Even though I'm not a heavy scripter my story follows:
I used NT/IIS 4.0 for several years switching to 2000/IIS 5.0 when it was available. I have a small business and primarily use my websites for testing solutions that are implemented for my clients and for e-mail. That being said I had to check my servers daily for hacks and patches and got rooted several times. After switching (sorry Apple) to Linux I've been rooted 1 time (my fault for leaving a known bug open via ftp). Going from checking daily (sometimes 3 to 4 times a day) and still getting hacked, to checking weekly (unless I notice an article here a la openSSL, etc.). My TCO is dramatically less. It has also allowed me to confidently recommend Linux solutions at my full time job.
Time is $$$ and the less I spend trying to avoid script kiddies the more time I have to do real work and get paid.
When you buy an XBox and MS subsidizes the cost of manufacturing that system they lose money. To keep XBoxes available for sale, more are manufactured and set on the shelf.
Here's some simple math (idiot). Parts $250 + Labor $100 = $350 Price at BestBuy $199 Price BestBuy owes for Xbox $149
350 - 150 = 200 That would be a $150 loss per system not to mention the total loss on the next built system setting on the shelf.
Oh well. I guess when RCA sells a TV or Ford sells a car they just fold up shop and don't build anymore. Dipshit AC.
Check the "Phone rates" versus the "Web rates". Then you may understand why. Hell I book every hotel online then call 5 minutes later to make sure it's in their system (saves around 50%). If you don't think the web is becoming a necessary part of life just try living without it for 1 month. I for example couldn't for 1 day because I make my living developing online systems.
Like a previous poster said, I look back on they days of Netscape 2 with envy. One set of html to follow and little fluff. Oh well, now I just sound like my grandfather.
You're right the gay thing doesn't matter, however that's all I encountered on base, gay hating angry people who are jealous of anyone who works for the success they attain.
I guess my experience with the military was significantly different than yours. And you are right most the military people are okay, it's the ex-military civilians that are difficult.
In short you want local govt only, I want national. I guess it's good we live in a democracy so we can argue forever about which system is better. I just favor social programs and as a military person you should still be receiving benefits (for life was my understanding). If you don't like "social programs" why not just refuse?
In the end both of our positions don't matter because with the corrupt politicians (all sides) and big corporate money that influences them, there will never be true representation. Be it local, state or national. Hell they are giving to judges who run now. Sad times.
There is almost no business in Oklahoma and the ones that are here are quickly moving to Texas for lax laws (GW strikes again) on environmental issues and a tax system that is great for business (but shitty for the average person).
The reason I don't leave Oklahoma is it affords me a very high standard of living without having to make a lot of money. Apparently you don't have any clue what income level can trigger a change in taxes by 10~15K/year. It is certainly not in the millions. If I had millions I would be on a beach in the south of france, not posting on slashdot. I work about 90~100 hours a week on average and have busted my ass since high school.
I chose to sacrifice in the short run (by getting an education) for a bigger payout in the long run. I have no guilt over being wealthy since I worked for it. Coming from an extremely poor background (my family qualified for free school lunches, and I was one of the few kids happy to actually get clothes for Xmas since that was one of two times a year I got clothes) I know what it means to need help from the government and society. I respect and value every dollar I earn. However, if my money goes toward helping your grandma get her prescriptions she cannot afford (and accordingly you chip in your part too via taxes) then so be it.
It's easy to say "Get a job" when you have one. Try that some time when there is nothing available. That is how it was in the late 80's early 90's when George H Bush was president. Another shocking development here we are again, stupid president, shitty economy, war, recession, debt, fear, uncertainty, all the goodies that go with having a republican for president.
Thanks, you brighten my day. I hope you never need any government assistance.
I'm happy you fought a war for oil. Be proud, too bad you didn't finish the job because shocking development here we are again.
I guess you're just pissed off you are poor and the great Republican lie isn't working out for you. Maybe instead of killing Iraqi's you could have tried for an education.
I have worked on base here (AWACs) and have TS clearance. The only military people with a brain make a lot more money than I do and when they retire actually make money. You were obviously not one of these people. When you finally make SSgt at age 45 I wouldn't consider that a success. Are you sure you don't hate gays? I mean come on I thought that was beat into your head in the military.
