Can't wait for this one to come up on the MetaModerator list. Insightful eh?? (News Anchor Voice) "Yes mooingyak, thank you for that keen observation into the latest terror plots against the world. And now a word from our sponsor Terminex." (/News Anchor Voice)
I have to agree with KFG. Meditation is a way to clear your mind according to most, unless of course you are into eatern mysticism. Anyway, the hard thing is that this is not a psycholigical addiction like most consider marajuana to be. This is a physical addition similar to cigarettes and cocaine. The physical aspects of the addiction require far more than a clear head. Not that it's anywhere near as bad, but I've been trying to kick ciggarettes for a while. Physical addictions are hard and I wish those that shared their stories nothing but the best as they continue to fight.
I agree. It's hard to trust anyone out there with, but to this point, Google hasn't done anything that makes me worry about the Gmail ads and knowing that it's just displaying them in the page doesn't wory me like anything that is installed on my machine as a "helpful companion." That pesky "Lycos Sidebar" is supposed to be a search companion too, but that's the most annoying spyware app ever. (Damn users and their Internet Exploder.)
For years these three have been defeating even the basic initiatives of companies like Trillian, but when the M$ giant steps in they all seem to fall in line. With standards in place for communication like this, does it mean the end of the weekly protocol changes that plague Trillian users? This could work out very nicely indeed.
"I still think the best way for an average person to run Unix, the super-sturdy operating system on which Linux is based..."
Enter SCO "Hmm, so they like and agree with this article. Then they are admitting that they use our super secret SCO code! Have at thee!"
Maybe I've just had too much coffee this morning.
Yes Yes!! Keyboard and mouse replacements so that PC gamers can transition better to play with console gamers. I was always a decent Counter Strike player on PC, but I stink on XBox. It's still fun, but I'd kill for a wireless KB/Mouse for a console. The Dreamcast had it, but you couldn't use if for any of the games. What a waste.
I'm with you on that. I'm a DBA / developer for MS SQL and Oracle. I was looking forward to the next version too. As you said, the last few versions have been great leaps from the previous. I hope to see similar things from Yukon.
France has always been the target of jokes and insults by both Europe (especially GB) and America. They have a consistant loosing record in wars and require other nations help in getting their country back after loosing battles and being occupied. I think this stems back to WW I. Here's a thought. Maybe these crazy musicians in France should pass a law that taxes all of the countries arround them for owning a border on France because they could use their position to invade France and store pirated music on computer systems that are owned by the government after they loose another war!
He confesses to being terribly disorganized. His approach to voicemail is to let messages stack up and then delete them without listening to any.
I called 15 times about a bug in line 31337 in the latest release and never got a response. Why am I paying all this money for.... never mind.
and now seems to play the U.S. legal system like a lottery
Not quite my friend. Somehow I think my Mega Millions ticket has a better chance of winning that SCO getting anything from the community.
I'm calling the FTC as I post this message. This is getting out of hand and the FTC is supposed to be keeping an eye on this stuff for us. I think a nice/. response to the FTC might get some attention in this area.
FTC Consumer Response
1-877-382-4357
Press option 1 to talk to a conselor.
Info you need includes:
The name of the company - RIAA (Record Industry Association of America)
Company address - 1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 300
Company city, state and zip - Washington, D.C., 20036
Company phone - 202-775-0101
They will also ask you for your contact information and the complaint. IMHO these "protected" CDs should be at the very least labled so that I know I'm not going to be able to use them in 75% of my hardware, and you know the retail chains aren't going to give you your money back.
Thanks to http://fatchucks.com/corruptcds for the info.
What is the point of all of the press and marketing for DB2 on Linux? Is this simply to get the names out there? What is the target market for DB2/Linux solutions and what Linux variant is the prefered vendor for these solutions?
The usefullness of this tool in countries like the US isn't really clear. If this tool will successfully redirect ip addresses for "secure" e-commerce sites, it is a MAJOR point of concern for online retailers.
