Unfortunately, geeks are not a recognized non-profit organization so "giving back" to them doesn't constitute a charitable donation for tax purposes.
So maybe we need to get our arses in gear and start lobbying for tax breaks to those corporations that contribute to the open source community.
Yeah, I know... lobbying & tax breaks for corp's are bad/evil, but giving back to the OS community is good, right? Ends justify the means, and all that...
And then it verifies each disk. Most of the HP's require 2 DVD-Rs, so you'd be crazy to use CD-Rs. Last I knew, HP was also cranking down the burn speed in order to provide a more... reliable burn.
Add the time to verify each disk in there, and it takes long enough that someone isn't going to be able to pay me enough to sit and watch it while it burns... it'd be a lot cheaper for them to buy straight from the manufacturer.
In another light, if you deprive (see above) me of food, I will starve. I don't care whether you eat the food (your definition of seize), or simply lock it up in a fridge (your definition of freeze).
I ran into this a few (4-5?) years back. Dell took the ATX connection to the motherboard and rewired it, keeping it the same physical size and shape. I upgraded the video card & power supply, just to find out the new Antec power supply would just emit a high pitched whine when powered on.
Fortunately, I didn't fry anything, and somebody posted the "Dell ATX" pin-out up on the 'net. Some redneck wire-splicing later, and the power supply worked fine.
Since that debacle, Dell has been playing nicely with their power supplies and motherboards, as far as I know. Probably somebody figured it'd be cheaper to stick with the standard rather than muck with 'em, and they'd get better customer relations to boot. Go figure.
They just doubled the bandwidth here in the Capital District. And just to pour salt in the wound, my area just received a new promotion for new customer's... their cable/VoIP/RR service for $99 a month. New customers only, but we just moved into a new apartment, so we count as new customers. Not sure if it's in the whole Capital District, though...
Verizon just came through and dropped the lines for FIOS, so I'm assuming these new deals by Time Warner is an attempt to staunch the flow of people switching over to Verizon. Can't see why, though... FIOS does have the better bandwidth, but I don't want to deal with a Verizon landline (been there, done that). They don't have the TV over FIOS yet in this area, either... it's provided through some little satellite dish (may be a partnership with DirectTV, if I remember correctly). No thanks.
The reliability of TW in this area is pretty good, too... it goes down maybe twice a year. Within a few hours, there's a TW truck sitting in the neighborhood.
Generally, you can see a car that's 20 seconds away from hitting you, and plan accordingly. Being able to plan to avoid something takes the fear out of it.
Falling space debris, on the other hand, is not on my priority of stuff to plan for. I imagine it'd be rather hard to see before the collision, too. 30 seconds there makes a lot of difference when you can't plan on it. Just imagining an extra thirty seconds loading the passengers, or sitting on the ramp... suddenly, that 30 seconds doesn't sound like a large safety factor.
So you take the battery out of the device first, place the device a safe distance away from the battery, then refill the battery. After ensuring that there is no spilled liquid on the exterior surface of the battery, reinstall it into the device.
That was simple.
'Course, we're dealing with the same folks who still manage to spill liquid on their laptops, water plants over their (expensive) TVs, etc. On the other hand, there's probably no hope for these folks, so we should be ok with the above.
"Where does it say that users who have recently bought new "Vista" PC's will be receiving upgrade versions of Vista and not a full install?"
A quick Google for "Windows Vista Rebate" yielded this from Best Buy.
I didn't go to the effort to track down the rest of the major retailers & manufacturers, since I believe it's not necessary. I've seen enough of these rebates to feel safe assuming it's the standard case.
To quote the link: "...Customers with Windows XP Home will receive a Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade DVD. Customers with Windows XP MCE will receive a Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Upgrade DVD. Customers with Windows XP Pro will receive Windows Vista Business Upgrade DVD..."
As a side note, I've heard rumors that since it's technically an upgrade license, it technically voids the CoA/license key for the XP install... so once these folks go Vista, they can't choose to go back to XP if they so desire.
Not mention the trouble developers are going to have trying to make games cross-platform. While programming with that end in mind must be difficult enough when using OpenGL, I can't imagine how much more difficult it'd end up being if MS forces DirectX upon the developers.
Bad analogy. This is more like saying that your wooden house is bad, since it's very susceptible to fire.
My stone house, on the other hand, is not very susceptible to fire. That means it's better.
*Notice that I'm convienently ignoring how difficult it is to run anything through the walls, compared to that wooden house, in addition to how cold the stones get during the winter (and the subsequent lack of insulation), etc.*
Yeah... got the mplayer plugin installed, but mistakenly forgot to create a link to the plugin in my $HOME/.mozilla/plugins directory. That by itself won't do the job, however, since CNN still requests WMP. Installing User Agent Switcher should rectify this.
Only, with UAS set to IE 6 & WinXP, pointing FF to cnn.com results in FF crashing hard, with an error something like "expected version > 5, version 4). I'll hunt around for a fix later when it bothers me enough.
