Well, if somebody manages to make money from it, more power to them. As long as it keeps stuff out of the landfills. I see lots of stuff put at the curb as trash that only requires some minor repairs to be useful. Some people give away stuff because they havn't the time or energy for a garage sale.
In my experience, most items offered on Freecycle tend to go very quickly. I had three or four responses to my first offer and it was picked up about one hour after posting it. Most things that I see offered would not be worth putting on EBay. Usually it is things too good to throw out, but not valuable enough to sell for more than a couple of bucks at a garage sale.
The latest scientific research has just discovered that anyone who has been born will eventually die. Medical professionals report that there is no cure, but suggest taking lots of drugs or joining a Buddhist monastery.
A web application that only works on one operating system is pretty useless. It is surprising that Google, which built it's business on Linux, seems to be turning it's back on Linux users.
Waterloo Region is one of the best places in Canada to live. It has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, plenty of successful businesses (e.g Research in Motion) and two universities. It is a smaller, more livable community but is withing commuting distance (1 1/2 hrs) to Toronto and surrounding areas. Lots of cycling trails and close to nature (The Grand River is beautiful).
From the Regional Website: "Waterloo Region is a vital, prosperous area, located in Southern Ontario in the centre of the triangle formed by three Great Lakes: Ontario, Erie and Huron. Three urban municipalities Cambridge,Kitchenerand Waterloo , and four rural townships North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. make up Waterloo Region. With a combined population of over 450,000, Waterloo Region is one of the fastest growing areas in Ontario. Our unique balance of the urban and rural, our proximity to major North American markets and transportation networks, our diverse ethnic makeup, and our excellent education, health, cultural and recreational facilities contribute to the allure this area has for families and businesses."
In fact, they won't even let you see the Rhapsody page with a Linux browser unless you change the user agent to a Window's one. They just kick you over to the Realplayer for Linux page.
Being a home user of who doesn't use any accounting package, 'cause I have little money, I am not about to tell anyone which accounting program they "should " use. Certainly if a person or business is happy with whatever program they are using on Windows, they shouldn't change just because of what someone on Slashdot said they should. I was just pointing out an alternative that may meet the needs of some people, and wasn't mentioned by anyone else. For those businesses that have decided to make a wholesale switch to Linux or for new businesses starting out with Linux, they may decide that Quickbooks not being cross platform is a long term liability if there is a viable alternative that fits in with their Linux strategy.
For business accounting on Linux there is Quasar, which is a "full function, stand-alone business accounting package." It has both a GPL and commercial licenses.
It is interesting that these large corporations belong to industry alliances that actively contradict the marketing messages that these corporations are trying to send. We know from other press reports that companies like Oracle and Cisco are actively supporting Linux strategies for themselves and their customers, but some organizations to which they belong seem to have different agendas. It seems that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. It seems like the CEOs and their marketing departments need to get their act together on things like this.
In a related item, law professor Michael Geist, in his weekly column discusses he financial impact of peer-to-peer music downloading on the Canadian music industry. He says that Canadian artists have not suffered financially, noting that lost royalties from diminished sales have been more than offset by the collection of nearly $120 million in private copying levies. Professor Geist is Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.
As a pedestrian and cyclist, the idea of a flying car horrifies me! It is hard enough avoiding these poison gas spewing terrorist death machines on wheels as it is. Will I have to worry about them landing on my head as well?
Since I moved away from Toronto to the smaller city of Kitchener, Ontario, I have only been able to listen to a favorite program on community station CIUT over the net. To my dismay, I discovered that the station recently changed from a RealAudio feed to a Windows Media feed. Since I run Linux, for which there is no Windows Media player, I can no longer listen to this station. This really annoys me. I complained, but the station manager told me that they changed because it was cheaper. I wish there was something that could be done to break the increasing hegemony of Microsoft over Internet media.
I recently set up my 82 year old mother with a PII and Mandrake Linux 9.2. The worst problem she has had is with the clogged SMTP server at the cheapo dialup ISP that I set her up with.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, if somebody manages to make money from it, more power to them. As long as it keeps stuff out of the landfills. I see lots of stuff put at the curb as trash that only requires some minor repairs to be useful. Some people give away stuff because they havn't the time or energy for a garage sale.
