I saied bsd can't possibly do anything that linux was _completely incapable_ of...
"linux doesn't have a driver for device X" would only be a counter-example iff it was completely impossible to write a linux driver for device X...
now I just need to be a smart ass in this area *g*
the Linux and BSD APIs are both turing-complete... therefore BSD can't possibly do anything, that Linux was completely incapable of - and vice versa...:-)
BSD also doesn't have Microsoft screaming about IP infringement. Microsoft hasn't sued Apple for it, and they CERTAINLY would go after them if they had done it, since they're the deepest pockets based upon BSD.
just want to add: MS would have to be VERY stupid, if they sued Apple, since MS holds lots of Apple shares (they bought them to avoid a lawsuit, after they imitated apples guis...) also they'd have to be extremely stupid to claim IP rights against a company that really holds the rights to the accordant IP =)
maybe Microsoft isn't lying about having patents that are part of Linux
to PROOVE that linux infringes a patent by ms, theyd have to show an infringed patent AND PROOVE that it is valid, which means they have to proove that it wasn't obvious and especially they have to proove that there is no priorart (which means they have to proove that nobody has ever done the same thing before)
they know that this is totally ridiculous. combined with the fact that MS is scared like hell about linux (see halloween documents) and that steve ballmer saied (about 6 month ago) MS will fight linux (and started negotiations with novell short time later), I come to the conclusion that this is their plan:
- MS wants a monopole in the server market
- MS knows they can't beat linux in quality
- MS makes a contract with novell
- MS tells companies that suse is the only legal linux http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/07/ 1435204
---------- WE ARE HERE ---------
if( comanies switch to suse ) {
- MS buys novell
- MS rules the server market
} else {
- they'll make up something else and stab novell in the back
}
traveling by train...
that only causes brain damage, since the brain can't process the information at that speed... (no, really, people thought so in 1825)
this is complete bullcrap
asteroids are MUCH less threatening to us, than FUD spreading politicians and sensation-hungry media tell us, since the earth itself is moving and its moving FAST. Since we monitor asteroids, we can pretty early predict when and where one of them might hit us.
IF an asteroid was ever really threatening to us, we'd just launch a rocket early enough to slow it down just a little so it arrives the collision point a little later and the (fast moving) earth is out of the line of fire
there is simply no necessity to get someone on such an asteroid like in the movie armageddon...
why don't you do the same test on a different type of people like say... garbage men, housewifes, toilet cleaners
if they do better, then this study is shocking - otherwise it's crap...
also what semester were the students in? in the first two semesters you've got many idiots (the ones throwing paper airplanes and copying others solutions to the assignments)... from the third semester on they are mostly gone...
if they didn't create windows at all, it would have been better for FOSS (AND for the people, because they wouldn't have been dragged into this crappy os in the first place)
Rices Theorem: any non-trivial semantic question about turing-machines is undecidable
- programs are turing machines
- "is it harmful?" is a semantic question
- not all programs are harmful, but some are (meaning the question is not trivial)
this implies that there can't possibly ever be a program that correctly determines for all programs whether it is harmful or not!
maybe microsofts marketing department should ask someone who knows what he's talking about, before they start proclaiming ridiculous nonsense
that's right, it doesn't matter if the voting machines work correctly or not - america will re-elect GWB anyways...
why? simple: there will be another terror-threat from osama in the week of the election - the same thing happened last time, so this might not be enough - so then there will be another act of terror (remember my words)...
people will be afraid and when they are afraid, they love the war against iraq, they give up their freedom voluntarily - yes, george, protect us - we'll let you spy on us 24/7 if neccessary... and kill all those bastards over there, so they can't harm us anymore...
just remember: the bin-laden family is still good friends and business partners with the bush family
same thing with that sheik, that paied 100.000$ to Mohamed Atta in the week before 9/11/2001...
the bin-laden family, the bush family and al-quaeda get rich from the war against iraq, because they hold many shares of the weapon indudstry... war puts lots of tax money in GWBs pocket! remember that whenever you hear which country "is about to develop an A-Bomb" next...
reading the comments i get the impression that everybody thinks it was a normal thing to forbid reinstalling a piece of software...
has it come to this? that people are actually THANKFUL to get a right, that MS shouldn't be allowed to take away from them in the first place?
that's like "the party" allowing some marriages in "1984"
or the "world controllers" allowing some research in "brave new world"
hmmmm only a few months ago steve ballmer saied microsoft will fight linux... why do i have the feeling that there might be a connection to this announcement?
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I saied bsd can't possibly do anything that linux was _completely incapable_ of...
