This leads me back to my original question: When is "eventually"? Is it next month? July? December? Of course, I can always run vmware to take advantage of it (and was planning to run it anyhow), but I'd love to have native support too. Incidentally, what's the big deal about "binary only drivers"? If they provide a driver, why should you care if they don't provide the source? It isn't like they've gotten on the Open Source wagon...heck, this is their livelihood. As long as there is a WORKING driver, we should all be happy.
If you watch the Mos Eisly cantina scene in Star Wars: A New Hope, you see a person wearing what looks like an Apollo astronaut suit, complete with US flag:)
I find it really interesting the way that these people speak out of both corners of their mouths. First they talk about why the Open Source model is inherently flawed, then they cite Linux as a serious competitor to Microsoft. They need to develop some kind of consistency. Either the Open Source model is truly inherently flawed, in which case Linux is as much a fad as the hula-hoop, or else it isn't, in which case Linux has the potential to maim Microsoft. It can't be both.
Most of us reject the idea that the Open Source model is a fad. As someone commented earlier, this "fad" has been going on for something close to thirty years. While it may not be a strict economic model (from their point of view), that doesn't mean that it can't survive in a market economy. A good example of this is Red Hat, who have found a way to sell Linux solutions to Linux newbies and business people.
To say that Linux can't survive in the market, and then to say that it is a viable competitor to Microsoft is contradictory. This article is not credible, simply because it has no consistency. Of course, it would help if the people who wrote the article had some understanding of the basic grammatical structure of English (did they never learn about apostrophes?), but that's a side issue.
I personally believe that Open Source is a viable model, but someone who wants to convince me otherwise should take the time to ensure that their arguements aren't mutually exclusive.
Someone needs to send a very well reasoned letter to the editor of the WSJ, with a cc: to half a dozen other (reputable) sites including the original (FUDdy) WSJ article and a point-by-point refutation (including sources). If WSJ doesn't post the letter, then the other half a dozen sites have a story to scoop: "WSJ screws up facts, fails to post rebuttal."
since AC's are scored at 0 by default and users are scored at one by default, all logging out, posting, and moderating up would do (effectively) is post an AC at normal user status (and let a moderator moderate and post). However, there are some impractical features to this type of ploy: 1. Moderators get 1 point per 100 posts...assuming an average of 1000 posts per day (probably low), that means 10 moderator points. This is an awful waste of moderation points given that it neither advances the anonymous moderator's post into the (apparently common) score 2+ threshhold, nor leave them points for moderating. If an AM moderates five of his posts (not uncommon for people to have five posts in a topic), he doesn't have many points to play with. Perhaps one way to avoid this would be to observe moderators who log in and out frequently (since some are bound to try being AM's) and stripping their privileges, but I have a feeling that the sheer waste of moderation points will discourage most moderators from taking the AM approach.
Rob indicated that he selects moderators somewhat at random...therefore, if you don't see moderator options, he obviously didn't select you...and he said that people seeking moderator privileges in slashdot would be treated the same way as people seeking ops privileges in IRC: the privileges would be forbidden...
...if you view the source code, there's an awful lot of English in there........almost like someone arranged with the site to post their "article" (to add legitimacy)..........
Good luck! Every time someone has posted a bug report on Windows or Internet Explorer to the Microsoft web site, Microsoft has tried it's usual strategy of
1. Ignore it, hoping it goes away
2. Deny the existence of said bug
3. Promise a patch in the next release
4. Maybe fix, maybe not; definitely introduce new bugs
# find/dev/brain find: cannot open/dev/brain: No such file or directory
The InterWorld Extension 'ContactUs' threw an Exception.
Error Description = ProcessStreamApplication::getStep -- Step not found. Step name --------------- 'error0' Process stream name ----- 'ContactUs'
Two possible causes for this error are... 1) A branch condition in the.process file for this process stream is referring to a non-existant process step. 2) The step did not load because the.iwl file that it lives in did not load because either the path in the config file is wrong or the.iwl does not exist.
once the company starts doing well, open a new company in the Caymann islands to buy out the old company at an inflated price. Split the stock. Buy out a legitimate corporation. Swap the stocks. Watch your net worth shhot through the roof. Hobnob with the Fed. Then forget selling everything--take the companies liquid assets and run to Tahiti:)...start a swiss bank account with your ill-gotten gains...invest in a Russian start-up with some of your new nest egg...once that company is going well, buy out some profitable US and UK companies...you get the idea:)
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Advised them that they might want to publicise their case a little more here and at mp3.com (clarification and explanation) if they wanted to kill the cheers for a counter suit...personally I think the countersuit sounds like a good idea, but I want to see them try to wriggle out of this mess:) **sadism**
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...with off the shelf hardware...all I need is X11Amp and my computer...heck, I don't even have to be in the same room...I've seen people like markster piping music from their home machines to the public computer labs:)
That gives you the distance for signal transmission, a signal (ok, it may be an mp3 but the program is still piping the audio signal), random access (courtesy of the good folks who make X11Amp), and audio:)
And this is the sort of practice that people do all the time...I think their patent violates the "it must not be obvious" criterion...when people have been doing different forms of activities covered by this description for years now (piping signals between UNIX boxes isn't new), then they can't claim that it's a new development...
