When a teacher foist garbage unto a child, it is the parent's responsibility to tell the kid the teacher is full of shit, and why. Of course, that requires regular checks on WHAT the teacher is saying, leafing through the textbooks etc. Lazy parents -> screwed-up children.
Although AMD has published a list with many details on the Athlon-64 support, there are few software publishers who plan over the medium term to offer applications for true 64-bit operation.
In video the Divx encoder for MPEG-4 will be available shortly in a final version for 64-bit. Game producers in general are also hesitant: although according to AMD, producers like Epic, Valve, Crytek and SCI offer games based on 64-bit code. Companies such as ID Software, who are responsible for titles like Quake3 and Unreal Tournament 2003, are not ready to jump onto the 64-bit bandwagon.
In what timeframe Microsoft will be able to bundle its final version of Windows XP 64 with systems is currently unknown. However, we can assume that an operating system will be ready before summer 2004. The pre-alpha version of Windows XP 64 that we use came with only a few drivers integrated."
Exactly. That's why it's a cheat. Of course, since we don't live inside a 50's Hollywood movie, cheaterssometimeswin. Hence my enthusiasm for Linux doing it.
But one goal of linux is to become the predominant desktop/laptop OS.
The last paragraph of the IBM article says the following (emphasis mine):
It is possible that a more aggressive approach could be taken by modifying the "action field" in the/etc/inittab file to be "once" rather than "wait". This could allow the user to log in even before the services have finished executing. However, this is beyond the scope of this article.
Can you say "Windows login cheat, here we come!" ?
The Internet = Penelope Verisign = Hooded Claw ISC = Ant Hill Mob
Clyde = SOA (of course)
Dum Dum = CNAME
Pockets = NS
Snoozy = PTR
Softy = ANY
Yak Yak = MX
Zippy = A
The badges we use at work are like that - proximity smart cards (ASP by Motorola). There could very well be readers integrated in each PC (maybe in the keyboard) so all one would have to do is wave the badge at the PC, maybe type in some master passphrase and you're in.
No good for the terrorists. People would assume a non-deliberate failure happened. They want to scream out loud "WE BROUGHT IT DOWN".
I can imagine ways they could unequivocally claim "merit" for such action, but it would be cumbersome and I'm not going to become an unpaid terrorist think-tank. Let the bastards figure out the logistics themselves.
And by the way, I'd suggest "look forward to his $AFTERLIFE_REWARD that $DEITY will be handing over in a few minutes" for religion neutrality.
Like his messianic tone, like he's on a crusade against the evil GPL from the Devil or something. I wouldn't dismiss the notion that he believes God loves Intellectual Property and hates the GPL.
So since, SCO's from Utah why not substitute "mormons" for "open source": you're not born a mormon, you either become one by choice or are indoctrinated into the community by your parents just as parents indoctrinate their open source ideology onto their children.
By the way, McBride himself is a mormon, which explains a hell of a lot of things.
Disclaimer: PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!
Doesn't IBM require employees to waive rights to any technological creation they make, even if outside IBM and on their own time and equipment? OK, not really a privacy violation but a putdown nonetheless.
Zoroaster and Zarathustra are alternative spellings of the name of the same person -- a Persian philosopher who founded the religion known as Zoroastrianism. Quote from that link:
"The Persian religion was founded by a legendary sage named Zarathustra, who had taught that there was a supreme god, the wise lord Ahuramazda, who was opposed by the forces of evil, which were under command of Angra Mainyu. (Since only Ahuramazda was to be venerated, the exiled Jews in Babylonia considered Cyrus a monotheist like themselves.) All other gods were regarded as mere good spirits or demons. The most remarkable aspects of this religion were the radical dualism and the presence of an ethical message: no other pagan religion had postulated a dichotomy between good and evil, light and dark, truth and lies."
If I'm not mistaken car maker Mazda is named after that religions's god.
