Thanks for your reply. I've used another provider previously, and was interested how they compare. Their international investor accounts seem to have a much higher minimum - hopefully they're flexible...
Boycott Novell. If you have servers on SuSe, move them to another distro.
We've been using SuSE for a few versions now, and honestly, I think SELS 9 is a great server distro and SLED 10 is an absolutely fantastic desktop distro. But no, we won't be buying any more licenses from Novell. We got burned by Redhat by the licensing/pricing change circa RH9 too, so It'll be 100% - non-commercial - from here on out. Vendors, making money is easy - produce what people need, provide an agreed service for an agreed price, and don't shaft your customers. Why can so few American companies manage this?
Alas poor SuSE! I knew him, Horatio; a distro of infinite operability, of most excellent configuration: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it.
Those charges are some of the most ridiculous things I've heard in a long time. Basically, they're charging her with possession of information deemed dangerous to people or to the state? So since 2000, no longer do you need to act dangerously, you simply have to know how? No sir, I don't like it.
Or maybe Novell has accepted that Microsoft still owns the desktop, and Microsoft has accepted that Novell and Linux do servers better than they do. Seems like a mutually beneficial partnership to me.
I think Java was an accessible OO lanugage for people who were scared of C and therefore C++. These days, C++ has so many great toolkits that it's (relatively) easy to write desktop apps in, and Microsoft has made some good inroads with C# and.NET (ouch, that hurt me to say that). JEE is still big because the frameworks and so own are all there already, because it lets vendors write OS agnostic server platforms, and of course, because it doesn't use a GUI so avoids the big Java performance hit (which SWT mostly avoids too). JME is still big because it doesn't care which phone or device it runs on.
Leaving the desktop aside for a moment, JME and JEE are the real future of Java. Open Sourcing those is a great way to encourage its use against other programming environments, and yes, leverage the development resources of those who really need to keep using them.
I was writing about how I disagree, then I thought about it.... as long as you don't distribute binaries, you're not implementing the patented technology, just documenting it. So, just don't give distribute binaries and you're golden.
What's wrong with neteller.com? Except that it is difficult to spell?
Well, how about that I've never heard of them?
Google has an easy to remember name, and brand recognition. Importantly, they also have an ethical image and enough bank to get this started on a large scale. They can leverage those attributes to produce, say, "Google Pay" which is simple enough to remember and has a name that people can trust - and that's the main reason for people to use them over PayPal.
I know there are other small players out there, it's just that we need a very big player to compete with PayPal internationally. Someone that Banks will talk to (and give good rates to) and someone with enough leverage to get it implemented on sites - especially if it's to become used on a site like Ebay (who owns PayPal, IIRC), TradeMe, etc.
Some of the best minds in the world are in the US and would support that movement. Indeed much of the rest of the (civilian?) world would be behind it too, because what the US Government does is affecting all of us. I also think a surprising number of the military *would* back such a movement, because those kids and the many of the generals are fighting for their country and their people not for their government.
Seriously, if the revolution comes (I didn't think I'd ever write that and mean it) any government will be screwed - military weapons or no. Why? Because maybe those in power haven't learned the mistakes of previous generations, but I think that those without power certainly have.
Opera's content blocker CAN do that, so no, you don't know what you're talking about.
Blow me, bitch. It CAN'T do what I'm talking about - Opera has a glorified pattern matching filter hidden in the Advanced Options controls, and the click-block functionality doesn't help with hidden elements or scripts. Meanwhile, the Firefox solution provides an interactive list of all blockable elements, not that you even need it because the Firefox/Adblock/Filterset.G combo kills 95% of junk automatically.
Sorry boy, there's no comparison - I'd rather have extensions like Adblock that work effectively, than a half-assed solution like Opera's "content blocking".
Firefox doesn't have an Adblock feature. You're talking about an extension, without which Firefox can't block anything, as it lacks blocking capabilities.
I know exactly what I'm talking about, thanks. If you want to be fussy, yes, it is an extension. Opera's (built in) content blocker doesn't do a fraction of what I need - blocking images and Flash is cute, but I want to block iFrames, specific patterns, and domains. Firefox with Adblock (and Filterset.G updater) makes that very easy. Opera doesn't - not any version.
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Hmm. Sails + huge reduction in friction from solar-electric bubble generators = WIN.
And a diesel for when the wind doesn't blow or there's no sun.
Is it better to be stupid and wealthy, or smart and struggling?
Or are they just skipping a brain?
No, they're just saying that it's a male thing.
Thanks for your reply. I've used another provider previously, and was interested how they compare. Their international investor accounts seem to have a much higher minimum - hopefully they're flexible...
How have you found vanguard.com to deal with, and what is your association with them?
Boycott Novell. If you have servers on SuSe, move them to another distro.
