The one thing I want to know is how did Roblimo post so many questions without getting bogged down by a whole ton of "Slow down, cowboy..." messages? I think this question, more than any, is vital to the nation.
However, what happens when, because of the Ferraris, there are no longer any Kias, Neons, or Cavaliers made? Why would anyone want a Sunfire, when a GTO is only a "little" more?
Ideally, the free market steps up to the plate and an upstart company starts offering low- to mid-range cards [cars] and steals marketshare away from nVidia/ATI [BMW/Mercedes].
At any rate, you can get a brand new Radeon 7000 for $40 these days, so it's not like there's much more room at the bottom for making a profit.
The open issues page shows the SCHED_ULE as "needs testing" for the 5.3 release -- the last release still used the old 4BSD scheduler. Have the issues with preemption been ironed out?
If I had a huge bandwidth bill because of slashdot herding 250K+ people to my website for fun and profit you sure as hell better believe I'll sue their asses to recover the bandwidth bills.
I'd want to sue as well, but who would you sue? Is slashdot liable for bandwidth usage simply by posting a link to your site? What if slashdot linked to a Yahoo directory and said "click on the link to XYZ for info"... would Yahoo be liable? It's an interesting concept -- would I be liable if I let 1000 people know that the local store is giving away samples of their food in the hopes that you then make a purchase? In slashdot's case, most people who click through don't really intend to do any shopping, much like my 1000 people would only go to get some free food and the majority wouldn't want to make a purchase.
In the end, I think people who put up websites should definitely consider that they may face a lot of traffic and have either a means of limiting that traffic or a means of making money from the traffic. Just as the store owner should consider what would happen if they had a bunch of freeloaders who only show up for the free sample.
But when "what we see" is limited to OpenOffice and Mozilla (work PC, no games), do we really need 4096x3072 resolution and 20 petahertz rendering?
No, you don't. Stick with the on-board video which will meet your needs. Nobody's forcing you to buy a $500 video card, so why are you whining about it? Some people want those cards, others don't. That's like complaining about the cost of Ferraris if all you want is a vehicle to drive around and pick up groceries.
I held off buying the first release, then the extended edition, and I'll hold off buying this one too. Let me know when the "Director's Uncut: Raw Unedited Footage" DVD edition comes out. *Then* I'll be sure that I haven't squandered my money by buying a stripped down version.
You don't drill a hydrogen well, you have to extract it from something. Until the oceans run dry, we have an easy source of hydrogen, making it a very useful energy storage medium.
The problem then becomes one of finding enough electricity to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Then the question is, is it more efficient to use the electricity to produce hydrogen which then acts as the primary power source, or bypass the hydrogen producing process and just use the electricity to power the devices directly?
As someone who has worked with and against Big Blue (note, not for), it appears that most of IBM's margins now come from offering services on top of their products, whereas in the past their profit came from hardware and products.
So the move to support Linux implies that IBM sees more service revenue coming from the Linux model. If so, and assuming that IBM wishes to maximize revenue, does this mean that Linux sales represent more volume, and/or does IBM see Linux as requiring more service than its other products? What will happen in the years to come when Linux systems become as user-friendly as a Mac and no longer require extensive servicing to maintain a working infrastructure?
Of course, the KDE project could always write a replacement for Microsoft's MFC. They could call it... wait for it... KFC. [Cue lame joke music, cut to commercial.]
More and more stores are selling cards with no value displayed on them. When you buy one it is blank and the person at the register adds both activation information and the value at the time the card is purchased.
A key example of this is how the Starbucks cards work. You can choose to put $10 on it, or $100, or $8.13 or whatever. It runs down, you just add more funds to it much like a debit card.
And as far as mozilla ripping off netscape, I think you have it backwards.. netscape is built on top of mozilla.
He specifically said Netscape communicator which was the original closed-source Netscape browser. It wasn't until years later that the Mozilla project started. To make matters more confusing, Netscape used the internal name of Mozilla for their closed-source browser, which was used as the name to spawn the open source version.
Perhaps you find it odd, but I've done this many times myself. If I'm shopping at a store and it's really hot outside, I'll pull a drink out of the fridge and start drinking it while I shop around for other stuff. Sometimes the cashiers look surprised when I put a mostly/totally empty bottle through, but I haven't had any problems.
At any rate, it was speculation over the distinction between a store owner not required to accept currency vs. a case of indebtedness where, as the original poster intimated, the person would be required to accept currency. Take it as you will.
Legal tender only applies to debts. I don't have to agree to sell you anything in the first place if all you have to offer me is, say, a $100.
That raises an interesting question then. I walk into your store, pull a can of Coke off the shelf, and drink it. I'm now indebted to you for $1 or whatever. Can you still refuse my $100 given that I've just incurred this debt?
Maybe that's why Linux's adoption in the corporate workplace isn't extensive... you're not asking them to use a product, you want them to join a movement!
It's fairly common, basically you agree not to represent Apple's products as something they're not, nor claim the warranty is something it isn't. On the other hand, the phrase "or other statements" is really all-inclusive. Were Apple so inclined, they could at the very least revoke your affiliate status if you stated that iPod sucks, for example.
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The one thing I want to know is how did Roblimo post so many questions without getting bogged down by a whole ton of "Slow down, cowboy..." messages? I think this question, more than any, is vital to the nation.
However, what happens when, because of the Ferraris, there are no longer any Kias, Neons, or Cavaliers made? Why would anyone want a Sunfire, when a GTO is only a "little" more?
Ideally, the free market steps up to the plate and an upstart company starts offering low- to mid-range cards [cars] and steals marketshare away from nVidia/ATI [BMW/Mercedes].
