Grub has been able to handle 250 GB HDDs for a while. I have a 300 GB SATA drive that I've been using since Ubuntu 6.06, and I think the drive had 5.10 on it at one point. So the problem you mention is with a very, very old version of Ubuntu. It's a bit like ranting about Windows 2000 or the problems with the beta version Apple's Bootcamp.
There's no chance that Microsoft helped Myhrvold to start his business is there?
That's a little bit like asking "Is there any chance that Microsoft helped Bill Gates start the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?" The answer is mu.
While Microsoft probably has no direct involvement in Myhrvold's company, the stock options Myhrvold collected as part of his compensation from MSFT probably at least helped pay for the startup costs for his new company, and Myhrvold has probably solicited and gotten the help of many of his colleagues at Microsoft, both in the form of advice and other indirect support and in the form of monetary investment.
I suppose you're the type of person who would correct me if I used the term the "State of Massachusetts".
You know what I meant: "Sitting outside a coffee shop or other establishment with 'Free WiFi' in order to access said 'Free WiFi' without buying something constitutes a felony in the State of Michigan."
Like the other guy said. But felony, misdemeanor, larceny, etc. refer to different classifications of crime. Misdemeanors, as the name implies, are usually crimes of fairly low severity, and cause little damage. For example, shoplifting is usually a misdemeanor, while robbing someone at gunpoint is always a felony. Larceny refers to a class of crimes that purely involves theft. Felony is usually reserved for violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery, etc. The biggest difference is in sentencing minimums and maximums.
Some crimes can be charged at different levels, depending on severity: simple assault is a misdemeanor, while aggravated assault can be charged as a felony. Misdemeanors usually carry sentences of 0-90 days in jail and/or a fine. Felonies usually carry stiffer penalties like 10-15 or 15-25 or 25-life, depending on severity. Different states have different laws as to what acts constitute misdemeanor, larceny and felony.
Actually, parthinogensis does occur in human beings, albeit very rarely. This fact could actually be a rational, scientific explanation for Mary's 'immaculate conception', if indeed an historical Mary and an historical Jesus ever existed.
No. This is what the coffee shop owner told a TV station, FTFA:
"I didn't know it was really illegal, either," she told the TV station. "If he would have come in (to the coffee shop), it would have been fine."
So it seems this service was provided by the coffee shop. IOW, in Michigan, it is a felony to sit outside a coffee shop or other establishment with "Free WiFi" without buying something.
You've got some great points, but I believe all those problems have been fixed. Give Ubuntu 7.04 a try! Just to let you know, if you install it along with Windows, it will automagically shrink the Windows partition, install Ubuntu in the free space it made, and offer Windows as an option in Grub when you boot. It works very well.:)
Yep. But after that tirade, I was just a little bit afraid to tell him that....
I might add that Fedora Core 6 cannot write to my FAT32 formatted USB pen drive (although it pretends it can), so I suppose YMMV.
Either your USB pen drive is very non-standard, or your statement is FUD.
I worked for a brief time for a major Japanese auto company. The Japanese love USB pen drives, especially big ones. I brought my Linux laptop, which was at that time loaded with Fedora Core 4 and was able to read and write FAT16 and FAT32 formatted USB pen drives of every popular brand on the market today.
I firmly believe that if you make a purchase you should buy for your system. Meaning, you don't see too many Mac users bitching that they can't get a windows-only printer working on the Mac. They make sure the printer works on Macs before they buy them. The same should be true with Ubuntu and Linux in general, but there's an odd culture surrounding "linux bashing" that seems to think Linux should be somehow different because it runs on PC's
BINGO! I'm glad someone said it. When I buy a new piece of hardware, I STFW to make sure it works with Linux first, just as any Mac user would either A) buy Apple hardware [guaranteed to work!], or B) STFW to determine if it worked with their version of Mac OS X.
Hardware support is about buying for your system, not about buying hardware and worrying about whether it will work or not later.
So what you're saying is that you like to nitpick on the difference between the linux kernel and an actual build of linux, without refuting what I said.
I can't refute that 'the linux project' has no human interface designers. Now Linux distros and projects that need human interface designers employ them.
But basically, to sumarize your horribly long, double linebreak argument, linux builds look the same as average windows, almost, but arn't quite as compatable
No, I'm not saying that at all. In fact, I could go on and on about how modern distros like Ubuntu 'just work.'
When my wife installed our new scanner on her computer, she didn't plug in a scanner, put a CD in and click next, next... She just plugged it in, and *poof* it just worked. All necessary software and drivers were already installed by default. Let me know when Windows can do that, k?
When my wife installed her new digital camera on her computer, she didn't plug install any software, any drivers, nothin'. She just plugged it in and up came the pictures. *poof*. It just worked
My wife wanted Inkscape. She just installed it via 'Add/Remove Programs'. She didn't go to a web site and try to figure out what to do with 'setup.zip'.
