My friend, Dumb Donald, got the can, but he got mad that there was no soda in it and beat the heck out of it, now it does not work. He just lost the prize then.:)
Why should the female robots do all the housework? For less pay too? Oh wait, robots do not get paid, they are virtual slaves with no rights. Nevermind.;)
or you can consider the sex neuter, as in none. Perhaps a Eunuch running Unix?:)
Why would a robot have to have gender? Why does that matter so much? Next thing you will be telling me that computers have a gender. Find a new use for those USB and Firewire ports?:)
Nah my robot doesn't even resemble a human in any way shape or form. It is just a perfect killing machine with no conscience or human flaws of any kind. Now I just need to build a billion or so of these things to take over the world. Muahahahah!:)
Well I was thinking of also letting the LTSP server part be ported to Windows to be used in place of Terminal Server, Winframe/Metaframe. If you knew the cost of those packages, you'd understand why there is a big need for an alternative. While Windows does have an X Server ported, this LTSP server makes it run a lot smoother.
Yes the X Server exists, but this program works with it to make client access a lot smoother. Perhaps you haven't used Winframe or MetaFrame, or Windows Terminal Server?
They found a way to make diskless workstations that could boot off a network card and save money. Yes it uses the X Server, but has code that makes connecting to it a lot smoother and less of a headache. That is the code that is needed to be ported to other platforms.
I've always found OSX to be behind on the BSD Unix updates, like they are using older code or something. Plus not all of OSX is based on BSD Unix, just parts of it. The GUI, for example is not. Why do you have the fictatious notion that OSX is 100% BSD code in everything that is OSX? If that were the case, Darwin would be a lot more finished than it already is and would be very much like OSX in look and feel and the applications it runs.
Open ports do not matter if someone has an exploit for the ports that OSX leaves open. All one needs is a trojan to run that can open up the other ports. Of course now you might say a silly thing like no trojans exist for OSX, they only exist for Windows.;)
Last XP install I was given the option to use the built in firewall to restrict access to my system while it is on the Internet. It is called TCP/IP filtering. I usually use a software firewall for that, like SPF, behind a hardware firewall like a DSL router. Of course, malware can get around a firewall and closed ports, as I described before.
Perhaps you did not read the article that was listed here? Apple does not seem to care about the security issues very much. Apple apparently is doing a half-hearted job of fixing them. So it does not matter if they release security fixes every month, if they are not seriously fixing the holes in a timely manner, that are so big, you could drive a Semi through them.
Since you must not have read the article in question, let me quote a paragraph for you: "In other words, it makes Microsoft's current Sasser problems look no more than a nasty nip. The difference of course is that Windows is the vast majority of the market and Macs account for only three percent of operating systems. There isn't a worm exploiting the holes as yet but the company is strongly advising users to download and install the patches as the OS looks like an easy target at the moment."
Apparently the only difference between the Sasser exploit and the one OSX has, is that there is no known worm exploiting OSX yet.
Also:
"Apple's half-hearted effort to these holes can be found here. While Secunia's full rundown on the problems can be found here.
Is Apple being complacent about its security? Or have the security vendors got it wrong? Is the fact there isn't a worm an indication that this is blown out of proportion? Or is it just a matter of time? Make your opinion known on the discussion board."
Pray tell, I wonder how many more of these holes there are?
of how to save money by using F/OSS software instead of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) softare.
I am doing F/OSS research for a company I may form in 2006 when I graduate from college. I hope to offer F/OSS packages and support for companies wanting to move away from COTS software and reduce their costs. I need more research like that artcle to prove my point.
I also need to do more research to prove that F/OSS development can be profitable.
and VBA programming. Not my choice, it was what most corps wanted us to program in.
In my area there are very few Java programming required jobs and they are mostly filled by H1B and L1 Visa holders working cheaper than most of us US citizens work for. The rest of the Java programming is outsourced to other countries.
My mistake, "Lindows" does not seem to work as a code anymore. I think their promotion was too short, it should have been for a month or two to let people catch up with the news items on it and download a free copy.
It seems that Windows XP and OSX were both inspected for security by the same person who was respnsible for security at the Stalag 13 Prisoner Camp in "Hogan's Heros". Both XP and OSX have more holes in them than Stalag 13 had.
It is sad to me that Apple is taking the same stance as Microsoft when confronted with big gaping security holes. Not considering it a big priority.
This only makes me want to move away from OSX and stick with Linux or BSD Unix instead. At least they put a priority in fixing security holes.
