This is a classic apples and oranges debate. Ebay is a marketplace, a global yard sale if you will. Ebay does not sell anything. You pay them to populate their database. Does your local newspaper offer return services if you don't like the "lightly used weight bench" from the classified advertisement section? No. So then why should Ebay? Ebay is self policing. The feedback system (for the most part) ensures that the buyer will actually buy, and the seller will actually ship their product as described. I realise the feedback system can be tricked, but it takes a lot of time and effort and money to drive up your feedback just to rip off someone. And that an account can be stolen. These are known problems with the system, there are similar problems in the real world. The internet is not a magic bullet that will solve everything. It solves some problems, and adds new ones to the mix. "Caveat emptor" remains in place. Use your real-world sense of intuition. "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". At the very worst, Ebay is evolving from a garage sale to a flea market.
One of the major reasons to thwart file-sharing on your network is traffic. So they are just doubling their traffic? To do what, protect the RIAA's monopoly? I did not RTFA, so disregard this if the article answered it.
Apple normally release a patch a month, that rolls up 4-7 vulnerabilities. For example, a few day ago one came out that updated libxml, ssh, and some other stuff that I didn't even know was broken. Every once in a while, they will release a patch after an "OMG j00 have teh virus" incident, but that has happened maybe twice.
The only kernel panic I have ever received was from pulling a USB thumbdrive without first ejecting it. I knew that was a no-no, I just wanted to see what would happen. With my Mac, if I bork anything up, I can just log out and back in, I don't have to reboot. I think you are right in your observations though. I can use my machine for weeks, then someone uses it and messes up things.
The article is from February 27, 2003. Which is an eternity on the internet. From what I did read, it looks like a normal whistleblower suit, only with the cliche "e" thrown in front of it.
What I was implying, and what I assumed the reader would infer, was that people pay money to place advertisements, which means money for the developer. This "money" can be exchanged for goods and/or services, among these goods is this thing called "food". This "food" can be ingested and provide nutrition and sustenance for human beings.
The point is this: no legitimate software should install something that you don't want, period. Ads I can agree with, people gotta eat, but Spyware is showing complete disdain for your userbase and really insults them. That would be like a car dealer giving you a free car, equipping it with GPS, slowing down the engine, making it run like crap, installing a hidden camera, and then slashing the tires. Spyware companies are not very well known for following the law, so one would hope this does not provide loopholes and ends up legitimizing Spyware, as is happening with SPAM.
I am not being smug. I choose to not encumber myself with massive amounts of debt that I could not possibly sustain without working. I don't need a new car, giant house, etc. I do not want to be a slave to a wage. If I decide I don't like my job, I will quit and find another one. I agree regarding the unemployment rate, they stop counting you after a certain amount of time of being unemployed, 1 year I think. So I am sure the number of unemployed is probably double the number being reported, easily. Agree regarding off and on shoring. Eventually there will be two classes if this keeps up, the ultra-rich, and the ultra-poor. Then it will all collapse for a lack of consumers.
I meant to post it AC, but oh well. I agree, if someone is homeless and employable, by all means make them accessible. Put their resume online, give them a way to be contacted, etc. As the richest country on Earth, we need to help our fellow human being. When a homeless person asks me for money, sure, I will give them some. If they go spend it on booze, hey, whatever. If it was that last dollar they needed to get the hotel room to take a shower and change into a new suit and go on interviews, even better. People are trying to use this as an opportunity to bash Microsoft. If Steve Jobs or Linus Torvalds were doing this, would it still be a propaganda device? If so, would it be wrong still? Love him or hate him, Bill Gates and his foundation do an awful lot of good work, AIDS in Africa, free computers for schools and libraries, etc. Lackluster software? Yes. Evil bastard? No.
I hate to sound awful crass, but homeless people having resumes? I think you have to try awful hard to become homeless in this country. What will the resume say? Besides, if they are homeless, how is the employer going to contact them?
Panhandler 08/99-Present In a fast paced urban setting, collected donations for a good cause. Have experience dealing with the public and handling large amounts of change. Also have experience working with animals.
Assist Panhandler 06/97-08/99 In a two person operation, aided the head panhandler in sorting change, making new cardboard signs, and going to the liquor store to replenish his liquor supply.
