She might tax caffeine! Imagine the revenue that would create!
I'm not saying that's a good thing, I mean everyone needs their caffeine now and then, but there is a Star Bucks on every corner and Mt. Dew and Red Bull and Jolt and all those programmers in California and they all need their caffeine so if each of them just gave a few pennies per cup or bottle, the world would be such a better place and I know it's supposed to be addictive and all but it's really not, you just can't get by without it ya know, but it's good. Especially in the morning, and how else can you get through your meetings or finish that project on time and sure on my day off I drink just as much, but... I mean you need coffeee, or cappucinos or colas but the state needs money and cigarettes aren't good for you either so they tax those, but caffeine is ok, just not as bad but could be used for good and it's being used to save all those starving kids too I hear on TV so lets just tax it and help some Californians too....
Confused parents and grand parents will pick up the XGameStation for their kids. Wow, I thought the X thing was $200, but this one was half off! Little Jimmy will be thrilled!
Libraries, Police, Firefighters, etc are supported by their local community and in turn provide support to their community. Software could benefit everyone in the world and so short sighted politicians would see it as our government subsidizing work that other governments will benefit from. You don't just give it to your citizens, you give it to the world.
Why should we pay for other countries to have better software. They can buy from our companies and provide jobs and tax money to our gov.
I'm all for it personally, but how do we get around that argument?
I suppose that this means we'll also have the obligatory conference call tomorrow, or soon after, where Darl will blow some more hot air out of that ass that sits on his neck.
Taking a cue from the RIAA, the only thing left to due is send out hundreds of lawsuits to invidual "small time" users across the country. Tracking their IP address view IRC #linuxhelp chat, thousands of newbies will suddenly find themselves forced to pay the full $1399 for single CPU licenses. That will send the message that they really mean business. Then go after CD makers because the other half of blank CD's must be used for burning Linux.
I just cut and pasted the linux kernel sources into their feedback form. I was going to give them back just the infringing parts but since I couldn't find them I figured the whole source tree would be best.
I wonder how big their feedback database can grow.
What happens to people who pay? Do people get their money back?
The sorry dolts who pay the license will get interviewed by WIRED just like that poor dude who never got his penis enlargement pills.
"They had a contract for me to sign, everything looked so official I thought they were legitiment."
If you feel the need to part with some money find your favorite open source project and send the developer(s) a check. When all is said and done, Linux will still be there, and will still be free to use, but you may be out some money for a license to a non-existent company. Who knows though, years from now SCO Licenses will be valuable collectors items.
I think the study was flawed. Linux wouldn't do this good otherwise in a brand new users test.
For one there was the sample group. 60 on Linux, and 20 on Windows. That would make each Linux users results mean less. If 5 people from each group could or could not get something done, then that's 8% of Linux users or 25% of Windows users. When the group A is larger then group B, percents will make group A look better, and counts will make B look better.
Another big flaw is that users had no previous Windows XP or Linux experience. That's much different then NO computer experience, and most likely means Windows 95/98 or NT experience. First time Linux users with moderate Windows skills will find out that there is no Program Files, Windows directory, or My Documents. The directory seperator has been changed, there are no drive letters. Everything they learned is different and nothing is where they think it is.
Users with 95/98 or NT experience will do much better on XP since it's more or less exactly what they are used to with some bug fixes and menu tweaks, but now with rounded corners on the windows! Ooooohhhh.
Finally consider the source. Belin-based Relevantive AG performs a study that finds berlin-based Suse Linux is almost as usable as Windows XP right after the government just decided to convert most of their computers over to Linux instead of Microsoft.
We need Consumers Reports to do something a study like this.
Finally, if your getting depressed because someone finds that Microsoft did something better then Linux you have a sad life ahead of you. For the next few years at least.:)
I'm sure this upsets him to see people treating linux as if it weren't a ever changing dynamic process.
Seriously though that's great. Even though I don't use Suse or own an IBM server. Hopefully Dell will get in on this so I can afford a cheap server too.
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The first time I tried it a map of lower Manhattan popped right up and once I changed the detail to zoom-in on the situation, a little white triangle showed me exactly where I was standing, what direction I was facing and once I started moving, how fast I was going.
