he article makes it sound like people are being forced to work for M$. If people don't like their work environment, either organize a union, file a lawsuit, or quit. Whining does nothing but make you sound like a whiner.
File a lawsuit? WTF!? Ahh, the American answer to everything. I would rather someone complain about something than file a lawsuit. Damn, no wonder this country is becoming so F'd up.
When I first read this article, I thought - wow, that sucks for them. But you know what really sucks? Having your country invaded and destroyed. Not having a job at all. Having a loved one with a disabling disease. There are many things that could be considered worse than facing differential treatment at the largest software company in the world. If you have something that you think you have a right to complain about, then by all means complain about it. Make your case. But for cripes sake, don't just file a lawsuit because you can.
You were treated differently because you have a orange badge on? You were referred to with some made-up derogatory nickname, which you probably weren't supposed to hear? I'll bet a lot of black people reading this article couldn't help but smile and think "Now you have a glimpse of my world every day".
I don't get spam. I just don't get any. I don't let my e-mail get out to stupid places on the net where a spider will get them.
First off I could publish your email address here to make sure you do get your share of spam. Searching for "apreche" on rit.edu (from your profile), gives me a web page, and the email to the webmaster of that page. But I wouldn't be that mean.:-)
Second, you don't have to give out your email address to get spam. Giving it out will increase your spam, but most of the spam I get comes from username generating programs. It usually has about 100 other adressees on the email, all with similar userids as mine. So it isn't about them finding my email address, because I haven't given that one out to anyone. It is my login email for my provider (earthlink). There are programs that just churn, generating login IDs and sending emails to them. If they don't get a bounce from the email server, voila! A valid email address.
Third, if you are at a learning institution, they probably have spam blockers in place. So you aren't even seeing all of the potential spam sent to you.
Keep linux where it is strong; servers, embedded devices, stuff like that.
Hold on. You didn't mention the desktop. I don't think Linux is weak on the desktop, I just think it is the wrong fit for the average user's desktop. When most people say it is weak on the desktop, they mean for the average Windows user. It is great for me, because I like the technical side of it. "The Desktop" is not a generic term that applies the same to everyone. My desktop is different than my parents. On my desktop, I have multiple text windows up, virtual desktops, a system monitor running, a browser, a tail of my webserver log, etc. I'll bet these are common on several techie's desktops, but they aren't on most peoples. I rarely use a word processor or spreadsheet at home, but my wife uses them all the time. She prints things constantly, I don't. My parents browse the web and read email, that's it.
"The Desktop" shouldn't mean "Universal Desktop". Just keep that in mind when you think or say that Linux isn't ready for the desktop. It is ready and is in use as a desktop system. It may not be at the Windows level of desktop friendliness, but I am not sure if that is necessarily a bad thing.
"The plethora of Free Software applications available tday, none working perfectly, is a problem..."
What about all the proprietary software that doesn't work perfectly (you know what I'm talking about). It hasn't prevented a certain software company from dominating the desktop market.
That is because there is a default, standard choice. I am not saying this is right or wrong, but I get the author's point. "Working" is used too generically in this article. Mplayer works, but not to some people. I can use it to play clips, but I can't resize them to play fullscreen. You have to figure out and compile in certain features. That is all a part of "working", IMO. Maybe by "working" he means "right out of the box, and the same for everyone".
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux and it is my environment of choice, but it has problems. I still have problems with my font server crashing on my Redhat 7.3 box. When it dies, apps like Opera and ImageMagick don't run. I, as a computer user, should not need to even know about the font server. But I live with the ideosyncracy of Linux because I still prefer it.
All that being said, I do think that for Linux to "succeed" on the desktop for the general public, there needs to be standard choices for various tasks, and those choices need to work. What the author suggests, picking something and making it THE standard, is easier said than done. All of this assumes, of course, that Linux needs to be accepted on the public desktop. I am not so sure it needs to be. Why can't it stay the "geek's choice", just like Mac is the "non-geek's choice"? (tongue-in-cheek, but generally true) It is like arguing that Google should IPO. It assumes that going public is the ultimate goal, which isn't necessarily true. I am happy with the path Linux is on, and it would be perfectly fine with me if it stayed on that path. The general user's desktop is not the ultimate goal. There is no spoon.
What sales company doesn't like the idea of permanent commercials on a DVD?
The same kind who shut down websites for containing video clips of commercials.
