I find it hard to understand why many Americans don't understand why people in the world are sick and tired of America, and have lost most of their respect for the country. Especially as this article demonstrates, they are now treating many of their friends as criminals and enemies. After years of living and working in the U.S. I no longer want to have anything to do with the place, especially after being made to feel like a criminal the last time I went down there. I know... some nutbar patriot will yell at me "so stay the f**k out blah blah blah"... this is another problem with many down there. Patriotism blinds people too much to see the flaws of the current mindset there. A good example is how after the ridiculous Iraq war started, people would label others unpatriotic if you voiced your objection to it. Now of course, most in the U.S. realize this was a bad war entered into by a lie, poorly executed, poorly managed, and a waste of people's lives. But at the time, even the media lost their objectivity. Anyway, the reasons I feel like I do should be considered a symptom of the current state of affairs in the U.S. and a cause of concern. There are a lot of people outside of the U.S. that I talk to that don't like the U.S. I used to always take the side of the U.S. in conversations with them. I like the place. I liked the place. I now find it very difficult to side with America's point of view and actions, and don't side with America nearly as much in conversations with people. It no longer welcomes people... it eyes them with distrust and makes you feel like an outsider when you arrive at the border (hi welcome to America... foreigner... smile for the camera, give me your fingers). Distrust is only marginally this side of outright dislike and xenophobia. America, get some help, take off the tinfoil hat.
And stop making specious arguments. People don't program business applications to use at home. They program to sell to users for a profit. Of course they distribute them. But they won't distribute them to run on Linux because then they have to give their code away and lose the time and MONEY they spent on R&D. Not to mention the profits on their work. I don't know, but maybe you like to work for free. Personally I like to be paid for my work so I can buy food at the supermarket.
And the tired mantra of selling service support for a business application for the desktop is shite. For an enterprise application maybe... but the same flaw is showing through with people forking MySQL code and diluting the brand. Bottom line you haven't made any valid arguments against what I had to say, but managed to throw a bunch of insults and specious comments... which I obligingly returned. After all you said, enough people marked my post up quite a bit, and not enough people agreed with you to mark it back down. Maybe it is you who doesn't 'get it'. I'm done with you.
I call bullshit on you dickweed. GNU and GPL put a huge restriction on use: "Give us your code if you want to link to ours, otherwise don't use it." BSD and Apache don't have that restriction. There's is only, give credit where credit is due, and do whatever you want with our code. We would like you to contribute too, but if you don't want to, that's OK. That is real open source... not viral open source. You are nonsense. Get a grip on reality.
If the GNU restrictions on using libraries were eased up more businesses would port to Linux without having to use WINE. Otherwise business will just continue to use Windows... or Apple. It is easier and cheaper than supporting something that sits in a very shaky manner on top of an OS that doesn't support the software to begin with, and with a dubious turn around time for fixing critical bugs. Yes, they can pay someone to do that... or they can use an O/S where they don't have to. I was a Unix programmer for a long time before I started doing analyst work. So I don't have it in for Linux. I just don't like the overly radical approach to open source it takes. I think BSD or Apache are more balanced.
One of the traditional meanings of genius is the ability to rise above the rest with innovative thoughts and ideas. Forcing people to run with the herd means none of that. No great leaps forward. In fact, little or maybe no movement at all. It is one of the reasons the Soviets had to steal technology from the west: the herd mentality meant no one was allowed to excel, no free thinking, no ideas. Yes, they did launch Sputnik first, with the help of Germans. Yes, the U.S. launched with the help of Germans. But then they were able to extrapolate and go to the moon. During the time of the Soviet Union, there were far more Nobel prizes that went to the U.S. than the Soviets (or the Chinese). You could say that it was because the Soviets were secretive, but you might note that they tried to brag about every one of their achievements to prove how 'right' communism was. They didn't get to brag much about Nobel prizes however.
Edison's only genius was the ability to steal other people's ideas without having to pay for it later (e.g. Tesla). As far as Einstein, he was a true genius. The other people later would not have been able to do what they did had not Einstein and others like him come first.
