....by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code....
Ummm... Darl. Prove it. Any time now would be fine.
The one that always gets me shaking my head is when someone turns a thermostat fully to the max (or min) position, presumably to make the temperature change more quickly.
of course the problem is that the only way for DRM to succeed is for their to be no choice, because no one would choose to pay less for more.
And how long do you think it'll take the content distributors to figure this out and make it so?
Even if it was only 3 or 4 big media companies who got together on it, that would be a large majority of the content only available in DRM "enhanced" format. The masses will grumble about having to upgrade their DVD/CD players, but the producers will subsidize that (" trade in your old machine and get a brand new one for only $20..") and it's a done deal.
The riteous indignation that we see here representsonly a small percentage of the population. There's lots of 'sheep' out there who will buy whatever they are told to buy, and won't question it.
The problem is, your workplace is still using the "old tech" of carbon paper based forms.
About the only store that I regularly go to that uses hand-filled-in carbon paper forms is... a computer store. What's stranger, they sell and install Point of Sale systems.
The staff doesn't understand why, either.
One thing we can do is to make the spammers==virus_writers connection every time anyone asks us about (or even mentions) virusses.
Aren't we the ones our friend(s) and co-workers ask about computer stuff?
I have taken this a step further and contacted a few "computer journalists" locally and suggested that they make the spam/virus connection the next time they are writing about the latest virus. It's natural to answer the question 'where do these virusses come from' when talking about the latest scource of the internet.
Ummm... Isn't it IBM who is being sued, and therefore is the defendant. SCO has to prove that an offence was committed, then it's up to IBM to defend themselves.
SCO hasn't provided any evidence of infringement for IBM to defend themselves against.
...unless I mis-understood what you were saying, then just ignore me.
Well, I'm posting this from my first session of MandrakeMove, and I'm fairly happy with what I see.
The only thing that it had trouble with is getting DHCP to work happily with my OMB SiS 900 NIC (my Mobo is a K7SEM with a duron 1200). Not that I'm surprised by that, Knoppix and FreeBSD have the same problem on this machine.
A quick trip thru the network section of the graphical "configure your computer" tool (I set a static IP address), and here I am on the interweb.
MandrakeMove found and mounted my NTFS and FAT32 partitions with no problem, but it didn't seem to notice my FreeBSD partition (slice, whatever).
I'm fairly pleased with MandrakeMove on my main machine, but I tried it on an old IBM Pentium 300, w/ 64 MB of ram and it refused to complete the startup, saying that it wanted at least 128Mb. No surprise, since it needs to create a ramdrive. Knoppix on the same machine offers to set up a temporary swap file on the FAT32 hard drive.
So, if someone breaks into my house and demands money to fix it, should I honour that? No
Obviously not, but what if someone was walking past and noticed one of your windows wasn't closed (and there were suspicious shadows lurking in your yard), wouldn't you appreciate knowing about it?
Not saying that's what this guy did (I believe himto be one of the suspicious shadows), but that is the equivilant of what the white-hats do when they contact someone about a problem.
I noticed that the pie chart shows 5% other, and I can't help wonder what that is.
My web page isn't nearly as popular as Google, but here's what my log shows:
Operating Systems
Windows 98 1853 43.22%
Windows XP 983 22.92%
Windows 2000 669 15.60%
Windows 95 243 5.66%
Windows NT 180 4.19%
Other 165 3.84%
Macintosh 141 3.28%
Linux 2 23 0.53%
WebTV 15 0.34%
SunOS 5 6 0.13%
FreeBSD 4 0.09%
IRIX 3 0.06%
Amiga 1 0.02%
OS/2 1 0.02%
The "other" still shows, but it's something less categorizable than Amiga or WebTV. Maybe it's clients that don't provide client information to the server?
Have you tried using the Mozilla Zip file version, as opposed to the installer version?
Interesting, I'll have to give that a shot.
Optionally, bring in a floppy or something with the plugins for Moz
They also made the floppy and CD drives invisible. Nothing like paying for hardware, then not allowing your users to use it. (I have created shortcuts to the drives, but most of my co-workers don't know how... and besides, those user-created shortcuts disappear after logging out each day.)
