Re:The first 15 posts on this are things you cant
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What You Can't Say
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To quote the original poster.:
"My favorite example is why some African-Americans can & do use the term "nigger" to describe themselves without inpunity or shame, but if a white person does so, they can/will be fired and their lives ruined."
If it puts his job on the line for using the phrase, yet it doesn't put other people's jobs on the line then it very much IS reverse descrimination. I admit it depends on the context it's used, but it's nevertheless a valid point.
Anyway, you dear sir are a fool for using that word.
Re:The first 15 posts on this are things you cant
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What You Can't Say
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It's a double standard and it's called reverse discrimination. It's idiotic, and the black people who continue to behave like this are only hurting their cause. If you don't practice what you preach, how can we take you seriously?
* I refuse to put a disclaimer on this message. I feel that the continued use of that word by black culture is absolutely sickening. I am white.
I spend a LOT of timing fixing my parents' and grandparents' computers. It's annoying. And it's always over vacation when I would prefer to be taking some time off and away from computers with my friends.
Thankfully, most of my friends are tech-savvy so I don't have to worry about them. My Mother has tried to pawn me off on a few people over time, but I've steadfastly refused to help anybody else (neighbors, friends of family, etc.). I explain it to my mother (who is a nurse) like this: Would you like it if I recommended every single person who has a sniffle call you at home instead of going to the med center like they're supposed to?
Anyway, at least I spend less time fixing computers than my dad spends fixing cars. Now there is a thankless, annoying, non-stop job.
Hey, great. You are absolutely right, but there's one big thing...
Why should we stand for competition from countries that basically use SLAVE labor? It's not so bad in the tech world... yet. But we STILL buy products made in sweat shops and factories with TERRIBLE conditions. Do we save a few bucks? Sure. But at what cost? Lost jobs in our economy. Continued poverty and opression in countries like China. Indentured servitude in countries like India.
That's a bad thing. I'll willingly and happily compete with India and China when they abolish such things. Until that happens, protectionism CAN and SHOULD be a good thing.
Why would OSS have to change? OSS is what it is, proof that collaboration, cooperation, and openness will eventually lead to a much better product. It doesn't matter a single iota what anybody legislates or says, if we keep building software better than everybody else eventually everybody else WILL buy into it.
I don't buy anything with a rebate because of stuff like this. I have *NEVER* gotten a rebate fullfilled anyway. It's a big freakin' scam.
The best advice I can give you is to keep a copy of your receipts and the form you filled out. That way, if they try to pull any BS on you, you do have a record of it.
Why should I bother? I only want to build software on top of open systems where I have control. Microsoft knows this already. Microsoft is also not willing to give me this control. What purpose would filling out these surveys thus fullfill?
It's pretty simple... I want the freedom to do things my way. As I see it, this is a very laudible goal and the one our country was found on. Microsoft seeks to control technology such that I am only forced to do it their way. That's the kind of thing dictatorships and Nazi-ism were built upon.
I choose freedom from enslavement, and Microsoft already knows this.
No way, he's right. The Matrix did look like crap. The previews told us nothing about the movie, it only showed us another crappy Keanu action flick. Then we actually saw the movie. That's what he was referring to, the "just another crappy Keanu action flick" stigma the movie had until you saw it.
Admit it, even WHEN you saw the movie, the first 20 minutes or so you thought it was crap too. Nothing made sense, it was all weird and for God's sake it's KEANU!
Yeah, but if they did that, somebody somewhere would grab the information, even if they had to do it manually and put it up as a web service (even if they had to do it in a foreign country)! Mark my words!:)
That being said, I think it's pretty shitty that they try to keep this kind of information out of public hands. Honestly, what is this world coming to when you can try to monopolize the list of programs on television. Sheash...
- You are an experienced Linux user, have some extra hardware lying around (or money is no object), and are looking for a fun and interesting project to mess around with.
