So I'm just curious to see what would happen if I sent a flame mail to RMS using GNU/RMS-Lint. Could it possibly cause a spontaneous combustion reaction?
Umm, Actually, we are currently migrating several tax systems from a government mainframe system to a Sun Solaris system. Mirrored solaris boxes running an Oracle database, mounted from an EMC SAN. IO is not an issue, and we are running Microfocus Cobol for our back-end batch.
I would like to say, however, that much to my disappointment, we will be going forward with.NET in future projects. We have actually taken a look at COBOL.Net from Fujitsu, and though I don't think we will be using it,.NET is where we are heading. Mainframes, however, are seen as the proprietary means of locking folks in, not.NET.
Companies that have been locked into mainframes for so long are trying to escape from that "Big Iron Prison" to Microsoft. Ironic, isn't it?:)
That is hilarious. Lemme think of some possible companies that have had a "lock" on their respective market and have fallen to Microsoft...
1. Netscape
2. Word Perfect
3. Novell
The list goes on...
Chevy Chase... "Well, I think I'll have a beer." Bartender... "We don't have no beer, just Tequila." Martin Short... "What's Tequila?" Bartender... "It's like beer." Chevy Chase "Is it fattening?" Bartender... "Fattenence?" Steve Martin... "Forget it, if it's like beer we'll have some. Three Tequilas."
Not only is harmful to the mom and pop shops to have to submit tax information (and collections) to the 50 different states, but once there is a precedent for the states getting revenue from online sales the municipalities are going to want in on the action. Government never saw a tax it didn't like. It has also never liked not being able to get in on a tax that others are getting. Odds are that as soon as the states are able to tax Internet commerce, the cities are going to start trying to figure out how they can get "their fair share" of the pie.
...Debian makes me break out in an ear-to-ear smile...
This is the kind of geek-speak that makes ME break out in an ear-to-ear smile. I haven't used Debian before, after reading this poster's comments, I want to!
I can't help but love reading a website that has users with this kind of love for an OS. Thank goodness for slashdot. A place after my own heart.
Seems that they could be taking some of the load off of carnivore. There's an aweful lot of data to process, and the gov't could provide the funding they need to stay in business...
Qwerty would be as good a name as what they have come up with, and since those indigenous people from LA are no longer around, we could use a word that is more meaningful to the current inhabitants...
You have a good point: I want the KDE environment on my computer, not just kicker and kwm with a lot of GNOME apps and Red Hat apps connected to them.
What I fail to see, however, is how RedHat has done wrong by Bero. See, you can still do exactly what you are talking about by installing vanilla KDE on your Redhat box. However, KDE is developing their software for a number of different distros. It seems logical that a distro would take KDE (or whatever) bundled with their software and customize it for their own purposes (in this case to make it more seamless esp. for newbies).
This is a good business decision if they want to broaden appeal for both Redhat and Linux as a whole. If you want the KDEnvironment, then install it as such!
Another idea for KDE (or Redhat) would be to include a switchdesk-type option for switching back to vanilla KDE, or to Redhat-branded KDE (or Debian-KDE...etc).
I fail to see what Redhat is doing that could so offend Bero that he would quit his job with them. Redhat has already acknowledged that they have more Gnome experience on their staff, and Bero quitting will only exacerbate that problem. It seems to me that he is only creating a larger problem for KDE by leaving a position of influence at Redhat over something that appears to be rather benign, and actually insightful on Redhat's part. Looks like big egos will always get in the way of better software.
Keep in mind that there's no single universal moral code, nor are moral codes absolute.
I couldn't disagree more. There ARE absolutes that govern our existence. There are laws that govern morality as there are laws of physics that govern our physical existence. There are physical consequences for violating physical laws, and moral consequences for violating the laws of morality.
Don't try to tell me that there aren't, because asserting that morality is relative becomes a pretty ridiculous philosophy when a 15 year old girl is raped by a 40 year old man. Despite the fact that he asserts that it is within his "moral code" to do so doesn't mean that I wouldn't put my vote for the death penalty if I were sitting on the jury.
Even a moral relativist has to acknowledge that society cannot function if society doesn't establish absolutes and stick to them. Our society is disintegrating in front of our very eyes because of attitudes like this.
I want one to quiet down my neighbour's loud dogs.
