I see here that a lot of anti-American apologists are rewriting history to suit themselves. Go ahead if it makes you feel better. And if you ever get the time go visit the memorial at Perl Harbor. My uncle was there on Dec 7th but managed to survive. My wife's family are Taiwan Chinese and they lived fifty years under the brutal Japanese rule forced to raise rice for Japan. An uncle and other Taiwanese were conscripted and made to fight the Allies with the remaining family held hostage to their obedience. Many of the people in Korea and the Philippines, Burma, and didn't fare as well as them. The Japanese were brutal bastards and had only contempt and a quick death for their colonies for any infraction.
The Japanese military were under orders to fight to the death, not prepare for a surrender. The propaganda that the Japanese were on the brink of surrender is pure BS. They were prepared to fight the bloodiest battles when the invasion of the Japanese homeland started. Read the accounts of the fighting on Okinawa if there is any doubt.
Most of the mainframers that I have worked with are nine to fivers and many didn't have a PC at home or do much more than check emails when they do. They don't code routines at home to expand their work capabilities and many think that if it doesn't weigh 6 tonne and need 10 keepers and an air conditioning plant, you can't call it a computer. Most depend on the fact that their arcane skills aren't taught any more and that's all the job security they need.
IBM does have paid staff working on Linux kernel and other aspects of Open Source Software. I no longer work there but it's a known in the company that there is Linux development going on at IBM. In addition to the kernel hackers, IBM staff are working on Elipse, as well as porting proprietary products to run on Linux. Read recent history for the amount of cash IBM has put into Linuz development. More than any other company to date.
Little Billy Gates has to have all the world's attention focused on him and him alone and by doing that he is sinking his company. Look at what he is trying to do.
Become the only operating system for desktops and servers.
Become the only or most major game console and games provider.
Become the most major search engine provider
Become the only or most major embedded OS provider.
Become the only offices productivity tools provider.
Become the only or prevalent music download provider.
Become the most major e-books provider.
Become a major hardware provider for peripherals - keyboards and pointers.
Become the most major progran development tool provider.
Become the most major publishing tool provider.
Become the most major browser provider.
Become the most major media player provider.
Become the most major media editor provider.
And this is just the list my poor tired old brain can come up with on short notice. I'm sure there's more. And all of it must be tied into the OS so he can claim "it's embedded and I can't get it removed with damaging my product". Gates is spreading his resources out to the breaking point to cover every blasted computing use on the planet and to smother all his competition. Just like a rubber band that's streached too far, it will snap and get ugly quickly when the end comes.
This is also the origin for the American stockmarkets being quoted in 1/8ths since the time they were founded. The US stock exchanges just changed recently to the decimal system to match actual money.
I'd like to see how they discover midi-chlorians and the origins of the Jedi. Just thinking. If not, I've seen all the Star Wars I need for one life time.
I had a mouse pad made from another photo in that sequence so I could run a mouse all over Bill's pie face all day long. Everyone in the IT shop division where I worked at the time was green with envy (we were an all UNIX group). I came to this article wanting to post that pic but you beat me to it.
Configuring and compiling what??? It just ran right out of the box and the only help I gave was to set up the network to get an IP address from the DHCP server on the router. The printer (HP1000C) was automatically detected and printed colors, the network ran just fine. No fiddling required. It ain't that hard folks. RTFM. The only barrier to learning is yourselves. Period. Stop blaming everyone else for your own personal failures. Until you do you'll only be lamers and loosers.
Nice Microsoft troll job and rant over GNU and FOSS. What a maroon. My pre-teen duaghter installed Suse Linux 9 dot something for her science project (me watching but no guidance other than to answer a couple of questions) and ran it without any problems. Set up her own Gnome desktop with girly fonts and Hello Kitty wallpaper with no help whatsoever. Surprised the hell out of me walking by and seeing all the eye candy she set up Are you not at least as smart as an 11 year old girl? Me thinks not. From the description of your woes you were probably trying to install the operating system onto your microwave oven. In short you shouldn't even own a computer. Go back to paper dolls and jacks. Technology will be forever beyond your ability to grok.
I don't need to shutdown the box like M$ users do to clear up buffer overflows and other crap. This box is on 24x7 and has been since Mandrake 10 relase. I don't even bother to track it any more. 99.9999% reliable as a general purpose desktop and small office file server and developer platform.
