I remember when I had Linux (0.99.x, baby!) running on a 386 w/ 4mb - now that was a sweet setup. I even had it running a MOO, and it was plenty responsive. Now mind you, I did get it to boot and run Win NT, so it may have been some sort of magical box.
I did read Fortune say that it was Bill, but I can't imagine why he would say that - he wasn't involved in PC hardware design at all. In years past I've heard it attributed to various people, ranging from the CEO of Intel to the president of IBM. I don't believe anyone actually "said" it.
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I suppose it may help if I were to actually read one of those comic strips, but I've never really paid attention to it... it really seems kinda dumb, like most modern comic strips.
Modern comic strips? I hope you're joking. Family Circus is an old fart's cartoon. It is, at best, cute. The strip on the cover typifies the entire body of work - bland, obvious, rather unfunny and shallow. The fact that Amazon.com could expect any serious form of positive review is the best joke on the page.
The OED is a vast snapshot of an eternally moving target. They are not now, and have never been, in the business of defining the language Fair enough, but there are enough profs out there who believe that if it's not in the OED, it's not English. That was a secondary point, however. English is where it is because the British Empire was the last big colonizer before the dawning of the "information age," not because it is any "better" particularly.
BTW, you know Tolkien worked on the OED? No, but a friend of my family was a student of his at Oxford while he was writing the LOTR series. Apparently he almost always cancelled his lectures.
Excuse me, this is exactly what democracy is -- when all members (the 'commune') make the decisions. Not quite. A democracy is when each member makes an individual decision and the sum of these decisions (that is, the most popular ones) are imposed on the society as a whole. This is typified by the electoral process. A communism doesn't necessarily consult the society, the governing authority (be that a monarch or elected body - communism doesn't specify) makes decisions based on what it thinks is best for the people - not what people think is best for themselves.
Democracies are generally also typified by statements of rights for its members, while communes don't limit themselves to certain criteria when determining what is best for the society. If silencing silencing person x, the reasoning goes, is what is best for the people, then that person must be silenced. There are no individual rights, only societal ones.
Neither China nor Cuba are true democratic communist states. Democratic communism? You're thinking about Socialism. There's nothing "democratic" about the communist political style - it is communally (COMMUNEism?) rather than individually based. What we view as oppression and rights infractions (from our individually-based democracy) is what the a communist would view as being the necessary imposition of the good of the community over the good of any one individual. I'm not saying this is better than our system (I still live in Canada, don't I?), but you have to understand that our entire point of view is coloured by the beliefs we've been raised with.
ook marx was a great theorist of capitalism, but his conclusion that the solution to the inherent problems with the industrial revolution were to centralize economic decisionmaking etc. just didn't work. Or how about "Communism just can't work because of human nature." Heh, heh.
please don't say cuba is a good example...they can trade with many nations - canada, eu etc. Trade with other coutries may be the reason that Cuba is able to sustain itself (Hmm, I think I'm going to go down to the corner cigar shop and buy a Cuban cigar after this - or go buy some alcohol while 19 years of age - or go break a leg and get it fixed for free - sorry couldn't resist), but there's nothing in Communist philosophy that forbids external capitalism. As long as the internal goods are distributed equally (and in Cuba they are - everyone has very little. Even Castro) and the needs of the people are met then the country is a sucessful Communism.
Communism IS evil. Trying to get a rise out of a commie, eh? 'Fraid it won't work - first I'm not what I would call "a communist" and, second, what you've said is too shallow and small-minded to be really, conciously believed and defended by anyone. Nice try though:)
The decline of the use of French in the face of the rise of English has nothing at all about English being the "Open Source" language. First off, there is a 'regulating body' of English - it's the people who write the Oxford English Dictionary - and they are a "tweedy cluster of barf-mats."
The reason English use is on the increase while French (and, indeed most other languages) are on the decline is because of the whole "global village" thing. English has become the de facto standard for international trade communication. This is largely because of the many, many nations left in the wake of the British Empire (including, most importantly, the US).
When it comes to "openness" German is a far more flexible language, but I don't see anyone recommending we all start speaking that because it is technically superior.
The gift economy will never work because communism never worked. Excuse me? The Soviet Union didn't work, but only because it was not Communism - it was facism. The political organization that lead the SU was instituted after the revolution to implement a peaceful transition towards Communism. As it happened, the folks in power didn't want to give up and things stayed the way they were.
Communism has worked, time and again. Take note of the continued existence of Cuba - even in spite of teh fact that the worlds most powerful country has employed embargoes and attempted assasinations the country continues to hum along quite nicely. You can say what you like about their human rights record, but it is a working Communism.
