Couldn't you put some sort of spring on a pin at the anchor point?
Here's what I picture:
-take a nail and put a spring on it (like you would on a "clicky" pen -a reinforced pipe in the rear of the fuselage (at the apex maybe? IANAAE[Aviation Engineer]) that is slightly larger in diameter than the nail but less than the high tension spring -create a parachute mount through the tip of the tail (through a perpendicular hole or something) -put the nail throught the pipe and attach the parachute to the nail
Now, when the chute opens, wouldn't the spring cusion the imact significantly?
I doubt he just sets the return receipt flag. If he did that, you'd get a big popup that says, "The sender has requested a return receipt? Send? Y or N" I don't recall ever seeing that in the last spam that I happened to see. Besides, if he did that, couldn't you just parse the header for this return address? It has to know how to send the receipt _somewhere_, and if you know what address he (or his scripts) are checking, you'd be able to DDoS them and help save the world!
Not sure if you're aware of this or not, but the StarOffice file format is just a tarball with an XML text file inside. Using a quick bash/perl/php script shotgunned to your login script(s) and a print preprocessor (not sure if there is one for Soffice XML yet) and you could automate the entire process.
If it saves you 2 minutes a day (clock-in and clock-out), you could browse slashdot for an extra 261 minutes a year!:)
No, this is actually a brilliant post! I think I'm going to do a server pushed.reg file onto all the people in the company that use MS-Word and "don't care about the file format, or even know what it is" to change the default save format to the.SDC (Star Office Doc) file format. As such, I can help propagate the (open) file format.
Okay, so you'll forgo the best/cheapest contractor and use a more expensive / not as good one just because they can't open your file format? Not a very good business move...
No, as I stated in my followup post:
>>Don't get me wrong, I'll use the best tool for the job (whatever it may be), but I _DO_ consider it when purchasing hardware and software.<<
But feel free to misinterpret as you feel necessary in your attempt to defend your precious Office suite.
Of course, it doesn't really matter since a) Office opens OpenOffice documents just fine and b) you could just save it as RTF, HTML, or TXT even if Office couldn't do that.
Obviously it does matter to you or you wouldn't have wasted your precious time posting an objection. I would think that with todays latest critical Microsoft vulnerability you'd have some patching to do or something.
(sorry that was a cheap shot, but I couldn't resist)
I'm not losing business by weighing "industry support" as a factor in my purchasing decisions. Don't get me wrong, I'll use the best tool for the job (whatever it may be), but I _DO_ consider it when purchasing hardware and software.
The weight that I place on that factor is proprietary information and I can't disclose it.:)
Trust me, I want my company to succeed more than anything, because then I can _really_ affect positive (IMHO) change in the computer industry.
Well, my business spending coupled with them being the bastard of the industry (and pissing everyone off) will. I (and I'm certain that I'm not alone), use OpenOffice/StarOffice and I'll only do business with people that can use my document format (I'm the spender). When some sales-drone asks for a document from me, I give it to him in OpenOffice format. If he can't open it, that's his problem, not mine. By using software that adhere's to industry standards wherever possible, I'm doing my share to help combat non-compliant data bullying. Whenever possible I spend my money on companies that support open source. The only way I can truly affect change (in a meaningful way) is with my wallet.
But this begs the question: Can MSFT be held responsible (in spite of the EULA) in a situation like this where a user "removed IE" (remember the US DOJ ruling, they have to provide the option) and didn't use Outlook or Outlook express, if they were to get infected? I only use Mozilla for email and browsing, but it occurred to me that IE is so "entrenched" in the core Windows code that even if it's its removed do they remove the dangerous parts or just the UI? Mozilla is my default browser, yet when I click on a link from Y! messenger, it spawns IE.
Basically, my question is this: Can Microsoft be held accountable for negligence if I removed IE and still got wiped out by this thing because they didn't remove all of IE, as per the Court's ruling (on making it an optional component)?
Wouldn't negligence in this regard supercede the EULA and make MSFT liable?
Any legal beagles out there have any insight? (IANAL)
We fixed a little bug that lets you play pirated DVDs with your 4/1/03 patch; and on your 5/23/03 update, we fixed the bugs that allowed you record copyrighted movies.
Yes, and after you're gone your [former] lan will likely be gone as well, and your good deed will vanish into the ether. Afterall, the future of computing is bound to change and advance (DNA organic computing anyone?).
