You're just entering college, and don't have that much money. . . . You figure that you'll pretty much need 56K internet access for a couple years any way
Any college student that figures as such is, frankly, an idiot. For about $30-50 paid at one time, that student can get access to their school's LAN with a desktop PC. A free Internet access provider provides service for those times when the computer is at home (i.e. now). There is no reason to have a traditional dial-up service while at college, unless you move off campus -- always an option.
BTW, I did know a few people (humanities majors, mostly) who still did keep and chiefly use their AOL accounts while at college. Fortunately, most of them chose to connect via TCP/IP instead of dialing in.
The best part is that many banner ads are now disguised as little HTML design elements (text boxes and whatnot) and dialog boxes ("Warning: Your Internet connection is not optimized! [OK]") that look perfectly innocent to the end-user. When the newbie clicks OK to dismiss the dialog box, he's redirected to an advertiser's site. When he gets confused and clicks "Back" to return to the web site, he's assaulted with (surprise) a pop-up ad.
Banner ads not only don't work for newbies, they introduce the possibility of *scaring* the newbies as well.
Believe it or not, there are people who use AOL for five hours or less every month (for things like e-mail and visiting the occasional web site). At $9.95 per month, and about $2 for every hour after the first five, they get a better deal that way.
As a current CMU student, I can say that things still work this way. The fact that I can use tools like Kerberized Telnet and afs on my machine (with some additional software) keeps me in Linux whenever I have to get programming work done. I can do all of my work over Kerberized Telnet, even running X applications, without having to worry about uploading my data. The UI is consistent in that my local copy of xemacs looks and feels just like the remote copy. However, dorm network hiccups can be rather infuriating when an assignment is due in mere hours.
Plus, the fact that I can sit down at any Linux/Sun machine on campus and have my configuration the way I want it (right down to the Netscape bookmarks and AfterStep menus) is a real boon. I've seen some very clever X configurations from seasoned CS users. Some even run VNC to remotely control their Windows and X setups in their dorm machines. Unfortunately, Mozilla won't compile under Andrew Linux. I cleared out all my directories to fit it in the 50MB limit -- and even tried putting the source in/usr/tmp after that failed, but no dice. Oh well.
I see the 'whatever.com' businesses to be analogous to the '1-800-whatever' businesses of recent memory. There are even a couple that have made it into the digital age, like 1-800-FLOWERS.com. Very silly indeed. But knowing the way the New Economy works, sooner or later they'll all change their names to word-like forms that cost $100,000 to think of. (1-800-FLOWERS: Florion? Florant? Viaflor? Geometaflor?)
Not owning "office.net" won't stop them. Remember that "windows2000.com" was owned by a company in digital imaging ("Windows on the World," I believe it was called) that also produced a software program called Windows 2000. Guess who owns that domain now.
Similarly, "WindowsME.com" is for mechanically engineered window cleaners. I wonder how much money Microsoft will need to throw at them before they just sue WindowsME.com outright.
Relax. They're just getting a trademark on _software_ bearing the name ".net". For example: the next version of Office will be Office.net, Visual Studio will be Visual Studio.net, and Windows will be Windows.net.
Stupid as this sounds, just wait until competitors start naming all their software products with names ending in.net, just like they switched to appending the year to the name of the software after Windows 95 came out.
Bah, street legal is overrated. I'll just drive it in my driveway. At 185MPH (discounting time for acceleration and whatnot) I can go from one end of my driveway to the other in just 0.37 seconds!
What about La Femme Nikita star Peta Wilson? She's much better than those Secretary-of-Agriculture-assaulting, fur-coat-painting wackos that are behind this mess.
