I got mine. They didn't even spell my company name right! Then just this week I got a letter from Microsoft with my company name mispelled exactly like on my BSA letter.
They are just hoping I will turn myself in. I mean Lord knows I only buy one copy of SuSE and install it on ALL of my computers and servers!
Take a lesson from SuSE. It took a while to fully appreciate the way they do there updates but now that I understand it it makes much more sense.
Send send out software package xyz at version 1.1.1-1 with their 8.0 SuSE distribution (one previous to their current. When you get their updates fixing a problem found last week, you don't get the latest verson of the package which would break the comatability with the applications using the package, they send you a patched version of the software, 1.1.1-2. This way you get the fix and no more!
They don't go and roll up 100 fixes and enhancements in 'One easy to down load and install" service pack. The give you a tool that shows what patches they recommend for your system, why the recomend it and let you make the choice.
Yea, cry how hard they make your life. Then explain to me much better of a venue they offer!
By the way, they have yet to tell me to edit a file to fix the security of my system, but if they did, I would know enough about what the changes were and how to use an editor to not be intimidated by it!
If a unix vulnerability was ever exploited to the levels that this sql one or nimbda or sircam were, I'm sure one of you AC's would let us know!
It's amazing how many people just don't feal they have to upgrade their machines. Im stil getting nimda hits. The sql exploit is using a vulnerability 6mos old!
Show's you the real vulnerability is the image the MS has palmed off on the public for 20 years! With our system you don't need to worry about good administration! It just works and works and works! Why pay for an admin when you can by MS Win-X?
I run a couple of information sites. I found that selling a product releated to the information helps defray my costs. I haven't gotten where I can support my family and myself, but I do have a nice set of co-located servers and it helps pay for Christmas as well.
If you pay down the national debt 100% we would not have any money! Our money system is ALL based on the our goverment owing the banks money. The owed amount is then an asset that the bank is then allowed to print money against.
Just think of all the poor we could have fed and the whales and owls and such we could've saved! We could've solved the global warming problem as well!
The trial is scheduled to start today in the case of Adobe/DMCA versus Skylarov/Elcomsoft/right-thinking-people everywhere. The SF Chron has a story about it. It quotes a former DOJ attorney about the impact of the DMCA "I don't think it's had the effect that a lot of people have argued it would have -- with a single criminal case in four years." Who obviously (purposefully?) misses the point: it's about intimidation rather than litigation."
Do you realy need to be left handed to dislike the DMCA? I mean I know that left handers are the only ones in their right mind, but truely even left brained people can see the flaws of the DMCA.
Or does this have to do with Conservative vs. liberal views?
Yes, when I teach them about christianity I also instruct them in satanisn, islam, indian religions etc. I've even sacrificed one of our cats just to offset the bias I've shown them by taking them to church!
Get a grip man! Both sides? What? I'm supposed to teach them that things I think are just plain wrong are right? I'm supposed to present both sides without bias and tell them it doesn't really make a difference which way they think?
I don't think so! I'll teach them what I believe. If they see things on the news contridicting it, I'll explain it to them the best I can. But I WILL NOT SAY THAT WRONG IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG! Once you throw out that difference you might as well throw out every belief and accept that the only truth there is is a lie.
Ignorance is believing that anyone can teach both sides without bias. Everything you will ever hear will have a bias! If it doesn't you are listening to a soda cracker.
Who needs political bickering? Kids will learn Windows at school and their friends if they need to. If you choose Linux at home, great if not, well I'm glad I didn't make your choice. It's a choice that's all.
As for politics and religion, they NEED to be taught in the home! At least if you give a shit about your religion and politics! How else will kids learn about your values? Who you are and what you believe? Is it so awfull that my kids learn from me? I have a vested interest in my childrens upbringing and their belief system. Must they learn from people who have no true interest in their future? Give me a break!
Once they grow up, they can make their choices. It may break my heart, but that's another thing. I will still love them and accept their differences. Untill then though, they WILL be taught about who I am, who thier grandparents were etc! What we believe in and think!