- You are an inexperienced Linux user, have some extra hardware lying around (or money is no object), and are looking for a fun and interesting project to learn Linux with.
- You are not one of the above, but absolutely must have the single best Multimedia Convergence box you can possibly have at all costs.
You should *NOT* build a MythTV box IF:
- You are an inexperienced Linux, user and have no money and no hardware lying around.
- You have no interest in learning Linux.
- You are an experienced Linux user, have no money and no extra hardware lying around.
- You want something that works now, not something that is sorta great now, but will be absolutely great later.
This exactly what I've been telling my friends when they get jealous of my MythTV box. I suspect in about a year or so, building a MythTV box will be a LOT simpler. Until then, follow my guideline above.
XMLTV is a client program that runs on your computer. There's not really much they can do to tell the difference between an XMLTV script and a user browsing the web page with Internet Explorer short of forcing everybody to buy an account and login.
I've been using a MythTV box for a few months now and I've had no problems at all using XMLTV.
1. The DirecTivo can ONLY record two shows at once *IF* you have a dual LNB and TWO cables run from the dual LNB to the DirecTivo. This is NOT an option in a lot of places. You can get around this with about $400 of additional hardware, although I don't know why you'd want to spend that much.
2. DirecTivo is cheaper because it can get the MPEG4 stream straight from the satellite. No encoding in hardware, also means no encoding hardware (and DirecTV further subsidizes it to compete with cable TV on-demand programming). This means that if you decide you don't want DirecTV service anymore, you're Tivo is now a piece of worthless junk.
Anyway, don't let this stop you. DirecTV service is imho vastly superior to all other cable offerrings I've tried. It's even cheaper, has more channels, and has better more reliable picture quality than Comcast in my area. If you have DirecTV, you SHOULD definitely get the Tivo, but I still felt like I had to set the record straight.
Also, while I haven't tried their service, Dish Network supports recording multiple streams from a single line. If I were a new user, I'd give Dish network a try because of this reason alone. However, as a longtime DirecTV user I find it hard to justify locking myself into a 20 month contract to replace hardware which I already own for my DirecTV service.
You're a fool if you don't get the PVR-350. The video out is stunningly better than all the other options I've seen (and it only costs about $20 more). The MythTV/IVTV support is still flakey, and there's no mplayer support yet, but don't let that stop you. The video quality is absolutely worth a few months of extra bugginess!
How about instead of standardizing on poorly designed closed security standards, why don't we standardize on a DSP/software based pluggable security modules? I mean, heaven forbid we be able to choose our OWN security methodologies! I forgot, we have to have a stranglehold on our customer base, even if it means that security on the internet will continue to be fucked for another decade.
Now, how nice would it be to use an SSL/SSH type connection to your access point? If that wasn't good enough, code a better module. I think we (the open source community) should look into our OWN standards for something like this. Screw these other organizations, they clearly don't have OUR best interests at heart.
You made the right choice. In my experience, T-Mobile is a little lax in rural areas. In cities, however, their service is VASTLY superior to Sprints.
I spent two years with Sprint, two years with T-Mobile, and now I'm with Nextel. I'm with Nextel because work is paying 100% for it, otherwise I would still be using T-Mobile. A number of my friends have switched over to T-Mobile now (from AT&T and Sprint) and they are as pleased as I was.
Here are my experiences with the different providers (these are unfortunately estimates, but I believe they fairly accurately represent my experiences with these providers):
Sprint PCS: - 50% of the calls to my one friend resulted in me hearing him, but him NOT hearing me. - 50% of my calls that went over 2 minutes dropped connection. - 90% of my calls that went over 10 minutes dropped connection. - 90% of my calls in Wicker Park had distortion, clicking, and that GOD AWFULL popping sound. - 50% of my calls in Wrigleyville/Lakeview had the same sound quality problems. - I would have sound quality issues even if the phones reported that I had full signal strength. - 20% of my incoming calls went straight to voice mail. - 80% of the time I tried calling during a cubs game (when I lived in Wrigleyville) all circuits were busy. - 25% of the voice mails that were left for me, my phone never notified me. It could take days before I would discover I had a voicemail. Some of our web servers went down for 3 days because of this one. That was the last straw.
