""We need a couple more people, so I guess the three of you can make ads." So we all made ads, and me and Hamilton's got picked. I had no idea I was going to do it until I got there."
So I get the impression from this that the ad was made up. Didn't the majority of y'all just finish trashing Microsoft for doing that a few weeks ago?
The only cure for obstructions is to cut down trees or remove buildings.
However, several years ago the FCC ruled that building codes and deed covenants could not be used to block a homeowner from installing a small satellite dish or antenna to receive broadcast TV.
The difference is, unlike you, I expect people to take responsibility when they get ripped off because of their own stupidity. If you left your car (since you want to use that analogy) on a street corner with the keys in it and the engine running and it got stolen, I'd have no sympathy what so ever for you either. Whether stealing it is "right" or "wrong" is irrelevant...if you didn't use reasonable common sense to protect your property (take the keys out, lock the doors), you're an idiot.
If Abiword got ripped because of security hole in PayPal, PayPal should pay up, and I'll join the line of people writing nastygrams and canceling their PayPal accounts. However I have yet to see any indication that this is the case, at least in this instance.
But on the other hand, if Abiword got ripped because 147 people had the password, or the password was "sex" or something equally stupid, then Abiword should use what funds they have left to go purchase a fucking clue.
...just as soon as someone explains how the theft occured and why it is PayPal's fault. If the theft occured by someone hacking PayPal, then it is indeed their fault and I will cancel. But if the theft occured because Abiword had a simple to guess password, 47 people knew the password, or some other idiocy like that, then I have no sympathy...and I will continue to be a happy PayPal customer who has conducted thousands of dollars worth of transactions (both directions) and had no problems what so ever.
I do notice that the referenced note is long on inuendo and short on facts, and that in itself makes me suspicious.
Amen, Brother! The quickest way to make me turn my back and quit listening to someone talk about government is for them to tell me they don't/didn't vote. As you say, not voting is not a valid protest. Not voting only shows you're too damned lazy to show up at the polls, and too damned ignorant to care about your country.
I don't like anyone at my locale this year either with the exception of the dude running for re-election as County Sheriff. Other than him, the Democrat and Republican candidates are a bunch of twits, and I will vote for a third party candidate in every race that I can.
I do my regular banking with 5/3rd Bank, and I have credit cards accounts I work with online with MBNA, Providian, Cross Country Bank, and Shell Oil. I know from regular usage that all of them work with IE, Mozilla, Opera, or Phoenix. Maybe I just got lucky:-)
Others have already pointed out that average != median, so we'll skip that part.
As for "You do vote don't you?", I'm proud to say that in the 23 years I have been eligible to vote, I have not missed one single primary or election. I may not always pick the right person, but at least I take my turn at bat...
...once he/she is elected to office is to do everything they can to guarentee they get re-elected the next time around.
I am a firm believer in term limits, and public financing of campaigns. I also believe how congresscritters are paid needs to be changed. Some dork making a hundred grand a year is too out of touch with reality to represent the average American who is making 15 thousand a year. It should work like the Peace Corps...while you're in office, all you get is what the average American makes per year. Then at the end of your (limited) term, you get a lump sum to make up the difference between what the average Joe gets and what a congresscritter is paid.
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Its nice to see I'm not the only one who wants a feature like that!
I noticed in another person's post that they want an option to turn off the password manager. I want yet another option for password manager...a check box for "remember ALL passwords and don't make me check a friggin box or click a freakin button every damned time!"
But that wasn't the point of the article. The article claims that if a company released a product for Linux that was comparable to their product for Windows, penguinheads would buy it. And contrary to several of the replies to my original message, Wordperfect 8 for Linux was NOT a scaled back copy of Wordperfect for Windows that ran under Wine. Wordperfect 8 was the full product that ran natively with Linux...no Wine was needed.
Since I'm here anyway, even though it wasn't the point of the article, I'll anwer your question...how many people bought Wordperfect for Windows? Enough that Corel still supports the Windows version of the product and creates updates. A native Linux version is not available in the current version. So I'll ask you a question...which version sold MORE...Windows or Linux?
