SCO has claimed many things, but the code they showed was like a blind taste test.
"Here, look at this code from, um, let's say, SCO Unix."
"Now, look at this code which is clearly from the 2.2, er, 2.4 Linux Kernel."
The code SCO was showing could have been from Tux Racer and Nagios for all the viewers of the code knew.
...Hush" an episode that for the most part has no talking (won an Emmy I think)
It didn't, but should've. That episode is one of the best I've ever seen on TV. The scene with Giles explaining the Fairy Tale using overheads where he puts a tape of scary music into his portable player is hysterical. (FYI: Parts of the scene were censored when played in the US.)
Or perhaps a puppy vs. lear jet?
Or a license vs. a license.
The GPL is not an EULA - it's a distribution license.
The GPL _is_ a EULA ("you can use this sofware however you like") and, the MSEULA _is_ a distribution license ("you cannot distribute this software").
The comparsion is valid. It's also timely and appropriate given MS's false statements about the GPL.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please.
CNN is an American company. I'm an American. I don't want to see negative stories about my country. If they show me negative stories, I might change the channel. CNN knows this. CNN's advertiser's know this.
Does CNN broadcast biased stories? Probably Not.
Is CNN biased in its choice of stories? Definitely Yes.
One possibility (from the article) was doing a special re-entry that could have let the crew bail out at 40,000 feet.
If, in the midst of its 16-day flight, wing damage had been found to be dire, the only potential -- but still unlikely -- option would have been the formulation over several days by Mission Control of a profile that could have, perhaps, reduced heating on the damaged wing at the expense of the other wing for an unguided reentry, with scant hope the vehicle would remain controllable to about 40,000 ft., allowing for crew bailout over an ocean.
Looks like that option would've been extremely risky even if damage had been noticed.
Remember, it's still very possible that a meteoroid hit the wing during the spaceflight maybe even early in the re-entry.
MS Office. Since Win3.11 days, MS Office has generally been easier to use than other similar apps.
I think that Office is probably still the best. However, have you ever put a non-techie on a new version of Word and listened to them scream at their computer about all the "intelligent" changes it trys to make?
Also, I don't think they can make the help system any worse. When I click on Help, I don't want Excel taking up half the screen and help taking up the other half. That makes both apps unusuable.
Also IE. Netscape sucked, IE worked, prices were the same (free).
For clarification:
1. Netscape was not originally free (as in beer).
2. IE 2 sucked.
3. IE 3 sucked (a bit less).
4. IE 4 was almost as good as Netscape 4 (some would say as good.)
If opera is crashing, try (if you're not already) the statically linked qt version. Stability problems are often caused by interactions between the installed qt on your machine and the one that opera was compiled against. The statically linked one does not suffer from this problem. If you are using the statically linked version, then I got nothin' for ya.
My guess is that about 20% of Win 95 users have broadband.
What you're trying to claim is that if we did a detailed statistical analysis that there would be a correlation between one category and another. I don't doubt a correlation may occur. However, on the level at which we're looking at these stats, it would all even out. One correlation would work in favor of increasing the potential market. Possibly the Win95 users with broadband connections, but another would go the other way, like Linux and Broadband (more geeks use Linux, more geeks get broadband.) However, both you and I are making up these correlations so they're both invalid.
Statistic update: Win 95 use is lower than I thought at 7%, but I left out NT use 5%, Mac use is 4%, Linux 1%, and Other is 1%. This is from users accessing google. So, the 75% becomes 82% and our overall % becomes about 8%. Oh, wait it didn't change.
Specs:
You need Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
You need Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher - Upgrade Now
You need RealPlayer 8.0 or higher
Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher
You need a Connection Speed of 128 kbps or higher
Most folks run 98 or higher, but still a large % don't. (Win95, Mac, Linux, etc.) ~ 75% do.
Most people have IE 5 or higher, but still a lot don't. ~ 65% do.
Most have Real 8 or Media Player 7 or higher. ~ 80% do.
Few have a high speed connection. ~ 20% do.
So, I hope my math is right, but: .75 *.65 *.8 *.2 =.078 or ~ 8%
Of those 8% of computer users, how many are going to use the service? How many are willing to wait for the download vs. walking down the street ot rent the DVD for less?
A large % of the 90+% are still running Win95. Don't tell me they aren't. I'm helping a Luser install SBC/Yahoo DSL and he only has Win95. They don't support it. However, without my help, he'd never upgrade as most user don't.
