I wish I could find the link to a vulnerability in the.asf (stands for Another Security Flaw) format that has appeared no less than 3 times.
IOW, Microsoft patched it, re-introed the same bug/vulnerability patched it again, re-did it again. Wash, rinse and repeat.
The comment is/was something to the effect of "this is so freakin' stupid, it is the same bug over and over again". Paraphrasing a quote from a bugtraq'er (IIRC)
wish I could find the link, I think it was appleworks.com, their quotes in the news section from 2 weeks ago.
Slashdot repeats stories, Ms repeats security flaws and slashdot repeats stories on repeated MS security flaw...coincidence? perhaps.
Am I being redundant?
Am I being redundant?
Am I being redundant? --Robin Williams
Ever since the rise of the CD, the phrase "sounds like a broken record has lost all meaning".
Lemme ask you, if I modded you down *reguardless* of content for 2 weeks on all of your posts...wouldnt you take it a little personally?
And don't you read? It was a suggestion.
Granted, it can be taken or not.
As long as you keep "speaking out on this topic" (aka, whining), you will probably continue to be modded down.
Hummm, you have a good point...good thing the framers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independance weren't as lacking in cajones as you are. After all, I'm sure The Kind of England thought the exact same thought as you.
All I can tell you is...I'm doing it again...speaking out/to people spouting bullshit.
If you had read you would have gotten the same impression, perhaps, but I also proved a point: creating another accout, posting as I noramlly do I hit the cap relatively fast this, my friend, lends creedance to what I was saying in my posts. Doancha think? Oh, wait, sorry forgot who I was talking to, never mind.
At any rate, we'll never need therapy as long as/. is around.
Since joining/. I can honestly say I've never trolled. However I've been marked many times unfairly. (abusive moderators seem to like the "over-rated" option for +2 comments or ppl they "don't like")
How unfairly? Try going from 40 to 23 karma in the space of less than 2 weeks.
Essentially it started with a post by me calling/. moderators on thier bullshit...to have a +2 comment modded to 0 in ~30 seconds smites of something foul. Moderators not even reading your comment but modding according to name.
The irony here is even having an on topic post modded down and up so fast it was rather funny to watch. So, rather than get pissed that some a**hole(s) out there are being just that, I created another account.
What happened? less than 150 post, hit the karma cap on thanksgiving...leading to my lovely sig.
I've proved my point, to myself and all who read my comments (if at all).
Judging from the moderation on some of my best comments (wish I had a link) you notice that the "crack smoking" moderators are outnumbered by the non-CSM's.
My favorite went something like 4 insightfuls, 2 funny's 2 underated, 2 overrated, 1 flamebait, 1 troll (I think)...it wound up with around 12 points worth of moderation...all on one comment.
What strikes me as "wrong" with the system is this:
+2 comments get there for a reason and yes there is "bonus" abuse. However, I think the poster who posts at +2 should be given the benefit of the doubt, don't you?
So, I'd like to see +2 comments modded up, if they deserve it, but to prevent moderator abuse, only allow negative moderation to be effective after 3 or 4 "modding down" marks.
Reason: none of the newbie moderators nor the experienced CSM's seem to read the FAQ of "don't mod down what you don't agree with" and "don't mod down to punish"...ahem, never happen? just remember 40 down to 23, most moderation took place in literally less than a minute!
Heh, as a "tribute to CSM's" my sig at one time said "help! help! I'm being repressed!"... gee, wonder where that came from.
It strikes me as odd that no one has thought of a abuse filter not only for trolls, but for moderators as well.
You see, trolls can have their account "suspended" for a certain length of time as I understand from some of the -1 comments.
For moderators, I think, if more than 1/2 of your moderations (every 10 points, let's say) are marked as unfair...then how about "suspending" that account as well (i.e. no moderating for a month/year whatever the cycle, and for the # of unfair marks, apply those negative points to the moderator, perhaps?).
