Honestly, the whole 1st, 2nd and 3rd (not to mention 4th) world terms are really outdated.
There doesn't seem to be a clear consensus on newer terms, but terms like "developed", "industrialized", "newly industrialized", "developing", "under developed", etc. are much more descriptive.
Flying in an airplane has always been about unwritten rules of conduct, in addition to the encylopediae of written rules.
It seems people are increasingly ignoring those unwritten rules, not to mention the written ones.
I have to say, I really think the lack of courteousness is directly due to being crammed into a long, uncomfortable flight. Cram people into a box like an animal, and they're going to act like animals.
of a translator website where you can ask terminology questions and supposedly get back intelligent answers.
Someone had entered "This is gay" for the English > Spanish combo, and you wouldn't believe the number of idiots that actually responded with "Esto es un homosexual".
You talk about real men using UNIX, then in the next sentence talk about linux distos putting themselves in jeopardy by including binary modules from vendors.
Seriously, take a look at the history of Solaris nad IRIX.
I also got the first e-mail on that cell phone EVER from someone interested in buying my time share? WTF? I don't have a time share.
I got one of those last week. I don't publish my cellphone to ANYBODY, other than my family and a few friends. Most of my friends don't even have my cell. I can only think that it is Cingular itself that has given up my number to others.
And actually, I get no unwanted calls on my home line either, since it's a VOIP number given to me by Speakeasy.
A mass exodus from Suse starting now is the far more likely result.
Maybe, maybe not.
I am a fairly typical SUSE user, having starting with it back in the 7.x days while I was still in IT. It was a natural migration from RedHat when they announced their support model change.
I also use Ubuntu on a regular basis. I have one machine that has SUSE 10.1 and another with Ubuntu 6.06 (I tried 6.10, didn't like it due to problems that were pretty much non-existent in 6.06).
A far more likely scenario (at least in corporate settings) is going to be that they stick with Novell, since it works for their needs. People are going to wait and see what happens before they jump ship, not just blindly switch based on a press conference.
That's the way businesses work, at least if they don't want constant interruptions.
I don't believe any of them were or are "iPod killers", since most of the brands (not models) themselves had mp3 players long before the iPod hit the scene. And again, I really don't think that any of these companies (with the exception of MS, maybe) are sitting around saying to themselves "How do we become iPod killers?"
The term "iPod killer" itself is just a journalism blink tag.
RedHat is going to be forced to drastically reduce their prices just to compete.
They have been WAY overcharging for the support they currently provide. Not to mention that both AS and ES versions came with bluetooth(!) enabled on a server install. Stuff like that is just plain stupid.
When they went enterprise-only support after RH9, they shot themselves in the foot because, at the time, people who would have genuinely considered switching to RH (or any other distro for that matter, but RH was THE Linux distro at the time for business) took one look at their pricing and said to themselves "Why on Earth would I pay that in support costs?"
So you're a Brit in the south of Spain. Great. And I suppose since you can't speak the language, you'll just create your own bars/restaurants and only hang out there. You realize you're every bit as bad as us Americans, right?
AOL/TW did do one thing that I've not sen done ANYWHERE else, before or since. Does anybody remember Live 8 last year? Their coverage beat anything else out there, particularly when you compare it to MTV's coverage.
I don't think that was a majority of either TW or AOL, rather a combination of both orgs' strengths.
The web really was the best venue for that type of event. TV just didn't do it justice.
some of them are certainly not failures either. The Creative line, for example, has been around for quite a while. Also, I wouldn't really put any iPod against an Archos (another who have been around foe a long time) either, or any other primarily video player... they seem like completely different markets.
I think if any had a chance of actually competing against the iPod, it would be the Sansa. I've actually seen ads on the side of buildings and on buses/trains around here.
And I've heard people actually mention they think it "looks pretty cool".
It strikes me as odd that students must leave campus to learn, and smacks of censorship in horrible ways.
It's only censorship if 1) the students are prevented from leaving campus to search for information and 2) you as a teacher are prevented from bringing in outside material for your classes. Otherwise you and your students are free to do what we've been doing for hundereds of years: bringing in outside knowledge and incorporating it into our education.
