I'm well aware that I can create a group, thank-you.
Congratulations. Now take your head outof your ass and check out that predefined group entitled Power Users. Yeah, the one with a description letting you know legacy apps will work.
"Power User"? What power user? Tell me; how many user types exist in XP without several hours of tweaking? All I see are "Computer Administrator" and "Limited". (Remember how I said "All or nothing"?)
Well, I'll grant you it takes 30 seconds or so of tweaking.
Try looking in Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Local Users and Groups. Which reinforces my point about spending an hour looking for *nix tips on the WWW, but not being able to look in Admin Tools for...well, tools to do administrative tasks.
Of course even worse is Cape Coral, FL. You will have a "28th Street", "28th Terrace", "28th Court", "28th Avenue", and so on.
Gainesville, FL is very similar...though here Avenues, Places, Roads, and Lanes (APRIL) go East-West, everything else is North-South. They seem to use the other "street" names when they need a 28.5th St. or something. =)
But, I try to understand my world around me and how it works. Other people should too. Do you know how much money people could save by being able to do something so simple as replace a broken light switch? Or change the oil in their car? Damn, my grandmother couldn't even set her own WIND UP clocks twice a year at DST. That's pathetic.
Pathetic? Perhaps people who pay an electrician to rewire a switch value their free time more than they do the $$ spent. And since they're contributing to an electrician or grease monkey's salary and job, why the fuss? I'd say they are bettering society. It's not like they're draining society's resources to care for their ineptness.
And do you not depend on anybody for anything? Do you grow your own food? Build your own house? Manafacture your own car? Do you realize how much money you could save by doing those things? You'd be a rich man, with no time to enjoy it.
"Bob" is a dumbass. Bob should be picking up trash with a pointy stick and a burlap sack but Bob knew someone and got a job in an office. Bob doesn't understand computers and when the computer doesn't understand what Bob wants it to do and gives Bob an error, Bob goes click happy and screws all sorts of things up. The more clicking Bob does, the worse things get. Then Bob, being a low brow, beats the crap out of the computer and breaks the mouse and CD drawer. So now someone has to come out and fix the computer and repair the file damage Bob did, all because Bob is a stupid bastard.
So Bob broke a computer (though Bob should probably have been restricted on how much damage he could do). Big deal. Now someone gets paid to fix it. Life goes on, the earth is still round and birds will still sing. All is right with the world.
You're a bit bitter. I hope you're at least in your late 50's to early 60's. Sounds like you need to retire...or at least a long vacation.
I do agree however with you that ignorance is not beneficial to anyone...
If ignorance is what someone thinks will make them happy, then who are you to judge? Isn't your grand goal in life to be happy? Why judge what someone else's means to an end are?
Know what nine out of ten application vendors will tell you when you're having trouble with their [hard|soft]ware? "Make the user an Administrator and try again." Have you ever tried to USE an XP machine as a restricted user? How useable was it?
How is that MS's fault? If the [hard|soft]ware vendors are too lazy|incompetent to figure it out, just fire up FileMon and RegMon and adjust permissions accordingly. In most cases you install as Administrator and use as a User. I do believe XP compatible labeled software MUST be able to operate under User or Power User rights. YMMV, of course, on software designed for the security oblivious Win9x series.
Okay, here's the gospel on where My Documents lives.
In 9x, it defaulted to C:\My Documents. But, if profiles were enabled (a Bad Idea(tm)) and seperate My Documents were created, it could bei n C:\WINDOWS\PROFILES\USERNAME\My Documents. This makes sense, since Win9x is not a true multi user system, that it would be on the root of the drive. Of course, it was also a special shell folder that lived at the top of the drive structure so that users would not have to know where it was located.
In NT4, it lived in C:\WINNT\PROFILES\USERNAME\. This makes sense because it needed to be seperate from other user's. And, of course, it was still a special shell folder directly accessible. And why in WINNT? Because the profiles directory contains a lot of stuff you shouldn't mess with. If you can navigate directly to the My Documents folder, then hopefully you know what you're doing. Most people use the shell icon.
