So did mine. She went to three different dermotologists and it only got worse (and more expensive). Probably (my guess) because most of the medications required she stay out of the sun. I put her on a diet of vitain C, E, A and more natural sunlight. I also made sure she stopped using makeup for this duration. Her roscea went away and hasn't been back. Its now been some 4 or 5 years.
Actually, it is homeopathy. You have it backwards. Surprisingly, many treatments which originated as "homeopathy" are studied, refined, and adopted by more mainstream science. Of course, this does not mean all homeopathy is science based nor does it mean the bulk of homeopathy is anything but bunk.
A classic example is vitamin E. It was long considered a homeopathy treatment. Doctors discovered there was something to it, researched it, and created synthetic vitamin E (at 4-8 times the price). Oddly enough, more patients have died from synthetic vitamin E than have from vitamin E; the later of which has been around much, much longer. Long of the short, 1) just because a doctor prescribes it doesn't mean its safe and 2) just because a treatment originates from homeopathy doesn't mean its withour merit.
LOL! You're pretty sad. To take me to task by agreeing with my original point; yet you had to "lead me by the nose". Are you for real or trolling? If you're not trolling, you have my pitty. If you are trolling, you got me. It's not often I'm suckered by a troll. Good job.
"If I remember correctly, back in 2000 Bush specifically stated that if he got the office, the charges against M$ would be dropped as fast as possible."
I'm not sure that was a quote but it was clear that Bush was siding with "Big Business."; whereby the intent was 100% clear. I believe he's also on the record stating that he did not believe in the court's or the State's decision to pursue Microsoft.
No, your view is "wacky" because it violates the "8th Grade Civics Class" understanding of theworld where the judicial branch is independent of the President.
LOL. And then there is the real world. Grow up. You seriously think the world works the way it does in "books"? Come on. Even odder, you then go on to validate exactly what I'm say out the other side of your mouth. Believe it or not, things like this do not have to be Mr. Bush making a call; which in fact would be very, very, very improbable. Things like this can happen for any number of reasons ranging from reasonable and probable conspiracy or simple alternate interests shared by friends of the GOP where it would be understood a favor would be recognized (which is usually how this stuff happens). Or, as you put it, there can be alternate financial interests. The point of my post wasn't that Mr. Bush can pick up a phone and dial (which could be debated;); rather, it was that there was a 100% 'bout face immediately after Bush came into office in both passion to pursue and the obvious sway of the court. Things like that don't happen on accident.
What fucking ignorant idiot got mod points to mod fact as Troll. Toooooo many fucking retards have access to keyboards these days. Idiot trolls! Learn the difference between a troll (this post) and a factually based posting (the parent)! Fucking idiots!
Since it's obvious that too many people here are too fucking stupid to use their brain I'll spell it out for the mouth breathers here! One, just because it's on tape doesn't mean it's true; misinformation is a valuable tool. And two, you have to be a serious fuck tard to moderate this down. If you had even half the brain of a retard, you would of replied. But... Three, basd on all of the available facts, this is a very probable sitation, which means those that modded the parent post down are especially fucking dumb.
One only has to look at recent history (last several decades) to know this type of thing is the norm. Saying something like, "desperately...looking...fora conspiracy theory", really makes you look whacky! Seriously, this type of thing is not uncommon at all. Thinking it is simply means you're out of touch with reality. I'm sorry, but that's the world we live in.
That happened after Bush came into office. It was like someone flipped a switch. One minute things were looking bad for MS. The next, Bush is in and suddenly no one can seemingly touch MS.
Just FYI, some number of months ago some tapes were released. They were tapes made by Sadam. In them he talks of moving his WMDs to Syria, along with other assets. So to say it was a scam is 100% BS. Sadam in his own recordings 1) admits to not destroying the stuff and 2) moving it to Syria.
I've never heard that before. I guess it might be true, but let's look at history:
gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: slam Microsoft... gov: We have them were we want them...this is going to hurt! Bush comes into office gov: Let's settle while you laugh at the silliness of it all... Microsoft: *snickering* *wink* *wink* Ok...this is horrible! *wink* *wink* gov: Oh you violated the agreement...we'll ignore that. gov: Oh you violated again and have yet to comply in other areas of the agreement...we'll ignore that. gov: We'll give you two more years of this horrible punishment.
