Unless I'm mistaken, you can request a hardcopy of the EULA in a product before you purchase it.
I agree with her lawsuit, however. My Windows Operating System has become a liability for me, since I don't agree to the terms of the Service Pack EULAs (becuase of the whole Windows Media Player fiasco) and since I can't get the security packs in any other way, I'm forced to do without them. Luckily for me, I don't use Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office - considering that the majority of flaws originate there (IMO).
I wish her all the best in this, and hopefully we can get back some of our consumer rights.
You could put the AP outside of your network and use a VPN client (Cisco, etc.) to come into your network. Using this method would provide you with a reasonable amount of control; albeit it's not a perfect solution.
The site says that it supports Mozilla, and the other Netscape "clones" yet when I load it in Moz. 1.2.1 I get a nonsensical site. Did this happen to anyone else or am I just overly intoxicated tonight?
Jokes aside, I _loved_ the Sierra games and I can honestly say that they were the catalyst in my computing career/interests. I started with Space Quest I/II/III and when I upgraded to VGA I was all over SQIV. Kings quest, the Black Cauldron, and Quest for Heroes were among my favorites.
Unless I'm mistaken, there's an open King's Quest project out there. I just can seem to find the link. Can anyone help me find it?
(I have to get revenge on that witch that tricked me into her _pad_).
Actually, you can do Flash using Apache, PHP and ming (the funk in your trunk). SWF is a reverse engineered version of flash that's free, open, and more importantly: scriptable!. Try generating real-time flash animations using Macromedia without headaches!
Uhh, it's the other way around. You put the visine in his coffee. It's a common trick that bartenders use to get beligerent/drunk people out of their bars. A few drops of visine and the stomach goes into violent convulsions and you have to find a restroom FAST and FOR A LONG TIME.
Try it on all of your friends - they'll love it!!!
Wouldn't this fall under some form of discrimination if they didn't hire you because you didn't opt in to this? You may be able to sue them for discrimination (of some form - IANAL), and at least get some money out of it and more importantly force them to stop doing it. I think this will set a bad precedent. My credit is not the greatest, and it certainly shouldn't be used as a measure of my qualifications for a job.
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But here's the part that I don't understand: How to they handle the phonetics/annunciation/inflection? Specifically, I can say a word in 5 different ways depending on where it is in the sentence; what words I said before it (WOW! _They_ actually...); what context the word is in (Killer! Bro! vs. He's a child killer).
It must be one hell of a feat matching the phrases into a coherent sentence. I have yet to hear a telephone answering system even announce a series of numbers with any reasonable amount of clarity.
Personally, I think Mozilla is a cool name. It started as the codename of the codebase at Netscape. I've demo'd Mozilla for several people and within days they were converted. And they never once asked me, "what was the name of that program again?".
We're working on this exact thing. Our project is called dashpc, and while it's still in it's infancy, the code can be found on freshmeat and sourceforge. Our site is here.
We currently have GPS capability, Kismet, ODBII interfacing, audio, etc.
We can always use help, so anyone truly interested in this and programming skills (java preferred) feel free to help out.
I'm going to hold on to mine, just for the usability factor. I'm sure I'll find _something_ to do with it. Hell, now that Fritz Ganter has released: Batchelor, I'll probably just end up using it to replace my non-existent girlfriend.
Use PDF and the JPG problem is solved. Make sure that the "print scaled" option is selected, and your printed barcode is identical to the original (assuming a decent printer is used).
Is RCA notorious for making crappy products or were they notorious for making crappy products? In your post you said, "worked", which I'm assuming is past tense. I'm no RCA proponent, however, I tend to think that one shouldn't overlook the fact that a company can change. It happens all the time as CEO's come and go. Hell, I think that RCA taking this path should be considered progress more than anything.
Past performance is not an indicator or future results...
To be fair though, I'm going to let others be the guinea pigs on this one, and I'll make my purchasing decision based on the subsequent fallout or lack thereof.
My theory is that MSFT, (while faced with a more licensing conscious and ultimately wiser consumer market), tried a last ditch effort to create something worthwhile:.NET The problem, however, is that you can't sell the software utopia that is.NET . Sure it's a great idea on paper, and (expensive) marketing chimps can probably convince _anyone_ (even Billy) into thinking that it can be done. MSFT is realizing that they promised the world in a bottle with thier little.NET, and can't deliver. They're doing what any dog with it's tail between it's legs would do: Walking away.
My prediction for 2003: Mid-to-end year they introduce another "Great technology that will revolutionize the world". Afterall, there's a sucker born every minute, and in the short term, they only stand to make a few billion off of people's stupidity. Ultimately it'll kick them in the ass, and people will start to realize that if you fool them once, shame on them, but if you fool them twice...
