I run XP home edition for _months_ on end, on get this, a low end toshiba laptop. This includes going into sleep mode 2-3 times daily. so i resume the same session for weeks and weeks, with hardly any crashes since i've had my laptop...
...maybe I don't get it, but how are RFID tags a violation of your privacy. They have an effective range of a few feet. They are the next logical evolution up from barcodes. Are we that paranoid and afraid of technology? Somebody please enlighten me...
The whole industry IM client wars are as stupid to me as the browser wars were. Basically corporations are competing to provide the most Ads really. Why is it so hard to have an open protocol and then these guys can still have their own clients, thus their own ad space, etc.
if you really wanted to , you could design a sort of 'side band' to the protocol to allow the different IM producers to tunnel their own unique content/featurs, but let the basic functionality of sending an instant text message to somebody on a different client remain....
I'm all for the free market system, but sometimes people need to realize that you got to cooperate some of the time
oh, wait, he has a wife..and a job...and she's still married to him? Mine breaks out divorce papers after hour 4...
Some guys just dont get it...
I had a date a few weeks ago with a very, very attractive blonde. Good personality, awesome body, witty, funny, sexy as can be. She was divorced. Why? Her husband became addicted to EverCrack.
It seems to me that people getting addicted to these games have become the majority, rather than the minority that the defenders of the games claim.
And how the hell do you let go of a fine, fine blonde for a game?
When I first got into computers around 94-95ish, it seemed like once a week a new technology or use for current technology was being created...
then once a month.......then once every couple of months......and now maybe once a year at best..
And when I think about it, it all seems to coincide with the increase in lawsuits against "patent violators", the DMCA, "intelectual property violations", etc etc. Basically, the big guys are stomping the little guy if he thinks outside the box, and it happens to present a challenge to their technology.
Perhaps Microsoft needs to wake up to this big tech killmachine that they have had a hand it making, and try to reverse some of the damage that it has done. Now people are afraid to issue security warnings for fear they might be arrested for breaking the DMCA...
Do you still use chamber pots for your bathroom, wood burning stoves to cook on, and ride a horse drawn cart to work?
See, true inovation doesnt come from "it works now, why mess with it" mentality.
What about an eBook about graphic layout, where rich text, graphics, and presentation make the book. There just are some things you cant do with HTML.
And how to do you propose you encrypt and protect from distribution a bunch of html files and images? Thats the whole point of eBooks - a rich, open , and protectable standard.
...is peer review by knowledgable people within the security community. And how do they have peer review of their code?..... open the source, of course.
ok, i did not mean for that to rhyme, but you get my point. Microsoft is a big self reliant entity that hires like minded people. Thats not who they need reviewing their code. They need objective 3rd parties with real world experience in security and systems. I'm not saying they need to put the code to WinNT on an FTP server for all to see, but loosening their grip a little.
Once MSFT realizes that they dont have to be nazi-esque with their firm grips around their code base, and they can succeed by opening up a little, they will do great things, imho. They havent quite learned that yet..
"This is the type of ad force feeding that i think should be illegal or at least provide compensatory incentives for people.
And this is the type of mentality that is wrong with our current legal system. You have more power than the courts and lawmakers: the power of your wallet. If you do not like what your provider forces you to see, take buisness elsewhere.
Now on the other hand, legislation to stop telemarketers for instance, is somewhat beneficial, because in most cases you dont have the opportunity to take your phone service elsewhere.
I was going to pose the same question. Hopefully you dont get modded down as "flamebait".
Currently, the laws say trading copywritten music is illegal. Why are illegal things that geeks like "ok", and the authorities are "bad" for enforcing those laws..
If the people in question were downloading/uploading kiddy pr0n, i'm sure most slashdotters would be all for Verizon giving up the info.
Matt B. is one of the best indy comic i've found yet. Although some may not "get" it, if you're a single guy living near a big city, it will all make sense....
Please remember that the computers I met where often old and slow.
These machines he speaks of are probably unable to boot from the CDROM. Not many motherboards older than Pentium II class types had boot from cdrom capability.
If he's working on old pentium's or even *shudder* 486's, he needs a floppy based solution.
Why the need to use a PC? Couldnt MS find a way to create a WMA decoder in a ROM type fashion? I think a black box that you simply put a dvd containing the WMA file on it would rock. Less points of failure than a traditional PC.
If you mean "not implementing it" in the literal sense, I would disagree...
But...
if you were trying to convey the fact that MS has embraced and extended the fsck out of XML, thus totally destroying it and not properly implementing it, then yes, I would agree...
How about instead of limiting outgoing email ( which I really doubt is a huge source of spam as they might lead you to believe ) , they instead fix their own incoming spam filters. I'm sorry, but if you cant tell that twertert@wtertert.sadaa is not a valid email address, then your spam filter is fucked. I posed this question before and somebody said it's a preventative measure in case somebody mistypes their email address ( ie xtermz@hotmail.omc ).. That just doesnt fly with me.
