I'm not sure what relevence the ownership of Unix really is. Linux is not Unix and doesn't appear to contain any closed Unix code. SCO's claim revolves around stolen code, a claim backed by arguably the most famous legal firm in the US and still it goes nowhere. Microsoft 'buying' Unix and taking up the baton only exposes them to further accusations of anti-competitive practices and pits them directly against IBM. My guess is if MS really is behind this they'll find other ways to do Linux damage and let SCO quickly fade away.
No one ever said it was universal though Gentoo has ways of handling this while still providing full control over the OS. Investigate the GRP option. Whether that's of value in your situation is up to you but it makes no sense to slag a source-based distro because it's more work. If you don't need the extra control it offers don't use it.
BTW, did you miss my writing I like Debian and am using it to post this?
Not really, it does appear to be no more than a bit of inept fun. Given the examples, the correct targets aren't Gentoo users but case modders. The Lexan cover, neon lit CPU fan crowd. Gentoo users are the equivalent of engine and suspension tinkerers.
Type 'emerge foo' before going to bed or when you're done using the computer. Why is this such a difficult concept? Is your machine so old the compiler uses a handcrank? Do you live in front of the machine?
I'm typing this in Debian Alioth on my desktop, which is awesome. Debian 64 was impossible to get running cleanly on my AMD64 notebook, so it runs Gentoo. The difference is all those 'ricers' have created the most comprehensive support structure I know in the Gentoo Forums. And yes, it is nice having the power to set compile time options to ignore Gnome, ESD, KDE, ARts specific extensions when I don't run either and don't want to download all the libraries, or to compile the 'links' browser with svga support so it can be run graphics mode in Xorg. It was a godsend on my previous P2 366 notebook, and the fine tuning Gentoo permitted allowed me to watch full screen movies on it across a 10 mbit network. Win 2k choked playing the same material.
It's always interesting to see an AC comment modded up when it bears no correlation at all to the parent post. BTW in case you haven't noticed, distros vary on which supported features and optimizations are enabled when compiling binaries and some distribute custom kernel patches. Saying you can replicate any of them given enough time is at best a non sequitur.
That's just incorrect. America had IP laws from day one, hesitantly passed to bring them in line with the old world. What passes for IP laws today are the construct of corporate lobbying and influence peddling, a broken system.
Therefore, in effect, Homeland Security has been enforcing this as long as you can remember? Either you're stricken with advanced Alzheimer's or you're one of those people for whom any excercise of power by an authority you approve is justified. That kind of thinking will be the end of your republic.
And forking, but the entire Linux community just underwent the biggest fork since I first started playing with Red Hat 5.1, from XFree to Xorg, and basically no one noticed.
Balmer can ask Jason Matusow, Director of MS's Shared Source Initiative, or read Doc Searle's coverage in the November Linux Journal. Jason was the OSCon were Phil Moore, Executive Director of the Unix Engineering team of Morgan Stanley, predicted that by 2007 latest 90% of his companiy's core infrastructure, "where the money is", will be Unix. The desktops, which "are a pain in the ass" he leaves to Microsoft. It's a 'Fortune 40' company.
" Kerry is more popular because the rest of the world is even stupider than the average American voter.
They just don't like Bush. So therefore, Kerry must be an angel."
I wish, for just one moment, you could put being a person above being an American and see just how repulsive this is to the other 7+ billion people you've slagged.
You really need to look into this more. The Iraqis who died during the sanctions did so in large part because of US manipulation, who had veto powers if I recall, of said sanctions. You know, like the "water truck? bioweapon potential" sort of thing. Madeline Albright had a few words to say about it too. The first US lead war against Iraq targeted infrastructure and left very little intact. Infant mortality skyrocketted during the sanctions relative to pre-war Iraq.
BTW, this info came by way of the American popular press.
"... Ok, slashdot, let's see who can come up with the best off-the-wall looney conspiracy theories...."