I can't speak for every university, but the private university I attended never had a hard copy version of the Village Voice or other such material on campus (my college years were pre-internet). If I wanted such material, I had to go off-campus to get it. I knew where to find it, but I had to go off-campus.
The above-cited just seems like juvenile ranting from a teacher. Is the only way to learn to leave campus?
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There doesn't seem to be a clear consensus on newer terms, but terms like "developed", "industrialized", "newly industrialized", "developing", "under developed", etc. are much more descriptive.
And now the Mac user moniker of "gay terrorist" has a worthy challenger.
Also, what's the "beloved proverb" that "netizens" are losing?
It seems people are increasingly ignoring those unwritten rules, not to mention the written ones.
I have to say, I really think the lack of courteousness is directly due to being crammed into a long, uncomfortable flight. Cram people into a box like an animal, and they're going to act like animals.
Someone had entered "This is gay" for the English > Spanish combo, and you wouldn't believe the number of idiots that actually responded with "Esto es un homosexual".
In either case, all it takes is a quick google search to come up with their full history.
Seriously, take a look at the history of Solaris nad IRIX.
an onion and a garlic?
I got one of those last week. I don't publish my cellphone to ANYBODY, other than my family and a few friends. Most of my friends don't even have my cell. I can only think that it is Cingular itself that has given up my number to others.
And actually, I get no unwanted calls on my home line either, since it's a VOIP number given to me by Speakeasy.
Ballmer most likely said "We would like to put that kind of aggreement in place..."
Again, not a troll, but I've seen that kind of "quote" in Indian English papers fairly often.
NATIVE ANTIVIRUS
Seriously, isn't this what third party antivirus vendors have been whining about?
That ws just Kelly Ripa getting rid of a stain with her Tide stick.
"Hello, mhy name is Rajesh, how may I help you?"
Relax. Just laugh.
Maybe, maybe not.
I am a fairly typical SUSE user, having starting with it back in the 7.x days while I was still in IT. It was a natural migration from RedHat when they announced their support model change.
I also use Ubuntu on a regular basis. I have one machine that has SUSE 10.1 and another with Ubuntu 6.06 (I tried 6.10, didn't like it due to problems that were pretty much non-existent in 6.06).
A far more likely scenario (at least in corporate settings) is going to be that they stick with Novell, since it works for their needs. People are going to wait and see what happens before they jump ship, not just blindly switch based on a press conference.
That's the way businesses work, at least if they don't want constant interruptions.
and the downloaded (PC/Mac) version is MUCH better quality.
Really.
This type of posting comes up every holiday season. The distro may change, but it's the same subject every year. Use search.
The term "iPod killer" itself is just a journalism blink tag.
They have been WAY overcharging for the support they currently provide. Not to mention that both AS and ES versions came with bluetooth(!) enabled on a server install. Stuff like that is just plain stupid.
When they went enterprise-only support after RH9, they shot themselves in the foot because, at the time, people who would have genuinely considered switching to RH (or any other distro for that matter, but RH was THE Linux distro at the time for business) took one look at their pricing and said to themselves "Why on Earth would I pay that in support costs?"
I'm only half joking.
I don't think that was a majority of either TW or AOL, rather a combination of both orgs' strengths.
The web really was the best venue for that type of event. TV just didn't do it justice.
Uh, no. It just letting listeners remix already recorded segments into something they like.
Really.
Journalists are stupid. Sometimes.
Redhat already has that covered. Have you seen the support costs for EL?
I think if any had a chance of actually competing against the iPod, it would be the Sansa. I've actually seen ads on the side of buildings and on buses/trains around here.
And I've heard people actually mention they think it "looks pretty cool".
The G-GP said it was a form or censorship. And it is. Censorship is not always complete removal/blockage - it can also mean supression or silencing.
It's only censorship if 1) the students are prevented from leaving campus to search for information and 2) you as a teacher are prevented from bringing in outside material for your classes. Otherwise you and your students are free to do what we've been doing for hundereds of years: bringing in outside knowledge and incorporating it into our education.
I can't speak for every university, but the private university I attended never had a hard copy version of the Village Voice or other such material on campus (my college years were pre-internet). If I wanted such material, I had to go off-campus to get it. I knew where to find it, but I had to go off-campus.
The above-cited just seems like juvenile ranting from a teacher. Is the only way to learn to leave campus?