EatDifferent.com (Apple-like look) MeatStinks.com (only if you leave it out too long) cowsarecool.com helppuppies.com milksucks.com dolphinfreedom.com furisdead.com circuses.com collegeactivist.com (if they start demonstrating on MY campus, I can't be held responsible for my actions) nofishing.net furshame.com (fur shame, get it?) jesusveg.com (Jesus was a vegetarian, and we're just like Jesus apparently) helpinganimals.com menopauseonline.com (I'm surprised they haven't been sued to give up this one yet) lettuceladies.com islamveg.com (Wow, Jesus _and_ Islam vegetarians?) taxmeat.com pginfo.net (anti-Procter-and-Gamble) voguesucks.com
If you go to their "Other PETA sites" link way in the bottom-right corner of their home page, you'll be treated to a grand total of 17 animated buttons, suitable for use on YOUR activism home page! Visit today!
A simple search for "People Eating Tasty Animals" turns up several useful and still functional sites, including petasucks.cc. There's even a rather old version of the here-disputed site, with various updates on the status of them geting peta.org in the first place.
Sorry for being offtopic, but that story came about before Slashdot instituted all sorts of measures (throttling posters who post too quickly, banning IP's, etc) to prevent such abuse. In fact, it's stories like that (and the 2nd-place story as well) that prompted such measures.
So Slashdot has some holes in it. You don't like it? Read something else.
You usually can download it again, but to do that you often need your order number or some other key to certify that you indeed purchased the software. This information is sent by e-mail most of the time, so unless you print out such e-mails you're in trouble when you need to download again.
Of course, in this day and age, an even better idea than printing e-mails is to burn a copy of the program to CD, or at least store it on a Zip/Jaz disk. Include a copy of the e-mail. You're permitted to do that.
If it'll get rid of those annoying X10 ads, then I'm all for it. They already use porn stars anyway, it's only a matter of time before they actually start using porno images.
Windows 2000 RC2 for one, it worked inconsistently on an AMD (Compaq Presario 400 MHz notebook), sometimes BSODing at boot, other times working ok. Sure, they fixed it later, and Release is supposed to work ok.
If the release version is supposed to work with AMD processors, then why are you complaining? Beta versions of software aren't necessarily going to run on all of the possible hardware platforms. I'm sure there are plenty of pissed Intel owners who can't get Linux 2.4.0-pre1-ac8 to work, but they're waiting patiently.
All III-series devices can use these add-ons that snap onto the bottom of the unit. Using the PalmDock as described on the web site, apparently Palm V and Vx (same form factor) users can use these III-series add-ons. I haven't tested it myself, so YMMV. The bottom line: The shape of the bottom of the device is what matters.
Everybuddy is at www.everybuddy.com. I use it (it does AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN, but I only use the first two) and it works pretty well. It still is a bit lacking in the feature department -- you can't set default means of contact without editing the config file by hand, you can't view info or away messages, you can't do any cool ICQ extended features, etc. -- but it's coming along. I like it because it's lightweight, ad-free, and doesn't require me to run two programs. I even have two AIM screen names in there, just in case people are still used to messaging me through my old name.
It's worth the download, IMO. Hopefully it'll only get better over time.
Okay, so I post information first, AND post a link relevant to the story, and I'm score 1, offtopic. He posts a link afterwards, using the word "horny," with NO content relevant to the story, and gets score 2, funny?
Naming things.mp3 and.exe could quite possibly be a bad idea for people who use Internet Explorer (and let's face it, there are a lot of them). Disregarding the fact that.com has been used for around 20 years as a command file extension in DOS, IE is still able to run an application or file if you just type the name --not even the path, if it's on the desktop.
Today Be Inc. also announced that it would incorporate "MP3 encoding and decoding" into its Internet appliances. Basically they want to turn your house into an MP3-pumping powerhouse.
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You're just entering college, and don't have that much money. . . . You figure that you'll pretty much need 56K internet access for a couple years any way
Any college student that figures as such is, frankly, an idiot. For about $30-50 paid at one time, that student can get access to their school's LAN with a desktop PC. A free Internet access provider provides service for those times when the computer is at home (i.e. now). There is no reason to have a traditional dial-up service while at college, unless you move off campus -- always an option.