It was one of the dumbest things I have ever heard, when a few years ago a website (can't remember the name) was SHUT DOWN for containing copyrighted material. It was a website of funny/interesting/nostalgic commercials. How stupid could advertisers be, to shut down a website that did their job for them. It's all about control. Insanity.
I have limited experience (managed to install and set up RH 8.0 as a router for my home network) with linux but here are a few thoughts.
Linux is not ready for the dsesktop. ...snip... If you want linux on the desktop then linux developers need to compete with MS.
My rule of thumb when I don't agree with what is being said is to go to the very beginning, and look for the root assumption being made. Usually the entire argument is being made from one or more basic assumptions.
In this case, I think the assumption you made is that tech people want Linux to displace Microsoft on the desktop. I do not think that is the case at all. That SEEMS to be what some people want, but I don't think it ultimately is. I think they are sidetracked because of the obstacles in their way. I want to be able to run Linux because I prefer it. I love tinkering with it. I can do what I need to do with it. Where I can't, as in games, I use Windows. I don't have a problem admitting that. But that situation is becoming more and more rare, the more mature Linux gets. (and by Linux I am lumping in OSS software too) Of course, this is at home where a "corporate computing standard" isn't imposed on me.
I joke about wanting Linux to take over the world, but all I really want is for it to be accepted. I don't care about what everyone else chooses to use, as long as there is a choice. What has made Linux difficult to use? Can't print? That is because printer manufacturers don't produce drivers for Linux. Can't network effectively with Windows machines? That is Microsoft's doing by not cooperating. Can't read MSOffice documents? Microsoft again. The only reason we have OpenOffice is from reverse engineering. Multimedia players? Again, closed formats. I am amazed at how much engineering (and reverse engineering) effort has gone on in the Open Source and Free Software world. Imagine if that effort could have been used in different ways.
I want Linux to succeed so I can use it. That is all. Other companies make it harder for it to succeed. Linux is about cooperation to make the overall computing experience work. If I may refer to it as a "thing", Linux is not anti-Microsoft, as many people think. It simply wants to BE. New video format? Hey, let us in on it. New document format? Let us in on the specs. I don't think any Linux tech people have a problem with cooperating and working with Microsoft products, but the opposite. We WANT to be compatible. Microsoft is the one who is hanging on tightly to their document formats, APIs, protocols, etc.
Some people get too caught up in this "battle of the OSs". Microsoft can exist, it doesn't bother me. I don't want Linux to destroy them. I just want to be able to use it because I prefer it.
I think of Open Source and Free Software like water. It is just flowing, doing it's thing. You may be able to put it in a container and hold it, or dam it up, but it will find the little cracks and seep through. All because it is just doing what is its nature.
I want to type in courier just like I can in Pine, or netscape messenger.
So use Pine.
Don't laugh! I still use it as my email of choice. I used to use Netscape, but when I got DSL and my Linux machine fully running, I just stuck with Pine. (I tried Kmail for a while, and Opera mail). People laugh at me, but when I am at home, I can view attachments fine with it. When I am away from home, it is a bit harder. But I don't have to download my email either. I can download PuTTY wherever I am, ssh into my box, and read my mail in about a minute. I did this recently while traveling in France. I also use fetchmail to gather my various accounts into one on my machine at home. Even on dialup I can check my mail pretty quickly.
People can't believe that I still use Pine, but it is light, fast, and easy. Of course, if access to my home machine is cut off for some reason, I have to use my ISPs webmail, but I LOATHE webmail. I don't have a compelling reason to use a GUI mail client.
Hello? I'm going to recommend some literacy for you.
Did you read my comment? Did I say open source sucks? No. Did I say it was bad? no. Did I mention ANY opinion on it? NO! Can you read? Obviously not.
I said that most of the people on here are just looking for free stuff. Well, you know what most of the other part is? Zealots like you that see one word and start ranting about M$ and closed minds and the evil empire. Get over it. And try reading before your next knee-jerk reaction.
Hello, pot? This is the kettle calling....
Where did I say M$, or was that your choice of putting words into wy mouth? Did I say "evil empire"? And I find it hard to believe that you know why everyone here likes OSS. I am sure many many others would disagree with your "theory".
Did you mention any opinion on OSS? Yes, you said the Freedom part of it was a red herring. I think that is a pretty strong (and stupid) opinion. Can I read? Good one, boy, you really zinged me there.