But only in the early 80's. Since the quality and durability of pavement here in Brazil is approximately the same as chicken crap, streets get paved and repaved every decade or so. They're long gone.
That's why my idea is OOo having an equivalent (but not compatible) feature before it even exists in MS Office. No need to reverse engineer.
A MSO -> OOo migration strategy in this context would mean having to export MS Office documents under a username who has permission to copy the data. At the very least the creator should be able to un-protect his own file. PITA but not impossible.
Have a nice little TCP server that authenticates a user through a SSL connection, accepts an encrypted document, see if user has permissions, and if so, decrypt data with the creator's private key and spit it back to the client OOo program, which will display it in the document window. I don't think it would be really hard to code.
Selected quote: "The two men will not eat during their mission, and they are hoping they will not have to go to the toilet either. A special fibre-free diet will begin three days before the trip in the hope that waste will be kept to a minimum."
There are 92,579,843,275 ways those rules can be circumvented. A strategically located, unknown accomplice (maybe Darl's old pal Bob from High School who now has a Ford dealership in Idaho) can work miracles. Maybe Darl's stock can't be sold, but the SEC hasn't anything against Bob's.
Until they find about Bob's relationship to Darl, of course.
I hope that is the case. A formal denial from HP, though, would make me feel better. If SCO is for some reason trying to sabotage goodwill towards HP, I'd expect such an announcement Real Soon Now.
Article: Maybe HP just wants to avoid Microsoft/BSA-style hassles
Me: Maybe I just think Epson printers are better.
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When a teacher foist garbage unto a child, it is the parent's responsibility to tell the kid the teacher is full of shit, and why. Of course, that requires regular checks on WHAT the teacher is saying, leafing through the textbooks etc. Lazy parents -> screwed-up children.
The $10 I was going to send here have turned into $20. Thank you and keep trolling!
Brazil is nicer. And the gubmint here is as pro-Free Software as it gets.
Midway through the article we see this. What's this, chopped liver?
"Not yet available: software for 64 bits
Although AMD has published a list with many details on the Athlon-64 support, there are few software publishers who plan over the medium term to offer applications for true 64-bit operation.
In video the Divx encoder for MPEG-4 will be available shortly in a final version for 64-bit. Game producers in general are also hesitant: although according to AMD, producers like Epic, Valve, Crytek and SCI offer games based on 64-bit code. Companies such as ID Software, who are responsible for titles like Quake3 and Unreal Tournament 2003, are not ready to jump onto the 64-bit bandwagon.
In what timeframe Microsoft will be able to bundle its final version of Windows XP 64 with systems is currently unknown. However, we can assume that an operating system will be ready before summer 2004. The pre-alpha version of Windows XP 64 that we use came with only a few drivers integrated."
Exactly. That's why it's a cheat. Of course, since we don't live inside a 50's Hollywood movie, cheaters sometimes win. Hence my enthusiasm for Linux doing it.
But one goal of linux is to become the predominant desktop/laptop OS.
/etc/inittab file to be "once" rather than "wait". This could allow the user to log in even before the services have finished executing. However, this is beyond the scope of this article.
The last paragraph of the IBM article says the following (emphasis mine):
It is possible that a more aggressive approach could be taken by modifying the "action field" in the
Can you say "Windows login cheat, here we come!" ?
The Internet = Penelope
Verisign = Hooded Claw
ISC = Ant Hill Mob
Clyde = SOA (of course)
Dum Dum = CNAME
Pockets = NS
Snoozy = PTR
Softy = ANY
Yak Yak = MX
Zippy = A
nuff said.
The badges we use at work are like that - proximity smart cards (ASP by Motorola). There could very well be readers integrated in each PC (maybe in the keyboard) so all one would have to do is wave the badge at the PC, maybe type in some master passphrase and you're in.
No good for the terrorists. People would assume a non-deliberate failure happened. They want to scream out loud "WE BROUGHT IT DOWN".
