Except if a hacker gets in and reads the NETBIOS names of your servers, so they know exactly which ones to spend their time hacking....which is exactly why cutesy names make sense. Because no one should be able to run a simple scan of your network and be given a map of your servers.
He's got immunity. Historically, Congress has several actions at their disposal to formally censor, impeach, override, or otherwise reprimand a president. However, what should scare us is that this congress full of pansies won't, and this country of fat lazy bastards will lose interest and go back to TMZ's 24-hour Britney rehab-watch coverage.
All this whining really shows how little most Slashdotters understand the web. If Microsoft broke all backwards compatibility with the pages designed for IE, it would be suicide. META is NOT a non-standard tag.
Let's review: you sell a product. You promote it heavily on your website. And yet, for the people who do NOT already use your product, you will hide your entire site. In short, it won't be simple to us eon Linux, it will be hit or miss with Mac, and it doesn't even work properly in all Windows browsers. So all of the potential Microsoft customers will be turned away at the door?
Firehouse may work, but Discussion2 almost always freezes up Opera for me. I had to go back to the old system just to get a story page to load without bringing my processor to 100%
In the time it took you to ask your question you could of found the answer.
Could HAVE. Could HAVE.
Normally, I would never post something like this, but if you're going to reply with a snarky, condescending remark, you'd better take the time to check your spelling and grammar.
I remove anything with my name and address on it and stick it back into the mail box. Obviously it's never going to find its way back to the sender, but it finds its way back to the postal service and wastes a little of their time. It's a small step, but it's something.
Awesome! It's something alright. You've not only not affected the guilty party at all, but you've tied up resources at the USPS who are spending MY tax dollars and delivering my real and important mail, for no apparent reason whatsoever other than to indulge yourself in a selfish, meaningless revenge tactic that is admittedly ineffective... does that about sum it up? What, pray tell, is the logic behind this????
The original quote was "Most people will never..."
These terms are definitive.
If most people will truly never use it, then yes, it is BAD interface design. If the majority will simply find it obtrusive and will honestly "never" use it, your best bet it to hide it somewhere and let power users toggle it on, like they did with "Administrative Tools" in 2000 and XP.
Most people will never click that arrow to make that menu appear.That's the worst kind of interface design. If most people will never click it, why display it so prominently? Some options, like "Administrative Tools" had to be intentionally toggled to even be displayed. If your starting assumption is that people won't use it, why show it at all?
I actually don't think this does save any money. I'm pretty sure at our buisness if a customer pays for something with a credit card, we have to pay the credit card company 3% of the purchase price. Well 3 percent of a dollar three times, is the same as 3% of 3 dollars, so it really doesn't matter if it is a bunch of single 99cents purchases are one big purchase.Then you don't do big transactions. We do thousands of transactions a day, and we pay about a dime per transaction, and we only pay that after we go over a certain number of alloted monthly transactions. If you knew you were going to charge a million times a month, they would cut you a very big deal.
This is sad. This comment is not a troll, not a flamebait, just an observation.
Microsoft has taken some serious steps to clean itself up over the last year or so. As a Linux/Apache/PHP/Python/Perl/MySQL/Postgres evangelist, I always root for open source, but I respect Microsoft's omnipresence in the tech world.
That said, it's really sad to see that 98% of the comments here are based on distrust, hatred, and bad jokes. This is a huge move: Microsoft, for once, finally understanding that open source has a place and that NOT working with them spells trouble for them.
So, please people, retire the lame wisecracks. This is one of many times you'll see Microsoft bent by the immense power and will of open source!
It's defintely StarOffice 8.0 I emailed the little "DaddyPants" thing to tell them there's an error, but they didn't fix it. Obviously, StarOffice 2.0 didn't even support ODF because... uh... there was no such thing.
I get it - they aren't fully converted. But then - they do DEVELOP software that runs on Windows. And their tools will only succeed if they can integrate into a Windows environment.
The accomplishment is that they are all dual boot and they use OpenOffice.org. Period.
And another point, you do NOT have to hand over control of your domain to Microsoft, unless you are a total numskull. You just add a regular old MX record as well as a TXT record for their SPF spam protection. You don't give them control of your domain, and you can still add as many still A records and CNAMEs as you want.
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And NWAdmin - 10 years later - is still more robust than Active Directory in its default format.
My Christmas order took about 40 days. That sucked. You should really make it clearer on the website that the order will ship from Europe.
Except if a hacker gets in and reads the NETBIOS names of your servers, so they know exactly which ones to spend their time hacking. ...which is exactly why cutesy names make sense. Because no one should be able to run a simple scan of your network and be given a map of your servers.
I think you mean baseband. O, what ever happened to networking essentials?
Narrowband is the opposite of wideband, meaning a signal that spans many frequencies.
