To correct one's grammer or verbage is trolling. I was simply pointing out that there was NEVER a virus for OS/2. Sure, IBM killed it and a majority (all?) of the banks moved on to using Windows-based ATMs.
I have a right to talk about OS/2 -- I used to support it AT IBM. Don't like it? I care, really.
I think in all honesty you would regret beating people up even more.
Nope. If I knew then what I know now,I would've beat the crap out of a few people on a regular basis. Being 6'1" and 160 lbs at the time didn't help. Now I weigh in at 235 lbs and don't fear for my personal safety anymore.
Not much you can do about that, so why regret?
While there's nothing I can do about it, I can still regret the fact that I was unfortunate enough to go to the school district for 9 years. I could've transferred out my senior year, if it weren't for the fact that I was dating a hot little junior and transferring out would've meant never seeing her again (I didn't own a car until the year after I graduated) or my best friend who was stuck in the district due to where his parents lived.
In all likelihood, given the chance to do it all over again the only things I would've changed would've been defending myself better (or going on the offensive) as well as getting laid more.
Overall, HS was a four year social event. I didn't even try to pass and still managed to get a B average. Whether that means that the school system isn't challenging students enough or I was just too smart for my own good I cannot say.
Someone says "gee, I better lock my house at night, someone might break in and steal something", and you reply "oh yeah, make sure to wear a bullet-proof vest when going to the loo LOLOLOL".
There a big difference between personal safety and utter paranoia. I imagine you fall under the latter of the two of these.
Because of ignorant, lazy fucking bastards like you this unelected president is able to turn this country into a police state, with nothing but some propaganda sound bites. Idiots like you, who ferociously attack anything that could harm their illusion of a perfect, free country, who ridicule anyone trying to stand up for their and YOUR freedom... Adolf Hitler would have loved this attitude, and I'm sure Big Brother Bush is quite proud of you, too.
And its the paranoia of the ignorant pieces of shit like you that freak out over things like Google caching everything. As for our 'unelected president' -- the courts decided that what happened was fair. Are you now saying that the courts were wrong? Oh, I forgot - you know more about what happened than they did. My bad.
To equate the US President with Adolf Hitler disgusts me. If you don't like our current political system you can do one of a couple of things:
1. Move to fucking Canada 2. Run for congress and enact changes. During the process you'll get drunk on the "power" you'll suddenly have and become corrupt like everyone else 3. Vote in respectable representatives that won't sign away our rights 4. Shut the fuck up and do nothing
1. Not beating the crap out of people who pushed me around 2. Not getting laid more 3. Not skipping more 4. Not taking any programming classes, or even any computer classes (hey, I was gonna be an architect). 5. Going to the shittiest school district in central Texas (Del Valle - may you rot in peace...)
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Really? You're not a junkie? I would've figured you were given the rampant paranoia you appear to be exhibiting.
Wow. Google keeps logs forever. Don't ISPs as well? Aren't most ISPs (dial up and cable at least) configured with DYNAMIC addresses anyway? Just because I do a search from 24.93.40.29 today doesn't mean thats my IP address tomorrow (I have no idea what that IP resolves to, BTW).
If you're so uncomfortable with Google storing your IP address for an undetermined amount of time, you can do one of a couple of things:
.... don't forget to watch out for the black helicopters now too...Been feeling ill lately? Maybe someone's attempting to poision you...Got sudden headaches? Maybe that micro-transmitter they put in your head is causing an allergic reaction. Best to go get a CAT scan and make sure.
I could go on and on.
What's next? Google==Evil just like Microsoft==Evil?
PuhLEEZE.
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(snip) Now I'll be honest that I haven't looked into whether or not USB solid state storage is standard across the board, but if they're doing away with floppies then I had better be able to boot from my USB pen/key/dongle storage device if & when needed by simply changing the boot order.
Booting from the USB device is already possible with SOME of Dell's systems. This is a BIOS limitation. Dell doesn't write the BIOS. They have to rely on Award and AMI to get around to offering boot from USB support to all their BIOS'
(snip)
Will they allow things like BIOS flash updates to run from El Torito cdroms? Last I checked, Dell's do.
Dell already allows for floppyless BIOS updates (read: from within the OS). Of course, this is Windows and not Linux, but who cares really?
(snip)
As long as they *provide* the pen drive or similar device, *and* place an easily accessible USB or FireWire port on the front of the chassis. CDRs are now standard, on the front of the case no less.
