Yea, and the 'I'll contact my lawyers' quote at the end of the article too. Jeez.. lawyers lawyers lawyers.. that's all the computing world seems to be these days.:/
Thus it's probably easier for someone to work out what a un*x box is actually doing than an NT box in the first place.
MUCH easier. At least IMO anyway. I run specific daemons for each task and I know what EVERY program on the process listing is doing there. Sure, NT has its services and its process listing but it just somehow seems more 'detached' from what it's doing.. I don't know why I get that feeling. Predjudice?.. possibly some.
It might be just how NT admins are, but the ones I've known just have no clue about what every process the machine is running actually DOES. They know what they 'installed' via pointy-click but it's all because it's dumbed-down so they can 'handle it'.
My personal solution is to go ahead and use PHP, but not bother with the separate Zend Optimizer download.
Then you're missing out on the rather good speed increases you'll get from your code.
I guess it's everybody's choice.. seems rather like cutting your nose off to spite your face though.
People are so hung up on the 'free software' bandwagon they don't stop to think and realize that all this stuff is freely downloadable and usable anyway.
You don't know me. It's clear too you didn't read what I posted about being judgemental either.
I believe in spiritualism and doing good by people no matter what they believe in. I am very compassionate to everyone and I object to your insinuations otherwise.
We try because we care
That sounds SO weak and whiney it's amazing and EXACTLY the sort of crap that many 'religious' types spout. 'Because you don't conform to what WE think, you're crap'.
Well fuck you very much.
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as a whole they are marked by a lack of team-skills
Jeez.. you come off sounding like a real clueless fuckwit, you know that?
Many people who YOU might consider geeks are IT professionals who work in teams DAILY to do their job. Teamwork is a very important skill and many people know that. Just because there may be those that don't know how to work as a team but they are most certainly the MINORITY.
At least get your facts straight before you start sounding off about something.
Having been born in London and now moved to the USA (the Midwest no less) I had to let you know I agree too with what you say:)
Not that people around here are crazy bible bashers.. far from it. Many have their faith and that's good for them. Some though (and I'm sure you'll find these people everywhere) say they are religious, they go to church on Sundays but then they seem to FORGET all that they heard or should have picked up from the bible. Things like not being judgemental, not looking down on people if they disagree with you, being considerate of all people and creatures and accepting that people have their own opinions which they are entitled to. Makes me wonder how people like that think they are better people for it.
Still.. this is probably already the start of a/. holy war so I'll stop now.
You just build new CD-ROM drive(s) along with the rest of the new computer(s) you need to build in order to get some hardware to run ANY programs on.
Then you can read your CD-ROMs.
Of course, the amusing irony would be, if you want your software on those CD-ROMs to work then you have to make the hardware compatible with what you had before.. therefore the legacy problem again.
Arse.
If it's a CD-ROM with important data on it, then that's different of course.
There's a lot to be said for that!.. I don't have problems nearly as much on my Linux or Windows machines at home (no problems with Linux, Windows sometimes gives up but its install of Win95B is pretty old now). Those machines I built myself from components I selected right down to the fans.
I do though have a lot of problems with machines at work (from Dell mainly) that die after some usage. I've used (personal work machine) Dell machines running NT and Windows98 and they have died quite frequently. I thought Dell made good machines too.. Hmm. I have to dislike the plastic cases though.. just seems cheap.. maybe the rest of the components are cheap too.
The only Linux kernel panic I had was from bad hardware too. Most notably a loose SIMM slot, not suprising it panicked when half its memory disappeared..
I feel likewise on the BSODs for all variants of Windows.. it starts out okay after a new install of the OS and it can run for a while (that's when they do all their benchmarks, on these 'fresh' machines). Then over time as the machine is actually USED (shock!?.. you're not meant to USE it!) the likelihood of BSODs rises and rises until it's boofing* time.
Apparently not if you're RMS who's only pleasure in life seems to be to rant and bitch about things not being free enough for him. Encouragement and ideas to help don't seem to come from his direction.
I totally agree. IIRC, volcanoes send out so much CO, CO2 and SO2 (possibly more or maybe not all those gases, I can't remember, but most of them what we consider 'pollution'). These gas emitions totally dwarf what the human race has put into the air, making it register not as much of a 'blip' on things. Anyone with a bit more insight into that care to elucidate?
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Yes, it's the classic move that should be thusly named 'Doing a Unisys'.
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Heheheh..
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Yea, and the 'I'll contact my lawyers' quote at the end of the article too. Jeez.. lawyers lawyers lawyers.. that's all the computing world seems to be these days.
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It's nice to see common sense prevail over corporate stupidity.
Nice too for the folks at OpenSSH who did nothing wrong in basing their product after the name of the protocol and shouldn't have to suffer.
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It can use FreeDB though, and has done as a default for a long time AFAIK.
Doesn't matter how the names get there, Napster using the CDDB as a starting block is still crap.
I agree it's probably best to just avoid Napster altogether since they've evidently been made the RIAA's bitch.
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I see your point, apart from the fact it wasn't me screwing up. :> Please read who the poster is before commenting.
I personally know how to type and have done for a great many years.. if people don't know what keys they're pressing then yes that's their look-out.