If you have no opinion on these matters, then why bother posting? I outline my reasons for using Open Source, and you call me a zealot? That whooshing sound you hear is the point going over your head. And the sad part is, I didn't even have to try....
No, you've got the facts right. It's just that most people here want free as in beer and not free as in speech. I swear if Microsoft was free most of the people here would be switching to it right now. This open source thing is just a red herring for "I want free stuff because I deserve it."
*fights urge to yell TROLL*
I like the fact that Linux and Open Source apps are Free (dom) and free ($). If I had to choose one of them to go away, I would choose free. I would rather pay for something that I actually own than license something for free.
I run Open Source apps on my Windows machine. Open Source isn't just about the OS. There is so much more to OSS than costing no money, and if you don't see that then you aren't listening very closely.
I downloaded RH8.0 when it came out, installed it on a test machine, and didn't like it that much. So I stuck with 7.3 on my main machine. I am glad I did, and I am not out any money. I doubt I'll get RH9.0. I am considering switching distros, and may just switch to Knoppix. It is awesome as a bootable CD. Gee, now where are all of those bootable Windows OSs? Oh, that's right, we don't get them unless Microsoft decides to make them.
You can troll all you want about how Open Source sucks, and it is just a bunch of hippies wanting free stuff, blah blah blah. YOU are the one falling behind the curve by keeping your little mind closed.
One of the coolest things about Knoppix is that you can customize it! I have followed the guides out there and created my own Knoppix build platform. ( Customizing FAQ) . It is great for tinkering, and removing apps you don't want, adding the ones you do, and burning your own version of Knoppix.
I created one that is console only, and boots to a Quake Team Fortress (original) server, with about 60 maps. I am currently trying to get a mod built for Morphix for this. My webserver can't handle the traffic, so I prefer not to give out the URL for knoppixquake, but if you really want it you'll figure out how to find it.:-)
Get out there and customize your version of Knoppix today!
This is not a patent for all advertising on web pages. It is for a method of allocating display space to advertisers based on a bidding system.
NOT "all web advertising"
It would be nice if people read the articles that were posted here, but sometimes that isn't possible because the sites get slashdotted.
What would be even nicer is if the submitters and the editors would read the articles themselves, and not put a bunch of misleading information into the submission and the title.
You know what else would be nice? A cold beer.
One out of three ain't bad.:-)
Oh man, the MS BOB screenshots on that site were hilarious! Microsoft BOB , for those who haven't seen it, was a ridiculous attempt to make the PC interface usable by the average person. How insulting! What makes it even funnier is that the mascot from BOB is available in Win XP. (it's on the last page of screenshots)
Our disarmament continues to this day. US biological programs were halted in, I believe, the early 70s, and all materials destroyed. Chemicals we don't have, as per the various laws of war banning them.
To determine which version of Microsoft Windows you are running:
1. On the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: winver
3. Click OK.
A dialog box displays the version that you are running.
Hmm. I guess I am running Windows version "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C004CDCF in VXD VNTFS(01)+ 0000B897. The current application will be terminated."
I said reasonable value, if I pay for it. It isn't worth paying for in my opinion. All of the news stories are from somewhere else, submitted by users, commented on and moderated by users. If they are going to post duplicate stories, spelling and grammar errors, and dingus stories like this one, then I don't feel it is worth paying for. If it goes away because they can't afford to keep it going, I will survive. Right now, I am getting what I pay for on Slashdot.
And I do like it here, but I won't subscribe until I feel that it is worth it. That's my right.
I have been in QA for about 10 years. (no, it is not just a stepping stone to something else as many people seem to think.) I have always told other people that they should raise bugs so that nobody should have to call and ask you any questions.
CLEARLY report the problem like you are explaining it to a 3 year old.
This is a good rule of thumb, but you can get over-simplified. I have seen people raise bugs that contained wayyyyy too much information. Remember, the developers can't read your mind, but they aren't idiots either.
One good thing to separate out is the PROBLEM and the STEPS TO REPRODUCE. They are not the same thing. If you can reproduce it, and document the steps, all the better. If you can tell a developer WHY a bug is a bug, and how to reproduce it, it makes their jobs much easier. Sometimes it isn't obvious to everyone else WHY you think something should be changed.