BTW, I did know a few people (humanities majors, mostly) who still did keep and chiefly use their AOL accounts while at college. Fortunately, most of them chose to connect via TCP/IP instead of dialing in.
The best part is that many banner ads are now disguised as little HTML design elements (text boxes and whatnot) and dialog boxes ("Warning: Your Internet connection is not optimized! [OK]") that look perfectly innocent to the end-user. When the newbie clicks OK to dismiss the dialog box, he's redirected to an advertiser's site. When he gets confused and clicks "Back" to return to the web site, he's assaulted with (surprise) a pop-up ad.
Banner ads not only don't work for newbies, they introduce the possibility of *scaring* the newbies as well.
Believe it or not, there are people who use AOL for five hours or less every month (for things like e-mail and visiting the occasional web site). At $9.95 per month, and about $2 for every hour after the first five, they get a better deal that way.
Keyword: Marketing Preferences. Not perfect, but it's the solution that AOL will use as its defense in this case. And AOL will win, easily.
As a current CMU student, I can say that things still work this way. The fact that I can use tools like Kerberized Telnet and afs on my machine (with some additional software) keeps me in Linux whenever I have to get programming work done. I can do all of my work over Kerberized Telnet, even running X applications, without having to worry about uploading my data. The UI is consistent in that my local copy of xemacs looks and feels just like the remote copy. However, dorm network hiccups can be rather infuriating when an assignment is due in mere hours.
/usr/tmp after that failed, but no dice. Oh well.
Plus, the fact that I can sit down at any Linux/Sun machine on campus and have my configuration the way I want it (right down to the Netscape bookmarks and AfterStep menus) is a real boon. I've seen some very clever X configurations from seasoned CS users. Some even run VNC to remotely control their Windows and X setups in their dorm machines. Unfortunately, Mozilla won't compile under Andrew Linux. I cleared out all my directories to fit it in the 50MB limit -- and even tried putting the source in
I see the 'whatever.com' businesses to be analogous to the '1-800-whatever' businesses of recent memory. There are even a couple that have made it into the digital age, like 1-800-FLOWERS.com. Very silly indeed. But knowing the way the New Economy works, sooner or later they'll all change their names to word-like forms that cost $100,000 to think of. (1-800-FLOWERS: Florion? Florant? Viaflor? Geometaflor?)
Not owning "office.net" won't stop them. Remember that "windows2000.com" was owned by a company in digital imaging ("Windows on the World," I believe it was called) that also produced a software program called Windows 2000. Guess who owns that domain now.
Similarly, "WindowsME.com" is for mechanically engineered window cleaners. I wonder how much money Microsoft will need to throw at them before they just sue WindowsME.com outright.
Relax. They're just getting a trademark on _software_ bearing the name ".net". For example: the next version of Office will be Office.net, Visual Studio will be Visual Studio.net, and Windows will be Windows.net.
.net, just like they switched to appending the year to the name of the software after Windows 95 came out.
Stupid as this sounds, just wait until competitors start naming all their software products with names ending in
Bah, street legal is overrated. I'll just drive it in my driveway. At 185MPH (discounting time for acceleration and whatnot) I can go from one end of my driveway to the other in just 0.37 seconds!
What about La Femme Nikita star Peta Wilson? She's much better than those Secretary-of-Agriculture-assaulting, fur-coat-painting wackos that are behind this mess.
Yeah, but what would you use as the domain name? SETI.org? ;)
That's nothing. PETA has also registered:
EatDifferent.com (Apple-like look)
MeatStinks.com (only if you leave it out too long)
cowsarecool.com
helppuppies.com
milksucks.com
dolphinfreedom.com
furisdead.com
circuses.com
collegeactivist.com (if they start demonstrating on MY campus, I can't be held responsible for my actions)
nofishing.net
furshame.com (fur shame, get it?)
jesusveg.com (Jesus was a vegetarian, and we're just like Jesus apparently)
helpinganimals.com
menopauseonline.com (I'm surprised they haven't been sued to give up this one yet)
lettuceladies.com
islamveg.com (Wow, Jesus _and_ Islam vegetarians?)
taxmeat.com
pginfo.net (anti-Procter-and-Gamble)
voguesucks.com
If you go to their "Other PETA sites" link way in the bottom-right corner of their home page, you'll be treated to a grand total of 17 animated buttons, suitable for use on YOUR activism home page! Visit today!
