I used to think of SCO as a drunk in a knife fight, wildly stabbing about in the hope of drawing blood.
You were right the first time. Public statements by SCO officers now appear to indicate they'll claim partial ownership rights of most modern commercial operating systems, including Windows. SCO is hardly a mster duellist and more like the drunk who's drawn blood once or twice outside of the Olive Garden and now find themselves on the wrong side of town. They yell louder and flail more to draw attention from the fact they're armed with just a pencil knife. They're going to get their clocks cleaned.
I also find it insane that the US government grants software authors similar rights and when one company simply uses those government-granted rights...
"That company" was never granted the right to abuse a monopoly. Nor were they exactly 'granted' the right to such extreme legal IP protection as they now enjoy, they bought it through campaign donations, years of intensive lobbying, and who knows what else behind closed doors.
Another point worth noting in this forum, which has a much higher representation of computer professionals than the average population, is "the job" will be typically viewed from an operational perspective. For a national government, "the job" is reducing budgets, putting people to work, opening up information access (for responible governments), promoting national industry and bringing affordable technology to the people. The relative technical merits of Excel vs. Gnumeric, Word vs. OO pale in comparison. OSS doesn't have to be the best technical tool for the job, if it's good enough to get the job done and has promise of future development, it wins.
Most brands of Christianity that survive today have learned to cope with modernity in all its varied forms.
One word rebuttal: Evolution. The Christian Right doesn't just reject but actively attacks one of the pillars of biological science. I suspect the only reason they aren't as vitriolic about astrophysics, which also centers on an ancient universe, is that Evolutionary theory is still being taught.
One parting shot....
This is the key point: no thriving, modern democracy that I can think of has been able to advance as long as its government is tied to religious leaders.
attached below is the complete list of self-proclaimed athiestic American Presidents.
Management are scared idiots, American management doubly so.
Linux use extends far beyond the American borders. Anybody believe China or India will be cowed by SCO and Boise? A one-in-a-million SCO win might hurt American competitiveness, but it won't hurt Linux.
To state the very, very obvious, GNU code by definition is publicly available. It would be a simplistic matter for Microsoft to freely download GNU code from public FTP sites and examine its worth. The GNU model encourages it. It would be almost impossible for GNU coders to do the same of Microsoft's code. The federal justice system discourages it.
Especially as we have 80 lines of identical code including comments which is the real kicker.
Which, from the above, makes it far more likely it went from GNU to SCO.
Best guess is he'll be using it as a low-power handheld computer instead of a PDA. Depending on the application, the CLI might be enough. I'm sure the answer will become clear in Part 2.
For those interested, Tiger Direct is selling 'recertified' 5500s with a three month warranty for just under $300 CDN. I had mine long enough to just fully charge the battery before upgrading to the latest Sharp ROM (5600 equiv)from the My Zaurus site. Very sweet, and a ridiculous steal at a quarter the C750's price.
The request was for a scientific reference, an anecdote proves nothing. The only people who knew Bob Carver's name in the seventies were audiophile tweaks. Bob was a designer at Phase Linear until the closing years of the decade, not becoming a known brand name until the eighties. He later went on to create some of the standard-bearing designs of their time in the hi-end tweak industry, such as the Sunfire amps, so to classify him as 'not tweak' is patently incorrect. He always has been.
By spectrum analyzer, I was referring to the concept, not the implementation. Even speaker designers left spectrum analyzers behind decades ago. They are not used, and never have been used, in the design of electronics because of their complexity and poor resolution. And yes, I do this stuff for a living. Pink noise and spectrum analyzers are primarily the domain of cheezy home hifi nowadays. In the electronics world the most common kit, as previously stated, is made by Audio Precision. It's a computer driven fully automated system which uses discrete tones for 95% of it's measurements. MLSSA dominates in speaker design, a method using a short, known psuedo-random noise burst and performing a time domain transforms on the result. Even such an advanced measurement device as this isn't of much use for electronic design.
Pink noise and spectrum analyzer? Why not tones and and a meter, which are more accurate for this purpose (and what mega-$$$ test gear such as the Audio Precision suite uses, and yes, IANEngineer)? Because it doesn't sound as mod-worthy as making shit up out of whole cloth as the above post did.
