... when i was a kid i used to dream of doing stuff like this all the time. I would draw out schematics of various vehicles and modes of transportation.
Nowadays, building a rocket is liable to get you arrested for being a terrorist or something.
So what is the secret hidden goal they are going to piss away millions in legal fees in vain for?
according to the tinfoil hatted masses, it isn't SCO's millions that they are pissing away. Maybe Darl is just having fun... playing a multimilliondollar game of Scrabble that he knows he won't win, but will enjoy the ride, nonetheless.
The more crap he spouts, the more "sponsors" he'll get. The more sponsors will submit more millions to keep the company afloat longer. The longer the company stays afloat, and the more millions it brings in, the more that the execs can pump n dump..... GOTO 10
By now, hasn't SCO contradicted themselves so many times on so many issues they're estoppeled from any course of action whatsoever?
In a way, i kinda hope not. I would really like to see this go to court. Not only for the satisfaction of seeing SCO get smashed by an elephant, but also to see how the GPL will shake out in the courts. It's only a matter of time before the GPL gets called into court, and down the road there may be other opportunities, but it would really be advantageous to those supporting the GPL (of whom are habitually broke) to have this happen now, with the muscle (and finances) of IBM in our court.
At any other time, the "attrition strategy" of prolonging the court process until the other side is bankrupted might get turned against us.
We all know that even if the GPL is completely rock solid, it can still lose in court depending upon its presentation. And if it *does* lose in court, that could potentially start a firestorm of FUD and abandonment, if not a poor perception of Open Source products (even BSD-license ones.. consider how a PHB thinks). Next thing you know, we'll all be replacing linux/bsd servers with Windows Server 2003 or SUNW at our workplace.
I would hate to see the party crashed just as it was getting started, you know?
Every once in a while i read the Auto comparisons on Consumer Reports to get myself all worked up.
Consumer Reports will not accept donations of vehicles or products from manufacturers or vendors just for this reason. They will discreetly send someone out 'under cover' to go acquire the products in an "off the lot" or "off the shelf" state.
This is good, and commendable.
However, i see a lot of times they will end up mis-matching the cars and trucks they compare. Usually it is simply a matter of trim levels on similar classed models. This *will* have an impact on the final outcome. Obviously it's difficult to do things *exactly*.
Less often, but still wrongly, they will compare vehicles from incompatible classes- things like Buick Century vs. E-class Mercedes vs. Toyota Camry. Or the classic truck comparisons with the 3/4 ton, V8 powered Dodge and Chevy fullsize trucks, against a V6 F150, against V6 Toyota Tundra and Nissan.
Consumer Reports might do this to other product reviews too, but i only pay attention to their auto ads for `entertainment'.
I guess that no matter what, *any* test can be flawed.
Would that be a good thing? Seriously, i'm not trolling, i'm asking. With all the stink lately about SCO/linux/IBM et al, and other companies embracing open-source projects just to have something go awry legally, i kinda wonder if this Apple/BSD marriage will ever shake out to be a good thing or not. I want it to be good, though.
Even though Apple may develop their own implementation of the same core things, i don't really see what Apple would be able to contribute to BSD that BSD doesn't already have. (excluding their proprietary GUI apps, such as iTunes, iChat, etc... of which in a BSD frame of mind aren't really part of the OS itself, and of which it is quite clear that Apple will not share.)
I've used linux for about 4 years, but i have always peeked into the BSD camp now and again.
While i like linux, and it has always done well for me, i think it's time for me to jump the fence to FreeBSD completely.
The BSDs always seem to be more mature and logical, and `cleaner'.
Maybe this isn't the best reason to drive such a decision, but i think a lot of the noise and trolling from the linux camp of late has really put me off. I know *all* linux users aren't like this, but it's really turning into something don't want to be associated with. I have a similar situation with the Apple community, and Windows, well... i just hate the OS enough.
The level of integrity that i've seen in my (albeit limited) interaction on usenet, slashdot and irc with BSD folks is impressive. There aren't any issues of acting juvenile or overly zealous.
