If the power goes out to a business you have a lot more troubles than just the phone. Most business rely on computers - oops, they're down. Many newer office building have a lot of interior space that doesn't get natural lighting - oops, everyone's in the dark.
True. But they could still get on their landline and say, "Hey Fred, that file I was supposed to send you might not be sent for a bit..." Or conference calls could still go through. I mean, things can happen without power.
We have a lot of power outages around these parts. I kind of like how my telephone works even if I want my telephone tied to my Internet which is tied to my power. I suppose I could get a UPS for my cable modem and phone, but is that really optimal? Any battery source eventually dies.
I was just thinking to myself today that it sucks that my cordless phone doesn't work when the power goes out.
For me, power outages are a minor annoyance. But for companies? How can they deal with virtually all lines to their associates being cut?
In any case, I'll be keeping my landline and a "corded" phone for the time being.
(Unless someone has a solution for constant power outages?)
What is it about the typical English psyche that finds the image of giant saltshakers so horrifying?
Dude, didn't you see it? Not only is it a giant salt shaker, it's made of gold. GOLD! Nothing can stop gold! And what are those little bulbs on the outside? Those could be anything! They might be filled with death itself, for all we know. That giant lever? I'm going to assume that plays a random clip from Walker, Texas Ranger.
But even Cordell Walker himself couldn't stop these things from shaking the salt of death on it's enemy. Oh, no. Maybe Walker could take a Dalek, but only if he enlisted the help of that black Texas Ranger and possibly the younger man & woman Texas Rangers, too. But that's only if the Dalek hasn't taken Walker's wife hostage.
I predict: many drop kicks in the next Dr. Who episode.
Three days old is now "old news"? I'm not sure you understand how Slashdot works. The editors don't break stories, they repost stories and the users comment on it.
Thanks to Slashdot, I am now eating all the Twinkies I want! Apparently I am now "healthier than I thought." I simply avoid this "AOP" thing, and it's all good. (I'm also picking up some hip slang around these parts.) God damn you, Dr. Atkins. You can rot for all I care. With the Slashdot diet, I needn't exercise any self-control or socialize with others. And thanks to the Slashdot dating service, my love life has never been better. I found a plump girl with a low enough self-esteem to play along with my elaborately frilly warlock fantasies. I put my life in the hands of CowboyNeal, and you should, too!
Yeah, because we all know that the best metric for software isn't support, quality, price (or a ratio of the previous)... It's bullshit political ideology, of course!
I didn't say that, though. "Freeness" is a quality "zealots" look for in Software. Along with support, quality, price. (As noted by a sibling post, freeness affects these criteria, as well.)
It's like this: If a piece of software has inadequate support, I won't buy it (support). If a piece of software is shitty, I won't buy it (quality). If a piece of software costs too much, I won't buy it (price). If a piece of software is "not free enough", I won't buy it (freeness).
Freeness is just another criteria, but not the only one.
the [current] rule does not apply to companies that distribute software as a service, such as Google and eBay
Google and eBay distribute HTML. That HTML is created by software that uses GPL code. So if I modify a GPL Office Suite, would I have to distribute the code if I email someone a document I made with it? Seems like a bad idea, in general.
I guess people could fork the GPL2.0'd code if the software developers switched to GPL 3.0
Which is the problem, since it's "not free enough", the zealots simply dismiss it, and lets face it, the zealots are the ones helping spread Linux usage. It's stupid and it needs to stop.
Maybe "zealots" don't want to help spread software that doesn't meet their criteria for good software (i.e. "isn't free enough").
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A _CHEAP_ OS from _MICROSOFT_? Is that possible?
They've had those for years. Wake me up when they have an inexpensive operating system.
If the power goes out to a business you have a lot more troubles than just the phone. Most business rely on computers - oops, they're down. Many newer office building have a lot of interior space that doesn't get natural lighting - oops, everyone's in the dark.
True. But they could still get on their landline and say, "Hey Fred, that file I was supposed to send you might not be sent for a bit..." Or conference calls could still go through. I mean, things can happen without power.
We have a lot of power outages around these parts. I kind of like how my telephone works even if I want my telephone tied to my Internet which is tied to my power. I suppose I could get a UPS for my cable modem and phone, but is that really optimal? Any battery source eventually dies.
I was just thinking to myself today that it sucks that my cordless phone doesn't work when the power goes out.
For me, power outages are a minor annoyance. But for companies? How can they deal with virtually all lines to their associates being cut?
In any case, I'll be keeping my landline and a "corded" phone for the time being.
(Unless someone has a solution for constant power outages?)
