Well, for $600 I can get this low-end laptop running Windows XP Home with wireless networking, 40 gig drive and DVD slot, which is capable of doing so much more, which pretty much includes all the options available in PMC.
Well, I think the Walmart Laptop is a flop.
For 440$, I can get this Desktop which is even bigger than the laptop & can do more than the laptop.
For 250$, the laptop would have been interesting. For 75$, it would be a hot seller.
Certain actions require 2/3 support of the Senate, for example, invoking cloture successfully to end a fillibuster.
Because of this fact, even though the Dems are the numerical minority in the Senate and House both (as well as that they don't control the Executive Office), they can still be quite effective at implementing their agenda or at the very least stymie-ing Republicans in their attempt to do same. This has often happened with judicial nominations
So you are saying that Republican supporters should protest against the fact that the Democrats in the senate haven't symie-d the Rebublican agenda well enough.
http://asia.cnet.com/news/software/0,39037051,3918 9680,00.htm Microsoft creates a special cut down version of Xp for developing countries, then sells it for $36 USD making it the cheapest windows version available. While selling copies here with a few more features for $200 to $300 USD kind of ironic.
The cost of doing business in the US is probably much higher than that in Asian countries. For one, I don't recall any Asian countries/companies suing them.
A PC preloaded with XP is still costs lower than a Mac.
Whether you like MS or not, they were the ones who made computers commonplace. Before Microsoft, computers were stuff used by Insurance Companies, Banks etc. Now they are used by anyone on the street.
MS is to computers what AOL is to the internet. You may hate both companies but these companies made the respective technologies accesible to Joe Sixpack.
Programming is like sex... make one mistake, and support it the rest of your life.
I beg to differ - programming is exactly the opposite of sex. Make one mistake & it will support you for the rest of your life - it terms of maintenance work, bugfixing work etc.
Firefox unable to display the "Real Picture". I get a message The image "http://www.navarre.com/admaterials/artwork/805529/805529762251-072-sRGB.jpg" cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
IE (XPSP2) can however display it - is a problem with the jpg or a bug in Firefox.
Pete Becker of Dinkumware has debunked a lot of FUD spread by Java Programmers. Pete worked on the Java Library & the C++ Library for Dinkumware (& earlier for Borland) so he knows quite a bit about the subject.
Since India and Pakistan are now nuclear powers, this gets attention in countries that know what being bombed feels like, i.e. every non-American country. Kashmir may yet spark the next nuclear holocaust.
There was a Jay Leno joke once about Bush asking why these 2 neighbours are fighting over a sweater.
I have this story about Tide (washing detergent). The Ad had 3 photos - Dirty Clothes ==> Wash in Tide ==> Clean Clothes. (This was in the 3 horizontal panels).
Unfortunately, in Arabic countries they read right to left.
During the Cricket World Cup in 1999(held in England), Coke was the *OFFICIAL* sponsor. Pepsi ran a ambush marketing campaign which ran circles around the Coke Campaign - i.e. Pepsi signed up big cricket stars & ran numerous ads with the tagline "Nothing official about it" & this proved very successful. Hence during the next cricket world Cup in 2003 (held in South Africa), the ICC (International Cricket committee) went out of their way to avoid ambush marketing of this sort. All cricket players playing in the World Cup were forced to avoid any ads, logos etc of competing sponsors during the games. People watching the games in the stadium were told not to wear clothes with logos of competing brands etc.
Summary 1) Make your PC face the North, whenever you are checking Email. 2) Hang a metal windchime above your workstation. It is important that the rods of the windchime to be hollow, so that the auspicious Chi can rise up the chimes. 3) Add a user account for the Dragon Turtle & make him the admin.
Well if IBM get their judgement this could be just about the best news for free software since GNU started.
What happens to SCO users if SCO is indeed violating
the GPL - does this affect them at all?
I have hacked my DVD Player to play 5 minutes
of advertisements after every 10 minutes of the
movie.
And my TIVO plays stored ads even when I watch
the premium ad free channels.
Slashdot Mirror
Some idiot actually accepted a $200 bill with GW Bush on the front. Its hard to beat that. Here is the link to that article.
This seems to be an annual thing.
It happpened in Sept'03 also.
Well, for $600 I can get this low-end laptop running Windows XP Home with wireless networking, 40 gig drive and DVD slot, which is capable of doing so much more, which pretty much includes all the options available in PMC.
Well, I think the Walmart Laptop is a flop.
For 440$, I can get this Desktop which is even bigger than the laptop & can do more than the laptop.
For 250$, the laptop would have been interesting. For 75$, it would be a hot seller.
Certain actions require 2/3 support of the Senate, for example, invoking cloture successfully to end a fillibuster.
Because of this fact, even though the Dems are the numerical minority in the Senate and House both (as well as that they don't control the Executive Office), they can still be quite effective at implementing their agenda or at the very least stymie-ing Republicans in their attempt to do same. This has often happened with judicial nominations
So you are saying that Republican supporters should protest against the fact that the Democrats in the senate haven't symie-d the Rebublican agenda well enough.
The samn exact things they are protesting against at the Republican convention. The dems and the goper aren't that different.
But the Dems aren't in power - neither in the white house nor in the Congress? So there is nothing to protest against.
