On a related note... if MS comes and threatens that you are using a free product that has their patent, is there any reason you can't just tell them to "blow off"?
"blow off" can also be interpretted to "take it up with the company that developed it", "provide proof that our closed-source code makes use of open-source code that you have debatedly patented" or simply state that everything must go through a lawyer if M$ is threatening court action.
If M$ comes to you and states that they want money for something they didn't do, and you give them money, do you still get to bitch about it?
So...will the original Debbie Does Dallas from 1978 be in high def? Um...no... Clearly a movie from the 70s will decide the winner of the high-definition format war.
Yes, I use Linux on a daily basis. It is harder than Windows. Rarely do I have to use a command line in Windows, while it is assumed that you will have to in Linux (if for nothing else than to su to root and chmod files).
For the record, I have learned Linux (Fedora and RHEL only so far) because industry has forced me to. My experience is that it isn't where it needs to be, and that it will continue to just almost get there. I just don't see people building the things that NEED to be built. We discussed the newest Linux at work the other day:
It deals will PS3 software, it will have a 3-d desktop, it will not reliably auto-mount a usbdisk.
The day Linux can read:
a new harddrive that also has the name "LogVolGroup00"
a usbdisk after pulling it out 5 times
my mp3 player (30 gig DRM-free Phillips GoGear from 2 years ago)
*reliably wireless network - admittedly, I haven't tried to fight this one yet
I will switch to using nothing but Linux. Really, it does almost everything else. Bash-shell programming is great, auto-backup is great, locate/find are great, Open Office is great, Firefox is already my primary/only browser, I am a console-gamer now, Winamp works just fine. It can do almost everything, but the things that it can't do ARE CRITCAL to day-to-day functionality for me.
So you are saying that these businesses will contribute to the open source? Ha!
"I've got a great idea Bob, our workers will work and our competitor will benefit" didn't go over well at the design meeting (scheduled via Microsoft Outlook).
I don't know about where you live, but over here it NATURALLY gets to 130 F every once in a while. Making people uncomfortable would hardly break up most of the Pro-Choice or Pro-Life displays that I have seen; those people don't leave despite being pressured into a small area on a hot day with no water and the police telling them to leave.
For ATI In Fedora 5 (no internet connection), I had to update the kernel, then find out which directory of the yum repositories it would download, install 2 of them simultaneously, and then edit the xorg.conf file to load the fglrx driver manually.
For NVidea In Fedora5/RHEL, I had to download the driver from the Nvidea website, exit XWindows (of course your inittab file is set to run-level 3), and install the.run file.
Sadly, truth is that everyone once in a while I see the "Macs suck because PCs are better!!!11!one", and it gets modded insightful (presumably by a windows enthusiast). Troll and Flamebait exist for posts like that.
I think that they are trying to sell a device for profit. I have no doubt that they did their research, and that the market will purchase enough of them for apple to make money.
I do not think that apple is trying to: take over the cell phone market, revolutionize an industry, reform communications fundamentals, or any other crap. They are TRYING TO MAKE MONEY.
Does anyone else see the irony in:
"a denial-of-service issue that was publicly released on an underground hacker site in Russia, also remains unpatched."
What's the point? If I was going for non-microwavable, non-instant food, I'd go with a Totino's pizza - 75 cents at SuperSaver.
- Poor, starving, broke, lazy college student/intern
Why should the VHS vs. BetaMax have ever happened at all? We all use discs now, so it is completely irrelevant.
Nevermind he fortunes that were made, businesses developed, and positions readied for the next tech leap.
I think I'll sit here and wait for my quantum computer, because in hindsight, my computer is irrelevant. Also, companies should not make desktops, because laptops will eventually be just as cheap.
Format wars are for market control. Market control is for profit. If can win a format war and crush a significant portion of the competition, you should. SOMEONE will win the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war, and make a pile of cash.
I bought a DVD/VHS combo player after they had been out for a year and a half for 50 dollars on sale, and it had no issues with my TV.