In 2000 and XP (unless it's an upgrade from NT) it's now in C:\Documents and Settings\username. Probably to calm down/.'ers that couldn't understand why it was in WINNT. Now they've hidden a bunch of the system files, however, so as to make you less likely to play with them. And XP has a handy C:\D&S\All Users\Shared Documents for everyone to access...and it has it's own shell folder too. Isn't that nice?
Oh, and every Windows since 95 has the ability to easily and/or programmatically change the location of the My Docs. Usually to a mapped (or unmapped) network drive. And profiles in the NT vein are accessible by the simple run command of %userprofile% without having to know the location of it.
Why do/.'ers (in general) speak so highly of the flexibility of *nix, but never bother to find the flexibility in Windows? Don't like the Program Files location? Change it! Don't like the My Documents location? Change it! Don't like Explorer as the shell? Change it!
It will if (as someone else has suggested) the next Melissa-type virus includes a payload to put the bad HTML on your computer and set it as your homepage.
Right click IE, reset home page. Done. Easiest virus to clean ever. =)
This is done with windows and some such server. It will only push out updates to registered members of the domain (which ISP customers are not) and requires a huge network to even justify the expense.
Yeah, except the fact that SUS is a free download. Maybe you're talking about Systems Management Server which does cost a bit, but does a lot more than just security updates.
Probably because they're not doing internal testing of the updates, and the admin is too overworked to keep on top of the updates to download them to a central server. Best practices though, dictate that the admin download needed updates, test them on lab machines, and automatically rollout to clients. The rolling out to clients is the difficult part. Most updates can be installed unattended via CLI, but some can't. Of course, with a little effort (and something like AutoIt), all of them can be made unattended. All that's left is a way of knowing which updates have already been applied. I recommend a central database or checking the registry (with Perl or VBScript...whichever you're more comfortable with).
Of course, if you use Microsoft's Software Update Service, then it's basically like running your own Windows Update server...and it's a free addon to Win2K servers. Client side is very similar to the Automatic Updates feature introduced in 2000 SP3 (or XP SP1)...but instead of checking MS's server it checks your own. Admins have control over what updates will be applied.
There are also 3rd party tools like HFNetChk Pro (with a free Lite version, but it has major limitations as far as rollouts are concerned) and UpdateExpert. They basically simplify mass scanning and rollout to many machines.
Of course, for ISP's the only thing I can think of would be to just download the files and host on a website...then educate your customers.
I believe that the USPS is not allowed to subsidize bulk mail with 1st class mail charges. Most years, bulk mail actually subsidizes 1st class...but I think they've moved away from that lately.
Yeah, considering only Explorer NEEDS to run in order to use Windows, then I'd say it's one of your other 13 remaining processes. Try using MSConfig to whittle down the startup list to find the offender.
OS CD's: Win95a, Win95b, 98, 98SE*, ME, NT4 WS, NT4 Svr, 2000 Pro/Svr/Adv Svr, XP Home/Pro, SBS 2000, SBS 4.5, Virtual Linux, Suse, RedHat, Netware 5 and 6
SP CD's: Latest Service Packs* and hotfixes (burned once a month or so) for each MS OS and Office
Server Apps: BackupExec 8.5, 8.6, and 9, Exchange 5.5 and 2000, MS Proxy 2.0, SQL Server 7 and 2000, SMS, MOM, Application Center
Boot Disks: Win98 boot floppy*, Ghost boot floppy*, Bart's Network Boot floppy and CD, Winternal's ERD Commander*, Linux password reset disk, FreeSCO, MemTest x86*, FreeDOS
Utilities: 7-Zip*, WinRAR (7-Zip seems to crap out on some archives), Acrobat Reader, Partition Magic*, Ghost*, SpinRite, Norton Utilities (for Undelete and SpeedDisk mainly), Sysinternals PSTools*, Blat!, Total Copy*, AnalogX PacketMon*, Proxy, NetStat Live, Ethereal, Windows* + Exchange + SQL Resource Kits, PCAnywhere, TightVNC*, RDP Client*, Winternals AdminPak (Regmon, FileMon, FileRestore, Disk Commander, TCPView)
Applications: Office 97 Pro/SBE, Office 2000 Pro*/SBE/Prem/SR1, Office XP, WordPerfect Suite, Nero, IE6 SP1
AntiVirus: F-Prot boot disk*, NAV 2002/2003, NAV Corporate 7, 7.5 and 8, Mcafee NetShield
Drivers: 3Com NIC's*, HP Printers, HP JetDirect*, USRobotics modems*, Optiplex and Dimension Resource CDs, NVidia video drivers, ATI video drivers, Intel video drivers, Netware clients*, SCSI drivers* for both NT4 and 2000 (mostly Dell PERC drivers and Adaptec cards, some Compaq and HP RAID cards too)
I think that does it for my CD's. I won't even begin to think about what's loaded on my laptop. And before you ask, no not everything is licensed. But I only use it at sites that already have licenses for the software, or for uninstalling software (a lot of software needs the CD to uninstall). Most of the utilities and OS cd's are licensed thru my company however.
