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I even apologized to the site I posted it to. This was about
a week ago.
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Start of groveling
"The link I provided had a prefix that changed each time it was
used, I apologize for that. It wasn't intentional and it wasn't the
fault of http://www.tinyurl.com/ apparently I picked the link from ??
(no clue) I used Tinyurl as the link split in my editor.
http://hijackthis.de/en says everything's fine on my end.

Peerblock stopped these prefix's and how I found it out
http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/30811/CD133407/wpfvns76cw7p&lnkurl=
http://affiliates.digitalriver.com/z/30811/CD133407/wpfvns76cw7p&lnkurl=
http://affiliates.digitalriver.com/z/30811/CD133407/1anre0fx5ksq&lnkurl=
End of groveling

After reading the article, it would appear I must of missed a letter or
two in the original link.

I even apologized to the site I posted it to. This was about
a week ago.
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Start of groveling
"The link I provided had a prefix that changed each time it was
used, I apologize for that. It wasn't intentional and it wasn't the
fault of http://www.tinyurl.com/ apparently I picked the link from ??
(no clue) I used Tinyurl as the link split in my editor.
http://hijackthis.de/en says everything's fine on my end.

Peerblock stopped these prefix's and how I found it out
http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/30811/CD133407/wpfvns76cw7p&lnkurl=
http://affiliates.digitalriver.com/z/30811/CD133407/wpfvns76cw7p&lnkurl=
http://affiliates.digitalriver.com/z/30811/CD133407/1anre0fx5ksq&lnkurl=
End of groveling

After reading the article, it would appear I must of missed a letter or
two in the original link.

Yes, we do.

Woah! Just did a search (since I hadn't looked for this for years) and ... lo and behold! Found! Discovered! Yesssss!

http://drn.digitalriver.com/category/Borland-Turbo-Pascal-programming-language/296.html

Which leads to this download:

http://drn.digitalriver.com/free-download/Borland-Turbo-Pascal-programming-language/toadlongzip/51197.html

TOADLONG.ZIP! And it's all there! Enjoy :-)

(Yes, the old Turbo Pascal compilers are still out there too.)

Boy, that WAS back in The Day. Check out my old email address :-)

    kirsch@braggvax.ARPA

Hmmm, I wonder if that's still working?

Toad

Woah! Just did a search (since I hadn't looked for this for years) and ... lo and behold! Found! Discovered! Yesssss!

http://drn.digitalriver.com/category/Borland-Turbo-Pascal-programming-language/296.html

Which leads to this download:

http://drn.digitalriver.com/free-download/Borland-Turbo-Pascal-programming-language/toadlongzip/51197.html

TOADLONG.ZIP! And it's all there! Enjoy :-)

(Yes, the old Turbo Pascal compilers are still out there too.)

Boy, that WAS back in The Day. Check out my old email address :-)

    kirsch@braggvax.ARPA

Hmmm, I wonder if that's still working?

Toad

They do this here in the US as well through Digital River. I just purchased a Windows 7 Pro upgrade for $30 from here: http://windows7.digitalriver.com/ You have to use a .edu address to purchase, and they'll send a link around the 22nd to download an ISO.

Maybe, but I think it's more to do with support. MS doesn't want to walk granny though downloading an .iso (over dialup), finding and installing a program capable of burning it (not included in XP or Vista), and then running through the installer (big long unpaid support call). Remember, most people who buy OEM PC's don't even know what an .iso is. That's why they had to include "Is downloading the same as installing?" on their FAQ.

Then there's the extra buck or two they make off mailing media. And if it goes through an OEM too, they want their buck or two as well. As with all things, this can be chalked up to "save/make an extra buck or two, put it through some imaginary math, and hey look at that sweet bottom line for next quarter!"

It could also be people are stupid to remember they signed up for it at first place.

That is the problem of the "This is spam" function on general end user mail service. They shouldn't be opportunistic and silently ignore "This is spam" false alerts from some idiots who doesn't know what the consequences would be.

If they (MoveOn) have "double opt-in" documented at http://nct.digitalriver.com/ecm/doihowto/ , Yahoo has no excuse. It is not like User won't claim it is spam, they will do it. You will have first hand verification of that guy clicked that link. If a political/evil plot is going on, you will also have a good proof too.

