This doubly amusing when considered together with the following statements straight from SCO's 8-K form filed with the SEC: '...plans to expand SCO's intellectual property licensing program to allow for migration alternatives to end users...'
Don't you think that's a bit harsh? Bullying users is one thing, but ENDING them?
That's a believable number. Consider the amount of published data on Kazaa, or that 45 minutes of raw DV video is roughly 12.5 GB. Move 100 of your CD's to MP3s and you're consuming/creating roughly 3.5 GB (or more if you're using higher than 128kbps MP3s). And I'm not even commenting on pr0n.
...how much info is destroyed each year to offset these numbers. I mean shredded files, stuff thrown in trash, bills, deleted data files, discarded/lost storage media, etc... In the end (of each year), I wonder, what is the actual increase in stored information?
The question that most Mandrake to-be users are asking: Will the new 9.2 ISOs that are being released include the other 300MB of updates so far, or just the new kernel RPMS? Anyone know?
This is most definitely not a Mandrake-only issue. I managed to torch a crappy LG drive on a non-Mandrake system using the same (or similar) BitKeeper pull that they used in their kernel. It's too bad it made it into the final release, though.
Since iTerm is GPL (and not LGPL), shouldn't they have to make the ENTIRE codebase available? This is being debated on their forums. If this is true, what can we do to get CocoaTech to open up the rest of the code?
And you wonder why companies are afraid to consider the use of GPL software. Please, do us all a favor and READ the GPL before you continue making the rest of the community look like a bunch of fools.
I give China a lot of credit for what its government does. I might not agree with it, but they're upfront about their censorship and their control (suppression) over their citizens. It would be refreshing if other governments had the same sense of honesty about citizens' "freedom," but I doubt we'll see it.
Good luck to him finding work again. "So why did so-and-so leave his job at Microsoft?" "Oh, he was fired for posting company secrets on the Internet."
Particularly shocking is the line: "If voting could really change things, it would be illegal."
Particularly shocking is that the original poster thinks this is a new quote and hasn't been around forever. What would you put as a humorous quote in your signature if you worked for a company that made voting equipment?
Linux: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalistic monopoly. Terrorism: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalist society.
Linux: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause. Terrorism: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Linux: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" operating system. Terrorism: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" group.
Linux: Attractive to those looking to destroy Microsoft and the software industry. Terrorism: Attractive to those looking to destroy the USA and the rest of the infidels.
Linux: Recruits loners and outcasts into its loyal user-base. Terrorism: Recruits loners and outcasts into its training camps.
Linux: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns. Terrorism: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
While SPARC's Solaris is said to be more optimized than its x86 counterpart on the other hand so is Linux 2.6 compared to 2.4.
Because both are unoptimized, these are suddenly comparable differences? You're comparing apples and oranges, and quite frankly, it's laughable. Why would you think the two are in any way related or would yield similar differences in benchmarking?
Being a baby about this is neither illegal nor unethical so I intend to continue.
Neither is downloading and distributing GPL software, and I intend to do likewise. This is the true spirit of the GPL, it saddens me that you are unable to see this.
If they had a problem with it, they wouldn't have released GPLed ISOs. They're perfectly able to do what SuSE does, but they don't. You have no argument.
Torrents of the GPL ISOs are availabe at http://suprnova.org/. Search the front page for "Mandrake" and you'll find them (their location has changed a few times, so I won't post direct links).
The more people that jump on, the faster it'll be, so spread the word. These are the download editions and legal under the GPL, of course. You can check the md5sums against those posted in the earlier Slashdot article comments.
Hard disks are more reliable in my experience than CPUs too.
Hahaha. Is this a joke? Hard drives die CONSTANTLY. Compare the complexity and moving parts of the two and you tell me which is more likely to fail. I can't think of the last time I lost a CPU.
AC has always badmouthed the US as no longer "the land of the free" and made other off-the-cuff remarks, also saying that he'll be leaving his country if such laws were passed. Yet, suddenly, he's become very quiet. Does he have any plans of following through, or does he just make idle threats? I find it sad someone so prominent in this community would be all talk and no walk.
Linux: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalistic monopoly. Terrorism: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalist society.
Linux: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause. Terrorism: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Linux: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" operating system. Terrorism: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" group.
Linux: Attractive to those looking to destroy Microsoft and the software industry. Terrorism: Attractive to those looking to destroy the USA and the rest of the infidels.
Linux: Recruits loners and outcasts into its loyal user-base. Terrorism: Recruits loners and outcasts into its training camps.
Linux: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns. Terrorism: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
It's not a review of Windows XP, but rather a series of old stereotypes and jokes about Windows that we've heard a million times. If you want a serious, objective review of XP in the same manner that you see Linux distributions reviewed, you should look elsewhere.
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As opposed to the grandparent post? Gimme a break.
This doubly amusing when considered together with the following statements straight from SCO's 8-K form filed with the SEC: '...plans to expand SCO's intellectual property licensing program to allow for migration alternatives to end users...'
Don't you think that's a bit harsh? Bullying users is one thing, but ENDING them?
That's a believable number. Consider the amount of published data on Kazaa, or that 45 minutes of raw DV video is roughly 12.5 GB. Move 100 of your CD's to MP3s and you're consuming/creating roughly 3.5 GB (or more if you're using higher than 128kbps MP3s). And I'm not even commenting on pr0n.
