the phone lines are, ultimately, just not as good as "broadband"
I have ADSL, which is over the phone line. "the phone lines are, ultimately, just not as good as the phone lines"
I always thought that was weird. Modems are so slow because they have to use the crappy phone lines, but ADSL is fast because it uses the same crappy phone lines? Ok:)
I need a contradiction for "the early bird gets the worm", can you think of one? The closest I've got it "slow and steady wins the race", but it doesn't quite work.
Trillian is a nice idea too, but trying to solve the problem client side means that as soon as I move to a linux machine, I have to find a completely different client, with its own set of quirks, and set up each im account separately on both/all clients. If the problem was solved, and solved well serverside, then it would be a lot easier to migrate between computers/account/im systems.
That's what gaim is for. It works on windows and linux, you get all your contacts, etc.
What is a message queue? Why do I need to care about it? I've never seen any other IM client that expected me to deal with such a thing. "Close the event window going to compressed mode"? Uh, whatever.
What the hell are you talking about? Just use gaim.
Gaim has some problems with registering accounts on servers, but I use Gabber to register and Gaim to chat.
Funny you should mention that, because it seems to me that jabber is the only protocol that Jabber is actually capable of registering accounts with. All the other protocols gaim supports require you to have a preexisting account; with jabber, you just check the "register with server" box the first time you connect, and bam, you've got an account.
Well, I use gaim and I have 23 contacts on ICQ, 9 on MSN, 17 on jabber, and 2 on AIM. Gaim is a real godsend for being able to talk to all these people without having 4 different IM clients, but I'd mostly just like to convert everybody to Jabber and forget about it.
Or, perhaps, they were just lying in Court, and in fact the source code to Windows actually isn't a threat to national security?
Doesn't matter, really. They testified that it would be a breach of national security, then they did it. By their own words, they committed treason. Doesn't matter if it wasn't really a matter of national security, only that they said it was.
Hey, I just thought of something. Looks like Gates is either guilty of treason, or perjury AND treason! Gotta love it:)
If he was lying under oath, then it's perjury, and treason for doing something that he said would breach national security. If he wasn't lying, then it's just treason.
Or, perhaps, they were just lying in Court, and in fact the source code to Windows actually isn't a threat to national security?
Doesn't matter, really. They testified that it would be a breach of national security, then they did it. By their own words, they committed treason. Doesn't matter if it wasn't really a matter of national security, only that they said it was.
What you don't seem to realize is that before the OSI came around, nobody took Free Software seriously. RMS may be a great coder, but he's an awful advocate for his own stuff.
ESR took that same Free Software, slapped the name "Open Source" on it, and started marketing it. If it weren't for that, so called "Free/Open Source Software" wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent as it currently is.
It's simple, really. RMS appeals to your idealism, and not many businessmen/politicians are idealistic, so they don't buy into it. ESR advertises the advantages and the reduced costs, which is what people are really interested in.
The Initiative for Software Choice should be renamed to The Initiative for the Choice of Microsoft's Software. But that's beside the point.
If those first three points are really true, they would also oppose a law that requires the use of Windows in government's computers. Which I doubt they would...
The obvious solution is a special NOspam domain for kids. kids.us or somesuch, where spam would be totally illegal as only children could hold such addresses.
I agree. This is a really good idea, and I wish I would have thought of it.:-)
RIght, because spammers won't spam you if you ask them nicely...
I used to play with lego's when I was a kid, but I sort of grew out of them once I started playing with my computer. I guess you could call it LEGOS for grownups:)
So, you're probably wondering what I did with all my LEGO's, right? Well, I gave my Lego's to my grandmother, who organized the lEGO's by color and then sold the leGO's at a garage sale.
But it would be much more interesting to peel somebody out of the third dimension, flip them over, and put them back in. To them, it would appear as if the universe had just been mirrored left to right, but to everybody else, it would appear that that person had been mirrored left to right... IOW, his heart would be on the wrong side, if he was left handed he's now right handed, etc.
He'd have a hell of a time reading anything, as all the text in the world is now backwards (to him at least).:)
# Could [open source licenses like the GPL] have been an alternative for PGP instead of making it freeware?
There is a place for products under different licenses. There is a place for products under the GNU GPL, also cryptographic products. However, GNU GPL is not enough for everyoneâ(TM)s needs. Some software needs to be sold for profit. Some software can not depend on hobby-programming conducted on weekends and other spare-time by programmers having other day-jobs. There is a place for that. But PGP needs more focused development than that.
