Creators of the application should refer to "MetroNorth" rail-road schedules something else like "Mighty North" rail road schedules then make the time for each station "off" by a minute or so.
With this approach, authorities cannot legally come back to say creators are using their data without a license.
From the report, it appears only men substantially contribute to kernel development. Yes, I have used listed names to come to my conclusion. Where are the women? Or am I wrong?
You will not categorize "Not knowing anything about other parts of the world" as particularly advantageous, will you? If all [ignorant] college going folks referenced in the article became future politicians, we surely would have "work" on our hands.
I still wonder why Microsoft chose the name "Windows 7". Any ideas? For all other OS names, there appeared to be a meaning behind those choices, but for Windows 7, I labor to find a reason.
I am not sure Canada really matters. In fact, I am inclined to believe it does not matter that much. How many Facebook users does Canada have anyway? Any [reliable] numbers?
Can someone put a figure on the cost of equipment involved? This would be very useful for folks on large farms where radio (read Walkie-talkies) do not cut it.
All this is because of American companies' belief in complexity. We should borrow a leaf from the Russians who I believe, are champions of simplicity which actually delivers.
You know why? Because for most folks, perception *is* reality. Once Microsoft succeeds in "planting" the notion that netbooks based on Linux are somewhat inferior, only the geeks will buy them.
This works for Microsoft. What we should do, is to focus our efforts on make Linix and OSS technologies relevant to the average human being.
What is going on now with MS Office coming to Nokia's hardware is a case in point. It does not work for OSS in general.
Firefox, OpenOffice.org and multimedia on Linux continue to suck big time. Lets work on these so that if one takes the Linux plunge, that person gets pleasantly surprised.
With commingling, it will be hard for GPL zealots to discover that you are indeed violating the GPL but once they do (I do not know how they do it), just release everything and beg for forgiveness. By that time, you'll already have made your profit.
But remember: You'll not be able to put a price on the publicity all the "fracas" will generate.
Folks reading stories like these will simply conclude that America is on the wrong path. To be more accurate, I think folks at the patent office suffer from effects of "thought disorders."
As I write this, Microsoft need not worry about their relevance in my house. Linux is no threat to its dominance at all and here's the major reason why:
Multimedia is just broken on Linux. Period. I must say I have not tried the latest KDE 4.3 to see how its Phonon implementation has changed the landscape. I will check it out.
On the other hand, Windows XP SP2 has been quite stable in my household with no major viruses or crashes at all.
Talk about Google's OS then I will pay some attention because with this new OS, I know there will be some sanity in "Linux land" with Google's leadership.
...is that some sites like Yahoo Mail still "delay" one's surfing experience with a warning of how your display settings might not work well with the site. Folks at Yahoo in particular, do not realize that netbooks with lower resolutions are in existence. By the way, if you choose to ignore the warning, the site displays normally.
I think they (Yahoo), are just lacking the normal expected degree of ability. What do you think?
KDE is very promising but needs polish with the 4.3 release. Now here is my request:
Let's focus on making the default KDE install not only beautiful but also functional to the fullest extent KDE allows. In other words, we need meaningful defaults.
I am doing my part helping out with KDE help files.
The Pirate Bay should refuse to heed that request/order on grounds that it is undemocratic to discriminate against users on the basis of religion, ethnicity, nationality or otherwise. Who can argue against that?
According to this document, BIND 9 has issues including being monolithic, having a "Bad Process Model", Hard to Administer and Hard to Hack. That's not a good reputation to have.
To some extent, these issues apply to everything Linux save for the last point. I am waiting for the time these points will not apply to Linux and its associated software.
I must say that understanding BIND's configuration file was not that easy for me at first but after trying several times, I can say I am almost an expert. Things can be made simpler though. A text based interactive system could be of a lot of help. Tools like Webmin come in handy too though they require that a system be running initially.
I hope folks in East Africa will now be able to "VOIP" seriously. Their pay-as-you-go cellphone plans are insane at an average of US$0.15 per minute with extra fees for talking to a colleague on another network.
And yes, I know VOIP is not the savior or the world and its advantages will be to those who are mostly static, but it's a good start.
I upgraded my system to 1GB of RAM which it recognized properly. But after using it for about 3 weeks, I got a "PCI.SYS is corrupt or missing" error on boot.
When I called my support folks, I was told that I would need to either replace the motherboard or reinstall Windows XP. These are folks I had told what I had done to the system including the RAM upgrade. In any case, I would have had to spend in excess of US$220!
What I did was to remove the "offending" RAM and everything was good as normal.
My question though is why would the system work for three weeks before throwing the PCI.SYS error?
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Creators of the application should refer to "MetroNorth" rail-road schedules something else like "Mighty North" rail road schedules then make the time for each station "off" by a minute or so.
With this approach, authorities cannot legally come back to say creators are using their data without a license.
How about that?
From the report, it appears only men substantially contribute to kernel development. Yes, I have used listed names to come to my conclusion. Where are the women? Or am I wrong?
Why would that put us in any kind of trouble?
