If they'd have migrated to open source software in 1995, they'd probably have spent more money than the non-free licensing costs on supporting the whole thing. OSS is making great strides, becoming more usable with each passing year, but I strongly doubt going OSS for everything now will be cheaper than running on existing licenses for another few years, and switching then. 10 years is an awful long time in this industry.
GNOME is almost 9 years old, and it's only just become usable for end-users.
We're already accustomed to Google tracking everything we do online through their servers. Now we're seeing what's really going on behind the scenes - they're staging a replacement for the UN, and will eventually be a forced to be reckoned with. Naturally, PeopleSearch (beta) will go online shortly after Google gets diplomatic immunity, and cameras will appear at every intersection, tracking people wherever they go.
All this within the next 15 years, AND I STILL DON'T FUCKING HAVE MY FLYING CAR.
If a kid is being bullied, he shouldn't be hanging out around the bullies. If a guy wants to take a walk in the middle of the night, he shouldn't be taking said walk down MLK.
If you want to use a computer, you should at least have an idea of what you're doing. If you want to hang around bad neighborhoods, you'd best know what you're doing and not pull attention to yourself, as well as wear some kind of protection.
You know, the Internet's a rather nasty neighborhood these days.
Dear SmurfButcher, I was referred to you by an acquaintance of mine. I'm currently hiring someone to work as a full-time, one-man technical department for a campus with 3000 computers running Windows XP - would this suffice?
I'm white, I don't go down MLK Boulevard late at night. In fact, I "really ain't got no business" there, and so if I'd get mugged there, I'd have only myself to blame.
In other words, know what you're doing. It applies to real-world interaction as well as the Internet.
Wow, slashdotters truly don't know a single thing about how Google works? Do you honestly think the results are sorted by pagerank, instead of by relevance? This isn't your altavista.digital.com-era search engine. .
The warranty on the thruster-parts ran out. Honestly!
The magazine, Star Wars Insider Issue 62, explains that R2's manufacturers at Industrial Automation had limited their factory warranty on astromech rockets to about 20 years, which would explain why R2 doesn't have his rockets in the Original Trilogy. He also had another set of rockets in a cut scene in The Phantom Menace, where he falls off a Coruscant landing platform, only to be saved by his rockets.
Let me get this right.. You have a low-enough UID to supposedly be somewhat knowledgeable, yet you advocate writing frameworks and not marrying the code to the framework..? Then why the hell are you mixing the View in with the Model (and most likely Controller too?)
Honestly, it's people like you who give PHP a really bad name. Any sane person would AT LEAST be using a templating system like Smarty.
If a known nazi (such as Adolf Hitler) would recommend something to you; what happens when you in turn recommend it to others, saying your source is Adolf Hitler? In a logical world, people would see that YOU recommend it; no matter the source. In the real world, people would see you condone Adolf Hitler's message - whether it's his core message or just a "cool article".
No, I'm honestly not trying to troll here (even when Godwin-ing this thread); - I just thought it'd be a good way to get the point across.
What you're doing is actually legitimizing Roland's link-whoring, saying everyone should do it if they so please. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think ripping the articles of well-written websites is a nice thing to do?
Maybe that holds true for EA in the US, but I've had nothing but good experiences with people from EA Europe. A couple of years ago, I was working for a big online gaming network, and got a few invitations to press events from EA. Fast forward a bit and I ended up monkeying at an internet café, hosting such events along with the phenomenal EA crew - security/operations people, PR people, developers etc.
Were they just putting on a show? I don't think so; I managed to get the operations guy for Battlefield: Vietnam somewhat high on snus, had a great beer (or two) with some of the devs behind Battle for Middle-Earth etc. In my oppinion, the EA Europe people are great - but then again, I can't really deny the ruckus that EA Spouse stirred up.
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Dunno how well organized the hardcore squatters are, but i managed to snag a nice 3-character domain 19 hours into the landrush.
If they'd have migrated to open source software in 1995, they'd probably have spent more money than the non-free licensing costs on supporting the whole thing.
OSS is making great strides, becoming more usable with each passing year, but I strongly doubt going OSS for everything now will be cheaper than running on existing licenses for another few years, and switching then.
