If they somehow figure out how to put Nazis in the movie, it'll be either "Indy vs. Mel Gibson" or a slapstick, horse riding remake of the Blues Brothers.
Fav scenes:
"I hate Illinois Nazis." - Indy then proceeds to cross the bridge and knock them in the river while John Lee Hooker plays in the background.
Indy is sitting on his horse under a dark bridge. "It's 160 miles to Chicago, I've got a full horse, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark and I'm in a back brace." - The ghostly head of Jake Blues appears floating above Indy and calmly says "Hit it."
You say you are using Win2k and Linux, however you don't state any reasons as to why you need to move to Vista.
As the old saying goes: If it ain't broke don't fix.
I agree. By CHOICE, I'm still running one Windows 2000 box just to run a few applications. The rest of my boxes run Linux (One Solaris box is the exception).
I've heard a lot of negatives here on/. about Vista, but no positives yet. But the only thing that I know is that I have a good setup here, so why change it?
I'm a filmmaker and release all my films free to the public without DRM, under a Creative Commons licence. I have absolutely no need to buy a new, expensive box just to run an expensive Operating System just so my rights could be limited by some megaopoly just because don't trust their own customers. Eff that. Linux forever.
I'm diabetic too, but I've heard of 'amazing breakthroughs' every other year for the last two decades.
When my doctor calls me into her office to 'get the cure', then I'll celebrate.
Now if they could only cure my cancer, Fark will have to shut down when they lose their main cliche... Or move to something else involving the word 'trifecta'.
Who's running Novell? Ron Hovsepian or Steve Ballmer?
I smell lawyers...
Once Microsoft gets OOo forked, do you think they'll get their patent lawyers to attack OOo directly and/or anyone else running a clean OOo install?
Until this moment, I believed Novell was a victim of Microsoft's treachery. Now, patterns are emerging: Microsoft gets to fork whatever F/OSS they want (ala Novell), probably getting their lawyers to submit a patent for every conceivable change to 'their' F/OSS, thereby OWNING it.
Thanks, but no thanks.
[wraps aluminum foil around skull, muttering conspiracy theories]
As a side note, I _hope_ that when SCO is buried and Novell and IBM walk away from this with a satisfied grin on their faces (ala Captain Morgan), IBM should make a bid to buy Novell then GPL the Unix Sys V source code.
It's the whipped cream topping on the Pumpkin Pie.
I don't understand why you think that Bruce Perens got scammed... he's the one sounding the alarm!
You're absolutely right. I stand corrected.
When I wrote this piece, I had Perens on my mind from another post. Silly me, I meant Ronald W. Hovsepian. Thanks for noticing I'm a doofus. [smacks self]
(IMHO) From what I've seen, it looks like Novell got sucked into this Microsoft deal without knowing the real purpose of this deal: to discredit Linux.
Look at the time line:
* Novell and Microsoft shake hands on an exclusive agreement to create better cross-compatibility between their software. * After the agreement is signed, Microsoft does a 180 and publicly states that the crux of the deal was really Novell admitting Linux violates Microsoft's IP and this was a license agreement. * Novell is saying 'WTF? Where did this come from? You scammed us!!1!!' * Microsoft looks like a hero to the DOJ for saying 'We're not evil, see? Novell admits Linux violates our IP and they now license it from us. Here's the contract!'
I'm sure Microsoft will somehow defend the contract by connecting to their Xenix OS they sold through Tandy in the early 1980's.
The agreement was nothing more than the most expensive anti-Linux PR campaign ever conceived. Novell and Bruce Perens aren't the bad guys here, they just got scammed (Please, for the sake of the future of Novell, please don't forward Bruce any emails that state the Prince of Nigeria needs some cash to escape the country).
This may also give Microsoft legal footing to attempt to go after Red Hat if they really want to. All they have to do is bring up the Novell deal in court to make themselves look like angels.
This is just my $0.02, take with a grain of salt, your mileage may vary...
I think that with all the feuding to define Pluto as a planet, we should first set a point of reference. Pluto should be that reference.
The criteria should be:
* Is it its own celestial body orbiting a sun that is equal to or larger than Pluto? If so, then yes. * Does it have its own orbiting celestial moon? If so, then yes. * Is it Rosie O'Donnell? No.
Personally, I would like to have seen a massive zombie invasion this last Halloween, but the author does have a legit point... This game sucks (Even when playing my 60 Priest) when all your quests are the same old repetitive killing/traveling/grinding/farming.
This is why I'm quitting the game after 16 months of playing.
Randal: Which did you like better? "Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?
Dante: "Empire".
Randal: Blasphemy.
Dante: "Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.
If Blizzard is now looking for rootkit like behavior, or looking for specific signs of an existing rootkit, Cedega / Linux may very well raise all sort of red flags.
Isn't it possible for the author of any GPL'ed software to revoke a distro's ability to include it in said distro? I thought I'd heard this happening before, but can't seem to Google a reference...
If enough authors did this to any one distro in protest...
I honestly don't believe Microsoft has any concept of what the GPL really means. It's not just a simple black-and-white license agreement, it's a social contract at heart.
And when Microsoft's heart starts pumping blood again...
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At least they're now "legal!"
If they somehow figure out how to put Nazis in the movie, it'll be either "Indy vs. Mel Gibson" or a slapstick, horse riding remake of the Blues Brothers.
