Population is usually consentrated around areas that offer some benefit, be it rich or fertile land or other opportunities. With population come added opportunities for service businesses. A business usually has benefit in being in close vicinity of its customers, hence why you will always have important "things" in those areas. People usually don't plan for events that might occur 50-100 year in the future. And the contemporary economic possibilities are too good to be ignored because of plausible events. You also have to remember that this is a storm that statistically occurs once in every 500-1000 years.
I see a lot of bashing here, and ridicule of the plaintiff lawyer. IANAL, but I think there is a good chance that Mr. MICHAEL F. MASCHIO from COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. isn't as impotent as many here would like to believe.
Firstly from my standpoint he seems to approach everything with an attempt to appear almost as benevolent as a mother of 5, hence setting the tone of voice accordingly and the non-aggressive approach.
Secondly, the complaint didn't follow due process, why is this? Many here ridicule it, but I suspect it is part of the strategy, in which its ultimate goal is to make an agreement in court between plaintiff and defendant to sort the matter outside of the court, more specifically at the conference settlement center. It would serve several purposes which make sense, court and judge keeps their schedule open and plaintiff has a very good chance of a settlement that fits their agenda. That the plaintiff representative suggest she meets at the conference center without an attorney, to "facilitate things" nails it for me. A good settlement early is a hell of a lot better than a long drag in court; they have a lot to loose here.
The freedom to run and modify software is more important than what you call it, according to the GNU founder
What you call it isn't important, but hinting that we should call it GNU instead?
Maybe this policy will encourage people to call it GNU," Stallman told the Sydney Morning Herald. "I prefer to say GNU/Linux' so as to give the kernel's developer a share of the credit."
Maybe I am the only one, but to me it looks like he grabbed an opportunity to promote GNU or second on the list: GNU/Linux as the propper name for the system's normally called Linux today. The latter, to give a share of the credit to the kernel developers.. how touching.
If it's "just" a name, why not just leave it with Linux? How does it matter? Does a name absolutely have to be a correct representation of lines of codes etc.? Who hasn't read unix/linux books with the circle representation of the system with the kernel in the center. What if I think kernel as the core a more important naming model, meaning since the kernel is the core of the system, the core should be the important naming factor. It's about the point of view also, just because RMS's point of view which suggest GNU doesen't mean it's absolute and definitive, and I bet there are many other equally acceptable suggestions and alternatives.
Certainly, if you look it from a marketing standpoint, the "Linux" term has a proven itself as a winner, why would you want to make changes to a formula that obviously works? In respect to "GNU", It's painfull to do a switch on well established names, and you should have a very good reason to do so.
Yes, it is true that for things you like and cherish you learn to live with the flaws or even remain completely ignorant of them, "it's just the way it works", like women for example.
However I disagree that you are likely to find equally many memory leaks or other flaws when comparing applications of different sizes and complexity. I am sure you didn't mean this literally and I get your point, but if I find a reason to argue and/or make a point I often find myself doing that.
You mean that when firefox stalls completely, is unresponsive after 5 minutes of waiting and consumes 99% cpu time during the whole sèance, "it's just doing what it's supposed to"? I think not. I have to kill it to fix it, hardly a design feature.
It's not a single occurance thing, it is a problem I have had over several ff editions. And I can provoke it whenever I want.
Everytime I try to download ten things firefox goes up to 300 megs of memory usage and 99% cpu usage. And I took the screenshots to prove it.
Frankly, I think you can find problems and features you hate in most programs of a certain size, what matters is that you find the tool for the job that you consider the best match for your needs.
Want to run a website with secure connections? Or, want to run a website at all? Then don't publicise it on/. till you are *really* ready for the action!
But of course, before any website is published, it should be able to cope with the/. effect. How sane! Try to understand that certain links put out on slashdot was not planned by the website owners.
Or how about this.. Support at the retailer that sold them the computer, most only offer support to Windows systems, pre and post purchase. The same goes for ISP's, they can only give customer support providing they are using windows. This is a big issue for people that are not or do not have close access to computer/linux literate individuals.
the slashdot community makes the false assumption that you need the best product to win the market. Just as a warning, msn might just have the biggest share of search users in the future, there is nothing to base that on today, but don't be surprised.
I think we should start advertising on going to mars. Ads everywhere, "Mars is great", "Lets explore Mars" etc. etc. Maybe Slashdot can have a vote and put up an ad if the audience says yay.
Sorry mate, the moron would be you. My post was not meant to be taken literally, it is ironic by being obviously stupid. Additionally, using irony, I tried to illustrate some of the stupid (moronic in your words) nonsense we see from certain/.'ers. And my point is proven by your response.
Hah, Microsoft didn't even get _that_ right. From what you are saying, one would have to buy their product to hear their commercial, how stupid is that?
It is sort of like the support service that names a website for support, when you call for help because internet isn't working. (Yes, it IS equally stupid)
The consumer benefits as long as manufacturers try though.
And the "manufacturers" will try as long as it is economically benficial to do so. Which means that if anyone sell a reproducable product that has a lucrative profit margin, someone else will take part in the competition.
"...their web app only works on IE?"
If the web app works in IE but not in firefox, it _only_ works for IE? Seems like you make the false claim that there are only two browser out there.
When I first read "url spoofing", I immediatly thought that this was about spoofing the address displayed in the address bar. This is at least what I have always considered as url spoofing.
I figure that "link spoofing" is something that is more descriptive, but knowing the slashdot community this is gonna be bashed quickly.
Anyone have a definition of "url spoofing" if this even exist?
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We pay 8$ per gallon here and you are complaining about 3$?!?! wtf is wrong with you, stop whining!
