As pointed out by Computer Business review earlier this month, Novell had already collected about 44% of its total $240 million in MSFT vouchers... (maybe) not coincidentally, that adds up to about $105 million.
Not to shamelessly plug here, but this reads as a stark contrast to what's happening in Europe over the same "inter-operability" issue.
Thanks for posting those mirror links.
For the KDE and educational users out there, here are the links to Indiana University's mirrors for the Feisty versions of:
I think that Slashdot has gone long enough without TiVO having it's own topic. Here's a few good reasons:
1) Very little besides TiVo is interesting on this "television" that provides so-called "entertainment."
2) It'd be relatively easy to seperate the TiVo topics from under the "Television" heading, as they all have the uniquely-capped word in them.
3) Apparently every/. reader has one, and watching the future of TiVo will be one of the mosting interesting battlegrounds in the coming DMCA/MPAA/etc. conversations.
The only idea I can think of actually rquires absolutely no computer work... well, beyond maybe an initial WHOIS search.
1) Track the pop-up provider's admins/owners to an address offered by a WHOIS search, or find a business/home address other ways.
2) Buy large quantities of poster board. With markers, make hundreds of posters that read "SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU!" and "LOW TRAVEL PRICES!"
3) Go to business site, or wait near residence. At inopportune times (while he/she is in bathroom, sipping coffee, writing a memo), spring in front of them and scream "CLICK HERE FOR SAVINGS" or "START SAVING NOW!" at the top of your lungs. Have your loyal/.ers pick up the slack when security or the police escort you away.
4) This will continue, and will get worse as pop-up spammer's tactics continue. They add "kick through" mouse-over ads, we jump in front of them naked. They add sound, we carry boomboxes and blast the Monty Python "Spam" routine while jumping with the signs.
- If your date has a Web site of her own, well, first off, you're dating the kind of girl who'll love a/.er tenderly, and secondly, there's no need for awkward phone-number and e-mail cullings when you have WHOIS.
The best headline I've ever seen on/., or in the media in general in a long while (minusing, say, The War On Terrorism - "TWAT"). Chrisd, you are to be commended. Anyone believe otherwise?
Don't forget the two-year and tech schools. SUNY Morrisville has been named "America's Most Wired University" among two-years. I guess until a private institution puts out a press release, it's not news.
I agree with the majority of the posts regarding proper documenting of sources (even in the 'ideas' realm). Referencing outside sources becomes dishonest at exactly this point, where if you'd rather not put down the source of an outside influence, you're probably looking to get by without work.
As a student at the University at Buffalo (a growing CS school), I adhere to, but disagree with, our integrity policy. UB explicitly forbids the review of other's code (graded or not), and puts a cap on outside help at "oral discussion." However, it does allow for review of code for "bugs" and "silly little mistakes"; not exactly a razor edge of definition.
I'm going to wager that your professor is under duress to adhere strictly to the 4000 characters his department likely put down for such an issue. Referencing your own past work should be allowed, and documented referencing is the way of the world. Slashdot wouldn't exist without the modern ease of outside sources.
Slashdot Mirror
As pointed out by Computer Business review earlier this month, Novell had already collected about 44% of its total $240 million in MSFT vouchers ... (maybe) not coincidentally, that adds up to about $105 million.
Not to shamelessly plug here, but this reads as a stark contrast to what's happening in Europe over the same "inter-operability" issue.
- Kubuntu
- Edubuntu
Xubuntu (the Xfce variant for low-end machines) is up on Ubuntu's official image servers:I posted the whole thing on my school space, for anyone who wants a great read:
My Fake Job
I think that Slashdot has gone long enough without TiVO having it's own topic. Here's a few good reasons:
/. reader has one, and watching the future of TiVo will be one of the mosting interesting battlegrounds in the coming DMCA/MPAA/etc. conversations.
1) Very little besides TiVo is interesting on this "television" that provides so-called "entertainment."
2) It'd be relatively easy to seperate the TiVo topics from under the "Television" heading, as they all have the uniquely-capped word in them.
3) Apparently every
Just my $.02
The only idea I can think of actually rquires absolutely no computer work ... well, beyond maybe an initial WHOIS search.
/.ers pick up the slack when security or the police escort you away.
... Oh, and the obligatory:
1) Track the pop-up provider's admins/owners to an address offered by a WHOIS search, or find a business/home address other ways.
2) Buy large quantities of poster board. With markers, make hundreds of posters that read "SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU!" and "LOW TRAVEL PRICES!"
3) Go to business site, or wait near residence. At inopportune times (while he/she is in bathroom, sipping coffee, writing a memo), spring in front of them and scream "CLICK HERE FOR SAVINGS" or "START SAVING NOW!" at the top of your lungs. Have your loyal
4) This will continue, and will get worse as pop-up spammer's tactics continue. They add "kick through" mouse-over ads, we jump in front of them naked. They add sound, we carry boomboxes and blast the Monty Python "Spam" routine while jumping with the signs.
Simple, yet elegant.
5)
6) Profit!
- If your date has a Web site of her own, well, first off, you're dating the kind of girl who'll love a /.er tenderly, and secondly, there's no need for awkward phone-number and e-mail cullings when you have WHOIS.
Seriously, the poor lil' Java icon never gets used for anything. Last I remember was an Ask /. about office-scale coffee makers.
;)
How can we expect the technology to survive if we don't keep it out in the public?
From the excellent Wired article: So what went wrong? "Business schools will love this," says one survivor."
And very very true. Between this and Enron, the School of Management at my University (at Buffalo) should run out of curriculum on this in, say, 2020.
When Internet providing is exactly like telecomms today.
Congratulations, Rob. Peace and soul
The best headline I've ever seen on /., or in the media in general in a long while (minusing, say, The War On Terrorism - "TWAT"). Chrisd, you are to be commended. Anyone believe otherwise?
Don't forget the two-year and tech schools. SUNY Morrisville has been named "America's Most Wired University" among two-years. I guess until a private institution puts out a press release, it's not news.
I agree with the majority of the posts regarding proper documenting of sources (even in the 'ideas' realm). Referencing outside sources becomes dishonest at exactly this point, where if you'd rather not put down the source of an outside influence, you're probably looking to get by without work. As a student at the University at Buffalo (a growing CS school), I adhere to, but disagree with, our integrity policy. UB explicitly forbids the review of other's code (graded or not), and puts a cap on outside help at "oral discussion." However, it does allow for review of code for "bugs" and "silly little mistakes"; not exactly a razor edge of definition. I'm going to wager that your professor is under duress to adhere strictly to the 4000 characters his department likely put down for such an issue. Referencing your own past work should be allowed, and documented referencing is the way of the world. Slashdot wouldn't exist without the modern ease of outside sources.