In the US, you may have free local calls to your ISP. In the UK, unless you're on AOL, don't expect to do that and be able to connect even 1 out of 5 times that you dial up.
I live in the UK and have to disagree with you on this point my ISP (Freeserve) provides unmetered access for a fixed monthly fee of £12.99 a month, which considering how much it would cost if I payed for the amount of time I spent online is very cheap. I use the service every day and have been doing so for some time and have NEVER not been able to dial up. Plus my ISP does not force me to use some unstable, insecure and overpiced OS that I don't want but leaves me to select my OS of choice (at the moment Debian GNU/Linux). So perhaps you should consider switching:)
Who would run a virus that is distributed as a binary only? Everyone knows no self respecting linux user uses software unless the source is available! Until they release this virus under the GPL I for one will be staying well clear of it.
This seems to be quite a cool feature. Although if this technology starts being used in every palm once the novelty wears off I can see it becomming annoying. I already find it bad enough with people shouting down there mobiles on public transport but to have there palm giving out battery warnings as well will ensure that a peaceful journey in a bus/train is a thing of the past.
I know if his system gets infected by a virus this will result in a patch and the system becoming more secure. But I hope for the sake of the reputation of an OS that prides itself in being more secure than propriety alternatives and for the sake of this guys wallet that nobody ever wins the money. It would be sad to see this stunt to prove the security of a well maintained linux box backfire.
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Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim.
Obviously this is a good thing as many colleges are under funded in the UK (my dad works at a college where they are facing redundancies like several others here in Scotland) but there must be control as education should not be too dependant on companies. For example microsoft sponsored computer science departments serving up propaganda from the evil empire.
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Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim.
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OK so it can compile the kernal in 23 seconds but the real question is how long does it take to launch an app in kde?
In the US, you may have free local calls to your ISP. In the UK, unless you're on AOL, don't expect to do that and be able to connect even 1 out of 5 times that you dial up.
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I live in the UK and have to disagree with you on this point my ISP (Freeserve) provides unmetered access for a fixed monthly fee of £12.99 a month, which considering how much it would cost if I payed for the amount of time I spent online is very cheap. I use the service every day and have been doing so for some time and have NEVER not been able to dial up. Plus my ISP does not force me to use some unstable, insecure and overpiced OS that I don't want but leaves me to select my OS of choice (at the moment Debian GNU/Linux). So perhaps you should consider switching
Who would run a virus that is distributed as a binary only? Everyone knows no self respecting linux user uses software unless the source is available! Until they release this virus under the GPL I for one will be staying well clear of it.
This seems to be quite a cool feature. Although if this technology starts being used in every palm once the novelty wears off I can see it becomming annoying. I already find it bad enough with people shouting down there mobiles on public transport but to have there palm giving out battery warnings as well will ensure that a peaceful journey in a bus/train is a thing of the past.
I know if his system gets infected by a virus this will result in a patch and the system becoming more secure. But I hope for the sake of the reputation of an OS that prides itself in being more secure than propriety alternatives and for the sake of this guys wallet that nobody ever wins the money. It would be sad to see this stunt to prove the security of a well maintained linux box backfire. ---- Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim.
Obviously this is a good thing as many colleges are under funded in the UK (my dad works at a college where they are facing redundancies like several others here in Scotland) but there must be control as education should not be too dependant on companies. For example microsoft sponsored computer science departments serving up propaganda from the evil empire.
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Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim.