If I remember correctly, URM is more akin to having tiers of users who have specific levels of write access to the system. Sure, you have the old all-powerful administrator (root) account, but you also have regular user accounts that may or may not be able to use a sudo-like process to install programs.
DRM is evil and puts someone else in control. URM is a good idea that keeps outsiders from making unauthorized changes to your computer--keeping you in control.
Man, I'd love to have that kind of money. My nights out with the not-quite-significant other tend to be more "what can we do around town for cheap", because we're broke like that.
Houston Area: most stores have at least two PlayStation 3 consoles in stock, according to an informal, unscientific survey of consumer electronics stores and video game stores in town. Of course, it's hard to hit them all, when you're talking about an area that is roughly 10,000 square miles in area.
I didn't say that the value of time_t() would be doubled, I said its length would be doubled, partially due to the fact that it would mean that the clock wouldn't expire until such time as the world is over.
And your point about how long it would take to exhaust such a scale is only partially correct: the sun will not go supernova. It's nowhere near big enough.
Well, as an amusing point of comment, Unununium is a language they're trying to write in Python. Of course, it's not exactly functional at this time, and the way it handles time is a convoluted fix to the 2038 problem that is rendered pointless by the advent of 64-bit processing and the subsequent doubling of the possible length of the value returned by time_t(), but it does exist.
Of course, they're still waiting on a Python compiler, or at the very least, a Python-to-C translator, which may not ever actually be realized.
That said, I'm a fan of arcane knowledge, so I might just pick up PDP-8 assembly for the hell of it.
Well, to be completely fair, Battlestar was begging to be reimagined. If you actually look at the old show and set it beside the new one, you'll plainly see that the old one was a good concept with decent acting and terrible writing. Also, an annoying little kid and his robot dog that got far too much screentime. No, the new BSG is about doing the concept justice.
For technical stuff, I absolutely agree. The modern military is quite computerized, and they need someone who knows how to fix it when things break. Furthermore, if you're smart enough, they'll be much less likely to send you into combat. My sister has a friend who enlisted to go to Afghanistan (whee, terrorist hunting!), but they won't send her there because she scored too high on her ASVABs.
Also, most employers these days like military veterans, and will be loath to turn them down for employment if you don't go career. About the only drawback is that you'll have to survive basic training.
(This is from someone who is not military, but who has considered enlisting at various times.)
Open Source and Free Software aren't entirely the same thing.
For example: Java is Open Source, in that it is produced from a public collaboration, but is not Free Software, as I'm not allowed to make changes and/or redistribute the source myself. Another example would be anything released under the Apple Public Source License v.1.0. Version 2 of that license is both Open Source and Free Software.
On the other side of the coin, GNU Ada was formerly developed under a model much like most proprietary software, but at the same time, nobody beyond the GNU project's blessed people had access to the CVS/Arch/whatever archives, nor was it particularly easy for third parties to submit patches back to the project.
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Would Debian or Ubuntu perhaps be to your liking, then? Because it's quite easy to upgrade those systems over the Internet without a CD.
That said, most of the booster clubs in my area tend to go right, but that's just the fact that I live in surburban Texas, smack dab in the middle of the Devil's Own Country.
iTunes is just a media player that grew out of a jukebox application for the old Mac OS (I think it was introduced around 8.0). The only songs to which it applies DRM are those bought from the iTunes Store. For the MP3 files already on your hard drive, it'll just load them into its database and play them just like any other media player.
The iTunes Store is a fee-per-download service--if you want to buy something on iTunes, you drop down your money and you download the song.
Essentially, iTunes != iTunes Store. Furthermore, if you can find a copy of Sharpmusique, you can buy songs from iTunes without getting the DRM on them, as the DRM is applied by the local machine.
I must agree, I'm waiting for LCARS myself. Unfortunately, that kind of voice recognition is going to have to wait for the 23rd Century, at the earliest.
But while I'm waiting, I think I'm going to invent warp drive. After all, what's a computer running LCARS if it's not on the fastest starships in the galaxy?
Well, if you've made purchases using iTunes 6 or later, you can't buy music using SharpMusique, which reports itself as iTunes 4.7. Of course, I'd assume that changing this is a matter of looking into the code for the identifier key, changing it, and sending it back through the compiler.
Of course, there was also a DRM change with iTunes 6, so jHymn doesn't work anymore, at least not on stuff purchased with iTunes v. 6 or later.
