Come on... this is ridiculous, MS would never support something that destroys lockin.
Unless the lack of that feature would lock THEM out (this reminds me of the scooby-doo scene where Scooby and Shaggy lock the door to keep the monster out, but the monster was already behind them).
In other words: If Massachussets decides not to use Microsoft products, other states would follow. Microsoft CANNOT afford that, they could lose their entire govt market. So they have to adopt the OpenDocument format, and face the competition.
Now the stability, experience and ease-of-use of their software is what they'll begin promoting to stay ahead the competition.
From my point of view, Microsoft was cornered into giving up the crown. They tried to delay the unavoidable, but there's nothing they can do about it. We already won!:D
Well, i'm talking about the grandparent post. The parent poster complained about it being marked troll. In my post I exposed my reasons to leave it like that.
Here's a testimony of a person suffering from AS http://www.well.com/~jerod23/bp/AspergersSyndrome. htm . From the link: "An odd fact that has turned up in my brain scan and in studies of other autistic individuals across the spectrum is that our cerebellums are smaller than normal while other parts of our brains, and our total brain sizes, are larger than normal. This helps to explain some of the behavior explained above and to focus on which genes to hunt for abnormalities."
So there IS some proof that Asperger's syndrome is real. There ya go. The problem with discrimination is that people don't understand those who are different, and reject them.
You know, you seem pretty ignorant - thinking a disease doesn't exist just because YOU can't find any evidence of it. Therefore, you end up thinking that all people with social problems have them because their own fault (reminds me of the guy who wanted to clean a negro and ended up killing him because he couldn't wash his blackness away).
Finally, let me say that while I don't agree with some buzzwords (compulsive eater, for example), that doesn't mean they aren't real. Some might not be, but some ARE real. Trying to generalize all mental diseases as buzzwords describing a normal phenomenon, is just plain nonsense.
Most of us can't, and don't really want to "just say no"
Hmm... that "just say no" got a weird idea in my head, please forgive me if it's too silly.
*Ring!* -Hello? - Good morning! *big smile* We've come to share the Word of GNU, and his prophet St. Ignutius. - Ah, you're the Linux' Witnesses, right? No, thanks. - But, you don't understand, we've come to save your soul!:( - That's nonsense, I've been running Windows and nothing bad has happened to me! - Ah, but haven't you had to deal with your computer running slow due to viruses? It's the prophecy fulfilled! - I said NO THANKS! - But Windows is the Whore of Redmond! - ARGH!!!! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! - *gasp* THE DEVIL'S SPAWN! RUN!!!
(Inside the house...) - Who was it, hon? - BAH, Some Linux zealots.
(Outside the house, there's a mailbox, and the inscription reads: S. Ballmer and Family)
I still wonder if it's not already a potentially serious issue to listen to an audio novel while driving your car. You're paying attention to the movie, not to the driving. After all, weren't cellphones (even hands-free) found dangerous while driving?
"They believe that the intellectual-property system is starting to lean so far in favor of private enrichment that it no longer serves the public interest."
Well, no shit Sherlock.
Elementary, my dear Caspian(9921)! The adelphi charter was meant to be read by the common public, who DON'T KNOW SH*T about the consequences of software patents. I believe it to be more like an education campaign.
After all, how do you think Firefox got popular? Just by quality? No. With campaigns like the New York Times ad, and the like.
In other words, propaganda. And these guys got on the right track.
The world would be a better place when spam is gone.
Yeah, but most spam is sent thru zombie machines. You need to do something much more drastic than arresting spam kings, you need to get rid of their "slaves", too.
MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) will just modify some code to add SCO Unix support. I mean, MySQL has windows support, Apache has Windows support, and Windows is "teh evil", so?
A much more important matter is Oracle buying InnoBase. (hint: InnoBase != MySQL AB). But then again, InnoDB is GPL. So, as long as they're GPL, we can still use them for GPL products.
Now the REALLY scary thing is this dual licensing stuff and MySQL requiring you to buy a license for MySQL if your product is not GPL. I'm still confused regarding the legal interpretation of it, this is a very scary issue, and the/. crowd remains silent about this. So, they're not scandalized about this dual licensing issue and the touchy circumstances , and what "linking" means regarding this (any legal info would be appreciated). But oh, MySQL modifies some code to add SCO Unix support, and the world as we know it is disappearing suddenly?.
I don't give a **** of what MySQL AB does with SCO (the GPL won't change, will it?). What worries me is the future of InnoDB and if i'll be able to use a MySQL client in my non-gpl'ed, for-profit (i.e. to earn a living) C++ or Python software without having to fear lawsuits from MySQL AB...
In fact, I think there should be an article on this subject (not that I've STFW'ed, but links would be appreciated).
about 90% of all posts in this thread are either funny or trying to be.:( Man, why is this story even on slashdot? Just to give everyone the chance to prove the existence of the Flying Spaguetti Monster and get a +5 funny? I counted at least 7 FSM jokes, and not a single one of them was modded "redundant".