All of Dell's current models offer at least two USB ports on the front of their desktops and slimline desktops and at least one USB port on the rear of their laptops.
(snip)
By the way, I was the person responsible for testing Dell's USB pen drives in the Removable Mass Storage Devices lab in Austin.:)...and yes, I own one of Dell's pen drives.
But why even go *down* the road with the BSA? What right do they have to simply show up at your office and proclaim that you're violating licenses and are going to do an audit?
I would think that:
1) They couldn't simply do this without a court order (which requires proof)
2) They wouldn't want to spend the $ to get a court order
My response would simply be to ensure that purchasing has the invoices covering everything, inform all employees again about installing unauthorized software, and pitch the blackmail letter from the BSA in the garbage. Don't even bother responding..
"..the industry as we know it could vanish not so much because of technology but because few people over the age of 30 would care if it did. "
Being over 30, I can agree with this statement.
If only the fools in charge of the major players would realize that their simply cutting their own throats by keep CD prices so high and that this will ultimately be their own doom...
What they need to do is slash prices as well as their profit margin per disc (as opposed to cutting into artist profits). Only when a decent CD (if one can be found in the era of The Backside Boys and Christina Whore-uleria) costs about $10 will they win people back.
Sure, their profits will go down -- but at least they'll still be making money. The tech industry got hit hard, its damned hard to find a decent IT-related job and nearly impossible to find one paying what it did 2 years ago. Maybe the music industry needs to trim the fat and let some people go from their payrolls to recoup the losses involved with keeping their customers otherwise they'll simply cease to exist.
Funny, if it were 'good ol boy' policiies in effect, you think my hometown of Austin wouldn't have done the same? According to this article the TDCJ owes MS $1.5 million:
"According to TDCJ spokesman Larry Todd, the story began last year when Microsoft presented a proposal to move the state agency to its enterprise-licensing scheme. Todd says the IT staff looked at the contract and its multimillion-dollar price tag and gave Microsoft a flat "no" in response. Todd explained that kind of money was not in the TDCJ budget. That rejection has now led to the $1.5 million dollar claim by Microsoft.
"TDCJ has more than 11,000 personal computers. Todd said more than 6,000 of those PCs are more than five years old, making the point that the agency does not spend lavishly on PC hardware or software. While Microsoft claims there are more than 2,000 instances of missing proof of purchase to justify its $1.5 million dollar figure, the TDCJ says there is only half that number. The TDCJ offered Microsoft $280,000 to bring its licensing up to date, and promised more vigilance in tracking licenses in the future. So far, Microsoft has not responded to the counteroffer."
In all likelihood, the choice of SimOffice was made to keep the revenue local since the economy is in the crapper. If its actually a viable alternative to an MS product, why should one care where its made?
Your stereotyping of Texans is offensive and off-base.
Bah! The only 20 year old vehicle I'd buy would be a Chrysler... Make that 30 years, just to be safe.
I'd easily sell my neighbor's kid for another 1971 Dodge Demon. Or maybe a nice Challenger or Charger....
As for replacement parts -- Year One has an excellent catalog. You could practically build an entire car using their catalog. Everything except the tires and gas.
As for the mileage, I couldn't tell you what my 225CID slant 6 got. I can tell you a rebuilt block was $300. And talk about easy to fix.. None of this computerized crap. Points, a distributor, 6 spark plugs and the starter and solenoid were all I really ever had to mess with. Mostly because the SOBs at Pep Boys broke the distributor mount when adjusting the timing.
Plus the key copying example isn't really a good analogy in this case, since in order to make a copy of a physical key, you must first POSSESS the physical key (well I know not necessarily, but in the most common use case you do). Therefore it wouldn't make any sense to be able to sue someone who creates a dupe of a key since the person wanting the dupe already has a working key in possession. A better example (though still not perfect) would be that of a locksmith who sold MASTER keys to anyone.
No. When I worked for another company, I inherited an office that didn't have desk keys. They sent out a lock smith who fashioned a key for the desk based on the lock manufacturer and the number of tumblers. It literally took him 5 minutes to insert a key that was kind of a fit, and then file down the teeth so they'd fit in the tumblers correctly...
Where I live, it's de facto illegal for me to paint my garage door without approval of a quasi-governmental committee. (It's called a "home owners association" and where I live, the state grants it major power over my life and property. YMMV.)