Yeah... I do understand that the engineers did the math. The reason it looks dicey to me is that it is connected out where the wingtip would be and it doesn't look like they kept the same profile on the wing all the way across. It looks like it gets narrower. And then I thought about how a lever works on a pivot... But I'm sure it has to be sound or they would not have spent the money building it.:) Now all I need to do is make my second million to enjoy a ride on it. And write off the first million while I'm at it since I don't think it is ever going to come in anyway.
Not that impressive, unless all you want to do is game. If adding an application to its compatibility list is just a popularity contest, and it seems that is all that it is, of course the fan boys interested in games will vote the most. Others will just use the 'other' operating system to run applications that they need to use in order to make a living (since they won't be able to outvote fanatic gamers). Linux/Gnu has to relax more, not less, in order to allow people to NOT have to rely on some emulator or flaky reverse engineering to make business tools work. Relax on APIs so that it is easier to port business applications over to Linux. Until that time there will never be a 'year of the Linux desk top'. People just want to use their tools, not build them.
Maybe it is strong enough, but with the only join between the two hulls being a wing, I don't think I would want to travel in it or under it. Reminds me of something I heard in a documentary about the competition for for the joint strike fighter between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. One of the LM guys said something like a principle of winning many of these competitions is that it has to look like fighter plane. The idea being that theres looked more like a fast scary fighter while the Boeing fighter had that giant scoop and didn't look like a 'traditional' fighter. White Knight 2 doesn't look like something that should be safe... at least to me.
There are so many GNU fans here... Why hasn't anyone created or successfully created (meaning widely used) an open source search engine if everyone is so pissed at Google and the other engine makers for violating privacy?
Speaking of hyperbole, I'm just trying to figure out how the Phillip K. Dick line refers to anything other than trying to sound cool while not making any sense in context.
Developing whole new sets of technology seemed to be a very good thing for the U.S. economy before. The Apollo program produced a lot of new technology (including Tang! yum!). The only reason we are 'first world' is that we had things to sell that the rest of the world didn't, and we were the only ones that had them. Of course now, we would likely lose that advantage immediately when those running things outsource all the work overseas once the technology is established. Then the overseas companies will sell our technology back to us as finished goods. BTW, didn't something like that happen in the 18th century? The U.S. shipped raw materials to Britain and they shipped finished goods back at significant mark up? That even figured into some war that was fought back then wasn't it (among some other things)? Sorry no, things aren't the same... at least back then the U.S. made some money on raw materials first. Now even that is lost. (And just kidding on the Tang thing btw... yech!)
Father: The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute.
Children: Ohhhhh.
Father: I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.
That is very true. You have to move away for a while to hear it. I moved to the mid-west for close to eight years and was teased about the 'aboot' until the local accent wore it away. When I moved back to Canada I realized what I was being teased about when I could hear it all around me. I also thought the 'yaw yaw' (yes yes) in the movie 'Fargo' was an over the top caricature of the accent in northern Minnesota until I visited southern Manitoba again a while ago and heard two waitresses in my hotel talking and saying "yaw yaw, I know wot chya mean." Having lived there for a while too, I'm sure I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't left. I do have to say that the thing that kind of pissed me off is when Americans found out I'm from Canada they would insist on saying, "so you're from Canada AY!" No-one could say "eh" at the end of the sentence correctly [big grin]. Come on guys, you force it too hard... it has to just roll off at the end matter of factly... you can't force it. Now, if you get to Missouri take a drive down highway Farty Far. ha!
So now we will be able to see asteroids that could slam into our planet and possibly end life
No, we will be able to see asteroids that could slam into our planet and possibly end life in the northern hemisphere. And then we can send a bomb up or something to move it away. Who cares about the southern hemisphere.:D
This is the Canadian regulatory body that is apparently mandated to providing Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, Shaw Cable, Quebecor, and Telus with their regional monopolies. It would be nice to see how often "representatives" of these companies take the CRTC commissioners, directors, and chair "out to lunch".