Maybe in a while the linux camp will "grow up" some and i'll come back.
.... spam (and viruses, and parasites) invade every part of the WWW, making it completely unuseable or impossible to enjoy? Or until a significant portion of the internet bandwidth is trash.
Will that kill tha intarweb as we know it?
Will it chase away the 80% (read: non-geeks) and give it back to the geeks?
If the internet population decreases, will the spam/viruses decrease?
#1) The Look Inside Das Buch feature is a neat thing, but it hasn't been perfected yet. It hits a lot of false positives and the searchable text is full of typos (probably from the scanning process)
#2) I'm surprised they haven't opened themselves up to about oh, say 126Million plagarism lawsuits/copyright infringement litigations
I've been running it since Saturday, and so far so good. I had to download and install the ports separately because they weren't on the mirror yet, but that's no biggie.
Everything seems to go well, the usual fit-n-finish is superb, no complaints or warnings from any packages or utilities. Just what you'd expect from the FreeBSD team;)
Of course, i have `boring' hardware- nothing special:
Athlon 1533Mhz 512M Kingston 30G WD IDE nvidia TNT1 (eek!) SbLive! (haven't built a kernel for support yet) Netgear FA312TX (natsemi chipset) IBM CDRW (haven't configged yet)
But hey.... I just may make FreeBSD my primary desktop OS instead of Debian:-/
Upon taking it back to the dealer, they can see he accessed his car locks remotely 9500 times in the last 24 hours
Yep. A friend of mine bought a (then new) 2001 Silverado. He works construction so he spends a lot of time in the truck. At one point in time the interior of the truck started to come apart- stuff like the color flaked off the dash, the headliner started drooping, the seat sagged, the pedals got loose. He takes it to the dealer and they told him "sorry, you've spent 457 hours in this truck. We only warranty the interior to 300 hours".
True story, and it was just the beginning of his woes with that truck.
Oh, and i could also admit that I'm 90 days overdue for an annual review/raise. Each time i bring it up i get barked at for being a pest.
Oh well.
I think i'm being taken advantage of because the owner knows there are few options around here, other than bagging groceries or doing oil changes for minimum wage.
Btw, anyone else around the country do Windows Tech Support? Just curious as to what it actually pays. Most "salary indicator" sites say i should be making 2 or 3 times what i do now.
I installed Windows XP in September 2002. About 5 minutes after connecting to the internet, a Windows Messenger message popped up with an advertisment. A simple search on Google told me what was going on. A quick trip to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302089 and I have never worried about it since. Plus, the Microsoft solution allows me to install and configure services that require Messenger as a dependency.
Sure. Unfortunately, (and i'm not saying this to be mean).. there are more and more people getting online these days that know less and less, or don't want to learn anything. They just wantt to be `taken care of' by someone who knows, even if it's wrong.
No, i'm not trolling. It's a legit question. It's based on hearsay, though. I don't have an apple, and haven't used Windows in years so i don't have any first-hand experience.
Slashdot Mirror
Blogging is dying....
Why don't we just mash them (gnu d00d, bsd's charlie, linux's tux, etc) all together, or just switch out body parts, or something....
Legos are geek toys too, right?
... when i was a kid i used to dream of doing stuff like this all the time. I would draw out schematics of various vehicles and modes of transportation.
Nowadays, building a rocket is liable to get you arrested for being a terrorist or something.
So what is the secret hidden goal they are going to piss away millions in legal fees in vain for?
according to the tinfoil hatted masses, it isn't SCO's millions that they are pissing away. Maybe Darl is just having fun... playing a multimilliondollar game of Scrabble that he knows he won't win, but will enjoy the ride, nonetheless.
The more crap he spouts, the more "sponsors" he'll get. The more sponsors will submit more millions to keep the company afloat longer. The longer the company stays afloat, and the more millions it brings in, the more that the execs can pump n dump..... GOTO 10
etc.
