most people don't have any clue what has gone on or what microsoft has done that might be bad. most don't even know that the company that makes their OS on their computer is being sued and prosecuted.
Joe Slashdotter knows quite a few things MS has done wrong. they are on average, technically and politically literate, and mebe they know that there are alternatives, besides Apple. Thus, they are qualified to discuss and hold opinions about the MS cases. you don't need to be a lawyer to hold an opinion. you need to know something.
mebe they thought the 42 goatse posts were some form of porn...or maybe there really was some porn. hah - I remember there's some photoshops of BillG's face on some underwear model's body floating around too - wonder if you really want to see what was sent in?
You know, if a company wanted me to PROVE that I was innocent of "piracy" before I could use a product I'd paid for, I'd tell them to shove it up their ass - I'd then take it back to the store and return it as defective (which it provably is.)
Maybe you should blame the pirates - because you know, none of this is their fault...
My school is giving out windows products to all cse students. they offer the ISO's after a login, and email you a key. as far as i can tell, everyone gets the same key. so a million XP's are coming in from around this area with the same key. So mebe this keygen just pops up one of these keys that microsoft can't block, cuz there are a million people out there using it?
Question though: this is the product activaction code, right? so does ms really check that, or the product key when you go to update and stuff? I dunno.
Did a blind test with high-bit OGG's (about 160 VBR of course) v. 192 Lame MP3's v. cd, all in winamp - I seriously couldn't tell you which one was the "right" one. *shrug*, hurray for technology!
anyone who tells you that MP3's are low quality doesn't use the right tech, or has better hearing than i do.
read the courtney love salon.com article. I know i've posted it before on this thread, but here it is again. mod me down if you want but dude read this and you might change your mind. use fairtunes.com. don't worry about it any more.
a cool fact/peice of information - This is informative, maybe.
"I think this - here's why" - This is interesting, maybe.
a new way to look at it - This might be insightful
"it's a joke. laugh." - This might be funny. it might not.
"slashdot sucks" - A troll.
"YOU ARE SO WRONG BLA BLA" - flamebait.
Sure, there are others but that pretty much covers it. Follow these simple rules, moderators, and slashdot will be a better place and the users will be happier. thank you.
to avoid being totally off-topic, all that needs to be said on the issue of cd-copying was said here, as someone posted above and i'm doing it again so you all make sure to read it.
As far as breaking some technology to get at a "treasure", duh - this isn't a hard one guys. We will do it, we are humanity, we are users, we can do nearly anything. as for me, i'm gonna go do some homework and listen to ogg's. thanks, again, technology.
1. Scientist creates replicator.
2. Scientist gets shot. Repeat until:
3. Scientist thinks about it - replicates himself some cash, guns, and a tank or two, and protects himself.
For my money, the time between 2 and 3 is about 0 scientists - given un unlimited supply of _anything_, would you not hook yourself up, first?
Still, the tech is fantasy. But if it were in some way possible, i wouldn't worry about joe scientist getting popped unless he was very stupid about it.
I've had winXP crash so many times it's not funny. Yes, i've seen the BSOD - it doesn't even offer recovery. and i've seen it more than once. how long have i been running XP? a week. All signed drivers, all stable hardware. Still - crashes...i think I just abuse it too much with the programs I run. It isn't as stable as i've found 2K to be. but 3 BSODs in a week, and having to deal with it's 'pretty' colors doesn't make a happy user. me.
on the other hand, i've abused linux mandrake pretty well - and on the same box - so you can't claim hardware is all that's crashing XP. Sure - i can crash processes in linux - but it's pretty hard to take down the kernel. Just my 2c.
go to google, the plain old search. type in, shareware or freeware, and then the string you want to find. you'll find it - i always did. also fun - abandonware, rom's...
Go download mozilla 9.8 and go to Edit/Preferences/Privacy and Security. it fixes popups, allows for cookie rejection, add blocking, image blocking by site...it's what you need. And it handles lousy HTML pretty well too.
you know, if you weren't named 'cavemanf16' i'd think you were me. Konqueror is nice, i like the ability to use Moz thru all my stuff (including mdk 8.1), and check, i have those form errors too. Oh yeah - and i'm working on my fiancee, she thinks win98 will last forever...