My HOA is a bunch of Nazis too.
Luckily, they can't say diddly about landscaping as this isn't in their authority.
So, here's how to get back at them: Buy a bunch of ugly yard trolls, pink flamingos and stink weed. Plant said items all over the yard. When they send you a letter telling you to take them down, tell them to STFU and show them where in the covenances that landscaping is off-limits to them. The most they can do is require that you have grass in the front yard and that it be kept trimmed to the level of your neighbors homes.
This reminds me of a story I saw a couple of years ago. A land owner wanted to breed horses on her property. The new subdivision next door complained, citing odor concerns. So, she took to raising pigs, which didn't require permission. She put said pig pens as close to her property lines as legally possible. Said subdivision got their panties in a knot. Said landowner told them to STFU and said that they brought this upon themselves. The landowner was well within her legal right to raise pigs (as long as it was under a certain number).
I don't know if the local laws were changed to prevent her from doing this.
I can't wait until going through my office door right behind someone is an offense - since I didn't use my badge.
While you might not get sued, you could get reprimanded or fired.
A lot of places require you to badge in when entering the building. This way they have a running record of when you reported to work. Supposed to be there at 8AM? Sneak in behind someone at 8:15AM and "steal" 15 minutes of time from your employer?
"Uh, Bob? Can you report to HR and bring the contents of your desk with you?"
When I worked at IBM, they required everyone to badge in. Tailgating was a strict no-no.
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Mm, ok. How about "suck my dick you pompous asshole"? Does that work for you?
Blow me.
To correct one's grammer or verbage is trolling. I was simply pointing out that there was NEVER a virus for OS/2. Sure, IBM killed it and a majority (all?) of the banks moved on to using Windows-based ATMs.
I have a right to talk about OS/2 -- I used to support it AT IBM. Don't like it? I care, really.
... if ATMs continued to run OS/2.
Hmm.
Q:How many virii or hacks against an OS/2 kernel have you ever heard of?
A:None. My point exactly.
I think in all honesty you would regret beating people up even more.
;)
Nope. If I knew then what I know now,I would've beat the crap out of a few people on a regular basis. Being 6'1" and 160 lbs at the time didn't help. Now I weigh in at 235 lbs and don't fear for my personal safety anymore.
Not much you can do about that, so why regret?
While there's nothing I can do about it, I can still regret the fact that I was unfortunate enough to go to the school district for 9 years. I could've transferred out my senior year, if it weren't for the fact that I was dating a hot little junior and transferring out would've meant never seeing her again (I didn't own a car until the year after I graduated) or my best friend who was stuck in the district due to where his parents lived.
In all likelihood, given the chance to do it all over again the only things I would've changed would've been defending myself better (or going on the offensive) as well as getting laid more.
Overall, HS was a four year social event. I didn't even try to pass and still managed to get a B average. Whether that means that the school system isn't challenging students enough or I was just too smart for my own good I cannot say.
Of course, I'd prefer to think the latter
There a big difference between personal safety and utter paranoia. I imagine you fall under the latter of the two of these.
Because of ignorant, lazy fucking bastards like you this unelected president is able to turn this country into a police state, with nothing but some propaganda sound bites. Idiots like you, who ferociously attack anything that could harm their illusion of a perfect, free country, who ridicule anyone trying to stand up for their and YOUR freedom... Adolf Hitler would have loved this attitude, and I'm sure Big Brother Bush is quite proud of you, too.
And its the paranoia of the ignorant pieces of shit like you that freak out over things like Google caching everything. As for our 'unelected president' -- the courts decided that what happened was fair. Are you now saying that the courts were wrong? Oh, I forgot - you know more about what happened than they did. My bad.
To equate the US President with Adolf Hitler disgusts me. If you don't like our current political system you can do one of a couple of things:
1. Move to fucking Canada
2. Run for congress and enact changes. During the process you'll get drunk on the "power" you'll suddenly have and become corrupt like everyone else
3. Vote in respectable representatives that won't sign away our rights
4. Shut the fuck up and do nothing
Personally, I'd like you to do options 1 and 4.
Hmm. My regrets from HS?
