Of course you could always work it so that the content is your own advertising. Take a look at Enhydra. Why did Lutris Technologies release it? Why to make more money consulting on it. I would have never heard of them otherwise that's for sure. Try to get your content to make you famous and feed your sales process with leads is one way to money justify a free project.
And, of course, they wanted access to their internal data to make sure that what was released in accordance with agreements actually matched what they knew.
I can understand why countries do this to their allies, there are entire cadres of spies from their allies that every country tolerates because they understand everybody needs to doublecheck these sorts of things. The list of countries that have died from the double dealings of their allies is long and goes back to the dawn of time.
Your etymological construction would change new rome (roma + nia) to land of the romans (roman + ia) and is a difference without much of a distinction. There's a longstanding linguistic shoving match over the whole issue mostly provoked by hungarians who are still pissed about the treaty of Trianon which broke hungarian power over transylvania and allowed them to attach to Romania in 1918.
As for the location of the original province of Dacia, the archeological evidence is pretty clear that it was in present day Romania. If you have an unbiased source otherwise, feel free to post.
Your further claims that "it is thought that... Romanians moved there from somewhere else" are very fevered dreams distilled from irredentists. The 'somewhere else' theories never seem to get their stories straight and the locations are pretty varied as to where Romanians supposedly came from. The fact that latin based languages survive in former Roman provinces is no surprise and their common ancester is also a no-brainer, it's latin!
A prisoner's dilema is one where the participants cannot communicate with each other. The fact that this is all bandied about on slashdot demomstrates that the whole PD premise is full of holes.
Don't forget the move to kick out the Vatican, who everybody recognizes as a state. Any world government that's going to be kicking out members because the member state is nonviolently advocating a policy position (pro-life) is an institution that shouldn't be given any real power.
There are physical neighborhood communities that exist outside of government. Anything from a local mom get together group to the local chamber of commerce could all usefully use geographically based heirarchies
So why is it that I am starting to evaluate a Star Office rollout based on their putting Star Office on the GPL?
Could it be that I like the security of an open codebase that can't be jerked around for one company's corporate convenience? Nah. What do I know, I'm only a Net admin at a consulting company. I only influence a few thousand seats.
Actually, the networks have been pooling their reporters and are all using the same data for years now. This is why you never hear 3rd party results anymore in US elections because the media cartel decides when to cover or not cover a candidate and they've made a collective decision to not cover libertarians, greens, etc. with occasional exceptions for Reform.
Since Apple has been making unprompted efforts to open their code up (see Darwin, quicktime streaming server) this is one strange monopoly that gives tools to potential competitors to enter their markets.
Apple may be the closest thing the world has right now to a traditional OS vendor who 'gets' open source and is moving their business model step by step to retool for the new world that is coming.
Are they 100% there right now? No. Could they do a 180 and retreat back into pure closed source? It's possible but becomes less likely with each section of their code that they open up.
How long is it going to be before visualPDF and the rest of the closed goodies are reverse-engineered in such a way that an open-source Darwin load can be compiled on Intel, and loaded with an OSX work-alike on top? I don't know but I think that Apple is preparing for the day. They have certainly made it possible.
Feel free to do it. They could certainly do arrange it inexpensively through paypal or any of the other "mail me money for free" options on the web. I just want a seat to see the first launch.
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Of course you could always work it so that the content is your own advertising. Take a look at Enhydra. Why did Lutris Technologies release it? Why to make more money consulting on it. I would have never heard of them otherwise that's for sure. Try to get your content to make you famous and feed your sales process with leads is one way to money justify a free project.
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It's not about showing gratitude. It's about making it convenient to be honest and not a thief.
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This is truly funny once you realize that the bank behind all this is Deutche Bank. What do they have against germans?
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The last time I checked, Netcraft said that www.apple.com was running Mac OS X.
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As long as it is high profile enough for me to find it, that's fine.
Macophiles will be melting Akamai down no matter how unhyped it is. It's the biggest release since the original!
And, of course, they wanted access to their internal data to make sure that what was released in accordance with agreements actually matched what they knew.
