The government can't even properly care for the roads. We've got crater sized potholes that don't get fixed for months. It took them 7 years to finally repair one of the highways through town.
Do you really want them in charge of your internet connection?
The BSA are not the police. They are not a government. Nobody has the authority to come on your property without permission. Even if they did get the police involved, the burden of proof is on them.
Do I have to prove that I paid for every single item in my house that I bought years ago? I think not.
I'd love to see them audit the company where I work. Yeah, that's 200 servers, without a license in site. But we run Linux.;)
When you sign up with an ISP, you're paying for a certain amount of bandwidth on that connection.
Whether you have 1 computer, or 20 computers using that connection, it doesn't matter. The upstream provider should only be worried about whether you are exceeding your bandwidth agreement.
Limiting connections to one computer is like the power company saying you can only have so many devices plugged in at once. It's a draconian and stupid attempt to get more money out of people.
The day my ISP bitches about me using NAT is the day I switch ISPs.
I can't think of anything more boring than the sims. When I play games, I want to escape reality, not be constantly reminded of the drudgeries of every day life.
BeOS had some cool features, I still wish other OSes had the file search features that it does. The BeOS file system was really great.
But without application support, the OS is doomed. There's no decent office suite besides Abiword, and that doesn't cut it. No IM clients that you don't have to pay for.
If tbe Be folks ported some of the X11 toolkits, we might be able to compile a lot of apps natively. All that's needed is a port of the KDE and GNOME libs.
Microsoft's security record won't get any better until people start to do something about it.
If you think MS is so insecure, don't use it. I certainly would never trust a windows server with anything important. That's a job for mainframes, or unix servers.
You'd be amazed how much less stressful your job is after you ditch windows.
Oh, get off the power trip already. A user changing their fonts or wallpaper has 0 affect on system reliability or security.
As long as they're not downloading stupid spyware apps or installing unauthorized software (which they shouldn't have permissions to do anyway) let them be.
And I have worked at IT shops of all sizes, from thousands of desktops to just 10.
People need to live within their means. There is no reason that you need to go out and spend 20-30k on a brand new car, when you can buy a slightly older one for far less.
You don't have to live in a mansion with astronomical rent either. Get a little place that doesn't cost much.
It's called living frugally, and many people have learned how to do it.
I make $25,000 at my current job, and I have NO problem paying the bills. I even have a little extra to spend every week.
I call bullshit on this one. If I hear somebody breaking into my house, I would be awake instantly. Maybe it comes from being in the Army, I don't know.
My dad keeps a gun in the dresser next to the bed, it's not loaded but the magazine is right next to it, so you can load and fire in about 2 seconds.
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I know it's been done in the past. That doesn't make it right. The analogy is not flawed.
Why does my ISP care how many computers I hook up to my network? I'm paying for the bandwidth.
If I pay for the bandwidth, it doesn't matter if I'm using 1 computer or 20, the results are the same.
The best thing for an ISP to do is to charge customers for their actual use, just like the electric company. None of these silly no servers, no sharing, etc. clauses.
Would you like it if the phone company said you could only have 1 phone on your line, or the power company said you can't share electricity with your roommates? I didn't think so.
I can tell the difference even on my crappy car stereo. There's just something about mp3 music that seems to be missing. The music sounds "hollow" if you get what I mean.
When I play the regular cd, the music has presence, and you can immediately tell the difference.
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No, if you ignore them they never leave you alone. Once you wipe the floor with a couple of them they won't mess with you again.
HA HA HA HA HA HA. LMAO.
The government can't even properly care for the roads. We've got crater sized potholes that don't get fixed for months. It took them 7 years to finally repair one of the highways through town.
Do you really want them in charge of your internet connection?
The BSA are not the police. They are not a government. Nobody has the authority to come on your property without permission. Even if they did get the police involved, the burden of proof is on them.
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Do I have to prove that I paid for every single item in my house that I bought years ago? I think not.
I'd love to see them audit the company where I work. Yeah, that's 200 servers, without a license in site. But we run Linux.
When you sign up with an ISP, you're paying for a certain amount of bandwidth on that connection.
Whether you have 1 computer, or 20 computers using that connection, it doesn't matter. The upstream provider should only be worried about whether you are exceeding your bandwidth agreement.
