unfortunately i only see two possible outcomes for this case...
A) The case gets dismissed after a bunch of FUD from the record companies
B) They settle out of court for what is a large sum of money for these two people but a very small sum for the RIAA.
the sad truth is, it's just like the tobacco companies: they're just too big and no _real_ change will happen until some major players (i.e. states) become involved.
secret attacks on them there chiphead south koreans?
well i'll be danged if that ain't the most downright American thing i've heard all week!
</bush impersonation>
the task bar meaning the little applet that shows you all your open apps and you can click on them a la windows.
NOT the panel, which includes the clock, desktop selector, quick launch/menu icons...
after I first read about Lindows here I downloaded the ISO and gave it shot.
To me, it didn't seem to be much more than KDE2 default with a pretty picture for the background. This is a problem. KDE default is NOT intuitive to Windows users.
I am currently helping a co-worker who is curious about Linux learn her way around on one of the spare machines here. Her first question (w/ RH 7.3 default) was that even after 10 minutes of poking at stuff she could not find the taskbar buried in with all that other stuff. That was just the beginning.
If you are going to cater to the Windows crowd you have to _really_ cater to them, not just change the icon theme.
Now maybe people will realize how encryption and password protection is simply a smokescreen
Ummm... AFAIK it wasn't cracked it was guessed. Just b/c the administrator chose one of the crappiest passwords ever you can't fault the system.
That's like when someone kills themselves drunk driving you say 'see, roads are dangerous.'
Remember that cool video/film you might have seen in your high school science class "Powers of Ten"?
omg, this has to be one of the geekiest statements ever said ever.
when i was in highschool we HATED that video. even the teacher!
i tip my hat to you, i will forever be in awe of your infinite geekiness before which mine whimpers and tries to run away.
actually, as a new yorker i felt rather insulted by spiderman's campy over the top ny/america patriotic scenes.
i have to walk by that place every day on my way to work yet hollywood thinks they can make it all better by showing me a couple of guys from queens yelling off a bridge.
screw hollywood, don't do us any favors.
Why, exactly, does a cash register need to be running a multi-user, preemptive multitasking, protected memory operating system?
You are correct, as a glorified calculator it is pointless.
However, once you want your cash register to automatically update your inventory records, track the highest/worst selling items, remember any sort of complex information about sales/discounts etc. etc., all of a sudden a full featured environment becomes pretty attractive...
it seems to be bringing unsuspecting users machines to a crawl with full hard drives and clogging up the Fasttrack network with massive amounts of traffic
i had this virus once, only i named it 'roommate'.
Telemarketers are also making unauthorized use of a person's and/or a company's property.
technically yes, but a precedent against this would cause just as much harm as good.
now when you call your (ex) girlfriend to explain what happened to her plant (or any legitimate call to someone you aren't on good terms with),
you'll get a lawsuit for unauthorized phone use instead of a chance to apologize.
I love how there's this idea that people cease to be able to communicate effectively just because they're using a different email client etc.
'Thompson, this report doesn't make any sense!'
'I'm sorry sir, I had to use Star Office.'
one of the reasons the executives were stepping down is that they wanted to make sure that there was enough money in the pot so that the employees could get paid. If this is for real that's great
um, making sure there's enough money in the pot would come from something like taking a pay cut (ala Cisco).
having the execs, who's job it is to get money for the employees through investors/partnerships etc., quit outright isn't going to help anyone...
OT: this is causing the company to 'teeter'? what about the court order to stop business immediately a while back?
it only takes one straw to break the camel's back but you can never be sure just which straw that's going to be.
that is why unearthing these memos etc. is important, since while individually insignificant, it's the combination of all of them that has a chance to make a difference.
not to troll, but hip hop dj's have been doing this for years.
albeit, w/ the vocals from one hip hop track and the beat from another instead of two opposing styles, but still...
