Really. I hate seeing that. Why have it on the main home page if it's not clickable yet? I figured the/code would be at least that smart, what with how many years it's had to evolve. I figured wrong, I see.
With Best Buy, Circuit City, and Target all dropping sales of the VHS medium, how long can VHS hold out? What is the major reason for people still sticking with VHS?
VHS can hold out as long as cassettes in the audio realm, and the major reason is the same as audiocassettes (universal and cheaply recordable). Even Betas and 8-tracks are still around if you know where to look.
Try SimplyMEPIS, then. I installed it on my Dell Inspiron 600m notebook and not only was it a completely effortless install and completely effortless to use, but I didn't have to touch a CLI or text file at all. Not even to run updates, install new packages, and uninstall packages no longer wanted. Linux is free of hassles already; just choose the right distro for the right job.
I see this as being abused by script kiddies so that your computer can have as good a time asking for Bubba as you can. And with the same "must've caught something bad" results, too. I see this as a merging of real-world and virtual blights on the landscapes of the 21st Century. What am I missing here?
BTW, lightningrod220, the answer is no. Slashdot will continue to link to whatever it wants to. I don't agree with accept/reject decisions all the time, either.
And/. wouldn't let me even preview unless I butchered the subject into something lame.
Sorry, good sir, but your comparison is fundamentally flawed.
I can see how the root post would call anti-Linux and anti-BSD freaks "bigots," but the debate is still fundamentally about choice. Your post tries to compare this kind of debate (a debate about something that is fundamentally a choice) to a debate about something that is fundamentally not a choice.
SeamlessWeb is here (or rather, in New York, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and southern Connecticut) to take your take-out orders and deliver the food.
What about those of us in flyover country, you insensitive clod? (j/k)
In all seriousness, I think this is a great idea, but it's hardly original. It does need to catch on, tho. When I was living in San Diego, I was able to order pizzas from Dominos entirely online, pay for them with my card, and have them delivered faster than had I phoned in a cash order. I wish the take-outs luck with this.
The same way you can upgrade your OS on an IBM compatible: software is as replaceable as floppy disks, while firmware isn't replaceable at all (aside from erasable or flashable ROMs).
How PearPC, which contains no Apple code, can run OS X.
That I have no answer for, since I had not even learned the existence of a "PearPC" until your post. I see now that it's an emulator, but I know nothing more about it. My best guess is that it emulates a ROM that either the project has a license to use, or it emulates one that had been previously placed in the public domain. Since I was corrected in a subsequent post that modern Macs use Open Firmware in their ROMs, perhaps this is what PearPC uses? (PearPC's docs are lacking in that department.)
They would be able to stop it the same way they've always been able to stop it, at least since the original 1984 Macintosh: Apple has always used custom ROMs aboard which the most basic portion of Mac OS has always resided. To my knowledge, which I admit is a bit dated, even G5-based Macs use a proprietary ROM tailored for Mac OS.
They'd be able to stop Mac OS from being used natively on IBM-compatible PCs by requiring the BIOS in ROM to be Apple's ROM, a "winning" strategy for them for the last 20-plus years.
A very true observation. But it's not so much about money itself anymore as it is power and control. They want the guarantee of a steady flow of money more than the money itself, and the only solution that can put that guarantee in place is the lock-in of a single vendor solution. They're willing to all but give Windows away to establish that lock-in, and that's what this agreement is designed to do.
I'd wager that MS reached this deal with the government simply because second- and third-world countries are far more open to the cost appeal of F/OSS than developed countries. That's why MS wouldn't dare attempt to crack down on poorer governments; they'd almost instantly lose entire nations to Linux.
First-world countries with their largely capitalist governments and reasonably well-to-do citizens, on the other hand, are not nearly as open, and are often more willing to use COTS software than F/OSS. That's why MS wouldn't dare entertain extending the same grace to the poor of first-world countries.
... "According to Bex" (which is being adapted for CBS in the fall and will star Jenna Elfman) scored in the bottom five.
If the formula were applied to American sitcoms, what percentage of airing sitcoms would have been spared production and airing, tormenting viewers, only to be cancelled halfway through the first season?
As much as I hate the company and its products, and believe me I do, this is a case that should've either been thrown out or used to nullify the patent. Instead the judgement strengthened the concept of software patents and non-novel patents, which in turn strengthens Microsoft's position as a monopoly, for a sum of money that's just barely half a single day's take.
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Does Tuesday's patchfest include the Several Critical MSIE Flaws Uncovered on May 15? Or has Microsoft finally fixed IE bugs faster than Mozilla fixes Firefox bugs contrary to what I argued last month?
Really. I hate seeing that. Why have it on the main home page if it's not clickable yet? I figured the /code would be at least that smart, what with how many years it's had to evolve. I figured wrong, I see.
My purely uninformed guess (which is at least as good as the guesses of many) is that companies consider such things trade secrets. (Why? Who knows?)
With Best Buy, Circuit City, and Target all dropping sales of the VHS medium, how long can VHS hold out? What is the major reason for people still sticking with VHS?