Some people like to suggest solutions in their bugs, and this isn't a good idea most of the time. I have found that developers tend to see that as "don't tell me how to do my thing". The only way I would suggest doing it is if your proposed solution isn't the obvious one. You could always preface it with "One possible solution could be..." instead of "You should fix it by..."
Report your entire platform. OS, vers, ram, vid card, prod vers, etc.
I would say this is a case-by-case basis, but generally a good tip. You could flood them with too many details. If you don't know something about your system, or if it is irrelevant to the problem, make sure to point that out too. "I don't remember what other applications I had running, but there were several" is better than not mentioning at all that you had other apps running. It could give them a lead.
Right now H1B workers are basically indentured servants to the corporations who hire them. Corporations can make them work in tiny cubicles for 80 hours a week and the workers' choice is basically to suck it up or to quit and risk being sent back. The corporations are not upset with this situation.
Then you say:
It's time to let H1B recipients have the right to change jobs, demand more pay, and be treated like [american] humans.
In all seriousness, what you said in the first paragraph applies to American workers as well. Right now I don't know too many tech people who are out there looking to change jobs, because there aren't any. Demanding more pay? This ain't 1998. If you have a job, you do what they tell you because there isn't much of a job market.
Seems to me that you're a tad bit jealous that you DIDN'T subscribe, and thus didn't see the article early enough to snap one of those IPAQ's up for $10 dollars.
Pssst. Nobody is getting them for $10.
I would only expect this story to be posted if it were indeed true, and it wasn't. They were not selling them for $10. They had a pricing error listed, they weren't actually selling them that cheaply. There are deal sites out there for things like this. People on them bitch all the time about how companies screw them by not honoring price mistakes online. No need to see it here, and certainly no need to pay to see it.
So I read/. every day, but why haven't I subscribed yet? This story is exactly why. So they got rid of Katz, which was a big step in the right direction, but now they are posting ads as stories and stupid crap like this.
Ooooo just think if I would have been a paid subscriber, I could have read about this before anyone else. I ususally don't rip on the editors that much, but I really don't get the point of posting this. It isn't that I have to agree with everything they do, but I think I should get something of reasonable value if I pay for it. I am just not seeing it with Slashdot. If anything, *I* am a value to them, because I submit stories, post comments, and moderate.
What the fuck do you define rich? Anything over a million is rich to me, and the guy did say ONE of the richest and not THE richest.
Who gives a fuck what you define as rich. Hell, just looking at forbes.com for the top 400 richest Americans, number 400 made 550 million. That is over half a BILLION dollars , and he is numnber 400 on the list.
Toby Maguire isn't even in the top 100 celebrities, let alone in the top 400 in the country. I'll bet he isn't even in the top 1000 richest people in America. I could give a crap about how much he makes, but this dumbass seems to want to bring up that he is one of the richest people in America, which he clearly is NOT.
Why are you defending someone who is talking out of their ass? Perhaps you, sir, are a turd. An Anonymous Turd.
Have you considered the possibility of someone exploiting a non-root remote hole on your box and now having the ability to escalate themselves to root?
Well, I, ahhh....
Shut up!
Would someone please mod my previous post down as "fingers faster than brain"? Thank you.
Soooo, i wonder how many posts will appear here along the lines of those in the WebDav exploit story earlier. Not many im willing to bet.
Those people willing to shout and hollor at every serious issue, screaming bloody murder because someone got it wrong, really pisses me off. Yes people get it wrong, they write insecure code from time to time. This issue and a number of those before it show that Linux has as many opportunities for exploitation as any other OS.
I hate when I choose to reply instead of mod, but this needs to be said - they aren't the same!
I am not going to patch my Linux systems. Why? Because it isn't possible to exploit this vulnerability remotely. The only local user on my machine knows the root password (me). So it isn't quite the same severity as a bug in a widely distributed webserver. Yes, they are both serious, but compare apples to apples. (not that your comments aren't correct, just that you need to make them at the right time.)
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File a lawsuit? WTF!? Ahh, the American answer to everything. I would rather someone complain about something than file a lawsuit. Damn, no wonder this country is becoming so F'd up.
When I first read this article, I thought - wow, that sucks for them. But you know what really sucks? Having your country invaded and destroyed. Not having a job at all. Having a loved one with a disabling disease. There are many things that could be considered worse than facing differential treatment at the largest software company in the world. If you have something that you think you have a right to complain about, then by all means complain about it. Make your case. But for cripes sake, don't just file a lawsuit because you can.
