Any and all threats against the server, including attempts to hack, crash, or flood a server, actual or implied, are instant grounds for removal and can result in legal action. Come on, this is the U.S. Army you're messing with! Be smart.
One downside is that users must pay $99 a year for unlimited access to the warehouse, wiping out the roughly $100 savings from buying a PC without a Microsoft operating system.
What made me laugh at this, not even entering the debate whether or not Lindows is any good, is that he is saying that you can download and automatically install any Linux program for $100 per year, yet compares this to paying the extra $100 for microsoft OS.
Excuse me, but the only way you can download free windows applications and install them on your computer is if they are pirated. I hardly think that paying $100 per year to be able to download the Linux equivalent of photoshop, excel, word, etc equates to getting the base install of windows in your machine.
if you look toward the bottom of the left hand navigation bar, you'll notice a british flag, click on that and it will bring you to a page with a link that says "do you prefer english", click on that and the entire site is in English.
Your recopy as needed scheme is only good if you realize at the time the technology changes that you might need the data in the future. If you don't realize that you need it until 5 years later, you're SOL.
actually, maybe not, that is what eBay is for... if I can get an 8track player, a Victrola, a Sinclair ZX-80 or an Atari 2600, surely it is reasonable to assume that someone will have DVD/CD readers available in 20-30 years.
Whenever I go to windows update and there is a new version of their update control, it prompts me to download it.
okay. what i did not say clearly in my previous comment is that there is a check box option when it prompts for downloads that says "always trust from X". If you check it, you will no longer be prompted, and it will always download automatically software from that company. A previous comment stated that the only places that his computer "trusted" were microsoft and macromedia. What I was trying to explain was that I never opt to "always trust" from any site, however, it seems that once gator install once on your computer, even if you clean it out using ad aware, it will still always trust Gator Corp., and even though I checked through my trusted sites listings under the advanced options in IE, it does not list any site at all, therefore, they must be using 'crooked code'.
My advice to you would be to step away from the computer... choose a career in fishery and wildlife where you will be as far away from computers as possible. Maybe you could watch for forest fires in Colorado, I hear there is a job opening.
I appreciate your job suggestions - I was really hoping to get an unpaid position a flame baiting anal-retentive troll here on slashdot, but you obviously have that position locked in.
the funny thing is never select the "always trust from this site". every time that I go to winupdate.com, it always asks me. so obviously their code is crooked.
well, of course, there were a lot of cookies, but for instance, she had two versions of gator installed, comet cursor, bde, bonzi and i don't know easily 60 - 70 other applications. I ritually cleanse my PC about once per week and rip out the cookies, etc. there is a lot of ignorance in the world. do you realize how many people click on the fake "windows warning dialogue" banner ads that say "your PC is not optimized" or what ever, and before they realize it, they've installed XYZ spyware.
These people thrive on people's innate fear of computers and their overall ignorance of how things work.
This family told me that they had purchased their new computer because the old one was having lots of problems. The new computer was supposed to be fast, easy to use, and low maintenance. A spyware program almost ruined their $1500 investment.
ironically, if they had just formatted and reinstalled the OS, the other computer probably would run just fine. it always amazes me how often people don't understand the difference btwn hardware and software.
i have probably convinced @20 not buy a new computer until they have it looked over by a someone that knows how to reinstall the OS, and clean out viruses etc. 9 times out of 10 they have had SirCam, Klez or some other stupid virus in the system.
One of my clients brought me her laptop because "it was running slowly" - (piii 500, 128 MB ram, win98se). I booted it and it was really dragging. So i installed lavasoft's ad aware program, and scanned her HD and she had 360+ spyware programs & elements installed in her system!. What I hate most about the spyware programs is that they eat resources, and mask the process from the operating system. if you use the task manager, most of the procs aren't even listed, but for instance, in her laptop, on boot 85% of the system resources were being used. As soon as she launched her web browser, or any other program, she was using 100%.
Also, when doing research, some of the lower quality sites have it set up so that gator autoinstalls when you hit the page, it doesn't even ask for a confirmation. I suppose the site gets $.05 or whatever from the gator corp per install, but what a lousy way to run a business.
Due to these actions, cable internet service providers around the world quake in fear of the tens of thousands of people who have just found out that uncapping your cable modem is possible.
I found a page that has jpgs of the processor and the motherboard, but I couldn't find any mention of the OS or how much RAM they plugged into these guys?
Bill Gates just announced at microsoft.com that a 64 TeraByte hard drive should be enough hard disk space for anyone, unless of course, they intend run use Windows XP second edition*.
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Any and all threats against the server, including attempts to hack, crash, or flood a server, actual or implied, are instant grounds for removal and can result in legal action. Come on, this is the U.S. Army you're messing with! Be smart.
this made me laugh out loud.
One downside is that users must pay $99 a year for unlimited access to the warehouse, wiping out the roughly $100 savings from buying a PC without a Microsoft operating system.
(from the San Jose Mercury News review)
What made me laugh at this, not even entering the debate whether or not Lindows is any good, is that he is saying that you can download and automatically install any Linux program for $100 per year, yet compares this to paying the extra $100 for microsoft OS.
Excuse me, but the only way you can download free windows applications and install them on your computer is if they are pirated. I hardly think that paying $100 per year to be able to download the Linux equivalent of photoshop, excel, word, etc equates to getting the base install of windows in your machine.
if canada is so great why do they have to make their stupid coins look the same size and shape as ours?
