A friend of mine learned the hard way about how water expands as it freezes and its density drops. She put water inside glass Christmas ornaments, then put them in the freezer with the idea of floating pretty ornament-icecubes in her Christmas party punchbowl. She didn't leave any room for the expansion inside the ornaments though. So just as she was readying the hors d'oeuvres for the oven, she heard small explosions in her freezer, and cautiously opened the door to find ice and thin shards of glass all over everything.
She didn't see the funny side of it at the time, but she does now.:)
That's the sort of thing that shocks and calls to action any reasonable person, since we're capable of feeling empathy for people other than ourselves.
[RAYGUNS FIRING] "ACK ACK ACK ACK". "Grandma!" "ACK." Oh, my God. [SLIM WHITMAN YODELING FROM STEREO]"When I'm callin' You-oo" "Richie, I think these guys are very sick." "What's happening to them? What's killing them?" "I think it must be my music."
Here's a helpful diagram of the proper finger to use. As you can see, this method of authentication is so simple that anyone can use it. Note also that the the remaining fingers serve as ALERT fingers.
You need to be a bit clearer about your terms here. There are scientific standards for naming various things (taxonomy, astronomy, etc.), and the article referrs to a standard proposed by the International Astronomical Union, which according to the article isn't coping with the large numbers of things now being named.
But I'm not aware of any "standards" for naming kids. What's a standard name? Is "Rush" a standard name?
Some dippy Congresswoman is calling for more "African-American names", when there's no such thing. But you're apparently arguing that we stick with "standard" names, when there's likewise no such thing.
I would like to see a hurricane Shafreeka, but I understand that naming the hurricanes standard names helps to get people mobilized to evacuate. So for practical reasons, I say we stick with the most common, lilly-white names that we've got.
The article you just linked to gives this list of tropical cyclone names. Are you saying that "Igor" and "Paloma" are "common, lilly-white" names? How does "Igor" help people get mobilized better than "Jamal"?
Most of your terms are too vague to answer: what's "reasonable"? What's "well established"? What's "low"? Which "people"?
I'd have to say that there is no "well established" online payment site yet, by any definition I'd normally use. The business is still busy defining itself, even though there is a pile of money to be made out of it at the moment. That's why there are so many players piling into the market.
PayPal has first-mover advantage in certain market strata, plus the relationship with eBay, to make it the most widely known and used at the moment. But the customer service horror stories are piling up too.
Sorry to nitpick, I just thought it was funny that you spelled "boldface lie" as "bald faced lie", using boldface.:)
The phrase "Bald faced lie" was first used by Albert Alligator in the late Walt Kelley's sadly missed comic strip "Pogo". It subsequently found its way into US written English, and has remained there ever since.
The OpenSuse home page links to a sensibly large mirror list. So it doesn't really make sense for you to link straight to the Göttingen mirror from here, does it?
Please change that link to the download page, and let your readers select the mirror closest to them.
what would prevent GNU/Linux hackers from writing a bsdlator, similar to BSD's linuxulator, so that all Win32 apps (which would actually be BSD compatible) will also run on Linux?
MS could simply keep the emulation layer (and other crucial parts) under a closed-source license, as Apple did with their Aqua GUI. Reverse-engineering it would be very difficult, and prone to litigation. I wouldn't dream of even attempting it.
Note that I'm not endorsing any of this as an OS I would use: I value the freedom that GPL'd software provides. But it would be a viable business model. If you like that sort of thing.:)
But what about the new logo? Beastie with Windows wings?
Heh heh! Or Beastie in a polo shirt and glasses?:)
Here's an alternative to the idea of "MS-Linux": how about "MS-BSD"? Consider: 1) MS have been bashing the GPL in general, and Linux in particular, for a long time. It would be too much of a U-turn for them to suddenly embrace it. 2) As already noted above, MS have borrowed code from BSD before, e.g. for the Windows TCP/IP stack. Look at how many MS Knowledge Base articles reference BSD sockets.