This is all just a ploy to get people to "upgrade" their hotmail account. I've all but given up on hotmail. I use it to get a few mailing lists, but never use it for outgoing mail or anything of critical importance..
Yea, and mother fucking bush is taking care of it, so why do you keep harping on the subject. how about i hold you accountable for shit your grandfather did...
...if you're a person who even understands higher math. But what about morons like me who still have to break out the calculator to do simple calculations. The ironic thing is I can code but probably will never get past a certain plateu thanks to my shortfalls. I never got past algebra 1 in HS...
Anybody have any good sources of help for the math-disabled
....Ya, this will probably be at the bottom of 500+ comments, but I just want to say to all those who complain about "having to fix their relatives computers"...be greatful you have relatives with computer to fix. My father is deceased. All my grandparents are deceased, and my mother is close enough that she probably doesnt even remember how to use a keyboard...and im only 24.
what i would give to be able to have relatives that i can bitch about....
My guess would be that the military will either take OpenBSD, combine it with some code from the NSA, and make a really secure OS, or take some code from it and add it to an OS they already use.
And my guess is that they will simply use OpenBSD out of the box, thus incorporating whatever developments are made by the gov't funded OpenBSD programmers.
I need to choose my words wisely here, but the govt isnt the big spender it used to be, at least in terms of developing their own solutions. Especially in the military, there has been a big move to use COTS based components whenever applicable. Command and control systems are running off of NT systems nowadays.
Back when they were running on Legacy systems, yea, alot of applications were made "in house". But you would be surprised if you were to walk through a modern military facitlity or a government agency the amount of x86 based hardware laying around.
Oh wow, what a great commercial...hmm, who was it created by? Oh, citystreets.org, a NY based "pedestrian rights" organization.
Just another example of the myopic world view alot of groups these days have. Does citystreets.org expect me to walk 30 miles from my house in the rural areas of VA to work every day? Just cause the shoe fits, doesnt mean everybody has the same sized feet...
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I run XP home edition for _months_ on end, on get this, a low end toshiba laptop. This includes going into sleep mode 2-3 times daily. so i resume the same session for weeks and weeks, with hardly any crashes since i've had my laptop...
...maybe I don't get it, but how are RFID tags a violation of your privacy. They have an effective range of a few feet. They are the next logical evolution up from barcodes. Are we that paranoid and afraid of technology? Somebody please enlighten me...
And ya know what? Next time Radiohead comes out with a new album, are you going to buy it?
....probably.... because nobody speaks with their wallet like they should...
The whole industry IM client wars are as stupid to me as the browser wars were. Basically corporations are competing to provide the most Ads really. Why is it so hard to have an open protocol and then these guys can still have their own clients, thus their own ad space, etc.
if you really wanted to , you could design a sort of 'side band' to the protocol to allow the different IM producers to tunnel their own unique content/featurs, but let the basic functionality of sending an instant text message to somebody on a different client remain....
I'm all for the free market system, but sometimes people need to realize that you got to cooperate some of the time
Some guys just dont get it...
I had a date a few weeks ago with a very, very attractive blonde. Good personality, awesome body, witty, funny, sexy as can be. She was divorced. Why? Her husband became addicted to EverCrack.
It seems to me that people getting addicted to these games have become the majority, rather than the minority that the defenders of the games claim.
And how the hell do you let go of a fine, fine blonde for a game?
When I first got into computers around 94-95ish, it seemed like once a week a new technology or use for current technology was being created...
....then once every couple of months... ...and now maybe once a year at best..
then once a month...
And when I think about it, it all seems to coincide with the increase in lawsuits against "patent violators", the DMCA, "intelectual property violations", etc etc. Basically, the big guys are stomping the little guy if he thinks outside the box, and it happens to present a challenge to their technology.
Perhaps Microsoft needs to wake up to this big tech killmachine that they have had a hand it making, and try to reverse some of the damage that it has done. Now people are afraid to issue security warnings for fear they might be arrested for breaking the DMCA...
insane...
Do you still use chamber pots for your bathroom, wood burning stoves to cook on, and ride a horse drawn cart to work?
See, true inovation doesnt come from "it works now, why mess with it" mentality.
What about an eBook about graphic layout, where rich text, graphics, and presentation make the book. There just are some things you cant do with HTML.
And how to do you propose you encrypt and protect from distribution a bunch of html files and images? Thats the whole point of eBooks - a rich, open , and protectable standard.
...is peer review by knowledgable people within the security community. And how do they have peer review of their code?..... open the source, of course.
ok, i did not mean for that to rhyme, but you get my point. Microsoft is a big self reliant entity that hires like minded people. Thats not who they need reviewing their code. They need objective 3rd parties with real world experience in security and systems. I'm not saying they need to put the code to WinNT on an FTP server for all to see, but loosening their grip a little.
