at Odigo, they make an IM tool that is pretty much open for anyone to use, well 'cept *n*x users. So...let me rephrase that...they make an IM tool that is pretty much available to a large number of computer owners/users.
But the cool part is that you can go online to the AIM, Yahoo! and ICQ networks from one IM interface. The only quip is that AOL sets up some block regularly (at least last time I used Odgio, need to set it up on my home/new work box). But Odigo would inevitably bypass it.
Overall, I liked it and used it. It also allowed you to find people (If you're looking for love, conversation, etc.) by profiles or make yourself invisible. They are making a Mac version now, which they didn't before...don't see why they wouldn't make a Linux version. Would the source open up? Dunno! Anyone else use it/know of any Odigo for Linux movements?
The most startling element is the Idea of Perot buying Microsoft. Although it is not likely that things would have worked out the same if Gates were not there. Gates as a mere footnote to history is fascinating
Yeah...makes you wonder...was it Gates himself that pushed/pulled Microsoft to where it is now or was it the market and Apple's decisions (not licensing to other boxen amongst other bonehead moves). I feel it was a combo of the two, but that a number of folks could have stood in Gates' place and made history. Heck...Perot was capable of beating Clinton in one state in Clinton's last election (in Utah, the year of the pitiful turnout). If he could do that, I'm sure he could sell mediocre software/OSes.
The questions that remains to me is...would the gluttenous trail of mangled companies be lesser or greater in Ross Perot's wake rather than Bill Gates' wake?
As for NeXT, I worked with an engineering professor at Utah State University who still used and swore by a NeXT box (dunno know if it was a NeXT cube or just the OS). I always wanted to play with it, but never got the opportunity. I'm looking forward to OS X, but will keep Mac OS and LinuxPPC running somewhere...and as far from WinDOS as I can.
1) This guy/satan worshipper/whateveritis should be banned from web work in the future. The only thing missing is a blink tag! His JS 'if' block isn't even closed (probably a slip after he added the/. check to try to redirect you to M$'s IE page). Check the source of the page.
Was going to post some of his source/errors here, but the lameness filter would have aborted me...
2) Disney tried one of those detection things a while ago to see if you were coming with an M$ OS as opposed to Mac. Was with Disney Blast I think. One guy hacked his resource fork in NS to cloak himself and appear like a WinDOS machine. Got in fine and used the features of the site just fine. Point is? The decision to do that was political, not technical. There's no technical merit for doing such a thing. Only malice, ignorance, greed and prejudice can be blamed.
3) A standards-based web has to/will continue to exist. The continual fight is how to keep M$ from dominating/"innovating" their own standards and changing the rules mid-game. Again...see point 2. They will try to make such 'innovations' and standards appear to be on technical merit, but they will most likely be political. So the battle has to be fought on both fronts. If they can actually innovate without pushing people around, then great!
4) What do I use? NS 4.7 and IE 5.tuvwxyz at work on Win2k. At home, IE 5 on my Mac and soon to be NS 4.? on my LinuxPPC boot (once I get my DSL/networking configured:) So, yeah, I like to have options.
but while I think GNU/Linux on Mac PPC is a cool idea, I've never really understood the point
And ya know what...there's just some things in life that you won't ever understand, that's what I've learned!
I just set up LinuxPPC to dual boot on my upgraded (which was very easy to do BTW) PowerMac clone (PowerTower 200e with upgraded 375 MHz G3 chip...and I didn't need to swap my motherboard, video card, and BIOS to do it.) It's like having two new machines now. The coolest thing is that the hard disk I added (which doesn't spin up immediately in Mac OS 9, so I use a mounting utility) spins up immediately in LinuxPPC without a utility.
BootX makes the dual booting rather painless and I like having the alternative to play with. I'm going to reformat a partition or two so they can be shared across OSes. I have a dual-button mouse (ADB even), but haven't gotten around to programming it. LinuxPPC lets you use the option-click as the 'other' mouse button...so I won't be moaning about the numerically challenged mouse button issue.
I'll concede the point on the dual-proc G4 and OS 9, but a G4 booting Win2K? Now there's a waste of good hardware!
Cheers
And ya know what? It isn't our democracy either...It's our Representative Republic (there is a difference folks). And there's a heck of a lot wrong before we even get to Microsoft being involved in the election. Although I don't want that to come in to foul the system up even more!
