As it was originally designed, Passport Manager could only be installed on Microsoft server software. However, prompted by requests from large Passport customers that manage user authentication on Unix or Linux servers, Microsoft has worked with a company called Ready-to-Run Software, in order to port the software to non-Windows systems.
Ok, who is the idiot, stock photo posing, Microsoft "freelance" idiot that asked for this thing? Come on, own up to it. You can't hide forever. We know you _THOUGHT_ it was a good idea.
In the description of the bombadier beetle, they make a huge deal about each muscle, and valve that has to be there to have this happen. If you think about it, how many muscles, and valves and widgets do we have inside just so we can rip a good fart? Really, that's not a troll, it's a serious question. They say it like the beetle has to think about throwing switch A, and mixing chem B, when it probably thinks about it as much as you do when you cut the cheese.
OEOne sounded good, so I figured, what the heck. I cranked up the script in lynx, and let it rip.
Well, the EULA that pops up makes Microsoft look tame.
It starts with the usual disclaimer of how they "take no responsibility for the consequences of running this script."
That seemed pretty standard, although worded a little harsh.
It then goes through some normal install stuff, then comes the fun!
Issue 1. Your bound by the license of any other software they install, even though you don't see them.
Issue 2. Any software, or plugins they OEOne installs can ONLY be used while using OEOne's desktop, and can not be called directly.
Issue 3. Automatic communication. They can do any communication they want to, but you can shut off "MOST" of it in the pref settings. (MOST? Oh, that's nice and gray for a EULA. Stated clearly, it means that you can't shut it _ALL_ off)
Issue 4. DRM. Yup, it's in there, and they can stick in as much as they want.
Fortunately, you can hit cancel, and throw it all away. I looks to me like they are trying to complete directly with Microsoft, with restrictions, and control over my machine. I switched to Linux to get away from that crap! Sure, the screenshots looked nice, but I'll never be seeing this on MY machine.
Did you all miss the joke here? This was cut and pasted from the same story 2 days ago (although it was moded as funny then). How about reading what your modding?
Just as an FYI, I had a VERY similar problem with my IBM 60gb. I was getting ticked off, because it would not write the same thing twice, and yet the diag from IBM kept saying it was perfect. Turned out to be the memory module (512MB DDR). Got it replaced, and now my drive writes perfectly.
Go figure, I was blaming IBM, because of all the failures I had read about on/.
Ok, a flaimbait subject, but get off your horse. It is a tool for FUN. Personally, I plan on using it to cause wardrivers to drive off 128 as their laptop goes bonkers in the front seat (128 is a main commuter parking lot around Boston for those not lucky enough to live there). Should be FUN!
If you have to remotely flush your toilet, odds are you're doing something wrong.(+5 funny)
:) Thats funny -- just last night my niece (18 months old) picked up my cell phone (nokia 6360 with IR port on the top) and pointed it at the TV...:) I got a good laugh out of it -- but it really is a good idea.(+4 funny)
I have an IQ of 156 [...] This is why I only view DVDs on my computer, faaar easier, don't have to switch around audio and video inputs until hell freezes over, then select the proper audio decompression scheme, then select the proper surround sound scheme, and THEN sit down and 'enjoy' the movie, and then have the honor of switching all that shit BACK to watch regular TV.
Here is my question: Since you're so smart, why is it such a difficult task for you to use a console DVD player? I mean, it's not that hard really. 5 to 10 seconds tops, insert DVD, push play, that's it. I simply can't see how you would prefer sitting hunched over your computer to watch a DVD than using a TV.(+4 Funny)
I read in Microsoft's "networking essentials " that, if you made every man women and child on earth write a 2,000 page novel, you would barely equal a terrabyte!
Pardon the math, but figuring 270 million people in America, 1 terabyte would be a little under 4k per person. So, a 2000 page novel would be allowed to have 2 bytes per page. This means, that everyone in america could write this 2000 page novel with one char per page, and a page break. Must be a facinating read. Slight miscalculation.
basicaly it teaches how to deactivate this backdoor M$ is installing in every win2k box.
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but that only deactivates the "well known" update service. Once you have SP3 on your machine, you have agreed to the EULA, allowing Microsoft to throw anything, anyway, anytime onto YOUR machine. Once they have the right (that you just agreed to to get the bugfixes), the barn door is open to any way Microsoft can get files onto your machine. Known to you, or not.
PS: Could a lawyer please explain how that is not a protection racket?
Should Microsoft be worried about releasing a secure product before ordering around the government? Next thing you know, Bush will come out and say that CEO's shouldn't take out loans from a company to buy stock. They are all a bunch of flamebaiting hypocritical butt-munchers.
And with that, I release my excellent karma to the winds of change.
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Who the hack can sue me if I program my own browser and call it "Perl" or "LWP" and let it pre-fetch some news sites every morning at 8am?