If you want to live only by the constitution go form your own country because in case you didn't notice your president seems to ignore it altogether.
First off in financial planning they teach you to legally avoid all possible taxes. Otherwise you're just throwing your money away. You're damn right I use every loophole available. If you'd like to hear my solution to taxation here it goes:
First instead of progressive or flat taxation I would propose a consumption based system only. This would be in the form of a sales tax. The way it would be beneficial to all is first, it gives those who want to save a greater incentive to do so because the less they consume, the less they pay in taxes. Second, you don't tax necessities to a certain point. For example you still tax gasoline in full because if you are concerned with savings you buy a fuel efficient car (like a Neon, instead of an Expedition), however you exempt up to a minimum amount (based on region due to weather fluctuations) on needed things like electricity, gas/propane, etc. Third, you collect all taxes at the national level only and distribute them locally and evenly based on population. This helps break up the segregation of our society (oh yeah, republicans were against desegregation so I guess this doesn't matter to you) and it would fund areas that don't have an economic incentive to improve their areas. And everything would be a taxable exchange, services, goods, etc.
Quit simple actually but like you said, I'd rather be "liberal with everyone else's paycheck". lol, btw I got a finance degree so I would have an idea what to do with money when I got it. As a software engineer I make a shitload of money, and I have 3 jobs. I work my ass off, and yet still don't have the hate in my heart that comes from the doctorine of "Fuck'em if they can't find a job" attitute. My guess is your a white male in your 20's to 30's who has little education and is pissed off at anything that is "different" from life as you know it.
The problem is there is no empathy in our society. In all likelihood you have no idea what differing sects of society go through to succeed. Regardless of what Rush Limbaugh says if you're not white you've got a significantly more difficult time ahead of you (btw I am white but have a diverse collection of friends who dispite sometimes differing views, we have intelligent conversations on our beliefs).
No one wants to pay for social programs until they are in need, then like every other person when their time finally comes they want to know "where's my check from the govt?". My guess is you leach somehow off the govt (by your posting). You either work for the govt, get some benefit from it (and are not still there), or are simply a liberal hater. In the end your sad pissed off life will net you exactly what you want, 3% more on your paycheck and 10 times that amount lost in derived benefit from public goods (you may want to research public economics, it changed my opinion greatly).
No national security. Lol, you want none. I guess the boy scouts can protect us (as long as none of those evil doer gays join).
If you don't want to help on a national level, why would you want to help on a local level? The difference is it makes the standard of living higher in areas that are less likely of being self sustaining (for example my poor ass state of Oklahoma, we get 3-4 times what we pay in but at a population of only 3.5 million it is a very small amount on the national level).
Nothing NEEDS do to be done on the national level (your contention is true). However, only 6 states contribute over 75% to the GDP. Every other state would be like Mexico. Do you really want that? Good luck driving through Kansas and having your car break down.
You think the EPA would work on a local level? Considering you would make each state like an independent country there would be no way Texas could do anything to stop an Oklahoma waste treatment plant from dumping all their sewage into rivers flowing downstream to Texas (not that is entirely a bad idea). Good luck with that on a local level. The only remedy would be State suing State (again on a National level).
Fed's out of banking. Lol, I guess you want your local load shark to be able to charge you credit card rates for your mortgage. Ever hear of Fannie Mae? How about Sallie Mae? No federal student loans?
If you truly believe everything could be better on the local level you've just got your head in the sand. The only reason the USA out performs most other countries in the world is 99% of issues are standardized at the national level so everyone conforms to the same law. This prevents every state from signing treaties with one another and having to pass various laws that are essentially the same.
Could you imagine trying to have a business that sells in every state where each law is different? I guess you don't have the ability to foresee the negatives.
When you say the government doesn't care, remember you elected (if you can call it that) George W. who would rather kill peoples kids for war than look for a diplomatic solution first. So in that regard you are correct. However, the government is only made up of American people, and these are the ones you want governing on a local level? If they don't care on a national level why the hell would it be different locally? Have you ever been to a local council meeting? It's worse than the senate & house of reps.
If coercion is the worst way to do things then everyone in the Military should be able to vote for themselves if they want to be on the frontline in Iraq.
