I've recently upgraded from Microsoft-distributed drivers to Vendor-distributed drivers on a box, and IT TRIGGERED ACTIVATION. Spent twenty fucking minutes on the phone, got disconnected, called back, got disconnected, so called Microsoft support services and asked them to put me in touch with a human and not the fucking queue. Got it reactivated, and then I had to install the vendor-supplied NIC driver because the Microsoft-supplied wireless driver's WEP didn't work right. Guess what it did? Yep, triggered Activation. I had to call their fucking support department again.
DRIVER UPGRADES CAN TRIGGER ACTIVATION.
Stop drinking Microsoft kool-aid and introduce yourself to the real, legal product rather than a pirated corporate edition, and you might run into it sometime.
The simple fact of the matter is that Microsoft HAS used their portfolio to intimidate the little guy producing free products, there is no reason to believe that they will not flex their muscles to enforce their monopoly.
Product Activation in Vista for anyone but the Geek will be a Fire and Forget, one or two click process, that won't be given a second thought.
Until a script kiddie's key generator creates the same key as Joe Sixpack's computer, then WGA sees multiple machines with the same key phoning home and disables the legit computer.
Or, until Joe Sixpack downloads a video driver update followed by a NIC driver update, and exceeds the number of allotted "hardware upgrades" allowed by Vista.
Since when is a EULA binding for an over-the-counter commodity? Copyright applies, but so does right of first sale. Install away on your whitebox machine, just do not violate the copyright.
If-you were-a sysadmin-at a-large university, I would think that your grammar would be a lot better, and that your reasoning for dumping SuSE for another solution would be more sound than basing it on some of the FUD spewing from Bald^Hlmer's mouth. Also, you would not even remotely consider NOT accepting security patches in the interim.
What is your migration path? What assurance do you have that Microsoft won't sue you because applications you choose contain patent-infringing toolbars or support double-clicking or triple-clicking objects? The hyperlink was recently patented, despite almost 70 years worth of prior art (far longer if you include tables of contents, footnotes, and indexes in paper books). There is NO avoiding patent infringement, and as the customer, NOT the producer, there is an infinitesimal chance that the university.
In short, I call bullshit. You do not work at a university. You are at the very best, a freshman in college, but far more likely a pimple-faced high school student coming here just to troll.
Let's correct your post:
s/I run a large academic server with Suse Linux./I have a spyware-ridden pirated Windows XP box in my dorm and I know nothing about Linux/
I corrected your typo. Such typos are understandable on such a site as this.
You see, a real administrator would have a more sound reason to dump platforms based on a) a press release followed by b) a balding madman's rant, and not only that, that administrator would not be making a unilateral decision, but would be working with other departments to carefully evaluate user needs to determine the best possible migration path.
If Novell tells customers that "we'll indemnify you against patent claims", then that brings up the distinct possibility that there may be patent-violating code in the source.
Of course there is. Many desktop environments on Linux support the double click, many applications contain toolbars, and nearly;) every web browser supports hyperlinks.
If obvious use of an art or technology (as well as prior art) weren't rubber stamped all day long by retarded patent clerks at the USPTO we would not even be having this discussion.
I've found tapes to be horribly unreliable, but I just went through all my CD-Rs I've made since late 1994/early 1995 and every single one was readable; music, data, etc. I tossed about 90% of them after shredding the foil off, but they were definitely readable. I doubt the same could be said of the QIC-80 tapes I have lying around. . .
My penmanship resembles hieroglyphics after many years of typing and doing very little writing. That does not mean future archeologists will be able to decipher my henscratch.;_)
yet strangely people who have no problem with GPLed software are always bitching about Trolltech's licensing options.
. . . because the commercial version is unreasonably restricted. If you develop a project and release it under the GPL, and later decide to release it as a commercial app, you are forbidden to do so, or you have to reimplement the Qt components in your app. Honestly, I don't think ANYONE will abide by this and will simply just buy the commercial license, recompile, and release, but technically you are not allowed to do so.