Seems to me the ton completely changed after Bush took office. So, if Clinton did attempt to settle it was probably on real terms which Microsoft did not want to comply. So, in the final summary, it smells like Bush has made a night and day difference here and there is no blame to share with past administrations.
You missed the point. He's saying no one can reach his box unless they have SSH'd into hix box first. That means he's not likely at risk unless someone has gotton past SSH first and/or already have a local account.
Could you record to and playback from random locations on that video tape at the same time? No? Well then they did way more than replace a tape with a drive, didn't they?
That's the advancement in technology and associated market demands, not the distinction between a patent being granted. If you could have done so with tape, it would have already been so. The idea is hardly novel or unique. People had long been talking about this type of thing before I ever even heard of Tivo. The thing that prevented it was cost effective technology (expensive hard drives and even more expensive encoder/decoders), not the lack of desire or idea. Tivo's patent is BS.
Hmmm... now that I look it up I find out the luxury tax devestated the boat industry and was repealed by Pres. Clinton in 1993 or so. It had applied a 10% surcharge to boats over $100,000, planes over $25,000, as well as large jewelry, fur and automobile purchases.
Yes, the luxury tax was repealed because it actually created less total income (direct and indirect) than the indirect taxes which were otherwise created without it. Havind said that, in the context of this discussion, chances are, Billy Bob was not buying a $100,000 boat, so it was never really an issue.
There is a difference between being taxed and not taxed at all. I never said they were not paying their tiny share of sales tax. As I said, we all get taxed the 6%-9% so it's money they would pay anyways. As such, it's nothing but a false distractor to place it on the table. Period. If you still think paying 6%-9%, which we all pay, is somehow equal to the 30%-50% they cheated and didn't pay, you need to seriously work on your math skills. That's both a huge difference in both income and tax base collected.
Another point of interest here is that sales tax is usually a state and/or county tax where as income tax is usually a federal tax. Not paying their share of federal taxes means they have to get it from somewhere else. Looks like Uncle Sam is eyeing our pockets once again. Which in turn means, we all pay higher taxes to make up for these scumbags. You could say, these cheats are reaching into our pockets.
Either way, small businesses and individuals just don't have the lobbying power to "legally" escape the tax man the way corporations do. A decent Senator or Representative costs a lot of money. It's the Golden Rule -- Those with the gold make the rules.
I've never heard of that before. Wow! That is a scam! Perhaps for a large corporation it adds up to a non-trivial value...but just the same, wow! Taxing items which have already been double taxed. That's taxing three plus times...what total BS!
Yes, but none of those really apply to the context at hand. We're talking about a blue shirt guy not paying his taxes. He's probably not in the market for a $1,000,000 dollar boat where a 50% tax (take your word for it) applies. Chances are, we're talking about a $30K-60K boat where he paid normal sales tax of 6%-9% (the 7 was suppose to be a 9) applies.
None of the other items matter because that's tuff we all pay; regardless if you lied to the IRS or not.
I see this asked time and time again. These days, many corporations own cars, houses, planes, buses, even train cars, and vacation spots around the world. In turn, CEOs, CFOs, etc., are rewarded by living within and using these company resources. Basically, it's an effort by CEOs and CFOs to prevent the tax liability (no income tax on said items) yet still benefit from the use of corporate interests. If this income were not taxed, more and more money which would otherwise be taxed as salary would go untaxed as a below-the-radar form of compensation.
If anything, a LOT MORE corporate taxes need to be put into place; thereby easing the burden on small businesses. But this won't happen because it would be taking monies from our elected crimal's pockets.
I assure you, there is more scrutiny (and tougher rules!) for small business than ANY Fortune 500 company.
To stress this, the IRS purposely attempts to audit families and small businesses more so than large coporations. This is because the first has much fewer dollars to fight the IRS whereas the later has both money and potentially powerful friends to fight back.
Sorry to dissappoint you but, while you are fixing PeeCees at your internet coffee waiting for the hour to close to go home I am actually doing a PhD abroad of my country spnosored by my own government after winning the scolarship in a contest.
This is awesome stuff! Seriously. Your "bragging rights" sound like my first couple of years in computers...seriously...lol... I actually started out doing some POS coding my self. Later, I was the first in the history of Visa to have a DOS based POS transaction host certified for direct connection to a VAP. Of course, that was the days when Hypecom MegaNAKs were king. That was my first year in "paid for programming"... I must say, what's even more impressive is that I did it from my "PeeCee" in an internet coffee shop! Well, it really wansn't a coffee shop, but you get the idea. Teehee...two whole applications...nniiiiccceee....teeheee...
