If you're using all static HTML, you can get rid of dead pages with wget. Do "wget www.website.com/whatever -r" to download it, and then just use what you've downloaded as your base.
To find broken links, I like to use Xenu. Google it.
RIAA, your time is running out fast. We can tell because your arguments are getting more and more absurd by the day. I'm sorry it has to be this way (I'm not really). We'll miss you (not really).
You seem to forget that Firefox is REALLY GOOD SOFTWARE. There may be better browsers for different people, but Firefox seems to be the best browser for the most people.
Everybody knows that tab browsing, gestures, and extensions didn't start with Firefox. You've seem to have formulated a straw-man argument.
So, what this in fact demonstrates is that open source software can take the best features of other products and make damn good software that is better than the other products from which it borrowed.
I don't know if I'm supposed to be posting this on/. but I have some inside information. I had the priviledge of seeing some of the code that SCO says Linux stole, and I believe SCO has a very strong case. There were many instances where Linux took SCO's code almost verbatim. Many instances looked like this:
for (i=0; i<size; ++i) { /*... omitted for vagueness...*/ }
and often times:
if (/*... some condition...*/ ) { /*... do something...*/ }
Often times variable names, such would be changed, and the code in the middle was alwaysn altered to have different functionality, no doubt in an attempt to cover their tracks.
I think if you saw the code SCO provided, you would see that Linux blatantly stole huge chunks of code almost verbatim.
I had tried Linux about 8 months ago, but I ran into tons of problems. Trying to install Linux would usually restart/shutoff my computer. Also, getting the packages I needed and installing stuff was very difficult for me, as I wasn't using a very popular distro, and I was unfamiliar with everything.
About a month ago, by motherboard crapped out on me. I got a new one, installed Fedora Core out of curiosity, and never went back.
Also, it helps that I'm a CS student, and we do everything in Linux.
I couldn't imagine going back to windows, and I couldn't be happier.
Internet ads are infuriatingly distracting. Not because I want to click on them, but because they blink and flash and move around, and worst of all, cover stuff I'm trying to read. It's nearly impossible to focus on what I'm reading if there are ads on the screen, and windows popping up.
That explains why Googld Ads is so successful.
I whole-heartedly agree.
Thus, I use adblock for firefox. It works beautifully.
And, no. I don't watch TV much because of the ads (and also because 99% of shows are garbage, especially the news). I download shows instead, or use Tivo. When I do watch TV, the ads are muted.
Did you even read my post? or did you just see that I said Linux isn't ready for the desktop.
If I were to compare Linux vs Windows, Linux would blow Windows out of the water EVERY time, EXCEPT in "just work"-ness. "just work"-ness, however is, in my opinion Linux's biggest shortcoming, and the only reason that many people still use Windows. This just work most of the time. In my experience with Linux, things usually don't just work.
Computers are just tools, and if your tools don't work without a lot of effort on your part, then what good are they?
So if linux is not ready for the desktop "even for you", then perhaps part of the issue is that you aren't as knowledgable with computers as you think you are.
Yes, a low blow, but it's a possibility. Of course, that's kind of my point. You have to be uber-knowledgable about computers in order to use Linux.
For example, why do I need to know to install and compile a bunch of libraries just to install anything useful that doesn't come with my distro?
Maybe things are good once everything is all set up, and all software is installed, and all settings are tweaked, but getting there takes far more effort than I (and most Windows users) am willing to spend.
This is so frustrating. Windows is becoming more and more of a lockdown, but I just don't see other viable options. Mod me troll, but Linux just isn't ready for the desktop, even for me (applications don't "just work", and nobody's heard of "usability"), and Macs are far too expensive. Windows really, really, really sucks, but there are no better options for most people.
This would be great for Reason, or Fruity Loops, or Hydrogen, or whatever music program you use. The keys could be colored like a piano keyboard. That would alleviate the need for a bulky MIDI keyboard.
I've had this idea before (key's w/ LCD screens) but I never thought it practical enough to work. Now that they've got a Patent pending, I'm kicking myself.