Thanks for the informative reply - I was looking at some of their other products, and they seem to make the claim "an Internet connected computer or compatible mobile phone" could be used. Maybe they reduce the quality, or maybe they assume a lot of bandwidth, or maybe they assume that the computer is internet-connected but on the LAN, too... :-) http://store.digitalriver.com/servlet/ControllerSe rvlet?Action=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&id=ProductDe tailsPage&SiteID=slingbox&productID=53042900

I am currently using http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-img/operations/ac dsys/html/060926/acdsee_1.html ( ACDSee Photo Manager ) and have found that it works very well. It's quick to load and has some great features. It does, however, take some getting used to.

These are the first programs I install on every Windows machine I get my hands on. They serve a very simple purpose: to take care of all the Windows quirks and negate the need for any maintenance whatsoever:

1) AVG Antivirus: This is amazing, lightweight and updates almost every day (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1);

2) CCleaner (Crap Cleaner): Removes all the "crap" that gets stored on Windows machines (unused and temp files) (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

3) Opera Browser: The best browser, IMHO. No need for for any any extensions, lightweight... it simply rocks. Oh, and mouse gestures with simplify you life! (http://opera.com/)

4) Foxit: Simple, no frills, lightweight pdf reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php)

5) Executive Software Diskeeper: Automatically and seamlesly defrags the hard drive and optimizes access time to most used files.

BTW, all of the above programs are free, except Diskeeper.

For me, thats basically it. I personally have no need for a software firewall, but if you do many recommend (Free) Black ICE (http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_dynamic.main ?SP=1&PN=10&sid=26412) or ZoneAlarm.

And before anyone asks, using Opera (rather than IE) I have NEVER had any Spyware problems, so no need for Ad-aware or Spybot S & D.

Using the above, you'll be alright and won't run into any mayor problems using Windows. Just make sure that you don't install any programs that contain spyware (Google for spyware before installing. If it does contain spyware I sure you'll find a suitable replacement that doesn't).

Hello,

A bit of searching came up with the following free or trial versions of anti-virus programs which are capable of detecting and removing Win32/MyWife (née CME-24):

Alwil - Avast! 4 Home Edition (free for personal non-commercial use)
ESET - NOD32 trial version (30-day evaluation)
Grisoft - AVG Free Edition (free for personal non-commercial use)
Kaspersky Lab - Anti-Virus Personal 5.0 (30-day evaluation)
McAfee - VirusScan (30-day evaluation)
Microsoft - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) (free)
Panda - Titanium Antivirus 2006 (30-day evaluation)
Sophos - Anti-Virus (30-day evaluation)
Symantec - W32.Blackmal@mm Removal Tool (free)
Trend Micro - PC-cillin Trial Version (30-day evaluation)

I'm certain other readers will look up and post links to additional vendors, too. Ob-disclaimer: I happen to work for one of the companies listed above, so there.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

It's relatively cheap for students and educational staff. I paid $49.00 for it, which is $150.00 off the normal pricetag.

I am having trouble finding a link showing that Suse 9.3 Pro comes with Crossover office or that it costs only $40. Am I misunderstanding you ?

http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/profe ssional/index_all.html
http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_dynamic.main? cat_id=1&pn=7&sid=27477

maybe you meant that on top of the $99 suse pro price, for $40 you can add crossover ?

ok..i did some checking and this looks like the current pricing $99+$39.

Might not meet your price point, but this is what I use on all my low-end systems.

www.iss.net - BlackIce for Servers

http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10? V1=313036&PN=1&SP=10023&xid=26412&CID=0&DSP=&CUR=8 40&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0

I suggest that Slashdot readers not comment on stories in which they have very little interest. I also suggest that readers should not assume that Slashdot stories are ignorant, and supply an easy answer.

The Slashdot story author wants to find a company who will handle the collection of money and do the downloads. It is not easy to find such a company who will handle multiple currencies without error. For example, I have had considerable troubles with Digital River.

Interesting that Wisconsin's neighbor, Minnesota, is the home state of Digital River, one of the largest eTailers of digital download software, which also owns Regnow and Regsoft

Well if wine won't run the winblows virii wonder if win4lin will??
Heck win4lin now has a home version for sale here

Now where did I put that win 98 disc?

and how can he go online to fix them without being at risk?

Install a personal firewall like BlackICE immediately after you install the OS. Then connect to the net.