You were treated differently because you have a orange badge on? You were referred to with some made-up derogatory nickname, which you probably weren't supposed to hear? I'll bet a lot of black people reading this article couldn't help but smile and think "Now you have a glimpse of my world every day".
First off I could publish your email address here to make sure you do get your share of spam. Searching for "apreche" on rit.edu (from your profile), gives me a web page, and the email to the webmaster of that page. But I wouldn't be that mean. :-)
Second, you don't have to give out your email address to get spam. Giving it out will increase your spam, but most of the spam I get comes from username generating programs. It usually has about 100 other adressees on the email, all with similar userids as mine. So it isn't about them finding my email address, because I haven't given that one out to anyone. It is my login email for my provider (earthlink). There are programs that just churn, generating login IDs and sending emails to them. If they don't get a bounce from the email server, voila! A valid email address.
Third, if you are at a learning institution, they probably have spam blockers in place. So you aren't even seeing all of the potential spam sent to you.
Yeah, but what if you could bring *two* CDs?
Hold on. You didn't mention the desktop. I don't think Linux is weak on the desktop, I just think it is the wrong fit for the average user's desktop. When most people say it is weak on the desktop, they mean for the average Windows user. It is great for me, because I like the technical side of it. "The Desktop" is not a generic term that applies the same to everyone. My desktop is different than my parents. On my desktop, I have multiple text windows up, virtual desktops, a system monitor running, a browser, a tail of my webserver log, etc. I'll bet these are common on several techie's desktops, but they aren't on most peoples. I rarely use a word processor or spreadsheet at home, but my wife uses them all the time. She prints things constantly, I don't. My parents browse the web and read email, that's it.
"The Desktop" shouldn't mean "Universal Desktop". Just keep that in mind when you think or say that Linux isn't ready for the desktop. It is ready and is in use as a desktop system. It may not be at the Windows level of desktop friendliness, but I am not sure if that is necessarily a bad thing.
What about all the proprietary software that doesn't work perfectly (you know what I'm talking about). It hasn't prevented a certain software company from dominating the desktop market.
That is because there is a default, standard choice. I am not saying this is right or wrong, but I get the author's point. "Working" is used too generically in this article. Mplayer works, but not to some people. I can use it to play clips, but I can't resize them to play fullscreen. You have to figure out and compile in certain features. That is all a part of "working", IMO. Maybe by "working" he means "right out of the box, and the same for everyone".
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux and it is my environment of choice, but it has problems. I still have problems with my font server crashing on my Redhat 7.3 box. When it dies, apps like Opera and ImageMagick don't run. I, as a computer user, should not need to even know about the font server. But I live with the ideosyncracy of Linux because I still prefer it.
All that being said, I do think that for Linux to "succeed" on the desktop for the general public, there needs to be standard choices for various tasks, and those choices need to work. What the author suggests, picking something and making it THE standard, is easier said than done. All of this assumes, of course, that Linux needs to be accepted on the public desktop. I am not so sure it needs to be. Why can't it stay the "geek's choice", just like Mac is the "non-geek's choice"? (tongue-in-cheek, but generally true) It is like arguing that Google should IPO. It assumes that going public is the ultimate goal, which isn't necessarily true. I am happy with the path Linux is on, and it would be perfectly fine with me if it stayed on that path. The general user's desktop is not the ultimate goal.
There is no spoon.
The same kind who shut down websites for containing video clips of commercials.
It was one of the dumbest things I have ever heard, when a few years ago a website (can't remember the name) was SHUT DOWN for containing copyrighted material. It was a website of funny/interesting/nostalgic commercials. How stupid could advertisers be, to shut down a website that did their job for them. It's all about control. Insanity.
Yes our W2K exchange server became self-aware today and decided to commit suicide...
Well, what would YOU do if you suddenly became self-aware, and realize you were an Exchange server?
...snip...
If you want linux on the desktop then linux developers need to compete with MS.
My rule of thumb when I don't agree with what is being said is to go to the very beginning, and look for the root assumption being made. Usually the entire argument is being made from one or more basic assumptions.
