Now that popups have become something of a nightmare for most users, I have found that most people I talk to are willing to try Mozilla just for the popup suppression.
I can only pray this comes true. I do unoffical tech support for our little (30 person) medical office. We do have an "real" IT department, but they are 1/2 mile away, and come only once a week, appointment needed. Recently we've been overrun by this piece of crapware called N-Case . This thing corrupts registry's, take over settings, and generally has been the biggest pain in my existance. We have had to reformat three machines just to get it off. Almost univerally it has been installed by someone clicking on a pop up to "Rid your machine of spyware".
I think anyone who writes this type of software should be sentenced to 20 years hard labor, or AOL dialup for the rest of their natural lives
Notice how since the last hearing, SCO has become *very quiet*. They issued a very short press release, and didn't hold the press conference that had been promised for after the hearing. McBride hasn't had anything to say since the Harvard thing.
The one thing that most impressed me about this case is the differance between the three companies. SCO makes these outrageous claims in the media "millions of lines of code, Thousands of files..etc" And then goes to court and says "we can't show you until you show us".
IBM and Novell are quietly behind the scenes, very professionally making their case. It is like a masterful game of chess, you see piece after piece being moved into place, for a final checkmate. Really a pleasure to watch.
Teachers get to write reports and give labels to students such as ADHD, or whatever. Why the hell cant students do the same?
Actually, a teacher cannot give you the "label"ADHD. It is a diagnosis, that can be given only by a medical/psychiatrist MD. Usually the teacher/ social worker and MD all fill out forms, they are compared, and then if the child scores "high" enough, they are given the diagnosis "ADHD" That said, I think Ritalin is handed out WAY too much in schools these days. When I went to school, these were "problem kids" who got a little extra attention, and usually came arround. Now we drug em and stick em in a corner, not very helpful I think in the long run.
If they got an average of 1.34 out of 5, that's an irrefutable fact and therefore no libel charge can come of that.... and that's really all the students need to know.
I think the main differance is between rating someone low on a scale of one to five, and calling them a Bipolar Paranoid Schizophrenic. Even if you are just doing what the voices in your head tell you to do.
BTW for a really good look at schizophrenia, see "A Beautiful Mind", gives you alittle insight into early "treatment" or lack thereof for some psychiatric illnesses.
And what if that hard drive full of kiddie images are 100% fake?
I seem to recall a case where this issue came up. The guy had a bunch of drawings and computer generated kiddie porn, and he was convicted and upheld on appeal. Even though his lawyer was able to prove there were no "actual" children harmed, he was convicted on something like "attempted child endangerment". I wish I could recall he details.
I like the radar, but with cameras so cheap and common you'd think no one should have a blind spot anymore.
I've noticed this is some trucks, and large ambulances, they have a camera mounted on the back, and they have a small monitor above the dash. The camera has a fisheye lens, so they get pretty good coverage. I am sure this cuts down on backing into things/people. Above all I think the most important factor is an alert, attentative driver.
Are you gay or are you one of those "Angels of Death" who put something in the patients' IV in the hopes of bringing someone to the brink of death so that you can "save" them?
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but since you are too chicken to log in, I am a nurse, male, straight. In my 20 years of ER service I have saved more than a few lives. I have held onto people while they suffered and died,and then comforted their loved ones. What the hell have you done with your useless pathetic life ?
I don't want to diagnose friends' and family's computers. I am not tech support. Some of my family is technical enough that I'm not worried about making recommendations on BYOC, or even beige box shops, but most of them will get referred to Dell, Gateway, etc.
I am a nurse, and a geek. And you know what, when friends or family call for help with a medical or computer related question, I don't mind answering because they are my FREAKING friends and family. I can take time out of my busy life to help them. Just like they take time out of their lives to help me !
Furthermore, a glance at an analog speedometer gives you a feel for rate of acceleration (of deceleration) that's really hard to get from a changing numeric display
Maybe it's just me, but if your accelerating or decelerating that fast, I would hope you would be looking out the windshield instead of at the dashboard
What if two perfect players started a game of chess, and w/o even moving a single piece the one playing white announced forced mate in 27 moves, and black resigns with a hopeless position.
Reminds me of a joke, in a golf movie. Gal asks guy how to play golf, guy says hit the ball in hole, lowest score wins. Gal says "How about I just not hit it, my score is zero, I win "
Kinda funny when I saw it.