T-Mobile: - Connection dropped about 4 times over a two year period. That's really freakin' good. - Reception is flakey in some areas of Cleveland, good in most areas. - 95% of the time I had no sound quality issues. The remaining 5% were rare occurrences or when I had really poor reception (my parents basement in Cleveland). - 95% of calls rang, only about 5% went straight to voice mail and I was notified that I missed those calls 100% of the time. - 100% of the time, my phone notified me when I had a voice mail. - 99% of my outgoing calls worked on the first try. It was very rare that I can the equivalent of an "all circuits busy" message. - T-Mobile had newer model Nokia phones (my preferred brand). At the time, Sprint didn't and wasn't going to anytime soon. - 100% of the time I get the number of the person who called me when my phone didn't catch it (even if they didn't leave a voice mail).
Nextel: - 5% of my calls drop. - 20% of the time I have sound quality issues (but not as extreme as with sprint). - 100% of the time I get my voice mails. - I only get the number of a person who called me and my phone didn't catch it when they leave a voice mail.
So far, here's how I'd rate the three providers on a 10 scale:
T-Mobile 8.5. I would have made them a 9 but I felt my contract with them was a little pricey. I would think I can get a better deal these days to bump them up to a 9.
Nextel: 6.5. It's free, so I can't complain, but the QoS is not even close to T-Mobile's, and my Motorola phone sucks.
Sprint: 2. It sucked. I'll never use Sprint again, and I know it hasn't changed because my roommate has had Sprint for the last two years and his problems continue unnabated to this day.
The other big providers in our area are US Cellular (no experience), Verizon (no experience) and AT&T. AT&T is over priced, but has good reception according to my friends. I know nothing about the rest of their service.
All in all, if you live in the Chicago area at least I personally recommend T-Mobile.
No kidding. My friend got married last spring and in his wedding the Photographer was a really horrid woman (late 30's early 40's). She did EVERYTHING that was mentioned in this article. She shoved people out of the way, she was rude, she hogged all the good pictures to herself. All while spending the entire evening bitching to anybody she possibly could about how digital cameras were ruining her business.
You know what though, SHE was the one ruining her business, not the digital camers. You have to adapt with the times, and you have to adapt to the situation, and being a horrid cold bitch is not the way to sell yourself to potential future customers. You can't be complacent, no matter who you are or what job you do, times change.
You want to take good wedding pictures? Hire a local college student who is going to school for Photography. You'll get a great price, great pictures, and the student will get some extra money for beer and some pictures for their art classes. I can tell you my college friends who were photography majors sure would've appreciated the work!!
Bryan
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Kylix in Limbo
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Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in Python using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in Perl using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in C/C++ using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Notice a trend here? Oh, but there's more...
Linux is found on Open Source software. Why on earth would I write a program in a propietary language than costs $$$ that would be pointless to distribute to the rest of the Linux community because only *I* could compile it? Quite simply, I wouldn't. I'd write it in Java or Python because I know other Linux developers would have Java or Python.
I do not know a *SINGLE* developer who has Kylix, and I only know of one application our company uses that was written in Delphi. That application is a very specialized mortgage application and is not usefull to anybody outside the mortgage industry (and I even question it's usability inside the industry). To add insult to industry, they're planning a complete rewrite in C# for 2005.
Finally, we all know that Borland has been wishy-washy at best when it comes to their support of the Linux environment. The Interbase/Firebird fiasco is proof enough.
I wouldn't trust my money with them. They've been made irrelevant by Microsoft, SUN, *AND* Linux. They consistently and stubbornly refuse to get with the program. That's why nobody users their software anymore.