Most Americans (and I do not claim myself as innocent) know too little about how our government was set up and how it *should* run. I am trying to learn more about it and become more involved. Where we have a *real* problem is that people don't get educated/involved and haven't over some time (fi the last Clinton election). Now we have a legacy of problems and ignorance to overcome. And then some people believe the crap that's thrown at is in the media!! Man, have we got some work to do! (Sorry if you find this too off-topic, but I couldn't hold back this rant).
The lawyers cite statistics showing that just 2.6 percent of Microsoft's approximately 22,000 employees, and just 1.6 percent of its 5,155 managers, are black. "The numbers illustrate that Microsoft is guilty of some of the most egregious discrimination in corporate America," Hoffler said.
And I think it was Homer Simpson that said...47% of all statistics are made up...14% of the people know that!
But my numbers may be egregiously incorrect! Good point about lining up the numbers at M$ against those across the industry.
And as has been mentioned...there is no known exploit for it. I do Flash and some Linux. I do Perl, HTML, Javascript, and am learning XML and have worked with a number of authoring systems (i.e. ToolBook, HyperCard etc.)
One...how many Flash users...generally hybrid graphic artists/developers, graphic artists, or mutts like me are going to know how to exploit a buffer over-flow AND compromise the system while covering their butt(s)?
Two...How many people who know how to exploit a buffer overflow and compromise a system while covering their butt(s) can make a Flash piece that will be perty enough for anyone to check out on a large scale?
Three...I still think Macromedia should address it, cuz it points to obvious flaws and instability in the code. Anyone seen any statement/response from anyone at Macromedia about this? I once got a response from someone personally at Macromedia cuz I sent a message to someone whose wife (or wife's friend) worked there. It was about one of their support decisions (to drop support in a certain area). Wasn't even after a response...it got forwarded along til it came back to me.
There's a number of ways to resolve what you encountered there...maybe too late. But anything is a pain in the ars if you don't know how to do it. And not knowing how does not equal dumb/stupid/lame. And this is *not* meant as a troll, even though I do understand I'm getting off-topic a bit. I think I will get to a useful point though in a moment...
method 1:Use the PC file exchange to set up Windows file types/extensions. When I download a file from the internet (*.qif) without a file type in the resource fork...this file association will be automatic if I have that set up
method 2:Did you try 'import' from the Quicken application?
method 3: If you're braveUse ResEdit and massage the file type/creator codes to work for you. I once even wrote and apple script or frontier scipt to do that for me. Of course, you had to know the codes...but what the heck.
A question then...What happens on Windows if two competing vendors of software decide to use the same extension? One installs over the other and the registry is all kinds of wacked. Is there some process/protocol/method to manage that sort of potential conflict?
I agree that Be is a good OS. Tried it...liked it, but it has similar drawbacks to Linux to average joe end user, no?
So what keeps M$ from being a monopoly? On my desktop, it's finding other solutions, but using an M$ product if indeed it is a better product. I've been trying IE 5 for Mac lately...and I must admit (sadly) that it is better than Netscape. I have a recent Mozilla build on my Mac too...not quite there.
That said...I'm very excited for OS X!!! Hope you enjoy it!
I've got it!
Let's use 128-bit encrypted numbers that route along others phones and lines in case normal routes are down. And then you can register your name and it will translate into your number...so people can call you at JohnSmith0000000001 (Or was that JohnSmith00000000001?...cuz you weren't the first to register that name). Then we can have an intuitive system!
In Maryland, you have to dial 10 digits if you want to dial your next door neighbor. I know this is the case in other places too. In the twin cities, it's getting close to that now. You see advertisements like "We're so close to you we even have the same area code!". Area codes don't go real far here. My cell area code is different from my home area code.
Backlash may occur, but in some cases there are just too many people with too many numbers (land lines, faxes, mobile family plans, businesses, business mobiles, paging systems, etc.)
I just hope they can get a scalable system that will obsolece (sp?) really slowly. Cheers,
Good Point...
My wife and I recently discussed a realted topic with another couple. That is:
That popular people in high school tend to have a tougher time getting over high school. I played sports and was fairly well-known...not popular, just known. Sometimes I was mocked, but also had friends and supporters. Anyway...the point is that some adults don't grow out of high school's social patterns.