I say we take this to a new high. Let's all find their phone number and intorduce them to a new kind of electronic signal over wires: a whistle in the ear over a collect call.
Need I repeat what most everyone else has said? This is ridiculously stupid
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If a law is directed at a particular entity, then isn't that law a bill of attainder (hence, illegal)? If so, I can see Intel suing the State of Arizona for punitive and compensatory damages...could be really bad for some over zealous legislators. A broad law, written against chips with the features Intel's has would be OK (as long as the feature isn't patented) because the state could argue that it was looking out for the privacy of its citizens, while a law written specifically against the P III would be legislative suicide.
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Course, as much as UPS destroys (and I've had some stuff badly mauled by them too), you'd think that they'd fire the morons responsible. When an employee causes his boss financial loss like that, most companies fire the employee in question so they don't have to eat the loss again.
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Slashdot Mirror
This dragon needs some larger wings if he's to truly "fly"...otherwise, he's gonna get as much lift from those puny wings as an ostrich.
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
KDE is challenging the gnome to slay the mighty dragon :)
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
This leads me back to my original question: When is "eventually"? Is it next month? July? December? Of course, I can always run vmware to take advantage of it (and was planning to run it anyhow), but I'd love to have native support too. Incidentally, what's the big deal about "binary only drivers"? If they provide a driver, why should you care if they don't provide the source? It isn't like they've gotten on the Open Source wagon...heck, this is their livelihood. As long as there is a WORKING driver, we should all be happy.
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
Does 2.2.6(etc) have support for some of the fancy new hardware like Soundblaster Live and Voodoo III?
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
If you watch the Mos Eisly cantina scene in Star Wars: A New Hope, you see a person wearing what looks like an Apollo astronaut suit, complete with US flag :)
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
I find it really interesting the way that these people speak out of both corners of their mouths. First they talk about why the Open Source model is inherently flawed, then they cite Linux as a serious competitor to Microsoft. They need to develop some kind of consistency. Either the Open Source model is truly inherently flawed, in which case Linux is as much a fad as the hula-hoop, or else it isn't, in which case Linux has the potential to maim Microsoft. It can't be both.
Most of us reject the idea that the Open Source model is a fad. As someone commented earlier, this "fad" has been going on for something close to thirty years. While it may not be a strict economic model (from their point of view), that doesn't mean that it can't survive in a market economy. A good example of this is Red Hat, who have found a way to sell Linux solutions to Linux newbies and business people.
To say that Linux can't survive in the market, and then to say that it is a viable competitor to Microsoft is contradictory. This article is not credible, simply because it has no consistency. Of course, it would help if the people who wrote the article had some understanding of the basic grammatical structure of English (did they never learn about apostrophes?), but that's a side issue.
I personally believe that Open Source is a viable model, but someone who wants to convince me otherwise should take the time to ensure that their arguements aren't mutually exclusive.
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
Someone needs to send a very well reasoned letter to the editor of the WSJ, with a cc: to half a dozen other (reputable) sites including the original (FUDdy) WSJ article and a point-by-point refutation (including sources). If WSJ doesn't post the letter, then the other half a dozen sites have a story to scoop: "WSJ screws up facts, fails to post rebuttal."
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
since AC's are scored at 0 by default and users are scored at one by default, all logging out, posting, and moderating up would do (effectively) is post an AC at normal user status (and let a moderator moderate and post). However, there are some impractical features to this type of ploy:
1. Moderators get 1 point per 100 posts...assuming an average of 1000 posts per day (probably low), that means 10 moderator points. This is an awful waste of moderation points given that it neither advances the anonymous moderator's post into the (apparently common) score 2+ threshhold, nor leave them points for moderating. If an AM moderates five of his posts (not uncommon for people to have five posts in a topic), he doesn't have many points to play with. Perhaps one way to avoid this would be to observe moderators who log in and out frequently (since some are bound to try being AM's) and stripping their privileges, but I have a feeling that the sheer waste of moderation points will discourage most moderators from taking the AM approach.