Population is usually consentrated around areas that offer some benefit, be it rich or fertile land or other opportunities. With population come added opportunities for service businesses. A business usually has benefit in being in close vicinity of its customers, hence why you will always have important "things" in those areas. People usually don't plan for events that might occur 50-100 year in the future. And the contemporary economic possibilities are too good to be ignored because of plausible events. You also have to remember that this is a storm that statistically occurs once in every 500-1000 years.
..tragedy really has brought out the best and worst in people.
Firstly from my standpoint he seems to approach everything with an attempt to appear almost as benevolent as a mother of 5, hence setting the tone of voice accordingly and the non-aggressive approach.
Secondly, the complaint didn't follow due process, why is this? Many here ridicule it, but I suspect it is part of the strategy, in which its ultimate goal is to make an agreement in court between plaintiff and defendant to sort the matter outside of the court, more specifically at the conference settlement center. It would serve several purposes which make sense, court and judge keeps their schedule open and plaintiff has a very good chance of a settlement that fits their agenda. That the plaintiff representative suggest she meets at the conference center without an attorney, to "facilitate things" nails it for me. A good settlement early is a hell of a lot better than a long drag in court; they have a lot to loose here.
this was the spur, as proposed in the comments then.
... at least to some degree..
The freedom to run and modify software is more important than what you call it, according to the GNU founder
What you call it isn't important, but hinting that we should call it GNU instead?Maybe this policy will encourage people to call it GNU," Stallman told the Sydney Morning Herald. "I prefer to say GNU/Linux' so as to give the kernel's developer a share of the credit."
Maybe I am the only one, but to me it looks like he grabbed an opportunity to promote GNU or second on the list: GNU/Linux as the propper name for the system's normally called Linux today. The latter, to give a share of the credit to the kernel developers.. how touching.
If it's "just" a name, why not just leave it with Linux? How does it matter? Does a name absolutely have to be a correct representation of lines of codes etc.? Who hasn't read unix/linux books with the circle representation of the system with the kernel in the center. What if I think kernel as the core a more important naming model, meaning since the kernel is the core of the system, the core should be the important naming factor. It's about the point of view also, just because RMS's point of view which suggest GNU doesen't mean it's absolute and definitive, and I bet there are many other equally acceptable suggestions and alternatives.
Certainly, if you look it from a marketing standpoint, the "Linux" term has a proven itself as a winner, why would you want to make changes to a formula that obviously works? In respect to "GNU", It's painfull to do a switch on well established names, and you should have a very good reason to do so.
Mind you this is Windows. There is no way in hell you can configure EVERYTHING from the command line today.
I'll belive it when I see it
Nano bad.. let's get naked!
Yes, it is true that for things you like and cherish you learn to live with the flaws or even remain completely ignorant of them, "it's just the way it works", like women for example.
However I disagree that you are likely to find equally many memory leaks or other flaws when comparing applications of different sizes and complexity. I am sure you didn't mean this literally and I get your point, but if I find a reason to argue and/or make a point I often find myself doing that.
You got me there. I will try to find space to confirm it and remove doubt, then report it.
You mean that when firefox stalls completely, is unresponsive after 5 minutes of waiting and consumes 99% cpu time during the whole sèance, "it's just doing what it's supposed to"? I think not. I have to kill it to fix it, hardly a design feature. It's not a single occurance thing, it is a problem I have had over several ff editions. And I can provoke it whenever I want.
Everytime I try to download ten things firefox goes up to 300 megs of memory usage and 99% cpu usage. And I took the screenshots to prove it.
Frankly, I think you can find problems and features you hate in most programs of a certain size, what matters is that you find the tool for the job that you consider the best match for your needs.
But of course, before any website is published, it should be able to cope with the /. effect. How sane! Try to understand that certain links put out on slashdot was not planned by the website owners.
Or how about this.. Support at the retailer that sold them the computer, most only offer support to Windows systems, pre and post purchase. The same goes for ISP's, they can only give customer support providing they are using windows. This is a big issue for people that are not or do not have close access to computer/linux literate individuals.
the slashdot community makes the false assumption that you need the best product to win the market. Just as a warning, msn might just have the biggest share of search users in the future, there is nothing to base that on today, but don't be surprised.
I think we should start advertising on going to mars. Ads everywhere, "Mars is great", "Lets explore Mars" etc. etc. Maybe Slashdot can have a vote and put up an ad if the audience says yay.
Sorry mate, the moron would be you. My post was not meant to be taken literally, it is ironic by being obviously stupid. Additionally, using irony, I tried to illustrate some of the stupid (moronic in your words) nonsense we see from certain /.'ers. And my point is proven by your response.
It is sort of like the support service that names a website for support, when you call for help because internet isn't working. (Yes, it IS equally stupid)
Seems like it got modded funny because it is negative towards microsoft and windows xp.
And the "manufacturers" will try as long as it is economically benficial to do so. Which means that if anyone sell a reproducable product that has a lucrative profit margin, someone else will take part in the competition.
I for one would sure like to see what you define as "loads" of changes, if you don't mind sharing it?
"...their web app only works on IE?" If the web app works in IE but not in firefox, it _only_ works for IE? Seems like you make the false claim that there are only two browser out there.
When I first read "url spoofing", I immediatly thought that this was about spoofing the address displayed in the address bar. This is at least what I have always considered as url spoofing. I figure that "link spoofing" is something that is more descriptive, but knowing the slashdot community this is gonna be bashed quickly. Anyone have a definition of "url spoofing" if this even exist?
The phrase "Where would you like to go today ?" could not be more fitting in this case.. question is, where do you actually end up ?