In this corner The winner from the last match Microsoft who beat out OS/2, and UNIX, amongst others, for desktop X86 Supremacy, versus up and coming superstars Apple OSX X86, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris amongst others.
Let's see I don't have alot of entertainment expenses (Never go to movies(Seen 1 in 3 years), and never go to bars(I hate alchohol of any sort)), Usually cook for myself, I do buy books, but those are mostly work related, don't buy hardware very often, my roommate pays for DSL, I pay for gas and electricity, and I can't stand to travel. And usually I am broke.:-)
it in the first place. I use the gimp for example for my image manipulation (This is not an OSF ad), however I have meet people who use pirated copies of Photoshop, My thing is this, if I use the gimp, or if I used a pirated copy of photoshop they should not count that as a loss for some of us, as there is no way, come hell or high water, I could afford to buy photoshop.
Record Broadcasts either on computer or Tape or DVD again for personal use
Convert File Formats
Be able to loan original material to a friend for a brief period of time.
Basically I would want to be able to do anything with a copyrighted item that I legally purchased, or someone else purchased, for me. As long as I do not destribute the copyrighted material to anyone else I feel I should be able to do anything else.
I have a Brother Fax/Scanner/Printer Network device that supports windows, and Mac. I have gone as far as using the acutal ppd files(Had to hunt through OS X to find those) on my *nix boxen to get them to print to it. All the forums say it isn't supported in Linux, but couldn't you use the PPD from OS X as a basis and write a compatible driver for it?
1) China, a communist country not known for it's humanity.
2) China can always beat the US in the wage per hour market for multiple reasons...
A) Forced Labor
B) They will never provide good benefits to their employees. (Like Health Care, Retirement, Etc...)
C) They treat their employees as a "Throw away Commodity(sp)"
3) India should watch out as they will end up getting quite a backlash from Buddhists.
4) India Software, hmmm, I have dealt with them before, they have some issues also...
A) Not know for their ability to produce on time or with all the features required.
B) Known to cut corners and produce products that have more issues than other countries.
C) Unstable development environment, when I have dealt with companies from India in the past there seemed to be a problem keeping employees at one company.
5)Wasn't Nigeria and Africa supposed to be undermining India in the IT Department.
6) It looks to me like China just wants to use India and still want's to keep it's trade with enemies of India, which could backlash in India.
is working at the US Patent Office. I swear I think it is a bunch of freakin chimps and it just takes 4 or 5, or 6 years for them to get through the stacks that they are rubber stamping with approved(Assuming they see big colorfull logos on the paperwork for corporations). This is getting outrageous(sp), the patent system was designed for individuals to use to protect the innovative ideas, not for corporations to use to beat people over the head with. Now I am not defending apple, as they have used patents in the past to beat people over the head with, however, using a Credit Card for verification without charging it has been around long before the patent was filled. And as far as the other patent it describes any jukebox which stores it's music in data format, and specifically points to CD Jukebox's and players. Patent Number 6587403
The worst part of all of this is that now Europe will be under the same obnoxious, idiotic, corporations that want to patent everything. At the rate patents are being allowed on previously existing items, and or ideas, pretty soon someone will patent the biological system of exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide.
And it was bought by the same companies that I as a US Citizen Hate. I have to agree with the guy(or gal) earlier, They bought the politicians here, now they are buying them there.
Oh wait I can do more than Tux Racer, That's right UT2K3, UT2K4, RTCW (Just a couple examples, if you'd like more I can send them to you, and screenshots). Oh, and yes, I can check my e-mail (Oh look another MS Worm from an AOHell User), and surf the web (Oh look a website trying to use an IE Exploit, isn't that quaint).
