If all else melts down, I still have a boxed distro of Caldera Open Linux, and a Publisher's Edition. They sold it (I assume with a license to use it) and they shouldn't be able to litigate for using it as long as I follow it's EULA's. (Following it's EULA could provide some opertunities. I'm going to have to re-read it!)
I didn't see an expiration date on the box so I don't think one can be added after the retail sale. It's time to make one of them my Home Network SMB server and the other my Internet & Open Office machine.
Just because Caldera is bought out doesn't mean the original end user rights to use Caldera software are terminated. They released it. I bought it. I can use it. I didn't see an expiration date. IBM, HP, Red Hat, Suse, etc., may have more of a legal challange.
My living room DVD player does play MP3's, and doesn't run Windows or play WMA DRM files. My portable Panasonic CD/MP3 jogger does not play WMA DRM files. My in-dash stereo does not play WMA DRM files.
The industry is still stuck on pushing a new standard that is incompatible with everything except a few select portable players and a Windows PC. Too bad they are not listening to their consumers. That's another music service I can't use. It's full price for much reduced functionality. I don't do the in-car CD shuffle. That's why I RIP, MIX, BURN MP3 CD's. Incompatible formats are not supported. (or purchased)
Get a clue. How about some high quality unencumbered music files. Evan and Dasani can sell water in bottles even though most people have water plumbed into their houses.
You can sell quality music tracks even though most people have lower quality free radio directly broadcast into their homes.
What most people do not want is high priced limited use DRM files.
If MS really cracks down on piracy, then you'll be right, but for now..
Actualy, been too close to exactly this. It's the part of the EULA that permits them to request an audit. Follow that with the Portland Oregon Public schools being requested for this audit. I know, there was lots of egg on face from the bad publicity, but do you think smaller businesses have a chance? I'd rather not find out.
I disagree with any EULA that permits an envasion of my home or business. I simply do not have the resources to comply. I'm not willing to work for free for the BSA. Leaving this big hole in your company business plan is bad risky business. I'm not quite MS free, but I'm working on it.
Unreal doesn't use port 25. It would also be based on usage patterns. It's kind of like where indoor grow operations are sometimes caught by unusual power consumption for a normal suburban house and it's prior history. A unusual pattern gets noticed and shut down.
majority of desktop users don't know what an OS is When Linux machines are sold in places other than just Walmart (retail stores) and people can come in and play with them and discover multiple desktops, multiple users, network firewalls (IP chains, not XP killing all local network file and print sharing), and the biggest badest collection of included games and applications for 1/2 the money, then they will gain attention.
I mean, how many MS users bought an apple I-Pod? How did they percieve it was the best portable music player? Linux needs the killer apps to get it noticed.
If I didn't have to use the browser that has crashed or is about to at work, I'd be using something else.
MS working very hard to make the desktop software robust is late to market. That and high prices has been the best driving force to put Linux on the desktop. They are working very hard to make it robust and have less BSOD's, but they are nor fixing the high cost.
Cost and reliability may be killer app Linux has as soon as popular stablel software is percieved to be easy to buy off the shelf, install, and use.
Quickbooks, TurboTax, Quicken, Electronic Arts, Sierra, etc. Are you listening?
More desks needing apps. The biggest thing keeping Redmond on the desktop is off the shelf software selecton. When the Linus Apps section gets bigger at Best Buy then the Apple section, then MS will be really worried.
MS would prefer nobody uses a non-MS desktop (server also, but that is a big battlezone now).
You'd have to combine it with a whitelist to let Yahoo and Hotmail and so on through, but you'd still kill a lot of spam.
No I wouldn't! I don't have any family members using it. Killing that and letting everyone know why is great. My dad is no longer on MSN. He received too much SPAM on a new account. It's easy to convince these people to get a real ISP if they want to use e-mail.
I know if I overload my kitchen electrical by trying to brew coffee, make a waffle, fry eggs in an electric frypan and heat a toaster bagel, I know the circuit breaker is going to pop.
Simple question, why can't they make routers that drop off if maxed out for a few minutes? Most everything else that gets overloaded will shut down. Even my car if overloaded too long will overheat. (towing a yacht over the mountain and hold freeway speeds will do it)
A router that learns usage patterns for port 80, 110, 25, etc could go a long way to protect the connection.
I have taken a hard stance against any direct marketing of any kind. I let telemarketers know that I never respond to cold calls due to fraud risk. I let them know to advertise in the directory and on Their website where I can find their product when I'm in the market for it. Repeat calls puts them on my bad businesses list.
Making this clear seems to clear up much of the telemarketers calls.
