Laptops have so much custom hardware these days that it's a Bad Idea(TM) to attempt an OS installation from anything but restore CDs.
WTF? An OS installation from restore CDs? Can you tell me where to get vista restore CDs? (or linux ones for that matter?)
The success of a new operating system depends at least in part on how easy it is to install.
Desktops are cheap these days. Would it kill him to keep one or two around for "kicking the tires" of new Operating Systems?
If you'd read the article, you would know that he did:
I did try installing Vista on two other laptops. One, it turns out, needs a new Real Time Clock battery (a trip to the manufacturer is needed) and another which had a massive hard drive failure at the beginning of the installation process.
The only one I am familiar with (Steve), offered free Mac OS X licenses to this group for all the laptops. His offer was declined [macnn.com]. You can argue all you want about his motives,
Jobs was aware of the requirements of the one laptop per child project & new that OS X was totally unsuited. I think offering that license knowing it would be refused & cause confusion amongst mac fans was distracting, detracting & downplaying the project.
but you really can't say that he "downplayed" anything.
I'm afraid I just did:D
I do agree with you tho' that Job's was smarter & classier about his downplaying then Gate's vitriol & pettiness.
If you recall, Steve Jobs offered to license Mac OS X to this project for free and they refused.
I do recall. But frankly, that's about as much use as slap in the face with a medium sized trout. It was simply a distraction to:
1) Make Jobs look good. 2) Distract attention from red hat.
Jobs wasn't nasty about it, they way Gates was, but to think that he was being helpful offering OS X is... well, lets just say a little bit of self deception would have to be involved.
They do a lot worse all the time. I'd like you to list one reaction even remotely similar to the staged protests over the Mohammed photos in the Jyllandsposten. Just one.
That's precisely what I mean, those (stupid & ill-informed) protests were a reaction to criticism from without. Plenty of moslems have done things as bad as the cartoons without the same reaction.
What you imply is that if a culture suppresses criticism from itself, it should be immune from all criticism.
No. You inferred incorrecctly. I believe change comes quicker following criticism from within. (and yes, there's plenty that I think should change in the muslim world)
Criticism from outside makes a culture or country more insular, less prone to change (just look at the reactions of the vast majority of the US after external criticisms)
That is a double standard. Further, you imply that the validity of a critique depends not on what it says but on who says it. That's ad-hominem. It's standard leftist ideology, and it's amazing that any person can espouse it and claim to be educated; the cognitive dissonance required to hold it should break any functioning mind.
Frankly, I am amazed that anyone other then a pipe-smoking-leftist-literature-and-post-modernism -professor-at-berkley would ever use the term "cognitive dissonance" with a straight face.
Let us all remember that Freedom of Speech is a two way street. Just because you don't agree with someone, doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to say it publicly.
Not a Freedom of Speech issue.
1) They're still saying it. 2) Google search engine is still linking to them. 3) They've been kicked from a news site because they're not news sites, but hate sites.
The final photo in the set shows three different colours - they all look fantastic - this photo shows the fedora desktop. Also looks great!
It should be noted that the 'horns' are for directional wireless (and also cover USB ports when not in use) - remember that if you want to mock them!
I say kudos to AMD, Brightstar, Google, News Corporation, Nortel, and Red Hat for making this possible. It's a pity Gates & Jobs couldn't join in rather then attempting to downplay the fine efforts of this group.
Here in the Netherlands there was a big uproar when Hirshi Ali basically said the same thing: Mohammed was a pedophile because he took a 9 year old for a wife. Yet she gets elected Woman of the Year by Times magazine.
Reference please? (Nederlands of Engels)
And anyway:
1) Ayaan Hirsi Ali got woman of the year because she is an amazing woman. 2) Criticism from within a culture is different to criticism from without - can you imagine if it'd been an arab who made piss christ?
Anyway, I thought Americans were so big on freedom of speech. I'd said get ready for some real rucus, because Hirshi Ali (or Magan actually) is coming your way!
Not a freedom of speech issue - you can still find all those sites using google. Google's removed them from their news sites, because they're not news sites they're hate sites!
Perhaps the editors might actually look at both sides of an issue before they post propaganda from hate groups?
I think the slashdot editors are to some extent forced to post issues to the front page when they get big enough on the internet. I mean, there's been plenty of slashdot readers, like this dimwit who are talking about this (his sig is "Liberal Slashdot Bias.")
Anyway, I don't hold slashdot to the same standards as other organisations - after all, you can just read the comments - they'll certainly let you know if the story's wrong! (Something none of the linked blogs have the courage to do)
He did not spare anyone; even 9 year old girls were not immune to his sexual wrath. Worshiping a sex-maniac and a child molester? I think NOT.
and has this charming tidbit that really reveals alot about the author's way of thinking
Is it really tacky of me to smile at the nightly scenes on TV showing Arab, Afghani and Pakistani Muslims bombing mosques and killing their Muslim brothers, sisters and children at a brisk pace because that's all they know how to do?
The Java report rehashes the incorrect (and two year old) rumour that Iran was introducing Nazi style clothing for non-moslems.
