Then people will just use the software that works better. There will still be competition. If everything is free, people will flock towards what they feel works best.:) Otherwise, companies will still be able to charge money for it.
Not that it's entirely relevant; but, when I was a junior (2004-2005) my friends and I got ahold of Darl McBride's home phone number and prank called their house. His wife picked up and I went on about some investment opportunity. As soon as I mentioned Linux she started bitching me out and called me a "little shit".:) Yeah, prank calling CEOs was all the rage my junior year.
Ugh... ALSA definitely needs configuration for my (relatively common) motherboard. It works mostly; but, it tries to claim I have a rear channel and points it towards the center channel. It calls it "LFE". I wonder if they would consider implementing a database of proper configurations for various chipsets...
Then someone else will produce an offbrand premium mammoth for cheap. Of course, they'll probably get sued into oblivion because the original company has a patent on producing mammoths. Not to mention the fact that the DNA has been copyrighted. But, that's okay. I'm just going to wait for the sabertooth to come out.:)
I think I'll stick to Linux simply because the support (community support) is just so damned good. And the idea of software repositories has spoiled me rotten. Yeah... some of us don't like being used by corporations when it's unnecessary.:)
Little tidbit: I plugged my RAZR (utter piece of shit) into my Linux box and Ubuntu 8.10 popped up a bubble telling me it's a GSM compatible device and added it to my list of networking devices. Let's see OS X and Windows do THAT out of the box.
Yeah, I'd rather have a Miata over a Microsoft product as well. But I'm an FOSS guy who likes cars.
Also, I think that laptop keyboard design is a stupid trend started (or extensively encouraged) by Apple. Apparently everything is better if it's thinner. This includes laptops, keyboards, and monitors/televisions. Because, apparently making things thinner makes the more useful? Honestly, I'm perfectly comfortable with things that are already thin remaining where they are.
Er, I'm afraid I don't understand where that's coming from. I was repairing my car from wrecked status. Unless you know of a car that doesn't get wrecked when it hits another car.:) My car dipped under the other person's (another Corolla, actually) and it caused my hood to pop in. I ended up spending about 900 dollars on parts.:)
I just finished making my car legal about 3 weeks ago.:) Also, you made a reference today that involves something that is no longer accurate. That seems silly. You should probably make more recent references.. I haven't seen gas prices at 4 dollars a gallon since July.
Okay... how about you playing chicken with ANOTHER 1974 Charger? Safety on the road is a cooperative matter. It's somewhat selfish to want to drive that vehicle merely because it keeps you safe, while it's a danger to other people on the road.
You're acting as if OS X has a huge market share. It's not like porting an entire office suite to a new API is an easy thing. Not to mention the fact that many of the tools for Linux work on Windows as well. The way I see it, they were aiming for the largest audience while making interoperability a secondary priority. Cocoa can be difficult to port to, so it would make sense that there were some difficulties.
Last I checked, videotaping a movie was illegal in most places. I'm pretty copyleft.. but why is this story on the front page?
1. Videotape movie in theater
2. ???
3. Get fined by the government
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. On both Linux and Windows I haven't had any problem with excessive load times from OOo. I've got a 2.4 Ghz P4 with Hyperthreading enabled and 2 gigabytes of RAM. Yeah.. Netburst, remember that? I don't have ANY trouble opening OOo. It takes about 20-30 seconds to get it to launch the first time in a session for me.
Wouldn't being tried in US courts after being tried in German courts be a form of double jeopardy? Isn't that unconstitutional? I hope someone at the FBI gets fired over this BS.
One might argue that he committed the crime on his home soil and that the various routers relayed the messages he sent. So... it's kind of like firing a bullet across a border and killing someone. You committed the act where you stood, and physics did the rest. He technically committed the crime on his home turf and should (and apparently was) punished accordingly.
I run Ubuntu and it clearly distinguishes between kilobyte and kibibyte. As far as I'm concerned, SI prefix continuity takes place over computer science elitists. If it weren't for the computer science community being lazy, we'd be using 1,000 as it should be used. But alas... 2^10 is just so much easier.
I don't know about you; but, voice mail is quite reminiscent of answering machines. Wouldn't you think? And last I checked, those were very useful devices.
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Well, obviously it was planned that way. :P
Who cares how many Libraries of Congress it takes. I want to know how long it will take to hack the Gibson!
Then people will just use the software that works better. There will still be competition. If everything is free, people will flock towards what they feel works best. :) Otherwise, companies will still be able to charge money for it.
That's something you learn in a basic psychology class. You have to be careful of how you word things.
