Please, you guys aren't even trying hard! Have you only seen movies from the last 10 years?
Try ``Manos" or ``Daddy-O" or ``Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" or ``Assault of the Killer Bimbos" or the sequels to ``Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" or ``Reefer Madness" (which is boring as all get out) or hell, even Star Wars, Episode I. . . .
The usual candidate auteur of Cinema Meirde is Ed Wood, but I think his films have an incompetent genius to them. (Few agree, though.) You might try ``Plan 9 From Outer Space", his most famous film, but ``Bride of the Monster" and ``Glen or Glenda" are also worth a whirl.
Funny, these are exactly the reason why I use LaTeX!
Namely:
1. LaTeX files can be opened on any computer with a working text editor regardless of OS; 2. Getting Word processors to do formatting often requires fiddling with a WIMP interface designed for beginners (i.e. it gets in the way of those of us who know what we are doing and what we want done); 3. LaTeX is fabulous for academic writing---at least, in my experience. I not only write my papers in it, I wrote my dissertation in it. (In fact, I switch from word processing TO LaTeX part way through my dissertation without a hitch. . ..)
What kind of pages are you talking about? If you're talking in terms of mostly text, why use DTP at all? Instead, you might look into LaTeX (which I like) or DocBook (which, so far as I can tell, is built so that you mark up your text and then can produce RTF, PDF, HTML, or whatever final format you need.
Both require some learning (I found the curve for DocBook not worth it for my own purposes given how well LaTeX works for me), but the software is free and it will (at least I think) what you're asking.
Saying that he provided something for free didn't mean that it didn't COST HIM anything---it means that it was provided in such a way that it doesn't COST OTHERS to get. Opportunity costs are utterly irrelevant here, since we're talking about how people can get paid for their labor.
Ah, there's just no stopping the bloviating on Slashdot.
Seems to me you offered a bit of economics and travel advice AND a business model---all for free.
I guess it turns out that sometimes things in life can be free, because people decide that they can share some resources when, for example, they have excess and others can use them. You had excess wisdom and saw that others could use your insight---so you shared it.
Sharing isn't really a difficult concept to understand either. . . .
Why not try biodiesel? If you're thinking about doing a serious conversion project anyway, I suspect that it might be easier to swap in a diesel engine and convert that to biodiesel than to go hybrid.
Wow, this result makes ESR sound like an immature 12-year-old loser who *FINALLY* got his first chance to be nasty to someone.
But even on this front is was pretty feeble; I mean, he didn't use an 1337 5p34k, question the sexuality of the person, or insist that all of Microsoft's base belong to us.
Quite the ambassador for the F/OSS movement indeed. . . .
Maybe the problem here is that you're not actually looking for anything innovative in the first place. Nothing you say here seems to have much to do with the OS so much as the interface. (Is it Ubuntu you're interested in for innovation---or KDE/Gnome?)
KDE and Gnome run on the same model as Windows and OS X---WIMP. But they're only Desktop Environments---and you have many more choices for DE and WM in a GNU/Linux or *BSD system than in the proprietary systems you mention. The reason I use GNU/Linux on my (admittedly old) iBook is that OS X runs dog slow on it, I prefer Free Software, and, really, my idea of a good interface differs a lot from the Apple designers.
For example, the new Enlightenment desktop shell has some interesting elements, as does the Plan9 interface model (i.e. rio, which is modeled for X users in 9wm).
My own preference, and what I take to be a stroke of genius as far as UI, is Window Manager Improved---which attempts to do away with the WIMP model altogether. Light, fast, configurable (using the Plan9 ``everything is a filesystem" model), & keyboard based.
Of course, I don't have lickable widgets telling me what the weather is or a ``desktop" I can clutter with downloads, but some of us don't think that is a particularly good way to interface with a computer. (If it works for you, that's great; for me, these things waste my time and get in the way.)
I did that for a while, but I found that there were some limitations:
1) When driving, the cord would occassionally get pulled taut, and several motorcyclists were beheaded by it.
2) It made it too easy for my friends to find me---not only did I have a phone on me all the time, but they could just follow the cable to where I was hanging out. And sometimes I just don't want to be found, dang it.
On the plus side, it meant I was always prepared for impromptu jump rope sessions.
No, you're BOTH wrong, even if a `trust' is not the same thing as a monopoly.
