Why? What's wrong with using Microsoft Word to create a document? Millions of people do it every day, and lots of them need version control. If a company has a BK installation for their source code, it makes sense to use it for documentation as well. And most technical writers use Word.
Your analogy is flawed, because Microsoft and the OO developers never had any sort of agreement. MS was not giving free copies of their software to the OO developers.
The whole "he's a contractor, so I have no control over what he does" line is complete bullshit, IMHO. Contractors are also required to comply with various agreements that their clients have with other companies. OSDL had an agreement with BitMoover, and therefore the contractors they hire must also abide with that agreement.
A kernel developer who uses BK can deliver patches to kernel using BK. These patches can be examined in BK, and applied to the main kernel tree with BK. In other words, the whole patch and change management process can happen with BK, and this makes Linus' job a lot easier. A kernel developer who uses BK to provide his change to Linus will have his change incorporated much faster than someone who doesn't use BK.
I'm on BitMover's side in this matter. Here's a choice quotation from the article:
Larry explained that a contracter still under pay from OSDL for an unrelated project was also actively working on reverse engineering the BitKeeper protocol. Discussion began about five weeks ago to try and resolve the situation, getting so far as to obtain a verbal agreement that the individual would stop his efforts. After that time, however, it turned out that the reverse engineering effort had continued. Although OSDL wasn't directly paying for the reverse engineering effort, they were still employing someone who was actively developing a competing product, something the free BitKeeper license doesn't allow. Larry added, "OSDL had a chance to resolve this issue, but instead shrugged their shoulders and said 'it's not my problem'". It became the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Weighing this and earlier transgressions against the $500,000 dollars a year BitMover spends developing and supporting the free BitKeeper tool, the tough decision was made to phase out support and availability of their free product.
If this is true, then I have lost a lot of respect for OSDL and Linus. They intentionally tried to deceive BitMover, and Linus was supporting that deception. This is a clear example of biting the hand that feeds you.
Linus: You should be ashamed of yourself for allowing this to happen. You had an agreement with BitMover, and you broke it. You could have influenced OSDL to not allow the contractor to continue his theft of BitMover's work, but you didn't.
I think the real problem with users is that they don't think of computer maintenance as important. If a warning light appears on the dashboard, the car owner will bring his car into the shop. If a warning dialog box appears, the user would never consider bringing the computer to a repair person, and they would certainly never pay for support.
I agree. Amazon.com's game bundle, for instance, comes with five games: Wipeout Pure, Twisted Metal, NBA, Ape Escape, and World Soccer Tour. This is the only way you can buy a PSP from Amazon.com. The problem is that I can't imagine any single person wanting all five of those games.
All this will do is convince companies to move their headquarters outside of NY. The long-term affect will be to reduce the amount of taxes that NY collects.
I also think this is going to get appealed to the Federal courts. I live in Texas and work for a company that has an office here, but is headquartered in Massachussettes. I can't imagine paying MA income taxes, but it sounds like this court ruling says that I should (assuming the MA courts rule the same way).
Paying for essential services is basically the same thing as redistribution of wealth. The essential services that governments provide are generally used more by the poor than by the wealthy. Hence, the wealthy are paying more than their share of essential services.
If we had a truly privitized society where everyone paid for everything they used, no more and no less, the poor would be worse off than they are now, and the wealthy would be better off.
Maybe a little offtopic, but the fact remains that her beliefs on fiscal policy revolve around the redistribution of wealth via taxation.
All that means is that she's a Democrat. What else is new? Democrats have always believed that the wealthy should be forced to give up more money in order to help those that are less fortunate. The thinking behind that is that the wealthy can afford to lose relatively more money without suffering, whereas the poor desperately need that money to continue operating in our society. The reason why this is considered a "good thing" is that having a large and ineffective poor population is bad for everyone in the society, even the wealthy. The wealthy still depend on the services of low-income individuals, so it's important to have a stable group of low-income working people in the society.