People are selfish and you're a perfect example. You talk about how you would prefer it to be at the local level, yet I doubt you'd give a dime. Actions speak louder than words. I regularly donate time and money to local causes. In reality I should love GWBush since I'll probably save an extra 10-15 thousand this year. Realistically I would have rather paid those taxes and seen them go to stopping the financial bleeding from our local economy (all govt spending at the university, state and local levels has dropped 7 to 12% depending on your area). When the children are "left behind" because no one wants to teach them because 15k/year isn't enough to live on, you tell me how cutting taxes helped?
Unbelievable how sad it is living in a country where people are more concerned with having the fucking 10 commandments on the chalk board instead of worrying about the fact that their kids cant read, and doesn't understand math, science or simple social studies.
Trickle down doesn't work because when I save 15k in taxes it simply sits in my money market until the market recovers somewhat. I make enough money to be a republican I just have a heart, a degree in finance and a minor in economics.
Then run X Windows. Oh wait you dont have a mac
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There is about 1 hour of work completed each day. Although private industry is not much better.
If you pathetic republicans want the government out of your pocket then I guess we should eliminate: 1) National Security 2) Social Security / Medicare / Medicaid 3) The highway system / road projects 4) OSHA / EPA / and all other regulatory boards 5) Get rid of the Treasury hell who needs a common currency, just let the states do it. Oh wait that might cost something, guess it's back to bartering.
This list could go on forever. Things you take for granted now as necessities were all federally funded projects. And in case you were not aware any project done by the government for the advancement of the people, is a social program and something that wouldn't exist without callous individuals that really provide no benefit to the masses. I'm interested to see if you think you receive no benefits from social programs.
Sad really, guess your parents forgot to teach you compassion and caring for others. You're probably just a religious hypocrite that "gives" to the church for the BIGGEST CROSS IN TOWN. Pathetic platform, pathetic people.
You could only check it out for 1 day and 1 time per year. That way you'd be forced to either buy a copy or rip it. That would royally screw the record companies, which in my opinion isn't that bad anyway.
In a world where children go hungry, addicts are jailed instead of helped, grandparents cannot get perscription drugs because I needed a tax cut, the RIAA gets no sympathy from me (but I'm just a "liberal democrat" so what would I know).
They are distributing the payoff (whoops, I meant settlement) to the local libraries here in Oklahoma
Not a bad use in my opinion but maybe they should make the libraries buy 2nd hand cd's and allow people to check them out. That might get the RIAA's attention. Payback can be such a bitch.
I hate it when people are critical of others (especially as an AC) and in all likelihood will never do anything because that would require putting your ability, work ethic, intelligence, and funds to work. And lord knows it's easier to bitch about what someone else hasn't done than it is to get up off your AC ass and contribute. Let me guess, you're a republican.
What if I don't have the money to apply for a patent? or to pay an attorney?
The other poster had some good examples, too. In reality if it's a 10,000,000 project you're likely not going to have too many competitors anyway. And the R&D could be 10,000,000 but it's highly unlikely that simply duplicating a process would run 10,000,000 for materials. And last I saw they weren't patenting the stealth bomber. I guess I should go out and build one in the back yard.
1/2 my family has degrees from one the big 3 (Harvard, Princeton, or Yale). I guess I just got stuck here in Oklahoma. Although we do have the highest number of Merit Scholors for a Public University in the country (or so I'm told, incessantly). Although if I would have received a 20k/year scholorship I would have certainly gone to OU. I guess I should have been focusing on studying instead of girls and parties. Oh well, no regrets.
We have an unlimited site license for anything we install. We use the MSDN to get the disks. Our parent company does an annual internal audit to see what we are running and since they are a Certified Microsoft Solution Provider we pay them accordingly. I don't understand why people assume the negative first. I guess it's just attitude. My parent company is a multi billion dollar pharmacy vendor, they can afford it just fine.
Technically there is only 1 copy of 98 installed. The VNC connections use a client tool I recompiled to allow viewing only. We are simply doing a remote slide show so they don't get confused while being demonstrated to from across the internet.
I had 1 day to get the hardware and to get it working.
When you have no time to prove yourself or your solution you do it the quickest/easiest way possible. Plus we have scaled it in testing to over 150 connections at once. Our IP range is not that large, and i'd hate to have to maintain it. The way I did it was quick, easy and effective.
