They go to install Kaazaa, it says "I need root to install", you think they are NOT going to enter the root password? Of COURSE they will, they want Kaazaa on their computer, they'll do whatever it asks them to do.
First, I've had users ask me about this kind of thing, rather than just install. "I don't understand why it needs my password just to install this game I downloaded." So yes, you are right, but it would still reduce the amount of ownage.
Second, people need to be able to install things as non-admins. Like putting things in ~/bin (~/Library/bin & ~/Applications:) on Unix. I'm sure many Win32 apps are designed to work that way, but I just wouldn't know. I've always run as admin.
Most Audix installations run SCO. Now they've got a Lunix version. The "INTUITY (TM) AUDIX (R) LX Multimedia Messaging Server". But my office runs SCO, and we never knew it.
SCO fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against IBM's legal team when
DEATH is on the line!"
Of course, though, that would imply that IBM were poisoned, wrong, and about to die.
I believe he is talking about the early days of xrays
I think you're overestimating him. Were those early days marketting driven?
Come on, these SSRIs are probably responsible for the most spectacular killings of the last 10+ years (outside 911)
WTF are you talking about? Whatever examples you come up with of SSRI related deaths, I guarantee you I can come up with more "spectacular killings" in the past 10 years.
What about the recent (last month?) results that show AM radio waves appear to cause cancer, etc?
Those studies confuse coincidence with causation. Obviously. Your cell phone gives you more radiation than an AM radio tower, even if you're standing underneath it.
many Slashdotters and like-minded folks were questioning the record company's authority to involve themselves in such matters, and said that if Napster was breaking the law, then the feds should get involved.
Ok.
many Slashdotters and like-minded folks said that the P2P companies weren't responsible for the actions of their users, and that the record companies should go after the users themselves.
Ok.
many Slashdotters and like-minded folks claimed that if it really was criminal territory, then the record companies should stop picking on the pirates, and let the government handle it.
Um. 640x480 goggles at high framerate with perfect head tracking might be sufficient for gameplay. You'd use your head movements to interpret the limited information you get from 640x480, and you could quickly learn to extrapolate a higher resolution.
Yes, yes you can. Unless you're talking about directed beams (and you are not), then running away is a highly effective method of reducing your exposure to radiation. Worry about your cordless phone before you worry about people putting up WAPs everywhere.
Just like lasik eye surgery or x-rays, all the bad news come after marketing have cashed in.
Yeah. Too bad we're stuck with x-rays. Damn advertising.
Huh, so, I guess I answered my own complaint. qconfirm won't pester the people that sent you confirmation & anti-virus mail. It'll only pester the forged senders of viruses, which you say you never receive anymore.
I stopped getting messages with From addresses of real people (but not sent by them) a long time ago, well before I started using qconfirm. I did think about that before I activated it.
Oh. That's at least 50% of my unwanted email.
Weren't those messages created by a virus?
Some of it is. My ISP disappears virus email within its first 24 hours. Most of it is confirmation or anti-virus software responding to a virus that forged my name. That's spam, though, and not virus email.
I mean with most keyboards having pop removeable keys its cheaper to buy a cheap 20$ keyboard and reclick them into the dvorak layout.
No, no, no. You leave the keys where they are, and draw the dvorak letters on the downhill side of the key with a pencil. You're going to be touch typing anyway, right?
That way you can let QWERTY hunt-n-peckers use your keyboard too.
I knew a guy in college who was geeky enough to type Dvorak & run linux, but not geeky enough to figure out how to make all his X windows use the Dvorak layout. He had to switch them individually somehow. But he wouldn't always do it. And focus-follows-mouse was on, so depending on where the mouse was, the keyboard would switch from Dvorak to QWERTY.
So he could (and would) type ~120 wpm Dvorak & ~100 wpm QWERTY. It totally boggles the mind to imagine how much of his motor cortex was devoted to typing. He probably dreamt about typing.
I've used both products, and Hello's integration with Picasa is considerably better than iPhoto's integration with iChat. It doesn't matter, though, because iPhoto doesn't run on Windows. That's why there was a reason for Picasa to exist in the first place.
A similar story is that Toyota was going to name a line of American cars after vegetables. "Zuchini", "Tomato", and "Lemon", for example. My source for the story said she was friends with someone who did English translation & marketting for Toyota, and that same someone prevented them from actually making the mistake. So I find it a little more believable.
I'm sure you're joking, but my point was just that no matter what your opinion of prostitutes, there's no acceptable reason to consider them worse than the johns.
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They go to install Kaazaa, it says "I need root to install", you think they are NOT going to enter the root password? Of COURSE they will, they want Kaazaa on their computer, they'll do whatever it asks them to do.
:) on Unix. I'm sure many Win32 apps are designed to work that way, but I just wouldn't know. I've always run as admin.