Maybe a bad analogy, but weren't CD's supposed to make floppies obsolete? and DVD make CD's obsolete?
Still a lot of legacy uses for all of them. A lot of apps out there for the Mac that don't have commercial support on Linux. I use 'em both and have my preference depending on what I'm doing...Anyway...
A lot of people like their stylus pens...and the Newton recognition was quite good from what I understand. For simple tasks, the option for a pen on the mouse pad (I haven't found a laptop mouse I like yet...those falic --sp?-- symbols sticking up through the keyboards are the worst!) would be nice (IMHO). Anyway...A pen in place of a track pad would be nice...
Many have said here that typing is faster than writing...but you do learn writing first (or are they teaching typing in grade schools along with handwriting these days? Probably should if they aren't). Guess it could be a boon for those who hunt and peck. For those of us who seek ways to not use the mouse and stay on the keyboard, no...not a big help.
How about this...a pen with a switch on it that allows you to use it as a mouse or for other input (alphanumberic) as you see fit? The major issue I still see present is the lack of Ctrl/Command keys. Copy, Paste, Select all, etc. Anyway...at least there's some apparent reason now that they didn't sell the Newton technology off.
Despite being somewhat of an Apple Fan (with the exclusion of the new keyboards and hocky pucks), I have to agree that they need to get off of this sue-happy-while-we-patent-translucency kick.
Besides...Why would I buy a translucent, fish-looking PC? Are they going to try and market this to the anglers/outdoorsmen?
*Yeah...you shoulda seen the one I caught the other day...must have been at least 750 Mhz!* A whole new dimension to 'Fish Stories'.
Here's what I found...Didn't have my hardback dictionary, so I trusted dictionary.com
Of or relating to a proprietor or to proprietors as a group: proprietary rights.
Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.
Befitting an owner: a proprietary air.
Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent: a proprietary drug
So...it would appear the license doesn't make it proprietary...But isn't Linux a trademark registered to Linus?
I would agree that Linux is exclusive to a degree, but proprietary just doesn't quite seem to fit even with the commercialization it's undergoing. While the distro's are trying to make it easier to use and enter into the Linux community, not all Linux users are doing the same for other new comers. I came into Linux/Unix from a Mac background, and while I've learned to RTFM and would agree quickly that 'users suck', it's still hard to feel you're 'part of' the Linux Community.
New Mac users feel all warm and fuzzy cuz of all the help they get in transition. New WinDOS users just get lost in the crowd, but figure it out by doing what they're told to and by watching what everyone else does. New Linux users go around wondering where the manual is and if they've read it enough times so they won't get flamed when they ask their questions.
I have taken to Linux, because it's 1) Free (beer) 2) It's not made by Bill 3) It's pretty stable 4) It looks good on my resume 5) I just like to tinker. I have never altered source code before compiling, so I don't know if I will ever make it to the inner circle of the Linux community, nor is that my goal. Anyway...my take is, no Linux is technically not proprietary, but there is a certain exclusivity to being part of the club.
Maybe someone already said something to this effect. I didn't read all of the replies, but...
Corel is going after Win desktop share. I use Corel Linux and actually was quite frustrated. They did their best to make it feel like Windows and I was trying to use it like Linux. So even if it is AOL (which seems like speculation still...and correct me if I'm way off on my speculation there), It's keeping some old customers if they opt out of M$, and if not, it broadens their potential. And as someone else pointed out, NS is AOL's now...I still use it as my main browser despite that fact.
This is my question too...I mean ICQ logs a history of messages. AIM does it during a session, but is it 'discoverable' later?
I worked in a lab once and we had network admin. software where we could monitor people's use of the computers since the lab was to be used for specific purposes and only those. One guy came in later at night, sat down in the corner and turned his monitor a little so as to avoid being seen. I checked him out with the admin. and sure 'nuff he was being nasty in a chat room, which was (in this lab) against the rules. I didn't confront him directly, cuz I didn't know the exact policies on this. I told my boss the next morning, who told his boss, who asked me to dig evidence. Found a small cache'd trace of his activities and gave it to two-up-the-food -chain. Don't know what happened after that, never saw the guy again and actually didn't want to know...but anyway...There were discoverables and they were discovered. The time stamps etc. matched up with the time he was in the lab.