But please, point me to proper scientific references, because you are debating science, regarding these 'gags'.
Ahhhhh, thanks for clearing that up. It's all based on well-documented, highly technical 'ad hominem' parameters, and not in any inherent differences in reproduction. BTW, that's the first time in almost three decades of interest in sound reproduction that I've ever seen people berated for using the 'useless' term "warmth". Another highly moderated Slashdot first!
My work machine is a 1.7 P4, the gaming machine a 1333 Thunderbird, but the Gentoo P2 366 I use for 90% of my computer runs just find. The systems North American businesses throw out coupled with Linux could revolutionize Third World technology.
ease-of-use: both common desktop environments mimic Windows closely, moreso than the differences between 95 and XP. installation is often easier than XP
compatability: with what?
inertia: bingo. Microsoft's licensing and DRM initiatives are working on that:)
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FVWM is only as ugly as you make it. I agree with you the common themes are a usually a grotesque swirl of primary colours, and I have no idea why, but the underlying functionality is really powerful.
Hmmm, those 'folks' put down their picks and shovels and learned to fabricate and weld titanium a long time ago, enough industrial capacity that a military turndown in the 90's made much of it availible for commercial use. Odds are that big-$$$$ titanium-framed bike you see on the road was made in a Chinese factory.
Slashdot: your premier source for uninformed stereotypes.
The Chinese people could very well conquer the world, but they'll do it the hard way: diligence, industry, education, sweat and sacrifice. In fifteen years accumulated living in Canada's two largest cities I've seen less than a handful of Chinese street people and the children I know of landed immigrants all went on to university educations.
I read and quoted your words. Your reply was incredibly arrogant and mainly comprised solely of personal fantasies you extrapolated from my response. Move your lips slowly as you read your own words, important enough that you quoted them twice:
...especially if you see them regularly going after each-other's throats.
"They"? All Middle-Easterns? All the immense range of cultures, nations and religions you apparently lump into on stereoptype? It might not be 'mindless hate', but it certainly meets the definition of bigotry and, that you can't see past it, unwitting confirmation once again of the attitude I meant.
Most Americans don't think that just because someone is a foreigner that they are a terrorist, up to no good,...
Certainly, they have some fear of people of middle-Eastern descent, but you can't really begrudge them that, due to the current state of things.
Is this a troll? Fearing a quarter of the world's people because they share a vague similiarity in skin colour, culture and religion (as if there were no diversity in the Middle East!) is unwittingly ignorant and primitive. And making an analogy between people of middle-Eastern descent and vicious dogs, thinking this reasonable and fair, is unbelievable. Without realizing it you demonstarted precisely why much of the world thinks poorly of American.
Good point. Locking your depth of focus to one plane for hours on end can't be doing your eyes any favours, unlike using a computer at work where boredom and distractions pull you away from the screen, giving your eyes a break.
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Sounds like a 'BSD-lover' to me.
If you're looking to Slashdot for the 'correct way to think', you came here confused. Don't blame the inhabitants.
You were right the first time. Public statements by SCO officers now appear to indicate they'll claim partial ownership rights of most modern commercial operating systems, including Windows. SCO is hardly a mster duellist and more like the drunk who's drawn blood once or twice outside of the Olive Garden and now find themselves on the wrong side of town. They yell louder and flail more to draw attention from the fact they're armed with just a pencil knife. They're going to get their clocks cleaned.
"That company" was never granted the right to abuse a monopoly. Nor were they exactly 'granted' the right to such extreme legal IP protection as they now enjoy, they bought it through campaign donations, years of intensive lobbying, and who knows what else behind closed doors.
Another point worth noting in this forum, which has a much higher representation of computer professionals than the average population, is "the job" will be typically viewed from an operational perspective. For a national government, "the job" is reducing budgets, putting people to work, opening up information access (for responible governments), promoting national industry and bringing affordable technology to the people. The relative technical merits of Excel vs. Gnumeric, Word vs. OO pale in comparison. OSS doesn't have to be the best technical tool for the job, if it's good enough to get the job done and has promise of future development, it wins.
SCO Monkey Trials might be more accurate.
Slashdot: Linux-centric forum.
SCO suit: Threatens legality of Linux, certainly threatens its potential advancement for years to come.
