Sounds like a typical computer science professor. Mine usually couldn't use a computer at all. And yes, mine were generally very cruel. Giving examples that months later they figure out were wrong, making us code with pen and pencil, teaching fake assembly languages and fake operating systems.
I'm glad I left, cause I can actually now use a computer, unlike much of the coders I come across. If you like computers, don't go into computer science. That is for people who enjoy math and theory.
I have a customer who has now bought his "anti virus" twice from the malware program infecting his computer and still insists that his computer shouldn't be having any problems and refuses to buy our anti-virus software since he has "already paid for one"
agreed, an agreement is not going to change a user's behavior, an agreement will help you to sue or prosecute someone who do things you don't want. So have a lawyer write it.
Actually protecting your computers in a proactive manner involves implementing and testing security.
Interesting cause I'm using a stable 3.0.1 build without the Firefox branding and it's called Minefield. The code name for Firefox 3.0 development was Gran Paradiso, and Firefox 3.1 will be Shiretoko.
It's not really about projects vs code it's users vs developers. GPL is about the rights of the users to make sure that they have certain rights, the right to redistribute, the right to access source code, the right to fix, the right to redistribute the fix. BSD is about the rights of the developer. The right to modify and redistribute how they wish. GPL doesn't care if developers are restricted if the user is free. BSD the developer is free to do what they want, even if it restricts the user.
Windows has always been a dog, but that has never stopped it. Vista is a dog, but I still have customers clamoring for it despite our best efforts to get them to stick with XP. The only way Linux will compete is if they build new platforms for people to do business on. Trying to clone the MS platform is always going to be buggy and incomplete. FOSS developers would do good to spend some time temping around as office admins to get an idea of how offices actually use their computers.
I liked typical NIN, especially when he yells. I'll give this a listen, and try to let Reznor grow as an artist. But to be honest I haven't liked a lot his work since Downward Spiral, besides the times it's typical and he yells such as Starf**kers Inc. At least with this method I can try before I give cash.
I had always been told that Tolkien sold of the movie rights to the books long ago cause he didn't think it would ever be possible to produce a movie. Is this true or urban legend?
For one you use both silver and gold, and second you could move US back on the gold standard much like you moved it off, but in reverse. You would back the money with a percentage of gold, probably these days it was be 1% or less of the currency would start off being backed by Gold, and then you would increase this percentage, deflating the currency over the course of several decades till you eventually got it back to 100%.
Now I'm not saying that this is a good idea, I'm just saying it's possible. It's much more reminiscent of old notions of the wealth of nations being based on the amount of gold that had in their vaults. I do believe Ron Paul is right about deficit spending, which is why I'm supporting him in the primary season. I don't see any other candidate with a realistic plan to get the budget back in the black because you can't do that in a war economy.
I agree, this is look like a real leap forward for KDE. Although I'm much more likely to migrate from GNOME to XFCE. It's very flexible yet easy to use, fairly lightweight and I can still use the same GTK without loading both QT and GTK (not that it's a big deal to do so these days, I use a couple QT tools on occasion)
It would have been quite reasonable to say that 640k would be enough for anyone operating in the 16 bit environment of the time. In this 89 speech Gates talks about the 640 barrier and how it was used up faster than expected.
I remember when 20 Megs for a hard drive was more than enough for anyone, people thought I was nuts getting an 80 megs one, but soon after I was running out of space.
I think this is the best analysis of RMS I've seen on Slashdot. RMS is fighting a principled struggle, it won't necessarily make him popular, but I thank him for doing so. I know when I met him and told him that I admired his work, he made sure to admonish me for not coding myself.
I think XFCE is about to eat GNOME's lunch. I just tried it again for the first time in several years, and wow has it matured. You can keep using the same GNOME applications and have nice looking GTK, but have an interface that's easy to use, feature rich, fast and it just works better.
People challenged it, they just all lost. Often times when people are warned about slippery slopes, they will counter, "This is the furtherest thing from a slippery slope," right before sliding down to the bottom
So if Google doesn't comment on a problem, then it's completely absolved of all responsibility because perhaps somewhere somebody might be working to fix it? I was hoping that you might go out and learn on your own the history of Google ignoring problems. So here is an overview. Google bombing started in 2000 or before. This is the core of what makes attacks like we saw this week work. Google's response to this problem had been consistently that it wasn't their problem.
"We don't condone the practice of Google bombing, or any other action that seeks to affect the integrity of our search results, but we're also reluctant to alter our results by hand in order to prevent such items from showing up. Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission." -- Marissa Mayer, Director of Consumer Web Products for Google, Sept 2005.
302 Jacking was another problem that Google was warned of for around 2 years, and it wasn't fixed (well sort of fixed, still somewhat exists) till Google themselves got hit: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050526-084634
So yes, let's just sit back and trust that they are putting some of their vast resources into fixing a problem, but exactly what have they done to earn this sort of good faith?
I know because the problem has been given to them over a year ago and still exists. Perhaps you should go learn something before you flame. Then perhaps your posts might mean something.
The reason they want to know if you are gay is they want to determine if you are hiding anything that someone could use as blackmail against you. If you say in the interview that you are not gay, and they find evidence saying you are gay, then they will fear that someone could blackmail secrets out of you. On the other hand you say that you are gay and they find evidence that you are gay, then that isn't a national security threat as no one can blackmail you.
The problem is that the Bush-Ashcroft era had a tradition of firing homosexuals, this in turned encouraged people to hide their homosexuality, which creates potential blackmail material. Thus this practice of the government persecuting gays in government jobs and the military is a giant potential threat to national security.
