lmao!
America's Freedom And "Democracy" (We're not a democracy, by the way) are for Americans.
Enemy combatants not part of a national military are *not* protected by the Geneva Convention and as such we are more than able to use the same methods on them that they are using on our soldiers.
We just don't cut their heads off on national TV.:)
If we were hell-bent on world domination, would we not simply have taken over Iraq? Seems like it would have taken a lot less time and been a lot simpler to just swoop in, sweep up, plant the flag and colonize with an American population. Lord knows we could use the space for overflow.
No, sadly, our intent was not to claim, but to free, which leaves us with little real control over the end-game.
We should have just taken the cue from the whining left's accusations of oil/land grabbing and swallowed the entire Middle-East.
This explains the need for infrastucture funding. But basic needs of the people? That would be a personal responsibility (except in the rare cases where one is physically unable to provide for themselves).
For such things as infrastructure, it is, to some degree, necessary. For others, such as welfare, "morality laws", and robinhood-syndrome, it is quite arguable.
Disallowing use of proprietary protocols would not only destroy Microsoft, but about 1000 other companies who design a license such things.
You're talking about disallowing the ability for anyone to market a process for doing something that they think might be better than the "standard". That is absolute BS.
Neither will happen while the competing formats are "free" and "open source".
Hate to break it to you, but companies will not leverage their productivity on infrastructure that does not come with a support contract and corporate backing.
Simple law of economics. A company selling a product and contracted to support it has far more motivation to do it well, improve it, and keep it on the market than an organization that is doing it for the "good feeling" it gives them.
The feeling can fade, and they can walk away without the slightest care. It's much harder for a corporate entity with support contracts, and a profit-generating product line to do that.
Of course, once you subtract all of the attacks that have been subverted due to the need for them to focus their attention on our troops in Iraq and we all come out better for it, don't we?
Ya know, if you're into all that hypothetical nonsense.
Or rather, they see the full equation (Practicality vs. Manufactured Pseudo-Science), and unlike the general public aren't swayed by the fear-mongering, liberal-leaning media.
You're not realizing the main point. 512 is fine. But upping it to a fill GB will not "just allow you to load civ 4 faster". It will speed up menus, dialog loading, hell, OS loading (it will swap less during initial boot).
The list goes on.
RAM doesn't affect just game loading, it affects all of your computing. Want those directories of fansubs to show up a bit faster? As cheap as RAM is nowadays, it's a sin to have less than a GB considering how much it improves even general computing over 512.
Doesn't having WSUS download and automatically install every update kind of make WSUS pointless to begin with?
WSUS exists so admins can pick and choose which updates go out. Just having it let everything go through with out testing it is, well... I cannot come up with a single reason as to why anyone would want to configure it that way.
The other bit most people aren't reading is the bit about automatic updates. If this is enabled, you're getting anything MS sends your way, because you've given them permission. Simply set it to download but not install, or just to notify when new downloads are available. This will allow you to deselect desktop search quite easily.
Third parties have an exponentially more difficult uphill battle" might be more accurate;
True, but any product competing against an existing popular product has an uphill battle. It's the way the market works.
and it's also enough for US anti-trust laws to apply.
Check your facts: US antitrust laws apply to using market force to enter into other markets with an unfair advantage. Name me *one* popular OS that doesn't include the ability to watch vids and listen to music, much less browse the net and *gasp* Search.
These are defacto "parts" of the OS now, and have been for quite some time.
And anyone in a business with a lot of capitol knowing full well it's is *much* easier (and generally cheaper) to start from a work in progress than from scratch.
Once it hits the internet, he'll never have to worry about losing it again. His files will be forever stored in the cloud, easily accessible from anywhere in the world.
Slashdot Mirror
roflmao...
Rest assured, the "Linux Wars" will go totally unnoticed by the vast majority of Windows users.
lmao! America's Freedom And "Democracy" (We're not a democracy, by the way) are for Americans. Enemy combatants not part of a national military are *not* protected by the Geneva Convention and as such we are more than able to use the same methods on them that they are using on our soldiers. We just don't cut their heads off on national TV. :)
If we were hell-bent on world domination, would we not simply have taken over Iraq? Seems like it would have taken a lot less time and been a lot simpler to just swoop in, sweep up, plant the flag and colonize with an American population. Lord knows we could use the space for overflow.
No, sadly, our intent was not to claim, but to free, which leaves us with little real control over the end-game.
