I've had problems with the Bayesian filtering in Mozilla; I suppose it just needs a bit more work. I mean, it catches ALL my spam, without contest, but it also catches automated messages from places like amazon.com. Unfortunately, even Bayesian can't overcome this problem.
No, the real solution is to have a trained monkey personally sort through your mail beforehand.
No, seriously. You have no idea how much the W32.Blaster.Worm helped boost business. People are such idiots, every time they bring their computers in we get the latest Windows Updates for their system and tell them to CHECK REGULARLY, and still those very same people come back in a couple weeks later with MSBlaster, which could've very easily been prevented. (We usually get about 4 or 5 systems in a day; we got 20 of them the day of MSBlaster.)
Okay, how should I put this so that it doesn't sound like a shameless plug? Ah, to hell with it. Need help with ScummVM, or some other old game you want to play but just can't manage to get working? (Come on, I know there are a few of you out there.) VOGONS has you covered. Ender (you know, the ScummVM guy) regulars the forum.
Okay, I'm done plugging. But seriously, check it out. We're a year strong and, not suffing from complete mental breakdown, yet.
Actually, as one of those computer geeks that works magic on broken Windows boxen, I can tell you that people still haven't got a clue how to use recovery CDs and bring their computers in with them all the time. For fuck's sake, most of the people my age (I'm only 17, don't hate me because I got lucky with a job) don't know anything outside of how to play The Sims and chat with AIM.
simple transparency only, with bad threshold for transparency vs. opacity, and only for palette images; completely fails to render some transparent palette images (e.g., bottom four here], possibly due to filenames with more than one dot(?!); non-palette images are rendered fully opaque against a light gray background; alpha transparency supported if and only if HTML content is rewritten to use Microsoft-specific DirectX extensions to CSS (further caveats for DirectX approach: if the PNG image's width and height attributes are missing, the width and height of the placeholder image will be used instead; if the placeholder image is missing, the browser's stock ``missing-image'' icon will be placed over the PNG)
on sRGB (display-gamma 2.2) systems, appears to use display-system gamma of approximately 1.96; colors appear slightly dark
only if "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" security preference enabled; adds unnecessary scrollbars; version 4.0 renders all OBJECTs in nested set, not just outermost
especially those created with the "Save" function in Macromedia Fireworks--use "Export" for final PNGs
reportedly fixed in version 5.5, and doesn't affect NT or Win2k
i.e., those that are simply referenced via links or opened from disk--it can view ones that are inlined on an HTML page via IMG tags just fine, and a registry hack is reported to fix the stand-alone problem
i.e., it works on some systems but not on others, and it's not directly related to running NT vs. Windows 9x but may have something to do with other PNG-capable viewers being installed
Microsoft and Lockheed enter almost every resume they receive into a large database, company officials said. They also keep resumes on file for a year.
Gov't: Where are all those resumes? MSFT: It wasn't our fault! Our database crashed! Gov't: What kind of database was it? MSFT: An acces--err, Oracle. Yes, that's it!
Either way, methinks Microsoft is out of a client.
When Gross saw the thumbnail pictures, he consulted with Perry, who reported the incident to their supervisor, Margaret Perley, another Collegis employee on site at the school, according to the complaint. In a meeting on or about June 13, the suit continues, Perley told Perry and Gross that she had contacted New York City's district attorney's office about the incident. On June 20, the New York City police confiscated Samuels' PC.
It wasn't until AUGUST that these two employees actually went and talked to anyone directly:
In early August, Perry had taken matters into her own hands by going directly to the FBI. Perry says she took that action because it was hard to gauge how the case against Samuels was proceeding, or even if there was a case. Perley "told us the police detectives didn't have enough information," Perry says. (Through a Collegis spokesman, Perley expressed support for Huber's letter but otherwise declined comment.) The New York district attorney's office says the case against Samuels--approximately 10 weeks from the discovery of the images until his arrest--proceeded normally.
In any case, and complain if you like, but this is much more serious than having, say, some MP3s or something (which very arguably could be legal), since those aren't originating from the abuse of someone who will most likely become scarred for life.
I'm not quite sure about this one. The story submitter says that these people were fired because they gave the company a bad light, but this wouldn't even be about the company, since they were being outsourced. It was a computer of a professor at New York Law School, not a computer of someone at Collegis.