Anyone have any better ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Instead of the 1B$, use 10% of thier 'value' (3.6B$, IIRC) and have them:
A) Buy all Sun servers
B) Use BSD *only* on said hardware
C) Force *all* top level execs to be the ones to install and support A&B.
(This is where the devil is in the details, I've tried to install BSD on an ultra 10...hehehehe, won't happen in my life time.)
I may be off base, but that was one of the things people "don't get" in general, and, I have to admit, both of us missed:
Someone *has* payed for it...reguardless of if they want it or not.
Buy a new OEM box to put linux on...you pay for windows. Buy a new server with linux *on* it already...you've payed for windows.
If I get the meaning, this is a "time shifted Quid pro Quo"... If we use it or not, makes no difference, want it or not, no difference..."we have payed for it".
I get the feeling that is why it is commonly referred to as Win9X...same freaking thing across the board.
I guess to make it clearer (if that is possible):
MS gives/sells to OEM, OEM passes it on to techs to install/test/keep/whatever...techs usually wind up installing it on *other* boxes than their own (..ahem...not that this would ever happen...hypothetical situation, mind you).
Taking off on a minor tangent, it is well established that MS's software took off with win 3.X, because it was (next to doom) on of the most pirated pieces of software in the world.
Has either company suffered?
Most lucrative OS? Windows. Most lucrative Game? DooM/Quake.
In essence; someone/everyone *has* payed for it, and with.NET, they will pay for it again, and again, and again.
Honestly it would not suprise me if you had to pay in the near futur just to modify the boot loader to install linux/other os and pay for each time you boot...that is, of course, Win XXXX does not use it as swap space first.
Both of our flawed arguments seem to have a current thread of "basically there needs to be competition in the OS space" because the current status quo is lacking...
Here's hoping, as someone so eloquently put it: "I seriously hope Apple lets slip the dogs of war and ports OS X to the *ntel and esp. the AMD architecture"...then we will see what *real* competition is.
Don't try to regulate spam as long as the agree to the following conditions:
1) the Must use @home service or
2) can only use 300 baud modems connected to pay phones outside a busy intersection.
3) must use win 3.X and trumpet winsock.
4) they must have a reply phone, fax and email address and 666 or spam tattooed on their forheads (they get to choose which...same same)
Ah, good point...however had you actually read my post...
"given to me" was the point of the reply.
From your reply I could give you my win/linux/beos disks and call you a thief.
Or, when your family gives you a gift, I bet the are theives too...by your logic.
Rip off vs gift, dude, look out, man, cause I'm pulling out the clue stick!!!
The appeals court, in its unanimous seven-panel decision, also found that Microsoft's commingling of Internet Explorer and Windows software code constituted an anti-competitive act. This made it more difficult for Netscape to compete with Internet Explorer, the court concluded.
Ummm...DUH!
The states would like to prevent Microsoft from bundling other technologies, such as media playback and instant messaging, into Windows for the same reason.
Would like? {pshaw} "legally" cross their wrists with their shoulderblades and put a "legally binding noose" around their neck (say a billion dollars a day + set free enslaved companies, starting with Bungie)...give them the same treatment the Taliban got.
Cut off their money and then their...ahem..."air supply".
Giving up its ability to add new features to Windows is one concession Microsoft has been unwilling to make throughout the case.
"My guess is Microsoft is never going to accept such a provision," Shohet said
To the DOJ, just one question...with apologies to the Dairy association..."Got Balls?".
"If you're still forced to buy the whole package, even if you remove the icons, the extra stuff could deteriorate performance," he said.
I've read that over and over and still not sure what to make of it.
The "extra stuff" could deteriorate performance?
What do you mean "could"? Outlook? IIS? WiMP?
There is not "could", skippy, "does" is the word you are seeking.
And what PoS OS would be brought down by removing icons? (if I read that right?)
And I don't mean to burst bubbles, but if you can live w/o "re-arrangable menues" I.E. integration and the task bar buttons...a 98lite'd system (98lite.net, use 98se and 95b) is one of the most stable "Windows" hybrids around. Choose the "sleek" option, you won't regret its speed, even if you regret using windows...YMMV.