I'd really like to know how he feels about the GnuPG project, in that case.
It also kind of bothers me that he seems to think that the GPL prevents you from selling your code.
right to keep and bear arms (which saves more lives than all cops in America combined)
That's a new one on me. Maybe you should check your facts -- looks to me like the U.S.A. has the highest murder rate out of any country in the world. Other countries that don't have gun control seem to be able to keep their citizens from dying some other way, I guess.
All OSS has to do is be cool. Do honest work, if you find a bug, report it to everybody and get the fix out quick. I'd rather anyone hacking my system to have a tiny window of opportunity than be able to exploit at will.
The sad thing is, there will be an army of Windows users who observe that OSS software reports lots of bugs every day, while Microsoft reports none. Obviously, this is evidence of the superiority of the closed source programming model. *sigh*
Does it? I've been running Vice City on two different computers, not a prob. I imagine you don't want me troubleshooting your computer, but I would suggest that maybe there's something wrong there. (Unless I just happen to have the desktop and laptop machines that that GTA was developed on...)
You're welcome to troubleshoot my PS2 all you want.
GTA's racing missions were far deeper than any racing game I've played.
Except that one near the end of Vice City where you had no choice of car, your opponent drives an invincible car that is twice as fast as yours, and starting the race automatically gives you a wanted level of 2. I think it was called 'driver', or something stupid.
The worst part wasn't even that it was hard, the worst part was that the guy I'm racing is an idiot, and taunts you in the opening cinematic. I'm hiring him as the getaway driver for a heist, and his logic is that he won't work for me unless I can beat him, except that the whole reason I'm hiring him is because he's the best.
It doesn't help that the game crashes and locks up constantly, but I'm willing to look past that.
Tank Spawn, blow up other cars, box them in, whatever. Then do the race at 20mph.:)
Fun as that is, I like to play legitimately (yeah, I got the rocket launcher legit and blew up the other cars, that's the only way I could win... but not all races let you do that).
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who would want a Linux Based Piece Of Shit system?
I thought all Linux Systems were POS systems?
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LOL. Sorry, just thought it was funny:
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the phone lines are, ultimately, just not as good as "broadband"
I have ADSL, which is over the phone line. "the phone lines are, ultimately, just not as good as the phone lines"
I always thought that was weird. Modems are so slow because they have to use the crappy phone lines, but ADSL is fast because it uses the same crappy phone lines? Ok
You're half right.
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I need a contradiction for "the early bird gets the worm", can you think of one? The closest I've got it "slow and steady wins the race", but it doesn't quite work.
Trillian is a nice idea too, but trying to solve the problem client side means that as soon as I move to a linux machine, I have to find a completely different client, with its own set of quirks, and set up each im account separately on both/all clients. If the problem was solved, and solved well serverside, then it would be a lot easier to migrate between computers/account/im systems.
That's what gaim is for. It works on windows and linux, you get all your contacts, etc.
What is a message queue? Why do I need to care about it? I've never seen any other IM client that expected me to deal with such a thing. "Close the event window going to compressed mode"? Uh, whatever.
What the hell are you talking about? Just use gaim.
... jabber is the only protocol that Jabber is actually capable ...
Blargh, I mean Gaim, not Jabber.
Gaim has some problems with registering accounts on servers, but I use Gabber to register and Gaim to chat.
:)
Funny you should mention that, because it seems to me that jabber is the only protocol that Jabber is actually capable of registering accounts with. All the other protocols gaim supports require you to have a preexisting account; with jabber, you just check the "register with server" box the first time you connect, and bam, you've got an account.
Worked for my at jabber.org, at least
Well, I use gaim and I have 23 contacts on ICQ, 9 on MSN, 17 on jabber, and 2 on AIM. Gaim is a real godsend for being able to talk to all these people without having 4 different IM clients, but I'd mostly just like to convert everybody to Jabber and forget about it.
Or, perhaps, they were just lying in Court, and in fact the source code to Windows actually isn't a threat to national security?
:)
Doesn't matter, really. They testified that it would be a breach of national security, then they did it. By their own words, they committed treason. Doesn't matter if it wasn't really a matter of national security, only that they said it was.
Hey, I just thought of something. Looks like Gates is either guilty of treason, or perjury AND treason! Gotta love it
If he was lying under oath, then it's perjury, and treason for doing something that he said would breach national security. If he wasn't lying, then it's just treason.
Or, perhaps, they were just lying in Court, and in fact the source code to Windows actually isn't a threat to national security?