Here's the the Sherman Act has to say about this has to say about this:
Section 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Unless there is subsequent law saying what you say is correct, you're wrong.
(Note: traveling to Afghanistan, training in Taliban camps, and planning to blow up buildings in downtown Chicago with radiological dirty bombs is not "free speech".)
Well, okay, sure; since none of those actually are speech acts anyway, I'm game. Of course, I hope you'll agree that the government shouldn't arrest people who travel to Afghanistan or those who train in para-military camps of any sort. (That would be freedom of association rather than speech.)
But, since you're looking for examples of the US squashing dissent, you ought to look up the FBI's COINTELPRO (COunter INtelligence PROgram) of the 20th century. Basically, they infiltrated and destroyed dissent groups---including several attempts to undermine the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr.
And rather than ask slashdot for examples, maybe you could use google. Thanks.
Not so amazing, given the advantages of young people over old people*:
1. Can stay awake for days on end without any noticeable impact on their consciousness.
2. Are able to get sustainence from a steady diet of caffeinated beverages (and mints and soaps, etc.) and delivered pizza (fresh or left out overnight).
3. Are capable of boundless enthusiasm for their projects.
Young people rock. Well, at least some of them do.
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Please, you guys aren't even trying hard! Have you only seen movies from the last 10 years?
Try ``Manos" or ``Daddy-O" or ``Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" or ``Assault of the Killer Bimbos" or the sequels to ``Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" or ``Reefer Madness" (which is boring as all get out) or hell, even Star Wars, Episode I. . . .
The usual candidate auteur of Cinema Meirde is Ed Wood, but I think his films have an incompetent genius to them. (Few agree, though.) You might try ``Plan 9 From Outer Space", his most famous film, but ``Bride of the Monster" and ``Glen or Glenda" are also worth a whirl.
Funny, these are exactly the reason why I use LaTeX!
.)
Namely:
1. LaTeX files can be opened on any computer with a working text editor regardless of OS;
2. Getting Word processors to do formatting often requires fiddling with a WIMP interface designed for beginners (i.e. it gets in the way of those of us who know what we are doing and what we want done);
3. LaTeX is fabulous for academic writing---at least, in my experience. I not only write my papers in it, I wrote my dissertation in it. (In fact, I switch from word processing TO LaTeX part way through my dissertation without a hitch. . .
What kind of pages are you talking about? If you're talking in terms of mostly text, why use DTP at all? Instead, you might look into LaTeX (which I like) or DocBook (which, so far as I can tell, is built so that you mark up your text and then can produce RTF, PDF, HTML, or whatever final format you need.
Both require some learning (I found the curve for DocBook not worth it for my own purposes given how well LaTeX works for me), but the software is free and it will (at least I think) what you're asking.
Uh, I've paid my bill at Cingular using Firefox on both Ubuntu and FreeBSD. They were always happy to take my money . . . .
What problem are you having?
Because you shouldn't underestimate the bandwidth of a giant SUV packed to the gills with warez speeding down the national interstate system . . . .
Ah, so this is basically the software equivalent of lubricant:
it makes it easier for you to be screwed. . . .
Uh, dumbasses:
Saying that he provided something for free didn't mean that it didn't COST HIM anything---it means that it was provided in such a way that it doesn't COST OTHERS to get. Opportunity costs are utterly irrelevant here, since we're talking about how people can get paid for their labor.
Ah, there's just no stopping the bloviating on Slashdot.
Seems to me you offered a bit of economics and travel advice AND a business model---all for free.
I guess it turns out that sometimes things in life can be free, because people decide that they can share some resources when, for example, they have excess and others can use them. You had excess wisdom and saw that others could use your insight---so you shared it.
Sharing isn't really a difficult concept to understand either. . . .
There goes any chance for a ``Passion of the Christ" videogame . . . .
Why not try biodiesel? If you're thinking about doing a serious conversion project anyway, I suspect that it might be easier to swap in a diesel engine and convert that to biodiesel than to go hybrid.
Wow, this result makes ESR sound like an immature 12-year-old loser who *FINALLY* got his first chance to be nasty to someone.
But even on this front is was pretty feeble; I mean, he didn't use an 1337 5p34k, question the sexuality of the person, or insist that all of Microsoft's base belong to us.
