It's a test flight, not a full-fledged production vehicle we're talking about here.
The plan is that eventually aircraft will take off under normal jet propulsion, use scramjets to accelerate to escape velocity, and use chemical-powered propusion once they have left the atmosphere.
Did you notice that I qualified my statements with "in theory" and "the thinking is"? Of course OSS is not going to be cheaper in EVERY SINGLE SITUATION. In this case, however, a number of people who have clearly done quite a bit of research into it have decided that OSS could be cheaper in this particular situation. They think it worthwhile to establish a means of distributing it more easily among government agencies.
As I understand it, the point is to make OSS more easily available to government agencies which should in theory save the state a sizeable chunk of money that might otherwise be spent on other software. The thinking is that OSS = cheaper = a good thing.
Just because it's "been happening for years" (which I'm uncertain of as you didn't cite any sources) doesn't mean we should ignore it, or that unscrupulous people might exploit it to further their political agenda. This is another flaw in Diebold's supposedly "secure" voting technology that needs to be publicized and fixed.
...to mod this entire article and discussion -1 Flamebait? Still, I guess Friday is a good day to have the Mac and PC zealots shouting at each other like howler monkeys.
This story is just more proof that people need to be proactive about their email and internet browsing habits. The biggest reason that so many people fall for this sort of crap is that they expect their computer to "Just Work", like their TV or microwave. It'd be nice if PCs DID Just Work, but unfortunately it's not the case. If more Windows users would just take the time to check out more secure browsers and email clients, and be more careful about which emails they open and attachments they download, spammers would have a much harder job. It sounds really obvious to anyone savvy enough to read Slashdot, but this really isn't something that occurs to 90% of the people who own a computer.
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No no no, CONNECTICUT would tax it to death.
Here in MA we just get a bunch of hippies to protest until everyone gets bored and forgets about the issue.
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"What's Linux insurance--switching to Mac OS X?" Nope, it's putting a hit out on Darl McBride.
It's a test flight, not a full-fledged production vehicle we're talking about here. The plan is that eventually aircraft will take off under normal jet propulsion, use scramjets to accelerate to escape velocity, and use chemical-powered propusion once they have left the atmosphere.
That's what they get for building a backbone with a screen door in it!
If it's displayed on a screen, couldn't it technically be called "graphical"?
Did you notice that I qualified my statements with "in theory" and "the thinking is"? Of course OSS is not going to be cheaper in EVERY SINGLE SITUATION. In this case, however, a number of people who have clearly done quite a bit of research into it have decided that OSS could be cheaper in this particular situation. They think it worthwhile to establish a means of distributing it more easily among government agencies.
As I understand it, the point is to make OSS more easily available to government agencies which should in theory save the state a sizeable chunk of money that might otherwise be spent on other software. The thinking is that OSS = cheaper = a good thing.
Just because it's "been happening for years" (which I'm uncertain of as you didn't cite any sources) doesn't mean we should ignore it, or that unscrupulous people might exploit it to further their political agenda. This is another flaw in Diebold's supposedly "secure" voting technology that needs to be publicized and fixed.
...to mod this entire article and discussion -1 Flamebait? Still, I guess Friday is a good day to have the Mac and PC zealots shouting at each other like howler monkeys.
In other words: "I am angry that the opinions of others may differ from my own! Raar!"
"Hooray! Oh. Wait. Crap."
This story is just more proof that people need to be proactive about their email and internet browsing habits. The biggest reason that so many people fall for this sort of crap is that they expect their computer to "Just Work", like their TV or microwave. It'd be nice if PCs DID Just Work, but unfortunately it's not the case. If more Windows users would just take the time to check out more secure browsers and email clients, and be more careful about which emails they open and attachments they download, spammers would have a much harder job. It sounds really obvious to anyone savvy enough to read Slashdot, but this really isn't something that occurs to 90% of the people who own a computer.
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I believe he's married, actually.
No no no, CONNECTICUT would tax it to death. Here in MA we just get a bunch of hippies to protest until everyone gets bored and forgets about the issue.