What is so disgusting, is that people are threatening to sue MS over defective software that hasn't even shipped yet, and the customer is buying the software knowing of the risk ahead of time.
Sure I know about it, but that doesn't mean I don't have to use it. You see, I work at a large manufacturing plant. Large. When software has a quirk and decides to halt, the manufacturing process halts. With plastic extrusion, any stoppage of the process can be quantitized in terms of several thousands of dollars in scrap per event, not to mention the burden downtime. When NT just decides to halt the entire computer, I become acutely aware of how serious a problem is.
I don't purchase proprietary software and its licenses. I never will. But there are people unknown to me that I work with who do. The COO even backed me about my complaint with shitty software, but he's powerless to do anything about it. Politics at work just seem to go with whatever products are marketed the strongest. Its sick, but its what I have to deal with daily.
Siemens uses the 'key' in the MBR trick for its PLC dev. software... virus scanners used to kill it all the time.
I know about this. And Allen Bradley is boneheaded about their software too. This makes their PLC's often out of reach on nightshift from debugging when the person who has the key, dongle, whatever is not reachable. Its a joy to watch manufacturing lines churn out thousands of pounds worth of scrap because a software key can't be had until morning. In my opinion, this makes the lesser known vendors who sell non-proprietary PLC's much more attractive.
I found placing the code snippet in various email program's X-headers works great too.
With a little work, a mail program could enocde this work of art uuencoded into the Message-ID header. Why? When anyone replies or forwards your email, they will resend your CSS code!
Sorry, that isn't sufficient to guarantee system reliability. Do you have a $10 million chip tester in your basement?
My $10 million chip tester is simulated by my own practical needs. If it works, great. If it doesn't, it was just an amusing science experiment. Given enough worst case trials, one can calculate the density of smoke.
Do it to a business system and the local BOFH will break your legs.
For one moment, let's please seperate one's place of employment from what they can do in the privacy in their own bedroom. Of course, placing one's employer at great risks for dubious returns is moronic.
IF Microsoft made games for these phones, you'd simply call a 1-900 ms games. Play as you pay. Just hope that your phone doesn't crash while playing, keeping the call alive and running while the CPU reboots.
Spammers like your attitude as you described. When you visit or send an email, you prove to them your email exists. Bingo, you are a prefered customer.
Next time, look at the email headers at the connection that delivered to your mail server. Try to identify the ISP identified by the ip address and deliver your message to abuse@ISP.
"We fucked up. We fucked up big time." --Steve Jobs
The moment an important leader utters references to profanity, the rules of communication change and a whole new media game starts. Reporters may feel a bit more free making comments about Jobs. I would say, "shit is going to hit the fan."
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Interesting. A whole website devoted to SPAM, the luncheon meat. Who would have thought? Like I'm going to have that urge in the middle of the night to look up spam.com for my cravings.
Too bad there isn't a dedicated site for Hershey's Chocolate Syrup (tm).
I'd recommend wiring one of these to your UPS when expecting long blackouts. Its a 12V, 125Ah marine battery and each one added should provide several hours of entertainment and lighting when the grid's out. Generators optional.
They sure do. My F150 XLT doesn't crash twice a week or require restarting after I adjust the rear view mirrors. And if the time ever comes that I want something else, I have a legal right to sell my Ford truck to someone else.
The key that came with my Ford is for my own good, not the Ford Motor Company. My key protects me from wrongdoing from those who for some reason would want to take my Ford. I can make copies of my keys, hand them to my family, or my neighbors if I so please.
Microsoft's key is akin to shackles at the ankles. What if I want to go somewhere else today? I had better call my parole officer at Microsoft with my plans, otherwise my information pipeline is cut off.
Back in my day, fingering was a way to be social. Reaching out and fingering someone to see if they were online for a chat after school made homework more enjoyable and productive. When fingering someone on a VMS system, I could see if they were reading their mail, what project they were working on, and what was the plan. Finger was a valuable service. Ytalk and phone with multiple connections for party lines were the motivations behind pizza parties and great study sessions.
Today, it seems finger is the product of a smear campaign to further the evils of ICQ and that AOL chat thingie or whatever they are called these days. Today's pop chat technology is a step backwards in the dark ages.
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What is so disgusting, is that people are threatening to sue MS over defective software that hasn't even shipped yet, and the customer is buying the software knowing of the risk ahead of time.
Sure I know about it, but that doesn't mean I don't have to use it. You see, I work at a large manufacturing plant. Large. When software has a quirk and decides to halt, the manufacturing process halts. With plastic extrusion, any stoppage of the process can be quantitized in terms of several thousands of dollars in scrap per event, not to mention the burden downtime. When NT just decides to halt the entire computer, I become acutely aware of how serious a problem is.
I don't purchase proprietary software and its licenses. I never will. But there are people unknown to me that I work with who do. The COO even backed me about my complaint with shitty software, but he's powerless to do anything about it. Politics at work just seem to go with whatever products are marketed the strongest. Its sick, but its what I have to deal with daily.