Although the main reason i'm replying (other that i'm just waiting on todays OU vs South Florida game on TBS at 6pm CST, i'll be there so keep your eyes open!) is I'm looking for alternative tweaks that might make it a better system.
on how to do everything on the computers we use them for, with the exception of reinstallation and configuration because that is why you buy a 550lbs book by sams, o'reilly or another book publisher.
In the end we did vnc for $1200 instead of terminal server for around $12000 for hardware & software. If I leave/get hurt there is a $11000 dollar incentive for someone to pick up a book. AND our network company we use is heavy into unix/linux so we already outsource 80% of the networking stuff to them, so they could simply outsource anything that needed to be done on the linux servers without too much difficulty.
I still put the company first because, it saved a ton of cash, it is the best solution, and I have demonstrated to the other developers how to use it. If they dont want to take the time that isn't my fault/problem.
the backup server will be running linux RAID 1 the program for exporting our backups will be on windows. so I'm using a custom program to encrypt and compress (via CL rar) our data then I'm calling the sftp routine to transfer it to our offsite server. our server is at our hosting company so the transfers will not have to go through the internet at all (just to our hosts router). We have it encrypted incase someone steals the computer from their location they can rip apart the hardware but the data files (medical records) will not be accessible without a hell of a lot of work (HIPAA req). and realistically the data isnt valuable, we just are very security concious because the HIPAA laws make your liability (civil and criminal) a very high deterant to being carefree with others data.
I tend to get hyped up when I have something (that I think) is interesting to say, so I tend to type faster than I compose my thoughts!!! Hope my explaination made more sense this time!
Mine shits out constantly. Maybe I need to buy the power supply instead of using ps/2 to draw power. It would have been nice for them to just include the adapter, I would have paid extra to get a damn KVM that doesn't chirp every other minute I'm typing, and make me wait 3-5 seconds before continuing typing.
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Even though I'm not a heavy scripter my story follows:
I used NT/IIS 4.0 for several years switching to 2000/IIS 5.0 when it was available. I have a small business and primarily use my websites for testing solutions that are implemented for my clients and for e-mail. That being said I had to check my servers daily for hacks and patches and got rooted several times. After switching (sorry Apple) to Linux I've been rooted 1 time (my fault for leaving a known bug open via ftp). Going from checking daily (sometimes 3 to 4 times a day) and still getting hacked, to checking weekly (unless I notice an article here a la openSSL, etc.). My TCO is dramatically less. It has also allowed me to confidently recommend Linux solutions at my full time job.
Time is $$$ and the less I spend trying to avoid script kiddies the more time I have to do real work and get paid.
Actually you're wrong.
When you buy an XBox and MS subsidizes the cost of manufacturing that system they lose money. To keep XBoxes available for sale, more are manufactured and set on the shelf.
Here's some simple math (idiot).
Parts $250 + Labor $100 = $350
Price at BestBuy $199
Price BestBuy owes for Xbox $149
350 - 150 = 200
That would be a $150 loss per system
not to mention the total loss on the
next built system setting on the
shelf.
Oh well. I guess when RCA sells a TV
or Ford sells a car they just fold up
shop and don't build anymore. Dipshit AC.
You're going to bring the wrath of Steve Jobs down on you. It's planet "ten" not "X". Trademark pending, patent pending, soul pending.
Check the "Phone rates" versus the "Web rates". Then you may understand why. Hell I book every hotel online then call 5 minutes later to make sure it's in their system (saves around 50%). If you don't think the web is becoming a necessary part of life just try living without it for 1 month. I for example couldn't for 1 day because I make my living developing online systems.
Like a previous poster said, I look back on they days of Netscape 2 with envy. One set of html to follow and little fluff. Oh well, now I just sound like my grandfather.
Does IBM want Oracle to be the only Enterprise Database Server product for OS X Server?
My guess would be no but then again who cares. I'll use Oracle either way.
You're right the gay thing doesn't matter, however that's all I encountered on base, gay hating angry people who are jealous of anyone who works for the success they attain.
I guess my experience with the military was significantly different than yours. And you are right most the military people are okay, it's the ex-military civilians that are difficult.
In short you want local govt only, I want national. I guess it's good we live in a democracy so we can argue forever about which system is better. I just favor social programs and as a military person you should still be receiving benefits (for life was my understanding). If you don't like "social programs" why not just refuse?
