Deleting a file is making a derivative work. If I scan a copyrighted image, and I crop that image, I have created a derivative work by deleting part of the original.
In my opinion, there are no really good Linux magazines. The reason is that there are few Linux users as it is, but there are definitely not enough Linux users of a certain type. For instance, there are too few home users to justify a magazine catered toward just them. There aren't enough Linux programmers to make a magazine just for them either. Nor are there enough Linux administrators for their own magazine either.
So all the Linux magazines try to appeal to everyone. In doing so, they guarantee that every issue you get will have lots of articles that you don't care about.
Unless you actually talk to the inventors of these devices, you'll never know whether they were influenced by science fiction. I think you're making a big leap, here:
Work of science fiction describing some future technology is released
Some years later, a device similar to the aforementioned technology is released
You're assuming the latter stems from the former
Who's to say that the "inventor" of the cell phone got the idea from watching Star Trek? Maybe he got the idea from Dick Tracy? Or maybe it's just a natrual evolution of the technology? <SARCASM> Gee, a portable, wireless telephone - what a crazy idea! Thank god for Gene Rodenberry, or we'd never have anything like that! </SARCASM>
And my point was that if you want to get on TV so badly that you're willing to let everyone think you're a moron, then you really are a moron. No one with any self-respect would make himself look stupid just to get on TV.
I think this is a great idea. I think China should be strongly encouraged to expand its space program. In fact, I would be happy if they became the leader in space exploration. As soon as they announce plans to colonize Mars, it will scare our government into funding plans for the same, and then our space exploration work will be back on track.
Speaking of Soaps, have you ever actually *tried* to watch one? I think they're unbelievably complicated.
I know, that was my point: that despite the fact that sci-fi viewers are more intelligent than soap opera viewers, Sorbo thinks that we can't follow complex plots. If soap opera viewers can remember what's going on, then surely we can too.
from Sorbo: "Robert is a genius, but was developing stories that were too complicated and too clever for the rest of us to understand."
Translation:
"Despite the fact that the average Sci Fi viewer is ten times more intelligent than the average soap opera viewer, we didn't think they'd be smart enough to follow a complex story line. Also, it doesn't make a difference if the episodes are bad, just as long as more people watch them. Only Star Trek geeks have pride in their work."
The latest version of OS/2 is not Warp 4, it is the IBM Convenience Pack, which was released this year. It is effectively Warp 5, although technically it's just Warp 4 with all the latest fixes and updates pre-applied. However, there is also a VAR version of the CP, and that's called eComStation.
BTW, eCS is much easier to install now. You might want to give it a shot.
But I agree, Slashdotters should have much more respect for OS/2.
About 65 percent of executives polled by Goldman Sachs said they have no plans to use Linux at their company next year.
Does anyone else remember all those stories that came out a few years ago about IT staff secretly replacing their Windows servers with Linux servers, because the end-users wouldn't know the difference?
Unfortunately, too much of the OS/2 source code is "protected" by patents and copyrights held by companies other than IBM. Also, a lot of IBM's OS/2 customers think "open source == bad" and would get upset if IBM did release the source code. Believe it or not, IBM actually makes a profit on OS/2 still.
I'm really surprised that a Slashdot reader has to ask this question. It's not like we OS/2 users have been hiding from everyone. It's extremely easy to find all sorts of information about OS/2 on the Internet.
In short, there are plenty of OS/2 users today, although most of them are in Europe. In fact, if Slashdot weren't so US-centric, then the editors would have realized how stupid this "Ask Slashdot" is. Why? Because the biggest OS/2 conference of the year is being held right now in Belgium! The 2nd-biggest was held last month in Toronto.
There are actually two versions of OS/2 available today: the Convenience Pack (CP) from IBM and eComStation from Serenity Systems. eCS is a VAR version of the CP, meaning that it's basically the CP code base, with an enhanced installer, lots of third-party apps built-in, and a bunch of other enhancements. I'm running it right now on a dual Athlon system - the Tyan Tiger MP works great for OS/2, and yes, OS/2 does support SMP systems.
There have been lots of advances in OS/2 over the past year. Project Odin is serious competition for Wine, and can run many Windows apps that Wine doesn't. Plus, Virtual PC for OS/2 was just announced and will be available in a couple months.
Device support has also improved significantly. The only major category of devices that isn't supported is Firewire, but everything else is very thoroughly supported. In fact, video support is phenomenal, thanks to the SciTech Display Doctor video drivers. With these drivers, OS/2 can do what Windows and Linux can't: you can change your video card without reinstalling or reconfiguring any drivers!
I could go on for hours, but I'm going to let other OS/2 users fill in the rest.
Not only that, but the two new versions of OS/2, the Convience Pack (from IBM) and eComStation (from Serenity), both retain DOS support. In fact, in eCS, the standard install forces DOS and Win-OS/2 support (but you can remove it later).
For the record, OS/2's DOS support is generally superior to PC-DOS itself, with the exception of a few apps (mostly games) that won't run.
The guy demo-ing it pretty much challenged anyone to crack it.
What kind of moron is this guy? Any salesman who visibly shows pride in a feature of his product that hinders his customers should be fired. He should have spent his time trying to convince the attendees that their Constitutional rights have not been violated, instead of flaunting that fact in their faces.
That may change. Some day, there may be some new software or hardware that you want to have. The more people who use Linux, the more software and drivers there will be for Linux.
you cannot run OS/2 on a machine with 800x600 resolution
Of course you can. I've run OS/2 at everything between 640x480 to 1600x1200. In fact, with the SciTech device drivers, you can even make your own resolutions. As for klunky GUIs, Linux has that category beat. I struggly more with KDE and Gnome than I do with any other GUI.