We should have just taken the cue from the whining left's accusations of oil/land grabbing and swallowed the entire Middle-East.
Perhaps those children could use some actual parenting.
Ya know...
Just a thought.
This explains the need for infrastucture funding. But basic needs of the people? That would be a personal responsibility (except in the rare cases where one is physically unable to provide for themselves).
For such things as infrastructure, it is, to some degree, necessary. For others, such as welfare, "morality laws", and robinhood-syndrome, it is quite arguable.
Disallowing use of proprietary protocols would not only destroy Microsoft, but about 1000 other companies who design a license such things.
You're talking about disallowing the ability for anyone to market a process for doing something that they think might be better than the "standard". That is absolute BS.
Neither will happen while the competing formats are "free" and "open source".
Hate to break it to you, but companies will not leverage their productivity on infrastructure that does not come with a support contract and corporate backing.
Simple law of economics. A company selling a product and contracted to support it has far more motivation to do it well, improve it, and keep it on the market than an organization that is doing it for the "good feeling" it gives them.
The feeling can fade, and they can walk away without the slightest care. It's much harder for a corporate entity with support contracts, and a profit-generating product line to do that.
Linux will never be "On TV". That requires a marketing budget, which, last I checked, isn't really necessary for a *free* product.
If this is what anyone bases their definition of "Monopoly" on, FOSS will *never* be considered a competing product.
Ever.
Not a single LightRail system in the US is operating within budget (without subsidy) or has done *anything* to decrease traffic or oil consumption.
I don't see MagLev doing any better, just costing the US taxpayer more while siphoning yet more funds away from our interstates and highways.
Of course, once you subtract all of the attacks that have been subverted due to the need for them to focus their attention on our troops in Iraq and we all come out better for it, don't we?
Ya know, if you're into all that hypothetical nonsense.
Or rather, they see the full equation (Practicality vs. Manufactured Pseudo-Science), and unlike the general public aren't swayed by the fear-mongering, liberal-leaning media.
ROFL
Sorry, as an avid Ubuntu and WINE user, I couldn't help but laugh at that one.
You're not realizing the main point. 512 is fine. But upping it to a fill GB will not "just allow you to load civ 4 faster". It will speed up menus, dialog loading, hell, OS loading (it will swap less during initial boot).
The list goes on.
RAM doesn't affect just game loading, it affects all of your computing. Want those directories of fansubs to show up a bit faster? As cheap as RAM is nowadays, it's a sin to have less than a GB considering how much it improves even general computing over 512.
VirtualBox.
Use Synaptic to grab it. Easy as pie.
You mean....except for this one.
Right?
Like Microsoft?
Doesn't having WSUS download and automatically install every update kind of make WSUS pointless to begin with?
WSUS exists so admins can pick and choose which updates go out. Just having it let everything go through with out testing it is, well... I cannot come up with a single reason as to why anyone would want to configure it that way.
WSUS, perhaps?
The other bit most people aren't reading is the bit about automatic updates. If this is enabled, you're getting anything MS sends your way, because you've given them permission. Simply set it to download but not install, or just to notify when new downloads are available. This will allow you to deselect desktop search quite easily.
Third parties have an exponentially more difficult uphill battle" might be more accurate;
True, but any product competing against an existing popular product has an uphill battle. It's the way the market works.
and it's also enough for US anti-trust laws to apply.
Check your facts: US antitrust laws apply to using market force to enter into other markets with an unfair advantage. Name me *one* popular OS that doesn't include the ability to watch vids and listen to music, much less browse the net and *gasp* Search.
These are defacto "parts" of the OS now, and have been for quite some time.Easynews.com global USENET Search.
It doesn't need to be in popular groups. If it's on there, the global search will find it. It can even be seperated into 30 different groups.
I must have missed the part where Apple held a gun to their head forcing them to apply the update...
And anyone in a business with a lot of capitol knowing full well it's is *much* easier (and generally cheaper) to start from a work in progress than from scratch.
Durr?
Once it hits the internet, he'll never have to worry about losing it again. His files will be forever stored in the cloud, easily accessible from anywhere in the world.
;p
What more could he ask for??
Uh.. Clippy could be disbaled with three clicks. That's going to mean a lot more to the vast majority of non-programmers than "one line of code".
Christ. You might as well tell them all it takes is building a Porsche out of paper-clips for all the good that line will do.