Mac's iTunes won't run on linux unless I buy third party software. Apple says they support OpenSource, well why don't they release some of their apps for other OS's than just Mac, Or is Apple only OpenSource if you buy all your stuff from them? Like I said at the begining Real Supports Linux, Apple Doesn't, that makes my decision easy.
mind enough about Linux, now they want to own a company devoted to Linux, then tommorrow they will probably want to sell it. The other funny part is they very rarely mention that the Java desktop or their new desktop runs on Linux.
First, I work for a lawfirm with about 18 people that is higly technological (And generally only has a problem maybe once a month, fo which I am the only IT person). They understand I have a pay as you go cell phone in my car that is HARDLY ever turned on (In fact only 3 people have the number) and that it istoo expensive for me to be receving phone calls on. I am in talks with them to get a pager that the systems would call if there is an issue, but overall they know that they can leave a message on my answering machine, and I will get it fixed ASAP when I get home and get the message. If I work late I e-mail the HR lady with my hours and come in those many hours late the next day. However I enjoy the fact that everyone seems so pleased and overall very happy with me that I could fix it sometime before work so everything was humming for them when they got in. I enjoy it when people are happy with me and gennerally the problem might only take an hour. Also for me it has helped when it came tme for a raise the owner said he loved my work and how fast (even if it was 3-4 hours after I got the message) and didn't mind me coming in late. My Schedule includes monday afternoons off because I usually work a few hours at night a week just so I can get stuff done, usually from home, but they don't care.Overall they understand that I might be at home and help them right away, I might get to it in a couple hours, or it might have to wait till tommorrow. But, anyway when i do fix stuff from home, they think it is fantastic of me and it reflects on me, and also on my raises.
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It's been years since Music Television played a decent amount of Music Videos. All they seem to do anymore are TV shows, no videos.
/me ducks the tomatoes. :-)
In this corner The winner from the last match Microsoft who beat out OS/2, and UNIX, amongst others, for desktop X86 Supremacy, versus up and coming superstars Apple OSX X86, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris amongst others.
This Rocks, I wish I could do this.
ROFL :-)
of us without one in one (My right hand due to an injury) or both I recomend a standard keyboard. :-)
Let's see I don't have alot of entertainment expenses (Never go to movies(Seen 1 in 3 years), and never go to bars(I hate alchohol of any sort)), Usually cook for myself, I do buy books, but those are mostly work related, don't buy hardware very often, my roommate pays for DSL, I pay for gas and electricity, and I can't stand to travel. And usually I am broke. :-)
it in the first place. I use the gimp for example for my image manipulation (This is not an OSF ad), however I have meet people who use pirated copies of Photoshop, My thing is this, if I use the gimp, or if I used a pirated copy of photoshop they should not count that as a loss for some of us, as there is no way, come hell or high water, I could afford to buy photoshop.
Copies for Personal use only (IE.. A Backup)
Record Broadcasts either on computer or Tape or DVD again for personal use
Convert File Formats
Be able to loan original material to a friend for a brief period of time.
Basically I would want to be able to do anything with a copyrighted item that I legally purchased, or someone else purchased, for me. As long as I do not destribute the copyrighted material to anyone else I feel I should be able to do anything else.
I have a Brother Fax/Scanner/Printer Network device that supports windows, and Mac. I have gone as far as using the acutal ppd files(Had to hunt through OS X to find those) on my *nix boxen to get them to print to it. All the forums say it isn't supported in Linux, but couldn't you use the PPD from OS X as a basis and write a compatible driver for it?
Locate running on the Berkely(SP) Database.