Now if there were any way to get the message out to the spammers.....They could pare down their list to just those who care.
Is it possible we shouldn't say that it is downloaders that is killing CD sales?
Actualy for me it's the pig in a poke bit. If I buy this CD, will not work due to a DRM issue. Do I have to agree to a draconian EULA and incur the wrath of the DMCA for buying and using it? Know how many CD's I put back down on the shelf because I could not find the Compact Disk logo to assure me it was ok to buy, rip, mix & burn? My car, living room DVD, and portable play MP3 CD's. Incompatible stuff is not purchased. Opened stuff is not returnable. Translation; Non-Returnable Expensive Pig in a poke which I don't buy.
Most legal downloads are also incompatible with rip, mix, burn to MP3 CD's. Attempting to do so is usualy in violation of the DMCA and hence are useless.
I mostly use my collection (LP's, Compact Cassettes, and CD's, all ripped for preservation.
Why not just use that free 100,000 emails to deliver spam instead.
It's simple. It's work to find open relays. Sending only 2 mails per server doesn't get very far for the bulk they try to send. It makes more sense to find an open relay and pour as much through it as it will handle. If they don't test, they pour hundreds of thousands of e-mails down the drain and don't know they wern't delivered. If they do test, then they only emailed themselves and maybe sent one UCE. The one they sent themselves was solicited, so it's not UCE;-).
If the contractor wants an accurate record to compare with the company billing/pay info, it's a simple task to connect a handheld GPS to a laptop computer and record the route for later playback. Several programs are able to do that off the shelf. Rand-McNally Streets and Trips and Delorme Co-Pilot come to mind. If a route plowed doesn't show up on your pay, you can replay the route including time, speed, elevation, number of satelites received and their signal strength. In short you have a permanent record of your trip updated each second. You can tell to the second how long you were waiting at the gravel yard waiting for a load of sand before heading out, etc.
I guess the real complaint is they can't bill a 10 hour job that only took 6.
Anyone who has been in the US military in either the Nuke or Cryptology program is familiar with the drill. They also have the best shots at openings as much of the background investigation is already done.
I know, been there, done that. It's where I got my electronics background.
I think an aircraft type yoke would be an easy to learn interface. To go forward, push the yoke forward. To turn while stopped or moving, rotate the yoke like a steering wheel (simple learning curve here). To go sideways, stop going forward and tilt the entire yoke the desired direction of travel. A pedal could be used to switch from highway driving mode to stair climbing mode (great for getting unstuck in downtown gridlocks near a public park;-). A curb and pedestrian path would be no problem except for narrow skybridges, stairwells and the bike cop..
Call SCO! They'll appreciate all the time spent on their 800 number talking to their staff! 1-800-726-8649
I like the idea. Thanks! I actualy have a good reason to call them. I have a retail boxed distribution of Caldera Linux. I need to call them to see if I can run it, and if not, where to return it for a full refund.;-) It could be a fun call. I also have a Publishers Edition of Caldera in the back of one of my Linux manuals. I hope it's ok to run stuff they sold.
It's one of those things where you tell your young age by asking! It's usualy asked by those who know CD's always existed. A LP is an antique, and they also never saw an 8 track tape.
They also don't remember going over to the neighbors house to watch commercials on their TV because the commercials were in color! We could not afford a color set for many years. Few people could.
I know this because I remember 8 track tape replacing the troublesome 4 track cartriges which is more reliable because it didn't have the big hole in the bottom of the cartridge for the pinch roller to go into.
Who wants to buy a $500.00 tuner to connect to a $115.00 NTSC TV? Ain't gonna happen. The old TV won't get ditched till it breaks. In the meantime, it'll be the display for the PS/2, Game Cube, VHS, DVD, etc...
Tuner cards for the PC will be higher resolution and cheaper for the budget concious. Later, a HDTV television or monitor may appear to replace the computer as the primary display.
In car NAV systems, and entertainment systems come to mind. Keyboard and mouse are useless in a car. The in dash maps in many cars simply don't show enough surrounding area much of the time. A larger touch screen map would be very useful in many cases. Tie it into a back-up camera and a fog penetrating IR scanning camera, this would be useful for a lot more than just an entertainment center.
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Fortunately, It's in my home environment. Most of my family wouldn't know how to exploit it.
I will keep my router/firewall up to date however.
If all else melts down, I still have a boxed distro of Caldera Open Linux, and a Publisher's Edition. They sold it (I assume with a license to use it) and they shouldn't be able to litigate for using it as long as I follow it's EULA's. (Following it's EULA could provide some opertunities. I'm going to have to re-read it!)