Many times the users forget their password and a temp password that is easy to remember is used, so they can log on and change it.
We used "password" for the temp password at one employer. Many people did not change it afterwords. One woman kept forgetting her password, and then eventually complained about the temp password, she said "Could you please not use the word 'password'? It is too hard for me to remember." I think we used her first name instead.
Many people use easy to guess passwords that are based on:
Their name Their spouse's name Their children's names Their favorite sports team Their favorite drink or food Their favorite color etc.
The VB and ASP.NET aspects of it have gained my attention. Too bad they still lag behind what Microsoft has. If they develop more of it, I may try to develop for it when the VB and ASP.NET parts are done enough to be useful.
also port it to Windows, MacOSX, and other platforms.
It would be a good way to get employees to use Linux without having it installed on their machines. So machines that could not run Linux due to unfriendly hardware can run a terminal to it.
Then see if the users can use them and get used to them. Then maybe when you do switch to Linux, they will be using the same apps, but under Linux. With maybe the exception of 7-Zip, no Linux port yet?
Linspire only charges for "Commercial" add-on packages. You can use apt-get for F/OSS software without paying a dime for them. You can also download F/OSS software and install them the normal way.
Heck I even downloaded the latest OpenOffice.Org etc on the CNR application for free!
I was able to add on:
GNUCash PostgreSQL MySQL OpenOffice.org Evol ution Mozilla 1.6 Basic Real Player Webmin
and many more for no additional charge.
Now buying those "commercial" add ons like StarOffice, etc cost extra money.
only way to afford Longhorn is to buy a system with it bundled on it. Which MS gets a cut of the profits from anyway. Either way MS wins.
Then once your office buys new machines with Longhorn on them, and cannot reformat and use Windows because new machines only have Longhorn drivers, they will be forced to upgrade all the machines to run Longhorn. Since Longhorn does not run Legacy Windows or DOS code, your office will also have to buy all new software from Microsoft, etc.
So either Boycott Longhorn and continue using Windows on old machines, or switch to Linux or some other alternative. Or drink the MS-Kool-Aide and switch everyone to Longhorn.
I think that coupon code expired. The code word was "Linux" but it does not work anymore. It was only for a few days as a promotion. A free Bit Torrent download and free serial number. Nice deal while it lasted.
Which is why Lindows/Linspire is more of a consumer OS, it does not have the extensive hardware support. Although I do think that it can use Debian ready SATA drivers on a floppy disk if you knew how to use them that way.
Linux SATA support apparently not all Linux kernels will have SATA support.
Possible Lindows/Linspire needs to be upgraded to the 2.4.X kernel or above before installing these drivers.
I have, and documented on Slashdot and other forums, my bouts with depression and suicide. I have since gotten better.
A friend of mine, my best friend actually, killed himself in 1999. We were able to guess the secret answer to get into his Yahoo account and see who he had contacted and let them know that he passed on. Once we had access to his Yahoo account, we got the password to his ICQ account from it. No clue in either accounts as to why he committed suicide.
Most of his stuff ended up in a rental locker, and a year ago his widow was going to take the stuff out and inventory it, so she called the rental locker to cancel the account. The next day the locker was cleaned out, everything was gone. He had written stories, RPG game adventures, computer programs, had a ton of books and videos, a lot of IP that he worked on. A goldmine of stuff, but it was all stolen the day his widow called to cancel the account.
A fraction of the stuff, Traveller, AD&D, books were given to me for safe keeping as we were still using them in role playing games. My best friend was the Referee and another friend took over and needed access to the books. That is all that is left of his legacy beides his widow and daughter and whatever family he had left (his mother died of cancer soon after he killed himself).
So basically theives took over the best parts of his life that was left over, and only a few trusted friends have what is left that was not stolen. No matter what, the theives cannot steal our memories of him. Rest in peace, my good friend.
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It can, as soon as I build a web interface for it to use. The AI is very limited on it, just smart enough to follow orders.
It's last message it spoke was "Whirl, buzz, click, dominate dominate! Warbot 1Alpha activated, I obey I obey!"
My friend, Dumb Donald, got the can, but he got mad that there was no soda in it and beat the heck out of it, now it does not work. He just lost the prize then. :)
Why should the female robots do all the housework? For less pay too? Oh wait, robots do not get paid, they are virtual slaves with no rights. Nevermind. ;)
or you can consider the sex neuter, as in none. Perhaps a Eunuch running Unix? :)
:)
:)
Why would a robot have to have gender? Why does that matter so much? Next thing you will be telling me that computers have a gender. Find a new use for those USB and Firewire ports?