1. Not beating the crap out of people who pushed me around
2. Not getting laid more
3. Not skipping more
4. Not taking any programming classes, or even any computer classes (hey, I was gonna be an architect).
5. Going to the shittiest school district in central Texas (Del Valle - may you rot in peace...)
Wow. Google keeps logs forever. Don't ISPs as well? Aren't most ISPs (dial up and cable at least) configured with DYNAMIC addresses anyway? Just because I do a search from 24.93.40.29 today doesn't mean thats my IP address tomorrow (I have no idea what that IP resolves to, BTW).
If you're so uncomfortable with Google storing your IP address for an undetermined amount of time, you can do one of a couple of things:
2. Stay off the internet
While it sounds silly, and today it may not matter you were searching for xyz, but tomorrow xyz may be illegal and THEN it would matter..
To my knowledge, the only thing that has been retroactively outlawed was kiddie porn.
In other words, to posess kiddie porn manufacturer prior to the law making it illegal is not a defense -- its still illegal. And rightly so.
.... don't forget to watch out for the black helicopters now too. ..Been feeling ill lately? Maybe someone's attempting to poision you. ..Got sudden headaches? Maybe that micro-transmitter they put in your head is causing an allergic reaction. Best to go get a CAT scan and make sure.
I could go on and on.
What's next? Google==Evil just like Microsoft==Evil?
PuhLEEZE.
Answer to that: Appliance locks.
Problem solved.
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:) ...and yes, I own one of Dell's pen drives.
Now I'll be honest that I haven't looked into whether or not USB solid state storage is standard across the board, but if they're doing away with floppies then I had better be able to boot from my USB pen/key/dongle storage device if & when needed by simply changing the boot order.
Booting from the USB device is already possible with SOME of Dell's systems. This is a BIOS limitation. Dell doesn't write the BIOS. They have to rely on Award and AMI to get around to offering boot from USB support to all their BIOS'
(snip)
Will they allow things like BIOS flash updates to run from El Torito cdroms?
Last I checked, Dell's do.
Dell already allows for floppyless BIOS updates (read: from within the OS). Of course, this is Windows and not Linux, but who cares really?
(snip)
As long as they *provide* the pen drive or similar device, *and* place an easily accessible USB or FireWire port on the front of the chassis.
CDRs are now standard, on the front of the case no less.
All of Dell's current models offer at least two USB ports on the front of their desktops and slimline desktops and at least one USB port on the rear of their laptops.
(snip)
By the way, I was the person responsible for testing Dell's USB pen drives in the Removable Mass Storage Devices lab in Austin.
This is due to the need to power up the peripherials. USB being one culprit that increased boot times.
But why even go *down* the road with the BSA? What right do they have to simply show up at your office and proclaim that you're violating licenses and are going to do an audit?
I would think that:
1) They couldn't simply do this without a court order (which requires proof)
2) They wouldn't want to spend the $ to get a court order
My response would simply be to ensure that purchasing has the invoices covering everything, inform all employees again about installing unauthorized software, and pitch the blackmail letter from the BSA in the garbage. Don't even bother responding..
...and there's evidence that the Norse found it even before the Greek...
But is Philips actually going after anyone for using the CD logo while using copy protection?
Do you have any examples? Not that I'm discounting what you're saying, I'm just not aware of Philips going after anyone...
Hmm. What are the chances that is illegal?
:)
I'm not disagreeing with you -- my mom used to keep a whistle at ever phone when I was a kid, and give a nice drawn out whistle to telemarketers.
The difference is the whistle she was using was a cheap plastic one, incapable of doing any long-term damage to ones eardrum.
I imagine a 110-120dB whistle could cause some long-term damage.
Besides, air horns are a lot more effective !
Bah, just tell them that Satan loves them and ask them if they've taken Satan into their hearts.
I guaratee they won't call back.
is bascially "don't chew on that DRAM module".
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We now return you to your regularly-scheduled programming....
"..the industry as we know it could vanish not so much because of technology but because few people over the age of 30 would care if it did. "
Being over 30, I can agree with this statement.
If only the fools in charge of the major players would realize that their simply cutting their own throats by keep CD prices so high and that this will ultimately be their own doom...
What they need to do is slash prices as well as their profit margin per disc (as opposed to cutting into artist profits). Only when a decent CD (if one can be found in the era of The Backside Boys and Christina Whore-uleria) costs about $10 will they win people back.
