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As I said, it doesn't necessarily have to do with OS/2.
What I meant is, since Windows and Linux are built off of previous versions of their respective OS', they're pulling old code thats either already exploited & patched, or not yet exploited. I wasn't saying that Windows & Linux shared code between the two.
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I'm trying hard to find any logical statement in there and am failing badly. Software that maintains files between versions is less secure than software that is rewritten from scratch with each version? How does this apply to OS/2???
Well, it may not directly relate to OS/2, but you're telling me that every flavor of Linux is written completely from scratch? So, they reinvent the wheel everytime? And this is the same with Windows? They don't use components from existing OS' and make the OS from scratch for every version?
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You got modded up my friend, so at least part of your post must be quality. Unfortunately, I am deeply suspicious of this part. I find it hard to believe that anybody uses the DOS command line to do complicated things, for extended periods of time. Could you please explain what you do at home that involves DOS? Maybe I'm wrong.
Generally anything involving manipulation of files. Before working for IBM supporting OS/2, I'd never used an OS with a GUI, nor a mouse. For me, its second-nature to fart around in DOS.
But if they could be forced to spare some attention for this tiny part of their empire known as Star Trek, they could make some changes that would bring the fans back.
You're right. But the suits at Viacom are so far removed from the fans (hmm, sounds like the RIAA eh?) that they'll never realize this and ST will go away.
In the long run, they're only hurting their pockets and the pockets of the cast & crew (as well as robbing us of what was once a great series..)
Yeah, I thought it was odd that Janeway was an admiral.
Neelix left behind? YAAAAA! Admittedly, I stopped watching Voyager.
I've seen a couple of the news series' episodes, despite my loathing of Scott Bakula. The hot Vulcan chic is the only reason to tune in, and even then the coldness of her character (yes, I know Vulcans as supposed to be that way) makes one lose interest.
Nemesis blew. The Scimitar was a cool ship, but not cool enough to rescue the movie.
Let's hope they're not using Nemesis as the yard stick for the popularity. However, I read somewhere that this was to be the last of the ST:TNG movies. Do any of us really want to see Neelix on the big screen? He's a fscking walking Catfish for chrissake.
If the Voyager series makes it to the big screen, its going to take a LOT of hardcore action & space fight scenese to get me to go to it anywhere other than the dollar cinema.
Viacom decided not to pursue any more ST TV shows or movies. Could this be because the latest series isn't as good? Could it be that the movies/TV programs have become less popular?
And Activision wants Viacom to continue to invest in a less-than-profitable franchise so Activision can continue to ride their coattails & sell a few games?
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Not sure about server market share. I ran OS/2 Server on my support box when I was a L2 TCP/IP tech at IBM Austin. I liked it a lot more than NT4, but I'm weird. I like the underdog simply because they're at a disadvantage.
Mod me down if you want, but if Linux commands were a lot more like DOS (which I already know) I'd be running some sort of Linux on my PCs at home. Frankly, I haven't the time to try to remember all of the equivalent Linux commands for those I already know in DOS.
Not to mention - does Linux have plug & play support? I dunno.
I *can* tell you that a lot (all?) ATMs ran OS/2 (showing a DOS window to the user) and that large companies (Traveler's for one) and even the FBI were OS/2 users. Why? More secure.
Ever seen a virus for OS/2? Nope. Ever see a rootkit or other exploit for OS/2? Nope. True, market share was a lot less than Windows, but this doesn't mean that since it had a smaller userbase that it was any less secure. I realize it doesn't mean it was more secure, but since Windows and the Linux flavors are built off of common files (that is, common between the versions) this means that they are less secure.
Microsoft even stole from IBM - NTFS is a modification of OS/2's HPFS (High-Performance File System).
... I'll throw up a review site for ATX cases. I'd need some systemboards for Intel and AMD, as well as procs, video cards, etc. Not like I'm ripping apart my Athlon XP 2100 for you peeps!:-P
Anything for freebies. And I've got enough buddies to 'share the wealth' with in order to get more than just my opinion.
Sure. All you'd need would be the fat that was suctioned out of Carnie (Yeah, I know she got her stomach stapled, work with me here) which would be more than enough for two people.
