From Article "The pilot, Lt. Col. Keith Sweaney, pushed that button, a standard procedure that should have resulted in no perceptible change in the aircraft."
From Post "The expected behavior was a reset - is the expected behavior of a reset to change the pitch of the rotor?"
I hate it when/.ers reply with a possible excuse that if they had taken the time to read the article they could have easly seen was not the case. I am posting this not to blame the posts writter, but so that other readers who may not read the full story are informed. Please take the time to read the article and don't worry about how low you can get your post numbered. Or maybe you post just like you write software????
"So far it seems no person in extreme need has submitted to Slashdot, but if they do, how would we respond?"
Easy, someone would tell them to read the FAQ and call them a newbie. What else.
I'll get modded down for this I'm sure, but I couldn't resist and it's not like I can spend my karma at wal-mart.(I tried)
From Article: "What interests me most is why they have chosen to do this with their Windows 2000 server and client offerings," said the consultant, who asked not to be identified. "Why not with Windows 98 or 95? Perhaps because the code was so convoluted, cluttered and full of bugs like the 'blue screen of death.' They were probably too embarrassed to have others look at it." Or maybe it was because 95/98 was a home user OS, I don't know about you but no-one I know has 1,500 liscensed copies of 95/98 in there house, which was the point at which a company could gain access to the Win2k code. Not saying I agree with microsoft on not showing the 95/98 code to anyone, but I hate it when articles quote obviously stupid people.
>Unfortunately, until Joe Sixpack can install Linux and the OSS application without having to grok "partition", "glibc", and what-not, he's gonna say "fuck this, next time I'm buying a Dell(tm) because it's got Intel Inside(tm) and comes with WindowsXP(tm) and WindowsXP(tm) comes with a word processor built-in!"
You missed the point the programs being discussed, such as Star Office, Don't need linux, they run right on that "dell or compaq" with windows..... or did you assume all free software was linux only? Half of the programs I run are freeware Win32 programs I never had to pay a dime for. aka VNC instead of PCAnywere, StarOffice instead of MS Office.....
2) Last I've heard on it, it only checks in at install time. If that goes down or you have no internet connection, there are also reportedly phone numbers for you to get the key that way. Ok if it only checks at start time why couldn't I just borrow my friends CD a few months after he bought it and tell MS I am him and I upgraded? His machine would never check in again and he can get all the new codes he needs. Either the system is going to make us depend on it, or a little personel skills over the phone are going to let you bypass it. My point is it is flawed, It makes more work for registered users yet If I wanted to I could bypass it easly. I don't condone software piracy, but I do have a proplem with companies who make it hard to use there product after I've paid for it.
This has to be bullshit. If I reformat and reinstall, how could Office possibly know that I already have an activation code? Where, exactly, is Office storing the activation code? On the hard drive I just formatted?
Easy, you still get a licensing code with your CD, that unique code get registered in thier computer along with your activation code generated based on your hardware. This means You can't lose your licensing code like I tend to, the box I am on now was installed with a legal copy, but durring one of MS's famous crashes I couldn't find the license number *I had just moved*, so I borrowed my roommates.
The two big problems I have with this, and noone has seemed to bring up is this.
1. If corporations don't have to worry about this what stops me from getting my "big corp" sysadmin buddie to lend me a copy of there CD.
2. and even worse, if my machine will check into there central server fronm time to time what happens if it is down? We all know MS server products are stable, yeah right. Maybe they plan to run this server off of BSD like hotmail. When this server is down by crash, DOS Attack, or Squirrel chewing through the fiber cable are we out of luck, or even if my DSL line is down that day can I not use my computer till it comes back up? Just a little bit ago all of MSs Servers were down for a few days due to a DNS problem (or so they say)imagine if it was you desktops time to check in durring this outage, yikes.Plus does anyone else see this as a new world record in the making, most popular server for DOS attacks, just thing about the ripe target this will be.
Yeah that was my thought too, this just means that any company who wants can run a banner add buisness, won't this mean price wars with MORE ads running for cheaper prices???? Great now mr. Big companies ad budget can get twice the ads for the same cost. This is one patent I wouldn't mind keeping.
That is the install I tried, following I believe the same instructions you found, this leads me to the kernel panic on boot, I've tried booting by both Floppy and HDD. What version of debian are you using? Maybe thats my problem.