Corel released a full version of Wordperfect 8 for Linux. How many people actually bought it? Apparently not enough to make them want to update it to the current version.
Well, for starters, and for me at least, the Microsoft components work and work reliably...that is not something I can say about Mozilla in my own experience.
I do not like Microsoft's tactics. I do not like thier latest round of changes to their "you give us the right to sleep with your sister" EULA. I want to switch to Mozilla, and have extensively tried to do so.
And Mozilla worked great...until it locked my machine so hard I had to shut the power off to reboot. And not just 1.0, it happened regularly in 1.1. And not just Windows XP, it happened regularly in Linux (Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0 RC1 and RC2).
And I'd like to point out that in Windows XP Mozilla holds a certain distinction in my experience...*NO* other program has caused my machine to lock up like that since I switched to XP Pro last year.
So my attitude is before I would even consider using Mozilla as an application base, its going to have to be able to function as a browser without crashing...and it can't even do that yet.
Believe it or not, you picked a perfect example. Farscape is one of the few shows I enjoy. But since the Sci-Fi channel, in their infinite stupidity, have decided to cancel the series I guess that doesn't matter so much.
I've noticed over the last few months that I have started going days at a time without turning on a TV, even though I pay for Dish Network. I've considered just canceling the whole thing, and renting/buying DVDs when I want to watch a movie. This "targeted advertising" crap may be just what I need to convince me to quit watching TV.
Reading this timeline produced two feelings in me.
First, I felt old, because I remember playing a lot of those games when they first came out, especially the ones in the 70's and 80's.
Second, I felt sad. The first half of the list starts out in the form "so and so and such and such developed a really cool what ever". By the end of the list, though, its mostly "so and so sued such and such over what ever", or "so and so shut down what ever".
I also wonder how this will mesh, especially since I notice that Mr. Zimmerman's name does NOT appear in either the list of managers, or the board of directors and investors. Does he even have anything at all to do with the new PGP?
Folks, I hate to be the one to throw water on everyone, but here goes...
Debating which drive manufacturer is "most reliable" is like debating which God is "correct", or the existance of Santa.
You say in 20 years experience you've only lost two drives, both Maxtors.
Well, in my (let me count) um...23 years experience, Maxtor is one of the only two brands of drives that I've not had a failure (the other one is Fujitsu). And I've also "owned 'em all" too. I've got a pile of dead Western Digital drives a foot tall sitting out in my workshop (figured I'd make clocks out of 'em or something). I once had three Seagate drives fail in a 6 month period, and the second and third ones were warrenty replacements starting when the first one died.
But how much shit do you already pay for on a CD? I can't think of a single CD I've ever bought where I liked all the songs, or even a majority of the songs. People buy most CDs to get one or two songs.
The first song or two they offer we need to buy to show support and to show that they can make money. But if they continue to offer only shit, stop buying. What's so hard about that? And if you only buy the first couple, you'll only be out two bucks. Big deal, I waste that at McDonalds every week.
I'm not a big fan either, but I'll gladly fork up a buck to offer support of the idea, in the hopes of encouraging more for the future. I'd like to see a million purchases of this one track for just that reason. Its about time some of the "biggies" got their heads out of their asses.
Any list of sci-fi that does not include either Forbidden Planet or Fantastic Voyage in the top 20 cannot be correct. Likewise, as much as I do love Bladerunner, it cannot possibly be rated as the number one sci-fi movie of all time by any sane person. Altered States has to be in there somewhere too. Finally, the fact that Barbarella even appears anywhere on the list only serves to remove any shred of credibility for the author...
At the point where I am reading this thread there are 55 replies. Of that, only ONE comments on the EULA. Everyone else is foaming all over themselves trying to download the thing.
If that were an EULA from Microsoft, everyone would be calling for a downloading boycott and legal action...
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I quote from the interview:
""We need a couple more people, so I guess the three of you can make ads." So we all made ads, and me and Hamilton's got picked. I had no idea I was going to do it until I got there."
So I get the impression from this that the ad was made up. Didn't the majority of y'all just finish trashing Microsoft for doing that a few weeks ago?
