Well, the privacy part is obvious. If you want to trust all your browsing to a third party, then you will have to trust that third party.
Doesn't matter if it's Verisign, (Microsoft on Windows systems, obviously, Apple on MacOS, etc..), Google or your ISP. All of them have ways to track your browsing habbits.
The fines resulting from the lawsuit would easily pay for the bill.
Tweaking BIND is just a quick fix. It's letting Verisign know that what they are doing is fine, and that you can opt-out of it if you want. Just like spam.
Then start running the new BIND and also contact your local Attorney General. I did.
Explain how they are in violation of the Anti-Cybersquatting laws, and have broken their contract with the Department of Commerce regarding the whois database. Mention how it's abuse of a monopoly power.
Make the states get involved, not the private attorneys.
Nope, NYC, 'unlimited' cable modem bandwidth at home and a couple of T-1's at work.
Your point was, that it only costs you a little, so, here's a little, over a long period of time. Maybe it's only $.05 a month, maybe it's $.05 a year, it's still my $.05 in wasted bandwidth, processing power and so on. It's $.05 that I could put to something else and I shouldn't have to waste.
"half of all crashes in Windows are caused not by Microsoft code, but third-party code".
That's not the same as saying half of all windows crashes. The key words here are 'Dr. Watson', which does not track OS crashes, Watson tracks application crashes.
Second, learn some math. 50% of all crashes in windows are caused by third-party code. Does that automatically say the other 50% are caused by Microsoft code? Absolutely not.
Since we're making up numbers, I would put 35% of all crashes on faulty hardware.
The client access licenses (CAL) are only for users authenticating and using the operating system directly. Web hits, either anonymous or authenticated by an external database are excluded. Anonymous FTP is excluded. Printer sharing needs a CAL. Authenticated FTP needs a CAL. Basically, if it has an account in the windows user manager, it needs a CAL.
I have issues? I don't remember starting the topic off with burning down a company and seeing someone dead. Also, I'm not going to attack you personally, as you seem to want me to.
I remember when I first started using Microsoft products in 1982, DOS, BASIC, etc... I was a fan of them back then, I'm still a fan now, I don't see how your arguments apply to me.
I don't agree with everything Microsoft does, but as for Bill Gates, I have a lot of respect for him. Not because he 'beat up the market'. The market beat itself up and blamed MS for not doing the same.
The desktop OS market is not the end of the road for the industry. It's just a step to the next level. I doubt the industry would have moved as fast as it did without one company leading it. It's what was needed at the time and we're starting to move past that. But in 15 years I don't think Windows will be the main OS; In fact, I don't think we'll care what OS we are using.
---- Lastly, I can say I don't have a 'jumping on the winning team bandwagon' issue, trust me on this. Go Mets!
Your first post: "3) Become a criminal and go burn down corporate infrastructure (and/or murder the "luminaries" of the Corporatocracy world, e.g. Darl McBride, Hilary Rosen, and of course BillG)-- likely ineffective, and even more likely to land you in jail and/or Death Row for the rest of your life (though may I be the first to say that the day Microsoft awakens to find their Redmond campus burned to the ground, I will hold a HUGE party...)"
Your latest post: "The reason that I hate them is a MORAL issue and has NOTHING to do with their software. "
Right click on desktop. Click properties, change theme, Luna gone, looks like Windows 2000 now. Want new theme? Download new theme. Explorer is one of the easiest to use and easiest to customize interface ever designed for a mainstream OS. Get over it.
Windows is not super expensive, despite what you say. The average user gets a copy with his/her computer. $199 is still not over the top, OS X is about $150. Wordperfect office 11 is $300ish as well.
As for plug-ins, you're right, the web is too plug-in heavy. On the other hand, it's obviously what people want, or they wouldn't be doing it. Maybe the web has to change to fit the userbase. As for games, tough. I'm going to write something to reach the majority of users, I want to reach 90% of the market.
I personally like Word, I used WordPerfect up to WP6, after using WP6 for about 3 weeks, I formatted the disks it was on, then burned them.
So what if people use Word for images or Excel for databases? WHO CARES. It works for them, it's their best tool for the job. When it doesn't work for them, they will use something else. As for FTP, FUCK FTP. FTP might be too much for the average user, now IM products do their file transfers...again, big deal, if AIM or MSNIM or ICQ does the job, then USE IT. If it allows people do transfer files easier, great. I'm all for it.
Now, on to SDK's. The Windows Platform SDK is still free, doesn't seem to have changed in several years. Visual Studio is a tool that works with the SDK, you don't need to use VS to program for Windows. As for the.NET SDK, that's also free.
I get the point that you do not even run Windows, since you seem to have an opinion of every aspect of the platform. It's the type of opinion I have come to expect from the person who says things like, 'I don't like this, I don't use it, but I know I don't like it, and here's whats wrong with it and this is why you shouldn't use it either. So, I'll do everything in my power to make sure you don't have a choice to use it either.' Feel free to pick and choose from that, at least 90% should fit.