I imagine there might also be server logs in an instance like this. Personally, did I administrate an ICQ/AIM/IRC server, I would want to clear those logs regularly, just to keep myself out of involvement..."Oh Darnit!! just erased that file yesterday...and then I decided to scrub the hard drive!"
I was once a temp...programming for ***** **********. They gave me my salary and an occasional recognition of being an OK person. I was commuting quite a ways and decided I need compensation or I was going to bag it. They were also in the process of offering me a full-time (which I didn't really want). They (my boss...one level up the dilbertuesqe food-chain) said they would give me some help while I decided on the full-time thingey and that they were independent...WRONG! Two up the food chain decdided they were linked and I was hosed out of help, but only after I fronted another month's train ticket! Some benefits would be nice.
Fact is, some people decide to work 'temp' for the flexibility/variety...why I don't really know. It's different from contracting/consulting to me, but I still don't think you could really expectbenefits etc. with that.
Some companies purposely hire temps to save themselves benefits, options etc. That I don't agree with. ***** ********* was going to offer me a full-time peon job after being a dreg-of-the-cup temp for them.
How long-term are these temps? And didn't they form a union of sorts...I remember reading about them in Wired a while back.
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I think there were some real issues....For example, Intuit gave me a free update to Quicken 98 Deluxe cuz the original version I had was claimed-to-be but supposedly-not compliant. Dunno...it's not open source and since it was free, probably wouldn't have checked anyway.
Date-sensitive stuff (which Quicken on my computer is the only critical/date-sensitive program) is the stuff that is a concern. There was probably some stuff really 'saved' and some people yoked out of their money in preps for Y2K. Dangit! Knew I should have taught myself COBOL!!!;-)
But to the important point now...All the emergency supplies that stores stocked up on now are big overhead for them...watch for dropping prices on propane, tents, heaters, stoves and outdoors/emergency supplies in general. Now's the time to get that gear...if you'd like some...or if you want to get ready for Y2.001K, the patched upgrade to Y2K and the 'true' start of the new millenium. At least acccording to some sources and about which I honestly don't have a clue.
Ya know...I hate to hear that more than anyone else (we currently have a customer that we have to keep happy and quite frankly, the customer sucks!). While, I'm not currently working in a different IT here (Instructional Technology), we are ISO certified. Everyone crams the day before/of the audit. ISO doesn't affect us greatly at the level I work...
That said, there was one instance where our company (we do a lot of contracting for the government) was able to move ahead with work cuz the customer demanded ISO compliancy...and we could show it. In the end that means something to those guys and gals who have to put food on the table.
Before I get too off-topic here and am moderated down...Let me say that I buy the idea of standards and the idea of eliminating rework. At my level, does much implementation really happen? No...and to me that creates its own amount of frustration. I agree that a lot of upper-management gets sold on buzzword methodologies...that's nothing new! At the same time, I still need to feed my family...and its my companies customers who help me do that.
We had a discussion about web accessibility the other day where I work (a University) and the fact that there is a law coming down to force web-accessibility as of August. My complaint was that a 'law' was just another excuse for a lawsuit and wasted time/extra money in a lawyer's pocket....
The response I got (and with which I can aruge little) is that the dangled carrot does not motivate people to action...but the stick does. I definitely think Spammers should get the stick!
I dunno...maybe the money could go to some charity or something like that...
The government hasn't dictated anything about how software is made as of yet (well, they do allow some pretty insane patents to pass, but...) They have found that Microsoft has used their position of dominance in the desktop market to squash would-be competitors. That's it. Can that really be disputed? From what I've seen no. If you could point out how that hasn't happened, I'd be surprised and appreciative..
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But the cool part is that you can go online to the AIM, Yahoo! and ICQ networks from one IM interface. The only quip is that AOL sets up some block regularly (at least last time I used Odgio, need to set it up on my home/new work box). But Odigo would inevitably bypass it.
Overall, I liked it and used it. It also allowed you to find people (If you're looking for love, conversation, etc.) by profiles or make yourself invisible. They are making a Mac version now, which they didn't before...don't see why they wouldn't make a Linux version. Would the source open up? Dunno! Anyone else use it/know of any Odigo for Linux movements?