As I started to cross the road I was facinated to watch the little white triangle that was mean cross the small red line of the road. Taxi's should show up on the screen as small yellow squares. I say should because they didn't and while I was crossing the road staring at the little screen, one of those large yellow boxes ran me down. I could even see the little white triangle that was me rapidly changing direction and increasing velocity before I blacked out. Luckily, I can still take voice dictation with my one good arm thanks to the clever controls on this fabulous device. If you don't know how to read a map or ask for directions, this could be just what your looking for.
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I don't think the military has less stringent requirements, although I honestly don't know. The article did mention this is an experimental plane still in development. Once the bugs are worked out the US may buy hundreds of them at $200,000,000 each.
Hopefully they will cut back on a few of those airplanes and put some money into our school systems. 5 planes = 1 Billion dollars! And one of the current stealth fighters lost it's tail after air show.
I guess it's tought to keep to a budget when you can print more money.
This would be nice for a weather station. Just mount it on the roof and then put the receiver in the house somewhere within range. The whole thing could be solar powered on the roof. No need to run a cable or power unit up there.
Hopefully handhelds and remote controls pick it up too so we can control the Stereo/TV/Media Center with our Handhelds and not have to worry about leaving the door to the entertainment center open.
I hope you at least have an.htaccess on the files to put a password on that directory. Hard-to-guess names is good, but making them password protected is better.
Of course on some of the cheaper web hosting companies out there you can just search the/home/*/web folders. They have to be public so the web server can read them. Stupid I know, but all to common. Config.php for most apps will have all the users passwords in plaintext.
The HTTPD user should be a member of each users group so you don't have to set world rights to your files. Assuming it's just hosting and no other rights are required.
I think the subsidies may be a better idea because the out of pocket expenses are less. I would love to have solar or wind power installed, but I can't afford 12,000 for the system, even if it's money I don't have to pay on taxes. Those are numbers someone else quoted above, but I believe the same would be true for most families. I suppose I could get a loan at 5% interest, but subsidies are like a blue light special sale. Plus the local community would benefit by using less power.
Coal burning power plants put mercury into the air, water and animals. When pregnant women and small children shouldn't eat fish from the lakes, that doesn't exactly make them appealing to everyone else. Everyone benefits in the long run.
According to This page There are between 12 and 40 million drug dealers in the US. They should get together and sue the Government - think of all those poor dealers who will be out of work when those "Do Not Sell Drugs" laws take effect. Think of what it will do to the economy. ------- Hmmm, lets rate this 62% Funny, 28% Insightful, 29% Sarcastic, 1% interesting with a +1 bonus for putting in a link. (For the people who think moderators need help)
I'm afraid signing up for the program is a very lengthy process and quite expensive. My wife only operates in single user mode and I've made her sign an exclusive contract with me. Anticompetitive I know, but I couldn't resist.
You would get much better results finding a woman and converting her into a wife of your own. It may take a while, but it's worth it. Be careful when picking your woman - some have knots in them that aren't obvious at first glance or may have been warped from previous usage.
Do they get more beeps for Nabisco enslaving elves and converting them to E.L. Fudge cookies, or extra beeps for being owned by RJ Reynolds/Phillip Morris cancer stick makers who also own the Kraft Macaroni & Cheese company my kids love so much? Having a Morse Code type interface is also pretty stupid.
Doesn't matter I suppose. It's not like I could stop buying Oreos.
Didn't you read the article? Microsoft doesn't subscribe to the GPL. Ok, the author threw that bit in, but this makes even less sense then thinking GPL is an EULA. It's not some off the wall newsletter.
From the article...
Microsoft, which does not subscribe to the GPL, licensed Unix System V source code from SCO in May and is using it to develop an enhanced emulation layer for Unix applications.
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With Tax-deducatable Lap-Dances?
She might tax caffeine! Imagine the revenue that would create!
... I mean you need coffeee, or cappucinos or colas but the state needs money and cigarettes aren't good for you either so they tax those, but caffeine is ok, just not as bad but could be used for good and it's being used to save all those starving kids too I hear on TV so lets just tax it and help some Californians too....
