It would tickle me pink if their IT folks got pissed off at the audacity of this "demand," revamped everything to use Helix Gnome and StarOffice, and then turned around and said, "Here's the receipts for all our workstations, here's the licenses that came with the Microsoft software that was preinstalled, and here's our network, which doesn't have a lick of your crap on it."
and, according to the EULA, if you dont agree to the terms of the license agreement, you shall return the product for a full refund.
That's your experience. It's not OK to power down PCs at any time. With Linux in particular which doesn't commit writes to disk immediately, by forcing it to shutdown you risk data loss.
sync; sync; sync [enter]
[hit-power-button]
as long as you dont hit the power-button in the middle of a disc write, chances are the file system will be commited - thats my experience.
so this thing happened 206 million years ago - how does one proof the theory of "light years" in any case? surely, they can calculate it using a bunch of mathematical expressions - but how does gravity affect the "line of sight" concept? maybe the light rays are being warped in some manner such that they seem to be further away than they really are?
Linux prides itself on the "open source" model, which counts on programmers around the world contributing to a product. In theory, the idea of free labor is wonderful. In reality, there just are not that many skilled programmers willing to work for free. The open source zealots always try to suggest that there are thousands of talented coders just lying about waiting for a good project to work on. Any one that has programmed professionally knows that at the end of a long day of coding, the last thing you want to do is go home and program more for free.
as a profressional programmer myself, i also like to see some money - so, i agree there. nothing comes for free these days.. time is money, and you gotta pay the bills. but at the same time, i know heaps of people working in a "large" company sitting on their butts doing NOTHING all day but playing Unreal Tournement! i am really sure, there are a lot of lazy bastards sitting at M$ desks.
getting paid + open source = the way of the future, where is this dream? somebody please show the way:P
maybe the real secret to running windows successfully is being able to locate all those "trouble" areas just like you can find those "bombs" in the game. i guess, one could also say they are similar, throw everything you can at windows (like clicking randomly in minesweeper) and sooner or later... the games over. reboot.
So, it's a matter of comparing code. If it's 'sufficiently similar' there could be a case.
you never know - this is very likely. but, if you see something that is written *really* bad (it can happen, even with M$; sarcasm is to be removed upon reader choice) - rewrite it in a more optimal manner:))
i think, getting knowledge about how the internals of win32 operates can only be a benefit for M$. we might be able to find all those screwy bugs many people have spent ages trying to work around.
*why* is the bank using JavaScript code in the first place? my bank (http://www.foreningssparbanken.se/) , although only valid for you if you live in Sweden:)), doesn't use JavaScript/Java code in the web interface. its a simple mess of table code and forms. security? not to worry about. when you log in, you need a code generator. they give you 8 digits, you give them 8 digits back. submitted by simple forms. you want to do transactions? they give you another 8 digits (normally translation of the value in the transaction), you verify the value by giving back 8 other digits. pure HTML. no crap. the encoder (little mini computer thingy) is coded based on your bank id, so - no two bank customers can get the same codes. works like a dream. why would a bank have JavaScript? show a flashy menu? pfft. geeks dont need flashy menus.
.... it was there, until this robot squashed it. sure, it may bounce fine of asphalt, but - what damage will it to do the "planet" it is exploring? where is green-peace at a time like this.
ok, maybe the AI isn't totally ready for this type of "race" yet, but how about fitting up one of thse arcade racing machines (you know, the ones you sink your quarters into) and have experiement with having a contest between a real F1 driver and a computer game freak? link up the game to a real car thats active on the grid, add a camera and force feedback controls.. and wola. your in the race?
just make sure your server machine does not run services/software created after 1997:) it would look really stupid to do this, and have your machine be running win2k:)
sure, the 1-click patent may be something thats totally stupid, but, lets consider what happens when a person with some form of disability uses the computer for online shopping?
does the notion of using an accessibility feature (of Win9x or whatever) have any meaning here? there is no "clicking" being performed. the purchase could be issued with a pressure sensor/voice recognition/brain wave tap.. who knows? i am no lawyer, but surely these types of issues should mess up the pot:)
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and, according to the EULA, if you dont agree to the terms of the license agreement, you shall return the product for a full refund.
a little extra cash for the company?
sync; sync; sync [enter]
[hit-power-button]
as long as you dont hit the power-button in the middle of a disc write, chances are the file system will be commited - thats my experience.
registered the domain yet?
so this thing happened 206 million years ago - how does one proof the theory of "light years" in any case? surely, they can calculate it using a bunch of mathematical expressions - but how does gravity affect the "line of sight" concept? maybe the light rays are being warped in some manner such that they seem to be further away than they really are?
as a profressional programmer myself, i also like to see some money - so, i agree there. nothing comes for free these days.. time is money, and you gotta pay the bills. but at the same time, i know heaps of people working in a "large" company sitting on their butts doing NOTHING all day but playing Unreal Tournement! i am really sure, there are a lot of lazy bastards sitting at M$ desks.
getting paid + open source = the way of the future, where is this dream? somebody please show the way :P
maybe the real secret to running windows successfully is being able to locate all those "trouble" areas just like you can find those "bombs" in the game. i guess, one could also say they are similar, throw everything you can at windows (like clicking randomly in minesweeper) and sooner or later... the games over. reboot.
- So, it's a matter of comparing code. If it's 'sufficiently similar' there could be a case.
you never know - this is very likely. but, if you see something that is written *really* bad (it can happen, even with M$; sarcasm is to be removed upon reader choice) - rewrite it in a more optimal manner*why* is the bank using JavaScript code in the first place? my bank (http://www.foreningssparbanken.se/) , although only valid for you if you live in Sweden :)), doesn't use JavaScript/Java code in the web interface. its a simple mess of table code and forms. security? not to worry about. when you log in, you need a code generator. they give you 8 digits, you give them 8 digits back. submitted by simple forms. you want to do transactions? they give you another 8 digits (normally translation of the value in the transaction), you verify the value by giving back 8 other digits. pure HTML. no crap. the encoder (little mini computer thingy) is coded based on your bank id, so - no two bank customers can get the same codes. works like a dream. why would a bank have JavaScript? show a flashy menu? pfft. geeks dont need flashy menus.
.... it was there, until this robot squashed it. sure, it may bounce fine of asphalt, but - what damage will it to do the "planet" it is exploring? where is green-peace at a time like this.
ok, maybe the AI isn't totally ready for this type of "race" yet, but how about fitting up one of thse arcade racing machines (you know, the ones you sink your quarters into) and have experiement with having a contest between a real F1 driver and a computer game freak? link up the game to a real car thats active on the grid, add a camera and force feedback controls.. and wola. your in the race?
sure, the 1-click patent may be something thats totally stupid, but, lets consider what happens when a person with some form of disability uses the computer for online shopping?
:)
does the notion of using an accessibility feature (of Win9x or whatever) have any meaning here? there is no "clicking" being performed. the purchase could be issued with a pressure sensor/voice recognition/brain wave tap.. who knows? i am no lawyer, but surely these types of issues should mess up the pot