Good points, but you're just talking about subjective metadata. The usefulness of which is certainly debatable. But what about factual metadata? Consider a downloaded movie that may have fields like: Year, Director, Rating, Genre, Studio, Cast, etc.
Granted the end user is not going to be likely to maintain this information, but that doesn't really matter. The end user is also not likely the source of the material in the first place. I contend that metadata is more useful for material that the user has downloaded or purchased. That data SHOULD have accurate metadata and could be extremely useful.
Consider the following meta-search: ALL MOVIE FILES WITH YEAR>2007 AND RATING>X AND GENRE=SILENT AND CAST='BRITNEY SPEARS'
You don't happen to be familiar with the Mac's old "fork" filesystem do you? Metadata was kept in a seperate file (or fork). It made downloading or transferring files with non-Macs a bitch.
I think this is cool. An epic battle between good and evil rages on the Internet. It's sort of like a Lord of the Rings for geeks. Oh wait, Lord of the Ringsis for geeks.
This is almost a good idea. The problem is it's more complicated than it needs to be. Why not just make the server sending you mail have to wait 5 seconds for EVERY recipient? You get the same effect except it isn't based on the sender's processor speed.
What I want to know is - why SCO hasn't set their sights on Google yet? By their own admission, Google has over 10,000 Linux boxes. If SCO still wants $699 a box, that's a cool 6.9 million dollars!!
Did you merrily click past the EULA that said if it destroyed your system and data it wasn't MS's fault or responsibility?
Guess what - whether you agreed to the service pack EULA or not, if Windows shits itself and you lose all your data, you're not going to get a dime from MS.
Have you ever read the EULA for Windows? It practically indemnifies itself for everything but manslaughter. Oh wait, they're clear of that too.
Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, reproduction, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.
Like anyone who uses email, I see this standard corporate sig all the time. However, I doubt the strength of such a directive. Does anyone really think there's ANY legal power in such a statement.
You can't stand in the middle of your town square and yell to your buddy that his fly is open and then issue a directive to everybody there that, "IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OF THIS INFORMATION YOU MUST FORGET IT!!"
If major corporations are forced to switch away from linux, Solaris is the next viable product.
I don't think so. Solaris is a little more expensive than what most Linux users are used to paying. You really can't think of any other free, UNIX-like operating systems with a proven technical track record? I'll give you a hint - their names end in BSD.
Sure Sun may be the most viable commercial product, but I think you'd see the *BSDs picking up a lot more users than Solaris would.
Of course, the truth is that most Linux users would probably just continue to do so. So they have to download it from offshore - big deal. It's not like the BSA could touch them (no filthy EULA to empower them). They'd have to be tracked down and prosecuted by regular law enforcement for copyright violation. Good luck with that one, SCO.
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Don't respond to this letter, you fools!! It's a trap. You'll all be getting $600 invoices for creating derivative works if you do.
Amazingly, I've been able to obtain this confidential photograph of their prototype.
If you're like me, you've got an Aibo who does all kinds of cool shit, but only when nobody else is around.
If you've got an Aibo, I doubt anybody's ever around.
Wow. I better begin practicing my groveling...
Yes, maybe he will let you categorize the miscellaneous garbage in his mini-van. Oh wait, he already did that.
Good points, but you're just talking about subjective metadata. The usefulness of which is certainly debatable. But what about factual metadata? Consider a downloaded movie that may have fields like: Year, Director, Rating, Genre, Studio, Cast, etc.
Granted the end user is not going to be likely to maintain this information, but that doesn't really matter. The end user is also not likely the source of the material in the first place. I contend that metadata is more useful for material that the user has downloaded or purchased. That data SHOULD have accurate metadata and could be extremely useful.
Consider the following meta-search: ALL MOVIE FILES WITH YEAR>2007 AND RATING>X AND GENRE=SILENT AND CAST='BRITNEY SPEARS'
You don't happen to be familiar with the Mac's old "fork" filesystem do you? Metadata was kept in a seperate file (or fork). It made downloading or transferring files with non-Macs a bitch.
This sucks about as much as the end of Jeepers Creepers 2 where all the people except the hot chick die.
Mod this guy up, he'll save 106 minutes of your life.
Also considering that Sony is a TiVo licensee.
Then don't go. Nobody gives a fuck if you don't like concerts. Why are you telling us this?
Wonder how long it will take for this to migrate to debs stable branch...
It'll probably get there about two years after KDE 3.1. So, about 2007.
But it is also true that wast majority of Oracle installations...
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Wow BigGerman, you even type with a German accent.
I think this is cool. An epic battle between good and evil rages on the Internet. It's sort of like a Lord of the Rings for geeks. Oh wait, Lord of the Rings is for geeks.
Out of curiousity, does the REJECT message get sent to the host at the other end of the SMTP session or does it send an email to the "alleged" sender?
I ask because I'm tired of getting automated reprimands from servers for SoBig viruses that I never sent. (SoBig spoofs the sender.)
I love the irony of trying to read an article about a DoS from a site that's experiencing one because of the article. Yummy.
Ahhhhh, I knew my proposition was too simple.
This is almost a good idea. The problem is it's more complicated than it needs to be. Why not just make the server sending you mail have to wait 5 seconds for EVERY recipient? You get the same effect except it isn't based on the sender's processor speed.
What I want to know is - why SCO hasn't set their sights on Google yet? By their own admission, Google has over 10,000 Linux boxes. If SCO still wants $699 a box, that's a cool 6.9 million dollars!!
I'd like to see them try and get that.
Throw in some young stud like Vin Deisel as Otzi, and we've got a surefire winner!
Nah, Vin Deisel is better suited as a neanderthal.
I know, but I couldn't resist.
Did you merrily click past the EULA that said if it destroyed your system and data it wasn't MS's fault or responsibility?
Guess what - whether you agreed to the service pack EULA or not, if Windows shits itself and you lose all your data, you're not going to get a dime from MS.
Have you ever read the EULA for Windows? It practically indemnifies itself for everything but manslaughter. Oh wait, they're clear of that too.
Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, reproduction, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.
Like anyone who uses email, I see this standard corporate sig all the time. However, I doubt the strength of such a directive. Does anyone really think there's ANY legal power in such a statement.
You can't stand in the middle of your town square and yell to your buddy that his fly is open and then issue a directive to everybody there that, "IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OF THIS INFORMATION YOU MUST FORGET IT!!"
Who thinks this shit up?
Anybody else observed similar phenomena?
Nope. In our jobs they make us do work.
Nope - I'd say you're stuck since 2K doesn't support it.
What have been your biggest annoyances when using Linux?
Easy - you guys.
If major corporations are forced to switch away from linux, Solaris is the next viable product.
I don't think so. Solaris is a little more expensive than what most Linux users are used to paying. You really can't think of any other free, UNIX-like operating systems with a proven technical track record? I'll give you a hint - their names end in BSD.
Sure Sun may be the most viable commercial product, but I think you'd see the *BSDs picking up a lot more users than Solaris would.
Of course, the truth is that most Linux users would probably just continue to do so. So they have to download it from offshore - big deal. It's not like the BSA could touch them (no filthy EULA to empower them). They'd have to be tracked down and prosecuted by regular law enforcement for copyright violation. Good luck with that one, SCO.