We have two Sharp XE-A203's here at work that have SD card slots and a USB port. You download all of your cash register data on to an SD card and take it with you.
The registers are pretty cheap too
http://tinyurl.com/5fxlvo
I like live music too.
I work at a bar that has bands. Sometimes we have bands that sing original stuff.
Like these guys called Reckoning
http://odomsbar.blogspot.com/2007/11/saturday-3rd.html
I like this guy called Jason Crysell
http://odomsbar.blogspot.com/2007/10/jason-crysell-is-on-air.html
I, personally, make sure that I don't run afoul of the RIAA by only listening to live performances.
If you like these guys, drop me a line and let me know. I'll pass your message on to them.
...I fixed it for you.
I cannot comprehend why everybody is trying to get everybody to "switch" to Linux. The easier method for greater linux acceptance is to have people use it from the start.
This is why I have dropped power and internet out of my kitchen window to the street below my appartment. I have also set up a brand new computer that runs Ubuntu.
Nightly, before the soccer game, the neighborhood kids crowd around the terminal and watch movies on google. They also spend a lot of time on myspace (I tell them to get a google page because myspace spies on you).
I would never dream of letting any kid go onto myspace from a windows box. The box would be immediately bogged down with crap and I'd have to re-install everything. I've had the linux box out there for months with no problems.
I also use the box as a display model for people interested in a new computer. I am training the older kids in the neighborhood to find customers, assemble computers, and then support them after the sale. Some of them are doing well with finding people that want computers.
My trainees don't have to know anything about Windows. They don't even need to know anything about Linux because I am there walking them through the entire process untill they are able to do it on their own. They get paid in tips.
I train people that know zero about computers to provide computer service to people that know even less about computers.
I have a successful system for shipping problem free linux computers. It seems, to me, that the rest of the linux community can only piss and moan about MS or tell new users to RTFM.
Why is everybody waiting for some large computer company to ship a linux box and make all the money from doing it? Why wait for "wider acceptance", when 85% of the worlds population has no fraking idea what a computer is?
People in my neighborhood think I'm great because I help them listen to Radio Monumental from El Salvador. They think its really snazzy when I have a 15 year old help them fill out job applications online. I'm really going to blow their minds when I introduce them to VOIP.
All the things that the other 15% of the population do with their computers seems like magick to people without. Simple stuff...like getting pictures off of an SD card ( I got $10 for that the other day), and other simple tasks that we take for granted.
So, to sum up, while everybody else spins their wheels trying to get people switch...I'll be over here creating new linux users.
Haven't people been doing this stuff wiht "wine" for years?
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My question is: What if somebody comes up with a simple device and does not patent it, but just gives it away?
I believe that this is an example of such actions.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-308519180 989677405
Is this still open to be patented by someone else? What happens if you just don't patent things and give them away? I'm also curious how Creative Commons licenses play into all of this?
I've been reading studies that are comissioned by M$. They seem to be spending a lot of money coming up with "studies" that are derogatory to Linux. I'd like to know if anybody in the Linux comunity has ever paid for a study to show how much Windows sucks, or is that knowledge just free and word of mouth?
Sword, double edged it is, this ID Card.
If everybody in the country is required to get the ID, wouldn't government officials (Congress, Senate, President) be reqired by law to get one.
I can come up with a few zenarios:
Zenarios 1.
Government employees neglect or refuse to acquire an ID Card. In such case they are in violation of a federal law and the people make sure that they are held accountable and dealt with in a manner congruent the comission of a felony.
Zenario 2.
Since it has been mentioned previously in this thread, their personal data will be housed in the same system that would be ripe for the picking by any script kiddy more preoccupied with his pacifyer than with actual cracking. Wouldn't it be neat if public data on key troglodites some how made its way to concerned parties? You see where this is leading.
Sword, double edged it is, this ID Card.
If everybody in the country is required to get the ID, wouldn't government officials (Congress, Senate, President) be reqired by law to get one.
I can come up with a few zenarios:
Zenarios 1.