At any rate, you can get a brand new Radeon 7000 for $40 these days, so it's not like there's much more room at the bottom for making a profit.
The open issues page shows the SCHED_ULE as "needs testing" for the 5.3 release -- the last release still used the old 4BSD scheduler. Have the issues with preemption been ironed out?
If I had a huge bandwidth bill because of slashdot herding 250K+ people to my website for fun and profit you sure as hell better believe I'll sue their asses to recover the bandwidth bills.
I'd want to sue as well, but who would you sue? Is slashdot liable for bandwidth usage simply by posting a link to your site? What if slashdot linked to a Yahoo directory and said "click on the link to XYZ for info"... would Yahoo be liable? It's an interesting concept -- would I be liable if I let 1000 people know that the local store is giving away samples of their food in the hopes that you then make a purchase? In slashdot's case, most people who click through don't really intend to do any shopping, much like my 1000 people would only go to get some free food and the majority wouldn't want to make a purchase.
In the end, I think people who put up websites should definitely consider that they may face a lot of traffic and have either a means of limiting that traffic or a means of making money from the traffic. Just as the store owner should consider what would happen if they had a bunch of freeloaders who only show up for the free sample.
But when "what we see" is limited to OpenOffice and Mozilla (work PC, no games), do we really need 4096x3072 resolution and 20 petahertz rendering?
No, you don't. Stick with the on-board video which will meet your needs. Nobody's forcing you to buy a $500 video card, so why are you whining about it? Some people want those cards, others don't. That's like complaining about the cost of Ferraris if all you want is a vehicle to drive around and pick up groceries.
I held off buying the first release, then the extended edition, and I'll hold off buying this one too. Let me know when the "Director's Uncut: Raw Unedited Footage" DVD edition comes out. *Then* I'll be sure that I haven't squandered my money by buying a stripped down version.
Pretty soon, $100 USD will practically be free!
You don't drill a hydrogen well, you have to extract it from something. Until the oceans run dry, we have an easy source of hydrogen, making it a very useful energy storage medium.
The problem then becomes one of finding enough electricity to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Then the question is, is it more efficient to use the electricity to produce hydrogen which then acts as the primary power source, or bypass the hydrogen producing process and just use the electricity to power the devices directly?
why are there linux penguins on an msn page?
After many unsuccessful attempts, finally adding the Tux penguins eventually got the article submission accepted by the unbiased slashdot editors.
As someone who has worked with and against Big Blue (note, not for), it appears that most of IBM's margins now come from offering services on top of their products, whereas in the past their profit came from hardware and products.
So the move to support Linux implies that IBM sees more service revenue coming from the Linux model. If so, and assuming that IBM wishes to maximize revenue, does this mean that Linux sales represent more volume, and/or does IBM see Linux as requiring more service than its other products? What will happen in the years to come when Linux systems become as user-friendly as a Mac and no longer require extensive servicing to maintain a working infrastructure?
Of course, the KDE project could always write a replacement for Microsoft's MFC. They could call it... wait for it... KFC. [Cue lame joke music, cut to commercial.]
I thought it was: In Soviet trailer parks, you get AOL.
More and more stores are selling cards with no value displayed on them. When you buy one it is blank and the person at the register adds both activation information and the value at the time the card is purchased.
A key example of this is how the Starbucks cards work. You can choose to put $10 on it, or $100, or $8.13 or whatever. It runs down, you just add more funds to it much like a debit card.
Bah, you tricked me. I fell in the hole and went ass over tea kettle.
Makes you think they don't know their ass from... hey, what's that in the ground over there?
Is it a tea kettle?
And as far as mozilla ripping off netscape, I think you have it backwards.. netscape is built on top of mozilla.
He specifically said Netscape communicator which was the original closed-source Netscape browser. It wasn't until years later that the Mozilla project started. To make matters more confusing, Netscape used the internal name of Mozilla for their closed-source browser, which was used as the name to spawn the open source version.
Perhaps you find it odd, but I've done this many times myself. If I'm shopping at a store and it's really hot outside, I'll pull a drink out of the fridge and start drinking it while I shop around for other stuff. Sometimes the cashiers look surprised when I put a mostly/totally empty bottle through, but I haven't had any problems.
At any rate, it was speculation over the distinction between a store owner not required to accept currency vs. a case of indebtedness where, as the original poster intimated, the person would be required to accept currency. Take it as you will.
In your example, you're not indebted to me necessarily. You stole from me. That's an entirely different matter.
Of course -- how about a restaurant then, where it's generally understood that food is served first and payment is expected afterwards?
Legal tender only applies to debts. I don't have to agree to sell you anything in the first place if all you have to offer me is, say, a $100.
That raises an interesting question then. I walk into your store, pull a can of Coke off the shelf, and drink it. I'm now indebted to you for $1 or whatever. Can you still refuse my $100 given that I've just incurred this debt?
Maybe that's why Linux's adoption in the corporate workplace isn't extensive... you're not asking them to use a product, you want them to join a movement!
You must learn, grasshopper: karma, posthumously
Man. I'm glad I saw you spell it that way, but you surprised me by not writing 'nucular'.
Of course, you spelled ridiculous as 'rediculous'... did you 'loose' your dictionary?
and what does the fact that slashdot so quickly denounces Windows tell you?
Maybe he's spreading Linux's FUD: Fanaticism and Unwavering Devotion?
It's fairly common, basically you agree not to represent Apple's products as something they're not, nor claim the warranty is something it isn't. On the other hand, the phrase "or other statements" is really all-inclusive. Were Apple so inclined, they could at the very least revoke your affiliate status if you stated that iPod sucks, for example.