And Turbo Pascal used to be a really really damn good product. It's sad, really.
Did you ever hear of flyers or bulletin boards or advertising on the sides of busses or advertising on Taxi cabs?
Seriously, there are a LOT of ways you can get your word out without violating other people's privacy.
Why not have a group of actors go down to the lakefront (or whatever the equivalent is in your city) and do some free Shakespear performances during lunch? Pass out some flyers when you're done!
There's SO much you could possibly do, and some of it (free Shakespear in the park) is very positive. If all you can do is rely on "calling" people at home during dinner, you're hardly doing yourselves justice and you're certainly not doing us a favor. I sure as hell won't go see ANY performance troup that has the gall to disturb me by calling me at home, that's for sure.
Bryan
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I don't want a Perl shell (at least not until Perl 6 comes out and only if it blows me away). I would LOVE a Python based shell though that let me do pretty much everything I do in bash as easily.
That still fails to prove that these patents were genuine and the patent office isn't making mistakes. Just because they aren't challenged doesn't mean they aren't wrong, just like having a patent also doesn't mean that you must enforce it!
All this says is that less than 1% are worth the hassle of challenging in court. It doesn't say that >99% are truly legitimate.
Correct 99% of the time my ass. Nobody is right 99% of the time. Even Einstein was wrong, look at all the flaws found in his theories every day. If they're correct 99% of the time, then I dare you to show us some statistics AND their sources backing this claim up.
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To quote the original poster.:
"My favorite example is why some African-Americans can & do use the term "nigger" to describe themselves without inpunity or shame, but if a white person does so, they can/will be fired and their lives ruined."
If it puts his job on the line for using the phrase, yet it doesn't put other people's jobs on the line then it very much IS reverse descrimination. I admit it depends on the context it's used, but it's nevertheless a valid point.
Anyway, you dear sir are a fool for using that word.
It's a double standard and it's called reverse discrimination. It's idiotic, and the black people who continue to behave like this are only hurting their cause. If you don't practice what you preach, how can we take you seriously?
* I refuse to put a disclaimer on this message. I feel that the continued use of that word by black culture is absolutely sickening. I am white.
I spend a LOT of timing fixing my parents' and grandparents' computers. It's annoying. And it's always over vacation when I would prefer to be taking some time off and away from computers with my friends.
Thankfully, most of my friends are tech-savvy so I don't have to worry about them. My Mother has tried to pawn me off on a few people over time, but I've steadfastly refused to help anybody else (neighbors, friends of family, etc.). I explain it to my mother (who is a nurse) like this: Would you like it if I recommended every single person who has a sniffle call you at home instead of going to the med center like they're supposed to?
Anyway, at least I spend less time fixing computers than my dad spends fixing cars. Now there is a thankless, annoying, non-stop job.
Bryan
Hey, great. You are absolutely right, but there's one big thing...
Why should we stand for competition from countries that basically use SLAVE labor? It's not so bad in the tech world... yet. But we STILL buy products made in sweat shops and factories with TERRIBLE conditions. Do we save a few bucks? Sure. But at what cost? Lost jobs in our economy. Continued poverty and opression in countries like China. Indentured servitude in countries like India.
That's a bad thing. I'll willingly and happily compete with India and China when they abolish such things. Until that happens, protectionism CAN and SHOULD be a good thing.
Bryan
Why would OSS have to change? OSS is what it is, proof that collaboration, cooperation, and openness will eventually lead to a much better product. It doesn't matter a single iota what anybody legislates or says, if we keep building software better than everybody else eventually everybody else WILL buy into it.
Bryan
I don't buy anything with a rebate because of stuff like this. I have *NEVER* gotten a rebate fullfilled anyway. It's a big freakin' scam.
The best advice I can give you is to keep a copy of your receipts and the form you filled out. That way, if they try to pull any BS on you, you do have a record of it.