By now, hasn't SCO contradicted themselves so many times on so many issues they're estoppeled from any course of action whatsoever?
In a way, i kinda hope not. I would really like to see this go to court. Not only for the satisfaction of seeing SCO get smashed by an elephant, but also to see how the GPL will shake out in the courts. It's only a matter of time before the GPL gets called into court, and down the road there may be other opportunities, but it would really be advantageous to those supporting the GPL (of whom are habitually broke) to have this happen now, with the muscle (and finances) of IBM in our court.
At any other time, the "attrition strategy" of prolonging the court process until the other side is bankrupted might get turned against us.
We all know that even if the GPL is completely rock solid, it can still lose in court depending upon its presentation. And if it *does* lose in court, that could potentially start a firestorm of FUD and abandonment, if not a poor perception of Open Source products (even BSD-license ones.. consider how a PHB thinks). Next thing you know, we'll all be replacing linux/bsd servers with Windows Server 2003 or SUNW at our workplace.
I would hate to see the party crashed just as it was getting started, you know?
Every once in a while i read the Auto comparisons on Consumer Reports to get myself all worked up.
Consumer Reports will not accept donations of vehicles or products from manufacturers or vendors just for this reason. They will discreetly send someone out 'under cover' to go acquire the products in an "off the lot" or "off the shelf" state.
This is good, and commendable.
However, i see a lot of times they will end up mis-matching the cars and trucks they compare. Usually it is simply a matter of trim levels on similar classed models. This *will* have an impact on the final outcome. Obviously it's difficult to do things *exactly*.
Less often, but still wrongly, they will compare vehicles from incompatible classes- things like Buick Century vs. E-class Mercedes vs. Toyota Camry. Or the classic truck comparisons with the 3/4 ton, V8 powered Dodge and Chevy fullsize trucks, against a V6 F150, against V6 Toyota Tundra and Nissan.
Consumer Reports might do this to other product reviews too, but i only pay attention to their auto ads for `entertainment'.
I guess that no matter what, *any* test can be flawed.
Everyone one of REAL IT-types us are heathen atheists. We likes our BSD naughty.
Yeah... nauuughty .
Has this accepted any code from Apple?
Would that be a good thing? Seriously, i'm not trolling, i'm asking. With all the stink lately about SCO/linux/IBM et al, and other companies embracing open-source projects just to have something go awry legally, i kinda wonder if this Apple/BSD marriage will ever shake out to be a good thing or not. I want it to be good, though.
Even though Apple may develop their own implementation of the same core things, i don't really see what Apple would be able to contribute to BSD that BSD doesn't already have. (excluding their proprietary GUI apps, such as iTunes, iChat, etc... of which in a BSD frame of mind aren't really part of the OS itself, and of which it is quite clear that Apple will not share.)
Just a question.
I've used linux for about 4 years, but i have always peeked into the BSD camp now and again.
While i like linux, and it has always done well for me, i think it's time for me to jump the fence to FreeBSD completely.
The BSDs always seem to be more mature and logical, and `cleaner'.
Maybe this isn't the best reason to drive such a decision, but i think a lot of the noise and trolling from the linux camp of late has really put me off. I know *all* linux users aren't like this, but it's really turning into something don't want to be associated with. I have a similar situation with the Apple community, and Windows, well... i just hate the OS enough.
The level of integrity that i've seen in my (albeit limited) interaction on usenet, slashdot and irc with BSD folks is impressive. There aren't any issues of acting juvenile or overly zealous.
Maybe in a while the linux camp will "grow up" some and i'll come back.
Sorry.
Whoops. Just when I thought I'd never to that again. :-P Get confused with UBB Code and miss to preview the mess.
:o)
Gawd... i do that all the time. Glad i'm not the only one!
Wow... Bill Gates looks like crap.
How old is he again?
And then maybe we'll be back to the good old days of black text on grey pages
Honestly, i nearly look forward to that.
.... spam (and viruses, and parasites) invade every part of the WWW, making it completely unuseable or impossible to enjoy? Or until a significant portion of the internet bandwidth is trash.