Actually, according to the Wall Street Journal, you have 30 days after downloading the movie to activitate it. Once activitated, you have 24 hours to watch it.
Do we have to freak out anytime some crack makes outrageous claims. I haven't looked at his software (because is OS and WebServer are not irrelevant), but doesn't his software sound a ton like the software that the young girl in the original Jurassic Park used to safely lock our heroes into the control room? How old is that movie, now?
Operating Systems will be irrelevant when people stop wanting more power from the computers. Has this even begun to happen? The features that people care about most that get into the Linux kernel are the ones with comments like, "performance increased by x%" (could be just me). Microsoft still uses generic features, like "runs programs faster". So even the non-techies at which Dr. G's article was targeted care about the OS even if they don't realize it.
So, not an original idea.
And, operating systems are not irrelevant and may never be.
I'm tired of coding for the crap that is MS's constantly changing browser standards. I have a web app that works on Netscape 6.x and higher as well as the Mozilla's that spawned them and other Gecko based browsers. However, it only works on IE 5.5. It won't work on 5.0 because the JavaScript and DOM are incomplete and 6.0 renders pages horribly.
If IE is to be the standard, then there will be NO standard.
Did anybody else get the Forbes Web Special: Take a Tour of Windows XP on this articles page also.
I love that the press can write an article about a judge being biased and then advertise for the company about which the article pertains on the same page. Where's the "read Judge Jackson's reply here" link?
13 yr. old/. reader reply: So now online rags gotta check the article's subject matter before placing ads? My reply: Yes. Or, maybe just put a link to the document on which you based your article.
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SCO has claimed many things, but the code they showed was like a blind taste test.
"Here, look at this code from, um, let's say, SCO Unix."
"Now, look at this code which is clearly from the 2.2, er, 2.4 Linux Kernel."
The code SCO was showing could have been from Tux Racer and Nagios for all the viewers of the code knew.
It's all crap, I tell ya!
He's busy defending Zion, and things look dire. This is the LAST thing he needs!
I don't select content based on the brand of browser I run.
That's great for you. I don't go to sites that won't display in Mozilla. To each his (or her) own.
Except for the fact that SCO pulled a profit this quarter.
$700,000 + loss. Not a big loss, but also, pretty much, not a profit.
...Hush" an episode that for the most part has no talking (won an Emmy I think)
It didn't, but should've. That episode is one of the best I've ever seen on TV. The scene with Giles explaining the Fairy Tale using overheads where he puts a tape of scary music into his portable player is hysterical. (FYI: Parts of the scene were censored when played in the US.)
Or perhaps a puppy vs. lear jet?
Or a license vs. a license.
The GPL is not an EULA - it's a distribution license.
The GPL _is_ a EULA ("you can use this sofware however you like") and, the MSEULA _is_ a distribution license ("you cannot distribute this software").
The comparsion is valid. It's also timely and appropriate given MS's false statements about the GPL.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please.
CNN is an American company. I'm an American. I don't want to see negative stories about my country. If they show me negative stories, I might change the channel. CNN knows this. CNN's advertiser's know this.
Does CNN broadcast biased stories? Probably Not.
Is CNN biased in its choice of stories? Definitely Yes.
Looks like that option would've been extremely risky even if damage had been noticed.
Remember, it's still very possible that a meteoroid hit the wing during the spaceflight maybe even early in the re-entry.
What do you do when you get an error during the "Secure Your System Wizard"?
How can you be sure the new development enivronment you just installed did not just open port 1434?
Can you run services like IIS in their own "jail"?
I don't know, I can't afford the Server versions of these OSes. That's why I'm asking?
I assume you're making an ironic musing on capitalization...
STARBUCKS!!!!!
WordNet defines capitalization 4 ways. Number is "writing in capital letters".
We're number 1!
Of course, defiitions 2-4, pretty much revolve around corporate business crap.
I have to wonder why no Linux security-freak has decided to take up TCPA for their own projects.
They didn't need to. Linux doesn't need hardware help to be secure. A properly configured Windows box (newer versions) doesn't need it either.
MS Office. Since Win3.11 days, MS Office has generally been easier to use than other similar apps.
I think that Office is probably still the best. However, have you ever put a non-techie on a new version of Word and listened to them scream at their computer about all the "intelligent" changes it trys to make?
Also, I don't think they can make the help system any worse. When I click on Help, I don't want Excel taking up half the screen and help taking up the other half. That makes both apps unusuable.