There is a whole market out there of companies who deal in used and recycled electronics. Most of these Companies (like the one I work for) specialize in the ICs that are contained in electronics and resell them, very old electronics such ass apple classics and old video game consoles, these really have no component value and are recycled for plastics and metals. What I would do is get ahold of these companies and have them keep an eye out for you when these things come in. I'm sure most of them would sell them for next to nothing if you are a long term buyer (aka not looking for just one unit). Unfortunitly I don't have any now or I would offer them to you.(also I do not want to post my e-mail or company because I am afraid the number of calls I get looking for one unit)
My other point to make is that you would almost have to offer these online to make money, your question looks like you were opening a store front only but I could be mistaken, unless you live in a very large city I doupt sales would be enough to stay open.... plus a website would give you a place to let sellers know you would be interested in buying these items. It would be lots of work but I belive it is feasable, I wish you the best of luck.
What disturbs me is the fact that you must be a REGISTERED non-profit Orginazation. As the owner of a.org domain (geek-house.org, currently down) this bothers me. I make no money off of this domain, It is used by me and my roommates for E-mail and a place for us to post our thoughts (as if anyone cares) but my point is we make no profit. Under these new rules I would have to spend sums of money to actually register my house as a non-profit Organization just to keep my domain. No way you could argue this is a profit maker for any of us, hell we are all poor college students, but under these new rules we would have this taken away from us.
This has been planned for a while.
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Covad has been planning this for a few months, Last year they had around $179 million in accounts recievable, and over $11 million is uncollectable, I don't blame covad one bit for doing this, and they are trying to make it as painless for the customers involved as possible, kudos to covad, I don't blame them at all, if they had let this continue think about if they went out of buisness and the number of people that would be affected.
Looks like they got a new Domain, www.linuxroms.com
I summited this months ago.
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I woke up late so I know no one will see this, but I just want to point out I summited this story about 3 months ago, it was regected. (surprised anyone?)
I thought about naming this post "who's the Imbecile" but decided not to stoop to a low level. Now If you had read my post you would have seen I was stating that we DON'T HAVE central AC in most homes. So the amount of power they would use is irelevent. By the way, do you live in California? If you read my post you would have seen I do, so chances are I know a little something about what goes on here.
just a tip: reread, consult a dictonary, or ask your mommy to explain a post to you before you comment on it.
Truthfully I agree with you, friends and I have had long discussions trying to figure out why all dotcoms want to be here, and we have gone so far as to ask a few, The answer has always been "the prestige of being in silicon valley".... now I ask you last time you bought something online was it the cost or the company location that brought you to buy from them??? I don't even know where half of the dotcoms I buy from are, or care. But here they are... so here I am. I'f I ever build a dotcom I'm thinking somewhere in the middle of nowere with cheap everything. Also as soon as they relize this they are all going to make a run for it, California is taxing them like mad... do you know there is a tax on the amount of warehouse space you have in california? It is supossed to be a source of income from out of state companies with warehouses here, but it has a side affect of double taxing instate companies.
Actually in the 2 years I've lived in california I've noticed an extreme LACK of AC units in homes. And a large amount of heaters are gas operated not electrical. And I live in Silicon Valley if your curious.
I think Everyone is going to be affected sooner then you think, as power prices rise here in California it is going to raise the price of production for all those snazzy electronic gizmos produced here... and that cost is going to be passed on to you the consumers. Unless something is done soon to lower costs EVERYONE will pay. And this counts for all those dotcom stores based here too.
But we will have to buy new TVs anyways, Not because of Copy protection, but because of the new digital TV signals our analog TVs can't recieve. And also Digital TV is just a better picture quality. But if this goes into affect and I can't record these shows what I won't be buying with my new TV is...my new VCR, my new Tivo, my new WinTV decoder card, ect... And that is why electronic manufactures care, they want you to by all the extras that go with it.
What you didn't ask is does it point out a problem that needs to be addressed? YES.
While I like both/. and Linux what I don't like is those with a love so blind they are unwilling to admit when they have problems, and if these problems are not addressed we will soon lose them. I like Linux because of what it stands for and what I can do with it, and that it is the best alternitave for my needs. I can't stand those who like it because it is NOT Microsoft. We need to admit when we have a problem and fix it. Take the 2.4 kernel, it's not ready and Linus is willing to hold it back till it is regardless of pressure to send it out. That means Linux has a resonsible leader in charge, It's time that slashdot got the same thing.
Now this is the best thing I've read so far, Especially the part about not burning your bridges, I've only been in Silicon Valley for 2 years and I've already seen workers who walked out the door only to find that 4 months latter there old boss works at the New job they want. (luckily it wasen't me.)