I have no issues with the icons in XP. They look like generic icons to me.
Hey, look, I made it thru an entire response without calling you a "short-sighted buffoon" or an ass, either, but apparently that was too much for you to handle.
I stand by my statement, Windows did elevate the Internet. Mosaic and Netscape both ran on Windows.
Microsoft beat Netscape in the browser market by designing a browser that looked good, rendered fast, and didn't crash all the time. I'm not saying IE never crashed, IE has a ton of bugs, but I would use IE4 over Netscape 4 in a second. Most people were totally fed up with Netscape by the time it started rolling downhill. IE 6 was one of the best browsers ever designed. (Actually 5.5 was IMHO). I use IE6 and Mozilla now. I expect to use Mozilla more as time goes on, it's becoming a better browser and they are adding features I need, like NTLM authentication, and hopefully some ActiveX support at some point. The question is, why didn't they do this 2 years ago?
Forgot about email, but still, email was around for a long time. I do think programs like Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus, etc... helped increase email usage. GUI based email is very easy to use, especially when you get into attachments.
Now, as for NCSA Mosaic and Netscape, when they weren't crashing, they were usually running on...wait for it... Windows.
Windows got the Internet out of the little Telnet, Gopher, text email and FTP land that it used to be and made it one of the most valuable resources created, ever.
(Since my words are going to be twisted, like they usually are, I'm talking about the home and business markets, I'm not talking about students on mainframes, minis, etc...)
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Well, that explains my C- in math.
Well, the privacy part is obvious. If you want to trust all your browsing to a third party, then you will have to trust that third party.
Doesn't matter if it's Verisign, (Microsoft on Windows systems, obviously, Apple on MacOS, etc..), Google or your ISP. All of them have ways to track your browsing habbits.
What you suggest is actually available.
If you have a browser that supports the Google Toolbar, try this:
Install the Google Toolbar
Turn off your address bar.
Type whatever you want into the toolbar, URLs automatically resolve, non-URLs get searched on.
Actually, there aren't an infinite number of domains. The number could be calculated if you had the time or really cared.
.com domains) + (max_DNS_entry_size! - registered .net domains)
I think it would be something like amount = (max_DNS_entry_size! - registered
This would give you a nice fair dollar amount to charge them.
Yes, but the hour long insight into Wedge Antilles' life made Episode IX an instant cult classic.
Tons of ATMs still run Microsoft OS/2, many still run OS/2 1.1.
Actually, many use Microsoft OS/2. Switching to NT/2K/XP is an upgrade.
The fines resulting from the lawsuit would easily pay for the bill.
Tweaking BIND is just a quick fix. It's letting Verisign know that what they are doing is fine, and that you can opt-out of it if you want. Just like spam.
Then start running the new BIND and also contact your local Attorney General. I did.
Explain how they are in violation of the Anti-Cybersquatting laws, and have broken their contract with the Department of Commerce regarding the whois database. Mention how it's abuse of a monopoly power.
Make the states get involved, not the private attorneys.
Nope, NYC, 'unlimited' cable modem bandwidth at home and a couple of T-1's at work.
Your point was, that it only costs you a little, so, here's a little, over a long period of time. Maybe it's only $.05 a month, maybe it's $.05 a year, it's still my $.05 in wasted bandwidth, processing power and so on. It's $.05 that I could put to something else and I shouldn't have to waste.
Whew, I'm glad it only costs a little.
By the way, can I have $.15 from you? Daily? For life?
No, the title for that article is:
"6 versions later and ColdFusion still gets the cold shoulder (And crashes now and then for some reason)"
'You are in a twisty maze of passageways, all alike'
You obviously don't understand NYC. Things work differently there.
Ahh, the true troll...
"Well, if half of the crashes are 3rd party code, where do the other half come from? "
Never had a bad RAM chip in your life, power supply always works at 100%, your HDD has never had a read error...nope, lets blame Microsoft...
It's not that the glass is half empty, it's that you claim to know the exact contents without looking.
RTFA, then get back to me.
I'm curious, where in the article does it say "Windows Crash" as you so diligently quoted?
I must have missed it. I only saw, "half of all crashes in Windows are caused not by Microsoft code, but third-party code".
You must have read another article where it said half of all Windows crashes, can you send me the URL to that article? I would like to read it.
From the article:
"half of all crashes in Windows are caused not by Microsoft code, but third-party code".
That's not the same as saying half of all windows crashes. The key words here are 'Dr. Watson', which does not track OS crashes, Watson tracks application crashes.
Second, learn some math. 50% of all crashes in windows are caused by third-party code. Does that automatically say the other 50% are caused by Microsoft code? Absolutely not.
Since we're making up numbers, I would put 35% of all crashes on faulty hardware.
Why not?
The client access licenses (CAL) are only for users authenticating and using the operating system directly. Web hits, either anonymous or authenticated by an external database are excluded. Anonymous FTP is excluded. Printer sharing needs a CAL. Authenticated FTP needs a CAL. Basically, if it has an account in the windows user manager, it needs a CAL.