Seeing as how they've already started SELLING this software, there's no WAY this is going to do anything other than stop the flow of income into 321 Studios, unless they shut down P2P networks, which have already been ruled in court (Grokster) as non-copyright-infringing and therefore cannot be (legally) removed (if at all).
It seems that Windows patches are dependent on upgrades that are not included with the downloadable SP3 upgrade.
I installed Windows 2000 SP2Free (eg, W2K pre-patched to SP2) on a VMware virtual machine, (legal copies of both), ran Windows Update on the VM.
The more 'major' updates since W2KSP2 include Internet Explorer/Outlook Express 6 and, of course, Service Pack 3. Of course I went directly to getting those first since they should do redundancy checks to make sure that nothing is missing and prepatch anything that is necessary. (Certainly SP3 should!) However, then, when I went to install more 'critical updates' after installing SP3, and I always got errors. Unilaterally. MAYBE one more update installed but none of the rest would. This doesn't happen on the computer's actual W2K install, nor does this happen to another computer in the house that has W2K installed on it (heh heh, it's still legal, it's a "1-2 processor license" *eg*), that has been kept "current" (as far as Microsoft is current) with the release of Windows 2000 patches. Also, that computer used the standalone installer for SP3, now that I think about it, and not Windows Update (it was still on a modem at the time).
Okay apparently I seem to have offended some geeks that don't like to admit that they can't get women. That's perfectly okay! I'm sure you have an amply large manhood to make up for what you're lacking in the women department.
As we have seen, unfortunately, the US has no problem breaking international law. Just look at what we did in Iraq -- went in without support of the United Nations, violated the Geneva Convention by showing and holding prisoners of war in sensory deprivation, all for the sake of finding these mysterious weapons "of mass destruction" --of which, I might add, a whole 0 have been found.
It doesn't even stop there. The United States government uses propaganda tactics to make what they're doing look legal to the US public, when, most obviously, it is not.
As unfortunate as it is, many laws that stem from the United States DO carry over to other countries. That's just how things work with the US being such a great superpower in the world. One can only hope that other countries will have more sense than Bush and his cronies.
Interesting dynamic that these two groups are taking.
The RIAA is doing a loud, "hey, look, we're gonna erase files and crash your computer" thing, whereas the MPAA is going around quietly passing bills without any press releases or announcements. Wonder which one will be more successful... from the sounds of it, the MPAA has already had a fair amount of success, having their "super-DMCA" laws passed in 6 states and pending in five more. It certainly seems a more proactive approach than the RIAA, but I don't think either will end up working in the end, since MPAA's plans are basically monopolising (you can ONLY use THESE) and the RIAA's plans are basically hacking (you aren't allowed to have these files! DELETE DELETE DELETE)
Sirtech/Telstar released a game in 1997 by a company called Makh Shevet called "Armed & Delirious" (although, IIRC, it was named Delirium in the EU)... this sounds remarkably similar.
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Yes, I have. :)
I've had problems with the Bayesian filtering in Mozilla; I suppose it just needs a bit more work. I mean, it catches ALL my spam, without contest, but it also catches automated messages from places like amazon.com. Unfortunately, even Bayesian can't overcome this problem.
No, the real solution is to have a trained monkey personally sort through your mail beforehand.
No, seriously. You have no idea how much the W32.Blaster.Worm helped boost business. People are such idiots, every time they bring their computers in we get the latest Windows Updates for their system and tell them to CHECK REGULARLY, and still those very same people come back in a couple weeks later with MSBlaster, which could've very easily been prevented. (We usually get about 4 or 5 systems in a day; we got 20 of them the day of MSBlaster.)
These CDs WERE NOT WRITTEN TO. They were stored on the original spindles for 20 months and then HARDWARE ANALYSED. The CDs were all completely blank.
That's funny, because the USPS doesn't allow you to pay with anything other than cash or cash equivilant (eg. debit card).
Okay, how should I put this so that it doesn't sound like a shameless plug? Ah, to hell with it. Need help with ScummVM, or some other old game you want to play but just can't manage to get working? (Come on, I know there are a few of you out there.) VOGONS has you covered. Ender (you know, the ScummVM guy) regulars the forum.
Okay, I'm done plugging.
But seriously, check it out. We're a year strong and, not suffing from complete mental breakdown, yet.