WorldCom (via UUNet) handles 50% of US internet traffic
yeah, but if they would only enforce their acceptable use policy, the amount of traffic would only be 10%... ; )
could you provide the link please ?
Here it is:
http://cnndecss.0catch.com/
sorry about the lame banners & schitt, but I am not going to slashdot my own damn servers...
ps this free host says they give you "unlimited bandwidth"... LOL.
When CNN was covering this case on their site, a year or so ago, they actually published links to DeCSS software...
I still have a screenshot of it in my HD...
"The United States versus KazaaLite User "SpankyPants27", AKA 64.123.25.14"
Someone else has done their homework on Scelson there is a bunch of info, including tel #s and addresses
here.
His interview makes him seem like an utter chump. Make him pay...
nice affiliate link there pete....
;/
if you look toward the bottom of the left hand navigation bar, you'll notice a british flag, click on that and it will bring you to a page with a link that says "do you prefer english", click on that and the entire site is in English.
Your recopy as needed scheme is only good if you realize at the time the technology changes that you might need the data in the future. If you don't realize that you need it until 5 years later, you're SOL.
actually, maybe not, that is what eBay is for... if I can get an 8track player, a Victrola, a Sinclair ZX-80 or an Atari 2600, surely it is reasonable to assume that someone will have DVD/CD readers available in 20-30 years.
Whenever I go to windows update and there is a new version of their update control, it prompts me to download it.
okay. what i did not say clearly in my previous comment is that there is a check box option when it prompts for downloads that says "always trust
from X". If you check it, you will no longer be prompted, and it will always download automatically software from that company. A previous comment stated that the only places that his computer "trusted" were microsoft and macromedia. What I was trying to explain was that I never opt to "always trust" from any site, however, it seems that once gator install once on your computer, even if you clean it out using ad aware, it will still always trust Gator Corp., and even though I checked through my trusted sites listings under the advanced options in IE, it does not list any site at all, therefore, they must be using 'crooked code'.
My advice to you would be to step away from the computer... choose a career in fishery and wildlife where you will be as far away from computers as possible. Maybe you could watch for forest fires in Colorado, I hear there is a job opening.
I appreciate your job suggestions - I was really hoping to get an unpaid position a flame baiting anal-retentive troll here on slashdot, but you obviously have that position locked in.
"Well, we'll just raise the price of pay phones to $1.50."
well, at $1.50 per local call, it would prolly still be cheaper than dialing out on my cell...
Hey Steve-O--
my friends and I pirate MS software too, give us $750,000,000 too. What's good for us is good for the net economy...
the funny thing is never select the "always trust from this site". every time that I go to winupdate.com, it always asks me. so obviously their code is crooked.
That's impossible unless you had decided to specifically trust all ActiveX content from Gator Corporation.
I have no trusted sites in browser settings, i just checked.
warning. i have not made this an active link bcz as far as I can tell, it will auto install gator.
http://mjoyner.cashevolution.com/home/home.asp
let me know if it doesn't do it for you...
well, of course, there were a lot of cookies, but for instance, she had two versions of gator installed, comet cursor, bde, bonzi and i don't know easily 60 - 70 other applications. I ritually cleanse my PC about once per week and rip out the cookies, etc. there is a lot of ignorance in the world. do you realize how many people click on the fake "windows warning dialogue" banner ads that say "your PC is not optimized" or what ever, and before they realize it, they've installed XYZ spyware.
These people thrive on people's innate fear of computers and their overall ignorance of how things work.
not everyone can be an expert user...
This family told me that they had purchased their new computer because the old one was having lots of problems. The new computer was supposed to be fast, easy to use, and low maintenance. A spyware program almost ruined their $1500 investment.
ironically, if they had just formatted and reinstalled the OS, the other computer probably would run just fine. it always amazes me how often people don't understand the difference btwn hardware and software.
i have probably convinced @20 not buy a new computer until they have it looked over by a someone that knows how to reinstall the OS, and clean out viruses etc. 9 times out of 10 they have had SirCam, Klez or some other stupid virus in the system.
One of my clients brought me her laptop because "it was running slowly" - (piii 500, 128 MB ram, win98se). I booted it and it was really dragging. So i installed lavasoft's ad aware program, and scanned her HD and she had 360+ spyware programs & elements installed in her system!. What I hate most about the spyware programs is that they eat resources, and mask the process from the operating system. if you use the task manager, most of the procs aren't even listed, but for instance, in her laptop, on boot 85% of the system resources were being used. As soon as she launched her web browser, or any other program, she was using 100%.
Also, when doing research, some of the lower quality sites have it set up so that gator autoinstalls when you hit the page, it doesn't even ask for a confirmation. I suppose the site gets $.05 or whatever from the gator corp per install, but what a lousy way to run a business.
Due to these actions, cable internet service providers around the world quake in fear of the tens of thousands of people who have just found out that uncapping your cable modem is possible.
I found a page that has jpgs of the processor and the motherboard, but I couldn't find any mention of the OS or how much RAM they plugged into these guys?
anyone else find ?
I hope neither of these machines is also hosting the web server, because it looks like it just got slashdotted.
:(
Wasn't the whole defense of the MS monopoly trial that Linux was a viable alternative to MS and therefore MS was not a monopoly???
Bill Gates just announced at microsoft.com that a 64 TeraByte hard drive should be enough hard disk space for anyone, unless of course, they intend run use Windows XP second edition*.
*release date: December 2008
it is because of a higher population density...
i don't think its population density as much as a dense population...