...how much info is destroyed each year to offset these numbers. I mean shredded files, stuff thrown in trash, bills, deleted data files, discarded/lost storage media, etc... In the end (of each year), I wonder, what is the actual increase in stored information?
The URL in my Slashdot profile is subjecting me to Flamebait moderations? Wow.
The question that most Mandrake to-be users are asking: Will the new 9.2 ISOs that are being released include the other 300MB of updates so far, or just the new kernel RPMS? Anyone know?
This is most definitely not a Mandrake-only issue. I managed to torch a crappy LG drive on a non-Mandrake system using the same (or similar) BitKeeper pull that they used in their kernel. It's too bad it made it into the final release, though.
Since iTerm is GPL (and not LGPL), shouldn't they have to make the ENTIRE codebase available? This is being debated on their forums. If this is true, what can we do to get CocoaTech to open up the rest of the code?
And you wonder why companies are afraid to consider the use of GPL software. Please, do us all a favor and READ the GPL before you continue making the rest of the community look like a bunch of fools.
I give China a lot of credit for what its government does. I might not agree with it, but they're upfront about their censorship and their control (suppression) over their citizens. It would be refreshing if other governments had the same sense of honesty about citizens' "freedom," but I doubt we'll see it.
The Magnuson-Moss Act only applies to vehicles, dufus.
Good luck to him finding work again. "So why did so-and-so leave his job at Microsoft?" "Oh, he was fired for posting company secrets on the Internet."
Great job, moron.
Particularly shocking is the line: "If voting could really change things, it would be illegal."
Particularly shocking is that the original poster thinks this is a new quote and hasn't been around forever. What would you put as a humorous quote in your signature if you worked for a company that made voting equipment?
Linux: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalistic monopoly.
Terrorism: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalist society.
Linux: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Terrorism: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Linux: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" operating system.
Terrorism: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" group.
Linux: Attractive to those looking to destroy Microsoft and the software industry.
Terrorism: Attractive to those looking to destroy the USA and the rest of the infidels.
Linux: Recruits loners and outcasts into its loyal user-base.
Terrorism: Recruits loners and outcasts into its training camps.
Linux: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
Terrorism: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
While SPARC's Solaris is said to be more optimized than its x86 counterpart on the other hand so is Linux 2.6 compared to 2.4.
Because both are unoptimized, these are suddenly comparable differences? You're comparing apples and oranges, and quite frankly, it's laughable. Why would you think the two are in any way related or would yield similar differences in benchmarking?
Mandrake 9.2 Disk 1 of 3
b 3ba35cac3dfd479777e MandrakeLinux-9.2_disk2of3.i586.iso3 c927f14197ec99a0372 MandrakeLinux-9.2_disk3of3.i586.iso
Mandrake 9.2 Disk 2 of 3
Mandrake 9.2 Disk 3 of 3
MD5SUMS are as follows:
40c8812dce7b9f8fb0a3b364af62b974 MandrakeLinux-9.2_disk1of3.i586.iso
e07fe7b1474e
2b6ffc595753
Being a baby about this is neither illegal nor unethical so I intend to continue.
Neither is downloading and distributing GPL software, and I intend to do likewise. This is the true spirit of the GPL, it saddens me that you are unable to see this.
If they had a problem with it, they wouldn't have released GPLed ISOs. They're perfectly able to do what SuSE does, but they don't. You have no argument.
Torrents of the GPL ISOs are availabe at http://suprnova.org/. Search the front page for "Mandrake" and you'll find them (their location has changed a few times, so I won't post direct links).
The more people that jump on, the faster it'll be, so spread the word. These are the download editions and legal under the GPL, of course. You can check the md5sums against those posted in the earlier Slashdot article comments.
Hard disks are more reliable in my experience than CPUs too.
Hahaha. Is this a joke? Hard drives die CONSTANTLY. Compare the complexity and moving parts of the two and you tell me which is more likely to fail. I can't think of the last time I lost a CPU.
You can dowload the GPL ISOs for at http://ihaveapenguin.servemp3.com/draketorrents/.
Torrents are available here: http://ihaveapenguin.servemp3.com/draketorrents/.
And both are wastes of money because they spend 360 days a year in a repair shop. ;-)
AC has always badmouthed the US as no longer "the land of the free" and made other off-the-cuff remarks, also saying that he'll be leaving his country if such laws were passed. Yet, suddenly, he's become very quiet. Does he have any plans of following through, or does he just make idle threats? I find it sad someone so prominent in this community would be all talk and no walk.
Linux: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalistic monopoly.
Terrorism: A response to the perceived threat of a capitalist society.
Linux: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Terrorism: Supported by a devout group of fanatics dedicated to the cause.
Linux: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" operating system.
Terrorism: Seen by the rest of the world as a "fringe" group.
Linux: Attractive to those looking to destroy Microsoft and the software industry.
Terrorism: Attractive to those looking to destroy the USA and the rest of the infidels.
Linux: Recruits loners and outcasts into its loyal user-base.
Terrorism: Recruits loners and outcasts into its training camps.
Linux: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
Terrorism: Drew vast amounts of funding from supporters, with only ideological returns.
It's not a review of Windows XP, but rather a series of old stereotypes and jokes about Windows that we've heard a million times. If you want a serious, objective review of XP in the same manner that you see Linux distributions reviewed, you should look elsewhere.