Please quantify your definition of "90%" of computers. Do you mean 90% of _all_ computers (embedded, servers, desktops, phones, calculators, etc?)? Surely not. You're seriously MSFT brainwashed if you do. 90% of computers that do something? 90% of computers that run MS Windows? or 90% of computers that can successfully idle, but otherwise perform no reasonable function?
Please, if you make a "statement" like that, quantify it. If you don't I'm going to be forced to write your statement off as 100% propaganda and 0% substance.
I tend to think that with the advent of picoGUI and GTKfb (potentially), X-Windows could (stress on could; I love X-Windows) be phased out. These systems offer a new way to access video hardware and framebuffers, etc. directly and as a direct result, they could offer a much more responsive, faster and enhanced GUI.
Your mileage might vary, but I'm very interested in these projects...
Yeah, I remember seeing a show on the discovery channel (or maybe it was TLC) about some kids that pulled a stop sign out of the ground (or bent it down or something) and got sentenced to several years in jail because someone got killed at that intersection as a result of their "antics".
I don't have a link to the case, but if I'm not mistaken those kids are still "out of society".
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Yeah, sounds like a great memory, but I recommend that in future posts you not say, "I had perused the all-time favorites: how to build a bomb, a gun, how to break into cars, and so on." and things like that. By doing so, you may blur the line between creative hacking and "terrorism" and "crime".
These days, when our civil liberties are threatened more than they ever have been, we need to be careful about what we say and what we associate with. Your "all time favorites" are certainly not my all time favorites.
Regardless, phrack was a great e-rag and I'm glad to see it back in action.
Dude, I don't know about you, but Phrack brings back some _intense_ memories for me.
(reminiscing about my first beige box experience - dial tone!)
I tend to think that the news here is more along the lines of "Phrack is back" than they've released a new issue. If you don't appreciate Phrack, you're probably either too young or too old.
I actually found your arguement interesting until you had to invalidate it with such a stupid comment as:
I find it increasingly obvious why it is that Mr Bin Laden and Friends choose to pick on you.
It's such a pity that someone of your _almost_ intelligence had to blow a perfectly rational statement with a nonsensical emotional statement. As such, I now question your credibility (and I'm certain I'm not alone).
Please KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS out of intellectual discussions.
America was targeted because it's the apex of the productive world. We're the best of the best (economically) and as such we were targeted. For you to make a statement (even remotely akin) to the fact that we "deserved" to be targeted, or that "innocent civilians" are a logical target is absurd and nothing less than stupid.
And as such, you've invalidated your arguement and demonstrated that you and your posts deserve no respect in the intellectual realm what-so-ever. Please keep in mind that I'm not posting this based on any "racist" notions either, "Dave".
Maybe I'm behind the curve here, but is there anything that's preventing OS X from running on ix86? I know that OS X is build on FreeBSD and FreeBSD can run on multiple platforms. As such, if Apple released OS X for ix86 wouldn't that _truly_ make a dent and expedite the [IMHO, inevitable] paradigm shift from windows? Granted Apple might lose _somewhat_ in hardware sales, but wouldn't they make much more in software sales of a superior OS?
I found many flaws in your statement, however the most striking is your comparison of:
TCP throughput is between 15 and 30 kb/s, across a wide range of packet and socket buffer sizes. In the commercial service, peak throughputs are observed for a packet size of 512 bytes and socket buffer sizes of 4-8 KBytes
Unless I'm mistaken, I calculate 15 to 30 kb/s (kilobits per second) to be less than 4 to 8 KBytes (Kilobytes per second). I'm basing my logic on the the fact that there are 8 bits in a byte...
There are a few other notable flaws in your logic, but I've already noticed that they've been commented on and as such, I won't continue to criticize.
DISCLAIMER: The parent of this thread is marked as one of my friends (although I've never met/talked with him in any way). However, I'm inclined to point out flawed logic whenever I see it. Please don't take it personal.
Actually, I think the joke is on you, buddy. Who do you think is happier going into work?
a) The 14-year-old sandal wearing Linux h4Xor that thinks he knows everything and gets paid more
-or-
b) The pretentious college grad working for a "decent" company who gets paid less
Hell, you don't even have to be a college grad to figure this one out! You're waving the "college degree" thing around as if it's an entitlement. I say best man(or tool) for the job.
I wonder if running a few compression algorithms against said file could help in determining the meaning of pi or a way to calculate it to the nth position.
Or would that unlock a new dimenions or something?
If you don't like the article, don't read it. And more importantly, don't post about why you don't like the article and "why is it here". I actually found it interesting. More importantly, I really think that all the whiners on here are causing more harm to slashdot than the quality of the articles.
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Unless I'm mistaken, you can request a hardcopy of the EULA in a product before you purchase it.