I never received an email or a fax from the department of home affairs saying that gay now means homo...
(Emphasis mine.)
(I likes me jokes as I likes me whoors.)
I won't pay for a different reason. I steadfastly refuse to help those that choose to write headlines in the third person.
Why shouldn't the EFF be handling this? Or the ACLU? Do we really need a new fund?
If they have there's a law saying we shouldn't be replying...
It's ok, it's only a computer, and it doesn't have a personality.
Quiet, you'll hurt it's feelings!
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while($that_may_be === true)
{
iconv("erse", "in", "php");
while (in_array("of", $user_comments)
{
cos("php rocks");
}
}
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What is it about the typical English psyche that finds the image of giant saltshakers so horrifying?
Dude, didn't you see it? Not only is it a giant salt shaker, it's made of gold. GOLD! Nothing can stop gold! And what are those little bulbs on the outside? Those could be anything! They might be filled with death itself, for all we know. That giant lever? I'm going to assume that plays a random clip from Walker, Texas Ranger.
But even Cordell Walker himself couldn't stop these things from shaking the salt of death on it's enemy. Oh, no. Maybe Walker could take a Dalek, but only if he enlisted the help of that black Texas Ranger and possibly the younger man & woman Texas Rangers, too. But that's only if the Dalek hasn't taken Walker's wife hostage.
I predict: many drop kicks in the next Dr. Who episode.
"We have taken all the perceived weaknesses of the Dalek and made them deadly" - Mike Tucker, miniature effects supervisor
Well, they used to be deadly, too. It's just they were deadly for the Dalek, not for it's opponent.
Three days old is now "old news"? I'm not sure you understand how Slashdot works. The editors don't break stories, they repost stories and the users comment on it.
Oh, and Steve wears New Balance shoes.
At least one other "reseller" has received legal threats, but apparently they think they are immune.
I always thought \r\n was good.
Oh yeah. It definitely is.
Thanks to Slashdot, I am now eating all the Twinkies I want! Apparently I am now "healthier than I thought." I simply avoid this "AOP" thing, and it's all good. (I'm also picking up some hip slang around these parts.) God damn you, Dr. Atkins. You can rot for all I care. With the Slashdot diet, I needn't exercise any self-control or socialize with others. And thanks to the Slashdot dating service, my love life has never been better. I found a plump girl with a low enough self-esteem to play along with my elaborately frilly warlock fantasies. I put my life in the hands of CowboyNeal, and you should, too!
EVERYONE thought the fat one would check-out first...NOPE!
Pffft. That had nothing to do with weight, and everything to do with Ebert eating Siskel.
I may get flaimed for this, but I think that America is turning more and more into a police state.
You must be new here.
I wonder who narc'd everyone out?
Slashdot , News.com.com and i2hub.com did.
... and so, as you can see, BSD is on it's way to being legendary -- AUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
I wonder if they can patent "a method of using disco music to make bits 'get perpendicular.'" Maybe if they crimp the disk, afterwards.
Americans got too stupid to accept our own currecny.
Stupid and (more importantly) paranoid are a bad combination. (Article mentions "post-9/11 world...", for example.)
Yeah, because we all know that the best metric for software isn't support, quality, price (or a ratio of the previous)... It's bullshit political ideology, of course!
I didn't say that, though. "Freeness" is a quality "zealots" look for in Software. Along with support, quality, price. (As noted by a sibling post, freeness affects these criteria, as well.)
It's like this: If a piece of software has inadequate support, I won't buy it (support). If a piece of software is shitty, I won't buy it (quality). If a piece of software costs too much, I won't buy it (price). If a piece of software is "not free enough", I won't buy it (freeness).
Freeness is just another criteria, but not the only one.
Hmm. I could swear that the Google appliance in my rack, and the Google toolbar on my desktop weren't just hunks of HTML.
Google Toolbar - Not GPL.
Google appliance - By the terms of the GPL, they already have to distribute the code if they modify a GPL program. (I'm pretty sure.)
the [current] rule does not apply to companies that distribute software as a service, such as Google and eBay
Google and eBay distribute HTML. That HTML is created by software that uses GPL code. So if I modify a GPL Office Suite, would I have to distribute the code if I email someone a document I made with it? Seems like a bad idea, in general.
I guess people could fork the GPL2.0'd code if the software developers switched to GPL 3.0
Which is the problem, since it's "not free enough", the zealots simply dismiss it, and lets face it, the zealots are the ones helping spread Linux usage. It's stupid and it needs to stop.
Maybe "zealots" don't want to help spread software that doesn't meet their criteria for good software (i.e. "isn't free enough").