I've got my moderator points.. they are burning a hole in my browser (no sorry that's just IE).. I'm itching to use them, but I'm looking at the comments here and realise that most of it is going straight over the top of my head.
hehehe great reply, but I don't think the rest of the world needs reminding that the US exists - the beak of the bald eagle is sticking itself pretty much into everyone else's business.
Thanks but I don't think the rest of the world wants to be like the US - I mean, who in their right mind would want to have their dates around the that way:-)
I notice that a lot of people are saying they paid for it through taxes and they should get it. Probably a cunning plan would be to start making inquiries under some official information act or something similar to get the information.
Send information about the cost of getting that info to the 1/2 witted senator bloke and see if he is prepared to endorse an increase in funding to the weather service to enable them to respond to the projected inundation of regular requests for information.
I've done this a couple of times to get exactly what I've wanted - the philosophy doesn't just apply to software!!
Work out what you want, maybe build a couple of cardboard laptops and the bits and pieces and shuffle them around using some tape until you can get a size and shape you like - remember to take into consideration that the laptops will be heavier:-)
Then make up some templates for the shape you want and either (get and) learn how to use an 'industrial' sewing machine or take it to an upholsterer. Don't forget to think about the material you want and any appropriate padding and strengthening.
Depending on how you do it may cost a bit more initially - but you get exactly what you want and in the long term the TCO may be better:-)
Gee that's funny I can run Palm desktop as a user, although to be honest here - it is under win2k terminal server/Citrix not WinXP
There are soo many apps where the changing the security to one file can make a big difference.
I set ALL my win2k filessystems to users having no write access, and even my home machine I have to login as admin, install, logout, login as me, test, logout, login as admin, change security, etc etc etc.
Filemon and regmon are invaluable tools - in some cases you can just point things to different places - give everyone their own config file and change the HKLM registry setting to point to the files in someone's home directory rather than the windows/winnt directory.
Recently HP told me I had to change the whole 'program files\hewlett packard' directory to be readwrite for users to get a scanner to work - bullshit!! that ain't happening on my systems - it seems that there were 2 *.xml files that people needed write access to! Still not ideal but marginally acceptable.
Anyway there are a lot of ways to hack things to get them working - that's why I still use windows - still things for me to have 'fun' getting working.:-)
Well of course it makes it easy to find and defuse when you planted in there in the first place:-) Through lack of real evidence the only option was to plant something to make it look like there was WMD in the country.
AFAICT - the US has the worst terrorists of the lot leading the country (or at least their puppet masters are those leading the country) - invading countries for no valid reason etc. With their hoard of nuclear wepaons I would say they also come close to having a ridiculous amount of WMD themselves!!
When is the US's war on terror going to start bombing themselves???
Just a highly contentious and opinionated thought:-)
Woah up there!!
...behind yours, to signal right and pull over a bit...
Right into oncoming traffic - don't you mean signal left??
Go on mod me flamebait, we drive on the left side of the road here - makes a lot more sense!!:-)
It has probably been said, and probably against the intent of the various open source licences but I would really like to see the various projects (samba, apache) make some changes to revoke the licences of the products that SCO have included (or intend to include) in their products.
I've setup 2 networks using WTS/Citrix. The first was back in the days of WinFrame (NT 3.51) at a polytechnic and the second is where I work now.
We have all 80 staff around the country (currently) connecting to 1 Terminal server for Office 97, Outlook, membership system. We do have a second TS that runs PageMaker and PhotoShop. And a third waiting to be rebuilt to create a wee bit of redundancy:-)
Although our desktops are Win 2k Pro (cut right back and run the ICA and RDP clients) we have only 2 applications - one needs a local modem and the other is DOS based - that run on the local machines (apart from the laptops). We are starting to look at replacing the desktops with true thin clients (we bought the fat clients in case we had to go back to the 'old' way of doing things with the apps locally). The people with Palm devices can synchronise with Outlook/Exchange through the Citrix session. We have found that the people using laptops often prefer to dialup and connect to a terminal server rather than work off the local apps.
It means that all our data is on one server, not spread about the country. Everyone runs the same versions. We can shadow the user sessions. People can connect to exactly the same set of apps and have access to the same files, in the same locations from another office, from home, from the laptop in a motel room.