I didn't see an expiration date on the box so I don't think one can be added after the retail sale. It's time to make one of them my Home Network SMB server and the other my Internet & Open Office machine.
Just because Caldera is bought out doesn't mean the original end user rights to use Caldera software are terminated. They released it. I bought it. I can use it. I didn't see an expiration date. IBM, HP, Red Hat, Suse, etc., may have more of a legal challange.
I'm stuck using Windows at work. I saw the "other OS" and thought "Great, I can finaly run it on Linux!" Sadly I found it wasn't for the "other" OS.
My living room DVD player does play MP3's, and doesn't run Windows or play WMA DRM files. My portable Panasonic CD/MP3 jogger does not play WMA DRM files. My in-dash stereo does not play WMA DRM files.
The industry is still stuck on pushing a new standard that is incompatible with everything except a few select portable players and a Windows PC. Too bad they are not listening to their consumers. That's another music service I can't use. It's full price for much reduced functionality. I don't do the in-car CD shuffle. That's why I RIP, MIX, BURN MP3 CD's. Incompatible formats are not supported. (or purchased)
Get a clue. How about some high quality unencumbered music files. Evan and Dasani can sell water in bottles even though most people have water plumbed into their houses.
You can sell quality music tracks even though most people have lower quality free radio directly broadcast into their homes.
What most people do not want is high priced limited use DRM files.
If MS really cracks down on piracy, then you'll be right, but for now..
Actualy, been too close to exactly this. It's the part of the EULA that permits them to request an audit. Follow that with the Portland Oregon Public schools being requested for this audit. I know, there was lots of egg on face from the bad publicity, but do you think smaller businesses have a chance? I'd rather not find out.
I disagree with any EULA that permits an envasion of my home or business. I simply do not have the resources to comply. I'm not willing to work for free for the BSA. Leaving this big hole in your company business plan is bad risky business. I'm not quite MS free, but I'm working on it.
Unreal doesn't use port 25. It would also be based on usage patterns. It's kind of like where indoor grow operations are sometimes caught by unusual power consumption for a normal suburban house and it's prior history. A unusual pattern gets noticed and shut down.
majority of desktop users don't know what an OS is
When Linux machines are sold in places other than just Walmart (retail stores) and people can come in and play with them and discover multiple desktops, multiple users, network firewalls (IP chains, not XP killing all local network file and print sharing), and the biggest badest collection of included games and applications for 1/2 the money, then they will gain attention.
I mean, how many MS users bought an apple I-Pod? How did they percieve it was the best portable music player? Linux needs the killer apps to get it noticed.
If I didn't have to use the browser that has crashed or is about to at work, I'd be using something else.
MS working very hard to make the desktop software robust is late to market. That and high prices has been the best driving force to put Linux on the desktop. They are working very hard to make it robust and have less BSOD's, but they are nor fixing the high cost.
Cost and reliability may be killer app Linux has as soon as popular stablel software is percieved to be easy to buy off the shelf, install, and use.
Quickbooks, TurboTax, Quicken, Electronic Arts, Sierra, etc. Are you listening?
More desks needing apps. The biggest thing keeping Redmond on the desktop is off the shelf software selecton. When the Linus Apps section gets bigger at Best Buy then the Apple section, then MS will be really worried.
MS would prefer nobody uses a non-MS desktop (server also, but that is a big battlezone now).
You'd have to combine it with a whitelist to let Yahoo and Hotmail and so on through, but you'd still kill a lot of spam.
No I wouldn't! I don't have any family members using it. Killing that and letting everyone know why is great. My dad is no longer on MSN. He received too much SPAM on a new account. It's easy to convince these people to get a real ISP if they want to use e-mail.
I know if I overload my kitchen electrical by trying to brew coffee, make a waffle, fry eggs in an electric frypan and heat a toaster bagel, I know the circuit breaker is going to pop.
Simple question, why can't they make routers that drop off if maxed out for a few minutes? Most everything else that gets overloaded will shut down. Even my car if overloaded too long will overheat. (towing a yacht over the mountain and hold freeway speeds will do it)
A router that learns usage patterns for port 80, 110, 25, etc could go a long way to protect the connection.
I have taken a hard stance against any direct marketing of any kind. I let telemarketers know that I never respond to cold calls due to fraud risk. I let them know to advertise in the directory and on Their website where I can find their product when I'm in the market for it. Repeat calls puts them on my bad businesses list.
Making this clear seems to clear up much of the telemarketers calls.
Now if there were any way to get the message out to the spammers.....They could pare down their list to just those who care.
OK. I guess that is why they are called errographers. I think Redomnd is trying for the title.
Actualy I see a storm brewing from the Redmond area. It could be a big one.
