when something goes wrong because of it.
Perhaps we should allow CERT to have a small army or something.
The real reason for not distributing mplayer binaries is performance. I tried using an MPlayer compiled for at different cpu than my own (running i386 on a i586) and I could really feel the difference in speed. If they want precompiled they will need a i386, i486, i586, i686, Athlon... and so on. Otherwise the users doesn't get the perfomance boost that the instructions in these cpu will give you. Also they need to distribute the different modules for videocards. My computer only handles mplayer well with the mga_vid module installed. Distributing binaries will just be to much work anyway so they should just drop it.
Why don't they just distribute mplayer like they do with Qmail, Ezmlm and other Bernstein programs ? Seems to work just fine. Although I hate that they start qmail without the use of supervise. (/service)
They say that one reason for choosing SimDesk is that upgrading Office 97 and 2000 to OfficeXP would requirer higher-powered PCs. That's most likely true, but why upgrade if the older versions fit your needs. I mean there aren't any features in OfficeXP that you just can't live without.
This seems to be one of Microsofts greates problems regarding Office. They keep pushing new version, but there are no new features that people really need. Most Office users don't even use half the features. There are no reason for updating perfectly good software just to get features you don't need.
Of cause if Microsoft changes the fileformat in Word or Excel in every version, you will need everyone in the office to run the same version and you can't buy Office 97 anymore. Upgrading all those licences will of cause be expensive. Still I don't see what new features in Office justify the need for a faster computer.
I don't get why people are against unique identifying numbers. I live in Denmark and was given a CPR number (equivalent to SSN) right after birth. Try moving to Denmark and live without one, you can't do anyting without it. No bank will create an account for you, no library card, no drivers license, no doctor, no school, you get the idea. The laws surrounding the use of the CPR number is very strict, meaning that you can't cross reference different databases. Trust me noone in Denmark feel that having their CPR number is a bad idea. My privacy is not violated because of it.
However I would hate using my CPR as a phonenumber, I hate phones and preferrer that people don't call me and I almost never call anyone. But you really need a phone in this world (at least in large parts of the world). Perhaps that's the solution, restrict what you can use a phone for, like emergency only or private phonecall only. (The last one is because I had to call a company who didn't answer email, the funny part is that the company sells webhosting. An Internet company that doesn't answer emails is just stupid)
I completly agree with you. People who start out with Mandrake almost always goes back to using Windows 100%. I Think it's because the installation process is to easy. Yes that's correct: TO EASY. The user really doesn't learn anything during the installation, like they do with Slackware and Debian, therefor they will have problems using their nice Linux OS later on. If however the installation is a bit more complicated moving on won't seem that hard later on.
That said, I have seen people install Mandrake an dropping Windows completly later on.
Im not saying that it's a bad idea, you could use it to show future generations how something looked, but in general the money could be spent better.
I suggest a very large bomb, maybe two. Or larger paycheck to soldiers, police, fire department and people like that.
I work for free as a Linux admin for the local student organisation, we're three Unix admins and one Windows guy (he handles the workstation). We need to pay someone to maintain the Windows boxes, while getting people to handle the Unix server for free doesn't seem to be a problem. I not care if he get's paid and I don't, as long as I don't have to touch the Windows workstations Im happy :-) I don't know, I think it's weird.
Perhaps we start out working for free a the claim lost pay later on i life?
I not even sure this is a good idea. Your not get SCSI preformance from this adapter, only the ability to connect IDE devices to your SCSI control, which is cool for home users. Do not for a second think it would be cool to use it in a server, IDE devices is't up for it, they aren't designed for running 24 hours a day with high loads.
Still it would be great fun to try it out a workstation, if it wasn't because SCSI controllers where so damn expensive.
Couldn't you do the same thing with tools like cfengine ( http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/ ) ?
I feel the same way. I love the American people, I hate their political system. I don't think the Americans realize that many Europeans are more afraid of George Bush than Saddam Hussein.
And if you refuse they put a gun to your head.
And only an American would see this as a bad thing. Most Danish parties are more or less socialists. This is a good thing.
Communisme isn't a bad thing either, just doesn't work well on humans.
If you read the Phoenix FAQ you'll seen that they where allowed to release 0.5 as Phoenix, because it was already planned at the time Phoenix (the BIOS people) began complaining. Name change is due for the next release.
Didn't Intel buy the Alpha technology of HP a few months ago ? Guess not.
I never got to play with an Alpha, now I might never get the chance, this sucks.
What I don't get is why they need the fan. Why don't they just slap on a bigger heatsink.
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I don't like fans in my computer, they're noisy. Loss the fan and they got a nice system.
Btw, my 933MHz C3 doesn't need a fan, just a big fat Zalman heatsink
Two seconds behind the car in front of you ???
Are you sure about that. That is not alot of time. I driving instructor said 5 minimum.
Ah well, I never drive anyway, train, bus, bike or walking is more my still.
That they only offer two stupid formats seems to be their main problem. I don't know anyone using those format for storing their music. They should have choosen mp3 or Ogg, (perhaps even flac) and if they really wanted this to work, offer all these formats.
Instead of the email thing, they should just store purchase in a database and then allow you to download the file as may times as you want. That would save them alot of trouble with the authentication.
Of cause that it's IE only just shows once more that the music indutry doesn't care about standards, but we all knew that.
No you can not run IE using Wine... Well you properly could, but you're not allowed to do so. The IE EULA states that IE may only be used on the platform for which it was designed. This also means that you may not run the Windows version on a Mac, even if you could.
Of cause it run Linux, and *BSD. Via is even developing Linux drivers for the Eden platform. This enables you to use features like the TV-Out.
www.viaarena.com has a forum for Via Eden Linux users.
Im not saying that we should all as much as this guy, but most of us can spare 10 or even 20 euros a month. Im a student, but Im not that poor.
This is the cool thing about Open Source, noone is forcing you to pay anything.