There are countries that have Nukes, but don't admin to having them. Israel is probably on the top of that list.
How do you get a country like that to sign a treaty saying they'll stop producing fissible material and stop testing when "officially" they don't have any nuclear weapons.
I'm sure there are others out there, but most despots WANT the world to know they have a bomb. Helps them overcompensate for small genitalia.
The fact that I have to activate my OS is annoying. With 2K3, there was a volume licensing option, but with 2K8, that option is gone, and I have to either allow my server to talk to a public Microsoft activation server, or run a KMS server in house.
Sorry, Microsoft, If you don't trust me, I don't trust you.
Apple doesn't want DRM on it's music. They never have. The record labels have allowed the removal of DRM from every other online music store to help try and break Apple's dominance in the industry.
As it stands now, Apple sets the $0.99 price tag for songs. The record labels want higher prices, tiered pricing and God only knows what else.
As much as it pains me to say it, a boycot of Apple's iTunes Music Store just plays into the record companies' hands.
NetBEUI was a Microsoft invention, and IPX/SPX was a damn good protocol for it's time. No address conflicts EVER, large packet sizes. Very nice protocol.
Andy
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Novell bought SuSE and open sourced YaST.
But first they bought Ximian and open sourced the Exchange Connector for Evolution.
Damn those Novell guys for liberating the non-open source pieces of code these companies had! The community has suffered greatly because of Novell!:-)
I have an iPod and I use iTunes. There are features it lacks, but there is no other software that reliably syncs over songs with artwork, podcasts, audiobooks, and keeps them sorted properly, so that when I shuffle songs, it excludes the podcasts and audiobooks.
At this point in it's development, iTunes is designed to work with the iPod before desktop features are considered.
Yeah, X really need helps in the fast user switching Arena. Only one user can have desktop effects enabled, and switching between users cause my screen to go black, and I have to kill X about half the time.
What relegated DVI to legacy status was that HD-DVD and Blu Ray player FORCED users to go HDMI, or not be able to view their high def content. I use HDMI, but I don't use for audio.
HP is also betting big on Display Port. I just saw their whole new line of monitors and laptops and they all have Display Port on them.
Display Port, however, seems to be more of a DVI replacement, than an HDMI replacement.
We just had an HP rep come in and show us the whole line of new laptops last week, and NONE of them have HDMI. They all HAD DVI or VGA and are now all going to have Display Port connectors.
The pilot INCLUDED SP1! SP1 is way faster than gold code, but XP is much faster than both of them. A 1 hour file copy in Vista GM takes 45 minutes in Vista SP1, and 30 minutes in XP.
They've just removed a service from their lineup. A service I used to use all the time when I was on Comcast is now gone.
It boggles my mind. I was with Comcast back in the @Home days. Back then we had unlimited Usenet, and up to 4 email addresses. Service was 4 Mbits/768Kbits.
So, then @Home folds, and Comcast takes over the service directly and we go to:
1 email address No Usenet 1.5 Mbits/128Kbps
for the same price.
Now, admittedly, it's gotten better since then. They upped the speed, increased the email addresses and gave you 2 GB on Giganews.
But now they're going down the path of taking service away. THere's no more Usenet, there's a 250 GB Bandwidth cap (which is plenty of bandwidth, I know...).
For what they offer for Internet, you should be paying $19.99, and not $55.00.
Things like this are what makes FIOS so attractive to geeks.
Bill Clinton's administration sues Microsoft for antitrust and wins. George Bush gets into office and pretty much slaps Microsoft on the wrist, calling the law suit a travesty of justice.
Microsoft gets all upset with Google for being #1 in the Internet search business and making all this money. So much so that they try a hostile takeover of Yahoo and lose.
So, now, all of the sudden, federal trust busters are snooping around trying to crush Microsoft's biggest competition.
Stay tuned next week when trust busters start looking at the iPod monopoly to see if Apple needs a swift kick in the crotch.
The Bush Administration; bought, sold and paid for by Redmond, Washington.
You think it's any coincidence that Bill Gates got to waltz through secret service and shake George Bush's hand during the Olympics....
I'm all about getting rid of child porn on Usenet. But, I think Time Warner axing all newsgroups and Verizon getting of the whole alt heirarchy is a bit too much, and hurts Usenet.
Why not just block the newsgroups that cater to these sick perverts and leave all the others alone.
I mean, how many child porn newsgroups are there. My usenet account show maybe 5-6 groups. I'm sure other servers have more. Let's say there are 20. Just block those. Leave all the other newsgroups alone. There are plenty of legitimate alt newsgrops. I use alt.aquaria all the time.
If the ISPs want to not deal with it, let them take down their Usenet servers and outsource the way Comcast does to Giganews.
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There are countries that have Nukes, but don't admin to having them. Israel is probably on the top of that list.
How do you get a country like that to sign a treaty saying they'll stop producing fissible material and stop testing when "officially" they don't have any nuclear weapons.
I'm sure there are others out there, but most despots WANT the world to know they have a bomb. Helps them overcompensate for small genitalia.
The fact that I have to activate my OS is annoying. With 2K3, there was a volume licensing option, but with 2K8, that option is gone, and I have to either allow my server to talk to a public Microsoft activation server, or run a KMS server in house.
Sorry, Microsoft, If you don't trust me, I don't trust you.
Apple doesn't want DRM on it's music. They never have. The record labels have allowed the removal of DRM from every other online music store to help try and break Apple's dominance in the industry.
