"Rather than fix the linker, Windows 98 runs a regular scheduled task which searches through all the executables and DLLs on the system and modifies them, aligning them to this 4k boundary."
That makes perfect sense since how in the world can you expect users to "relink" their software ?
Assuming they would have access to object code in the first place...
Large part of this is related to infamous ( and incredibly wasteful) war on drugs.
Another issue to consider is the fact that white population, here in US, is about as much likely to commit crime as are citizens of Belgium or France.
"The U.S. government (not necessarily the U.S. people) has a history of thinking that violence is the answer. "
Compared to other nations which had similar positions as US and in light of our extreme superiority as far as military ( and economic) power is concerned, US government is remarkably constrained and peaceful.
Too bad that most software refuses it even see TTF fonts , let alone use them.
Nedit - sorry no TTF fonts...
StarOfice- sort of, if you are willing spend 2 hours trying to get it working...
So tell me my friend when was last time you modified your Apache to do something unique ?
Please, don't make me laugh - "being able to change the source" my ass.
Sure, you can modify some small perl script but trying to change things like Apache without breaking stuff , requires a lot of coding experience and time.
It is completely out of your league...
"The acquisition will enable WorldCom to continue to deliver DSL access to a wide range of WorldCom services, including Internet, VPN, frame relay and ATM, through approximately 700 central offices in 31 major metropolitan areas where WorldCom already has a solid DSL customer base, including: "
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article. as p?Feed=PR&Date=20010925&ID=1090433&Symbol=US:WCOM
You are stupid Canadian sitting in his little chair wondering about things you have absolutely no clue about.
You don't know if there will be a war.
You don't know if there will be a waw waged on innocent in Afghanistan.
You don't know that there will be Pakistani children without limbs due to American attacks.
To summarize, you don't know shit yet you feel compelled to write this bullshit about US and Bush.
Please, stop posting this kind of stuff or at least WAIT till you have SOMETHING you can write about without fantasizing.
Did I mention that your appear to be one stupid/uninformed Canadian?
Yeah, I did...
Frankly, I think all this military buildup was indented primarily to scare Taliban into submission.
As you mentioned, F-117 are NOT going to be what brings this regime down.
It will be Special Forces operation combined with attack and takeover of power by some sort of internal opposition (Northern Alliance?)
This way you can have these folks running show there, making sure that no terrorist camps are on their soil - sort of like another Pakistan.
I just refuse to believe that Colin will let US army get bogged down in some sort of guerilla conflict.
He is way to smart for that.
"There *still* is no actual, direct proof that the Taliban government is involved with the WTC/Pentagon crashes."
They are about to release White Paper regarding that very issue.
Anyway, Taliban is responsible for harboring known terrorist which already is on FBI most wanted list for his previous murders.
Again, he is ALREADY wanted by US justice.
"Do you? No. So, what was your point again?"
You are complaining about US actions without knowning what these actions will be.
We have done nothing yet so kindly shut up and wait until you have something to bitch about.
" They sure know better than both of us. I don't need to think. "
Sure they know at this point.
Anyway, the point is that you are bitching about stuff that has not happened yet.
Have you ever considered the fact this whole "strike" is just a posturing to scare Taliban into submission?
What do you know about that military operation?
Do you know any details? Do you know who and when is going to strike?
You just heard reports of some planes and possibly Special Forces moving into that region.
Your farther doesn't know anything and therefore his wild guesses are just that, pure guesses.
Please reserve your judgment until you have something to judge.
You are confusing two different situations.
Persian Gulf was a full-blown conflict against huge opposing army.
Are you suggesting that dropping bombs on military targets was wrong thing to do during that time?
The problem is that people like to be paid and as soon as somebody comes up with good idea he or she sells it to some commercial entity ( and rightfully so/)
This is how our economy works and, so far, no one was able to come up with something better.
Dude, since you are not doing well then it is obvious your previous management was not "actually smart" and despite the fact that it was "fun" to work there you were NOT following valid business plan.
Looking for ideas is far cry from incorporating GPLed code.
BTW.
MS has enough excellent developers ( and enough money to hire anyone they want) to outcode all the UNIX companies ( and free software ) combined.
"It doesn't matter if it is the original software, or a work based on the original software"
In other words, it doesn't matter that no harm was done and the source to the very same version is available from original developer, you have to scream bloody murder because of a little legality issues..
One hell of a freedom if you ask me.
Hehehe.
Is that true ?
If government workers can get fired for using word "niggardly" because uninformed black coworkers are complaining that this is too close to "nigger" then is NOT a country I would call completely free.
When baseball players is fined and send to a shrink for remarking about people in NY that is scary, you know.
Political correctness is just as bas as McCarthyism,.
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"Rather than fix the linker, Windows 98 runs a regular scheduled task which searches through all the executables and DLLs on the system and modifies them, aligning them to this 4k boundary."
...
That makes perfect sense since how in the world can you expect users to "relink" their software ?
Assuming they would have access to object code in the first place
"I asked for a network diagram in xfig or something that we can use, and still, a blank stare"
Oh please, you are using program unknown to 99% people who deal with diagrams and you are wondering why he gave you a blank stare.
Large part of this is related to infamous ( and incredibly wasteful) war on drugs.