Nah my robot doesn't even resemble a human in any way shape or form. It is just a perfect killing machine with no conscience or human flaws of any kind. Now I just need to build a billion or so of these things to take over the world. Muahahahah!
Well I was thinking of also letting the LTSP server part be ported to Windows to be used in place of Terminal Server, Winframe/Metaframe. If you knew the cost of those packages, you'd understand why there is a big need for an alternative. While Windows does have an X Server ported, this LTSP server makes it run a lot smoother.
Very interesting, I quote the article and tell it like the article says and I get my post rated as troll? The Mac Mafia strikes again! ;)
esp the Offshore IT workers. I have seen slow and buggy Offshored code. I hope they translate that book into many different languages.
Yes the X Server exists, but this program works with it to make client access a lot smoother. Perhaps you haven't used Winframe or MetaFrame, or Windows Terminal Server?
They found a way to make diskless workstations that could boot off a network card and save money. Yes it uses the X Server, but has code that makes connecting to it a lot smoother and less of a headache. That is the code that is needed to be ported to other platforms.
Ah another Overzealous Apple fan.
;)
I've always found OSX to be behind on the BSD Unix updates, like they are using older code or something. Plus not all of OSX is based on BSD Unix, just parts of it. The GUI, for example is not. Why do you have the fictatious notion that OSX is 100% BSD code in everything that is OSX? If that were the case, Darwin would be a lot more finished than it already is and would be very much like OSX in look and feel and the applications it runs.
Open ports do not matter if someone has an exploit for the ports that OSX leaves open. All one needs is a trojan to run that can open up the other ports. Of course now you might say a silly thing like no trojans exist for OSX, they only exist for Windows.
Last XP install I was given the option to use the built in firewall to restrict access to my system while it is on the Internet. It is called TCP/IP filtering. I usually use a software firewall for that, like SPF, behind a hardware firewall like a DSL router. Of course, malware can get around a firewall and closed ports, as I described before.
Perhaps you did not read the article that was listed here? Apple does not seem to care about the security issues very much. Apple apparently is doing a half-hearted job of fixing them. So it does not matter if they release security fixes every month, if they are not seriously fixing the holes in a timely manner, that are so big, you could drive a Semi through them.
Since you must not have read the article in question, let me quote a paragraph for you:
"In other words, it makes Microsoft's current Sasser problems look no more than a nasty nip. The difference of course is that Windows is the vast majority of the market and Macs account for only three percent of operating systems. There isn't a worm exploiting the holes as yet but the company is strongly advising users to download and install the patches as the OS looks like an easy target at the moment."
Apparently the only difference between the Sasser exploit and the one OSX has, is that there is no known worm exploiting OSX yet.
Also:
"Apple's half-hearted effort to these holes can be found here. While Secunia's full rundown on the problems can be found here.
Is Apple being complacent about its security? Or have the security vendors got it wrong? Is the fact there isn't a worm an indication that this is blown out of proportion? Or is it just a matter of time? Make your opinion known on the discussion board."
Pray tell, I wonder how many more of these holes there are?
of how to save money by using F/OSS software instead of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) softare.
I am doing F/OSS research for a company I may form in 2006 when I graduate from college. I hope to offer F/OSS packages and support for companies wanting to move away from COTS software and reduce their costs. I need more research like that artcle to prove my point.
I also need to do more research to prove that F/OSS development can be profitable.
and it also explains how most fat people gain their weight. They found the missing matter and absorbed it. ;)
:) Hard to digest and it sticks with you for a long time as fat. :)
Big Macs and Fries are made out of dark matter apparently.
and VBA programming. Not my choice, it was what most corps wanted us to program in.
In my area there are very few Java programming required jobs and they are mostly filled by H1B and L1 Visa holders working cheaper than most of us US citizens work for. The rest of the Java programming is outsourced to other countries.
My mistake, "Lindows" does not seem to work as a code anymore. I think their promotion was too short, it should have been for a month or two to let people catch up with the news items on it and download a free copy.
It seems that Windows XP and OSX were both inspected for security by the same person who was respnsible for security at the Stalag 13 Prisoner Camp in "Hogan's Heros". Both XP and OSX have more holes in them than Stalag 13 had.