Then you just need a suit that contained enough pocket space to amply wrap yourself in, and put whatever contraband between you & it.
And the danger to the nation is in PORTS people...those thousands of semi-anonymous crates coming in ever day, with almost no inspection what so ever. That's how a little baby nuke would get into this nation, and Bush and Ridge are doing very little about it. (There was some good coverage of some technological helps to this problem in)
There was also a movie about this. I can't remember the name but it had Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman in it.
Someone smuggled a nuke into the US via a port, hid it in a coke machine at the Super Bowl and tried to kill the president with it.
Yeah, the point is to do away with option 1. However, the $500 is paid to you by them. I'm not sure of the law, I believe its federal. I'd google for it, but I'm in the middle of writing some Rational Robot scripts..
Not sure about setting the prompt. I belive all it says is something like along the lines of your not publishing your number and that in order to speak to the party you've dialed enter your passcode or wait and say your name. It's picked up part of autodialers going through their scripts (last half of 'please wait while we connect you' and then someone saying 'hello? hello?') & disconnects from the announcement recording & then calls us. Once we hear the script, we hit 2 (I believe) to disconnect. The dialer sees that the number was answered, but no one ever gets through.
You set up passcodes (10 digit) in order for them to get through. The passcode shows on caller ID & says 'Passcode' where the name would be. So, as long as you know the passcode you can figure out who it is.
1) Telling them to remove you from their list. Get the name and phone number of a supervisor. Record the date & time. Ask to speak to the supervisor. Inform the supervisor you're telling them to remove you from their list. Failure to do so is punishable by a $500 fine. I had to go this route to get a long-distance company to stop calling me. I've not received a call from them in more than a year. You can also record inbound calls (depending on your state) without letting them know you're doing so. You can use this as evidence that you informed them not to call you again.
I may have to go this route with another company and actually sue in small claims court to get the $ if they call again.
2) Privacy manager. We've got this package from our carrier (AT&T?) that blocks calls from phonebanks that don't publish their number to callerid. They get a VRU-type prompt that asks for their passcode or for them to state their name. Enter a passcode & my phone rings. Say your name & the system calls me. I have the option of letting you talk to me, dumping you to callnotes or hanging up on you.
Just use SpamGourmet and set up an address that expires.
Usage: [keyword.number.username@spamgourmet.org]
Like: donotcall.6.nege@spamgourmet.org
After 6 emails (or whatever number you specify) the address is deleted. This way, if they actually need to send you anything (confirmation, etc) then they'll get through until the address expires.
I use it whenever I order pizza online from the local places.
I've got this installed for Outlook XP. Either I don't have it configured correctly (likely) or it just doesn't work well. Even using the emails in the spam folder to 'train' it, it still misses messages.
...is a P2P client that has one directory for downloads and another for uploads. Everyone take your favorite freeware audio editor & create MP3s of your dog barking, you cutting the grass, etc & name them similar to current popular songs. Place said creations in your upload directory & invite the RIAA to take a peek.
When they start suing people for having MP3s that aren't actually those that they appear, the courts will lose patience with them, and the RIAA will lose money to court costs, lawyer fees and settlements brought against them by those they've sued.
I can easily write a utility that generates random blank files ranging in sizes from 3-8 megabytes in size and giving them randomly spoofed names corresponding to current hits, then serving these empty files on Kazaa.
Do it. Do it NOW. Make sure you've got a Linux and Windows version. So what if the networks temporarily get crap-flooded with bogus stuff? It'll eventually get weeded out.
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As I said, it doesn't necessarily have to do with OS/2.
What I meant is, since Windows and Linux are built off of previous versions of their respective OS', they're pulling old code thats either already exploited & patched, or not yet exploited. I wasn't saying that Windows & Linux shared code between the two.
I'm trying hard to find any logical statement in there and am failing badly. Software that maintains files between versions is less secure than software that is rewritten from scratch with each version? How does this apply to OS/2???
Well, it may not directly relate to OS/2, but you're telling me that every flavor of Linux is written completely from scratch? So, they reinvent the wheel everytime? And this is the same with Windows? They don't use components from existing OS' and make the OS from scratch for every version?