This could be the script kiddies saftey blanket for online fraud like "carding" and creation of fake accounts for everything from software to porn.
I will not be surprised when users sit up and say "Why doesn't this forum remember me?" The nature of the user that this software atracts, is the half educated kid that doesn't really get it
On the other hand, cDc and L0pht have always produced tools that force security experts to stop being lazy and get back to making truely secure systems for e-commerce and the like.
I know Napster this and Napster that, but we are talking about something that is much bigger. P2P sharing will always be around. Before Napster there were DCC bots on IRC and ratio FTP servers that were basically the predecesor to P2P. People upload, people download. There's just a layer between. People are getting more and more used to this type of sharing anyway.
There are hundreds of ftp server applications for Windows 98, or whatever. When a large group of people learn to put up their own ftp servers, there's nothing sponsoring this other than the end users. It's at their own risk. There may not be pretty interfaces and chat rooms anymore, but seriously, did any of you ever use that?
In the future, I see listserves with people sharing today's port and password to a community of millions.
Having worked Tech Support for a couple years, I know the hard times that come with walking people through things over the phone.
I remember telling one of my clients, who's title was System Administrator, to download a patch from our website to fix a problem she was having. She proceded to ask me where that was, so, assuming she was an admin and had someting in her head, I proceded to rattle off the URL. It gets worse.
She asked me where to type that. I said in the address bar of your browser. That's when I got the absolute worst question I've ever heard from an admin. "What's a browser?" I asked her to hold on and proceded to ROFL all over my office. I turned to one of my co-workers and said watch this. As I picked up the phone I said "Okay, I want you to double click on the Big Blue E." My Co-worker lost it.
From that point on I will always choose to connect to their system remotely to troubleshoot and repair problems. With applications like Terminal Server and PC Anywhere, there are loads of tools to remotely troublshoot issues. The only drawbacks are when I am debugging an application that my company has written. They don't have the source code, so we have to use things like RAS or dialing directly into their network and running the application on our end to their servers.
Interesting to see the direction that 2600 has moved in the last few years. The "Hacker Quarterly" has moved to the next level of defending free speech by taking these people head on. I love the notice they have been using citing that they are no longer permitted to link to sites containing DeCSS, but "The easiest way is to go to Disney's search engine and search for DeCSS." This examplifies the hardest hitting point from the court decision. I remember reading the release (yes the 80 or something page release and I am a nerd:) and thinking this is going way too far. Nice to know there are some big dogs that agree!
This is not the first time this has happened. If you read Telia's press release they state "SAS will be the first European airline to implement this wireless technology on board their planes." If you read on a bit into the Tenzing site, Air Canada is starting a free Beta test of this technology here.
Now I fly a lot and this sounds like it's really going to take off, pardon the pun, but why are Air Canada and SAS the first? I would have expected this from one of the bigger airlines like United or something. Air Canada is a member or United's Star Aliance though. I guess if this works well, we may see this everywhere!
We NEED to find a way to port slashcode to my office.
Cube warriors are assigned karma points based on how funny their spamed e-mail jokes really are. When a cube warrior has a high enough karma they are given moderator points that they can use to rate up and down a management decision.
Let's take a look at what might happen.
Boss: "I think we need to start doing more useless time reporting."
Random Cube Warrior: "I'm afraid I'm going to have to moderate you down sir."
Boss: "Let's use a Linux based Webserver."
Random Cube Warrior: "Great idea sir! I give you a +1"
Random Troll: "But I can't use Linux"
Random Cube Warrior: "Shut up troll. Flamebait."
I have to say that I am sick and tired of all of these services and their incompatiability. I have been using IRC forever. ICQ for 3 years. AIM for a year and I had to get MSN's Instant-Messaging-Somthing-Or-Other the other night because a couple of my friends don't use the other tools I have. Last night I was talking to 4 people. Every one of them was chatting using a different service! I had no desktop space, just because of the applications' listings. I'm tired of it. Soneone HAS to make something for Windows so I can have things as nice as they are in Linux. If you are still looking for a Linux solutionm read this months issue of Maximum Linux. There's a great article that reviews about 15 linux clones for compatability, abilities and how manny messaging systems they can use at once.