I can imagine ways they could unequivocally claim "merit" for such action, but it would be cumbersome and I'm not going to become an unpaid terrorist think-tank. Let the bastards figure out the logistics themselves.
And by the way, I'd suggest "look forward to his $AFTERLIFE_REWARD that $DEITY will be handing over in a few minutes" for religion neutrality.
Which makes this remark all the more silly:
Does that mean the last 30 years of space flight have been for naught?
Come on. Satellites. Voyager. Hubble.
The M.C. Escher like Windows is the brand of the Windows Operating System.
I know you're probably thinking of those "fish-become-swans" lithographies, but COME ON! That's like comparing Eminem to Beethoven.
Like his messianic tone, like he's on a crusade against the evil GPL from the Devil or something. I wouldn't dismiss the notion that he believes God loves Intellectual Property and hates the GPL.
So since, SCO's from Utah why not substitute "mormons" for "open source": you're not born a mormon, you either become one by choice or are indoctrinated into the community by your parents just as parents indoctrinate their open source ideology onto their children.
By the way, McBride himself is a mormon, which explains a hell of a lot of things.
No, at least not where I work. Only works created in company time or equipment are theirs.
Then again, my company, although somewhat large, isn't a multinational behemoth.
Disclaimer: PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!
Doesn't IBM require employees to waive rights to any technological creation they make, even if outside IBM and on their own time and equipment? OK, not really a privacy violation but a putdown nonetheless.
No! All these world are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there!
Zoroaster and Zarathustra are alternative spellings of the name of the same person -- a Persian philosopher who founded the religion known as Zoroastrianism. Quote from that link:
. htm.
"The Persian religion was founded by a legendary sage named Zarathustra, who had taught that there was a supreme god, the wise lord Ahuramazda, who was opposed by the forces of evil, which were under command of Angra Mainyu. (Since only Ahuramazda was to be venerated, the exiled Jews in Babylonia considered Cyrus a monotheist like themselves.) All other gods were regarded as mere good spirits or demons. The most remarkable aspects of this religion were the radical dualism and the presence of an ethical message: no other pagan religion had postulated a dichotomy between good and evil, light and dark, truth and lies."
If I'm not mistaken car maker Mazda is named after that religions's god.
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But only in the early 80's. Since the quality and durability of pavement here in Brazil is approximately the same as chicken crap, streets get paved and repaved every decade or so. They're long gone.
That's why my idea is OOo having an equivalent (but not compatible) feature before it even exists in MS Office. No need to reverse engineer.
A MSO -> OOo migration strategy in this context would mean having to export MS Office documents under a username who has permission to copy the data. At the very least the creator should be able to un-protect his own file. PITA but not impossible.
Have a nice little TCP server that authenticates a user through a SSL connection, accepts an encrypted document, see if user has permissions, and if so, decrypt data with the creator's private key and spit it back to the client OOo program, which will display it in the document window. I don't think it would be really hard to code.
OOo people, do you copy me? (pun intended)
See here.
Selected quote:
"The two men will not eat during their mission, and they are hoping they will not have to go to the toilet either. A special fibre-free diet will begin three days before the trip in the hope that waste will be kept to a minimum."
All I can say is -- Holy crap!
There are 92,579,843,275 ways those rules can be circumvented. A strategically located, unknown accomplice (maybe Darl's old pal Bob from High School who now has a Ford dealership in Idaho) can work miracles. Maybe Darl's stock can't be sold, but the SEC hasn't anything against Bob's.
Until they find about Bob's relationship to Darl, of course.
I hope that is the case. A formal denial from HP, though, would make me feel better. If SCO is for some reason trying to sabotage goodwill towards HP, I'd expect such an announcement Real Soon Now.
Article: Maybe HP just wants to avoid Microsoft/BSA-style hassles
Me: Maybe I just think Epson printers are better.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of three CDRoms sent via snail mail.
Yes, but the ping times suck.