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This, IMHO, is unreasonable. Obviously, their goal is to prevent a company from rolling out Qt to hundreds of developers' workstations, developing using the open source license, and then buying ONE seat for the release engineer to compile the final product. A very reasonable concern, of course, but their solution is unreasonable.
A happy medium would be to simply require that one buy a seat of Qt per Qt developer prior to release of the commercial product. After all, folks ARE going to develop prototype code prior to choosing an API, and that prototype code may be retained in the final product. Also, some companies may choose to keep startup costs low by delaying the cost until later in the project, so that $2,000 per seat could be spent on better workstations, salaries, and whatnot, let capital reap interest, and THEN buy commercial licenses for the open-source libraries. They're not going to throw away prototype code.
This is why you see more commerical Gtk apps than commercial Qt/KDE apps (despite GTK's annoying, retarded, fudged-up-for-simpletons file dialogs). GTK does not have this restriction, plus it's LGPL.
Sure they do! Ask the average user who brings in a broken PC what OS they run, they almost invariably reply "Microsoft." What version of Windows they have? "Microsoft." What word processor they use? "Microsoft."
Ross Perot, I'd welcome as a president because he was a nationalist, a patriot, and strongly believed that given the opportunty America can compete in the global markets, plus he believed we should not butt our noses in other nations' problems.
Bill Gates is a globalist and is one of many responsible for selling out our manufacturing and R&D bases. Thanks, but no thanks. I'd vote for Osama Bin Laden before I vote for the likes of Bill Gates.
When I drive my truck, I drive it like a truck. Trying to drive it like my car is suicide because my truck very likely won't hold.4g in a turn, let alone 1g.
The problem is people refuse to learn to drive properly. Trying to drive your SUV like it's a Ferrari or Corvette WILL result in a rollover. The vehicle is not going to spin out, it's not going to oversteer, and it's not going to give you much of warning at all when you approach the limits like sportscars do. What will happen is your high-profile tire will suddenly "fold" (the sidewall will not support the additional stress and will wrinkle) and your SUV is going to roll over almost instantly.
As far as trucks and SUVs being heavy: they've got strong frames for lugging anywhere from 1,000lbs to 6,000lbs (500kg to 3000kg as a rough conversion for you), and are built to take a beating, so naturally they are going to be heavy. That's their nature.
What I was referring to was subcompact cars here that weigh almost the same as mid-sized sedans because of all of the "safety" equipment we've added thanks to our litigious society. We can't get the 1,000lb super-micro compact cars you can get in Europe because they do not pass unrealistic crash tests. The only way to achieve that here is to build your own "kit" or "experimental" car, and although they are easy to register and inspect, they can sometimes be difficult to insure unless you have a pristine driving record. (mine is clean, I behave around here on the roads to keep my insurance low)
Ever see the conspiracy sites regarding "chemtrails?"
A few years ago the government publically tested (google, you'll find government web sites covering this, and it's far less insidious than what the conspiracy nuts suggest) certain particulates and their effect on weather patterns. Between this and cloud seeding, there isn't really anything new or earth-shattering about the idea.
The question is: how do you spread enough particulate matter? It would take many, many aircraft and tremendous amounts of fuel to distribute such matter - PLUS the matter needs to be inert/non-toxic (so using fissionable nukes is likely not an option).
Another option is to perfect nuclear fusion devices (so that no fission reaction is required to spur it) and look into the potential using those devices to induce volcanos to erupt. Not very practical no matter how you look at it, considering that the power of natural explosive volcanic eruptions (Mt. St. Helens, Vesuvius, etc.) dwarf even our largest nuclear devices.
It's an interesting solution, the problem is how does one go about getting enough inert fine particulate matter high enough in the atmosphere to a) remain suspended for any length of time and b) effectively reduce IR without reducing the UV that plants require for photosynthesis?