I agree with her lawsuit, however. My Windows Operating System has become a liability for me, since I don't agree to the terms of the Service Pack EULAs (becuase of the whole Windows Media Player fiasco) and since I can't get the security packs in any other way, I'm forced to do without them. Luckily for me, I don't use Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office - considering that the majority of flaws originate there (IMO).
I wish her all the best in this, and hopefully we can get back some of our consumer rights.
You could put the AP outside of your network and use a VPN client (Cisco, etc.) to come into your network. Using this method would provide you with a reasonable amount of control; albeit it's not a perfect solution.
The site says that it supports Mozilla, and the other Netscape "clones" yet when I load it in Moz. 1.2.1 I get a nonsensical site. Did this happen to anyone else or am I just overly intoxicated tonight?
Jokes aside, I _loved_ the Sierra games and I can honestly say that they were the catalyst in my computing career/interests. I started with Space Quest I/II/III and when I upgraded to VGA I was all over SQIV. Kings quest, the Black Cauldron, and Quest for Heroes were among my favorites.
Unless I'm mistaken, there's an open King's Quest project out there. I just can seem to find the link. Can anyone help me find it?
(I have to get revenge on that witch that tricked me into her _pad_).
Actually, you can do Flash using Apache, PHP and ming (the funk in your trunk). SWF is a reverse engineered version of flash that's free, open, and more importantly: scriptable!. Try generating real-time flash animations using Macromedia without headaches!
Uhh, it's the other way around. You put the visine in his coffee. It's a common trick that bartenders use to get beligerent/drunk people out of their bars. A few drops of visine and the stomach goes into violent convulsions and you have to find a restroom FAST and FOR A LONG TIME.
Try it on all of your friends - they'll love it!!!
(okay seriously, don't do it to your friends)
Wouldn't this fall under some form of discrimination if they didn't hire you because you didn't opt in to this? You may be able to sue them for discrimination (of some form - IANAL), and at least get some money out of it and more importantly force them to stop doing it. I think this will set a bad precedent. My credit is not the greatest, and it certainly shouldn't be used as a measure of my qualifications for a job.
But here's the part that I don't understand: How to they handle the phonetics/annunciation/inflection? Specifically, I can say a word in 5 different ways depending on where it is in the sentence; what words I said before it (WOW! _They_ actually ...); what context the word is in (Killer! Bro! vs. He's a child killer).
It must be one hell of a feat matching the phrases into a coherent sentence. I have yet to hear a telephone answering system even announce a series of numbers with any reasonable amount of clarity.
Personally, I think Mozilla is a cool name. It started as the codename of the codebase at Netscape. I've demo'd Mozilla for several people and within days they were converted. And they never once asked me, "what was the name of that program again?".
We're working on this exact thing. Our project is called dashpc, and while it's still in it's infancy, the code can be found on freshmeat and sourceforge. Our site is here.
We currently have GPS capability, Kismet, ODBII interfacing, audio, etc.
We can always use help, so anyone truly interested in this and programming skills (java preferred) feel free to help out.
I wonder what the implications on the OpenSource community are going to be because of this? Details can be found here.
Too late:
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http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl
I'm going to hold on to mine, just for the usability factor. I'm sure I'll find _something_ to do with it. Hell, now that Fritz Ganter has released: Batchelor, I'll probably just end up using it to replace my non-existent girlfriend.
Now if only it could cook...
Use PDF and the JPG problem is solved. Make sure that the "print scaled" option is selected, and your printed barcode is identical to the original (assuming a decent printer is used).
Is RCA notorious for making crappy products or were they notorious for making crappy products? In your post you said, "worked", which I'm assuming is past tense. I'm no RCA proponent, however, I tend to think that one shouldn't overlook the fact that a company can change. It happens all the time as CEO's come and go. Hell, I think that RCA taking this path should be considered progress more than anything.
Past performance is not an indicator or future results...
To be fair though, I'm going to let others be the guinea pigs on this one, and I'll make my purchasing decision based on the subsequent fallout or lack thereof.
My theory is that MSFT, (while faced with a more licensing conscious and ultimately wiser consumer market), tried a last ditch effort to create something worthwhile: .NET The problem, however, is that you can't sell the software utopia that is .NET . Sure it's a great idea on paper, and (expensive) marketing chimps can probably convince _anyone_ (even Billy) into thinking that it can be done. MSFT is realizing that they promised the world in a bottle with thier little .NET, and can't deliver. They're doing what any dog with it's tail between it's legs would do: Walking away.
My prediction for 2003: Mid-to-end year they introduce another "Great technology that will revolutionize the world". Afterall, there's a sucker born every minute, and in the short term, they only stand to make a few billion off of people's stupidity. Ultimately it'll kick them in the ass, and people will start to realize that if you fool them once, shame on them, but if you fool them twice...
