Okay, now what happens when they decide to enter some draconian language into the EULA that you supposedly agree to by installing these patches....are you now just agreeing to whatever they want by simply using Windows? You now have no choice in this case?
Heh, I'm already saving pennies for NEXT YEAR
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I just got a 17" iMac last october, and I'm saving money up for a year from this september/october.
I want a dual 3Ghz G5 and HD Studio display. You see, I don't believe those penis enlargment ads that show up in my e-mail. I know for a fact my fallus is directly linked to the power of my computer.
This is a great idea in concept, but the potential for abuse is incredibly high (if it's implement on a system that actually matters, like google).
Imagine for a moment, a geek for hire, such as myself, writing a PERL script and deploying it on several servers nationwide. It uses LWP::UserAgent and spoofs a few different versions on IE on Windows. It then run searches for hot keywords that my client wants to rank high on. Then it 'mods down' anything it isn't my client's product, and 'mods up' what is, or links to, my clients products.
Set the script to run several times a day at each location. Write some spyware that does so in the background of a shareware-app-for-hire (Kazaa?).
You see where I'm going with this? Protections would have to be in place.
You didn't know? It's the little sex jet that cou
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Agreed. The stupidity seems to be endless. Granted, I run a relatively small network provisioning firm, but I'm very tempted to root out all Cisco equipment and replace it with alternatives that utilize open standards.
EIGRP may be an excellent protocol, likely better than OSPF, but for my money, OSPF is my choice because it doesn't lock me down to a vendor.
The good news is that there is an excellent replacement: Microtik.
The bad news is that they are violating the gpl.:( I even submitted a/. article that is still pending after 2 days trying to deal with this. I need to recompile the kernel on one of the units I bought from them, but they won't release the kernel sources to me. *sigh*
I keep seeing the acronym. I haven't seen who coined it either, or it used straightaway without the acronym. The closest I come is 'fscked up drivel'...
That Microsoft telling the truth about security would pretty much boil down to: "Please, don't buy our product."
Okay, enough M$ bashing. So what DOES Microsoft do right?
Well, okay, they have developed a pretty reasonable method for getting patches and security fixes out the door. They do so for free (as in prostitutes) and though they could have completely shut out Apple's MS Office line, they continue to develop it.
Apple and Red Hat both have competing systems to the Windows Update schema, and I have to say I like Apple's better. I haven't had much interaction with Red Hat's. Anyone?
Open Office I'm really really really really hoping goes Quartz native soon, but according to this posting it's not likely do to API updates. *sigh*
"You can't ever take it and use it in a job creating activity."
But Bill!!!!!
If not for FreeBSD (could be Linux if I wanted it to be) I'd be unemployed right now! I won't put Windows in my data center unless my boss twists my arm (which he has done once because a customer DEMANDED IIS).
BTW, FreeBSD and MacOS X rock. I use Linux from time to time, but something about BSD just sits more correctly with me for some reason...feh, bring on the holy war.;P
So you can keep your phone number when you switch. Just a thought.
Since last christmas (left that part out)...
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I got modded up anyway, but I meant to say if you bought a new phone/agreement this last christmas season while they were giving unlimited vision for free, and then removed it.
Hate to see a bunch of people remove it and find out they are getting metered because they didn't fall in that group. I'm saying if you've removed it since christmas, not to go do it now.:P
Very true. I've used SprintPCS since 1998, and I would have sworn by them all the way up until last year. Then it seems like they started oversubscribing their network.
Well, I've moved a few times, and it seems that in some areas this network over-subscription began in 2000, combined with the fact that their newer phones didn't always get the best signal. I had an old Qualcomm 1100 and never had any issues, then I got an LG flip phone, and the signal was miserable, and a 2G phone too. Now my sanyo 4900 will get full signal right next to that LG phone that gets none....wierdness.
Some R+D and catchup work on their network would do them a world of good. I realize over-subscription is the profit ticket to a network provider, but it has to be done INTELLIGENTLY.
If you purchased an account (or bought a new phone/got a new advantage agreement as an old customer) and had unlimited vision, and you removed unlimited vision since then, guess what?
