I have on my LAN a late-model Dell desktop, dualbooting Windows XP Home and Red Hat 8, an 800 MHz iBook dualing 10.2.6 and 9.2.2, a 500 MHz Gateway P3 desktop running Windows 98 SE (and on occasion Morphix), a 450 MHz Gateway Celeron laptop also running Win 98 SE, and a 1 GHz Gateway laptop running Windows 2000 Professional. The two Gateway laptops connect to the LAN by 802.11a. All these machines use SMB for filesharing. The Windows boxes can print on an HP Laserjet 1000 (don't laugh, it's better than my previous printer, an Epson Stylus Color 600 that is still hooked up to the Gateway desktop but not shared) when the Dell is running Windows. My only real problem is that my Mac can't connect to SMB printer shares (I once saw some funny way to do so, but I'd prefer to wait for Apple to officially come up with something. Until then, I samba my files to the Dell for printing).
The Packard Bell 486 on the printer stand, alas, lacks a network card.
"website spam"
Cutesie articles like that only make it harder for people wanting to find actual games by cluttering their displays. Besides, the article probably inserts itself when people are searching for actual Editor's Choice games.
A tax on Internet access to recoup filesharing losses would be about as unfair as it gets. Out of paranoia, I have sworn off what little bit of Limewire stuff I did, so why should I have to pay the bills of the people who wish to persist?
Actually, the guy was very good, though he was a wee bit confused by the headphone adapter board at the front, and tried to get it to hook up to a stock Audigy 2.
I can have shaky hands sometimes, and when dealing with knockoff hardware that's wired up to the front of the machine funny, it seemed to be worth the $30 express installation to reduce the risk of ruining a new machine to nil.
Exactly.
There is no licensing on an Xbox (to my knowledge) any more than there is on my Dell tower. When I didn't like the cheapie soundcard Dell gave me, I took it out to CompUSA and got the card replaced. If I had an Xbox, and I didn't like its inability to function like the cheapo PC it is, I'd have the right to try to put a non-castrated operating system on it, which would have to be Linux or BSD because I doubt Windows would run correctly.
First off, of the alts you're looking at, I'd suggest Mac OS X, as it's the closest affordable thing to Linux, except maybe for Solaris x86 which can be gotten for twenty bucks.
Second off, I tink you're wrong about forking. Third-party forking is an essential part of the open-source model, and promotes innovation. Also, when there are several forks, different people will probably benefit most from different forks...until, of course, they start absorbing each other's unique features, at which point some can easily die out.
If Mac OS X or Unix is needed for something, or someone absolutely must have a Windows box, then there's the remaining 20%, which will always have some space left in it if you keep adding open source machines, and converting older machines to open source.
Well, this would be useful for increasing flight sim realism, which is what this guy is doing.
As for the aircraft carrier, I guess that if you could afford one, it wouldn't make a half-bad yacht...and home for your private plane.
And while we're at it, how about marketing.de (Germany's TLD) for Delawarians? The sort of idiots who buy novelty domains won't know what the bloody hey "Deutschland" means, but they might think it has something to do with the Dutch...but unless they see the original meaning on Wikipedia or somewhere (like this calibre of people would go there) they will just think that.de is a reference to Delaware and not Germany.
If the policy were Linux-only, turning down $43K in Windows PCs would still be an up, because you can Red Hat those, either single or dual -- also for free.
I don't know what I'd say about turning down $43K in Windows PCs due to a Mac-only policy. I'd probably still be against it, because free computers are a Good Thing. If you don't like Windows, as above, Linux is always an option.
As for the second scenario, it'd be a waste of the taxpayers' money.
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If that's what you desire in an open source leader, I think you're looking for Linus.