Perhapse you are right. I am a consultant and am one of the people that the CIOs hire to solve the problems that they are unable to deal with internally. I guess in this line, I will be limited in what I see.
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Can't wait for this one to come up on the MetaModerator list. Insightful eh?? (News Anchor Voice) "Yes mooingyak, thank you for that keen observation into the latest terror plots against the world. And now a word from our sponsor Terminex." (/News Anchor Voice)
I have to agree with KFG. Meditation is a way to clear your mind according to most, unless of course you are into eatern mysticism. Anyway, the hard thing is that this is not a psycholigical addiction like most consider marajuana to be. This is a physical addition similar to cigarettes and cocaine. The physical aspects of the addiction require far more than a clear head. Not that it's anywhere near as bad, but I've been trying to kick ciggarettes for a while. Physical addictions are hard and I wish those that shared their stories nothing but the best as they continue to fight.
Uh did you miss where he said that he was getting lock problems? That means he's outgrown it and it is "broke."
I agree. It's hard to trust anyone out there with, but to this point, Google hasn't done anything that makes me worry about the Gmail ads and knowing that it's just displaying them in the page doesn't wory me like anything that is installed on my machine as a "helpful companion." That pesky "Lycos Sidebar" is supposed to be a search companion too, but that's the most annoying spyware app ever. (Damn users and their Internet Exploder.)
For years these three have been defeating even the basic initiatives of companies like Trillian, but when the M$ giant steps in they all seem to fall in line. With standards in place for communication like this, does it mean the end of the weekly protocol changes that plague Trillian users? This could work out very nicely indeed.
Crucify Him!
Crucify Him!
Crucify Him!
"I still think the best way for an average person to run Unix, the super-sturdy operating system on which Linux is based..."
Enter SCO
"Hmm, so they like and agree with this article. Then they are admitting that they use our super secret SCO code! Have at thee!"
Maybe I've just had too much coffee this morning.
Yes Yes!! Keyboard and mouse replacements so that PC gamers can transition better to play with console gamers. I was always a decent Counter Strike player on PC, but I stink on XBox. It's still fun, but I'd kill for a wireless KB/Mouse for a console. The Dreamcast had it, but you couldn't use if for any of the games. What a waste.
So instead of Br4d he could be Brfourd or instead of J4n37 she could be Jfournthreeseven. That would bo 0s0 c00l. Teachers would be like WTF?!?!
I'm with you on that. I'm a DBA / developer for MS SQL and Oracle. I was looking forward to the next version too. As you said, the last few versions have been great leaps from the previous. I hope to see similar things from Yukon.
France has always been the target of jokes and insults by both Europe (especially GB) and America. They have a consistant loosing record in wars and require other nations help in getting their country back after loosing battles and being occupied. I think this stems back to WW I. Here's a thought. Maybe these crazy musicians in France should pass a law that taxes all of the countries arround them for owning a border on France because they could use their position to invade France and store pirated music on computer systems that are owned by the government after they loose another war!
He confesses to being terribly disorganized. His approach to voicemail is to let messages stack up and then delete them without listening to any. .... never mind.
I called 15 times about a bug in line 31337 in the latest release and never got a response. Why am I paying all this money for
and now seems to play the U.S. legal system like a lottery
Not quite my friend. Somehow I think my Mega Millions ticket has a better chance of winning that SCO getting anything from the community.
Keep this question on the list. I would be very interested in the response.
Oh, but they will....
I'm calling the FTC as I post this message. This is getting out of hand and the FTC is supposed to be keeping an eye on this stuff for us. I think a nice /. response to the FTC might get some attention in this area.