Besides, by making money I could help my family (If I had one) or donate it to a useful cause. More likely, however, I'll spend it on computer toys or other economy boosting products (I live in the US [our economy isn't so hot right now]). Heck, I'd likely pay more money for a product from a vendor that has values (and won't sell my identity or lobby against my civil rights).
If you haven't noticed the world turns around money. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you can affect change. It's one of the few powers we have left. Spend your money wisely and support only companies whose values you agree with and not the one with the cool commercial that sticks in your head.
Stupid is relative. You would've had a lot more credibility if you'd have refrained from "name-calling" in your argument. I find the following clause from your webpage "stupid":
Numbers and Planets: Those born on the 30th of the month are ruled by the number 3, and by the planet Jupiter. Those ruled by the number 3 generally try to rise to the highest positions in their particular sphere. Because Jupiter also rules Sagittarius, expansive, optimistic and magnanimous influences are maximized for November 30 people but, indeed, excessive tendencies are as well. Those ruled by the number 3 love independence, so November 30 people may do best free-lancing or in business for themselves.
But as I said, stupid is relative. I agree that I may not know MSFT internals as well as you appear to. As such, I'd consider myself "uninformed" on the topic. But, stupid? No. Your website, is stupid [sarcasm], but I digress.
I do give you credit for your argument, and that's what matters. Just mark me as your Foe, and we'll move on.
I just found this link and figured some of the multi-heads out there might find it interesting. It's free background images designed for use with multi-heads.
Yes, but I'm certain that Billy gives them absolutely no creative control over anything, and balances it with hideous salaries. As a result, they stick around and work on "MS approved" projects.
I believe that Microsoft's own online hype literature is insufficient in describing just how powerful their Tablet concept is.
Oh, and the input stylus is electromagnetic, not pressure-sensing, ANY document (not just MS) can be annotated, and the journal software is AMAZING in its power and flexibility.
Whatever makes you think that this comment was submitted by a Microsoft promoter?
Could it be the fact that he was able to pick out the 150 linux users in the crowd and knew that they were "floored" by the Tablet PC demo?
This submission has stink written all over it. Good call.
Why support _any_ website that doesn't accept multiple browsers? I don't even buy products from companies that don't play well with open-source or standards compliant software (either their websites, interfacing software, etc).
By faking your header you're only helping them to make the argument to the higer-ups/collars that they don't need multiple browser support. My advice is to find a competing "site" (I'm not exactly sure what it is or what service they provide you). Making purchasing decisions (aka Boycotting) based on how they choose to conduct business is the only way we (consumers) can enforce good business practices. The only place they'll notice it is in their wallets. My government(USA) has demonstrated its complete lack of integrity in regard to big business, campaign contributions, lobbying.
In regards to banking, my bank (Merrill Lynch) is IIS (it's slower than dirt), but I'm staying with them because, they're moving virtually _all_ of their systems over to Linux. And I like that.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is paranoid around here (no disrepect). I can't help but think that MSFT has their Marketing team "shilling" on forums such as/. and the like. What better of shills to place in the geek community than "girls". I'm not knocking girls, what-so-ever, I'm simply saying that they tend to be more of a minority and most geeks have a soft-emphathetic-spot for them. I wouldn't put it past MSFT.
Sorry if this is Offtopic. Mods, feel free to flag it as such, however, I was just replying directly to the parent post.
99.99% of pages always render right (because designers have to test with it),
99.9% of pages render right on it because in the past they had to use it. My site conforms to W3C standard precisely and as a result it fails to render properly in IE6. Oh well. Mozilla renders my site perfectly (along with every other w3c-compliant browser out there). As long as myself and other fellow web-designers develop with compliance in mind, it appears that MSFT will be the one playing "catch up". Unless of course, they decide to "embrace by abandoning" features of the standard they don't agree with.
and it is extremely stable -- crashes perhaps once-twice a month on average.
Crashes what? The browser crashes, or the browser crashes your system? With IE6 I can see how this is a concern. Hence, another reason why I choose Mozilla. Coupled with all the extra features that it offers and portability, I've finally replaced IE forever. MSFT will likely _NEVER_ offer a popup-killer option because too many of their corporate rapists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H bedfellows wouldn't allow it.
We're actually working on something like this already. We'll see if we can't integrate this into the dashpc project. We're working with the guys at freediag and hopefully they'll be able to help us integrate the ODBII codes into the dashpc codebase.