Why does the media keep reporting Microsoft marketing ploys as news? Make 'em buy advertising which is what all this nonsense is. Bill Gates having constipation or Bill Gates having diarrhea isn't news. Bill Gates coming clean and admitting that the direction of Windows(tm) has been wrong all along and that he apoligizes for all the drek they've pushed off on people would be. An apology for releasing service packs that break compatibility forcing upgrades is rather a criminal matter and should be dealt with in the courts. That would be news fit to print.
Also affected would be short wave broadcasting, military frequencies, airline long distant communications, commercial broadcast frequencies for international traffic, etc. In short just about every service that uses frequencies between 3 and 30 MHZ could have been interfered with in some part of the BPL service areas. Hams were just the most vocal and have a great number of highly trained electronic engineers of professional and hobbyist persuasions to provide technical input.
In almost every thread that incudes amateur radio there is a long string of comments about ham radio being only for old guys bitching about using morse code. This looks like a real cool use of radio that could get more kids interested.
I hope they keep up the flights and more people try their own hand at it. I'd like to try but the prevailing winds and storm conditions here in south west Florida might make this project a bit dodgy.
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You've unconvered the great cover up. George Bush and Congelisa Rice have told Chaney to get his pals at Haliburton to create this really, really, top secret Giant Magnetic Device that will fry everyone's brain in the Blue States to clear the way for a Red State migration. The only protection against this new terrible weapon is to wear tin foil under your hat, or if you can find one, a fine holed, metal colander. If the holes are too large then the micro sized Federal agents riding on the magnetic pulses will be able to get through to whisper evil thoughts in your ear and plant tiny alien creatures from Area 52 that will eat your brain. Since you are the one who made this discovery and was foolish enough to post it on the Internet, expect black helicoptors to find you.... Oh no. It's too late. They have you in their sights. Run, run. Run like the wind and don't look back.
One of the processes of setting up any critical mission whether for space or here below is doing the 'what if' drills. As a former submariner we trained to do our jobs under normal circumstances, then drilled even more for doing that job and several others under duress. Same with the space program. They have procedures for every almost every contingency and drill the crew and staff untl they could handle stress and deliver.
It's most likely that most corporate users are not interested in the entertainment aspect and would like to use only the core parts of the kernel and to have them as stable as possible. I say, get a kernel hacker or two and cut your own kernel for corporate use. It's OPEN SOURCE for a reason. Although IBM uses a "standard issue" Red Hat or SuSE kernel for their enterprise systems and do quit well, thank you very much.
On the other hand I was screwed so badly by CA that my automatic reation to anything they say or do is to discount it as coming from that Den of Thieves and Liars.
Hello Greg Bear, are you reading this? We need a trilogy. Maybe Darwin's TV.
For/.ers -> for reference read Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children. Much fun and profit in them there genes.
I had to start checking when buying parts or finished computers where the MB was manufactured. The China boards had a big failure rate before the equipment was rotated out but the Taiwan boards had a nearly 100% chance of being working and in shape to sell or donate at the end of the cycle. Things may have changed since I was involved at that level but you couldn't give me a mother board (or power supply) made in China
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Can someone find it? I'm working and don't have the time myself.
The Japanese military were under orders to fight to the death, not prepare for a surrender. The propaganda that the Japanese were on the brink of surrender is pure BS. They were prepared to fight the bloodiest battles when the invasion of the Japanese homeland started. Read the accounts of the fighting on Okinawa if there is any doubt.
Feel free to add your favorite cliches here....
Most of the mainframers that I have worked with are nine to fivers and many didn't have a PC at home or do much more than check emails when they do. They don't code routines at home to expand their work capabilities and many think that if it doesn't weigh 6 tonne and need 10 keepers and an air conditioning plant, you can't call it a computer. Most depend on the fact that their arcane skills aren't taught any more and that's all the job security they need.
IBM does have paid staff working on Linux kernel and other aspects of Open Source Software. I no longer work there but it's a known in the company that there is Linux development going on at IBM. In addition to the kernel hackers, IBM staff are working on Elipse, as well as porting proprietary products to run on Linux. Read recent history for the amount of cash IBM has put into Linuz development. More than any other company to date.
- Become the only operating system for desktops and servers.
- Become the only or most major game console and games provider.
- Become the most major search engine provider
- Become the only or most major embedded OS provider.
- Become the only offices productivity tools provider.
- Become the only or prevalent music download provider.
- Become the most major e-books provider.
- Become a major hardware provider for peripherals - keyboards and pointers.
- Become the most major progran development tool provider.
- Become the most major publishing tool provider.
- Become the most major browser provider.
- Become the most major media player provider.
- Become the most major media editor provider.