As of Friday morning, some states were still debating whether the browser should be included in the trimmed-down version of Windows or whether Microsoft would have to remove it.
I repeat: "78% of win98's testers did not want I.E integrated in the first fscking place"
Anyone have a better clue stick? I seem to be breaking them in ever increasing numbers.
It was pointed out that synthetic/"looking to the future" benchmarks favored the Radeon, but "real world" seemed to lean toward the GF.
Hummm.
Also a concern (well, maybe just for me) is that the mac version seems non-existant. You can buy or flash the GF Mx line, and older Radeons...what about the current line?
What really tweaks my nipples is that Nvidia stated point blank that "adding bi-endian support was trivial"...sooo, why don't they make all their cards like that?
And put a little pressure on ATI (or v/v)?
Which begs the question, again, why is/was the mac version more expensive than the pc version when you could flash the darn thing?
I thought about submitting this link yesterday, but alas, I can no longer handle the "rejection".
And did anyone else notice that the 8500 is a perfect GF2 Ultra killer? Only problem is that pesky GF3 Titanium...
Snipped to get to the meat:
...I paid good money for my copy of Win98...
Interesting...I've heard of people doing that occasionally, though I've never quite understood it. {SEG+humurous evil chuckle}
Seriously, however, I've been luck enought to be in the "right place" on several occasions to wind up with 95b and 98se (then to discover 98lite).
Quite literally I've had several bosses toss me the disks and say "Install it at home, figure it out, we gotta support it".
To up or down grade, delete win.com you can take 98se down to 95a, or 95a to 95b/c or 98se...whatever trips your trigger.
Of course I'm talking about upgrade to OEM version or factory install to new OEM version (not supported/allowed).
Ah, good call, sorry for not backing that up a little more.
Cold fusion had several bugs and bad designs, like:
Similar to the SQL server problem of "DB admin password was blank" and did not tell you how to set it. Oops.
On NT4, IIRC, there were several issuse with access rights, simple overflow techniques could gain Admin privs. either thru CF or IIS.
CF has the exact same concerns as Outlook...Simple program, powerful program...lack of security features in any form.
Seriously, tho, your best running 98lite'd system you'll need to install 98se, and Immediatly install 95b's files as per the program's instructions.
Your best bet is to go for the "sleek" install option. I've had mine operating for several days (continuous d/l, extractions, browsing..etc) w/o lockups.
Funny that...once you "rip I.E. out by the roots" from the OS, it actually becomes very stable.
Oh, and for the record (about the registry topic above---or below if you have newest first) Windows 3.X had a registry as well.
I ought to know, a nasty piece of shareware (PoS) made and entry that would not go away even after uninstalling the progam. Grrrr.
Wrote the programmer, and was not happy. Funny that if he knew how to add registry entries...how come removing it during de-install was not a priority?
Oh, well. Long time ago, galaxy far away and all that....
when I saw this:
which uses state-of-the-art robots to crawl through sewers to lay fiber-optic lines.
All I could think was:
'I need that kind of "crappy" connection'
'robots on a high fiber diet'
'gives a new meaning to "laying cable"'
I'm warped because I picture a robot in the sewers playing "this little light of mine.mp3" over an internal speaker down in the sewer.
Seriously, who do I have to ki^H^H help to get these damn cable idiots some competition?
Can you tell? think about 1M/s up and down for 20 bucks a month... MMMmmmm.
None are so blind as those who can not see;
from the article:
The regenerated nerves also carried normal electrical signals, suggesting that they had rewired themselves into the brain, although the connections were a bit scrambled.
Does that mean we don't need DeCSS, once the MPAA requires, via a click thru agreement, no doubt, that we all be blinded before watching any of its movies?
Seriously, this is great news, now we just need to be able to regenerate brain cells, that way corporate execs will have more than one.
Enables VP3 technology to deliver full-screen, full-motion, online and on-demand TV-quality video.
And divx does near DVD quality at low to mid data tates. Hummm.
Helps VP3 Video Player to implement more complex coding for higher quality at lower bitrates.