What a surprise, now Microsoft can say the only way they are making this work is by utilising the stolen (leaked) source code from a while back. When the source code did not even give that much information on making things work. This way they can claim that they are being opressed by the evil open source movement, and label them as lawbreakers. This seems to be everyone's prediction come true "wonder how long it will take wine to be perfect?"
I agree. If you want a job in IT, unless you are going to like MIT or something similar, go to your local community college and enroll in a certification class (CNA, MCSE, CCNA, A+, Network+, Server +, etc). Those schools usually have their finger on the pulse of regular rank and file jobs that are out there. Networking (the human kind, not the computer kind) is also absolutely essential. Let your parent's friends know you are looking for a job, they may just say "we are actually looking for someone" or "Bill over at Initech is looking for a new TPS Report database maintainer". 4-year degrees for Computer Science are a waste of time for most people. Why should I have to take Basket Weaving when I want to work on computers? Once you do land a job, you can go to school and have your company pay for it. So you can still get a degree, and have a job in your desired field at the same time. If you decide you don't like it, wait out required time of the education benefits, and use your shiny new degree to get a better/different job.
You can use AIM Express from any browser, you have to allow the window itself to pop-up though. AIM even has a Linux client. Read all about it.Where IM is concerned, the market is cornered because the market is cornered. If someone were to come out with an awesome IM service, would anyone use it? "Hey, what's your AIM screen name?" 'I don't have one, I use Florbnab.' "What's that?" People already have established their screen names in various IM networks already, AIM, MSN, ICQ, IRC, etc.
I meant petty on the part of the University not paying people. Just pay them and get the project back up and running, instead of letting being cheap get in the way of progress.
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This is a classic apples and oranges debate. Ebay is a marketplace, a global yard sale if you will. Ebay does not sell anything. You pay them to populate their database. Does your local newspaper offer return services if you don't like the "lightly used weight bench" from the classified advertisement section? No. So then why should Ebay? Ebay is self policing. The feedback system (for the most part) ensures that the buyer will actually buy, and the seller will actually ship their product as described. I realise the feedback system can be tricked, but it takes a lot of time and effort and money to drive up your feedback just to rip off someone. And that an account can be stolen. These are known problems with the system, there are similar problems in the real world. The internet is not a magic bullet that will solve everything. It solves some problems, and adds new ones to the mix. "Caveat emptor" remains in place. Use your real-world sense of intuition. "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". At the very worst, Ebay is evolving from a garage sale to a flea market.
One of the major reasons to thwart file-sharing on your network is traffic. So they are just doubling their traffic? To do what, protect the RIAA's monopoly? I did not RTFA, so disregard this if the article answered it.
Apple normally release a patch a month, that rolls up 4-7 vulnerabilities. For example, a few day ago one came out that updated libxml, ssh, and some other stuff that I didn't even know was broken. Every once in a while, they will release a patch after an "OMG j00 have teh virus" incident, but that has happened maybe twice.
Look at Vandegraaf generators, those sucker put out ~1,000,000 Volts, and they don't kill you. Unless you ground yourself that is.
You are 100% correct. My brain just is not working yet this morning. 500,000,000,000/220,000,000=2,272.727272727272=2.2 MB
My math puts it at about 227 megs per file.
Does it shoot a "laser" from a "Death Star". Which can be averted for "one million dollars"?
The only kernel panic I have ever received was from pulling a USB thumbdrive without first ejecting it. I knew that was a no-no, I just wanted to see what would happen. With my Mac, if I bork anything up, I can just log out and back in, I don't have to reboot. I think you are right in your observations though. I can use my machine for weeks, then someone uses it and messes up things.
The article is from February 27, 2003. Which is an eternity on the internet. From what I did read, it looks like a normal whistleblower suit, only with the cliche "e" thrown in front of it.
What I was implying, and what I assumed the reader would infer, was that people pay money to place advertisements, which means money for the developer. This "money" can be exchanged for goods and/or services, among these goods is this thing called "food". This "food" can be ingested and provide nutrition and sustenance for human beings.
