Those are nice, inspiring stories to tell to children. However, it was VonSteuben teaching close-order drill and proper tactics of the day, as well as LaFayette and the French involvement that won the war.
While I'm sure the involvement of the French and of VonSteuben surely helped to turn the tables of the American Revolution to win the war, I don't think you can completely discount the efforts of the volunteer armies, either. But perhaps I tend to view history in this case through rose-colored glasses. Wouldn't be the first time.:)
The American Revolution was just one battlefield in an on-going global conflict of the time.
Very true. You could almost call it 'World War Zero'.;) Essentially this conflict was part of the global conflict brought about by the ideals of the Enlightenment -- men sought to overthow the monarchies that ruled by 'divine right' and replace them with the citizen-run governments inspired by Plato's Republic and the works of Enlightment Age authors clearly influenced by that and other ancient works -- governments that we would seemingly know today.
The next revolution won't be in the model of the American Revolution. It will be in the model of Cuba and Ireland. It will be guerrilla and the pocket-pieces will definitely help.
I think you mean that the next revolution WILL be in the model of the American Revolution. Many of them men who fought in the American Revolution, like Francis Marion practically invented guerilla warfare. They hid behind buildings, in trees, under rocks, etc., and took potshots as the Crown's soldiers marched on by in rank-and-file.
Right. Because I'm sure you reported all of your income on your tax returns for the last two years, right?
Do you really think that if a politician were taking illegal bribes from telecom companies (and I'm not saying that McCain is or isn't) that he would have either the braggadocio or the stupidity (depending on how you look at it, I guess) to report on his fscking tax return?
I'm sorry, but this argument doesn't pass the 'thought for five minutes' test.
Despite the fact that this works on Firefox 2, my request for this bug to block Firefox 3's release was denied because "it wasn't a regression from Ffx 2." (Which, clearly, it was.)
In fact, the public portrayal of our private hobby convinced several of my friends to get out of the game for good, right after seeing the movie. And I've heard that a lot of the cracks portrayed stopped working shortly afterwards
You mean like the old "using a paperclip to short the receiver against the coin slot on a payphone to make a free call trick"?
Dad company? I thought it was just a hurriedly written, apathetically edited slashdot crud. Turns out the gem was in the original presumably well written article. So the question is who did that "dad" sleep with to spawn Ubuntu?
Uh, there's a large difference between 'Sun is adding Flash storage to most of its servers' and 'SSDs are becoming mainstream in the corporate world.' Just because one vendor sells machines with SSDs doesn't mean that they will be bought or even used in the way Sun intends.
You'll know they're becoming mainstream when, two weeks from now, you start getting mails from contract house recruiters perusing your resume on Monster looking for "SSD Storage Engineers" with "10 or more years of experience on Sun equipment".
IANAL, but I'm sure there's more than a semantic difference, legally speaking, between "The OS Components are provided to you by Microsoft to update...." and "You MUST use the OS Components only to update..."
Whether such a provision is even enforceable in court is something that has NOT been tested. Go ahead, search, show me the legal precedent. There isn't one.
You forgot the 1000 comments prognosticating about SSDs replacing HDDs permanently "any day now" with the added bravado of saying "I knew this would happen! See, I told you!" with 3000 comments replying 'Yeah, but price/performance!", all of which will be replied to with "but price/performance doesn't matter, n00b. Price makes no difference to anyone."
Then, in a fit of wisdom, a few posters, all of whom will be modded down as flamebait, will say "There's room for both and price/performance does matter, at least for now."
So Obama supporters have voted with their hearts and aren't realizing how idealistic they are being. Is it really worth the risk of having republican bullshit for the next 4 years? I don't think so. Obama supporters, you have risked too much.
Everything could change if Obama selects Hillary as his running mate.
Unfortunately, I doubt it will happen and we're gonna be stuck with McSame.
Who says IES4Linux isn't legal? Microsoft's EULA for IE states that all you need is valid license for a valid Microsoft Windows OS on each computer you install IE on.
There are numerous methods for obtaining such a license without directly paying for it.
To simplify for those who still don't get it: Maximizing shareholder value in the short term is about driving the stock price, but in the long game, the main things that affect a companies stock price are earnings per share (profit) and the current and quick ratios that measure liquidity (essentially, a measurement of a company's ability to pay off short-term debts). A significant trend of stock gains contrary to these financial ratios usually indicate a stock that is overvalued (what happened during to dot-com bubble) -- time to sell. Similarly, aa significant trend of stock drops contrary to these financial ratios usually indicate a stock that is undervalued (time to buy).
Stock holder value actually has little to do with stock price, except in the long term. Stock holder value (equity) is actually a calculation performed by taking a company's net assets and subtracting it from the companies' net liabilities. In the the long term, the stock price trend -- after factoring out market trends such as the indexes -- will tend to follow the same trend as the net equity.
There you go. Now you know everything you need to know to make a gazillion dollars on the stock market (Almost:-P)
People used to speak of Microsoft Millionaires, this could have made a few Yahoo Millionaires. Chances are Ichann will get a shot to do what Jerry should have done.
Maybe Yang thinks he can do better without someone buying him out. Yang, and other members of the Board, are not obligated 'maximize shareholder value at all costs'.
In the long run, their goal is to make the company profitable. The more profitable, the more shareholder value is improved. Usually this coincides with maximizing shareholder value, but not always.
In the end, if the voting shareholders feel Yang isn't doing a good enough job by making choices they don't agree with (like sticking his tongue out at Bill Gates and Microsoft), then they can all vote him off the island, so to speak.
No, I doubt Icahn will get anywhere. It isn't Icahn's personal call whether or not Yang made the right call, it is the votes of all those holding voting stock.