Another video player? {mumph, snorket...hehehee} I'm thrilled, and I'm sure my p200 will be happy too. Propritary codec, right?
Has SSE2 instruction set with real-time video filters for enhanced quality and experience.
Dang, reads like they are embedding hardware into software/codecs, does it not?
And they almost said it makes the internet 'supafast (tm)'...
Intel says:MP3 finally has a video counterpart - a file-compression algorithm that makes it possible to send large multimedia files over the Internet on demand.
So the are admitting they are enabeling piracy!
Get the BSA and Get the MPAA on the phone...
(rings triangle dinner bell) "Come and get it!".
Slashdot could never be addictive because there is a Karma cap.
Slashdot can be addictive, because you can create a new Account.
Instead of "I pushed the button, gimme the cheese" mentality I developed, I actually got myself "conditioned", if you will long ago.
Talk about Love/Hate: Assembly Language {shudder} and Syndicate Wars. Wasted so much time playing SW, had to "slap myself silly"...turned it around by only playing when I finished early or on several occasions got so pissed off at Assembler that I started to play SW.
Long story short: While playing on many occasions after getting frustrated with Assembler/Calculus, I would get an inspiration and instantly quit and go back to work.
Sometimes when you want to solve a problem (programming, math, life, whatever) you have to "not think about it".
Oddly enough it is the art of distracting yourself with shiney objects...heh, I like shiney objects...oh, don't forget the blinkey lights, too!
Heh, addictive personality vs compulsive problem solving personality...yeah, I'm messed up...but just a little.
(Oh, and Descent 2 for 18 some odd hours straight, oye. Worst thing I ever saw was a buddy of mine would play DooM ][ for hours, while his drop dead gorgeous GF would sit and sulk about it. And, yes, I did beat him with a clue stick. Did not work, tho. Oh well.)
Heh, I babbled on and on while staying on topic.
Wonders never cease. What is the next artic... uh, not that I have a problem, mind you.;)
I could not agree more with you, bro, but the first and last paragraph of your reply strike me as slightly contradicting.
You first say "not ready for mainstream use" yet, your own use is pretty "main stream"...ok, geek, internt and web wise...but main stream non the less. Right?
But the middle parts are very accurate.
I'm "waiting" for dreamweaver, personally, even tho I rarely do that "web-master-thing" now.
Strange that it does "get better and better" each release. I keep thinking of that quote/sig of "At Microsoft's current rate of progress they will, in 20 years, invent Unix".
Heh. {and your comment was "crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside"... {G}...yeah, I do need rest, as a matter of fact}
Slashdot Mirror
AAAaaahahahahahaha...
.asf (stands for Another Security Flaw) format that has appeared no less than 3 times.
Ummm, where've you been?
I wish I could find the link to a vulnerability in the
IOW, Microsoft patched it, re-introed the same bug/vulnerability patched it again, re-did it again. Wash, rinse and repeat.
The comment is/was something to the effect of "this is so freakin' stupid, it is the same bug over and over again". Paraphrasing a quote from a bugtraq'er (IIRC)
wish I could find the link, I think it was appleworks.com, their quotes in the news section from 2 weeks ago.
Slashdot repeats stories, Ms repeats security flaws and slashdot repeats stories on repeated MS security flaw...coincidence? perhaps.
Am I being redundant?
Am I being redundant?
Am I being redundant?
--Robin Williams
Ever since the rise of the CD, the phrase "sounds like a broken record has lost all meaning".
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HEH!
Thanks, I needed a chuckle...
Moose.
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Woah, dude, you got issues, don't you?
/. is around.
Lemme ask you, if I modded you down *reguardless* of content for 2 weeks on all of your posts...wouldnt you take it a little personally?
And don't you read? It was a suggestion.
Granted, it can be taken or not.
As long as you keep "speaking out on this topic" (aka, whining), you will probably continue to be modded down.
Hummm, you have a good point...good thing the framers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independance weren't as lacking in cajones as you are. After all, I'm sure The Kind of England thought the exact same thought as you.