Cheers,
Galego
Yeah...makes you wonder...was it Gates himself that pushed/pulled Microsoft to where it is now or was it the market and Apple's decisions (not licensing to other boxen amongst other bonehead moves). I feel it was a combo of the two, but that a number of folks could have stood in Gates' place and made history. Heck...Perot was capable of beating Clinton in one state in Clinton's last election (in Utah, the year of the pitiful turnout). If he could do that, I'm sure he could sell mediocre software/OSes.
The questions that remains to me is...would the gluttenous trail of mangled companies be lesser or greater in Ross Perot's wake rather than Bill Gates' wake?
As for NeXT, I worked with an engineering professor at Utah State University who still used and swore by a NeXT box (dunno know if it was a NeXT cube or just the OS). I always wanted to play with it, but never got the opportunity. I'm looking forward to OS X, but will keep Mac OS and LinuxPPC running somewhere...and as far from WinDOS as I can.
Cheers
Galego
Was going to post some of his source/errors here, but the lameness filter would have aborted me...
2) Disney tried one of those detection things a while ago to see if you were coming with an M$ OS as opposed to Mac. Was with Disney Blast I think. One guy hacked his resource fork in NS to cloak himself and appear like a WinDOS machine. Got in fine and used the features of the site just fine. Point is? The decision to do that was political, not technical. There's no technical merit for doing such a thing. Only malice, ignorance, greed and prejudice can be blamed.
3) A standards-based web has to/will continue to exist. The continual fight is how to keep M$ from dominating/"innovating" their own standards and changing the rules mid-game. Again...see point 2. They will try to make such 'innovations' and standards appear to be on technical merit, but they will most likely be political. So the battle has to be fought on both fronts. If they can actually innovate without pushing people around, then great!
4) What do I use? NS 4.7 and IE 5.tuvwxyz at work on Win2k. At home, IE 5 on my Mac and soon to be NS 4.? on my LinuxPPC boot (once I get my DSL/networking configured :) So, yeah, I like to have options.
Cheers!
Galego
And ya know what...there's just some things in life that you won't ever understand, that's what I've learned!
I just set up LinuxPPC to dual boot on my upgraded (which was very easy to do BTW) PowerMac clone (PowerTower 200e with upgraded 375 MHz G3 chip...and I didn't need to swap my motherboard, video card, and BIOS to do it.) It's like having two new machines now. The coolest thing is that the hard disk I added (which doesn't spin up immediately in Mac OS 9, so I use a mounting utility) spins up immediately in LinuxPPC without a utility.
BootX makes the dual booting rather painless and I like having the alternative to play with. I'm going to reformat a partition or two so they can be shared across OSes. I have a dual-button mouse (ADB even), but haven't gotten around to programming it. LinuxPPC lets you use the option-click as the 'other' mouse button...so I won't be moaning about the numerically challenged mouse button issue.
I'll concede the point on the dual-proc G4 and OS 9, but a G4 booting Win2K? Now there's a waste of good hardware!
Cheers
Galego
Most Americans (and I do not claim myself as innocent) know too little about how our government was set up and how it *should* run. I am trying to learn more about it and become more involved. Where we have a *real* problem is that people don't get educated/involved and haven't over some time (fi the last Clinton election). Now we have a legacy of problems and ignorance to overcome. And then some people believe the crap that's thrown at is in the media!! Man, have we got some work to do! (Sorry if you find this too off-topic, but I couldn't hold back this rant).
Galego
And I think it was Homer Simpson that said...47% of all statistics are made up...14% of the people know that!
But my numbers may be egregiously incorrect! Good point about lining up the numbers at M$ against those across the industry.
Galego
One...how many Flash users...generally hybrid graphic artists/developers, graphic artists, or mutts like me are going to know how to exploit a buffer over-flow AND compromise the system while covering their butt(s)?
Two...How many people who know how to exploit a buffer overflow and compromise a system while covering their butt(s) can make a Flash piece that will be perty enough for anyone to check out on a large scale?
Three...I still think Macromedia should address it, cuz it points to obvious flaws and instability in the code. Anyone seen any statement/response from anyone at Macromedia about this? I once got a response from someone personally at Macromedia cuz I sent a message to someone whose wife (or wife's friend) worked there. It was about one of their support decisions (to drop support in a certain area). Wasn't even after a response...it got forwarded along til it came back to me.
