I must appologize on behalf of all mankind that software development has not reached the stage where your computer can read your mind to know exactly what you were trying to do
No need to apologize but thanks anyway. "Shutdown, now!" doesn't take too much mind reading. Linux does it all the time.
I did it again last night. This is _after_ I shut all user windows down, having saved all my work (I just use that machine for synching iTunes/iPod) and do the Start->Shutdown bit.
This time the dialog wasn't on the screen long enough for me to read it properly - something about.Net Broadcast or whatever. Whatever, just shut the sucker down so I can go to bed, thanks.
I agree about the dog to some extent, but far more annoying for me is when you are shutting down windows and you get the little dialog boxes coming up with "Ending so-and-so" task. It gives you the option, with a nice little button to "End immediately".
So, like, I'm trying to shut down here. Why are you showing me all these dialogs so that I can shut down faster. If you can shut faster yourself, why not do it without me having to sit and monitor the sodding thing for christ's sake?
At least with the dog you can turn it off, eventually.
nycl, a question: if i were to go online now and, using a well-known, well-trafficked file sharing site, downloaded a well-known track, and this were to attract the attention of the riaa driftnets, is it safe to say that i could survive the legal attack using one or a number of the new legal routes around the riaa's tactics you have brought to slashdot's attention?
IANAL (also IANANYCL), but previous to your posting I would say "possibly or even maybe". However, since your posting here in a public forum, I would say "not a snowball's chance".
When someone ships a hardware firewall solution based on Windows, I'll start to feel comfortable running it as an OS. I'm not holding my breath though. Until that time, I feel more comfortable running my Fedora Core 6 at home.
It was an open FTP server. Some kind soul put about 14Gb of movies on one of our servers, then we noticed the hole (mainly because of the space) and shut down access to that server.
There's lots of things you can do without using copyrighted content.
For example, you can just use the alt tags of a non-existent or spacer image to convey the meaning of the photo you intend to replace it with. One fun way is to use an image so obtuse that no-one in their right mind would allow it's use on a live site - the copyrighted image would easily slip some people's mind to change since it looks OK the client will put it out of mind to change, so use a non-copyrighted image that sticks out as having nothing to do with the site - a photo of your cat, or your toilet, perhaps.
This serves as a placeholder, but also every time the client looks at your site, they will be reminded that
a) there's no way the site can go live until that image is replaced and b) they really must get the correct content to you so they don't have to look at that damn image any more
Firstly, the Supreme Court decision mentioned (RTFA) states that businesses don't have to collect taxes for a state unless they have a presence (nexus) in that state. Secondly, what state is going to start collecting taxes and remitting them to another state - they have no obligation to do this (due to the same 1992 SC ruling I believe) - it would only work with a reciprocal agreement (hence the consortium of 21 states I guess).
But, it only takes a few 'rogue' states to spoil it. If you had a choice of opening up an internet business in Vermont, for example - which, for the sake of argument, subscribes to the consortium and collects out-of-state taxes, or one in New Hampshire which for the sake of argument doesn't, where would you go? In New Hampshire your product would cost less to consumers, you would sell more, and you would only have to remit taxes to one state.
States must lose business (therefore employment, therefore taxes) if they join this scheme - unless they all do the same, but it will always be in some state's interest to opt out.
it'll be built into all of the major shopping cart software inside of a week
Already is, there's a thriving industry in the US providing sales/use taxes by City, County and State because they change so frequently making it impossible to keep up on your own. Here's a quick google of same
The fun starts when you get ZipCodes that span City, County or State boundaries...and also when you start having to apply taxes historically because of crediting returns, etc.
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No need to apologize but thanks anyway. "Shutdown, now!" doesn't take too much mind reading. Linux does it all the time.
..past the point where they need to shoot each other with guns.
Then they should keep their steenkeeng radio signals off my property!
I did it again last night. This is _after_ I shut all user windows down, having saved all my work (I just use that machine for synching iTunes/iPod) and do the Start->Shutdown bit.
.Net Broadcast or whatever. Whatever, just shut the sucker down so I can go to bed, thanks.
