SCO makes us all mad. Mad enough to want to sock Darl in the nose. But what good will DOSing them do? So people can't get to their website... Big deal. It's not like they're Amazon.com or anything.
I work at a company who has offices all over the world. One of our offices has XO Communications as it's ISP. The same ISP that SCO uses. I often hear one of our network engineers cursing them because the the service is poor and outages are not handled in a timely manner. It's not Hard to DOS them.
Perhaps the virus should have focused on a more useful target, like the law offices that are handling the whole SCO fiaSCO.
When I read a review like this, I find it incredibly useful if I know the qualifications of the reviewer. In this case, by reading the article, you can tell that he has enough skill to build his own computer system, get it connected to his television, but not so much skill with getting video drivers to work in older linux distributions, or solving what some of us would call "easy" floppy controller problems. This is very valuable information to have, especially if you:
1. Don't use linux on a regular basis. 2. Have no coding skills to write your own PVR software. 3. Want to make hardware substitutions for the sake of thrift.
I don't mind seeing these PVR articles on slashdot every 2-3 months (actually, I look forward to them), but I wish more of them would give a better outline of the reviewer's qualifications. That way, if the article claims "PVRs are impossible - don't bother", you can judge for yourself if that title is warranted.
With respect to your modem, I can understand what you mean. The flexibility of all the terminal programs is VERY great.... Too Great, in fact. It requires all sorts of little settings that the average desktop user doesn't know about, and may take years to learn.
You think they even understand the difference between bps and BAUD? What XON/XOFF is? What a stop bit is? Hardware or software flow control? Which one their modem uses? It would be a good idea to assume that if the end user doesn't know what the setting is, that they won't change it. (until something doesn't work)
Then make the default settings just work out of the box with to 90% of modems that a user would install (US Robotics, SmartOne, Multitech). It wouldn't make sense to make it only compatible with the zyxel modems out of the box. But look, that's one of the options for vgetty!
Instinctivly, I would be inclined to agree with you, but consider this: When the content provider notices a drop in the number of visits, they will ask the advertisers why. The advertisers will say "Because you don't have enough advertising!"
SCO's Lawyers probably don't really understand Linux or header files, but we do. Instead of the lawyers learning about linux or programming, they're teaching us about law...
Our company has hundreds of forms that are now completely out of date, but they were Microsoft Word Forms and a few of them were actually protected with a password. I just checked your generic password, but it didn't work for my forms. These forms were created originally in Microsoft Office 4.2 (for windows 3.1 - HA!) and some have been upgraded for use in Office 97 (double HA!). It might be a different algorithm for Word 2000 than it is for Word 5 or 97.
I tried knoppix several months ago. Sadly, it didn't detect my onboard sound hardware (Analog Devices) or my network card (3com 3c905). This left the experience a little flat. I can believe that it might have trouble with the sound hardware, but not finding a 3COM?!?! That's unforgivable.
Maybe that guy's 6-year-old can get the drivers working for me.
The Canadian model of a lot of things is better than the american one.... Try their Health Care, or maybe their legal system. A lot of things are better when they are Canadian.... Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is not one of them.
I watched it two nights. I thought there was going to be more episodes, sort of like a MINI-SERIES if you will. They kinda left it hanging a little too much.
As for the vipers - I didn't care much for the little thrusters on the nose. I always imagined that those kinds of maneuvers could be done on gyros. The new Starbuck had a little of the original Starbuckyness, but it just doesn't have the same effect to see a woman sucking on a big fat juicy one. (I mean CIGAR, dummy!)
If I start using Linux exclusively, can I be your friend? (I might just start using it anyway, but it would be nice to have some friend who can support me...):)
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SCO makes us all mad. Mad enough to want to sock Darl in the nose. But what good will DOSing them do? So people can't get to their website... Big deal. It's not like they're Amazon.com or anything.
I work at a company who has offices all over the world. One of our offices has XO Communications as it's ISP. The same ISP that SCO uses. I often hear one of our network engineers cursing them because the the service is poor and outages are not handled in a timely manner. It's not Hard to DOS them.
