Our grandparents have it even better -- their PCs run FreeBSD (with KDE front-end).
Cool. Kinda challenges the "Linux ain't ready for the desktop" crowd. I've long considered KDE (who cares if it's linux or FreeBSD underneath) to be a grandparent-friendly GUI.
nothing compared to the PITA it is to actually get somebody on the phone at their support organziation who understands what a DoS attack is
I work for a cable provider in New Zealand. We have all been shown logs of a typical DoS attack and logs of typical filesharing and how to tell the difference. (We don't ban filesharing, but we do charge for extra traffic after a set amount (1GB, 5GB or 10GB depending on the plan)).
I'm not sure what our techies do about DoS attacks.
We don't ban running servers or anything. It's the customer's bandwidth - they've paid for it and they can use it for anything that's legal. I don't understand ISPs banning customers from sshing into their box or putting up a personal web page.
Heck, we even give them a static IP to make it easier (and can change it if required but it takes a few days to provision).
My sentiments exactly. I really really resent being called a theif because I don't buy from them. I look forward to the day the tide turns and people start using free alternatives en masse.
they are counted his non-pirated software as pirated because he didn't buy it from them.
That's exactly what makes me mad. To be called a pirate just because I haven't bought any commercial software is insulting. The software I use was freely given to me by the OSS community. To have some fucktard from the BSA tell me I pirated it really pisses me off.
OS X comes with an X server preinstalled. Well, it's on the CD, but not installed by default. Any modern linux distro will have X installed by default. My Mandrake boxen (1 laptop and one desktop) did not require any extra work to get X running.
That is why $$ sales figures are weighted in favour of expensive products. I would be more interested in the number of Terabytes being served worldwide at any given time by each platform.
There's a computer shop near my work that sells OpenOffice CDs. I'm on dial-up so as soon as a OOo 2.0 comes out I'll buy it from that shop. They charge something like $5. I don't know how much it costs them to produce the CD. I bought my Mandrake 10.0 CD form them too, and they stock the latest knoppix which I buy every now and then.
They're all free to download, but hey, I'm on dial-up.
In New Zealand is a chain of stores called Dick Smith Electronics who are selling OpenOffice, Fedora, Knoppix and Mepis CDs on their shelves. Some of the product managers are either active posters or lurkers on the NZ LUG mailing lists.
I reckon just about everybody uses google. Their stats would be a good cross-section of the internet using public. Not perfect, since there will be those who use MSN instead of Google because they don't know any better.
Unless of course the listener happens to like and be familiar with that instrumental, in which case it's really infuriating.
Hell yeah! I hate it when I'm listening to a really good instrumental at the end of the song and some dumb announcer who loves the sound of his own voice starts babbling over the top of it.
That might be why I listen to my own (bought) collection rather than dumb radio stations.
Can't a command in crontab just add the file stationID.ogg to the front of the playlist? This means that it will play next after whatever song is playing now.
Okay, you got me - I do know such people. Hey, I work in a call centre! But surely an afternoon of migration training consisting of: "On the new platform, the web browsing icon now looks like this. And the word processor icon now looks like this..." etc should be enough for most people. And a large, solid clue-stick will do for the others...
If everyone had linux - that would of course be great but - when someone took a new job they'd have to spend ages getting used to the differnt desktop enviroments
Huh? I use KDE. I sat down at a friend's gnome desktop and was productive straight away. My wife went from Win98 to KDE and was productive straight away. Even using a friend's Mac I can find my way around after a few minutes. point and click is point and click.
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Our grandparents have it even better -- their PCs run FreeBSD (with KDE front-end).
Cool. Kinda challenges the "Linux ain't ready for the desktop" crowd. I've long considered KDE (who cares if it's linux or FreeBSD underneath) to be a grandparent-friendly GUI.
How do they find it?
Its the endusers who has the final responsibility. That means your an my grandma...
That's why, if my grandma were still alive, I'd buy her a Mac. Wouldn't eliminate but would reduce the risk.
You can throw all your stuff in my server if you'd like.
Now there's an idea. A group of friends could mirror each other's data (encrypted if they don't trust each other).
If three friends got together to do this, each would have two offsite backups.