Bryan
Why should I bother? I only want to build software on top of open systems where I have control. Microsoft knows this already. Microsoft is also not willing to give me this control. What purpose would filling out these surveys thus fullfill?
It's pretty simple... I want the freedom to do things my way. As I see it, this is a very laudible goal and the one our country was found on. Microsoft seeks to control technology such that I am only forced to do it their way. That's the kind of thing dictatorships and Nazi-ism were built upon.
I choose freedom from enslavement, and Microsoft already knows this.
No way, he's right. The Matrix did look like crap. The previews told us nothing about the movie, it only showed us another crappy Keanu action flick. Then we actually saw the movie. That's what he was referring to, the "just another crappy Keanu action flick" stigma the movie had until you saw it.
Admit it, even WHEN you saw the movie, the first 20 minutes or so you thought it was crap too. Nothing made sense, it was all weird and for God's sake it's KEANU!
But then the dumb bastard took the red pill...
Bryan
Please explain how these yeilds are not sustainable or provide some resources to back your statement up.
I *HAVE* seen spams like that.
http://www.yahoo.com@xj.es?a=b&c=d&r=b
etc. etc.
From a quick glance, something like that DOES look like a normal URL. I've seen it before and I have on doubt I'll see it again.
(the above domain is a sample, not an actual one I saw).
Bryan
Yeah, but if they did that, somebody somewhere would grab the information, even if they had to do it manually and put it up as a web service (even if they had to do it in a foreign country)! Mark my words! :)
That being said, I think it's pretty shitty that they try to keep this kind of information out of public hands. Honestly, what is this world coming to when you can try to monopolize the list of programs on television. Sheash...
Bryan
I have a MythTV box so I speak from experience.
You *SHOULD* build a MythTV box IF:
- You are an experienced Linux user, have some extra hardware lying around (or money is no object), and are looking for a fun and interesting project to mess around with.
- You are an inexperienced Linux user, have some extra hardware lying around (or money is no object), and are looking for a fun and interesting project to learn Linux with.
- You are not one of the above, but absolutely must have the single best Multimedia Convergence box you can possibly have at all costs.
You should *NOT* build a MythTV box IF:
- You are an inexperienced Linux, user and have no money and no hardware lying around.
- You have no interest in learning Linux.
- You are an experienced Linux user, have no money and no extra hardware lying around.
- You want something that works now, not something that is sorta great now, but will be absolutely great later.
This exactly what I've been telling my friends when they get jealous of my MythTV box. I suspect in about a year or so, building a MythTV box will be a LOT simpler. Until then, follow my guideline above.
Bryan
XMLTV is a client program that runs on your computer. There's not really much they can do to tell the difference between an XMLTV script and a user browsing the web page with Internet Explorer short of forcing everybody to buy an account and login.
I've been using a MythTV box for a few months now and I've had no problems at all using XMLTV.
Bryan
A few notes:
1. The DirecTivo can ONLY record two shows at once *IF* you have a dual LNB and TWO cables run from the dual LNB to the DirecTivo. This is NOT an option in a lot of places. You can get around this with about $400 of additional hardware, although I don't know why you'd want to spend that much.
2. DirecTivo is cheaper because it can get the MPEG4 stream straight from the satellite. No encoding in hardware, also means no encoding hardware (and DirecTV further subsidizes it to compete with cable TV on-demand programming). This means that if you decide you don't want DirecTV service anymore, you're Tivo is now a piece of worthless junk.
Anyway, don't let this stop you. DirecTV service is imho vastly superior to all other cable offerrings I've tried. It's even cheaper, has more channels, and has better more reliable picture quality than Comcast in my area. If you have DirecTV, you SHOULD definitely get the Tivo, but I still felt like I had to set the record straight.