Odds are, if I slapped together a Windows-based "Live CD" (BartPE, most likely), it wouldn't have the drivers for your scanner or your printer, either. There's a lot of printers out there... and quite a few of them have sizeable drivers (*cough* HP *cough*).
Besides, I thought the point of the "Internet Freedom Disk" was so that you could browse the web while being relatively carefree? Exactly where does a scanner fit into that usage? I can understand the need for a scanner, but mostly concerning editing/duplicating photographs or saving important paperwork, etc. Needing a scanner to browse the web? That's stretching it a bit.
Point #4 is a little inflammatory, but I'll address it anyway with a few counter arguments. First, odds are that your "commonly used applications" have a license that precludes them from being distributed on a LiveCD. It might be fine for you to slap it onto a LiveCD for your own personal use (realistically, who's gonna find out if it's not?), but if you post the ISO up on the web, somebody's probably going to start hollering. Especially if your "commonly used application" involves certain Microsoft products. For that matter, it's safe to say that you can't build your Windows LiveCD, then toss the ISO up on the web, due to those same licensing concerns. Second, once again this is a "Internet Freedom Disk." Nobody said anything about a "Productivity Freedom Disk" or a "Media Creation/Editing Freedom Disk."
The only argument I can see in your favor is that not all web content is able to be viewed from this LiveCD, most notably certain streaming video (pretty much any site that requires Windows Media Player). I have to assume this, since I can't view this content on my own Linux desktop (CNN anyone?)
Nope. But I should be able to choose what type of transmission I have in my car. For example, I don't want an automatic... I prefer a manual. I want to be able to choose between FWD, AWD, or dual range part-time 4WD. If the dealer doesn't offer my preference, I don't mind as long as it's possible to install it either through myself or a third party, and I don't get charged for a choice I don't want.
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Unfortunately, geeks are not a recognized non-profit organization so "giving back" to them doesn't constitute a charitable donation for tax purposes.
So maybe we need to get our arses in gear and start lobbying for tax breaks to those corporations that contribute to the open source community.
Yeah, I know... lobbying & tax breaks for corp's are bad/evil, but giving back to the OS community is good, right? Ends justify the means, and all that...
Who gets to determine what looks like an IED? 'Cause last I knew, you can make them look like a lot of things.
I'd prefer not to get "taken down" the next time I step inside a mall with my backpack, thank you very much.
And then it verifies each disk. Most of the HP's require 2 DVD-Rs, so you'd be crazy to use CD-Rs. Last I knew, HP was also cranking down the burn speed in order to provide a more... reliable burn.
Add the time to verify each disk in there, and it takes long enough that someone isn't going to be able to pay me enough to sit and watch it while it burns... it'd be a lot cheaper for them to buy straight from the manufacturer.
I can see them refuting the "fair use" defense by stating that it would only apply if part of the line was used... not the whole.
Definition of deprive.
In another light, if you deprive (see above) me of food, I will starve. I don't care whether you eat the food (your definition of seize), or simply lock it up in a fridge (your definition of freeze).
Either way, I starve.
So who's mangling the English language?
Not so well... but it's theoretically possible.
On the other hand, they might just keep us around as a perfect example of why some intelligence, but not enough, is worse than no intelligence at all.
What's the prize?
Nah... more like your dad catching you fucking your sister in the bathroom, and he says "I thought I was just masturbating!"
I'm sure if they could find a way, they would...
Unless, of course, you want to deal with a little concept called an oppressive government.
I ran into this a few (4-5?) years back. Dell took the ATX connection to the motherboard and rewired it, keeping it the same physical size and shape. I upgraded the video card & power supply, just to find out the new Antec power supply would just emit a high pitched whine when powered on.
Fortunately, I didn't fry anything, and somebody posted the "Dell ATX" pin-out up on the 'net. Some redneck wire-splicing later, and the power supply worked fine.
Since that debacle, Dell has been playing nicely with their power supplies and motherboards, as far as I know. Probably somebody figured it'd be cheaper to stick with the standard rather than muck with 'em, and they'd get better customer relations to boot. Go figure.
They just doubled the bandwidth here in the Capital District. And just to pour salt in the wound, my area just received a new promotion for new customer's... their cable/VoIP/RR service for $99 a month. New customers only, but we just moved into a new apartment, so we count as new customers. Not sure if it's in the whole Capital District, though... Verizon just came through and dropped the lines for FIOS, so I'm assuming these new deals by Time Warner is an attempt to staunch the flow of people switching over to Verizon. Can't see why, though... FIOS does have the better bandwidth, but I don't want to deal with a Verizon landline (been there, done that). They don't have the TV over FIOS yet in this area, either... it's provided through some little satellite dish (may be a partnership with DirectTV, if I remember correctly). No thanks. The reliability of TW in this area is pretty good, too... it goes down maybe twice a year. Within a few hours, there's a TW truck sitting in the neighborhood.