Actually, since the.22 might be trouble if you're in town, try soaking a bunch of sponge in bacon/hamburger grease, tearing it into pieces, and feeding it to the dog(s).
After a little while, the sponge expands, the dog grows quieter, moves around a little less...
While nukes might bust an unbustable bunker, so will a good old-fasioned siege.
Well, you can't run a good ole-fashioned siege in 4 years, can you? And what about all of the anti-war folks that will be protesting everything we do outside (and inside) of the US the whole time? It costs too much politically to wage a war that gets attention for too long.
couple this with the disarmament of America, and you sure have an interesting dynamic. No ability to defend yourself, coupled with the inability to gather and protest...
It's better than China for now. At least I can still have more than one child.
Quote: "Guests will witness the robots in their natural environment, fighting for survival, learning and evolving as time goes on."
What is a robot's "Natural" environment? And how do they mate and reproduce? (and do the guests get to watch this in the "natural environment" or do they have some privacy?)
The experiment sounds cool, though it does seem to favor they predators...
Perhaps the Feds are hoping that the "Space Tourism" wave will grow. If you get a *few* more bored multi-millionaires to cough up the cash to take a joy-ride in space, we may be able to actually turn the space program into a money making venture! (yeah, right!)
The space program has been one of the major sources of technological advancement in our country, and it would sure be a shame to have to depend on the dept of defence to fill this void!
Almost like a flight data recorder in case they happen to encounter some kind of catastrophic event down there, we could recover their wearable computer gear and hopefully find out what went wrong.
So long as their wearable computers aren't running windows (otherwise that probably would be what went wrong)!
I guess the one advantageous aspect of this continued dispersion of control over TLD's is that there are so many options at this point for registered addresses.
It is getting to the point that people that are trying to squat on thousands of addresses would go broke trying to maintain them all.
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I prefer Baygle
So I'm just curious to see what would happen if I sent a flame mail to RMS using GNU/RMS-Lint. Could it possibly cause a spontaneous combustion reaction?
I would like to say, however, that much to my disappointment, we will be going forward with .NET in future projects. We have actually taken a look at COBOL.Net from Fujitsu, and though I don't think we will be using it, .NET is where we are heading. Mainframes, however, are seen as the proprietary means of locking folks in, not .NET.
Companies that have been locked into mainframes for so long are trying to escape from that "Big Iron Prison" to Microsoft. Ironic, isn't it? :)
That is hilarious. Lemme think of some possible companies that have had a "lock" on their respective market and have fallen to Microsoft... 1. Netscape 2. Word Perfect 3. Novell The list goes on...
Chevy Chase ... "Well, I think I'll have a beer." ... "We don't have no beer, just Tequila." ... "What's Tequila?" ... "It's like beer." ... "Fattenence?" ... "Forget it, if it's like beer we'll have some. Three Tequilas."
Bartender
Martin Short
Bartender
Chevy Chase "Is it fattening?"
Bartender
Steve Martin
Another Great One:
We don' have no beer...just tequila.
What's Tequila?
Ees like Beer...
We'll take 3 of them!
This is a timeless classic. One of the great bar dialogues of all time.
Not only is harmful to the mom and pop shops to have to submit tax information (and collections) to the 50 different states, but once there is a precedent for the states getting revenue from online sales the municipalities are going to want in on the action. Government never saw a tax it didn't like. It has also never liked not being able to get in on a tax that others are getting. Odds are that as soon as the states are able to tax Internet commerce, the cities are going to start trying to figure out how they can get "their fair share" of the pie.
...Debian makes me break out in an ear-to-ear smile...
This is the kind of geek-speak that makes ME break out in an ear-to-ear smile. I haven't used Debian before, after reading this poster's comments, I want to!
I can't help but love reading a website that has users with this kind of love for an OS. Thank goodness for slashdot. A place after my own heart.
Seems that they could be taking some of the load off of carnivore. There's an aweful lot of data to process, and the gov't could provide the funding they need to stay in business...
Qwerty would be as good a name as what they have come up with, and since those indigenous people from LA are no longer around, we could use a word that is more meaningful to the current inhabitants...
Ok, my idea sucks just as bad as theirs.
sstll getingg usssedd tto it.. :)
24" CRT monitor! Sure, the lights still dim when I turn it on, but Man, I'll bet bluecurve will look mighty perty!
bero[insert initials of new company here...] berohp beromandrakesoft bero...rh in a couple of months?