Many sites (Yes, our beloved Slashdot included) use detection methods. If the detector thinks you are using a script, BANG!, your IP is in the deny list until you can explain your actions. A nice profile that says "for the last 18 days, x.x.x.x IP address logged in each day at exactly 7:53 am and did blah..." will get you slapped from MSNBC pretty fast. I would advise you to get some type of permission from the owner of the site before running around with scripts to grab stuff all over the web. Someone might mistake you for a script kiddie.
I got the Archos Studio 10 (10 GB model). I have been VERY impressed with it. It also has the delay in turning on, and is a speck quirky, but I have been VERY happy with it. I loaded 7.5 GB of CDs on it within the first week. I really bought it for a trip to Toronto for the Red Sox games (the Jays stomped us), thinking I could just return it if I didn't like it. It's been about a month and a half, and it totally changed my listening habits as well. I can't imagine going back to fumbling for CDs in the car. Portable harddisk, decent sound, decent batt life, you bet!
Funnycard is also just an email harvester! It has the subject:
Message from person_you_know via the FunnyCard Network.
It comes with a forged header, that says it's sent from the person_you_know (of course it was my sister). Clicking on the link then requires you to put in 4 (fake of course) email addresses to see the card. As soon as you submit it, it sends the same email to all 4 addresses with a forged return address of YOU (you get back the send errors that the fake users you sent to, don't exist). Displays some lame joke (that the sender never saw), and says goodbye.
I still remember my first 2400 baud modem, then 9600, then 14400.
I remember how stunningly fast 2400 was when I first got it. All of a sudden, the pages from the Raceway BBS (in Framingham MA) showed up on my Tandy 1000 EX faster than I could read them. What I wouldn't give to have that kind of "speed rush" feeling again. I could actually get in all my moves in trade-wars, and still have time to download jiggle.exe!
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Bill Gates is my hero!
1. Create an insecure operating system
2. Profit
3. Blame computers for your insecurity
4. Profit
5. Get hardware vendors to make changes to compensate for YOUR buggy software
6. Profit
7. Prevent any software except yours from running securely
8. Profit (by others demise)
9. Take away everyones choice.
10 Profit
11. Blame the computers some more, as you take away more freedom
12. Profit. Profit. Profit.
When there is a wolf guarding the hen hose, why on earth would I need the shotgun named Linux?
They can have my jeans, as soon as they pry them off my dead, cold ass.
As it was originally designed, Passport Manager could only be installed on Microsoft server software. However, prompted by requests from large Passport customers that manage user authentication on Unix or Linux servers, Microsoft has worked with a company called Ready-to-Run Software, in order to port the software to non-Windows systems.
Ok, who is the idiot, stock photo posing, Microsoft "freelance" idiot that asked for this thing? Come on, own up to it. You can't hide forever. We know you _THOUGHT_ it was a good idea.
Anyone know what it would take to be included in the major browsers default certificate list?
Money
In the description of the bombadier beetle, they make a huge deal about each muscle, and valve that has to be there to have this happen. If you think about it, how many muscles, and valves and widgets do we have inside just so we can rip a good fart? Really, that's not a troll, it's a serious question. They say it like the beetle has to think about throwing switch A, and mixing chem B, when it probably thinks about it as much as you do when you cut the cheese.
OEOne sounded good, so I figured, what the heck. I cranked up the script in lynx, and let it rip.
Well, the EULA that pops up makes Microsoft look tame.
It starts with the usual disclaimer of how they "take no responsibility for the
consequences of running this script."
That seemed pretty standard, although worded a little harsh.
It then goes through some normal install stuff, then comes the fun!
Issue 1. Your bound by the license of any other software they install, even though you don't see them.
Issue 2. Any software, or plugins they OEOne installs can ONLY be used while using OEOne's desktop, and can not be called directly.
Issue 3. Automatic communication. They can do any communication they want to, but you can shut off "MOST" of it in the pref settings. (MOST? Oh, that's nice and gray for a EULA. Stated clearly, it means that you can't shut it _ALL_ off)
Issue 4. DRM. Yup, it's in there, and they can stick in as much as they want.
Fortunately, you can hit cancel, and throw it all away. I looks to me like they are trying to complete directly with Microsoft, with restrictions, and control over my machine. I switched to Linux to get away from that crap! Sure, the screenshots looked nice, but I'll never be seeing this on MY machine.
Moderators,
Did you all miss the joke here?
This was cut and pasted from the same story 2 days ago (although it was moded as funny then).
How about reading what your modding?
Just as an FYI, I had a VERY similar problem with my IBM 60gb. I was getting ticked off, because it would not write the same thing twice, and yet the diag from IBM kept saying it was perfect. Turned out to be the memory module (512MB DDR). Got it replaced, and now my drive writes perfectly.
/.
Go figure, I was blaming IBM, because of all the failures I had read about on
Ok, a flaimbait subject, but get off your horse. It is a tool for FUN. Personally, I plan on using it to cause wardrivers to drive off 128 as their laptop goes bonkers in the front seat (128 is a main commuter parking lot around Boston for those not lucky enough to live there). Should be FUN!
