I've got a better idea. Instead of taxing ordinary folks and giving the money to corporations, how about people pay for songs. Sounds radical, but hear me out. If you want a song, you can pay one dollar for it. If you don't want the song, you do NOT pay for it. Think about it, only those people who are willing to pay for the music get the music! You can vote with your wallet! And to help the poor, who might want the music but can't afford the one dollar, we can set up public libraries. I can imagine a sort of competition getting started, as one studio could decide to offer its songs for only 75 cents. If this sort of competition continued then a clearing price could be approached. Of course, individual artists could give away their songs if they wanted to.
On one hand this is a bit of a slap in the face to the Gnome/GTK teams that seems to imply Qt was the superior technology.
I will not claim that either GNOME or KDE are better than the other, but when it comes to GTK+ and Qt, the answer is obvious: Qt wins. GTK+ is a widget toolkit, period. Qt is a complete application framework that includes a tookit, threading, files, networking, XML, multimedia, etc. GNOME has to use GTK+ along with nearly a dozen other libraries to get the same benefit that KDE gets from Qt. In addition, Qt's crossplatform is rock solid while GTK+ is a bugfest on both Windows and Mac OSX.
I don't see Nokia as interested in the Linux desktop, so I presume that part of Trolltech's work will not continue exactly as before
Trolltech is profitable, with Qt doing much better than Qtopia. In addition, Qtopia is essentially Qt, as they share the same codebase. Dumping X11/OSX/Win32 would lose them a lot of money.
why pay the salaries of several KDE developers
Because KDE is Trolltech's biggest marketer and advertiser? Not funding the independent KDE developers is like firing half your marketing department. KDE also contributes a crapload back to Qt, and not just bugfixes. Phonon anyone?
It is probably part of the reason why all major distros have moved to GNOME.
Only ONE major distro that standardizes on GNOME, and that's the distro that helps fund it. All of the Ubuntus are really just one distro, so they're not standardized on anything. All the other major distros (SuSE, Mandriva, Debian, etc.) either standardize on KDE or leave the choice up to the user during install.
The US has a braindead monetary policy. The theories of Keynes have been discredited for decades how, yet the US continues to tinker with illusory macroeconomic knobs. We're entering a recession right now, and these proposed stimulus packages will only lead to a depression. "Stimulus package" is the economic equivalent of drinking vodka to cure a hangover.
Inflation (increases in the money supply) create the boom/bust business cycle. Cheap credit and easy money lead to malinvestments and create a boom. But then there is a correction leading to a bust. And so on. We saw it with the Dot Boom, and we're seeing it now with housing. The general consumer gets hurt worst of all, because that poor schmuck loses his job AND gets the new money last after it has been devalued.
Going back to a gold standard is pretty radical. A far more "moderate" approach is get the government's hands off the macroeconomic knobs. Stop futzing with the money supply and the interest rates. Greenspan tended to keep his hands off, but Bernanke is acting like a kid at Christmas. He scares me.
Pffft! SAIC is the little guy. They're basically a bunch of decentralized almost-autonomous offices. Far larger are Raytheon, Boeing, BAE, Lockheed, etc. But the Military Industrial Complex Problem isn't agoing to be solved by focusing on one company. You need to attack the system itself. You used the Microsoft analogy. Do you think proprietary software would disappear if Microsoft were disbanded? Hah!
It's not the Foruth Reich, but it certainly isn't the bright shining light of liberty and democracy it once was. But the corruption is incidental. Corruption isn't the problem, it's a symptom. The corruption occurs because government is selling privilege. Scoundrels run for office to get a piece of it, corporations set up lobbying divisions to get a piece of it, and voters form blocs trying to get a piece as well. It's human nature, and once government gets too big you cannot stop it. We need to get government small enough that it doesn't have any excess power and privilege to hand out.
I am telling you what the courts hold, not my opinion.
