dole
n.
1. Charitable dispensation of goods, especially money, food, or clothing.
2. A share of money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given. P Pronunciation Key (dl)
3. Chiefly British. The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed; welfare.
SCOX isn't like a normal company though. Having followed their stock for well over year, it tends to go *up* on bad news, so thinking of it like other stocks doesn't really work.
Of course, it may well go back up again, even though it really *shouldn't*.
It's things like giving them permission to check your computer for their software that I couldn't handle.
For example, I signed up for a hotmail account many years ago, before most people had any idea what hotmail actually was. Recently the 30 or 60 days or whatever had elapsed between me actually looking at the my mail there (mail? spam!), and so the account expired. I was given the opportunity to keep my account name, but I had to agree to a Microsoft EULA. So, I actually read it.
Basically, signing it gave Hotmail (and MS) permission to search my computer to make sure the software I was running was "legitimate" or something and then act on this information if they found anything.
Screw that!
Of course they wouldn't actually have been able to *do* that, and I don't run any MS software anyway, but buggered if I'm giving them permission to have a look at some point if they work out a way to do so.
Or, they could have waited until the raid was about to happen and done the far more romantic thing of sitting on top of a car, hacking into the server, and deleting all of the incriminating data.
Of course, it would also be helpful if the server room had a door surrounded by a powerful electromagnetic!
I know that some engineers at my Uni (Adelaide University) made the same kind of thing a few years back. I don't know too many details (or a webpage), but it was about as good as this one appears to be.
In my experience there are just as many "older" people that are unable to use 'have' correctly.
What is with this constant (seeming) attack on young people? The only people I know who continually get 'brought' and 'bought' wrong are three people in their late 40's. Should I start whining about how old people are killing the English language?
I'm getting sick of people complaining about the younger generation, and how English is dying. Yes, many people talk in an abbreviated fashion thanks to text and internet messaging, but at the same time there are a lot of young people who *can* speak and write English "correctly".
Also, the language is *changing*. It always has, and always will, so complaining about it dying is a bit silly in the first place.
Ah, the kind of comment that I can't help but respond to.
Why would you automatically think that if the project is supported by the 'community' it must lack something, or not be as good?
Does having support from someone looking to make money (for all the good they do, that is all IBM and RedHat basically are) necessarily make things better?
Personally I would put more faith and trust in the community that needs and wants the support than anything else.
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Turn it off?
Granted, that's another good solution:>
Of course... no good for those running servers on their machines... or those who care more about their uptime than anything else.
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Agreed, headphones are excellent, but not always the best solution. For example, what does the person who has a PC in his room, next to his bed do?
My machine is nearly as loud as an airplane, and I can hear it from the other end of my house. Personally I find it comforting, but headhones wouldn't solve the problem if I did want it to be a little quieter in here.
Now for those working in an office, how many of you really have loud computers that would need this sort of silent PC solution? Headphones would solve the co-worker problem, but the problem of the loud PC is (reasonably) irrelevant in this situation.
"Because of this legal gag order, the ACLU was forced to reach an agreement with the Justice Department before a heavily edited version of the lawsuit could be unsealed."
That hardly seems like "they can and they did" to me. Heavily Edited? Come on, we deserve (and it is important that we get) better than that.
For some reason I have the following image in my head. Blame it on it being 8:40am and me having spent the last 16hrs working, if you will.
Dave returns from hospital. Dave is feeling better. Dave sits down in his comfortable chair to watch the television. Dave relaxes. Dave looks confused as his hand all of a sudden starts moving, finds a piece of paper, and writes "Buy Cheerios!!!" on it. Dave curses, "Damn it". Dave looks even more confused as he stands up, walks towared the phone, and makes a phonecall to a number that his hand doesn't allow him to see. Dave whispers something into the phone, and then sits back down in his chair. Dave curses again, "Damn spyware":/
"The story complements gameplay. Your post suggests that Story is telling Gameplay that it has a nice hat:P"
I was thinking more along the lines of:
Gameplay: *jumps*
Story: Wow Mr Gameplay, that is some mighty fine jumping
Gameplay: *shoots and weaves*
Story: *whistles* My, what a wonderful weave that was.
Does anyone else find the fact that they can't even share the details of the lawsuit with us incredibly scary?
Whether the rest of the PATRIOT act remains or not, we should at least have the right and opportunity to free and open public debate about it.