I'm not saying that's a good thing, I mean everyone needs their caffeine now and then, but there is a Star Bucks on every corner and Mt. Dew and Red Bull and Jolt and all those programmers in California and they all need their caffeine so if each of them just gave a few pennies per cup or bottle, the world would be such a better place and I know it's supposed to be addictive and all but it's really not, you just can't get by without it ya know, but it's good. Especially in the morning, and how else can you get through your meetings or finish that project on time and sure on my day off I drink just as much, but
Only 6 cups today, so I'm still a little groggy.
This link the the article works
Someone read the man page about something and posted an article about it. This is such an amazing event that it meritys front page news on slashdot.
Confused parents and grand parents will pick up the XGameStation for their kids. Wow, I thought the X thing was $200, but this one was half off! Little Jimmy will be thrilled!
Libraries, Police, Firefighters, etc are supported by their local community and in turn provide support to their community. Software could benefit everyone in the world and so short sighted politicians would see it as our government subsidizing work that other governments will benefit from. You don't just give it to your citizens, you give it to the world.
Why should we pay for other countries to have better software. They can buy from our companies and provide jobs and tax money to our gov.
I'm all for it personally, but how do we get around that argument?
I suppose that this means we'll also have the obligatory conference call tomorrow, or soon after, where Darl will blow some more hot air out of that ass that sits on his neck.
Taking a cue from the RIAA, the only thing left to due is send out hundreds of lawsuits to invidual "small time" users across the country. Tracking their IP address view IRC #linuxhelp chat, thousands of newbies will suddenly find themselves forced to pay the full $1399 for single CPU licenses. That will send the message that they really mean business. Then go after CD makers because the other half of blank CD's must be used for burning Linux.
BTW, I don't know if this guy is for real or not but according the this page
one of SCO's board of directors is "Steve Cakebread". Sounds like a bad guy from The Tic.
I just cut and pasted the linux kernel sources into their feedback form. I was going to give them back just the infringing parts but since I couldn't find them I figured the whole source tree would be best.
I wonder how big their feedback database can grow.
What happens to people who pay? Do people get their money back?
The sorry dolts who pay the license will get interviewed by WIRED just like that poor dude who never got his penis enlargement pills.
"They had a contract for me to sign, everything looked so official I thought they were legitiment."
If you feel the need to part with some money find your favorite open source project and send the developer(s) a check. When all is said and done, Linux will still be there, and will still be free to use, but you may be out some money for a license to a non-existent company. Who knows though, years from now SCO Licenses will be valuable collectors items.
1) Try to Steal Linux from Commuinity
2) $699 License
3) Profit
the $699 IS step 2, and holy shit the profit part even works. That buys them almost an hour of lawyer time.
"What they are doing is setting up an enviroment where things look like a done deal. Folks shouldn't underestimate this"
Worked for George W. Bush
I think the study was flawed. Linux wouldn't do this good otherwise in a brand new users test.
:)
For one there was the sample group. 60 on Linux, and 20 on Windows. That would make each Linux users results mean less. If 5 people from each group could or could not get something done, then that's 8% of Linux users or 25% of Windows users. When the group A is larger then group B, percents will make group A look better, and counts will make B look better.
Another big flaw is that users had no previous Windows XP or Linux experience. That's much different then NO computer experience, and most likely means Windows 95/98 or NT experience. First time Linux users with moderate Windows skills will find out that there is no Program Files, Windows directory, or My Documents. The directory seperator has been changed, there are no drive letters. Everything they learned is different and nothing is where they think it is.
Users with 95/98 or NT experience will do much better on XP since it's more or less exactly what they are used to with some bug fixes and menu tweaks, but now with rounded corners on the windows! Ooooohhhh.
Finally consider the source. Belin-based Relevantive AG performs a study that finds berlin-based Suse Linux is almost as usable as Windows XP right after the government just decided to convert most of their computers over to Linux instead of Microsoft.
We need Consumers Reports to do something a study like this.
Finally, if your getting depressed because someone finds that Microsoft did something better then Linux you have a sad life ahead of you. For the next few years at least.