What have I done to fix her computer since installing Ubuntu 6.06 about a year ago? Nothing.
And the fact that it has a reputation as being something only computer geeks "can" use.
Undeservedly. My non-geek wife gets by on Linux just fine without much help from me at all.
And the fact that if you want to use any programs on linux you usually have to compile the source yourself.
Um, no. Not one application program on any of my three Ubuntu boxes at home is compiled from source. Most were either installed from the Ubuntu CD, installed via 'Add/Remove Programs', or installed via Synaptic.
And the fact that there are no human interface designers working on the linux project.
On the kernel? No. Kernels need human interface designers like Alaskan Eskimos need air conditioners. On GNOME and KDE? Yes, there are several professional human interface designers working on GNOME and KDE.
Microsoft may not do function very well, but their form is getting better, and they have a comparatively simple interface for users.
And GNOME and KDE are getting form much, much better, modeling their environments by combining the best features Windows has to offer with the best features Mac OS X has to offer, blending them into unique, consistent, stable GUI environments.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your coyotes, filled with illegal Mestizos, All yearning to earn American greenbacks. Send these, the migrant workers, to work for me, So long as they don't get shot while crossing.
A untrustworthy website is a website that - has content linked in (THAT would open a whole can of trust-this-trust-that now would it!) - has bugs in web, app or db server. - accepts malicious content including links to content - you don't know if you can trust everyone with or who could get admin access to that server.
Hmmm...this sounds familiar.
I think you just described Slashdot.
-- a really old/. user who remembers ALL the bugs in slash and MySQL that plagued this site.
"Security is about risk management. If you have something to protect that's valuable enough for someone to steal, and the only protection you have on it is 1,024-bit crypto, you deserve to have it stolen."
-- Forgot who said it, but it was on/.
Sue us! C'mon, Brad. That's right. Put it all out there! You tried and failed with your feeble little pawn, SCO. Then the big bad judge ordered them to show the code! Oh my, got called on your bluff, eh?
Now you're too afraid to sue because you think the same thing will happen to you. C'mon, Brad, go ahead? What are you -- chicken?
Because then you'll have to show us the code, and your bluff will called and it will be all over. That's why you're not going to sue, you spineless twit.
SCO was Microsoft's puppet, funded by PIPEs whose primary investors were likely Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and/or one of several other ways that Microsoft used to hide the fact that they themselves provided the capital to keep SCO's case going. At least until RBC and BayStar pulled out.
These tactics are all part of the same plan -- to hurt the credibility of Linux and open source in the eyes and minds of CxOs everywhere so they will feel scared enough to quit using Linux. It's all FUD and as Microsoft's counsel, you damned well know it.
The gauntlet has been thrown, Brad. Time to put your money where you mouth is.
You don't need to compare Microsoft to SCO. SCO was Microsoft's puppet, funded by PIPEs whose primary investors were likely Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and/or one of several other ways that Microsoft used to hide the fact that they themselves provided the capital to keep SCO's case going. At least until RBC and BayStar pulled out.
These tactics are all part of the same plan -- to hurt the credibility of Linux and open source in the eyes and minds of CxOs everywhere so they will feel scared enough to quit using Linux. It's all FUD and Brad Smith, Microsoft's counsel, damned well knows it.
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Grub has been able to handle 250 GB HDDs for a while. I have a 300 GB SATA drive that I've been using since Ubuntu 6.06, and I think the drive had 5.10 on it at one point. So the problem you mention is with a very, very old version of Ubuntu. It's a bit like ranting about Windows 2000 or the problems with the beta version Apple's Bootcamp.
That's a little bit like asking "Is there any chance that Microsoft helped Bill Gates start the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?" The answer is mu.
While Microsoft probably has no direct involvement in Myhrvold's company, the stock options Myhrvold collected as part of his compensation from MSFT probably at least helped pay for the startup costs for his new company, and Myhrvold has probably solicited and gotten the help of many of his colleagues at Microsoft, both in the form of advice and other indirect support and in the form of monetary investment.
I suppose you're the type of person who would correct me if I used the term the "State of Massachusetts".
You know what I meant: "Sitting outside a coffee shop or other establishment with 'Free WiFi' in order to access said 'Free WiFi' without buying something constitutes a felony in the State of Michigan."
Like the other guy said. But felony, misdemeanor, larceny, etc. refer to different classifications of crime. Misdemeanors, as the name implies, are usually crimes of fairly low severity, and cause little damage. For example, shoplifting is usually a misdemeanor, while robbing someone at gunpoint is always a felony. Larceny refers to a class of crimes that purely involves theft. Felony is usually reserved for violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery, etc. The biggest difference is in sentencing minimums and maximums.
