gmail doesn't have a folder/subfolder structure. They have labels, other than that mail is either in your box or in the archive. It is a bit of an adjustment.
While that description is technically correct, it makes the system sound much worse than it is. Labels are like a single depth meta-folders. There is a list of labels and you can click on one to display all mail with that label, just like you would click on a folder.
Labels are better than folders because you can have multiple labels for any message / conversation (hence the term meta-folders). Not having a hierarchy is fine, because labels make the data a folder tree provides explicit, rather than implicit and actually allows for more information (an item in a tree can only be in one branch).
We're cutting to Oracle for business reasons, or we'd switch to the newly free Win32 PostgreSQL ASAP.
Why not run PostgreSQL on UNIX? Even buying new machines from a UNIX vendor (Apple, Dell, etc.) has to be cheaper than Oracle licenses.
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I've been asked before why I think people have no big issue paying an auto mechanic a labor rate of $85/hr. - but moan/groan about even $50/hr. for a PC. Well, imagine if new cars sold for under $1000 each.....
If new cars sold for under $1000, then you wouldn't have to pay a mechanic $85/hr. Why not just buy a new computer when it breaks?
Because cars aren't like computers. The value of a car is the car. The majority of the value of a computer is the data on the computer, not the computer itself.
Perhaps a better idea would have been to hold the end companies liable, civilly not criminally, with hefty fines. Perhaps high enough they risk going out of business for allowing their product/business to be pushed via Spam...
How do you prove that the end company sent the spam? Holding a company liable for being advertised via spam makes it very easy to harm an innocent company.
actually, that's not always been the position (vague) of the FSF. it's been -also- said that dynamically linking with a library is the -same- thing as statically linking
It doesn't matter what the FSF thinks. What matters is copyright law. Unless dynamic linking is a violation of copyright law then the GPL doesn't apply. Remember, the GPL is simply a conditional copyright waiver.
Of course, it's obvious that dynamic linking is not a violation of copyright law. Do a Google search and you'll find stuff like this. Or simply use your head.
And as to MySQL, remember it's not as free as the rest. Like Qt and MySQL (Trolltech and MySQL AB) are both using dual-licensing to make their products "free" for some use, but not for others. MySQL's client libraries are GPL rather than LGPL, which makes using them for corporate projects less... legal. It makes sense for a language like PHP to distance itself from such projects -- not eliminate support, just appear less entangled.
This is complete FUD. It doesn't matter that PHP uses the GPL'd MySQL client library. Code running under the PHP interpreter is not affected by the GPL.
Additionally, GPL incompatible applications can use the GPL'd MySQL client. They simply cannot statically link with it or distribute the client library. The user of the application would have to provide the library. Dynamically linking to a library does not cause any (copyrighted) code to be copied into the application. You have never needed a license to use a shared library.
Unfortunately, the Gmail interface is FAR nicer than anything I can run on my own server. I hope they sell a Gmail Appliance at some point in the future.
The rub comes from the fact that merchants have no dispute resolution rights for Card Not Present transactions --whether PayPal is involved or they are using their own merchant bank. If someone calls up their bank and says they did not authorize the charge, it comes off their statement unless their signature appears somewhere. Period.
That's not true. Merchants can provide other forms of proof, such as delivery confirmation from shipping companies, that the cardholder authorized the charge.
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I've thought about moving to Brazil and making dvd copies of current movies to sell on sites like eBay.
eBay will shut you down. Plus it will cost so much to ship them that you probably won't be able to make much if any profit.
The problem is emulating a PPC processor on x86 hardware.
No, the real problem is emulating the OS X APIs. PPC emulators already exist.
gmail doesn't have a folder/subfolder structure. They have labels, other than that mail is either in your box or in the archive. It is a bit of an adjustment.
While that description is technically correct, it makes the system sound much worse than it is. Labels are like a single depth meta-folders. There is a list of labels and you can click on one to display all mail with that label, just like you would click on a folder.
Labels are better than folders because you can have multiple labels for any message / conversation (hence the term meta-folders). Not having a hierarchy is fine, because labels make the data a folder tree provides explicit, rather than implicit and actually allows for more information (an item in a tree can only be in one branch).
it's not fraud if you do not get anything and do not intend to get anything
The OP said "order", which implies making a purchase. Fraud is "intentional deception", not "intending to get something".
I'd like to be able to order everything sent in a spam message too with bogus information.
That's called fraud and is illegal.
Rather than creating a new law, why not just refuse to accept credit cards which do that.