We'll probably end up recording all the codes into a public mysql db that can be queried or integrated into the core code.
This would allow the UI to display the EXACT problem ("Your 3rd spark plug from the left is firing oddly - please check") instead of just "check engine". Very good news indeed.
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I think you guys are missing the big picture here. MSFT isn't going to go "bankrupt" over buying this company. This is simply a power play. Why do think they don't mind losing money selling the Xbox. To them, $375 million is a drop in the bucket. Their goal is to proliferate the Xbox as much as possible. Once it's the dominant platform, they can:
A) overtake their competitors much the way they did to the the PC platform.
B) force XXX million homes to upgrade to "new features" (DRM) for the users benefit.
C) control the home media platform (which the xbox is just the diving board for (at this point in time). Within 3 years, the "console" will be a DRM box, a game machine, a PC for people that aren't power users (aol'ers and MSN'ers), a home stereo, an HDTV processor, and home theatre / DVD machine.
D) merge the PC market; the home entertainment market; and the ASP internet space (MSN).
The result will be one giant leap into world domination. From there they'll buy countries and governments (oh wait, haven't they done that already?). Open source will be outlawed, and consequently a revolt will ensue. The corporation will be the governor and the people will be slaves. The true hackers, free thinkers, and idealists will be outlawed.
[ Fill in your own ending here ]
Be very afraid my friends. Mark my words.
MSFT Shills feel free to challenge this post. We already know who you are.
Here in Atlanta I have a neighbor in one of the highrises who is offering his bandwidth to me when I drive past his apartment. I found him on a local wi-fi sharing site. I drive past his highrise everyday enroute to work and it's a great opportunity to pull down weather and traffic data. I think its just a matter of time until this kind of thing becomes more prevalent.
This sure sounds like a tempting box to hack. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it turns out to be a honeypot. I guess we'll have to see on Wednesday.
I think there's a new market emerging that you haven't considered. Computing in your car. Albeit small, but there are a lot of enthusiasts persuing "dashboard pc's" out there. I'm one of them.
Me and the guys over at the dashpc site would definately have a problem with a law like that. I know of one module (that I use for demos) that features [said content] on the displays. It really goes ever quite well actually...
DISCLAIMER: I'm the car owner (and site maintainer).
Slashdot Mirror
Couldn't you put some sort of spring on a pin at the anchor point?
Here's what I picture:
-take a nail and put a spring on it (like you would on a "clicky" pen
-a reinforced pipe in the rear of the fuselage (at the apex maybe? IANAAE[Aviation Engineer]) that is slightly larger in diameter than the nail but less than the high tension spring
-create a parachute mount through the tip of the tail (through a perpendicular hole or something)
-put the nail throught the pipe and attach the parachute to the nail
Now, when the chute opens, wouldn't the spring cusion the imact significantly?
I doubt he just sets the return receipt flag. If he did that, you'd get a big popup that says, "The sender has requested a return receipt? Send? Y or N" I don't recall ever seeing that in the last spam that I happened to see. Besides, if he did that, couldn't you just parse the header for this return address? It has to know how to send the receipt _somewhere_, and if you know what address he (or his scripts) are checking, you'd be able to DDoS them and help save the world!
Not sure if you're aware of this or not, but the StarOffice file format is just a tarball with an XML text file inside. Using a quick bash/perl/php script shotgunned to your login script(s) and a print preprocessor (not sure if there is one for Soffice XML yet) and you could automate the entire process.
:)
If it saves you 2 minutes a day (clock-in and clock-out), you could browse slashdot for an extra 261 minutes a year!
No, this is actually a brilliant post! I think I'm going to do a server pushed .reg file onto all the people in the company that use MS-Word and "don't care about the file format, or even know what it is" to change the default save format to the .SDC (Star Office Doc) file format. As such, I can help propagate the (open) file format.
Thanks for the great idea!
Okay, so you'll forgo the best/cheapest contractor and use a more expensive / not as good one just because they can't open your file format? Not a very good business move...
No, as I stated in my followup post:
>>Don't get me wrong, I'll use the best tool for the job (whatever it may be), but I _DO_ consider it when purchasing hardware and software.<<
But feel free to misinterpret as you feel necessary in your attempt to defend your precious Office suite.
