You think Americans would watch less tv without work or that unemployment would reduce divorce rates? I don't get it. Personally, I prefer work a bit more than just having a bunch of free time, if I had the time I would just go to school more.
Bad news for Americans who won't lower their salary to compete.
Lower your salary enough and people will think you're incompetant, when asked why your willing to work for so little all you can really say is that you need the experience, because to get a job you really have to be twice as qualified as you should be. So, if you have an AAS and want a job you're qualified for, you need to have 2yrs experience too, because the guy (B.S.) that you're competing with just lost his job to some guy (B.S.) recently graduating in India.
And here I was wondering why these countries let us hire off their entire work force, effectively undermining their chance at building a place in industry.
Is it possible to compile for instance gnuchess this way or would you need to rewrite some of the code? Basically, can I build a distribution neutral repository, without rewriting gobs of software? I think there might be a market for this.
Multi billion dollar companies don't enter fake bids.
You're right, they don't, but whether it's a multi billion dollar company or a broken lawn gnome, this is still a bidding war. Fact is Google probably doesn't need DoubleClick at all, but win or lose entering this "auction" is causing "all" of Google's competitors to ramp things up. Either way Google wins. You're right though the idea that Google would enter this without being willing to drop a billion or so on the table is well, goofy.
But who thinks here that buying youtube, a company with a net profit of 0 was worth 1.65 billions?
Depends, with offerings like Google Images, Google Maps, Google Mail, Google Desktop, Google News, I think a hefty investment in Google Video probably wasn't a bad idea.
I don't agree. I think Unbreakable is a meta distribution, based on REHL, ultimately catering to customers that need more support for Oracle than for RHEL. It's a good thing (tm), I mean I'm sure no one wants to call Red Hat and be told to call Oracle or vice-versa, while your boss sits their getting ready to explode. Unbreakable is CentOS with enterprise support, but I don't think it really offers the same thing that Red Hat does. Now if you use Red Hat's support to cover your ass then you can switch to Unbreakable to save money, but the pointy hairs will ultimately question that decision should all hell break loose, if your answer is "it cost less" as opposed to "support for our Oracle DB was more important, given budget constraints...", then you ought to start packing your stuff. On the other hand if your team is very capable, with a proven track record, that never uses the support, then you can use unbreakable as a customer assurance without spending money where you don't need to.
Oracle is in bed with Red Hat more than ever and Unbreakable cannot survive without RHEL.
The database giant claims that Red Hat only provides bug fixes for the latest version of its software. Thus, Oracle executives say, this often requires customers to upgrade to a new version of Linux software to get a bug fixed. Oracle's new Unbreakable Linux program, on the other hand, will provide bug fixes to future, current, and back releases of Linux. In other words, Oracle will provide the same level of enterprise support for Linux as is available for other operating systems.
Personally, I'm glad Red Hat has the market share they have (regardless of my personal experiences) and I'm glad Oracle is stepping in and adding their years of experience into the mix. Red Hat's decision not to support legacy systems was a mistake, a mistake that Oracle surely learned a long time ago. This gets back at what my original problem was with Red Hat - a virtual collapse of support for a system I had just invested in.
Personally, I've hated Red Hat since it was my first run in with Linux, I spent $60 on a book that came with a copy of Red Hat 9, two months later... I hate Red Hat. Fedora - no thanks.
What a nice selling point for Gnu/Linux. "Choose our software and when you switch vendors we will summon the power of the fanboys." This is insane, I use free software as much as I can, everywhere it fits. Behaviour like this just states that while OSS is ready for the enterprise, the community is not. Grow up, let Unbreakable Linux either thrive or die. Either way the community improves for it. You really think it's impossible for Unbreakable to contribute back to Red Hat, or supply something different with the same software, maybe just maybe these guys went to Oracle not because of the cost of support, but because Oracle just so happens to support integration with, you know a particular enterprise application that's been a market leader for a while now?