Because merchants who do that will lose business.
Indeed competing with, say Apache or squid would be a hard sell.
Oh, really?
I was seriously considering dropping my email account through register.com and switching everything to gmail
Do what I do -- forward all your mail to your Gmail address.
Unless you're just hacking in your basement and get paid whether you deliver or not - like Paul Graham.
Paul Graham wrote the software that is now Yahoo! Store: http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
We're cutting to Oracle for business reasons, or we'd switch to the newly free Win32 PostgreSQL ASAP.
Why not run PostgreSQL on UNIX? Even buying new machines from a UNIX vendor (Apple, Dell, etc.) has to be cheaper than Oracle licenses.
I've been asked before why I think people have no big issue paying an auto mechanic a labor rate of $85/hr. - but moan/groan about even $50/hr. for a PC. Well, imagine if new cars sold for under $1000 each.....
If new cars sold for under $1000, then you wouldn't have to pay a mechanic $85/hr. Why not just buy a new computer when it breaks?
Because cars aren't like computers. The value of a car is the car. The majority of the value of a computer is the data on the computer, not the computer itself.
Case in point the "objective" lawyers that are prosecuting a lady *this year* for having a sex toy party where she sells toys to other ladies.
Note that the case was dropped.
If my girlfriend was going for a Dell over a Mac I would seriously start wondering about her. Especially when she is a grafix designer... god Windows.
Quote: "but she wanted to stick with windows for all of her art software and plugins (well over $4k of x86 only stuff)"
The mention of Doom 3 makes me think that's the one Carmack is involved in
That's because it is the one he is involved in.
Perhaps a better idea would have been to hold the end companies liable, civilly not criminally, with hefty fines. Perhaps high enough they risk going out of business for allowing their product/business to be pushed via Spam...
How do you prove that the end company sent the spam? Holding a company liable for being advertised via spam makes it very easy to harm an innocent company.
I had spyware and two viruses that prevented me from re-installing windows XP
Umm, how does spyware or viruses prevent you from booting off the CD and reinstalling?
tell him not to save to the C:\ drive
Why tell him? Set the permissions so that he can't save to it.
actually, that's not always been the position (vague) of the FSF. it's been -also- said that dynamically linking with a library is the -same- thing as statically linking
It doesn't matter what the FSF thinks. What matters is copyright law. Unless dynamic linking is a violation of copyright law then the GPL doesn't apply. Remember, the GPL is simply a conditional copyright waiver.
Of course, it's obvious that dynamic linking is not a violation of copyright law. Do a Google search and you'll find stuff like this. Or simply use your head.
And as to MySQL, remember it's not as free as the rest. Like Qt and MySQL (Trolltech and MySQL AB) are both using dual-licensing to make their products "free" for some use, but not for others. MySQL's client libraries are GPL rather than LGPL, which makes using them for corporate projects less ... legal. It makes sense for a language like PHP to distance itself from such projects -- not eliminate support, just appear less entangled.
This is complete FUD. It doesn't matter that PHP uses the GPL'd MySQL client library. Code running under the PHP interpreter is not affected by the GPL.
Additionally, GPL incompatible applications can use the GPL'd MySQL client. They simply cannot statically link with it or distribute the client library. The user of the application would have to provide the library. Dynamically linking to a library does not cause any (copyrighted) code to be copied into the application. You have never needed a license to use a shared library.
My mistake. I totally missed your point the first time.
Quick, get me a Java app that scans a set of maildir directories and outputs all messages by "TmdrCaco" to STDOUT in mbox format!
That would almost certainly be limited by I/O speed, not the language.
Plus, real geeks run their own mail servers.
Unfortunately, the Gmail interface is FAR nicer than anything I can run on my own server. I hope they sell a Gmail Appliance at some point in the future.
Gmail on the other hand may not be known to the "average" user but that's completely Google's fault. They aren't out there advertising it to Joe User.
Obviously not, as it is still in beta, and you have to have an invitation to sign up for it.
The rub comes from the fact that merchants have no dispute resolution rights for Card Not Present transactions --whether PayPal is involved or they are using their own merchant bank. If someone calls up their bank and says they did not authorize the charge, it comes off their statement unless their signature appears somewhere. Period.
That's not true. Merchants can provide other forms of proof, such as delivery confirmation from shipping companies, that the cardholder authorized the charge.
It's the problem with geeks. Many of us enjoy optomising, even when there isn't a need.
Smart geeks understand things like "premature optimization is the root of all evil" and "profile, don't speculate".