In fact, MS have interbred with BSD at least twice. Not only did they use BSD as a source for their TCP/IP code, they bought Interix a while back, which is where Windows Services For Unix (SFU) comes from: Interix had a pretty well-defined porting route from BSD, and as a result the Windows Posix subsystem is mostly BSD tools ported to Interix.
3) MS bought the VM vendor Connectix in 2003. Most analysts concentrated on VM sales opportunities in server rooms, but it's worth noting that in addition to the "PC on PC" version of Virtual PC, there's version 7 of the Virtual PC product for MacOS X [microsoft.com]. MacOS X is BSD with a Mach kernel plus a very non-Win32 graphical layer. But porting VirtualPC for Windows to another BSD would give them an emulation layer for "legacy" Win32 apps on BSD. 4) The.Net "Shared Source" CLIis available from Microsoft for XP, FreeBSD and MacOS X.
5) Microsoft have never publicly bashed BSD, in fact they've even said nicethings about it in public.
With an MS BSD, they'd have:
1) a rock-solid stable and secure OS, which is IMHO more secure out of the box than most Linux distros. I'm still a Linux user, because I know how to secure it and I prefer the GPL license. But then, they're not selling to me.
2) the prestige of becoming the world's largest Unix vendor overnight, with the ability to have pious pissing contests with Sun and IBM over whose OS is the most open
3) an emulation layer for Win32, allowing practically all existing Win32 apps to run unchanged, which they could bundle with the new OS
4) the BSD license, which they could proclaim is "more American!" and "less cancerous!" than the UnAmerican and Cancerous GPL
5) no legal hassles whatsoever from developing locked-up code on an Open Source base.
The name BSD is trademarked by U of C, so they'd need a new name.
It was developed in Israel, and it's called the Nataliee P1. Like the Repliee Q1, she can flutter her eyelids, move her hands like a human and even appears to breathe, but she can also sit, stand and walk.
The Nataliee P1 is overall far more human-looking than the Repliee Q1, but its speech synthesis is so far not as convincingly human-sounding.
Here are some samples from its vocabulary: "I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war." "I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee." "Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation."
the ability to PERL script my phone into calling me every 5 minutes when I'm down at the pub is going to make me look popular...
Then get coding, because Perl and Python have already been supported by Nokia on Symbian for over a year.:)
But once Nokia moves to Linux, you can look forward to being able to VNC into your home Nokia server, turn down the lights and put that can't-fail Barry White CD on, all while you're still down at the pub.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Nokia phones, remotely managing your Swinging Bachelor Pad.
CNN is reporting that a planet has been discovered in a solar system with 3 suns.
Then evidently some sort of primitive lifeform must exist on that planet. How joyfully they shall welcome us, when we arrive bearing the gift of Linux.
The observation brings into doubt the theory stating that planets form from the dust orbiting around a single sun.
Well, duh. If there were really that much dust, the air in the server room would have to be so filthy you wouldn't be able to see the screen as you type.
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A friend of mine learned the hard way about how water expands as it freezes and its density drops. She put water inside glass Christmas ornaments, then put them in the freezer with the idea of floating pretty ornament-icecubes in her Christmas party punchbowl. She didn't leave any room for the expansion inside the ornaments though. So just as she was readying the hors d'oeuvres for the oven, she heard small explosions in her freezer, and cautiously opened the door to find ice and thin shards of glass all over everything.
She didn't see the funny side of it at the time, but she does now. :)
Egad! An Axis of Evil!
That's the sort of thing that shocks and calls to action any reasonable person, since we're capable of feeling empathy for people other than ourselves.
Here's a shocked Donald Rumsfeld, called to action.
> Retard.
LOL...
Tsk, tsk, tsk! Temper, temper, Mr. Troll!
> P.S. maybe it's time to update your retarded sig?
> --
> The world is getting more democratic [publiuspundit.com]
Come on, Mr. Troll. You're making this far too easy.
>>Good God it must be depressing for you to watch a happy people embrace democracy
>>Well, yes, I suppose the crazies will always believe what they want...