Another issue to consider is the fact that white population, here in US, is about as much likely to commit crime as are citizens of Belgium or France.
"The U.S. government (not necessarily the U.S. people) has a history of thinking that violence is the answer. "
Compared to other nations which had similar positions as US and in light of our extreme superiority as far as military ( and economic) power is concerned, US government is remarkably constrained and peaceful.
"I would support an initiative to find ways to live in the world without bombing."
As long as you have a single entity willing to use bombs and violence you have to be prepared to be as ruthless as they are to survive.
"Fonts are pretty much conquered."
...
...
Too bad that most software refuses it even see TTF fonts , let alone use them.
Nedit - sorry no TTF fonts
StarOfice- sort of, if you are willing spend 2 hours trying to get it working
So tell me my friend when was last time you modified your Apache to do something unique ?
Please, don't make me laugh - "being able to change the source" my ass.
Sure, you can modify some small perl script but trying to change things like Apache without breaking stuff , requires a lot of coding experience and time.
It is completely out of your league...
Not really.
. as p?Feed=PR&Date=20010925&ID=1090433&Symbol=US:WCOM
"The acquisition will enable WorldCom to continue to deliver DSL access to a wide range of WorldCom services, including Internet, VPN, frame relay and ATM, through approximately 700 central offices in 31 major metropolitan areas where WorldCom already has a solid DSL customer base, including: "
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article
You are stupid Canadian sitting in his little chair wondering about things you have absolutely no clue about. ...
You don't know if there will be a war.
You don't know if there will be a waw waged on innocent in Afghanistan.
You don't know that there will be Pakistani children without limbs due to American attacks.
To summarize, you don't know shit yet you feel compelled to write this bullshit about US and Bush.
Please, stop posting this kind of stuff or at least WAIT till you have SOMETHING you can write about without fantasizing.
Did I mention that your appear to be one stupid/uninformed Canadian?
Yeah, I did
"You're in an F-117, cruising over Afghanistan. "
Frankly, I think all this military buildup was indented primarily to scare Taliban into submission.
As you mentioned, F-117 are NOT going to be what brings this regime down.
It will be Special Forces operation combined with attack and takeover of power by some sort of internal opposition (Northern Alliance?)
This way you can have these folks running show there, making sure that no terrorist camps are on their soil - sort of like another Pakistan.
I just refuse to believe that Colin will let US army get bogged down in some sort of guerilla conflict.
He is way to smart for that.
"There *still* is no actual, direct proof that the Taliban government is involved with the WTC/Pentagon crashes."
They are about to release White Paper regarding that very issue.
Anyway, Taliban is responsible for harboring known terrorist which already is on FBI most wanted list for his previous murders.
Again, he is ALREADY wanted by US justice.
"Do you? No. So, what was your point again?"
You are complaining about US actions without knowning what these actions will be.
We have done nothing yet so kindly shut up and wait until you have something to bitch about.
" They sure know better than both of us. I don't need to think. "
Sure they know at this point.
Anyway, the point is that you are bitching about stuff that has not happened yet.
Have you ever considered the fact this whole "strike" is just a posturing to scare Taliban into submission?
What do you know about that military operation?
Do you know any details? Do you know who and when is going to strike?
You just heard reports of some planes and possibly Special Forces moving into that region.
Your farther doesn't know anything and therefore his wild guesses are just that, pure guesses.
Please reserve your judgment until you have something to judge.
You are confusing two different situations.
Persian Gulf was a full-blown conflict against huge opposing army.
Are you suggesting that dropping bombs on military targets was wrong thing to do during that time?
If Windows 2000 is "unimaginative and ourdated" then Linux and other Unices are dinosaurs.
The problem is that people like to be paid and as soon as somebody comes up with good idea he or she sells it to some commercial entity ( and rightfully so/)
This is how our economy works and, so far, no one was able to come up with something better.
Dude, since you are not doing well then it is obvious your previous management was not "actually smart" and despite the fact that it was "fun" to work there you were NOT following valid business plan.
"* No feasible business plan"
Probably because geeks who enjoy playing with toys were running the place.
Shut the fuck up you stupid hypocrite.
You make us look like bunch of idiots.
Looking for ideas is far cry from incorporating GPLed code.
BTW.
MS has enough excellent developers ( and enough money to hire anyone they want) to outcode all the UNIX companies ( and free software ) combined.
Contracts, breach of it, all this legalise ...
What the fuck is all this ?
Free Software my ass.
"It doesn't matter if it is the original software, or a work based on the original software"
In other words, it doesn't matter that no harm was done and the source to the very same version is available from original developer, you have to scream bloody murder because of a little legality issues..
One hell of a freedom if you ask me.
No, that is not the point.
Even if people want to share their code ( KDE) they end up with all sort of trouble because of that FSF virus.
"more free than today"
Hehehe.
Is that true ?
If government workers can get fired for using word "niggardly" because uninformed black coworkers are complaining that this is too close to "nigger" then is NOT a country I would call completely free.
When baseball players is fined and send to a shrink for remarking about people in NY that is scary, you know.
Political correctness is just as bas as McCarthyism,.
I do have kids.
I do want them to enjoy all this stuff.
I just don't want to find that information on supposedly technical site.
Oh, I knew people that had extremely high IQ yet were dead before age of 30 due to , well, stupidity on their part.