I've gotten a lot of shit over my opinion. Apparently I'm supposed to be a good sheep and submit to whatever the judges say the cops can do. The Constitution and the 4th Amendment are more than just pretty pieces of paper to line GWB's cage with. I am not going to roll over. If I am ever the subject of a warrantless seizure and search of my property, flash drive or otherwise, I will fight back. I will sue the cops and the police department, and take it as far up the chain as I can.
Tyranny happens because people refuse to say "no".
Nonsense. There has to be probable cause for the arrest in the first place, and that is the probable cause that needs to be applied to the search. You can't arrest someone for smoking pot, and then say "oh hey, let's search his iPhone for kiddie porn while we're at it." That would be unreasonable.
I'm one of those very rare people who believe in the rule of law, rather than the capriciousness of government functionaries. Either the law means what it means, or let's just dump the charade. I do understand that some prior SCOTUS rulings have make a mockery of the Constitution, but that still does not change the English language. If some cop seizes and searches my iPhone without a warrant, I am going to sue! I will NOT accept it with a smile!
Government is like a puppy. You swat its nose when it pees on the carpet. If you don't, then it will keep on peeing on the carpet. Letting it get away with it once is not an excuse to abandon all housebreaking discipline. Likewise, just because the government got away with a lot of shit in the past is no excuse to let it continue in its errant behavior.
It says that in the explanatory clause, not the operative clause. It's perfectly ordinary English. Just like the 4th Amendment. The Bill of Rights is a limit on the Federal Government, NOT a limit on the citizens. It prevents the government from violating your pre-existing (natural, unalienable, God given, etc) right to own firearms.
Are these lawyers and judges ignorant of the English language? This isn't Old English folks, this is perfectly straight forward modern English.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
The iPhone on my hip most certainly counts as part of my personal effects. You cannot seize or search it except upon a legal warrant issued upon probable cause. Ditto for my thumbdrive, camera, flash cards, etc.
Grab the installer. I haven't used them myself, but I have seen them used, and they appear to be quite straight forward. No need to be a "linux guru" because you're using normal ordinary Windows and Mac installers.
If compassionate conservatism gave us the most interventionist and intrusive government in US history, what will kinder capitalism give us? Universally mandated poverty?
I want the old fashioned greedy capitalism in the same way I want the old fashioned cold hearted conservatism.
Umm, no. The desktop (plasma, kwin, etc) isn't being ported over. You can run your favorite KDE apps, like KDevelop, Amarok and Konqueror, but this isn't meant to replace your existing desktop.
You must be that guy I met last week at the Geek conference. All I did was try to ask him where the restrooms were, and he starts ranting about some grammatical error I made. Then he tells me the differences between bathroom, restrooms, lavoraties and water closets. Then he sees that I'm wearing a FreeBSD shirt, and starts droning on an on about how FreeBSD really isn't free because it isn't GPL, and how he wanted to use it but it needed a primary partition, and he didn't want to delete his ReactOS install to try it out, and why they really need to port the base system to ports. Eventually I had to pee on his shoes.
You didn't understand the subtle humour? I guess you're just not patient enough. The cleverness becomes obvious after you attempt to reload the page ten times. Note however, that this won't work with Firefox. It only works with IE.
You do have to admit, it's very "in your face". You're strolling down an aisle of sunflowers, still lifes, and Flemish portraits, when all of a sudden you're staring at a rude twat.
I just mark their emails as spam. Eventually the inane email goes away. If they have anything important to say, they will eventually seek you out face-to-face to inquire why you didn't act on it. Explain that you didn't see their email, then act surprised when you find it in the bulk folder. "Hmmm, I guess the email filter thought you were a spammer because of all the inane comments you make".
If you really want to be rude, bounce all their messages back with a "spam detected" message.
I always power down my systems at night. have worked in companies where no one else does this. I have even had coworkers chide me for doing this. I even power down my Macs, instead of putting them to sleep. I am not an environmentalist or "greenie", but I do have enough brain cells to realize that electricity costs money. If you computer is on it is using power.
