MythTv, I haven't tried it myself - actually I haven't bothered watching any form of TV much in the last few years - but BS like this would never be an issue.
Yes, and typing 's' gives you McDonalds, 'd' gives you d-link, and "flubber nuts" (with the space) gives you a recipe site. Typing a non address into the address bar will load the first google search returned - just like google's "I'm feeling lucky" button.
It will probably be stated in the license agreement that it is to be run on authorized Apple hardware only. It will probably also not be too long, however, until said hardware is emulated and the peasants will rejoice:-) Imagine pearpc but *much* faster since most instructions will be run natively rather than emulated.
Yes, they plan to build chips that automatically shut down when they detect Windows running. Problem solved.
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Opening these protocols to FOSS projects is not likely to cause Microsoft irreparable harm. The only danger I could imagine is that opening them will expose a megaplex of holes in the protocols and we'll see a rush of exploits that make the worst Microsoft security issue in its history seem like a minor incident. Then it will harm Microsoft because it will cost them billions in sales as people migrate to non-Microsoft server software to escape the invasion of worms and other exploits poking through those holes.
It seems likely that that is very close to the argument that Microsoft will be using. They can't, on one hand, point to Linux as their primary competition in the operating systems market as proof that they don't hold a monopoly and, on the other hand, specifically try to prevent FOSS from being able to compete while allowing any and all corporate competitors access to these protocols. That just won't fly. The security argument, though, has at some legitimacy. There is a real concearn there - Their code and design has been a secret for a very long time, and they have been tacking on ever more kludges while trying to maintain as much backward compatibility as possible. The number of potential security holes is hard to immagine.
Somewhere around 3.5% actually. And of course you're right, no one would ever pay attention to a company with such a tiny market share, right? http://www.apple.com/
Damn, that's a let-down. I guess I must have misread it. If I am able to go (depending on how bogged down I am with classes and etc.), I won't get to drink anyway as I would be driving back that night to Cleveland, but I still thought beer from IBM was somewhere near the top of the list for just plain cool and unexpected.
That is just incredible, especially when you think about the fact that it is able to control multiple species. Wow. It would be very interesting to see if other species not as closely related would behave in the same way, various beetles, for instance.
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True, but if you download OO2, you select language and operating system - for Linux, your choice is x86 or PPC. What it gives you is a bunch of RPM files. There is no option for.deb or just a good old tarball, they just assume that Linux=RPM (Redhat Package Manager) files. My first attempt to install was to install RPM and try to use that - didn't work because it insisted that none of the dependencies were installed. rpm2tgz worked fine though. I'm pretty sure that between the debian based distros, source based distros, and various other package formats that RPM distros likely make up far less than half of Linux users - not all Linux users as Sun seems to assume. A tar.gz would work for everyone.
To install under most Linux distributions, you must convert the "Linux" rpm files from OO/Sun to tar.gz using rpm2tgz and then extract them. Sun seems to be under the impression that "Linux" is just another name for "Redhat". It rather sucks but if you want to test the Beta you can just convert and extract, or wait for it to show up in your distro's repository.
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Exactly. It pisses me off to no end that my college has moved from teaching C/C++ for introductory courses to teaching Java. If it were an open standard, there would be no problem. But as it stands right now they are teaching a single vender proprietary language for general purpose programming courses. Given the vast number of projects and companies which depend on Java, I would love to see Sun release their implementation under the GPL and create an independant organization to control the future standardization and direction of the language. I'll use Java when I can use ANSI Java and have a selection of platform implementations to choose from.
you still would have to pay a subscription fee to access the package repository after a brief trial period. That isn't exactly free. Stick with Ubuntu - it will always be free and is a much better distro to begin with.
Not too long ago, I heard some business students at the table next to me talking, one was promising to bring someone a copy of Office and bragging about how he had all of these copies of all sorts of Microsoft software that he copied/stole, whatever, from someplace he worked. I asked him why they didn't just use OpenOffice - he had never heard of it. Even when I explained what it was they seemed to have about zero interest. It was rather frightening and depressing.
As for a free XP, I don't think that's ever going to happen. Vista basically *IS* XP with a very minor face lift. They haven't added anything really new, so that would mean flushing all of their sales prospects.
I remember thinking many times while reading those books that the author really needed to stop and get laid and then write the rest of the book. She had sex on her mind way too much. This theory was confirmed beyond all doubt when she described intercourse between two wooly mamoths for at least twenty pages.
:-) Another interesting, if less humorous, book that this brings to mind is Clan Of The Cave Bear and the rest of the "Earth's Children" series by Jean Auel.
