How about modifying the slashdot code so that you can see what IP address AC's posted from, at least that would encourage some of them not to post junk all over the place. (Ok it's not perfect there are proxies)
In the UK you don't get much legal fairness, for example a few months back when the bomb in soho destroyed the Admiral something (my memorys gone tonight), one of the partners of one of the dead got no money, whilst if it was a hetrosexual relationship, he would have got £15 grand.
The gay age of consent is 18, whilst the hetro is 16, they've tried to change it twice, but it was stopped in the house of lords because 'it would be bad to the family structure' or some lie like that.
There's someone who does this already it's netcraft (don't mistake it with mindcraft).. the url is www.netcraft.com and shows that apache kicks IIS's arse.
Here's a few examples of how stupid users can be (these are all true that I have heard over the past few years) -On person went in a shop asking for colour floppy disks, because he wanted to store colour photos on them. -Another person had a problem with his set of disks, he phoned up a help line they asked him to return the disks, the next day they found a fax of the two disks
Stupid people exist.
Stupid people can only learn by trying, and if they can't find how to delete a file "rm" (it isn't that obvious) Or how to start x windows "startx"
Remember that sometimes monitors bought with computers aren't labelled, so some users do not know what the highest refresh rate is.
And if a monitor is unbranded how are users suppost to know what the highest refrash rate is?
Another thing is that monitors don't always have printed on them the exact model number used for install programs my monitor says "Vision Master Pro 17", but it doesn't tell me that the model number is a MT9017T. (however with a bit of guesswork you can guess it, but some people probably wouldn't know what it is)
How about mice, does a new user know a ps/2 mouse from a serial mouse?
One of the most complained about problems with Linux is that it doesn't autodetect that much hardware.
I was looking on the net earlier today and I spoted a file that tells you how to autodetect printers (It isn't that difficult) would anyone care to help program some code to autodetect the printers (I hardly know C) and then perhaps go onto harder things like monitors, graphics cards etc.
I've heard some rumours that he was insitutionalized at the age of 7.. He was also arrested multiple times due to bad driving between 1970 and 1977 Two web pages have details http://home.att.net/~johncline/gates.htm and http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html
People are so well trained by Microsoft that when programs crash they feel it is their own fault that they did something that the program didn't like.. They just don't realise that the program is as buggy as hell. (I'm forced to use office at college, and every time i've crashed it, which must be in the hundreds by now,I was the one who was blamed)
I tried to install a copy of F-prot the other week.. not matter what I tried to do it kept coming up with the error 'file.xxx is not found, even though it's in it's own directory'
Turbo Pascal for Dos (horrible program) doesn't work on windows 98 on one of my friends machines..
A copy of x-com intercepter demo wouldn't run with a copy of directx which was newer.
I've only had one problem with a linux program and that was the new version of netscape it kept dying with a bus error whatever that is...
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How about modifying the slashdot code so that
you can see what IP address AC's posted from, at least that would encourage some of them not to post junk all over the place. (Ok it's not perfect there are proxies)
In the UK you don't get much legal fairness, for
example a few months back when the bomb in soho destroyed the Admiral something (my memorys gone tonight), one of the partners of one of the dead got no money, whilst if it was a hetrosexual relationship, he would have got £15 grand.
The gay age of consent is 18, whilst the hetro is 16, they've tried to change it twice, but it was stopped in the house of lords because 'it would be bad to the family structure' or some lie like that.
Actually there is still the death penalty in Britian however it's only if you commit High treason
Around this area the web cam would be stolen in a matter of hours, and probably the rest of the things.
Now all it needs to do is make the peoples lips move at the same time like in star trek.
Have you ever seen monty pythons the holy grail
scetch of the witch bit..
What the fsck am i suppost to do then?
I had it free on suse until i upgraded to :(
2.2.5 then it stopped working
Imagine if someone found out how to delete windows remotly using this thing.
Within about 20 minutes you can delete windows of every computers hard drive in an office.
How much fun could hackers have?
Try deleting DELME.TXT (i think that's the extension).. Office won't work when you delete it, apparently.
The server just fell over because of the bbc this time not us. Must be using NT.
There's someone who does this already it's netcraft (don't mistake it with mindcraft)..
the url is www.netcraft.com and shows that apache kicks IIS's arse.
Here's a few examples of how stupid users can be
(these are all true that I have heard over the past few years)
-On person went in a shop asking for colour floppy disks, because he wanted to store colour photos on them.
-Another person had a problem with his set of disks, he phoned up a help line they asked him to return the disks, the next day they found a fax of the two disks
Stupid people exist.
Stupid people can only learn by trying, and if they can't find how to delete a file "rm" (it isn't that obvious)
Or how to start x windows "startx"
Remember that sometimes monitors bought with computers aren't labelled, so some users do not know what the highest refresh rate is.
And if a monitor is unbranded how are users suppost to know what the highest refrash rate is?
Another thing is that monitors don't always have printed on them the exact model number used for install programs my monitor says "Vision Master Pro 17", but it doesn't tell me that the model number is a MT9017T. (however with a bit of guesswork you can guess it, but some people probably wouldn't know what it is)
How about mice, does a new user know a ps/2 mouse from a serial mouse?
One of the most complained about problems with Linux is that it doesn't autodetect that much hardware.
I was looking on the net earlier today and I spoted a file that tells you how to autodetect printers (It isn't that difficult) would anyone care to help program some code to autodetect the printers (I hardly know C) and then perhaps go onto harder things like monitors, graphics cards etc.
Yeah we've already got both Solitare and Minesweeper. And a dozen other card games.
Nope the navy's battle ship which was running NT crashed, so that can't be running so well...
I've heard some rumours that he was insitutionalized at the age of 7..
He was also arrested multiple times due to bad driving between 1970 and 1977
Two web pages have details
http://home.att.net/~johncline/gates.htm and
http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html
Koffice is looking okay.
It's got a few big bugs in and crashes a bit to frequently atm but it's still alpha software.
People are so well trained by Microsoft that when programs crash they feel it is their own fault that they did something that the program didn't like.. They just don't realise that the program is as buggy as hell. (I'm forced to use office at college, and every time i've crashed it, which must be in the hundreds by now,I was the one who was blamed)
I wonder what the percentage of slashdot readers
gender is.. Could be a good idea for a poll.
For some reason netscape seems to be
one of the buggiest applications
on linux..
I've crashed it dozens of times.
It doesn't always work..
On every copy i've used it comes back up
the next time I start any office app..
Same as the spell checker always defaults back to american spelling.
I tried to install a copy of F-prot the other week.. not matter what I tried to do it kept coming up with the error 'file.xxx is not found, even though it's in it's own directory'
Turbo Pascal for Dos (horrible program) doesn't work on windows 98 on one of my friends machines..
A copy of x-com intercepter demo wouldn't run with a copy of directx which was newer.
I've only had one problem with a linux program and that was the new version of netscape it kept dying with a bus error whatever that is...
Is there an easter egg where you
can go and kill the damned paperclip which
is so annoying?