I have on my LAN a late-model Dell desktop, dualbooting Windows XP Home and Red Hat 8, an 800 MHz iBook dualing 10.2.6 and 9.2.2, a 500 MHz Gateway P3 desktop running Windows 98 SE (and on occasion Morphix), a 450 MHz Gateway Celeron laptop also running Win 98 SE, and a 1 GHz Gateway laptop running Windows 2000 Professional. The two Gateway laptops connect to the LAN by 802.11a. All these machines use SMB for filesharing. The Windows boxes can print on an HP Laserjet 1000 (don't laugh, it's better than my previous printer, an Epson Stylus Color 600 that is still hooked up to the Gateway desktop but not shared) when the Dell is running Windows. My only real problem is that my Mac can't connect to SMB printer shares (I once saw some funny way to do so, but I'd prefer to wait for Apple to officially come up with something. Until then, I samba my files to the Dell for printing). The Packard Bell 486 on the printer stand, alas, lacks a network card.
"website spam" Cutesie articles like that only make it harder for people wanting to find actual games by cluttering their displays. Besides, the article probably inserts itself when people are searching for actual Editor's Choice games.
No, they're usually bound by state law, as I recall.
A tax on Internet access to recoup filesharing losses would be about as unfair as it gets. Out of paranoia, I have sworn off what little bit of Limewire stuff I did, so why should I have to pay the bills of the people who wish to persist?
Much agreed. I say I use "Red Hat Linux 8," and anyone who cares will know that Red Hat is a distro incorporating a good number of GNU programs.
Actually, the guy was very good, though he was a wee bit confused by the headphone adapter board at the front, and tried to get it to hook up to a stock Audigy 2.
I can have shaky hands sometimes, and when dealing with knockoff hardware that's wired up to the front of the machine funny, it seemed to be worth the $30 express installation to reduce the risk of ruining a new machine to nil.
Exactly. There is no licensing on an Xbox (to my knowledge) any more than there is on my Dell tower. When I didn't like the cheapie soundcard Dell gave me, I took it out to CompUSA and got the card replaced. If I had an Xbox, and I didn't like its inability to function like the cheapo PC it is, I'd have the right to try to put a non-castrated operating system on it, which would have to be Linux or BSD because I doubt Windows would run correctly.
First off, of the alts you're looking at, I'd suggest Mac OS X, as it's the closest affordable thing to Linux, except maybe for Solaris x86 which can be gotten for twenty bucks. Second off, I tink you're wrong about forking. Third-party forking is an essential part of the open-source model, and promotes innovation. Also, when there are several forks, different people will probably benefit most from different forks...until, of course, they start absorbing each other's unique features, at which point some can easily die out.
Much agreed. The term "intellectual property" and any synonyms thereof are a reductionism of the law.
It's only $12 per month if you pay annually.
I think college students should have to have 802.11b laptops.
I believe the screens can be replaced, though I don't know how much that costs.
Why yes, convenient playback! (though Ogg Vorbis and AAC are superior)
Black Isle is the division of Interplay that published Baldur's Gate.
The cutscenes are pretty good. They're Bioware-style, that's all.
Sorry for any confusion, folks. I eat my words.
No, I think the GPL is irrevocable and has inheritance...so any Linux derivative has to be GPL.
If Mac OS X or Unix is needed for something, or someone absolutely must have a Windows box, then there's the remaining 20%, which will always have some space left in it if you keep adding open source machines, and converting older machines to open source.
Well, this would be useful for increasing flight sim realism, which is what this guy is doing. As for the aircraft carrier, I guess that if you could afford one, it wouldn't make a half-bad yacht...and home for your private plane.
and get a Ph. D. Teach the young coders, if business seems to think you inept compared to them.
And while we're at it, how about marketing .de (Germany's TLD) for Delawarians? The sort of idiots who buy novelty domains won't know what the bloody hey "Deutschland" means, but they might think it has something to do with the Dutch...but unless they see the original meaning on Wikipedia or somewhere (like this calibre of people would go there) they will just think that .de is a reference to Delaware and not Germany.
If the policy were Linux-only, turning down $43K in Windows PCs would still be an up, because you can Red Hat those, either single or dual -- also for free. I don't know what I'd say about turning down $43K in Windows PCs due to a Mac-only policy. I'd probably still be against it, because free computers are a Good Thing. If you don't like Windows, as above, Linux is always an option. As for the second scenario, it'd be a waste of the taxpayers' money.
Because you cannot defend a trademark that is being constantly used for similar products; you'd have to file millions of lawsuits to even try.