I can't remember the exact years my board ran but definitely mid-80's -- 90's. My handle here on Slash is an extension of my operator handle from +30 years ago. LoL. It is an interesting perspective to have with modern social media and the Internet. I remember that transition from modem based BBS to Internet based. There was a similar transition in the hacking community from modem scripting and shenanigans to TCP/IP based goofballery.
What really scares me about the Republican party is not their notion of smaller government. They haven't had any luck achieving that as far back as Regan.
What really scares me is their ties to the religious right / evangelical movement. It's an interesting combination and the two groups seem to have absolutely nothing in common. So the goals of the religious right, which are 99% social program development and 1% stop abortion no matter what. Are tied to the fiscal conservatives (cut taxes no matter what).
So we end up with cutting taxes all over the place while the evangelicals push various social programs to boost government spending.
If McCain had stuck with his "Maverick" platform from 8 years ago rather than wooing the evangelicals by choosing Sarah Palin he'd have a better chance of winning since he'd have kept the 50%+ of republicans who are sick and tired of their parting being subverted.
What has prevented me from switching wholesale to Linux is peripheral hardware driver support. One strategy may be to emulate driver support from Windows. I realize this introduces a host of issues, but it would effectively eliminate the reliance on the vendors themselves if Linux could integrate hardware in the this manner.
I have owned a Prius since 2001 and most of what I like about it has nothing to do with the fuel economy. I like the fact that when you stop at a light the car doesn't make any noise or vibration. I like the fact that the continuously variable transmission doesn't clunk from one gear to the next. I like the fact that it seems to drive with very little effort or exertion on the drive train, I've put 60K miles on the car and it runs just as good as the day we picked it up, the gasoline engine has probably seen far less extreme running / wear as a comparable small gasoline vehicle. I enjoy the low end torque and lack of any acceleration delay.
If I had a choice between a 10K Toyota Echo and a 20k Prius I'd have chosen the Prius based on handling and drivability regardless.
I'm also a little mystified by all of the bashing of the mileage reports. I consistently get 50 miles/gallon highway and 45-48 city.
I haven't seen the report because the site is dead but I'm wondering how they are factoring in $3,4,5/gallon future gas prices.
So if someone was standing 6 inches from your face shouting at you after having consumed a hearty plate of raw onions and garlic, you'd fully appreciate the information they were trying to convey?
There are several issues here that you voice strong opinions about but I don't see any convincing arguments to support them other than the idea that; Windows user will switch to Linux if enough of their proprietary applications are available on that platform.
All things being equal (or nearly so), the open source version wins. I think the open source community raises the bar for all application software development, in fact I strongly feel that they'll eventually completely overshadow that particular business model.
Don't you think commercial application developers should be given a realistic assessment of their product?
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Agreed, and (*cross your fingers*) this will lead to a remake, a second production with a bigger budget, George Lucas letting a real director make a film on his behalf.
Revenues from software product sales have dropped drastically for most companies not exempt from normal competition (M$). I see them eventually deciding that the up front cost of the software actually decreases their potential earnings from services. I also think that startups will begin with a services only model so they don't have to suffer the inevitable pain of retooling their business to support primarily services rather than product sales.
I think this is a semantic issue. Microsoft embodies the proprietary model & linux the open source model. Each states that the threat is from the concept, not the entity that is the major representative of one or the other. Of course Microsoft has the strategic advantage of money & the open source OSS side has the strategic position of no single target for Microsoft to aim at with their big sums of money. If significant portions of FOSS like whole desktop environments make their way to the Windows platform, then Microsoft may have a more tangible target for their own strategic manuvering.
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I can't remember the exact years my board ran but definitely mid-80's -- 90's. My handle here on Slash is an extension of my operator handle from +30 years ago. LoL. It is an interesting perspective to have with modern social media and the Internet. I remember that transition from modem based BBS to Internet based. There was a similar transition in the hacking community from modem scripting and shenanigans to TCP/IP based goofballery.
What really scares me about the Republican party is not their notion of smaller government. They haven't had any luck achieving that as far back as Regan.
What really scares me is their ties to the religious right / evangelical movement. It's an interesting combination and the two groups seem to have absolutely nothing in common. So the goals of the religious right, which are 99% social program development and 1% stop abortion no matter what. Are tied to the fiscal conservatives (cut taxes no matter what). So we end up with cutting taxes all over the place while the evangelicals push various social programs to boost government spending. If McCain had stuck with his "Maverick" platform from 8 years ago rather than wooing the evangelicals by choosing Sarah Palin he'd have a better chance of winning since he'd have kept the 50%+ of republicans who are sick and tired of their parting being subverted.
What has prevented me from switching wholesale to Linux is peripheral hardware driver support. One strategy may be to emulate driver support from Windows. I realize this introduces a host of issues, but it would effectively eliminate the reliance on the vendors themselves if Linux could integrate hardware in the this manner.
I have owned a Prius since 2001 and most of what I like about it has nothing to do with the fuel economy. I like the fact that when you stop at a light the car doesn't make any noise or vibration. I like the fact that the continuously variable transmission doesn't clunk from one gear to the next. I like the fact that it seems to drive with very little effort or exertion on the drive train, I've put 60K miles on the car and it runs just as good as the day we picked it up, the gasoline engine has probably seen far less extreme running / wear as a comparable small gasoline vehicle. I enjoy the low end torque and lack of any acceleration delay.
If I had a choice between a 10K Toyota Echo and a 20k Prius I'd have chosen the Prius based on handling and drivability regardless.
I'm also a little mystified by all of the bashing of the mileage reports. I consistently get 50 miles/gallon highway and 45-48 city.
I haven't seen the report because the site is dead but I'm wondering how they are factoring in $3,4,5/gallon future gas prices.
So if someone was standing 6 inches from your face shouting at you after having consumed a hearty plate of raw onions and garlic, you'd fully appreciate the information they were trying to convey?
There are several issues here that you voice strong opinions about but I don't see any convincing arguments to support them other than the idea that; Windows user will switch to Linux if enough of their proprietary applications are available on that platform.
All things being equal (or nearly so), the open source version wins. I think the open source community raises the bar for all application software development, in fact I strongly feel that they'll eventually completely overshadow that particular business model.
Don't you think commercial application developers should be given a realistic assessment of their product?
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Agreed, and (*cross your fingers*) this will lead to a remake, a second production with a bigger budget, George Lucas letting a real director make a film on his behalf.
You could ping the other devices, you'd need to set up all your devices as ad-hoc rather than managed or infrastructure mode.
Revenues from software product sales have dropped drastically for most companies not exempt from normal competition (M$). I see them eventually deciding that the up front cost of the software actually decreases their potential earnings from services. I also think that startups will begin with a services only model so they don't have to suffer the inevitable pain of retooling their business to support primarily services rather than product sales.
Actually as of QT 2.2 it is GPL. See http://developer.kde.org/documentation/books/kde-2 .0-development/ch19lev1sec4.html
I think this is a semantic issue. Microsoft embodies the proprietary model & linux the open source model. Each states that the threat is from the concept, not the entity that is the major representative of one or the other. Of course Microsoft has the strategic advantage of money & the open source OSS side has the strategic position of no single target for Microsoft to aim at with their big sums of money. If significant portions of FOSS like whole desktop environments make their way to the Windows platform, then Microsoft may have a more tangible target for their own strategic manuvering.
The National Cyber Security Division participates in these programs and is working to expand them.
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http://www.us-cert.gov/press_room/schlrshp_srvce.