yeah that's democracy definately. they even called it democracy at the time. and they weren't ruled buy the crown they were ruled by parliament -that's the whole point.
and there has been no invasion or coups in the britain so we call that stable. the US lost the vietnam war and got it's ass bitten in iran but people don't say it's not a stable democracy
however you are right in pointing out that iceland is a more ancient stable democracy that the UK
the Uk however is a more ancient stable democracy than the US, which was the point I originally intended to make
Ok so I'm not daft enough to cite wikipedia in a paper, or make an important decision based on it's content. . .
. . . but the same applies to slashdot - and how many smart and knowledgeable people post here? how much do I learn even each week from reading posts on here
wikipedia is a messageboard, which means you can't cite from it, or use it as an authority. that doesn't mean it's not one of the most valuable learning tools on the net.
i think this is utter tosh. microsoft tried to make out the blaster worm was coded by some 17 year old last time.
they want us think 'oh all these viruses are caused by nieve kids with something to prove';
which is less scary than the truth that worms are coded to order by people with maths degrees for criminal gangs who want to use your pc as a conduit for illegal material.
The scope of this is huge - true - I'm no industry player or top level developer - but still - we can all see the scope of this.
distributed applications are the killer app of the internet - XAML,.net, Java - all buzzwords. Grid computing - thanks to Oracle - The Internet - so much scope it created the biggest financial bubble in the history of capitalism.
Now - the corporates (MS?) are getting so inept that criminal gangs are stealing our future off us. Please - let's start stopping them.
even small oems use software like softthinks now to install and config each machine over a network with xp/2000 whatever. all you need is some wage-slave to put the boxes on the workbench and press 'go'.
if you offered a choice of distros and a choice of hardware on linux you're looking at config staff payroll which would be huge. they'd have to be full on experts and sometimes they might like config 2 machines each per day or something.
has anyone tried turbine? i'm just getting the hang of it, as it seems like a more coherent and quicker way of getting going than struts? i quite like it now, wondering if anyone had any reservations who has had an experience with it.
"Microsoft dismissed the.. adding that companies could afford the cost of offering more than one format."
I work for an OEM equipment manufacturer, and I can tell you now, there is zero chance of us buying in OEM copies of realplayer, installing them and configuring them. even if real provided it free.
I have spoken in my life to a sum total of zero customers who care which media player is installed as standard.
"The Commission wants computer makers, rather than Microsoft, to choose which software to install for capturing Web-streaming audio and video on their personal computers."
surely the key is to remove the media player entirely, and let the consumer choose which to download of the net? the consumer should be making the decision here. OEM manufactures don't have the time, the inclination or the profit motive.
now if MS reduced the licence fee for OEM licences, that's different;)
But that's the whole point of ability office, it replacates the look and feel of the industry standard - M$ Office. people who only ever use the basics of word processiing and spreadsheets wouldn't even realise the difference.
admittedly in reality companies will never make the switch, Ability is not full featured enough. however, when you're buying a PC for your kids, would you rather spend 249 on Office Pro or 4 (rough OEM price) for ability?
furthermore when 99% of home users buy a new pc, do they really want to fork out on the M$ licence?
starbucks uses it's financial scale to stifle the competition by cutting costs, and then milks the ensuing monopoly.
not what you'd call unchecked raw competition, although make a good mocha.
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yeah that's democracy definately. they even called it democracy at the time. and they weren't ruled buy the crown they were ruled by parliament -that's the whole point.
and there has been no invasion or coups in the britain so we call that stable. the US lost the vietnam war and got it's ass bitten in iran but people don't say it's not a stable democracy
however you are right in pointing out that iceland is a more ancient stable democracy that the UK
the Uk however is a more ancient stable democracy than the US, which was the point I originally intended to make
because they have had a stable democracy since 1688?
surely britain get's that prize straight away?
tell them about dns at least. kids need to know that the internet isn't magic.
I thought this was going to be rofl type thread.
Ok so I'm not daft enough to cite wikipedia in a paper, or make an important decision based on it's content. . .
. . . but the same applies to slashdot - and how many smart and knowledgeable people post here? how much do I learn even each week from reading posts on here
wikipedia is a messageboard, which means you can't cite from it, or use it as an authority. that doesn't mean it's not one of the most valuable learning tools on the net.
i remember reading about SACD in 1999.
i think this is utter tosh. microsoft tried to make out the blaster worm was coded by some 17 year old last time.
they want us think 'oh all these viruses are caused by nieve kids with something to prove';
which is less scary than the truth that worms are coded to order by people with maths degrees for criminal gangs who want to use your pc as a conduit for illegal material.
"Orton believes that ATI can grab more than 50 percent market share in the desktop market in the short term."
I beleive they can.
logically - wouldn't that mean one uber-spammer would rule the entire network?
The scope of this is huge - true - I'm no industry player or top level developer - but still - we can all see the scope of this.
distributed applications are the killer app of the internet - XAML, .net, Java - all buzzwords. Grid computing - thanks to Oracle - The Internet - so much scope it created the biggest financial bubble in the history of capitalism.
Now - the corporates (MS?) are getting so inept that criminal gangs are stealing our future off us. Please - let's start stopping them.
even small oems use software like softthinks now to install and config each machine over a network with xp/2000 whatever. all you need is some wage-slave to put the boxes on the workbench and press 'go'. if you offered a choice of distros and a choice of hardware on linux you're looking at config staff payroll which would be huge. they'd have to be full on experts and sometimes they might like config 2 machines each per day or something.
thanks.
I work for an OEM equipment manufacturer, and I can tell you now, there is zero chance of us buying in OEM copies of realplayer, installing them and configuring them. even if real provided it free. I have spoken in my life to a sum total of zero customers who care which media player is installed as standard.
surely the key is to remove the media player entirely, and let the consumer choose which to download of the net? the consumer should be making the decision here. OEM manufactures don't have the time, the inclination or the profit motive.
now if MS reduced the licence fee for OEM licences, that's different ;)
But that's the whole point of ability office, it replacates the look and feel of the industry standard - M$ Office. people who only ever use the basics of word processiing and spreadsheets wouldn't even realise the difference. admittedly in reality companies will never make the switch, Ability is not full featured enough. however, when you're buying a PC for your kids, would you rather spend 249 on Office Pro or 4 (rough OEM price) for ability? furthermore when 99% of home users buy a new pc, do they really want to fork out on the M$ licence?
starbucks uses it's financial scale to stifle the competition by cutting costs, and then milks the ensuing monopoly. not what you'd call unchecked raw competition, although make a good mocha.