For several months after FFXI came out, the majority of my coworkers (numbering around 20) were into FFXI pretty heavily.
My point? If you're standing in the forest, and most of the trees you're seeing are pine, doesn't mean the rest of the forest is pine, too.
On the other hand, FFXI only lasted for those several months... then they moved on to other games.
Only yellow, green, or purple? No rose colored glasses?
I wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation to add it, myself... assuming it was possible.
Generally, you can see a car that's 20 seconds away from hitting you, and plan accordingly. Being able to plan to avoid something takes the fear out of it.
Falling space debris, on the other hand, is not on my priority of stuff to plan for. I imagine it'd be rather hard to see before the collision, too. 30 seconds there makes a lot of difference when you can't plan on it. Just imagining an extra thirty seconds loading the passengers, or sitting on the ramp... suddenly, that 30 seconds doesn't sound like a large safety factor.
So you take the battery out of the device first, place the device a safe distance away from the battery, then refill the battery. After ensuring that there is no spilled liquid on the exterior surface of the battery, reinstall it into the device.
That was simple.
'Course, we're dealing with the same folks who still manage to spill liquid on their laptops, water plants over their (expensive) TVs, etc. On the other hand, there's probably no hope for these folks, so we should be ok with the above.
In that case, we'd need a:
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"Where does it say that users who have recently bought new "Vista" PC's will be receiving upgrade versions of Vista and not a full install?"
A quick Google for "Windows Vista Rebate" yielded this from Best Buy.
I didn't go to the effort to track down the rest of the major retailers & manufacturers, since I believe it's not necessary. I've seen enough of these rebates to feel safe assuming it's the standard case.
To quote the link: "...Customers with Windows XP Home will receive a Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade DVD. Customers with Windows XP MCE will receive a Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Upgrade DVD. Customers with Windows XP Pro will receive Windows Vista Business Upgrade DVD..."
As a side note, I've heard rumors that since it's technically an upgrade license, it technically voids the CoA/license key for the XP install... so once these folks go Vista, they can't choose to go back to XP if they so desire.
Nah... there's a restaurant.
Not mention the trouble developers are going to have trying to make games cross-platform. While programming with that end in mind must be difficult enough when using OpenGL, I can't imagine how much more difficult it'd end up being if MS forces DirectX upon the developers.
Bad analogy. This is more like saying that your wooden house is bad, since it's very susceptible to fire.
My stone house, on the other hand, is not very susceptible to fire. That means it's better.
*Notice that I'm convienently ignoring how difficult it is to run anything through the walls, compared to that wooden house, in addition to how cold the stones get during the winter (and the subsequent lack of insulation), etc.*
Yeah... got the mplayer plugin installed, but mistakenly forgot to create a link to the plugin in my $HOME/.mozilla/plugins directory. That by itself won't do the job, however, since CNN still requests WMP. Installing User Agent Switcher should rectify this.
Only, with UAS set to IE 6 & WinXP, pointing FF to cnn.com results in FF crashing hard, with an error something like "expected version > 5, version 4). I'll hunt around for a fix later when it bothers me enough.
I'll bite.
Odds are, if I slapped together a Windows-based "Live CD" (BartPE, most likely), it wouldn't have the drivers for your scanner or your printer, either. There's a lot of printers out there... and quite a few of them have sizeable drivers (*cough* HP *cough*).
Besides, I thought the point of the "Internet Freedom Disk" was so that you could browse the web while being relatively carefree? Exactly where does a scanner fit into that usage? I can understand the need for a scanner, but mostly concerning editing/duplicating photographs or saving important paperwork, etc. Needing a scanner to browse the web? That's stretching it a bit.
Point #4 is a little inflammatory, but I'll address it anyway with a few counter arguments. First, odds are that your "commonly used applications" have a license that precludes them from being distributed on a LiveCD. It might be fine for you to slap it onto a LiveCD for your own personal use (realistically, who's gonna find out if it's not?), but if you post the ISO up on the web, somebody's probably going to start hollering. Especially if your "commonly used application" involves certain Microsoft products. For that matter, it's safe to say that you can't build your Windows LiveCD, then toss the ISO up on the web, due to those same licensing concerns. Second, once again this is a "Internet Freedom Disk." Nobody said anything about a "Productivity Freedom Disk" or a "Media Creation/Editing Freedom Disk."
The only argument I can see in your favor is that not all web content is able to be viewed from this LiveCD, most notably certain streaming video (pretty much any site that requires Windows Media Player). I have to assume this, since I can't view this content on my own Linux desktop (CNN anyone?)
Nope. But I should be able to choose what type of transmission I have in my car. For example, I don't want an automatic... I prefer a manual. I want to be able to choose between FWD, AWD, or dual range part-time 4WD. If the dealer doesn't offer my preference, I don't mind as long as it's possible to install it either through myself or a third party, and I don't get charged for a choice I don't want.
Now why shouldn't my PC be the same?