Of course, it doesn't really matter since a) Office opens OpenOffice documents just fine and b) you could just save it as RTF, HTML, or TXT even if Office couldn't do that.
Obviously it does matter to you or you wouldn't have wasted your precious time posting an objection. I would think that with todays latest critical Microsoft vulnerability you'd have some patching to do or something.
(sorry that was a cheap shot, but I couldn't resist)
I'm not losing business by weighing "industry support" as a factor in my purchasing decisions. Don't get me wrong, I'll use the best tool for the job (whatever it may be), but I _DO_ consider it when purchasing hardware and software.
:)
The weight that I place on that factor is proprietary information and I can't disclose it.
Trust me, I want my company to succeed more than anything, because then I can _really_ affect positive (IMHO) change in the computer industry.
Well, my business spending coupled with them being the bastard of the industry (and pissing everyone off) will. I (and I'm certain that I'm not alone), use OpenOffice/StarOffice and I'll only do business with people that can use my document format (I'm the spender). When some sales-drone asks for a document from me, I give it to him in OpenOffice format. If he can't open it, that's his problem, not mine. By using software that adhere's to industry standards wherever possible, I'm doing my share to help combat non-compliant data bullying. Whenever possible I spend my money on companies that support open source. The only way I can truly affect change (in a meaningful way) is with my wallet.
And by using PayPal, NO ONE is liable! :)
But this begs the question: Can MSFT be held responsible (in spite of the EULA) in a situation like this where a user "removed IE" (remember the US DOJ ruling, they have to provide the option) and didn't use Outlook or Outlook express, if they were to get infected? I only use Mozilla for email and browsing, but it occurred to me that IE is so "entrenched" in the core Windows code that even if it's its removed do they remove the dangerous parts or just the UI? Mozilla is my default browser, yet when I click on a link from Y! messenger, it spawns IE.
Basically, my question is this: Can Microsoft be held accountable for negligence if I removed IE and still got wiped out by this thing because they didn't remove all of IE, as per the Court's ruling (on making it an optional component)?
Wouldn't negligence in this regard supercede the EULA and make MSFT liable?
Any legal beagles out there have any insight? (IANAL)
3 words:
DRM "feature" Creep.
Dear subscriber:
We fixed a little bug that lets you play pirated DVDs with your 4/1/03 patch; and on your 5/23/03 update, we fixed the bugs that allowed you record copyrighted movies.
Regards,
Broadband Customer Service
Yes, and after you're gone your [former] lan will likely be gone as well, and your good deed will vanish into the ether. Afterall, the future of computing is bound to change and advance (DNA organic computing anyone?).
Besides, by making money I could help my family (If I had one) or donate it to a useful cause. More likely, however, I'll spend it on computer toys or other economy boosting products (I live in the US [our economy isn't so hot right now]). Heck, I'd likely pay more money for a product from a vendor that has values (and won't sell my identity or lobby against my civil rights).
If you haven't noticed the world turns around money. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you can affect change. It's one of the few powers we have left. Spend your money wisely and support only companies whose values you agree with and not the one with the cool commercial that sticks in your head.
Stupid is relative. You would've had a lot more credibility if you'd have refrained from "name-calling" in your argument. I find the following clause from your webpage "stupid":
Numbers and Planets: Those born on the 30th of the month are ruled by the number 3, and by the planet Jupiter. Those ruled by the number 3 generally try to rise to the highest positions in their particular sphere. Because Jupiter also rules Sagittarius, expansive, optimistic and magnanimous influences are maximized for November 30 people but, indeed, excessive tendencies are as well. Those ruled by the number 3 love independence, so November 30 people may do best free-lancing or in business for themselves.
But as I said, stupid is relative. I agree that I may not know MSFT internals as well as you appear to. As such, I'd consider myself "uninformed" on the topic. But, stupid? No. Your website, is stupid [sarcasm], but I digress.
I do give you credit for your argument, and that's what matters. Just mark me as your Foe, and we'll move on.
I just found this link and figured some of the multi-heads out there might find it interesting. It's free background images designed for use with multi-heads.
g ro unds.html
http://www.9xmedia.com/Pages-products/2000-Back
Enjoy!
-CB
Yes, but I'm certain that Billy gives them absolutely no creative control over anything, and balances it with hideous salaries. As a result, they stick around and work on "MS approved" projects.
I believe that Microsoft's own online hype literature is insufficient in describing just how powerful their Tablet concept is.
