Whether or not you want to call Microsoft's present action 'sinister' (I don't see why not making copyright violators' lifes hard would be 'sinister' just because it's in their own best interest -- the sinister part is producing proprietary software at all;-)), I'm sure that piracy has helped MS bigtime. If people couldn't copy MS software and get away with the copyright violation, I'm sure that I would have a much easier time convincing them to switch to Free Software.
But I don't agree with your statement about Apple: Microsoft is selling their OS with the hardware, too. Okay, they're not selling the hardware themselves, but you're paying the Microsoft tax on almost all garden variety x86 machines (the kind that most home users buy). And that's why others' copyright violation is such a good deal for Microsoft; home user 'upgrades' to the next version of Windows by copying it from a friend, computer runs too slow, user buys new computer, Microsoft tax paid;-)
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Sending out spam is bandwidth limited, not cpu limited (unless you run this on a 486 over a T1), therefor, you are going to be hammering your connection, whilst only using a small percentage of your cpu, and only earning mabey 2-3 dollars a night (and I'm being optimistic there, it could be a lot less).
That's why you want to take care to route most IPs that their program is talking to to the loopback device. (The one that contacts their billing machine is exempted, of course.)
Beat the rush and see the story early! Plus, we guarantee that the listed homepages of Slashdot subscribers will never be linked from a Slashdot article not submitted by the subscriber themselves.
At least partly because not all women think the same thing. The women who are on the streets protesting for women's rights are not necessarily the same ones that buy a product "strong enough for a man, made for a woman."
(It's like saying, how can men at the same time rally for gay male rights and support fundamentalist preachers who saying that being gay is a sin? Hey, it's not necessarily the same men who do this!)
The cereal "designed for [females'] nutritional needs" may be different -- I don't know the background of this and I don't know whether it's bogus or has actual scientific background (which would only be a statistical tendency, of course, the statement "this is better for all females" makes zero sense). Many things in our society are oriented towards male bodies -- look at how prostate cancer got much more research money than breast cancer. Perhaps there is some actual scientific evidence to support that this cereal can support the nutritional needs of female bodies better; if so, I don't see why marketing that would be a bad thing.
You got that soo backwards. It's like saying that it costs a lot to make all the CDs to update Windows to the next less secure version. Think of it, a new planet, that's new astrology, let's say a new force permeating our astral bodies, hey, maybe we can discover a new chakra too? The open-minded new-ageist just must buy these new books about how Sedna can solve our problems at work and bring salvations to our overloaded lives. Hey, maybe there's a market for Innuit religion books, too? I can see the $$$ pouring in already! *rubs hands*
Actually, RMS knows about this but rejects the ideology behind "Open Showers" because it talks only about the practical benefits such as cleanliness, leaving aside fundamental principles such as freedom. "Open Showers and Free Towels are separate communities with different goals and purposes," he argues. "Lumping them together confounds the principles important to our community." He adds that Free Towels is not necessarily about showering with alcoholic beverages. "Think Free Love, not Free Willie," he adds.
In that respect, it reminds me a lot of Microsoft's DNA (Distributed Network Architecture), which I'm not sure anyone remembers. I only do because I built the Mid-Atlantic DNA labs...
Wait, "mid-Atlantic?" Are you saying that Microsoft is tinkering with DNA in a lab in Atlantis, and you build it for them? Conspiracy!!!!!
Aaargh, where's my tinfoil hat? I had it somewhere here... noooooooo!
While the specific comment on the Web site hasn't been attributed to anybody specific at the FSF, I asked whether Apache's 2.0 license is compatible on licensing@fsf.org and got two replies, one from RMS--
No, this is not Great Britain, this is Slashdot, which is internal... internatina... intranationa... oh fuck, it's all-American anyway. (See also here for how to filter out uninformed comments like the one you replied to.)
You want them to refund your money after they've lost the suit with IBM? Please join the line of creditors. First the court gets money for the proceedings. Then IBM gets their legal fees paid. Then there's SCO's lawyers, who must be the biggest creditors by the time.:-) Then... You think there's something left in the CEO's pockets when it's your turn? Good luck!
And the surprise winner is... Windows Longhorn Server!
In the survey, not a single breach of security occured in mission-critical systems running Microsoft's Windows Longhorn Server.
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The submitter is Indomitus (the post starts with, Indomitus writes...). timothy is the/. editor that perhaps should not have let it in without editing.:-)
Wow, couldn't you find something even more obscure as the ultimate example of Google's suckiness?
"Search for the name of the man in the background to the left of GW Bush in the third from the top holiday photo from their 1982 trip to the Kennedy Space Center! You won't get a single result! But MSN returned fiftyfive biographies and thirteen 1024x768 desktop images!"
Well, one of the points where a search engine really has to show its meat is in really obscure searches. I would be surprised if MSN Search came out as well as you say on such searches.
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"It suits us fine the Microsoft and Sun fight about office application suites. We stay away from that. The reason we don't collaborate with Sun is that they're too small," said Pettersson.
Astronomy 1&1: The sun only looks so small, because it is so far away.
The article linked misspells "konquering" as "conquering." I find this particularly irritating as this comes from kdenews, whose editors should really know better!
Mr Gates claimed that Microsoft was better on the 80% of common queries, although Google was "pretty good" as well. "But that's not what counts. It's the remaining 20% that counts... because that's where the quality perception is."
In other words, Microsoft's search engine has 1000+ hand picked high-quality results for 'sex,' and all other queries are essentially handled by a sloppy spider thrown together on a slow day by an underworked summer intern.
