Lets be serious here...THE POPULACE DOES NOT GIVE A RATS ASS ABOUT SOURCE CODE!!!!!!!
Now that that's said and done, I believe that the voting system can be either closed or open source, but what really matters is when the law comes in and asks for source code a company should exonerate itself by giving the source code. On the flip side, if its closed source, they should also have the right to protect their intellectual property. It's a tricky situation, but with a little social responsibility closed source software might be the way to go.
Always remember, its closed source software that feeds your kids.
Why is it that in America we allow such things to happen? What happened to parents taking responsibility for their children? As a child I remembered hearing my parents telling me "No". And if I continued bothering them the spanking would commence. These days parents are afraid to be parents because of how government regulates children. If a parent disciplines their kids by spanking, it's bad. But if this is not done, than they will grow up and be miscreants. As a conservative right-winged nut, I refuse to blame the game industry. It is the parent's responsibility to take handle of the situation. If you are reading this and want to understand what happens to a generation of children who never got spanked, by all means read Starship Troopers by Heinlein. Parents take back your children or else the state will impose its foot into your house.
I am not talking about old technologies my friend. I am aware that the existance of WinModems puts a hamper of a lot of device driver developments. i am talking bout newer technologies like the ones centrino has.
I fear that this new edition might not be as good as the original just because its not Stevens. Stevens is one of my Heroes of the Comp Sci world, and I pray that his soul is doing well in heaven. I'll just wait until my other friends tell me that the coast is clear
"Device drivers are also problematic for Linux, Johnson said, because while there are several hardware vendors committed to Linux solutions and to releasing device drivers, a lot of this device driver support lags for Linux and is often almost immediately available for Windows, he said."
I believe that this is a falicy. I feel that sometimes that Linux-based Operating Systems (Especially Ubuntu) do have the same, if not more, hardware support. I have Ubuntu 5.04 and it picked up all my Centrino hardware, which pleased me to no end. XP picked up the hardware, but did not configure it correctly as Ubuntu did. I mean honestly, the balls on Microsoft must be big to say such a statement without checking out the competition thuroughly.
Cell phones annoying when you are at a store or in the movie theatres. If the FCC allows this, not only will it disrupt one of our greatest goals, but annoy the crap out of people on the plane. If they allow this travesty to happen, I'll make sure to boycott airlines for good!
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Lets be serious here...THE POPULACE DOES NOT GIVE A RATS ASS ABOUT SOURCE CODE!!!!!!!
Now that that's said and done, I believe that the voting system can be either closed or open source, but what really matters is when the law comes in and asks for source code a company should exonerate itself by giving the source code. On the flip side, if its closed source, they should also have the right to protect their intellectual property. It's a tricky situation, but with a little social responsibility closed source software might be the way to go.
Always remember, its closed source software that feeds your kids.
Why is it that in America we allow such things to happen? What happened to parents taking responsibility for their children? As a child I remembered hearing my parents telling me "No". And if I continued bothering them the spanking would commence. These days parents are afraid to be parents because of how government regulates children. If a parent disciplines their kids by spanking, it's bad. But if this is not done, than they will grow up and be miscreants. As a conservative right-winged nut, I refuse to blame the game industry. It is the parent's responsibility to take handle of the situation. If you are reading this and want to understand what happens to a generation of children who never got spanked, by all means read Starship Troopers by Heinlein. Parents take back your children or else the state will impose its foot into your house.
I am not talking about old technologies my friend. I am aware that the existance of WinModems puts a hamper of a lot of device driver developments. i am talking bout newer technologies like the ones centrino has.
I fear that this new edition might not be as good as the original just because its not Stevens. Stevens is one of my Heroes of the Comp Sci world, and I pray that his soul is doing well in heaven. I'll just wait until my other friends tell me that the coast is clear
I believe that this is a falicy. I feel that sometimes that Linux-based Operating Systems (Especially Ubuntu) do have the same, if not more, hardware support. I have Ubuntu 5.04 and it picked up all my Centrino hardware, which pleased me to no end. XP picked up the hardware, but did not configure it correctly as Ubuntu did. I mean honestly, the balls on Microsoft must be big to say such a statement without checking out the competition thuroughly.
My 2 cents, take it or leave it...
Let the summer of love commence!
If they can do this to one company, what makes you think they'll stop? Jesus this is scary...
I create a TODO.txt file and keep my life organized through that. Thats as complex as it gets...
Cell phones annoying when you are at a store or in the movie theatres. If the FCC allows this, not only will it disrupt one of our greatest goals, but annoy the crap out of people on the plane. If they allow this travesty to happen, I'll make sure to boycott airlines for good!
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To think...being able to wiggle out a remote control vehicle with no one near it...all I can say is Wow!
Now if I can only find the two bits that changes my XP machine back to 2000...
Doesn't Microsoft own the Evil(tm) trademark?
Do Yahoo and Hotmail follow the same practices? If so, what companies do not use this practice that can give me one gig free web mail?