FTC Consumer Response
1-877-382-4357
Press option 1 to talk to a conselor.
Info you need includes:
The name of the company - RIAA (Record Industry Association of America)
Company address - 1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 300
Company city, state and zip - Washington, D.C., 20036
Company phone - 202-775-0101
They will also ask you for your contact information and the complaint. IMHO these "protected" CDs should be at the very least labled so that I know I'm not going to be able to use them in 75% of my hardware, and you know the retail chains aren't going to give you your money back.
Thanks to http://fatchucks.com/corruptcds for the info.
Dissenter
The usefullness of this tool in countries like the US isn't really clear. If this tool will successfully redirect ip addresses for "secure" e-commerce sites, it is a MAJOR point of concern for online retailers.
This could be the script kiddies saftey blanket for online fraud like "carding" and creation of fake accounts for everything from software to porn.
I will not be surprised when users sit up and say "Why doesn't this forum remember me?" The nature of the user that this software atracts, is the half educated kid that doesn't really get it
On the other hand, cDc and L0pht have always produced tools that force security experts to stop being lazy and get back to making truely secure systems for e-commerce and the like.
Dissenter
I know Napster this and Napster that, but we are talking about something that is much bigger. P2P sharing will always be around. Before Napster there were DCC bots on IRC and ratio FTP servers that were basically the predecesor to P2P. People upload, people download. There's just a layer between. People are getting more and more used to this type of sharing anyway.
There are hundreds of ftp server applications for Windows 98, or whatever. When a large group of people learn to put up their own ftp servers, there's nothing sponsoring this other than the end users. It's at their own risk. There may not be pretty interfaces and chat rooms anymore, but seriously, did any of you ever use that?
In the future, I see listserves with people sharing today's port and password to a community of millions.
Dissenter
Having worked Tech Support for a couple years, I know the hard times that come with walking people through things over the phone.
I remember telling one of my clients, who's title was System Administrator, to download a patch from our website to fix a problem she was having. She proceded to ask me where that was, so, assuming she was an admin and had someting in her head, I proceded to rattle off the URL. It gets worse.
She asked me where to type that. I said in the address bar of your browser. That's when I got the absolute worst question I've ever heard from an admin. "What's a browser?" I asked her to hold on and proceded to ROFL all over my office. I turned to one of my co-workers and said watch this. As I picked up the phone I said "Okay, I want you to double click on the Big Blue E." My Co-worker lost it.
From that point on I will always choose to connect to their system remotely to troubleshoot and repair problems. With applications like Terminal Server and PC Anywhere, there are loads of tools to remotely troublshoot issues. The only drawbacks are when I am debugging an application that my company has written. They don't have the source code, so we have to use things like RAS or dialing directly into their network and running the application on our end to their servers.
Dissenter
Dissenter
This is not the first time this has happened. If you read Telia's press release they state "SAS will be the first European airline to implement this wireless technology on board their planes." If you read on a bit into the Tenzing site, Air Canada is starting a free Beta test of this technology here.
Now I fly a lot and this sounds like it's really going to take off, pardon the pun, but why are Air Canada and SAS the first? I would have expected this from one of the bigger airlines like United or something. Air Canada is a member or United's Star Aliance though. I guess if this works well, we may see this everywhere!
Dissenter
We NEED to find a way to port slashcode to my office.
Cube warriors are assigned karma points based on how funny their spamed e-mail jokes really are. When a cube warrior has a high enough karma they are given moderator points that they can use to rate up and down a management decision.
Let's take a look at what might happen.
Boss: "I think we need to start doing more useless time reporting."
Random Cube Warrior: "I'm afraid I'm going to have to moderate you down sir."
Boss: "Let's use a Linux based Webserver."
Random Cube Warrior: "Great idea sir! I give you a +1"
Random Troll: "But I can't use Linux"
Random Cube Warrior: "Shut up troll. Flamebait."
Yes yes this could work!!!! Who's with me?
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