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A) The case gets dismissed after a bunch of FUD from the record companies
B) They settle out of court for what is a large sum of money for these two people but a very small sum for the RIAA.
the sad truth is, it's just like the tobacco companies: they're just too big and no _real_ change will happen until some major players (i.e. states) become involved.
secret attacks on them there chiphead south koreans?
well i'll be danged if that ain't the most downright American thing i've heard all week!
</bush impersonation>
the task bar meaning the little applet that shows you all your open apps and you can click on them a la windows.
NOT the panel, which includes the clock, desktop selector, quick launch/menu icons...
To me, it didn't seem to be much more than KDE2 default with a pretty picture for the background. This is a problem. KDE default is NOT intuitive to Windows users.
I am currently helping a co-worker who is curious about Linux learn her way around on one of the spare machines here. Her first question (w/ RH 7.3 default) was that even after 10 minutes of poking at stuff she could not find the taskbar buried in with all that other stuff. That was just the beginning.
If you are going to cater to the Windows crowd you have to _really_ cater to them, not just change the icon theme.
besides, if you saw a 2 ton pelican bearing down on you at 800mph, you'd be screaming
'Linux Journal' no less.
we must never speak of this again
;)
Ummm... AFAIK it wasn't cracked it was guessed. Just b/c the administrator chose one of the crappiest passwords ever you can't fault the system.
That's like when someone kills themselves drunk driving you say 'see, roads are dangerous.'
Business.com (~8 bytes): $5,000,000
Natalie Portman's phone number (~9 bytes): priceless
omg, this has to be one of the geekiest statements ever said ever.
when i was in highschool we HATED that video. even the teacher!
i tip my hat to you, i will forever be in awe of your infinite geekiness before which mine whimpers and tries to run away.
unbelievable. seriously.
MTV pulling a Lone Gunmen is a Cowboy Neal of a story, meaning nobody gives a ****.
man would that be an ugly looking icon.
worse yet,
how many geeks are going to try pick up girls with the line: 'the real me will be much better, this outfit is just a release candidate...'
actually, as a new yorker i felt rather insulted by spiderman's campy over the top ny/america patriotic scenes.
i have to walk by that place every day on my way to work yet hollywood thinks they can make it all better by showing me a couple of guys from queens yelling off a bridge.
screw hollywood, don't do us any favors.
You are correct, as a glorified calculator it is pointless.
However, once you want your cash register to automatically update your inventory records, track the highest/worst selling items, remember any sort of complex information about sales/discounts etc. etc., all of a sudden a full featured environment becomes pretty attractive...
I want a t-shirt with the URL of a site that contains the code on it.
ha-HA! try to sue me NOW Fantasia-Boy!
'Well,' said Bob, 'I like to use the same password for everything so I just used the SQLServer default... how was I supposed to know?'
i had this virus once, only i named it 'roommate'.
*click here for free viagra OR an unaccredited diploma (p.s. haha)*
technically yes, but a precedent against this would cause just as much harm as good.
now when you call your (ex) girlfriend to explain what happened to her plant (or any legitimate call to someone you aren't on good terms with), you'll get a lawsuit for unauthorized phone use instead of a chance to apologize.
In related news,
Bill Gates concurred while noting that those four lines of course referenced msie.dll to get the job done.
'Thompson, this report doesn't make any sense!'
'I'm sorry sir, I had to use Star Office.'
Please.
um, making sure there's enough money in the pot would come from something like taking a pay cut (ala Cisco).
having the execs, who's job it is to get money for the employees through investors/partnerships etc., quit outright isn't going to help anyone...
OT: this is causing the company to 'teeter'? what about the court order to stop business immediately a while back?
it only takes one straw to break the camel's back but you can never be sure just which straw that's going to be.
that is why unearthing these memos etc. is important, since while individually insignificant, it's the combination of all of them that has a chance to make a difference.
so what happens when i download a copy of this?
do the nazis sue Kazaa?
not to troll, but hip hop dj's have been doing this for years.
albeit, w/ the vocals from one hip hop track and the beat from another instead of two opposing styles, but still...