Fav scenes:
"I hate Illinois Nazis." - Indy then proceeds to cross the bridge and knock them in the river while John Lee Hooker plays in the background.
Indy is sitting on his horse under a dark bridge. "It's 160 miles to Chicago, I've got a full horse, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark and I'm in a back brace." - The ghostly head of Jake Blues appears floating above Indy and calmly says "Hit it."
Maybe we should demand Verizon to make the conversion. The RIAA would get $0.02 out of it.
I agree. By CHOICE, I'm still running one Windows 2000 box just to run a few applications. The rest of my boxes run Linux (One Solaris box is the exception).
I've heard a lot of negatives here on /. about Vista, but no positives yet. But the only thing that I know is that I have a good setup here, so why change it?
I'm a filmmaker and release all my films free to the public without DRM, under a Creative Commons licence. I have absolutely no need to buy a new, expensive box just to run an expensive Operating System just so my rights could be limited by some megaopoly just because don't trust their own customers. Eff that. Linux forever.
When my doctor calls me into her office to 'get the cure', then I'll celebrate.
Now if they could only cure my cancer, Fark will have to shut down when they lose their main cliche... Or move to something else involving the word 'trifecta'.
Calling Rush Limbaugh... Rush Limbaugh please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Then WHY was it approved as a "standard"?
I smell lawyers...
Once Microsoft gets OOo forked, do you think they'll get their patent lawyers to attack OOo directly and/or anyone else running a clean OOo install?
Until this moment, I believed Novell was a victim of Microsoft's treachery. Now, patterns are emerging: Microsoft gets to fork whatever F/OSS they want (ala Novell), probably getting their lawyers to submit a patent for every conceivable change to 'their' F/OSS, thereby OWNING it.
Thanks, but no thanks.
[wraps aluminum foil around skull, muttering conspiracy theories]
As a side note, I _hope_ that when SCO is buried and Novell and IBM walk away from this with a satisfied grin on their faces (ala Captain Morgan), IBM should make a bid to buy Novell then GPL the Unix Sys V source code.
It's the whipped cream topping on the Pumpkin Pie.
I like this line from the Groklaw article:
What's worse for SCO is, Kimball did a de novo review, out of an "abundance of caution," so they can't even appeal that issue.
Yep, SCO is toast. Please move on, nothing to see here.
"Lucy, you got some 'xplaining to do!"
OS X. If Apple would lighten up and unlock OS X for x86, the market would shift dramatically.
You're absolutely right. I stand corrected.
When I wrote this piece, I had Perens on my mind from another post. Silly me, I meant Ronald W. Hovsepian. Thanks for noticing I'm a doofus. [smacks self]
(IMHO) From what I've seen, it looks like Novell got sucked into this Microsoft deal without knowing the real purpose of this deal: to discredit Linux.
Look at the time line:
* Novell and Microsoft shake hands on an exclusive agreement to create better cross-compatibility between their software.
* After the agreement is signed, Microsoft does a 180 and publicly states that the crux of the deal was really Novell admitting Linux violates Microsoft's IP and this was a license agreement.
* Novell is saying 'WTF? Where did this come from? You scammed us!!1!!'
* Microsoft looks like a hero to the DOJ for saying 'We're not evil, see? Novell admits Linux violates our IP and they now license it from us. Here's the contract!'
I'm sure Microsoft will somehow defend the contract by connecting to their Xenix OS they sold through Tandy in the early 1980's.
The agreement was nothing more than the most expensive anti-Linux PR campaign ever conceived. Novell and Bruce Perens aren't the bad guys here, they just got scammed (Please, for the sake of the future of Novell, please don't forward Bruce any emails that state the Prince of Nigeria needs some cash to escape the country).
This may also give Microsoft legal footing to attempt to go after Red Hat if they really want to. All they have to do is bring up the Novell deal in court to make themselves look like angels.
This is just my $0.02, take with a grain of salt, your mileage may vary...
This gets my vote for the most catchy title since Fark's 'ceiling cat' incident.
I think that with all the feuding to define Pluto as a planet, we should first set a point of reference. Pluto should be that reference.
The criteria should be:
* Is it its own celestial body orbiting a sun that is equal to or larger than Pluto? If so, then yes.
* Does it have its own orbiting celestial moon? If so, then yes.
* Is it Rosie O'Donnell? No.
Then it's a planet.
That would have been worth watching if they were streaming an HD version of Snakes on a Plane.
Well, now I know who to make a hardware donation to.
Personally, I would like to have seen a massive zombie invasion this last Halloween, but the author does have a legit point... This game sucks (Even when playing my 60 Priest) when all your quests are the same old repetitive killing/traveling/grinding/farming.
This is why I'm quitting the game after 16 months of playing.
Randal: Which did you like better? "Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?
Dante: "Empire".
Randal: Blasphemy.
Dante: "Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.
So can that Sony music CD.
People will want to VOLUNTARILY return to Earth?
Isn't it possible for the author of any GPL'ed software to revoke a distro's ability to include it in said distro? I thought I'd heard this happening before, but can't seem to Google a reference...
If enough authors did this to any one distro in protest...
I honestly don't believe Microsoft has any concept of what the GPL really means. It's not just a simple black-and-white license agreement, it's a social contract at heart.
And when Microsoft's heart starts pumping blood again...