VHS can hold out as long as cassettes in the audio realm, and the major reason is the same as audiocassettes (universal and cheaply recordable). Even Betas and 8-tracks are still around if you know where to look.
Try SimplyMEPIS, then. I installed it on my Dell Inspiron 600m notebook and not only was it a completely effortless install and completely effortless to use, but I didn't have to touch a CLI or text file at all. Not even to run updates, install new packages, and uninstall packages no longer wanted. Linux is free of hassles already; just choose the right distro for the right job.
I just checked the weather channel, and although Hell is in the midst of a cold snap it hasn't quite frozen over just yet.
Here I thought for a moment that Apple switching to Intel could threaten Linux. Glad to see that the fear was unjustified. Whew.
I see this as being abused by script kiddies so that your computer can have as good a time asking for Bubba as you can. And with the same "must've caught something bad" results, too. I see this as a merging of real-world and virtual blights on the landscapes of the 21st Century. What am I missing here?
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040612
(Score: 1, Troll) - Now that's an accomplishment.
/. wouldn't let me even preview unless I butchered the subject into something lame.
BTW, lightningrod220, the answer is no. Slashdot will continue to link to whatever it wants to. I don't agree with accept/reject decisions all the time, either.
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Sorry, good sir, but your comparison is fundamentally flawed.
I can see how the root post would call anti-Linux and anti-BSD freaks "bigots," but the debate is still fundamentally about choice. Your post tries to compare this kind of debate (a debate about something that is fundamentally a choice) to a debate about something that is fundamentally not a choice.
That's a very long stretch.
By the way, it's about ten 'til 13 O'Clock.
SeamlessWeb is here (or rather, in New York, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and southern Connecticut) to take your take-out orders and deliver the food.
What about those of us in flyover country, you insensitive clod? (j/k)
In all seriousness, I think this is a great idea, but it's hardly original. It does need to catch on, tho. When I was living in San Diego, I was able to order pizzas from Dominos entirely online, pay for them with my card, and have them delivered faster than had I phoned in a cash order. I wish the take-outs luck with this.
No matter which search engine I use, still none of them can help me search for my missing car keys or missing left socks.
D'oh!
Sounds like a webserver to me.
Shush! Don't give them any ideas! They'll just sue companies making Web servers like IIS by Micros--
Hmm, this has possibilities. *Muwahahahaha*
How I can upgrade my OS
The same way you can upgrade your OS on an IBM compatible: software is as replaceable as floppy disks, while firmware isn't replaceable at all (aside from erasable or flashable ROMs).
How PearPC, which contains no Apple code, can run OS X.
That I have no answer for, since I had not even learned the existence of a "PearPC" until your post. I see now that it's an emulator, but I know nothing more about it. My best guess is that it emulates a ROM that either the project has a license to use, or it emulates one that had been previously placed in the public domain. Since I was corrected in a subsequent post that modern Macs use Open Firmware in their ROMs, perhaps this is what PearPC uses? (PearPC's docs are lacking in that department.)
I stand corrected. It seems my knowledge is a bit more dated than I thought. Thanks for the link to Open Firmware; that'll come in handy.
They would be able to stop it the same way they've always been able to stop it, at least since the original 1984 Macintosh: Apple has always used custom ROMs aboard which the most basic portion of Mac OS has always resided. To my knowledge, which I admit is a bit dated, even G5-based Macs use a proprietary ROM tailored for Mac OS.
They'd be able to stop Mac OS from being used natively on IBM-compatible PCs by requiring the BIOS in ROM to be Apple's ROM, a "winning" strategy for them for the last 20-plus years.
... but they want to keep their customers.
A very true observation. But it's not so much about money itself anymore as it is power and control. They want the guarantee of a steady flow of money more than the money itself, and the only solution that can put that guarantee in place is the lock-in of a single vendor solution. They're willing to all but give Windows away to establish that lock-in, and that's what this agreement is designed to do.
I'd wager that MS reached this deal with the government simply because second- and third-world countries are far more open to the cost appeal of F/OSS than developed countries. That's why MS wouldn't dare attempt to crack down on poorer governments; they'd almost instantly lose entire nations to Linux.
First-world countries with their largely capitalist governments and reasonably well-to-do citizens, on the other hand, are not nearly as open, and are often more willing to use COTS software than F/OSS. That's why MS wouldn't dare entertain extending the same grace to the poor of first-world countries.
Actually, one posted yesterday was /.ed before a single comment was posted: Hardware: Keyboards are Good; Mouses are Dumb. From the comments: A response about "Paul Tyma hits it on the head.".
If the formula were applied to American sitcoms, what percentage of airing sitcoms would have been spared production and airing, tormenting viewers, only to be cancelled halfway through the first season?
Took some Cajones? Bollocks? [Yes, work-safe]
And this is the reason why I won't ever fly commercial again. Everything I've ever hated about flying has only gotten worse since That Day.
As much as I hate the company and its products, and believe me I do, this is a case that should've either been thrown out or used to nullify the patent. Instead the judgement strengthened the concept of software patents and non-novel patents, which in turn strengthens Microsoft's position as a monopoly, for a sum of money that's just barely half a single day's take.