"linux doesn't have a driver for device X" would only be a counter-example iff it was completely impossible to write a linux driver for device X...
you can simulate I/O in turing machines by using specific areas of the tape (often delimited by $ or #) as "input"
thnx
learning never ends...
now I just need to be a smart ass in this area *g* :-)
the Linux and BSD APIs are both turing-complete... therefore BSD can't possibly do anything, that Linux was completely incapable of - and vice versa...
shocking news:
if you install software from an unreliable source, it might contain malware
now I don't like microsoft, but this article is just FUD!
the US can't lose? then this means vietnam cheated!
I KNEW IT!
they know that this is totally ridiculous. combined with the fact that MS is scared like hell about linux (see halloween documents) and that steve ballmer saied (about 6 month ago) MS will fight linux (and started negotiations with novell short time later), I come to the conclusion that this is their plan:
- MS wants a monopole in the server market
- MS knows they can't beat linux in quality
- MS makes a contract with novell
- MS tells companies that suse is the only legal linux http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/07
---------- WE ARE HERE ---------
if( comanies switch to suse ) {
- MS buys novell
- MS rules the server market
} else {
- they'll make up something else and stab novell in the back }
traveling by train...
that only causes brain damage, since the brain can't process the information at that speed... (no, really, people thought so in 1825)
where do you want to go today?
into a virtual machine
I'm sorry, but I can't allow this
shure you could!
uhm... well... alright, I don't want to allow this
but I bought you, you have to do what I say!
oh really, you think so? well, read the EULA... goodbye
disabling your license key...
in related news the alliance of disabled people sues microsoft for making windows handicapped-accessible without their permission
also the coalition of afro-americans sues microsoft for using the color "black" in their default vista-theme without paying license fees
this is complete bullcrap
asteroids are MUCH less threatening to us, than FUD spreading politicians and sensation-hungry media tell us, since the earth itself is moving and its moving FAST. Since we monitor asteroids, we can pretty early predict when and where one of them might hit us.
IF an asteroid was ever really threatening to us, we'd just launch a rocket early enough to slow it down just a little so it arrives the collision point a little later and the (fast moving) earth is out of the line of fire
there is simply no necessity to get someone on such an asteroid like in the movie armageddon...
why don't you do the same test on a different type of people like say... garbage men, housewifes, toilet cleaners
if they do better, then this study is shocking - otherwise it's crap...
also what semester were the students in? in the first two semesters you've got many idiots (the ones throwing paper airplanes and copying others solutions to the assignments)... from the third semester on they are mostly gone...
if they didn't create windows at all, it would have been better for FOSS (AND for the people, because they wouldn't have been dragged into this crappy os in the first place)
Rices Theorem: any non-trivial semantic question about turing-machines is undecidable
- programs are turing machines
- "is it harmful?" is a semantic question
- not all programs are harmful, but some are (meaning the question is not trivial)
this implies that there can't possibly ever be a program that correctly determines for all programs whether it is harmful or not!
maybe microsofts marketing department should ask someone who knows what he's talking about, before they start proclaiming ridiculous nonsense
in related news: oceania is allied with eurasia and at war with eastasian and always has been
yes, YOU voted the democrats... but 99% of the rest voted the republicans
very special simpsons reference: edgar neubauer
finally someone was in his mind and decided to put all you crazy americans in prison... it was about time...
they openly violate the fourth amendment
why should they stop at term-limits?
that's right, it doesn't matter if the voting machines work correctly or not - america will re-elect GWB anyways...
why? simple: there will be another terror-threat from osama in the week of the election - the same thing happened last time, so this might not be enough - so then there will be another act of terror (remember my words)...
people will be afraid and when they are afraid, they love the war against iraq, they give up their freedom voluntarily - yes, george, protect us - we'll let you spy on us 24/7 if neccessary... and kill all those bastards over there, so they can't harm us anymore...
just remember: the bin-laden family is still good friends and business partners with the bush family
same thing with that sheik, that paied 100.000$ to Mohamed Atta in the week before 9/11/2001...
the bin-laden family, the bush family and al-quaeda get rich from the war against iraq, because they hold many shares of the weapon indudstry... war puts lots of tax money in GWBs pocket! remember that whenever you hear which country "is about to develop an A-Bomb" next...
reading the comments i get the impression that everybody thinks it was a normal thing to forbid reinstalling a piece of software...
has it come to this? that people are actually THANKFUL to get a right, that MS shouldn't be allowed to take away from them in the first place?
that's like "the party" allowing some marriages in "1984" or the "world controllers" allowing some research in "brave new world"
hmmmm only a few months ago steve ballmer saied microsoft will fight linux... why do i have the feeling that there might be a connection to this announcement?