You are welcome. By the way, I use/mnt for permanently mounted local partitions, such as my Windows disks (enumerated as/mnt/win/c,/mnt/win/d, etc, just like they are enumerated in Windows), as well as an extra ext3 partition I use for additional storage.
The exposure has probably been good for Foxconn overall.
With me, the reputation of Foxconn is now as a potential troublemaker rather than two weeks ago when they didn't have any reputation since I never heard of them before last week. I don't know if that's really better for them.
Them apparently fixing this issue does not fix their reputation with me. As you might be aware of, a good reputation takes a long way to build, while it is very easy to ruin.
Foxconn has a long way to go before I'll even consider their products purchasable. We're talking at least a decade.
One of the reasons why many Linux users have an unusually big effect on sales of IT-related products is because many of them are employed in positions that give them the capacity to specify what hardware their employers will buy. Bad press in the Linux world might make many corporations think twice about buying Foxconn stuff, simply because the Linux-using geeks in the IT department talks them down, regardless of whether most computers in said corporations actually run Windows anyway.
In the end, the biggest motherboard maker has said they won't ignore us.
Biggest motherboard maker? I had never heard of them before last week.
But of course, it is possible that they produce boards for name-brand manufacturers but don't have any significant sales operation directly aimed at end users. That could make them a big board manufacturer without having a well-known brand name among end users. When I'm shopping for motherboards, I'm more into motherboards made by companies such as ASUS, which have all worked very well for me.
Exactly. It's not like good manufacturers that make boards that work on any OS are in short supply. I'd rather choose a manufacturer whose products has worked time and again, rather than some scruffy manufacturer with a history of problems, regardless of whether they were caused by malice or just incompetence.
To tell you the truth, I had never heard of Foxconn before the incident a week ago, and I don't think they have any products available in any local computer stores. But even if they had, this debacle puts them in the last position on my list of usable brands. Them now trying to cover up their previous malice won't work with me.
If you read the original article, the way the guy who discovered the issue approached them was completely arrogant.
Well, if I had discovered something that looked like someone deliberately broke something in the product, I would be pretty upset. It is unlikely that I would approach the perpetrator with any significant amount of diplomacy. Bugs are one thing, deliberately breaking stuff is quite another matter.
Sumdumass always vigorously defends his corporate masters, whether it concerns their "moral right" to close down GPL code with DRM, or as in this case, deliberately break ACPI if Linux is detected.
It's obvious that Microsoft feels the same way about software patents that many Slashdotters do, but the problem is being a huge obvious target, they can't afford to let their guard down. Don't hate the player, hate the game, you know.
If they are such vocal critics of the patentability of software, why did they aggressively rattle the software patent saber against the FOSS community last year? You know, the 235 claimed infringements of claimed Microsoft software patents in FOSS that Steve Ballmer voiced last year with a demand that FOSS pay up for its "undisclosed balance-sheet liability".
That is not a sign of someone reluctantly keeping a portfolio of software patents just for self-defense. No, Microsoft is using their patent portfolio unprovoked as a way of putting a dark cloud over the FOSS community, just like they have been staunch supporters of proposed legislation to legalize software patents in the EU.
Thus, hate the player is very reasonable with regard to Microsoft and software patents.
So let's say Microsoft agrees to never enforce any patent against Open Source software, what stops IBM from planting patent bombs in Open Source software to use against Microsoft
That's easy, you put in a termination clause that says that your non-enforcement of your patents does not apply to anyone who brings a software patent lawsuit against yourself. I think Microsoft already does that with their Open Specification Promise.
In other words: As long as you won't sue me for infringement of your patents, I will not sue you for infringement of my patents. But if you sue me, my earlier promise is void with respect to you, although it is still valid for everybody else.
Instead, what I see is a camp of folks most of whom are quite religious (dogmatic) in their thinking about the topic. The BSD/MIT license people tend not to engage in the debate at all
You must be joking. There are hordes of BSD fanatics on Slashdot and elsewhere that always slam anyone who might dare to suggest that the GPL is a good license into the ground. Every time an article discussing something GPL-related comes up, hordes of these fanatics rush to bury it in loads of "GPL is very restrictive, only BSD is truly free" comments.
For all we know Microsoft could be genuinely turning over a new leaf Post-Gates
That won't happen until we enter the Post-Ballmer (you know, the "GPL is cancer" guy) era. Pigs would fly and hell would freeze over before Ballmer would become friendly towards open source.
/net is for mounting remote network filesystem shares, while/srv is the opposite, that is local content being shared with remote hosts through various protocols. So as an example, the NFS server could use a subdirectory of/srv for exporting local files, and a client could mount that remote share in a subdirectory of/net.
If there isn't any binary compatbility, how can I run my ten year old Linux games (released by the now-defunct LokiGames) on my modern Linux installation?
Windows allows multi-OS booting; yes, even Vista allows it. You just have to know how to do it; just like any dual boot scenario.
False. Your solution requires hackery, while many Linux distros together with most things except Vista takes care of setting up dual-boot during the installation process.
and before you know it, exercise is just a twice-a-week thing.
