I've been in the military. I've engaged in active operations.
I had friends that didn't respawn. Over a four year enlistment, I'm afraid I had more than one opportunity to verify that experimentally. Incidentally, the soldiers on both sides who are not killed instantly tend to scream a lot, often suffer great pain and agony, and (if they survive) often face life challenges most of us would not be able to cope with.
No, these games may be a great recruitment tool (and even great fun), but they are not realistic.
Right after my wife made me take her to see The Devil Wears Prada - I saw the anti-piracy bit and decided right then and there not to pirate this movie!
We will not accept any updates from Novell/Suse as they are, in our opinion, contaminated with M$ code and are trojans for the Gate's monopoly.
Uh, the source is right there for you to look at (OpenSuSE). Download OpenSuSE and show me anything that even looks like infringing code, will you?
The squirming note from their CEO: come-on guys trust us! doesn't pass the sniff test.
What have you been sniffing lately? Looked like a straightforward proposition to me - one which benefits both Microsoft and Novell; but I see no real direct impact on OpenSuSE's quality - either it grows to keep pace with other Linux distributions or not. Talk to me when Novell actually does something evil, will you?
They knew what they were doing, why they were doing it and had a long time to decide whether to do it.
As opposed to your "large academic server's" users, who will log in one day to find that their sysadmin has changed their system without any design, testing, software migration or other considerations first. If you are a Computer Science major, please change majors now - I recommend Business Management, or perhaps Art?
I happen to think he's right. I also happen to forsee a future where the average personal computer will merely be a stateless hardware platform which requires inserting some variation of the USB stick for all its functionality. I.e., your computer is on the flash drive - just plug it in at any station with a CPU, RAM, video, keyboard, printer and away you go - your OS, your programs and files, yours. We'll be using such devices to carry our credit around, our ID's, our personal data, our personal media collections . . . there'll be palmtop/laptop/desktop stations to ensure that we can have our access everywhere we go.
No, I'm not psychic - this is just a logical extension of trends and technologies which are present now. The tech is already available, (more or less) works, and Moore's law hasn't been repealed by the laws of physics yet. No moving parts on solid-state devices means physically tough, durable devices; small, tough, (becoming) cheap . . . sounds like a trifecta to me.
Then again, I really thought we'd have flying cars by now. They promised me flying cars. Where are the flying cars?
simply stop marketing Microsoft products in the EU marketplace. No, no . . . hear me out . ..
Think about it - if Microsoft doesn't market Windows et. al. in the EU, the EU has no standing to impose fines on Microsoft. European customers will be obliged to purchase Microsoft products in the USA and to find a way to get their shiny new copies of Vista home (as I've never heard of a way to force a company to do business in a given geographic region). The EU will be forced be economic pressure to either 1) cave in to Microsoft, or 2) subsidize the vast number of businesses in Europe which will have to endure the nightmare of migrating their enterprises off of Windows onto some other solution. Even if the EU were more economically powerful than it is, I doubt that it could afford option #2, especially once the US government catches wind of things and slaps an export tax on it (which you know they would).
Of course, they could start running their businesses using OLPC laptops! That'd show those bullies at Redmond who's boss!
It's all just a series of electronic pulses; think of them as "ones" and "zeros". It's only when some ultra-conservative right-wing evangelical types assemble those ones and zeros into ghastly, fleshy-colored images that the pornography emerges. All the pr0n which supposedly suffuses the internet is Rush Limbaugh's fault! (I wonder how much of it is on Rush Limbaugh's hard drive?)
I'm surprised CERT hasn't issued a malware alert!;^D
IE7 hasn't managed to get itself installed on any of the SuSE or Solaris based computers on my home network, however . . . perhaps that's why CERT hasn't issued a warning - limited scope of vulnerability to this particular expliot!
Of course, I run Linux and use OpenOffice, but as an IT professional I have had to work with and support Microsoft products in the past. This is IMHO no more onerous than security cameras in retail establishments. Would any here assert that this constitutes shopkeepers treating their customers like criminals, because they're all being observed? No, most people would agree that the cameras, while recording the actions of all who step in front of them are there for the express purpose of catching criminals.
Granted, if Microsoft had engineered their software and their business model differently, draconian measures such as WGA and OGA might not be necessary, but that's not how it is. While some problems may arise (suspension of valid site licenses which have been hacked, for example), the fact is that I know of no businesses and very few individual users who view WGA/OGA as anything more than a mild inconvenience, at worst.
Now, why anybody would choose (for example) MS Office over OpenOffice is beyond me - in any dollars for functionality comparison I can think of, OpenOffice is a guaranteed winner; and rare indeed is the office that needs functionalities which OpenOffice doesn't provide as well as MS Office.
It starts as immature technology. Sure, you work with it in a lab for as long as you're able, but at some point you have to expose your work for all to see (and hammer away at).
In software, we used to have a saying, "No program is ever complete, but it has to go to market sooner or later."
(Smiles even more broadly) - what's a low-ID numbered fella like yourself doin' gaming the/. moderation system, eh? One very quick glance at the moderations on this thread is very instructive, wouldn't you say? Certainly when viewed in the overall context of posts in general.
Too bad your intellect obviously can't grasp the relevance of my initial post. Burn any good books lately?
Obviously you do (else you wouldn't have responded) - but I suspect that you're just a low-numbered nobody. Go revel in your low-numberedness; leave the rest to those of us with IQ's greater than their shoe sizes!
I am a technologist (well, a UNIX System Administrator with a strong background in programming and electronics). I have no clue how to garner votes, please constituents, enact legislation, etc. - and I don't expect professional politicians (we may as well call it a profession, as those people generally earn their living exclusively from politics) to be conversant in the intracacies of my profession.