I am not a Trolltech employee, but I do work closely with them.. I have a commercial license. What you are telling me does not describe Trolltech. Not at all. I have never heard of a workstation inspection. What I have heard instead, is offering waivers for those developers who genuinely did change their mind later on. And I have seen cheaters. I have seen companies release a signficant product two months after purchasing a single license.
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I've got a better idea. Instead of taxing ordinary folks and giving the money to corporations, how about people pay for songs. Sounds radical, but hear me out. If you want a song, you can pay one dollar for it. If you don't want the song, you do NOT pay for it. Think about it, only those people who are willing to pay for the music get the music! You can vote with your wallet! And to help the poor, who might want the music but can't afford the one dollar, we can set up public libraries. I can imagine a sort of competition getting started, as one studio could decide to offer its songs for only 75 cents. If this sort of competition continued then a clearing price could be approached. Of course, individual artists could give away their songs if they wanted to.
Such a wonderful idea. Brings a tear to my eye.
Trolltech is profitable, with Qt doing much better than Qtopia. In addition, Qtopia is essentially Qt, as they share the same codebase. Dumping X11/OSX/Win32 would lose them a lot of money.
Because KDE is Trolltech's biggest marketer and advertiser? Not funding the independent KDE developers is like firing half your marketing department. KDE also contributes a crapload back to Qt, and not just bugfixes. Phonon anyone?
It is probably part of the reason why all major distros have moved to GNOME.
Only ONE major distro that standardizes on GNOME, and that's the distro that helps fund it. All of the Ubuntus are really just one distro, so they're not standardized on anything. All the other major distros (SuSE, Mandriva, Debian, etc.) either standardize on KDE or leave the choice up to the user during install.
Well duh! As I get older I get softer around the middle too!
The US has a braindead monetary policy. The theories of Keynes have been discredited for decades how, yet the US continues to tinker with illusory macroeconomic knobs. We're entering a recession right now, and these proposed stimulus packages will only lead to a depression. "Stimulus package" is the economic equivalent of drinking vodka to cure a hangover.
Inflation (increases in the money supply) create the boom/bust business cycle. Cheap credit and easy money lead to malinvestments and create a boom. But then there is a correction leading to a bust. And so on. We saw it with the Dot Boom, and we're seeing it now with housing. The general consumer gets hurt worst of all, because that poor schmuck loses his job AND gets the new money last after it has been devalued.
Going back to a gold standard is pretty radical. A far more "moderate" approach is get the government's hands off the macroeconomic knobs. Stop futzing with the money supply and the interest rates. Greenspan tended to keep his hands off, but Bernanke is acting like a kid at Christmas. He scares me.
Pffft! SAIC is the little guy. They're basically a bunch of decentralized almost-autonomous offices. Far larger are Raytheon, Boeing, BAE, Lockheed, etc. But the Military Industrial Complex Problem isn't agoing to be solved by focusing on one company. You need to attack the system itself. You used the Microsoft analogy. Do you think proprietary software would disappear if Microsoft were disbanded? Hah!
It's not the Foruth Reich, but it certainly isn't the bright shining light of liberty and democracy it once was. But the corruption is incidental. Corruption isn't the problem, it's a symptom. The corruption occurs because government is selling privilege. Scoundrels run for office to get a piece of it, corporations set up lobbying divisions to get a piece of it, and voters form blocs trying to get a piece as well. It's human nature, and once government gets too big you cannot stop it. We need to get government small enough that it doesn't have any excess power and privilege to hand out.
I am telling you what the courts hold, not my opinion.
I've gotten a lot of shit over my opinion. Apparently I'm supposed to be a good sheep and submit to whatever the judges say the cops can do. The Constitution and the 4th Amendment are more than just pretty pieces of paper to line GWB's cage with. I am not going to roll over. If I am ever the subject of a warrantless seizure and search of my property, flash drive or otherwise, I will fight back. I will sue the cops and the police department, and take it as far up the chain as I can.
Tyranny happens because people refuse to say "no".