Right or wrong, good move or bad, being as how its their service, Microsft can ban who ever the hell they want.
Keep in mind the usual "I am not a lawyer", but the way I understand it they interpret "antenna" to include "dish".
The only cure for obstructions is to cut down trees or remove buildings.
However, several years ago the FCC ruled that building codes and deed covenants could not be used to block a homeowner from installing a small satellite dish or antenna to receive broadcast TV.
Yes, I do realize the issues at hand.
The difference is, unlike you, I expect people to take responsibility when they get ripped off because of their own stupidity. If you left your car (since you want to use that analogy) on a street corner with the keys in it and the engine running and it got stolen, I'd have no sympathy what so ever for you either. Whether stealing it is "right" or "wrong" is irrelevant...if you didn't use reasonable common sense to protect your property (take the keys out, lock the doors), you're an idiot.
If Abiword got ripped because of security hole in PayPal, PayPal should pay up, and I'll join the line of people writing nastygrams and canceling their PayPal accounts. However I have yet to see any indication that this is the case, at least in this instance.
But on the other hand, if Abiword got ripped because 147 people had the password, or the password was "sex" or something equally stupid, then Abiword should use what funds they have left to go purchase a fucking clue.
...just as soon as someone explains how the theft occured and why it is PayPal's fault. If the theft occured by someone hacking PayPal, then it is indeed their fault and I will cancel. But if the theft occured because Abiword had a simple to guess password, 47 people knew the password, or some other idiocy like that, then I have no sympathy...and I will continue to be a happy PayPal customer who has conducted thousands of dollars worth of transactions (both directions) and had no problems what so ever.
I do notice that the referenced note is long on inuendo and short on facts, and that in itself makes me suspicious.
Amen, Brother! The quickest way to make me turn my back and quit listening to someone talk about government is for them to tell me they don't/didn't vote. As you say, not voting is not a valid protest. Not voting only shows you're too damned lazy to show up at the polls, and too damned ignorant to care about your country.
I don't like anyone at my locale this year either with the exception of the dude running for re-election as County Sheriff. Other than him, the Democrat and Republican candidates are a bunch of twits, and I will vote for a third party candidate in every race that I can.
I do my regular banking with 5/3rd Bank, and I have credit cards accounts I work with online with MBNA, Providian, Cross Country Bank, and Shell Oil. I know from regular usage that all of them work with IE, Mozilla, Opera, or Phoenix. Maybe I just got lucky :-)
Others have already pointed out that average != median, so we'll skip that part.
As for "You do vote don't you?", I'm proud to say that in the 23 years I have been eligible to vote, I have not missed one single primary or election. I may not always pick the right person, but at least I take my turn at bat...
...once he/she is elected to office is to do everything they can to guarentee they get re-elected the next time around.
I am a firm believer in term limits, and public financing of campaigns. I also believe how congresscritters are paid needs to be changed. Some dork making a hundred grand a year is too out of touch with reality to represent the average American who is making 15 thousand a year. It should work like the Peace Corps...while you're in office, all you get is what the average American makes per year. Then at the end of your (limited) term, you get a lump sum to make up the difference between what the average Joe gets and what a congresscritter is paid.
Its nice to see I'm not the only one who wants a feature like that!
I noticed in another person's post that they want an option to turn off the password manager. I want yet another option for password manager...a check box for "remember ALL passwords and don't make me check a friggin box or click a freakin button every damned time!"
But that wasn't the point of the article. The article claims that if a company released a product for Linux that was comparable to their product for Windows, penguinheads would buy it. And contrary to several of the replies to my original message, Wordperfect 8 for Linux was NOT a scaled back copy of Wordperfect for Windows that ran under Wine. Wordperfect 8 was the full product that ran natively with Linux...no Wine was needed.
Since I'm here anyway, even though it wasn't the point of the article, I'll anwer your question...how many people bought Wordperfect for Windows? Enough that Corel still supports the Windows version of the product and creates updates. A native Linux version is not available in the current version. So I'll ask you a question...which version sold MORE...Windows or Linux?