Yes it is still flamebait, 3d desktops for Mac and Linux will not instantly make Windows irrelevant, furthermore Linux's relevance is usually found when running it without a desktop at all. Personally, though I would enjoy it immensely if Vista was the only OS on the market that wasn't 3d.
Exactly, IMHO PPV + DVR = Perfection. I rent a show, record it, when it loses any redeemable replay value then I delete it. This is cheaper than buying used or new and offers the option of watching again without sticking you with a home library of hundreds of movies with no replay value whatsoever. Why should I spend $50 on a movie I want to watch 5 times tops, before the movie is completely ruined for me?
No kidding, what I find interesting is that it's the same movie on the same platform showing truly sporadic results. This is a bit different than the "White Rabbit" scenario where it was one movie, having problems with specific players because of an identified feature.
Leaving a neutral third party investigation as optional will save money for both sides of the case. Especially, relevent here is that it seems to be at the defendants discretion. If the defendant has something to hide they request a third party (incurring costs as the trial goes on, regardless of who pays the third party). The basis of our legal system is the pursuit of truth, the basis of law is to maintain order. Unfortunately, in most cases it is easier to maintain order than it is to attain truth or administer justice, this doesn't mean that these goals are not present, simply that they are often not viable solutions. You're right that an innocent defendant is always a victim, but in all honesty we don't have many options, order takes precedence, because a loss of order is far more costly than a loss of honesty, or justice. A world without order would have the RIAA simply shooting people on public television for piracy, at that point honesty hardly matters and justice can be weighed only in gallons of blood spilled.
The problem with this in the US is that the defendant has to understand that and bring it up in court. A green lawyer might easily be intimidated by some of the RIAA's paper work and anyone representing themselves is usually SOL on properly discrediting bad evidence, we tend to understand the theory, but not the procedure.
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You think Americans would watch less tv without work or that unemployment would reduce divorce rates? I don't get it. Personally, I prefer work a bit more than just having a bunch of free time, if I had the time I would just go to school more.
Lower your salary enough and people will think you're incompetant, when asked why your willing to work for so little all you can really say is that you need the experience, because to get a job you really have to be twice as qualified as you should be. So, if you have an AAS and want a job you're qualified for, you need to have 2yrs experience too, because the guy (B.S.) that you're competing with just lost his job to some guy (B.S.) recently graduating in India.
And here I was wondering why these countries let us hire off their entire work force, effectively undermining their chance at building a place in industry.
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04
Couldn't be?
Well it's official I'm smart enough for a job, but it's not going to happen.
Is it possible to compile for instance gnuchess this way or would you need to rewrite some of the code? Basically, can I build a distribution neutral repository, without rewriting gobs of software? I think there might be a market for this.
Funny, I was just thinking that Bugs was a racist?
How elegant.
50% troll/50% funny - from the peanut gallery
darnit!
if (betterMarketAnalysis == betterMarketing) {
collectMoreData();
} else {
annoyPeopleWithRandomAds();
}
if (betterMarketAnalysis == betterMarketing) { collectMoreData(); } else { annoyPeopleWithRandomAds(); }
You're right, they don't, but whether it's a multi billion dollar company or a broken lawn gnome, this is still a bidding war. Fact is Google probably doesn't need DoubleClick at all, but win or lose entering this "auction" is causing "all" of Google's competitors to ramp things up. Either way Google wins. You're right though the idea that Google would enter this without being willing to drop a billion or so on the table is well, goofy.
Depends, with offerings like Google Images, Google Maps, Google Mail, Google Desktop, Google News, I think a hefty investment in Google Video probably wasn't a bad idea.
If it's illegal it's not evil?
I don't agree. I think Unbreakable is a meta distribution, based on REHL, ultimately catering to customers that need more support for Oracle than for RHEL. It's a good thing (tm), I mean I'm sure no one wants to call Red Hat and be told to call Oracle or vice-versa, while your boss sits their getting ready to explode. Unbreakable is CentOS with enterprise support, but I don't think it really offers the same thing that Red Hat does. Now if you use Red Hat's support to cover your ass then you can switch to Unbreakable to save money, but the pointy hairs will ultimately question that decision should all hell break loose, if your answer is "it cost less" as opposed to "support for our Oracle DB was more important, given budget constraints ...", then you ought to start packing your stuff. On the other hand if your team is very capable, with a proven track record, that never uses the support, then you can use unbreakable as a customer assurance without spending money where you don't need to.