You will not categorize "Not knowing anything about other parts of the world" as particularly advantageous, will you? If all [ignorant] college going folks referenced in the article became future politicians, we surely would have "work" on our hands.
America is in trouble. These are the same students who think that all countries along the equator are hotter than any desert in the USA.
Heck, I saw and almost touched snow on one mountain in Africa. Quite a revelation to me...I almost froze!
Blame the Chechens.
I still wonder why Microsoft chose the name "Windows 7". Any ideas? For all other OS names, there appeared to be a meaning behind those choices, but for Windows 7, I labor to find a reason.
I am not sure Canada really matters. In fact, I am inclined to believe it does not matter that much. How many Facebook users does Canada have anyway? Any [reliable] numbers?
Can someone put a figure on the cost of equipment involved? This would be very useful for folks on large farms where radio (read Walkie-talkies) do not cut it.
All this is because of American companies' belief in complexity. We should borrow a leaf from the Russians who I believe, are champions of simplicity which actually delivers.
You know why? Because for most folks, perception *is* reality. Once Microsoft succeeds in "planting" the notion that netbooks based on Linux are somewhat inferior, only the geeks will buy them.
This works for Microsoft. What we should do, is to focus our efforts on make Linix and OSS technologies relevant to the average human being.
What is going on now with MS Office coming to Nokia's hardware is a case in point. It does not work for OSS in general.
Firefox, OpenOffice.org and multimedia on Linux continue to suck big time. Lets work on these so that if one takes the Linux plunge, that person gets pleasantly surprised.
Video of the proceedings would be like icing on the cake! Why don't we have publicly available video content of proceedings? Any hopes for this?
Folks at KDE have a comparison table for various software licenses. The table might throw some light on the reason why the GPL is where it is today.
With commingling, it will be hard for GPL zealots to discover that you are indeed violating the GPL but once they do (I do not know how they do it), just release everything and beg for forgiveness. By that time, you'll already have made your profit.
But remember: You'll not be able to put a price on the publicity all the "fracas" will generate.
Folks reading stories like these will simply conclude that America is on the wrong path. To be more accurate, I think folks at the patent office suffer from effects of "thought disorders."
Prettiness aside, I wonder why extended settings to for example tweak audio or video metrics always require two clicks to access.
And even after accessing them, you need to re-activate them before any adjustment.
Why? The reason I access these settings is to adjust them so it's better if I find them already activated. Is this too much to ask?
So can we speculate the reason for Google's action? Let's speculate. I'd like to see what is on minds of slashdotters.
As I write this, Microsoft need not worry about their relevance in my house. Linux is no threat to its dominance at all and here's the major reason why:
Multimedia is just broken on Linux. Period. I must say I have not tried the latest KDE 4.3 to see how its Phonon implementation has changed the landscape. I will check it out.
On the other hand, Windows XP SP2 has been quite stable in my household with no major viruses or crashes at all.
Talk about Google's OS then I will pay some attention because with this new OS, I know there will be some sanity in "Linux land" with Google's leadership.
...is that some sites like Yahoo Mail still "delay" one's surfing experience with a warning of how your display settings might not work well with the site. Folks at Yahoo in particular, do not realize that netbooks with lower resolutions are in existence. By the way, if you choose to ignore the warning, the site displays normally.
I think they (Yahoo), are just lacking the normal expected degree of ability. What do you think?
I wish I can get a hold of the batteries. I am sure they are a better replacement to the Trojan batteries I am using for my solar system.
KDE is very promising but needs polish with the 4.3 release. Now here is my request:
Let's focus on making the default KDE install not only beautiful but also functional to the fullest extent KDE allows. In other words, we need meaningful defaults.
I am doing my part helping out with KDE help files.
The Pirate Bay should refuse to heed that request/order on grounds that it is undemocratic to discriminate against users on the basis of religion, ethnicity, nationality or otherwise. Who can argue against that?
According to this document, BIND 9 has issues including being monolithic, having a "Bad Process Model", Hard to Administer and Hard to Hack. That's not a good reputation to have.
To some extent, these issues apply to everything Linux save for the last point. I am waiting for the time these points will not apply to Linux and its associated software.
I must say that understanding BIND's configuration file was not that easy for me at first but after trying several times, I can say I am almost an expert. Things can be made simpler though. A text based interactive system could be of a lot of help. Tools like Webmin come in handy too though they require that a system be running initially.
I hope folks in East Africa will now be able to "VOIP" seriously. Their pay-as-you-go cellphone plans are insane at an average of US$0.15 per minute with extra fees for talking to a colleague on another network.
And yes, I know VOIP is not the savior or the world and its advantages will be to those who are mostly static, but it's a good start.
I upgraded my system to 1GB of RAM which it recognized properly. But after using it for about 3 weeks, I got a "PCI.SYS is corrupt or missing" error on boot.
When I called my support folks, I was told that I would need to either replace the motherboard or reinstall Windows XP. These are folks I had told what I had done to the system including the RAM upgrade. In any case, I would have had to spend in excess of US$220!
What I did was to remove the "offending" RAM and everything was good as normal.
My question though is why would the system work for three weeks before throwing the PCI.SYS error?