If you don't like that, try China. The point I'm trying to make is that irregardless of the propaganda you have been fed since your birth, Communism isn't evil, it can work and it is what typifies Free Software, even if RMS is too smart to mention the "C" word in the US.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the moderators - the article was posted by Rob and Rob alone - the moderators don't influence the content of the topics, just the rating of the responses.
...why XFree86 is licensed not under GPL but under (surprise) the X license. I don't think the FSF and XFree team are as cozy as the FSF might like us to think.
Seriously, though - it wasn't at all bad for a premiere. Even the Simpsons stank in their first season, but Futurama doesn't look bad at all. I particularly liked the cameo by "blinky."
Actually, EdTV went into production before the Truman Show - it was a race to get them out. Apparently Truman snagged one of EdTV's backers at the last minute which put production months behind.
I think the moderation system stood up quite nicely to the standard RMS rocks/sucks responses in the last item mentioning him. Specifically, the messages were generally more concise, better thought-out and less insulting than in previous times, just by merit of the system's existence.
...you're probably not the only one who feels that way. I suspect that there are probably a good number of moderators who will look after him appropriately.
I don't generally agree with RMS...
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...but he has some good points here. It looks a though Apple is just looking for a free programmer base. You should not have to notify Apple if you use it or change it and teh license should not be revokable, although I do see Apple's position here.
I really couldn't care less about his secondary points, though.
I'm afraid you don't know Kant at all. He may have said "Dare to know" but he was also the one that said "You should act only according to those laws which are universally applicable," and cited as an example the following:
A murderer is chasing your friend and he comes to you for help, so you let him into your house. The murderer comes by and asks you where your friend is and you must tell him that he is in your house since it is wrong to lie.
That guy led a cultural rervolution? He was, if anything, a spokesperson for the status quo.
The US has been traditionally one of the most culturally conservative contries in the world. In spite of leading the way in political freedom the US is one of the most culturally oppressed nations around. I'm not referring to the fringe, but rather to mainstay of culture - witness the popular view on marijuana, the highest drinking age in the industrialized world and the incredible stir that the "hippies" caused.
I suspect that this is due to the fact that the US was originally colonized by the Puritans and that their cultural conservatism was just passed on from one generation to the next.
As for programming them, the Palm may be easier to code for than WinCE, but then again, you're coding for a 15 year old Mac SE disguised as a handheld!
Oh no! Old technology! Kill it! Kill it! Relax - the SE was a good computer that got the job done admirably. Who cares if it isn't "whiz-bang" - the Palm is useful and cheap (though not nearly as cheap as it could be).
It's a "Personal Data Assistant" not a "Really Small Computer" - people actually want to use these to get work done while in transit or in remote areas, not so they can play quake or mp3s on the subway home. If you want to do that... use your computer. 256MB of RAM? Geeze, I only have 32 in my desktop.
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I remember when I had Linux (0.99.x, baby!) running on a 386 w/ 4mb - now that was a sweet setup. I even had it running a MOO, and it was plenty responsive. Now mind you, I did get it to boot and run Win NT, so it may have been some sort of magical box.
and some Java for school (yech)
I did read Fortune say that it was Bill, but I can't imagine why he would say that - he wasn't involved in PC hardware design at all. In years past I've heard it attributed to various people, ranging from the CEO of Intel to the president of IBM. I don't believe anyone actually "said" it.
Modern comic strips? I hope you're joking. Family Circus is an old fart's cartoon. It is, at best, cute. The strip on the cover typifies the entire body of work - bland, obvious, rather unfunny and shallow. The fact that Amazon.com could expect any serious form of positive review is the best joke on the page.
Welcome to the wonders of the two-party system.
Fair enough, but there are enough profs out there who believe that if it's not in the OED, it's not English. That was a secondary point, however. English is where it is because the British Empire was the last big colonizer before the dawning of the "information age," not because it is any "better" particularly.
BTW, you know Tolkien worked on the OED?
No, but a friend of my family was a student of his at Oxford while he was writing the LOTR series. Apparently he almost always cancelled his lectures.
Not quite. A democracy is when each member makes an individual decision and the sum of these decisions (that is, the most popular ones) are imposed on the society as a whole. This is typified by the electoral process. A communism doesn't necessarily consult the society, the governing authority (be that a monarch or elected body - communism doesn't specify) makes decisions based on what it thinks is best for the people - not what people think is best for themselves.
