Are the people that received the complaints all sleeping or is SCO protected from legal investigation?
I'm starting to believe that the group getting the complaints (Securities & Exchange Comission) may be genetic replicas of the morons who grant the patents over at the USPTO.
Linux: Over a million lines of code stolen from SCO and counting..
Nah, it'd probably just force people to the WIntel platform. I mean, who'd want to knowingly use code that was lifted from such a carnival-like company?
Sounds like you're unreasonably paranoid. I've been using Windows 2000 for three years and whenever I need to reinstall (usually due to hard disk crashes or building a new machine. NEVER because the OS or Microsoft did something stupid) the first thing I do is go get all the updates. Nobody who is "technically savvy" wants to run a version of their OS that is three years old. Why? For reasons of security, stability, and compatibility with new software. Why not have the OS go find them for me?
And my argument (as is the argument of many others) is that its my machine and I'll make the decisions as to which updates I need. Take, for example, the 'Critical update' for OE 6. Why would I need to install an update for OE when its never been used on my computer? Sure, slap the latest Service Pack on your box - as long as its relevant.
There are also several documented instances where an update or service pack breaks another software component. In the case of my work system, the last service pack for 2000 would break Rational Robot. Yes, I know business users could disable the feature, but what about home users with the same software and the occasional VPN connection?
Stop speaking for me. I consider myself technically savvy due to my degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as my hobby of building PCs for my friends.
You sound more like someone who feels the need to brag about your college education. No? A simple 'I'm technically savvy' would've sufficed. No one here cares about your credentials.
The fact is that most people who use Windows do not understand that they need to update their OS in order to keep their computer running.
Bullshit. You only update your computer if a fix addresses a problem present on your PC. Ask anyone who works in support if you should apply all fixes simply because they're available.
How is this any different then the scheme they're using now? By default, automatic update is enabled for Windows. Anyone technically savvy immediately turns it off five seconds after installation is complete.
Also, from the article:
The next version of Windows, which analysts expect to be completed in late 2004, could be the first to let the Auto Update feature download patches from Microsoft without requiring the user's explicit approval. Microsoft is also considering whether to make the Auto Update mandatory earlier, through an interim upgrade known as a service pack
and
Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, applauded Microsoft for considering the move.
"People are going to have to accept mandatory updates as part of the warranty process, and that's exactly what Microsoft should be doing," Miller said. "You can't just send out a recall notice and hope that people come into the shop and do their maintenance."
I didn't see anything anywhere in the article that said business users or technically savvy home users would be given the option of disabling the forced update.
1. Who determines the value of each 'pirated' work?
2. Doesn't anyon realized that allowing people to listen to tracks of music they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to *prior to purchase* is a good thing and will actually lead to increased sales?
3. Has anyone discussed the idea of dropping prices of CDs in hopes of curtailing the 'rampant level of piracy'?
And as such, there should be a law barring people from being able to sell stock that has increased in value due to a lawsuit, unless you're not a current HCE (highly-compensated employee. eg. CIO, CEO, CFO, etc).
They can only tell that the signal coming back is from an RFID tag from a box of cheerios
If this is the case, and it becomes known where in the packaging the RFID is located then the point of using RFID can be defeated.
Whats to stop a terrorist from buying a bunch of boxes of cereal, removing the RFIDS and then putting these in their "WMDs"?
Now, I believe I read somewhere that the RFIDs could be as small as a grain of rice. Even if this is the case, its still big enough to be discovered and replaced.
Most modern VCRs simply display --:-- now because of this.
Same with microwaves. Its only alarm clocks that still flash 12:00, or, in the case of my wife's after a power outage, it'll starting flashing 12:00 and continue to flash while the time moves forward (12:01, 12:02, etc) until you actually SET it.
I hate to take Windows as an example, but hey, this is slashdot. Microsoft advanced Windows up to W2K. Things were looking up. Then, bam. XP. It might be 10 times easier to use for the complete beginer but have you ever tried to "convince" XP that you want to use a different IP address ?
What's the problem? All you do is launch regedt, search for the IP (I'm assuming your using static) and manually edit it there.
Hell, I've ripped NICs out of my XP box before uninstalling the drivers (I was in a hurry and not thinking). I slap the new NIC in and try to give it the same IP. XP warns me thats already assigned to another NIC. So, I edit the IP address in the registry and reboot.