In the end both of our positions don't matter because with the corrupt politicians (all sides) and big corporate money that influences them, there will never be true representation. Be it local, state or national. Hell they are giving to judges who run now. Sad times.
There is almost no business in Oklahoma and the ones that are here are quickly moving to Texas for lax laws (GW strikes again) on environmental issues and a tax system that is great for business (but shitty for the average person).
The reason I don't leave Oklahoma is it affords me a very high standard of living without having to make a lot of money. Apparently you don't have any clue what income level can trigger a change in taxes by 10~15K/year. It is certainly not in the millions. If I had millions I would be on a beach in the south of france, not posting on slashdot. I work about 90~100 hours a week on average and have busted my ass since high school.
I chose to sacrifice in the short run (by getting an education) for a bigger payout in the long run. I have no guilt over being wealthy since I worked for it. Coming from an extremely poor background (my family qualified for free school lunches, and I was one of the few kids happy to actually get clothes for Xmas since that was one of two times a year I got clothes) I know what it means to need help from the government and society. I respect and value every dollar I earn. However, if my money goes toward helping your grandma get her prescriptions she cannot afford (and accordingly you chip in your part too via taxes) then so be it.
It's easy to say "Get a job" when you have one. Try that some time when there is nothing available. That is how it was in the late 80's early 90's when George H Bush was president. Another shocking development here we are again, stupid president, shitty economy, war, recession, debt, fear, uncertainty, all the goodies that go with having a republican for president.
Thanks, you brighten my day. I hope you never need any government assistance.
I'm happy you fought a war for oil. Be proud, too bad you didn't finish the job because shocking development here we are again.
I guess you're just pissed off you are poor and the great Republican lie isn't working out for you. Maybe instead of killing Iraqi's you could have tried for an education.
I have worked on base here (AWACs) and have TS clearance. The only military people with a brain make a lot more money than I do and when they retire actually make money. You were obviously not one of these people. When you finally make SSgt at age 45 I wouldn't consider that a success. Are you sure you don't hate gays? I mean come on I thought that was beat into your head in the military.
If you want to live only by the constitution go form your own country because in case you didn't notice your president seems to ignore it altogether.
Moron.
First off in financial planning they teach you to legally avoid all possible taxes. Otherwise you're just throwing your money away. You're damn right I use every loophole available. If you'd like to hear my solution to taxation here it goes:
First instead of progressive or flat taxation I would propose a consumption based system only. This would be in the form of a sales tax. The way it would be beneficial to all is first, it gives those who want to save a greater incentive to do so because the less they consume, the less they pay in taxes. Second, you don't tax necessities to a certain point. For example you still tax gasoline in full because if you are concerned with savings you buy a fuel efficient car (like a Neon, instead of an Expedition), however you exempt up to a minimum amount (based on region due to weather fluctuations) on needed things like electricity, gas/propane, etc. Third, you collect all taxes at the national level only and distribute them locally and evenly based on population. This helps break up the segregation of our society (oh yeah, republicans were against desegregation so I guess this doesn't matter to you) and it would fund areas that don't have an economic incentive to improve their areas. And everything would be a taxable exchange, services, goods, etc.
Quit simple actually but like you said, I'd rather be "liberal with everyone else's paycheck". lol, btw I got a finance degree so I would have an idea what to do with money when I got it. As a software engineer I make a shitload of money, and I have 3 jobs. I work my ass off, and yet still don't have the hate in my heart that comes from the doctorine of "Fuck'em if they can't find a job" attitute. My guess is your a white male in your 20's to 30's who has little education and is pissed off at anything that is "different" from life as you know it.
The problem is there is no empathy in our society. In all likelihood you have no idea what differing sects of society go through to succeed. Regardless of what Rush Limbaugh says if you're not white you've got a significantly more difficult time ahead of you (btw I am white but have a diverse collection of friends who dispite sometimes differing views, we have intelligent conversations on our beliefs).
No one wants to pay for social programs until they are in need, then like every other person when their time finally comes they want to know "where's my check from the govt?". My guess is you leach somehow off the govt (by your posting). You either work for the govt, get some benefit from it (and are not still there), or are simply a liberal hater. In the end your sad pissed off life will net you exactly what you want, 3% more on your paycheck and 10 times that amount lost in derived benefit from public goods (you may want to research public economics, it changed my opinion greatly).