Is it possible we shouldn't say that it is downloaders that is killing CD sales?
Actualy for me it's the pig in a poke bit. If I buy this CD, will not work due to a DRM issue. Do I have to agree to a draconian EULA and incur the wrath of the DMCA for buying and using it? Know how many CD's I put back down on the shelf because I could not find the Compact Disk logo to assure me it was ok to buy, rip, mix & burn? My car, living room DVD, and portable play MP3 CD's. Incompatible stuff is not purchased. Opened stuff is not returnable. Translation; Non-Returnable Expensive Pig in a poke which I don't buy.
Most legal downloads are also incompatible with rip, mix, burn to MP3 CD's. Attempting to do so is usualy in violation of the DMCA and hence are useless.
I mostly use my collection (LP's, Compact Cassettes, and CD's, all ripped for preservation.
I love CDEX!
Why not just use that free 100,000 emails to deliver spam instead.
;-).
It's simple. It's work to find open relays. Sending only 2 mails per server doesn't get very far for the bulk they try to send. It makes more sense to find an open relay and pour as much through it as it will handle. If they don't test, they pour hundreds of thousands of e-mails down the drain and don't know they wern't delivered. If they do test, then they only emailed themselves and maybe sent one UCE. The one they sent themselves was solicited, so it's not UCE
"Huh-NEEEEEEE... Why didn't you answer the phone when I called? What were you doing?"
I tell her I forgot to turn it back on and remind her how the drunk kept calling the wrong number last night.
If the contractor wants an accurate record to compare with the company billing/pay info, it's a simple task to connect a handheld GPS to a laptop computer and record the route for later playback. Several programs are able to do that off the shelf. Rand-McNally Streets and Trips and Delorme Co-Pilot come to mind. If a route plowed doesn't show up on your pay, you can replay the route including time, speed, elevation, number of satelites received and their signal strength. In short you have a permanent record of your trip updated each second. You can tell to the second how long you were waiting at the gravel yard waiting for a load of sand before heading out, etc.
I guess the real complaint is they can't bill a 10 hour job that only took 6.
Anyone who has been in the US military in either the Nuke or Cryptology program is familiar with the drill. They also have the best shots at openings as much of the background investigation is already done.
I know, been there, done that. It's where I got my electronics background.
I think an aircraft type yoke would be an easy to learn interface. To go forward, push the yoke forward. To turn while stopped or moving, rotate the yoke like a steering wheel (simple learning curve here). To go sideways, stop going forward and tilt the entire yoke the desired direction of travel. A pedal could be used to switch from highway driving mode to stair climbing mode (great for getting unstuck in downtown gridlocks near a public park ;-). A curb and pedestrian path would be no problem except for narrow skybridges, stairwells and the bike cop..
Call SCO! They'll appreciate all the time spent on their 800 number talking to their staff! 1-800-726-8649
;-) It could be a fun call. I also have a Publishers Edition of Caldera in the back of one of my Linux manuals. I hope it's ok to run stuff they sold.
I like the idea. Thanks! I actualy have a good reason to call them. I have a retail boxed distribution of Caldera Linux. I need to call them to see if I can run it, and if not, where to return it for a full refund.
It's one of those things where you tell your young age by asking! It's usualy asked by those who know CD's always existed. A LP is an antique, and they also never saw an 8 track tape.
They also don't remember going over to the neighbors house to watch commercials on their TV because the commercials were in color! We could not afford a color set for many years. Few people could.
I know this because I remember 8 track tape replacing the troublesome 4 track cartriges which is more reliable because it didn't have the big hole in the bottom of the cartridge for the pinch roller to go into.
Who wants to buy a $500.00 tuner to connect to a $115.00 NTSC TV? Ain't gonna happen. The old TV won't get ditched till it breaks. In the meantime, it'll be the display for the PS/2, Game Cube, VHS, DVD, etc...
Tuner cards for the PC will be higher resolution and cheaper for the budget concious. Later, a HDTV television or monitor may appear to replace the computer as the primary display.
Something doesn't add up. If linux costs $699, then how can they sell the whole thing for $499?!
;-)
Simple, It's pirated just like MS Longhorn. It was released to the internet without the copyright owners permission.
In car NAV systems, and entertainment systems come to mind. Keyboard and mouse are useless in a car. The in dash maps in many cars simply don't show enough surrounding area much of the time. A larger touch screen map would be very useful in many cases.
Tie it into a back-up camera and a fog penetrating IR scanning camera, this would be useful for a lot more than just an entertainment center.
Tablet computers hold great promise, especially for medical applications
That's a nasty virus! Take two tablet PC's and call me in the morning.