Well I personally think that is an excellent application of a technology that has, up until now, seemed a bit of a waste of time in my opinion. I mean.. great.. you got a robot.. what now? Gonna program it to hoover the floor for you, or serve you drinks?
Well.. if Microsoft could find any excuse to sue them they would. If the SAMBA team manage to get an active directory compatible system working, I am sure you would see the Microsoft lawyers climbing over each others backs to issue them law suits.
But I agree with you totally.. the only reason they are suing them (and correct me if I am wrong cause I have never played on Battle.NET) is because Battle.NET is a pay-per-play service, and this circumvents the need to pay a monthly subscription.. and hey, I dont see a problem with that.. why pay if someone else can offer the same service for free/less?
I dont even bother trying for FP - the text on the front page doesnt say that there are any comments, you click on 'Read More' and there are already 10 messages.
Funny.. in 5 years of Linux use, I have yet to see a kernel segfault.
Oh, and you missed a step:
3.5 - Go to local PC shop, and buy a copy of Windows XP Professional for the princely sum of $296.99 (not the upgrade).
Alternatively you could spend the same money on Blank CD-R's (going by Amazons prices, I estimate you could get about 740) and burn many many copies of Linux for you and your friends:)
If you were REALLY against free software, you could even sell them at $1/CD and you would make a tidy profit.
Well, I for one am sick of hearing about these little 'goodies' that people keep sticking in the software that they invite you to download.
I am glad that some people actually have the requisite knowledge to find out about this stuff otherwise the general public, like myself, would never know.
I think its definately time for me to stop using Kazaa..
For me huge used to be 4MB of MP3, when the format was just starting to get popular.. I used to download songs at college and then PKZIP span them across floppy disks to get em home.
Yeah - I have been and seen it.. BIND is a breath of fresh air in comparison. Many people find it hard to believe, but you just cannot beat command like & config files for ultimate flexibility.. it really does make things about 30x easier.
The thing that riles me about this the most, is that Microsoft is such a hypocrite. They try and advertise Windows as a replacement for UNIX, yet the points they draw upon are even MORE obvious in a Windows based environment. Let me try, if I can, to explain myself..
"They are apparently hyping that Unix is an expensive money trap."
I got my copy of IRIX for free from SGI, simply by giving them my workstation MAC address - I didnt have to pay for postage or anything, yet the following day IRIX 6.5 and the most recent updates appeared on my desk, 'courtesy of SGI'. I also believe that Sun offer Solaris 8 for free on both SPARC and x86 platforms - you can either download the ISO's or pay for postage to get the full box set (and you get a LOT for your money).
"No wonder Unix makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system."
Er - Unix is about the most flexible system I have ever known.. use it as a Firewall, Router, SQL server, Web server, Windows Domain Controller, NetWare Server, LDAP server.. even a COFFEE machine for heavens sake.. its all possible on UNIX. To get any kind of flexibility out of Windows, you have to keep forking $$$'s over to Bill & his buddies.
"It requires you to pay for expensive experts."
Oh - so that smarmy prick we have to keep getting down from , at a cost of £1000 per day ($1300'ish), to do work on our NT based Finance server, is not expensive? Purlease....
"It makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more complex than ever."
Oh - so Windows has got easier to use. Let me put it this way.. I learn what I do by experimenting. Install it, read about it, play around with it.. I managed to do this for a number of UNIX based applications & daemons - indeed for UNIX itself. Yet has anyone ever tried configuring a Windows 2000 Active Directory server, or tried installing their crappy ISA2000 server? Jesus - talk about overkill.. their old MS Proxy software was a doddle compared to their new generation.. nasty nasty.
Screw you Microsoft.. I hope you get screwed up the ass in court.. you and your little dog too.
Hm.. you guys really need to stop posting links to sites like this that are bound to crumple under the mountain of traffic..:)
Must make sure I never put anything amusing / of technical interest on any of my websites.. gonna have my manager asking me to find out why our 2mbit line is jammed and people cant access the net:)
Well - if he is capable of programming for Apple and still has yet to hit 18 years old, then I am sure now that Apple have dropped, another company will pick him up and pay him a nice salary.
Apples loss.. this is great publicity for the kid - he will be fighting off job opportunities.
This comes as no surprise whatsoever. I appreciate that 3D Realms want to make DNF a jaw droppingly good game, but dont they realise that people are just losing interest? This year is going to be a good year for gaming fans with many quality titles hitting the shelves.. maybe 3DR should get out of their shell ("We'll release it when its done") and just announce a freaking date.