The benefits of thin client/terminal server whether it be Windows or Unix based is the only (well ok, a bit of exaggeration there) way to go.
If the GPL is not enforceable then how does that affect Proprietary licences? If someone could be sued, or claim damages against a writer of a piece of GPL'd software, does that wipe the whole concept of proprietary software licences stinging you for a lot of money and then saying tough luck if it doesn't work as planned or if it loses data etc?
So what browser are you using? Firebird
No, not what database, what browser? The open source web browser, Firebird.
Oh sorry, so you don't have the open source database Firebird then? thump
We hear/see a lot of comments about not wanting to pay the M$ tax when buying workstations.
I think the simple solution to people not wanting to pay the Redhat (damn where can I put the $) tax, is to not pay it - use another distro.
That's what's so great about linux, you don't like redhat don't use it, you don't like Slackware don't use it, you don't like Debian don't use it etc etc etc.
I thought the whole thing about OSS was choice, we just need to convince those brainwashed by Redhat (such as Oracle) that they should aim to support other distros, come up with a certification program so that people can build their own that is supported by Oracle.
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I've got my moderator points .. they are burning a hole in my browser (no sorry that's just IE) .. I'm itching to use them, but I'm looking at the comments here and realise that most of it is going straight over the top of my head.
:-)
Oh well, off to find a new topic
hmm, maybe not. But if it was labeled '1 litre' you might be able to :-)
Ah yes, but how many times has it been said a computer is running "XP Home" rather that "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"?
How long will it take before "the computer is running Microsoft Windows Vista" becomes the "the computer is running Vista"?
I think that would cause sufficient confusion.
Shouldn't this also be in "It's Funny, Laugh"?
hehehe great reply, but I don't think the rest of the world needs reminding that the US exists - the beak of the bald eagle is sticking itself pretty much into everyone else's business.
:-)
Thanks but I don't think the rest of the world wants to be like the US - I mean, who in their right mind would want to have their dates around the that way
Another NIMBY is ...
Prisons
I notice that a lot of people are saying they paid for it through taxes and they should get it. Probably a cunning plan would be to start making inquiries under some official information act or something similar to get the information.
Send information about the cost of getting that info to the 1/2 witted senator bloke and see if he is prepared to endorse an increase in funding to the weather service to enable them to respond to the projected inundation of regular requests for information.
Leave the U.S. ?? Not in my plans to go there.
Another fine example why I won't take up my US passport (much to my father's disappointment).
Too many polticians and companies with their heads sooo far up their own arse that they think they smell roses.
It doesn't long for most people to decide that they have work to do elsewhere :-)
Simply place it in a cage that only you have the keys to. When you want to play/feed the kid, unlock the cage, go in, lock the cage.
Problem solved.
I've done this a couple of times to get exactly what I've wanted - the philosophy doesn't just apply to software!!
:-)
:-)
Work out what you want, maybe build a couple of cardboard laptops and the bits and pieces and shuffle them around using some tape until you can get a size and shape you like - remember to take into consideration that the laptops will be heavier
Then make up some templates for the shape you want and either (get and) learn how to use an 'industrial' sewing machine or take it to an upholsterer. Don't forget to think about the material you want and any appropriate padding and strengthening.
Depending on how you do it may cost a bit more initially - but you get exactly what you want and in the long term the TCO may be better
>> the rest trying to screw in the bulb.
What are they doing trying to screw the bulb - wouldn't that burn a bit?
oops yes I see screw IN the bulb.
Note to self: read posts
Umm the world leader in what?
Democracy? hehe giggle giggle - the rest of the world believes you - nudge nudge wink wink.
Freedom? Yes right umm see above.
Health Care? cough cough
Crime? Ok you got me there, I accept that.
Terrorism? Yep, I'd give that you are world leaders there as well - attacking soverign nations etc.
Sigh it's a sad sad world.
Use your competitors adverts. It means that there is an incentive to get people off those dumb arse holding queues.
Gee that's funny I can run Palm desktop as a user, although to be honest here - it is under win2k terminal server/Citrix not WinXP
:-)
There are soo many apps where the changing the security to one file can make a big difference.
I set ALL my win2k filessystems to users having no write access, and even my home machine I have to login as admin, install, logout, login as me, test, logout, login as admin, change security, etc etc etc.
