Voice email lets you leave a voice message with someone without having to wait for it. People talk faster than they type, so it's all about convenience. --
Well, if you're so proud of Bush, why are you hiding your identity behind "Anonymous Coward"? Sounds to be like you'd want people to know you're voting for him. But you're just a coward, like Bush himself. --
Don't underestimate the power of the President. He can veto almost any law he wants, provided 2/3 of Congress doesn't disagree with him. And he can try to convince members of Congress to create certain laws. That's what Hillary Clinton tried to do with health care reform. --
A few people made comments about voting for Nader, so I just wanted to add my two cents on this topic.
A lot of people have said that voting for Nader would be your way of saying that you want an end to companies like Microsoft. That much is true. It would send a message to the federal government that a significant portion of the population really does care about this issue.
I'm going to take a giant leap here and say that of the people who would like Nader as President, if they were told they had to choose between Bush and Gore, they'd choose Gore. Bush, like most Republicans, is pro-corporate and would most likely pressure the DOJ (which he technically shouldn't do) to drop the MS case or do something to make it more likely the DOJ will lose or give up.
In addition, most people would say that Nader will never win. One on hand, it's true. Nader will never get enough votes to win. On the other hand, it's irrelevant because people are supposed to vote for whom they want as President, not for whom they think will win.
However, there is one thing I think a lot of pro-Nader people don't seem to realize (or don't want to admit). Given the above assertions, about half the population will vote for Bush, and the other half will vote for Gore or Nader. This leads one to a conclusion: a vote for Nader is a vote against Gore.
In other words, voting for Nader may make Bush President. Say for example 45% of the people vote for Bush. If Nader weren't around, then 55% of the people would vote for Gore, and he'd win. However, if 15% of the people vote for Nader instead of Gore (it could happen - Perot almost got 15% back when he ran for President), then that means that Gore will only get 40%, and Bush will win, despite the fact that most of the people in the country don't want him as President! In other words, Bush would be a "minority President", but he would still be President, and then everyone who voted for Nader will be screwed.
This is an issue that my wife and I are struggling with. Do we vote for Nader and send a message to our government, but risk putting Bush in office instead? Maybe someone on Slashdot can help us decide? --
"It is also the
exact opposite of the Linux kernel, which is
"monolithic" (everything is built into the kernel,
hence the need for re-compilation when you add/remove
hardware).
Interesting, what QNX calls a filesystem driver, the rest of the world calls a disk (i.e. scsi or ide) driver. I guess that means that QNX only supports one file system, or they just call file system drivers something else (further compounding the confusion). --
I agree with everyone else - the money you'll spend on the CD changer is a complete waste. It would be worthwhile if you wanted to rip thousands of CD's, but you're not going to do that.
Just get some ripping software that has built-in CDDB access and can spawn an mp3 encoder. An excellent, free pacakge that I use is CD2MP3 PM. --
I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree with you that a case-sensitive file system is "sane". In fact, I think it's really stupid. No one in his right mind would use this to his "advantage". Come on, what do you hope to gain by calling two different files Myfile.doc and myfile.doc? Are you really going to remember which is which? Of course not!
Besides, do you really think that you'll maintain compatibility with a case-sensitive file system? I bet you there are plenty of Mac applications out there that reference the same file with different case. It's not unusual to create a file with a mixed-case filename, but then later open the file for reading using only lower-case letters.
OS/2's HPFS is like HFS. It remembers the case of the filename, but it's case-sensitive. --
Similarly, Muslim women are supposed to cover themselves in order to keep the men from getting sexual ideas about them. You never see an Arab construction worker whistle at a woman passing by, because the women never "exhibit" themselves in public.
Of course, that ignores the fact that it's unfair to punish women just because men can't control themselves. --
Microsoft is said to have "beaten" other operating systems in the marketplace, so now the DOJ is trying to beat them in the courtroom. And Slashdot approves.
I'm glad to see that Slashdot is upholding its proud tradition of double standards.