I've only ever had Linux on my computers at home. My wife and kids use it reasonably well. If papers are needed they use OpenOffice. They visit their favorite websites and they play some games as well. Now with Transgaming, that will increase as well. (Note: we just got Railroad Tycoon 2 working with Transgaming winex).
Yes, it has it's bumpy points, but I suspect that is how it will ever be mixing kids and computers. My son hate windows machines as well as linux, just to weird for him. He uses them but hates them. My daughter prefers Linux over Windows, I think because of the screen savers.
We're just one big happy brood of Penguins at my house!
We didn't just fall off the turnip truck a year ago and realize we needed to do this," he said. "We started thinking about this three years ago."
WOW what forward thinkers! No wonder they are so innovative! Even in the dark ages back in 1999 (that was back in the 20th centry... old days... back before folks were computer literate) they were thinking how computers in the 21st century would have to be secure!!!
What is this world comming to? Now even third world countries are messing with the environment! I guess the UN will have to consider subjecting ANY country with forest fires with carbon taxes. They can pay it back to the industrial nations as a rebate on their carbon tax.
I'll stick with my Charter on Demand movies. My TV has a bigger screen, the prices are just as good and the selections are better.
It doesn't require my to go by a specific TV from a specific vender either! I can use an old B&W tv with vacuum tubes or a new shiney one. It can be a large screen, or HDTV or just a regular TV.
Life is good when you don't have to buy even more stuff you don't want (like a WindozeXX computer) just to see a stupid movie!
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Just because they were ONCE a great and mighty civilization does not justify allowing them to contimue down they path they are today.
Maybe, just maybe, if they tried contributing more to mankind then terror and oppression, they wouldn't be facing what they are today.
But then again, maybe not risking the first battery is more important than ridding the world of a menace and a tyrant.
I got mine. They didn't even spell my company name right! Then just this week I got a letter from Microsoft with my company name mispelled exactly like on my BSA letter.
They are just hoping I will turn myself in. I mean Lord knows I only buy one copy of SuSE and install it on ALL of my computers and servers!
The Dickheads!
Does it play nice with xloxk or does it still have it's own half baked screensaver?
Someone please tell me why they decided to roll their own screensaver when they had a perfectly good one already exsisting!
Well, now we know why shit like this happens over and over again in the MS world.
Waah waah!
Take a lesson from SuSE. It took a while to fully appreciate the way they do there updates but now that I understand it it makes much more sense.
Send send out software package xyz at version 1.1.1-1 with their 8.0 SuSE distribution (one previous to their current. When you get their updates fixing a problem found last week, you don't get the latest verson of the package which would break the comatability with the applications using the package, they send you a patched version of the software, 1.1.1-2. This way you get the fix and no more!
They don't go and roll up 100 fixes and enhancements in 'One easy to down load and install" service pack. The give you a tool that shows what patches they recommend for your system, why the recomend it and let you make the choice.
Yea, cry how hard they make your life. Then explain to me much better of a venue they offer!
By the way, they have yet to tell me to edit a file to fix the security of my system, but if they did, I would know enough about what the changes were and how to use an editor to not be intimidated by it!
My ISP said there was a patch for the problem but a later patch or upgrade broke the original patch.
It figures in with their new security iniative don't ya know?
If a unix vulnerability was ever exploited to the levels that this sql one or nimbda or sircam were, I'm sure one of you AC's would let us know!
It's amazing how many people just don't feal they have to upgrade their machines. Im stil getting nimda hits. The sql exploit is using a vulnerability 6mos old!
Show's you the real vulnerability is the image the MS has palmed off on the public for 20 years! With our system you don't need to worry about good administration! It just works and works and works! Why pay for an admin when you can by MS Win-X?
I run a couple of information sites. I found that selling a product releated to the information helps defray my costs. I haven't gotten where I can support my family and myself, but I do have a nice set of co-located servers and it helps pay for Christmas as well.
Sheesh... it's only took them 20 years to figure out that GUI tools make for lousey tools when it comes to automating tasks!
Real smart guns would only let you shoot paper targets and "bad guys"!