Sure, their profits will go down -- but at least they'll still be making money. The tech industry got hit hard, its damned hard to find a decent IT-related job and nearly impossible to find one paying what it did 2 years ago. Maybe the music industry needs to trim the fat and let some people go from their payrolls to recoup the losses involved with keeping their customers otherwise they'll simply cease to exist.
Just my $.02.
"According to TDCJ spokesman Larry Todd, the story began last year when Microsoft presented a proposal to move the state agency to its enterprise-licensing scheme. Todd says the IT staff looked at the contract and its multimillion-dollar price tag and gave Microsoft a flat "no" in response. Todd explained that kind of money was not in the TDCJ budget. That rejection has now led to the $1.5 million dollar claim by Microsoft.
"TDCJ has more than 11,000 personal computers. Todd said more than 6,000 of those PCs are more than five years old, making the point that the agency does not spend lavishly on PC hardware or software. While Microsoft claims there are more than 2,000 instances of missing proof of purchase to justify its $1.5 million dollar figure, the TDCJ says there is only half that number. The TDCJ offered Microsoft $280,000 to bring its licensing up to date, and promised more vigilance in tracking licenses in the future. So far, Microsoft has not responded to the counteroffer."
In all likelihood, the choice of SimOffice was made to keep the revenue local since the economy is in the crapper. If its actually a viable alternative to an MS product, why should one care where its made?
Your stereotyping of Texans is offensive and off-base.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head. You touched on all the points I was going to make.
As for a tracking system, the last company I worked for (in IT) used Vantive as their helpdesk system.
Bah! The only 20 year old vehicle I'd buy would be a Chrysler... Make that 30 years, just to be safe.
I'd easily sell my neighbor's kid for another 1971 Dodge Demon. Or maybe a nice Challenger or Charger....
As for replacement parts -- Year One has an excellent catalog. You could practically build an entire car using their catalog. Everything except the tires and gas.
As for the mileage, I couldn't tell you what my 225CID slant 6 got. I can tell you a rebuilt block was $300. And talk about easy to fix.. None of this computerized crap. Points, a distributor, 6 spark plugs and the starter and solenoid were all I really ever had to mess with. Mostly because the SOBs at Pep Boys broke the distributor mount when adjusting the timing.
Plus the key copying example isn't really a good analogy in this case, since in order to make a copy of a physical key, you must first POSSESS the physical key (well I know not necessarily, but in the most common use case you do). Therefore it wouldn't make any sense to be able to sue someone who creates a dupe of a key since the person wanting the dupe already has a working key in possession. A better example (though still not perfect) would be that of a locksmith who sold MASTER keys to anyone.
No. When I worked for another company, I inherited an office that didn't have desk keys. They sent out a lock smith who fashioned a key for the desk based on the lock manufacturer and the number of tumblers. It literally took him 5 minutes to insert a key that was kind of a fit, and then file down the teeth so they'd fit in the tumblers correctly...
Where I live, it's de facto illegal for me to paint my garage door without approval of a quasi-governmental committee. (It's called a "home owners association" and where I live, the state grants it major power over my life and property. YMMV.)
My HOA is a bunch of Nazis too.
Luckily, they can't say diddly about landscaping as this isn't in their authority.
So, here's how to get back at them: Buy a bunch of ugly yard trolls, pink flamingos and stink weed. Plant said items all over the yard. When they send you a letter telling you to take them down, tell them to STFU and show them where in the covenances that landscaping is off-limits to them. The most they can do is require that you have grass in the front yard and that it be kept trimmed to the level of your neighbors homes.
This reminds me of a story I saw a couple of years ago. A land owner wanted to breed horses on her property. The new subdivision next door complained, citing odor concerns. So, she took to raising pigs, which didn't require permission. She put said pig pens as close to her property lines as legally possible. Said subdivision got their panties in a knot. Said landowner told them to STFU and said that they brought this upon themselves. The landowner was well within her legal right to raise pigs (as long as it was under a certain number).
I don't know if the local laws were changed to prevent her from doing this.
I can't wait until going through my office door right behind someone is an offense - since I didn't use my badge.
While you might not get sued, you could get reprimanded or fired.
A lot of places require you to badge in when entering the building. This way they have a running record of when you reported to work. Supposed to be there at 8AM? Sneak in behind someone at 8:15AM and "steal" 15 minutes of time from your employer?
"Uh, Bob? Can you report to HR and bring the contents of your desk with you?"
When I worked at IBM, they required everyone to badge in. Tailgating was a strict no-no.