R&D is an expense, not a cost. That nine billion dollars is gone whether they sell five copies or five billion. CDs, packaging, manuals, those are costs.
If people had actually studied anything at all about Standard Oil, we *wouldn't* have antitrust regulations. They innovated their mom-and-pop competitors out of business, gained a huge share, and lost it as newer refineries copied their methods. All of this without Uncle Sam jabbing the antitrust gun into anyones back. The railroads I'll concede slightly, but their cartels were made possible by government coercion.
So you're advocating a bunch of make-work jobs in wind and solar using what is basically stolen money, and it's the oil companies who are immoral for actually producing a product people wish to buy?
They'll claim that their circumstances 'force' them to buy gas (despite the fact that they make those circumstances). Really, how companies make their profit is irrelevant to these types; the profit itself is proof of guilt.
"Binary Compatibility" is one of those horrendously ugly catch-alls that, in the end, really doesn't explain anything. Strictly speaking, every distribution out there uses the same ELF executable format, so they're all "binary compatible". Of course, there's library compatibility (usually not a big factor), and package format/package manager incompatibility ("I tried to install a Ford Escort starter in my Chevy Malibu and the bolt holes don't match up!").
If people can't agree as to what is or isn't an improvement in a particular Linux distribution, how is picking several improvements at random and calling them a "standard" going to fix things? The LSB Junir Woodchuck Club has been going on for years about the importance of standardization, and nothing has really changed.
Had they used the word tone, it probably would have been the layman's definition, which typically means "visible muscle definition due to low body fat."
Doubtful. Maximum muscle mass is typically determined by genetics and testosterone levels. Unless they're combining this into a steroid stack (then again, hardcore bodybuilders will inject everything short of Miracle-Gro in the name of getting as big as possible) I don't see them turning into superhuman freaks.
It's not up to lenders to fake reality for their lendees. Then again, it's not up to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fake reality for the lenders, it's not up to the Federal Reserve to fake reality for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it's not up to the American people to fake reality for the Federal Reserve. The only acceptable solution would have been to pull the whole government shebang out of the housing business. What would be left after the inevitable collapse might not be pretty, but it would be *honest*.
They had six months living in a house they knew they couldn't afford. And if they didn't know, they should have known. Sadly, the lenders knew they were going to get their fix of government bailout crack regardless, and more than likely rubber-stamped the application without thinking twice.
In a free country, you might be able to. Sadly, those don't seem to exist anymore. (While I personally find racism deplorable, legislating personal beliefs isn't the answer).
Not really. Most of them are Kubuntu spin-offs. The ones that aren't really aren't much to write home about either. How many times are you having to set up Debian anyways? Do it right and it should never be more than once.
You're wasting your time, you know that right? The KDE types do not want to hear about the flaws in their flawless release cycle. Really, if Seigo and all the Kool-aid drinkers would have just manned up, admitted they made a mistake with the "it's a release/no it's not" bullshit, and moved on, we might actually have an interesting discussion about the features of the new release.
I was long burned out on adventure games by the time that one came out, but I think one *really* bad puzzle doesn't hold a candle to all the stupid shit Roberta Williams used to use to pad out the King's Quest series.
All too true, but bear in mind the difference in thought and effort between creating a DVCS and criticizing someone who created a DVCS. Linus is the Tall Poppy in the FOSS world right now, and there's plenty of people who think it's their obligation to cut him down.
Linux doesn't rise or fall based upon what the end users think of it. That was my point. They contribute nothing by using it, they take nothing away by using something else, so why worry about them?
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R&D is an expense, not a cost. That nine billion dollars is gone whether they sell five copies or five billion. CDs, packaging, manuals, those are costs.
If people had actually studied anything at all about Standard Oil, we *wouldn't* have antitrust regulations. They innovated their mom-and-pop competitors out of business, gained a huge share, and lost it as newer refineries copied their methods. All of this without Uncle Sam jabbing the antitrust gun into anyones back. The railroads I'll concede slightly, but their cartels were made possible by government coercion.
