No one seems to be addressing this. (Then again, I didn't read every post). I think Linux would step up and share the market with Apple. More importantly, you'd likely see other OS players come along. I think in general, it'd be a good thing. I see other devices with similar OS's making bigger strides too. I'm not a teeny PC fan per se' but with M$ out of the picture, the world would open to innovation. Without the threat of M$ calling Intel to tell them not to cut you a discount on your P4 or ARM CPU's, you'd get much more equal footing to build that new gadget/PC. Right now, they wield way too much influence over companies, though we're starting to see that whittle away some. So my answer is, in the short run Linux and Apple would become the big players. Apple would likely port to Intel processors to compete more fully.
Cool! Sounds like they found a good solution. I often wanted to try to get the manager to give me the rebate. I wonder if this would be possible if the item was expensive enough. In the long run holding up the sale of say a $1999 laptop over $150 worth of rebates would be ill advised.
infrastructure that may still be outdated. My Mom lives in rural FL and can't get DSL because of the type of loop she's on. Yet, she's well within range of the nearest switch.:/ Those that need a solution are in rural areas (okay, so arguably does my Mom need 10G?) but they are also least populated.
Deja Vu: Well, Mr. Rivers. It would appear you have become, how do you say, indispensible!?
Nick Rivers: Indispensible.
Deja Vu: That is what I thought.
But CompUSA, Best Buy, and other offer "rebated" systems pretty-much exclusively. I hate this concept because you have to send off for the discount. Bad for the customer, good for the company. Many will just not send it end and those that do may not get timely service. Frankly, anything thing less than "here's your rebate" sucks to me. I generally won't buy a rebate item unless the price pre-rebate is already a good deal.
Oh that's great. Let's limit freedom in exchange for perceived security? Anytime you talk about placing a restriction on freedom, you should default to "No" and be convinced otherwise. I don't think regulation is the answer. Nor, however, do I think Trusted Computing is the answer either. I think some ISP's have a decent approach. If your home PC is a security risk, I'll notify you to either fix it or lose your access to the 'Net. Once off the 'Net, I have the right to have a buggy, virus-ridden PC if I so choose...or just do 'cuz I'm stupid. In the long run, the answer is education. Knowledge is ultimately the key. People must take it upon themselves to learn more about PC's and computing in general. Requiring some sort of license or permit is just not the anwswer for the US.
we needed more of a reason not to live in Masochistettes. Anyone that continually puts Ted Kennedy in office can't be right, and obviously has a glutton for paying such taxes in the first place.
See the mutant super-rats take on New York's finest, ugliest, scariest in all-out death-match! Get you tickets now at the Garden box office. BE THERE! Brad Roberts'>.
I always felt this would be great for getting rid of garbage. More directly, sending it on a trip to the sun. I meant actual garbage, but I suppose dead bodies could work. But I would prefer to be buried myself.
Could MS have leaked this in hopes that someone out there will find a way to fix Windows vulnerabilities? Makes you wonder!
Okay...okay...but there would we be without YAMSCT! (Yet Another MS Conspiracy Theory).
Last image from rover, looking out the right side-view mirror etched with the ubiquitous "Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear," a gastly eyeball!
First, BG just endorsed Kerry. Second, it would appear that tracing this back to Republicans in general is hardly the case. On the other hand, who among us given an open share wouldn't view a tantilizing document. I have a good friend who was a sysadmin at a firm. While restoring data onto a laptop he "came across" a document outlining his co-workers salaries. It cost him his job, event though this was (as I recall) a document that he needed to restore for this user. His downfall was mentioning to the exec he was doing this for.
So you're saying he should have failed a few times? That's BS. Maybe he has a firm grasp of the concepts. You can hardly make such an assumption on one person's results.
Re:This is one area the US could get left behind..
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I disagree. New technology brings new exploits and/or means to exploit. It's a myth to think exploits are going to hit a ceiling. As a given hacker's understanding of a given protocol or technology increases so will the chance of him cracking it somehow. While Code Red in its current incarnation may have been stimied, it is far more likely that a new "Code Red" would be implemented. In the short term, obscurity would be on your side but the more pervasive a technology the more likely it will be targetted.
What are the odds....
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That this pic is just bogus? It really gives no detail. It could easily be a rendered rendition of something real, but rendered nonetheless.
What does this say about our ability to translate? I mean, theoretically, we'll have to do very similar things should we encounter an unknown race/species in space.
Obviously whoever "Flamebait"'d this is of the "global warming" persuasion.
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Exactly. But many "experts" know that continuing to say it, or simply behaving in such a way as to imply it's inevitability they can leave the perception that it's a fact. It's worked for macro-evolutionary theory so why not global warming. The truth is, there are numerous global changes because the globe changes. Changes to magnetic polarity, climate, ozone, etc. will have effects on humans in generations to come. Cancer will increase, but will likely decrease at times. The Earth will cool and warm. Granted we must, as humans, be good stewards of our home but we must be realistic as well. Frantically tying some global change to an agenda we may have serves no one but ourselves. This is, perhaps, the great lesson we as the "ignorant masses" need to keep in mind when we hear projections of doom. Take an educated look at all sides, challenge and think, and don't forget to follow the money.
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Hey the parent asked. I never said it was fscking genius. Dork.
Who the hell is the WTO to tell a nation they have to do this?
