by kaoshin (110328) on Friday November 03, @04:48PM (#16709375)
"businesses will have to spend more time and energy on making sure that data is not just secure but also recording which users are accessing and manipulating information stored in corporate databases" which are housed overseas and manned by guys who would kind of like to behead your infidel children.
I have a minimal Ubuntu install with xfce4. I had a problem where x-windows wouldn't start at all after doing an apt-get dist-upgrade to eft. I had to do an apt-get install x-windows-system-core and that looked like it hung, but I left it running overnight. It was fine in the morning. I backed up my home dir in case I ended up rebuilding. Not a smooth process but it worked, kinda.
"why bother ranking countries about privacy if you still have a power-mongering all-controlling government? No... wait... that sounds too much like where I live (US)."
Do you actually think you're going to convince anyone of the rightness of your opinion with a statement like that? You come off sounding like a lunatic.
To me, it sounds more sarcastic. What's the crazy part?
According to this article, there isn't anything really special about laptop batteries that would make them that expensive, but batteries ARE expensive. They must have been making some good money off the batteries. So they did well in the class about how to rip people off.
Don't build stuff in China.
To be blunt Cisco and 3Com build stuff in china because it is cheap. The people that build the stuff can pick up a little extra money selling the gerbers , firmware, and document ion to the counterfeiters.
This is the price price for doing business in China and other very cheap countries.
Yeah, I agree. Cisco and 3Com are trying to increase their profits. Lots of places manufacture abroad because it's cheaper. We pay less for the goods and the companies make more money. Everyone is happy. Sure, Americans lose their jobs but hey, I'm not all that nationalistic so whatever. Americans don't want to buy higher costing American made goods anyway.
All this already happened when I was a kid. But we hated Japan then.
Also, competition is good. It's great. Capitalism is based on free trade and competition. I'm tired of paying for fat bonuses for CEOs while workers get shit. If the Chinese will do it for almost nothing, fine by me. People anywhere will steal so that isn't my concern. From a consumer perspective, everything is cool. Just don't end up paying for one thing and getting sold something else. Check the manuals, register the equipment, all that. Keep the receipt. I really don't care about the corporate perspective so I'm done here.
The article is a non-story. I'll go along with the people calling it FUD.
On a desktop it isn't likely to happen often, if ever.
My desktop's got 256 MB of RAM and a 10 GB disk (300 MB swap partition). It happens!
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I have 256 MB RAM as well. People like us should not be using GNOME. I use XFCE on Ubuntu and it uses 40-60 MB with nothing else running. Decent. Fluxbox is good too but XFCE is prettier, I think. Yeah, I'm shallow.
If I run Win2k on the box, I need to disable all the shading and everything and it still uses about 100 MB with nothing else running- meaning I disable as much as I can.
Yeah, I agree. It really doesn't matter if MS ports Office.
Some/.ers are saying that business users need Office. They say that the lack of MS Office on Linux is preventing businesses from migrating to Linux on the desktop. If the company you work for is hung up on this, you might need to explain to you pointy haired boss that you can do business without MS Office. I leave the details to the reader.
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I have a minimal Ubuntu install with xfce4. I had a problem where x-windows wouldn't start at all after doing an apt-get dist-upgrade to eft. I had to do an apt-get install x-windows-system-core and that looked like it hung, but I left it running overnight. It was fine in the morning. I backed up my home dir in case I ended up rebuilding. Not a smooth process but it worked, kinda.
To me, it sounds more sarcastic. What's the crazy part?
hey, now! brown is beautiful ;-)
According to this article, there isn't anything really special about laptop batteries that would make them that expensive, but batteries ARE expensive. They must have been making some good money off the batteries. So they did well in the class about how to rip people off.
Yeah, I agree. Cisco and 3Com are trying to increase their profits. Lots of places manufacture abroad because it's cheaper. We pay less for the goods and the companies make more money. Everyone is happy. Sure, Americans lose their jobs but hey, I'm not all that nationalistic so whatever. Americans don't want to buy higher costing American made goods anyway.
All this already happened when I was a kid. But we hated Japan then.
Also, competition is good. It's great. Capitalism is based on free trade and competition. I'm tired of paying for fat bonuses for CEOs while workers get shit. If the Chinese will do it for almost nothing, fine by me. People anywhere will steal so that isn't my concern. From a consumer perspective, everything is cool. Just don't end up paying for one thing and getting sold something else. Check the manuals, register the equipment, all that. Keep the receipt. I really don't care about the corporate perspective so I'm done here.
The article is a non-story. I'll go along with the people calling it FUD.
Really, there's nothing wrong with being straight.
Sometimes grownups do things that make us feel... uncomfortable. If you're upset and want to talk about it, send me an IM.
Maf54
wow. pretty jaded. Still, it would be cool not having to worry about a standard. i remember v.90 vs. kflex. can't remember who won.
Instead you'll end up with a pyramid of fools
Yeah. Don't they use a spell checker?
l check/
Try this: http://www.iespell.com/
or this: http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/
or this: http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/opera/spel
My desktop's got 256 MB of RAM and a 10 GB disk (300 MB swap partition). It happens!
I have 256 MB RAM as well. People like us should not be using GNOME. I use XFCE on Ubuntu and it uses 40-60 MB with nothing else running. Decent. Fluxbox is good too but XFCE is prettier, I think. Yeah, I'm shallow.
If I run Win2k on the box, I need to disable all the shading and everything and it still uses about 100 MB with nothing else running- meaning I disable as much as I can.
true. if they think they can force me to listen to their shit, they're sorely mistaken. if i can't find a hack, i'll make one myself ;-)
Hint: Consider whether or not the events are independent
Answer: The event will almost surely occur.
How can the first comment be redundant?
How cool?! Man, it'd be TOTALLY FUCKING cool!!!
On the moon, nerds get their pants pulled down and they are spanked with moonrocks.
Yeah, I agree. It really doesn't matter if MS ports Office.
/.ers are saying that business users need Office. They say that the lack of MS Office on Linux is preventing businesses from migrating to Linux on the desktop. If the company you work for is hung up on this, you might need to explain to you pointy haired boss that you can do business without MS Office. I leave the details to the reader.
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It says Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue. What do I do?!
IBM Content Manager!
I just started a new job where they use this. It's pretty cool. Got APIs and all that. Kinda big and expensive tho.
awwww.... you need a hug!
No offense, but are you joking or are you insane?
OK, that was wrong. I'm just looking for a reason to yell at Americans
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I hope they do. I'm just looking for a reason to yell at white people. - The Angry Pakistani