Oh, and the input stylus is electromagnetic, not pressure-sensing, ANY document (not just MS) can be annotated, and the journal software is AMAZING in its power and flexibility.
Whatever makes you think that this comment was submitted by a Microsoft promoter?
Could it be the fact that he was able to pick out the 150 linux users in the crowd and knew that they were "floored" by the Tablet PC demo?
This submission has stink written all over it. Good call.
Why support _any_ website that doesn't accept multiple browsers? I don't even buy products from companies that don't play well with open-source or standards compliant software (either their websites, interfacing software, etc).
By faking your header you're only helping them to make the argument to the higer-ups/collars that they don't need multiple browser support. My advice is to find a competing "site" (I'm not exactly sure what it is or what service they provide you). Making purchasing decisions (aka Boycotting) based on how they choose to conduct business is the only way we (consumers) can enforce good business practices. The only place they'll notice it is in their wallets. My government(USA) has demonstrated its complete lack of integrity in regard to big business, campaign contributions, lobbying.
In regards to banking, my bank (Merrill Lynch) is IIS (it's slower than dirt), but I'm staying with them because,
they're moving virtually _all_ of their systems over to Linux. And I like that.
If, in fact, that's your real name.
/. and the like. What better of shills to place in the geek community than "girls". I'm not knocking girls, what-so-ever, I'm simply saying that they tend to be more of a minority and most geeks have a soft-emphathetic-spot for them. I wouldn't put it past MSFT.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is paranoid around here (no disrepect). I can't help but think that MSFT has their Marketing team "shilling" on forums such as
Sorry if this is Offtopic. Mods, feel free to flag it as such, however, I was just replying directly to the parent post.
99.99% of pages always render right (because designers have to test with it),
99.9% of pages render right on it because in the past they had to use it. My site conforms to W3C standard precisely and as a result it fails to render properly in IE6. Oh well. Mozilla renders my site perfectly (along with every other w3c-compliant browser out there). As long as myself and other fellow web-designers develop with compliance in mind, it appears that MSFT will be the one playing "catch up". Unless of course, they decide to "embrace by abandoning" features of the standard they don't agree with.
and it is extremely stable -- crashes perhaps once-twice a month on average.
Crashes what? The browser crashes, or the browser crashes your system? With IE6 I can see how this is a concern. Hence, another reason why I choose Mozilla. Coupled with all the extra features that it offers and portability, I've finally replaced IE forever. MSFT will likely _NEVER_ offer a popup-killer option because too many of their corporate rapists^H^H^H^H^H^H^H bedfellows wouldn't allow it.
We're actually working on something like this already. We'll see if we can't integrate this into the dashpc project. We're working with the guys at freediag and hopefully they'll be able to help us integrate the ODBII codes into the dashpc codebase.
We'll probably end up recording all the codes into a public mysql db that can be queried or integrated into the core code.
This would allow the UI to display the EXACT problem ("Your 3rd spark plug from the left is firing oddly - please check") instead of just "check engine". Very good news indeed.
The result will be one giant leap into world domination. From there they'll buy countries and governments (oh wait, haven't they done that already?). Open source will be outlawed, and consequently a revolt will ensue. The corporation will be the governor and the people will be slaves. The true hackers, free thinkers, and idealists will be outlawed.
[ Fill in your own ending here ]
Be very afraid my friends. Mark my words.
MSFT Shills feel free to challenge this post. We already know who you are.
Here in Atlanta I have a neighbor in one of the highrises who is offering his bandwidth to me when I drive past his apartment. I found him on a local wi-fi sharing site. I drive past his highrise everyday enroute to work and it's a great opportunity to pull down weather and traffic data. I think its just a matter of time until this kind of thing becomes more prevalent.
This sure sounds like a tempting box to hack. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it turns out to be a honeypot. I guess we'll have to see on Wednesday.
I recommend flat-panel.com. I used one of the 6.5" LCDs in my car. Its pricey, but very bright and clean. I highly recommend it.
I think there's a new market emerging that you haven't considered. Computing in your car. Albeit small, but there are a lot of enthusiasts persuing "dashboard pc's" out there. I'm one of them.
Me and the guys over at the dashpc site would definately have a problem with a law like that. I know of one module (that I use for demos) that features [said content] on the displays. It really goes ever quite well actually...
DISCLAIMER: I'm the car owner (and site maintainer).