All I can tell you is...I'm doing it again...speaking out/to people spouting bullshit.
If you had read you would have gotten the same impression, perhaps, but I also proved a point: creating another accout, posting as I noramlly do I hit the cap relatively fast this, my friend, lends creedance to what I was saying in my posts. Doancha think? Oh, wait, sorry forgot who I was talking to, never mind.
At any rate, we'll never need therapy as long as
And you and turbine had it right to some degree.
Well, I'm buzzed, I'm tired and I'm gone.
Gentlemen...Cheers,
Moose
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Amen brother.
What is the FBI so afraid of?
Someone using Photoshop and Kai's power tools to distort the presidents face?
Oh the horror...oh, wait, maybe it'll improve President Mush^H^H^H^HBush...
Since joining /. I can honestly say I've never trolled. However I've been marked many times unfairly. (abusive moderators seem to like the "over-rated" option for +2 comments or ppl they "don't like")
/. moderators on thier bullshit...to have a +2 comment modded to 0 in ~30 seconds smites of something foul. Moderators not even reading your comment but modding according to name.
How unfairly? Try going from 40 to 23 karma in the space of less than 2 weeks.
Essentially it started with a post by me calling
The irony here is even having an on topic post modded down and up so fast it was rather funny to watch. So, rather than get pissed that some a**hole(s) out there are being just that, I created another account.
What happened? less than 150 post, hit the karma cap on thanksgiving...leading to my lovely sig.
I've proved my point, to myself and all who read my comments (if at all).
Judging from the moderation on some of my best comments (wish I had a link) you notice that the "crack smoking" moderators are outnumbered by the non-CSM's.
My favorite went something like 4 insightfuls, 2 funny's 2 underated, 2 overrated, 1 flamebait, 1 troll (I think)...it wound up with around 12 points worth of moderation...all on one comment.
What strikes me as "wrong" with the system is this:
+2 comments get there for a reason and yes there is "bonus" abuse. However, I think the poster who posts at +2 should be given the benefit of the doubt, don't you?
So, I'd like to see +2 comments modded up, if they deserve it, but to prevent moderator abuse, only allow negative moderation to be effective after 3 or 4 "modding down" marks.
Reason: none of the newbie moderators nor the experienced CSM's seem to read the FAQ of "don't mod down what you don't agree with" and "don't mod down to punish"...ahem, never happen? just remember 40 down to 23, most moderation took place in literally less than a minute!
Heh, as a "tribute to CSM's" my sig at one time said "help! help! I'm being repressed!"... gee, wonder where that came from.
It strikes me as odd that no one has thought of a abuse filter not only for trolls, but for moderators as well.
You see, trolls can have their account "suspended" for a certain length of time as I understand from some of the -1 comments.
For moderators, I think, if more than 1/2 of your moderations (every 10 points, let's say) are marked as unfair...then how about "suspending" that account as well (i.e. no moderating for a month/year whatever the cycle, and for the # of unfair marks, apply those negative points to the moderator, perhaps?).
Anyone have any better ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Instead of the 1B$, use 10% of thier 'value' (3.6B$, IIRC) and have them:
A) Buy all Sun servers
B) Use BSD *only* on said hardware
C) Force *all* top level execs to be the ones to install and support A&B.
(This is where the devil is in the details, I've tried to install BSD on an ultra 10...hehehehe, won't happen in my life time.)
Good point.
.NET, they will pay for it again, and again, and again.
I may be off base, but that was one of the things people "don't get" in general, and, I have to admit, both of us missed:
Someone *has* payed for it...reguardless of if they want it or not.
Buy a new OEM box to put linux on...you pay for windows. Buy a new server with linux *on* it already...you've payed for windows.
If I get the meaning, this is a "time shifted Quid pro Quo"... If we use it or not, makes no difference, want it or not, no difference..."we have payed for it".
I get the feeling that is why it is commonly referred to as Win9X...same freaking thing across the board.