Will that kill tha intarweb as we know it?
Will it chase away the 80% (read: non-geeks) and give it back to the geeks?
If the internet population decreases, will the spam/viruses decrease?
Gawd... some things i don't like to think about.
#1) The Look Inside Das Buch feature is a neat thing, but it hasn't been perfected yet. It hits a lot of false positives and the searchable text is full of typos (probably from the scanning process)
#2) I'm surprised they haven't opened themselves up to about oh, say 126Million plagarism lawsuits/copyright infringement litigations
I've been running it since Saturday, and so far so good. I had to download and install the ports separately because they weren't on the mirror yet, but that's no biggie.
;)
:-/
Everything seems to go well, the usual fit-n-finish is superb, no complaints or warnings from any packages or utilities. Just what you'd expect from the FreeBSD team
Of course, i have `boring' hardware- nothing special:
Athlon 1533Mhz
512M Kingston
30G WD IDE
nvidia TNT1 (eek!)
SbLive! (haven't built a kernel for support yet)
Netgear FA312TX (natsemi chipset)
IBM CDRW (haven't configged yet)
But hey.... I just may make FreeBSD my primary desktop OS instead of Debian
Upon taking it back to the dealer, they can see he accessed his car locks remotely 9500 times in the last 24 hours
Yep. A friend of mine bought a (then new) 2001 Silverado. He works construction so he spends a lot of time in the truck. At one point in time the interior of the truck started to come apart- stuff like the color flaked off the dash, the headliner started drooping, the seat sagged, the pedals got loose. He takes it to the dealer and they told him "sorry, you've spent 457 hours in this truck. We only warranty the interior to 300 hours".
True story, and it was just the beginning of his woes with that truck.
How about during magnetic solar storms (like what we're getting right now)?
could that make them hunt down the wrong guy and cut his arm off?
Here i was thinking some unsuspecting car thief was getting walloped over the head with a $1.5B night-stick descending from the heavens....
But hey! we were able to return most of that '78 corolla taxi!
Oh, and i could also admit that I'm 90 days overdue for an annual review/raise. Each time i bring it up i get barked at for being a pest.
Oh well.
I think i'm being taken advantage of because the owner knows there are few options around here, other than bagging groceries or doing oil changes for minimum wage.
Btw, anyone else around the country do Windows Tech Support? Just curious as to what it actually pays. Most "salary indicator" sites say i should be making 2 or 3 times what i do now.
Interesting. Just yesterday i was fuming about how i get handed stuff to do at exactly the moment it is time for me to leave.
On average i put in 2-5 hours a week at the end of the day off the clock. I know i should raise a fit, but i don't.
Damn.
I installed Windows XP in September 2002. About 5 minutes after connecting to the internet, a Windows Messenger message popped up with an advertisment. A simple search on Google told me what was going on. A quick trip to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302089 and I have never worried about it since. Plus, the Microsoft solution allows me to install and configure services that require Messenger as a dependency.
Sure. Unfortunately, (and i'm not saying this to be mean).. there are more and more people getting online these days that know less and less, or don't want to learn anything. They just wantt to be `taken care of' by someone who knows, even if it's wrong.
Sad.
We all know how to go into the Administrative Tools in XP and shut off the Windows Messenger service,right?
So what do these products (often advertised via Windows Messenger service) that sell for $39.95+ actually do?
Just wondering. It really disgusts me how Joe Sixpack Average Internet User is preyed on incessantly these days.
The report is based on a randomized, national phone survey of 2,200 adults. It defined spam as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" from an unknown sender.
I think i'll send out a mass emailing survey about telemarketers who do surveys.
i think the parent was just trolling
No, i'm not trolling. It's a legit question. It's based on hearsay, though. I don't have an apple, and haven't used Windows in years so i don't have any first-hand experience.
Until the next Microsoft monthly patch which will intentionally break it in some manner.
;o)
Are you suggesting that it even takes Microsoft a few tries to break something too?