In short, the blogs were not news sources, they were at best aggregators of chauvinistic news, at worst (like the first link), poorly written anti-moslem blogs, that just happen to tie in current events.
Frankly, I new google news was going to hit this sort of trouble as soon as they started indexing this blog.
Anyway, good on you google for not linking to hate as 'news' - the reaction of the moslem haters is as predictable as allways, crying about censorship, but frankly, everyone just thinks you're a bunch of whiners.
Well, I'm hardly a copyright lawyer, but section 3(b):
(B) If you begin patent litigation against Microsoft over patents that you think may apply to the software (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit), your license to the software ends automatically.
Sounds like a condition on usage, with the threat of usage withdrawal.
If you violate the GPL, you lose the right to distribute, not usage rights.
In order to participate in the Contest, you must be a professional or amateur embedded developer and 18 years or older; however, residents of the following countries are ineligible to participate due to legal constraints: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
Why is iraq included on that list? I thought Iraq was now a peaceful democracy, and iraqis should be able to work for free for MS just like everyone else!
This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the software.
What! You have to accept the license to use it? Not too permissive....
And I can't find it on either the OSI's license page or the fsfs license page
What collaboration features does OpenOffice offer?
No idea - my point was the collaboration market was smaller then MS thinks & OO is starting to make ground on the "I just want a basic Word Processor" market.
That a "Xbox 360 console, a 34-inch HDTV, games, and accessories" is closer to "okay (or even feh)" than a "dream setup"?
You are utterly out of touch.
That is a far, far better setup then most people have - maybe "dream setup" is a bit too much, but it's a gell of a lot better then okay/feh (I'd say an "aweseome setup").
Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD" To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'" Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.
1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property. 2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use. 3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization? 4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com Thank you, iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really)" To: "Personalize, iPOD iD" Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD" To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'" Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD Customer,
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you, iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really)" To: "Personalize, iPOD iD" Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
Slashdot Mirror
WTF? An OS installation from restore CDs? Can you tell me where to get vista restore CDs? (or linux ones for that matter?)
The success of a new operating system depends at least in part on how easy it is to install.
Desktops are cheap these days. Would it kill him to keep one or two around for "kicking the tires" of new Operating Systems?
If you'd read the article, you would know that he did:
Built-in audio and wireless didn't work on his Levono laptop.
That's because the audio is reserved for spying on the US military (and wireless to transmit the data back to China!)
The only one I am familiar with (Steve), offered free Mac OS X licenses to this group for all the laptops. His offer was declined [macnn.com]. You can argue all you want about his motives,
:D
Jobs was aware of the requirements of the one laptop per child project & new that OS X was totally unsuited. I think offering that license knowing it would be refused & cause confusion amongst mac fans was distracting, detracting & downplaying the project.
but you really can't say that he "downplayed" anything.
I'm afraid I just did
I do agree with you tho' that Job's was smarter & classier about his downplaying then Gate's vitriol & pettiness.
If you recall, Steve Jobs offered to license Mac OS X to this project for free and they refused.
I do recall. But frankly, that's about as much use as slap in the face with a medium sized trout. It was simply a distraction to:
1) Make Jobs look good.
2) Distract attention from red hat.
Jobs wasn't nasty about it, they way Gates was, but to think that he was being helpful offering OS X is... well, lets just say a little bit of self deception would have to be involved.
They do a lot worse all the time. I'd like you to list one reaction even remotely similar to the staged protests over the Mohammed photos in the Jyllandsposten. Just one.
m -professor-at-berkley would ever use the term "cognitive dissonance" with a straight face.
That's precisely what I mean, those (stupid & ill-informed) protests were a reaction to criticism from without. Plenty of moslems have done things as bad as the cartoons without the same reaction.
What you imply is that if a culture suppresses criticism from itself, it should be immune from all criticism.
No. You inferred incorrecctly. I believe change comes quicker following criticism from within. (and yes, there's plenty that I think should change in the muslim world)
Criticism from outside makes a culture or country more insular, less prone to change (just look at the reactions of the vast majority of the US after external criticisms)
That is a double standard. Further, you imply that the validity of a critique depends not on what it says but on who says it. That's ad-hominem. It's standard leftist ideology, and it's amazing that any person can espouse it and claim to be educated; the cognitive dissonance required to hold it should break any functioning mind.
Frankly, I am amazed that anyone other then a pipe-smoking-leftist-literature-and-post-modernis
Let us all remember that Freedom of Speech is a two way street. Just because you don't agree with someone, doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to say it publicly.
Not a Freedom of Speech issue.
1) They're still saying it.
2) Google search engine is still linking to them.
3) They've been kicked from a news site because they're not news sites, but hate sites.
The final photo in the set shows three different colours - they all look fantastic - this photo shows the fedora desktop. Also looks great!
It should be noted that the 'horns' are for directional wireless (and also cover USB ports when not in use) - remember that if you want to mock them!
I say kudos to AMD, Brightstar, Google, News Corporation, Nortel, and Red Hat for making this possible. It's a pity Gates & Jobs couldn't join in rather then attempting to downplay the fine efforts of this group.
