Last year the German CCC (Chaos Computer Club) also wanted to do something like this.
But they didn't want to write a browser plugin - their idea was just to start a new top level DNS server. People should just set the DNS server manually in their config, so they could access the new TLDs and domains.
The Chaos Computer Club is against the governmental control of the Internet & domain-grabbing of huge companies, so this was their alternative. Read about it here (German).
I haven't heard anything about it after that article though.
If there was only remote administration for my software problems, I wouldn't be that good in fixing problems myself. I learned lots from the mails and phone support lines of companies.
One example, happened just weeks ago:
I installed a Cygwin compiled version of the PsyBNC IRC bouncer. But it didn't work together with my Cygwin compiled eggdrop (btw Cygwin = run Linux programs on Windows). So I asked the developer if he could help me out. He told me to get the complete Cygwin suite (something like: run Linux command lines and programs inside Windows... like VMWare, but the other way round). I am a Linux nobody, so he told me what I could do to set up remote administration. I did, he tried to configure the bouncer via Telnet, didn't succeed. And I couldn't do anything further because he didn't tell me what he did.
To make a long story short: It's often essential that people show and teach You how things are done.
I understand Micro$oft adding remote administration to their next Windows so they can help their customers. Because these people just want it to work. Windows users just want their machines to work right, it seems to me as if most of them don't want to learn how they can get their things right themselves.
But maybe there are a *few* people out there that want to learn that stuff. Like me.:)
And btw... companies don't want their phone support to teach you the important things.
1) It costs time (= money) that shouldn't be wasted.
2) They may lose customers because those can fix their problems themselves.
3) They may have to pay even more money to fix improperly fixed problems.:]
But now that Micro$oft was successful with their Windows system, made much money (and thus supported American and World Economy) and brought home computing to all of us (your argument), they can't just go and say Linux was bad because it's open-source.
You're totally right (and yes, I do only have Windows on my PC), Micro$oft did a lot for me. But they can't just try to kill Linux now.
What about a new TLD.id for all id software games?
There are TLDs for countries like Liechtenstein (.li) or Luxemburg (.lu)... countries that are so small that they have, like, 10 servers using the TLDs... (no offense:)
But if we moved all sites about id software games to.id, ICANN would see we really needed it. =)
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But they didn't want to write a browser plugin - their idea was just to start a new top level DNS server. People should just set the DNS server manually in their config, so they could access the new TLDs and domains.
The Chaos Computer Club is against the governmental control of the Internet & domain-grabbing of huge companies, so this was their alternative. Read about it here (German).
I haven't heard anything about it after that article though.
One example, happened just weeks ago: I installed a Cygwin compiled version of the PsyBNC IRC bouncer. But it didn't work together with my Cygwin compiled eggdrop (btw Cygwin = run Linux programs on Windows). So I asked the developer if he could help me out. He told me to get the complete Cygwin suite (something like: run Linux command lines and programs inside Windows... like VMWare, but the other way round). I am a Linux nobody, so he told me what I could do to set up remote administration. I did, he tried to configure the bouncer via Telnet, didn't succeed. And I couldn't do anything further because he didn't tell me what he did.
To make a long story short: It's often essential that people show and teach You how things are done.
I understand Micro$oft adding remote administration to their next Windows so they can help their customers. Because these people just want it to work. Windows users just want their machines to work right, it seems to me as if most of them don't want to learn how they can get their things right themselves.
But maybe there are a *few* people out there that want to learn that stuff. Like me. :)
And btw... companies don't want their phone support to teach you the important things. :]
1) It costs time (= money) that shouldn't be wasted.
2) They may lose customers because those can fix their problems themselves.
3) They may have to pay even more money to fix improperly fixed problems.
You give the mail, it gives the spammer and reports to their ISP.
Easy to use - and I received fewer spam mails after I constantly used it.
You're right.
But now that Micro$oft was successful with their Windows system, made much money (and thus supported American and World Economy) and brought home computing to all of us (your argument), they can't just go and say Linux was bad because it's open-source.
You're totally right (and yes, I do only have Windows on my PC), Micro$oft did a lot for me. But they can't just try to kill Linux now.
... and I created a nice image against Micro$oft. Try this. Fight the closed source. Fight the ever-the-same OS.
What about a new TLD .id for all id software games? :) .id, ICANN would see we really needed it. =)
There are TLDs for countries like Liechtenstein (.li) or Luxemburg (.lu)...
countries that are so small that they have, like, 10 servers using the TLDs... (no offense
But if we moved all sites about id software games to