Please quantify your definition of "90%" of computers. Do you mean 90% of _all_ computers (embedded, servers, desktops, phones, calculators, etc?)? Surely not. You're seriously MSFT brainwashed if you do. 90% of computers that do something? 90% of computers that run MS Windows? or 90% of computers that can successfully idle, but otherwise perform no reasonable function?
Please, if you make a "statement" like that, quantify it. If you don't I'm going to be forced to write your statement off as 100% propaganda and 0% substance.
I tend to think that with the advent of picoGUI and GTKfb (potentially), X-Windows could (stress on could; I love X-Windows) be phased out. These systems offer a new way to access video hardware and framebuffers, etc. directly and as a direct result, they could offer a much more responsive, faster and enhanced GUI.
Your mileage might vary, but I'm very interested in these projects...
Yeah, I remember seeing a show on the discovery channel (or maybe it was TLC) about some kids that pulled a stop sign out of the ground (or bent it down or something) and got sentenced to several years in jail because someone got killed at that intersection as a result of their "antics".
I don't have a link to the case, but if I'm not mistaken those kids are still "out of society".
Yeah, sounds like a great memory, but I recommend that in future posts you not say,
"I had perused the all-time favorites: how to build a bomb, a gun, how to break into cars, and so on."
and things like that. By doing so, you may blur the line between creative hacking and "terrorism" and "crime".
These days, when our civil liberties are threatened more than they ever have been, we need to be careful about what we say and what we associate with. Your "all time favorites" are certainly not my all time favorites.
Regardless, phrack was a great e-rag and I'm glad to see it back in action.
Dude, I don't know about you, but Phrack brings back some _intense_ memories for me.
(reminiscing about my first beige box experience - dial tone!)
I tend to think that the news here is more along the lines of "Phrack is back" than they've released a new issue. If you don't appreciate Phrack, you're probably either too young or too old.
I actually found your arguement interesting until you had to invalidate it with such a stupid comment as:
I find it increasingly obvious why it is that Mr Bin Laden and Friends choose to pick on you.
It's such a pity that someone of your _almost_ intelligence had to blow a perfectly rational statement with a nonsensical emotional statement. As such, I now question your credibility (and I'm certain I'm not alone).
Please KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS out of intellectual discussions.
America was targeted because it's the apex of the productive world. We're the best of the best (economically) and as such we were targeted. For you to make a statement (even remotely akin) to the fact that we "deserved" to be targeted, or that "innocent civilians" are a logical target is absurd and nothing less than stupid.
And as such, you've invalidated your arguement and demonstrated that you and your posts deserve no respect in the intellectual realm what-so-ever. Please keep in mind that I'm not posting this based on any "racist" notions either, "Dave".
Maybe I'm behind the curve here, but is there anything that's preventing OS X from running on ix86? I know that OS X is build on FreeBSD and FreeBSD can run on multiple platforms. As such, if Apple released OS X for ix86 wouldn't that _truly_ make a dent and expedite the [IMHO, inevitable] paradigm shift from windows? Granted Apple might lose _somewhat_ in hardware sales, but wouldn't they make much more in software sales of a superior OS?
I found many flaws in your statement, however the most striking is your comparison of:
TCP throughput is between 15 and 30 kb/s, across a wide range of packet and socket buffer sizes. In the commercial service, peak throughputs are observed for a packet size of 512 bytes and socket buffer sizes of 4-8 KBytes
Unless I'm mistaken, I calculate 15 to 30 kb/s (kilobits per second) to be less than 4 to 8 KBytes (Kilobytes per second). I'm basing my logic on the the fact that there are 8 bits in a byte...
There are a few other notable flaws in your logic, but I've already noticed that they've been commented on and as such, I won't continue to criticize.
DISCLAIMER: The parent of this thread is marked as one of my friends (although I've never met/talked with him in any way). However, I'm inclined to point out flawed logic whenever I see it. Please don't take it personal.
Actually, I think the joke is on you, buddy. Who do you think is happier going into work?
a) The 14-year-old sandal wearing Linux h4Xor that thinks he knows everything and gets paid more
-or-
b) The pretentious college grad working for a "decent" company who gets paid less
Hell, you don't even have to be a college grad to figure this one out! You're waving the "college degree" thing around as if it's an entitlement. I say best man(or tool) for the job.
I wonder if running a few compression algorithms against said file could help in determining the meaning of pi or a way to calculate it to the nth position.
Or would that unlock a new dimenions or something?
Uhh, clever is relative...
If you don't like the article, don't read it. And more importantly, don't post about why you don't like the article and "why is it here". I actually found it interesting. More importantly, I really think that all the whiners on here are causing more harm to slashdot than the quality of the articles.