Not that it's entirely relevant; but, when I was a junior (2004-2005) my friends and I got ahold of Darl McBride's home phone number and prank called their house. His wife picked up and I went on about some investment opportunity. As soon as I mentioned Linux she started bitching me out and called me a "little shit". :) Yeah, prank calling CEOs was all the rage my junior year.
Ugh... ALSA definitely needs configuration for my (relatively common) motherboard. It works mostly; but, it tries to claim I have a rear channel and points it towards the center channel. It calls it "LFE". I wonder if they would consider implementing a database of proper configurations for various chipsets...
Five asses? You're a madman! I say it can't be done.
Then someone else will produce an offbrand premium mammoth for cheap. Of course, they'll probably get sued into oblivion because the original company has a patent on producing mammoths. Not to mention the fact that the DNA has been copyrighted. But, that's okay. I'm just going to wait for the sabertooth to come out. :)
I don't care if the price is quadruple.. at least it's better than pouring money into weapons research.
I think I'll stick to Linux simply because the support (community support) is just so damned good. And the idea of software repositories has spoiled me rotten. Yeah... some of us don't like being used by corporations when it's unnecessary. :)
Little tidbit: I plugged my RAZR (utter piece of shit) into my Linux box and Ubuntu 8.10 popped up a bubble telling me it's a GSM compatible device and added it to my list of networking devices. Let's see OS X and Windows do THAT out of the box.
Yeah, I'd rather have a Miata over a Microsoft product as well. But I'm an FOSS guy who likes cars.
Also, I think that laptop keyboard design is a stupid trend started (or extensively encouraged) by Apple. Apparently everything is better if it's thinner. This includes laptops, keyboards, and monitors/televisions. Because, apparently making things thinner makes the more useful? Honestly, I'm perfectly comfortable with things that are already thin remaining where they are.
Er, I'm afraid I don't understand where that's coming from. I was repairing my car from wrecked status. Unless you know of a car that doesn't get wrecked when it hits another car. :) My car dipped under the other person's (another Corolla, actually) and it caused my hood to pop in. I ended up spending about 900 dollars on parts. :)
I just finished making my car legal about 3 weeks ago. :) Also, you made a reference today that involves something that is no longer accurate. That seems silly. You should probably make more recent references.. I haven't seen gas prices at 4 dollars a gallon since July.
Okay... how about you playing chicken with ANOTHER 1974 Charger? Safety on the road is a cooperative matter. It's somewhat selfish to want to drive that vehicle merely because it keeps you safe, while it's a danger to other people on the road.
4 dollars a gallon for gas? Shit son. I just filled up my car for under 2 dollars a gallon. I have NO idea what you're talking about.
:)
For the record, I live in Houston.
You're acting as if OS X has a huge market share. It's not like porting an entire office suite to a new API is an easy thing. Not to mention the fact that many of the tools for Linux work on Windows as well. The way I see it, they were aiming for the largest audience while making interoperability a secondary priority. Cocoa can be difficult to port to, so it would make sense that there were some difficulties.
Last I checked, videotaping a movie was illegal in most places. I'm pretty copyleft.. but why is this story on the front page? 1. Videotape movie in theater 2. ??? 3. Get fined by the government
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. On both Linux and Windows I haven't had any problem with excessive load times from OOo. I've got a 2.4 Ghz P4 with Hyperthreading enabled and 2 gigabytes of RAM. Yeah.. Netburst, remember that? I don't have ANY trouble opening OOo. It takes about 20-30 seconds to get it to launch the first time in a session for me.
Open Office is well known to have poor support for OS X. I'd like to blame the Cocoa API... so would the OOo team.
Wouldn't being tried in US courts after being tried in German courts be a form of double jeopardy? Isn't that unconstitutional? I hope someone at the FBI gets fired over this BS.
One might argue that he committed the crime on his home soil and that the various routers relayed the messages he sent. So... it's kind of like firing a bullet across a border and killing someone. You committed the act where you stood, and physics did the rest. He technically committed the crime on his home turf and should (and apparently was) punished accordingly.
I run Ubuntu and it clearly distinguishes between kilobyte and kibibyte. As far as I'm concerned, SI prefix continuity takes place over computer science elitists. If it weren't for the computer science community being lazy, we'd be using 1,000 as it should be used. But alas... 2^10 is just so much easier.
I don't know about you; but, voice mail is quite reminiscent of answering machines. Wouldn't you think? And last I checked, those were very useful devices.
Shhhh! Don't give them any ideas!!!