I hate to suggest this (well, not really), but sometimes, the timing is too weird. A couple weeks after Microsoft starts taking a heavy bashing from security holes, the *n*x OS's get some exploits.
Anyone think its possible that Microsoft hired a few "consultants" to work full time looking for exploits in competing OS's? Regardless of the severity/exploitability of any exploits found, they make powerful bullets in the Microsoft PR gun.
Well, your average 50-something CEO probably doesn't p2p, but many of their teenage sons do. In my experience, males go through a period of adolescence where they enjoy doing mischievous things. Story:
My father's boss is a single-digit millionaire. His ISP was contacted (probaby by the MPAA) because his teenage son was amassing an enormous pirated movie collection. ISP threatened to cut their service, and I haven't heard the end of that story. But it goes to show that boys with free time, a ph4t computer, and a fat pipe will be boys.
I fail to see how running a Windows app in a Virtual Machine instance of Windows decreases MS's competitive advantage. You're still running Windows, and you're still paying Bill. (I sat in on a meeting with MS license rep.. Each VM instance requires normal OS and app licensing.)
Or do they just spend their entire lives never quite knowing how much anything costs until they're already at the till?
In all honesty, yes. I'm reasonably good at mental math, but I'm lazy. Here's how I do it: Very quickly guesstimate how much its going to be after taxes. Pull out paper bills for at least one dollar more than that (or whatever paper I happen to have on me). I absolutely never pay with coins. I collect them in large jars, and then once a year I go to the bank and cash the coins. It's like christmas. Free money!
I don't want to be a jerk.. (oh, who am I kidding?)
I think what he meant was that his buddies had a workgroup called something like "_________". The only way to join a workgroup, in all the Windows versions I've seen, is to actually type it in. No browsing for which workgroup you want. So, anyone who wants to join his "________" domain has to know how many underscores there are...And as far as I know, there's no GUI way to get the name of a workgroup in Network Neighborhood into the clipboard. You can't highlight a workgroup and hit F2 (rename).
I'm sure there is a command line program you could run that lists workgroups and domains, which you could redirect output to a file, but I can't find it. I thought "Net.exe view" would do it, but my win2000 version just lists computers in my current domain.
I saw that story on the History Channel just a little while ago. Aah, nothing better than falling asleep to a History Channel showing of "How Hitler Almost Conquered the World" or "Why YOU Should Be Afraid of the CIA".
Actually, you can get ASP from somebody else, and integrate it into nearly any cgi-capable web server.
I just did it last week for a personal site of mine running apache:
SeliSoft ActiveHTML
Works flawlessly, and free for personal use.
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I'd mod parent funny if I could. I chuckled when I read that as well.
Don't be silly. "Most" linux zealots don't buy prebuilt PC's from Dell.
It sounds like you're quite familiar with Integrated Network Command Extention Symbol Translators.
I hate to suggest this (well, not really), but sometimes, the timing is too weird. A couple weeks after Microsoft starts taking a heavy bashing from security holes, the *n*x OS's get some exploits.
Anyone think its possible that Microsoft hired a few "consultants" to work full time looking for exploits in competing OS's? Regardless of the severity/exploitability of any exploits found, they make powerful bullets in the Microsoft PR gun.
Well, your average 50-something CEO probably doesn't p2p, but many of their teenage sons do. In my experience, males go through a period of adolescence where they enjoy doing mischievous things. Story:
My father's boss is a single-digit millionaire. His ISP was contacted (probaby by the MPAA) because his teenage son was amassing an enormous pirated movie collection. ISP threatened to cut their service, and I haven't heard the end of that story. But it goes to show that boys with free time, a ph4t computer, and a fat pipe will be boys.
I fail to see how running a Windows app in a Virtual Machine instance of Windows decreases MS's competitive advantage. You're still running Windows, and you're still paying Bill. (I sat in on a meeting with MS license rep.. Each VM instance requires normal OS and app licensing.)
Software Update Services can't push Service Packs, just individual patches.
When trying to play .mov, it errors "Can't initialize QuickTime". Apparently you still need QT installed. bleh.
Or do they just spend their entire lives never quite knowing how much anything costs until they're already at the till?
In all honesty, yes. I'm reasonably good at mental math, but I'm lazy. Here's how I do it: Very quickly guesstimate how much its going to be after taxes. Pull out paper bills for at least one dollar more than that (or whatever paper I happen to have on me). I absolutely never pay with coins. I collect them in large jars, and then once a year I go to the bank and cash the coins. It's like christmas. Free money!
Jogging with a GBA? It's hard enough getting my Tequiza gut up to trotting pace without the weight and bulk of a GBA.
My company's WebSense filtering blocked this from me for "Adult Content". Whoa Nelly, Honda is apparently attempting to change their image.
I don't want to be a jerk.. (oh, who am I kidding?)
..And as far as I know, there's no GUI way to get the name of a workgroup in Network Neighborhood into the clipboard. You can't highlight a workgroup and hit F2 (rename).
I think what he meant was that his buddies had a workgroup called something like "_________".
The only way to join a workgroup, in all the Windows versions I've seen, is to actually type it in. No browsing for which workgroup you want. So, anyone who wants to join his "________" domain has to know how many underscores there are.
I'm sure there is a command line program you could run that lists workgroups and domains, which you could redirect output to a file, but I can't find it. I thought "Net.exe view" would do it, but my win2000 version just lists computers in my current domain.
I saw that story on the History Channel just a little while ago. Aah, nothing better than falling asleep to a History Channel showing of "How Hitler Almost Conquered the World" or "Why YOU Should Be Afraid of the CIA".
Actually, you can get ASP from somebody else, and integrate it into nearly any cgi-capable web server.
I just did it last week for a personal site of mine running apache: SeliSoft ActiveHTML
Works flawlessly, and free for personal use.