I don't recall such activism around the Democratic national convention - leave the freaking Republicans to have their week too.
What would protestors have protested against during the DNC?
http://asia.cnet.com/news/software/0,39037051,3918 9680,00.htm Microsoft creates a special cut down version of Xp for developing countries, then sells it for $36 USD making it the cheapest windows version available. While selling copies here with a few more features for $200 to $300 USD kind of ironic.
XP Home OEM License is available for 69$
The cost of doing business in the US is probably much higher than that in Asian countries. For one, I don't recall any Asian countries/companies suing them.
Since when is $100-$200 for an OS a 'low price'?
So what is a low price for an OS?
A PC preloaded with XP is still costs lower than a Mac.
Whether you like MS or not, they were the ones who made computers commonplace. Before Microsoft, computers were stuff used by Insurance Companies, Banks etc. Now they are used by anyone on the street.
MS is to computers what AOL is to the internet.
You may hate both companies but these companies made the respective technologies accesible to Joe Sixpack.
(MS Product->Who they stole or bought it from)
A vast majority of Open Source stuff is also copied
from existing software.
From your signature
Programming is like sex... make one mistake, and support it the rest of your life.
I beg to differ - programming is exactly the opposite of sex. Make one mistake & it will support you for the rest of your life - it terms of maintenance work, bugfixing work etc.
Firefox unable to display the "Real Picture".9 /805529762251-072-sRGB.jpg" cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
I get a message
The image "http://www.navarre.com/admaterials/artwork/80552
IE (XPSP2) can however display it - is a problem with the jpg or a bug in Firefox.
OK - how's this?
Back in April, Slashdot reported the announcement of a Universal 3D File Format by Intel, Microsoft & others - to be "as open as MP3". Of course, that's not all that open. And this turns out to be the sneaky part. There is a real open standard already - X3D is ISO-ratified, royalty-free, and has multiple open source implementations. U3D is "going to be submitted to ISO" - one day - but right now they're talking to ECMA, which allows royalty-bearing patents.
I found this article by Tony Parisi, co-chair of the X3D Working Group a fascinating insider's picture of the standards wars, along with insights into what it takes to release an online game, what really killed VRML, and why open standards do (and don't) matter.
I mean, a royalty-bearing, pseudo-open universal 3D format from Intel and Microsoft? Sorry, guys. That trick doesn't work anymore
BTW, I need to get a life.
CD Baby has a guide on how to do a cover song in the US
I don't understand this compulsary law - what's the rationale behind forcing an artist to license cover versions of his song.
What if I wrote a song & I don't want anyone to do cover versions? What's so bad about it?
And what's do different about songs? Why doesn't this apply to other stuff? Or does it?
Pete Becker of Dinkumware has debunked a lot of FUD spread by Java Programmers. Pete worked on the Java Library & the C++ Library for Dinkumware (& earlier for Borland) so he knows quite a bit about the subject.
Here are his usenet posts on the subject.
Since India and Pakistan are now nuclear powers, this gets attention in countries that know what being bombed feels like, i.e. every non-American country. Kashmir may yet spark the next nuclear holocaust.
There was a Jay Leno joke once about Bush asking why these 2 neighbours are fighting over a sweater.
I have this story about Tide (washing detergent).
The Ad had 3 photos -
Dirty Clothes ==> Wash in Tide ==> Clean Clothes.
(This was in the 3 horizontal panels).
Unfortunately, in Arabic countries they read right
to left.
Probably an Urban Legend.
Dammit. They covered it in Apple and Games and IT as well. That sure is a lot of dupes. I'm still trying to figure out what this has to do with Linux
Those are just ways for you to choose what colour you want to see the thread in.
Pro-Choice, Always.
After reading the Subject of your post, I thought maybe Oranges or Bananas are in list of
forbidden items & hence the question.
During the Cricket World Cup in 1999(held in England), Coke was the *OFFICIAL* sponsor. Pepsi ran a ambush marketing campaign which ran circles around
the Coke Campaign - i.e. Pepsi signed up big cricket stars & ran numerous ads with the tagline "Nothing official about it" & this proved very successful.
Hence during the next cricket world Cup in 2003 (held in South Africa), the ICC (International Cricket committee) went out of their way to avoid ambush marketing of this sort. All cricket players playing in the World Cup were forced to avoid any ads, logos etc of competing sponsors during the games. People watching the games in the stadium were told not to wear clothes with logos of competing brands etc.
Summary
1) Make your PC face the North, whenever you are checking Email.
2) Hang a metal windchime above your workstation.
It is important that the rods of the windchime to be hollow, so that the auspicious Chi can rise up the chimes.
3) Add a user account for the Dragon Turtle & make him the admin.
How come Napster lost some years back ? Wasn't the case similiar ? Couldn't the Sony-Betamax precedent have been used then ?
Well if IBM get their judgement this could be just about the best news for free software since GNU started. What happens to SCO users if SCO is indeed violating the GPL - does this affect them at all?
Some white hat hacker - please take the above site down - it will provide Bush with proof to invade all these countries.
I have hacked my DVD Player to play 5 minutes of advertisements after every 10 minutes of the movie. And my TIVO plays stored ads even when I watch the premium ad free channels.
DRM DCMA Blue Screen of Death Security holes M$ Windoze Unstable Patch Is there anything I left out ?