N friends would have N-1 offsite backups.
nothing compared to the PITA it is to actually get somebody on the phone at their support organziation who understands what a DoS attack is
I work for a cable provider in New Zealand. We have all been shown logs of a typical DoS attack and logs of typical filesharing and how to tell the difference. (We don't ban filesharing, but we do charge for extra traffic after a set amount (1GB, 5GB or 10GB depending on the plan)).
I'm not sure what our techies do about DoS attacks.
We don't ban running servers or anything. It's the customer's bandwidth - they've paid for it and they can use it for anything that's legal. I don't understand ISPs banning customers from sshing into their box or putting up a personal web page.
Heck, we even give them a static IP to make it easier (and can change it if required but it takes a few days to provision).
Can a company that uses free alternative exclusively tell the BSA "you can't come in here, we don't use any of your crap"?
My sentiments exactly. I really really resent being called a theif because I don't buy from them.
I look forward to the day the tide turns and people start using free alternatives en masse.
Not that I in any way condone piracy
Neither do I. I totally condemn acts of violence perpetrated on the high seas (or anywhere for that matter).
they are counted his non-pirated software as pirated because he didn't buy it from them.
That's exactly what makes me mad. To be called a pirate just because I haven't bought any commercial software is insulting. The software I use was freely given to me by the OSS community. To have some fucktard from the BSA tell me I pirated it really pisses me off.
Each and every one of us can do our part to help eliminate piracy.
What can I do to help? I live about 35km away from the nearest beach - and anyway, my taxes support the Navy - why don't they do something about it?
I'm the opposite. I have a 19" CRT that I picked up when my employer replaced CRTs with LCDs. I also have a 14" TV. Guess which one I watch movies on?
why should computers be any different when it comes to common sense?
Because common sense isn't.
I assumed he uses some app to run X11 applications remotely. That's the first thing that comes to mind when someone says they run "X".
My wife is currently working two part-time jobs - a CV in PDF format got her the interview on both cases.
OS X comes with an X server preinstalled.
Well, it's on the CD, but not installed by default.
Any modern linux distro will have X installed by default.
My Mandrake boxen (1 laptop and one desktop) did not require any extra work to get X running.
Or do you think being a janitor at SCO requires some special skills?
There's material for a joke in that statement - I just can't think of it right now. This post is a placeholder in case I think of one.
That is why $$ sales figures are weighted in favour of expensive products.
I would be more interested in the number of Terabytes being served worldwide at any given time by each platform.
There's a computer shop near my work that sells OpenOffice CDs. I'm on dial-up so as soon as a OOo 2.0 comes out I'll buy it from that shop. They charge something like $5. I don't know how much it costs them to produce the CD. I bought my Mandrake 10.0 CD form them too, and they stock the latest knoppix which I buy every now and then.
They're all free to download, but hey, I'm on dial-up.
What kind of help is available from Microsoft's 800 number?
In New Zealand is a chain of stores called Dick Smith Electronics who are selling OpenOffice, Fedora, Knoppix and Mepis CDs on their shelves. Some of the product managers are either active posters or lurkers on the NZ LUG mailing lists.
I reckon just about everybody uses google. Their stats would be a good cross-section of the internet using public. Not perfect, since there will be those who use MSN instead of Google because they don't know any better.
"That works well with instrumentals..."
Unless of course the listener happens to like and be familiar with that instrumental, in which case it's really infuriating.
Hell yeah! I hate it when I'm listening to a really good instrumental at the end of the song and some dumb announcer who loves the sound of his own voice starts babbling over the top of it.
That might be why I listen to my own (bought) collection rather than dumb radio stations.
Can't a command in crontab just add the file stationID.ogg to the front of the playlist? This means that it will play next after whatever song is playing now.
It won't be me - it will be a computer that thinks it's me. That's not immortality by a long shot.
Okay, you got me - I do know such people. Hey, I work in a call centre! But surely an afternoon of migration training consisting of: ..." etc ...
"On the new platform, the web browsing icon now looks like this. And the word processor icon now looks like this
should be enough for most people.
And a large, solid clue-stick will do for the others
If everyone had linux - that would of course be great but - when someone took a new job they'd have to spend ages getting used to the differnt desktop enviroments
Huh? I use KDE. I sat down at a friend's gnome desktop and was productive straight away. My wife went from Win98 to KDE and was productive straight away. Even using a friend's Mac I can find my way around after a few minutes. point and click is point and click.