As it stands now, Apple sets the $0.99 price tag for songs. The record labels want higher prices, tiered pricing and God only knows what else.
As much as it pains me to say it, a boycot of Apple's iTunes Music Store just plays into the record companies' hands.
The advantage of eDir/NDS is partitioning. You only need to keep a PART of the directory on your server.
NetBEUI was a Microsoft invention, and IPX/SPX was a damn good protocol for it's time. No address conflicts EVER, large packet sizes. Very nice protocol.
Andy
Novell bought SuSE and open sourced YaST.
But first they bought Ximian and open sourced the Exchange Connector for Evolution.
Damn those Novell guys for liberating the non-open source pieces of code these companies had! The community has suffered greatly because of Novell! :-)
Harsh Realm....
I have an iPod and I use iTunes. There are features it lacks, but there is no other software that reliably syncs over songs with artwork, podcasts, audiobooks, and keeps them sorted properly, so that when I shuffle songs, it excludes the podcasts and audiobooks.
At this point in it's development, iTunes is designed to work with the iPod before desktop features are considered.
Yeah, X really need helps in the fast user switching Arena. Only one user can have desktop effects enabled, and switching between users cause my screen to go black, and I have to kill X about half the time.
You totally forgot Groupwise Messenger and Lotus Sametime. Please stop thinking the only viable commercial solution is always a Microsoft one.
What relegated DVI to legacy status was that HD-DVD and Blu Ray player FORCED users to go HDMI, or not be able to view their high def content. I use HDMI, but I don't use for audio.
HP is also betting big on Display Port. I just saw their whole new line of monitors and laptops and they all have Display Port on them.
Display Port, however, seems to be more of a DVI replacement, than an HDMI replacement.
Andy
TVs definitely have HDMI. You can't do 1080p without it. But PC makers are moving away from it as a standard and switching to Display Port instead.
We just had an HP rep come in and show us the whole line of new laptops last week, and NONE of them have HDMI. They all HAD DVI or VGA and are now all going to have Display Port connectors.
HDMI has patents and licensing involved. That's why almost no PC maker is using it.
Display Port is a free industry standard.
Display Port is the new industry standard. All the new HPs laptops are coming with Display Port.
The pilot INCLUDED SP1! SP1 is way faster than gold code, but XP is much faster than both of them. A 1 hour file copy in Vista GM takes 45 minutes in Vista SP1, and 30 minutes in XP.
Vista is just too damn slow for enterprise use.
There were 6 of us here at work on the Windows Vista pilot.
It's been about 6 months since they converted us.
Know how many of us are still on the Vista pilot? Zero!
Soon as they fix the issue with network file copy speeds, I'll think about it again...
Actually I don't. I got DSL about 3 years ago for $24.95 a month, and I get better speeds and more service.
What took you so long?
They've just removed a service from their lineup. A service I used to use all the time when I was on Comcast is now gone.
It boggles my mind. I was with Comcast back in the @Home days. Back then we had unlimited Usenet, and up to 4 email addresses. Service was 4 Mbits/768Kbits.
So, then @Home folds, and Comcast takes over the service directly and we go to:
1 email address
No Usenet
1.5 Mbits/128Kbps
for the same price.
Now, admittedly, it's gotten better since then. They upped the speed, increased the email addresses and gave you 2 GB on Giganews.
But now they're going down the path of taking service away. THere's no more Usenet, there's a 250 GB Bandwidth cap (which is plenty of bandwidth, I know...).
For what they offer for Internet, you should be paying $19.99, and not $55.00.
Things like this are what makes FIOS so attractive to geeks.
Andy
You're only allowed to do this, if you're Microsoft.
Then again saying Microsoft is providing customer with a good product is stretching it.... :-)
I used Vista for 3 months. I happily upgraded to XP, and here I'll stay. Work laptop... no Linux allowed. Home has a Fedora and an Ubuntu box...
Bill Clinton's administration sues Microsoft for antitrust and wins. George Bush gets into office and pretty much slaps Microsoft on the wrist, calling the law suit a travesty of justice.
Microsoft gets all upset with Google for being #1 in the Internet search business and making all this money. So much so that they try a hostile takeover of Yahoo and lose.
So, now, all of the sudden, federal trust busters are snooping around trying to crush Microsoft's biggest competition.
Stay tuned next week when trust busters start looking at the iPod monopoly to see if Apple needs a swift kick in the crotch.
The Bush Administration; bought, sold and paid for by Redmond, Washington.
You think it's any coincidence that Bill Gates got to waltz through secret service and shake George Bush's hand during the Olympics....
5 pages of URLs and not a single nude picture! How is that possible??
Even if the bandwidth savings is negligible, they still get to shut off some servers, which they like.
It's a shame, really, that Usenet has become so trivial. It was once a GREAT resource for all sorts of useful information.
If you wanted to know anything about a topic, the first place to go for a broad overview was usually a Usenet FAQ.
Andy
I'm all about getting rid of child porn on Usenet. But, I think Time Warner axing all newsgroups and Verizon getting of the whole alt heirarchy is a bit too much, and hurts Usenet.
Why not just block the newsgroups that cater to these sick perverts and leave all the others alone.
I mean, how many child porn newsgroups are there. My usenet account show maybe 5-6 groups. I'm sure other servers have more. Let's say there are 20. Just block those. Leave all the other newsgroups alone. There are plenty of legitimate alt newsgrops. I use alt.aquaria all the time.
If the ISPs want to not deal with it, let them take down their Usenet servers and outsource the way Comcast does to Giganews.