10 years is an awful long time in this industry.
GNOME is almost 9 years old, and it's only just become usable for end-users.
75% of adult gamers like teens
You want the state to get involved in software development?
your government is already involved.
Apply random patches until one kind of works?
Seems to be working pretty well for MicroSoft.
This is phase two.
We're already accustomed to Google tracking everything we do online through their servers.
Now we're seeing what's really going on behind the scenes - they're staging a replacement for the UN, and will eventually be a forced to be reckoned with.
Naturally, PeopleSearch (beta) will go online shortly after Google gets diplomatic immunity, and cameras will appear at every intersection, tracking people wherever they go.
All this within the next 15 years, AND I STILL DON'T FUCKING HAVE MY FLYING CAR.
http://aspell.sourceforge.net/
Solve the problem?
No, not at all.
If you'd take a breather, calm down for a few seconds and look at the list, it's *avoiding* the problem.
Would you send your kids to Iraq? Afghanistan?
If a kid is being bullied, he shouldn't be hanging out around the bullies.
If a guy wants to take a walk in the middle of the night, he shouldn't be taking said walk down MLK.
If you want to use a computer, you should at least have an idea of what you're doing.
If you want to hang around bad neighborhoods, you'd best know what you're doing and not pull attention to yourself, as well as wear some kind of protection.
You know, the Internet's a rather nasty neighborhood these days.
Dear SmurfButcher,
I was referred to you by an acquaintance of mine.
I'm currently hiring someone to work as a full-time, one-man technical department for a campus with 3000 computers running Windows XP - would this suffice?
I'm white, I don't go down MLK Boulevard late at night.
In fact, I "really ain't got no business" there, and so if I'd get mugged there, I'd have only myself to blame.
In other words, know what you're doing.
It applies to real-world interaction as well as the Internet.
Don't throw glasses in your house when you're stoned?
C) Head asplode.
Your point?
Wait a second, you expected interesting or meaninful *content* from a blog?
America also has:
George Bush
laws overriding your precious bill of rights
Oh wait, you were modded funny instead of insightful.
Carry on, citizen.
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.
God knows my colleagues agree!
... of which 115 would've been developed by EA, except that their recent "layoffs" pulls the number down to a whooping 110.
Wow, slashdotters truly don't know a single thing about how Google works?
Do you honestly think the results are sorted by pagerank, instead of by relevance?
This isn't your altavista.digital.com-era search engine. .
Let me get this right..
You have a low-enough UID to supposedly be somewhat knowledgeable, yet you advocate writing frameworks and not marrying the code to the framework..?
Then why the hell are you mixing the View in with the Model (and most likely Controller too?)
Honestly, it's people like you who give PHP a really bad name.
Any sane person would AT LEAST be using a templating system like Smarty.
Sharpies.
Lots of them.
it wouldn't have made Black & White a better game if you'd been able to toss off a mouse gesture that casts 'I Win'.
It's not a game - it's a simulation.
You don't see "God" waving his hand, giving me first post - do you?
If a known nazi (such as Adolf Hitler) would recommend something to you; what happens when you in turn recommend it to others, saying your source is Adolf Hitler?
In a logical world, people would see that YOU recommend it; no matter the source.
In the real world, people would see you condone Adolf Hitler's message - whether it's his core message or just a "cool article".
No, I'm honestly not trying to troll here (even when Godwin-ing this thread); - I just thought it'd be a good way to get the point across.
What you're doing is actually legitimizing Roland's link-whoring, saying everyone should do it if they so please.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think ripping the articles of well-written websites is a nice thing to do?
Maybe that holds true for EA in the US, but I've had nothing but good experiences with people from EA Europe.
A couple of years ago, I was working for a big online gaming network, and got a few invitations to press events from EA.
Fast forward a bit and I ended up monkeying at an internet café, hosting such events along with the phenomenal EA crew - security/operations people, PR people, developers etc.
Were they just putting on a show? I don't think so; I managed to get the operations guy for Battlefield: Vietnam somewhat high on snus, had a great beer (or two) with some of the devs behind Battle for Middle-Earth etc.
In my oppinion, the EA Europe people are great - but then again, I can't really deny the ruckus that EA Spouse stirred up.