Obvious Conclusion: It's an important story to Slashdot readers.
Obvious Question: If you're upset about it, why are you here?
One word rebuttal: Evolution. The Christian Right doesn't just reject but actively attacks one of the pillars of biological science. I suspect the only reason they aren't as vitriolic about astrophysics, which also centers on an ancient universe, is that Evolutionary theory is still being taught.
One parting shot....
This is the key point: no thriving, modern democracy that I can think of has been able to advance as long as its government is tied to religious leaders.
attached below is the complete list of self-proclaimed athiestic American Presidents.
Linux use extends far beyond the American borders. Anybody believe China or India will be cowed by SCO and Boise? A one-in-a-million SCO win might hurt American competitiveness, but it won't hurt Linux.
Especially as we have 80 lines of identical code including comments which is the real kicker.
Which, from the above, makes it far more likely it went from GNU to SCO.
Best guess is he'll be using it as a low-power handheld computer instead of a PDA. Depending on the application, the CLI might be enough. I'm sure the answer will become clear in Part 2.
For those interested, Tiger Direct is selling 'recertified' 5500s with a three month warranty for just under $300 CDN. I had mine long enough to just fully charge the battery before upgrading to the latest Sharp ROM (5600 equiv)from the My Zaurus site. Very sweet, and a ridiculous steal at a quarter the C750's price.
By spectrum analyzer, I was referring to the concept, not the implementation. Even speaker designers left spectrum analyzers behind decades ago. They are not used, and never have been used, in the design of electronics because of their complexity and poor resolution. And yes, I do this stuff for a living. Pink noise and spectrum analyzers are primarily the domain of cheezy home hifi nowadays. In the electronics world the most common kit, as previously stated, is made by Audio Precision. It's a computer driven fully automated system which uses discrete tones for 95% of it's measurements. MLSSA dominates in speaker design, a method using a short, known psuedo-random noise burst and performing a time domain transforms on the result. Even such an advanced measurement device as this isn't of much use for electronic design.
I would have a talk with your relative.
But please, point me to proper scientific references, because you are debating science, regarding these 'gags'.
Ahhhhh, thanks for clearing that up. It's all based on well-documented, highly technical 'ad hominem' parameters, and not in any inherent differences in reproduction. BTW, that's the first time in almost three decades of interest in sound reproduction that I've ever seen people berated for using the 'useless' term "warmth". Another highly moderated Slashdot first!
My work machine is a 1.7 P4, the gaming machine a 1333 Thunderbird, but the Gentoo P2 366 I use for 90% of my computer runs just find. The systems North American businesses throw out coupled with Linux could revolutionize Third World technology.
And that American IP laws don't apply in Asia.
compatability: with what?
inertia: bingo. Microsoft's licensing and DRM initiatives are working on that :)
FVWM is only as ugly as you make it. I agree with you the common themes are a usually a grotesque swirl of primary colours, and I have no idea why, but the underlying functionality is really powerful.
Sigh, if only Euopean monarchs had thought the same of sailing across the Atlantic 500 years ago.....
Slashdot: your premier source for uninformed stereotypes.
The Chinese people could very well conquer the world, but they'll do it the hard way: diligence, industry, education, sweat and sacrifice. In fifteen years accumulated living in Canada's two largest cities I've seen less than a handful of Chinese street people and the children I know of landed immigrants all went on to university educations.
"They"? All Middle-Easterns? All the immense range of cultures, nations and religions you apparently lump into on stereoptype? It might not be 'mindless hate', but it certainly meets the definition of bigotry and, that you can't see past it, unwitting confirmation once again of the attitude I meant.
Certainly, they have some fear of people of middle-Eastern descent, but you can't really begrudge them that, due to the current state of things.
Is this a troll? Fearing a quarter of the world's people because they share a vague similiarity in skin colour, culture and religion (as if there were no diversity in the Middle East!) is unwittingly ignorant and primitive. And making an analogy between people of middle-Eastern descent and vicious dogs, thinking this reasonable and fair, is unbelievable. Without realizing it you demonstarted precisely why much of the world thinks poorly of American.
Good point. Locking your depth of focus to one plane for hours on end can't be doing your eyes any favours, unlike using a computer at work where boredom and distractions pull you away from the screen, giving your eyes a break.