Delays in communication because of the distance to space would mean surgeons on earth would have tell astronauts what commands to give the robots
And issuing the command to a human who then has to issue the command to a robot will somehow introduce less delay than the surgeon issuing the command directly?
Software production is more like clothes production - you wouldn't rent your clothes would you?
I've rented tuxedos before, as do many others. If I used tuxedos often enough to justify purchasing one (or more), I might do so. But even still, clothing styles change and I wouldn't want to be one of the guys who bought a (then) cool 1980s tux and, even though the style is so far out of fashion, still wears it for no other reason than to recoup his investment. Far better would be to analyze your tux usage patterns, figure out whether it makes sense to make the purchase, and if you don't attend enough formal events to justify it then renting makes all the sense in the world. You get the benefits of regular updates (choose any modern style) and no need for storage and maintenance (they do the cleaning and storing).
However, Windows XP, once it's on my machine and I've paid the ridiculous price of $279 for it, it doesn't cost Microshaft any more for it to sit on my PC, now does it?
What does that have to do with the price of rice in China? Do you pay Microsoft a subscription fee? No? And just how much do you pay Microsoft for various security patches and updates in addition to your $279? Curious line of reasoning you have here, AC. Despite your flawed logic, my compliments on your spelling and grammar.
And some people try to effect change in society by modding walls, commonly known as graffiti. The United States (and Poland!) is right now attempting to mod Iraq. Construction workers mod city skylines. And useless analogies mod my brain.
Sheesh... what a lame article. Isn't this like asking, "How many times should we pay for electricity?" The company offering hosted applications isn't trying to swindle anyone. You go in with the full knowledge that if you keep using it, you keep paying for it. The company offering the service keeps incurring hosting costs and they keep upgrading the software as part of the deal. If that model doesn't appeal to you, then you shouldn't have chosen it in the first place.
I wasn't questioning the parent. I was questioning why a lot of people feel the version # is important.
You have a funny way of not questioning the parent which causes me not to believe you. When you reply to someone's post (which jokes about version numbers) and you ask a question, such as your "... why would the version number matter so much?", you are asking the person you reply to. That's how these threaded forum thingies work. Had you meant to direct the question at nobody in particular, you should instead have said something like "... why do people value version numbers so much?" and posted it in a new thread. And what makes you think that a lot of people place importance on version numbers? They're marketing numbers and most people here understood that, saw the satirical nature of the original post, and laughed. Except you.
The cost of spamming is so low that you can send multiple emails to every person on the planet, and if you get even a single response, you've made a profit.
Please tell me where I, too, can get free bandwidth, servers, and electricity.
It really is a plot against you. Sure, others will pipe up and say how perhaps the submission queue is quite large that it takes a while to get through... or that maybe the other person's submission was better worded than yours, but don't believe any of them! It's actually a personal affront to your good character!
That's utter crap. First of all, the question was about FreeBSD vs. Linux, not *BSD vs. Linux.
And isn't *that* question crap? How can you answer about a particular distribution of BSD vs. all Linux distributions combined? If you're going to compare apples to oranges, you might want to sync up the comparison. So that means either *BSD vs. *Linux, or FreeBSD vs. RedHat (or pick another distribution).
I agree, they're extremely forward with what they do and don't do (and one thing they claim they don't do is sell out your information). If the TOS and Privacy Policy is the only reason people believe they're shady, then I disagree completely.
Extremely forward isn't a phrase I would use. Sure, they tell you all about cookies... but what about your actual privacy? Nobody these days cares about cookies anymore. How about the contents of the email I send and receive? Oh... nothing at all to say about that. How about any personally identifying information? Suspiciously absent from their privacy policy. What if I'm under the age of 13? Who cares! Their privacy policy should state how they are protecting my privacy, not how I'm going to get bombarded by cookies from all manners of ad companies they've signed up with.
When will people understand that SMTP isn't a file transport medium?