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
Rob indicated that he selects moderators somewhat at random...therefore, if you don't see moderator options, he obviously didn't select you...and he said that people seeking moderator privileges in slashdot would be treated the same way as people seeking ops privileges in IRC: the privileges would be forbidden...
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
...if you view the source code, there's an awful lot of English in there........almost like someone arranged with the site to post their "article" (to add legitimacy)..........
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
I still don't understand why we americans have to take .com .net .org (etc), when other countries use .ca .uk .de (etc). Why not use .us?
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
...would be what happened to toysrgus.com.
Who am I?
Why am here?
Where is the chocolate?
Finally...someone with good taste and a good head on their shoulders...what happened to the rest of the folks in here?
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I really like the rechargeable batteries and the thinner case in the Palm V, but I'm perfectly content with my Palm III....
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Good luck! Every time someone has posted a bug report on Windows or Internet Explorer to the Microsoft web site, Microsoft has tried it's usual strategy of
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1. Ignore it, hoping it goes away
2. Deny the existence of said bug
3. Promise a patch in the next release
4. Maybe fix, maybe not; definitely introduce new bugs
# find
find: cannot open
It generated the following C++ code:
.process file for this process stream .iwl file that it lives in did .iwl does not exist.
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HTTP/1.0 542 InterWorld Exception caught Content-Type: text/html
The InterWorld Extension 'ContactUs' threw an Exception.
Error Description =
ProcessStreamApplication::getStep -- Step not found.
Step name --------------- 'error0'
Process stream name ----- 'ContactUs'
Two possible causes for this error are...
1) A branch condition in the
is referring to a non-existant process step.
2) The step did not load because the
not load because either the path in the config file is wrong or
the
Error Location
filename = ProcessStreamApplication.cpp
linenumber = 466
Using generated page because either the error template does not exist
or there was an error finding or expanding it.
error template name = error.tem
Could not dump the Connection Namespace because the registry setting 'Oasis.allowBrowserToReceiveDebugInformation' is not set to 'yes'
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I love that quote "microsoft killer" hehe :) Let's go bring them all the way down :p
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once the company starts doing well, open a new company in the Caymann islands to buy out the old company at an inflated price. Split the stock. Buy out a legitimate corporation. Swap the stocks. Watch your net worth shhot through the roof. Hobnob with the Fed. Then forget selling everything--take the companies liquid assets and run to Tahiti :) ...start a swiss bank account with your ill-gotten gains...invest in a Russian start-up with some of your new nest egg...once that company is going well, buy out some profitable US and UK companies...you get the idea :)
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1. Prior Art :)
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2. You can patent "masterbation", but nobody does that...the guy who patents "masturbation" is gonna be the one who gets rich...
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Advised them that they might want to publicise their case a little more here and at mp3.com (clarification and explanation) if they wanted to kill the cheers for a counter suit...personally I think the countersuit sounds like a good idea, but I want to see them try to wriggle out of this mess :) **sadism**
/dev/brain /dev/brain: No such file or directory
# find
find: cannot open
...with off the shelf hardware...all I need is X11Amp and my computer...heck, I don't even have to be in the same room...I've seen people like markster piping music from their home machines to the public computer labs :)
:)
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That gives you the distance for signal transmission, a signal (ok, it may be an mp3 but the program is still piping the audio signal), random access (courtesy of the good folks who make X11Amp), and audio
And this is the sort of practice that people do all the time...I think their patent violates the "it must not be obvious" criterion...when people have been doing different forms of activities covered by this description for years now (piping signals between UNIX boxes isn't new), then they can't claim that it's a new development...
I say we take this to a new high. Let's all find their phone number and intorduce them to a new kind of electronic signal over wires: a whistle in the ear over a collect call.
Need I repeat what most everyone else has said? This is ridiculously stupid
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If a law is directed at a particular entity, then isn't that law a bill of attainder (hence, illegal)? If so, I can see Intel suing the State of Arizona for punitive and compensatory damages...could be really bad for some over zealous legislators. A broad law, written against chips with the features Intel's has would be OK (as long as the feature isn't patented) because the state could argue that it was looking out for the privacy of its citizens, while a law written specifically against the P III would be legislative suicide.
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find: cannot open
Thanks :)
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I swear the Red hat site is designed to keep people from finding the packages they need....
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Course, as much as UPS destroys (and I've had some stuff badly mauled by them too), you'd think that they'd fire the morons responsible. When an employee causes his boss financial loss like that, most companies fire the employee in question so they don't have to eat the loss again.
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# find
find: cannot open