Quite the ambassador for the F/OSS movement indeed. . . .
I'm guessing that the reason for his looking at porn in the first place is the complete lack of blow activities.
Maybe the problem here is that you're not actually looking for anything innovative in the first place. Nothing you say here seems to have much to do with the OS so much as the interface. (Is it Ubuntu you're interested in for innovation---or KDE/Gnome?)
KDE and Gnome run on the same model as Windows and OS X---WIMP. But they're only Desktop Environments---and you have many more choices for DE and WM in a GNU/Linux or *BSD system than in the proprietary systems you mention. The reason I use GNU/Linux on my (admittedly old) iBook is that OS X runs dog slow on it, I prefer Free Software, and, really, my idea of a good interface differs a lot from the Apple designers.
For example, the new Enlightenment desktop shell has some interesting elements, as does the Plan9 interface model (i.e. rio, which is modeled for X users in 9wm).
My own preference, and what I take to be a stroke of genius as far as UI, is Window Manager Improved---which attempts to do away with the WIMP model altogether. Light, fast, configurable (using the Plan9 ``everything is a filesystem" model), & keyboard based.
Of course, I don't have lickable widgets telling me what the weather is or a ``desktop" I can clutter with downloads, but some of us don't think that is a particularly good way to interface with a computer. (If it works for you, that's great; for me, these things waste my time and get in the way.)
Actually, I've read drafts of her next reports, and they are titled:
1. Computers: The `On' Button is Now on the Front
2. You Can Probably Use a Text Editor for your Grocery List instead of MS Office.
3. Pants: Generally easier to put on one leg at a time.
It's just like rain on your wedding day . . . .
I did that for a while, but I found that there were some limitations:
1) When driving, the cord would occassionally get pulled taut, and several motorcyclists were beheaded by it.
2) It made it too easy for my friends to find me---not only did I have a phone on me all the time, but they could just follow the cable to where I was hanging out. And sometimes I just don't want to be found, dang it.
On the plus side, it meant I was always prepared for impromptu jump rope sessions.
That really would be the Worst. Iceage. Ever.
(Best said with the Comicbook Guy's sarcastic tone.)
No, you're BOTH wrong, even if a `trust' is not the same thing as a monopoly.
Here's the the Sherman Act has to say about this has to say about this:
Section 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Unless there is subsequent law saying what you say is correct, you're wrong.
Bzzzz. Wrong answer---at least if you live in the US. The US has had antitrust (monopoly) legislation since the 1890s: the Sherman Act.
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I imagine that YANAL, but holy crap you don't get to make up stuff out of whole cloth:
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/topics/antitrus
Two bits of advice:
1) Watch out for hot women with stainless steel thermal mugs; they'll have a USB drive in the false bottom of the mug.
2) Don't trust anything Al Pacino tells you about your father's service in the CIA or your mission.
Does the atmosphere or culture of the Linux lab differ in any relevant way from the other labs on the MS campus?
(So, for example, does it draw a different sort of employee or feature more internal/external collaboration (or less)?)
(Note: traveling to Afghanistan, training in Taliban camps, and planning to blow up buildings in downtown Chicago with radiological dirty bombs is not "free speech".)
Well, okay, sure; since none of those actually are speech acts anyway, I'm game. Of course, I hope you'll agree that the government shouldn't arrest people who travel to Afghanistan or those who train in para-military camps of any sort. (That would be freedom of association rather than speech.)
But, since you're looking for examples of the US squashing dissent, you ought to look up the FBI's COINTELPRO (COunter INtelligence PROgram) of the 20th century. Basically, they infiltrated and destroyed dissent groups---including several attempts to undermine the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr.
And rather than ask slashdot for examples, maybe you could use google. Thanks.
My head literally explodes when people do this kind of thing.
And, oy, does my wife complain about the mess. . . .
Not so amazing, given the advantages of young people over old people*:
1. Can stay awake for days on end without any noticeable impact on their consciousness.
2. Are able to get sustainence from a steady diet of caffeinated beverages (and mints and soaps, etc.) and delivered pizza (fresh or left out overnight).
3. Are capable of boundless enthusiasm for their projects.
Young people rock. Well, at least some of them do.
*N.B.: I am an old person.
Actually, I've modded mine out---I call it Firefox 99. It has racing stripes, speed holes, and a neon cup holder.