And before you moderate this post as Troll or Flamebait, keep in mind what I'm trying to say. I'm making a relevant comment on the story headline. The point behind the story is that Rambus is winning in the courtroom, not the marketplace. However, that by itself is not necessarily a bad thing, because alternate OS advocates (i.e. 99% of Slashdot readers) are hoping to use that same courtroom to even out the marketplace for operating systems. --
Amazon still profits from this venture because they are keeping the interest they made on the surcharge. If they invest at 6%, then keeping that extra $1.49 for two months means they made 1.49 cents. That doesn't sound like much, but multiple it by the tens of thousands of customers, and we're talking thousands of dollars.
Not only that, but will they be applying a refund to the credit card, or just giving you store credit? If the latter, then they make even more money on interest, and they don't have to pay any fines to the credit card company (if you make too many refunds, most credit card companies will charge you a fine).
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Don't get me wrong, I love Macs, almost as much as I love OS/2, but consider what needs to happen before OS X starts to matter to consumers.
First, it needs to be officially released. Hopefully, Apple will support all the hardware in the supported systems. Then, software vendors need to make OS X native applications that take advantage of certain features.
And then users have to wait for it to become stable. Considering all this, maybe a year is too soon. --
Sci-Fi books were just an example. Are you aware of new developments in everything that interests you? I doubt it. At least, I hope not. Because then it would imply that only a few things in this world interest you, and so you'd be a very boring person.
I'm sure that if you thought about it, you'd find something market that interests you that you don't know everything about. --
Assuming I didn't go out of my way to ignore advertising of all kinds (which I do) why
would I need targeted ads to tell me about things I already know I'm interested in?
What about new products? Say you're interested in buying science fiction books? Targeted advertising will let you know whenever new sci-fi books come on the market. --
Instead of being a moron, why don't you actually visit the Warpstock 2000 Presentation Schedule and see what's going on. If your company does a lot of OS/2 development, then they would certainly be interested in Warpstock. IBM was there in full force and had lots of great stuff to say. --
But, is AOL making any money off of AIM aside from
their stupid banners they put in AIM?
Yes, that's exactly it. Third-party clients bypass the ads and so they cost AOL money.
You're just going to have to accept the fact that this is AOL's technology and they have the right to exclude whatever they want.
Frankly, I don't understand the commotion. There must be open alternatives, so why not use those instead? Or do you really want to talk to people who like AOL? My email client automatically deletes all email from aol.com, because only lusers use AOL, so why would I want to talk to them anyway? --
Please, please, dear Slashdotters, vote Libertarian this year. Our political system has been so corrupted by corporate
influence that it barely resembles what our forefathers had in mind.
I was under the impression that Libertarians favor a very small government, and this means more of a hands-off role with business. If so, then a Libertarian government is just going to give businesses more freedom to screw us over. --
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For more obscurity, how about penalizing anyone who doesn't spell-out numbers under 100?
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Those things can only support MP3 up to 192 Kbps. All of my MP3s are almost twice that. Is there anything which can support 384 Kbps?
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Voice email lets you leave a voice message with someone without having to wait for it. People talk faster than they type, so it's all about convenience.
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Well, if you're so proud of Bush, why are you hiding your identity behind "Anonymous Coward"? Sounds to be like you'd want people to know you're voting for him. But you're just a coward, like Bush himself.
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Don't underestimate the power of the President. He can veto almost any law he wants, provided 2/3 of Congress doesn't disagree with him. And he can try to convince members of Congress to create certain laws. That's what Hillary Clinton tried to do with health care reform.
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A lot of people have said that voting for Nader would be your way of saying that you want an end to companies like Microsoft. That much is true. It would send a message to the federal government that a significant portion of the population really does care about this issue.
I'm going to take a giant leap here and say that of the people who would like Nader as President, if they were told they had to choose between Bush and Gore, they'd choose Gore. Bush, like most Republicans, is pro-corporate and would most likely pressure the DOJ (which he technically shouldn't do) to drop the MS case or do something to make it more likely the DOJ will lose or give up.
In addition, most people would say that Nader will never win. One on hand, it's true. Nader will never get enough votes to win. On the other hand, it's irrelevant because people are supposed to vote for whom they want as President, not for whom they think will win.