Indeed, the lack of the Frankenbox makes this list suspect. After all, with a Frankenbox, you can ensure that you know everything that goes into your computer. That's what I love about them: there are no mystery parts.
Furthermore, you don't get the bundled software crap, and you can chose your own operating system.
Actually, I've talked with various people who have worked with both Macs and PCs by other companies, and they've invariably said that the number of problems they've had with their Apple hardware is significantly lower than the number of hardware issues they've had with their PCs.
Furthermore, the problems that occur with Apple hardware are neither more common nor unusual amongst PC manufactuers--defect rates are actually about even. You're more likely to hear about a problem with a Mac due to the zealotry of its community getting on everyone's nerves.
Actually, you can, quite easily. Configuring Samba is almost the same on OS X, save for the fact that the path to the conf file is a bit shorter (it's in/etc, not/etc/samba).
Of course, I prefer using Bonjour in the guest instead of Samba, as it's just that much easier.
Recently, I've made the opposite migration (from Ubuntu to Mac OS X). Now, while I love Ubuntu, and continue to use it on my desktop, I must say that Mac OS X has a lot going for it. There's nothing really wrong with the platform inherently. However, given the particular people in question, Ubuntu seems better suited for their needs than OS X does. Furthermore, with the latest release, things are quite easy to use on most hardware sold for Windows. Of course, the reason I removed Ubuntu from my MacBook is because I'm familiar with GRUB, which doesn't work on EFI. Perhaps I'll dual-boot the MacBook again when they've had time to work out that particular issue. I'd like to have an Ubuntu environment on here that isn't emulated over Parallels, too.
So honestly, between Ubuntu and OS X, to me, it's an even trade, based on what one needs. If you're doing heavy programming, Ubuntu is the place to be. However, if you're looking for a simple user-oriented Unix-like system, Mac OS X is just fine.
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URM != DRM, from what I understand.
If I remember correctly, URM is more akin to having tiers of users who have specific levels of write access to the system. Sure, you have the old all-powerful administrator (root) account, but you also have regular user accounts that may or may not be able to use a sudo-like process to install programs.
DRM is evil and puts someone else in control. URM is a good idea that keeps outsiders from making unauthorized changes to your computer--keeping you in control.
$80 is a typical night out for you?
Man, I'd love to have that kind of money. My nights out with the not-quite-significant other tend to be more "what can we do around town for cheap", because we're broke like that.
Houston Area: most stores have at least two PlayStation 3 consoles in stock, according to an informal, unscientific survey of consumer electronics stores and video game stores in town. Of course, it's hard to hit them all, when you're talking about an area that is roughly 10,000 square miles in area.
Nor is there a Dana. Only Zuul.
I didn't say that the value of time_t() would be doubled, I said its length would be doubled, partially due to the fact that it would mean that the clock wouldn't expire until such time as the world is over.
And your point about how long it would take to exhaust such a scale is only partially correct: the sun will not go supernova. It's nowhere near big enough.
Well. They're running IIS at MySpace. Somebody, please, for the love of good web design and stopping pedophiles, bring that thing down.
Wait...C++ without the bullshit? That takes away all of C++!
Well, as an amusing point of comment, Unununium is a language they're trying to write in Python. Of course, it's not exactly functional at this time, and the way it handles time is a convoluted fix to the 2038 problem that is rendered pointless by the advent of 64-bit processing and the subsequent doubling of the possible length of the value returned by time_t(), but it does exist.
Of course, they're still waiting on a Python compiler, or at the very least, a Python-to-C translator, which may not ever actually be realized.
That said, I'm a fan of arcane knowledge, so I might just pick up PDP-8 assembly for the hell of it.
Well, to be completely fair, Battlestar was begging to be reimagined. If you actually look at the old show and set it beside the new one, you'll plainly see that the old one was a good concept with decent acting and terrible writing. Also, an annoying little kid and his robot dog that got far too much screentime. No, the new BSG is about doing the concept justice.
You do realize that reversing the polarity is the stock Star Trek solution to about any problem ever conceived by the Star Trek writers.
Part of #2 was taken care of: it's now available on AMD64 Linux.
You might actually want to read the summary now.
For technical stuff, I absolutely agree. The modern military is quite computerized, and they need someone who knows how to fix it when things break. Furthermore, if you're smart enough, they'll be much less likely to send you into combat. My sister has a friend who enlisted to go to Afghanistan (whee, terrorist hunting!), but they won't send her there because she scored too high on her ASVABs.