I'm running windows for various reasons I can't do anything about - but I always go with Mozilla. There are just too many reasons to name them all - but tabbed browsing and the little things (like middle-clicking...) mean that I like it better than IE. everytime I'm forced to use IE i groan cuz i can't open stuff up with one click. And I love the look of mozilla...there's something clean and good about it. Just MHO, but I don't notice Moz crashes and love its features.
I think you are right - they run a linux-bashing peice, that is controversial enough to get put up on slashdot...and only after it is up do they realize what they have done. So as soon as their servers get some hints of slashdot, they just shut down and wait for the horde to give up. BTW, I read this article the other day, and came up with the same conclusions as the slashdot crowd seems to have. I'll see if i can't find it in my mozilla's cache at home and put up a mirror of some sort. but that will have to wait, i'm in school now.
There was a story on Fark, i think it was, that a phone-sex operator got money because she did have carpal tunnel from repeated...work...related....never mind.
More ideas for this year:
Congress eliminates the IRS
the Pats win the superbowl
slashdot switches its servers to winXP.NET
Hey, why not? Linus is hired by MS
Better yet, Gates quits MS and finances several OSS projects, becoming a kernel hacker
South Park creators apologize for their show on the 700 club
I can't come up with anything else...anybody got any more ideas?
They should try that. Take open source software (WINE + a window manager) and mutilate it into handling all of MS's API's and everything. One great big emulation of old MS stuff. Then, when the time comes for the next big Great Upgrade, release this new system. Bonus: it offers Linux compatibility!
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most people don't have any clue what has gone on or what microsoft has done that might be bad. most don't even know that the company that makes their OS on their computer is being sued and prosecuted.
Joe Slashdotter knows quite a few things MS has done wrong. they are on average, technically and politically literate, and mebe they know that there are alternatives, besides Apple. Thus, they are qualified to discuss and hold opinions about the MS cases. you don't need to be a lawyer to hold an opinion. you need to know something.
Individualism is great. 1000s of people all wanting to be like rand/roarke so they can be "individual" is retarded.
mebe they thought the 42 goatse posts were some form of porn...or maybe there really was some porn. hah - I remember there's some photoshops of BillG's face on some underwear model's body floating around too - wonder if you really want to see what was sent in?
I know, next time i'll use SARCASM to get a point accross. stupid mods. wouldn't understand it if I used the tags. *sigh*
You know, if a company wanted me to PROVE that I was innocent of "piracy" before I could use a product I'd paid for, I'd tell them to shove it up their ass - I'd then take it back to the store and return it as defective (which it provably is.)
Maybe you should blame the pirates - because you know, none of this is their fault...
My school is giving out windows products to all cse students. they offer the ISO's after a login, and email you a key. as far as i can tell, everyone gets the same key. so a million XP's are coming in from around this area with the same key. So mebe this keygen just pops up one of these keys that microsoft can't block, cuz there are a million people out there using it?
Question though: this is the product activaction code, right? so does ms really check that, or the product key when you go to update and stuff? I dunno.
congradulations, and God bless you.
Did a blind test with high-bit OGG's (about 160 VBR of course) v. 192 Lame MP3's v. cd, all in winamp - I seriously couldn't tell you which one was the "right" one. *shrug*, hurray for technology!
anyone who tells you that MP3's are low quality doesn't use the right tech, or has better hearing than i do.
read the courtney love salon.com article. I know i've posted it before on this thread, but here it is again. mod me down if you want but dude read this and you might change your mind. use fairtunes.com. don't worry about it any more.
Just had to tell you - got my good laugh for the day. Thanks. I was beginning to get annoyed with slashdot.
you gotta love the mods...
a cool fact/peice of information - This is informative, maybe.
"I think this - here's why" - This is interesting, maybe.
a new way to look at it - This might be insightful
"it's a joke. laugh." - This might be funny. it might not.
"slashdot sucks" - A troll.
"YOU ARE SO WRONG BLA BLA" - flamebait.