I feel sorry for you.
No national security. Lol, you want none. I guess the boy scouts can protect us (as long as none of those evil doer gays join).
If you don't want to help on a national level, why would you want to help on a local level? The difference is it makes the standard of living higher in areas that are less likely of being self sustaining (for example my poor ass state of Oklahoma, we get 3-4 times what we pay in but at a population of only 3.5 million it is a very small amount on the national level).
Nothing NEEDS do to be done on the national level (your contention is true). However, only 6 states contribute over 75% to the GDP. Every other state would be like Mexico. Do you really want that? Good luck driving through Kansas and having your car break down.
You think the EPA would work on a local level? Considering you would make each state like an independent country there would be no way Texas could do anything to stop an Oklahoma waste treatment plant from dumping all their sewage into rivers flowing downstream to Texas (not that is entirely a bad idea). Good luck with that on a local level. The only remedy would be State suing State (again on a National level).
Fed's out of banking. Lol, I guess you want your local load shark to be able to charge you credit card rates for your mortgage. Ever hear of Fannie Mae? How about Sallie Mae? No federal student loans?
If you truly believe everything could be better on the local level you've just got your head in the sand. The only reason the USA out performs most other countries in the world is 99% of issues are standardized at the national level so everyone conforms to the same law. This prevents every state from signing treaties with one another and having to pass various laws that are essentially the same.
Could you imagine trying to have a business that sells in every state where each law is different? I guess you don't have the ability to foresee the negatives.
When you say the government doesn't care, remember you elected (if you can call it that) George W. who would rather kill peoples kids for war than look for a diplomatic solution first. So in that regard you are correct. However, the government is only made up of American people, and these are the ones you want governing on a local level? If they don't care on a national level why the hell would it be different locally? Have you ever been to a local council meeting? It's worse than the senate & house of reps.
If coercion is the worst way to do things then everyone in the Military should be able to vote for themselves if they want to be on the frontline in Iraq.
People are selfish and you're a perfect example. You talk about how you would prefer it to be at the local level, yet I doubt you'd give a dime. Actions speak louder than words. I regularly donate time and money to local causes. In reality I should love GWBush since I'll probably save an extra 10-15 thousand this year. Realistically I would have rather paid those taxes and seen them go to stopping the financial bleeding from our local economy (all govt spending at the university, state and local levels has dropped 7 to 12% depending on your area). When the children are "left behind" because no one wants to teach them because 15k/year isn't enough to live on, you tell me how cutting taxes helped?
Unbelievable how sad it is living in a country where people are more concerned with having the fucking 10 commandments on the chalk board instead of worrying about the fact that their kids cant read, and doesn't understand math, science or simple social studies.
Trickle down doesn't work because when I save 15k in taxes it simply sits in my money market until the market recovers somewhat. I make enough money to be a republican I just have a heart, a degree in finance and a minor in economics.
Whoops. Why did you post again?
There is about 1 hour of work completed each day. Although private industry is not much better.
If you pathetic republicans want the government out of your pocket then I guess we should eliminate:
1) National Security
2) Social Security / Medicare / Medicaid
3) The highway system / road projects
4) OSHA / EPA / and all other regulatory boards
5) Get rid of the Treasury hell who needs a common currency, just let the states do it. Oh wait that might cost something, guess it's back to bartering.
This list could go on forever. Things you take for granted now as necessities were all federally funded projects. And in case you were not aware any project done by the government for the advancement of the people, is a social program and something that wouldn't exist without callous individuals that really provide no benefit to the masses. I'm interested to see if you think you receive no benefits from social programs.
Sad really, guess your parents forgot to teach you compassion and caring for others. You're probably just a religious hypocrite that "gives" to the church for the BIGGEST CROSS IN TOWN. Pathetic platform, pathetic people.
You could only check it out for 1 day and 1 time per year. That way you'd be forced to either buy a copy or rip it. That would royally screw the record companies, which in my opinion isn't that bad anyway.
In a world where children go hungry, addicts are jailed instead of helped, grandparents cannot get perscription drugs because I needed a tax cut, the RIAA gets no sympathy from me (but I'm just a "liberal democrat" so what would I know).