Also, most employers these days like military veterans, and will be loath to turn them down for employment if you don't go career. About the only drawback is that you'll have to survive basic training.
(This is from someone who is not military, but who has considered enlisting at various times.)
Open Source and Free Software aren't entirely the same thing.
For example: Java is Open Source, in that it is produced from a public collaboration, but is not Free Software, as I'm not allowed to make changes and/or redistribute the source myself. Another example would be anything released under the Apple Public Source License v.1.0. Version 2 of that license is both Open Source and Free Software.
On the other side of the coin, GNU Ada was formerly developed under a model much like most proprietary software, but at the same time, nobody beyond the GNU project's blessed people had access to the CVS/Arch/whatever archives, nor was it particularly easy for third parties to submit patches back to the project.
Would Debian or Ubuntu perhaps be to your liking, then? Because it's quite easy to upgrade those systems over the Internet without a CD.
546, actually, if you include the Judicial branch (and can somehow make jokes on what little we know of the Supremes).
Now, I'm going to mod myself down (-1, Pedantic).
Booster clubs are usually parent groups.
That said, most of the booster clubs in my area tend to go right, but that's just the fact that I live in surburban Texas, smack dab in the middle of the Devil's Own Country.
iTunes is just a media player that grew out of a jukebox application for the old Mac OS (I think it was introduced around 8.0). The only songs to which it applies DRM are those bought from the iTunes Store. For the MP3 files already on your hard drive, it'll just load them into its database and play them just like any other media player.
The iTunes Store is a fee-per-download service--if you want to buy something on iTunes, you drop down your money and you download the song.
Essentially, iTunes != iTunes Store. Furthermore, if you can find a copy of Sharpmusique, you can buy songs from iTunes without getting the DRM on them, as the DRM is applied by the local machine.
I must agree, I'm waiting for LCARS myself. Unfortunately, that kind of voice recognition is going to have to wait for the 23rd Century, at the earliest.
But while I'm waiting, I think I'm going to invent warp drive. After all, what's a computer running LCARS if it's not on the fastest starships in the galaxy?
Well, if you've made purchases using iTunes 6 or later, you can't buy music using SharpMusique, which reports itself as iTunes 4.7. Of course, I'd assume that changing this is a matter of looking into the code for the identifier key, changing it, and sending it back through the compiler.
Of course, there was also a DRM change with iTunes 6, so jHymn doesn't work anymore, at least not on stuff purchased with iTunes v. 6 or later.
Indeed, the lack of the Frankenbox makes this list suspect. After all, with a Frankenbox, you can ensure that you know everything that goes into your computer. That's what I love about them: there are no mystery parts.
Furthermore, you don't get the bundled software crap, and you can chose your own operating system.
Actually, I've talked with various people who have worked with both Macs and PCs by other companies, and they've invariably said that the number of problems they've had with their Apple hardware is significantly lower than the number of hardware issues they've had with their PCs.
Furthermore, the problems that occur with Apple hardware are neither more common nor unusual amongst PC manufactuers--defect rates are actually about even. You're more likely to hear about a problem with a Mac due to the zealotry of its community getting on everyone's nerves.
I've got a line of fangirls out here with strap-ons that find Pluto to be a "bishie" and want to, well, show him that they like him. It disturbs me.
I know it's not okay to fuck with the Mouse, but I must ask if it's okay to bugger the Mouse's dog.
Actually, you can, quite easily. Configuring Samba is almost the same on OS X, save for the fact that the path to the conf file is a bit shorter (it's in /etc, not /etc/samba).
Of course, I prefer using Bonjour in the guest instead of Samba, as it's just that much easier.
Recently, I've made the opposite migration (from Ubuntu to Mac OS X). Now, while I love Ubuntu, and continue to use it on my desktop, I must say that Mac OS X has a lot going for it. There's nothing really wrong with the platform inherently. However, given the particular people in question, Ubuntu seems better suited for their needs than OS X does. Furthermore, with the latest release, things are quite easy to use on most hardware sold for Windows. Of course, the reason I removed Ubuntu from my MacBook is because I'm familiar with GRUB, which doesn't work on EFI. Perhaps I'll dual-boot the MacBook again when they've had time to work out that particular issue. I'd like to have an Ubuntu environment on here that isn't emulated over Parallels, too.
So honestly, between Ubuntu and OS X, to me, it's an even trade, based on what one needs. If you're doing heavy programming, Ubuntu is the place to be. However, if you're looking for a simple user-oriented Unix-like system, Mac OS X is just fine.