I thought we all loved to hate Slashcode for antiquated and bloated HTML that doesn't even begin to approach standards compliance. Why would we want to buy it?:)
tfa sez: "g4u is a single floppy that contains a NetBSD kernel with a RAM disk . . . which can upload the whole harddisk (or only partitions) to a FTP server, and restore it later on.
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I had an unpleasant encounter with some people from the "g4l" project recently, which copied my (g4u) code, removed both my name and the license (BSD) I put g4u under, and re-distributed it under their own license (GPL). "
This would be fine... iff it all happened at once. But it's not going to all happen at once. And so the states have a disincentive to make it happen, since they're weakening their political power.
I for one don't care whether my President can solve Fermat's Last Theorem, score a 1600 on the SAT or anything like that. They don't need to. The Presidency is not rocket science. It's not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of wisdom. This applies to both candidates.
Opt-in nonscientific polls can tell you a lot, but not about the election itself- they're good at telling you something about the people opting in. Recent polls indicate Slashdot in general leans very very far towards Kerry.
"Everyone you say who says that they have no religious beliefs is just so certain about their belief that they accept it as truth. If you just start asking probing questions, and they start getting mad, then you've found their religion."
Well, I don't know whether you've tried configuring it, but I think Gnome can be made to look at least as shiny and aesthetically nice as any other desktop I've seen... I personally like the "9nome" skin myself. Shiny silver title bars, glowy buttons, rounded scrollbars (but not oversized or anything, and quite easy to pick out...)
But yeah, I suppose the default Gnome setup like they have in Fedora Core isn't anything to drool over- but I'd say it's downright passable.
To be fair to GIMP: If you're in the graphics business, with color matching systems and CMYK and the like, or if you need the insane brush engine to do a textured/scattered/wet-edges/chroma-jitter dual brush of some sort . . . well yeah, GIMP doesn't have that. But 90% of these people don't need that either. I'd say it compares similarly to the OpenOffice example you gave.
Patents expire. Copyrights nominally expire, but even if they don't you can make other stuff that does the same thing from scratch (unlike patents). Trademarks never expire, but they're only supposed to be for names/designs/similar. (Supposed.)
This is COMPLETELY wrong. The moon's gravity is not a function of its current reflectivity and phase, and has nothing to do with photons. What affects the tides is the relative orientation of the Earth and the moon/sun- whether the water is being pulled all in the same direction by the two bodies, whether there are two pulls at right angles... whether the pulls are working against each other, or in concert... But blaming reflection of photons? That's a whole load of scientific nonsense.
that this standard is called Unix 2003, and now (towards the end of 2004) there is exactly one system which is certified. Compare to the rest of the software world...:)
If you do that, then the university doesn't get a cut of the long distance fees. Really, the #1 focus at IS for new projects seems to be "revenue, revenue, revenue".
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The first rule of program optimization: Don't do it. The second rule or program optimization (FOR EXPERTS ONLY!): Don't do it yet.
"This book is not only for the business minded, but for a consumer looking to establish a quality long-distance wireless network of their own."
Sounds like something my university's crazy technology program would just jump on, along with the $400 Cisco IP phones and their vision of the future where incoming students get a university-issue cell phone that does voice over IP on the campus network... so that they can later grab parts of the fees for long distance use...
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I thought we all loved to hate Slashcode for antiquated and bloated HTML that doesn't even begin to approach standards compliance. Why would we want to buy it? :)
Which county? I live in North Carolina... I thought we all used the tried and true Florida-style punch card system (butterfly ballot optional).
Stuff wants to live.
Evolution wants to be anthromorphized!
"g4u is a single floppy that contains a NetBSD kernel with a RAM disk . . . which can upload the whole harddisk (or only partitions) to a FTP server, and restore it later on. I had an unpleasant encounter with some people from the "g4l" project recently, which copied my (g4u) code, removed both my name and the license (BSD) I put g4u under, and re-distributed it under their own license (GPL). "
He subsequently links to http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4l.html for an analysis of this infringement.
Out of curiosity: who checks the time? If I set my system clock back whenever I wanted to play a game, would you get to use it indefinitely?
This would be fine... iff it all happened at once. But it's not going to all happen at once. And so the states have a disincentive to make it happen, since they're weakening their political power.
I for one don't care whether my President can solve Fermat's Last Theorem, score a 1600 on the SAT or anything like that. They don't need to. The Presidency is not rocket science. It's not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of wisdom. This applies to both candidates.
We already did. Dinosaur eggs, for one, were around long before chickens.
Opt-in nonscientific polls can tell you a lot, but not about the election itself- they're good at telling you something about the people opting in. Recent polls indicate Slashdot in general leans very very far towards Kerry.
"Everyone you say who says that they have no religious beliefs is just so certain about their belief that they accept it as truth. If you just start asking probing questions, and they start getting mad, then you've found their religion."
Does this imply more people voting for Bush/against Kerry won't have the same effect?
Well, I don't know whether you've tried configuring it, but I think Gnome can be made to look at least as shiny and aesthetically nice as any other desktop I've seen... I personally like the "9nome" skin myself. Shiny silver title bars, glowy buttons, rounded scrollbars (but not oversized or anything, and quite easy to pick out...)
But yeah, I suppose the default Gnome setup like they have in Fedora Core isn't anything to drool over- but I'd say it's downright passable.
To be fair to GIMP: If you're in the graphics business, with color matching systems and CMYK and the like, or if you need the insane brush engine to do a textured/scattered/wet-edges/chroma-jitter dual brush of some sort . . . well yeah, GIMP doesn't have that. But 90% of these people don't need that either. I'd say it compares similarly to the OpenOffice example you gave.
Anyone remember the file:///com1/lpt1/ exploit?
What's that? You've never seen the sun? Oh, wait... Slashdot... yeah...
Patents expire. Copyrights nominally expire, but even if they don't you can make other stuff that does the same thing from scratch (unlike patents). Trademarks never expire, but they're only supposed to be for names/designs/similar. (Supposed.)
Well, yeah, Mozilla is building a browser and rendering engine and all that... Google is just (supposedly) building brower extensions. :)
Yeah, but the bandwidth bill is going to be out of this world.
This is COMPLETELY wrong. The moon's gravity is not a function of its current reflectivity and phase, and has nothing to do with photons. What affects the tides is the relative orientation of the Earth and the moon/sun- whether the water is being pulled all in the same direction by the two bodies, whether there are two pulls at right angles... whether the pulls are working against each other, or in concert... But blaming reflection of photons? That's a whole load of scientific nonsense.
Just so long as the car isn't in an enclosed space giving you carbon monoxide poisoning...
that this standard is called Unix 2003, and now (towards the end of 2004) there is exactly one system which is certified. Compare to the rest of the software world... :)
If you do that, then the university doesn't get a cut of the long distance fees. Really, the #1 focus at IS for new projects seems to be "revenue, revenue, revenue".
The second rule or program optimization (FOR EXPERTS ONLY!): Don't do it yet.
-- fortune
Sounds like something my university's crazy technology program would just jump on, along with the $400 Cisco IP phones and their vision of the future where incoming students get a university-issue cell phone that does voice over IP on the campus network... so that they can later grab parts of the fees for long distance use...