And this is just the list my poor tired old brain can come up with on short notice. I'm sure there's more. And all of it must be tied into the OS so he can claim "it's embedded and I can't get it removed with damaging my product".Gates is spreading his resources out to the breaking point to cover every blasted computing use on the planet and to smother all his competition. Just like a rubber band that's streached too far, it will snap and get ugly quickly when the end comes.
This is also the origin for the American stockmarkets being quoted in 1/8ths since the time they were founded. The US stock exchanges just changed recently to the decimal system to match actual money.
This is a funny folks. If I had any mod points I'd do it.
I'd like to see how they discover midi-chlorians and the origins of the Jedi. Just thinking. If not, I've seen all the Star Wars I need for one life time.
I had a mouse pad made from another photo in that sequence so I could run a mouse all over Bill's pie face all day long. Everyone in the IT shop division where I worked at the time was green with envy (we were an all UNIX group). I came to this article wanting to post that pic but you beat me to it.
Configuring and compiling what??? It just ran right out of the box and the only help I gave was to set up the network to get an IP address from the DHCP server on the router. The printer (HP1000C) was automatically detected and printed colors, the network ran just fine. No fiddling required. It ain't that hard folks. RTFM. The only barrier to learning is yourselves. Period. Stop blaming everyone else for your own personal failures. Until you do you'll only be lamers and loosers.
Nice Microsoft troll job and rant over GNU and FOSS. What a maroon. My pre-teen duaghter installed Suse Linux 9 dot something for her science project (me watching but no guidance other than to answer a couple of questions) and ran it without any problems. Set up her own Gnome desktop with girly fonts and Hello Kitty wallpaper with no help whatsoever. Surprised the hell out of me walking by and seeing all the eye candy she set up Are you not at least as smart as an 11 year old girl? Me thinks not. From the description of your woes you were probably trying to install the operating system onto your microwave oven. In short you shouldn't even own a computer. Go back to paper dolls and jacks. Technology will be forever beyond your ability to grok.
Retard is being an apologist for Gates.
Why does the media keep reporting Microsoft marketing ploys as news? Make 'em buy advertising which is what all this nonsense is. Bill Gates having constipation or Bill Gates having diarrhea isn't news. Bill Gates coming clean and admitting that the direction of Windows(tm) has been wrong all along and that he apoligizes for all the drek they've pushed off on people would be. An apology for releasing service packs that break compatibility forcing upgrades is rather a criminal matter and should be dealt with in the courts. That would be news fit to print.
Also affected would be short wave broadcasting, military frequencies, airline long distant communications, commercial broadcast frequencies for international traffic, etc. In short just about every service that uses frequencies between 3 and 30 MHZ could have been interfered with in some part of the BPL service areas. Hams were just the most vocal and have a great number of highly trained electronic engineers of professional and hobbyist persuasions to provide technical input.
I hope they keep up the flights and more people try their own hand at it. I'd like to try but the prevailing winds and storm conditions here in south west Florida might make this project a bit dodgy.
You've unconvered the great cover up. George Bush and Congelisa Rice have told Chaney to get his pals at Haliburton to create this really, really, top secret Giant Magnetic Device that will fry everyone's brain in the Blue States to clear the way for a Red State migration. The only protection against this new terrible weapon is to wear tin foil under your hat, or if you can find one, a fine holed, metal colander. If the holes are too large then the micro sized Federal agents riding on the magnetic pulses will be able to get through to whisper evil thoughts in your ear and plant tiny alien creatures from Area 52 that will eat your brain. Since you are the one who made this discovery and was foolish enough to post it on the Internet, expect black helicoptors to find you.... Oh no. It's too late. They have you in their sights. Run, run. Run like the wind and don't look back.
The spindizzy drive will give us Cities in FLight. I would like to recommend Seffner, Mango, or maybe Wimauma as Florida burgs to spin out.
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What he did was sign it. The legislature passes bills in the state of Florida. Get your headlines straight before you post.
Bravo to them and the Apollo 13 crew. Well done!
On the other hand I was screwed so badly by CA that my automatic reation to anything they say or do is to discount it as coming from that Den of Thieves and Liars.
Hello Greg Bear, are you reading this? We need a trilogy. Maybe Darwin's TV. For /.ers -> for reference read Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children. Much fun and profit in them there genes.
They have a category for vendors that sell laptops (and desktops too) without an OS installed.
I had to start checking when buying parts or finished computers where the MB was manufactured. The China boards had a big failure rate before the equipment was rotated out but the Taiwan boards had a nearly 100% chance of being working and in shape to sell or donate at the end of the cycle. Things may have changed since I was involved at that level but you couldn't give me a mother board (or power supply) made in China