For example, with a single search you can find that 'Abbey
Road' by the Beatles is not available for legal download at iTunes,
Napster, or anywhere else. [...] The real news is what it does NOT
include: no free downloads, and no indie artist
community.
This submission sounds less like a news item and more like a proactive
obituary. It's "mp3.com" in name only.
Not trying to be funny, but has the command line been patented
yet? It seems that many companies are trying to get a piece of a very
limited "interface pie". You never know, one day some scummy group
may claim that DOS, xterm, command.com, a unix console and my old
Wyse 60 terminal infringe on their IP.
So, major U.S. corporations are heavily investing in
developing a widely available 'free software inventory' that is open
to anyone to use or customize at will. If customers only want to use
free software, they will buy more hardware and services because there
is no additional cost for software. Moreover, with no software costs,
even hardware development, etc. becomes even cheaper.
I
always thought that the customer looking for, and receiving, the best
value (or "bang for the buck") was one of the inherent features of
capitalism. Now that the business model for software firms is being
turned on its head Ken Brown is crying foul. I didn't hear Brown
whining when domestic garment manufacturers started moving all the
sewing jobs overseas to sweatshops which put far more people out of
work than the current IT outsourcing.
Of course, being a
pieceworker in any industry isn't considered a "glamour
job" on Wall Street.
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What about the students that want to use the University's sole computer for work?:) [greets from Winnipeg]
What a coincidence! Just last night I was having dinner when I
though to myself "Self... your life would improve immeasurably if
only you had something you could take on a grizzly bear in."
Why will you laugh when that happens? Because it will happen. It's just a matter of time. Unfortunately MS doesn't care abour security as much as they care about market share and stock value.
What do you think that says about you? There are countless things I don't care about, how voicing my opinion makes me look is one of them. "You get what you see.":)
Will you laugh when it happens to you?
I don't use it for email (ssh to my mail server), I don't surf the web with IE on it, I run through a firewall and proxy... Anyhow, as I said in my original post, the only Windows machine I have is only for games: if it happens I'll have to reinstall all my games, c'est la vie.
I never said it couldn't happen to me (in fact I'm writing this on my Win2K game box). Any system has holes but once wide spread carnage hits the Windows world only then will Ma & Pa Kettle give a serious look at other more robust systems with less holes. I don't support Windows for family & friends and rarely have to touch it at work so I really don't care. I think it's tantamount to having to smack a dog on the nose with a rolled up newspaper to train it not to keep shitting on the carpet.
I'm still waiting for the day that one of these things wipes out the infected host after X hours/days. Ebola spreads fast and kills the host, why not a virus/worm?
pf.conf is cryptic? The manpage and demo files in/usr/share/pf are pretty handy. If you want cryptic shit, try using a Cisco PIX. I maintain 4 of them at work and they suck donkey-wang compared to PF & carp.
Wireless base stations sell for peanuts. This setup would allow you to have all your info NAT'd before it gets to the ComCast snoop-box. They should then see only a single device on your LAN.
in fact, this app is basically Microsoft Excel ported to
Linux,
A port? Did Microsoft gave the developers access to
the Excel source code? Anyhow, that nitpicking aside the package
seems to be working perfectly well on my OpenBSD desktop w/Linux
compatibility enabled.
I'm [network/unix/Mac/Novell/some windows] support for a ~200 user research place. Every Friday our Director of Research sends out a "what's up" email talking about various projects, etc. A couple of years ago I was asked to do a weekly thing called "Computer Corner". What I do is have a paragraph with a link to an internal webserver I run with more info.
I did a spyware article a while back and on the server had some tools for installation complete with how-to's, screenshots, etc. Naturally some people aren't geeks and are a bit leery of anything remotely technical so we always offer to come do the work if needed. That happened only a handful of times.
If you have a lot of users that approach may be helpful.
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Are you pushing your monitor hard enough with your index finger? Maybe try tapping it with a hammer. The button gets stuck sometimes.
Reminds me of the old Winston Churchill quote:
"Traditions! What traditions? Rum, sodomy and the lash!"
For example, with a single search you can find that 'Abbey Road' by the Beatles is not available for legal download at iTunes, Napster, or anywhere else. [...] The real news is what it does NOT include: no free downloads, and no indie artist community.
This submission sounds less like a news item and more like a proactive obituary. It's "mp3.com" in name only.