I also carry various tools (diagonal cutters, pocket knife, Leatherman*, a multi bit screwdriver*, small MagLite*, magnet retriever, crimper, punchdown tool, etc.), a few RJ-45 and RJ-11 plugs and cables in various lengths* (and crossover cables), a 3Com PCI and ISA NIC*, a spare HDD, 3 1/2" floppy drive*, CDRom drive*, external CD-RW, USB HDD, 8 port hub*, a Linksys router, an external JetDirect, EIO and MIO internal JetDirects, and a KVM switch + cables.
BTW, * denotes what I think of as essential. I travel to a lot of different client sites with differing setups, though, so YMMV.
A president can not be "ousted" period. There are no recall procedures for federal offices.
A president, or any other official, can be ousted thru a revolt. It has happened all throughout history, and I suspect it will happen at some point in the USA's future...though I don't expect that that time is now.
The vast majority of people agree with President Bush. Period.
The vast majority (about 70%) of Americans agree that war is necessary to remove Hussein. Fewer than half of Americans are strongly convinced that Bush's policies are correct, however.
Of course, the flip side is that over half of Americans believe that this will increase terrorism in the short term, and almost half think that it will increase terrorism in the long term as well.
All this FUD about most disagreeing with him is just that, FUD. He has enjoyed the highest approval ratings in history. Higher than FDR. (read your history).
His approval ratings were highest immediately after September 11. They've been declining since. Lately, they've dipped down to Clinton numbers. And approval of things other than the war on terrorism have been less than stellar.
Anwr? Yes, we should drill there. Look at the results of drilling in other areas of Alaska. So far, the most damage it has done is to create a population explosion of carabu [sic].
I suppose that depends on whether or not you think oil rigs and pipelines are a scenic addition. Oh, and don't forget the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
I still don't agree with [Bush] all the time, but I respect him and believe he is doing what he feels is the morally correct thing to do.
I believe Bush is doing what he feels is morally correct as well. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I share his morals or his view of world politics.
Sure, it's a great idea, but it has a lot of implications.
As do most great ideas...so, what's your point?
But what happens if I cache the site, and they update themselves?
The cache could easily check for updated content...or just put the original link there for people to check themselves if they're all that interested. The story got posted on what WAS there, so isn't it a safe assumption that thta's what we want to see?
I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?
Like Slashdot's stories are all that breaking in the first place! How about the submitter could ask the site, and they would have until the time the story was posted to opt-in (if you're all that worried about permission).
It would make things a lot easier when servers go down, but it's a complicated issue that would need to be thought through in great detail before being implemented.
And exactly how much time will it take to think through this idea in great detail? I've been reading Slashdot for about 3 years now, and I'd say that's plenty of time to think through just about any idea short of the meaning to life.
The FAQ is woefully inadequate in explaining the reasoning behind the no cache directive. It's time it was updated with new reasons (or excuses) or just admit that it's not something you want to do because (a) it's too hard, (b) there's too many legal issues, (c) you think the/. effect is funny and adds to/.'s prestige, or (d) all/none of the above.
If Microsoft ever gets serious about patch management, they'll have a common tool that sysadmins can use to patch any and all of their MS software with a common interface and no unnecessary transmission of system-specific data to MS. Is that too much to ask?
And then Shavlik (who developed HFNetChk, and still maintain their own free version, along with more useful tools) and St. Bernard, et. al would complain that MS is cutting into their business.