Also IE. Netscape sucked, IE worked, prices were the same (free).
For clarification:
1. Netscape was not originally free (as in beer).
2. IE 2 sucked.
3. IE 3 sucked (a bit less).
4. IE 4 was almost as good as Netscape 4 (some would say as good.)
If opera is crashing, try (if you're not already) the statically linked qt version. Stability problems are often caused by interactions between the installed qt on your machine and the one that opera was compiled against. The statically linked one does not suffer from this problem. If you are using the statically linked version, then I got nothin' for ya.
My guess is that about 20% of Win 95 users have broadband.
What you're trying to claim is that if we did a detailed statistical analysis that there would be a correlation between one category and another. I don't doubt a correlation may occur. However, on the level at which we're looking at these stats, it would all even out. One correlation would work in favor of increasing the potential market. Possibly the Win95 users with broadband connections, but another would go the other way, like Linux and Broadband (more geeks use Linux, more geeks get broadband.) However, both you and I are making up these correlations so they're both invalid.
Statistic update:
Win 95 use is lower than I thought at 7%, but I left out NT use 5%, Mac use is 4%, Linux 1%, and Other is 1%. This is from users accessing google. So, the 75% becomes 82% and our overall % becomes about 8%. Oh, wait it didn't change.
... And that sucks!
Specs:
.75 * .65 * .8 * .2 = .078 or ~ 8%
You need Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
You need Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher - Upgrade Now
You need RealPlayer 8.0 or higher
Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher
You need a Connection Speed of 128 kbps or higher
Most folks run 98 or higher, but still a large % don't. (Win95, Mac, Linux, etc.) ~ 75% do.
Most people have IE 5 or higher, but still a lot don't. ~ 65% do.
Most have Real 8 or Media Player 7 or higher. ~ 80% do.
Few have a high speed connection. ~ 20% do.
So, I hope my math is right, but:
Of those 8% of computer users, how many are going to use the service? How many are willing to wait for the download vs. walking down the street ot rent the DVD for less?
Sounds like an excellent business model!
A large % of the 90+% are still running Win95. Don't tell me they aren't. I'm helping a Luser install SBC/Yahoo DSL and he only has Win95. They don't support it. However, without my help, he'd never upgrade as most user don't.
Actually, according to the Wall Street Journal, you have 30 days after downloading the movie to activitate it. Once activitated, you have 24 hours to watch it.
Do we have to freak out anytime some crack makes outrageous claims. I haven't looked at his software (because is OS and WebServer are not irrelevant), but doesn't his software sound a ton like the software that the young girl in the original Jurassic Park used to safely lock our heroes into the control room? How old is that movie, now?
Operating Systems will be irrelevant when people stop wanting more power from the computers. Has this even begun to happen? The features that people care about most that get into the Linux kernel are the ones with comments like, "performance increased by x%" (could be just me). Microsoft still uses generic features, like "runs programs faster". So even the non-techies at which Dr. G's article was targeted care about the OS even if they don't realize it.
So, not an original idea.
And, operating systems are not irrelevant and may never be.
I can't, but if I did, I fear that too many people would say, "Well, if your code didn't suck here, here and here..."
My favorite error message received from IE 5.0 is:
"undefined" is undefined
I can't help but write-off an article of facts that are new to me when the few facts I know about the story are wrong.
Can we believe anything in this story? On that site? No credibility.
It's not that technews lied, they just plain got it wrong.
If MSN wins, then IE wins (or has it?)
I'm tired of coding for the crap that is MS's constantly changing browser standards. I have a web app that works on Netscape 6.x and higher as well as the Mozilla's that spawned them and other Gecko based browsers. However, it only works on IE 5.5. It won't work on 5.0 because the JavaScript and DOM are incomplete and 6.0 renders pages horribly.
If IE is to be the standard, then there will be NO standard.
Did anybody else get the Forbes Web Special: Take a Tour of Windows XP on this articles page also.
/. reader reply: So now online rags gotta check the article's subject matter before placing ads?
I love that the press can write an article about a judge being biased and then advertise for the company about which the article pertains on the same page. Where's the "read Judge Jackson's reply here" link?
13 yr. old
My reply: Yes. Or, maybe just put a link to the document on which you based your article.
Why are we just now discussing this?
/. is damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Luckily for me, the were damned that they didn't, so I was able to download it yesterday.