Where humans have lived, just about every other life form except the rat and roach have suffered. Do you propose we start a policy of zero population grown and euthanasia for those of us still living? Everything evolves including the world, and one day our world will die.
I'm probably talking out of my ass, but didn't MIR have a much lower failure rate for critical equipment than ISS? What might the reasons be? Overly complex design of ISS equipment? Something else?
Isn't there something a little unethical about using your employer's resources to set up a rival? Could it be that these people got what was coming to them?
Looking at SkillMarket, there are far more Perl jobs than PHP (2629 vs 312). Why the discrepancy between SkillMarket and TIOBE?
Because while Perl has been in widespread use professionally for a log long time ("Perl is dieing, Netcraft confirms it..."), and so there are a large number of IT professionals that use Perl, PHP has only recently been taken seriously by enterprise class developers, and so has not yet built the volume of qualified professionals yet. It's that simple, no mysteries, no misinterpretations, nothing to see, move along.
Isn't it a bit ironic that we are looking for a GNU/Linux answer to VB, when there is virtually nothing good said about VB in the GNU/Linux community? It's sort of like "Man, oh man! VisualBasic SUCKS! Let's make a GNU/Linux version!" I don't get it.
Right now, the one thing it's mostly lacking is a unified, simple interface [a la Windows or OS X] and just user friendliness in general. Grandma can't figure out how to print? It's not ready..
Never set up a Redhat 9 box then, I guess. Has all the things you mention... And, since "grandma" is prob. not going to be wanting to play the latest video games, but rather use email and Internet, Redhat should do just fine (if they still made a consumer version).
It's fine if you disagree with me on the issue of Intellectual Property, opinions differ. But please pull your head out of your ass. The copyright is in fact a contract. Move on before you make an ass of yourself.
Well, honestly its been years since I walked into a record store. But I am aware that in very tiny writing on most media there is if not a contract of some type, than at least a copyright notice, that in the United States, at least, has a number of obnoxious legal implications for the user.
Actually, Grandpa will get pissed, and not buy any more PPV events.
People like to bitch. It's both a sport and a way to vent. But in the end, these vocalizations mean very little. Grandpa *will* pay the price because he wants to see the game. We see it every day: As much as people like to bitch about the Record Industry, CDs continue to sell in rocord numbers. People gripe about spending $3 plus at Starbucks, but they do it anyway. $200 sneakers fly out of the stores, and we are quite willing to spend $3 to 6 for a bag of sliced and fried potatos. As humand, we like to bitch, but as consumers, we pay up because we want all the toys.
What happens when Grandpa can no longer record a game they want to watch on PPV? Chaos I say.
Grandpa may bitch and moan. Than pay and shut up, because as much as he wants to record it so he can invite all his friends over to watch it whenever he and they like, he knows that this is not the agreement he made when he paid for it.
No, YOU don't get it. When you bought that CD, whether you like it or not, you conducted a business transaction that required you to agree to certain contractual things. The fact that you didn't read the contract means nothing. Nobody is twisting your arm to agree to these things, and if you don't want to, you don't have to. You may not be able to own or listen to or watch or play certain things, but that is your choice and yours alone.
It has never been difficult for crackpots with agendas to spread rubbish; usually with a purchased 'of the shelf' diploma under their belt.
This quote is really a steaming pile. Like today public and private school degrees are anything but purchased products? Get real. In the United States (and certain Caribbean islands), a university "education" is purchased for a price just like anything else. Rarely do grades and actual knowledge have much to do with obtaining a degree.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Posted at 25 min after the hour, and still you have not been modded "troll". Wow. Have all the mods started New Years celebrations already? But of course you are right (unless it was a joke, in which case, very funny!).
No. Sorry, I know it's sad, but the average consumer that knows about DRM accepts DRM as "the way things are". One of the biggest mistakes that tech knowledgeable folks like you and I make is assuming that things like this make any difference to consumers. You see, they make little or no difference to average consumers because these people accept DRM as the cost of buying, renting, or owning a copy of someone else's IP. To most people, it is nothing more than a type of use tax, and most consumers have no problem with this.
From what I've read about Microsoft MCE and all of its DRM and content restrictions, I have to agree with both of these articles.
The average consumer does not care about DRM. It is only a very small percentage of people (mostly "geeks") who care about DRM. There for, do not play "taps" for Microsoft MCE simply because you and all your friends don't like it, you are not an average consumer. You are not Microsoft's target sale.
Virtually all the issues with spyware involve the ability of normal users to install executables themselves, and the solution is simple: Only allow people with Admin rights to install executables and change system settings. Please don't bleat about how developers and certain other groups need the ability to install and change things, we are not talking about developers, we are talking about average corporate users.
Where I work (US Air Force), this type of policy has not created any problems at all, and for the most part has prevented any significant invasion of spyware in the 5 years I've been at this facility. Why build some expensive and unnecessary additional infrastructure to solve a problem that can be controlled with permissions?