The point is this: no legitimate software should install something that you don't want, period. Ads I can agree with, people gotta eat, but Spyware is showing complete disdain for your userbase and really insults them. That would be like a car dealer giving you a free car, equipping it with GPS, slowing down the engine, making it run like crap, installing a hidden camera, and then slashing the tires. Spyware companies are not very well known for following the law, so one would hope this does not provide loopholes and ends up legitimizing Spyware, as is happening with SPAM.
If he is Office, I would hate to see Windows XP.
It will be as soon as Apple announces it later today. You can still download it off the web.
I am not being smug. I choose to not encumber myself with massive amounts of debt that I could not possibly sustain without working. I don't need a new car, giant house, etc. I do not want to be a slave to a wage. If I decide I don't like my job, I will quit and find another one. I agree regarding the unemployment rate, they stop counting you after a certain amount of time of being unemployed, 1 year I think. So I am sure the number of unemployed is probably double the number being reported, easily. Agree regarding off and on shoring. Eventually there will be two classes if this keeps up, the ultra-rich, and the ultra-poor. Then it will all collapse for a lack of consumers.
I meant to post it AC, but oh well. I agree, if someone is homeless and employable, by all means make them accessible. Put their resume online, give them a way to be contacted, etc. As the richest country on Earth, we need to help our fellow human being. When a homeless person asks me for money, sure, I will give them some. If they go spend it on booze, hey, whatever. If it was that last dollar they needed to get the hotel room to take a shower and change into a new suit and go on interviews, even better. People are trying to use this as an opportunity to bash Microsoft. If Steve Jobs or Linus Torvalds were doing this, would it still be a propaganda device? If so, would it be wrong still? Love him or hate him, Bill Gates and his foundation do an awful lot of good work, AIDS in Africa, free computers for schools and libraries, etc. Lackluster software? Yes. Evil bastard? No.
Care to join me on my search for Ygdrasil? Or how about the rainbow bridge? We can wave hello to Heimdall.
I hate to sound awful crass, but homeless people having resumes? I think you have to try awful hard to become homeless in this country. What will the resume say? Besides, if they are homeless, how is the employer going to contact them?
Panhandler
08/99-Present
In a fast paced urban setting, collected donations for a good cause. Have experience dealing with the public and handling large amounts of change. Also have experience working with animals.
Assist Panhandler
06/97-08/99
In a two person operation, aided the head panhandler in sorting change, making new cardboard signs, and going to the liquor store to replenish his liquor supply.
What a surprise, now Microsoft can say the only way they are making this work is by utilising the stolen (leaked) source code from a while back. When the source code did not even give that much information on making things work. This way they can claim that they are being opressed by the evil open source movement, and label them as lawbreakers. This seems to be everyone's prediction come true "wonder how long it will take wine to be perfect?"
Have you ever tried out NTAIM? It is the niftiest CLI instant messaging program I have ever used.
At least they tried. There are only umpteen billion flavors of *nix out there. I will just stick to iChat, thank you.
I agree. If you want a job in IT, unless you are going to like MIT or something similar, go to your local community college and enroll in a certification class (CNA, MCSE, CCNA, A+, Network+, Server +, etc). Those schools usually have their finger on the pulse of regular rank and file jobs that are out there. Networking (the human kind, not the computer kind) is also absolutely essential. Let your parent's friends know you are looking for a job, they may just say "we are actually looking for someone" or "Bill over at Initech is looking for a new TPS Report database maintainer". 4-year degrees for Computer Science are a waste of time for most people. Why should I have to take Basket Weaving when I want to work on computers? Once you do land a job, you can go to school and have your company pay for it. So you can still get a degree, and have a job in your desired field at the same time. If you decide you don't like it, wait out required time of the education benefits, and use your shiny new degree to get a better/different job.
iBlog is awesome, if you have a mac. Read all about it. They charge in Rupees, which is kind of neat.
You can use AIM Express from any browser, you have to allow the window itself to pop-up though. AIM even has a Linux client. Read all about it.Where IM is concerned, the market is cornered because the market is cornered. If someone were to come out with an awesome IM service, would anyone use it? "Hey, what's your AIM screen name?" 'I don't have one, I use Florbnab.' "What's that?" People already have established their screen names in various IM networks already, AIM, MSN, ICQ, IRC, etc.
I meant petty on the part of the University not paying people. Just pay them and get the project back up and running, instead of letting being cheap get in the way of progress.