Mod parent up!! It's the first thing I thought of. Since when is the Slashdot crowd in favor of government censorship of any kind? Better to let SCO say their piece and let it be argued in forums such as these than to not allow them to say anything at all. The only cure for free speech is more free speech. How would you feel if before your big court case a judge told you you couldn't tell your side of the story to the media because he said so? And since this is a civil matter, not a criminal one, I don't see any need for Germany to muzzle anyone.
Every split, every fork, every new distro, hurts Linux's chances on the desktop. I wanted to switch once but I couldn't figure out WTF I was supposed to install?!? You guys need to come up with a standard: The One True Linux and then market the hell out of it so that Man on the Street names that distro when he's asked about Linux. Or you can continue with all the different distros and have fun playing around with them. Either way is fine by me, but realize you can't have it both ways. This is *not* a troll, just some advice from an outsider who clearly sees what's wrong. As it stands, once Windows comes out with its trusted computing platform and I'm forced to switch, I'll switch to a Mac.
Just like Apple had won the PC wars. Just like Wordperfect had won the word processor wars. Just like Nintendo had one the console wars. Wake up. If there's a little box right on my desktop or taskbar that says 'Search here' am I going to launch a browser to get to Google? Not if the 'Search here' box works just as well. It doesn't have to be better. Of course, I have the Google deskbar installed so there is a little 'Search here' box on my taskbar. The thing is will I bother to reinstall it when I buy a new PC and turn off the Windows version? Maybe. Will Joe Sixpack? Nope.
If you buy the car on borrowed money, the car doesn't belong to you! The bank owns your car until you pay off the loan. That's why they can repossess it if you default.
But I agree that it's an outrage if you already have proof of paying off 5 car loans in the past. I'm just saying that it's not entirely ridiculous.
I love Google (the new deskbar rocks) and I also frequent Yahoo! for chess and Fantasy Hockey. What I want to know is this: why is being the number search engine worth fighting over? Other than selling services to corporations and little text ads, how does Google make money? Or more importantly, why does Google need to be the number one search engine to make money? This reminds me of the browser wars. The logic was, you owned the browser, you owned the 'net. And although you could make the case that IE won the war, how does IE being the most popular browser translate into money for MS when they give it away for free? I didn't understand it then, and I don't understand it now.
I don't know if that's a real factor when it comes to computer components. I mean, I have an old 200MB HD lying around that works great. I don't use it anymore, not because it's broken but because it's 200MB!
My current drive is 60GB but I'm still eyeing a new 120GB despite not having filled my 60GB halfway. In other words, you'll get the geeks to upgrade no matter what.
The best file storage format, bar none, is a piece of letter size paper. You'll be able to see it 5,10, yes even 15 years from now. From what I understand, they have even found readable documents that are hundreds of years old. As a bonus, paper is quite thin and light and very easy to store. And since your personal documents are probably already printed on paper, you save yourself the time spent scanning them. Next question please.
But then why go to the theatre at all? Why not rent the movie instead? Why are people flocking to see The Producers? The movie has been out for years and Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks are just as good as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. By your logic, there's no reason to leave you house ever again. People are going to live shows to see just that: a live show.
Like what? When he realizes he needs whatever it is he needs let him buy it then. WTF is this discussion all about? Please dump Ask Slashdot. It's a waste of everyone's time.
Except when the so-called good guys are actually hiding back doors in the Linux code to trick Joe User who grabs it off an anonymous FTP server. To me, both systems are equally insecure. Linux because I can't trust it, Windows because it's poorly written. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
Same here. I'm a guy. I don't like to shop around. I just want what I want and then get the hell out of there. I can't wait for the day when Best Buy can hand me the latest Medal of Honor and the new Simpsons DVD box without my even having to go into the store. Just go straight to the cash and my RFID-equipped loyalty card tells them what I want. Beautiful. I can't think of anything better.
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Mod parent up!! It's the first thing I thought of. Since when is the Slashdot crowd in favor of government censorship of any kind? Better to let SCO say their piece and let it be argued in forums such as these than to not allow them to say anything at all. The only cure for free speech is more free speech. How would you feel if before your big court case a judge told you you couldn't tell your side of the story to the media because he said so? And since this is a civil matter, not a criminal one, I don't see any need for Germany to muzzle anyone.
