Bingo. There's a system called CNRP which hopes to accomplish this, but it's got one huge obstacle to overcome -- someone has to build the gigantic directory and classify everything into thousands upon thousands of categories.
The reason land rushes "worked" is that it wasn't easy to stake off a huge amount of land. You had to be living on the land and using it -- you couldn't just declare "I own everything in the rectangle from San Diego to St. Louis."
If anyone could register these names, there would be a huge DoS attack on the registration servers on the first day, it would all be over in about an hour, and there would be no rhyme or reason on the net ("Gee, how do i get to CNN again? Oh yeah, it's fkenncsodrsdg.biz")
Watch out, "Microsoft Worm" looks awfully similar to the name of a popular word processing application... If you thought you could get in trouble with the feds for writing and releasing a worm, wait till you see what Microsoft's trademark attorneys will do to you.
Funny you should mention that.. in lieu of an old IBM keyboard, i use a Gateway Anykey. One of the ones that actually has a right Ctrl (the newer ones don't; they decided that a second windows button was more important than right ctrl) but not one of the really old ones, where you could just press Program Macro instead of Ctrl-Program Macro.
I appreciate that a lot of people have been replying by email and pointing me to places like this, but these are much later models. Note the function keys on top, ESC floating by itself in the corner, backslash up on top, two sets of arrow keys, caps lock on the left, and backtick far from fronttick.
If only the Happy Hacking people would take notice of how great the old layout was.. Maybe i should send them my XT keyboard.
I'd pay big bucks for an old IBM AT keyboard in good condition.. I still have my IBM PC XT's keyboard even though it unfortunately won't work with modern computers (though the very next generation IBM made, the aforementioned AT keyboard, is very similar and does work with modern machines)
You know these things:
good solid click when you type
the ` key next to the ' key
the \ key on the left, mirroring the / key
the * key near the., so it was easy to type stuff like "*.txt"
Ctrl on the left, Caps Lock way the fuck out of the way where you could never accidentally hit it
Esc next to 1
Function keys on the left
Only one set of arrow keys
A gigantic spacebar that goes all the way from Alt (which is where Left Ctrl is on modern keyboards) to Caps Lock (which is where Right Ctrl is nowadays)
Oh, that wonderful solid click when you type. I have to mention it again.
1. Tech support isn't Microsoft's problem, it's the OEM's problem. When was the last time you even heard of anyone calling Microsoft Tech Support? When my mom is having trouble connecting to MSNBC over MSN using Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Microsoft Windows, she calls Dell Tech Support and they have to deal with it.
2. Why would people think that everything on their computer was approved by Microsoft? Why shouldn't they think that everything was approved by the OEM? When you buy a car with an AIWA music system, you don't say, "Oh, gee, these must be AIWA tires, too."
The first step is to allow OEMs to replace the bootup screen, so that it conveys the impression of, "This is a Gateway computer running Windows" rather than "This is a Windows computer shipped by Gateway."
The apps like zonealarm may serve as replacements for applications INCLUDED with the OS. But who gives a shit? At that Microsoft has already got their money - they really could care less what app you use as long it foesnt fsck the system up and as long as its windows/dos compatible.
Oh, so Microsoft wasn't worried about Netscape, because it only served as a replacement for an application included with the OS?
Looks like slashcode.com uses the new version. I could be wrong, though it seems to have something called "Journals". Okay, i'm off to go check it out, before people read my comment and/. slashcode.com too.
You laugh, but you'd better believe Microsoft will be pointing to this story whenever one of their potential customers is considering Linux. "Look! Mexico tried it and it was a big failure. Stick with me, boys. Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft."
Assaf Henkin of eZula told me the only way to keep TopText links from marring our sites was to email all domain names we wanted blocked to support@ezula.com
Oh, okay. *clickity-clack*
#!/usr/bin/perl
$name = 'a';
while (1) {
system "echo Remove $name.com | mail support@ezula.com";
system "echo Remove $name.net | mail support@ezula.com";
system "echo Remove $name.org | mail support@ezula.com";
$name++;
}
There. That should take care of most of the Internet. People who use 0-9 or - in their domain names will have to take care of themselves, i guess.
Slashdot Mirror
Right, and our complaint is that the 'if you == criminal' clause has too many false positives.
Bingo. There's a system called CNRP which hopes to accomplish this, but it's got one huge obstacle to overcome -- someone has to build the gigantic directory and classify everything into thousands upon thousands of categories.
The reason land rushes "worked" is that it wasn't easy to stake off a huge amount of land. You had to be living on the land and using it -- you couldn't just declare "I own everything in the rectangle from San Diego to St. Louis."
If anyone could register these names, there would be a huge DoS attack on the registration servers on the first day, it would all be over in about an hour, and there would be no rhyme or reason on the net ("Gee, how do i get to CNN again? Oh yeah, it's fkenncsodrsdg.biz")
Looks like Brunching missed the ball on this one.