Hide all the details when you're looking for information, sure, but don't hide the details and criticisms of the act. That is exactly the sort of thing that we all have a right to know.
So long as it compliments gameplay. I love playing a game that I feel a part of, but at the same time, I'm not going to continue playing it just because of a cool story.
One has to compliment the other, and I think most of us would prefer the games that are better to *play*, rather than those we feel a part of because of an excellent storyline.
Now we have languages that are hard enough for gurus to read half the time, and others that are so wonderful and elegant that I believe janitors of today could learn and use quite easily.
I remember using my first computer at age 5 and playing around with BASIC, and I could do a reasonable amount with it. Lets be glad though that most of us have moved on:>
Partly for the reasons outlined here. I don't completely agree with all PJ says there, but I do believe that the particular way in which Sun goes about attacking other companies and hyping itself is very counter-intuitive to them remaining a successful company that people are interested in.
I would be happy for them to remain where they are, carving their own niche, but they have to learn to stop attacking everyone else as they go along.
Let's be honest, here, 95% of the people here look at linux the way non-geeks look at their local sports team. A lot of emotional investment, but not much more than that.
Well, that, along with those who put their time and effort into bettering the Operating System that we use and love, for no financial gain, was what I was actually talking about.
Who is to say that a financial investment is worth more than an emotional one? Not I.
Oh c'mon, it is news, and for those of us who have a big stake in our beloved Operating System, it's always nice to see further holes being smashed into SCO's ridiculous claims.
And this one in particular... to have SCO get rid of their patent claims... I'm waiting on a new letter to congress rescinding their previous outrageous unconstitutional hand-waving. I'm not going to hold my breath though;)
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dole
n.
1. Charitable dispensation of goods, especially money, food, or clothing.
2. A share of money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given.
P Pronunciation Key (dl) 3. Chiefly British. The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed; welfare.
How about these people?
ILM, Rackspace, United Space Alliance to name a few.
SCOX isn't like a normal company though. Having followed their stock for well over year, it tends to go *up* on bad news, so thinking of it like other stocks doesn't really work.
:)
Of course, it may well go back up again, even though it really *shouldn't*.
But, who knows.
It's things like giving them permission to check your computer for their software that I couldn't handle.
For example, I signed up for a hotmail account many years ago, before most people had any idea what hotmail actually was. Recently the 30 or 60 days or whatever had elapsed between me actually looking at the my mail there (mail? spam!), and so the account expired. I was given the opportunity to keep my account name, but I had to agree to a Microsoft EULA. So, I actually read it.
Basically, signing it gave Hotmail (and MS) permission to search my computer to make sure the software I was running was "legitimate" or something and then act on this information if they found anything.
Screw that!
Of course they wouldn't actually have been able to *do* that, and I don't run any MS software anyway, but buggered if I'm giving them permission to have a look at some point if they work out a way to do so.
Or, they could have waited until the raid was about to happen and done the far more romantic thing of sitting on top of a car, hacking into the server, and deleting all of the incriminating data.
Of course, it would also be helpful if the server room had a door surrounded by a powerful electromagnetic!
I know that some engineers at my Uni (Adelaide University) made the same kind of thing a few years back. I don't know too many details (or a webpage), but it was about as good as this one appears to be.
Well, maybe *you* shouldn't. Nobody is making you.
:)
But, maybe those who have cash to spare, want (or need) that kind of displat, and aren't interested in having a Harley should.
Tell me, why did you even make that post in the first place?
You turn it off in the first place? :o
The number of people who get that wrong. *sigh*
:|
Next slashdot story:
"English: Lose or Loose? Lose the 'o'! Yes, let it loose!"
erm, or something
Yeah, good one. Blame the young people.
In my experience there are just as many "older" people that are unable to use 'have' correctly.
What is with this constant (seeming) attack on young people? The only people I know who continually get 'brought' and 'bought' wrong are three people in their late 40's. Should I start whining about how old people are killing the English language?
I'm getting sick of people complaining about the younger generation, and how English is dying. Yes, many people talk in an abbreviated fashion thanks to text and internet messaging, but at the same time there are a lot of young people who *can* speak and write English "correctly".
Also, the language is *changing*. It always has, and always will, so complaining about it dying is a bit silly in the first place.
Ah, the kind of comment that I can't help but respond to.