Some crimes can be charged at different levels, depending on severity: simple assault is a misdemeanor, while aggravated assault can be charged as a felony. Misdemeanors usually carry sentences of 0-90 days in jail and/or a fine. Felonies usually carry stiffer penalties like 10-15 or 15-25 or 25-life, depending on severity. Different states have different laws as to what acts constitute misdemeanor, larceny and felony.
Actually, parthinogensis does occur in human beings, albeit very rarely. This fact could actually be a rational, scientific explanation for Mary's 'immaculate conception', if indeed an historical Mary and an historical Jesus ever existed.
So it seems this service was provided by the coffee shop. IOW, in Michigan, it is a felony to sit outside a coffee shop or other establishment with "Free WiFi" without buying something.
Yep. But after that tirade, I was just a little bit afraid to tell him that
Either your USB pen drive is very non-standard, or your statement is FUD.
I worked for a brief time for a major Japanese auto company. The Japanese love USB pen drives, especially big ones. I brought my Linux laptop, which was at that time loaded with Fedora Core 4 and was able to read and write FAT16 and FAT32 formatted USB pen drives of every popular brand on the market today.
BINGO! I'm glad someone said it. When I buy a new piece of hardware, I STFW to make sure it works with Linux first, just as any Mac user would either A) buy Apple hardware [guaranteed to work!], or B) STFW to determine if it worked with their version of Mac OS X.
Hardware support is about buying for your system, not about buying hardware and worrying about whether it will work or not later.
Mod parent up! UK people rarely use the term 'attorney'. They are 'solicitors' or 'barristers' or even (less often) 'lawyers.'
The whole story seems like astroturfing designed to scare the bejesus out of the remaining resellers.
I can't refute that 'the linux project' has no human interface designers. Now Linux distros and projects that need human interface designers employ them.
No, I'm not saying that at all. In fact, I could go on and on about how modern distros like Ubuntu 'just work.'
When my wife installed our new scanner on her computer, she didn't plug in a scanner, put a CD in and click next, next... She just plugged it in, and *poof* it just worked. All necessary software and drivers were already installed by default. Let me know when Windows can do that, k?
When my wife installed her new digital camera on her computer, she didn't plug install any software, any drivers, nothin'. She just plugged it in and up came the pictures. *poof*. It just worked
My wife wanted Inkscape. She just installed it via 'Add/Remove Programs'. She didn't go to a web site and try to figure out what to do with 'setup.zip'.
What have I done to fix her computer since installing Ubuntu 6.06 about a year ago? Nothing.
Mod parent troll.
Undeservedly. My non-geek wife gets by on Linux just fine without much help from me at all.
Um, no. Not one application program on any of my three Ubuntu boxes at home is compiled from source. Most were either installed from the Ubuntu CD, installed via 'Add/Remove Programs', or installed via Synaptic.
On the kernel? No. Kernels need human interface designers like Alaskan Eskimos need air conditioners. On GNOME and KDE? Yes, there are several professional human interface designers working on GNOME and KDE.
And GNOME and KDE are getting form much, much better, modeling their environments by combining the best features Windows has to offer with the best features Mac OS X has to offer, blending them into unique, consistent, stable GUI environments.
Ummmm....What???
Okay, great, you win! We all have 3-color displays!
What's next? Are they going to sue Taco Bell because they don't actually sell Mexican food?
So, um, uh, what is your taste in porn?
The U.S. Congress = 435 Representatives + 100 Senators
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your coyotes, filled with illegal Mestizos,
All yearning to earn American greenbacks.
Send these, the migrant workers, to work for me,
So long as they don't get shot while crossing.
Correction -- low 5-digits.
My other account, which I no longer use, is *5* digits, young-un.
Hmmm...this sounds familiar.
I think you just described Slashdot.
-- a really old
"Security is about risk management. If you have something to protect that's valuable enough for someone to steal, and the only protection you have on it is 1,024-bit crypto, you deserve to have it stolen." -- Forgot who said it, but it was on /.
No, they have to show the Linux (or whatever project) code that infringes the patent. As it stands, they won't even mention which patents.
You don't need to compare Microsoft to SCO. SCO was Microsoft's puppet, funded by PIPEs whose primary investors were likely Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and/or one of several other ways that Microsoft used to hide the fact that they themselves provided the capital to keep SCO's case going. At least until RBC and BayStar pulled out.
These tactics are all part of the same plan -- to hurt the credibility of Linux and open source in the eyes and minds of CxOs everywhere so they will feel scared enough to quit using Linux. It's all FUD and Brad Smith, Microsoft's counsel, damned well knows it.
Well, I didn't even think I needed to point that out, but -- no doubt.
Typical 802.11b/g = 1 mW - 100mW
Typical microwave oven = 750W-1500W (750,000 - 1,500,000 mW)
Big difference.