That would depend on the agreements they had signed. It might have just been easier for everyone else to pull out and just reform a different group at a later time
My first thought exactly, why fight them, just leave them sitting alone in their own FUD.
that would be insightful if the RIAA was a law.... But I guess the point remains, both sides are pretty much the same.
Sorry, long day at work, and then Linux World Expo in NY. Thanks for pointing that out, but its the thought that counts:-). At least it wasn't modded funny.
Yeah, I know. I was trying to make a joke aimed at both SCO's lack of funds and the current politics-for-sale demeanor of Congress.
Just to be clear, the RIAA and DCMA were passed and signed by Democratic controlled Congress and President. All politicians have their hand in the till. Not just the Republicans.
Have pity on a poor Windows user for this question, but isn't asking people to buy an additional license for GPL'ed software a violation ?
From SCO website :
"This new license is called "SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux" and applies to commercial use of the Linux 2.4 and later versions. The license insures that Linux end users can continue to run their business uninterrupted without misusing SCO's Intellectual Property."
I don't buy it. The author of Grok Law is a paralegal, not a real laywer.
Which is her strength, she does research for a living. Many of the people who post on Groklaw are people who have worked on Linux for years. They know where the bodies are buried. If there was a smoking gun we would have seen it long ago. She runs a professional, well thought out site. She will be arround for a long time after Darl and Co. bite the dust.
I am no fan of the RIAA and haven't bought a cd in about 2 years, as my own little protest. Aren't most of these suits charging sharing of copyright music, NOT downloading it? I think this is often overlooked. Having and playing music is fine, its giving it away what where the problem lies I believe.
Does no one RTFA ? The people suing are the VICTIMS not the parents of the two teenage shooters ! Miss Bede and the family of Aaron Hamel plan to sue Take-Two Interactive Software, which publishes Grand Theft Auto, for liability in a wrongful death lawsuit. Even by slashdot standards this is pretty lame
" The Win98 desktop is NOTHING like the XP desktop. Each edition they release is a little different in terms of menu placement, control panels, what's where." While I think the Windows GUI interface changes, the basic way of adding/removing programs remains reasonabley the same. Here is where I think Linux lags. I often see great programs that I would like to try, but I usually am unable to install them after downloading them. Adding a simple plug-in to Mozilla becomes such a task that I find myself simpley booting back into Windows to see the site.
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Yeah, right. You do know that more jails and more jail time doesn't lead to less crime?
I dont know if that's the point, jail should be punishment for breaking the rules, and not worry about being a deterrent.
"File sharing is the only other means of distribution for most of these songs..."
Ummm..What are all those Tower Records and other stores I see ? What percent of shared files are not available by paying for them ? I think the RIAA sucks, but I also agree that downloading w/o paying is simply stealing.
I too have had my share of FDISK nightmares, but found a little free utility called "Hardcure". It nukes the whole harddrive, and then Fdisk will rebuild the partition after a boot. Here is a link to it. http://www.drivermuseum.com/files/utils/hd_u.html
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I can only pray this comes true. I do unoffical tech support for our little (30 person) medical office. We do have an "real" IT department, but they are 1/2 mile away, and come only once a week, appointment needed. Recently we've been overrun by this piece of crapware called N-Case . This thing corrupts registry's, take over settings, and generally has been the biggest pain in my existance. We have had to reformat three machines just to get it off. Almost univerally it has been installed by someone clicking on a pop up to "Rid your machine of spyware".
I think anyone who writes this type of software should be sentenced to 20 years hard labor, or AOL dialup for the rest of their natural lives
The one thing that most impressed me about this case is the differance between the three companies. SCO makes these outrageous claims in the media "millions of lines of code, Thousands of files..etc" And then goes to court and says "we can't show you until you show us".
IBM and Novell are quietly behind the scenes, very professionally making their case. It is like a masterful game of chess, you see piece after piece being moved into place, for a final checkmate. Really a pleasure to watch.
Actually, a teacher cannot give you the "label"ADHD. It is a diagnosis, that can be given only by a medical/psychiatrist MD. Usually the teacher/ social worker and MD all fill out forms, they are compared, and then if the child scores "high" enough, they are given the diagnosis "ADHD" That said, I think Ritalin is handed out WAY too much in schools these days. When I went to school, these were "problem kids" who got a little extra attention, and usually came arround. Now we drug em and stick em in a corner, not very helpful I think in the long run.
I think the main differance is between rating someone low on a scale of one to five, and calling them a Bipolar Paranoid Schizophrenic. Even if you are just doing what the voices in your head tell you to do.