I realised that all of these were mere blogs and thus had no place in a news aggregation site to begin with.
indeed
(I think the problem was not that they were blogs, but they were not news sites but hate sites.)
Apologies, I wanted a reference for: Ali basically said the same thing: Mohammed was a pedophile because he took a 9 year old for a wife.
Here in the Netherlands there was a big uproar when Hirshi Ali basically said the same thing: Mohammed was a pedophile because he took a 9 year old for a wife. Yet she gets elected Woman of the Year by Times magazine.
Reference please? (Nederlands of Engels)
And anyway:
1) Ayaan Hirsi Ali got woman of the year because she is an amazing woman.
2) Criticism from within a culture is different to criticism from without - can you imagine if it'd been an arab who made piss christ?
Anyway, I thought Americans were so big on freedom of speech. I'd said get ready for some real rucus, because Hirshi Ali (or Magan actually) is coming your way!
Not a freedom of speech issue - you can still find all those sites using google. Google's removed them from their news sites, because they're not news sites they're hate sites!
Perhaps the editors might actually look at both sides of an issue before they post propaganda from hate groups?
I think the slashdot editors are to some extent forced to post issues to the front page when they get big enough on the internet. I mean, there's been plenty of slashdot readers, like this dimwit who are talking about this (his sig is "Liberal Slashdot Bias.")
Anyway, I don't hold slashdot to the same standards as other organisations - after all, you can just read the comments - they'll certainly let you know if the story's wrong! (Something none of the linked blogs have the courage to do)
I don't think I've ever seen the Drudge Report in Google News, and he actually does get scoops now and then.
Name one other true scoop from drudge besides Lewinski.
Drudge may not be as nutso as these sites, but do a search on drudge at google news and you find real new sites rebutting his "stories".
I suspect he's been kicked from google news for being a rumour site.
You will be guilty of the crime of posting while conservative. Enjoy your downmods. Have a nice day.
Conservatism and Islamophobia have nothing in common.
The new media journal is not a conservative rag, it is an Islam-fear-spreading propaganda machine.
Sorry!
Mich News has appalling layout & a rather distasteful red, white, blue color scheme (why is he so obsessed with the french flag?)
In short, the blogs were not news sources, they were at best aggregators of chauvinistic news, at worst (like the first link), poorly written anti-moslem blogs, that just happen to tie in current events.
Frankly, I new google news was going to hit this sort of trouble as soon as they started indexing this blog.
Anyway, good on you google for not linking to hate as 'news' - the reaction of the moslem haters is as predictable as allways, crying about censorship, but frankly, everyone just thinks you're a bunch of whiners.
If you violate the GPL, you lose the right to distribute, not usage rights.
Don't even get me started on those cubans,
I concur - why the fuck does anyone give a damn about Cuba anymore?
I mean, just because the Women are better looking there then in the US doesn't mean America has to ban all the goddamn trade does it?
So I can copy GPL'ed code and just ignore the license? Sweet deal.
*sighs*
The GPL is a license on distribution, not use. In the license itself it says You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it.
Do you see the difference now? Microsoft requires you to accept their license to use their software. The GPL/BSD license do not.
I suggest you have a read of the FSF's licenses + comments page before making smartass comments.
Oh! - and the MS-PL doesn't sound too permissive to me! What! You have to accept the license to use it? Not too permissive....
And I can't find it on either the OSI's license page or the fsfs license page
What collaboration features does OpenOffice offer?
No idea - my point was the collaboration market was smaller then MS thinks & OO is starting to make ground on the "I just want a basic Word Processor" market.
If you were using Firefox like a proper /.'er, then your ctrl+scrlUp in your browser would be the same as Office
/.'er, then you'd know the ctr+scrl behaviour is the same in IE & firefox ;-)
If you were using Firefox like a proper
Seriously, I was hoping they'd fix office to match the rest of the universe, rather then breaking IE....
That a "Xbox 360 console, a 34-inch HDTV, games, and accessories" is closer to "okay (or even feh)" than a "dream setup"?
You are utterly out of touch.
That is a far, far better setup then most people have - maybe "dream setup" is a bit too much, but it's a gell of a lot better then okay/feh (I'd say an "aweseome setup").
Darwin is not open source, because a major component (x86 xnu) of it is not open source - even if you use your incorrect definition.
If you disagree, please point me to where I can download the xnu x86 kernel.
*ruffles damian's hair* you've been very cute to argue with, you deserve my handle more then I do!
What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?
Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.
1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD Customer,
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD Customer,
Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c
*yawn*
:-)
This is so hard, when we're obviously in completely different timezones
Apple has, in fact, said that Darwin is open source, and they're not lying.
Hahahahahahahaha!
(mods, mod this down, I will give a proper reply in the morning)
You are both wrong; there is nothing to fix. Browse for yourself and see!
;-)
Hmmmn, personally, I don't see how a music store can call itself 'mainstream' until it's selling music from this band.
Sorry emusic - not ready for the prime time
(btw, that winky at the end means its a joke)