You got modded up my friend, so at least part of your post must be quality. Unfortunately, I am deeply suspicious of this part. I find it hard to believe that anybody uses the DOS command line to do complicated things, for extended periods of time. Could you please explain what you do at home that involves DOS? Maybe I'm wrong.
Generally anything involving manipulation of files. Before working for IBM supporting OS/2, I'd never used an OS with a GUI, nor a mouse. For me, its second-nature to fart around in DOS.
Hmm. Any way we can get some of the boy band members to test that theory?
Tell them DARPA is selling seats on the flights to space tourists. Give Madonna free tickets.
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Buying a LinkSys is akin to buying shit.
Get a D-Link or a Cisco 340 or 350.
LinkSys isn't getting any more of my $, nor will I pass up a chance to badmouth their crappy products and support.
But if they could be forced to spare some attention for this tiny part of their empire known as Star Trek, they could make some changes that would bring the fans back.
You're right. But the suits at Viacom are so far removed from the fans (hmm, sounds like the RIAA eh?) that they'll never realize this and ST will go away.
In the long run, they're only hurting their pockets and the pockets of the cast & crew (as well as robbing us of what was once a great series..)
Yeah, I thought it was odd that Janeway was an admiral.
Neelix left behind? YAAAAA! Admittedly, I stopped watching Voyager.
I've seen a couple of the news series' episodes, despite my loathing of Scott Bakula. The hot Vulcan chic is the only reason to tune in, and even then the coldness of her character (yes, I know Vulcans as supposed to be that way) makes one lose interest.
Nemesis blew. The Scimitar was a cool ship, but not cool enough to rescue the movie.
I RTA. I think its lame that Activision is trying to force Viacom to keep the ST series alive only so they can cash-in and get software sales.
Let's hope they're not using Nemesis as the yard stick for the popularity. However, I read somewhere that this was to be the last of the ST:TNG movies. Do any of us really want to see Neelix on the big screen? He's a fscking walking Catfish for chrissake.
If the Voyager series makes it to the big screen, its going to take a LOT of hardcore action & space fight scenese to get me to go to it anywhere other than the dollar cinema.
Viacom decided not to pursue any more ST TV shows or movies. Could this be because the latest series isn't as good? Could it be that the movies/TV programs have become less popular?
And Activision wants Viacom to continue to invest in a less-than-profitable franchise so Activision can continue to ride their coattails & sell a few games?
Lame.
Yeah, just like no one will ever need more than 640k of RAM!
PSA: This is an urban legend.
Not sure about server market share. I ran OS/2 Server on my support box when I was a L2 TCP/IP tech at IBM Austin. I liked it a lot more than NT4, but I'm weird. I like the underdog simply because they're at a disadvantage.
Mod me down if you want, but if Linux commands were a lot more like DOS (which I already know) I'd be running some sort of Linux on my PCs at home. Frankly, I haven't the time to try to remember all of the equivalent Linux commands for those I already know in DOS.
Not to mention - does Linux have plug & play support? I dunno.
I *can* tell you that a lot (all?) ATMs ran OS/2 (showing a DOS window to the user) and that large companies (Traveler's for one) and even the FBI were OS/2 users. Why? More secure.
Ever seen a virus for OS/2? Nope. Ever see a rootkit or other exploit for OS/2? Nope. True, market share was a lot less than Windows, but this doesn't mean that since it had a smaller userbase that it was any less secure. I realize it doesn't mean it was more secure, but since Windows and the Linux flavors are built off of common files (that is, common between the versions) this means that they are less secure.
Microsoft even stole from IBM - NTFS is a modification of OS/2's HPFS (High-Performance File System).
OS/2 was superior in a lot of ways. Its downfall was caused by:
-- A former OS/2 Level 1 and Level 2 support tech.
... I'll throw up a review site for ATX cases. I'd need some systemboards for Intel and AMD, as well as procs, video cards, etc. Not like I'm ripping apart my Athlon XP 2100 for you peeps! :-P
:-)
Anything for freebies. And I've got enough buddies to 'share the wealth' with in order to get more than just my opinion.
Anyone? Helllooo?
Sure. All you'd need would be the fat that was suctioned out of Carnie (Yeah, I know she got her stomach stapled, work with me here) which would be more than enough for two people.
Then you just need a suit that contained enough pocket space to amply wrap yourself in, and put whatever contraband between you & it.