For the home user, I don't know of a single situation (sans driver updates, which aren't done by default) that Windows Update has left a known, serious security vulnerablity unpatched. For corporate servers and workstations, you should invest in a corporate solution...that costs money.
Actually, that was one of the nicest C&D letters I've ever seen. The lawyer specifically mentions that:
[the WordSpy.com]...definition
implies that "google" is a verb synonymous with "search."
Which, IMO (and others already voiced) is incorrect. To google, or googling specifically implies using google.com to search...not just any search engine. I don't know how the definition was listed beforehand, but the current definition includes
"...people are using google as a more general verb meaning "to use an Internet search engine, particularly google.com""
which is closer to the truth.
The C&D letter then points out that
we want to make sure
that when people use "Google," they are referring to the services our
company provides and not to Internet searching in general
which is perfectly reasonable, considering that it was their name and search engine that is being used as part of popular slang.
And then, they even give wordspy.com an easy out:
We ask that you help us to protect our brand by...revising [the definition] to take into account the trademark status of Google.
which seems reasonable to me, once again. Why not honor the search engine that has become a daily part of life for millions of users? It does no harm to the usage or definition of the verb, and is actually more accurate.
All in all, I wouldn't even call this a C&D letter. More like a, "Hey! Show us some respect" letter.
So learn it. It's part of your job. there are many tools to help you learn what and where options are. Tooltips are a wonderful thing...just hover your mouse and it pops up. Now, remember where that option is. If you're really stuck, there's even a help file. Or (gasp!) sometimes even a manual. Or buy a book. Or call the helpdesk...but once you've been told once, you really should remember it. How many times has someone called an IT drone to ask where something is, and the IT guy doesn't know...but figures it out? Now why do only the IT people possess this magical ability?
Users refuse to learn anything. IT, OTOH, has to constantly learn. If you think learning new software versions is hard, think about what your average IT staffer has to learn and remember each day...Tens or even hundreds of interfaces, constantly staying on top of new products and their abilities, learning and remembering how to fix the myriad of problems in software, and even new languages (for developers)! If it's too hard for users to learn where a formatting option is in Word, then they really need a new perspective.
Oh, and the Word toolbar is even customizable, so you can get rid of the buttons that mean nothing to you. I expect that if you spend 4 hours a day working with a program that you should know more about it than I do, since I never use the damn thing. Sadly, that's hardly ever the case.
Who will be the "trusted" signers of this code? What hoops (and dollars) must be jumped through?
Most importantly, will a system admin be able to sign code as trusted (whether his or another coder's) for all machines in his control? By extension, will an individual be able to do the same for machine(s) under their control? Or will only Verisign, Thawte, etc. be trusted?
According to this [devx.com] article, Perl.NET wraps the normal Perl interpreter (running as unmanaged code) and lets Perl code access the.NET runtime via special modules ("use perlNET") and special comments in the source code. I'm not saying that this is not useful, but it certainly doesn't make Perl a fully integrated.NET language like C# or VB.NET. (I haven't looked at the other languages you mentioned)
Okay, so it looks like Perl.NET hacked out of the CLR managed code bit, but others (I know Pascal.NET does, and I think Fortran.NET) can produce true managed code. Maybe it's beacuse Perl is an interpreted language?
I merely object to the claim that now that we have.NET, we can potentially use any programming language we want without significant problems.
Well, you indeed can write a block of code in Perl.NET, inherit it in C#, then override it. And you can use just about any language to get access to the.NET framework-even if you can't write true managed code with it, your developing life is still easier. If you use a real programming language, then your developing life is much easier. =)
Oh yeah, I'm sure they're just up there typing up emails to Central Command.
To: centralcommand@us.mil
From: WhiskeyBravo49@iraq.us.mil
Subject: Request Instructions
Priority: High^H^H^H^HCritic^H^H^H^H^HANSWER ME NOW DAMNIT!
We're being shot at. Please advise. Thanks.
Lt. James Parker, USAF
555-555-5555 x555 (M-F 8a-5pm)
Of course, Central Command probably just has an autoreply set up.