I guess to make it clearer (if that is possible):
MS gives/sells to OEM, OEM passes it on to techs to install/test/keep/whatever...techs usually wind up installing it on *other* boxes than their own (..ahem...not that this would ever happen...hypothetical situation, mind you).
Taking off on a minor tangent, it is well established that MS's software took off with win 3.X, because it was (next to doom) on of the most pirated pieces of software in the world.
Has either company suffered?
Most lucrative OS? Windows. Most lucrative Game? DooM/Quake.
In essence; someone/everyone *has* payed for it, and with
Honestly it would not suprise me if you had to pay in the near futur just to modify the boot loader to install linux/other os and pay for each time you boot...that is, of course, Win XXXX does not use it as swap space first.
Both of our flawed arguments seem to have a current thread of "basically there needs to be competition in the OS space" because the current status quo is lacking...
Here's hoping, as someone so eloquently put it: "I seriously hope Apple lets slip the dogs of war and ports OS X to the *ntel and esp. the AMD architecture"...then we will see what *real* competition is.
Just a thought.
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...you're SURE to bread criminals...
And deep fried, I hope?
KFC, Kentucky Fried Criminals...interesting idea, no? Don't tar and feather, bread and deep fry.
Heh, I love typo's...they are fun to play with.
"Everyone, down on the floor! I've got a pun and I know how to use it!
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It still suprises me that no one picked up on the subject line.
Ok, a show of hand how many ppl think this idea won't work?
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Don't try to regulate spam as long as the agree to the following conditions:
1) the Must use @home service or
2) can only use 300 baud modems connected to pay phones outside a busy intersection.
3) must use win 3.X and trumpet winsock.
4) they must have a reply phone, fax and email address and 666 or spam tattooed on their forheads (they get to choose which...same same)
Then and only then can they avoid legislation.
Ought to help take a byte out of crime.
Ah, good point...however had you actually read my post...
"given to me" was the point of the reply.
From your reply I could give you my win/linux/beos disks and call you a thief.
Or, when your family gives you a gift, I bet the are theives too...by your logic.
Rip off vs gift, dude, look out, man, cause I'm pulling out the clue stick!!!
The appeals court, in its unanimous seven-panel decision, also found that Microsoft's commingling of Internet Explorer and Windows software code constituted an anti-competitive act. This made it more difficult for Netscape to compete with Internet Explorer, the court concluded.
Ummm...DUH!
The states would like to prevent Microsoft from bundling other technologies, such as media playback and instant messaging, into Windows for the same reason.
Would like? {pshaw} "legally" cross their wrists with their shoulderblades and put a "legally binding noose" around their neck (say a billion dollars a day + set free enslaved companies, starting with Bungie)...give them the same treatment the Taliban got.
Cut off their money and then their...ahem..."air supply".
Giving up its ability to add new features to Windows is one concession Microsoft has been unwilling to make throughout the case.
"My guess is Microsoft is never going to accept such a provision," Shohet said
To the DOJ, just one question...with apologies to the Dairy association..."Got Balls?".
"If you're still forced to buy the whole package, even if you remove the icons, the extra stuff could deteriorate performance," he said.
I've read that over and over and still not sure what to make of it.
The "extra stuff" could deteriorate performance?
What do you mean "could"? Outlook? IIS? WiMP?
There is not "could", skippy, "does" is the word you are seeking.
And what PoS OS would be brought down by removing icons? (if I read that right?)
And I don't mean to burst bubbles, but if you can live w/o "re-arrangable menues" I.E. integration and the task bar buttons...a 98lite'd system (98lite.net, use 98se and 95b) is one of the most stable "Windows" hybrids around. Choose the "sleek" option, you won't regret its speed, even if you regret using windows...YMMV.
As of Friday morning, some states were still debating whether the browser should be included in the trimmed-down version of Windows or whether Microsoft would have to remove it.
I repeat: "78% of win98's testers did not want I.E integrated in the first fscking place"
Anyone have a better clue stick? I seem to be breaking them in ever increasing numbers.
Cheers,
Moose.