However, there is one thing I think a lot of pro-Nader people don't seem to realize (or don't want to admit). Given the above assertions, about half the population will vote for Bush, and the other half will vote for Gore or Nader. This leads one to a conclusion: a vote for Nader is a vote against Gore.
In other words, voting for Nader may make Bush President. Say for example 45% of the people vote for Bush. If Nader weren't around, then 55% of the people would vote for Gore, and he'd win. However, if 15% of the people vote for Nader instead of Gore (it could happen - Perot almost got 15% back when he ran for President), then that means that Gore will only get 40%, and Bush will win, despite the fact that most of the people in the country don't want him as President! In other words, Bush would be a "minority President", but he would still be President, and then everyone who voted for Nader will be screwed.
This is an issue that my wife and I are struggling with. Do we vote for Nader and send a message to our government, but risk putting Bush in office instead? Maybe someone on Slashdot can help us decide?
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My point was that you do not need to recompile the kernel in order to change hardware.
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It looks like Be is spreading some FUD here.
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Interesting, what QNX calls a filesystem driver, the rest of the world calls a disk (i.e. scsi or ide) driver. I guess that means that QNX only supports one file system, or they just call file system drivers something else (further compounding the confusion).
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Just get some ripping software that has built-in CDDB access and can spawn an mp3 encoder. An excellent, free pacakge that I use is CD2MP3 PM.
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I am against OS X on Intel, for all the reasons that other people have specified. Is there an anti-petition anywhere? I want to sign it.
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Besides, do you really think that you'll maintain compatibility with a case-sensitive file system? I bet you there are plenty of Mac applications out there that reference the same file with different case. It's not unusual to create a file with a mixed-case filename, but then later open the file for reading using only lower-case letters.
OS/2's HPFS is like HFS. It remembers the case of the filename, but it's case-sensitive.
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Just call a patent lawyer, and he can tell you. You probably just need to fill out a form, get a few signatures, and send it to the patent office.
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Try eBay. There are tons of MCA boards for about $5 on there. Heck, I even bought a new motherboard for my 70 for about $60.
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Of course, that ignores the fact that it's unfair to punish women just because men can't control themselves.
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What's wrong with Latin-American fruit?
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I'm glad to see that Slashdot is upholding its proud tradition of double standards.
And before you moderate this post as Troll or Flamebait, keep in mind what I'm trying to say. I'm making a relevant comment on the story headline. The point behind the story is that Rambus is winning in the courtroom, not the marketplace. However, that by itself is not necessarily a bad thing, because alternate OS advocates (i.e. 99% of Slashdot readers) are hoping to use that same courtroom to even out the marketplace for operating systems.
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Not only that, but will they be applying a refund to the credit card, or just giving you store credit? If the latter, then they make even more money on interest, and they don't have to pay any fines to the credit card company (if you make too many refunds, most credit card companies will charge you a fine).
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First, it needs to be officially released. Hopefully, Apple will support all the hardware in the supported systems. Then, software vendors need to make OS X native applications that take advantage of certain features.
And then users have to wait for it to become stable. Considering all this, maybe a year is too soon.
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I'm sure that if you thought about it, you'd find something market that interests you that you don't know everything about.
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What about new products? Say you're interested in buying science fiction books? Targeted advertising will let you know whenever new sci-fi books come on the market.
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Instead of being a moron, why don't you actually visit the Warpstock 2000 Presentation Schedule and see what's going on. If your company does a lot of OS/2 development, then they would certainly be interested in Warpstock. IBM was there in full force and had lots of great stuff to say.
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Yes, that's exactly it. Third-party clients bypass the ads and so they cost AOL money.
You're just going to have to accept the fact that this is AOL's technology and they have the right to exclude whatever they want.
Frankly, I don't understand the commotion. There must be open alternatives, so why not use those instead? Or do you really want to talk to people who like AOL? My email client automatically deletes all email from aol.com, because only lusers use AOL, so why would I want to talk to them anyway?
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How about "I went to college but didn't learn how to spell"?
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I was under the impression that Libertarians favor a very small government, and this means more of a hands-off role with business. If so, then a Libertarian government is just going to give businesses more freedom to screw us over.
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