Why would you automatically think that if the project is supported by the 'community' it must lack something, or not be as good?
Does having support from someone looking to make money (for all the good they do, that is all IBM and RedHat basically are) necessarily make things better?
Personally I would put more faith and trust in the community that needs and wants the support than anything else.
Turn it off?
:>
Granted, that's another good solution
Of course... no good for those running servers on their machines... or those who care more about their uptime than anything else.
Agreed, headphones are excellent, but not always the best solution. For example, what does the person who has a PC in his room, next to his bed do?
My machine is nearly as loud as an airplane, and I can hear it from the other end of my house. Personally I find it comforting, but headhones wouldn't solve the problem if I did want it to be a little quieter in here.
Now for those working in an office, how many of you really have loud computers that would need this sort of silent PC solution? Headphones would solve the co-worker problem, but the problem of the loud PC is (reasonably) irrelevant in this situation.
"Because of this legal gag order, the ACLU was forced to reach an agreement with the Justice Department before a heavily edited version of the lawsuit could be unsealed."
That hardly seems like "they can and they did" to me. Heavily Edited? Come on, we deserve (and it is important that we get) better than that.
For some reason I have the following image in my head. Blame it on it being 8:40am and me having spent the last 16hrs working, if you will.
:/
Dave returns from hospital.
Dave is feeling better.
Dave sits down in his comfortable chair to watch the television.
Dave relaxes.
Dave looks confused as his hand all of a sudden starts moving, finds a piece of paper, and writes "Buy Cheerios!!!" on it.
Dave curses, "Damn it".
Dave looks even more confused as he stands up, walks towared the phone, and makes a phonecall to a number that his hand doesn't allow him to see.
Dave whispers something into the phone, and then sits back down in his chair.
Dave curses again, "Damn spyware"
...what happens if the computer gets a virus?
"The story complements gameplay. Your post suggests that Story is telling Gameplay that it has a nice hat :P"
I was thinking more along the lines of:
Gameplay: *jumps*
Story: Wow Mr Gameplay, that is some mighty fine jumping
Gameplay: *shoots and weaves*
Story: *whistles* My, what a wonderful weave that was.
*cough*. Yes, I used the wrong word. *cough*
Does anyone else find the fact that they can't even share the details of the lawsuit with us incredibly scary?
Whether the rest of the PATRIOT act remains or not, we should at least have the right and opportunity to free and open public debate about it.
Hide all the details when you're looking for information, sure, but don't hide the details and criticisms of the act. That is exactly the sort of thing that we all have a right to know.
So long as it compliments gameplay. I love playing a game that I feel a part of, but at the same time, I'm not going to continue playing it just because of a cool story.
;)
One has to compliment the other, and I think most of us would prefer the games that are better to *play*, rather than those we feel a part of because of an excellent storyline.
I still play Quake 1
Now we have languages that are hard enough for gurus to read half the time, and others that are so wonderful and elegant that I believe janitors of today could learn and use quite easily.
:>
I remember using my first computer at age 5 and playing around with BASIC, and I could do a reasonable amount with it. Lets be glad though that most of us have moved on
Hopefully a Google that has to start making decisions to "maximise shareholder value" won't be a Google that becomes less than what we have today.
Hardly a safe bet though. I wonder how high it will open (and then what it will drop to when the hype is over).
No, but their pigeons will start getting better benefits.
Partly for the reasons outlined here. I don't completely agree with all PJ says there, but I do believe that the particular way in which Sun goes about attacking other companies and hyping itself is very counter-intuitive to them remaining a successful company that people are interested in.
I would be happy for them to remain where they are, carving their own niche, but they have to learn to stop attacking everyone else as they go along.
Let's be honest, here, 95% of the people here look at linux the way non-geeks look at their local sports team. A lot of emotional investment, but not much more than that.
Well, that, along with those who put their time and effort into bettering the Operating System that we use and love, for no financial gain, was what I was actually talking about.
Who is to say that a financial investment is worth more than an emotional one? Not I.
Oh c'mon, it is news, and for those of us who have a big stake in our beloved Operating System, it's always nice to see further holes being smashed into SCO's ridiculous claims.
;)
And this one in particular... to have SCO get rid of their patent claims... I'm waiting on a new letter to congress rescinding their previous outrageous unconstitutional hand-waving. I'm not going to hold my breath though