Why haven't I converted to HD-DVD yet? I need a new TV to play the format, and a new player to play it, and still have to have my old one. Total - over $1000, easy. Seriously, when it drops to $100, I'll start considering it.
I'm sure that this will be the only anti-riot weapon that they carry. When it is defeated, they will turn and flee.
Pain guns are no substitute for pain sticks (Billy clubs)
So we should tell them everything that we are capable of?
Like it or not, this is an information war just as much as it is a religious one. Terrorists/Guerilla troops never purposely attack strong locations. If we can mislead them into thinking a strong location is weak, they will attack it (and hopefully lose). If we can mislead them into thinking a weak location is strong, they will not attack it. It is that simple.
What you imply is that terrorists drive down the street weilding rocket launchers and attacking every target, regardless of tactical importance. In reality, they seem to be targetting places where economics (Trade Centers), politics/leaders (UN buildings) and transportation (planes, trains) are located.
If you put up a facade that one particular UN building has impossibly tight security, do you honestly think that they will target it because the "Great Satan" is there?
If you are weak, let your enemies think you are strong, for they will be afraid to attack.
If you are strong, let your enemies think you are weak, for they will attack the ground of your choosing.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
You said yourself you didn't stay in hotels....well not the ones that would keep track of the market impact.
But hey, I've stayed in some bad places before. Have to say I would prefer a stranger's couch to some of them.
My fiance was on the pill and it caused her to have a stroke (she was 20 at the time). She cannot be on the pill now, and has to take measures to reduce the damage what it has caused (minor, but a second stroke could kill her). Even though the sex isn't a primary concern, if there was an option that was as reliable for me to take, I would take it in a heartbeat.
Besides, condoms suck
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On a related note... if MS comes and threatens that you are using a free product that has their patent, is there any reason you can't just tell them to "blow off"?
"blow off" can also be interpretted to "take it up with the company that developed it", "provide proof that our closed-source code makes use of open-source code that you have debatedly patented" or simply state that everything must go through a lawyer if M$ is threatening court action.
If M$ comes to you and states that they want money for something they didn't do, and you give them money, do you still get to bitch about it?
So...will the original Debbie Does Dallas from 1978 be in high def? Um...no... Clearly a movie from the 70s will decide the winner of the high-definition format war.
Yes, they sell them on the backs of comic books.
Your mother makes me stiffer, tougher and harder than diamond (the hardest known metal).
Yes, I use Linux on a daily basis. It is harder than Windows. Rarely do I have to use a command line in Windows, while it is assumed that you will have to in Linux (if for nothing else than to su to root and chmod files).
Too Complicated.
"This just in: Romania destroyed by what appears to have been a bombardment of chairs. More at 11." OH NOES, NOT MORE!!!
For the record, I have learned Linux (Fedora and RHEL only so far) because industry has forced me to. My experience is that it isn't where it needs to be, and that it will continue to just almost get there. I just don't see people building the things that NEED to be built. We discussed the newest Linux at work the other day: It deals will PS3 software, it will have a 3-d desktop, it will not reliably auto-mount a usbdisk. The day Linux can read: a new harddrive that also has the name "LogVolGroup00" a usbdisk after pulling it out 5 times my mp3 player (30 gig DRM-free Phillips GoGear from 2 years ago) *reliably wireless network - admittedly, I haven't tried to fight this one yet I will switch to using nothing but Linux. Really, it does almost everything else. Bash-shell programming is great, auto-backup is great, locate/find are great, Open Office is great, Firefox is already my primary/only browser, I am a console-gamer now, Winamp works just fine. It can do almost everything, but the things that it can't do ARE CRITCAL to day-to-day functionality for me.
So you are saying that these businesses will contribute to the open source? Ha!
"I've got a great idea Bob, our workers will work and our competitor will benefit" didn't go over well at the design meeting (scheduled via Microsoft Outlook).