It is sad to me that Apple is taking the same stance as Microsoft when confronted with big gaping security holes. Not considering it a big priority.
This only makes me want to move away from OSX and stick with Linux or BSD Unix instead. At least they put a priority in fixing security holes.
Many times the users forget their password and a temp password that is easy to remember is used, so they can log on and change it.
We used "password" for the temp password at one employer. Many people did not change it afterwords. One woman kept forgetting her password, and then eventually complained about the temp password, she said "Could you please not use the word 'password'? It is too hard for me to remember." I think we used her first name instead.
Many people use easy to guess passwords that are based on:
Their name
Their spouse's name
Their children's names
Their favorite sports team
Their favorite drink or food
Their favorite color
etc.
The VB and ASP.NET aspects of it have gained my attention. Too bad they still lag behind what Microsoft has. If they develop more of it, I may try to develop for it when the VB and ASP.NET parts are done enough to be useful.
also port it to Windows, MacOSX, and other platforms.
It would be a good way to get employees to use Linux without having it installed on their machines. So machines that could not run Linux due to unfriendly hardware can run a terminal to it.
Try ClamAV instead.
Install
OpenOffice.Org
Mozilla
VideoLAN
7-Zip
WinGimp
Open AntiVirus
Then see if the users can use them and get used to them. Then maybe when you do switch to Linux, they will be using the same apps, but under Linux. With maybe the exception of 7-Zip, no Linux port yet?
Linspire only charges for "Commercial" add-on packages. You can use apt-get for F/OSS software without paying a dime for them. You can also download F/OSS software and install them the normal way.
l ution
Heck I even downloaded the latest OpenOffice.Org etc on the CNR application for free!
I was able to add on:
GNUCash
PostgreSQL
MySQL
OpenOffice.org
Evo
Mozilla 1.6
Basic Real Player
Webmin
and many more for no additional charge.
Now buying those "commercial" add ons like StarOffice, etc cost extra money.
only way to afford Longhorn is to buy a system with it bundled on it. Which MS gets a cut of the profits from anyway. Either way MS wins.
Then once your office buys new machines with Longhorn on them, and cannot reformat and use Windows because new machines only have Longhorn drivers, they will be forced to upgrade all the machines to run Longhorn. Since Longhorn does not run Legacy Windows or DOS code, your office will also have to buy all new software from Microsoft, etc.
So either Boycott Longhorn and continue using Windows on old machines, or switch to Linux or some other alternative. Or drink the MS-Kool-Aide and switch everyone to Longhorn.
I think that coupon code expired. The code word was "Linux" but it does not work anymore. It was only for a few days as a promotion. A free Bit Torrent download and free serial number. Nice deal while it lasted.
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Which is why Lindows/Linspire is more of a consumer OS, it does not have the extensive hardware support. Although I do think that it can use Debian ready SATA drivers on a floppy disk if you knew how to use them that way.
Linux SATA support apparently not all Linux kernels will have SATA support.
Possible Lindows/Linspire needs to be upgraded to the 2.4.X kernel or above before installing these drivers.
It is actually paying for the serial number, the BitTorrent download is free. Without the serial number you cannot get support online.
Yes Lindows/Linspire 4.5 can be downloaded for free, but it is not supported without a valid serial number.
I have, and documented on Slashdot and other forums, my bouts with depression and suicide. I have since gotten better.
A friend of mine, my best friend actually, killed himself in 1999. We were able to guess the secret answer to get into his Yahoo account and see who he had contacted and let them know that he passed on. Once we had access to his Yahoo account, we got the password to his ICQ account from it. No clue in either accounts as to why he committed suicide.
Most of his stuff ended up in a rental locker, and a year ago his widow was going to take the stuff out and inventory it, so she called the rental locker to cancel the account. The next day the locker was cleaned out, everything was gone. He had written stories, RPG game adventures, computer programs, had a ton of books and videos, a lot of IP that he worked on. A goldmine of stuff, but it was all stolen the day his widow called to cancel the account.
A fraction of the stuff, Traveller, AD&D, books were given to me for safe keeping as we were still using them in role playing games. My best friend was the Referee and another friend took over and needed access to the books. That is all that is left of his legacy beides his widow and daughter and whatever family he had left (his mother died of cancer soon after he killed himself).
So basically theives took over the best parts of his life that was left over, and only a few trusted friends have what is left that was not stolen. No matter what, the theives cannot steal our memories of him. Rest in peace, my good friend.