True, but the one thing I see here is the 60Hz refresh... isn't that a little high for most normal LCD monitors? A friend bought an LCD and he's a big gamer. He really regrets his purchase... its just not good for gaming since they're not as "fast" as a good old CRT. Isn't this true for most (all?) LCDs? Or am I just out to lunch?
The article mentions that two top 10 spammers remained in the top 10 even during the storms
The worst part being, they're probably very proud of this fact. BTW... nice subject... I always loved that line.
I guess the thing is, if you like Mandrake, then become a club member, not so much to get first dibs on the ISO's, but to support Mandrake itself.
Personally I don't use Mandrake (nothing against them), but there could be other benefits to being in the club.
Sniperdermic Needles
Sprint/bunnyhop to long and your sugar goes low
Camp and your sugar goes high
Different health modules, some high in sugar... best be careful
Sugar fluctuates too much and you temporarily blind
I don't know that its *more* stable, but I've been running Core 1 for some time and have had very few problems. At least with Core 1 you'd have a newer kernel. Of course you'd still have to update all your libraries for the applicable language.
Hopefully not, even though another company was allowed to do something similar
Since sending out a cheque to every buyer affected would be next to impossible, they should have to sell their chips below (or at) cost until the fine is made up. That way, those who were harmed would have a chance to recoup some loss.
That's right... of course a lot of use Geeks are also at fault since a good number of us have told friends, families, even clients that "no, you can't get a virus from a picture".
Yes, it would. Independat film producers making it to the "big screen" is becoming more common, yes they are using the bigger companies like Tristar, Fox, etc for distribution, but these companies are trying to make money. If they see a movie with lots of potential from an independant (Farenheit 911, The Passion of The Christ) they are not going to turn it down. Controversy for something like a movie just makes it more popular.
Remeber that old movie, Exit to Eden? It was banned for a while here in Saskatchewan. It just made the movie more popular. It never hit the theatres, but when the ban was lifted and it came to video stores, it was impossible to keep it in stock, and it wasn't a great movie.
Yes, but I've heard that the outsourcing is getting to be a less desirable thing, at least to countries like India and China. They're finding things like customers are not as happy speaking with folks with a hard to understand accent, and also that the quality of work isn't as high. I've heard rumours that some US companies are starting to look to Canada (wasn't there a story on Sashdot a few weeks ago about this?).
Well of course. I mean you wouldn't expect a software vendor to tell you about its vulnerabilities before there are exploits without paying for such a service would you?
All kidding aside, if MS knows of vulnerabilities in their software, they should be forced to do one of two things, tell everyone, or tell no one. Why? Well if they tell everyone, then at least there's a fighting chance. Tell no one, well, its an option I don't agree with, but if someone points out a vulnerability to a software vendor, they should have an option of producing a patch (within a reasonable time frame) and releasing it before advertising the details of the vulnerability.
What does SUN do anymore? If they're open sourcing Solaris, obviously they're looking to get the community involved in developing it. They're also starting to ship some x86 servers (Opteron and Xeon), so are we eventually going to lose the Sparc processors as well? What does that leave Sun with? Java?
Nice idea, but I liked when the name of one spammer and his home address was published here (amongst other places) and he found himself on every snail-mail mailing list in the US. I seem to remember hearing stories of US Postal trucks driving to his place to deliver all the mail.
The newest MyDoom variant has the author asking for a job... http://www.vnunet.com/news/1158043
The arnus worm speaks to infected users.
I don't know if I should laugh or cry. I just know I'm getting calls in the next few days because someone's computer says "How are you...".
Has two products listed on the compliancy page. Caldera set to expire near the end of this week, and SCO Linux Server set to expire next month. I wonder if they'll try to get renewed.
I think the engineers behind this one deserver a few pats on the back. Even though the parachutes never deployed and this thing fell to the Earth, there's still usable samples inside. Just goes to show that this thing was better built than a lot of stuff we use.
The problem usually isn't the few folks who can reverse the serial number, its when that serial number gets posted to a few forms and hundreds of people that don't know anything about reversing it get a copy of it and now have the software for free. Of course, the original pirate could post instructions on how to remove the rm -rf portion of the code as well.
Depends... last I heard, sendmail was still (by far) the number one mail server on the internet. Now, if everyone else other than Microsoft went with a better, open standard and started flaggin email from Exchange as SPAM... that might put some pressure on MS to go with more open standards.
Okay, but for a product that really is this good, why is the newest news on their site dated March 2003? (There's an article in 04, but it has nothing to do with what they're releasing)
Its nice to see that we're finally getting the original 3 films on DVD... it does piss me off a bit that Lucas seems to do everything he can to ear a few more bucks... first we'll redo them and release them in to different VHS boxed sets. Wait a few years, now we'll do them on DVD. Wait a few years, now we'll release the HD versions.
Though I guess if consumers keep buying them, then you can't really blame Lucas too much.
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True, but the one thing I see here is the 60Hz refresh... isn't that a little high for most normal LCD monitors? A friend bought an LCD and he's a big gamer. He really regrets his purchase... its just not good for gaming since they're not as "fast" as a good old CRT. Isn't this true for most (all?) LCDs? Or am I just out to lunch?