XP is so LESS crash prone that Win2K could ever have hoped to have been. The GUI is garbage, but I just turn off all the transitions and set the menu back to look like 2000s.
Nothing is more annoying than the asshat who calls and thinks he/she knows everything.
I disagree -- I find few things more annoying that some asshat tech support droid who discounts my knowledge of my equipment and their inane 1st level scripts. I've been on their end, I know how call centers work. I also know that if you go through everything they're going to tell you to do before you even call it gets you to a higher level as L1 isn't given much leeway to get the problem corrected. 9 times out of ten they're going to transfer to L2 or put you in for a call back.
I never said I knew everything, just that I know the routine that Time Warner has L1 go over. Mostly, this involves rebooting thier cable router. Since I know this is what they're going to suggest, I do it before I ever pick up the phone.
Fortunately, I've had little need to call them (other than to tell them they have an outage and ask how long its going to be before its fixed).
I've had similar situations (most notably with TWC's RR support) and I simply tell them that I've tried X, Y, and Z. If they insist on making me do it again I tell them to put me through to Level 2.
Only once I had a tech push back. Without being rude I informed him that I worked in IT and had already performed all the troubleshooting. I got transferred immediately.
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Nah, just change it to something obscure & impossible. Take your pick:
* Commodore Vic-20
* ColecoVision
* TI-99/4A
* Apple ][
* Adam
* BIC 0.5mm #2 Pencil
Are the people that received the complaints all sleeping or is SCO protected from legal investigation?
I'm starting to believe that the group getting the complaints (Securities & Exchange Comission) may be genetic replicas of the morons who grant the patents over at the USPTO.
Hell I can block stories about Beanies, and there hasn't been a Beanies story in 3 years!
That's because SCO found out that the company making Beanies was infringing on the source code for System V and sued them out of existance.
Sorry. Easy target. Had to go there.
Wasn't the Hindenberg a hydrogen blimp?
Yeah, that sounds safe to me.
I was one of those people. I haven't seen a single issue.
Like McDonald's "Over One Billion Served" ?
Linux: Over a million lines of code stolen from SCO and counting..
Nah, it'd probably just force people to the WIntel platform. I mean, who'd want to knowingly use code that was lifted from such a carnival-like company?
Yeah, I missed those when I skimmed the article. Thanks.
Sounds like you're unreasonably paranoid. I've been using Windows 2000 for three years and whenever I need to reinstall (usually due to hard disk crashes or building a new machine. NEVER because the OS or Microsoft did something stupid) the first thing I do is go get all the updates. Nobody who is "technically savvy" wants to run a version of their OS that is three years old. Why? For reasons of security, stability, and compatibility with new software. Why not have the OS go find them for me?
And my argument (as is the argument of many others) is that its my machine and I'll make the decisions as to which updates I need. Take, for example, the 'Critical update' for OE 6. Why would I need to install an update for OE when its never been used on my computer? Sure, slap the latest Service Pack on your box - as long as its relevant.
There are also several documented instances where an update or service pack breaks another software component. In the case of my work system, the last service pack for 2000 would break Rational Robot. Yes, I know business users could disable the feature, but what about home users with the same software and the occasional VPN connection?
Stop speaking for me. I consider myself technically savvy due to my degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as my hobby of building PCs for my friends.
You sound more like someone who feels the need to brag about your college education. No? A simple 'I'm technically savvy' would've sufficed. No one here cares about your credentials.
The fact is that most people who use Windows do not understand that they need to update their OS in order to keep their computer running.
Bullshit. You only update your computer if a fix addresses a problem present on your PC. Ask anyone who works in support if you should apply all fixes simply because they're available.
How is this any different then the scheme they're using now? By default, automatic update is enabled for Windows. Anyone technically savvy immediately turns it off five seconds after installation is complete.
Also, from the article:
The next version of Windows, which analysts expect to be completed in late 2004, could be the first to let the Auto Update feature download patches from Microsoft without requiring the user's explicit approval. Microsoft is also considering whether to make the Auto Update mandatory earlier, through an interim upgrade known as a service pack
and
Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, applauded Microsoft for considering the move.
"People are going to have to accept mandatory updates as part of the warranty process, and that's exactly what Microsoft should be doing," Miller said. "You can't just send out a recall notice and hope that people come into the shop and do their maintenance."