A simple search for "People Eating Tasty Animals" turns up several useful and still functional sites, including petasucks.cc. There's even a rather old version of the here-disputed site, with various updates on the status of them geting peta.org in the first place.
Yeah. I've often thought of the state of computers now like the auto industry of the 50's.
;)
Ah, so you too were paying attention when we heard that in Freshman Immigration Course two semesters ago.
Sorry for being offtopic, but that story came about before Slashdot instituted all sorts of measures (throttling posters who post too quickly, banning IP's, etc) to prevent such abuse. In fact, it's stories like that (and the 2nd-place story as well) that prompted such measures.
So Slashdot has some holes in it. You don't like it? Read something else.
You usually can download it again, but to do that you often need your order number or some other key to certify that you indeed purchased the software. This information is sent by e-mail most of the time, so unless you print out such e-mails you're in trouble when you need to download again.
Of course, in this day and age, an even better idea than printing e-mails is to burn a copy of the program to CD, or at least store it on a Zip/Jaz disk. Include a copy of the e-mail. You're permitted to do that.
If it'll get rid of those annoying X10 ads, then I'm all for it. They already use porn stars anyway, it's only a matter of time before they actually start using porno images.
Windows 2000 RC2 for one, it worked inconsistently on an AMD (Compaq Presario 400 MHz notebook), sometimes BSODing at boot, other times working ok. Sure, they fixed it later, and Release is supposed to work ok.
If the release version is supposed to work with AMD processors, then why are you complaining? Beta versions of software aren't necessarily going to run on all of the possible hardware platforms. I'm sure there are plenty of pissed Intel owners who can't get Linux 2.4.0-pre1-ac8 to work, but they're waiting patiently.
All III-series devices can use these add-ons that snap onto the bottom of the unit. Using the PalmDock as described on the web site, apparently Palm V and Vx (same form factor) users can use these III-series add-ons. I haven't tested it myself, so YMMV. The bottom line: The shape of the bottom of the device is what matters.
Everybuddy is at www.everybuddy.com. I use it (it does AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN, but I only use the first two) and it works pretty well. It still is a bit lacking in the feature department -- you can't set default means of contact without editing the config file by hand, you can't view info or away messages, you can't do any cool ICQ extended features, etc. -- but it's coming along. I like it because it's lightweight, ad-free, and doesn't require me to run two programs. I even have two AIM screen names in there, just in case people are still used to messaging me through my old name.
It's worth the download, IMO. Hopefully it'll only get better over time.
Okay, so I post information first, AND post a link relevant to the story, and I'm score 1, offtopic. He posts a link afterwards, using the word "horny," with NO content relevant to the story, and gets score 2, funny?
Guess it's just one of those days.
Here's information about the attacks in New York, which happened on Sunday after the Puerto Rican Day parade.
If you're using Internet Explorer, there's a pretty neat demo at www.avatarme.com. You might need a fast PC to take full advantage of it.
20 Q Does you know how -- let's use the term
21 Asian pirates -- how they copy DVD?
22 A What kind of pirates?
You know, Asia? That continent with a couple billion people? With the languages that use all those fancy characters?
Man, my head hurts...
Naming things .mp3 and .exe could quite possibly be a bad idea for people who use Internet Explorer (and let's face it, there are a lot of them). Disregarding the fact that .com has been used for around 20 years as a command file extension in DOS, IE is still able to run an application or file if you just type the name --not even the path, if it's on the desktop.
Today Be Inc. also announced that it would incorporate "MP3 encoding and decoding" into its Internet appliances. Basically they want to turn your house into an MP3-pumping powerhouse.