If you seriously want to try to flounder your way out, the last thing you want to do is to try to elevate your self above those you find on/. by self promotion. Seriously...almost every time you'll find that you're trying to slap too high; as is the case here.:)
Seriously, if you're going to run around on/., you need to seriously grow some thicker skin. This place is basically 1-"rch" less "western" than uunet. So keep that in mind. You also need to keep in mind the troll ratio way up these days and the moderators tend to only use half their brain. I take it from your posting that you were not the troll I presumed you to be. In that context, my comments were obviously over the top. I apologize.
Now then, having said that, if you insist on posting on slashdot, make sure you know what you're talking about. The quote I called you out on easily indicated you should have not spoken, let alone posted. If you instist on posting about any topic, especially in an authorative manner, for which you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, expect to get kicked in the teeth on/. everytime.
In all seriousness, it sounds like you're off to a fine start and have a bright future. I wish you luck. Just don't let a PhD go to your head. I can assure you, you've got plenty to learn. So, stop getting so full of your self...if you hadn't, you wouldn't of been roasted!
?Comprende?
P.S. When I was 15, I got to assist with a SCADA planning/deployment for an oil rig....but I'm sure I wouldn't understand....I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: "Did little demons get inside and type it?" I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know - computer science.
I believe you are confused as to where you are posting. Please validate the website address again. If after url'ing a second time, you have confirmed you are some place other than slash dot...then I'll agree you have a valid point. Until such time, one has to wonder what kind of absolute idiot thinks that such nits have any place here. You would have to be a serious prick in real life to go out of ones way to nit pick the grammar of the random ramblings. Especially considering the vast majority here have such worthless contributions in the first place. And then there are those that are so worthless, they have to attempt to troll and distract from the topic at hand. Opps...I went and spoke out of turn. Hopefully you'll not nit me to death for looking down on you. Dang, I'm so ashamed of my self... But wait, there's more! We're talking about someone that nits the grammar but ignores the many typos, transposed letters, and missing words? Come on...what a poor excuse of a troll!
Seriously, if you're not trolling, consider getting a life as this is pretty pethetic. Seriously! If you are trolling, well, consider getting a life of ending the one you have! Seriously, as that's even more pethetic! Either way, you have my pitty. Seriously!
If you seriously believe/. is anything other than ramblings off the top of one head, you seriously have problems. Sure, there are those that take a bit of time to put their thoughts together and what-not...but hte vast majority simply type off the top of their head; or some, their ass. There are times when I fall squarely into both groups. I for one, don't bother with spell checking...grammar checking...or proof reading...here. Seriously...why would I? You think this reflects my professional, or heck, even personal life in any way? IF you do, you seriously need help. I just don't have that kind of time to spend on random ramblings...
but it was demoed to Netscape and Sun in the lead-up to Java embedding in Netscape 2.0, so it is prior art to Java in the browser (and thus, flash, shockwave, and the whole ActiveX concept, much less Mozilla's plug-in architecture).
Which is complete BS. There is prior art, but it did not originate from them! A plugin is nothing but a shared library or a DLL which implements a specifc API set. For them to have pior art means computers didn't exist until after they release their browser...which creates a chicken and egg situation; whereby, how could they of developed this if computers and the entire world of software developmnet didn't exist? Hell, ask ay X user how long they've been able to place an window inside a window...that's how a lot of older desktop environments worked. The people that validated this patent need to be taken out to a field and shot as they are too stupid to breath the same aid as the rest of us...in my opinion...
These guys are complete scum bags...in my opinion! So, please, stop with the implications, in any way, shape, or form, that they have prior art because them most certainly DO NOT. The only thing once can walk away from this experience is, the courts are badly, badly broken. Heck...look at the SCO case....it's STILL going on. Our courts systems are completely fucked up...possibly beyond repair! Our patent system is even more screwed up than our general legal system.
They are completely different and when I install any of them, the sound system does not work properly that is all I need to know.
Then clearly, as I pointed out, you know nothing at all. Period. The sound system and application is working AS DESIGNED. It is NOT broken. You only think so because of your obvious ignorance. Does it suck that some applications are slow to move away from the crappy OSS sound interface? Sure! Does that mean something is broken with the OS? Nope!