Galego
method 1:Use the PC file exchange to set up Windows file types/extensions. When I download a file from the internet (*.qif) without a file type in the resource fork...this file association will be automatic if I have that set up
method 2:Did you try 'import' from the Quicken application?
method 3: If you're braveUse ResEdit and massage the file type/creator codes to work for you. I once even wrote and apple script or frontier scipt to do that for me. Of course, you had to know the codes...but what the heck.
A question then...What happens on Windows if two competing vendors of software decide to use the same extension? One installs over the other and the registry is all kinds of wacked. Is there some process/protocol/method to manage that sort of potential conflict?
I agree that Be is a good OS. Tried it...liked it, but it has similar drawbacks to Linux to average joe end user, no?
So what keeps M$ from being a monopoly? On my desktop, it's finding other solutions, but using an M$ product if indeed it is a better product. I've been trying IE 5 for Mac lately...and I must admit (sadly) that it is better than Netscape. I have a recent Mozilla build on my Mac too...not quite there.
That said...I'm very excited for OS X!!! Hope you enjoy it!
Galego
Let's use 128-bit encrypted numbers that route along others phones and lines in case normal routes are down. And then you can register your name and it will translate into your number...so people can call you at JohnSmith0000000001 (Or was that JohnSmith00000000001?...cuz you weren't the first to register that name). Then we can have an intuitive system!
In Maryland, you have to dial 10 digits if you want to dial your next door neighbor. I know this is the case in other places too. In the twin cities, it's getting close to that now. You see advertisements like "We're so close to you we even have the same area code!". Area codes don't go real far here. My cell area code is different from my home area code.
Backlash may occur, but in some cases there are just too many people with too many numbers (land lines, faxes, mobile family plans, businesses, business mobiles, paging systems, etc.)
I just hope they can get a scalable system that will obsolece (sp?) really slowly. Cheers,
Galego
My wife and I recently discussed a realted topic with another couple. That is:
That popular people in high school tend to have a tougher time getting over high school. I played sports and was fairly well-known...not popular, just known. Sometimes I was mocked, but also had friends and supporters. Anyway...the point is that some adults don't grow out of high school's social patterns.
Cheers,
Galego
Still a lot of legacy uses for all of them. A lot of apps out there for the Mac that don't have commercial support on Linux. I use 'em both and have my preference depending on what I'm doing...Anyway...
Many have said here that typing is faster than writing...but you do learn writing first (or are they teaching typing in grade schools along with handwriting these days? Probably should if they aren't). Guess it could be a boon for those who hunt and peck. For those of us who seek ways to not use the mouse and stay on the keyboard, no...not a big help.
How about this...a pen with a switch on it that allows you to use it as a mouse or for other input (alphanumberic) as you see fit? The major issue I still see present is the lack of Ctrl/Command keys. Copy, Paste, Select all, etc. Anyway...at least there's some apparent reason now that they didn't sell the Newton technology off.
As if removing the postings here would keep that info. from going public...or being transimitted through hotmail mail servers.
Come on M$...get a clue!!
Besides...Why would I buy a translucent, fish-looking PC? Are they going to try and market this to the anglers/outdoorsmen?
*Yeah...you shoulda seen the one I caught the other day...must have been at least 750 Mhz!* A whole new dimension to 'Fish Stories'.
- Of or relating to a proprietor or to proprietors as a group: proprietary rights.
- Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.
- Befitting an owner: a proprietary air.
- Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent: a proprietary drug
So...it would appear the license doesn't make it proprietary...But isn't Linux a trademark registered to Linus?I would agree that Linux is exclusive to a degree, but proprietary just doesn't quite seem to fit even with the commercialization it's undergoing. While the distro's are trying to make it easier to use and enter into the Linux community, not all Linux users are doing the same for other new comers. I came into Linux/Unix from a Mac background, and while I've learned to RTFM and would agree quickly that 'users suck', it's still hard to feel you're 'part of' the Linux Community.
New Mac users feel all warm and fuzzy cuz of all the help they get in transition. New WinDOS users just get lost in the crowd, but figure it out by doing what they're told to and by watching what everyone else does. New Linux users go around wondering where the manual is and if they've read it enough times so they won't get flamed when they ask their questions.
