My children are to young to work, thus they have no money. That being the case then there is no way for me, or anybody else to borrow money from them.
Not quite literally true, but truer than you assume..
To raise money, governments can sell bonds to investors for a given price, which are redeemable for a certain greater price at some given future date. When they come due, the difference has to be paid back - if your generation is retired by then, the next generation will be paying for that through taxes.
It sounds stupid, but basically that's what half of the spyware does to users... just installs itself or forces an install, and starts sending info without u really agreeing???
All the spyware I've seen requires some sort of user confirmation to install (though it may be somewhat misleading, or buried at the end of a long EULA in cases where spyware is bundled with "free" apps like KaZaa). What's really needed is user education - i.e. "do not indiscriminately click 'yes' to every window that pops up on your screen".
I would consider any program that actually installed itself automatically virus/worm-like and highly illegal as-is.
I sure can "blame" them. They seem to be the only computer company doing this, and who knows if they even install spyware on their computers at the factory.
Have you looked at any factory-fresh Dells lately?
At the very least, they need to realize that spyware can seriously cripple computers, and is just as important an issue as hardware failures or driver problems.
With the difference here being that defective hardware is their problem, but moronic users who click "Yes" to every window that pops up on their screen are not.
"Whenever there's a lull in the conversation, some fool Atari owner invariably throws out the telecommunications equivalent of "What's your sign?":
WHAT R U ALL USING?
Interesting to see that while parents today complain about their kids using incomprehensible speech in IM, their generatation was doing it 20 years ago (and it was just as looked-down on then).
I don't quite understand your point 7. When you apply for a major credit card like Visa or MasterCard they want to know your income and any debt you might already have. Does using credit card somehow enhance one's credit rating?
While probably not much use to someone with established credit, they're good for starting out. It's better to get a credit card and use it responsibly to prove you're worthy of other kinds of credit, than to have no history at all.
Are you charging it to a credit card that you've never had a zero balance on?
Why would you bother keeping a credit card with a zero balance on it? If you can afford to buy stuff without credit, you don't need one.
Why use a credit card, even if you don't need one?
1. Easier than carrying around a stack of cash, or checks
2. Accepted more than checks
3. Buying online or by phone. Sure. a *few* vendors might let you mail cash, checks, or money orders, but mailing takes several days and CCs are instant.
4. Protection. Can't charge-back with cash
5. Records. You get a monthly itemized list of all transactions. With cash you have to keep track by hand
6. Float. You don't have to pay until the end of your billing cycle.
7. Building credit. You can use a credit card (without carrying a balance) to establish a good credit history for when you want larger loans (car, house) later.
Plenty of benefits, and what would you use instead?
HP LaserJet 4+ printer - dated 12/01/1993. Old HP LaserJets print forever- had an even older IIID before switching to this better-featured (higher DPI, higher PPM, builting Ethernet, more memory capacity) 4+.
IBM Model M keyboard - dated 03/21/1996. The ultimate keyboard - I've had failures on plenty of newer, cheaper (Dell, Compaq, etc.) keyboards - but never a problem with a Model M.
Compaq external 5 1/4" SCSI case - dated August 1995. Came with a 4X CDROM, now holds a DVDROM.
Vintage 1993 Sun Sparcstation LX and 10. Still run Linux and BSD fine - much more capable and upgradeable than than PCs of the same vintage.
Also still have an original IBM PC (5150) in storage, vintage 1983. Fully loaded with dual 360KB floppies, 64KB RAM, and green-screen CRT!
And it'll do absolutely nothing but tie up the phone line (costing you money if it's not a toll-free number) if the fax is received by a computer. Even if a fax spammer started out using a standard fax machine to receive faxes, it would probably only take one of these to get them to switch to a computer and render the attack ineffective.
Also look at some of their more recent products. Windows95 sent passwords over the network in clear text!!! No other operating system at that time even thought about doing that!
You mean FTP and Telnet didn't exist then? Not that that excuses the practice, but they're not the only ones who have done dumb stuff.
Since you're producing a professional work, publishing the code in the text of your thesis pretty much guarantees the only people that will get a hold of it will be intelligent and perserving people with an interest in what you've contributed.
No, all you need is one slightly unethical person to come across it and repackage it for l33t h4x0r use.
I've seen some DVDs (specifically, episodes of old BBC shows) that show some pretty bad interlacing. But I'll still take DVD over VHS any day since DVDs look the same every time you play them, while VHS tapes get worse with every viewing.
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My children are to young to work, thus they have no money. That being the case then there is no way for me, or anybody else to borrow money from them.
Not quite literally true, but truer than you assume..
To raise money, governments can sell bonds to investors for a given price, which are redeemable for a certain greater price at some given future date. When they come due, the difference has to be paid back - if your generation is retired by then, the next generation will be paying for that through taxes.
That's what it looks like, yes. Quite confusing.
What benefits does one get from these shows besides a good excuse to travel and meet others in the industry?
In a job market like this, it's always good to have as many connections as possible.
"In true British low-budget fashion" is surely a comment that could only have been written by a Brit, anyway?
Not at all; some of us Americans have seen Dr. Who.