The list of proxies and caches are meaningless. Yes, a very tiny percentage of internet users technically knowledgable enough to know the options will find a way. Since you asked first, what proof , beside the speculation of an outside third party, do you have this was done because of high international traffic? Do you really believe the onslaught of off shore hits to his campaign site became an expense of significance compared to air time, print costs, travel and all the rest? Why? Every international poll I've seen finds GWB's popularity and trust level suggest otherwise. The very notion of the Bush family not having the money to host a site is ludicrous at first glance. Maybe Cowboy Neal should run for president then, apparently Slashdot can afford it.
I don't know why the site's blocked, or if Bush is even aware of it, but it falls in line with the overall contempt most non-Americans perceive the Bush Administration has for the international community. To me the 'international traffic' justification is up there with 'the world resents America's way of life', a notion suitable for internal consumption only. If it walks like a duck...
That's an interesting factoid, thanks, though Colin Powell was high in the hierarchy in Clinton's admin too. It's amazing though, given what proven to be Powell's extreme deregulationist stance, that Clinton considered him.
Nothing Powell mentions here significantly differentiates him from hundreds of thousands of other lwayers. Some background in broadcasting would have been nice. This isn't a partisan shot, Powell saying pops had nothing to do with his getting this position is as beliveable as saying Hillary Clinton was the best qualified to oversee restructuring of the Federal medical system. Both are about as competent based on the results.
In my book that makes her worse (than what I thought of her, not worse than Pol Pot.) I can respect someone who's genuine about their stated beliefs, even if they're in violent opposition to mine, if those beliefs are well reasoned and sincere. From this description of Rosen, and her casting the issue as theft vs. greed, there was no moral basis in her crusade. She represented and fought 17 years for people who "still think they should put teenagers in jail" for the money.
"FWIW, royalties typically top out at not much more than a buck for most CDs (for some it's more, and for some it's less)."
Artists make $1 per CD because they're being screwed by RIAA member companies that make much, much more per CD. That's what's so galling about those same companies' claim it's all for the artist.
Can I watch when the head of web development tells the CFO the department can't be bothered with a paltry 10% of the potential customer base? I'll bring the popcorn.
"Something" is a good way to put it because almost all who voted weren't allowed to read it first. They were told it was necessary in the face of impending national crisis. And who told them that?
Kerry voted for authorizing the use of military power should it be deemed necessary, as did most with him. Bush decided on false evidence it was necessary. Spin away.
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I'm not sure what relevence the ownership of Unix really is. Linux is not Unix and doesn't appear to contain any closed Unix code. SCO's claim revolves around stolen code, a claim backed by arguably the most famous legal firm in the US and still it goes nowhere. Microsoft 'buying' Unix and taking up the baton only exposes them to further accusations of anti-competitive practices and pits them directly against IBM. My guess is if MS really is behind this they'll find other ways to do Linux damage and let SCO quickly fade away.
Don't you know anything about targeting your audience? I'd wager Slashdotters have more experience with BSD than OSX.
I read it as SCO couldn't manage to find anything legal in their support.
BTW, did you miss my writing I like Debian and am using it to post this?
Not really, it does appear to be no more than a bit of inept fun. Given the examples, the correct targets aren't Gentoo users but case modders. The Lexan cover, neon lit CPU fan crowd. Gentoo users are the equivalent of engine and suspension tinkerers.
I'm typing this in Debian Alioth on my desktop, which is awesome. Debian 64 was impossible to get running cleanly on my AMD64 notebook, so it runs Gentoo. The difference is all those 'ricers' have created the most comprehensive support structure I know in the Gentoo Forums. And yes, it is nice having the power to set compile time options to ignore Gnome, ESD, KDE, ARts specific extensions when I don't run either and don't want to download all the libraries, or to compile the 'links' browser with svga support so it can be run graphics mode in Xorg. It was a godsend on my previous P2 366 notebook, and the fine tuning Gentoo permitted allowed me to watch full screen movies on it across a 10 mbit network. Win 2k choked playing the same material.