A single wealthy person may be willing to give up some of his wealth to help the poor, but alone he is powerless to make a real difference. That is why Democrats generally think that private charity is insufficient, and so taxes must be used. That levels the playing field among all the wealthy. If I were a millionaire, I would be less inclined to donate money to charity if I thought that I was the only one doing it.
Disclaimer: I'm a Libertarian, so I present the above paragraphs for academic discussion only. I'm not saying that this reflects my personal view.
Assuming that assertions are used only for the "debug" version of the program, they are ideal for code that needs to be as fast as possible but can still work if there are slowdowns, such as device drivers. They're great for parameter checking during development. Once the code has been verified to work, they can be automatically compiled-out for the "release" version of the program.
They need someone to come round promptly to fix things so they can get on with their business, and they're prepared to pay a fair price for the service.
The series would feature teen versions of the Classic Star Trek characters Kirk, Spock and McCoy, and be set at Starfleet Academy.
Considering the vast age differences and career paths (before joining on the Enterprise) between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, I seriously doubt they were in Starfleet Academy at the same time.
Also, I would think that Starfleet Academy would be like other military academies, which means most of the student population would not be teenagers, but that's just a nit.
I do believe, however, that this would make a great replacement show for Smallville, once that gets cancelled.
Not really. Anyone who votes for a Republican or Democrat really doesn't care government abuses. Both parties are more interested in maintaining their power than they are in following the Constitution and giving citizens what they need. As far as I'm concerned, he's a typical Republican.
I can't read the article now because it's slashdotted, but is there a difference between the swap file and the paging file in Linux? Does Linux even have a paging file?
One of the reasons I am the 'compu-whiz' I am today is due to early exposure to computers. I broke them. I deleted things and modified things you weren't supposed to touch. I learned the hard way.
The vast majority of children who use computers today do not actually learn anything about them. They know how to use some apps like IM clients and word proccessors, but that's about it.
Contrast that with 20-30 years ago, when I was a child. Of those that used computers at all, the vast majority of children back then learned a lot about computers themselves. Those children are now posting on Slashdot today, talking about how much they learned about computers when they were a child, and so there must be something wrong with the study.
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Why? What's wrong with using Microsoft Word to create a document? Millions of people do it every day, and lots of them need version control. If a company has a BK installation for their source code, it makes sense to use it for documentation as well. And most technical writers use Word.
The whole "he's a contractor, so I have no control over what he does" line is complete bullshit, IMHO. Contractors are also required to comply with various agreements that their clients have with other companies. OSDL had an agreement with BitMoover, and therefore the contractors they hire must also abide with that agreement.
A kernel developer who uses BK can deliver patches to kernel using BK. These patches can be examined in BK, and applied to the main kernel tree with BK. In other words, the whole patch and change management process can happen with BK, and this makes Linus' job a lot easier. A kernel developer who uses BK to provide his change to Linus will have his change incorporated much faster than someone who doesn't use BK.
Larry explained that a contracter still under pay from OSDL for an unrelated project was also actively working on reverse engineering the BitKeeper protocol. Discussion began about five weeks ago to try and resolve the situation, getting so far as to obtain a verbal agreement that the individual would stop his efforts. After that time, however, it turned out that the reverse engineering effort had continued. Although OSDL wasn't directly paying for the reverse engineering effort, they were still employing someone who was actively developing a competing product, something the free BitKeeper license doesn't allow. Larry added, "OSDL had a chance to resolve this issue, but instead shrugged their shoulders and said 'it's not my problem'". It became the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Weighing this and earlier transgressions against the $500,000 dollars a year BitMover spends developing and supporting the free BitKeeper tool, the tough decision was made to phase out support and availability of their free product.
If this is true, then I have lost a lot of respect for OSDL and Linus. They intentionally tried to deceive BitMover, and Linus was supporting that deception. This is a clear example of biting the hand that feeds you.
Linus: You should be ashamed of yourself for allowing this to happen. You had an agreement with BitMover, and you broke it. You could have influenced OSDL to not allow the contractor to continue his theft of BitMover's work, but you didn't.