Actually, Odin has made lots of progress in a year. It's going as strong as it ever has. You really should check it out. A year ago, I didn't consider it very usable. It is now, though.
If the cost of eCS is too much (and I admit, it is higher than I'd like, but apparently IBM controls most of that), you can try UpdCD to make your own updated Warp 4 CD for installation. It's a lot of work, though.
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Deleting a file is making a derivative work. If I scan a copyrighted image, and I crop that image, I have created a derivative work by deleting part of the original.
I'm more afraid of Aschcroft than I am of the terrorists. I think he is our generation's Senator McCarthy.
So all the Linux magazines try to appeal to everyone. In doing so, they guarantee that every issue you get will have lots of articles that you don't care about.
- Work of science fiction describing some future technology is released
- Some years later, a device similar to the aforementioned technology is released
- You're assuming the latter stems from the former
Who's to say that the "inventor" of the cell phone got the idea from watching Star Trek? Maybe he got the idea from Dick Tracy? Or maybe it's just a natrual evolution of the technology? <SARCASM> Gee, a portable, wireless telephone - what a crazy idea! Thank god for Gene Rodenberry, or we'd never have anything like that! </SARCASM>And my point was that if you want to get on TV so badly that you're willing to let everyone think you're a moron, then you really are a moron. No one with any self-respect would make himself look stupid just to get on TV.
Are you saying that intentionally making a fool out of yourself on national TV is supposed to be a smart thing to do? Give me a break!
I think this is a great idea. I think China should be strongly encouraged to expand its space program. In fact, I would be happy if they became the leader in space exploration. As soon as they announce plans to colonize Mars, it will scare our government into funding plans for the same, and then our space exploration work will be back on track.
I know, that was my point: that despite the fact that sci-fi viewers are more intelligent than soap opera viewers, Sorbo thinks that we can't follow complex plots. If soap opera viewers can remember what's going on, then surely we can too.
Translation:
"Despite the fact that the average Sci Fi viewer is ten times more intelligent than the average soap opera viewer, we didn't think they'd be smart enough to follow a complex story line. Also, it doesn't make a difference if the episodes are bad, just as long as more people watch them. Only Star Trek geeks have pride in their work."
BTW, eCS is much easier to install now. You might want to give it a shot.
But I agree, Slashdotters should have much more respect for OS/2.
Hate speech is not slander.
... then write codecs for OS/2. Windows doesn't need any, and Linux's multimedia subsystem is not as good as OS/2's. OS/2 needs good audio codecs.
Does anyone else remember all those stories that came out a few years ago about IT staff secretly replacing their Windows servers with Linux servers, because the end-users wouldn't know the difference?
What makes you think that learning how to write a driver will help you get a job in Austin?
Not any more. Odin's development has been completely independent of Wine for some time now.
Unfortunately, too much of the OS/2 source code is "protected" by patents and copyrights held by companies other than IBM. Also, a lot of IBM's OS/2 customers think "open source == bad" and would get upset if IBM did release the source code. Believe it or not, IBM actually makes a profit on OS/2 still.
In short, there are plenty of OS/2 users today, although most of them are in Europe. In fact, if Slashdot weren't so US-centric, then the editors would have realized how stupid this "Ask Slashdot" is. Why? Because the biggest OS/2 conference of the year is being held right now in Belgium! The 2nd-biggest was held last month in Toronto.
There are actually two versions of OS/2 available today: the Convenience Pack (CP) from IBM and eComStation from Serenity Systems. eCS is a VAR version of the CP, meaning that it's basically the CP code base, with an enhanced installer, lots of third-party apps built-in, and a bunch of other enhancements. I'm running it right now on a dual Athlon system - the Tyan Tiger MP works great for OS/2, and yes, OS/2 does support SMP systems.
There have been lots of advances in OS/2 over the past year. Project Odin is serious competition for Wine, and can run many Windows apps that Wine doesn't. Plus, Virtual PC for OS/2 was just announced and will be available in a couple months.
Device support has also improved significantly. The only major category of devices that isn't supported is Firewire, but everything else is very thoroughly supported. In fact, video support is phenomenal, thanks to the SciTech Display Doctor video drivers. With these drivers, OS/2 can do what Windows and Linux can't: you can change your video card without reinstalling or reconfiguring any drivers!
I could go on for hours, but I'm going to let other OS/2 users fill in the rest.
For the record, OS/2's DOS support is generally superior to PC-DOS itself, with the exception of a few apps (mostly games) that won't run.
What kind of moron is this guy? Any salesman who visibly shows pride in a feature of his product that hinders his customers should be fired. He should have spent his time trying to convince the attendees that their Constitutional rights have not been violated, instead of flaunting that fact in their faces.
That may change. Some day, there may be some new software or hardware that you want to have. The more people who use Linux, the more software and drivers there will be for Linux.
And attitudes like that, ladies and gentlemen, are the reason why we're all going to be old and grey before Linux is accepted on the desktop.
Of course you can. I've run OS/2 at everything between 640x480 to 1600x1200. In fact, with the SciTech device drivers, you can even make your own resolutions. As for klunky GUIs, Linux has that category beat. I struggly more with KDE and Gnome than I do with any other GUI.
If the cost of eCS is too much (and I admit, it is higher than I'd like, but apparently IBM controls most of that), you can try UpdCD to make your own updated Warp 4 CD for installation. It's a lot of work, though.
You also might want to consider upgrading to eComStation. It's an updated version of OS/2 Warp 4, with lots of big and little improvements.
Well, I think the point being made is that there is a difference between "open source" and "Open Source".