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I find it hard to understand why many Americans don't understand why people in the world are sick and tired of America, and have lost most of their respect for the country. Especially as this article demonstrates, they are now treating many of their friends as criminals and enemies. After years of living and working in the U.S. I no longer want to have anything to do with the place, especially after being made to feel like a criminal the last time I went down there. I know... some nutbar patriot will yell at me "so stay the f**k out blah blah blah"... this is another problem with many down there. Patriotism blinds people too much to see the flaws of the current mindset there. A good example is how after the ridiculous Iraq war started, people would label others unpatriotic if you voiced your objection to it. Now of course, most in the U.S. realize this was a bad war entered into by a lie, poorly executed, poorly managed, and a waste of people's lives. But at the time, even the media lost their objectivity. Anyway, the reasons I feel like I do should be considered a symptom of the current state of affairs in the U.S. and a cause of concern. There are a lot of people outside of the U.S. that I talk to that don't like the U.S. I used to always take the side of the U.S. in conversations with them. I like the place. I liked the place. I now find it very difficult to side with America's point of view and actions, and don't side with America nearly as much in conversations with people. It no longer welcomes people... it eyes them with distrust and makes you feel like an outsider when you arrive at the border (hi welcome to America... foreigner... smile for the camera, give me your fingers). Distrust is only marginally this side of outright dislike and xenophobia. America, get some help, take off the tinfoil hat.
Just curious... didn't Paramount have a huge stake in it?
And stop making specious arguments. People don't program business applications to use at home. They program to sell to users for a profit. Of course they distribute them. But they won't distribute them to run on Linux because then they have to give their code away and lose the time and MONEY they spent on R&D. Not to mention the profits on their work. I don't know, but maybe you like to work for free. Personally I like to be paid for my work so I can buy food at the supermarket.
And the tired mantra of selling service support for a business application for the desktop is shite. For an enterprise application maybe... but the same flaw is showing through with people forking MySQL code and diluting the brand. Bottom line you haven't made any valid arguments against what I had to say, but managed to throw a bunch of insults and specious comments ... which I obligingly returned. After all you said, enough people marked my post up quite a bit, and not enough people agreed with you to mark it back down. Maybe it is you who doesn't 'get it'. I'm done with you.
I call bullshit on you dickweed. GNU and GPL put a huge restriction on use: "Give us your code if you want to link to ours, otherwise don't use it." BSD and Apache don't have that restriction. There's is only, give credit where credit is due, and do whatever you want with our code. We would like you to contribute too, but if you don't want to, that's OK. That is real open source... not viral open source. You are nonsense. Get a grip on reality.
No... really.
If the GNU restrictions on using libraries were eased up more businesses would port to Linux without having to use WINE. Otherwise business will just continue to use Windows... or Apple. It is easier and cheaper than supporting something that sits in a very shaky manner on top of an OS that doesn't support the software to begin with, and with a dubious turn around time for fixing critical bugs. Yes, they can pay someone to do that... or they can use an O/S where they don't have to. I was a Unix programmer for a long time before I started doing analyst work. So I don't have it in for Linux. I just don't like the overly radical approach to open source it takes. I think BSD or Apache are more balanced.
One of the traditional meanings of genius is the ability to rise above the rest with innovative thoughts and ideas. Forcing people to run with the herd means none of that. No great leaps forward. In fact, little or maybe no movement at all. It is one of the reasons the Soviets had to steal technology from the west: the herd mentality meant no one was allowed to excel, no free thinking, no ideas. Yes, they did launch Sputnik first, with the help of Germans. Yes, the U.S. launched with the help of Germans. But then they were able to extrapolate and go to the moon. During the time of the Soviet Union, there were far more Nobel prizes that went to the U.S. than the Soviets (or the Chinese). You could say that it was because the Soviets were secretive, but you might note that they tried to brag about every one of their achievements to prove how 'right' communism was. They didn't get to brag much about Nobel prizes however.
Edison's only genius was the ability to steal other people's ideas without having to pay for it later (e.g. Tesla). As far as Einstein, he was a true genius. The other people later would not have been able to do what they did had not Einstein and others like him come first.
Yeah... I do understand that the engineers did the math. The reason it looks dicey to me is that it is connected out where the wingtip would be and it doesn't look like they kept the same profile on the wing all the way across. It looks like it gets narrower. And then I thought about how a lever works on a pivot... But I'm sure it has to be sound or they would not have spent the money building it. :) Now all I need to do is make my second million to enjoy a ride on it. And write off the first million while I'm at it since I don't think it is ever going to come in anyway.
