I've heard worse. Kind of like the customer that absolutely insists that the techie slang term for email is just 'e' and uses it to sound "in-the-know", no matter how many times I explain that I've never heard such.
"Just 'e' me." "I'll be sure to email you, ma'am."
I think I'm mostly desensitized to the use of 'e', though. I was surprisingly calm when I first heard of eMachines.
Slashdot has lost its hard core geeks. This happens to be a Futurama reference. Even if Futurama was slyly referring to something else, I'd bet he was referring to Futurama....not that there's anything wrong with that...
Thanks, I'll check. I'm honestly not sure at the moment.
It wasn't that long ago that we took over the management of the network after it had been set up by trained monkeys (crack-smoking trained monkeys, at that).
Neither my boss (the actual admin), nor I were network admins prior, so there are some obvious things that hit us as "I should have thought of that earlier" revelations. Nonetheless, the company is committed to customer service (hard to believe, but true), and we are committed to a safe, friendly network, so when we find something we can do, we do it.
I only wish I knew of some information repository/guide to help us fill in the gaps. Nonetheless, I believe we are far ahead of the curve (or will be once we get our new network equipment in).
I work for a small ISP, and things are absolutely improving behind the scenes. Most old broadband network designs were not built with the present day in mind. It was, perhaps, shortsighted, but who saw this coming?
We're installing dedicated spam/virus filtering machines. We're changing our network drastically, going from a very simple network structure to one where every DSL bridge's ATM channel is carried up to a router doing Proxy-ARP, so we can cut out broadcast traffic and regulate traffic for every customer's connection (cutting down on both viruses spread via broadcast traffic as well as DoS attacks).
On top of that, we police the network to find users with viruses, then call them and, if they can't do it themselves, clean their PCs for free.
Things are definitely picking up on the ISP end. Now if only the customers would take a few steps...
Unfortunately, not everyone has such a sense of decency.
Sadly, the general public doesn't have a clue whether or not the manufacturer is up front with such important information, hence the need for intervention. (Not that they'd make a wise decision anyway--hey, look at computer software!)
Just because someone WANTS to own the market to something doesn't give them the right to. There's nothing innovative about any model GameBoy to patent. Zilch.
If I invented a new type of gasoline but had no patent on the engine that used it, anyone would be within their legal rights to produce an engine that ran off of it.
Yes, indeed, that is correct if you were using a poorly configured distribution several years ago.
When is the last time someone had a default install of any decent distribution with any service but SSH running by default, without specifically enabling it?
It's *Disney* that forces much of the channel bundling.
Now, it's entirely possible that cable companies would prefer to charge in some bundled system, but the problem is that Disney (and other media companies) are the ones who require the present channel bundling scheme, and it's a thorn in the side of cable/satellite companies as well as the customers.
Unfortunately, the iso9660 filesystem module doesn't support writing. It wouldn't work at the last step.
The two alternative choices for editing an ISO image are a) Copy all the files to another filesystem, edit, then create another ISO or b) If you just need to change one line, you can load the entire ISO image into a text editor and search for the line you need to change. I'm not sure if you could do that in this case, since LILO compiles the options into the binary.
Last year, when my previous crappy monitor at home went out, I switched to the even crappier Viewsonic.
I ran KDE 3.1 at 640x480 @ 60Hz
The flicker was almost as horrible as the blur. I couldn't look at it for more than two minutes without getting a headache, blurry vision, and pain in my eyes.
Unfortunately, I had things I had to do. But I otherwise tried to get everything done at work. Still, many was the night I stumbled to bed with a splitting headache from looking at the screen.
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"Electric bicycles", probably.
I've heard worse. Kind of like the customer that absolutely insists that the techie slang term for email is just 'e' and uses it to sound "in-the-know", no matter how many times I explain that I've never heard such.
"Just 'e' me."
"I'll be sure to email you, ma'am."
I think I'm mostly desensitized to the use of 'e', though. I was surprisingly calm when I first heard of eMachines.
What we have here is super-advanced Silly Putty?
Yes, but you lower your TTL ahead of time, then make the change. Once it's complete, raise the TTL again.
You can't make changes at the drop of a hat that way, but you can make them with minimal downtime.
It might be great, until you lose any brand recognition at all, and then find that you can't defend your trademark because it's become a generic name.
My point exactly, sir!
Slashdot has lost its hard core geeks. This happens to be a Futurama reference. Even if Futurama was slyly referring to something else, I'd bet he was referring to Futurama. ...not that there's anything wrong with that...