So you're suggesting we should sit back and let the government do whatever the hell they want to do? Wonderful. No wonder we're so fucked up.
Nonsense. There has to be probable cause for the arrest in the first place, and that is the probable cause that needs to be applied to the search. You can't arrest someone for smoking pot, and then say "oh hey, let's search his iPhone for kiddie porn while we're at it." That would be unreasonable.
I'm one of those very rare people who believe in the rule of law, rather than the capriciousness of government functionaries. Either the law means what it means, or let's just dump the charade. I do understand that some prior SCOTUS rulings have make a mockery of the Constitution, but that still does not change the English language. If some cop seizes and searches my iPhone without a warrant, I am going to sue! I will NOT accept it with a smile!
Government is like a puppy. You swat its nose when it pees on the carpet. If you don't, then it will keep on peeing on the carpet. Letting it get away with it once is not an excuse to abandon all housebreaking discipline. Likewise, just because the government got away with a lot of shit in the past is no excuse to let it continue in its errant behavior.
This explains the US strategy in Iraq!
It says that in the explanatory clause, not the operative clause. It's perfectly ordinary English. Just like the 4th Amendment. The Bill of Rights is a limit on the Federal Government, NOT a limit on the citizens. It prevents the government from violating your pre-existing (natural, unalienable, God given, etc) right to own firearms.
The iPhone on my hip most certainly counts as part of my personal effects. You cannot seize or search it except upon a legal warrant issued upon probable cause. Ditto for my thumbdrive, camera, flash cards, etc.
Grab the installer. I haven't used them myself, but I have seen them used, and they appear to be quite straight forward. No need to be a "linux guru" because you're using normal ordinary Windows and Mac installers.
If compassionate conservatism gave us the most interventionist and intrusive government in US history, what will kinder capitalism give us? Universally mandated poverty?
I want the old fashioned greedy capitalism in the same way I want the old fashioned cold hearted conservatism.
Umm, no. The desktop (plasma, kwin, etc) isn't being ported over. You can run your favorite KDE apps, like KDevelop, Amarok and Konqueror, but this isn't meant to replace your existing desktop.
I take it you didn't catch the error in the PHP then. No wonder you thought it was lame.
You must be that guy I met last week at the Geek conference. All I did was try to ask him where the restrooms were, and he starts ranting about some grammatical error I made. Then he tells me the differences between bathroom, restrooms, lavoraties and water closets. Then he sees that I'm wearing a FreeBSD shirt, and starts droning on an on about how FreeBSD really isn't free because it isn't GPL, and how he wanted to use it but it needed a primary partition, and he didn't want to delete his ReactOS install to try it out, and why they really need to port the base system to ports. Eventually I had to pee on his shoes.
You didn't understand the subtle humour? I guess you're just not patient enough. The cleverness becomes obvious after you attempt to reload the page ten times. Note however, that this won't work with Firefox. It only works with IE.
You do have to admit, it's very "in your face". You're strolling down an aisle of sunflowers, still lifes, and Flemish portraits, when all of a sudden you're staring at a rude twat.
I just mark their emails as spam. Eventually the inane email goes away. If they have anything important to say, they will eventually seek you out face-to-face to inquire why you didn't act on it. Explain that you didn't see their email, then act surprised when you find it in the bulk folder. "Hmmm, I guess the email filter thought you were a spammer because of all the inane comments you make".
If you really want to be rude, bounce all their messages back with a "spam detected" message.
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I always power down my systems at night. have worked in companies where no one else does this. I have even had coworkers chide me for doing this. I even power down my Macs, instead of putting them to sleep. I am not an environmentalist or "greenie", but I do have enough brain cells to realize that electricity costs money. If you computer is on it is using power.
I am not a Trolltech employee, but I do work closely with them.. I have a commercial license. What you are telling me does not describe Trolltech. Not at all. I have never heard of a workstation inspection. What I have heard instead, is offering waivers for those developers who genuinely did change their mind later on. And I have seen cheaters. I have seen companies release a signficant product two months after purchasing a single license.