Not sure, as I don't iPhone at all. However, all of that crapware you see is there because back in the day, people were pissed that the new $2000+ computer they bought had no software, so they had to spend $1000 or more on that before they could do anything. Retailers like Best Buy made big deals with the PC makers and software companies to preload this junk so they could rightly advertise that the machine came ready to run with all of that software. Unfortunately, the software loaded was never top-shelf stuff like MS Office or Lotus 1-2-3 or Photoshop, but always cheap 3rd-party knockoffs, or at best, MS Works. Now people complained about the quantity of shovelware, and that it made the new computer slow, so retailers decided they could charge to remove it...?
BTW, side note, MS Works was (IMNSHO) one of the better pieces of software ever to come from MS. It's only drawback was being made purposely incompatible with any other software. It did what 90% of people needed it to do, had a small footprint and was easy to learn and use.
Not sure, as I don't iPhone at all. However, all of that crapware you see is there because back in the day, people were pissed that the new $2000+ computer they bought had no software, so they had to spend $1000 or more on that before they could do anything. Retailers like Best Buy made big deals with the PC makers and software companies to preload this junk so they could rightly advertise that the machine came ready to run with all of that software. Unfortunately, the software loaded was never top-shelf stuff like MS Office or Lotus 1-2-3 or Photoshop, but always cheap 3rd-party knockoffs, or at best, MS Works. Now people complained about the quantity of shovelware, and that it made the new computer slow, so retailers decided they could charge to remove it...?
BTW, side note, MS Works was (IMNSHO) one of the better pieces of software ever to come from MS. It's only drawback was being made purposely incompatible with any other software. It did what 90% of people needed it to do, had a small footprint and was easy to learn and use.
It's simple, really. We could have a web free of porn, too, if we were willing to give up free speech and expression of ideas. Once you start censoring 'porn' (which is defined, how, exactly?) then it's easy to start censoring other things as well. Western culture, at least the US/Canada, values the free speech idea more than the porn-free possibility. I think most Australians also value free speech, but I wonder about the people they seem to elect... I don't know about the average Chinese person. I think they've lived with totalitarian communist rule for so long, they're used to the government controlling many aspects of their lives, and as long as they're being controlled, they might as well get the 'benefit' of not having to deal with 'porn' online. Of course, that doesn't speak to what they need to do if they WANT 'porn'...
Note to firefox dev's, improve your enterprise management tools so that I can justify rolling out firefox to the enterprise after proving to management that it can be managed at the enterprise level. Enterprises need ways to consistently enforce policies with firefox using AD! Until this can be done firefox will never take over Internet Explorer in the Enterprise.
You know, sticking this down in some random response on a Slashdot discussion thread is not the most likely way to have Firefox devs see and possibly implement what you're looking for. Have you posted this over at mozilla.com?
You have a point, and I admitted in my original post above that I thought the article at least looked like it was fairly decent. (Yes, I read it.)
But geez, get your buddy to submit it to slashdot so at least it doesn't look so blatantly like astroturfing.
Is it just me, or is anyone else put off by people tooting their own horn by submitting their blog postings as stories? I mean, the guy seems to have something serious to say and seems readable, but geez, let someone else submit it to Slashdot, it doesn't look so much like self-serving aggrandizement or driving your page views up by slashdot effect...
I think not. I'm a long-time reader and submitter, and it's been my experience throughout that it doesn't matter how I work it, it just doesn't happen. And then I see others getting in with the same item. Now, sometimes I can admit they might have had it first, or had a better submission. But every single time? Not likely. I'd be bound to get one in just on random chance. If you watch the submitters, there are a clear few who seem to get the lion's share of the postings. In any case, it's just no longer worth my time or effort, I'll just sit back and read. I'd prefer to contribute, but it's become obvious they don't want my contributions.
I quit submitting things to Slashdot when it became apparent it would take a minor miracle to get anything accepted, while others routinely get pushed to the front of the queue, even on the same news items. Slashdot has moved away from it's early user-centric concept into a commercial news aggregator where only major players have easy submission access.
DeployStudio appears to be the anointed successor to the venerable and discontinued NetRestore from Mike Bombich. Mike personally recommended DeployStudio. Best thing about it is that it's cross-platform and will also image PXE-capable PCs with Linux or Windows or what have you.
I am SO glad I'm not your kid. Yeah, its nice you care about your child and where they are, but this is so far above and beyond, I can't begin to express. Did your parents track your every move? If so, how did that make you feel?