BTW for a really good look at schizophrenia, see "A Beautiful Mind", gives you alittle insight into early "treatment" or lack thereof for some psychiatric illnesses.
I seem to recall a case where this issue came up. The guy had a bunch of drawings and computer generated kiddie porn, and he was convicted and upheld on appeal. Even though his lawyer was able to prove there were no "actual" children harmed, he was convicted on something like "attempted child endangerment". I wish I could recall he details.
Head on over to GrokLaw
They are converting all the documents to HTML and searchable text as we speak.
I've noticed this is some trucks, and large ambulances, they have a camera mounted on the back, and they have a small monitor above the dash. The camera has a fisheye lens, so they get pretty good coverage. I am sure this cuts down on backing into things/people. Above all I think the most important factor is an alert, attentative driver.
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but since you are too chicken to log in, I am a nurse, male, straight. In my 20 years of ER service I have saved more than a few lives. I have held onto people while they suffered and died,and then comforted their loved ones. What the hell have you done with your useless pathetic life ?
I am a nurse, and a geek. And you know what, when friends or family call for help with a medical or computer related question, I don't mind answering because they are my FREAKING friends and family. I can take time out of my busy life to help them. Just like they take time out of their lives to help me !
Maybe it's just me, but if your accelerating or decelerating that fast, I would hope you would be looking out the windshield instead of at the dashboard
Reminds me of a joke, in a golf movie. Gal asks guy how to play golf, guy says hit the ball in hole, lowest score wins. Gal says "How about I just not hit it, my score is zero, I win " Kinda funny when I saw it.
I use 7 Zip
Very easy and straight forward for me.
My first thought exactly, why fight them, just leave them sitting alone in their own FUD.
Sorry, long day at work, and then Linux World Expo in NY. Thanks for pointing that out, but its the thought that counts :-). At least it wasn't modded funny.
Just to be clear, the RIAA and DCMA were passed and signed by Democratic controlled Congress and President. All politicians have their hand in the till. Not just the Republicans.
Have pity on a poor Windows user for this question, but isn't asking people to buy an additional license for GPL'ed software a violation ?
From SCO website :
"This new license is called "SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux" and applies to commercial use of the Linux 2.4 and later versions. The license insures that Linux end users can continue to run their business uninterrupted without misusing SCO's Intellectual Property."
I don't buy it. The author of Grok Law is a paralegal, not a real laywer.
Which is her strength, she does research for a living. Many of the people who post on Groklaw are people who have worked on Linux for years. They know where the bodies are buried. If there was a smoking gun we would have seen it long ago. She runs a professional, well thought out site. She will be arround for a long time after Darl and Co. bite the dust.
RIAA Just got spanked in an Appeals Court, Verizon does not have to turn over user info. cnn link Hope other ISP's stand up to them
I am no fan of the RIAA and haven't bought a cd in about 2 years, as my own little protest. Aren't most of these suits charging sharing of copyright music, NOT downloading it? I think this is often overlooked. Having and playing music is fine, its giving it away what where the problem lies I believe.
Does no one RTFA ? The people suing are the VICTIMS not the parents of the two teenage shooters !
Miss Bede and the family of Aaron Hamel plan to sue Take-Two Interactive Software, which publishes Grand Theft Auto, for liability in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Even by slashdot standards this is pretty lame
" The Win98 desktop is NOTHING like the XP desktop. Each edition they release is a little different in terms of menu placement, control panels, what's where."
While I think the Windows GUI interface changes, the basic way of adding/removing programs remains reasonabley the same. Here is where I think Linux lags. I often see great programs that I would like to try, but I usually am unable to install them after downloading them. Adding a simple plug-in to Mozilla becomes such a task that I find myself simpley booting back into Windows to see the site.
Yeah, right. You do know that more jails and more jail time doesn't lead to less crime?
I dont know if that's the point, jail should be punishment for breaking the rules, and not worry about being a deterrent.
When I clicked on the link, I got McBrides view on the matter, and a whopping IBM ad in the middle of the interview..priceless.
Mod me off topic, but I couldn't pass this by.
"File sharing is the only other means of distribution for most of these songs..."
Ummm..What are all those Tower Records and other stores I see ? What percent of shared files are not available by paying for them ? I think the RIAA sucks, but I also agree that downloading w/o paying is simply stealing.
I too have had my share of FDISK nightmares, but found a little free utility called "Hardcure". It nukes the whole harddrive, and then Fdisk will rebuild the partition after a boot. Here is a link to it. http://www.drivermuseum.com/files/utils/hd_u.html