This is getting back to last week's discussion on how stupid security policies just cause users to bypass security to get their work done.
Why people keep on using Internet Explorer is a mystery to me
Lots of us aren't given a choice. Our desktops at work are locked down, so normal users can't install or change the software available.
My desktop machine is so locked down that I can't adjust the clock. I have to put in a formal request to IT to have it done whenever the clock gets too far away from reality. And then another request for them to set it to the correct time in my time zone, not theirs.
At home, it's a differnt story. Mozilla on FreeBSD!
Of course not.
I want to do it because there are no TIVO like boxes available for sale in Canada (except one that is built into a satellite reciever).
If us Canucks want a PVR, we either have to go cross-border-shopping for something that doesn't require a subscription (which is not available for sale to us) or hack together something.
Which option do you suppose yer typical Canadian Slashdotter will go with?
...it links spammers with viruses and therefor reinforces the association "spammer = evil". Perhaps sooner or later more people (and gov. agencies and companies) see spam not just as annoyance but as attack.
And rather than just ruminating amongst ourselves, here on/. , this is a good opportunity to get in touch with the local newpaper's (or tv or radio) "technology columnist" and ask them to re-inforce this point to their audience.
This attack is currently in the headlines, so it'll be easy for them to make the connection for the general public.
Even if it only gets 1% less people replying to spam (and especially buying from spammers), then the 'bad guys' loose ground. And we all win.
Slashdot Mirror
There are many, many other links to recipes on the Internet. Food Network is one
And their Canadian cousin Food Network Canada. 30% Canadian content, not available at foodtv.com .
It is, however, available as a FreeBSD
port. Also several add-ons.
....by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code ....
Ummm... Darl. Prove it.
Any time now would be fine.
News? Not really.
I have been using this particular FreeSBIE disk for a couple of months now. Using it to post this, as a matter of fact.
I'm using it at work on a machine that normally runs XP and takes twice as long to boot to XP as it does to the live CD.
For some reason the giant list of Live CDs doesn't seem to include the BSD variants.
There are 8 different *BSD live CDs listed at LiveCDNews.com.
The one that always gets me shaking my head is when someone turns a thermostat fully to the max (or min) position, presumably to make the temperature change more quickly.
of course the problem is that the only way for DRM to succeed is for their to be no choice, because no one would choose to pay less for more.
And how long do you think it'll take the content distributors to figure this out and make it so?
Even if it was only 3 or 4 big media companies who got together on it, that would be a large majority of the content only available in DRM "enhanced" format.
The masses will grumble about having to upgrade their DVD/CD players, but the producers will subsidize that (" trade in your old machine and get a brand new one for only $20..") and it's a done deal.
The riteous indignation that we see here representsonly a small percentage of the population. There's lots of 'sheep' out there who will buy whatever they are told to buy, and won't question it.
Ummm... well, maybe, but I don't think my wife would approve.
Toast I heard in a bar...
The problem is, your workplace is still using the "old tech" of carbon paper based forms.
About the only store that I regularly go to that uses hand-filled-in carbon paper forms is... a computer store. What's stranger, they sell and install Point of Sale systems.
The staff doesn't understand why, either.
One thing we can do is to make the spammers==virus_writers connection every time anyone asks us about (or even mentions) virusses.
Aren't we the ones our friend(s) and co-workers ask about computer stuff?
I have taken this a step further and contacted a few "computer journalists" locally and suggested that they make the spam/virus connection the next time they are writing about the latest virus. It's natural to answer the question 'where do these virusses come from' when talking about the latest scource of the internet.
6) Because TIVO isn't avalable for sale in my country.
You've misunderstood..
Figures. I haven't been able to make much sense out of this whole SCO fiasco, why should I be able to get it right now.
is it the defendant's job to prosecute himself?
...unless I mis-understood what you were saying, then just ignore me.
Ummm... Isn't it IBM who is being sued, and therefore is the defendant. SCO has to prove that an offence was committed, then it's up to IBM to defend themselves.