1) China, a communist country not known for it's humanity. 2) China can always beat the US in the wage per hour market for multiple reasons... A) Forced Labor B) They will never provide good benefits to their employees. (Like Health Care, Retirement, Etc...) C) They treat their employees as a "Throw away Commodity(sp)" 3) India should watch out as they will end up getting quite a backlash from Buddhists. 4) India Software, hmmm, I have dealt with them before, they have some issues also... A) Not know for their ability to produce on time or with all the features required. B) Known to cut corners and produce products that have more issues than other countries. C) Unstable development environment, when I have dealt with companies from India in the past there seemed to be a problem keeping employees at one company. 5)Wasn't Nigeria and Africa supposed to be undermining India in the IT Department. 6) It looks to me like China just wants to use India and still want's to keep it's trade with enemies of India, which could backlash in India.
is working at the US Patent Office. I swear I think it is a bunch of freakin chimps and it just takes 4 or 5, or 6 years for them to get through the stacks that they are rubber stamping with approved(Assuming they see big colorfull logos on the paperwork for corporations). This is getting outrageous(sp), the patent system was designed for individuals to use to protect the innovative ideas, not for corporations to use to beat people over the head with. Now I am not defending apple, as they have used patents in the past to beat people over the head with, however, using a Credit Card for verification without charging it has been around long before the patent was filled. And as far as the other patent it describes any jukebox which stores it's music in data format, and specifically points to CD Jukebox's and players. Patent Number 6587403 The worst part of all of this is that now Europe will be under the same obnoxious, idiotic, corporations that want to patent everything. At the rate patents are being allowed on previously existing items, and or ideas, pretty soon someone will patent the biological system of exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide.
And it was bought by the same companies that I as a US Citizen Hate. I have to agree with the guy(or gal) earlier, They bought the politicians here, now they are buying them there.
Nebraska. What's up with that? Ah microsoft again proving that they are nothing but a bunch of money grubbing gluttens.
JeeZ that would suck. I like friday the 13th, even though it was quite bad for the Templars.
That would do away with the little rhyme I use to remeber how many days are in a month. :-D
Interesting, I wonder if it falls under the Pyramid Scheeme Laws.
Oh wait I can do more than Tux Racer, That's right UT2K3, UT2K4, RTCW (Just a couple examples, if you'd like more I can send them to you, and screenshots). Oh, and yes, I can check my e-mail (Oh look another MS Worm from an AOHell User), and surf the web (Oh look a website trying to use an IE Exploit, isn't that quaint).
Oh yah he was wrong right? :-)
download to complete, DOH it's now stalled. /me wants to call the NSA and ask if they can mail me a printed version of the document it would be faster
bring a system to it's knees just by invoking the interpretor.
Mac's iTunes won't run on linux unless I buy third party software. Apple says they support OpenSource, well why don't they release some of their apps for other OS's than just Mac, Or is Apple only OpenSource if you buy all your stuff from them? Like I said at the begining Real Supports Linux, Apple Doesn't, that makes my decision easy.
mind enough about Linux, now they want to own a company devoted to Linux, then tommorrow they will probably want to sell it. The other funny part is they very rarely mention that the Java desktop or their new desktop runs on Linux.
First, I work for a lawfirm with about 18 people that is higly technological (And generally only has a problem maybe once a month, fo which I am the only IT person). They understand I have a pay as you go cell phone in my car that is HARDLY ever turned on (In fact only 3 people have the number) and that it istoo expensive for me to be receving phone calls on. I am in talks with them to get a pager that the systems would call if there is an issue, but overall they know that they can leave a message on my answering machine, and I will get it fixed ASAP when I get home and get the message. If I work late I e-mail the HR lady with my hours and come in those many hours late the next day. However I enjoy the fact that everyone seems so pleased and overall very happy with me that I could fix it sometime before work so everything was humming for them when they got in. I enjoy it when people are happy with me and gennerally the problem might only take an hour. Also for me it has helped when it came tme for a raise the owner said he loved my work and how fast (even if it was 3-4 hours after I got the message) and didn't mind me coming in late. My Schedule includes monday afternoons off because I usually work a few hours at night a week just so I can get stuff done, usually from home, but they don't care.Overall they understand that I might be at home and help them right away, I might get to it in a couple hours, or it might have to wait till tommorrow. But, anyway when i do fix stuff from home, they think it is fantastic of me and it reflects on me, and also on my raises.