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Sounds like a typical computer science professor. Mine usually couldn't use a computer at all. And yes, mine were generally very cruel. Giving examples that months later they figure out were wrong, making us code with pen and pencil, teaching fake assembly languages and fake operating systems.
I'm glad I left, cause I can actually now use a computer, unlike much of the coders I come across. If you like computers, don't go into computer science. That is for people who enjoy math and theory.
I have a customer who has now bought his "anti virus" twice from the malware program infecting his computer and still insists that his computer shouldn't be having any problems and refuses to buy our anti-virus software since he has "already paid for one"
agreed, an agreement is not going to change a user's behavior, an agreement will help you to sue or prosecute someone who do things you don't want. So have a lawyer write it. Actually protecting your computers in a proactive manner involves implementing and testing security.
I've always thought it was interesting that you can still download a Citrix client for it.
Interesting cause I'm using a stable 3.0.1 build without the Firefox branding and it's called Minefield. The code name for Firefox 3.0 development was Gran Paradiso, and Firefox 3.1 will be Shiretoko.
Microsoft, KDE, Facebook..
personally I think getting a receipt for your stolen property only increases the indignity of the entire situation.
"That is your receipt for your husband, thank you, and this is my receipt for your receipt."
It's not really about projects vs code it's users vs developers. GPL is about the rights of the users to make sure that they have certain rights, the right to redistribute, the right to access source code, the right to fix, the right to redistribute the fix. BSD is about the rights of the developer. The right to modify and redistribute how they wish. GPL doesn't care if developers are restricted if the user is free. BSD the developer is free to do what they want, even if it restricts the user.
It seems like it would be easier to start with Debian rather than Ubuntu. Plus then you are closer to the distro that is actually doing all the work,
Windows has always been a dog, but that has never stopped it. Vista is a dog, but I still have customers clamoring for it despite our best efforts to get them to stick with XP. The only way Linux will compete is if they build new platforms for people to do business on. Trying to clone the MS platform is always going to be buggy and incomplete. FOSS developers would do good to spend some time temping around as office admins to get an idea of how offices actually use their computers.
I liked typical NIN, especially when he yells. I'll give this a listen, and try to let Reznor grow as an artist. But to be honest I haven't liked a lot his work since Downward Spiral, besides the times it's typical and he yells such as Starf**kers Inc. At least with this method I can try before I give cash.
And Acrobat Reader is also on Linux
The statistic is now with us forever, just like the incorrect 1 and 4 women raped in college statistic.
I had always been told that Tolkien sold of the movie rights to the books long ago cause he didn't think it would ever be possible to produce a movie. Is this true or urban legend?
I'd prefer 'Zemppy' as it's more reminiscent of 'scuzzy' and 'wizzywig' and we do have that extra P to use.
For one you use both silver and gold, and second you could move US back on the gold standard much like you moved it off, but in reverse. You would back the money with a percentage of gold, probably these days it was be 1% or less of the currency would start off being backed by Gold, and then you would increase this percentage, deflating the currency over the course of several decades till you eventually got it back to 100%. Now I'm not saying that this is a good idea, I'm just saying it's possible. It's much more reminiscent of old notions of the wealth of nations being based on the amount of gold that had in their vaults. I do believe Ron Paul is right about deficit spending, which is why I'm supporting him in the primary season. I don't see any other candidate with a realistic plan to get the budget back in the black because you can't do that in a war economy.
I agree, this is look like a real leap forward for KDE. Although I'm much more likely to migrate from GNOME to XFCE. It's very flexible yet easy to use, fairly lightweight and I can still use the same GTK without loading both QT and GTK (not that it's a big deal to do so these days, I use a couple QT tools on occasion)
http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/1989%20Bill%20Gates%20Talk%20on%20Microsoft.html
I remember when 20 Megs for a hard drive was more than enough for anyone, people thought I was nuts getting an 80 megs one, but soon after I was running out of space.
I think XFCE is about to eat GNOME's lunch. I just tried it again for the first time in several years, and wow has it matured. You can keep using the same GNOME applications and have nice looking GTK, but have an interface that's easy to use, feature rich, fast and it just works better.
People challenged it, they just all lost. Often times when people are warned about slippery slopes, they will counter, "This is the furtherest thing from a slippery slope," right before sliding down to the bottom
If you say so, that is your opinion, but you have given nothing to back it up.
"We don't condone the practice of Google bombing, or any other action that seeks to affect the integrity of our search results, but we're also reluctant to alter our results by hand in order to prevent such items from showing up. Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission." -- Marissa Mayer, Director of Consumer Web Products for Google, Sept 2005.
It wasn't till January of this year that they started taking steps to fix it, 8 years after the problem started. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/01/quick-word-about-googlebombs.html Yet as we saw this week, people are still getting hit with malware sites.
302 Jacking was another problem that Google was warned of for around 2 years, and it wasn't fixed (well sort of fixed, still somewhat exists) till Google themselves got hit: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050526-084634
Now we have Google Proxy Hacking. They were warned of this in June 2006, still hasn't been fixed, and they have made no indications of doing so. http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/google-proxy-hacking
So yes, let's just sit back and trust that they are putting some of their vast resources into fixing a problem, but exactly what have they done to earn this sort of good faith?
I know because the problem has been given to them over a year ago and still exists. Perhaps you should go learn something before you flame. Then perhaps your posts might mean something.
The problem is that the Bush-Ashcroft era had a tradition of firing homosexuals, this in turned encouraged people to hide their homosexuality, which creates potential blackmail material. Thus this practice of the government persecuting gays in government jobs and the military is a giant potential threat to national security.
http://www.bedework.org/bedework/