It sounds stupid, but basically that's what half of the spyware does to users... just installs itself or forces an install, and starts sending info without u really agreeing???
All the spyware I've seen requires some sort of user confirmation to install (though it may be somewhat misleading, or buried at the end of a long EULA in cases where spyware is bundled with "free" apps like KaZaa). What's really needed is user education - i.e. "do not indiscriminately click 'yes' to every window that pops up on your screen".
I would consider any program that actually installed itself automatically virus/worm-like and highly illegal as-is.
People will look at the other vendors out there, see that Dell is the cheapest name brand out there, and stick with Dell.
I sure can "blame" them. They seem to be the only computer company doing this, and who knows if they even install spyware on their computers at the factory.
Have you looked at any factory-fresh Dells lately?
At the very least, they need to realize that spyware can seriously cripple computers, and is just as important an issue as hardware failures or driver problems.
With the difference here being that defective hardware is their problem, but moronic users who click "Yes" to every window that pops up on their screen are not.
Reading through this article, I spotted this bit:
"Whenever there's a lull in the conversation, some fool Atari owner invariably throws out the telecommunications equivalent of "What's your sign?":
Interesting to see that while parents today complain about their kids using incomprehensible speech in IM, their generatation was doing it 20 years ago (and it was just as looked-down on then).
Caught this one in Heathrow on my way back from Paris last April.
I don't quite understand your point 7. When you apply for a major credit card like Visa or MasterCard they want to know your income and any debt you might already have. Does using credit card somehow enhance one's credit rating?
While probably not much use to someone with established credit, they're good for starting out. It's better to get a credit card and use it responsibly to prove you're worthy of other kinds of credit, than to have no history at all.
Are you charging it to a credit card that you've never had a zero balance on?
Why would you bother keeping a credit card with a zero balance on it? If you can afford to buy stuff without credit, you don't need one.
Why use a credit card, even if you don't need one?1. Easier than carrying around a stack of cash, or checks
2. Accepted more than checks
3. Buying online or by phone. Sure. a *few* vendors might let you mail cash, checks, or money orders, but mailing takes several days and CCs are instant.
4. Protection. Can't charge-back with cash
5. Records. You get a monthly itemized list of all transactions. With cash you have to keep track by hand
6. Float. You don't have to pay until the end of your billing cycle.
7. Building credit. You can use a credit card (without carrying a balance) to establish a good credit history for when you want larger loans (car, house) later.
Plenty of benefits, and what would you use instead?
So what exactly did the winners' programs do, exactly? I saw no mention in the article.
You don't need NTFS write support in knoppix for partimage/NFS solution.
So how do you restore the image, once you've made it?
HP LaserJet 4+ printer - dated 12/01/1993. Old HP LaserJets print forever- had an even older IIID before switching to this better-featured (higher DPI, higher PPM, builting Ethernet, more memory capacity) 4+.
IBM Model M keyboard - dated 03/21/1996. The ultimate keyboard - I've had failures on plenty of newer, cheaper (Dell, Compaq, etc.) keyboards - but never a problem with a Model M.
Compaq external 5 1/4" SCSI case - dated August 1995. Came with a 4X CDROM, now holds a DVDROM.
Vintage 1993 Sun Sparcstation LX and 10. Still run Linux and BSD fine - much more capable and upgradeable than than PCs of the same vintage.
Also still have an original IBM PC (5150) in storage, vintage 1983. Fully loaded with dual 360KB floppies, 64KB RAM, and green-screen CRT!
And it'll do absolutely nothing but tie up the phone line (costing you money if it's not a toll-free number) if the fax is received by a computer. Even if a fax spammer started out using a standard fax machine to receive faxes, it would probably only take one of these to get them to switch to a computer and render the attack ineffective.
You didn't bother reading the article, did you? It says exactly what display technology they used for playback.
Trouble is, most of today's reasonably fast laptops generate quite a bit of fan noise - which is the primary problem the OP wants to fix.
Or maybe it was just a reverse-psychology trick to get everyone to visit?
OSes, by their very nature, are designed to be proprietary.
How, and why, exactly?
Also look at some of their more recent products. Windows95 sent passwords over the network in clear text!!! No other operating system at that time even thought about doing that!
You mean FTP and Telnet didn't exist then? Not that that excuses the practice, but they're not the only ones who have done dumb stuff.
I use the same thing (Stomp Backup MyPC) at work to backup to CD-RW and DVD+RW and it works great.
"People are going to have to accept mandatory updates as part of the warranty process,"
Since when does Microsoft include a warranty on Windows?
Xine is great. Lets you skip sections (FBI warning at the beginning, etc.) that set-top and Windows often won't.
Since you're producing a professional work, publishing the code in the text of your thesis pretty much guarantees the only people that will get a hold of it will be intelligent and perserving people with an interest in what you've contributed.
No, all you need is one slightly unethical person to come across it and repackage it for l33t h4x0r use.
I've seen some DVDs (specifically, episodes of old BBC shows) that show some pretty bad interlacing. But I'll still take DVD over VHS any day since DVDs look the same every time you play them, while VHS tapes get worse with every viewing.