So you're advocating a bunch of make-work jobs in wind and solar using what is basically stolen money, and it's the oil companies who are immoral for actually producing a product people wish to buy?
They'll claim that their circumstances 'force' them to buy gas (despite the fact that they make those circumstances). Really, how companies make their profit is irrelevant to these types; the profit itself is proof of guilt.
"Binary Compatibility" is one of those horrendously ugly catch-alls that, in the end, really doesn't explain anything. Strictly speaking, every distribution out there uses the same ELF executable format, so they're all "binary compatible". Of course, there's library compatibility (usually not a big factor), and package format/package manager incompatibility ("I tried to install a Ford Escort starter in my Chevy Malibu and the bolt holes don't match up!").
The only real issue I've ever had as far as binary incompatibility goes is libc5/glibc issues.
If people can't agree as to what is or isn't an improvement in a particular Linux distribution, how is picking several improvements at random and calling them a "standard" going to fix things? The LSB Junir Woodchuck Club has been going on for years about the importance of standardization, and nothing has really changed.
Had they used the word tone, it probably would have been the layman's definition, which typically means "visible muscle definition due to low body fat."
Doubtful. Maximum muscle mass is typically determined by genetics and testosterone levels. Unless they're combining this into a steroid stack (then again, hardcore bodybuilders will inject everything short of Miracle-Gro in the name of getting as big as possible) I don't see them turning into superhuman freaks.
What is the death rate per 100,000 for "putting the damn fork down?"
Who knows? Anabolic steroids go for as little as 50 cents a pill/vial in some places.
Between hitter-friendly parks and weak pitching rosters, how much of this hasn't happened already?
It's not up to lenders to fake reality for their lendees. Then again, it's not up to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fake reality for the lenders, it's not up to the Federal Reserve to fake reality for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it's not up to the American people to fake reality for the Federal Reserve. The only acceptable solution would have been to pull the whole government shebang out of the housing business. What would be left after the inevitable collapse might not be pretty, but it would be *honest*.
Should've backed out when you had the chance. You didn't, let someone else do the thinking for you, and paid for it through the nose.
They had six months living in a house they knew they couldn't afford. And if they didn't know, they should have known. Sadly, the lenders knew they were going to get their fix of government bailout crack regardless, and more than likely rubber-stamped the application without thinking twice.
In a free country, you might be able to. Sadly, those don't seem to exist anymore. (While I personally find racism deplorable, legislating personal beliefs isn't the answer).
Not to mention ADX Florence. Then again, I really don't see a US Senator going there.
Not really. Most of them are Kubuntu spin-offs. The ones that aren't really aren't much to write home about either. How many times are you having to set up Debian anyways? Do it right and it should never be more than once.
You're wasting your time, you know that right? The KDE types do not want to hear about the flaws in their flawless release cycle. Really, if Seigo and all the Kool-aid drinkers would have just manned up, admitted they made a mistake with the "it's a release/no it's not" bullshit, and moved on, we might actually have an interesting discussion about the features of the new release.
I was long burned out on adventure games by the time that one came out, but I think one *really* bad puzzle doesn't hold a candle to all the stupid shit Roberta Williams used to use to pad out the King's Quest series.
All too true, but bear in mind the difference in thought and effort between creating a DVCS and criticizing someone who created a DVCS. Linus is the Tall Poppy in the FOSS world right now, and there's plenty of people who think it's their obligation to cut him down.
RMS can demonstrate prior art with GNU Emacs.
Al Lowe in the "Leisure Suit Larry" series.
Linux doesn't rise or fall based upon what the end users think of it. That was my point. They contribute nothing by using it, they take nothing away by using something else, so why worry about them?
These kind of issues aren't going to go away until most users have some kind of reason to go with a 64-bit OS.