A site with multiple streamed videos, this is sure to last.
The article mentions that two top 10 spammers remained in the top 10 even during the storms
The worst part being, they're probably very proud of this fact. BTW... nice subject... I always loved that line.
I guess the thing is, if you like Mandrake, then become a club member, not so much to get first dibs on the ISO's, but to support Mandrake itself.
Personally I don't use Mandrake (nothing against them), but there could be other benefits to being in the club.
md5 sums of all spam messages? Nah, its probably not big enough to handle that.
Sniperdermic Needles
Sprint/bunnyhop to long and your sugar goes low
Camp and your sugar goes high
Different health modules, some high in sugar... best be careful
Sugar fluctuates too much and you temporarily blind
Okay, who's up for writing a mod for HL?
I don't know that its *more* stable, but I've been running Core 1 for some time and have had very few problems. At least with Core 1 you'd have a newer kernel. Of course you'd still have to update all your libraries for the applicable language.
Hopefully not, even though another company was allowed to do something similar
Since sending out a cheque to every buyer affected would be next to impossible, they should have to sell their chips below (or at) cost until the fine is made up. That way, those who were harmed would have a chance to recoup some loss.
That's right... of course a lot of use Geeks are also at fault since a good number of us have told friends, families, even clients that "no, you can't get a virus from a picture".
http://www.transparencynow.com/welles.htm is a good article talking about the broadcast that... upset a few people.
Yes, it would. Independat film producers making it to the "big screen" is becoming more common, yes they are using the bigger companies like Tristar, Fox, etc for distribution, but these companies are trying to make money. If they see a movie with lots of potential from an independant (Farenheit 911, The Passion of The Christ) they are not going to turn it down. Controversy for something like a movie just makes it more popular.
Remeber that old movie, Exit to Eden? It was banned for a while here in Saskatchewan. It just made the movie more popular. It never hit the theatres, but when the ban was lifted and it came to video stores, it was impossible to keep it in stock, and it wasn't a great movie.
Yes, but I've heard that the outsourcing is getting to be a less desirable thing, at least to countries like India and China. They're finding things like customers are not as happy speaking with folks with a hard to understand accent, and also that the quality of work isn't as high. I've heard rumours that some US companies are starting to look to Canada (wasn't there a story on Sashdot a few weeks ago about this?).
Don't forget, google bought Picasa not that long ago.
The porn industry would do it first!
Come to think about it, maybe they'll start using this as well, though 25 seconds isn't very long.
Well of course. I mean you wouldn't expect a software vendor to tell you about its vulnerabilities before there are exploits without paying for such a service would you?
All kidding aside, if MS knows of vulnerabilities in their software, they should be forced to do one of two things, tell everyone, or tell no one. Why? Well if they tell everyone, then at least there's a fighting chance. Tell no one, well, its an option I don't agree with, but if someone points out a vulnerability to a software vendor, they should have an option of producing a patch (within a reasonable time frame) and releasing it before advertising the details of the vulnerability.
What does SUN do anymore? If they're open sourcing Solaris, obviously they're looking to get the community involved in developing it. They're also starting to ship some x86 servers (Opteron and Xeon), so are we eventually going to lose the Sparc processors as well? What does that leave Sun with? Java?
Nice idea, but I liked when the name of one spammer and his home address was published here (amongst other places) and he found himself on every snail-mail mailing list in the US. I seem to remember hearing stories of US Postal trucks driving to his place to deliver all the mail.
The newest MyDoom variant has the author asking for a job...
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1158043
The arnus worm speaks to infected users.
I don't know if I should laugh or cry. I just know I'm getting calls in the next few days because someone's computer says "How are you...".
Has two products listed on the compliancy page. Caldera set to expire near the end of this week, and SCO Linux Server set to expire next month. I wonder if they'll try to get renewed.
Okay, that was one of the funniest comments I have seen on Slashdot in a long time
...that even in catastrophic failure (eg lawn dart)
I think the engineers behind this one deserver a few pats on the back. Even though the parachutes never deployed and this thing fell to the Earth, there's still usable samples inside. Just goes to show that this thing was better built than a lot of stuff we use.
The problem usually isn't the few folks who can reverse the serial number, its when that serial number gets posted to a few forms and hundreds of people that don't know anything about reversing it get a copy of it and now have the software for free. Of course, the original pirate could post instructions on how to remove the rm -rf portion of the code as well.
Depends... last I heard, sendmail was still (by far) the number one mail server on the internet. Now, if everyone else other than Microsoft went with a better, open standard and started flaggin email from Exchange as SPAM... that might put some pressure on MS to go with more open standards.
Okay, but for a product that really is this good, why is the newest news on their site dated March 2003? (There's an article in 04, but it has nothing to do with what they're releasing)
Its nice to see that we're finally getting the original 3 films on DVD... it does piss me off a bit that Lucas seems to do everything he can to ear a few more bucks... first we'll redo them and release them in to different VHS boxed sets. Wait a few years, now we'll do them on DVD. Wait a few years, now we'll release the HD versions.
Though I guess if consumers keep buying them, then you can't really blame Lucas too much.