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Thus it's probably easier for someone to work out what a un*x box is actually doing than an NT box in the first place.
.. possibly some.
MUCH easier. At least IMO anyway. I run specific daemons for each task and I know what EVERY program on the process listing is doing there. Sure, NT has its services and its process listing but it just somehow seems more 'detached' from what it's doing.. I don't know why I get that feeling. Predjudice?
It might be just how NT admins are, but the ones I've known just have no clue about what every process the machine is running actually DOES. They know what they 'installed' via pointy-click but it's all because it's dumbed-down so they can 'handle it'.
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I don't know .. HTML isn't difficult, people :)
/mnt/dvd/VOB_FILE_NAME | extract_mpeg2 | mpeg2dec -
qrpff 153 2 8 105 225 <
There, that better?
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My personal solution is to go ahead and use PHP, but not bother with the separate Zend Optimizer download.
.. seems rather like cutting your nose off to spite your face though.
Then you're missing out on the rather good speed increases you'll get from your code.
I guess it's everybody's choice
People are so hung up on the 'free software' bandwagon they don't stop to think and realize that all this stuff is freely downloadable and usable anyway.
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Generally speaking, these kinds of leeks (if it's even true) come from the gov't.
.. most leeks come from farmers' fields.
Really?
Leaks are another matter.
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Oh dear.. gives 'cybersex' a whole new meaning ..
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Amen to that.
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How dare you say that about me?!?!?!
You don't know me. It's clear too you didn't read what I posted about being judgemental either.
I believe in spiritualism and doing good by people no matter what they believe in. I am very compassionate to everyone and I object to your insinuations otherwise.
We try because we care
That sounds SO weak and whiney it's amazing and EXACTLY the sort of crap that many 'religious' types spout. 'Because you don't conform to what WE think, you're crap'.
Well fuck you very much.
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as a whole they are marked by a lack of team-skills
Jeez.. you come off sounding like a real clueless fuckwit, you know that?
Many people who YOU might consider geeks are IT professionals who work in teams DAILY to do their job. Teamwork is a very important skill and many people know that. Just because there may be those that don't know how to work as a team but they are most certainly the MINORITY.
At least get your facts straight before you start sounding off about something.
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LOL!
:)
/. holy war so I'll stop now.
Having been born in London and now moved to the USA (the Midwest no less) I had to let you know I agree too with what you say
Not that people around here are crazy bible bashers.. far from it. Many have their faith and that's good for them. Some though (and I'm sure you'll find these people everywhere) say they are religious, they go to church on Sundays but then they seem to FORGET all that they heard or should have picked up from the bible. Things like not being judgemental, not looking down on people if they disagree with you, being considerate of all people and creatures and accepting that people have their own opinions which they are entitled to. Makes me wonder how people like that think they are better people for it.
Still.. this is probably already the start of a
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Well duh!
.. therefore the legacy problem again.
You just build new CD-ROM drive(s) along with the rest of the new computer(s) you need to build in order to get some hardware to run ANY programs on.
Then you can read your CD-ROMs.
Of course, the amusing irony would be, if you want your software on those CD-ROMs to work then you have to make the hardware compatible with what you had before
Arse.
If it's a CD-ROM with important data on it, then that's different of course.
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There's a lot to be said for that! .. I don't have problems nearly as much on my Linux or Windows machines at home (no problems with Linux, Windows sometimes gives up but its install of Win95B is pretty old now). Those machines I built myself from components I selected right down to the fans.
.. Hmm. I have to dislike the plastic cases though.. just seems cheap.. maybe the rest of the components are cheap too.
I do though have a lot of problems with machines at work (from Dell mainly) that die after some usage. I've used (personal work machine) Dell machines running NT and Windows98 and they have died quite frequently. I thought Dell made good machines too
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The only Linux kernel panic I had was from bad hardware too. Most notably a loose SIMM slot, not suprising it panicked when half its memory disappeared..
.. you're not meant to USE it!) the likelihood of BSODs rises and rises until it's boofing* time.
I feel likewise on the BSODs for all variants of Windows.. it starts out okay after a new install of the OS and it can run for a while (that's when they do all their benchmarks, on these 'fresh' machines). Then over time as the machine is actually USED (shock!?
*boofing = reformatting and reinstalling the OS
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The people that refuse to pay for Linux software are very often those that refuse to pay for Windows software too. Can you say #warez?
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Apparently not if you're RMS who's only pleasure in life seems to be to rant and bitch about things not being free enough for him. Encouragement and ideas to help don't seem to come from his direction.
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Sorry, that's GNU/Free too btw
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Glad to know I wasn't the only one thinking this ... and have they improved with age? (i.e. gained wisdom and intelligence?)
Ummm. no.
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I totally agree. IIRC, volcanoes send out so much CO, CO2 and SO2 (possibly more or maybe not all those gases, I can't remember, but most of them what we consider 'pollution'). These gas emitions totally dwarf what the human race has put into the air, making it register not as much of a 'blip' on things. Anyone with a bit more insight into that care to elucidate?
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.. if they could find out anyway.. why bother asking in the first place?
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I second that.
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I tried PuTTY out, it is quite cool .. I like the minimal setup thing too, no install program it just runs. Great. :)
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