Still, it reminds me of Marketing and PR departments that I resent.
When the Marketing/PR department starts making the crucial decisions, the consumer generally loses. (Examples include Intel's Gigahertz campaign, Microsoft for the last twenty years, Bush Jr., Sony's rootkit, DRM in general, etc.)
Imagine that... now that Vista can be reinstalled on new PC's, you decide to buy it because you want to be able to upgrade your entire system, chuck all the hardware, and keep all the software. (Or tell me why this isn't common. Microsoft thinks it's common enough that they changed their license terms.)
Now imagine that your new hardware has four separate processors. Or imagine that you want to install your legal Vista license on a VM image. Or imagine that you want to do any of the other things important enough that Microsoft specifically mentions them in the EULA only to prohibit them. (Or tell me why this isn't common. Microsoft thinks it's common enough that they include them in the license terms.)
It's still a trap. It's just got the bait in it now.
I don't understand how this comment is unmoderated. This is important news. Microsoft is responding to their customers on this one. This item should be an important part of this, and many of the other discussions on slashdot.
Microsoft changed their EULA. They allow infinite transfers. Link to more information in parent post.
Yeah, I think this is pretty easy to understand (heh, heh, heh). For instance, click on the link in the article that explains what "Shared Source" means. Then read this:
Background information
Understanding Microsoft's new, simplified Shared Source licenses -- Oct. 19, 2005 -- a description of the newly released shared source licenses, including sections on the Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL) Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL), Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL), Microsoft Community License (Ms-CL), Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RL), and Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RL).
My experience has been interesting. My university's college of engineering has a full-time staff of three, serving multiple labs in multiple buildings (so the infrastructure is non-trivial). They hire part-time and full-time students, train them, and rely on them for a lot of the work they need done. Because of the great leadership, the engineering network (entirely linux-powered on the backend, with all types of machines from supercomputers to workstations to desktops of every flavor) has an incredible track record, and they have been able to deal with almost every problem in a very professional way.
The CS department is exactly the opposite. There is one full-time staff administrator, who hires students to work for him. He is ornery and unhelpful. The network is down a lot. The machines are only updated infrequently, accounts get destroyed on a regular basis, the works. The same setup (linux backend, linux, windows, and mac clients) but administered entirely differently.
I guess my experience has been that if you are going to migrate, you need people who know how to do it. Linux might get a bad name, but it's really the people behind the migration.
Hey, so I understand the applications in Physics of desktop particle accelerators, but what kinds of medical therapy use particle accelerators? Wikipedia suggests creating rare "proton-heavy" isotopes, but I'm having trouble finding more about what kinds of "killer apps" (pun intended) would be enabled if there were cheap desktop particle accelerators. Someone in med school?
slack is a configuration management system designed to appeal to lazy
admins (like me). It's an evolution from the usual "put files in some
central directory" that is faily common practice. It's descended from an
earlier system I also wrote, called "subsets", and uses a multi-stage
rsync to fix some of the problems I had there.
I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.6 and it rendered fine. I wonder if that's something other than your browser there?
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Yeah, mod me famebait or troll, but I've got some really great friends who are women. I'm not married, but I know lots of couples that are very much in love. Not saying women are perfect, but they're a lot better than your average guy, even just as friends.
Not currently dating any of them, either. Maybe I'm just an aberration.
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Still, it reminds me of Marketing and PR departments that I resent.
When the Marketing/PR department starts making the crucial decisions, the consumer generally loses. (Examples include Intel's Gigahertz campaign, Microsoft for the last twenty years, Bush Jr., Sony's rootkit, DRM in general, etc.)
And if you are missing the Trademark ATI Red, don't worry. It's a feature. Once the thing is powered up, that black? It turns RED.
Imagine that ... now that Vista can be reinstalled on new PC's, you decide to buy it because you want to be able to upgrade your entire system, chuck all the hardware, and keep all the software. (Or tell me why this isn't common. Microsoft thinks it's common enough that they changed their license terms.)
Now imagine that your new hardware has four separate processors. Or imagine that you want to install your legal Vista license on a VM image. Or imagine that you want to do any of the other things important enough that Microsoft specifically mentions them in the EULA only to prohibit them. (Or tell me why this isn't common. Microsoft thinks it's common enough that they include them in the license terms.)
It's still a trap. It's just got the bait in it now.
I don't understand how this comment is unmoderated. This is important news. Microsoft is responding to their customers on this one. This item should be an important part of this, and many of the other discussions on slashdot.
Microsoft changed their EULA. They allow infinite transfers. Link to more information in parent post.
In the wikipedia article I linked, it suggests WinRK could still outperform a tweaked PAQ engine. But it seems it has not been submitted.