They just used LaunchPad... ;)

but I keep reading these posts where people state they would gladly pay $38 for a copy of windows + office with less functionality. As some other poster mentioned, your $38 does not scale to their $38 (yearly mean income of Thailand is ~$2000 source)
Anyway, what I don't get is why would you want to pay $38 for Windows when really buying a linux distro is more expensive?
Now I know that it's bundled with tons of software and you can download Linux for free, don't get me wrong, but I think the end user doesn't have that much trust in that, and would rather buy a copy, especially if it says "support included" on the box. I know that these are the same people that just click on everything they see in IE but downloading and installing a complete operating system they don't know is frightening to them, and you can't blame them for that. Yes I know the installers have been getting better, but to a linux newbie a lot of things that are asked during the install are still power options. Take for instance your ISP connection. Well, the installer kindly offers you a few options: PPPoE, DHCP (including MAC spoofing) and whatnot. I wouldn't blame any newbie for not knowing this (hell, I don't even think half of /. knows exactly what these acronyms stand for), much less let them configure it properly.
Back to topic: I don't mind shelling out some $$$ for an operating system (I bought SuSe, now use Debian though), but I think the main point is that Microsoft's products are just blatantly overpriced (along with a slew of other big software packages eg. Adobe Photoshop). I think if they lowered the price to a more reasonable level, a lot more people would be willing to stop pirating and start paying. What they'll lack in revenue for the high price will be easily compensated by the sheer volume of sold licences. Just my thoughts though.

Considering that you can get 5 copies of XP home (yes, that's not the "workstation" version of Windows, but still) for $500

Apples to oranges, dude.

The linked Suse offering is for the corporate desktop, so WinXP Pro would be a more appropriate comparison. If you insist on using WinXP Home as your basis for comparison, well, Suse addresses that market with their Personal edition, priced at $29.95 each.

In fact, Suse Pro still compares favorably to XP Home pricewise, at $89.95 each. One could even go for the Suse Pro Update version at $59.95, which is actually the full version of Suse Pro but with less printed documentation.

AND considering that XP is going to be more compatible with hardware than SuSE's offering

That's debatable. My experience has been that Suse has actually been more compatable with the hardware I've dealt with than Win2k or XP. That's purely annecdotal of course, but then your assertion is just "common wisdom", which isn't any better.

Thomas Warfield, the "another developer" mentioned above, notes the distribution of the games through third party portals and the reliance on this as a failure point. He goes on in another post to mention online shareware/software distributors such as Digital River, eSellerate and SWREG. I'd be interested in hearing anyone's experiences of these services, especially involved with generating income from smaller games (ie. 1 or 2 person projects). Are there hidden costs that impose a break-even sales limit, and so on?

Its not that software is not worth such an investment, its just that a product must stay in the price range of its competition for it to be worth it. Even down here in Texas where people will get in fights over brands of trucks, I'm sure the diehard Ford/Chevy/Dodge loyalists would stop buying their favorite brand of truck if it was $10000 more than a comparible model. With nothing to compare to $179 dollars for Redhat isn't that much. But when you consider joining the Mandrake Club costs $120 and SuSE costs $89.95 you see that Redhat's price IS too much.

I work in e-commerce. First, I'm sure a LOT of the issues that you're running into now have to do with the EU adopting their new Digital VAT (Value Added Tax) for all online orders as of July 1, 2003. Digital VAT has removed a lot of incentive to support online sales in Europe. The increased software costs retard sales, and the legal costs of figuring seperate tax rates for each country, paying the taxes to the country, etc., becomes a nightmare. To get better VAT rates, companies can maintain physical presence in a EU country and charge that country's VAT rate for all EU sales (Luxembourg offers the lowest VAT, but doesn't have the infrastructure to support large e-commerce, so my employer chose to locate a service center in the UK)
There are also a number of other issues that we have worked to accomodate.
The biggest issue for software (we deal mainly in software) sales abroad is piracy. My employer has developed/is developing solutions to solve this issue.
Another major issue is the fact that sites have to be developed in many languages to make sales in those countries possible. Sure, you speak English, but the majority of people in foreign countries prefer to place orders/order in their native language.
Finally, credit card processing to many countries (Russia, Philipines, China, Thailand, etc.) is very difficult because the authorization network is not 100% compatible with the US (Where most online stores are based.)
The views expressed here are not the opinion of nor authorized by my employer, Digital River, they are simply things that I have come across in dealing with the online stores that are run through their systems.