Also, while I haven't tried their service, Dish Network supports recording multiple streams from a single line. If I were a new user, I'd give Dish network a try because of this reason alone. However, as a longtime DirecTV user I find it hard to justify locking myself into a 20 month contract to replace hardware which I already own for my DirecTV service.
Bryan
You're a fool if you don't get the PVR-350. The video out is stunningly better than all the other options I've seen (and it only costs about $20 more). The MythTV/IVTV support is still flakey, and there's no mplayer support yet, but don't let that stop you. The video quality is absolutely worth a few months of extra bugginess!
Microsoft takes every opportunity to make us look bad. All's fair in Love and War as they say.
Bryan
How about instead of standardizing on poorly designed closed security standards, why don't we standardize on a DSP/software based pluggable security modules? I mean, heaven forbid we be able to choose our OWN security methodologies! I forgot, we have to have a stranglehold on our customer base, even if it means that security on the internet will continue to be fucked for another decade.
Now, how nice would it be to use an SSL/SSH type connection to your access point? If that wasn't good enough, code a better module. I think we (the open source community) should look into our OWN standards for something like this. Screw these other organizations, they clearly don't have OUR best interests at heart.
Bryan
You made the right choice. In my experience, T-Mobile is a little lax in rural areas. In cities, however, their service is VASTLY superior to Sprints.
I spent two years with Sprint, two years with T-Mobile, and now I'm with Nextel. I'm with Nextel because work is paying 100% for it, otherwise I would still be using T-Mobile. A number of my friends have switched over to T-Mobile now (from AT&T and Sprint) and they are as pleased as I was.
Here are my experiences with the different providers (these are unfortunately estimates, but I believe they fairly accurately represent my experiences with these providers):
Sprint PCS:
- 50% of the calls to my one friend resulted in me hearing him, but him NOT hearing me.
- 50% of my calls that went over 2 minutes dropped connection.
- 90% of my calls that went over 10 minutes dropped connection.
- 90% of my calls in Wicker Park had distortion, clicking, and that GOD AWFULL popping sound.
- 50% of my calls in Wrigleyville/Lakeview had the same sound quality problems.
- I would have sound quality issues even if the phones reported that I had full signal strength.
- 20% of my incoming calls went straight to voice mail.
- 80% of the time I tried calling during a cubs game (when I lived in Wrigleyville) all circuits were busy.
- 25% of the voice mails that were left for me, my phone never notified me. It could take days before I would discover I had a voicemail. Some of our web servers went down for 3 days because of this one. That was the last straw.
T-Mobile:
- Connection dropped about 4 times over a two year period. That's really freakin' good.
- Reception is flakey in some areas of Cleveland, good in most areas.
- 95% of the time I had no sound quality issues. The remaining 5% were rare occurrences or when I had really poor reception (my parents basement in Cleveland).
- 95% of calls rang, only about 5% went straight to voice mail and I was notified that I missed those calls 100% of the time.
- 100% of the time, my phone notified me when I had a voice mail.
- 99% of my outgoing calls worked on the first try. It was very rare that I can the equivalent of an "all circuits busy" message.
- T-Mobile had newer model Nokia phones (my preferred brand). At the time, Sprint didn't and wasn't going to anytime soon.
- 100% of the time I get the number of the person who called me when my phone didn't catch it (even if they didn't leave a voice mail).
Nextel:
- 5% of my calls drop.
- 20% of the time I have sound quality issues (but not as extreme as with sprint).
- 100% of the time I get my voice mails.
- I only get the number of a person who called me and my phone didn't catch it when they leave a voice mail.
So far, here's how I'd rate the three providers on a 10 scale:
T-Mobile 8.5. I would have made them a 9 but I felt my contract with them was a little pricey. I would think I can get a better deal these days to bump them up to a 9.
Nextel: 6.5. It's free, so I can't complain, but the QoS is not even close to T-Mobile's, and my Motorola phone sucks.