I've personally crimped thousands of patch cables and other ethernet lines in Cat5 and Cat5e. However, it's been my understanding that it is nigh impossible to field crimp Cat6 to meet specs. That may have changed, since the last time I asked was a couple of years ago. Cat5 and 5e are relatively easy, and as others mentioned, making your own eliminates messy loops of extra cable hanging about. And there's some satisfaction from making your own stuff as well. But Cat6? As others mentioned, it's probably cheaper and better in the long run to purchase ready-made cables from a reputable source.
Ah, but that's Harlan. If he'd have done what you suggest, we'd all be wondering who was the lame dork failing miserably at impersonating Harlan Ellison.
Yes. I owned a copy of FS2.0 for the Apple II. I also acquired a copy of the original FS, wireframe graphics and small bounded world...
I was quite disappointed when SubLogic sold out to MS.
The polling place was much busier than I've ever seen it in the 24 years I've been voting. I usually vote in the morning because the polls are less busy. Normally I have a 5 minute wait, tops. This morning, about 40 minutes. My vote was #91 to go through the tabulator. It was a longer ballot than some years due to a constitutional amendment question and three local school district levy questions.
We have (in central Minnesota) a fill-in-the-oval ballot which is then read by machine similar to tests in school. I saw no issues with either the election judges or the ballots, and the machine seemed to be working fine, although you really can't tell if it correctly tabulated your vote. But it's pretty low tech, so should be fairly reliable. Ballots were readable and the ovals were clearly aligned with the listed choices. On the whole, MN seems to have pretty good voting methods and equipment.
About $9800.... I don't call that that "considerably less", and now that the stock market has gained ~1000 points in two days, my SPY value has jumped from $10,000 to around $11,000, so I'm back in the profit zone.
Okay, I'll take that $200, since it's no big deal to you.:-) And don't get too comfy with that profit. With the current market volatility, you could just as easily be down $1000 in another few days. I hope not, and wish you luck, but you never know.
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Not sure, as I don't iPhone at all. However, all of that crapware you see is there because back in the day, people were pissed that the new $2000+ computer they bought had no software, so they had to spend $1000 or more on that before they could do anything. Retailers like Best Buy made big deals with the PC makers and software companies to preload this junk so they could rightly advertise that the machine came ready to run with all of that software. Unfortunately, the software loaded was never top-shelf stuff like MS Office or Lotus 1-2-3 or Photoshop, but always cheap 3rd-party knockoffs, or at best, MS Works. Now people complained about the quantity of shovelware, and that it made the new computer slow, so retailers decided they could charge to remove it...?
BTW, side note, MS Works was (IMNSHO) one of the better pieces of software ever to come from MS. It's only drawback was being made purposely incompatible with any other software. It did what 90% of people needed it to do, had a small footprint and was easy to learn and use.
Not sure, as I don't iPhone at all. However, all of that crapware you see is there because back in the day, people were pissed that the new $2000+ computer they bought had no software, so they had to spend $1000 or more on that before they could do anything. Retailers like Best Buy made big deals with the PC makers and software companies to preload this junk so they could rightly advertise that the machine came ready to run with all of that software. Unfortunately, the software loaded was never top-shelf stuff like MS Office or Lotus 1-2-3 or Photoshop, but always cheap 3rd-party knockoffs, or at best, MS Works. Now people complained about the quantity of shovelware, and that it made the new computer slow, so retailers decided they could charge to remove it...? BTW, side note, MS Works was (IMNSHO) one of the better pieces of software ever to come from MS. It's only drawback was being made purposely incompatible with any other software. It did what 90% of people needed it to do, had a small footprint and was easy to learn and use.
It's hard to sell a $300 service package when a new computer is $300.
It's simple, really. We could have a web free of porn, too, if we were willing to give up free speech and expression of ideas. Once you start censoring 'porn' (which is defined, how, exactly?) then it's easy to start censoring other things as well. Western culture, at least the US/Canada, values the free speech idea more than the porn-free possibility. I think most Australians also value free speech, but I wonder about the people they seem to elect... I don't know about the average Chinese person. I think they've lived with totalitarian communist rule for so long, they're used to the government controlling many aspects of their lives, and as long as they're being controlled, they might as well get the 'benefit' of not having to deal with 'porn' online. Of course, that doesn't speak to what they need to do if they WANT 'porn'...
