According to the article you need to configure your server to return trialAccountDaysLeft = -1
How long before Apple changes that variable name, or obfuscates it somehow?
How do you stop an open source project where several thousand people each have the complete code and can not only continue to distribute it, but can further its development?
Kill anyoneone who develops or posts that code? It's unreasonable but I bet it would work.
Now I can rest easy, knowing that they're are no more worries about those companies destroying each other.
None of my mySQL installations are in danger. I'm off to celebrate!
I run a small (one employee) business. All critical business functions are performed by commercial software. Sure, I'd like to use an Open Source server product and release my software to work with it, but I'm not comfortable doing that. There's too many possible configurations out there to try to support, and telling the end user that they have to do it my way never seems to work in the Linux world. These are people who pride themselves in being different - they want to tinker. I can provide a Windows installer and let that make all the decisions.
Besides, my industry (transportation and logistics for small companies) is ruled by Windows. That's the reality I have to target.
When I read about 'em I thought it was a great idea - trap the shows you want to watch, batch them, sit down and watch the whole lot of them when I felt like it.
Then reality set it. I despise television. I don't even own one. So having a TiVo would do me no good.
If you bought an old Mustang and found out it was a four cylinder POS and not an eight cylinder monster would you feel cheated? Or would you feel stupid for not having researched a major purchase?
Just because you have the cash on hand doesn't mean you have to buy something this second - check it out first. The internet is a fantastic way to learn the true specs of a product, especially computers. Use it.
Funny you should ask considering the sucking up I did in the parent...it's as much of a post that I saw a few (weeks? months?) back that I could squeeze into 120 characters. It's about open source. The full (paraphrased) post was something like Anyone can piss in a public swimming pool. The ability to taste it and say "Yuck!" does not alter the fact that you're swimming in piss.
The point I took was that having the source to a crap program means little.
"Isn't it strange that this gets posted as I'm futzing with my fonts?"
Not really. I think it makes sense - Linux users are often in the midst of fiddling about with some part of their system.
Not trying to be inflammatory, now, 'cause I know all about the embedded stuff, the server stuff, etc. It's just that this particular OS attracts tinkerers.
Been doing fine. The recommendations is a bust. I started out with a list of 50, but it turned over so slowly that I cut it to 25...it still takes about a week for an entry to go from first to last. I haven't taken a hard look at how often it is used, but I think it's like pretty much everything I've set up - people don't use it. The basic functionality is all that seems to get used. Maybe there's a lesson I should extract from that. Quit adding features and concentrate on improving the things they care about. Such is life.
I run a diary site that has around 2500 users. I recently realized that I was sick of the excessive profanity spilling onto the front page. I wrote and installed a quick find-n-replace filter. No big deal, right? Wrong. The place exploded with free speechers (one charmingly compared me with Joseph Stalin) raking me over the coals for abridging their freedoms. Never mind that I ask for no personal information and allow anyone to post anything. The fact that some words don't show up on the front page was seen as the gravest of evils. I softened my stance a bit and made it a user-controlled option. Then I let everyone know how to set it up. The free speechers still complained - someone using the filter would be seeing an adulterated version of their glorious post! It's mostly died down, but it was amazing to see the lack of gratitude and the sense of entitlement. I don't mind if people have a different worldview. I just hate being called a censoring dictator when I see myself as a generous provider.
Excellent post. I went to your site and checked out your updates - good luck on getting the school of your choice. I run a smallish site (2500 or so registered users) called inthewire.com that I'm in the midst of rethinking. The CSS and XHTML stuff at glish.com looks like it'll be a big help. Thanks a lot.
Data processing / computer services corporation started by H Ross Perot in the 1960s. Perot was an IBM salesman who chafed at the culture. One story has him meeting his yearly sales quota within the first weeks of the year, then having zero incentive to work the rest of the year. EDS was tied to General Motors rather heavily in the past, but is splitting away. They once owned the largest private communications network in the world.
"the primary contractor (EDS) has never delt with the military"
Bullshit. Bulllshit bullshit bullshit. You uninformed fucking idiot.
Now that I've managed to get that out of my system...my father worked at the USMC's Tactical Warfare Simulation center in North Carolina for six years (1978 to 1984) as an EDS employee. He helped with requirements and negotiations for many billion-dollar military contracts, including SPAR. EDS and the US military have a long history.
Yeah, well, I've worked with EDS techs who had assignments to GM plants - the lightswitch guy had to turn on (and off) all the lights, etc. They had a pallet sit on the dock from late one afternoon to early the next morning waiting on the right person to sign for it. No making a note and getting the damn thing. If you're in an auto union I recommend you go kill yourself tonight - better yet, requestion an approved union pillow-smotherer to end your parasitic life at the first available opportunity.
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May I be the first to say "What the fuck?"
Thank you.
According to the article you need to configure your server to return trialAccountDaysLeft = -1 How long before Apple changes that variable name, or obfuscates it somehow?
I hope you realize that "Robert X Cringely" is a pseudonym used by multiple authors.
How do you stop an open source project where several thousand people each have the complete code and can not only continue to distribute it, but can further its development?
Kill anyoneone who develops or posts that code? It's unreasonable but I bet it would work.
once the Hurd is finished...