They are distributing the payoff (whoops, I meant settlement) to the local libraries here in Oklahoma
Not a bad use in my opinion but maybe they should make the libraries buy 2nd hand cd's and allow people to check them out. That might get the RIAA's attention. Payback can be such a bitch.
I hate it when people are critical of others (especially as an AC) and in all likelihood will never do anything because that would require putting your ability, work ethic, intelligence, and funds to work. And lord knows it's easier to bitch about what someone else hasn't done than it is to get up off your AC ass and contribute. Let me guess, you're a republican.
What if I don't have the money to apply for a patent? or to pay an attorney?
The other poster had some good examples, too. In reality if it's a 10,000,000 project you're likely not going to have too many competitors anyway. And the R&D could be 10,000,000 but it's highly unlikely that simply duplicating a process would run 10,000,000 for materials. And last I saw they weren't patenting the stealth bomber. I guess I should go out and build one in the back yard.
doesn't happen over night. The simple fact that they are moving in this direction is wonderful in my opinion.
Now when do I receive my diploma in the mail for as little as $39.95 as the email stated?
Eliminate software patents, and on all others require a working demonstration and copy to go to the patent office. That should help.
lol, just kidding. I couldn't resist.
1/2 my family has degrees from one the big 3 (Harvard, Princeton, or Yale). I guess I just got stuck here in Oklahoma. Although we do have the highest number of Merit Scholors for a Public University in the country (or so I'm told, incessantly). Although if I would have received a 20k/year scholorship I would have certainly gone to OU. I guess I should have been focusing on studying instead of girls and parties. Oh well, no regrets.
which makes everyone happy.
We have an unlimited site license for anything we install. We use the MSDN to get the disks. Our parent company does an annual internal audit to see what we are running and since they are a Certified Microsoft Solution Provider we pay them accordingly. I don't understand why people assume the negative first. I guess it's just attitude. My parent company is a multi billion dollar pharmacy vendor, they can afford it just fine.
Technically there is only 1 copy of 98 installed. The VNC connections use a client tool I recompiled to allow viewing only. We are simply doing a remote slide show so they don't get confused while being demonstrated to from across the internet.
I had 1 day to get the hardware and to get it working.
When you have no time to prove yourself or your solution you do it the quickest/easiest way possible. Plus we have scaled it in testing to over 150 connections at once. Our IP range is not that large, and i'd hate to have to maintain it. The way I did it was quick, easy and effective.
Although the main reason i'm replying (other that i'm just waiting on todays OU vs South Florida game on TBS at 6pm CST, i'll be there so keep your eyes open!) is I'm looking for alternative tweaks that might make it a better system.
Thanks to everyone for your input!
on how to do everything on the computers we use them for, with the exception of reinstallation and configuration because that is why you buy a 550lbs book by sams, o'reilly or another book publisher.
In the end we did vnc for $1200 instead of terminal server for around $12000 for hardware & software. If I leave/get hurt there is a $11000 dollar incentive for someone to pick up a book. AND our network company we use is heavy into unix/linux so we already outsource 80% of the networking stuff to them, so they could simply outsource anything that needed to be done on the linux servers without too much difficulty.
I still put the company first because, it saved a ton of cash, it is the best solution, and I have demonstrated to the other developers how to use it. If they dont want to take the time that isn't my fault/problem.
the backup server will be running linux RAID 1
the program for exporting our backups will be on windows. so I'm using a custom program to encrypt and compress (via CL rar) our data then I'm calling the sftp routine to transfer it to our offsite server. our server is at our hosting company so the transfers will not have to go through the internet at all (just to our hosts router). We have it encrypted incase someone steals the computer from their location they can rip apart the hardware but the data files (medical records) will not be accessible without a hell of a lot of work (HIPAA req). and realistically the data isnt valuable, we just are very security concious because the HIPAA laws make your liability (civil and criminal) a very high deterant to being carefree with others data.
I tend to get hyped up when I have something (that I think) is interesting to say, so I tend to type faster than I compose my thoughts!!! Hope my explaination made more sense this time!
Mine shits out constantly. Maybe I need to buy the power supply instead of using ps/2 to draw power. It would have been nice for them to just include the adapter, I would have paid extra to get a damn KVM that doesn't chirp every other minute I'm typing, and make me wait 3-5 seconds before continuing typing.