We've been using SuSE for a few versions now, and honestly, I think SELS 9 is a great server distro and SLED 10 is an absolutely fantastic desktop distro. But no, we won't be buying any more licenses from Novell. We got burned by Redhat by the licensing/pricing change circa RH9 too, so It'll be 100% - non-commercial - from here on out. Vendors, making money is easy - produce what people need, provide an agreed service for an agreed price, and don't shaft your customers. Why can so few American companies manage this?
Alas poor SuSE! I knew him, Horatio; a distro of infinite operability, of most excellent configuration: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it.
Ha Ha! I'm jotting miscellaneously!!1!one!
Those charges are some of the most ridiculous things I've heard in a long time. Basically, they're charging her with possession of information deemed dangerous to people or to the state? So since 2000, no longer do you need to act dangerously, you simply have to know how? No sir, I don't like it.
Or maybe Novell has accepted that Microsoft still owns the desktop, and Microsoft has accepted that Novell and Linux do servers better than they do. Seems like a mutually beneficial partnership to me.
I think Java was an accessible OO lanugage for people who were scared of C and therefore C++. These days, C++ has so many great toolkits that it's (relatively) easy to write desktop apps in, and Microsoft has made some good inroads with C# and .NET (ouch, that hurt me to say that). JEE is still big because the frameworks and so own are all there already, because it lets vendors write OS agnostic server platforms, and of course, because it doesn't use a GUI so avoids the big Java performance hit (which SWT mostly avoids too). JME is still big because it doesn't care which phone or device it runs on.
Leaving the desktop aside for a moment, JME and JEE are the real future of Java. Open Sourcing those is a great way to encourage its use against other programming environments, and yes, leverage the development resources of those who really need to keep using them.
You're right. What we need is flying trees.
I was writing about how I disagree, then I thought about it.... as long as you don't distribute binaries, you're not implementing the patented technology, just documenting it. So, just don't give distribute binaries and you're golden.
What's wrong with neteller.com? Except that it is difficult to spell?
Well, how about that I've never heard of them?
Google has an easy to remember name, and brand recognition. Importantly, they also have an ethical image and enough bank to get this started on a large scale. They can leverage those attributes to produce, say, "Google Pay" which is simple enough to remember and has a name that people can trust - and that's the main reason for people to use them over PayPal.
I know there are other small players out there, it's just that we need a very big player to compete with PayPal internationally. Someone that Banks will talk to (and give good rates to) and someone with enough leverage to get it implemented on sites - especially if it's to become used on a site like Ebay (who owns PayPal, IIRC), TradeMe, etc.
Just a cost of doing business until a more ethical payment provider arrives on the scene...
GOOGLE, ARE YOU LISTENING?!
Extremophile: Michael Jackson, bungy jumping.
If there is a U.S. revolution does that mean the "American experiment" failed or is it working just as the founders envisioned?
I would say the latter.
Some of the best minds in the world are in the US and would support that movement. Indeed much of the rest of the (civilian?) world would be behind it too, because what the US Government does is affecting all of us. I also think a surprising number of the military *would* back such a movement, because those kids and the many of the generals are fighting for their country and their people not for their government.
Seriously, if the revolution comes (I didn't think I'd ever write that and mean it) any government will be screwed - military weapons or no. Why? Because maybe those in power haven't learned the mistakes of previous generations, but I think that those without power certainly have.
But the Congressman said the Security Researcher is a witch, so let's burn him.
It's now your first born son.
Why does TubeSteak hate America?
I wonder if they now ship with asbestos battery surrounds in case the battery pack explodes?
I wonder if they now ship with asbestos battery surrounds in case the SONY battery pack explodes?
There. Fixed that for you.
Opera's content blocker CAN do that, so no, you don't know what you're talking about.
Blow me, bitch. It CAN'T do what I'm talking about - Opera has a glorified pattern matching filter hidden in the Advanced Options controls, and the click-block functionality doesn't help with hidden elements or scripts. Meanwhile, the Firefox solution provides an interactive list of all blockable elements, not that you even need it because the Firefox/Adblock/Filterset.G combo kills 95% of junk automatically.
Sorry boy, there's no comparison - I'd rather have extensions like Adblock that work effectively, than a half-assed solution like Opera's "content blocking".
They've been crapping on customers for a decade.
And I predict that they'll be out of business within another decade.
OK, but why would a UK court support that position?
Firefox doesn't have an Adblock feature. You're talking about an extension, without which Firefox can't block anything, as it lacks blocking capabilities.
I know exactly what I'm talking about, thanks. If you want to be fussy, yes, it is an extension. Opera's (built in) content blocker doesn't do a fraction of what I need - blocking images and Flash is cute, but I want to block iFrames, specific patterns, and domains. Firefox with Adblock (and Filterset.G updater) makes that very easy. Opera doesn't - not any version.
Even though this move against Lik-Sang is outrageous, it turns out that people just don't care enough to deprive themselves of entertainment.
I do. I saw the trailer for Ghost Rider, and wanted to see it. Now that I know it's a Sony picture, I'm not going.
Fuck Sony. And fuck the UK courts too - what the hell is happening to that country?