You have a good point:
I want the KDE environment on my computer, not just kicker and kwm with a lot of GNOME apps and Red Hat apps connected to them.
What I fail to see, however, is how RedHat has done wrong by Bero. See, you can still do exactly what you are talking about by installing vanilla KDE on your Redhat box. However, KDE is developing their software for a number of different distros. It seems logical that a distro would take KDE (or whatever) bundled with their software and customize it for their own purposes (in this case to make it more seamless esp. for newbies).
This is a good business decision if they want to broaden appeal for both Redhat and Linux as a whole. If you want the KDEnvironment, then install it as such!
Another idea for KDE (or Redhat) would be to include a switchdesk-type option for switching back to vanilla KDE, or to Redhat-branded KDE (or Debian-KDE...etc).
I fail to see what Redhat is doing that could so offend Bero that he would quit his job with them. Redhat has already acknowledged that they have more Gnome experience on their staff, and Bero quitting will only exacerbate that problem. It seems to me that he is only creating a larger problem for KDE by leaving a position of influence at Redhat over something that appears to be rather benign, and actually insightful on Redhat's part. Looks like big egos will always get in the way of better software.
Keep in mind that there's no single universal moral code, nor are moral codes absolute.
I couldn't disagree more. There ARE absolutes that govern our existence. There are laws that govern morality as there are laws of physics that govern our physical existence. There are physical consequences for violating physical laws, and moral consequences for violating the laws of morality.
Don't try to tell me that there aren't, because asserting that morality is relative becomes a pretty ridiculous philosophy when a 15 year old girl is raped by a 40 year old man. Despite the fact that he asserts that it is within his "moral code" to do so doesn't mean that I wouldn't put my vote for the death penalty if I were sitting on the jury.
Even a moral relativist has to acknowledge that society cannot function if society doesn't establish absolutes and stick to them. Our society is disintegrating in front of our very eyes because of attitudes like this.
Amen brother. being 6' 5" makes sitting in movie theater rows awful cramped. Plus I can't find a place to keep my huge feets. =/
:)
Amen, brother. being size 36 cup DDD makes sitting in movie theater rows awful cramped. Plus I can't find a place to keep my huge breasts.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I want one to quiet down my neighbour's loud dogs. Actually, since the .22 might be trouble if you're in town, try soaking a bunch of sponge in bacon/hamburger grease, tearing it into pieces, and feeding it to the dog(s).
After a little while, the sponge expands, the dog grows quieter, moves around a little less...
While nukes might bust an unbustable bunker, so will a good old-fasioned siege. Well, you can't run a good ole-fashioned siege in 4 years, can you? And what about all of the anti-war folks that will be protesting everything we do outside (and inside) of the US the whole time? It costs too much politically to wage a war that gets attention for too long.
couple this with the disarmament of America, and you sure have an interesting dynamic. No ability to defend yourself, coupled with the inability to gather and protest...
It's better than China for now. At least I can still have more than one child.
Quote: "Guests will witness the robots in their natural environment, fighting for survival, learning and evolving as time goes on."
What is a robot's "Natural" environment? And how do they mate and reproduce? (and do the guests get to watch this in the "natural environment" or do they have some privacy?)
The experiment sounds cool, though it does seem to favor they predators...
Perhaps the Feds are hoping that the "Space Tourism" wave will grow. If you get a *few* more bored multi-millionaires to cough up the cash to take a joy-ride in space, we may be able to actually turn the space program into a money making venture! (yeah, right!)
The space program has been one of the major sources of technological advancement in our country, and it would sure be a shame to have to depend on the dept of defence to fill this void!
Almost like a flight data recorder in case they happen to encounter some kind of catastrophic event down there, we could recover their wearable computer gear and hopefully find out what went wrong.
So long as their wearable computers aren't running windows (otherwise that probably would be what went wrong)!
I guess the one advantageous aspect of this continued dispersion of control over TLD's is that there are so many options at this point for registered addresses.
It is getting to the point that people that are trying to squat on thousands of addresses would go broke trying to maintain them all.
1. After what they have probably made on crooked deals.
2. After looking at the losses JP Morgan and others posted after the Enron Collapse.