Not that impressive, unless all you want to do is game. If adding an application to its compatibility list is just a popularity contest, and it seems that is all that it is, of course the fan boys interested in games will vote the most. Others will just use the 'other' operating system to run applications that they need to use in order to make a living (since they won't be able to outvote fanatic gamers). Linux/Gnu has to relax more, not less, in order to allow people to NOT have to rely on some emulator or flaky reverse engineering to make business tools work. Relax on APIs so that it is easier to port business applications over to Linux. Until that time there will never be a 'year of the Linux desk top'. People just want to use their tools, not build them.
Maybe it is strong enough, but with the only join between the two hulls being a wing, I don't think I would want to travel in it or under it. Reminds me of something I heard in a documentary about the competition for for the joint strike fighter between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. One of the LM guys said something like a principle of winning many of these competitions is that it has to look like fighter plane. The idea being that theres looked more like a fast scary fighter while the Boeing fighter had that giant scoop and didn't look like a 'traditional' fighter. White Knight 2 doesn't look like something that should be safe... at least to me.
There are so many GNU fans here... Why hasn't anyone created or successfully created (meaning widely used) an open source search engine if everyone is so pissed at Google and the other engine makers for violating privacy?
There HAS to be a Godwin's law for 'the meaning of life... blah blah blah'
Speaking of hyperbole, I'm just trying to figure out how the Phillip K. Dick line refers to anything other than trying to sound cool while not making any sense in context.
But I think we should have the government put big fluffy pillows on any concrete sidewalk in case we fall down.[/sarcasm]
It's OK mister, Grandpa didn't mean to shoot you 58 times, he just has Parkinson's Disease.
Developing whole new sets of technology seemed to be a very good thing for the U.S. economy before. The Apollo program produced a lot of new technology (including Tang! yum!). The only reason we are 'first world' is that we had things to sell that the rest of the world didn't, and we were the only ones that had them. Of course now, we would likely lose that advantage immediately when those running things outsource all the work overseas once the technology is established. Then the overseas companies will sell our technology back to us as finished goods. BTW, didn't something like that happen in the 18th century? The U.S. shipped raw materials to Britain and they shipped finished goods back at significant mark up? That even figured into some war that was fought back then wasn't it (among some other things)? Sorry no, things aren't the same... at least back then the U.S. made some money on raw materials first. Now even that is lost. (And just kidding on the Tang thing btw... yech!)
LOL... yeah... I usually heard that accent more from guys from the east side. All said, I'd rather be in Saint Louis! ;)
Father: The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute.
Children: Ohhhhh.
Father: I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.
That is very true. You have to move away for a while to hear it. I moved to the mid-west for close to eight years and was teased about the 'aboot' until the local accent wore it away. When I moved back to Canada I realized what I was being teased about when I could hear it all around me. I also thought the 'yaw yaw' (yes yes) in the movie 'Fargo' was an over the top caricature of the accent in northern Minnesota until I visited southern Manitoba again a while ago and heard two waitresses in my hotel talking and saying "yaw yaw, I know wot chya mean." Having lived there for a while too, I'm sure I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't left. I do have to say that the thing that kind of pissed me off is when Americans found out I'm from Canada they would insist on saying, "so you're from Canada AY!" No-one could say "eh" at the end of the sentence correctly [big grin]. Come on guys, you force it too hard... it has to just roll off at the end matter of factly... you can't force it. Now, if you get to Missouri take a drive down highway Farty Far. ha!
In your pants? Is that what you call it?
No, we will be able to see asteroids that could slam into our planet and possibly end life in the northern hemisphere. And then we can send a bomb up or something to move it away. Who cares about the southern hemisphere. :D
nope... when the light went out and he could read anything.
This is the Canadian regulatory body that is apparently mandated to providing Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, Shaw Cable, Quebecor, and Telus with their regional monopolies. It would be nice to see how often "representatives" of these companies take the CRTC commissioners, directors, and chair "out to lunch".
They studied three weeks to pass this urine test. [rimshot]
That was the NAFTA that Mulroney (progressive conservative party) signed. It didn't come into effect until the liberals were in.