For them to enact legislation pertaining to my profession, it is necessary for them to acquire a generalized understanding of it, but I wouldn't expect a politician to be able to author a BitTorrent client before attempting to pass legislation about it, any more than I would expect them to be able to perform surgery before passing legislation pertaining to the medical industry. I'm afraid a politician's only possible interest in passing legislation has to be pleasing the greatest number of his/her constituents, regardless of how wrong-minded industry professionals may find that legislation.
What percentage of the time does NASA (or any government/quasi-government organization) manage to actually complete a project on time and at or under budget?
The numbers are not promising (unlike politicians, who are always promising - everything).
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I had friends that didn't respawn. Over a four year enlistment, I'm afraid I had more than one opportunity to verify that experimentally. Incidentally, the soldiers on both sides who are not killed instantly tend to scream a lot, often suffer great pain and agony, and (if they survive) often face life challenges most of us would not be able to cope with.
No, these games may be a great recruitment tool (and even great fun), but they are not realistic.
Right after my wife made me take her to see The Devil Wears Prada - I saw the anti-piracy bit and decided right then and there not to pirate this movie!
That is all.
Uh, the source is right there for you to look at (OpenSuSE). Download OpenSuSE and show me anything that even looks like infringing code, will you?
What have you been sniffing lately? Looked like a straightforward proposition to me - one which benefits both Microsoft and Novell; but I see no real direct impact on OpenSuSE's quality - either it grows to keep pace with other Linux distributions or not. Talk to me when Novell actually does something evil, will you? As opposed to your "large academic server's" users, who will log in one day to find that their sysadmin has changed their system without any design, testing, software migration or other considerations first. If you are a Computer Science major, please change majors now - I recommend Business Management, or perhaps Art?No, I'm not psychic - this is just a logical extension of trends and technologies which are present now. The tech is already available, (more or less) works, and Moore's law hasn't been repealed by the laws of physics yet. No moving parts on solid-state devices means physically tough, durable devices; small, tough, (becoming) cheap . . . sounds like a trifecta to me.
Then again, I really thought we'd have flying cars by now. They promised me flying cars. Where are the flying cars?
Without altering their state, that is? 8^|
But I did try! :^S
somehow, I managed to miss that "+x Funny" rating I was after and scored "Interesting" instead. Mea culpa.
How I ended up with anything else is beyond me . . . so my apologies for not checking facts first. I guess I gotta start using <HUMOR>& tags!
Think about it - if Microsoft doesn't market Windows et. al. in the EU, the EU has no standing to impose fines on Microsoft. European customers will be obliged to purchase Microsoft products in the USA and to find a way to get their shiny new copies of Vista home (as I've never heard of a way to force a company to do business in a given geographic region). The EU will be forced be economic pressure to either 1) cave in to Microsoft, or 2) subsidize the vast number of businesses in Europe which will have to endure the nightmare of migrating their enterprises off of Windows onto some other solution. Even if the EU were more economically powerful than it is, I doubt that it could afford option #2, especially once the US government catches wind of things and slaps an export tax on it (which you know they would).
Of course, they could start running their businesses using OLPC laptops! That'd show those bullies at Redmond who's boss!
It's all just a series of electronic pulses; think of them as "ones" and "zeros". It's only when some ultra-conservative right-wing evangelical types assemble those ones and zeros into ghastly, fleshy-colored images that the pornography emerges. All the pr0n which supposedly suffuses the internet is Rush Limbaugh's fault! (I wonder how much of it is on Rush Limbaugh's hard drive?)
Ahh, Korea - the new "Arsenal of Freedom".
I'm sure it was news last year, though!
IE7 hasn't managed to get itself installed on any of the SuSE or Solaris based computers on my home network, however . . . perhaps that's why CERT hasn't issued a warning - limited scope of vulnerability to this particular expliot!
Granted, if Microsoft had engineered their software and their business model differently, draconian measures such as WGA and OGA might not be necessary, but that's not how it is. While some problems may arise (suspension of valid site licenses which have been hacked, for example), the fact is that I know of no businesses and very few individual users who view WGA/OGA as anything more than a mild inconvenience, at worst.
Now, why anybody would choose (for example) MS Office over OpenOffice is beyond me - in any dollars for functionality comparison I can think of, OpenOffice is a guaranteed winner; and rare indeed is the office that needs functionalities which OpenOffice doesn't provide as well as MS Office.
In software, we used to have a saying, "No program is ever complete, but it has to go to market sooner or later."
I still find the pattern of moderation interesting. But you're right, and I owe you an apology. I'm sorry.
In the future, I'll think twice, submit once. Mea culpa.
Too bad your intellect obviously can't grasp the relevance of my initial post. Burn any good books lately?
Obviously you do (else you wouldn't have responded) - but I suspect that you're just a low-numbered nobody. Go revel in your low-numberedness; leave the rest to those of us with IQ's greater than their shoe sizes!
Just sayin'.
For them to enact legislation pertaining to my profession, it is necessary for them to acquire a generalized understanding of it, but I wouldn't expect a politician to be able to author a BitTorrent client before attempting to pass legislation about it, any more than I would expect them to be able to perform surgery before passing legislation pertaining to the medical industry. I'm afraid a politician's only possible interest in passing legislation has to be pleasing the greatest number of his/her constituents, regardless of how wrong-minded industry professionals may find that legislation.
until I said "and creatin' a nuisance", and they all came back, shook my hand . . .
after all I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent;
after all I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out;
after all I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Martin Niemöller
And where are the flying cars? They promised me flying cars!
The numbers are not promising (unlike politicians, who are always promising - everything).