Sprint: 2. It sucked. I'll never use Sprint again, and I know it hasn't changed because my roommate has had Sprint for the last two years and his problems continue unnabated to this day.
The other big providers in our area are US Cellular (no experience), Verizon (no experience) and AT&T. AT&T is over priced, but has good reception according to my friends. I know nothing about the rest of their service.
All in all, if you live in the Chicago area at least I personally recommend T-Mobile.
Bryan
No kidding. My friend got married last spring and in his wedding the Photographer was a really horrid woman (late 30's early 40's). She did EVERYTHING that was mentioned in this article. She shoved people out of the way, she was rude, she hogged all the good pictures to herself. All while spending the entire evening bitching to anybody she possibly could about how digital cameras were ruining her business.
You know what though, SHE was the one ruining her business, not the digital camers. You have to adapt with the times, and you have to adapt to the situation, and being a horrid cold bitch is not the way to sell yourself to potential future customers. You can't be complacent, no matter who you are or what job you do, times change.
You want to take good wedding pictures? Hire a local college student who is going to school for Photography. You'll get a great price, great pictures, and the student will get some extra money for beer and some pictures for their art classes. I can tell you my college friends who were photography majors sure would've appreciated the work!!
Bryan
Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in Python using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in Perl using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Who needs Kylix when you can write your GUIs in C/C++ using wxWindows, GTK, or QT for FREE?
Notice a trend here? Oh, but there's more...
Linux is found on Open Source software. Why on earth would I write a program in a propietary language than costs $$$ that would be pointless to distribute to the rest of the Linux community because only *I* could compile it? Quite simply, I wouldn't. I'd write it in Java or Python because I know other Linux developers would have Java or Python.
I do not know a *SINGLE* developer who has Kylix, and I only know of one application our company uses that was written in Delphi. That application is a very specialized mortgage application and is not usefull to anybody outside the mortgage industry (and I even question it's usability inside the industry). To add insult to industry, they're planning a complete rewrite in C# for 2005.
Finally, we all know that Borland has been wishy-washy at best when it comes to their support of the Linux environment. The Interbase/Firebird fiasco is proof enough.
I wouldn't trust my money with them. They've been made irrelevant by Microsoft, SUN, *AND* Linux. They consistently and stubbornly refuse to get with the program. That's why nobody users their software anymore.
And Turbo Pascal used to be a really really damn good product. It's sad, really.
Bryan
Now, I know some Slashdot weenie is going to come along and say "But he wasn't planning on calling you at home jackass!"
I know that. But if that's your reaction to my post then you've completely missed the point.
Bryan
Did you ever hear of flyers or bulletin boards or advertising on the sides of busses or advertising on Taxi cabs?
Seriously, there are a LOT of ways you can get your word out without violating other people's privacy.
Why not have a group of actors go down to the lakefront (or whatever the equivalent is in your city) and do some free Shakespear performances during lunch? Pass out some flyers when you're done!
There's SO much you could possibly do, and some of it (free Shakespear in the park) is very positive. If all you can do is rely on "calling" people at home during dinner, you're hardly doing yourselves justice and you're certainly not doing us a favor. I sure as hell won't go see ANY performance troup that has the gall to disturb me by calling me at home, that's for sure.
Bryan
I don't want a Perl shell (at least not until Perl 6 comes out and only if it blows me away). I would LOVE a Python based shell though that let me do pretty much everything I do in bash as easily.
Bryan
That still fails to prove that these patents were genuine and the patent office isn't making mistakes. Just because they aren't challenged doesn't mean they aren't wrong, just like having a patent also doesn't mean that you must enforce it!
All this says is that less than 1% are worth the hassle of challenging in court. It doesn't say that >99% are truly legitimate.
Bryan
Correct 99% of the time my ass. Nobody is right 99% of the time. Even Einstein was wrong, look at all the flaws found in his theories every day. If they're correct 99% of the time, then I dare you to show us some statistics AND their sources backing this claim up.