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We have two Sharp XE-A203's here at work that have SD card slots and a USB port. You download all of your cash register data on to an SD card and take it with you. The registers are pretty cheap too http://tinyurl.com/5fxlvo
Ubuntu clearly has better looking spokes persons http://picasaweb.google.com/odomsbar/ShillBuntu
I can't wait for the high light reel.
I like live music too. I work at a bar that has bands. Sometimes we have bands that sing original stuff. Like these guys called Reckoning http://odomsbar.blogspot.com/2007/11/saturday-3rd.html I like this guy called Jason Crysell http://odomsbar.blogspot.com/2007/10/jason-crysell-is-on-air.html I, personally, make sure that I don't run afoul of the RIAA by only listening to live performances. If you like these guys, drop me a line and let me know. I'll pass your message on to them.
We should all remember that Linux has hotter chicks. http://picasaweb.google.com/odomsbar/ShillBuntu
Always remember that Linux has hotter chicks than Windows. http://picasaweb.google.com/odomsbar/ShillBuntu/photo#5109021605894539714
...I fixed it for you. I cannot comprehend why everybody is trying to get everybody to "switch" to Linux. The easier method for greater linux acceptance is to have people use it from the start. This is why I have dropped power and internet out of my kitchen window to the street below my appartment. I have also set up a brand new computer that runs Ubuntu. Nightly, before the soccer game, the neighborhood kids crowd around the terminal and watch movies on google. They also spend a lot of time on myspace (I tell them to get a google page because myspace spies on you). I would never dream of letting any kid go onto myspace from a windows box. The box would be immediately bogged down with crap and I'd have to re-install everything. I've had the linux box out there for months with no problems. I also use the box as a display model for people interested in a new computer. I am training the older kids in the neighborhood to find customers, assemble computers, and then support them after the sale. Some of them are doing well with finding people that want computers. My trainees don't have to know anything about Windows. They don't even need to know anything about Linux because I am there walking them through the entire process untill they are able to do it on their own. They get paid in tips. I train people that know zero about computers to provide computer service to people that know even less about computers. I have a successful system for shipping problem free linux computers. It seems, to me, that the rest of the linux community can only piss and moan about MS or tell new users to RTFM. Why is everybody waiting for some large computer company to ship a linux box and make all the money from doing it? Why wait for "wider acceptance", when 85% of the worlds population has no fraking idea what a computer is? People in my neighborhood think I'm great because I help them listen to Radio Monumental from El Salvador. They think its really snazzy when I have a 15 year old help them fill out job applications online. I'm really going to blow their minds when I introduce them to VOIP. All the things that the other 15% of the population do with their computers seems like magick to people without. Simple stuff...like getting pictures off of an SD card ( I got $10 for that the other day), and other simple tasks that we take for granted. So, to sum up, while everybody else spins their wheels trying to get people switch...I'll be over here creating new linux users.
Haven't people been doing this stuff wiht "wine" for years?
My question is: What if somebody comes up with a simple device and does not patent it, but just gives it away? I believe that this is an example of such actions. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-308519180 989677405
Is this still open to be patented by someone else? What happens if you just don't patent things and give them away? I'm also curious how Creative Commons licenses play into all of this?
I've been reading studies that are comissioned by M$. They seem to be spending a lot of money coming up with "studies" that are derogatory to Linux. I'd like to know if anybody in the Linux comunity has ever paid for a study to show how much Windows sucks, or is that knowledge just free and word of mouth?
Sword, double edged it is, this ID Card. If everybody in the country is required to get the ID, wouldn't government officials (Congress, Senate, President) be reqired by law to get one. I can come up with a few zenarios: Zenarios 1. Government employees neglect or refuse to acquire an ID Card. In such case they are in violation of a federal law and the people make sure that they are held accountable and dealt with in a manner congruent the comission of a felony. Zenario 2. Since it has been mentioned previously in this thread, their personal data will be housed in the same system that would be ripe for the picking by any script kiddy more preoccupied with his pacifyer than with actual cracking. Wouldn't it be neat if public data on key troglodites some how made its way to concerned parties? You see where this is leading.
Sword, double edged it is, this ID Card. If everybody in the country is required to get the ID, wouldn't government officials (Congress, Senate, President) be reqired by law to get one. I can come up with a few zenarios: Zenarios 1.