According to your odd logic, because my car doesn't allow for two drivers at the same time, it's broken. It is, of course, not broken in the least. Rather, it simply means it functions as designed. You need to learn that if you must point a finger at something in anger, you need to point it at the right party. Otherwise, you come off sounding like a moron...especially after the situation was just explained to you.
How is that those half baked Open Source applications function properly on Windows but can not coexist on Windows (mmm that must be an O.S. problem don't you think so?)
Now you're an obvious troll. If you're not, then you are a complete idiot. A moron. A dipshit. If you are an idiot, please have your slashdot account deleted immediately. Please refrain from breeding. Please leave your parents home address before you leave so we can all send them condolence flowers for birthing you.
Please, stop using Linux as the operating system, as it makes your comment a balant lie. No, it is not well supported by Linux, neither wifi and other things, it may be supported by one or two distributions.
Actually it is...you just don't know what you're talking about. ALSA is the new, primary sound driver for Linux and as been for some time now. The problem is, a lot of cards are still half duplex and/or single channel. These cards require software support. ALSA automatically falls back to software audio mixing when the hardware is not up to task. The problem is, many applications still only support the OSS sound interface, which hogs the audio interface. While OSS applications are using the sound card, ALSA is unable to provide its richer interface to native ALSA applications. This means, one sound at a time...or speak but can't hear....hear but can't speak.
This is why, for example, Team Speak sucks ass on Linux. If Team Speak would just spend a day converting the Linux Team Speak client to ALSA, suddenly it would work full duplex and share audio with other ALSA applications. To fill the gap, there exist sound daemons, such as arts and esd. Both of these are able to perform software mixing on a single, crappy sound card. The problem is, it requires software specific API support which in turn, talks with the sound daemon.
Long of the short, things work perfectly at the kernel level. Linux has excellent support for audio...yes, even crappy sound cards. The problem is....many applications are still behind the times. So, if you want to point a finger, point it at application developers and not Linux of the Linux kernel.
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So did mine. She went to three different dermotologists and it only got worse (and more expensive). Probably (my guess) because most of the medications required she stay out of the sun. I put her on a diet of vitain C, E, A and more natural sunlight. I also made sure she stopped using makeup for this duration. Her roscea went away and hasn't been back. Its now been some 4 or 5 years.
Actually, it is homeopathy. You have it backwards. Surprisingly, many treatments which originated as "homeopathy" are studied, refined, and adopted by more mainstream science. Of course, this does not mean all homeopathy is science based nor does it mean the bulk of homeopathy is anything but bunk.
A classic example is vitamin E. It was long considered a homeopathy treatment. Doctors discovered there was something to it, researched it, and created synthetic vitamin E (at 4-8 times the price). Oddly enough, more patients have died from synthetic vitamin E than have from vitamin E; the later of which has been around much, much longer. Long of the short, 1) just because a doctor prescribes it doesn't mean its safe and 2) just because a treatment originates from homeopathy doesn't mean its withour merit.
LOL! You're pretty sad. To take me to task by agreeing with my original point; yet you had to "lead me by the nose". Are you for real or trolling? If you're not trolling, you have my pitty. If you are trolling, you got me. It's not often I'm suckered by a troll. Good job.
Nope....morning news as I was getting ready for work. It was main stream TV news...channel 8 in my market (NBC?) IIRC.
"If I remember correctly, back in 2000 Bush specifically stated that if he got the office, the charges against M$ would be dropped as fast as possible."
I'm not sure that was a quote but it was clear that Bush was siding with "Big Business."; whereby the intent was 100% clear. I believe he's also on the record stating that he did not believe in the court's or the State's decision to pursue Microsoft.
No, your view is "wacky" because it violates the "8th Grade Civics Class" understanding of theworld where the judicial branch is independent of the President.
;); rather, it was that there was a 100% 'bout face immediately after Bush came into office in both passion to pursue and the obvious sway of the court. Things like that don't happen on accident.