(I'm not a karma whore; i'm already at 50.)
P.S. I would have called it Send in the Clones
Nice theory, but Messrs. Merriam and Webster disagree.
or you could substitute iisreset/reboot with one iisreset/stop and one iisreset/start for less impact on the system
Um, if you stop the IIS server, how exactly are you going to send it a start command?
Watch out, "Microsoft Worm" looks awfully similar to the name of a popular word processing application... If you thought you could get in trouble with the feds for writing and releasing a worm, wait till you see what Microsoft's trademark attorneys will do to you.
Just put your box on the net and wait.
Oh, Windows Update is using Push technology now?
I've always wanted to be able to telnet into my Windows box. Where can i get this virus?
Funny you should mention that .. in lieu of an old IBM keyboard, i use a Gateway Anykey. One of the ones that actually has a right Ctrl (the newer ones don't; they decided that a second windows button was more important than right ctrl) but not one of the really old ones, where you could just press Program Macro instead of Ctrl-Program Macro.
Wait.. You think the lower left corner is great for Ctrl, since you can hold it down easily, but it's an awkward place for Meta?
I appreciate that a lot of people have been replying by email and pointing me to places like this, but these are much later models. Note the function keys on top, ESC floating by itself in the corner, backslash up on top, two sets of arrow keys, caps lock on the left, and backtick far from fronttick.
If only the Happy Hacking people would take notice of how great the old layout was.. Maybe i should send them my XT keyboard.
You know these things:
1. Tech support isn't Microsoft's problem, it's the OEM's problem. When was the last time you even heard of anyone calling Microsoft Tech Support? When my mom is having trouble connecting to MSNBC over MSN using Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Microsoft Windows, she calls Dell Tech Support and they have to deal with it.
2. Why would people think that everything on their computer was approved by Microsoft? Why shouldn't they think that everything was approved by the OEM? When you buy a car with an AIWA music system, you don't say, "Oh, gee, these must be AIWA tires, too."
The first step is to allow OEMs to replace the bootup screen, so that it conveys the impression of, "This is a Gateway computer running Windows" rather than "This is a Windows computer shipped by Gateway."
She read about it. How's that for detailed and useful knowledge of a topic you will be deciding on?
Hello, kettle.
The Independent Television Commission ... said that 411 calls had come in to support the program.
Okay, i'm not going to say people should be forbidden from expressing their opinions on such issues, but is this really the right avenue?
"Hello, Information."
"Hi, i've got a bone to pick with you. The recent witch hunt against pedophiles is going too far. If we don't get a grip on this hysteria, we're--"
"Sir, i really believe this goes beyond my training as a telephone operator."
The apps like zonealarm may serve as replacements for applications INCLUDED with the OS. But who gives a shit? At that Microsoft has already got their money - they really could care less what app you use as long it foesnt fsck the system up and as long as its windows/dos compatible.
Oh, so Microsoft wasn't worried about Netscape, because it only served as a replacement for an application included with the OS?
Looks like slashcode.com uses the new version. I could be wrong, though it seems to have something called "Journals". Okay, i'm off to go check it out, before people read my comment and /. slashcode.com too.
What exactly are "raw sockets" -- what's the alternative? Would Linux's TCP stack be considered a "raw socket" model?
You laugh, but you'd better believe Microsoft will be pointing to this story whenever one of their potential customers is considering Linux. "Look! Mexico tried it and it was a big failure. Stick with me, boys. Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft."
Buy a pizza for $500, get broadband access free
Let's not give Microsoft any ideas ("You can get any toppings you want, as long as one of them is an MSN CD")
>>I have yet to see any titles of these so-called protected CDs. Until I see a title, I don't believe any of it.
>Be careful you dont sail off the edge of the world either..
There's no such thing as "the edge of the world." I know this because i've never seen it.
10GB In A Linux PDA
Hmm, is that big enough for a complete Debian installation?
(including emacs)
Assaf Henkin of eZula told me the only way to keep TopText links from marring our sites was to email all domain names we wanted blocked to support@ezula.com
/usr/bin/perl
Oh, okay. *clickity-clack*
#!
$name = 'a';
while (1) {
system "echo Remove $name.com | mail support@ezula.com";
system "echo Remove $name.net | mail support@ezula.com";
system "echo Remove $name.org | mail support@ezula.com";
$name++;
}
There. That should take care of most of the Internet. People who use 0-9 or - in their domain names will have to take care of themselves, i guess.
TopText (which was called HOTText until the end of last week)
Actually, it looks like it's called Internet Text now.
Oops, while i was writing that, they changed its name to ContextPro.
I've heard of Internet Time, but this is ridiculous...