The article has absolutely nothing to do with creation, so I don't see how this applies. If you mean "Can't we go one day without discussing anything that I can't find in Genesis?", then: No. Probably not.
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MythTv, I haven't tried it myself - actually I haven't bothered watching any form of TV much in the last few years - but BS like this would never be an issue.
Yes, and typing 's' gives you McDonalds, 'd' gives you d-link, and "flubber nuts" (with the space) gives you a recipe site. Typing a non address into the address bar will load the first google search returned - just like google's "I'm feeling lucky" button.
It will probably be stated in the license agreement that it is to be run on authorized Apple hardware only. It will probably also not be too long, however, until said hardware is emulated and the peasants will rejoice :-) Imagine pearpc but *much* faster since most instructions will be run natively rather than emulated.
Offtopic? It would appear that that *IS* the topic.
No, you are misunderstanding the problem. Heat is reflected, true. Light, however, is not reflected. Get it?
Yes, they plan to build chips that automatically shut down when they detect Windows running. Problem solved.
Somewhere around 3.5% actually. And of course you're right, no one would ever pay attention to a company with such a tiny market share, right? http://www.apple.com/
Damn, that's a let-down. I guess I must have misread it. If I am able to go (depending on how bogged down I am with classes and etc.), I won't get to drink anyway as I would be driving back that night to Cleveland, but I still thought beer from IBM was somewhere near the top of the list for just plain cool and unexpected.
Actually, IBM is already providing the beer.
This sounds quite a bit more involved than that, getting the host to actually jump/crawl into the water where it drowns.
That is just incredible, especially when you think about the fact that it is able to control multiple species. Wow. It would be very interesting to see if other species not as closely related would behave in the same way, various beetles, for instance.
My laptop.
True, but if you download OO2, you select language and operating system - for Linux, your choice is x86 or PPC. What it gives you is a bunch of RPM files. There is no option for .deb or just a good old tarball, they just assume that Linux=RPM (Redhat Package Manager) files. My first attempt to install was to install RPM and try to use that - didn't work because it insisted that none of the dependencies were installed. rpm2tgz worked fine though. I'm pretty sure that between the debian based distros, source based distros, and various other package formats that RPM distros likely make up far less than half of Linux users - not all Linux users as Sun seems to assume. A tar.gz would work for everyone.
To install under most Linux distributions, you must convert the "Linux" rpm files from OO/Sun to tar.gz using rpm2tgz and then extract them. Sun seems to be under the impression that "Linux" is just another name for "Redhat". It rather sucks but if you want to test the Beta you can just convert and extract, or wait for it to show up in your distro's repository.
Warning the author of parent is on crack.
Exactly. It pisses me off to no end that my college has moved from teaching C/C++ for introductory courses to teaching Java. If it were an open standard, there would be no problem. But as it stands right now they are teaching a single vender proprietary language for general purpose programming courses. Given the vast number of projects and companies which depend on Java, I would love to see Sun release their implementation under the GPL and create an independant organization to control the future standardization and direction of the language. I'll use Java when I can use ANSI Java and have a selection of platform implementations to choose from.
so when will they GPL Java?
you still would have to pay a subscription fee to access the package repository after a brief trial period. That isn't exactly free. Stick with Ubuntu - it will always be free and is a much better distro to begin with.
Not too long ago, I heard some business students at the table next to me talking, one was promising to bring someone a copy of Office and bragging about how he had all of these copies of all sorts of Microsoft software that he copied/stole, whatever, from someplace he worked. I asked him why they didn't just use OpenOffice - he had never heard of it. Even when I explained what it was they seemed to have about zero interest. It was rather frightening and depressing.
As for a free XP, I don't think that's ever going to happen. Vista basically *IS* XP with a very minor face lift. They haven't added anything really new, so that would mean flushing all of their sales prospects.I remember thinking many times while reading those books that the author really needed to stop and get laid and then write the rest of the book. She had sex on her mind way too much. This theory was confirmed beyond all doubt when she described intercourse between two wooly mamoths for at least twenty pages.
So that's it! They're jealous that they lost out in evolution so they want to ban the teaching of it in schools! I finally understand.
:-) Another interesting, if less humorous, book that this brings to mind is Clan Of The Cave Bear and the rest of the "Earth's Children" series by Jean Auel.
Or they were a prototype. ;-)
The article has absolutely nothing to do with creation, so I don't see how this applies. If you mean "Can't we go one day without discussing anything that I can't find in Genesis?", then: No. Probably not.