LOL. And then there is the real world. Grow up. You seriously think the world works the way it does in "books"? Come on. Even odder, you then go on to validate exactly what I'm say out the other side of your mouth. Believe it or not, things like this do not have to be Mr. Bush making a call; which in fact would be very, very, very improbable. Things like this can happen for any number of reasons ranging from reasonable and probable conspiracy or simple alternate interests shared by friends of the GOP where it would be understood a favor would be recognized (which is usually how this stuff happens). Or, as you put it, there can be alternate financial interests. The point of my post wasn't that Mr. Bush can pick up a phone and dial (which could be debated
What fucking ignorant idiot got mod points to mod fact as Troll. Toooooo many fucking retards have access to keyboards these days. Idiot trolls! Learn the difference between a troll (this post) and a factually based posting (the parent)! Fucking idiots!
Since it's obvious that too many people here are too fucking stupid to use their brain I'll spell it out for the mouth breathers here! One, just because it's on tape doesn't mean it's true; misinformation is a valuable tool. And two, you have to be a serious fuck tard to moderate this down. If you had even half the brain of a retard, you would of replied. But... Three, basd on all of the available facts, this is a very probable sitation, which means those that modded the parent post down are especially fucking dumb.
One only has to look at recent history (last several decades) to know this type of thing is the norm. Saying something like, "desperately ...looking...fora conspiracy theory", really makes you look whacky! Seriously, this type of thing is not uncommon at all. Thinking it is simply means you're out of touch with reality. I'm sorry, but that's the world we live in.
That happened after Bush came into office. It was like someone flipped a switch. One minute things were looking bad for MS. The next, Bush is in and suddenly no one can seemingly touch MS.
2. WMD in Iraq
Just FYI, some number of months ago some tapes were released. They were tapes made by Sadam. In them he talks of moving his WMDs to Syria, along with other assets. So to say it was a scam is 100% BS. Sadam in his own recordings 1) admits to not destroying the stuff and 2) moving it to Syria.
I've never heard that before. I guess it might be true, but let's look at history:
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: slam Microsoft...
gov: We have them were we want them...this is going to hurt!
Bush comes into office
gov: Let's settle while you laugh at the silliness of it all...
Microsoft: *snickering* *wink* *wink* Ok...this is horrible! *wink* *wink*
gov: Oh you violated the agreement...we'll ignore that.
gov: Oh you violated again and have yet to comply in other areas of the agreement...we'll ignore that.
gov: We'll give you two more years of this horrible punishment.
Seems to me the ton completely changed after Bush took office. So, if Clinton did attempt to settle it was probably on real terms which Microsoft did not want to comply. So, in the final summary, it smells like Bush has made a night and day difference here and there is no blame to share with past administrations.
You missed the point. He's saying no one can reach his box unless they have SSH'd into hix box first. That means he's not likely at risk unless someone has gotton past SSH first and/or already have a local account.
Could you record to and playback from random locations on that video tape at the same time? No? Well then they did way more than replace a tape with a drive, didn't they?
That's the advancement in technology and associated market demands, not the distinction between a patent being granted. If you could have done so with tape, it would have already been so. The idea is hardly novel or unique. People had long been talking about this type of thing before I ever even heard of Tivo. The thing that prevented it was cost effective technology (expensive hard drives and even more expensive encoder/decoders), not the lack of desire or idea. Tivo's patent is BS.
Hmmm... now that I look it up I find out the luxury tax devestated the boat industry and was repealed by Pres. Clinton in 1993 or so. It had applied a 10% surcharge to boats over $100,000, planes over $25,000, as well as large jewelry, fur and automobile purchases.
Yes, the luxury tax was repealed because it actually created less total income (direct and indirect) than the indirect taxes which were otherwise created without it. Havind said that, in the context of this discussion, chances are, Billy Bob was not buying a $100,000 boat, so it was never really an issue.
There is a difference between being taxed and not taxed at all. I never said they were not paying their tiny share of sales tax. As I said, we all get taxed the 6%-9% so it's money they would pay anyways. As such, it's nothing but a false distractor to place it on the table. Period. If you still think paying 6%-9%, which we all pay, is somehow equal to the 30%-50% they cheated and didn't pay, you need to seriously work on your math skills. That's both a huge difference in both income and tax base collected.
Another point of interest here is that sales tax is usually a state and/or county tax where as income tax is usually a federal tax. Not paying their share of federal taxes means they have to get it from somewhere else. Looks like Uncle Sam is eyeing our pockets once again. Which in turn means, we all pay higher taxes to make up for these scumbags. You could say, these cheats are reaching into our pockets.
Either way, small businesses and individuals just don't have the lobbying power to "legally" escape the tax man the way corporations do. A decent Senator or Representative costs a lot of money. It's the Golden Rule -- Those with the gold make the rules.