You still have it. They've 'grandfathered' your account into having unlimimted vision anyway. Set that next to the fact that since the christmas season, the novelty of the vision network has worn off, and I'm now getting comparable to ISDN speeds off my phone using a USB cable hooked to my powerbook.
Wouldn't it be more fun to ln -s ~/.bash_history/dev/random instead?
Would make for interesting google logs.;)
Don't have to worry about that particular problem. Both FreeBSD and MacOS X use tcsh by default anyway, and all of my users are Unix stupid, so they never log into shell.
Here's the deal. In a perfect equilibrium you use price discrimination to sell to the market at a price you will actually purchase. Sure, Mr. I'm Filthy Rich might be willing to buy that plasma TV for $4000, but I'll balk at that price. I might be willing to spent only $2000. If the manufacturer could afford to sell at that price, and knew that this was all I could afford, they would sell to me at that price to get the sale. The only way this works though is if the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
Somewhat the way e-bay works, but not exactly. The point is that if price discrimination worked perfectly, a manufacturer could tailor a sale to the customer that's targetted, and sell at a price that would get them the sale, irregardless.
Perfect world scenario anyway. Someone will get screwed under that story though.:P
Use layer 2 addressing to the terminating device. In our case this is a radio that we supply. In the case of cable/dsl, it's a router that often they provide, but you can use your own.
I've yet to see the RIAA or anyone else hunt people down by mac address.:P
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I think I hear a straw gurgling someplace...
"Mr. Anderson, you're the one!
You make bullet time oh so fun!
Mr. Neo I'm ever so fond of you..."
*ducks*
Okay, now what happens when they decide to enter some draconian language into the EULA that you supposedly agree to by installing these patches....are you now just agreeing to whatever they want by simply using Windows? You now have no choice in this case?
I just got a 17" iMac last october, and I'm saving money up for a year from this september/october.
I want a dual 3Ghz G5 and HD Studio display. You see, I don't believe those penis enlargment ads that show up in my e-mail. I know for a fact my fallus is directly linked to the power of my computer.
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They're called 'geeks'. :P
j/k. I used creatine for a while, and I never experience any unusual b/o. Of course I bathe daily and use deodorant, excercise, play hockey...
Perhaps it only happens if you're sedentary?
I'm getting to really love these things. If it's got ssh, scp, ethereal, port scanner, and a few other goodies, this thing's gonna rock.
But that would insinuate we care enough to leave our homes and go to the polls! Wait, online voting systems are coming down the pipe!
Err...wait, online polling systems aren't secure. I know! We can hack the polling systems to accomplish our goals!
Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
I think so Brain, but how you going to get Larry Flynt to strip for you at 2 a.m. on such short notice?
This is a great idea in concept, but the potential for abuse is incredibly high (if it's implement on a system that actually matters, like google).
Imagine for a moment, a geek for hire, such as myself, writing a PERL script and deploying it on several servers nationwide. It uses LWP::UserAgent and spoofs a few different versions on IE on Windows. It then run searches for hot keywords that my client wants to rank high on. Then it 'mods down' anything it isn't my client's product, and 'mods up' what is, or links to, my clients products.
Set the script to run several times a day at each location. Write some spyware that does so in the background of a shareware-app-for-hire (Kazaa?).
You see where I'm going with this? Protections would have to be in place.
that could. That is. Yeah. :P
It's the model jet flown across the ocean.
Agreed. The stupidity seems to be endless. Granted, I run a relatively small network provisioning firm, but I'm very tempted to root out all Cisco equipment and replace it with alternatives that utilize open standards.
EIGRP may be an excellent protocol, likely better than OSPF, but for my money, OSPF is my choice because it doesn't lock me down to a vendor.
The bad news is that they are violating the gpl. :( I even submitted a /. article that is still pending after 2 days trying to deal with this. I need to recompile the kernel on one of the units I bought from them, but they won't release the kernel sources to me. *sigh*
Quite simply, too much work diminishes tech relationships. How many techs do you see dating? My point. :P
*For the peanut gallery, I'm getting married next months...*
Feeew......Shun.....Ha!