It's always interesting to see an AC comment modded up when it bears no correlation at all to the parent post. BTW in case you haven't noticed, distros vary on which supported features and optimizations are enabled when compiling binaries and some distribute custom kernel patches. Saying you can replicate any of them given enough time is at best a non sequitur.
That's just incorrect. America had IP laws from day one, hesitantly passed to bring them in line with the old world. What passes for IP laws today are the construct of corporate lobbying and influence peddling, a broken system.
Therefore, in effect, Homeland Security has been enforcing this as long as you can remember? Either you're stricken with advanced Alzheimer's or you're one of those people for whom any excercise of power by an authority you approve is justified. That kind of thinking will be the end of your republic.
It's a porn thing.
And forking, but the entire Linux community just underwent the biggest fork since I first started playing with Red Hat 5.1, from XFree to Xorg, and basically no one noticed.
Balmer can ask Jason Matusow, Director of MS's Shared Source Initiative, or read Doc Searle's coverage in the November Linux Journal. Jason was the OSCon were Phil Moore, Executive Director of the Unix Engineering team of Morgan Stanley, predicted that by 2007 latest 90% of his companiy's core infrastructure, "where the money is", will be Unix. The desktops, which "are a pain in the ass" he leaves to Microsoft. It's a 'Fortune 40' company.
They just don't like Bush. So therefore, Kerry must be an angel."
I wish, for just one moment, you could put being a person above being an American and see just how repulsive this is to the other 7+ billion people you've slagged.
That's the best definition of a non-hereditary king I think I've ever seen. Not sure what it has to do with a democratic republic though.
BTW, this info came by way of the American popular press.
The list of proxies and caches are meaningless. Yes, a very tiny percentage of internet users technically knowledgable enough to know the options will find a way. Since you asked first, what proof , beside the speculation of an outside third party, do you have this was done because of high international traffic? Do you really believe the onslaught of off shore hits to his campaign site became an expense of significance compared to air time, print costs, travel and all the rest? Why? Every international poll I've seen finds GWB's popularity and trust level suggest otherwise. The very notion of the Bush family not having the money to host a site is ludicrous at first glance. Maybe Cowboy Neal should run for president then, apparently Slashdot can afford it.
I don't know why the site's blocked, or if Bush is even aware of it, but it falls in line with the overall contempt most non-Americans perceive the Bush Administration has for the international community. To me the 'international traffic' justification is up there with 'the world resents America's way of life', a notion suitable for internal consumption only. If it walks like a duck...
That's an interesting factoid, thanks, though Colin Powell was high in the hierarchy in Clinton's admin too. It's amazing though, given what proven to be Powell's extreme deregulationist stance, that Clinton considered him.
Nothing Powell mentions here significantly differentiates him from hundreds of thousands of other lwayers. Some background in broadcasting would have been nice. This isn't a partisan shot, Powell saying pops had nothing to do with his getting this position is as beliveable as saying Hillary Clinton was the best qualified to oversee restructuring of the Federal medical system. Both are about as competent based on the results.
In my book that makes her worse (than what I thought of her, not worse than Pol Pot.) I can respect someone who's genuine about their stated beliefs, even if they're in violent opposition to mine, if those beliefs are well reasoned and sincere. From this description of Rosen, and her casting the issue as theft vs. greed, there was no moral basis in her crusade. She represented and fought 17 years for people who "still think they should put teenagers in jail" for the money.
Artists make $1 per CD because they're being screwed by RIAA member companies that make much, much more per CD. That's what's so galling about those same companies' claim it's all for the artist.
What moron modded that down? It's the correct procedure, or is Redmond in the house today?
Start Button > Set Program Access and Defaults > Choose a Default Web Browser
Can I watch when the head of web development tells the CFO the department can't be bothered with a paltry 10% of the potential customer base? I'll bring the popcorn.
"Something" is a good way to put it because almost all who voted weren't allowed to read it first. They were told it was necessary in the face of impending national crisis. And who told them that?
Kerry voted for authorizing the use of military power should it be deemed necessary, as did most with him. Bush decided on false evidence it was necessary. Spin away.