"that peer-to-peer networks could manipulate sites so children violate copyright laws more frequently than adults, exposing those children to copyright lawsuits and, in turn, make those who protect their copyrighted material appear antagonistic"
So the risk is being blamed on the P2P networks, when it's in fact the RIAA/MPAA that are the cause of these frivilous lawsuits.
"file-sharing software could be to blame for government workers who expose sensitive data and jeopardize national security after downloading free music on the job"
It seems to me that it's not file-sharing software to blame, but the shitty sys/net admins that the government employs to "secure" the computers that contain this sensitive data. Call me crazy, but I'd think that with the use of Active Directory, even a dimwitted NT admin could setup a computer that wouldn't allow people to install software like this in the first place.
Awesome...so the next time I get pulled over for speeding, I can tell the cop it's ok because I didn't know the speed limit. Thanks for setting this precedent guys....
...And I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted IT personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground human-energy extracting caves.
Fuck dell, HP, or any of the other big PC mfgs...if you want a computer w/Linux pre-installed, there are other (better) companies out there that will happily meet this demand. System76 comes to mind (http://www.system76.com). Let's support the little guy who has the experience in doing this, as opposed to the big guys who will half-ass it all the way.
This is the beginning of a series of lawsuits we will be seeing from The Beast as they slowly but surely die. It will be a painful death not only for Microsoft, but as well as everyone around them. Hang on, it's going to be a wild ride...
Well, the problem here is that Microsoft is doing this in an attempt to stop Apple from being a player in the enterprise market, not because of a lack of demand for Office on the Macintosh platform. If the market was truly dictating what Microsoft does, then they'd dump their horrible Virtual PC line of crap.
The reason Windows has so much malware problems is because it's the most common operating system used, therefore it's in the best interest of the malware developers to write malware for Windows. If the most popular operating system was OS X, then OS X would have the most malware problems. The same goes for Linux or .
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nah, I wish I could say I was that cool. I got canned for selling people computers instead of stocking cables like I was supposed to...Hard to believe a company as finely managed as CompUSA is having financial problems...
Ahhhh yes. This brings back memories of half-broken motherboards and laptops with only a bad screens (but very usable everything else). Dumpster diving behind CompUSA was the best things that ever happened to me there....aside from being fired from the Accessories department of course..
Looks like Cory and Trevor are up to no good again. Tis a shame too. I liked getting my single cigarettes and bootleg movies from their convenient store...
Just do what I do. I have a media server that uses samba to share media files. I use my XBox to stream the video from my server over the LAN and display it to my TV with XBMC (XBox Media Center http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/). Although the original XBox does not do HD, the XBox 360 does. Wait a few year(s) for XBMC 360 to come out (after they figure out how to hack the damn thing to run unsigned software) and the only thing you'll have to run from your basement is an ethernet cable to the XBox 360, which then interfaces with your HD display via a short cable. I'm sure 100 meters is long enough for you to work with;).
well, if someone harms you, it can fall under both criminal and civil law (under tort law). not only can that person be taken to court under criminal charges by the gov, but that person could also be sued by the person(s) the damage was inflicted on.
yano, i was trying to make sense of all this OSS FUD that M$ has been recently promoting, and I think this theory is the one that makes the most sense.
I really wish all of the open-source Nazi's would get off Nvidia's nuts about open-sourcing thier video drivers. They're not going to and people should accept this. No amount of bitching and Stallmanism is going to change this. Financial interest > idealism from a for-profit company's point of view. I enjoy having 3D acceleration support under linux (which is my primary operating system), and I really don't want nvidia to stop supporting their hardware under Linux because of the open-source radicals out there. Please don't ruin this for everyone else; you guys are greatly outnumbered.
that's surprising. most telco's could give a shit about that. as long as you're willing to give them money, they're willing to give you the runaround for at least a few months before telling you you're out of range.
Current DSL sucks ass, even with all of the "static spectrum management that is built for a 'worst-case' scenario". I've seen and have been in situation where due to shotty phone line conditions, I wasn't even able to sync up at 1.5 Mbits. Saying that "Most actual phone lines would allow for far better performance" is a bit of a stratch. I'd love to see "most actual phone lines" attempt to hit speeds of 100 Mbits with this new technology. Something tells me that most actual speeds wouldn't even be half that..
I personally prefer having Linux take a back seat to Windows in the consumer and business markets if it means that Linux suffers less from malware, software exploits, and commercial pollutants. Not to mention I like the idea of being paid out the ass simply for knowing how to use an unpopular OS;).
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Ok...2 things:
"that peer-to-peer networks could manipulate sites so children violate copyright laws more frequently than adults, exposing those children to copyright lawsuits and, in turn, make those who protect their copyrighted material appear antagonistic"
So the risk is being blamed on the P2P networks, when it's in fact the RIAA/MPAA that are the cause of these frivilous lawsuits.