No one seems to be addressing this. (Then again, I didn't read every post). I think Linux would step up and share the market with Apple. More importantly, you'd likely see other OS players come along. I think in general, it'd be a good thing. I see other devices with similar OS's making bigger strides too. I'm not a teeny PC fan per se' but with M$ out of the picture, the world would open to innovation. Without the threat of M$ calling Intel to tell them not to cut you a discount on your P4 or ARM CPU's, you'd get much more equal footing to build that new gadget/PC. Right now, they wield way too much influence over companies, though we're starting to see that whittle away some. So my answer is, in the short run Linux and Apple would become the big players. Apple would likely port to Intel processors to compete more fully.
Cool! Sounds like they found a good solution. I often wanted to try to get the manager to give me the rebate. I wonder if this would be possible if the item was expensive enough. In the long run holding up the sale of say a $1999 laptop over $150 worth of rebates would be ill advised.
infrastructure that may still be outdated. My Mom lives in rural FL and can't get DSL because of the type of loop she's on. Yet, she's well within range of the nearest switch. :/ Those that need a solution are in rural areas (okay, so arguably does my Mom need 10G?) but they are also least populated.
Deja Vu: Well, Mr. Rivers. It would appear you have become, how do you say, indispensible!? Nick Rivers: Indispensible. Deja Vu: That is what I thought.
But CompUSA, Best Buy, and other offer "rebated" systems pretty-much exclusively. I hate this concept because you have to send off for the discount. Bad for the customer, good for the company. Many will just not send it end and those that do may not get timely service. Frankly, anything thing less than "here's your rebate" sucks to me. I generally won't buy a rebate item unless the price pre-rebate is already a good deal.
I don't take Fedora too seriously. I'd be much more concerned/interested if say SuSE or Mandrake were doing this.
Oh that's great. Let's limit freedom in exchange for perceived security? Anytime you talk about placing a restriction on freedom, you should default to "No" and be convinced otherwise. I don't think regulation is the answer. Nor, however, do I think Trusted Computing is the answer either. I think some ISP's have a decent approach. If your home PC is a security risk, I'll notify you to either fix it or lose your access to the 'Net. Once off the 'Net, I have the right to have a buggy, virus-ridden PC if I so choose...or just do 'cuz I'm stupid. In the long run, the answer is education. Knowledge is ultimately the key. People must take it upon themselves to learn more about PC's and computing in general. Requiring some sort of license or permit is just not the anwswer for the US.
WTF is "enabling technology?" Marketing Reps are killing this industry. :)
Even venture capitalists can be utter morons. What a complete waste of technology.
we needed more of a reason not to live in Masochistettes. Anyone that continually puts Ted Kennedy in office can't be right, and obviously has a glutton for paying such taxes in the first place.
See the mutant super-rats take on New York's finest, ugliest, scariest in all-out death-match! Get you tickets now at the Garden box office. BE THERE!
Brad Roberts'>.
I always felt this would be great for getting rid of garbage. More directly, sending it on a trip to the sun. I meant actual garbage, but I suppose dead bodies could work. But I would prefer to be buried myself.
Could MS have leaked this in hopes that someone out there will find a way to fix Windows vulnerabilities? Makes you wonder! Okay...okay...but there would we be without YAMSCT! (Yet Another MS Conspiracy Theory).
We bought him, just not for cash.
...knight Linus too! Then they could just fight it out, ala swords!
Last image from rover, looking out the right side-view mirror etched with the ubiquitous "Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear," a gastly eyeball!
First, BG just endorsed Kerry. Second, it would appear that tracing this back to Republicans in general is hardly the case. On the other hand, who among us given an open share wouldn't view a tantilizing document. I have a good friend who was a sysadmin at a firm. While restoring data onto a laptop he "came across" a document outlining his co-workers salaries. It cost him his job, event though this was (as I recall) a document that he needed to restore for this user. His downfall was mentioning to the exec he was doing this for.
So you're saying he should have failed a few times? That's BS. Maybe he has a firm grasp of the concepts. You can hardly make such an assumption on one person's results.
I disagree. New technology brings new exploits and/or means to exploit. It's a myth to think exploits are going to hit a ceiling. As a given hacker's understanding of a given protocol or technology increases so will the chance of him cracking it somehow. While Code Red in its current incarnation may have been stimied, it is far more likely that a new "Code Red" would be implemented. In the short term, obscurity would be on your side but the more pervasive a technology the more likely it will be targetted.
That this pic is just bogus? It really gives no detail. It could easily be a rendered rendition of something real, but rendered nonetheless.
What does this say about our ability to translate? I mean, theoretically, we'll have to do very similar things should we encounter an unknown race/species in space.
Obviously whoever "Flamebait"'d this is of the "global warming" persuasion.
Exactly. But many "experts" know that continuing to say it, or simply behaving in such a way as to imply it's inevitability they can leave the perception that it's a fact. It's worked for macro-evolutionary theory so why not global warming. The truth is, there are numerous global changes because the globe changes. Changes to magnetic polarity, climate, ozone, etc. will have effects on humans in generations to come. Cancer will increase, but will likely decrease at times. The Earth will cool and warm. Granted we must, as humans, be good stewards of our home but we must be realistic as well. Frantically tying some global change to an agenda we may have serves no one but ourselves. This is, perhaps, the great lesson we as the "ignorant masses" need to keep in mind when we hear projections of doom. Take an educated look at all sides, challenge and think, and don't forget to follow the money.