If you have to remotely flush your toilet, odds are you're doing something wrong.(+5 funny)
:) Thats funny -- just last night my niece (18 months old) picked up my cell phone (nokia 6360 with IR port on the top) and pointed it at the TV... :) I got a good laugh out of it -- but it really is a good idea.(+4 funny)
I have an IQ of 156
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This is why I only view DVDs on my computer, faaar easier, don't have to switch around audio and video inputs until hell freezes over, then select the proper audio decompression scheme, then select the proper surround sound scheme, and THEN sit down and 'enjoy' the movie, and then have the honor of switching all that shit BACK to watch regular TV.
Here is my question: Since you're so smart, why is it such a difficult task for you to use a console DVD player? I mean, it's not that hard really. 5 to 10 seconds tops, insert DVD, push play, that's it. I simply can't see how you would prefer sitting hunched over your computer to watch a DVD than using a TV.(+4 Funny)
I read in Microsoft's "networking essentials " that, if you made every man women and child on earth write a 2,000 page novel, you would barely equal a terrabyte!
Pardon the math, but figuring 270 million people in America, 1 terabyte would be a little under 4k per person. So, a 2000 page novel would be allowed to have 2 bytes per page. This means, that everyone in america could write this 2000 page novel with one char per page, and a page break. Must be a facinating read. Slight miscalculation.
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but that only deactivates the "well known" update service. Once you have SP3 on your machine, you have agreed to the EULA, allowing Microsoft to throw anything, anyway, anytime onto YOUR machine. Once they have the right (that you just agreed to to get the bugfixes), the barn door is open to any way Microsoft can get files onto your machine. Known to you, or not.
Can you see it?
CmdrTaco@aol.com
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
However, AMD has been able to "pick the lock" on SysMark to gain a much keener understanding into the internal workings of these tests.
Isn't that a violation of the DMCA?
Surfing autopr0n?
Fwap. Fwap. Fwap. does not compute.
Does this mean the goatse guy was actually an ALIEN ANAL PROBE?
Was image 26 where they got the idea? (http://vraptor.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/record_image
What have we done?
How is this a preview? This is just a preview of the marketing docs! A poorly spelt one at that.
-Spackler
PS: spelt was a joke
Should Microsoft be worried about releasing a secure product before ordering around the government? Next thing you know, Bush will come out and say that CEO's shouldn't take out loans from a company to buy stock. They are all a bunch of flamebaiting hypocritical butt-munchers.
And with that, I release my excellent karma to the winds of change.
Who the hack can sue me if I program my own browser and call it "Perl" or "LWP" and let it pre-fetch some news sites every morning at 8am?
Many sites (Yes, our beloved Slashdot included) use detection methods. If the detector thinks you are using a script, BANG!, your IP is in the deny list until you can explain your actions. A nice profile that says "for the last 18 days, x.x.x.x IP address logged in each day at exactly 7:53 am and did blah..." will get you slapped from MSNBC pretty fast. I would advise you to get some type of permission from the owner of the site before running around with scripts to grab stuff all over the web. Someone might mistake you for a script kiddie.
They finally duplicated what my Dreamcast has been doing for years, on an Xbox.
hey mods: It aint flaimbait when it's true!
I got the Archos Studio 10 (10 GB model). I have been VERY impressed with it. It also has the delay in turning on, and is a speck quirky, but I have been VERY happy with it. I loaded 7.5 GB of CDs on it within the first week. I really bought it for a trip to Toronto for the Red Sox games (the Jays stomped us), thinking I could just return it if I didn't like it. It's been about a month and a half, and it totally changed my listening habits as well. I can't imagine going back to fumbling for CDs in the car. Portable harddisk, decent sound, decent batt life, you bet!
Nope--trademarks live forever, as long as the holder prevents them from falling into common usage...
Umm, little late.
-Spackzilla
Funnycard is also just an email harvester! It has the subject:
Message from person_you_know via the FunnyCard Network.
It comes with a forged header, that says it's sent from the person_you_know (of course it was my sister). Clicking on the link then requires you to put in 4 (fake of course) email addresses to see the card. As soon as you submit it, it sends the same email to all 4 addresses with a forged return address of YOU (you get back the send errors that the fake users you sent to, don't exist). Displays some lame joke (that the sender never saw), and says goodbye.
Cool, Ashcroft got Japan to run his Beta Testing for him.
I still remember my first 2400 baud modem, then 9600, then 14400.
I remember how stunningly fast 2400 was when I first got it. All of a sudden, the pages from the Raceway BBS (in Framingham MA) showed up on my Tandy 1000 EX faster than I could read them. What I wouldn't give to have that kind of "speed rush" feeling again. I could actually get in all my moves in trade-wars, and still have time to download jiggle.exe!