Thank you for contacting Central Command. We are experiencing a higher than normal email volume due to the war in Iraq. Please be patient while we get to your email in the order that it was received. Your comments and questions are important to use, and thank you for risking your life for the USA.
Giving the poster the benefit of the doubt, I think that
Is this the medium american thought?
should have been written as "Is this mainstream America's feelings on the subject?" Which I would have to reply as Yes, with the recent Congressional elections and the Republican victories as my chief piece of evidence.
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Something tells me making magnetic ink isn't as hard as you might think.
Congratulations. Now take your head outof your ass and check out that predefined group entitled Power Users. Yeah, the one with a description letting you know legacy apps will work.
Well, I'll grant you it takes 30 seconds or so of tweaking.
Try looking in Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Local Users and Groups. Which reinforces my point about spending an hour looking for *nix tips on the WWW, but not being able to look in Admin Tools for...well, tools to do administrative tasks.
Gainesville, FL is very similar...though here Avenues, Places, Roads, and Lanes (APRIL) go East-West, everything else is North-South. They seem to use the other "street" names when they need a 28.5th St. or something. =)
Pathetic? Perhaps people who pay an electrician to rewire a switch value their free time more than they do the $$ spent. And since they're contributing to an electrician or grease monkey's salary and job, why the fuss? I'd say they are bettering society. It's not like they're draining society's resources to care for their ineptness.
And do you not depend on anybody for anything? Do you grow your own food? Build your own house? Manafacture your own car? Do you realize how much money you could save by doing those things? You'd be a rich man, with no time to enjoy it.
So Bob broke a computer (though Bob should probably have been restricted on how much damage he could do). Big deal. Now someone gets paid to fix it. Life goes on, the earth is still round and birds will still sing. All is right with the world.
You're a bit bitter. I hope you're at least in your late 50's to early 60's. Sounds like you need to retire...or at least a long vacation.
If ignorance is what someone thinks will make them happy, then who are you to judge? Isn't your grand goal in life to be happy? Why judge what someone else's means to an end are?
How is that MS's fault? If the [hard|soft]ware vendors are too lazy|incompetent to figure it out, just fire up FileMon and RegMon and adjust permissions accordingly. In most cases you install as Administrator and use as a User. I do believe XP compatible labeled software MUST be able to operate under User or Power User rights. YMMV, of course, on software designed for the security oblivious Win9x series.
In NT4, it lived in C:\WINNT\PROFILES\USERNAME\. This makes sense because it needed to be seperate from other user's. And, of course, it was still a special shell folder directly accessible. And why in WINNT? Because the profiles directory contains a lot of stuff you shouldn't mess with. If you can navigate directly to the My Documents folder, then hopefully you know what you're doing. Most people use the shell icon.
In 2000 and XP (unless it's an upgrade from NT) it's now in C:\Documents and Settings\username. Probably to calm down /.'ers that couldn't understand why it was in WINNT. Now they've hidden a bunch of the system files, however, so as to make you less likely to play with them. And XP has a handy C:\D&S\All Users\Shared Documents for everyone to access...and it has it's own shell folder too. Isn't that nice?
Oh, and every Windows since 95 has the ability to easily and/or programmatically change the location of the My Docs. Usually to a mapped (or unmapped) network drive. And profiles in the NT vein are accessible by the simple run command of %userprofile% without having to know the location of it.
Why do /.'ers (in general) speak so highly of the flexibility of *nix, but never bother to find the flexibility in Windows? Don't like the Program Files location? Change it! Don't like the My Documents location? Change it! Don't like Explorer as the shell? Change it!
Just distribute a registry patch via login script or GPO. Problem solved.
Right click IE, reset home page. Done. Easiest virus to clean ever. =)
Yeah, except the fact that SUS is a free download. Maybe you're talking about Systems Management Server which does cost a bit, but does a lot more than just security updates.
Of course, if you use Microsoft's Software Update Service, then it's basically like running your own Windows Update server...and it's a free addon to Win2K servers. Client side is very similar to the Automatic Updates feature introduced in 2000 SP3 (or XP SP1)...but instead of checking MS's server it checks your own. Admins have control over what updates will be applied.
There are also 3rd party tools like HFNetChk Pro (with a free Lite version, but it has major limitations as far as rollouts are concerned) and UpdateExpert. They basically simplify mass scanning and rollout to many machines.