Thanks, no further comment required.
Load that sucker up with "Indian Love Call". It's already been proven effective in battle:
[RAYGUNS FIRING]
"ACK ACK ACK ACK".
"Grandma!"
"ACK."
Oh, my God.
[SLIM WHITMAN YODELING FROM STEREO]"When I'm callin' You-oo"
"Richie, I think these guys are very sick."
"What's happening to them? What's killing them?"
"I think it must be my music."
Here's a helpful diagram of the proper finger to use. As you can see, this method of authentication is so simple that anyone can use it.
Note also that the the remaining fingers serve as ALERT fingers.
You need to be a bit clearer about your terms here. There are scientific standards for naming various things (taxonomy, astronomy, etc.), and the article referrs to a standard proposed by the International Astronomical Union, which according to the article isn't coping with the large numbers of things now being named.
But I'm not aware of any "standards" for naming kids. What's a standard name? Is "Rush" a standard name?
Some dippy Congresswoman is calling for more "African-American names", when there's no such thing. But you're apparently arguing that we stick with "standard" names, when there's likewise no such thing.
I would like to see a hurricane Shafreeka, but I understand that naming the hurricanes standard names helps to get people mobilized to evacuate. So for practical reasons, I say we stick with the most common, lilly-white names that we've got.
The article you just linked to gives this list of tropical cyclone names.
Are you saying that "Igor" and "Paloma" are "common, lilly-white" names?
How does "Igor" help people get mobilized better than "Jamal"?
Actually, one name on your list isn't confected or random: Kenyatta.
Jomo Kenyatta was the first leader of the modern state of Kenya, and is a hero to many, especially among African-Americans.
So naming a kid "Kenyatta" is a little like naming him "Jefferson" or "Franklin".
Most of your terms are too vague to answer: what's "reasonable"? What's "well established"? What's "low"? Which "people"?
I'd have to say that there is no "well established" online payment site yet, by any definition I'd normally use. The business is still busy defining itself, even though there is a pile of money to be made out of it at the moment. That's why there are so many players piling into the market.
PayPal has first-mover advantage in certain market strata, plus the relationship with eBay, to make it the most widely known and used at the moment. But the customer service horror stories are piling up too.
Sorry to nitpick, I just thought it was funny that you spelled "boldface lie" as "bald faced lie", using boldface. :)
:)
The phrase "Bald faced lie" was first used by Albert Alligator in the late Walt Kelley's sadly missed comic strip "Pogo". It subsequently found its way into US written English, and has remained there ever since.
It still doesn't make any sense though.
WorldPay, FirePay, NETeller, ProtX, BidPay, NoChex, Verisign, SecPay, FastPay, NetBanx, ChronoPay, PPPay, MoneyBookers, ACT eCash, 900Pay, Citadel, etc. etc.
...they're moving to Linux, not GNU/Linux.
The OpenSuse home page links to a sensibly large mirror list. So it doesn't really make sense for you to link straight to the Göttingen mirror from here, does it?
Please change that link to the download page, and let your readers select the mirror closest to them.
Sheesh.
There's a certain visceral satisfaction in seeing advocates of hate and violence silenced...
Bush told Bob Woodward:
"We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defence of our great nation."
Who's silencing Bush? His website is still up.
what would prevent GNU/Linux hackers from writing a bsdlator, similar to BSD's linuxulator, so that all Win32 apps (which would actually be BSD compatible) will also run on Linux?
:)
:)
MS could simply keep the emulation layer (and other crucial parts) under a closed-source license, as Apple did with their Aqua GUI.
Reverse-engineering it would be very difficult, and prone to litigation. I wouldn't dream of even attempting it.
Note that I'm not endorsing any of this as an OS I would use: I value the freedom that GPL'd software provides. But it would be a viable business model. If you like that sort of thing.
But what about the new logo? Beastie with Windows wings?
Heh heh! Or Beastie in a polo shirt and glasses?