"file-sharing software could be to blame for government workers who expose sensitive data and jeopardize national security after downloading free music on the job"
It seems to me that it's not file-sharing software to blame, but the shitty sys/net admins that the government employs to "secure" the computers that contain this sensitive data. Call me crazy, but I'd think that with the use of Active Directory, even a dimwitted NT admin could setup a computer that wouldn't allow people to install software like this in the first place.
Just my $0.02
Awesome...so the next time I get pulled over for speeding, I can tell the cop it's ok because I didn't know the speed limit. Thanks for setting this precedent guys....
...And I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted IT personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground human-energy extracting caves.
Fuck dell, HP, or any of the other big PC mfgs...if you want a computer w/Linux pre-installed, there are other (better) companies out there that will happily meet this demand. System76 comes to mind (http://www.system76.com). Let's support the little guy who has the experience in doing this, as opposed to the big guys who will half-ass it all the way.
And the US wonders why other contries view us as the Devil...
This is the beginning of a series of lawsuits we will be seeing from The Beast as they slowly but surely die. It will be a painful death not only for Microsoft, but as well as everyone around them. Hang on, it's going to be a wild ride...
Well, the problem here is that Microsoft is doing this in an attempt to stop Apple from being a player in the enterprise market, not because of a lack of demand for Office on the Macintosh platform. If the market was truly dictating what Microsoft does, then they'd dump their horrible Virtual PC line of crap.
The reason Windows has so much malware problems is because it's the most common operating system used, therefore it's in the best interest of the malware developers to write malware for Windows. If the most popular operating system was OS X, then OS X would have the most malware problems. The same goes for Linux or .
;) nah, I wish I could say I was that cool. I got canned for selling people computers instead of stocking cables like I was supposed to...Hard to believe a company as finely managed as CompUSA is having financial problems...
Ahhhh yes. This brings back memories of half-broken motherboards and laptops with only a bad screens (but very usable everything else). Dumpster diving behind CompUSA was the best things that ever happened to me there....aside from being fired from the Accessories department of course..
Excellent choice. Parents need to take responsibility for their poor parenting instead of trying to blame it on external sources.
Looks like Cory and Trevor are up to no good again. Tis a shame too. I liked getting my single cigarettes and bootleg movies from their convenient store...
Just do what I do. I have a media server that uses samba to share media files. I use my XBox to stream the video from my server over the LAN and display it to my TV with XBMC (XBox Media Center http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/). Although the original XBox does not do HD, the XBox 360 does. Wait a few year(s) for XBMC 360 to come out (after they figure out how to hack the damn thing to run unsigned software) and the only thing you'll have to run from your basement is an ethernet cable to the XBox 360, which then interfaces with your HD display via a short cable. I'm sure 100 meters is long enough for you to work with ;).
soooo...moral of the story: if you can't find a solution, make one up?
well, if someone harms you, it can fall under both criminal and civil law (under tort law). not only can that person be taken to court under criminal charges by the gov, but that person could also be sued by the person(s) the damage was inflicted on.
lack of knowledge of a law still doesn't pardon you from being prosecuted though
yano, i was trying to make sense of all this OSS FUD that M$ has been recently promoting, and I think this theory is the one that makes the most sense.
Amen to that brotha
I've never used this front-end for MySQL. I'm a big fan of phpMyAdmin. How does it compare to phpMyAdmin?
Considering this is my personal desktop at home and it does not accept remote X session connections, this problem is of no concern to me.
I really wish all of the open-source Nazi's would get off Nvidia's nuts about open-sourcing thier video drivers. They're not going to and people should accept this. No amount of bitching and Stallmanism is going to change this. Financial interest > idealism from a for-profit company's point of view. I enjoy having 3D acceleration support under linux (which is my primary operating system), and I really don't want nvidia to stop supporting their hardware under Linux because of the open-source radicals out there. Please don't ruin this for everyone else; you guys are greatly outnumbered.
that's surprising. most telco's could give a shit about that. as long as you're willing to give them money, they're willing to give you the runaround for at least a few months before telling you you're out of range.
Current DSL sucks ass, even with all of the "static spectrum management that is built for a 'worst-case' scenario". I've seen and have been in situation where due to shotty phone line conditions, I wasn't even able to sync up at 1.5 Mbits. Saying that "Most actual phone lines would allow for far better performance" is a bit of a stratch. I'd love to see "most actual phone lines" attempt to hit speeds of 100 Mbits with this new technology. Something tells me that most actual speeds wouldn't even be half that..
I personally prefer having Linux take a back seat to Windows in the consumer and business markets if it means that Linux suffers less from malware, software exploits, and commercial pollutants. Not to mention I like the idea of being paid out the ass simply for knowing how to use an unpopular OS ;).