- Driving tests consist of driving around the block. Literally.
And as far as laws are concerned:
- People running stop lights do not get cited
- People ignoring right of way do not get cited
- People who do not signal turns do not get cited
- People who pass in right-turn-only lanes do not get cited
- Drunk drivers are not chased and caught if you report them (I do not bother reporting them any more)
- Laws restricting traveling in the breakdown lane are unenforced
Instead, police focus on pulling over speeders on the highway outside of rush hour (more revenue for the town), which does not improve safety at ALL.
Also, we've made our cars far too safe (causing them to become heavier, require more fuel, AND slower than european models) which gives asshole drivers the feeling of confidence. After all, if you have an integral rollcage, airbags, and law-required seatbelts, why should you have to drive courteously? Fuck everyone else, after all, you're #1.
The trick isn't so much in the volume of smart people, the trick is in your HR Department's ability to filter out the folks who are only in it for the money.
If you're not in it for the money, your career is in a different industry (e.g., law, medicine, construction, etc.) which is not IT-related, and you volunteer on open-source projects and play with networks at home, or are a gamer.
Why does one take a job in ANY field? Yep, for the money. No other reason.
Being at the top level of lobbying organizations prior to his current post, he has a vested interest in knocking the floor out from under IT workers here in America. He doesn't want to pay the $80K to $150K that skilled American IT workers demand (and IT workers ARE worth that due to the constant, constant, constant retraining; it's more demanding than medicine in that regard), he doesn't want to pay $60K or $40K either. He wants to pay $30K to people who will feel trapped in their jobs out of fear that they will otherwise be deported.
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I've recently upgraded from Microsoft-distributed drivers to Vendor-distributed drivers on a box, and IT TRIGGERED ACTIVATION. Spent twenty fucking minutes on the phone, got disconnected, called back, got disconnected, so called Microsoft support services and asked them to put me in touch with a human and not the fucking queue. Got it reactivated, and then I had to install the vendor-supplied NIC driver because the Microsoft-supplied wireless driver's WEP didn't work right. Guess what it did? Yep, triggered Activation. I had to call their fucking support department again.
DRIVER UPGRADES CAN TRIGGER ACTIVATION.
Stop drinking Microsoft kool-aid and introduce yourself to the real, legal product rather than a pirated corporate edition, and you might run into it sometime.
Yeah, good thing Microsoft does not use patents against open source software. If they did then we might have something to be concerned about. Oh right, they have and they do. Nevermind this post!
The simple fact of the matter is that Microsoft HAS used their portfolio to intimidate the little guy producing free products, there is no reason to believe that they will not flex their muscles to enforce their monopoly.
(insert a "f-bomb Microsoft" here)
Did everything just taste purple for a second?
Signed,
Phillip J. Fry
Windows doesn't crash. Ever. Don't believe the FUD from the Linux folks.
Signed,
Steve Ballmer
Until a script kiddie's key generator creates the same key as Joe Sixpack's computer, then WGA sees multiple machines with the same key phoning home and disables the legit computer.
Or, until Joe Sixpack downloads a video driver update followed by a NIC driver update, and exceeds the number of allotted "hardware upgrades" allowed by Vista.
Since when is a EULA binding for an over-the-counter commodity? Copyright applies, but so does right of first sale. Install away on your whitebox machine, just do not violate the copyright.
If-you were-a sysadmin-at a-large university, I would think that your grammar would be a lot better, and that your reasoning for dumping SuSE for another solution would be more sound than basing it on some of the FUD spewing from Bald^Hlmer's mouth. Also, you would not even remotely consider NOT accepting security patches in the interim.
What is your migration path? What assurance do you have that Microsoft won't sue you because applications you choose contain patent-infringing toolbars or support double-clicking or triple-clicking objects? The hyperlink was recently patented, despite almost 70 years worth of prior art (far longer if you include tables of contents, footnotes, and indexes in paper books). There is NO avoiding patent infringement, and as the customer, NOT the producer, there is an infinitesimal chance that the university.