True enough, but the title did at least claim "Idle".
Wouldt’t mentioning when and where like aiding and abetting self-harm and possibly suicide?
You have a point there!
Especially since one can see that you are a uninitiated soul.
No, I saw the horror when it originally aired on TV. I know exactly what we're dealing with here.
Wonderful article. NOT! No mention of what theater? When? No linky to information that would let people know WHY this is so bad? Pfeh!
You know, sticking this down in some random response on a Slashdot discussion thread is not the most likely way to have Firefox devs see and possibly implement what you're looking for. Have you posted this over at mozilla.com?
You have a point, and I admitted in my original post above that I thought the article at least looked like it was fairly decent. (Yes, I read it.) But geez, get your buddy to submit it to slashdot so at least it doesn't look so blatantly like astroturfing.
Is it just me, or is anyone else put off by people tooting their own horn by submitting their blog postings as stories? I mean, the guy seems to have something serious to say and seems readable, but geez, let someone else submit it to Slashdot, it doesn't look so much like self-serving aggrandizement or driving your page views up by slashdot effect...
I think not. I'm a long-time reader and submitter, and it's been my experience throughout that it doesn't matter how I work it, it just doesn't happen. And then I see others getting in with the same item. Now, sometimes I can admit they might have had it first, or had a better submission. But every single time? Not likely. I'd be bound to get one in just on random chance. If you watch the submitters, there are a clear few who seem to get the lion's share of the postings. In any case, it's just no longer worth my time or effort, I'll just sit back and read. I'd prefer to contribute, but it's become obvious they don't want my contributions.
I quit submitting things to Slashdot when it became apparent it would take a minor miracle to get anything accepted, while others routinely get pushed to the front of the queue, even on the same news items. Slashdot has moved away from it's early user-centric concept into a commercial news aggregator where only major players have easy submission access.
DeployStudio appears to be the anointed successor to the venerable and discontinued NetRestore from Mike Bombich. Mike personally recommended DeployStudio. Best thing about it is that it's cross-platform and will also image PXE-capable PCs with Linux or Windows or what have you.
Next thing you know Apple will be saying that pi == 3.14 because it's easier to work with than 3.1415...
Wow. That's a long trip to hold it...
Yeah, right. These guys can't even agree on who gets to use what toilet on the ISS. There is no way this can work.
I am SO glad I'm not your kid. Yeah, its nice you care about your child and where they are, but this is so far above and beyond, I can't begin to express. Did your parents track your every move? If so, how did that make you feel?
I've personally crimped thousands of patch cables and other ethernet lines in Cat5 and Cat5e. However, it's been my understanding that it is nigh impossible to field crimp Cat6 to meet specs. That may have changed, since the last time I asked was a couple of years ago. Cat5 and 5e are relatively easy, and as others mentioned, making your own eliminates messy loops of extra cable hanging about. And there's some satisfaction from making your own stuff as well. But Cat6? As others mentioned, it's probably cheaper and better in the long run to purchase ready-made cables from a reputable source.
Ah, but that's Harlan. If he'd have done what you suggest, we'd all be wondering who was the lame dork failing miserably at impersonating Harlan Ellison.
Novell has ALWAYS sucked at Marketing. One reason why we have Microsoft servers today.
I don't think even this could make Shatner sound good...
Yes. I owned a copy of FS2.0 for the Apple II. I also acquired a copy of the original FS, wireframe graphics and small bounded world... I was quite disappointed when SubLogic sold out to MS.
The polling place was much busier than I've ever seen it in the 24 years I've been voting. I usually vote in the morning because the polls are less busy. Normally I have a 5 minute wait, tops. This morning, about 40 minutes. My vote was #91 to go through the tabulator. It was a longer ballot than some years due to a constitutional amendment question and three local school district levy questions.
We have (in central Minnesota) a fill-in-the-oval ballot which is then read by machine similar to tests in school. I saw no issues with either the election judges or the ballots, and the machine seemed to be working fine, although you really can't tell if it correctly tabulated your vote. But it's pretty low tech, so should be fairly reliable. Ballots were readable and the ovals were clearly aligned with the listed choices. On the whole, MN seems to have pretty good voting methods and equipment.
Okay, I'll take that $200, since it's no big deal to you. :-) And don't get too comfy with that profit. With the current market volatility, you could just as easily be down $1000 in another few days. I hope not, and wish you luck, but you never know.