And the danger to the nation is in PORTS people...those thousands of semi-anonymous crates coming in ever day, with almost no inspection what so ever. That's how a little baby nuke would get into this nation, and Bush and Ridge are doing very little about it. (There was some good coverage of some technological helps to this problem in)
There was also a movie about this. I can't remember the name but it had Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman in it.
Someone smuggled a nuke into the US via a port, hid it in a coke machine at the Super Bowl and tried to kill the president with it.
Someone (inclined to look) could find it on imdb.
Yeah, the point is to do away with option 1. However, the $500 is paid to you by them. I'm not sure of the law, I believe its federal. I'd google for it, but I'm in the middle of writing some Rational Robot scripts..
Not sure about setting the prompt. I belive all it says is something like along the lines of your not publishing your number and that in order to speak to the party you've dialed enter your passcode or wait and say your name. It's picked up part of autodialers going through their scripts (last half of 'please wait while we connect you' and then someone saying 'hello? hello?') & disconnects from the announcement recording & then calls us. Once we hear the script, we hit 2 (I believe) to disconnect. The dialer sees that the number was answered, but no one ever gets through.
You set up passcodes (10 digit) in order for them to get through. The passcode shows on caller ID & says 'Passcode' where the name would be. So, as long as you know the passcode you can figure out who it is.
And its not AT&T, its SWBell : https://www05.sbc.com/privacy-manager-facts.html
There are ways around this as well :
1) Telling them to remove you from their list. Get the name and phone number of a supervisor. Record the date & time. Ask to speak to the supervisor. Inform the supervisor you're telling them to remove you from their list. Failure to do so is punishable by a $500 fine. I had to go this route to get a long-distance company to stop calling me. I've not received a call from them in more than a year. You can also record inbound calls (depending on your state) without letting them know you're doing so. You can use this as evidence that you informed them not to call you again.
I may have to go this route with another company and actually sue in small claims court to get the $ if they call again.
2) Privacy manager. We've got this package from our carrier (AT&T?) that blocks calls from phonebanks that don't publish their number to callerid. They get a VRU-type prompt that asks for their passcode or for them to state their name. Enter a passcode & my phone rings. Say your name & the system calls me. I have the option of letting you talk to me, dumping you to callnotes or hanging up on you.
3) Anonymous call blocker. 'Nuff said.
Just use SpamGourmet and set up an address that expires.
Usage: [keyword.number.username@spamgourmet.org]
Like: donotcall.6.nege@spamgourmet.org
After 6 emails (or whatever number you specify) the address is deleted. This way, if they actually need to send you anything (confirmation, etc) then they'll get through until the address expires.
I use it whenever I order pizza online from the local places.
200 hundred million is 200 followed by 6 zeros (one million =1,000,000)
So, 200,000,000 / 63000 = 3174.6031746031746031746031746032
Or, roughly 1 bug per 3175 lines of code (which actually equates out at 3175 * 63000 to 200,025,000)
Still, decent odds.
..compared to how many millions of lines of code? 2 million? 200 million?
200 million lines of code and only 63000 bugs? Not too bad a ratio. That's what, 32:1?
I've got this installed for Outlook XP. Either I don't have it configured correctly (likely) or it just doesn't work well. Even using the emails in the spam folder to 'train' it, it still misses messages.
...is a P2P client that has one directory for downloads and another for uploads. Everyone take your favorite freeware audio editor & create MP3s of your dog barking, you cutting the grass, etc & name them similar to current popular songs. Place said creations in your upload directory & invite the RIAA to take a peek.
When they start suing people for having MP3s that aren't actually those that they appear, the courts will lose patience with them, and the RIAA will lose money to court costs, lawyer fees and settlements brought against them by those they've sued.
I have to ask: How long before the RIAA develops their own 'honeypot' P2P network?
How do we know they don't already have one?
Things that make you go 'Hmmmm....'
I can easily write a utility that generates random blank files ranging in sizes from 3-8 megabytes in size and giving them randomly spoofed names corresponding to current hits, then serving these empty files on Kazaa.
Do it. Do it NOW. Make sure you've got a Linux and Windows version. So what if the networks temporarily get crap-flooded with bogus stuff? It'll eventually get weeded out.