I know what it's like to be a volunteer with much responsibility but no power. Your best bet would be the following:
See if it is possible to require everyone to register their MAC addresses in person, or find some other way to make sure you know exactly who is using what machine.
When someone's machine starts clogging the network, email that person and/or call them.
If and when the problem persists, send an email to every user on the network w/ the offender's name, email address, telephone number, and room number.
This way, you let everyone else do your job for you.
Actually, I read the treaty, and it does not prohibit weapons in space. I prohibits weapons of mass destruction. It also prohibits military bases, in space.
Eventually, I predict, this treaty will be broken and then ignored from then on. If mankind is really to migrate from Earth and spread out through space, which I think will eventually happen, there is no way that all the Earth governments are going to leave space demilitarized, and give up all the power they could potentially have up there. Of course, that's just my guess.
Do you really think that if some terrorists are looking to get their hands on this stuff, that BBC is going to be the one to tip them off? How do you think BBC know's about this super-secret plutonium transfer? (I didn't RTFA). I'm sure whoever it is who wants to steal some plutonium knew long before the BBC.
Actually, I bought my eMachine 4 or 5 years ago and it's still chugging. It has a 200Mhz Cyrix processor, and upgraded RAM, HD. I used is as my primary computer practically daily up untill 2 or 3 months ago when my brother bought new Dell.
If I had known at the time, I would not have bought an eMachine, but things worked out for me.
The only problem with it now, besides being obsolete, is that I had to replace the power suply (it burned out) with my friends old one. Now the power suply rests on a CD spindle case, outside the frame of the caseless computer, because it's too big.
Don't most people agree that it's wrong to break the law? I think so.
What if they don't agree with it (i.e. speeding)? It's still wrong, most people would agree.
What if it's unjust (i.e. Jim Crow laws)? It would be right to break the law, perhaps in civil disobedience.
However your are right that the consequences are the one of few reasons why somebody doesn't steal cars. You are definitely right. People do what they think they can (and in the case of software piracy, they can) get away with.
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If you're using all static HTML, you can get rid of dead pages with wget. Do "wget www.website.com/whatever -r" to download it, and then just use what you've downloaded as your base.
To find broken links, I like to use Xenu. Google it.
Um, if you work for the government, as I currently do, the yes, Homeland Security is on your back to upgrade.
So you're going to stop sueing college kids?
RIAA, your time is running out fast. We can tell because your arguments are getting more and more absurd by the day. I'm sorry it has to be this way (I'm not really). We'll miss you (not really).
You seem to forget that Firefox is REALLY GOOD SOFTWARE. There may be better browsers for different people, but Firefox seems to be the best browser for the most people.
Everybody knows that tab browsing, gestures, and extensions didn't start with Firefox. You've seem to have formulated a straw-man argument.
So, what this in fact demonstrates is that open source software can take the best features of other products and make damn good software that is better than the other products from which it borrowed.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, STFU.
Why a robotic hand? Why not simply text on a screen?
I think if you saw the code SCO provided, you would see that Linux blatantly stole huge chunks of code almost verbatim.
I had tried Linux about 8 months ago, but I ran into tons of problems. Trying to install Linux would usually restart/shutoff my computer. Also, getting the packages I needed and installing stuff was very difficult for me, as I wasn't using a very popular distro, and I was unfamiliar with everything.
About a month ago, by motherboard crapped out on me. I got a new one, installed Fedora Core out of curiosity, and never went back.
Also, it helps that I'm a CS student, and we do everything in Linux.
I couldn't imagine going back to windows, and I couldn't be happier.
MS likes to embrace and extend, remember? I do believe that MS could make OpenDocument useless by over-supporting it.
They should claim that it already released under the GPL. That should scare them off.
Internet ads are infuriatingly distracting. Not because I want to click on them, but because they blink and flash and move around, and worst of all, cover stuff I'm trying to read. It's nearly impossible to focus on what I'm reading if there are ads on the screen, and windows popping up.
