apparently, Slashdot is going to have larger ads for non-subscribers. That means we'll have to pay to get rid of those ads. What's funny is that they never said anything about it. This is the same site that tells us "Information wants to be free"
Just like many others they had no choice but to bow to political pressure. They felt the heat and didn't want to be sued yet again.
This is were Open Source software has it's advantages, we're a community, we come from every part of the world and they sure as hell can't censor us. If we want a dictionnary with offensive words in it, we'll have one.
We've got 200 employees. We sometimes get calls because of Windows crashing, I'd say it's in the average of 3/week. But most of the time, their's a good reason for the crash (HD dying, power supply dying, removal of system files, etc.) Also, sometimes people tend to think that the HD rack is actually a CD Drive and they try to open it:)
What do you want me to say? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
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local security is even more important if you're in a corporate environment.
Goes to show that I'm always right:) no OS is perfectly secure and they'll never be perfectly secure either. I said it once and I'll say it again, although patching is good and all; we should also hunt the evil-doers and put an end to their miserable lives.
Are you using WMP8? Hope you're not encoding your MP3 files at 96k. They've got a few MP3 creation packs that won't require DRM. Apparently some people want lame as a GPL'd MP3 encoder because it's free so I won't be surprised if it was added to the list.
I cracked the thing the first time I used it. I don't know about other versions but with Windows Media Player 8, the first time you start copying a CD to WMA it'll ask you if you want to use the Digital Rights Management and explains what the whole thing is. I simply answered NO.
well, the bank I deal with gets robbed from time to time. Shall I remove all my money from there and put them in my home? A few months ago, a thief took my laptop, should I stop trusting myself? WTC was attacked by terrorists, should I remove the money I invested in US companies?
Good thing you mention AOL hacks, it's weird that we never hear about their security problems in the news. We keep hearing about MS while all other companies are left alone.
Apartment renting:...
Yes but we have those who don't have enough money to buy a house.
Car Leasing:...
Well here in Montreal, with the badly maintained roads and all the snow, it's usually better to rent a car
Software renting:...
I agree but many companies will find renting software to be the best option. I also think that MS will provide them with the choice of renting or buying. Look at EA, they're using this concept successfully.
It seems to me that the best thing to do is make a *decentralized* version of Passport. Then get it adopted by the IETF or W3C. When I mean decentralized I mean that I could run a daemon on *my own computer* that responds to passport-like queries. Or, if my computer is not always on the Internet, I could choose who my provider should be. This could be my ISP, or my bank. It would be my choice.
I have news for you, that's exactly what they're in the process of doing but you know how people like to complain about everything.
Sun is working on a competing service to. So those who don't like Passport can always use Sun's authentication and while I don't like Sun, I don't think this will hurt. Who's stopping websites from offering the user to login via Passport, via Sun's service or even via the website's own registration process?
What if Bush decided to become a criminal tomorrow and press the big red button? Who's stopping him? Who?
As Stephen King might put it. Their's a thin line between sanety and insanety.
If I happen to like reading books on terrorism, I shouldn't be forced to strip searches when I get on an airplane, unless I agree voluntarily based on some form of compensation
You'll be searched while honest people will be waiting in line for hours. That's one of the reasons I rarely take a plane, I hate waiting. The other reason is that they always welcome you back with a fine because you bought too many gifts.
OTOH, if the airline wants to put 3 extra armed air marshalls on the flight whenever I fly, I have no problem with that.
You do realise that the ticket will cost you more, don't you?
well, AOL is even more vulnerable to security breaches but I don't see anyone complaining or warning the users. They have a dominant position in the internet and they're even more evil than MS, yet no one talks about their security.
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Seems to me like you people never actually used Windows after the 95/NT versions.
First, and if the user so chooses, Windows automatically downloads the upgrades without user intervention. No need for a shell script or anything.
Second, yes you can, if you have a Windows Server you can push the updates to all the machines on the network that are running Windows.
heuh? They were using UNIX Servers.
and I almost thought we were in April because of your subject. Beware of what you post dude.
oh yes you're right, they were pretty effective in marketing their OS/2 and DB2 products so they must be qualified to market Linux.
hey, I don't like dealing with people much. Besides, I don't wanna spend most of my time doing support and consultancy.