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there were a few glaring issues:
It was pointed out that synthetic/"looking to the future" benchmarks favored the Radeon, but "real world" seemed to lean toward the GF.
Hummm.
Also a concern (well, maybe just for me) is that the mac version seems non-existant. You can buy or flash the GF Mx line, and older Radeons...what about the current line?
What really tweaks my nipples is that Nvidia stated point blank that "adding bi-endian support was trivial"...sooo, why don't they make all their cards like that?
And put a little pressure on ATI (or v/v)?
Which begs the question, again, why is/was the mac version more expensive than the pc version when you could flash the darn thing?
I thought about submitting this link yesterday, but alas, I can no longer handle the "rejection".
And did anyone else notice that the 8500 is a perfect GF2 Ultra killer? Only problem is that pesky GF3 Titanium...
Now if only we could get Win95 and DOS drivers for these new cards.
Moose.
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Snipped to get to the meat:
...I paid good money for my copy of Win98...
Interesting...I've heard of people doing that occasionally, though I've never quite understood it. {SEG+humurous evil chuckle}
Seriously, however, I've been luck enought to be in the "right place" on several occasions to wind up with 95b and 98se (then to discover 98lite).
Quite literally I've had several bosses toss me the disks and say "Install it at home, figure it out, we gotta support it".
To up or down grade, delete win.com you can take 98se down to 95a, or 95a to 95b/c or 98se...whatever trips your trigger.
Of course I'm talking about upgrade to OEM version or factory install to new OEM version (not supported/allowed).
Heh.
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Ah, good call, sorry for not backing that up a little more.
Cold fusion had several bugs and bad designs, like:
Similar to the SQL server problem of "DB admin password was blank" and did not tell you how to set it. Oops.
On NT4, IIRC, there were several issuse with access rights, simple overflow techniques could gain Admin privs. either thru CF or IIS.
CF has the exact same concerns as Outlook...Simple program, powerful program...lack of security features in any form.
Useful, but very dangerous.
Moose.
HEY!!
That is my line, dang it!
Seriously, tho, your best running 98lite'd system you'll need to install 98se, and Immediatly install 95b's files as per the program's instructions.
Your best bet is to go for the "sleek" install option. I've had mine operating for several days (continuous d/l, extractions, browsing..etc) w/o lockups.
Funny that...once you "rip I.E. out by the roots" from the OS, it actually becomes very stable.
Oh, and for the record (about the registry topic above---or below if you have newest first) Windows 3.X had a registry as well.
I ought to know, a nasty piece of shareware (PoS) made and entry that would not go away even after uninstalling the progam. Grrrr.
Wrote the programmer, and was not happy. Funny that if he knew how to add registry entries...how come removing it during de-install was not a priority?
Oh, well. Long time ago, galaxy far away and all that....
there had been Microsoft stuff in there.
"Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft"...
Then we could say, "Heh, not just fired. Fired, fined and put in jail for incompetence".
Oh, and noticed a link in a post:
http://www.indiantrust.org/documents.cfm
Coldfusion? Oye Veigh...someone needs some serious beatings with a clue stick.
CF is a great app for creating webforms and webDB access, but it is a security hole in its own right (IIRC from people who use it and even love it).
My favorite saying about CF is that it is an excellent benchmark...It runs slow on *everyone's* hardware (that it supports).
Cheers,
Moose.
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when I saw this:
which uses state-of-the-art robots to crawl through sewers to lay fiber-optic lines.
All I could think was:
'I need that kind of "crappy" connection'
'robots on a high fiber diet'
'gives a new meaning to "laying cable"'
I'm warped because I picture a robot in the sewers playing "this little light of mine.mp3" over an internal speaker down in the sewer.
Seriously, who do I have to ki^H^H help to get these damn cable idiots some competition?
Can you tell? think about 1M/s up and down for 20 bucks a month... MMMmmmm.
Moose
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None are so blind as those who can not see;
from the article:
The regenerated nerves also carried normal electrical signals, suggesting that they had rewired themselves into the brain, although the connections were a bit scrambled.