Sure, there are others but that pretty much covers it. Follow these simple rules, moderators, and slashdot will be a better place and the users will be happier. thank you.
to avoid being totally off-topic, all that needs to be said on the issue of cd-copying was said here, as someone posted above and i'm doing it again so you all make sure to read it.
As far as breaking some technology to get at a "treasure", duh - this isn't a hard one guys. We will do it, we are humanity, we are users, we can do nearly anything. as for me, i'm gonna go do some homework and listen to ogg's. thanks, again, technology.
1. some geek finds a way to burn the protected cd
2. geek shares cd on morpheus
3. 3 weeks pass. it's shared everywhere
what's the problem?
1. Scientist creates replicator.
2. Scientist gets shot.
Repeat until:
3. Scientist thinks about it - replicates himself some cash, guns, and a tank or two, and protects himself.
For my money, the time between 2 and 3 is about 0 scientists - given un unlimited supply of _anything_, would you not hook yourself up, first?
Still, the tech is fantasy. But if it were in some way possible, i wouldn't worry about joe scientist getting popped unless he was very stupid about it.
for the record -
I've had winXP crash so many times it's not funny. Yes, i've seen the BSOD - it doesn't even offer recovery. and i've seen it more than once. how long have i been running XP? a week. All signed drivers, all stable hardware. Still - crashes...i think I just abuse it too much with the programs I run. It isn't as stable as i've found 2K to be. but 3 BSODs in a week, and having to deal with it's 'pretty' colors doesn't make a happy user. me.
on the other hand, i've abused linux mandrake pretty well - and on the same box - so you can't claim hardware is all that's crashing XP. Sure - i can crash processes in linux - but it's pretty hard to take down the kernel. Just my 2c.
go to google, the plain old search. type in, shareware or freeware, and then the string you want to find. you'll find it - i always did. also fun - abandonware, rom's...
Go download mozilla 9.8 and go to Edit/Preferences/Privacy and Security. it fixes popups, allows for cookie rejection, add blocking, image blocking by site...it's what you need. And it handles lousy HTML pretty well too.
I'd really like some hard information on that - got a link - (not to the MS press release, please)?
you know, if you weren't named 'cavemanf16' i'd think you were me. Konqueror is nice, i like the ability to use Moz thru all my stuff (including mdk 8.1), and check, i have those form errors too. Oh yeah - and i'm working on my fiancee, she thinks win98 will last forever...
Hey Mr. Troll - wassup?
I'm running windows for various reasons I can't do anything about - but I always go with Mozilla. There are just too many reasons to name them all - but tabbed browsing and the little things (like middle-clicking...) mean that I like it better than IE. everytime I'm forced to use IE i groan cuz i can't open stuff up with one click. And I love the look of mozilla...there's something clean and good about it. Just MHO, but I don't notice Moz crashes and love its features.
I think you are right - they run a linux-bashing peice, that is controversial enough to get put up on slashdot...and only after it is up do they realize what they have done. So as soon as their servers get some hints of slashdot, they just shut down and wait for the horde to give up. BTW, I read this article the other day, and came up with the same conclusions as the slashdot crowd seems to have. I'll see if i can't find it in my mozilla's cache at home and put up a mirror of some sort. but that will have to wait, i'm in school now.
I've got Morpheus running on a machine with a web server - how do I make this work?
Yeah - and how exactly are you gonna communicate to anyone without knowing their IP? What does encryption have to do with it?
There was a story on Fark, i think it was, that a phone-sex operator got money because she did have carpal tunnel from repeated...work...related....never mind.
More ideas for this year: .NET
Congress eliminates the IRS
the Pats win the superbowl
slashdot switches its servers to winXP
Hey, why not? Linus is hired by MS
Better yet, Gates quits MS and finances several OSS projects, becoming a kernel hacker
South Park creators apologize for their show on the 700 club
I can't come up with anything else...anybody got any more ideas?
They should try that. Take open source software (WINE + a window manager) and mutilate it into handling all of MS's API's and everything. One great big emulation of old MS stuff. Then, when the time comes for the next big Great Upgrade, release this new system. Bonus: it offers Linux compatibility!