Well.. I guess considering ping times on a 100mbit lan are typically 0.4ms or some such figure, the ping time on such a high speed connection would be 0.1ms or better I would imagine.. no latency whatsoever.
..if there is anyone who reads/. who actually supports the SSSC..er..CBDTPA?
I haven't read a single positive comment about it, and I personally can't see a single one. The consumer loses out whichever way you look at it.
Also, how would this ruling affect the rest of the world? Would manufacturers make two versions of the same item..? Would there be a black market for the 'export' versions of various hardware items, which wouldn't have the CBDTPA system built into it?
I dont think this 'Windows XP' is so insecure is really a valid statement these days.. dont get me wrong, as much as I love Linux, but a default (or even minimal) install of a common Linux distro like Red Hat needs to have around 20+ packages download to make it secure.. otherwise you are just as vulnerable. And these are, as you say, default features.
Again.. dont get me wrong.. I like Linux a lot, and have always argued against Windows, but the 'this is more secure than that' argument doesnt really hold too much water IMHO.
We have used Raidtec boxes for quite a long time, and they have always been very reliable.
I think all of our Raidtecs are kitted out with Seagate drives.. anyway, check out http://www.raidtec.com for a little more information on what they sell.
Already out in the UK..
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Do you guys not have this yet in the USA? The Nescafe coffee company have release self heating cans over here.
Quite heavy, and have some kind of chemical chamber in the middle of the can. You turn it upside down, press a button in the middle, and shake untill the button pops back out. Wait for 3 minutes, and open the can - hey presto, hot coffee. And whilst it doesnt taste *amazing*, its still quite drinkable if you want a hot drink.
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Well I personally think that is an excellent application of a technology that has, up until now, seemed a bit of a waste of time in my opinion. I mean.. great.. you got a robot.. what now? Gonna program it to hoover the floor for you, or serve you drinks?
:)
Very very cool
Well.. if Microsoft could find any excuse to sue them they would. If the SAMBA team manage to get an active directory compatible system working, I am sure you would see the Microsoft lawyers climbing over each others backs to issue them law suits.
But I agree with you totally.. the only reason they are suing them (and correct me if I am wrong cause I have never played on Battle.NET) is because Battle.NET is a pay-per-play service, and this circumvents the need to pay a monthly subscription.. and hey, I dont see a problem with that.. why pay if someone else can offer the same service for free/less?
Er...
Wow - an anonymous racist. You must be REAL popular.
Scum.
Oops.. better luck next time :D
I dont even bother trying for FP - the text on the front page doesnt say that there are any comments, you click on 'Read More' and there are already 10 messages.
Funny.. in 5 years of Linux use, I have yet to see a kernel segfault.
:
:)
Oh, and you missed a step
3.5 - Go to local PC shop, and buy a copy of Windows XP Professional for the princely sum of $296.99 (not the upgrade).
Alternatively you could spend the same money on Blank CD-R's (going by Amazons prices, I estimate you could get about 740) and burn many many copies of Linux for you and your friends
If you were REALLY against free software, you could even sell them at $1/CD and you would make a tidy profit.
I had the same thing briefly.. Squid gave me some weird (101) error or somthing.
Well, I for one am sick of hearing about these little 'goodies' that people keep sticking in the software that they invite you to download.
I am glad that some people actually have the requisite knowledge to find out about this stuff otherwise the general public, like myself, would never know.
I think its definately time for me to stop using Kazaa..
I believe thats known as 'showing your age' :)
For me huge used to be 4MB of MP3, when the format was just starting to get popular.. I used to download songs at college and then PKZIP span them across floppy disks to get em home.
Ugh.. floppy disks.. horrid horrid things.
..what would happen if the incredibly creative talents of Senator Hollings and Disney got together?
The CBDTPA!
*sigh*
"It's ... It's ... It's the STAY-PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN!"
:)
"The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man! He was on
all the packages we used to buy when I was
a hax0r. We used to roast Stay-Puft marshmallows at DEFCON.."
Sorry..
The problem is they (and many other people) percieve them to be the same thing - thus Microsoft is attempting to eliminate two birds with one stone.
Yeah - I have been and seen it.. BIND is a breath of fresh air in comparison. Many people find it hard to believe, but you just cannot beat command like & config files for ultimate flexibility.. it really does make things about 30x easier.
The thing that riles me about this the most, is that Microsoft is such a hypocrite. They try and advertise Windows as a replacement for UNIX, yet the points they draw upon are even MORE obvious in a Windows based environment. Let me try, if I can, to explain myself..