Of course, for ISP's the only thing I can think of would be to just download the files and host on a website...then educate your customers.
I believe that the USPS is not allowed to subsidize bulk mail with 1st class mail charges. Most years, bulk mail actually subsidizes 1st class...but I think they've moved away from that lately.
Yeah, considering only Explorer NEEDS to run in order to use Windows, then I'd say it's one of your other 13 remaining processes. Try using MSConfig to whittle down the startup list to find the offender.
OS CD's: Win95a, Win95b, 98, 98SE*, ME, NT4 WS, NT4 Svr, 2000 Pro/Svr/Adv Svr, XP Home/Pro, SBS 2000, SBS 4.5, Virtual Linux, Suse, RedHat, Netware 5 and 6
SP CD's: Latest Service Packs* and hotfixes (burned once a month or so) for each MS OS and Office
Server Apps: BackupExec 8.5, 8.6, and 9, Exchange 5.5 and 2000, MS Proxy 2.0, SQL Server 7 and 2000, SMS, MOM, Application Center
Boot Disks: Win98 boot floppy*, Ghost boot floppy*, Bart's Network Boot floppy and CD, Winternal's ERD Commander*, Linux password reset disk, FreeSCO, MemTest x86*, FreeDOS
Utilities: 7-Zip*, WinRAR (7-Zip seems to crap out on some archives), Acrobat Reader, Partition Magic*, Ghost*, SpinRite, Norton Utilities (for Undelete and SpeedDisk mainly), Sysinternals PSTools*, Blat!, Total Copy*, AnalogX PacketMon*, Proxy, NetStat Live, Ethereal, Windows* + Exchange + SQL Resource Kits, PCAnywhere, TightVNC*, RDP Client*, Winternals AdminPak (Regmon, FileMon, FileRestore, Disk Commander, TCPView)
Applications: Office 97 Pro/SBE, Office 2000 Pro*/SBE/Prem/SR1, Office XP, WordPerfect Suite, Nero, IE6 SP1
AntiVirus: F-Prot boot disk*, NAV 2002/2003, NAV Corporate 7, 7.5 and 8, Mcafee NetShield
Drivers: 3Com NIC's*, HP Printers, HP JetDirect*, USRobotics modems*, Optiplex and Dimension Resource CDs, NVidia video drivers, ATI video drivers, Intel video drivers, Netware clients*, SCSI drivers* for both NT4 and 2000 (mostly Dell PERC drivers and Adaptec cards, some Compaq and HP RAID cards too)
I think that does it for my CD's. I won't even begin to think about what's loaded on my laptop. And before you ask, no not everything is licensed. But I only use it at sites that already have licenses for the software, or for uninstalling software (a lot of software needs the CD to uninstall). Most of the utilities and OS cd's are licensed thru my company however.
I also carry various tools (diagonal cutters, pocket knife, Leatherman*, a multi bit screwdriver*, small MagLite*, magnet retriever, crimper, punchdown tool, etc.), a few RJ-45 and RJ-11 plugs and cables in various lengths* (and crossover cables), a 3Com PCI and ISA NIC*, a spare HDD, 3 1/2" floppy drive*, CDRom drive*, external CD-RW, USB HDD, 8 port hub*, a Linksys router, an external JetDirect, EIO and MIO internal JetDirects, and a KVM switch + cables.
BTW, * denotes what I think of as essential. I travel to a lot of different client sites with differing setups, though, so YMMV.
A president, or any other official, can be ousted thru a revolt. It has happened all throughout history, and I suspect it will happen at some point in the USA's future...though I don't expect that that time is now.
The vast majority (about 70%) of Americans agree that war is necessary to remove Hussein. Fewer than half of Americans are strongly convinced that Bush's policies are correct, however.
Of course, the flip side is that over half of Americans believe that this will increase terrorism in the short term, and almost half think that it will increase terrorism in the long term as well.
International polls aren't nearly as favorable towards Bush or the USA.
His approval ratings were highest immediately after September 11. They've been declining since. Lately, they've dipped down to Clinton numbers. And approval of things other than the war on terrorism have been less than stellar.