I wonder if I can ask the slashdot crowd other meaningfull things like; what is better, seti or folding?
Probably not since Slashdot is primarily a Fantasy Film and Gamer site. You should probably seek out a forum that deals with science on a more regular basis.
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Where humans have lived, just about every other life form except the rat and roach have suffered. Do you propose we start a policy of zero population grown and euthanasia for those of us still living? Everything evolves including the world, and one day our world will die.
Spaced out???
You forgot: Learn FLASH! Flash is the wave of the future!
Well then, perhaps there should be a FULL TIME maintenence guy up there who's job is exclusivly to float around and tweek stuff before it goes bad?
I'm probably talking out of my ass, but didn't MIR have a much lower failure rate for critical equipment than ISS? What might the reasons be? Overly complex design of ISS equipment? Something else?
Isn't there something a little unethical about using your employer's resources to set up a rival? Could it be that these people got what was coming to them?
Because while Perl has been in widespread use professionally for a log long time ("Perl is dieing, Netcraft confirms it..."), and so there are a large number of IT professionals that use Perl, PHP has only recently been taken seriously by enterprise class developers, and so has not yet built the volume of qualified professionals yet. It's that simple, no mysteries, no misinterpretations, nothing to see, move along.
I think it might just be ideal for the Railians...
$750 in Brooklyn? Hmmmmmm.....
Why yes, of course! PHP! Why didn't I think of that! The Magic Elixir!
Isn't it a bit ironic that we are looking for a GNU/Linux answer to VB, when there is virtually nothing good said about VB in the GNU/Linux community? It's sort of like "Man, oh man! VisualBasic SUCKS! Let's make a GNU/Linux version!" I don't get it.
Never set up a Redhat 9 box then, I guess. Has all the things you mention... And, since "grandma" is prob. not going to be wanting to play the latest video games, but rather use email and Internet, Redhat should do just fine (if they still made a consumer version).
Summary of this entire thread: The Richard Stallman "I Love Me" Thread.
It's fine if you disagree with me on the issue of Intellectual Property, opinions differ. But please pull your head out of your ass. The copyright is in fact a contract. Move on before you make an ass of yourself.
Well, honestly its been years since I walked into a record store. But I am aware that in very tiny writing on most media there is if not a contract of some type, than at least a copyright notice, that in the United States, at least, has a number of obnoxious legal implications for the user.
People like to bitch. It's both a sport and a way to vent. But in the end, these vocalizations mean very little. Grandpa *will* pay the price because he wants to see the game. We see it every day: As much as people like to bitch about the Record Industry, CDs continue to sell in rocord numbers. People gripe about spending $3 plus at Starbucks, but they do it anyway. $200 sneakers fly out of the stores, and we are quite willing to spend $3 to 6 for a bag of sliced and fried potatos. As humand, we like to bitch, but as consumers, we pay up because we want all the toys.
Grandpa may bitch and moan. Than pay and shut up, because as much as he wants to record it so he can invite all his friends over to watch it whenever he and they like, he knows that this is not the agreement he made when he paid for it.
No, YOU don't get it. When you bought that CD, whether you like it or not, you conducted a business transaction that required you to agree to certain contractual things. The fact that you didn't read the contract means nothing. Nobody is twisting your arm to agree to these things, and if you don't want to, you don't have to. You may not be able to own or listen to or watch or play certain things, but that is your choice and yours alone.
So, because *most* of his crap is legit, that makes it "ok" for him to to sell *a little bit* of spamware? Ok....
This quote is really a steaming pile. Like today public and private school degrees are anything but purchased products? Get real. In the United States (and certain Caribbean islands), a university "education" is purchased for a price just like anything else. Rarely do grades and actual knowledge have much to do with obtaining a degree.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Posted at 25 min after the hour, and still you have not been modded "troll". Wow. Have all the mods started New Years celebrations already? But of course you are right (unless it was a joke, in which case, very funny!).
No. Sorry, I know it's sad, but the average consumer that knows about DRM accepts DRM as "the way things are". One of the biggest mistakes that tech knowledgeable folks like you and I make is assuming that things like this make any difference to consumers. You see, they make little or no difference to average consumers because these people accept DRM as the cost of buying, renting, or owning a copy of someone else's IP. To most people, it is nothing more than a type of use tax, and most consumers have no problem with this.
The average consumer does not care about DRM. It is only a very small percentage of people (mostly "geeks") who care about DRM. There for, do not play "taps" for Microsoft MCE simply because you and all your friends don't like it, you are not an average consumer. You are not Microsoft's target sale.
Where I work (US Air Force), this type of policy has not created any problems at all, and for the most part has prevented any significant invasion of spyware in the 5 years I've been at this facility. Why build some expensive and unnecessary additional infrastructure to solve a problem that can be controlled with permissions?
Probably not since Slashdot is primarily a Fantasy Film and Gamer site. You should probably seek out a forum that deals with science on a more regular basis.