Once MSFT realizes that they dont have to be nazi-esque with their firm grips around their code base, and they can succeed by opening up a little, they will do great things, imho. They havent quite learned that yet..
You laugh, but in a networking class I had back in high school, the instructor wore a freakin lab coat. I never did understand that....
"This is the type of ad force feeding that i think should be illegal or at least provide compensatory incentives for people.
And this is the type of mentality that is wrong with our current legal system. You have more power than the courts and lawmakers: the power of your wallet. If you do not like what your provider forces you to see, take buisness elsewhere.
Now on the other hand, legislation to stop telemarketers for instance, is somewhat beneficial, because in most cases you dont have the opportunity to take your phone service elsewhere.
I was going to pose the same question. Hopefully you dont get modded down as "flamebait".
Currently, the laws say trading copywritten music is illegal. Why are illegal things that geeks like "ok", and the authorities are "bad" for enforcing those laws..
If the people in question were downloading/uploading kiddy pr0n, i'm sure most slashdotters would be all for Verizon giving up the info.
Matt B. is one of the best indy comic i've found yet. Although some may not "get" it, if you're a single guy living near a big city, it will all make sense....
.......Sounds like a hygiene problem....
Please remember that the computers I met where often old and slow.
These machines he speaks of are probably unable to boot from the CDROM. Not many motherboards older than Pentium II class types had boot from cdrom capability.
If he's working on old pentium's or even *shudder* 486's, he needs a floppy based solution.
Why the need to use a PC? Couldnt MS find a way to create a WMA decoder in a ROM type fashion? I think a black box that you simply put a dvd containing the WMA file on it would rock. Less points of failure than a traditional PC.
....On how long before Larry Ellison re-states his offer to sell Oracle to the feds for this new data mining effort....
have YOU boycotted Oracle yet?
If you mean "not implementing it" in the literal sense, I would disagree...
But...
if you were trying to convey the fact that MS has embraced and extended the fsck out of XML, thus totally destroying it and not properly implementing it, then yes, I would agree...
How about instead of limiting outgoing email ( which I really doubt is a huge source of spam as they might lead you to believe ) , they instead fix their own incoming spam filters. I'm sorry, but if you cant tell that twertert@wtertert.sadaa is not a valid email address, then your spam filter is fucked. I posed this question before and somebody said it's a preventative measure in case somebody mistypes their email address ( ie xtermz@hotmail.omc ) .. That just doesnt fly with me.
This is all just a ploy to get people to "upgrade" their hotmail account. I've all but given up on hotmail. I use it to get a few mailing lists, but never use it for outgoing mail or anything of critical importance..
Yea, and mother fucking bush is taking care of it, so why do you keep harping on the subject. how about i hold you accountable for shit your grandfather did...
GWB Was in power in 81-82 ? Wow...I thought Ronald Reagan was. Hell, GW wasn't even governor yet.....
just another mindless moron spouting off "facts" you heard from your other hippie friends and your "peace rallies"....
oh! bring on the one about this being a "war for oil"......
...if you're a person who even understands higher math. But what about morons like me who still have to break out the calculator to do simple calculations. The ironic thing is I can code but probably will never get past a certain plateu thanks to my shortfalls. I never got past algebra 1 in HS...
Anybody have any good sources of help for the math-disabled
....Ya, this will probably be at the bottom of 500+ comments, but I just want to say to all those who complain about "having to fix their relatives computers"...be greatful you have relatives with computer to fix. My father is deceased. All my grandparents are deceased, and my mother is close enough that she probably doesnt even remember how to use a keyboard...and im only 24.
what i would give to be able to have relatives that i can bitch about....
My guess would be that the military will either take OpenBSD, combine it with some code from the NSA, and make a really secure OS, or take some code from it and add it to an OS they already use.
And my guess is that they will simply use OpenBSD out of the box, thus incorporating whatever developments are made by the gov't funded OpenBSD programmers.
I need to choose my words wisely here, but the govt isnt the big spender it used to be, at least in terms of developing their own solutions. Especially in the military, there has been a big move to use COTS based components whenever applicable. Command and control systems are running off of NT systems nowadays.
Back when they were running on Legacy systems, yea, alot of applications were made "in house". But you would be surprised if you were to walk through a modern military facitlity or a government agency the amount of x86 based hardware laying around.
Oh wow, what a great commercial...hmm, who was it created by? Oh, citystreets.org, a NY based "pedestrian rights" organization.
Just another example of the myopic world view alot of groups these days have. Does citystreets.org expect me to walk 30 miles from my house in the rural areas of VA to work every day? Just cause the shoe fits, doesnt mean everybody has the same sized feet...
...i would so mod you down...
How are the two even related? Does the FCC regulate blogs? Are blogs public services that are required to have licenses to operate?.
No..it's some pimply faced kid with a web site. How is this anything as bad or close to "payola"
Call the FBI, they'll probably laugh at you...