Does that mean we don't need DeCSS, once the MPAA requires, via a click thru agreement, no doubt, that we all be blinded before watching any of its movies?
Seriously, this is great news, now we just need to be able to regenerate brain cells, that way corporate execs will have more than one.
Oh, and find the "clue" gene...
;)
moose
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Blatantly ripped from the blipvert on the page:
Enables VP3 technology to deliver full-screen, full-motion, online and on-demand TV-quality video.
And divx does near DVD quality at low to mid data tates. Hummm.
Helps VP3 Video Player to implement more complex coding for higher quality at lower bitrates.
Another video player? {mumph, snorket...hehehee} I'm thrilled, and I'm sure my p200 will be happy too. Propritary codec, right?
Has SSE2 instruction set with real-time video filters for enhanced quality and experience.
Dang, reads like they are embedding hardware into software/codecs, does it not?
And they almost said it makes the internet 'supafast (tm)'...
Intel says:MP3 finally has a video counterpart - a file-compression algorithm that makes it possible to send large multimedia files over the Internet on demand.
So the are admitting they are enabeling piracy!
Get the BSA and Get the MPAA on the phone...
(rings triangle dinner bell) "Come and get it!".
Sigh, if only.
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the Katz is out of the bag, and can be stuffed back in.
Sometime "we", yes even geeks, label people, others label themselves, thus, I give you this as proof:
Jon Katz, Wired's media critic, can be e-mailed at jdkatz@aol.com.
AOL? Asinine Obsequious Luser(s)...
Mystery solved.
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A code freeze on documentation?
How appropriate, seeing as most code has a documentation freeze.
RTFM, indeed. How about CTFM, first.
Cheers,
Moose.
If anyone ever says "you are missing the point", reply, "no I'm not, I see it several inches above your forehead".
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Didja look at the top right corner that say "Go to article"?
I wonder if you were that short bus driver that stopped in front of me...right next to the sign that says "KEEP MOVING"?
{sigh}
Cheers,
Moose.
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Theraputic, yes.
;)
Slashdot could never be addictive because there is a Karma cap.
Slashdot can be addictive, because you can create a new Account.
Instead of "I pushed the button, gimme the cheese" mentality I developed, I actually got myself "conditioned", if you will long ago.
Talk about Love/Hate: Assembly Language {shudder} and Syndicate Wars. Wasted so much time playing SW, had to "slap myself silly"...turned it around by only playing when I finished early or on several occasions got so pissed off at Assembler that I started to play SW.
Long story short: While playing on many occasions after getting frustrated with Assembler/Calculus, I would get an inspiration and instantly quit and go back to work.
Sometimes when you want to solve a problem (programming, math, life, whatever) you have to "not think about it".
Oddly enough it is the art of distracting yourself with shiney objects...heh, I like shiney objects...oh, don't forget the blinkey lights, too!
Heh, addictive personality vs compulsive problem solving personality...yeah, I'm messed up...but just a little.
(Oh, and Descent 2 for 18 some odd hours straight, oye. Worst thing I ever saw was a buddy of mine would play DooM ][ for hours, while his drop dead gorgeous GF would sit and sulk about it. And, yes, I did beat him with a clue stick. Did not work, tho. Oh well.)
Heh, I babbled on and on while staying on topic.
Wonders never cease. What is the next artic... uh, not that I have a problem, mind you.
Moose.
I could not agree more with you, bro, but the first and last paragraph of your reply strike me as slightly contradicting.
You first say "not ready for mainstream use" yet, your own use is pretty "main stream"...ok, geek, internt and web wise...but main stream non the less. Right?
But the middle parts are very accurate.
I'm "waiting" for dreamweaver, personally, even tho I rarely do that "web-master-thing" now.
Strange that it does "get better and better" each release. I keep thinking of that quote/sig of "At Microsoft's current rate of progress they will, in 20 years, invent Unix".
Heh. {and your comment was "crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside"... {G}...yeah, I do need rest, as a matter of fact}
Cheers, bro.
Moose
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