Actually, as one of those computer geeks that works magic on broken Windows boxen, I can tell you that people still haven't got a clue how to use recovery CDs and bring their computers in with them all the time. For fuck's sake, most of the people my age (I'm only 17, don't hate me because I got lucky with a job) don't know anything outside of how to play The Sims and chat with AIM.
People also do obnoxious things like this. (good luck slashdotting them)
I'm surprised I haven't seen that photo on Mobile Asses.com yet.
No, sorry, I've just patented that method.
You forgot the guns. THE GUNS!
Gov't: Where are all those resumes?
MSFT: It wasn't our fault! Our database crashed!
Gov't: What kind of database was it?
MSFT: An acces--err, Oracle. Yes, that's it!
Either way, methinks Microsoft is out of a client.
It wasn't until AUGUST that these two employees actually went and talked to anyone directly:
In any case, and complain if you like, but this is much more serious than having, say, some MP3s or something (which very arguably could be legal), since those aren't originating from the abuse of someone who will most likely become scarred for life.
I'm not quite sure about this one. The story submitter says that these people were fired because they gave the company a bad light, but this wouldn't even be about the company, since they were being outsourced. It was a computer of a professor at New York Law School, not a computer of someone at Collegis.
Seeing as how they've already started SELLING this software, there's no WAY this is going to do anything other than stop the flow of income into 321 Studios, unless they shut down P2P networks, which have already been ruled in court (Grokster) as non-copyright-infringing and therefore cannot be (legally) removed (if at all).
It seems that Windows patches are dependent on upgrades that are not included with the downloadable SP3 upgrade.
I installed Windows 2000 SP2Free (eg, W2K pre-patched to SP2) on a VMware virtual machine, (legal copies of both), ran Windows Update on the VM.
The more 'major' updates since W2KSP2 include Internet Explorer/Outlook Express 6 and, of course, Service Pack 3. Of course I went directly to getting those first since they should do redundancy checks to make sure that nothing is missing and prepatch anything that is necessary. (Certainly SP3 should!) However, then, when I went to install more 'critical updates' after installing SP3, and I always got errors. Unilaterally. MAYBE one more update installed but none of the rest would. This doesn't happen on the computer's actual W2K install, nor does this happen to another computer in the house that has W2K installed on it (heh heh, it's still legal, it's a "1-2 processor license" *eg*), that has been kept "current" (as far as Microsoft is current) with the release of Windows 2000 patches. Also, that computer used the standalone installer for SP3, now that I think about it, and not Windows Update (it was still on a modem at the time).
We don't need peacemakers in this day and age, we need warmongers, to drive out the filth of the arab nations. Silly person. ;-)
Okay apparently I seem to have offended some geeks that don't like to admit that they can't get women. That's perfectly okay! I'm sure you have an amply large manhood to make up for what you're lacking in the women department.
*snicker*
Does this mean that they'll all go around sniffing each-other's butts?
As we have seen, unfortunately, the US has no problem breaking international law. Just look at what we did in Iraq -- went in without support of the United Nations, violated the Geneva Convention by showing and holding prisoners of war in sensory deprivation, all for the sake of finding these mysterious weapons "of mass destruction" --of which, I might add, a whole 0 have been found.
It doesn't even stop there. The United States government uses propaganda tactics to make what they're doing look legal to the US public, when, most obviously, it is not.
Maybe... maybe not... since it would probably be lonely nights with you and your hand. (After all, we are geeks here.)
As unfortunate as it is, many laws that stem from the United States DO carry over to other countries. That's just how things work with the US being such a great superpower in the world. One can only hope that other countries will have more sense than Bush and his cronies.
Interesting dynamic that these two groups are taking.
The RIAA is doing a loud, "hey, look, we're gonna erase files and crash your computer" thing, whereas the MPAA is going around quietly passing bills without any press releases or announcements. Wonder which one will be more successful... from the sounds of it, the MPAA has already had a fair amount of success, having their "super-DMCA" laws passed in 6 states and pending in five more. It certainly seems a more proactive approach than the RIAA, but I don't think either will end up working in the end, since MPAA's plans are basically monopolising (you can ONLY use THESE) and the RIAA's plans are basically hacking (you aren't allowed to have these files! DELETE DELETE DELETE)
Sirtech/Telstar released a game in 1997 by a company called Makh Shevet called "Armed & Delirious" (although, IIRC, it was named Delirium in the EU)... this sounds remarkably similar.
You know, it would be a lot easier to just link to this.