My experience has been interesting. My university's college of engineering has a full-time staff of three, serving multiple labs in multiple buildings (so the infrastructure is non-trivial). They hire part-time and full-time students, train them, and rely on them for a lot of the work they need done. Because of the great leadership, the engineering network (entirely linux-powered on the backend, with all types of machines from supercomputers to workstations to desktops of every flavor) has an incredible track record, and they have been able to deal with almost every problem in a very professional way.
The CS department is exactly the opposite. There is one full-time staff administrator, who hires students to work for him. He is ornery and unhelpful. The network is down a lot. The machines are only updated infrequently, accounts get destroyed on a regular basis, the works. The same setup (linux backend, linux, windows, and mac clients) but administered entirely differently.
I guess my experience has been that if you are going to migrate, you need people who know how to do it. Linux might get a bad name, but it's really the people behind the migration.
many types of medical therapy
Hey, so I understand the applications in Physics of desktop particle accelerators, but what kinds of medical therapy use particle accelerators? Wikipedia suggests creating rare "proton-heavy" isotopes, but I'm having trouble finding more about what kinds of "killer apps" (pun intended) would be enabled if there were cheap desktop particle accelerators. Someone in med school?
So I went to one of the good places for lunch today and the cute chick at the cash register was wearing a monkey outfit.
"Hey, how come no one else is in costume today?"
"Oh, they all forgot. So what do you think of my costume?"
"Uh, it's pretty good. George Bush, right?"
She laughed. But no, I didn't ask her out.
1. Elect slashdotter to Congress
2. ???
3. Profit!
I for one welcome our new Mormon overlords...
... the Mormons. Yes, the Mormons. Now ..."
"Ahem. Welcome to hell. Yes, you are in Hell."
"Hey, I was a good Protestant! Why am I not in heaven?"
"Umm, you chose the wrong answer. The correct answer was
(On YouTube too)
Does anyone know if WinRK has been submitted? It's probably pretty slow, and may go over the 10 hour time limit.
Okay, queue the slashdot mouse jokes.
First they created mice who don't age.
Not realizing what they were doing, they placed live human brain cells in the mouse's brain.
Then they made the mouse always happy, and gave it its own complete genetic map.
Suddenly we find a new mouse species.
And now they can search the web better than humans. Will someone please welcome our new overlords?
I doubt it will get too slashdotted, but just in case, this is the link with the downloads coming from coral cache:
/~alan/projects/slack
:)
Index of
[TXT] COPYING 13-Oct-2006 00:09 1k
[TXT] ChangeLog 13-Oct-2006 00:09 7k
[ ] slack-0.13.1.tar.gz 08-Jan-2005 20:01 28k
[ ] slack-0.13.2.tar.gz 09-Feb-2005 11:27 28k
[ ] slack-0.14.0.tar.gz 13-Oct-2006 00:09 47k
Short Description:
slack is a configuration management system designed to appeal to lazy
admins (like me). It's an evolution from the usual "put files in some
central directory" that is faily common practice. It's descended from an
earlier system I also wrote, called "subsets", and uses a multi-stage
rsync to fix some of the problems I had there.
Basically, it's a glorified wrapper around rsync.
License:
See the file COPYING.
Getting slack:
http://www.sundell.net/~alan/projects/slack/
Documentation:
Not much, but there's some in doc/
Reporting problems:
Send an email to <sundell (at gmail.com)>. Probably want to put
"slack" in the subject and be patient for replies.
$Id: README,v 1.5 2006/09/25 21:35:22 alan Exp $
Or see the post in the discussion where a guy's lamp draws 25W when off. Care to clarify?
We will only do that if the serial number is 666.
I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.6 and it rendered fine. I wonder if that's something other than your browser there?
Yeah, mod me famebait or troll, but I've got some really great friends who are women. I'm not married, but I know lots of couples that are very much in love. Not saying women are perfect, but they're a lot better than your average guy, even just as friends.
Not currently dating any of them, either. Maybe I'm just an aberration.
Wish I could add more to the discussion, but the site is slashdotted, so here's the coral cache link.
When I get back from my meeting, I might think of something more useful to say.
I read that as:
... :-P
"Nothing except mint can make money without advertising."
Sorry, I'll go eat some B&J Mint Chocolate Cookie
Chris, you really need to study this quiz (Flash warning).
I guess we need to update the quiz (requires Flash).
Why is everybody posting here posting AC? I think that's pretty cowardly ... oh wait ...
I am bedazzled with your grandiloquent verbiage.
To paraphrase the quote by Pastor Martin Niemoller: