Corel has been on a "downward spiral" ever since it was created. They'll stick around, Cowpland's spin will keep spinning, some suck^H^H^H^H people will still invest. Corel will change it's focus again. Mix and repeat..
After all the same government that is denying this game to kids, passed a law to allow owning child porn. Something that is a little more on the hypocrite side if you ask me. Child porn typically means that a child somewhere is getting physically harmed, vs the possibility that the violence in this game will cause them pyhsiological damage.
The above has got to be one of the biggest understatements I have ever had the pleasure of reading.
BC is also the province that pseudo-legalized owning child porn. I'm not sure what became of that particular case though, so can't point out the ending. The beggining was that the BC court stated that although it was illegal to create or distribute child porn, it was not illegal to own it. I know it was supposed to go to the Supreme court, but haven't heard anything about it.
It is amazing to me that the government that can legalize child porn on one hand can turn around and make a video game unavailable to under-18 so that they can "protect the children".
I remember eating raw ground beef back when I was much younger. It used to be not a bad thing to do, simply because the ecoli wasn't a major issue at the time. It has been a long time since I had a nice medium rare burger. I like my steak blue though. (charred on the outside, bloody on the inside)
I killed a chicken before I graduated from high school.. I guess not really bare hands, there was an axe involved. It didn't change my mind about allowing an animal to suffer so that I could eat it. Chicken ran around, blood all over the place, we waited patiently for it to die, plucked it, cleaned out the insides, was a darned tasty chicken at the end of the day. I'd do it again no problem at all. I like meat, it's worth it...
I also think there should be laws against attepmting to crack someones box, even if it is for curiosity.
The "attempting" part there worries me, where do you draw the line? I portscan hosts every once in a while, I don't think it's wrong or bad - yes I do it.. hell sometimes I telnet to an open smtp port, and try to fake mail.. is this a bad thing? If someone does the same to me, I don't really care. Is this an attempt to crack into a box?
I also use a portscanner (Ostrosoft internet tools) at work a LOT. I use this to check duplicate IP addresses out (ie - our printers have ftp enabled - no workstations have nt enabled, this is a quick check to see if maybe a printer snagged a workstations IP addy). I also use it when we get a new application on line - new server, hmm, lets see what's open. I've used a service account to retrieve a passwd file - it wasn't shadowed, cracked it, never touched the accounts. I used this same service account to retrieve the default shell script that runs on login for the account (we don't get a shell prompt) and see what it does. There are unix machines we access to reset passwords, supposed to type command to get the shell script to walk us through it, I poke around the directories of those servers. We use Reflection X to access a different application, I open an xterm and poke around there. Never once have I caused a system problem, nor have I ever done anything to change the default behaviours.
I signed up for Process tree on the hope that my PC's will be in lots of demand, if they are not I am not losing anything, if they are I get credits at thinkgeek. I'm not passionate about process tree, but be damned sure I'll run it if I'm going to get any credits for it:-)
Yah, there are times when this is a needed thing. Many places force NT/Win2000 desktops on to a persons desk. Often, the physical devices are in another building/city/province(state)/country. So, a nice tool would be good. Mind you, I'm part of the population that thinks that telnet (ssh) and a text editor is the best trick.
I have read both, in fact, just finished Snow Crash by Stephenson, and am starting The Difference Engine by Gibson/Sterling.
I enjoyed Stephenson more, Gibson is fairly scatelogical (sp?) and dark, Stephenson is funny, dark, funny and very interesting. With the Gibson books I feel like I am looking down on a massive world of mega-tech/drugs, with Stephenson I felt like I was actually there.
Right, but the general public still looks at a Pentium as the best chip, and an Athlon as an upstart. So a tiny flaw in a Pentium becomes understandable, whereas a tiny flaw in the Athlon chip becomes a press nightmare. In order for AMD to best Intel, they must have a much faster chip than anything out there, and it has to be flawless. Otherwise the Pentium still is looked at by the public as the best chip.
Note.. this is not a slam on AMD - I own an Athlon 700 that I am more than happy with.
Ok, so it's still in North America, but rated as one of the most techy towns in Canada:-) Last stat I heard, over 65% of the population had internet access. Lots of good techie places to work in Calgary to, JAWS (encryption company), there is an MS office, lots of good places. City is growing too, up by 12k or so just last year.. Problem is the taxes - ~40% of your pay is taxed:-(
I had the stress test beta loading in WINE.. Did not connect to battlenet though, it appears as though all the blizzard games have the same problem. Will probably run in WINE, but will not connect battlenet. Single player probably though.
I don't know that the w3 will ignore a person that was a contributor to POP3, SMTP, and SNMP. These are all pretty major parts of the Internet right now.
I'd hate to end up with fingers nearly as fat as yours. To hit a key 5 letters to the left of the u.. incredible. I mean it must be that right, someone in the field of "bioinfomatics" surely must have a lot of education, so you must know how to spell proud right?
I'm going to bring up a class-action lawsuit against both companies, they have reverse engineered our DNA - this is clearly an infringment on our collective property, and the reverse engineering itself is denied by the DMCA.
I believe in this case the problem stems in that the peta.org site owner offered to sell the domain name to them. This makes him a cybersquatter. Now, the problem lies in that he probably did it in retaliation to their threats etc (ie email back to them "FINE - I'll give it to you for 42billion dollars"), PETA kept the email and said he was cybersquatting.
Note - the above is conjecture, I have no proof, and worse than that, the quote that he offered to sell comes off of the peta.com website, not the story (which I haven't read yet).
Corel has always had financial problems. This has nothing to do with them focusing on linux. If anything they have gained a few ounces of respect because of it. Cowpland is a risk taker, always has been, and Corel has NEVER been the powerhouse they think they are.
Actually I started with Slack 4. I got a little frustrated setting up X so I switched to Redhat.. woowoo got X working right away, but was really confused with most of the rest of it.
So I went back to Slack. Give me a newbie, I'll give him a Slack distro with a book. They will be much better off in the long run;-)
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Good possibility that they will not fall over..
Corel has been on a "downward spiral" ever since it was created. They'll stick around, Cowpland's spin will keep spinning, some suck^H^H^H^H people will still invest. Corel will change it's focus again. Mix and repeat..
Ahh,
Do vegitarians eat chocolate/fried veggies/deep fried stuff/etc/etc/etc?
To me, that is more a cause of fat then meat. The majority of weight gain comes from the "bad fat" - the oils in salad dressings or chips.
Damn, this is my third post mentioning this, but this is the same government that legalized owning child porn.
Call this consistent?
It's too bad jamie wasn't more informed.
After all the same government that is denying this game to kids, passed a law to allow owning child porn. Something that is a little more on the hypocrite side if you ask me. Child porn typically means that a child somewhere is getting physically harmed, vs the possibility that the violence in this game will cause them pyhsiological damage.
The above has got to be one of the biggest understatements I have ever had the pleasure of reading.
BC is also the province that pseudo-legalized owning child porn. I'm not sure what became of that particular case though, so can't point out the ending.
The beggining was that the BC court stated that although it was illegal to create or distribute child porn, it was not illegal to own it. I know it was supposed to go to the Supreme court, but haven't heard anything about it.
It is amazing to me that the government that can legalize child porn on one hand can turn around and make a video game unavailable to under-18 so that they can "protect the children".
I remember eating raw ground beef back when I was much younger. It used to be not a bad thing to do, simply because the ecoli wasn't a major issue at the time. It has been a long time since I had a nice medium rare burger.
I like my steak blue though. (charred on the outside, bloody on the inside)
I killed a chicken before I graduated from high school.. I guess not really bare hands, there was an axe involved. It didn't change my mind about allowing an animal to suffer so that I could eat it. Chicken ran around, blood all over the place, we waited patiently for it to die, plucked it, cleaned out the insides, was a darned tasty chicken at the end of the day. I'd do it again no problem at all. I like meat, it's worth it...
Sure he gave another reason too.
Animal's are darned tasty... I couldn't give up my steak for a vegetable.
Think it's funny that etch-a-schetch's birthday (40th) is today as well?
:-)
I also think there should be laws against attepmting to crack someones box, even if it is for curiosity.
The "attempting" part there worries me, where do you draw the line? I portscan hosts every once in a while, I don't think it's wrong or bad - yes I do it.. hell sometimes I telnet to an open smtp port, and try to fake mail.. is this a bad thing? If someone does the same to me, I don't really care. Is this an attempt to crack into a box?