That explains why Googld Ads is so successful.
I whole-heartedly agree.
Thus, I use adblock for firefox. It works beautifully.
And, no. I don't watch TV much because of the ads (and also because 99% of shows are garbage, especially the news). I download shows instead, or use Tivo. When I do watch TV, the ads are muted.
AFAIK, Spam is unsolicited email. If I send an email in response to a spam email, my email is not unsolicited.
So, it's not really "spam in the 'name of good'", it's... uh... email, in the name of good.
If I were to compare Linux vs Windows, Linux would blow Windows out of the water EVERY time, EXCEPT in "just work"-ness. "just work"-ness, however is, in my opinion Linux's biggest shortcoming, and the only reason that many people still use Windows. This just work most of the time. In my experience with Linux, things usually don't just work.
Computers are just tools, and if your tools don't work without a lot of effort on your part, then what good are they?
Yes, a low blow, but it's a possibility. Of course, that's kind of my point. You have to be uber-knowledgable about computers in order to use Linux.
For example, why do I need to know to install and compile a bunch of libraries just to install anything useful that doesn't come with my distro?
Maybe things are good once everything is all set up, and all software is installed, and all settings are tweaked, but getting there takes far more effort than I (and most Windows users) am willing to spend.
It just isn't ready.
This is so frustrating. Windows is becoming more and more of a lockdown, but I just don't see other viable options. Mod me troll, but Linux just isn't ready for the desktop, even for me (applications don't "just work", and nobody's heard of "usability"), and Macs are far too expensive. Windows really, really, really sucks, but there are no better options for most people.
This would be great for Reason, or Fruity Loops, or Hydrogen, or whatever music program you use. The keys could be colored like a piano keyboard. That would alleviate the need for a bulky MIDI keyboard.
I've had this idea before (key's w/ LCD screens) but I never thought it practical enough to work. Now that they've got a Patent pending, I'm kicking myself.
Actually, if they RTFA it's 11:59 PM... just wanted to clarify.
This way, you let everyone else do your job for you.
Actually, I read the treaty, and it does not prohibit weapons in space. I prohibits weapons of mass destruction. It also prohibits military bases, in space.
Eventually, I predict, this treaty will be broken and then ignored from then on. If mankind is really to migrate from Earth and spread out through space, which I think will eventually happen, there is no way that all the Earth governments are going to leave space demilitarized, and give up all the power they could potentially have up there. Of course, that's just my guess.
Do you really think that if some terrorists are looking to get their hands on this stuff, that BBC is going to be the one to tip them off? How do you think BBC know's about this super-secret plutonium transfer? (I didn't RTFA). I'm sure whoever it is who wants to steal some plutonium knew long before the BBC.
A bit off topic, but...
Actually, I bought my eMachine 4 or 5 years ago and it's still chugging. It has a 200Mhz Cyrix processor, and upgraded RAM, HD. I used is as my primary computer practically daily up untill 2 or 3 months ago when my brother bought new Dell.
If I had known at the time, I would not have bought an eMachine, but things worked out for me.
The only problem with it now, besides being obsolete, is that I had to replace the power suply (it burned out) with my friends old one. Now the power suply rests on a CD spindle case, outside the frame of the caseless computer, because it's too big.
Can GNU ever be unix?
I don't know. Maybe we should just ask SCO. They would probably have a reasonable opinion.
If you don't want white knight viruses fixing your security holes, then fix them yourself. Otherwise, myDoom and alike will exploit them worse.
Internet cafe in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
This seems like it was written by somebody who was recently annoyed by an IT person.
Don't most people agree that it's wrong to break the law? I think so.
What if they don't agree with it (i.e. speeding)? It's still wrong, most people would agree.
What if it's unjust (i.e. Jim Crow laws)?
It would be right to break the law, perhaps in civil disobedience.
However your are right that the consequences are the one of few reasons why somebody doesn't steal cars. You are definitely right. People do what they think they can (and in the case of software piracy, they can) get away with.