Oracle is in bed with Red Hat more than ever and Unbreakable cannot survive without RHEL.
The database giant claims that Red Hat only provides bug fixes for the latest version of its software. Thus, Oracle executives say, this often requires customers to upgrade to a new version of Linux software to get a bug fixed. Oracle's new Unbreakable Linux program, on the other hand, will provide bug fixes to future, current, and back releases of Linux. In other words, Oracle will provide the same level of enterprise support for Linux as is available for other operating systems.http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7266264422.html
Personally, I'm glad Red Hat has the market share they have (regardless of my personal experiences) and I'm glad Oracle is stepping in and adding their years of experience into the mix. Red Hat's decision not to support legacy systems was a mistake, a mistake that Oracle surely learned a long time ago. This gets back at what my original problem was with Red Hat - a virtual collapse of support for a system I had just invested in.
Personally, I've hated Red Hat since it was my first run in with Linux, I spent $60 on a book that came with a copy of Red Hat 9, two months later...
I hate Red Hat. Fedora - no thanks.
What a nice selling point for Gnu/Linux. "Choose our software and when you switch vendors we will summon the power of the fanboys." This is insane, I use free software as much as I can, everywhere it fits. Behaviour like this just states that while OSS is ready for the enterprise, the community is not. Grow up, let Unbreakable Linux either thrive or die. Either way the community improves for it. You really think it's impossible for Unbreakable to contribute back to Red Hat, or supply something different with the same software, maybe just maybe these guys went to Oracle not because of the cost of support, but because Oracle just so happens to support integration with, you know a particular enterprise application that's been a market leader for a while now?
Yes it is still flamebait, 3d desktops for Mac and Linux will not instantly make Windows irrelevant, furthermore Linux's relevance is usually found when running it without a desktop at all. Personally, though I would enjoy it immensely if Vista was the only OS on the market that wasn't 3d.
Exactly, IMHO PPV + DVR = Perfection. I rent a show, record it, when it loses any redeemable replay value then I delete it. This is cheaper than buying used or new and offers the option of watching again without sticking you with a home library of hundreds of movies with no replay value whatsoever. Why should I spend $50 on a movie I want to watch 5 times tops, before the movie is completely ruined for me?
No kidding, what I find interesting is that it's the same movie on the same platform showing truly sporadic results. This is a bit different than the "White Rabbit" scenario where it was one movie, having problems with specific players because of an identified feature.
Leaving a neutral third party investigation as optional will save money for both sides of the case. Especially, relevent here is that it seems to be at the defendants discretion. If the defendant has something to hide they request a third party (incurring costs as the trial goes on, regardless of who pays the third party). The basis of our legal system is the pursuit of truth, the basis of law is to maintain order. Unfortunately, in most cases it is easier to maintain order than it is to attain truth or administer justice, this doesn't mean that these goals are not present, simply that they are often not viable solutions. You're right that an innocent defendant is always a victim, but in all honesty we don't have many options, order takes precedence, because a loss of order is far more costly than a loss of honesty, or justice. A world without order would have the RIAA simply shooting people on public television for piracy, at that point honesty hardly matters and justice can be weighed only in gallons of blood spilled.
It would be plenty obvious if people around here didn't actually take that view.
I just continued a flamewar from yesterday, around five o'clock today I thanked the witless bastard.
Glad you're not my kid, ya little brat.
The problem with this in the US is that the defendant has to understand that and bring it up in court. A green lawyer might easily be intimidated by some of the RIAA's paper work and anyone representing themselves is usually SOL on properly discrediting bad evidence, we tend to understand the theory, but not the procedure.
Personally I like mp3.com and archive.org