In my experience, most items offered on Freecycle tend to go very quickly. I had three or four responses to my first offer and it was picked up about one hour after posting it. Most things that I see offered would not be worth putting on EBay. Usually it is things too good to throw out, but not valuable enough to sell for more than a couple of bucks at a garage sale.
The latest scientific research has just discovered that anyone who has been born will eventually die. Medical professionals report that there is no cure, but suggest taking lots of drugs or joining a Buddhist monastery.
A web application that only works on one operating system is pretty useless. It is surprising that Google, which built it's business on Linux, seems to be turning it's back on Linux users.
The Internet Audio Archive has lectures as well as music.
Cringley thinks that Intel is going to go exclusively with Apple and their rumoured "iTunes Movie Store."
Here is a Buddhist Game".
From the Regional Website: "Waterloo Region is a vital, prosperous area, located in Southern Ontario in the centre of the triangle formed by three Great Lakes: Ontario, Erie and Huron. Three urban municipalities Cambridge,Kitchenerand Waterloo , and four rural townships North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. make up Waterloo Region. With a combined population of over 450,000, Waterloo Region is one of the fastest growing areas in Ontario. Our unique balance of the urban and rural, our proximity to major North American markets and transportation networks, our diverse ethnic makeup, and our excellent education, health, cultural and recreational facilities contribute to the allure this area has for families and businesses."
Immigrating and Working in Canada (Canadian government site)
In fact, they won't even let you see the Rhapsody page with a Linux browser unless you change the user agent to a Window's one. They just kick you over to the Realplayer for Linux page.
- How to Debate A Creationist: 25 Creationists Arguments & 25 Evolutionists Answers
- Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the new creationism
- The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
among others.Linux - Accounting Software
Find Accounting Software as well as several sponsored links, so Linux doesn't seem lacking in this category.
Being a home user of who doesn't use any accounting package, 'cause I have little money, I am not about to tell anyone which accounting program they "should " use. Certainly if a person or business is happy with whatever program they are using on Windows, they shouldn't change just because of what someone on Slashdot said they should. I was just pointing out an alternative that may meet the needs of some people, and wasn't mentioned by anyone else. For those businesses that have decided to make a wholesale switch to Linux or for new businesses starting out with Linux, they may decide that Quickbooks not being cross platform is a long term liability if there is a viable alternative that fits in with their Linux strategy.
For business accounting on Linux there is Quasar, which is a "full function, stand-alone business accounting package." It has both a GPL and commercial licenses.
Instead of keeping all your stuff, you could just post it on you local Freecycle mailing list, and give it away to somebody who can use it.
It is interesting that these large corporations belong to industry alliances that actively contradict the marketing messages that these corporations are trying to send. We know from other press reports that companies like Oracle and Cisco are actively supporting Linux strategies for themselves and their customers, but some organizations to which they belong seem to have different agendas. It seems that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. It seems like the CEOs and their marketing departments need to get their act together on things like this.
I don't know about Aunt Tillie, but my 83 year old mother is doing fine with Mandrake Linux and the KDE desktop for email and web browsing.
No, but registration is free.
In a related item, law professor Michael Geist, in his weekly column discusses he financial impact of peer-to-peer music downloading on the Canadian music industry. He says that Canadian artists have not suffered financially, noting that lost royalties from diminished sales have been more than offset by the collection of nearly $120 million in private copying levies. Professor Geist is Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.
As a pedestrian and cyclist, the idea of a flying car horrifies me! It is hard enough avoiding these poison gas spewing terrorist death machines on wheels as it is. Will I have to worry about them landing on my head as well?
How about an Axentra Net-Box?
I hadn't heard of Kahakai, so I checked it out. According to their website, it is dead.
Since I moved away from Toronto to the smaller city of Kitchener, Ontario, I have only been able to listen to a favorite program on community station CIUT over the net. To my dismay, I discovered that the station recently changed from a RealAudio feed to a Windows Media feed. Since I run Linux, for which there is no Windows Media player, I can no longer listen to this station. This really annoys me. I complained, but the station manager told me that they changed because it was cheaper. I wish there was something that could be done to break the increasing hegemony of Microsoft over Internet media.
In other words, sell your car and take public transit or your bicycle.
I recently set up my 82 year old mother with a PII and Mandrake Linux 9.2. The worst problem she has had is with the clogged SMTP server at the cheapo dialup ISP that I set her up with.