Consider:
1) MS have been bashing the GPL in general, and Linux in particular, for a long time. It would be too much of a U-turn for them to suddenly embrace it.
2) As already noted above, MS have borrowed code from BSD before, e.g. for the Windows TCP/IP stack. Look at how many MS Knowledge Base articles reference BSD sockets.
In fact, MS have interbred with BSD at least twice. Not only did they use BSD as a source for their TCP/IP code, they bought Interix a while back, which is where Windows Services For Unix (SFU) comes from: Interix had a pretty well-defined porting route from BSD, and as a result the Windows Posix subsystem is mostly BSD tools ported to Interix.
3) MS bought the VM vendor Connectix in 2003. Most analysts concentrated on VM sales opportunities in server rooms, but it's worth noting that in addition to the "PC on PC" version of Virtual PC, there's version 7 of the Virtual PC product for MacOS X [microsoft.com]. MacOS X is BSD with a Mach kernel plus a very non-Win32 graphical layer. But porting VirtualPC for Windows to another BSD would give them an emulation layer for "legacy" Win32 apps on BSD.
4) The
5) Microsoft have never publicly bashed BSD, in fact they've even said nice things about it in public.
With an MS BSD, they'd have:
1) a rock-solid stable and secure OS, which is IMHO more secure out of the box than most Linux distros. I'm still a Linux user, because I know how to secure it and I prefer the GPL license. But then, they're not selling to me.
2) the prestige of becoming the world's largest Unix vendor overnight, with the ability to have pious pissing contests with Sun and IBM over whose OS is the most open
3) an emulation layer for Win32, allowing practically all existing Win32 apps to run unchanged, which they could bundle with the new OS
4) the BSD license, which they could proclaim is "more American!" and "less cancerous!" than the UnAmerican and Cancerous GPL
5) no legal hassles whatsoever from developing locked-up code on an Open Source base.
The name BSD is trademarked by U of C, so they'd need a new name.
How about "BSOD"? That's "O" for "Open".
It was developed in Israel, and it's called the Nataliee P1.
Like the Repliee Q1, she can flutter her eyelids, move her hands like a human and even appears to breathe, but she can also sit, stand and walk.
The Nataliee P1 is overall far more human-looking than the Repliee Q1, but its speech synthesis is so far not as convincingly human-sounding.
Here are some samples from its vocabulary:
"I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war."
"I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee."
"Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation."
the ability to PERL script my phone into calling me every 5 minutes when I'm down at the pub is going to make me look popular...
:)
Then get coding, because Perl and Python have already been supported by Nokia on Symbian for over a year.
But once Nokia moves to Linux, you can look forward to being able to VNC into your home Nokia server, turn down the lights and put that can't-fail Barry White CD on, all while you're still down at the pub.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Nokia phones, remotely managing your Swinging Bachelor Pad.
Also, you may want to consider using less partisan sources. I think Democracy Now!s viewpoint is a bit slanted.
How is the Washington Times "less partisan" than Democracy Now?
You've overlooked one thing: only Debian and Gentoo will run on their three Suns.
Also, you may want to consider using less partisan sources. I think Democracy Now!s viewpoint is a bit slanted.
What, unlike the rightwing smearsheet owned and heavily subsidized by the Moonies, which you cited in the grandparent post?
How is that less "less partisan" than Democracy Now?
CNN is reporting that a planet has been discovered in a solar system with 3 suns.
Then evidently some sort of primitive lifeform must exist on that planet. How joyfully they shall welcome us, when we arrive bearing the gift of Linux.
The observation brings into doubt the theory stating that planets form from the dust orbiting around a single sun.
Well, duh. If there were really that much dust, the air in the server room would have to be so filthy you wouldn't be able to see the screen as you type.
1) Astroturf wildly to market your product, on the assumption that your customers and fellow developers are idiots
2) Issue a mealymouthed pseudo-apology, when you get caught
3) Wait a year, then publicly call your fellow OSS developers "hippies" and "Hari Krishnas"
4) ??
5) Profit!!!