I have taken to Linux, because it's 1) Free (beer) 2) It's not made by Bill 3) It's pretty stable 4) It looks good on my resume 5) I just like to tinker. I have never altered source code before compiling, so I don't know if I will ever make it to the inner circle of the Linux community, nor is that my goal. Anyway...my take is, no Linux is technically not proprietary, but there is a certain exclusivity to being part of the club.
like that, so there would be a good reason for it not being readable.... Isn't the web for disseminating information, not hiding it!?!? Cheers,
Corel is going after Win desktop share. I use Corel Linux and actually was quite frustrated. They did their best to make it feel like Windows and I was trying to use it like Linux. So even if it is AOL (which seems like speculation still...and correct me if I'm way off on my speculation there), It's keeping some old customers if they opt out of M$, and if not, it broadens their potential. And as someone else pointed out, NS is AOL's now...I still use it as my main browser despite that fact.
I worked in a lab once and we had network admin. software where we could monitor people's use of the computers since the lab was to be used for specific purposes and only those. One guy came in later at night, sat down in the corner and turned his monitor a little so as to avoid being seen. I checked him out with the admin. and sure 'nuff he was being nasty in a chat room, which was (in this lab) against the rules. I didn't confront him directly, cuz I didn't know the exact policies on this. I told my boss the next morning, who told his boss, who asked me to dig evidence. Found a small cache'd trace of his activities and gave it to two-up-the-food -chain. Don't know what happened after that, never saw the guy again and actually didn't want to know...but anyway...There were discoverables and they were discovered. The time stamps etc. matched up with the time he was in the lab.
I imagine there might also be server logs in an instance like this. Personally, did I administrate an ICQ/AIM/IRC server, I would want to clear those logs regularly, just to keep myself out of involvement..."Oh Darnit!! just erased that file yesterday...and then I decided to scrub the hard drive!"
Fact is, some people decide to work 'temp' for the flexibility/variety...why I don't really know. It's different from contracting/consulting to me, but I still don't think you could really expectbenefits etc. with that.
Some companies purposely hire temps to save themselves benefits, options etc. That I don't agree with. ***** ********* was going to offer me a full-time peon job after being a dreg-of-the-cup temp for them.
How long-term are these temps? And didn't they form a union of sorts...I remember reading about them in Wired a while back.
Date-sensitive stuff (which Quicken on my computer is the only critical/date-sensitive program) is the stuff that is a concern. There was probably some stuff really 'saved' and some people yoked out of their money in preps for Y2K. Dangit! Knew I should have taught myself COBOL!!! ;-)
But to the important point now...All the emergency supplies that stores stocked up on now are big overhead for them...watch for dropping prices on propane, tents, heaters, stoves and outdoors/emergency supplies in general. Now's the time to get that gear...if you'd like some...or if you want to get ready for Y2.001K, the patched upgrade to Y2K and the 'true' start of the new millenium. At least acccording to some sources and about which I honestly don't have a clue.
Happy New /Year|Millenium|Century|Week|Month/
That said, there was one instance where our company (we do a lot of contracting for the government) was able to move ahead with work cuz the customer demanded ISO compliancy...and we could show it. In the end that means something to those guys and gals who have to put food on the table.
Before I get too off-topic here and am moderated down...Let me say that I buy the idea of standards and the idea of eliminating rework. At my level, does much implementation really happen? No...and to me that creates its own amount of frustration. I agree that a lot of upper-management gets sold on buzzword methodologies...that's nothing new! At the same time, I still need to feed my family...and its my companies customers who help me do that.
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Exclusive, but not proprietary...Not trying to be a troll...just noting an interesting paradox in the comment. Merry New Year!
The response I got (and with which I can aruge little) is that the dangled carrot does not motivate people to action...but the stick does. I definitely think Spammers should get the stick!
I dunno...maybe the money could go to some charity or something like that...
The government hasn't dictated anything about how software is made as of yet (well, they do allow some pretty insane patents to pass, but...) They have found that Microsoft has used their position of dominance in the desktop market to squash would-be competitors. That's it. Can that really be disputed? From what I've seen no. If you could point out how that hasn't happened, I'd be surprised and appreciative..