Filemon and regmon are invaluable tools - in some cases you can just point things to different places - give everyone their own config file and change the HKLM registry setting to point to the files in someone's home directory rather than the windows/winnt directory.
Recently HP told me I had to change the whole 'program files\hewlett packard' directory to be readwrite for users to get a scanner to work - bullshit!! that ain't happening on my systems - it seems that there were 2 *.xml files that people needed write access to! Still not ideal but marginally acceptable.
Anyway there are a lot of ways to hack things to get them working - that's why I still use windows - still things for me to have 'fun' getting working.
Well of course it makes it easy to find and defuse when you planted in there in the first place :-) Through lack of real evidence the only option was to plant something to make it look like there was WMD in the country.
AFAICT - the US has the worst terrorists of the lot leading the country (or at least their puppet masters are those leading the country) - invading countries for no valid reason etc. With their hoard of nuclear wepaons I would say they also come close to having a ridiculous amount of WMD themselves!!
When is the US's war on terror going to start bombing themselves???
Just a highly contentious and opinionated thought :-)
Woah up there!! ...behind yours, to signal right and pull over a bit ... :-)
Right into oncoming traffic - don't you mean signal left??
Go on mod me flamebait, we drive on the left side of the road here - makes a lot more sense!!
I head out to teach my martial arts classes - Zen Do Kai twice a week and kickboxing once a week.
Plus real things like go to the supermarket, meet friends for lunch - repeat after me 'real life human interaction is good for me'
'Geek' doesn't mean hiding away shunning human contact - loser, reject are more appropriate words for that.
It has probably been said, and probably against the intent of the various open source licences but I would really like to see the various projects (samba, apache) make some changes to revoke the licences of the products that SCO have included (or intend to include) in their products.
I've setup 2 networks using WTS/Citrix. The first was back in the days of WinFrame (NT 3.51) at a polytechnic and the second is where I work now.
:-)
We have all 80 staff around the country (currently) connecting to 1 Terminal server for Office 97, Outlook, membership system. We do have a second TS that runs PageMaker and PhotoShop. And a third waiting to be rebuilt to create a wee bit of redundancy
Although our desktops are Win 2k Pro (cut right back and run the ICA and RDP clients) we have only 2 applications - one needs a local modem and the other is DOS based - that run on the local machines (apart from the laptops). We are starting to look at replacing the desktops with true thin clients (we bought the fat clients in case we had to go back to the 'old' way of doing things with the apps locally). The people with Palm devices can synchronise with Outlook/Exchange through the Citrix session. We have found that the people using laptops often prefer to dialup and connect to a terminal server rather than work off the local apps.
It means that all our data is on one server, not spread about the country. Everyone runs the same versions. We can shadow the user sessions. People can connect to exactly the same set of apps and have access to the same files, in the same locations from another office, from home, from the laptop in a motel room.
The benefits of thin client/terminal server whether it be Windows or Unix based is the only (well ok, a bit of exaggeration there) way to go.
Obligatory SCO comment - after all SCO owns UNIX
The most ridiculous thing about this is the bullshit (comply with US laws etc) that comes in delivered to my .co.nz email addresses.
Sorry Dubya, but your laws mean nothing to me - just don't Iraq me.
Go guys - kill what's left of my karma
If the GPL is not enforceable then how does that affect Proprietary licences?
If someone could be sued, or claim damages against a writer of a piece of GPL'd software, does that wipe the whole concept of proprietary software licences stinging you for a lot of money and then saying tough luck if it doesn't work as planned or if it loses data etc?
So what browser are you using?
Firebird
No, not what database, what browser?
The open source web browser, Firebird.
Oh sorry, so you don't have the open source database Firebird then?
thump
We hear/see a lot of comments about not wanting to pay the M$ tax when buying workstations.
I think the simple solution to people not wanting to pay the Redhat (damn where can I put the $) tax, is to not pay it - use another distro.
That's what's so great about linux, you don't like redhat don't use it, you don't like Slackware don't use it, you don't like Debian don't use it etc etc etc.
I thought the whole thing about OSS was choice, we just need to convince those brainwashed by Redhat (such as Oracle) that they should aim to support other distros, come up with a certification program so that people can build their own that is supported by Oracle.
Just my humble opinion.