Profit should be made with support and consultancy
As a developper I suck at support and consultancy. How am I supposed to get money then?
apparently, Slashdot is going to have larger ads for non-subscribers. That means we'll have to pay to get rid of those ads. What's funny is that they never said anything about it. This is the same site that tells us "Information wants to be free"
Just like many others they had no choice but to bow to political pressure. They felt the heat and didn't want to be sued yet again.
This is were Open Source software has it's advantages, we're a community, we come from every part of the world and they sure as hell can't censor us. If we want a dictionnary with offensive words in it, we'll have one.
just go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Yes MS will be keeping them for a long time. Win95's windowsupdate is still working fine.
but the guy didn't tell him about the pictures Slide Show feature. I bet it would be very handy for his huge porn collection.
Sure did get some negative press from AOL/Time Warner.
Just installed it today and it's pretty good actually. Their's no doubt that it's extremely easy to use and for a lazy guy like me, that's damn good.
We've got 200 employees. We sometimes get calls because of Windows crashing, I'd say it's in the average of 3/week. But most of the time, their's a good reason for the crash (HD dying, power supply dying, removal of system files, etc.) Also, sometimes people tend to think that the HD rack is actually a CD Drive and they try to open it :)
True, I am the only tech support person where I work. I support 180 users. 170 Windows boxes, 8 Macs and 2 Linux boxes.
I don't get it, I thought Slashdot was against censorship but I guess when it's MS, it's another story.
You might find this site helpfull. Take a look at : http://members.aol.com/erichuf/Linux.html
What do you want me to say? Live by the sword, die by the sword.
local security is even more important if you're in a corporate environment.
:) no OS is perfectly secure and they'll never be perfectly secure either. I said it once and I'll say it again, although patching is good and all; we should also hunt the evil-doers and put an end to their miserable lives.
Goes to show that I'm always right
Are you using WMP8? Hope you're not encoding your MP3 files at 96k. They've got a few MP3 creation packs that won't require DRM. Apparently some people want lame as a GPL'd MP3 encoder because it's free so I won't be surprised if it was added to the list.
This is MS, when is the last time you saw them sue someone? they very rarely sue.
So don't go putting ideas in their head.
I cracked the thing the first time I used it. I don't know about other versions but with Windows Media Player 8, the first time you start copying a CD to WMA it'll ask you if you want to use the Digital Rights Management and explains what the whole thing is. I simply answered NO.
Sometimes you people are too complicated.
well, the bank I deal with gets robbed from time to time. Shall I remove all my money from there and put them in my home? A few months ago, a thief took my laptop, should I stop trusting myself? WTC was attacked by terrorists, should I remove the money I invested in US companies?
Good thing you mention AOL hacks, it's weird that we never hear about their security problems in the news. We keep hearing about MS while all other companies are left alone.
Apartment renting: ...
...
Yes but we have those who don't have enough money to buy a house.
Car Leasing:
Well here in Montreal, with the badly maintained roads and all the snow, it's usually better to rent a car
Software renting:...
I agree but many companies will find renting software to be the best option. I also think that MS will provide them with the choice of renting or buying. Look at EA, they're using this concept successfully.
It seems to me that the best thing to do is make a *decentralized* version of Passport. Then get it adopted by the IETF or W3C. When I mean decentralized I mean that I could run a daemon on *my own computer* that responds to passport-like queries. Or, if my computer is not always on the Internet, I could choose who my provider should be. This could be my ISP, or my bank. It would be my choice.
I have news for you, that's exactly what they're in the process of doing but you know how people like to complain about everything.
Sun is working on a competing service to. So those who don't like Passport can always use Sun's authentication and while I don't like Sun, I don't think this will hurt. Who's stopping websites from offering the user to login via Passport, via Sun's service or even via the website's own registration process?
What if Bush decided to become a criminal tomorrow and press the big red button? Who's stopping him? Who?
As Stephen King might put it. Their's a thin line between sanety and insanety.
If I happen to like reading books on terrorism, I shouldn't be forced to strip searches when I get on an airplane, unless I agree voluntarily based on some form of compensation
You'll be searched while honest people will be waiting in line for hours. That's one of the reasons I rarely take a plane, I hate waiting. The other reason is that they always welcome you back with a fine because you bought too many gifts.
OTOH, if the airline wants to put 3 extra armed air marshalls on the flight whenever I fly, I have no problem with that.
You do realise that the ticket will cost you more, don't you?
well, AOL is even more vulnerable to security breaches but I don't see anyone complaining or warning the users. They have a dominant position in the internet and they're even more evil than MS, yet no one talks about their security.