I can understand why countries do this to their allies, there are entire cadres of spies from their allies that every country tolerates because they understand everybody needs to doublecheck these sorts of things. The list of countries that have died from the double dealings of their allies is long and goes back to the dawn of time.
DB
What!?! No role for Natalie Portman? This is Slashdot Sacrilige!
I'm petrified with horror at the thought.
I'll just go and pour... well, you know the rest.
Just having fun too.
DB
Your etymological construction would change new rome (roma + nia) to land of the romans (roman + ia) and is a difference without much of a distinction. There's a longstanding linguistic shoving match over the whole issue mostly provoked by hungarians who are still pissed about the treaty of Trianon which broke hungarian power over transylvania and allowed them to attach to Romania in 1918.
As for the location of the original province of Dacia, the archeological evidence is pretty clear that it was in present day Romania. If you have an unbiased source otherwise, feel free to post.
Your further claims that "it is thought that... Romanians moved there from somewhere else" are very fevered dreams distilled from irredentists. The 'somewhere else' theories never seem to get their stories straight and the locations are pretty varied as to where Romanians supposedly came from. The fact that latin based languages survive in former Roman provinces is no surprise and their common ancester is also a no-brainer, it's latin!
DB
Actually, I wasn't joking. The company I'm working for is actually pitching the new consulate in Chicago so they know me a bit.
DB
A prisoner's dilema is one where the participants cannot communicate with each other. The fact that this is all bandied about on slashdot demomstrates that the whole PD premise is full of holes.
DB
If you're posting from the US, call up your nearest consulate and ask them to request a retraction.
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To be more accurate, the ov ending indicates a possible slav connection. Given the totality of the situation, my bet is Bulgaria
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The local name for Romania is.... Romania.
The history of the name comes from New Rome
Roma = Rome
nia = neo = new
Basically, Romania is what's left of a heavily colonized Roman province after the troops pulled out.
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The romanian consulate in Chicago has been notified. Who knows, they may even make a statement and demand a retraction (I hope so)
DB
Don't forget the move to kick out the Vatican, who everybody recognizes as a state. Any world government that's going to be kicking out members because the member state is nonviolently advocating a policy position (pro-life) is an institution that shouldn't be given any real power.
DB
There are physical neighborhood communities that exist outside of government. Anything from a local mom get together group to the local chamber of commerce could all usefully use geographically based heirarchies
DB
You should be able to fix things for your road warriors by allowing them to request fixed IPs in your dial in pool
DB
So why is it that I am starting to evaluate a Star Office rollout based on their putting Star Office on the GPL?
Could it be that I like the security of an open codebase that can't be jerked around for one company's corporate convenience? Nah. What do I know, I'm only a Net admin at a consulting company. I only influence a few thousand seats.
DB
Sorry, you'll just have to watch the fine print come November. They do mention it but you have to be watching closely.
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Sorry, brain fart
Actually, the networks have been pooling their reporters and are all using the same data for years now. This is why you never hear 3rd party results anymore in US elections because the media cartel decides when to cover or not cover a candidate and they've made a collective decision to not cover libertarians, greens, etc. with occasional exceptions for Reform.
DB
While it is true that many aren't smart enough to crack things themselves, they certainly are smart enough to hire someone else to do it.
DB
You also might take a look at Sen. Byrd - Democrat - who, at 93, is no spring chicken himself.
If you don't like the gerontocracy, vote for somebody else.
DB
Since Apple has been making unprompted efforts to open their code up (see Darwin, quicktime streaming server) this is one strange monopoly that gives tools to potential competitors to enter their markets.
Apple may be the closest thing the world has right now to a traditional OS vendor who 'gets' open source and is moving their business model step by step to retool for the new world that is coming.
Are they 100% there right now? No. Could they do a 180 and retreat back into pure closed source? It's possible but becomes less likely with each section of their code that they open up.
How long is it going to be before visualPDF and the rest of the closed goodies are reverse-engineered in such a way that an open-source Darwin load can be compiled on Intel, and loaded with an OSX work-alike on top? I don't know but I think that Apple is preparing for the day. They have certainly made it possible.
DB
Feel free to do it. They could certainly do arrange it inexpensively through paypal or any of the other "mail me money for free" options on the web. I just want a seat to see the first launch.
DB