Doesn't matter, really. They testified that it would be a breach of national security, then they did it. By their own words, they committed treason. Doesn't matter if it wasn't really a matter of national security, only that they said it was.
What you don't seem to realize is that before the OSI came around, nobody took Free Software seriously. RMS may be a great coder, but he's an awful advocate for his own stuff.
ESR took that same Free Software, slapped the name "Open Source" on it, and started marketing it. If it weren't for that, so called "Free/Open Source Software" wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent as it currently is.
It's simple, really. RMS appeals to your idealism, and not many businessmen/politicians are idealistic, so they don't buy into it. ESR advertises the advantages and the reduced costs, which is what people are really interested in.
In short, shut up and show them the code.
The Initiative for Software Choice should be renamed to The Initiative for the Choice of Microsoft's Software. But that's beside the point.
If those first three points are really true, they would also oppose a law that requires the use of Windows in government's computers. Which I doubt they would...
I agree. This is a really good idea, and I wish I would have thought of it.
RIght, because spammers won't spam you if you ask them nicely...
If your laptop/server is more important than your fridge, you have a serious problem, methinks.
I used to play with lego's when I was a kid, but I sort of grew out of them once I started playing with my computer. I guess you could call it LEGOS for grownups :)
:)
So, you're probably wondering what I did with all my LEGO's, right? Well, I gave my Lego's to my grandmother, who organized the lEGO's by color and then sold the leGO's at a garage sale.
I guess that's the story of my legO's.
Oh yeah, LeGo's, lEgO's, LEGOS'! Ha!
Funny, I just clicked 'solve', so I guess I've got you beat.
(the linux client doesn't have an "options" menu, it just has all the buttons along the bottom of the screen).
Gotta love that.
:)
But it would be much more interesting to peel somebody out of the third dimension, flip them over, and put them back in. To them, it would appear as if the universe had just been mirrored left to right, but to everybody else, it would appear that that person had been mirrored left to right... IOW, his heart would be on the wrong side, if he was left handed he's now right handed, etc.
He'd have a hell of a time reading anything, as all the text in the world is now backwards (to him at least).
For once, tobacco is saving lives!
# Could [open source licenses like the GPL] have been an alternative for PGP instead of making it freeware?
There is a place for products under different licenses. There is a place for products under the GNU GPL, also cryptographic products. However, GNU GPL is not enough for everyoneâ(TM)s needs. Some software needs to be sold for profit. Some software can not depend on hobby-programming conducted on weekends and other spare-time by programmers having other day-jobs. There is a place for that. But PGP needs more focused development than that.
I'd really like to know how he feels about the GnuPG project, in that case.
It also kind of bothers me that he seems to think that the GPL prevents you from selling your code.
right to keep and bear arms (which saves more lives than all cops in America combined)
That's a new one on me. Maybe you should check your facts -- looks to me like the U.S.A. has the highest murder rate out of any country in the world. Other countries that don't have gun control seem to be able to keep their citizens from dying some other way, I guess.
All OSS has to do is be cool. Do honest work, if you find a bug, report it to everybody and get the fix out quick. I'd rather anyone hacking my system to have a tiny window of opportunity than be able to exploit at will.
The sad thing is, there will be an army of Windows users who observe that OSS software reports lots of bugs every day, while Microsoft reports none. Obviously, this is evidence of the superiority of the closed source programming model. *sigh*
Does it? I've been running Vice City on two different computers, not a prob. I imagine you don't want me troubleshooting your computer, but I would suggest that maybe there's something wrong there. (Unless I just happen to have the desktop and laptop machines that that GTA was developed on...)
You're welcome to troubleshoot my PS2 all you want.
GTA's racing missions were far deeper than any racing game I've played.
Except that one near the end of Vice City where you had no choice of car, your opponent drives an invincible car that is twice as fast as yours, and starting the race automatically gives you a wanted level of 2. I think it was called 'driver', or something stupid.
The worst part wasn't even that it was hard, the worst part was that the guy I'm racing is an idiot, and taunts you in the opening cinematic. I'm hiring him as the getaway driver for a heist, and his logic is that he won't work for me unless I can beat him, except that the whole reason I'm hiring him is because he's the best.
It doesn't help that the game crashes and locks up constantly, but I'm willing to look past that.
Tank Spawn, blow up other cars, box them in, whatever. Then do the race at 20mph. :)
Fun as that is, I like to play legitimately (yeah, I got the rocket launcher legit and blew up the other cars, that's the only way I could win... but not all races let you do that).