Perhaps the virus should have focused on a more useful target, like the law offices that are handling the whole SCO fiaSCO.
But if it plugs into your laptop, it would be a Dongleberry.
I mean, we can still download porn, right?
When I read a review like this, I find it incredibly useful if I know the qualifications of the reviewer. In this case, by reading the article, you can tell that he has enough skill to build his own computer system, get it connected to his television, but not so much skill with getting video drivers to work in older linux distributions, or solving what some of us would call "easy" floppy controller problems. This is very valuable information to have, especially if you:
1. Don't use linux on a regular basis.
2. Have no coding skills to write your own PVR software.
3. Want to make hardware substitutions for the sake of thrift.
I don't mind seeing these PVR articles on slashdot every 2-3 months (actually, I look forward to them), but I wish more of them would give a better outline of the reviewer's qualifications. That way, if the article claims "PVRs are impossible - don't bother", you can judge for yourself if that title is warranted.
With respect to your modem, I can understand what you mean. The flexibility of all the terminal programs is VERY great.... Too Great, in fact. It requires all sorts of little settings that the average desktop user doesn't know about, and may take years to learn.
You think they even understand the difference between bps and BAUD? What XON/XOFF is? What a stop bit is? Hardware or software flow control? Which one their modem uses? It would be a good idea to assume that if the end user doesn't know what the setting is, that they won't change it. (until something doesn't work) Then make the default settings just work out of the box with to 90% of modems that a user would install (US Robotics, SmartOne, Multitech). It wouldn't make sense to make it only compatible with the zyxel modems out of the box. But look, that's one of the options for vgetty!
Instinctivly, I would be inclined to agree with you, but consider this: When the content provider notices a drop in the number of visits, they will ask the advertisers why. The advertisers will say "Because you don't have enough advertising!"
"Brilliant! Increase the marketing budget...."
It would likely be more of a Tar-DIStribution joke.
SCO's Lawyers probably don't really understand Linux or header files, but we do. Instead of the lawyers learning about linux or programming, they're teaching us about law...
I refuse to learn.
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Where is my Windows *95* support CD?
"Does it run on Propane?"
My apartment is lit solely by Electro-Luminescent panels...
I mean, Palm pilot.
Our company has hundreds of forms that are now completely out of date, but they were Microsoft Word Forms and a few of them were actually protected with a password. I just checked your generic password, but it didn't work for my forms. These forms were created originally in Microsoft Office 4.2 (for windows 3.1 - HA!) and some have been upgraded for use in Office 97 (double HA!). It might be a different algorithm for Word 2000 than it is for Word 5 or 97.
I tried knoppix several months ago. Sadly, it didn't detect my onboard sound hardware (Analog Devices) or my network card (3com 3c905). This left the experience a little flat. I can believe that it might have trouble with the sound hardware, but not finding a 3COM?!?! That's unforgivable.
Maybe that guy's 6-year-old can get the drivers working for me.
And then there are the people who type www.google.com into the MSN search field...
Can anyone say Andromeda Strain?
Well, I have a spot for the obsolete +R drives between my DC2120 tape drive and my zip drive.
It won't run any of my old DOS games. :)
Maybe it explains why Tandy owned Radio Shack and also made Leather goods. Computers are not usually made from cow parts...
Hey, I read that same scream in the prolog to the original Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II....
Keep your bodily fluids to yourself!
The Canadian model of a lot of things is better than the american one.... Try their Health Care, or maybe their legal system.
A lot of things are better when they are Canadian.... Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is not one of them.
I watched it two nights. I thought there was going to be more episodes, sort of like a MINI-SERIES if you will. They kinda left it hanging a little too much.
As for the vipers - I didn't care much for the little thrusters on the nose. I always imagined that those kinds of maneuvers could be done on gyros.
The new Starbuck had a little of the original Starbuckyness, but it just doesn't have the same effect to see a woman sucking on a big fat juicy one. (I mean CIGAR, dummy!)
If I start using Linux exclusively, can I be your friend? (I might just start using it anyway, but it would be nice to have some friend who can support me...) :)