You may be interested in Magnatune.
Try before you buy. Low prices. Seems worthwhile to me.
Thanks, I'll check. I'm honestly not sure at the moment.
It wasn't that long ago that we took over the management of the network after it had been set up by trained monkeys (crack-smoking trained monkeys, at that).
Neither my boss (the actual admin), nor I were network admins prior, so there are some obvious things that hit us as "I should have thought of that earlier" revelations. Nonetheless, the company is committed to customer service (hard to believe, but true), and we are committed to a safe, friendly network, so when we find something we can do, we do it.
I only wish I knew of some information repository/guide to help us fill in the gaps. Nonetheless, I believe we are far ahead of the curve (or will be once we get our new network equipment in).
I work for a small ISP, and things are absolutely improving behind the scenes. Most old broadband network designs were not built with the present day in mind. It was, perhaps, shortsighted, but who saw this coming?
We're installing dedicated spam/virus filtering machines. We're changing our network drastically, going from a very simple network structure to one where every DSL bridge's ATM channel is carried up to a router doing Proxy-ARP, so we can cut out broadcast traffic and regulate traffic for every customer's connection (cutting down on both viruses spread via broadcast traffic as well as DoS attacks).
On top of that, we police the network to find users with viruses, then call them and, if they can't do it themselves, clean their PCs for free.
Things are definitely picking up on the ISP end. Now if only the customers would take a few steps...
But how many people suffer and die due to Microsoft's control of the computer market?
I will use the word "evil" in all seriousness when discussing Microsoft's business tactics, but their brand of evil can't compete with DeBeers.
If Chrysler does that, I applaud them.
Unfortunately, not everyone has such a sense of decency.
Sadly, the general public doesn't have a clue whether or not the manufacturer is up front with such important information, hence the need for intervention. (Not that they'd make a wise decision anyway--hey, look at computer software!)
If it were that easy, you wouldn't hear mechanics and the producers of diagnostic machines/software complaining.
Not all of the codes are published.
Furthermore, the legend for the published codes is often more ambiguous than that available privately.
That's a bit like comparing a word processor with PostScript output to PDF.
Rodegarden is a proper comparison--if not perfect--that runs on Linux (under KDE), and it does, in fact, export to Lilypond...
Yes, it is!
In fact, it's a common practice (look up clean room reverse engineering).
The PC you're using, the car you drive, and so many other things were made possible by reverse-engineering other products.
Unfortunately, the DMCA has provisions that limit reverse-engineering, which is partly what makes it so problematic.
Just because someone WANTS to own the market to something doesn't give them the right to. There's nothing innovative about any model GameBoy to patent. Zilch.
If I invented a new type of gasoline but had no patent on the engine that used it, anyone would be within their legal rights to produce an engine that ran off of it.
If this were at all reasonable, there would be never be competing companies--only monopolies.
This is not a valid, innovative patent on the original technology.
By US law, at least, you are allowed to make copies for fair use (archival purposes, etc).
A statement in the back of a manual doesn't remove that right.
Like Janet Jackson is just Michael dressed up as a girl?
You're thinking of Barbara Steele.
Yes, indeed, that is correct if you were using a poorly configured distribution several years ago.
When is the last time someone had a default install of any decent distribution with any service but SSH running by default, without specifically enabling it?
No, Opie was from The Andy Griffith Show.
It's *Disney* that forces much of the channel bundling.
Now, it's entirely possible that cable companies would prefer to charge in some bundled system, but the problem is that Disney (and other media companies) are the ones who require the present channel bundling scheme, and it's a thorn in the side of cable/satellite companies as well as the customers.
Unfortunately, the iso9660 filesystem module doesn't support writing. It wouldn't work at the last step.
The two alternative choices for editing an ISO image are
a) Copy all the files to another filesystem, edit, then create another ISO
or
b) If you just need to change one line, you can load the entire ISO image into a text editor and search for the line you need to change. I'm not sure if you could do that in this case, since LILO compiles the options into the binary.
Some people do this...
Last year, when my previous crappy monitor at home went out, I switched to the even crappier Viewsonic.
I ran KDE 3.1 at 640x480 @ 60Hz
The flicker was almost as horrible as the blur. I couldn't look at it for more than two minutes without getting a headache, blurry vision, and pain in my eyes.
Unfortunately, I had things I had to do. But I otherwise tried to get everything done at work. Still, many was the night I stumbled to bed with a splitting headache from looking at the screen.
It still works fine, blur aside...