This time the dialog wasn't on the screen long enough for me to read it properly - something about
I agree about the dog to some extent, but far more annoying for me is when you are shutting down windows and you get the little dialog boxes coming up with "Ending so-and-so" task. It gives you the option, with a nice little button to "End immediately".
So, like, I'm trying to shut down here. Why are you showing me all these dialogs so that I can shut down faster. If you can shut faster yourself, why not do it without me having to sit and monitor the sodding thing for christ's sake?
At least with the dog you can turn it off, eventually.
,Pirate bay reports.
IANAL (also IANANYCL), but previous to your posting I would say "possibly or even maybe". However, since your posting here in a public forum, I would say "not a snowball's chance".
When the first reaction you have to the video is to reach for your shotgun and take out that manhack.
So let's keep users like the one mentioned in TFA using Windows. We don't want them touching Linux. No siree. Not in any way, shape or form.
"The more you try to overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to clog up the drain."
Microsoft please take note.
Surely a better argument against the Bay City Rollers would be "What!!! you called that music!!!!"
To those people who are too young to know of the Bay City Rollers I say - you lucky, lucky bastards.
When someone ships a hardware firewall solution based on Windows, I'll start to feel comfortable running it as an OS. I'm not holding my breath though. Until that time, I feel more comfortable running my Fedora Core 6 at home.
It was an open FTP server. Some kind soul put about 14Gb of movies on one of our servers, then we noticed the hole (mainly because of the space) and shut down access to that server.
So in our case the response was:
1. Stop access.
2. Buy beer and popcorn
3. Watch movies.
Yep,
It loses 50% of it's value the moment you get Windows up and running on it.
I know it's old fashioned tech, but it seems to work OK. As a slashpoll this article has remarkably few options.
There's lots of things you can do without using copyrighted content.
For example, you can just use the alt tags of a non-existent or spacer image to convey the meaning of the photo you intend to replace it with. One fun way is to use an image so obtuse that no-one in their right mind would allow it's use on a live site - the copyrighted image would easily slip some people's mind to change since it looks OK the client will put it out of mind to change, so use a non-copyrighted image that sticks out as having nothing to do with the site - a photo of your cat, or your toilet, perhaps.
This serves as a placeholder, but also every time the client looks at your site, they will be reminded that
a) there's no way the site can go live until that image is replaced and
b) they really must get the correct content to you so they don't have to look at that damn image any more
(FYI I am Canadian)
Firstly, the Supreme Court decision mentioned (RTFA) states that businesses don't have to collect taxes for a state unless they have a presence (nexus) in that state. Secondly, what state is going to start collecting taxes and remitting them to another state - they have no obligation to do this (due to the same 1992 SC ruling I believe) - it would only work with a reciprocal agreement (hence the consortium of 21 states I guess).
But, it only takes a few 'rogue' states to spoil it. If you had a choice of opening up an internet business in Vermont, for example - which, for the sake of argument, subscribes to the consortium and collects out-of-state taxes, or one in New Hampshire which for the sake of argument doesn't, where would you go? In New Hampshire your product would cost less to consumers, you would sell more, and you would only have to remit taxes to one state.
States must lose business (therefore employment, therefore taxes) if they join this scheme - unless they all do the same, but it will always be in some state's interest to opt out.
it'll be built into all of the major shopping cart software inside of a week
Already is, there's a thriving industry in the US providing sales/use taxes by City, County and State because they change so frequently making it impossible to keep up on your own. Here's a quick google of same
The fun starts when you get ZipCodes that span City, County or State boundaries...and also when you start having to apply taxes historically because of crediting returns, etc.
Phone for support, act dumb. Drive that 75% up to 95%. If the cost of providing support exceeds revenue, maybe DRM will be dropped.
...not on my 64-bit FC6 it didn't.
Care to have a guess at five Windows user personas?
...and 64-bit support will be available shortly after Duke Nukem Forever is released.
1. Build Spectrograph for $500
2. Sell for $10,000
3. Profit!
>Great, now we know that the TCO for a mixed Linux environment is higher than for Windows. And what does it mean?
It means they should probably not use Gentoo for desktops.
...and I'll hazard a guess that you didn't have to reboot any of them either...