Siemens uses the 'key' in the MBR trick for its PLC dev. software... virus scanners used to kill it all the time.
I know about this. And Allen Bradley is boneheaded about their software too. This makes their PLC's often out of reach on nightshift from debugging when the person who has the key, dongle, whatever is not reachable. Its a joy to watch manufacturing lines churn out thousands of pounds worth of scrap because a software key can't be had until morning. In my opinion, this makes the lesser known vendors who sell non-proprietary PLC's much more attractive.
I found placing the code snippet in various email program's X-headers works great too.
With a little work, a mail program could enocde this work of art uuencoded into the Message-ID header. Why? When anyone replies or forwards your email, they will resend your CSS code!
X-Comment: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Simply forward the offending attachment to abuse@isp, and the prosecutor's office will be contacting you shortly about *your* case.
Sorry, that isn't sufficient to guarantee system reliability. Do you have a $10 million chip tester in your basement?
My $10 million chip tester is simulated by my own practical needs. If it works, great. If it doesn't, it was just an amusing science experiment. Given enough worst case trials, one can calculate the density of smoke.
Do it to a business system and the local BOFH will break your legs.
For one moment, let's please seperate one's place of employment from what they can do in the privacy in their own bedroom. Of course, placing one's employer at great risks for dubious returns is moronic.
Can Linux Boxen ever get along with Windows,
No, windows boxen are the inbreds from the Redmond campus and their code doesn't fork.
a xxx 666 (the xxx were actual letters) license plate, maybe I should switch to BSD
pictures, please...
You live in a dull grey world.
I enjoy the soft glow of phosphorescent dots building the font's character.
I suspect you'd be happy in pre-reform Russia, where there was none of that annoying advertising or any bright colors on the street.
I suspect you live in Redmond, where Bill and his partners would never advertise you with any bright colors or loud music.
The Linux command prompt is a hairshirt of denial.
Whatever cranks your tractor.
There was a buffer overflow in pine a while back which was potentially exploitable.
I use pine. You have my email address. Now try it.
IF Microsoft made games for these phones, you'd simply call a 1-900 ms games. Play as you pay. Just hope that your phone doesn't crash while playing, keeping the call alive and running while the CPU reboots.
I was unable to see the picture, but fromthe description this should be it. Mirror early, mirror often.
Yeah, it really strikes a blow against telemarketing to take it out on the poor guy making minimum wage...
Consider it evolution in action.
Spammers like your attitude as you described. When you visit or send an email, you prove to them your email exists. Bingo, you are a prefered customer.
Next time, look at the email headers at the connection that delivered to your mail server. Try to identify the ISP identified by the ip address and deliver your message to abuse@ISP.
And simply stuff other junk mail into the envelope. Saves a trip to the trashcan everytime.
Time to ipchain deny the dec.com spiders from sites if they want to play selfish games.
...not to mention people overclock, causing cpu power to rise exponentially. This is so they can watch porn faster.
"We fucked up. We fucked up big time." --Steve Jobs
The moment an important leader utters references to profanity, the rules of communication change and a whole new media game starts. Reporters may feel a bit more free making comments about Jobs. I would say, "shit is going to hit the fan."
Interesting. A whole website devoted to SPAM, the luncheon meat. Who would have thought? Like I'm going to have that urge in the middle of the night to look up spam.com for my cravings.
Too bad there isn't a dedicated site for Hershey's Chocolate Syrup (tm).
...allowing the government to be a spammer too!
The spammer would just leach addresses from the list. Who said spammers have morals?
There is a lonely box sitting in the other room. This may be the perfect excuse for popping the top of a refreshing cold one.
:)
Saturday morning, Slack Linux and cold beer from a glass bottle.
I prefer paper and a pencil. Reliable and more difficult to forge.
I'd recommend wiring one of these to your UPS when expecting long blackouts. Its a 12V, 125Ah marine battery and each one added should provide several hours of entertainment and lighting when the grid's out. Generators optional.
Ford makes good trucks
They sure do. My F150 XLT doesn't crash twice a week or require restarting after I adjust the rear view mirrors. And if the time ever comes that I want something else, I have a legal right to sell my Ford truck to someone else.
The key that came with my Ford is for my own good, not the Ford Motor Company. My key protects me from wrongdoing from those who for some reason would want to take my Ford. I can make copies of my keys, hand them to my family, or my neighbors if I so please.
Microsoft's key is akin to shackles at the ankles. What if I want to go somewhere else today? I had better call my parole officer at Microsoft with my plans, otherwise my information pipeline is cut off.
Back in my day, fingering was a way to be social. Reaching out and fingering someone to see if they were online for a chat after school made homework more enjoyable and productive. When fingering someone on a VMS system, I could see if they were reading their mail, what project they were working on, and what was the plan. Finger was a valuable service. Ytalk and phone with multiple connections for party lines were the motivations behind pizza parties and great study sessions.
Today, it seems finger is the product of a smear campaign to further the evils of ICQ and that AOL chat thingie or whatever they are called these days. Today's pop chat technology is a step backwards in the dark ages.