Actually, twice a week is what my gym recommends. They argue that it is frequently enough to maintain good health, but seldom enough to not take over your life and force you to quit. In other words, exercising twice a week is sustainable, ideally for the rest of your life, while more frequent exercise usually leads to quitting exercises completely after some time.
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This has been my experience too. Before I started, I remembered the physical education classes in school, especially the dreaded changing rooms where all the jocks would throw mean comments about the less physically fit, and thought that the gym would be the same. But I quickly found out that any such fears were completely unfounded. Everyone simply mind their own business. In addition, most customers at my gym are just regular guys, and not the jock/bodybuilder type.
It's really nice to work out somewhere where people don't form an opinion of you based on your physical abilities.
Actually, since March I work out in a regular, albeit better (and more pricey, but it's worth it) than average, gym. At first, I thought it would be like the physical education classes during my school years, with other attendants making mean comments of your performances, especially in the changing rooms. But when I finally went there, there was no problem. People might form opinions of you, but they keep them to themselves and generally mind their own business. And I found out that there are not only bodybuilders/jocks at the gym, on the contrary, most people are regular guys just like yourself, trying to get a better fitness.
Aside from that, I really enjoy walking. I usually walk part of the way back from work, taking the subway train the rest of the way as it is a little bit far (around 8 mi) to walk. In addition, I prefer walking in the inner city, as it is much more scenic than the comparably boring suburbs, so I usually catch the subway when I reach the city limits, around 3-4 mi from work.
And not all old sweat either. The watery sweat on your forehead or on your lower arms never smell, fresh or old. The smelly sweat is the (fatty) sweat that was produced in your armpits and in your crotch, and has been left to "ripen" for some time. The "ripening" is actually bacteria eating the fatty acids in the sweat, and producing the smelly substances as a side effect.
Other than that, I stretch, do crunches, and do pushups every morning when I wake up. This is not only stay-in-shape exercise, it's also wake-me-up exercise - double benefits!
IIRC, there is another benefit: When you sleep, the body changes to consume a higher proportion of fat than during the day, when carbohydrates is the main energy source. By exercising right when you wake up, the body has not gone back to normal day mode, and those exercises consume more fat than they would do later in the day.
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Office and accompanying products (MS Project, visio,...) Why is everyone copying them?
They aren't, they are copying WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
You are welcome. By the way, I use /mnt for permanently mounted local partitions, such as my Windows disks (enumerated as /mnt/win/c, /mnt/win/d, etc, just like they are enumerated in Windows), as well as an extra ext3 partition I use for additional storage.
The exposure has probably been good for Foxconn overall.
With me, the reputation of Foxconn is now as a potential troublemaker rather than two weeks ago when they didn't have any reputation since I never heard of them before last week. I don't know if that's really better for them.
Them apparently fixing this issue does not fix their reputation with me. As you might be aware of, a good reputation takes a long way to build, while it is very easy to ruin.
Foxconn has a long way to go before I'll even consider their products purchasable. We're talking at least a decade.
Exactly. This is the conclusion that can be drawn from this story.
I would be interested to know if Red Flag Linux would run on one of the unpatched boards.
It has to, or else Foxconn management might be put in front of a firing squad.
One of the reasons why many Linux users have an unusually big effect on sales of IT-related products is because many of them are employed in positions that give them the capacity to specify what hardware their employers will buy. Bad press in the Linux world might make many corporations think twice about buying Foxconn stuff, simply because the Linux-using geeks in the IT department talks them down, regardless of whether most computers in said corporations actually run Windows anyway.
In the end, the biggest motherboard maker has said they won't ignore us.
Biggest motherboard maker? I had never heard of them before last week.
But of course, it is possible that they produce boards for name-brand manufacturers but don't have any significant sales operation directly aimed at end users. That could make them a big board manufacturer without having a well-known brand name among end users. When I'm shopping for motherboards, I'm more into motherboards made by companies such as ASUS, which have all worked very well for me.
Exactly. It's not like good manufacturers that make boards that work on any OS are in short supply. I'd rather choose a manufacturer whose products has worked time and again, rather than some scruffy manufacturer with a history of problems, regardless of whether they were caused by malice or just incompetence.
To tell you the truth, I had never heard of Foxconn before the incident a week ago, and I don't think they have any products available in any local computer stores. But even if they had, this debacle puts them in the last position on my list of usable brands. Them now trying to cover up their previous malice won't work with me.
If you read the original article, the way the guy who discovered the issue approached them was completely arrogant.
Well, if I had discovered something that looked like someone deliberately broke something in the product, I would be pretty upset. It is unlikely that I would approach the perpetrator with any significant amount of diplomacy. Bugs are one thing, deliberately breaking stuff is quite another matter.
Foxconn deserved what they got.
Sumdumass always vigorously defends his corporate masters, whether it concerns their "moral right" to close down GPL code with DRM, or as in this case, deliberately break ACPI if Linux is detected.
It's obvious that Microsoft feels the same way about software patents that many Slashdotters do, but the problem is being a huge obvious target, they can't afford to let their guard down. Don't hate the player, hate the game, you know.
