Some random editor, or producer in the case of TV, searching for a cute phrase for a headline or pre-commercial teaser. Then the rest of the journalists, being the original, free-thinking, creative, independant lemmings that they are, follow him off the cliff.
Anybody remember Long-Term Capital Management? They were a hedge fund, heavy with experts, even had a Nobel Economics Laureate on their team. They lost 4.6 billion dollars in four months time, having to be bailed out by the big banks to prevent them from crashing the whole market. PBS (I think Frontline) did a documentary on the whole thing. Fascinating stuff - I wish I could find a link for it.
Well, being that global climate changes could trigger large crop failures, mass human migrations (with their attendant civil wars), changes in sea levels, ports and river navigation and all-around Bad Stuff (TM), I'm guessing the first choice might have more real impact than the second.
It's still an asset, in exactly the same sense that the USA & USSR nuclear arsenals were assets. You have to have them, but you don't want to have to use them. Patent portfilios for the Microsoft/IBM/Oracle/Sun/HP crowd (or Intel/AMD/nVidia/ATI for that matter) have become exactly the same kind of "Mutually Assured Desctruction" scenario. The only way that OSS really plays into this is to give Ballmer some FUD ammo. Just ignore him - he can't pull the trigger, because everyone else would pull the trigger on him.
Here's a 20 mile diameter pulsar spinning at 716 Hertz. When you factor in the increase in rotational speed with the black hole contraction, 1K sounds real plausible.
No, it's saying the bahavior of climbing tress rather than running away led to differential selection for the tree climbers. Sort of like the way men who fell asleep after sex left more offspring than the ones who got up and left.
The difference would be that Microsoft has a HUGE patent portfolio. The SCO case was about COPYRIGHT. And you'll notice that OSS has exactly zero patents, so the playing field is completely different. Microsoft doesn't have to disclose code to prove patent infringement, all they have to do is produce their patent, and the OSS code in question.
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> I thought we all agreed to stop using the word cyber after the burst of the dot-com bubble.
Ahem.
Some random editor, or producer in the case of TV, searching for a cute phrase for a headline or pre-commercial teaser. Then the rest of the journalists, being the original, free-thinking, creative, independant lemmings that they are, follow him off the cliff.
> Microsoft ponders acquisition of a Soul
I always thought they were into stealing souls.
Found it: it was Nova: "Trillion Dollar Bet". Here's the transcript.
Anybody remember Long-Term Capital Management? They were a hedge fund, heavy with experts, even had a Nobel Economics Laureate on their team. They lost 4.6 billion dollars in four months time, having to be bailed out by the big banks to prevent them from crashing the whole market. PBS (I think Frontline) did a documentary on the whole thing. Fascinating stuff - I wish I could find a link for it.
The only thing an algorithm is guaranteed to do really well is join a panic and dump shares, thereby increasing the panic.
Don't forget that Mandrake^H^H^Hiva is almost as close to a French national distro as Red Flag is a Chinese distro.
Well, being that global climate changes could trigger large crop failures, mass human migrations (with their attendant civil wars), changes in sea levels, ports and river navigation and all-around Bad Stuff (TM), I'm guessing the first choice might have more real impact than the second.
Shave the cheerleader, save the world.
"The GoogleOS, they do nothing!"
I'd have gone for Willow Rosenberg instead.
It's still an asset, in exactly the same sense that the USA & USSR nuclear arsenals were assets. You have to have them, but you don't want to have to use them. Patent portfilios for the Microsoft/IBM/Oracle/Sun/HP crowd (or Intel/AMD/nVidia/ATI for that matter) have become exactly the same kind of "Mutually Assured Desctruction" scenario. The only way that OSS really plays into this is to give Ballmer some FUD ammo. Just ignore him - he can't pull the trigger, because everyone else would pull the trigger on him.
Or as fresh as this morning.
Who needs big science? Hell, I bet some teenager could do fusion in his parents basement.
Here's a 20 mile diameter pulsar spinning at 716 Hertz. When you factor in the increase in rotational speed with the black hole contraction, 1K sounds real plausible.
"nothing to see here" and slashdotted already.
No, it's saying the bahavior of climbing tress rather than running away led to differential selection for the tree climbers. Sort of like the way men who fell asleep after sex left more offspring than the ones who got up and left.
> used to having his instructions carried out as if they were the word of God, thats just not going to wash
Harry Truman said: "Poor Ike, he's going to sit here and say "Do this", "Do that"; and nothing will happen."
"In Korea, only old people go to Cons."
Closing price was $89,000,100.00 - that's 89 million, 100 dollars - seems perfectly reasonable...
The difference would be that Microsoft has a HUGE patent portfolio. The SCO case was about COPYRIGHT. And you'll notice that OSS has exactly zero patents, so the playing field is completely different. Microsoft doesn't have to disclose code to prove patent infringement, all they have to do is produce their patent, and the OSS code in question.
Luckily, you can still defeat them with the "You are teh evil, blow yourself up" argument, a la Norman/Landru/Nomad.
The U.S. banning Internet gambling is a violation of free trade agreements, but we're doing it for all the "right" reasons.
When I call someone on a land line, I know exactly where they are.
"Bring us a pitcher of beer every 5 minutes until somebody bluescreens, then bring one every 8 minutes".
Yeah, just not the same