It would be entertaining if Red Hat was able to replace all "infringing" pieces before the case even got rolling. I'd think it would take some steam out of the troll.
Microsoft didn't get to a monopoly position by government assistance, it got there by plain hard work (and courtroom battles). But, like other companies, it's getting too big to support it's own weight. It will fall of itself, and Dell selling Linux PC's is probably the beginning of the end.
Banning bundling is a very bad idea, because it is government intervention in the free market. A MUCH better idea would be fixing software patents (non-obvious clause) and junk lawsuits (prosecution pays all court costs if they loose).
I think Vista is going to be the next Windows ME/2000 - a flop that bridges the gap between the really good versions (98SE, XP, 7?). It implements many new technologies and ideas, but is too clumsy and buggy to achieve the "standard" position. It will simply be shoved under the rug when the solid version arrives. (At least, that's my opinion.)
Here's a start: 1. Put a lifetime cap on welfare. 2. Nuke farm subsidies. Yes, it will cause temporary pain, but it will be much better in the long run. 3. Make Social Security so that you get out exactly as much as you put in. 4. Restructure the education system so that every student has $x that go with him top any school that meets the minimum requirements. 5. Remove most of the zoning laws. I ought to be able to have a horse pasture if I want to.
That's a nice idea, but it doesn't work because it's not a monopoly. In your scenario, if just one mfg decides to drastically cut their prices down to realistic levels, it suddenly leave all the others high and dry. It's called capitalism, and it tends to work.
That gave me an idea: 1. Number of thwarted attacks you logged. 2. Number of successful requests vs failures. 3. Number of clicks and keystrokes you made or some other impressive, useless stat.
"According to documents accidentally placed on a federal government Web site for a short time last week (a punctuation mark maybe?) the national science foundation (NSF) will award the contract to buy a $200M supercomputer in 2011 to IBM. The machine is designed to perform scientific calculations at sustained speed(s?) of 1 petaflop. The award is already proving controversial however, with questions being raised about the correctness of the bidding procedure. Similar concerns have also been raised about the award of a smaller machine to Oak Ridge national lab, which is a Department of energy laboratory, not a site one would expect to house an NSF machine."
My inner self must be a designer then, because it always takes a few minutes to get acquainted when I switch OS's. I am surprised that more people don't notice.
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Someone older and wiser once told me that, "Locks keep honest people honest."
Why not have a total weight per person, including the person's weight? That seems more fair overall, and it would encourage overweight people to be more healthy.
I had all those problems until I installed Nvidia's proprietary drivers. Now it's all silky, which would make me suspect Xorg.
Linux hasn't failed on the desktop; particular distos have. Kubuntu seems to work very well as a desktop OS, even for my nontechnical friends. The single biggest issue I have with Kubuntu in general is the screen resolution getting automagically trashed all the time.
I love my local CableOne. I always get straight through to a Linux-savvy person who can see my modem status and knows exactly what I'm talking about.:)
I'd have to agree with that. I recently realized, somewhat with a shock, that I prefer Kubuntu to XP, even though I've used Windows forever and know it inside and out. I only lament that a handful of Windows tools don't work in Wine yet.
Totalitarian governments methodically consolidate power (Castro, Putin, ect). A universal identity card and the accompanying database is a wonderful tool for a power-hungry politician (think of Bloomberg and then BATFE trace data).
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Moveon.org was also give a deep discount on that nice big ad. NYT says it was a "clerical error". Yeah...right.
It would be entertaining if Red Hat was able to replace all "infringing" pieces before the case even got rolling. I'd think it would take some steam out of the troll.
No, vote for Ron Paul!
Microsoft didn't get to a monopoly position by government assistance, it got there by plain hard work (and courtroom battles). But, like other companies, it's getting too big to support it's own weight. It will fall of itself, and Dell selling Linux PC's is probably the beginning of the end.
Banning bundling is a very bad idea, because it is government intervention in the free market. A MUCH better idea would be fixing software patents (non-obvious clause) and junk lawsuits (prosecution pays all court costs if they loose).
So are these:
14dB Outdoor Yagi Antenna
14dB Directional Antenna
500mW Signal Booster
I think Vista is going to be the next Windows ME/2000 - a flop that bridges the gap between the really good versions (98SE, XP, 7?).
It implements many new technologies and ideas, but is too clumsy and buggy to achieve the "standard" position. It will simply be shoved under the rug when the solid version arrives. (At least, that's my opinion.)
Here's a start:
1. Put a lifetime cap on welfare.
2. Nuke farm subsidies. Yes, it will cause temporary pain, but it will be much better in the long run.
3. Make Social Security so that you get out exactly as much as you put in.
4. Restructure the education system so that every student has $x that go with him top any school that meets the minimum requirements.
5. Remove most of the zoning laws. I ought to be able to have a horse pasture if I want to.
Brilliant! Somebody mod this up; I ran out.
Ok, so just email all the RAM data direct to the MPAA.
That's a nice idea, but it doesn't work because it's not a monopoly. In your scenario, if just one mfg decides to drastically cut their prices down to realistic levels, it suddenly leave all the others high and dry. It's called capitalism, and it tends to work.
That gave me an idea:
1. Number of thwarted attacks you logged.
2. Number of successful requests vs failures.
3. Number of clicks and keystrokes you made or some other impressive, useless stat.
IBM had built a huge library of moves that computers had trouble with. That's why Deep Blue acted so hybrid.
A comma (or Zonk could have split the sentence).
"According to documents accidentally placed on a federal government Web site for a short time last week (a punctuation mark maybe?) the national science foundation (NSF) will award the contract to buy a $200M supercomputer in 2011 to IBM. The machine is designed to perform scientific calculations at sustained speed(s?) of 1 petaflop. The award is already proving controversial however, with questions being raised about the correctness of the bidding procedure. Similar concerns have also been raised about the award of a smaller machine to Oak Ridge national lab, which is a Department of energy laboratory, not a site one would expect to house an NSF machine."
Come on editors!
You forfeit your personal safety when you break into my house. Criminals shouldn't be protected (contrary to the ACLU's opinion).
My inner self must be a designer then, because it always takes a few minutes to get acquainted when I switch OS's. I am surprised that more people don't notice.
Someone older and wiser once told me that, "Locks keep honest people honest."
GMail uses the "active" form fields for it's automatic draft saves, which are very, very handy.
Why not have a total weight per person, including the person's weight? That seems more fair overall, and it would encourage overweight people to be more healthy.
I had all those problems until I installed Nvidia's proprietary drivers. Now it's all silky, which would make me suspect Xorg.
Linux hasn't failed on the desktop; particular distos have. Kubuntu seems to work very well as a desktop OS, even for my nontechnical friends. The single biggest issue I have with Kubuntu in general is the screen resolution getting automagically trashed all the time.
I love my local CableOne. I always get straight through to a Linux-savvy person who can see my modem status and knows exactly what I'm talking about. :)
http://www.electric-escape.net/node/1475
I almost fell out of my chair.
I'd have to agree with that. I recently realized, somewhat with a shock, that I prefer Kubuntu to XP, even though I've used Windows forever and know it inside and out. I only lament that a handful of Windows tools don't work in Wine yet.
I said they might have a remote idea. And is it better to know something or nothing?
Totalitarian governments methodically consolidate power (Castro, Putin, ect). A universal identity card and the accompanying database is a wonderful tool for a power-hungry politician (think of Bloomberg and then BATFE trace data).