In this case, I think the assumption you made is that tech people want Linux to displace Microsoft on the desktop. I do not think that is the case at all. That SEEMS to be what some people want, but I don't think it ultimately is. I think they are sidetracked because of the obstacles in their way. I want to be able to run Linux because I prefer it. I love tinkering with it. I can do what I need to do with it. Where I can't, as in games, I use Windows. I don't have a problem admitting that. But that situation is becoming more and more rare, the more mature Linux gets. (and by Linux I am lumping in OSS software too) Of course, this is at home where a "corporate computing standard" isn't imposed on me.
I joke about wanting Linux to take over the world, but all I really want is for it to be accepted. I don't care about what everyone else chooses to use, as long as there is a choice. What has made Linux difficult to use? Can't print? That is because printer manufacturers don't produce drivers for Linux. Can't network effectively with Windows machines? That is Microsoft's doing by not cooperating. Can't read MSOffice documents? Microsoft again. The only reason we have OpenOffice is from reverse engineering. Multimedia players? Again, closed formats. I am amazed at how much engineering (and reverse engineering) effort has gone on in the Open Source and Free Software world. Imagine if that effort could have been used in different ways.
I want Linux to succeed so I can use it. That is all. Other companies make it harder for it to succeed. Linux is about cooperation to make the overall computing experience work. If I may refer to it as a "thing", Linux is not anti-Microsoft, as many people think. It simply wants to BE. New video format? Hey, let us in on it. New document format? Let us in on the specs. I don't think any Linux tech people have a problem with cooperating and working with Microsoft products, but the opposite. We WANT to be compatible. Microsoft is the one who is hanging on tightly to their document formats, APIs, protocols, etc.
Some people get too caught up in this "battle of the OSs". Microsoft can exist, it doesn't bother me. I don't want Linux to destroy them. I just want to be able to use it because I prefer it.
I think of Open Source and Free Software like water. It is just flowing, doing it's thing. You may be able to put it in a container and hold it, or dam it up, but it will find the little cracks and seep through. All because it is just doing what is its nature.
So use Pine.
Don't laugh! I still use it as my email of choice. I used to use Netscape, but when I got DSL and my Linux machine fully running, I just stuck with Pine. (I tried Kmail for a while, and Opera mail). People laugh at me, but when I am at home, I can view attachments fine with it. When I am away from home, it is a bit harder. But I don't have to download my email either. I can download PuTTY wherever I am, ssh into my box, and read my mail in about a minute. I did this recently while traveling in France. I also use fetchmail to gather my various accounts into one on my machine at home. Even on dialup I can check my mail pretty quickly.
People can't believe that I still use Pine, but it is light, fast, and easy. Of course, if access to my home machine is cut off for some reason, I have to use my ISPs webmail, but I LOATHE webmail. I don't have a compelling reason to use a GUI mail client.
Hello, pot? This is the kettle calling....
Where did I say M$, or was that your choice of putting words into wy mouth? Did I say "evil empire"? And I find it hard to believe that you know why everyone here likes OSS. I am sure many many others would disagree with your "theory".
Did you mention any opinion on OSS? Yes, you said the Freedom part of it was a red herring. I think that is a pretty strong (and stupid) opinion. Can I read? Good one, boy, you really zinged me there.
If you have no opinion on these matters, then why bother posting? I outline my reasons for using Open Source, and you call me a zealot? That whooshing sound you hear is the point going over your head. And the sad part is, I didn't even have to try....
*fights urge to yell TROLL*
I like the fact that Linux and Open Source apps are Free (dom) and free ($). If I had to choose one of them to go away, I would choose free. I would rather pay for something that I actually own than license something for free.
I run Open Source apps on my Windows machine. Open Source isn't just about the OS. There is so much more to OSS than costing no money, and if you don't see that then you aren't listening very closely.
I downloaded RH8.0 when it came out, installed it on a test machine, and didn't like it that much. So I stuck with 7.3 on my main machine. I am glad I did, and I am not out any money. I doubt I'll get RH9.0. I am considering switching distros, and may just switch to Knoppix. It is awesome as a bootable CD. Gee, now where are all of those bootable Windows OSs? Oh, that's right, we don't get them unless Microsoft decides to make them.
You can troll all you want about how Open Source sucks, and it is just a bunch of hippies wanting free stuff, blah blah blah. YOU are the one falling behind the curve by keeping your little mind closed.
I created one that is console only, and boots to a Quake Team Fortress (original) server, with about 60 maps. I am currently trying to get a mod built for Morphix for this. My webserver can't handle the traffic, so I prefer not to give out the URL for knoppixquake, but if you really want it you'll figure out how to find it. :-)
Get out there and customize your version of Knoppix today!