Wait! What good is it if an industry killing unborn babies cannot be enlarged and justified?
100MB links, 4u space for $99.00 a year. I've been quite pleased with there service overall.
If you pay down the national debt 100% we would not have any money! Our money system is ALL based on the our goverment owing the banks money. The owed amount is then an asset that the bank is then allowed to print money against.
Just think of all the poor we could have fed and the whales and owls and such we could've saved! We could've solved the global warming problem as well!
The trial is scheduled to start today in the case of Adobe/DMCA versus Skylarov/Elcomsoft/right-thinking-people everywhere. The SF Chron has a story about it. It quotes a former DOJ attorney about the impact of the DMCA "I don't think it's had the effect that a lot of people have argued it would have -- with a single criminal case in four years." Who obviously (purposefully?) misses the point: it's about intimidation rather than litigation."
Do you realy need to be left handed to dislike the DMCA? I mean I know that left handers are the only ones in their right mind, but truely even left brained people can see the flaws of the DMCA.
Or does this have to do with Conservative vs. liberal views?
If folks aren't careful, they're going to invoke the wrath of God and he's going to sue them because they are violating the DMCA!
Because it's more fun to bash microsoft than samba and the others
Yes, when I teach them about christianity I also instruct them in satanisn, islam, indian religions etc. I've even sacrificed one of our cats just to offset the bias I've shown them by taking them to church!
Get a grip man! Both sides? What? I'm supposed to teach them that things I think are just plain wrong are right? I'm supposed to present both sides without bias and tell them it doesn't really make a difference which way they think?
I don't think so! I'll teach them what I believe. If they see things on the news contridicting it, I'll explain it to them the best I can. But I WILL NOT SAY THAT WRONG IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG! Once you throw out that difference you might as well throw out every belief and accept that the only truth there is is a lie.
Ignorance is believing that anyone can teach both sides without bias. Everything you will ever hear will have a bias! If it doesn't you are listening to a soda cracker.
Who needs political bickering? Kids will learn Windows at school and their friends if they need to. If you choose Linux at home, great if not, well I'm glad I didn't make your choice. It's a choice that's all.
As for politics and religion, they NEED to be taught in the home! At least if you give a shit about your religion and politics! How else will kids learn about your values? Who you are and what you believe? Is it so awfull that my kids learn from me? I have a vested interest in my childrens upbringing and their belief system. Must they learn from people who have no true interest in their future? Give me a break!
Once they grow up, they can make their choices. It may break my heart, but that's another thing. I will still love them and accept their differences. Untill then though, they WILL be taught about who I am, who thier grandparents were etc! What we believe in and think!
I've only ever had Linux on my computers at home. My wife and kids use it reasonably well. If papers are needed they use OpenOffice. They visit their favorite websites and they play some games as well. Now with Transgaming, that will increase as well. (Note: we just got Railroad Tycoon 2 working with Transgaming winex).
Yes, it has it's bumpy points, but I suspect that is how it will ever be mixing kids and computers. My son hate windows machines as well as linux, just to weird for him. He uses them but hates them. My daughter prefers Linux over Windows, I think because of the screen savers.
We're just one big happy brood of Penguins at my house!
these things would happen in the middle of the day so we didn't have to wake up at three in the morning to see them!
WOW what forward thinkers! No wonder they are so innovative! Even in the dark ages back in 1999 (that was back in the 20th centry... old days... back before folks were computer literate) they were thinking how computers in the 21st century would have to be secure!!!
What is this world comming to? Now even third world countries are messing with the environment! I guess the UN will have to consider subjecting ANY country with forest fires with carbon taxes. They can pay it back to the industrial nations as a rebate on their carbon tax.
I'll stick with my Charter on Demand movies. My TV has a bigger screen, the prices are just as good and the selections are better.
It doesn't require my to go by a specific TV from a specific vender either! I can use an old B&W tv with vacuum tubes or a new shiney one. It can be a large screen, or HDTV or just a regular TV.
Life is good when you don't have to buy even more stuff you don't want (like a WindozeXX computer) just to see a stupid movie!
If it doesn't work with Linux, what good is it?