The opposite of broadband, in this case, is baseband.
All this whining really shows how little most Slashdotters understand the web. If Microsoft broke all backwards compatibility with the pages designed for IE, it would be suicide. META is NOT a non-standard tag.
Camino nightlies: 58/100
Let's review: you sell a product. You promote it heavily on your website. And yet, for the people who do NOT already use your product, you will hide your entire site. In short, it won't be simple to us eon Linux, it will be hit or miss with Mac, and it doesn't even work properly in all Windows browsers. So all of the potential Microsoft customers will be turned away at the door?
I call BS.
I've upgraded several machines from Tiger, and not a single one has a single issue. So yeah... this is not quite reason to issue a distress signal.
Firehouse may work, but Discussion2 almost always freezes up Opera for me. I had to go back to the old system just to get a story page to load without bringing my processor to 100%
Opera 9.2/Windows XP SP2
In the time it took you to ask your question you could of found the answer.
Could HAVE. Could HAVE.
Normally, I would never post something like this, but if you're going to reply with a snarky, condescending remark, you'd better take the time to check your spelling and grammar.
I remove anything with my name and address on it and stick it back into the mail box. Obviously it's never going to find its way back to the sender, but it finds its way back to the postal service and wastes a little of their time. It's a small step, but it's something.
Awesome! It's something alright. You've not only not affected the guilty party at all, but you've tied up resources at the USPS who are spending MY tax dollars and delivering my real and important mail, for no apparent reason whatsoever other than to indulge yourself in a selfish, meaningless revenge tactic that is admittedly ineffective... does that about sum it up? What, pray tell, is the logic behind this????
Eh... no.
The original quote was "Most people will never..."
These terms are definitive.
If most people will truly never use it, then yes, it is BAD interface design. If the majority will simply find it obtrusive and will honestly "never" use it, your best bet it to hide it somewhere and let power users toggle it on, like they did with "Administrative Tools" in 2000 and XP.
Most people will never click that arrow to make that menu appear.That's the worst kind of interface design. If most people will never click it, why display it so prominently? Some options, like "Administrative Tools" had to be intentionally toggled to even be displayed. If your starting assumption is that people won't use it, why show it at all?
I actually don't think this does save any money. I'm pretty sure at our buisness if a customer pays for something with a credit card, we have to pay the credit card company 3% of the purchase price. Well 3 percent of a dollar three times, is the same as 3% of 3 dollars, so it really doesn't matter if it is a bunch of single 99cents purchases are one big purchase.Then you don't do big transactions. We do thousands of transactions a day, and we pay about a dime per transaction, and we only pay that after we go over a certain number of alloted monthly transactions. If you knew you were going to charge a million times a month, they would cut you a very big deal.
Nice. Absolutely hilarious.
This is sad. This comment is not a troll, not a flamebait, just an observation.
Microsoft has taken some serious steps to clean itself up over the last year or so. As a Linux/Apache/PHP/Python/Perl/MySQL/Postgres evangelist, I always root for open source, but I respect Microsoft's omnipresence in the tech world.
That said, it's really sad to see that 98% of the comments here are based on distrust, hatred, and bad jokes. This is a huge move: Microsoft, for once, finally understanding that open source has a place and that NOT working with them spells trouble for them.
So, please people, retire the lame wisecracks. This is one of many times you'll see Microsoft bent by the immense power and will of open source!
All code is ALWAYS non-final, or there would be no such thing as a release candidate, patch, service pack, or bug.
It's defintely StarOffice 8.0 I emailed the little "DaddyPants" thing to tell them there's an error, but they didn't fix it. Obviously, StarOffice 2.0 didn't even support ODF because... uh... there was no such thing.
make Nautilus ask for the root password when you try to copy/delete files out of your ~ folder
I think she means OUTSIDE of your ~ directory.
I get it - they aren't fully converted. But then - they do DEVELOP software that runs on Windows. And their tools will only succeed if they can integrate into a Windows environment.
The accomplishment is that they are all dual boot and they use OpenOffice.org. Period.
Um, pronounced with local dialect,
Linus = Lee Noose
Linux = Linn Ucks
NEITHER one of them uses a long i (such as in ice), which is how both are often pronounced.
Not even close to "=="
Hmmm .... You are not signed in. You must first sign in to access this service.
Um, I hate to be obvious, but did you sign in????
Once you're approved, you can go here and follow the links: http://domains.live.com/
And another point, you do NOT have to hand over control of your domain to Microsoft, unless you are a total numskull. You just add a regular old MX record as well as a TXT record for their SPF spam protection. You don't give them control of your domain, and you can still add as many still A records and CNAMEs as you want.
This story is fraught with errors.
Ummm... or you could just play along and enjoy the fun, ya stiffcoat. Jeez.