I also use a portscanner (Ostrosoft internet tools) at work a LOT. I use this to check duplicate IP addresses out (ie - our printers have ftp enabled - no workstations have nt enabled, this is a quick check to see if maybe a printer snagged a workstations IP addy). I also use it when we get a new application on line - new server, hmm, lets see what's open. I've used a service account to retrieve a passwd file - it wasn't shadowed, cracked it, never touched the accounts. I used this same service account to retrieve the default shell script that runs on login for the account (we don't get a shell prompt) and see what it does. There are unix machines we access to reset passwords, supposed to type command to get the shell script to walk us through it, I poke around the directories of those servers. We use Reflection X to access a different application, I open an xterm and poke around there. Never once have I caused a system problem, nor have I ever done anything to change the default behaviours.
Are these cracking attempts?
I signed up for Process tree on the hope that my PC's will be in lots of demand, if they are not I am not losing anything, if they are I get credits at thinkgeek. :-)
I'm not passionate about process tree, but be damned sure I'll run it if I'm going to get any credits for it
Yah, there are times when this is a needed thing.
Many places force NT/Win2000 desktops on to a persons desk. Often, the physical devices are in another building/city/province(state)/country. So, a nice tool would be good. Mind you, I'm part of the population that thinks that telnet (ssh) and a text editor is the best trick.
I have read both,
in fact, just finished Snow Crash by Stephenson, and am starting The Difference Engine by Gibson/Sterling.
I enjoyed Stephenson more, Gibson is fairly scatelogical (sp?) and dark, Stephenson is funny, dark, funny and very interesting. With the Gibson books I feel like I am looking down on a massive world of mega-tech/drugs, with Stephenson I felt like I was actually there.
my 2 cents..
A tiny flaw should hardly hurt AMD
Right, but the general public still looks at a Pentium as the best chip, and an Athlon as an upstart. So a tiny flaw in a Pentium becomes understandable, whereas a tiny flaw in the Athlon chip becomes a press nightmare. In order for AMD to best Intel, they must have a much faster chip than anything out there, and it has to be flawless. Otherwise the Pentium still is looked at by the public as the best chip.
Note.. this is not a slam on AMD - I own an Athlon 700 that I am more than happy with.
Ok, so it's still in North America, but rated as one of the most techy towns in Canada :-) :-(
Last stat I heard, over 65% of the population had internet access. Lots of good techie places to work in Calgary to, JAWS (encryption company), there is an MS office, lots of good places. City is growing too, up by 12k or so just last year..
Problem is the taxes - ~40% of your pay is taxed
I had the stress test beta loading in WINE..
Did not connect to battlenet though, it appears as though all the blizzard games have the same problem. Will probably run in WINE, but will not connect battlenet. Single player probably though.
I don't know that the w3 will ignore a person that was a contributor to POP3, SMTP, and SNMP. These are all pretty major parts of the Internet right now.
Wow,
Sounds like fun!
Just make sure you don't touch my cells.
I'd hate to end up with fingers nearly as fat as yours. To hit a key 5 letters to the left of the u.. incredible. I mean it must be that right, someone in the field of "bioinfomatics" surely must have a lot of education, so you must know how to spell proud right?
I'm going to bring up a class-action lawsuit against both companies, they have reverse engineered our DNA - this is clearly an infringment on our collective property, and the reverse engineering itself is denied by the DMCA.
I thought that the 2 maps were not going to be shared between the 2 groups - whole bunch of IP stuff in there etc..
Quick Quick!!
Someone register these domain names.
ms????????.net - ie msoffice.net.
I'm suprised that they don't have a .mil site already.
After all - they do have the army , they received it as a bonus when they bought out Satan
I believe in this case the problem stems in that the peta.org site owner offered to sell the domain name to them. This makes him a cybersquatter. Now, the problem lies in that he probably did it in retaliation to their threats etc (ie email back to them "FINE - I'll give it to you for 42billion dollars"), PETA kept the email and said he was cybersquatting.
Note - the above is conjecture, I have no proof, and worse than that, the quote that he offered to sell comes off of the peta.com website, not the story (which I haven't read yet).
Corel has always had financial problems. This has nothing to do with them focusing on linux. If anything they have gained a few ounces of respect because of it. Cowpland is a risk taker, always has been, and Corel has NEVER been the powerhouse they think they are.
Actually I started with Slack 4. I got a little frustrated setting up X so I switched to Redhat.. woowoo got X working right away, but was really confused with most of the rest of it.
;-)
So I went back to Slack. Give me a newbie, I'll give him a Slack distro with a book. They will be much better off in the long run