When I was at school our Macs were cloned from a master server every shutdown. The software they used was assimilator. I don't really know if the master image has to be OS 9, or if anything will work. You can download assimilator's PDF manual on the page I linked to. Maybe this will help. You would definitely have to get the assimilator executable into the startup or shutdown items folder of the target machine though. But I suppose that would be a lot faster than actually installing OS X.

The number one spot in the article goes to Adventure Games. Truly, this is the saddest loss in recent years. Maybe some new company (or individual!) will come along and breathe new life into the genre. It could be the antidote to all those bloody, boring first-person-shooters. (I mean really, how many ways can you shoot/stab/hack/blow up computerized opponents?)

I have high hopes for Funcom, who put out The Longest Journey three years ago. The article mentions it, and I second their opinion: quite possibly the best adventure game ever. Detailed plot, lovely graphics, superb acting by the voice artists, and an excellent sound track (if you'd like, you'll find legitimate MP3s of that soundtrack available at their official site).

The game's not perfect -- there are some puzzles that are totally counter-intuitive, like the one where you have to use a rubber ducky, a clamp and a hose to fish a key out of an electrified rail in the subway. There are one or two others like that, where the game doesn't provide enough information for you to figure out what to do -- it just depends on you having seen and/or used things that you could miss really, really easily.

Still, there's always the internet for clues or outright solutions if you get stuck. And the games virtues far outstrip its flaws. If you've got some time to kill, get yourself a copy and try it out. It's still available in the US and Europe.

One word of warning: wait till you've got a weekend free. Or maybe a whole week -- "The Longest Journey" is an apt name for it. It took me about 60 hours to play through.

The number one spot in the article goes to Adventure Games. Truly, this is the saddest loss in recent years. Maybe some new company (or individual!) will come along and breathe new life into the genre. It could be the antidote to all those bloody, boring first-person-shooters. (I mean really, how many ways can you shoot/stab/hack/blow up computerized opponents?)

I have high hopes for Funcom, who put out The Longest Journey three years ago. The article mentions it, and I second their opinion: quite possibly the best adventure game ever. Detailed plot, lovely graphics, superb acting by the voice artists, and an excellent sound track (if you'd like, you'll find legitimate MP3s of that soundtrack available at their official site).

The game's not perfect -- there are some puzzles that are totally counter-intuitive, like the one where you have to use a rubber ducky, a clamp and a hose to fish a key out of an electrified rail in the subway. There are one or two others like that, where the game doesn't provide enough information for you to figure out what to do -- it just depends on you having seen and/or used things that you could miss really, really easily.

Still, there's always the internet for clues or outright solutions if you get stuck. And the games virtues far outstrip its flaws. If you've got some time to kill, get yourself a copy and try it out. It's still available in the US and Europe.

One word of warning: wait till you've got a weekend free. Or maybe a whole week -- "The Longest Journey" is an apt name for it. It took me about 60 hours to play through.

Working link.

This recommendation comes with a proviso, the PL edition brands everything with an obvious watermark and isnt as fast in rendering images as the full product. But its more than sufficient to play about with.

Another item which may be of interest is Learning Maya | Beginner's Guide, A DVD tutorial with a copy of Maya PL edition upon it, $20 or so. Looks a rather handy introduction, however the plain Maya PL edition comes with good tutorials and a pdf version of a book introducing CG animation.

I downloaded software from both Symantec and Userland who both off loaded the download to a third party. Believe it is Digital River. It made it easy for them and provided all the things I needed as an end user to make the experience satisifying.

these guys have been doing this kind of thing for years (if i remember correctly they started out with the old locked cd's and selling people keys to the software and then moved onto web distribution when it became feasable)... of course they'll want a cut of sale, but it'll be easier to manage than doing it yourself...

The Apple iPod is the best. It is much tinier and cuter than the Jukebox, and can hold up to 20 gigs. xTunes (tex9.com) provides Linux support for the iPod which I can certify works fine. However, you must have access to a Mac or PC with xPlay to update the firmware, currently 1.0.2. Buy a $30 firewire card and transfer five gigabytes in ten minutes (This particular card worked under linux on my x86).

All articles from past 12 years.

