Any particular reason why Slashdot is always running rampant with Anti-MS FUD? It's like, every single article that the dot posts about Bill ("Bill Gates gives to 14 children's charities") is plagued by responses basically saying, to different degrees of intelligence, "M$ $ucks!".
This is strictly pro-Slashdot FUD. Signed drivers are the second best thing that's come to my box recently (Windows 2000 being first). You don't know how good it feels to take a look at a video card driver, see that it's not signed and say "hey, do I really want to support this? It probably won't run."
I think this is where fake IP addresses come into play. I really never understood the advantage of faking an IP address, save for privacy concerns (and even those seem to me to be irrational).
Say you have a program, like Windows Update, that were to update based on your geographical location by IP (as is sanctioned, for example, in international encryption issues). All a person is doing when they change their IP is fucking up the system.
Personally, I say let them shut out French IPs. Hell, shut the French out of the whole goddamn web. Maybe then, they won't see the "Nazi" images they are touting.
Forget POSIX. Focus more on all the little bugs distros are introducing that give root permissions to processes that shouldn't need them. Think RedHat's printer bug from a while back...
That's interesting to bring Microsoft into all of this (tiered pricing models). I find it fascinating that the "free software" Open Source paradigm doesn't really work in real life.
Can you imagine bands "open-sourcing" their pieces? Not only would we have access to every music sheet they write on, but they would be giving their "software" out for free. How would they make a living?
Maybe Bill Gates is right. Maybe software shouldn't be free. Open source is interesting as a hobby, but as a business model it seems fundamentally flawed.
How is this, in any way, Flamebait? I'm asking a legitimate question. The colors are off.
If you had a Windows app that allowed Linux to run within a window (I think there is software out there that already allows this), and the colors looked all strange in KDE, wouldn't you be surprised as well?
I thought the whole nature of the.net strategy was to provide Windows services on a wide variety of platforms. Kind of like a universal server for data and applications.
It doesn't seem to be as much effort to construct these scenes out of already available (and sometimes highly similar) minifigurines as it would be to construct them out of actual lego blocks.
I'm thinking more along the lines of what Cartoon Network got the Lego company to do in constructing a life-size version of Scooby Doo out of Lego bricks. Plus, the jokes in the commercials didn't hurt.
"Guys, I don't think that's the right kind of brown." Lego technicians then look up, after laying the Scooby Doo groundwork of what seems like 1,000 bricks.
"Some kid is going to be lucky. Really lucky." The guy who's designing the dog looks down into his coffee cup. Obviously he doesn't want to give away a creation that's taken them weeks to build.
All you need for ergonomics is an MS Natural Keyboard and a decent mouse (their soap-shaped wheel mouse would suffice. I tried an MS Natural the month it came out and haven't gone back to a rectangular keyboard since.
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Microsoft signing software before it gets released?
"Office 10 looks clean. What about Office 10-21? Look bug free to me. Sign here."
Any particular reason why Slashdot is always running rampant with Anti-MS FUD? It's like, every single article that the dot posts about Bill ("Bill Gates gives to 14 children's charities") is plagued by responses basically saying, to different degrees of intelligence, "M$ $ucks!".
There might still be a few bugs to work out.
This is strictly pro-Slashdot FUD. Signed drivers are the second best thing that's come to my box recently (Windows 2000 being first). You don't know how good it feels to take a look at a video card driver, see that it's not signed and say "hey, do I really want to support this? It probably won't run."
Say you have a program, like Windows Update, that were to update based on your geographical location by IP (as is sanctioned, for example, in international encryption issues). All a person is doing when they change their IP is fucking up the system.
Personally, I say let them shut out French IPs. Hell, shut the French out of the whole goddamn web. Maybe then, they won't see the "Nazi" images they are touting.
Get the regular version, instead of the subscription one, in the first place.
You'll never have to pay for the upgrade fees to go from one to the other (which, seemingly, would cost more money).
It seems to me to be a waste of mod points, to bring me down a point instead of bringing someone else up one.
Forget POSIX. Focus more on all the little bugs distros are introducing that give root permissions to processes that shouldn't need them. Think RedHat's printer bug from a while back...
Not to be rude, but is there any reason there's been so many Aussie stories on Slashdot as of late. Does CmdrTaco have kin in the outback?
Can you imagine bands "open-sourcing" their pieces? Not only would we have access to every music sheet they write on, but they would be giving their "software" out for free. How would they make a living?
Maybe Bill Gates is right. Maybe software shouldn't be free. Open source is interesting as a hobby, but as a business model it seems fundamentally flawed.
If you had a Windows app that allowed Linux to run within a window (I think there is software out there that already allows this), and the colors looked all strange in KDE, wouldn't you be surprised as well?
I thought the whole nature of the .net strategy was to provide Windows services on a wide variety of platforms. Kind of like a universal server for data and applications.
I'm thinking more along the lines of what Cartoon Network got the Lego company to do in constructing a life-size version of Scooby Doo out of Lego bricks. Plus, the jokes in the commercials didn't hurt.
"Guys, I don't think that's the right kind of brown." Lego technicians then look up, after laying the Scooby Doo groundwork of what seems like 1,000 bricks. "Some kid is going to be lucky. Really lucky." The guy who's designing the dog looks down into his coffee cup. Obviously he doesn't want to give away a creation that's taken them weeks to build.
CmdrTaco: "OK boys, we've run too many repeat articles. Any suggestions?"
Cowboy Neal: "Beer?"
CmdrTaco: "Already tried that. Hemos?"
Hemos: "How about we run another anti-Microsoft article? Or say that RedHat has 2000 bugs again?"
CmdrTaco: "Too plain."
Timothy: "I know. What if were to run an article similar to the repeated ones, but not nearly as engrossing?"
CmdrTaco: "Great idea! All in favor?"
All: "Aye!"
Cowboy Neal: "Beer?"
CmdrTaco: "Soon, son. Soon......"
Anyone have a more "newsy" source?
IE 5.0 performed fine...
Similar to the whole "brain surgeon touches part of a patient's brain, his leg moves" kind of thing.
Say it again: moooollllaaahhhh.
Get them in a back-to-back comparison, and I'm sure you'll see IE outperform Netscape.
AOL likes money.
Therefore Netscape likes money.
AOL uses Netscape for profit driving.
Netscape owns Mozilla.
Therefore, Netscape uses Mozilla for profit driving.
All you need for ergonomics is an MS Natural Keyboard and a decent mouse (their soap-shaped wheel mouse would suffice. I tried an MS Natural the month it came out and haven't gone back to a rectangular keyboard since.
Hopefully Creative takes up the bulk of the slack.
I'd pay $100.
Cowboy Neal: "Beer?"
CmdrTaco: "Already tried that. Hemos?"
Hemos: "How about we run another anti-Microsoft article? Or say that RedHat has 2000 bugs again?"
CmdrTaco: "Too plain."
Timothy: "I know. What if were to run an article similar to the repeated ones, but not nearly as engrossing?"
CmdrTaco: "Great idea! All in favor?"
All: "Aye!"
Cowboy Neal: "Beer?"
CmdrTaco: "Soon, son. Soon......"