The next legal fight could be an attempt to force release of proprietary server code due to some part of the output of the server constituting a "work" generated by open source components on the server.
Well, clearly not. A reading of the GPL will generally show that the 'output' of a program isn't covered by the license unless, say, the output of that program reproduces part of itself or another GPLed work, for example.
Companies are also required by the new GPL to license to others all patents they own or control related to open source software, even those not related to code they add to open source software, and even if they did not own the patents at the time they distributed the open source software. This provision applies whether that distribution is part of a conscious marketing strategy or a casual sharing with others outside the organization.
Complete FUD. FUD, FUD, FUD. The GPL's patent provisions only pertain to patents (whether currently existing, or existing in the future) that directly affect the particular software package conveyed. IOW, if Microsoft distributes the latest version of Samba, then it cannot subsequently sue the Samba developers or any recipients of the Samba code for patent infringement related to Samba.
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Right. Because I'm sure you reported all of your income on your tax returns for the last two years, right?
Do you really think that if a politician were taking illegal bribes from telecom companies (and I'm not saying that McCain is or isn't) that he would have either the braggadocio or the stupidity (depending on how you look at it, I guess) to report on his fscking tax return?
I'm sorry, but this argument doesn't pass the 'thought for five minutes' test.
Agreed. You should all note that if you're using Linux and your $HOME directory is mounted on CIFS, your profile will NOT load.
Despite the fact that this works on Firefox 2, my request for this bug to block Firefox 3's release was denied because "it wasn't a regression from Ffx 2." (Which, clearly, it was.)
I guess I'll go install it. I hope I don't have any browsers in Soviet Russia installing ME!!!
I guess I'll go install it. I hope I don't have anyone welcoming our new customizable, multi-tabbed, XUL-based browser overlords!
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Yeah, I know. I was there. AT&T bastards.
Eh. So what's a little truthiness hurt?
I heard he later drove a talking car.
Uh, there's a large difference between 'Sun is adding Flash storage to most of its servers' and 'SSDs are becoming mainstream in the corporate world.' Just because one vendor sells machines with SSDs doesn't mean that they will be bought or even used in the way Sun intends.
You'll know they're becoming mainstream when, two weeks from now, you start getting mails from contract house recruiters perusing your resume on Monster looking for "SSD Storage Engineers" with "10 or more years of experience on Sun equipment".
IANAL, but I'm sure there's more than a semantic difference, legally speaking, between "The OS Components are provided to you by Microsoft to update...." and "You MUST use the OS Components only to update..."
Whether such a provision is even enforceable in court is something that has NOT been tested. Go ahead, search, show me the legal precedent. There isn't one.
You forgot the 1000 comments prognosticating about SSDs replacing HDDs permanently "any day now" with the added bravado of saying "I knew this would happen! See, I told you!" with 3000 comments replying 'Yeah, but price/performance!", all of which will be replied to with "but price/performance doesn't matter, n00b. Price makes no difference to anyone."
Then, in a fit of wisdom, a few posters, all of whom will be modded down as flamebait, will say "There's room for both and price/performance does matter, at least for now."
A couple of Dell models and a Thinkpad model and some HP models aside, yes.
That's what I was alluding to.
Right on track, maybe a little slow....The Terminator was sent back from the year 2029...
Right. It's O'Bama. He's Irish. :-P
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Unfortunately, I doubt it will happen and we're gonna be stuck with McSame.
Who says IES4Linux isn't legal? Microsoft's EULA for IE states that all you need is valid license for a valid Microsoft Windows OS on each computer you install IE on.
There are numerous methods for obtaining such a license without directly paying for it.
Thanks. Couldn't have said it better myself! :)
:-P)
To simplify for those who still don't get it: Maximizing shareholder value in the short term is about driving the stock price, but in the long game, the main things that affect a companies stock price are earnings per share (profit) and the current and quick ratios that measure liquidity (essentially, a measurement of a company's ability to pay off short-term debts). A significant trend of stock gains contrary to these financial ratios usually indicate a stock that is overvalued (what happened during to dot-com bubble) -- time to sell. Similarly, aa significant trend of stock drops contrary to these financial ratios usually indicate a stock that is undervalued (time to buy).
Stock holder value actually has little to do with stock price, except in the long term. Stock holder value (equity) is actually a calculation performed by taking a company's net assets and subtracting it from the companies' net liabilities. In the the long term, the stock price trend -- after factoring out market trends such as the indexes -- will tend to follow the same trend as the net equity.
There you go. Now you know everything you need to know to make a gazillion dollars on the stock market (Almost
Do you think he left the two 'the's out by mistake? C'mon, this guy is a lawyer. Think about it.
In the long run, their goal is to make the company profitable. The more profitable, the more shareholder value is improved. Usually this coincides with maximizing shareholder value, but not always.
In the end, if the voting shareholders feel Yang isn't doing a good enough job by making choices they don't agree with (like sticking his tongue out at Bill Gates and Microsoft), then they can all vote him off the island, so to speak.
No, I doubt Icahn will get anywhere. It isn't Icahn's personal call whether or not Yang made the right call, it is the votes of all those holding voting stock.
The article is very FUDdy in nature. For example: Well, clearly not. A reading of the GPL will generally show that the 'output' of a program isn't covered by the license unless, say, the output of that program reproduces part of itself or another GPLed work, for example. Complete FUD. FUD, FUD, FUD. The GPL's patent provisions only pertain to patents (whether currently existing, or existing in the future) that directly affect the particular software package conveyed. IOW, if Microsoft distributes the latest version of Samba, then it cannot subsequently sue the Samba developers or any recipients of the Samba code for patent infringement related to Samba.