Corel released a full version of Wordperfect 8 for Linux. How many people actually bought it? Apparently not enough to make them want to update it to the current version.
Why bother using Microsoft components?
Well, for starters, and for me at least, the Microsoft components work and work reliably...that is not something I can say about Mozilla in my own experience.
I do not like Microsoft's tactics. I do not like thier latest round of changes to their "you give us the right to sleep with your sister" EULA. I want to switch to Mozilla, and have extensively tried to do so.
And Mozilla worked great...until it locked my machine so hard I had to shut the power off to reboot. And not just 1.0, it happened regularly in 1.1. And not just Windows XP, it happened regularly in Linux (Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0 RC1 and RC2).
And I'd like to point out that in Windows XP Mozilla holds a certain distinction in my experience...*NO* other program has caused my machine to lock up like that since I switched to XP Pro last year.
So my attitude is before I would even consider using Mozilla as an application base, its going to have to be able to function as a browser without crashing...and it can't even do that yet.
Believe it or not, you picked a perfect example. Farscape is one of the few shows I enjoy. But since the Sci-Fi channel, in their infinite stupidity, have decided to cancel the series I guess that doesn't matter so much.
I've noticed over the last few months that I have started going days at a time without turning on a TV, even though I pay for Dish Network. I've considered just canceling the whole thing, and renting/buying DVDs when I want to watch a movie. This "targeted advertising" crap may be just what I need to convince me to quit watching TV.
Reading this timeline produced two feelings in me.
First, I felt old, because I remember playing a lot of those games when they first came out, especially the ones in the 70's and 80's.
Second, I felt sad. The first half of the list starts out in the form "so and so and such and such developed a really cool what ever". By the end of the list, though, its mostly "so and so sued such and such over what ever", or "so and so shut down what ever".
I also wonder how this will mesh, especially since I notice that Mr. Zimmerman's name does NOT appear in either the list of managers, or the board of directors and investors. Does he even have anything at all to do with the new PGP?
Okay, I've checked about a dozen calendars now. Since this is NOT April 1, I don't get it...what's the punchline?
Folks, I hate to be the one to throw water on everyone, but here goes...
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Debating which drive manufacturer is "most reliable" is like debating which God is "correct", or the existance of Santa.
You say in 20 years experience you've only lost two drives, both Maxtors.
Well, in my (let me count) um...23 years experience, Maxtor is one of the only two brands of drives that I've not had a failure (the other one is Fujitsu). And I've also "owned 'em all" too. I've got a pile of dead Western Digital drives a foot tall sitting out in my workshop (figured I'd make clocks out of 'em or something). I once had three Seagate drives fail in a 6 month period, and the second and third ones were warrenty replacements starting when the first one died.
So which one of us is right?!
But how much shit do you already pay for on a CD? I can't think of a single CD I've ever bought where I liked all the songs, or even a majority of the songs. People buy most CDs to get one or two songs.
The first song or two they offer we need to buy to show support and to show that they can make money. But if they continue to offer only shit, stop buying. What's so hard about that? And if you only buy the first couple, you'll only be out two bucks. Big deal, I waste that at McDonalds every week.
I'm not a big fan either, but I'll gladly fork up a buck to offer support of the idea, in the hopes of encouraging more for the future. I'd like to see a million purchases of this one track for just that reason. Its about time some of the "biggies" got their heads out of their asses.
Any list of sci-fi that does not include either Forbidden Planet or Fantastic Voyage in the top 20 cannot be correct. Likewise, as much as I do love Bladerunner, it cannot possibly be rated as the number one sci-fi movie of all time by any sane person. Altered States has to be in there somewhere too. Finally, the fact that Barbarella even appears anywhere on the list only serves to remove any shred of credibility for the author...
At the point where I am reading this thread there are 55 replies. Of that, only ONE comments on the EULA. Everyone else is foaming all over themselves trying to download the thing.
If that were an EULA from Microsoft, everyone would be calling for a downloading boycott and legal action...
Don't need to see a doc, I already see one. I'm diabetic, one side effect of which is I pee more than the average person :-)