If they are such vocal critics of the patentability of software, why did they aggressively rattle the software patent saber against the FOSS community last year? You know, the 235 claimed infringements of claimed Microsoft software patents in FOSS that Steve Ballmer voiced last year with a demand that FOSS pay up for its "undisclosed balance-sheet liability".
That is not a sign of someone reluctantly keeping a portfolio of software patents just for self-defense. No, Microsoft is using their patent portfolio unprovoked as a way of putting a dark cloud over the FOSS community, just like they have been staunch supporters of proposed legislation to legalize software patents in the EU.
Thus, hate the player is very reasonable with regard to Microsoft and software patents.
So let's say Microsoft agrees to never enforce any patent against Open Source software, what stops IBM from planting patent bombs in Open Source software to use against Microsoft
That's easy, you put in a termination clause that says that your non-enforcement of your patents does not apply to anyone who brings a software patent lawsuit against yourself. I think Microsoft already does that with their Open Specification Promise.
In other words: As long as you won't sue me for infringement of your patents, I will not sue you for infringement of my patents. But if you sue me, my earlier promise is void with respect to you, although it is still valid for everybody else.
I've even been given the "MVP Award" from Microsoft for quite a few years.
That one line completely explains your stance on the FSF, the GPL, etc.
Instead, what I see is a camp of folks most of whom are quite religious (dogmatic) in their thinking about the topic. The BSD/MIT license people tend not to engage in the debate at all
You must be joking. There are hordes of BSD fanatics on Slashdot and elsewhere that always slam anyone who might dare to suggest that the GPL is a good license into the ground. Every time an article discussing something GPL-related comes up, hordes of these fanatics rush to bury it in loads of "GPL is very restrictive, only BSD is truly free" comments.
For all we know Microsoft could be genuinely turning over a new leaf Post-Gates
That won't happen until we enter the Post-Ballmer (you know, the "GPL is cancer" guy) era. Pigs would fly and hell would freeze over before Ballmer would become friendly towards open source.
RHEL, what's /net, how does it differ from /srv
/net is for mounting remote network filesystem shares, while /srv is the opposite, that is local content being shared with remote hosts through various protocols. So as an example, the NFS server could use a subdirectory of /srv for exporting local files, and a client could mount that remote share in a subdirectory of /net.
If there isn't any binary compatbility, how can I run my ten year old Linux games (released by the now-defunct LokiGames) on my modern Linux installation?
Windows allows multi-OS booting; yes, even Vista allows it. You just have to know how to do it; just like any dual boot scenario.
False. Your solution requires hackery, while many Linux distros together with most things except Vista takes care of setting up dual-boot during the installation process.
GRUB includes a bios hack to allow this. without looking it up, I believe it is the "map" command.
You are indeed correct. You usually use it by putting the following commands in the startup entry for Windows in your grub.conf file:
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
I had to do that myself when my Windows disk was considered the second drive after I added a new one.
and before you know it, exercise is just a twice-a-week thing.
Actually, twice a week is what my gym recommends. They argue that it is frequently enough to maintain good health, but seldom enough to not take over your life and force you to quit. In other words, exercising twice a week is sustainable, ideally for the rest of your life, while more frequent exercise usually leads to quitting exercises completely after some time.
This has been my experience too. Before I started, I remembered the physical education classes in school, especially the dreaded changing rooms where all the jocks would throw mean comments about the less physically fit, and thought that the gym would be the same. But I quickly found out that any such fears were completely unfounded. Everyone simply mind their own business. In addition, most customers at my gym are just regular guys, and not the jock/bodybuilder type.
It's really nice to work out somewhere where people don't form an opinion of you based on your physical abilities.
Actually, since March I work out in a regular, albeit better (and more pricey, but it's worth it) than average, gym. At first, I thought it would be like the physical education classes during my school years, with other attendants making mean comments of your performances, especially in the changing rooms. But when I finally went there, there was no problem. People might form opinions of you, but they keep them to themselves and generally mind their own business. And I found out that there are not only bodybuilders/jocks at the gym, on the contrary, most people are regular guys just like yourself, trying to get a better fitness.
Aside from that, I really enjoy walking. I usually walk part of the way back from work, taking the subway train the rest of the way as it is a little bit far (around 8 mi) to walk. In addition, I prefer walking in the inner city, as it is much more scenic than the comparably boring suburbs, so I usually catch the subway when I reach the city limits, around 3-4 mi from work.
It's only old sweat that really stinks.
And not all old sweat either. The watery sweat on your forehead or on your lower arms never smell, fresh or old. The smelly sweat is the (fatty) sweat that was produced in your armpits and in your crotch, and has been left to "ripen" for some time. The "ripening" is actually bacteria eating the fatty acids in the sweat, and producing the smelly substances as a side effect.
Other than that, I stretch, do crunches, and do pushups every morning when I wake up. This is not only stay-in-shape exercise, it's also wake-me-up exercise - double benefits!
IIRC, there is another benefit: When you sleep, the body changes to consume a higher proportion of fat than during the day, when carbohydrates is the main energy source. By exercising right when you wake up, the body has not gone back to normal day mode, and those exercises consume more fat than they would do later in the day.