I think that License Agreements should come in 2 parts regarding 3rd party software (aka spyware dll's).
Like:
"WARNING! By installing this software you'll also install our internet monitoring technology. This may slow down your machine and cause ads to pop up in the least expected moment. Do you want to continue?"
Well, with 95% or Market Share, and Billy G. being the 2nd most rich man in the world, i think we have the RIGHT to expect^H^H^H^H^H^H DEMAND something good from them!
Commercial Idea (c) myself 2005, i hereby grant exclusive, permanent, non-revokable license for use to AMD.
--- The typical hare and turtle cartoon race. But they're in racing cars. The Hare starts first in its "Famous inside" car. The turtle starts next, and its car reads: "AMD powered."
The race starts, and we see the hare pushing the gas to the bottom. But when it looks back, there's no turtle! Where is it? Oh, the turtle just crossed the finish line! The hare's jaw drops as the turtle is already being cheered by the fans and given the gold medal.
The hare opens the race car, and sees (instead of the engine), an AMD CPU.
The tagline: "AMD. Faster." (When the phrase is said, the background switches to a bar chart comparing "AMD" and "Other", showing AMD is faster) ---
Seriously, if AMD wants to win the market, they should start making TV and radio commercials. Remember what happened to the Amiga. It was a superior product, but lack of marketing lead to bankruptcy.
Only when customers start asking for "AMD processors", vendors will start using them.
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Come on... this is ridiculous, MS would never support something that destroys lockin.
:D
Unless the lack of that feature would lock THEM out (this reminds me of the scooby-doo scene where Scooby and Shaggy lock the door to keep the monster out, but the monster was already behind them).
In other words: If Massachussets decides not to use Microsoft products, other states would follow. Microsoft CANNOT afford that, they could lose their entire govt market. So they have to adopt the OpenDocument format, and face the competition.
Now the stability, experience and ease-of-use of their software is what they'll begin promoting to stay ahead the competition.
From my point of view, Microsoft was cornered into giving up the crown. They tried to delay the unavoidable, but there's nothing they can do about it. We already won!
Does that mean the Earth will end up like Mars in the future?
And how will this data help us terraforming Mars?
Far from answering, I think this only leaves us with more questions asked.
Well, i'm talking about the grandparent post. The parent poster complained about it being marked troll. In my post I exposed my reasons to leave it like that.
From TFA:
"Chipmaker demonstrates 'Robson' flash memory to boost laptop startup speeds."
Mystery solved.
Here's a testimony of a person suffering from AS http://www.well.com/~jerod23/bp/AspergersSyndrome. htm . From the link:
"An odd fact that has turned up in my brain scan and in studies of other autistic individuals across the spectrum is that our cerebellums are smaller than normal while other parts of our brains, and our total brain sizes, are larger than normal. This helps to explain some of the behavior explained above and to focus on which genes to hunt for abnormalities."
So there IS some proof that Asperger's syndrome is real.
There ya go. The problem with discrimination is that people don't understand those who are different, and reject them.
You know, you seem pretty ignorant - thinking a disease doesn't exist just because YOU can't find any evidence of it. Therefore, you end up thinking that all people with social problems have them because their own fault (reminds me of the guy who wanted to clean a negro and ended up killing him because he couldn't wash his blackness away).
Finally, let me say that while I don't agree with some buzzwords (compulsive eater, for example), that doesn't mean they aren't real. Some might not be, but some ARE real. Trying to generalize all mental diseases as buzzwords describing a normal phenomenon, is just plain nonsense.
Most of us can't, and don't really want to "just say no"
:(
Hmm... that "just say no" got a weird idea in my head, please forgive me if it's too silly.
*Ring!*
-Hello?
- Good morning! *big smile* We've come to share the Word of GNU, and his prophet St. Ignutius.
- Ah, you're the Linux' Witnesses, right? No, thanks.
- But, you don't understand, we've come to save your soul!
- That's nonsense, I've been running Windows and nothing bad has happened to me!
- Ah, but haven't you had to deal with your computer running slow due to viruses? It's the prophecy fulfilled!
- I said NO THANKS!
- But Windows is the Whore of Redmond!
- ARGH!!!! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!
- *gasp* THE DEVIL'S SPAWN! RUN!!!
(Inside the house...)
- Who was it, hon?
- BAH, Some Linux zealots.
(Outside the house, there's a mailbox, and the inscription reads: S. Ballmer and Family)
I still wonder if it's not already a potentially serious issue to listen to an audio novel while driving your car. You're paying attention to the movie, not to the driving. After all, weren't cellphones (even hands-free) found dangerous while driving?
Its Windows only - count me out...
:P
Coming soon: Portability Email, Beta 1
websites have been suffering DoS attacks and they can't do anything about it (specially if they're distributed).
