Actually, I do the exact opposite of you: I watch the trailers but not the movie. This way I get to see all the good parts, but I don't have to waste an hour and a half of my life with filler.
They need to figure out if they will agree to the GPL, or fight it. They can't do both, or if they do someone has to get the cat to chase its tail.
Actually having things both ways is a good corporate strategy. Remember, corporations are defined as selfish. If they can benefit from the GPL in some areas and attack it were it does not benefit them they win in the short run.
Corporations need not have an internally consistent value system.
I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
It's a pet peeve of mine when people call something the New Whatever. It sounds like it is planned for obsolesce. Like they don't think anyone will use the standard or equipment after 3 years.
SCO has three groups working on identifying and approaching Linux users. The first is drawing up the list, the second will send out letters offering the chance to license the code SCO says has been copied into Linux, and the third will take legal action against those who refuse.
I seem to hear the sound of baseball bats hitting knees in the background.
Darl McBride as saying that SCO has been busily identifying Linux end users and is preparing to launch lawsuits against them in order to encourage more such end users to buy licenses from SCO
I just moved from the US to London (check out my blog please!) and the difference in texting is astounding. The only time in the US I saw texting was on some lame ass commercial where the girl tell some guy to 'text me later'. Yeah right I snickered.
But in London it's a way of life. Everyone texts. Just tonight I was on the underground next to a girl who was texting a friend. I never knew thumbs could move so fast.
They're going to use a card counting system to defeat card counters. Oh the irony.
From the article:
"We've been telling the casinos not to use the computer to count the cards," says Nevada Gaming Control Board member Scott Scherer. "If players aren't allowed to use a computer to count, then the casino shouldn't be allowed to."
I think the key word there is shouldn't. I don't doubt the casino will use every advantage they can get.
This is interesting, but it sounds as though it is only useful against individual card counters. What could it do against a team of counters like in this older story by wired?
Slashdot Mirror
Next time I think 'I have a video game problem' I'm going back to this site to fell better about myself.
Yeah, we all know slashdot editors are the apex of intellect.
I for one welcome our new elderly overlords!
But after two years, it yielded no positive identifications
I'm sorry, I didn't catch that... how many false positives did you say the system had?
I don't care if we have to buy 10,000 abacuses
I bet Abacus Inc is pretty pissed at the Red Hat right now. That's one big contract to miss out on.
Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?
No.
I can't wait for the IMAX release. 60-foot surround sound whoa-a-vision.
Actually, I do the exact opposite of you: I watch the trailers but not the movie. This way I get to see all the good parts, but I don't have to waste an hour and a half of my life with filler.
It only took me two minutes to download, but that's because I beat the rush because I'm a Slashdot Subscriber.
Oh that's where I need to go to subscribe. Thanks for pointing it out. Slashdot really hides it well don't they?
The origin of the word "cubewano" is perhaps the most extreme example of nomenclative amusement among astronomers.
Boy those astronomers are some crazy guys. I should invite them to my next rave.
Ever wonder about the system of organization which astronomers use to name new space rocks?
No.
I have a BS in Physics, a BA in Sociology, and I'm getting a Masters in Economics. I know what I'm talking about.
SCO is simply lacking a good corporate strategy.
They need to figure out if they will agree to the GPL, or fight it. They can't do both, or if they do someone has to get the cat to chase its tail.
Actually having things both ways is a good corporate strategy. Remember, corporations are defined as selfish. If they can benefit from the GPL in some areas and attack it were it does not benefit them they win in the short run.
Corporations need not have an internally consistent value system.
I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
Yes
Educational institutes for the most part give you a piece of paper and not much else.
It's a pet peeve of mine when people call something the New Whatever. It sounds like it is planned for obsolesce. Like they don't think anyone will use the standard or equipment after 3 years.
Rummy to Bush: Looks like a terrorist training cell to me.
Bush: Let's get 'im.
SCO has three groups working on identifying and approaching Linux users. The first is drawing up the list, the second will send out letters offering the chance to license the code SCO says has been copied into Linux, and the third will take legal action against those who refuse.
I seem to hear the sound of baseball bats hitting knees in the background.
Wired: Are you afraid of being remembered as the man who killed open source?
... This whole process is going to make Linux and open source stronger.
McBride:
Yeah, that is clearly your goal. It's not about the money for you. No way.
Darl McBride as saying that SCO has been busily identifying Linux end users and is preparing to launch lawsuits against them in order to encourage more such end users to buy licenses from SCO
Encourage? Sounds like a threat to me.
SCO to World: Fuck you.
I just moved from the US to London (check out my blog please!) and the difference in texting is astounding. The only time in the US I saw texting was on some lame ass commercial where the girl tell some guy to 'text me later'. Yeah right I snickered.
But in London it's a way of life. Everyone texts. Just tonight I was on the underground next to a girl who was texting a friend. I never knew thumbs could move so fast.
No way...
They'll just come up with some sort of post marketing plan to go into effect during and after the movie to convince you it really was good.
They're going to use a card counting system to defeat card counters. Oh the irony.
From the article:
"We've been telling the casinos not to use the computer to count the cards," says Nevada Gaming Control Board member Scott Scherer. "If players aren't allowed to use a computer to count, then the casino shouldn't be allowed to."
I think the key word there is shouldn't. I don't doubt the casino will use every advantage they can get.
This is interesting, but it sounds as though it is only useful against individual card counters. What could it do against a team of counters like in this older story by wired?