And they'll have to sue themselves for producing a product that is only used by dirty, thieving, pirates.
It would be nice if people read the articles that were posted here, but sometimes that isn't possible because the sites get slashdotted.
What would be even nicer is if the submitters and the editors would read the articles themselves, and not put a bunch of misleading information into the submission and the title.
You know what else would be nice? A cold beer. :-)
One out of three ain't bad.
Isn't Anthrax biological?
1. On the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: winver
3. Click OK.
A dialog box displays the version that you are running.
Hmm. I guess I am running Windows version
"A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C004CDCF in VXD VNTFS(01)+ 0000B897. The current application will be terminated."
And I do like it here, but I won't subscribe until I feel that it is worth it. That's my right.
CLEARLY report the problem like you are explaining it to a 3 year old.
This is a good rule of thumb, but you can get over-simplified. I have seen people raise bugs that contained wayyyyy too much information. Remember, the developers can't read your mind, but they aren't idiots either.
One good thing to separate out is the PROBLEM and the STEPS TO REPRODUCE. They are not the same thing. If you can reproduce it, and document the steps, all the better. If you can tell a developer WHY a bug is a bug, and how to reproduce it, it makes their jobs much easier. Sometimes it isn't obvious to everyone else WHY you think something should be changed. Some people like to suggest solutions in their bugs, and this isn't a good idea most of the time. I have found that developers tend to see that as "don't tell me how to do my thing". The only way I would suggest doing it is if your proposed solution isn't the obvious one. You could always preface it with "One possible solution could be..." instead of "You should fix it by..."
Report your entire platform. OS, vers, ram, vid card, prod vers, etc.
I would say this is a case-by-case basis, but generally a good tip. You could flood them with too many details. If you don't know something about your system, or if it is irrelevant to the problem, make sure to point that out too. "I don't remember what other applications I had running, but there were several" is better than not mentioning at all that you had other apps running. It could give them a lead.
Right now H1B workers are basically indentured servants to the corporations who hire them. Corporations can make them work in tiny cubicles for 80 hours a week and the workers' choice is basically to suck it up or to quit and risk being sent back. The corporations are not upset with this situation.
Then you say:
It's time to let H1B recipients have the right to change jobs, demand more pay, and be treated like [american] humans.
In all seriousness, what you said in the first paragraph applies to American workers as well. Right now I don't know too many tech people who are out there looking to change jobs, because there aren't any. Demanding more pay? This ain't 1998. If you have a job, you do what they tell you because there isn't much of a job market.
Pssst. Nobody is getting them for $10.
I would only expect this story to be posted if it were indeed true, and it wasn't. They were not selling them for $10. They had a pricing error listed, they weren't actually selling them that cheaply. There are deal sites out there for things like this. People on them bitch all the time about how companies screw them by not honoring price mistakes online. No need to see it here, and certainly no need to pay to see it.
Ooooo just think if I would have been a paid subscriber, I could have read about this before anyone else. I ususally don't rip on the editors that much, but I really don't get the point of posting this. It isn't that I have to agree with everything they do, but I think I should get something of reasonable value if I pay for it. I am just not seeing it with Slashdot. If anything, *I* am a value to them, because I submit stories, post comments, and moderate.
Who gives a fuck what you define as rich. Hell, just looking at forbes.com for the top 400 richest Americans, number 400 made 550 million. That is over half a BILLION dollars , and he is numnber 400 on the list.
Toby Maguire isn't even in the top 100 celebrities, let alone in the top 400 in the country. I'll bet he isn't even in the top 1000 richest people in America. I could give a crap about how much he makes, but this dumbass seems to want to bring up that he is one of the richest people in America, which he clearly is NOT.
Why are you defending someone who is talking out of their ass? Perhaps you, sir, are a turd. An Anonymous Turd.
Well, I, ahhh....
Shut up!
Would someone please mod my previous post down as "fingers faster than brain"?
Thank you.
I hate when I choose to reply instead of mod, but this needs to be said - they aren't the same!
I am not going to patch my Linux systems. Why? Because it isn't possible to exploit this vulnerability remotely. The only local user on my machine knows the root password (me). So it isn't quite the same severity as a bug in a widely distributed webserver. Yes, they are both serious, but compare apples to apples. (not that your comments aren't correct, just that you need to make them at the right time.)