First, I've had users ask me about this kind of thing, rather than just install. "I don't understand why it needs my password just to install this game I downloaded." So yes, you are right, but it would still reduce the amount of ownage.
Second, people need to be able to install things as non-admins. Like putting things in ~/bin (~/Library/bin & ~/Applications
Audix.
Avaya's "Intuity (TM) Audix (R) Multimedia Messaging Server". Popular office PBX & phone system.
Most Audix installations run SCO. Now they've got a Lunix version. The "INTUITY (TM) AUDIX (R) LX Multimedia Messaging Server". But my office runs SCO, and we never knew it.
I believe he is talking about the early days of xrays
I think you're overestimating him. Were those early days marketting driven?
Come on, these SSRIs are probably responsible for the most spectacular killings of the last 10+ years (outside 911)
WTF are you talking about? Whatever examples you come up with of SSRI related deaths, I guarantee you I can come up with more "spectacular killings" in the past 10 years.
What about the recent (last month?) results that show AM radio waves appear to cause cancer, etc?
Those studies confuse coincidence with causation. Obviously. Your cell phone gives you more radiation than an AM radio tower, even if you're standing underneath it.
Ok.
Ok.
Ok.
Non-intersecting sets?
I know some of us have been consistent all along.
Ads based on physical location.
Dude: "I'm at Joe's!"
Dodgeball: "Your friend is nearby at Andy's, but Jack's has happy hour right now."
Um. 640x480 goggles at high framerate with perfect head tracking might be sufficient for gameplay. You'd use your head movements to interpret the limited information you get from 640x480, and you could quickly learn to extrapolate a higher resolution.
If that makes sense.
Sad part is you can't run away.
Yes, yes you can. Unless you're talking about directed beams (and you are not), then running away is a highly effective method of reducing your exposure to radiation. Worry about your cordless phone before you worry about people putting up WAPs everywhere.
Just like lasik eye surgery or x-rays, all the bad news come after marketing have cashed in.
Yeah. Too bad we're stuck with x-rays. Damn advertising.
Huh, so, I guess I answered my own complaint. qconfirm won't pester the people that sent you confirmation & anti-virus mail. It'll only pester the forged senders of viruses, which you say you never receive anymore.
Meanwhile, you've been spamming everyone who's had their email address forged as the sender on your inbound mail.
Nice.
Another asteroid passed, last March 31st, close to the Earth. This time it was only about 2 Earth radii from the Earth.
Earth! That's where I keep all my stuff!
How about, "Because it's a programming language, you fucking geeks."
I mean with most keyboards having pop removeable keys its cheaper to buy a cheap 20$ keyboard and reclick them into the dvorak layout.
No, no, no. You leave the keys where they are, and draw the dvorak letters on the downhill side of the key with a pencil. You're going to be touch typing anyway, right?
That way you can let QWERTY hunt-n-peckers use your keyboard too.
I knew a guy in college who was geeky enough to type Dvorak & run linux, but not geeky enough to figure out how to make all his X windows use the Dvorak layout. He had to switch them individually somehow. But he wouldn't always do it. And focus-follows-mouse was on, so depending on where the mouse was, the keyboard would switch from Dvorak to QWERTY.
So he could (and would) type ~120 wpm Dvorak & ~100 wpm QWERTY. It totally boggles the mind to imagine how much of his motor cortex was devoted to typing. He probably dreamt about typing.
I've used both products, and Hello's integration with Picasa is considerably better than iPhoto's integration with iChat. It doesn't matter, though, because iPhoto doesn't run on Windows. That's why there was a reason for Picasa to exist in the first place.
But really, why are you hazing me?
Why are you asking me, & what is your problem?
Make your point or don't. No, none of Google's desktop applications are cross platform. So?
Where can I download the Linux or Java version?
Just right click on the Google DeskBar for Gnome.
How would an instant messaging program be applicable to this mission?
Pictures. The catch would be pictures.
Hello? McFly? <bop-on-forehead>
Google owns Hello. This is a photo-oriented IM client that they got along with Picasa, the (excellent) iPhoto knockoff.
I hope everyone who just said Google doesn't care about IM kicks themself in the head. You dumbasses.
Hello is pretty, & it works with Blogger & Picasa. It is good Windows software, which is all that Google seems to be interested in for the desktop.
That belongs in wikipedia. Dunno if it's there.
No one cares. Not even Microsoft.
A similar story is that Toyota was going to name a line of American cars after vegetables. "Zuchini", "Tomato", and "Lemon", for example. My source for the story said she was friends with someone who did English translation & marketting for Toyota, and that same someone prevented them from actually making the mistake. So I find it a little more believable.
However, I'm perfectly happy expressing my disdain for both parties.
No debate there. There's just no way to consider the johns more ok than the hookers.
I'm sure you're joking, but my point was just that no matter what your opinion of prostitutes, there's no acceptable reason to consider them worse than the johns.