Get RFID tag installed.
Don your tinfoil hat.
Drink.
Ah yes, fear the horrific backslashdot effect.
Not trying to be funny, but has the command line been patented yet? It seems that many companies are trying to get a piece of a very limited "interface pie". You never know, one day some scummy group may claim that DOS, xterm, command.com, a unix console and my old Wyse 60 terminal infringe on their IP.
it would be a shame for this turn into a Gnome vs. KDE flamewar.
I use Windowmaker, you insensitive clod!
However, if this review makes the front page, Gnome is toast.
I think that's putting too much weight behind one person's opinion.
So, major U.S. corporations are heavily investing in developing a widely available 'free software inventory' that is open to anyone to use or customize at will. If customers only want to use free software, they will buy more hardware and services because there is no additional cost for software. Moreover, with no software costs, even hardware development, etc. becomes even cheaper.
I always thought that the customer looking for, and receiving, the best value (or "bang for the buck") was one of the inherent features of capitalism. Now that the business model for software firms is being turned on its head Ken Brown is crying foul. I didn't hear Brown whining when domestic garment manufacturers started moving all the sewing jobs overseas to sweatshops which put far more people out of work than the current IT outsourcing.
Of course, being a pieceworker in any industry isn't considered a "glamour job" on Wall Street.
What about the students that want to use the University's sole computer for work?
I'm 10x more productive when I don't read
It's like a wet dream come true.
I believe that's called "Sex".
the BeOS rising to join the ranks of OSs that won't die
An OS isn't dead or dying until Netcraft confirms it.
What a coincidence! Just last night I was having dinner when I though to myself "Self... your life would improve immeasurably if only you had something you could take on a grizzly bear in."
Why will you laugh when that happens?
Because it will happen. It's just a matter of time. Unfortunately MS doesn't care abour security as much as they care about market share and stock value.
What do you think that says about you?
There are countless things I don't care about, how voicing my opinion makes me look is one of them. "You get what you see."
Will you laugh when it happens to you?
I don't use it for email (ssh to my mail server), I don't surf the web with IE on it, I run through a firewall and proxy... Anyhow, as I said in my original post, the only Windows machine I have is only for games: if it happens I'll have to reinstall all my games, c'est la vie.
I never said it couldn't happen to me (in fact I'm writing this on my Win2K game box). Any system has holes but once wide spread carnage hits the Windows world only then will Ma & Pa Kettle give a serious look at other more robust systems with less holes. I don't support Windows for family & friends and rarely have to touch it at work so I really don't care. I think it's tantamount to having to smack a dog on the nose with a rolled up newspaper to train it not to keep shitting on the carpet.
I'm still waiting for the day that one of these things wipes out the infected host after X hours/days. Ebola spreads fast and kills the host, why not a virus/worm?
I'll laugh when it happens.
pf.conf is cryptic? The manpage and demo files in
Did Netcraft confirm it? Poor SCO, truly an American icon.
The instant they find out that you're "circumventing" their neat-o technology
Hmm.. I don't think that could be considered circumventing anything, really. You're just adding another gateway device... right in front of theirs.
Now, if their EULA says that only their device can act as a NAT device... you never know.
Wireless base stations sell for peanuts. This setup would allow you to have all your info NAT'd before it gets to the ComCast snoop-box. They should then see only a single device on your LAN.
Simple, just put another firewall between that snoop box and your LAN.
in fact, this app is basically Microsoft Excel ported to Linux,
A port? Did Microsoft gave the developers access to the Excel source code? Anyhow, that nitpicking aside the package seems to be working perfectly well on my OpenBSD desktop w/Linux compatibility enabled.
Nice.
Yeah, do it. You'll have way more time to read slashdot!
I'm [network/unix/Mac/Novell/some windows] support for a ~200 user research place. Every Friday our Director of Research sends out a "what's up" email talking about various projects, etc. A couple of years ago I was asked to do a weekly thing called "Computer Corner". What I do is have a paragraph with a link to an internal webserver I run with more info.
I did a spyware article a while back and on the server had some tools for installation complete with how-to's, screenshots, etc. Naturally some people aren't geeks and are a bit leery of anything remotely technical so we always offer to come do the work if needed. That happened only a handful of times.
If you have a lot of users that approach may be helpful.