Does it come complete with a silly dance?
(Stupid DBZ reference, back to your normal programming.)
I keep seeing the acronym. I haven't seen who coined it either, or it used straightaway without the acronym. The closest I come is 'fscked up drivel' ...
That Microsoft telling the truth about security would pretty much boil down to: "Please, don't buy our product."
Okay, enough M$ bashing. So what DOES Microsoft do right?
Well, okay, they have developed a pretty reasonable method for getting patches and security fixes out the door. They do so for free (as in prostitutes) and though they could have completely shut out Apple's MS Office line, they continue to develop it.
Apple and Red Hat both have competing systems to the Windows Update schema, and I have to say I like Apple's better. I haven't had much interaction with Red Hat's. Anyone?
Open Office I'm really really really really hoping goes Quartz native soon, but according to this posting it's not likely do to API updates. *sigh*
"You can't ever take it and use it in a job creating activity."
;P
But Bill!!!!!
If not for FreeBSD (could be Linux if I wanted it to be) I'd be unemployed right now! I won't put Windows in my data center unless my boss twists my arm (which he has done once because a customer DEMANDED IIS).
BTW, FreeBSD and MacOS X rock. I use Linux from time to time, but something about BSD just sits more correctly with me for some reason...feh, bring on the holy war.
Did anyone else notice that the pictures are in an HTML iPhoto Gallery?
Mac users!
So you can keep your phone number when you switch. Just a thought.
I got modded up anyway, but I meant to say if you bought a new phone/agreement this last christmas season while they were giving unlimited vision for free, and then removed it.
:P
Hate to see a bunch of people remove it and find out they are getting metered because they didn't fall in that group. I'm saying if you've removed it since christmas, not to go do it now.
Very true. I've used SprintPCS since 1998, and I would have sworn by them all the way up until last year. Then it seems like they started oversubscribing their network.
Well, I've moved a few times, and it seems that in some areas this network over-subscription began in 2000, combined with the fact that their newer phones didn't always get the best signal. I had an old Qualcomm 1100 and never had any issues, then I got an LG flip phone, and the signal was miserable, and a 2G phone too. Now my sanyo 4900 will get full signal right next to that LG phone that gets none....wierdness.
Some R+D and catchup work on their network would do them a world of good. I realize over-subscription is the profit ticket to a network provider, but it has to be done INTELLIGENTLY.
Funny mods that. :P Funny -1? How does *that* happen?
If you purchased an account (or bought a new phone/got a new advantage agreement as an old customer) and had unlimited vision, and you removed unlimited vision since then, guess what?
You still have it. They've 'grandfathered' your account into having unlimimted vision anyway. Set that next to the fact that since the christmas season, the novelty of the vision network has worn off, and I'm now getting comparable to ISDN speeds off my phone using a USB cable hooked to my powerbook.
Ja ne!
Wouldn't it be more fun to ln -s ~/.bash_history /dev/random instead?
;)
Would make for interesting google logs.
Don't have to worry about that particular problem. Both FreeBSD and MacOS X use tcsh by default anyway, and all of my users are Unix stupid, so they never log into shell.
Here's the deal. In a perfect equilibrium you use price discrimination to sell to the market at a price you will actually purchase. Sure, Mr. I'm Filthy Rich might be willing to buy that plasma TV for $4000, but I'll balk at that price. I might be willing to spent only $2000. If the manufacturer could afford to sell at that price, and knew that this was all I could afford, they would sell to me at that price to get the sale. The only way this works though is if the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
:P
Somewhat the way e-bay works, but not exactly. The point is that if price discrimination worked perfectly, a manufacturer could tailor a sale to the customer that's targetted, and sell at a price that would get them the sale, irregardless.
Perfect world scenario anyway. Someone will get screwed under that story though.
Use layer 2 addressing to the terminating device. In our case this is a radio that we supply. In the case of cable/dsl, it's a router that often they provide, but you can use your own.
:P
I've yet to see the RIAA or anyone else hunt people down by mac address.
Find your own sig. :P