I suppose that depends on whether or not you think oil rigs and pipelines are a scenic addition. Oh, and don't forget the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
I believe Bush is doing what he feels is morally correct as well. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I share his morals or his view of world politics.
As do most great ideas...so, what's your point?
The cache could easily check for updated content...or just put the original link there for people to check themselves if they're all that interested. The story got posted on what WAS there, so isn't it a safe assumption that thta's what we want to see?
Like Slashdot's stories are all that breaking in the first place! How about the submitter could ask the site, and they would have until the time the story was posted to opt-in (if you're all that worried about permission).
And exactly how much time will it take to think through this idea in great detail? I've been reading Slashdot for about 3 years now, and I'd say that's plenty of time to think through just about any idea short of the meaning to life.
The FAQ is woefully inadequate in explaining the reasoning behind the no cache directive. It's time it was updated with new reasons (or excuses) or just admit that it's not something you want to do because (a) it's too hard, (b) there's too many legal issues, (c) you think the /. effect is funny and adds to /.'s prestige, or (d) all/none of the above.
And then Shavlik (who developed HFNetChk, and still maintain their own free version, along with more useful tools) and St. Bernard, et. al would complain that MS is cutting into their business.
For the home user, I don't know of a single situation (sans driver updates, which aren't done by default) that Windows Update has left a known, serious security vulnerablity unpatched. For corporate servers and workstations, you should invest in a corporate solution...that costs money.
Which, IMO (and others already voiced) is incorrect. To google, or googling specifically implies using google.com to search...not just any search engine. I don't know how the definition was listed beforehand, but the current definition includes
which is closer to the truth.
The C&D letter then points out that
which is perfectly reasonable, considering that it was their name and search engine that is being used as part of popular slang.
And then, they even give wordspy.com an easy out:
which seems reasonable to me, once again. Why not honor the search engine that has become a daily part of life for millions of users? It does no harm to the usage or definition of the verb, and is actually more accurate.
All in all, I wouldn't even call this a C&D letter. More like a, "Hey! Show us some respect" letter.
Ah, so it's neither the gun nor the bullet that kills people...it's their own body!
Users refuse to learn anything. IT, OTOH, has to constantly learn. If you think learning new software versions is hard, think about what your average IT staffer has to learn and remember each day...Tens or even hundreds of interfaces, constantly staying on top of new products and their abilities, learning and remembering how to fix the myriad of problems in software, and even new languages (for developers)! If it's too hard for users to learn where a formatting option is in Word, then they really need a new perspective.
Oh, and the Word toolbar is even customizable, so you can get rid of the buttons that mean nothing to you. I expect that if you spend 4 hours a day working with a program that you should know more about it than I do, since I never use the damn thing. Sadly, that's hardly ever the case.
Most importantly, will a system admin be able to sign code as trusted (whether his or another coder's) for all machines in his control? By extension, will an individual be able to do the same for machine(s) under their control? Or will only Verisign, Thawte, etc. be trusted?
Okay, so it looks like Perl.NET hacked out of the CLR managed code bit, but others (I know Pascal.NET does, and I think Fortran.NET) can produce true managed code. Maybe it's beacuse Perl is an interpreted language?
Well, you indeed can write a block of code in Perl.NET, inherit it in C#, then override it. And you can use just about any language to get access to the .NET framework-even if you can't write true managed code with it, your developing life is still easier. If you use a real programming language, then your developing life is much easier. =)
To: centralcommand@us.mil
From: WhiskeyBravo49@iraq.us.mil
Subject: Request Instructions
Priority: High^H^H^H^HCritic^H^H^H^H^HANSWER ME NOW DAMNIT!
We're being shot at. Please advise. Thanks.
Lt. James Parker, USAF
555-555-5555 x555 (M-F 8a-5pm)
Of course, Central Command probably just has an autoreply set up.
Thank you for contacting Central Command. We are experiencing a higher than normal email volume due to the war in Iraq. Please be patient while we get to your email in the order that it was received. Your comments and questions are important to use, and thank you for risking your life for the USA.
should have been written as "Is this mainstream America's feelings on the subject?" Which I would have to reply as Yes, with the recent Congressional elections and the Republican victories as my chief piece of evidence.