Unbending in its interpretation of the GPL? Without any sarcasm intended: What would it help you if they would be willing to adjust their interpretation of the license? I mean, they interpret the way they expect it to be interpreted by courts. If it came to an actual lawsuit, if the FSF had "adjusted" their interpretation to fit yours, would that make you happier if you lost? -- I mean, of course the FSF can't be sure that courts will hold 100% the same interpretation as they do on all counts, but they reasonably have to act upon what they expect will happen. (Would you disagree?)
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But I don't agree with your statement about Apple: Microsoft is selling their OS with the hardware, too. Okay, they're not selling the hardware themselves, but you're paying the Microsoft tax on almost all garden variety x86 machines (the kind that most home users buy). And that's why others' copyright violation is such a good deal for Microsoft; home user 'upgrades' to the next version of Windows by copying it from a friend, computer runs too slow, user buys new computer, Microsoft tax paid ;-)
That's why you want to take care to route most IPs that their program is talking to to the loopback device. (The one that contacts their billing machine is exempted, of course.)
Beat the rush and see the story early! Plus, we guarantee that the listed homepages of Slashdot subscribers will never be linked from a Slashdot article not submitted by the subscriber themselves.
(It's like saying, how can men at the same time rally for gay male rights and support fundamentalist preachers who saying that being gay is a sin? Hey, it's not necessarily the same men who do this!)
The cereal "designed for [females'] nutritional needs" may be different -- I don't know the background of this and I don't know whether it's bogus or has actual scientific background (which would only be a statistical tendency, of course, the statement "this is better for all females" makes zero sense). Many things in our society are oriented towards male bodies -- look at how prostate cancer got much more research money than breast cancer. Perhaps there is some actual scientific evidence to support that this cereal can support the nutritional needs of female bodies better; if so, I don't see why marketing that would be a bad thing.
What! Other options?!? Is this just an Atari troll, or have I really be living under this stone too long?
You got that soo backwards. It's like saying that it costs a lot to make all the CDs to update Windows to the next less secure version. Think of it, a new planet, that's new astrology, let's say a new force permeating our astral bodies, hey, maybe we can discover a new chakra too? The open-minded new-ageist just must buy these new books about how Sedna can solve our problems at work and bring salvations to our overloaded lives. Hey, maybe there's a market for Innuit religion books, too? I can see the $$$ pouring in already! *rubs hands*
Actually, RMS knows about this but rejects the ideology behind "Open Showers" because it talks only about the practical benefits such as cleanliness, leaving aside fundamental principles such as freedom. "Open Showers and Free Towels are separate communities with different goals and purposes," he argues. "Lumping them together confounds the principles important to our community." He adds that Free Towels is not necessarily about showering with alcoholic beverages. "Think Free Love, not Free Willie," he adds.
Wait, "mid-Atlantic?" Are you saying that Microsoft is tinkering with DNA in a lab in Atlantis, and you build it for them? Conspiracy!!!!!
Aaargh, where's my tinfoil hat? I had it somewhere here... noooooooo!
(Sorry.)
Everyone doesn't, in particular not the mods. Browse at +4 and be surprised. :)
No, this is not Great Britain, this is Slashdot, which is internal... internatina... intranationa... oh fuck, it's all-American anyway. (See also here for how to filter out uninformed comments like the one you replied to.)
You want them to refund your money after they've lost the suit with IBM? Please join the line of creditors. First the court gets money for the proceedings. Then IBM gets their legal fees paid. Then there's SCO's lawyers, who must be the biggest creditors by the time. :-) Then... You think there's something left in the CEO's pockets when it's your turn? Good luck!
(Gnn, it's annoying to have to explain jokes :-))
In the survey, not a single breach of security occured in mission-critical systems running Microsoft's Windows Longhorn Server.
The submitter is Indomitus (the post starts with, Indomitus writes...). timothy is the /. editor that perhaps should not have let it in without editing. :-)
Well, one of the points where a search engine really has to show its meat is in really obscure searches. I would be surprised if MSN Search came out as well as you say on such searches.
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STRIKE!
Astronomy 1&1: The sun only looks so small, because it is so far away.
In fact, it's rather large!
Ok, fair enough. To this I agree ;)
(I'm not sure one would want to, mind. But I think if you didn't want to in Java, you wouldn't want to in VB, for similar reasons.)
Why can't you teach procedural programming in Java? You can just label every method 'static,' what's the problem?
The article linked misspells "konquering" as "conquering." I find this particularly irritating as this comes from kdenews, whose editors should really know better!
I understand why this would be modded "Funny," but somehow it strikes me that it should also be modded "Insightful" :-)
Mr Gates claimed that Microsoft was better on the 80% of common queries, although Google was "pretty good" as well. "But that's not what counts. It's the remaining 20% that counts... because that's where the quality perception is."
In other words, Microsoft's search engine has 1000+ hand picked high-quality results for 'sex,' and all other queries are essentially handled by a sloppy spider thrown together on a slow day by an underworked summer intern.
Unbending in its interpretation of the GPL? Without any sarcasm intended: What would it help you if they would be willing to adjust their interpretation of the license? I mean, they interpret the way they expect it to be interpreted by courts. If it came to an actual lawsuit, if the FSF had "adjusted" their interpretation to fit yours, would that make you happier if you lost? -- I mean, of course the FSF can't be sure that courts will hold 100% the same interpretation as they do on all counts, but they reasonably have to act upon what they expect will happen. (Would you disagree?)