Who claims that it is? FTP isn't a file transport medium either. They're both *protocols* and the medium is generally the internet. SMTP happens to be a protocol for transferring mail, the contents of which can, by incorporating other RFC standards, include binary attachments. You've heard of MIME -- Multipart Internet Mail Extensions?
Do you also complain when people download files using HTTP instead of FTP?
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"I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
Two things: I can't believe it took over a half hour for someone to post that. Secondly, I can't believe the parent post got modded offtopic given that the Simpsons episode it's from had ants as the inspiration for that quote.
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Just don't name your kid GPL, as everyone will want to stay away to avoid the virus effect.
Funny how the article mentions the same words, "because it insulted his intelligence so terribly". I now know 3 instances of people using the *exact* same wordings independantly. Maybe there's some thruth in it?
There's definitely truth in it, though in more ways than one. Yeah, for the most part TV is a waste of time -- I haven't been on the glass teat for probably 5 years:) -- but the point of it is to make fun of people who go out of their way to create opportunities so they can make sure they mention it. I think they should pass a law banning all laugh tracks from sitcoms. Let's see how many people find Seinfeld hilarious if it doesn't tell them when to laugh.
As long as it benefits politicians as well, the odds of getting this "feature" of being able to tack anything onto an unrelated bill is going to stay in place. "Support the More Money for Education bill... (oh, and minorities no longer have rights). Think Of The Children!"
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Delays in communication because of the distance to space would mean surgeons on earth would have tell astronauts what commands to give the robots
And issuing the command to a human who then has to issue the command to a robot will somehow introduce less delay than the surgeon issuing the command directly?
Oh come on, Slashdotters are supposed to know how big a lipstick case is? ;-)
A quick trip upstairs should prove informative.
Software production is more like clothes production - you wouldn't rent your clothes would you?
I've rented tuxedos before, as do many others. If I used tuxedos often enough to justify purchasing one (or more), I might do so. But even still, clothing styles change and I wouldn't want to be one of the guys who bought a (then) cool 1980s tux and, even though the style is so far out of fashion, still wears it for no other reason than to recoup his investment. Far better would be to analyze your tux usage patterns, figure out whether it makes sense to make the purchase, and if you don't attend enough formal events to justify it then renting makes all the sense in the world. You get the benefits of regular updates (choose any modern style) and no need for storage and maintenance (they do the cleaning and storing).
Next up: does it make sense to rent a car?
However, Windows XP, once it's on my machine and I've paid the ridiculous price of $279 for it, it doesn't cost Microshaft any more for it to sit on my PC, now does it?
What does that have to do with the price of rice in China? Do you pay Microsoft a subscription fee? No?
And just how much do you pay Microsoft for various security patches and updates in addition to your $279? Curious line of reasoning you have here, AC. Despite your flawed logic, my compliments on your spelling and grammar.
And some people try to effect change in society by modding walls, commonly known as graffiti. The United States (and Poland!) is right now attempting to mod Iraq. Construction workers mod city skylines. And useless analogies mod my brain.
"How Many Times Should We Pay For Our Software?"
Sheesh... what a lame article. Isn't this like asking, "How many times should we pay for electricity?" The company offering hosted applications isn't trying to swindle anyone. You go in with the full knowledge that if you keep using it, you keep paying for it. The company offering the service keeps incurring hosting costs and they keep upgrading the software as part of the deal. If that model doesn't appeal to you, then you shouldn't have chosen it in the first place.
I belive that sharing is good does that make me a zealot.
;)
No, that makes you a communist. Thanks for playing.
Tux, meet Longhorn.
The early bird may catch the first worm but he'll still be hungry by dinner time. or something...
The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten.
I wasn't questioning the parent. I was questioning why a lot of people feel the version # is important.