SCO hasn't provided any evidence of infringement for IBM to defend themselves against.
Well, I'm posting this from my first session of MandrakeMove, and I'm fairly happy with what I see.
The only thing that it had trouble with is getting DHCP to work happily with my OMB SiS 900 NIC (my Mobo is a K7SEM with a duron 1200). Not that I'm surprised by that, Knoppix and FreeBSD have the same problem on this machine.
A quick trip thru the network section of the graphical "configure your computer" tool (I set a static IP address), and here I am on the interweb.
MandrakeMove found and mounted my NTFS and FAT32 partitions with no problem, but it didn't seem to notice my FreeBSD partition (slice, whatever).
I'm fairly pleased with MandrakeMove on my main machine, but I tried it on an old IBM Pentium 300, w/ 64 MB of ram and it refused to complete the startup, saying that it wanted at least 128Mb. No surprise, since it needs to create a ramdrive. Knoppix on the same machine offers to set up a temporary swap file on the FAT32 hard drive.
Us and UK only.
I am getting pretty tired of hearing about how great it is, since they won't sell them here.
If you are doing the same action 600 times, you might consider memorizing the keyboard shortcut for that action.
So, if someone breaks into my house and demands money to fix it, should I honour that? No
Obviously not, but what if someone was walking past and noticed one of your windows wasn't closed (and there were suspicious shadows lurking in your yard), wouldn't you appreciate knowing about it?
Not saying that's what this guy did (I believe himto be one of the suspicious shadows), but that is the equivilant of what the white-hats do when they contact someone about a problem.
My web page isn't nearly as popular as Google, but here's what my log shows:
The "other" still shows, but it's something less categorizable than Amiga or WebTV. Maybe it's clients that don't provide client information to the server?
Have you tried using the Mozilla Zip file version, as opposed to the installer version?
Interesting, I'll have to give that a shot.
Optionally, bring in a floppy or something with the plugins for Moz
They also made the floppy and CD drives invisible. Nothing like paying for hardware, then not allowing your users to use it. (I have created shortcuts to the drives, but most of my co-workers don't know how... and besides, those user-created shortcuts disappear after logging out each day.)
This is getting back to last week's discussion on how stupid security policies just cause users to bypass security to get their work done.
From the ZDnet article:
Nice definate language there. (emphasis mine)
Why people keep on using Internet Explorer is a mystery to me
Lots of us aren't given a choice. Our desktops at work are locked down, so normal users can't install or change the software available.
My desktop machine is so locked down that I can't adjust the clock. I have to put in a formal request to IT to have it done whenever the clock gets too far away from reality. And then another request for them to set it to the correct time in my time zone, not theirs.
At home, it's a differnt story. Mozilla on FreeBSD!
Of course not.
I want to do it because there are no TIVO like boxes available for sale in Canada (except one that is built into a satellite reciever).
If us Canucks want a PVR, we either have to go cross-border-shopping for something that doesn't require a subscription (which is not available for sale to us) or hack together something.
Which option do you suppose yer typical Canadian Slashdotter will go with?
...you can't just hold a bat to someone's head and have a slight change in finger pressure kill them.
...from across the street
Actually I think Amiga started the modular hardware thing, and IBM swiftly adopted it. Don't quote me on that though.
Was that before or after the Apple 2 ?
...it links spammers with viruses and therefor reinforces the association "spammer = evil". Perhaps sooner or later more people (and gov. agencies and companies) see spam not just as annoyance but as attack.
/. , this is a good opportunity to get in touch with the local newpaper's (or tv or radio) "technology columnist" and ask them to re-inforce this point to their audience.
And rather than just ruminating amongst ourselves, here on
This attack is currently in the headlines, so it'll be easy for them to make the connection for the general public.
Even if it only gets 1% less people replying to spam (and especially buying from spammers), then the 'bad guys' loose ground. And we all win.
Just how strong is this magnetic induction field?
And how long will it take to abuse the floppies (or tapes) in my desk drawer?