In short, I call bullshit. You do not work at a university. You are at the very best, a freshman in college, but far more likely a pimple-faced high school student coming here just to troll.
Let's correct your post:
s/I run a large academic server with Suse Linux./I have a spyware-ridden pirated Windows XP box in my dorm and I know nothing about Linux/
I corrected your typo. Such typos are understandable on such a site as this.
You see, a real administrator would have a more sound reason to dump platforms based on a) a press release followed by b) a balding madman's rant, and not only that, that administrator would not be making a unilateral decision, but would be working with other departments to carefully evaluate user needs to determine the best possible migration path.
Of course there is. Many desktop environments on Linux support the double click, many applications contain toolbars, and nearly
If obvious use of an art or technology (as well as prior art) weren't rubber stamped all day long by retarded patent clerks at the USPTO we would not even be having this discussion.
Check out autoruns.exe sometime (from Sysinternals, now a Microsloth site). You'll find your answer.
I've found tapes to be horribly unreliable, but I just went through all my CD-Rs I've made since late 1994/early 1995 and every single one was readable; music, data, etc. I tossed about 90% of them after shredding the foil off, but they were definitely readable. I doubt the same could be said of the QIC-80 tapes I have lying around. . .
My penmanship resembles hieroglyphics after many years of typing and doing very little writing. That does not mean future archeologists will be able to decipher my henscratch. ;_)
. . . because the commercial version is unreasonably restricted. If you develop a project and release it under the GPL, and later decide to release it as a commercial app, you are forbidden to do so, or you have to reimplement the Qt components in your app. Honestly, I don't think ANYONE will abide by this and will simply just buy the commercial license, recompile, and release, but technically you are not allowed to do so.
This, IMHO, is unreasonable. Obviously, their goal is to prevent a company from rolling out Qt to hundreds of developers' workstations, developing using the open source license, and then buying ONE seat for the release engineer to compile the final product. A very reasonable concern, of course, but their solution is unreasonable.
A happy medium would be to simply require that one buy a seat of Qt per Qt developer prior to release of the commercial product. After all, folks ARE going to develop prototype code prior to choosing an API, and that prototype code may be retained in the final product. Also, some companies may choose to keep startup costs low by delaying the cost until later in the project, so that $2,000 per seat could be spent on better workstations, salaries, and whatnot, let capital reap interest, and THEN buy commercial licenses for the open-source libraries. They're not going to throw away prototype code.
This is why you see more commerical Gtk apps than commercial Qt/KDE apps (despite GTK's annoying, retarded, fudged-up-for-simpletons file dialogs). GTK does not have this restriction, plus it's LGPL.
metamatic is right, go read the license.
It's been 19 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
Sure they do! Ask the average user who brings in a broken PC what OS they run, they almost invariably reply "Microsoft." What version of Windows they have? "Microsoft." What word processor they use? "Microsoft."
Oh. I see what you mean.
Yeah, but on a locked-down PC many applications will not run properly. Catch-22 situation. :(
Unfortunately, no. The bleeding hearts have eliminated capital punishment in most states.
Explain the original MacOS then.
(I kid, I kid)
Ross Perot, I'd welcome as a president because he was a nationalist, a patriot, and strongly believed that given the opportunty America can compete in the global markets, plus he believed we should not butt our noses in other nations' problems.
Bill Gates is a globalist and is one of many responsible for selling out our manufacturing and R&D bases. Thanks, but no thanks. I'd vote for Osama Bin Laden before I vote for the likes of Bill Gates.
Will that cause the particulates to rise to the stratosphere?
The answer is not the Futurama-esque "just create more garbage"
When I drive my truck, I drive it like a truck. Trying to drive it like my car is suicide because my truck very likely won't hold .4g in a turn, let alone 1g.