"They are apparently hyping that Unix is an expensive money trap."
I got my copy of IRIX for free from SGI, simply by giving them my workstation MAC address - I didnt have to pay for postage or anything, yet the following day IRIX 6.5 and the most recent updates appeared on my desk, 'courtesy of SGI'. I also believe that Sun offer Solaris 8 for free on both SPARC and x86 platforms - you can either download the ISO's or pay for postage to get the full box set (and you get a LOT for your money).
"No wonder Unix makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system."
Er - Unix is about the most flexible system I have ever known.. use it as a Firewall, Router, SQL server, Web server, Windows Domain Controller, NetWare Server, LDAP server.. even a COFFEE machine for heavens sake.. its all possible on UNIX. To get any kind of flexibility out of Windows, you have to keep forking $$$'s over to Bill & his buddies.
"It requires you to pay for expensive experts."
Oh - so that smarmy prick we have to keep getting down from , at a cost of £1000 per day ($1300'ish), to do work on our NT based Finance server, is not expensive? Purlease....
"It makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more complex than ever."
Oh - so Windows has got easier to use. Let me put it this way.. I learn what I do by experimenting. Install it, read about it, play around with it.. I managed to do this for a number of UNIX based applications & daemons - indeed for UNIX itself. Yet has anyone ever tried configuring a Windows 2000 Active Directory server, or tried installing their crappy ISA2000 server? Jesus - talk about overkill.. their old MS Proxy software was a doddle compared to their new generation.. nasty nasty.
Screw you Microsoft.. I hope you get screwed up the ass in court.. you and your little dog too.
Hm.. you guys really need to stop posting links to sites like this that are bound to crumple under the mountain of traffic.. :)
:)
Must make sure I never put anything amusing / of technical interest on any of my websites.. gonna have my manager asking me to find out why our 2mbit line is jammed and people cant access the net
Well - if he is capable of programming for Apple and still has yet to hit 18 years old, then I am sure now that Apple have dropped, another company will pick him up and pay him a nice salary.
Apples loss.. this is great publicity for the kid - he will be fighting off job opportunities.
This comes as no surprise whatsoever. I appreciate that 3D Realms want to make DNF a jaw droppingly good game, but dont they realise that people are just losing interest? This year is going to be a good year for gaming fans with many quality titles hitting the shelves.. maybe 3DR should get out of their shell ("We'll release it when its done") and just announce a freaking date.
How could people in the UK ever be accused of been smug?
I personally couldnt give two shits about coffee in a can - I was just making a post about it.
Well.. I guess considering ping times on a 100mbit lan are typically 0.4ms or some such figure, the ping time on such a high speed connection would be 0.1ms or better I would imagine.. no latency whatsoever.
Well.. glad to know I could make at least one persons day..
:)
Hehe
..if there is anyone who reads /. who actually supports the SSSC..er..CBDTPA?
I haven't read a single positive comment about it, and I personally can't see a single one. The consumer loses out whichever way you look at it.
Also, how would this ruling affect the rest of the world? Would manufacturers make two versions of the same item..? Would there be a black market for the 'export' versions of various hardware items, which wouldn't have the CBDTPA system built into it?
Interesting..
Are you Steve Gibson?
Because if I did that, I would have to resort to posting as Anonymous Coward - heaven forbid ;)
No.. really, I DO like Linux, but from time to time I just feel like pointing this stuff out. Linux is great, but its pretty far from being perfect.
I dont think this 'Windows XP' is so insecure is really a valid statement these days.. dont get me wrong, as much as I love Linux, but a default (or even minimal) install of a common Linux distro like Red Hat needs to have around 20+ packages download to make it secure.. otherwise you are just as vulnerable. And these are, as you say, default features.
Again.. dont get me wrong.. I like Linux a lot, and have always argued against Windows, but the 'this is more secure than that' argument doesnt really hold too much water IMHO.
We have used Raidtec boxes for quite a long time, and they have always been very reliable.
I think all of our Raidtecs are kitted out with Seagate drives.. anyway, check out http://www.raidtec.com for a little more information on what they sell.
Do you guys not have this yet in the USA? The Nescafe coffee company have release self heating cans over here.
Quite heavy, and have some kind of chemical chamber in the middle of the can. You turn it upside down, press a button in the middle, and shake untill the button pops back out. Wait for 3 minutes, and open the can - hey presto, hot coffee. And whilst it doesnt taste *amazing*, its still quite drinkable if you want a hot drink.
Pretty expensive too though..