I didn't see anything anywhere in the article that said business users or technically savvy home users would be given the option of disabling the forced update.
1. Who determines the value of each 'pirated' work?
2. Doesn't anyon realized that allowing people to listen to tracks of music they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to *prior to purchase* is a good thing and will actually lead to increased sales?
3. Has anyone discussed the idea of dropping prices of CDs in hopes of curtailing the 'rampant level of piracy'?
And as such, there should be a law barring people from being able to sell stock that has increased in value due to a lawsuit, unless you're not a current HCE (highly-compensated employee. eg. CIO, CEO, CFO, etc).
Ah, yes. But even 200,000 shares of stock at a $.43 increase gives you an $86,000 profit.
Heh. A little early in the day to start drinking isn't it?
Just set up a batchfile with the following:
/a
/a switch throws the shutdown into Abort.
shutdown
the
Of course, if you're getting hammered this isn't going to help much.
They can only tell that the signal coming back is from an RFID tag from a box of cheerios
If this is the case, and it becomes known where in the packaging the RFID is located then the point of using RFID can be defeated.
Whats to stop a terrorist from buying a bunch of boxes of cereal, removing the RFIDS and then putting these in their "WMDs"?
Now, I believe I read somewhere that the RFIDs could be as small as a grain of rice. Even if this is the case, its still big enough to be discovered and replaced.
(This time in the right thread!)
Any man with motivation can buy a RFIDs reprogrammer on EBay
At least until the RFID manufacturers take a page from DirecTV's book and sue anyone who buys an RFID reprogrammer.
Damn it! Wrong thread!
Any man with motivation can buy a RFIDs reprogrammer on EBay
At least until the RFID manufacturer's take a page from DirecTV's book and sue anyone who buys an RFID reprogrammer.
Nah, I say we go to tattooing barcode tags either on the backs of our necks or our wrists.
I've actually considered getting the latter.
...and all it takes is a decent magnet to kill the RFID tag anyway, right?
Most modern VCRs simply display --:-- now because of this.
Same with microwaves. Its only alarm clocks that still flash 12:00, or, in the case of my wife's after a power outage, it'll starting flashing 12:00 and continue to flash while the time moves forward (12:01, 12:02, etc) until you actually SET it.
I hate to take Windows as an example, but hey, this is slashdot. Microsoft advanced Windows up to W2K. Things were looking up. Then, bam. XP. It might be 10 times easier to use for the complete beginer but have you ever tried to "convince" XP that you want to use a different IP address ?
What's the problem? All you do is launch regedt, search for the IP (I'm assuming your using static) and manually edit it there.
Hell, I've ripped NICs out of my XP box before uninstalling the drivers (I was in a hurry and not thinking). I slap the new NIC in and try to give it the same IP. XP warns me thats already assigned to another NIC. So, I edit the IP address in the registry and reboot.
XP is so LESS crash prone that Win2K could ever have hoped to have been. The GUI is garbage, but I just turn off all the transitions and set the menu back to look like 2000s.
Mod parent up!
I've been there and have seen this too.
Fortunately, I was only in L1 for 3 months before getting promoted out.
2.5 years and 5 promotions later, I split and got out of support (albeit temporarily) and took a cushy job as a webmaster.
Nothing is more annoying than the asshat who calls and thinks he/she knows everything.
I disagree -- I find few things more annoying that some asshat tech support droid who discounts my knowledge of my equipment and their inane 1st level scripts. I've been on their end, I know how call centers work. I also know that if you go through everything they're going to tell you to do before you even call it gets you to a higher level as L1 isn't given much leeway to get the problem corrected. 9 times out of ten they're going to transfer to L2 or put you in for a call back.
I never said I knew everything, just that I know the routine that Time Warner has L1 go over. Mostly, this involves rebooting thier cable router. Since I know this is what they're going to suggest, I do it before I ever pick up the phone.
Fortunately, I've had little need to call them (other than to tell them they have an outage and ask how long its going to be before its fixed).
I've had similar situations (most notably with TWC's RR support) and I simply tell them that I've tried X, Y, and Z. If they insist on making me do it again I tell them to put me through to Level 2.
Only once I had a tech push back. Without being rude I informed him that I worked in IT and had already performed all the troubleshooting. I got transferred immediately.