On this, I completely agree!
I've never heard of that before. Wow! That is a scam! Perhaps for a large corporation it adds up to a non-trivial value...but just the same, wow! Taxing items which have already been double taxed. That's taxing three plus times...what total BS!
Yes, but none of those really apply to the context at hand. We're talking about a blue shirt guy not paying his taxes. He's probably not in the market for a $1,000,000 dollar boat where a 50% tax (take your word for it) applies. Chances are, we're talking about a $30K-60K boat where he paid normal sales tax of 6%-9% (the 7 was suppose to be a 9) applies.
None of the other items matter because that's tuff we all pay; regardless if you lied to the IRS or not.
I see this asked time and time again. These days, many corporations own cars, houses, planes, buses, even train cars, and vacation spots around the world. In turn, CEOs, CFOs, etc., are rewarded by living within and using these company resources. Basically, it's an effort by CEOs and CFOs to prevent the tax liability (no income tax on said items) yet still benefit from the use of corporate interests. If this income were not taxed, more and more money which would otherwise be taxed as salary would go untaxed as a below-the-radar form of compensation.
If anything, a LOT MORE corporate taxes need to be put into place; thereby easing the burden on small businesses. But this won't happen because it would be taking monies from our elected crimal's pockets.
I assure you, there is more scrutiny (and tougher rules!) for small business than ANY Fortune 500 company.
To stress this, the IRS purposely attempts to audit families and small businesses more so than large coporations. This is because the first has much fewer dollars to fight the IRS whereas the later has both money and potentially powerful friends to fight back.
How does 6-7% become a "good chunk" compared to the 30-50% he didn't pay in the first place???
Sorry to dissappoint you but, while you are fixing PeeCees at your internet coffee waiting for the hour to close to go home I am actually doing a PhD abroad of my country spnosored by my own government after winning the scolarship in a contest.
/. by self promotion. Seriously...almost every time you'll find that you're trying to slap too high; as is the case here. :)
/., you need to seriously grow some thicker skin. This place is basically 1-"rch" less "western" than uunet. So keep that in mind. You also need to keep in mind the troll ratio way up these days and the moderators tend to only use half their brain. I take it from your posting that you were not the troll I presumed you to be. In that context, my comments were obviously over the top. I apologize.
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This is awesome stuff! Seriously. Your "bragging rights" sound like my first couple of years in computers...seriously...lol... I actually started out doing some POS coding my self. Later, I was the first in the history of Visa to have a DOS based POS transaction host certified for direct connection to a VAP. Of course, that was the days when Hypecom MegaNAKs were king. That was my first year in "paid for programming"... I must say, what's even more impressive is that I did it from my "PeeCee" in an internet coffee shop! Well, it really wansn't a coffee shop, but you get the idea. Teehee...two whole applications...nniiiiccceee....teeheee...
If you seriously want to try to flounder your way out, the last thing you want to do is to try to elevate your self above those you find on
Seriously, if you're going to run around on
Now then, having said that, if you insist on posting on slashdot, make sure you know what you're talking about. The quote I called you out on easily indicated you should have not spoken, let alone posted. If you instist on posting about any topic, especially in an authorative manner, for which you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, expect to get kicked in the teeth on
In all seriousness, it sounds like you're off to a fine start and have a bright future. I wish you luck. Just don't let a PhD go to your head. I can assure you, you've got plenty to learn. So, stop getting so full of your self...if you hadn't, you wouldn't of been roasted!
?Comprende?
P.S. When I was 15, I got to assist with a SCADA planning/deployment for an oil rig....but I'm sure I wouldn't understand....I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: "Did little demons get inside and type it?" I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know - computer science.
Enjoy!
Que tengas un buen dia!
Most days are!
I believe you are confused as to where you are posting. Please validate the website address again. If after url'ing a second time, you have confirmed you are some place other than slash dot...then I'll agree you have a valid point. Until such time, one has to wonder what kind of absolute idiot thinks that such nits have any place here. You would have to be a serious prick in real life to go out of ones way to nit pick the grammar of the random ramblings. Especially considering the vast majority here have such worthless contributions in the first place. And then there are those that are so worthless, they have to attempt to troll and distract from the topic at hand. Opps...I went and spoke out of turn. Hopefully you'll not nit me to death for looking down on you. Dang, I'm so ashamed of my self... But wait, there's more! We're talking about someone that nits the grammar but ignores the many typos, transposed letters, and missing words? Come on...what a poor excuse of a troll!