...there will be men on Mars growing vegetables.
Now I can rest easy, knowing that they're are no more worries about those companies destroying each other. None of my mySQL installations are in danger. I'm off to celebrate!
I run a small (one employee) business. All critical business functions are performed by commercial software. Sure, I'd like to use an Open Source server product and release my software to work with it, but I'm not comfortable doing that. There's too many possible configurations out there to try to support, and telling the end user that they have to do it my way never seems to work in the Linux world. These are people who pride themselves in being different - they want to tinker. I can provide a Windows installer and let that make all the decisions. Besides, my industry (transportation and logistics for small companies) is ruled by Windows. That's the reality I have to target.
When I read about 'em I thought it was a great idea - trap the shows you want to watch, batch them, sit down and watch the whole lot of them when I felt like it. Then reality set it. I despise television. I don't even own one. So having a TiVo would do me no good.
If you bought an old Mustang and found out it was a four cylinder POS and not an eight cylinder monster would you feel cheated? Or would you feel stupid for not having researched a major purchase? Just because you have the cash on hand doesn't mean you have to buy something this second - check it out first. The internet is a fantastic way to learn the true specs of a product, especially computers. Use it.
There's nothing stopping anyone from writing their own codec and having QuickTime support it.
That's a relief! I thought the fact that I know dick about programming would have stopped me. Good to know that isn't gonna be a problem.
Funny you should ask considering the sucking up I did in the parent...it's as much of a post that I saw a few (weeks? months?) back that I could squeeze into 120 characters. It's about open source. The full (paraphrased) post was something like Anyone can piss in a public swimming pool. The ability to taste it and say "Yuck!" does not alter the fact that you're swimming in piss.
The point I took was that having the source to a crap program means little.
"Isn't it strange that this gets posted as I'm futzing with my fonts?"
Not really. I think it makes sense - Linux users are often in the midst of fiddling about with some part of their system.
Not trying to be inflammatory, now, 'cause I know all about the embedded stuff, the server stuff, etc. It's just that this particular OS attracts tinkerers.
Been doing fine.
The recommendations is a bust. I started out with a list of 50, but it turned over so slowly that I cut it to 25...it still takes about a week for an entry to go from first to last. I haven't taken a hard look at how often it is used, but I think it's like pretty much everything I've set up - people don't use it. The basic functionality is all that seems to get used. Maybe there's a lesson I should extract from that. Quit adding features and concentrate on improving the things they care about.
Such is life.
Glad I stumbled across you over here.
Take care.
Full disclosure, Alex...how've you been?
I'm sorry to see it happen but I'm not surprised. Everyone's a target these days.
I run a diary site that has around 2500 users. I recently realized that I was sick of the excessive profanity spilling onto the front page. I wrote and installed a quick find-n-replace filter. No big deal, right? Wrong. The place exploded with free speechers (one charmingly compared me with Joseph Stalin) raking me over the coals for abridging their freedoms. Never mind that I ask for no personal information and allow anyone to post anything. The fact that some words don't show up on the front page was seen as the gravest of evils.
I softened my stance a bit and made it a user-controlled option. Then I let everyone know how to set it up. The free speechers still complained - someone using the filter would be seeing an adulterated version of their glorious post!
It's mostly died down, but it was amazing to see the lack of gratitude and the sense of entitlement.
I don't mind if people have a different worldview. I just hate being called a censoring dictator when I see myself as a generous provider.
Excellent post.
I went to your site and checked out your updates - good luck on getting the school of your choice.
I run a smallish site (2500 or so registered users) called inthewire.com that I'm in the midst of rethinking.
The CSS and XHTML stuff at glish.com looks like it'll be a big help.
Thanks a lot.
I can make you think you've died and gone to heaven.
For forty I'll just kill you and let your soul take its own course.
They finally gave me some O2
Sure, 'cause oxygen is a great way to get numb.
I have red hair, the oft-mentioned high tolerance for alcohol
Are you by chance Irish? That may explain it.
This is the first post. Or is it?
"And who the hell are Electronic Data Systems?"
Data processing / computer services corporation started by H Ross Perot in the 1960s. Perot was an IBM salesman who chafed at the culture. One story has him meeting his yearly sales quota within the first weeks of the year, then having zero incentive to work the rest of the year. EDS was tied to General Motors rather heavily in the past, but is splitting away. They once owned the largest private communications network in the world.
"the primary contractor (EDS) has never delt with the military"
Bullshit. Bulllshit bullshit bullshit.
You uninformed fucking idiot.
Now that I've managed to get that out of my system...my father worked at the USMC's Tactical Warfare Simulation center in North Carolina for six years (1978 to 1984) as an EDS employee.
He helped with requirements and negotiations for many billion-dollar military contracts, including SPAR. EDS and the US military have a long history.
Yeah, well, I've worked with EDS techs who had assignments to GM plants - the lightswitch guy had to turn on (and off) all the lights, etc. They had a pallet sit on the dock from late one afternoon to early the next morning waiting on the right person to sign for it. No making a note and getting the damn thing. If you're in an auto union I recommend you go kill yourself tonight - better yet, requestion an approved union pillow-smotherer to end your parasitic life at the first available opportunity.
Smells like fresh dick in here.