"IIS for Windows assigns all clients an ASP session cookie by default."
Only if you are using ASP, and you can turn that off in the ASP code. IIS, by default does not assign a session cookie.
Well, that is the point of having a PhD thesis requirement. Publishing your work to better the field, humanity, etc...
I have issues? I don't remember starting the topic off with burning down a company and seeing someone dead. Also, I'm not going to attack you personally, as you seem to want me to.
I remember when I first started using Microsoft products in 1982, DOS, BASIC, etc... I was a fan of them back then, I'm still a fan now, I don't see how your arguments apply to me.
I don't agree with everything Microsoft does, but as for Bill Gates, I have a lot of respect for him. Not because he 'beat up the market'. The market beat itself up and blamed MS for not doing the same.
The desktop OS market is not the end of the road for the industry. It's just a step to the next level. I doubt the industry would have moved as fast as it did without one company leading it. It's what was needed at the time and we're starting to move past that. But in 15 years I don't think Windows will be the main OS; In fact, I don't think we'll care what OS we are using.
----
Lastly, I can say I don't have a 'jumping on the winning team bandwagon' issue, trust me on this. Go Mets!
Your first post:
"3) Become a criminal and go burn down corporate infrastructure (and/or murder the "luminaries" of the Corporatocracy world, e.g. Darl McBride, Hilary Rosen, and of course BillG)-- likely ineffective, and even more likely to land you in jail and/or Death Row for the rest of your life (though may I be the first to say that the day Microsoft awakens to find their Redmond campus burned to the ground, I will hold a HUGE party...)"
Your latest post:
"The reason that I hate them is a MORAL issue and has NOTHING to do with their software. "
Interesting concept of morality.
Right click on desktop. Click properties, change theme, Luna gone, looks like Windows 2000 now. Want new theme? Download new theme. Explorer is one of the easiest to use and easiest to customize interface ever designed for a mainstream OS. Get over it.
.NET SDK, that's also free.
Windows is not super expensive, despite what you say. The average user gets a copy with his/her computer. $199 is still not over the top, OS X is about $150.
Wordperfect office 11 is $300ish as well.
As for plug-ins, you're right, the web is too plug-in heavy. On the other hand, it's obviously what people want, or they wouldn't be doing it. Maybe the web has to change to fit the userbase.
As for games, tough. I'm going to write something to reach the majority of users, I want to reach 90% of the market.
I personally like Word, I used WordPerfect up to WP6, after using WP6 for about 3 weeks, I formatted the disks it was on, then burned them.
So what if people use Word for images or Excel for databases? WHO CARES. It works for them, it's their best tool for the job. When it doesn't work for them, they will use something else. As for FTP, FUCK FTP. FTP might be too much for the average user, now IM products do their file transfers...again, big deal, if AIM or MSNIM or ICQ does the job, then USE IT. If it allows people do transfer files easier, great. I'm all for it.
Now, on to SDK's. The Windows Platform SDK is still free, doesn't seem to have changed in several years. Visual Studio is a tool that works with the SDK, you don't need to use VS to program for Windows. As for the
I get the point that you do not even run Windows, since you seem to have an opinion of every aspect of the platform. It's the type of opinion I have come to expect from the person who says things like, 'I don't like this, I don't use it, but I know I don't like it, and here's whats wrong with it and this is why you shouldn't use it either. So, I'll do everything in my power to make sure you don't have a choice to use it either.' Feel free to pick and choose from that, at least 90% should fit.
I have no issues with the icons in XP. They look like generic icons to me.
Hey, look, I made it thru an entire response without calling you a "short-sighted buffoon" or an ass, either, but apparently that was too much for you to handle.
I stand by my statement, Windows did elevate the Internet. Mosaic and Netscape both ran on Windows.
Microsoft beat Netscape in the browser market by designing a browser that looked good, rendered fast, and didn't crash all the time. I'm not saying IE never crashed, IE has a ton of bugs, but I would use IE4 over Netscape 4 in a second. Most people were totally fed up with Netscape by the time it started rolling downhill. IE 6 was one of the best browsers ever designed. (Actually 5.5 was IMHO). I use IE6 and Mozilla now. I expect to use Mozilla more as time goes on, it's becoming a better browser and they are adding features I need, like NTLM authentication, and hopefully some ActiveX support at some point. The question is, why didn't they do this 2 years ago?
Forgot about email, but still, email was around for a long time. I do think programs like Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus, etc... helped increase email usage. GUI based email is very easy to use, especially when you get into attachments.
Now, as for NCSA Mosaic and Netscape, when they weren't crashing, they were usually running on...wait for it... Windows.
Windows got the Internet out of the little Telnet, Gopher, text email and FTP land that it used to be and made it one of the most valuable resources created, ever.
(Since my words are going to be twisted, like they usually are, I'm talking about the home and business markets, I'm not talking about students on mainframes, minis, etc...)