Linux is a Process, Not a Product. :)
I'm sure this upsets him to see people treating linux as if it weren't a ever changing dynamic process.
Seriously though that's great. Even though I don't use Suse or own an IBM server. Hopefully Dell will get in on this so I can afford a cheap server too.
As I started to cross the road I was facinated to watch the little white triangle that was mean cross the small red line of the road. Taxi's should show up on the screen as small yellow squares. I say should because they didn't and while I was crossing the road staring at the little screen, one of those large yellow boxes ran me down. I could even see the little white triangle that was me rapidly changing direction and increasing velocity before I blacked out. Luckily, I can still take voice dictation with my one good arm thanks to the clever controls on this fabulous device. If you don't know how to read a map or ask for directions, this could be just what your looking for.
I don't think the military has less stringent requirements, although I honestly don't know. The article did mention this is an experimental plane still in development. Once the bugs are worked out the US may buy hundreds of them at $200,000,000 each.
Hopefully they will cut back on a few of those airplanes and put some money into our school systems. 5 planes = 1 Billion dollars! And one of the current stealth fighters lost it's tail after air show.
I guess it's tought to keep to a budget when you can print more money.
This would be nice for a weather station. Just mount it on the roof and then put the receiver in the house somewhere within range. The whole thing could be solar powered on the roof. No need to run a cable or power unit up there.
Hopefully handhelds and remote controls pick it up too so we can control the Stereo/TV/Media Center with our Handhelds and not have to worry about leaving the door to the entertainment center open.
In Korea a person tried making it his own trademark.
a Boston man tried taking control of it.
Microsoft Purchased it
although it's currently controlled by The Linux Mark Institute so Linus doesn't have to deal with it.
I hope you at least have an .htaccess on the files to put a password on that directory. Hard-to-guess names is good, but making them password protected is better.
/home/*/web folders. They have to be public so the web server can read them. Stupid I know, but all to common. Config.php for most apps will have all the users passwords in plaintext.
Of course on some of the cheaper web hosting companies out there you can just search the
The HTTPD user should be a member of each users group so you don't have to set world rights to your files. Assuming it's just hosting and no other rights are required.
I think the subsidies may be a better idea because the out of pocket expenses are less. I would love to have solar or wind power installed, but I can't afford 12,000 for the system, even if it's money I don't have to pay on taxes. Those are numbers someone else quoted above, but I believe the same would be true for most families. I suppose I could get a loan at 5% interest, but subsidies are like a blue light special sale. Plus the local community would benefit by using less power.
Coal burning power plants put mercury into the air, water and animals. When pregnant women and small children shouldn't eat fish from the lakes, that doesn't exactly make them appealing to everyone else. Everyone benefits in the long run.
According to This page There are between 12 and 40 million drug dealers in the US. They should get together and sue the Government - think of all those poor dealers who will be out of work when those "Do Not Sell Drugs" laws take effect. Think of what it will do to the economy.
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Hmmm, lets rate this 62% Funny, 28% Insightful, 29% Sarcastic, 1% interesting with a +1 bonus for putting in a link.
(For the people who think moderators need help)
and people STILL will not switch to Linux
I'm afraid signing up for the program is a very lengthy process and quite expensive. My wife only operates in single user mode and I've made her sign an exclusive contract with me. Anticompetitive I know, but I couldn't resist.
You would get much better results finding a woman and converting her into a wife of your own. It may take a while, but it's worth it. Be careful when picking your woman - some have knots in them that aren't obvious at first glance or may have been warped from previous usage.
Do they get more beeps for Nabisco enslaving elves and converting them to E.L. Fudge cookies, or extra beeps for being owned by RJ Reynolds/Phillip Morris cancer stick makers who also own the Kraft Macaroni & Cheese company my kids love so much? Having a Morse Code type interface is also pretty stupid.
Doesn't matter I suppose. It's not like I could stop buying Oreos.
Didn't you read the article? Microsoft doesn't subscribe to the GPL. Ok, the author threw that bit in, but this makes even less sense then thinking GPL is an EULA. It's not some off the wall newsletter.
From the article...