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From Article "The pilot, Lt. Col. Keith Sweaney, pushed that button, a standard procedure that should have resulted in no perceptible change in the aircraft." From Post "The expected behavior was a reset - is the expected behavior of a reset to change the pitch of the rotor?" I hate it when /.ers reply with a possible excuse that if they had taken the time to read the article they could have easly seen was not the case. I am posting this not to blame the posts writter, but so that other readers who may not read the full story are informed. Please take the time to read the article and don't worry about how low you can get your post numbered. Or maybe you post just like you write software????
This is the only funny April's Fools joke I saw this year on slashdot.... and it dosen't make the front page.
Or MacOS maybe, followed by a rant by Taco about his problems posting stories with only one mouse button!!!
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From Article: "What interests me most is why they have chosen to do this with their Windows 2000 server and client offerings," said the consultant, who asked not to be identified. "Why not with Windows 98 or 95? Perhaps because the code was so convoluted, cluttered and full of bugs like the 'blue screen of death.' They were probably too embarrassed to have others look at it." Or maybe it was because 95/98 was a home user OS, I don't know about you but no-one I know has 1,500 liscensed copies of 95/98 in there house, which was the point at which a company could gain access to the Win2k code. Not saying I agree with microsoft on not showing the 95/98 code to anyone, but I hate it when articles quote obviously stupid people.
>Unfortunately, until Joe Sixpack can install Linux and the OSS application without having to grok "partition", "glibc", and what-not, he's gonna say "fuck this, next time I'm buying a Dell(tm) because it's got Intel Inside(tm) and comes with WindowsXP(tm) and WindowsXP(tm) comes with a word processor built-in!" You missed the point the programs being discussed, such as Star Office, Don't need linux, they run right on that "dell or compaq" with windows..... or did you assume all free software was linux only? Half of the programs I run are freeware Win32 programs I never had to pay a dime for. aka VNC instead of PCAnywere, StarOffice instead of MS Office.....
2) Last I've heard on it, it only checks in at install time. If that goes down or you have no internet connection, there are also reportedly phone numbers for you to get the key that way. Ok if it only checks at start time why couldn't I just borrow my friends CD a few months after he bought it and tell MS I am him and I upgraded? His machine would never check in again and he can get all the new codes he needs. Either the system is going to make us depend on it, or a little personel skills over the phone are going to let you bypass it. My point is it is flawed, It makes more work for registered users yet If I wanted to I could bypass it easly. I don't condone software piracy, but I do have a proplem with companies who make it hard to use there product after I've paid for it.
This has to be bullshit. If I reformat and reinstall, how could Office possibly know that I already have an activation code? Where, exactly, is Office storing the activation code? On the hard drive I just formatted? Easy, you still get a licensing code with your CD, that unique code get registered in thier computer along with your activation code generated based on your hardware. This means You can't lose your licensing code like I tend to, the box I am on now was installed with a legal copy, but durring one of MS's famous crashes I couldn't find the license number *I had just moved*, so I borrowed my roommates. The two big problems I have with this, and noone has seemed to bring up is this. 1. If corporations don't have to worry about this what stops me from getting my "big corp" sysadmin buddie to lend me a copy of there CD. 2. and even worse, if my machine will check into there central server fronm time to time what happens if it is down? We all know MS server products are stable, yeah right. Maybe they plan to run this server off of BSD like hotmail. When this server is down by crash, DOS Attack, or Squirrel chewing through the fiber cable are we out of luck, or even if my DSL line is down that day can I not use my computer till it comes back up? Just a little bit ago all of MSs Servers were down for a few days due to a DNS problem (or so they say)imagine if it was you desktops time to check in durring this outage, yikes.Plus does anyone else see this as a new world record in the making, most popular server for DOS attacks, just thing about the ripe target this will be.
Yeah that was my thought too, this just means that any company who wants can run a banner add buisness, won't this mean price wars with MORE ads running for cheaper prices???? Great now mr. Big companies ad budget can get twice the ads for the same cost. This is one patent I wouldn't mind keeping.
That is the install I tried, following I believe the same instructions you found, this leads me to the kernel panic on boot, I've tried booting by both Floppy and HDD. What version of debian are you using? Maybe thats my problem.