I don't know about where you live, but over here it NATURALLY gets to 130 F every once in a while. Making people uncomfortable would hardly break up most of the Pro-Choice or Pro-Life displays that I have seen; those people don't leave despite being pressured into a small area on a hot day with no water and the police telling them to leave.
I think you are right, next time someone is hitting me with an M16, I will attempt to find a solution that doesn't harm them.
Can't use Yum without an internet connection. You are also prone to not updating your kernel.
For ATI
.run file.
In Fedora 5 (no internet connection), I had to update the kernel, then find out which directory of the yum repositories it would download, install 2 of them simultaneously, and then edit the xorg.conf file to load the fglrx driver manually.
For NVidea
In Fedora5/RHEL, I had to download the driver from the Nvidea website, exit XWindows (of course your inittab file is set to run-level 3), and install the
NVidea for the win!
Sadly, truth is that everyone once in a while I see the "Macs suck because PCs are better!!!11!one", and it gets modded insightful (presumably by a windows enthusiast).
Troll and Flamebait exist for posts like that.
I think that they are trying to sell a device for profit. I have no doubt that they did their research, and that the market will purchase enough of them for apple to make money.
I do not think that apple is trying to: take over the cell phone market, revolutionize an industry, reform communications fundamentals, or any other crap. They are TRYING TO MAKE MONEY.
Does anyone else see the irony in: "a denial-of-service issue that was publicly released on an underground hacker site in Russia, also remains unpatched."
What's the point? If I was going for non-microwavable, non-instant food, I'd go with a Totino's pizza - 75 cents at SuperSaver. - Poor, starving, broke, lazy college student/intern
Why should the VHS vs. BetaMax have ever happened at all? We all use discs now, so it is completely irrelevant. Nevermind he fortunes that were made, businesses developed, and positions readied for the next tech leap. I think I'll sit here and wait for my quantum computer, because in hindsight, my computer is irrelevant. Also, companies should not make desktops, because laptops will eventually be just as cheap. Format wars are for market control. Market control is for profit. If can win a format war and crush a significant portion of the competition, you should. SOMEONE will win the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war, and make a pile of cash.
I bought a DVD/VHS combo player after they had been out for a year and a half for 50 dollars on sale, and it had no issues with my TV. Why haven't I converted to HD-DVD yet? I need a new TV to play the format, and a new player to play it, and still have to have my old one. Total - over $1000, easy. Seriously, when it drops to $100, I'll start considering it.
I'm sure that this will be the only anti-riot weapon that they carry. When it is defeated, they will turn and flee. Pain guns are no substitute for pain sticks (Billy clubs)
So we should tell them everything that we are capable of?
Like it or not, this is an information war just as much as it is a religious one. Terrorists/Guerilla troops never purposely attack strong locations. If we can mislead them into thinking a strong location is weak, they will attack it (and hopefully lose). If we can mislead them into thinking a weak location is strong, they will not attack it. It is that simple.
What you imply is that terrorists drive down the street weilding rocket launchers and attacking every target, regardless of tactical importance. In reality, they seem to be targetting places where economics (Trade Centers), politics/leaders (UN buildings) and transportation (planes, trains) are located.
If you put up a facade that one particular UN building has impossibly tight security, do you honestly think that they will target it because the "Great Satan" is there?
If you are weak, let your enemies think you are strong, for they will be afraid to attack. If you are strong, let your enemies think you are weak, for they will attack the ground of your choosing. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
1 - Assuming that they have jobs. 2 - Assuming that their job description ISN'T "Wait in line for a PS3 for me, will ya?"
You said yourself you didn't stay in hotels....well not the ones that would keep track of the market impact. But hey, I've stayed in some bad places before. Have to say I would prefer a stranger's couch to some of them.
My fiance was on the pill and it caused her to have a stroke (she was 20 at the time). She cannot be on the pill now, and has to take measures to reduce the damage what it has caused (minor, but a second stroke could kill her). Even though the sex isn't a primary concern, if there was an option that was as reliable for me to take, I would take it in a heartbeat. Besides, condoms suck