DoS is the last resource for a hacker when he can't penetrate the website's server. It's not "hacking" in fact.
What astounds me is that people seem less afraid of remote execution vulnerabilities than of DoS attacks. Or is it just me?
"They believe that the intellectual-property system is starting to lean so far in favor of private enrichment that it no longer serves the public interest."
Well, no shit Sherlock.
Elementary, my dear Caspian(9921)! The adelphi charter was meant to be read by the common public, who DON'T KNOW SH*T about the consequences of software patents. I believe it to be more like an education campaign.
After all, how do you think Firefox got popular? Just by quality? No. With campaigns like the New York Times ad, and the like.
In other words, propaganda. And these guys got on the right track.
Hackers army
(Courtesy of Bilo and Nano )
The world would be a better place when spam is gone.
Yeah, but most spam is sent thru zombie machines. You need to do something much more drastic than arresting spam kings, you need to get rid of their "slaves", too.
(I still can't believe nobody has said it yet - is it because it's saturday?)
/. cliché jokes, welcome our new bacteria-killing overlords.
I, for the honor of the underrated
(Applause)
Thank you.
MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) will just modify some code to add SCO Unix support. I mean, MySQL has windows support, Apache has Windows support, and Windows is "teh evil", so?
/. crowd remains silent about this. So, they're not scandalized about this dual licensing issue and the touchy circumstances , and what "linking" means regarding this (any legal info would be appreciated). But oh, MySQL modifies some code to add SCO Unix support, and the world as we know it is disappearing suddenly?.
A much more important matter is Oracle buying InnoBase. (hint: InnoBase != MySQL AB). But then again, InnoDB is GPL. So, as long as they're GPL, we can still use them for GPL products.
Now the REALLY scary thing is this dual licensing stuff and MySQL requiring you to buy a license for MySQL if your product is not GPL. I'm still confused regarding the legal interpretation of it, this is a very scary issue, and the
I don't give a **** of what MySQL AB does with SCO (the GPL won't change, will it?). What worries me is the future of InnoDB and if i'll be able to use a MySQL client in my non-gpl'ed, for-profit (i.e. to earn a living) C++ or Python software without having to fear lawsuits from MySQL AB...
In fact, I think there should be an article on this subject (not that I've STFW'ed, but links would be appreciated).
This might be a little off-topic, but hey, this is slashdot. We need to have an interesting link on funny stories once in a while.
Feynmann's text on nanotechnology - viewed with a microscope.
Have you noticed?
:( Man, why is this story even on slashdot? Just to give everyone the chance to prove the existence of the Flying Spaguetti Monster and get a +5 funny? I counted at least 7 FSM jokes, and not a single one of them was modded "redundant".
about 90% of all posts in this thread are either funny or trying to be.
Oh, wait. It's FRIDAY. Nevermind.
whoever modded that offtopic was really stupid youknow...
I think that License Agreements should come in 2 parts regarding 3rd party software (aka spyware dll's).
Like:
"WARNING! By installing this software you'll also install our internet monitoring technology. This may slow down your machine and cause ads to pop up in the least expected moment. Do you want to continue?"
the Chinese will be happy to replace them :)
I think that people expect too much of Microsoft.
Well, with 95% or Market Share, and Billy G. being the 2nd most rich man in the world, i think we have the RIGHT to expect^H^H^H^H^H^H DEMAND something good from them!
Commercial Idea (c) myself 2005, i hereby grant exclusive, permanent, non-revokable license for use to AMD.
---
The typical hare and turtle cartoon race. But they're in racing cars. The Hare starts first in its "Famous inside" car. The turtle starts next, and its car reads: "AMD powered."
The race starts, and we see the hare pushing the gas to the bottom. But when it looks back, there's no turtle! Where is it? Oh, the turtle just crossed the finish line! The hare's jaw drops as the turtle is already being cheered by the fans and given the gold medal.
The hare opens the race car, and sees (instead of the engine), an AMD CPU.
The tagline: "AMD. Faster." (When the phrase is said, the background switches to a bar chart comparing "AMD" and "Other", showing AMD is faster)
---
Seriously, if AMD wants to win the market, they should start making TV and radio commercials. Remember what happened to the Amiga. It was a superior product, but lack of marketing lead to bankruptcy.
Only when customers start asking for "AMD processors", vendors will start using them.
Whenever you get a bank account, you should get a pamphlet saying "How to recognize SCAM emails".
I'm sure this nifty trick would do wonders and prevent people from falling into phishing scams.
Oh joy. Flashing ads in newspapers. I can't wait.
Could be worse! Imagine PAPERCLIP packages made with this stuff!
"Looks like you're looking for Aisle 2! Do you need more info on... buying, saving, paperclips...?"
We had enough movie plots with the velociraptor. And now we have a vulture dinosaur? Please stop! :(
Well, then I guess it's time to make an open source software which encrypts contents with steganography AND public key encryption or something.