/. is anything other than ramblings off the top of one head, you seriously have problems. Sure, there are those that take a bit of time to put their thoughts together and what-not...but hte vast majority simply type off the top of their head; or some, their ass. There are times when I fall squarely into both groups. I for one, don't bother with spell checking...grammar checking...or proof reading...here. Seriously...why would I? You think this reflects my professional, or heck, even personal life in any way? IF you do, you seriously need help. I just don't have that kind of time to spend on random ramblings...
Seriously, if you're not trolling, consider getting a life as this is pretty pethetic. Seriously! If you are trolling, well, consider getting a life of ending the one you have! Seriously, as that's even more pethetic! Either way, you have my pitty. Seriously!
If you seriously believe
but it was demoed to Netscape and Sun in the lead-up to Java embedding in Netscape 2.0, so it is prior art to Java in the browser (and thus, flash, shockwave, and the whole ActiveX concept, much less Mozilla's plug-in architecture).
Which is complete BS. There is prior art, but it did not originate from them! A plugin is nothing but a shared library or a DLL which implements a specifc API set. For them to have pior art means computers didn't exist until after they release their browser...which creates a chicken and egg situation; whereby, how could they of developed this if computers and the entire world of software developmnet didn't exist? Hell, ask ay X user how long they've been able to place an window inside a window...that's how a lot of older desktop environments worked. The people that validated this patent need to be taken out to a field and shot as they are too stupid to breath the same aid as the rest of us...in my opinion...
These guys are complete scum bags...in my opinion! So, please, stop with the implications, in any way, shape, or form, that they have prior art because them most certainly DO NOT. The only thing once can walk away from this experience is, the courts are badly, badly broken. Heck...look at the SCO case....it's STILL going on. Our courts systems are completely fucked up...possibly beyond repair! Our patent system is even more screwed up than our general legal system.
They are completely different and when I install any of them, the sound system does not work properly that is all I need to know.
Then clearly, as I pointed out, you know nothing at all. Period. The sound system and application is working AS DESIGNED. It is NOT broken. You only think so because of your obvious ignorance. Does it suck that some applications are slow to move away from the crappy OSS sound interface? Sure! Does that mean something is broken with the OS? Nope!
According to your odd logic, because my car doesn't allow for two drivers at the same time, it's broken. It is, of course, not broken in the least. Rather, it simply means it functions as designed. You need to learn that if you must point a finger at something in anger, you need to point it at the right party. Otherwise, you come off sounding like a moron...especially after the situation was just explained to you.
How is that those half baked Open Source applications function properly on Windows but can not coexist on Windows (mmm that must be an O.S. problem don't you think so?)
Now you're an obvious troll. If you're not, then you are a complete idiot. A moron. A dipshit. If you are an idiot, please have your slashdot account deleted immediately. Please refrain from breeding. Please leave your parents home address before you leave so we can all send them condolence flowers for birthing you.
I see. I didn't notice since you replied to your self.
Cheers!
Please, stop using Linux as the operating system, as it makes your comment a balant lie. No, it is not well supported by Linux, neither wifi and other things, it may be supported by one or two distributions.
Actually it is...you just don't know what you're talking about. ALSA is the new, primary sound driver for Linux and as been for some time now. The problem is, a lot of cards are still half duplex and/or single channel. These cards require software support. ALSA automatically falls back to software audio mixing when the hardware is not up to task. The problem is, many applications still only support the OSS sound interface, which hogs the audio interface. While OSS applications are using the sound card, ALSA is unable to provide its richer interface to native ALSA applications. This means, one sound at a time...or speak but can't hear....hear but can't speak.
This is why, for example, Team Speak sucks ass on Linux. If Team Speak would just spend a day converting the Linux Team Speak client to ALSA, suddenly it would work full duplex and share audio with other ALSA applications. To fill the gap, there exist sound daemons, such as arts and esd. Both of these are able to perform software mixing on a single, crappy sound card. The problem is, it requires software specific API support which in turn, talks with the sound daemon.
Long of the short, things work perfectly at the kernel level. Linux has excellent support for audio...yes, even crappy sound cards. The problem is....many applications are still behind the times. So, if you want to point a finger, point it at application developers and not Linux of the Linux kernel.