Every split, every fork, every new distro, hurts Linux's chances on the desktop. I wanted to switch once but I couldn't figure out WTF I was supposed to install?!? You guys need to come up with a standard: The One True Linux and then market the hell out of it so that Man on the Street names that distro when he's asked about Linux. Or you can continue with all the different distros and have fun playing around with them. Either way is fine by me, but realize you can't have it both ways. This is *not* a troll, just some advice from an outsider who clearly sees what's wrong. As it stands, once Windows comes out with its trusted computing platform and I'm forced to switch, I'll switch to a Mac.
Just like Apple had won the PC wars. Just like Wordperfect had won the word processor wars. Just like Nintendo had one the console wars. Wake up. If there's a little box right on my desktop or taskbar that says 'Search here' am I going to launch a browser to get to Google? Not if the 'Search here' box works just as well. It doesn't have to be better. Of course, I have the Google deskbar installed so there is a little 'Search here' box on my taskbar. The thing is will I bother to reinstall it when I buy a new PC and turn off the Windows version? Maybe. Will Joe Sixpack? Nope.
How about we draw the line, exactly, at cannibalism and necrophilia?
Am I crazy or is that nowhere near "10 times better"?
Ask Jeeves.
But I agree that it's an outrage if you already have proof of paying off 5 car loans in the past. I'm just saying that it's not entirely ridiculous.
Spammers don't make money by selling their products, they make money by selling addresses to each other.
I love Google (the new deskbar rocks) and I also frequent Yahoo! for chess and Fantasy Hockey. What I want to know is this: why is being the number search engine worth fighting over? Other than selling services to corporations and little text ads, how does Google make money? Or more importantly, why does Google need to be the number one search engine to make money? This reminds me of the browser wars. The logic was, you owned the browser, you owned the 'net. And although you could make the case that IE won the war, how does IE being the most popular browser translate into money for MS when they give it away for free? I didn't understand it then, and I don't understand it now.
My current drive is 60GB but I'm still eyeing a new 120GB despite not having filled my 60GB halfway. In other words, you'll get the geeks to upgrade no matter what.
Why does Slashdot have such a boner for SCO stories? Leave it to the courts. You're not helping by adding all this noise to the conversation.
They're idiots. They're responsible for more crappy careers in the music biz. Without ProTools most of today's stars couldn't sing a note.
The 666 in the example number is the prefix, not the area code.
Einstein married his first cousin Elsa. So points back off again.
The best file storage format, bar none, is a piece of letter size paper. You'll be able to see it 5,10, yes even 15 years from now. From what I understand, they have even found readable documents that are hundreds of years old. As a bonus, paper is quite thin and light and very easy to store. And since your personal documents are probably already printed on paper, you save yourself the time spent scanning them. Next question please.
Oh fuck. So if a game is advertised as "fun" and it isn't then it's defective? Shut up.
But then why go to the theatre at all? Why not rent the movie instead? Why are people flocking to see The Producers? The movie has been out for years and Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks are just as good as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. By your logic, there's no reason to leave you house ever again. People are going to live shows to see just that: a live show.
Like what? When he realizes he needs whatever it is he needs let him buy it then. WTF is this discussion all about? Please dump Ask Slashdot. It's a waste of everyone's time.
For an expert on e-publishing, you'd think he'd be able to format the text correctly.
The only reason it was destroyed was because Riker wasn't its captain. So it was a selfish move.
Except when the so-called good guys are actually hiding back doors in the Linux code to trick Joe User who grabs it off an anonymous FTP server. To me, both systems are equally insecure. Linux because I can't trust it, Windows because it's poorly written. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
Same here. I'm a guy. I don't like to shop around. I just want what I want and then get the hell out of there. I can't wait for the day when Best Buy can hand me the latest Medal of Honor and the new Simpsons DVD box without my even having to go into the store. Just go straight to the cash and my RFID-equipped loyalty card tells them what I want. Beautiful. I can't think of anything better.
You ass. That would be "auto-detect on insert". Unless your computer can somehow insert disks into itself.
My IBM keyboard is crazy loud. I don't know too much about it but it says 'Model M' on the bottom. ;)
I've seen those cafes and they're all filthy. The only people who use them are gangsters and punks, no doubt doing illegal things.