Limiting connections to one computer is like the power company saying you can only have so many devices plugged in at once. It's a draconian and stupid attempt to get more money out of people.
The day my ISP bitches about me using NAT is the day I switch ISPs.
I can't think of anything more boring than the sims. When I play games, I want to escape reality, not be constantly reminded of the drudgeries of every day life.
Yes, I know about Gobe. But I don't even consider that an option when the company no longer even sells it.
BeOS had some cool features, I still wish other OSes had the file search features that it does. The BeOS file system was really great.
But without application support, the OS is doomed. There's no decent office suite besides Abiword, and that doesn't cut it. No IM clients that you don't have to pay for.
If tbe Be folks ported some of the X11 toolkits, we might be able to compile a lot of apps natively. All that's needed is a port of the KDE and GNOME libs.
Microsoft's security record won't get any better until people start to do something about it.
If you think MS is so insecure, don't use it. I certainly would never trust a windows server with anything important. That's a job for mainframes, or unix servers.
You'd be amazed how much less stressful your job is after you ditch windows.
Football sucks. Why is this even on here?
Would you apply the same logic to source code? Should a C compiler "degrade" itself to compile busted C code? Of course not.
There is an html standard for a reason. Use it.
I still won't use it. I vowed that MS would never get another dime from me, and I meant it.
Don't have to deal with it at work either, we use all Linux.
Why would it render it wrong? Mozilla has never had a problem rendering any properly coded site for me.
Oh, get off the power trip already. A user changing their fonts or wallpaper has 0 affect on system reliability or security.
As long as they're not downloading stupid spyware apps or installing unauthorized software (which they shouldn't have permissions to do anyway) let them be.
And I have worked at IT shops of all sizes, from thousands of desktops to just 10.
I'll believe it when I can download it.
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/stand/sysinstall and choose Upgrade.
You can do a binary upgrade or a CVSup and Make World.
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You only spend more if you CHOOSE to spend more. If I doubled my salary my living expenses wouldn't increase that much.
This makes me laugh.
People need to live within their means. There is no reason that you need to go out and spend 20-30k on a brand new car, when you can buy a slightly older one for far less.
You don't have to live in a mansion with astronomical rent either. Get a little place that doesn't cost much.
It's called living frugally, and many people have learned how to do it.
I make $25,000 at my current job, and I have NO problem paying the bills. I even have a little extra to spend every week.
I call bullshit on this one. If I hear somebody breaking into my house, I would be awake instantly. Maybe it comes from being in the Army, I don't know.
My dad keeps a gun in the dresser next to the bed, it's not loaded but the magazine is right next to it, so you can load and fire in about 2 seconds.
I know it's been done in the past. That doesn't make it right. The analogy is not flawed.
No, really, why?
Why does my ISP care how many computers I hook up to my network? I'm paying for the bandwidth.
If I pay for the bandwidth, it doesn't matter if I'm using 1 computer or 20, the results are the same.
The best thing for an ISP to do is to charge customers for their actual use, just like the electric company. None of these silly no servers, no sharing, etc. clauses.
Would you like it if the phone company said you could only have 1 phone on your line, or the power company said you can't share electricity with your roommates? I didn't think so.
Was anybody else thinking that the blaster battle when Data and Picard escape was straight out of Star Wars?
And then the part on the Enterprise, Worf == Chewie.
All in all it was a cool movie, but it did have some rather lame plot devices in it.
Oh, and way to kill off a character and bring them right back. That's just dumb.
I can tell the difference even on my crappy car stereo. There's just something about mp3 music that seems to be missing. The music sounds "hollow" if you get what I mean.
When I play the regular cd, the music has presence, and you can immediately tell the difference.
Sorry to ruin your little fantasy world, but NO company exists to benefit society, unless they're a charity like the Red Cross or Salvation Army.
Businesses exist to make money, period. That is the whole point of opening a business.
No it isn't.
GnuCash has been in the ports tree for some time. All you have to do is build and install it.
Speed limit laws aren't for safety, they're just a money making scheme for the local government.
Sure, in a residential neighborhood or other crowded areas I can understand it, but on the highway it should be no problem to drive 80 if you want to.