Doesn't this tell you that we in other countries are getting soaked

Umm, compared to other countries, we in the US are not getting soaked. The reason is that in most European countries you still pay per minute charges for connected via dial-up modem. So $40 - $50 month is what you can expect to pay for a reasonable amount of connect time via dial-up. (you wonder why mobile phones are big in Europe, its because POTS phone service is more expensive than mobile service). Even in the US, when you add up all the charges for having second dedicated phone line plus the standard $20/month ISP charge, you're paying very little premium for the extra bandwidth of DSL or cable.

I pay $39.95/month for Verizon DSL in the DC area. Because I signed up early on, I still keep my static IP. No concerns about NAT so far, so I run a small LAN at home. Other than a 1 to 10,000 port sweep originating from Argentina, my firewall logs haven't picked up any sign of script kiddies trying to get onto my system.

Digital cable with cable modem service is supposed to be coming to my neighborhood soon, but since I have had no downtime that I can recall in over six months, I doubt I will switch unless the price for cable was less than $30/month.

bleem is definitely still available for purchase. perhaps they ran out of money?

the crying sonic makes me think something more heart-breaking happened

Buy bleem! Online

It looks like Bleem is still available to purchase (and a demo from 7/28/99 is available) here. It points to a digital river page.

According to the Tecmo website it says "Dead or Alive 3 it the latest installment in the popular fighting series from Tecmo, and is headed exclusively for Xbox November 15, 2001"

The Quote

Web Site

FWIW:
Episode 1: Escape from Wolfenstein, you kill Hans Grosse
Episode 2: Operation: Eisenfaust, you kill Dr. Schabbs
Episode 3: Die, Fuhrer, Die!, you kill Hitler
Episode 4: A Dark Secret, you kill Otto Giftmacher
Episode 5: Trail of the Madman, you kill Greta Grosse
Episode 6: Confrontation, you kill General Fettgesicht

The full version is sold at 3dRealms/Apogee's webstore. Fifteen bucks and you can download it immediately.

Digital River must be fanatically sticking to The Microsoft Code of Business Ethics. Here is the message I got when trying to access my local Simtel mirror

The Simtel.Net web pages are no longer supported on this server. On January 15, 2001, Digital River, Inc. (the owner of Simtel.Net) terminated its contract with Petersen Data Management, Inc. (Keith B. Petersen, et al), due to lack of funding. Mr. Petersen had previously provided archive management and associated support services for Simtel since 1983.

All questions or comments should be sent to webmaster@Simtel.Net

No more quick transfers for me.

Of course, Simtel.net is still up, but it's now a slick, flashy reincarnation that stinks of corporatism. No more of that simple layout we held close to our hearts.

Wonder where all this is leading to...

Accolade has done this with a few of their titles here. Included is Star Control 2 (one of the best games every made, in my [and many other people's] opinion).

SuSE has their professional version (7.0), at newly updated RH like prices, available with 6 CDs & the contents of the CDs on one DVD.

They have personal edition available as well, for what used to be the pr ice as the whole thing.

Lastly they have an update version which will save you a couple bucks but you lose the manuals.

A comparison is here.

Among these are the mention that 'identify theft' is a federal felony that's slowly becoming more and more prosecuted, and that "an estimated 20 to 40 percent of online purchases are fraud attempts." It's nice to see that someone would be penalized for illegally using my credit card online, but it's also disheartening to see how prevalent fradulent attempts are, especially when we see how difficult they are to prosecute currently.

I've purchased online extensively over the past few years, usually without any apprehension. The sites that give me reason to pause are the small shops - someone selling CDs of their band, what have you - that really don't have the funds to provide any sort of fraud protection. When a site is able to provide even basic information to assuage the concerns of a potential customer (see Digital River's information about fraud here) then they're better positioned to take advantage of the situation.

To stay on-topic for just a moment, I consider it doubtful that e-commerce companies would share information regarding fraudulent attempts with their competitors. If your company is losing money hand over fist because of fraud, I'll happily take whatever future customers you may have for my company. There may be an advantage in mutual benefit here, but I doubt many companies will see it that way.

Really, though, disheartening is the only way to look at it - being able to purchase anything online without any fear of loss of privacy would be a wonderful thing, but that's just being a bit too idealistic and naive. I guess we just need people like Mr. Cameron to try to minimize the damages.

1. Release Commerical version (aka "What pays the bills")
2. Release Iso version, nicknamed the "evaluation " - not as in beta, as in you evaluating the distro itself
3. Dump all packages on ftp.