The problem is people refuse to learn to drive properly. Trying to drive your SUV like it's a Ferrari or Corvette WILL result in a rollover. The vehicle is not going to spin out, it's not going to oversteer, and it's not going to give you much of warning at all when you approach the limits like sportscars do. What will happen is your high-profile tire will suddenly "fold" (the sidewall will not support the additional stress and will wrinkle) and your SUV is going to roll over almost instantly.
As far as trucks and SUVs being heavy: they've got strong frames for lugging anywhere from 1,000lbs to 6,000lbs (500kg to 3000kg as a rough conversion for you), and are built to take a beating, so naturally they are going to be heavy. That's their nature.
What I was referring to was subcompact cars here that weigh almost the same as mid-sized sedans because of all of the "safety" equipment we've added thanks to our litigious society. We can't get the 1,000lb super-micro compact cars you can get in Europe because they do not pass unrealistic crash tests. The only way to achieve that here is to build your own "kit" or "experimental" car, and although they are easy to register and inspect, they can sometimes be difficult to insure unless you have a pristine driving record. (mine is clean, I behave around here on the roads to keep my insurance low)
Ever see the conspiracy sites regarding "chemtrails?"
A few years ago the government publically tested (google, you'll find government web sites covering this, and it's far less insidious than what the conspiracy nuts suggest) certain particulates and their effect on weather patterns. Between this and cloud seeding, there isn't really anything new or earth-shattering about the idea.
The question is: how do you spread enough particulate matter? It would take many, many aircraft and tremendous amounts of fuel to distribute such matter - PLUS the matter needs to be inert/non-toxic (so using fissionable nukes is likely not an option).
Another option is to perfect nuclear fusion devices (so that no fission reaction is required to spur it) and look into the potential using those devices to induce volcanos to erupt. Not very practical no matter how you look at it, considering that the power of natural explosive volcanic eruptions (Mt. St. Helens, Vesuvius, etc.) dwarf even our largest nuclear devices.
It's an interesting solution, the problem is how does one go about getting enough inert fine particulate matter high enough in the atmosphere to a) remain suspended for any length of time and b) effectively reduce IR without reducing the UV that plants require for photosynthesis?
No. Here in the US traffic is dangerous because:
- Driving tests consist of driving around the block. Literally.
And as far as laws are concerned:
- People running stop lights do not get cited
- People ignoring right of way do not get cited
- People who do not signal turns do not get cited
- People who pass in right-turn-only lanes do not get cited
- Drunk drivers are not chased and caught if you report them (I do not bother reporting them any more)
- Laws restricting traveling in the breakdown lane are unenforced
Instead, police focus on pulling over speeders on the highway outside of rush hour (more revenue for the town), which does not improve safety at ALL.
Also, we've made our cars far too safe (causing them to become heavier, require more fuel, AND slower than european models) which gives asshole drivers the feeling of confidence. After all, if you have an integral rollcage, airbags, and law-required seatbelts, why should you have to drive courteously? Fuck everyone else, after all, you're #1.
If you're not in it for the money, your career is in a different industry (e.g., law, medicine, construction, etc.) which is not IT-related, and you volunteer on open-source projects and play with networks at home, or are a gamer.
Why does one take a job in ANY field? Yep, for the money. No other reason.
Don't confuse greed and treason with idiocy.
Being at the top level of lobbying organizations prior to his current post, he has a vested interest in knocking the floor out from under IT workers here in America. He doesn't want to pay the $80K to $150K that skilled American IT workers demand (and IT workers ARE worth that due to the constant, constant, constant retraining; it's more demanding than medicine in that regard), he doesn't want to pay $60K or $40K either. He wants to pay $30K to people who will feel trapped in their jobs out of fear that they will otherwise be deported.
Please tell us how you cd to a shortcut, then we can all agree with you.
.desktop file, not to a filesystem symbolic link.
A shortcut is analagous to a KDE
Try again.