Democracies are generally also typified by statements of rights for its members, while communes don't limit themselves to certain criteria when determining what is best for the society. If silencing silencing person x, the reasoning goes, is what is best for the people, then that person must be silenced. There are no individual rights, only societal ones.
Neither China nor Cuba are true democratic communist states.
Democratic communism? You're thinking about Socialism. There's nothing "democratic" about the communist political style - it is communally (COMMUNEism?) rather than individually based. What we view as oppression and rights infractions (from our individually-based democracy) is what the a communist would view as being the necessary imposition of the good of the community over the good of any one individual. I'm not saying this is better than our system (I still live in Canada, don't I?), but you have to understand that our entire point of view is coloured by the beliefs we've been raised with.
Or how about "Communism just can't work because of human nature." Heh, heh.
please don't say cuba is a good example...they can trade with many nations - canada, eu etc.
Trade with other coutries may be the reason that Cuba is able to sustain itself (Hmm, I think I'm going to go down to the corner cigar shop and buy a Cuban cigar after this - or go buy some alcohol while 19 years of age - or go break a leg and get it fixed for free - sorry couldn't resist), but there's nothing in Communist philosophy that forbids external capitalism. As long as the internal goods are distributed equally (and in Cuba they are - everyone has very little. Even Castro) and the needs of the people are met then the country is a sucessful Communism.
Communism IS evil. :)
Trying to get a rise out of a commie, eh? 'Fraid it won't work - first I'm not what I would call "a communist" and, second, what you've said is too shallow and small-minded to be really, conciously believed and defended by anyone. Nice try though
The reason English use is on the increase while French (and, indeed most other languages) are on the decline is because of the whole "global village" thing. English has become the de facto standard for international trade communication. This is largely because of the many, many nations left in the wake of the British Empire (including, most importantly, the US).
When it comes to "openness" German is a far more flexible language, but I don't see anyone recommending we all start speaking that because it is technically superior.
Excuse me? The Soviet Union didn't work, but only because it was not Communism - it was facism. The political organization that lead the SU was instituted after the revolution to implement a peaceful transition towards Communism. As it happened, the folks in power didn't want to give up and things stayed the way they were.
Communism has worked, time and again. Take note of the continued existence of Cuba - even in spite of teh fact that the worlds most powerful country has employed embargoes and attempted assasinations the country continues to hum along quite nicely. You can say what you like about their human rights record, but it is a working Communism.
If you don't like that, try China. The point I'm trying to make is that irregardless of the propaganda you have been fed since your birth, Communism isn't evil, it can work and it is what typifies Free Software, even if RMS is too smart to mention the "C" word in the US.
OF COURSE NOT, you humourless drone. Geez:
I'm really an Anonymous Coward, but I forgot how not to log in.
Oh, he's serious, all right.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the moderators - the article was posted by Rob and Rob alone - the moderators don't influence the content of the topics, just the rating of the responses.
...why XFree86 is licensed not under GPL but under (surprise) the X license. I don't think the FSF and XFree team are as cozy as the FSF might like us to think.
Seriously, though - it wasn't at all bad for a premiere. Even the Simpsons stank in their first season, but Futurama doesn't look bad at all. I particularly liked the cameo by "blinky."
Actually, EdTV went into production before the Truman Show - it was a race to get them out. Apparently Truman snagged one of EdTV's backers at the last minute which put production months behind.
I think the moderation system stood up quite nicely to the standard RMS rocks/sucks responses in the last item mentioning him. Specifically, the messages were generally more concise, better thought-out and less insulting than in previous times, just by merit of the system's existence.
...you're probably not the only one who feels that way. I suspect that there are probably a good number of moderators who will look after him appropriately.
I really couldn't care less about his secondary points, though.
A murderer is chasing your friend and he comes to you for help, so you let him into your house. The murderer comes by and asks you where your friend is and you must tell him that he is in your house since it is wrong to lie.
That guy led a cultural rervolution? He was, if anything, a spokesperson for the status quo.
I suspect that this is due to the fact that the US was originally colonized by the Puritans and that their cultural conservatism was just passed on from one generation to the next.
... a scripting language.
Oh no! Old technology! Kill it! Kill it!
Relax - the SE was a good computer that got the job done admirably. Who cares if it isn't "whiz-bang" - the Palm is useful and cheap (though not nearly as cheap as it could be).
It's a "Personal Data Assistant" not a "Really Small Computer" - people actually want to use these to get work done while in transit or in remote areas, not so they can play quake or mp3s on the subway home. If you want to do that... use your computer.
256MB of RAM? Geeze, I only have 32 in my desktop.