I think the real problem with users is that they don't think of computer maintenance as important. If a warning light appears on the dashboard, the car owner will bring his car into the shop. If a warning dialog box appears, the user would never consider bringing the computer to a repair person, and they would certainly never pay for support.
Didn't the Cartoon Network pretty much pay for the 2nd season of Big O?
The consensus is the Xbox 2 (not Xbox 3) will be out this November. However, it will probably cost at least $100 more than the PSP.
I agree. Amazon.com's game bundle, for instance, comes with five games: Wipeout Pure, Twisted Metal, NBA, Ape Escape, and World Soccer Tour. This is the only way you can buy a PSP from Amazon.com. The problem is that I can't imagine any single person wanting all five of those games.
Zhu Caoyuan's life was not destroyed by a computer game. He was killed by Qiu Chengwei because he believed that Zhu Caoyuan owed him money.
FYI, Unison was reviewed in the most recent issue of Linux Journal: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7712.
I also think this is going to get appealed to the Federal courts. I live in Texas and work for a company that has an office here, but is headquartered in Massachussettes. I can't imagine paying MA income taxes, but it sounds like this court ruling says that I should (assuming the MA courts rule the same way).
Sorry, but I don't agree with that statement at all. Democrats are not communists.
If we had a truly privitized society where everyone paid for everything they used, no more and no less, the poor would be worse off than they are now, and the wealthy would be better off.
All that means is that she's a Democrat. What else is new? Democrats have always believed that the wealthy should be forced to give up more money in order to help those that are less fortunate. The thinking behind that is that the wealthy can afford to lose relatively more money without suffering, whereas the poor desperately need that money to continue operating in our society. The reason why this is considered a "good thing" is that having a large and ineffective poor population is bad for everyone in the society, even the wealthy. The wealthy still depend on the services of low-income individuals, so it's important to have a stable group of low-income working people in the society.
A single wealthy person may be willing to give up some of his wealth to help the poor, but alone he is powerless to make a real difference. That is why Democrats generally think that private charity is insufficient, and so taxes must be used. That levels the playing field among all the wealthy. If I were a millionaire, I would be less inclined to donate money to charity if I thought that I was the only one doing it.
Disclaimer: I'm a Libertarian, so I present the above paragraphs for academic discussion only. I'm not saying that this reflects my personal view.
Assuming that assertions are used only for the "debug" version of the program, they are ideal for code that needs to be as fast as possible but can still work if there are slowdowns, such as device drivers. They're great for parameter checking during development. Once the code has been verified to work, they can be automatically compiled-out for the "release" version of the program.
Is $50/hour a fair price?
He's got a regular gig on "Boston Legal", so no, he's not hurting for money. IMDb is your friend.
Considering the vast age differences and career paths (before joining on the Enterprise) between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, I seriously doubt they were in Starfleet Academy at the same time.
Also, I would think that Starfleet Academy would be like other military academies, which means most of the student population would not be teenagers, but that's just a nit.
I do believe, however, that this would make a great replacement show for Smallville, once that gets cancelled.
Not really. Anyone who votes for a Republican or Democrat really doesn't care government abuses. Both parties are more interested in maintaining their power than they are in following the Constitution and giving citizens what they need. As far as I'm concerned, he's a typical Republican.
Buy the DVD, install the maps, and then sell it on eBay. Total cost to you will probably be only a couple bucks.
"or in Microsoft's terms - Virtual Memory"
I can't read the article now because it's slashdotted, but is there a difference between the swap file and the paging file in Linux? Does Linux even have a paging file?
What's the difference between reserved and pre-reserved? It sounds to me like you just reserved your PSP. I don't even know what pre-reserved means.
The vast majority of children who use computers today do not actually learn anything about them. They know how to use some apps like IM clients and word proccessors, but that's about it.
Contrast that with 20-30 years ago, when I was a child. Of those that used computers at all, the vast majority of children back then learned a lot about computers themselves. Those children are now posting on Slashdot today, talking about how much they learned about computers when they were a child, and so there must be something wrong with the study.
Too bad his grammar sucks. It should say, "weren't" instead of "wasn't".