There is a whole market out there of companies who deal in used and recycled electronics. Most of these Companies (like the one I work for) specialize in the ICs that are contained in electronics and resell them, very old electronics such ass apple classics and old video game consoles, these really have no component value and are recycled for plastics and metals. What I would do is get ahold of these companies and have them keep an eye out for you when these things come in. I'm sure most of them would sell them for next to nothing if you are a long term buyer (aka not looking for just one unit). Unfortunitly I don't have any now or I would offer them to you.(also I do not want to post my e-mail or company because I am afraid the number of calls I get looking for one unit) My other point to make is that you would almost have to offer these online to make money, your question looks like you were opening a store front only but I could be mistaken, unless you live in a very large city I doupt sales would be enough to stay open.... plus a website would give you a place to let sellers know you would be interested in buying these items. It would be lots of work but I belive it is feasable, I wish you the best of luck.
Hey you stole this, I said it in the chat room in her pants first!!!! Give me some credit!!!
What disturbs me is the fact that you must be a REGISTERED non-profit Orginazation. As the owner of a .org domain (geek-house.org, currently down) this bothers me. I make no money off of this domain, It is used by me and my roommates for E-mail and a place for us to post our thoughts (as if anyone cares) but my point is we make no profit. Under these new rules I would have to spend sums of money to actually register my house as a non-profit Organization just to keep my domain. No way you could argue this is a profit maker for any of us, hell we are all poor college students, but under these new rules we would have this taken away from us.
Covad has been planning this for a few months, Last year they had around $179 million in accounts recievable, and over $11 million is uncollectable, I don't blame covad one bit for doing this, and they are trying to make it as painless for the customers involved as possible, kudos to covad, I don't blame them at all, if they had let this continue think about if they went out of buisness and the number of people that would be affected.
Looks like they got a new Domain, www.linuxroms.com
I woke up late so I know no one will see this, but I just want to point out I summited this story about 3 months ago, it was regected. (surprised anyone?)
I learned basic on one of those, TI99 4/A..... Those were the days.......
I thought about naming this post "who's the Imbecile" but decided not to stoop to a low level. Now If you had read my post you would have seen I was stating that we DON'T HAVE central AC in most homes. So the amount of power they would use is irelevent. By the way, do you live in California? If you read my post you would have seen I do, so chances are I know a little something about what goes on here. just a tip: reread, consult a dictonary, or ask your mommy to explain a post to you before you comment on it.
Truthfully I agree with you, friends and I have had long discussions trying to figure out why all dotcoms want to be here, and we have gone so far as to ask a few, The answer has always been "the prestige of being in silicon valley".... now I ask you last time you bought something online was it the cost or the company location that brought you to buy from them??? I don't even know where half of the dotcoms I buy from are, or care. But here they are... so here I am. I'f I ever build a dotcom I'm thinking somewhere in the middle of nowere with cheap everything. Also as soon as they relize this they are all going to make a run for it, California is taxing them like mad... do you know there is a tax on the amount of warehouse space you have in california? It is supossed to be a source of income from out of state companies with warehouses here, but it has a side affect of double taxing instate companies.
Actually in the 2 years I've lived in california I've noticed an extreme LACK of AC units in homes. And a large amount of heaters are gas operated not electrical. And I live in Silicon Valley if your curious.
I think Everyone is going to be affected sooner then you think, as power prices rise here in California it is going to raise the price of production for all those snazzy electronic gizmos produced here... and that cost is going to be passed on to you the consumers. Unless something is done soon to lower costs EVERYONE will pay. And this counts for all those dotcom stores based here too.
But we will have to buy new TVs anyways, Not because of Copy protection, but because of the new digital TV signals our analog TVs can't recieve. And also Digital TV is just a better picture quality. But if this goes into affect and I can't record these shows what I won't be buying with my new TV is...my new VCR, my new Tivo, my new WinTV decoder card, ect... And that is why electronic manufactures care, they want you to by all the extras that go with it.
What you didn't ask is does it point out a problem that needs to be addressed? YES. While I like both /. and Linux what I don't like is those with a love so blind they are unwilling to admit when they have problems, and if these problems are not addressed we will soon lose them. I like Linux because of what it stands for and what I can do with it, and that it is the best alternitave for my needs. I can't stand those who like it because it is NOT Microsoft. We need to admit when we have a problem and fix it. Take the 2.4 kernel, it's not ready and Linus is willing to hold it back till it is regardless of pressure to send it out. That means Linux has a resonsible leader in charge, It's time that slashdot got the same thing.
Now this is the best thing I've read so far, Especially the part about not burning your bridges, I've only been in Silicon Valley for 2 years and I've already seen workers who walked out the door only to find that 4 months latter there old boss works at the New job they want. (luckily it wasen't me.)
The Company I mentioned in the post above is Innetix www.innetix.com