You have a funny way of not questioning the parent which causes me not to believe you. When you reply to someone's post (which jokes about version numbers) and you ask a question, such as your "... why would the version number matter so much?", you are asking the person you reply to. That's how these threaded forum thingies work. Had you meant to direct the question at nobody in particular, you should instead have said something like "... why do people value version numbers so much?" and posted it in a new thread. And what makes you think that a lot of people place importance on version numbers? They're marketing numbers and most people here understood that, saw the satirical nature of the original post, and laughed. Except you.
I take it you missed the "Seriously, though..." part immediately proceeding it?
Would this be their 'Autumn of Results'?
As long as it's not followed by a Winter of Discontent.
Who cares what PETA thinks. What I want to know is if I can remotely disable my dog using OnStar.
The cost of spamming is so low that you can send multiple emails to every person on the planet, and if you get even a single response, you've made a profit.
Please tell me where I, too, can get free bandwidth, servers, and electricity.
Why would I want to use Google as a calculator when almost every OS already has one?
My OS calculator has a hard time deciphering 20 mpg in l/100 km
It really is a plot against you. Sure, others will pipe up and say how perhaps the submission queue is quite large that it takes a while to get through... or that maybe the other person's submission was better worded than yours, but don't believe any of them! It's actually a personal affront to your good character!
That's utter crap. First of all, the question was about FreeBSD vs. Linux, not *BSD vs. Linux.
And isn't *that* question crap? How can you answer about a particular distribution of BSD vs. all Linux distributions combined? If you're going to compare apples to oranges, you might want to sync up the comparison. So that means either *BSD vs. *Linux, or FreeBSD vs. RedHat (or pick another distribution).
Maybe they'll develop a robot that can detonate mines on the battlefield... they can call it the Boomba.
I agree, they're extremely forward with what they do and don't do (and one thing they claim they don't do is sell out your information). If the TOS and Privacy Policy is the only reason people believe they're shady, then I disagree completely.
Extremely forward isn't a phrase I would use. Sure, they tell you all about cookies... but what about your actual privacy? Nobody these days cares about cookies anymore. How about the contents of the email I send and receive? Oh... nothing at all to say about that. How about any personally identifying information? Suspiciously absent from their privacy policy. What if I'm under the age of 13? Who cares! Their privacy policy should state how they are protecting my privacy, not how I'm going to get bombarded by cookies from all manners of ad companies they've signed up with.
"and e-mail pictures"
When will people understand that SMTP isn't a file transport medium?
Who claims that it is? FTP isn't a file transport medium either. They're both *protocols* and the medium is generally the internet. SMTP happens to be a protocol for transferring mail, the contents of which can, by incorporating other RFC standards, include binary attachments. You've heard of MIME -- Multipart Internet Mail Extensions?
Do you also complain when people download files using HTTP instead of FTP?
"I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."
Two things: I can't believe it took over a half hour for someone to post that. Secondly, I can't believe the parent post got modded offtopic given that the Simpsons episode it's from had ants as the inspiration for that quote.
Just don't name your kid GPL, as everyone will want to stay away to avoid the virus effect.
Note: Just because the rest of the owners have 59% doesn't mean that Adrian has the remaining 41%.
You're right, but then again reading the article would have made that clear:
"... the onetime Doom 3 designer, who owns 41 percent of id..."
Funny how the article mentions the same words, "because it insulted his intelligence so terribly". I now know 3 instances of people using the *exact* same wordings independantly. Maybe there's some thruth in it?
:) -- but the point of it is to make fun of people who go out of their way to create opportunities so they can make sure they mention it. I think they should pass a law banning all laugh tracks from sitcoms. Let's see how many people find Seinfeld hilarious if it doesn't tell them when to laugh.
There's definitely truth in it, though in more ways than one. Yeah, for the most part TV is a waste of time -- I haven't been on the glass teat for probably 5 years
As long as it benefits politicians as well, the odds of getting this "feature" of being able to tack anything onto an unrelated bill is going to stay in place. "Support the More Money for Education bill... (oh, and minorities no longer have rights). Think Of The Children!"