You'd think that if they migrated 12,000 users to Linux almost a year ago that someone would have written an article or something.
I suspect that the Iowa schools just migrated some/all of their servers to Linux and the article neglected to mention that "completely dumped Microsoft" meant that they completely dumped IIS in favor of Apache on Linux.
Bertelsmann has since spent millions of dollars to prop up Napster
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Bertelsmann will pay $8 million to Napster's creditors to acquire the company's assets. The transaction opens the door for Napster to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to sources close to the deal.
Seems like an awful lot of money to pay for a company since
The software, while innovative will probably need an almost complete rewrite when they go to a new legit way of distributing music
All of their customers have gone over to Kaza, Gnutella, etc.
The name is now synonymous with illegal music. Although maybe they think it is worth something.
The company still needs to file for bankruptcy protection.
So why are they paying so much for a company who's net worth ranks right up there with Enron?
Is it?
They're a few fruit loops short of a box
They are buying the company just to make sure Napster doesn't somehow get going again
When I got high speed I decided to cancel my dial-up account. I went to the ISP's web site and used the on line form. Funny thing was when you hit the submit button you wouldn't get a response back from the server. It would just hang until your browser timed out after a couple of minutes. At first I though it was just that the database was temporarily down or something but after trying several time over the course of a few days I phoned tech support. Luckily they were very helpful and canceled my account right away.
You may be on to something. I tried doing a search on Google for "Westbridge Technology" (the people who wrote the article) to find out more about them. I only got 2 hits with and a sponsored link to the Westbridge Technology home page. Westbridge Technology must be very new for the page to not show up in Google yet.
This is nothing new. Here's a transcipt from an Extra TV show episode that aired December 1st,1999. I think slashdot should have posted this article since it is much more sensational.
The article did have one quote that caught me off guard.
"We found that half of the keyboards we tested were positive for urine."
Anyone have any humorous reasons that explain how the urine gets on the keyboards?
I also have to worry about the way the article mentioned that using antibacterial products reduced the amount of bacteria dramatically. People will think they need to run out and buy all sorts of antibacterial soaps and other products they don't need. Even though scientists are now starting to think that the overuse of antibacterial soaps can actually breed super bugs.
I "accidentally" type my email address in wrong all the time when I'm filling in those dam free registration required so we can send you spam/special offers/propaganda web forms.
I'm not sure if the senators know this but to register for a retinal scan a person has to hold their eye very still for about 45 seconds, however not everyone is able to do this. From the
Biometric Group web site:
No reliable statistics are available regarding the Failure to Enroll rate, or the number of users who are simply unable to perform an acceptable enrollment. Based on experience, it is fair to conclude that a statistically significant number of people, perhaps 5-10%, may be unable to perform a satisfactory enrollment.
I think Microsoft should stick with a 32 bit OS. A 64 bit version of XP will just crash your machine twice as fast and twice as hard.
Hmm... Maybe that could be the new motto.
Maybe Norton and Mcafee will take notice now
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I've got Norton antivirus installed at home and I find it ridiculous that it doesn't detect spyware.
From the Norton Site: Because adware programs are not malicious, and are not viruses, worms, or Trojans, Norton AntiVirus does not detect them as such. Detecting nonmalicious programs such as jokes or adware could cause you to believe you have run or received a dangerous program when in fact you have not.
Hopefully they'll fix this in their next version. Ad-aware has been great for removing spyware after it's weaseled it's way onto my system but I need a program that will stop it from getting on my system in the first place.
A radio-frequency signal in the table coil induces a current in the coils in the glasses to keep the glasses powered up, even when they are raised a few inches above the table.
Oh great! Now in addition to worrying about my cell phone giving me a brain tumor I have to worry about sitting to close to the table and going sterile.
I try to give out my email address as little as possible so I don't receive much of the typical spam. I do have a problem with companies I've dealt with before sending me spam.
With one company in particular (name withheld to prevent slander suit) I signed up to receive regular email "newsletters" from them but canceled my subscription over a year ago. Then recently they started sending me the newsletters again. I went to the website but I can't log in because my account no longer exists. I even tried entering my email address (the one they are sending the newsletters to) on the "forgot you password" page but it says that there is no account for that email address. I've also sent an email to tech support explaining the problem but haven't gotten a response.
So is there any chance that future anti-spam laws might protect me from buggy mailing list software and poor tech support?
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Its kind of fun to see what people search for. I tried typing in "XXX". The top 4 searches were:
- free xxx
- xxx password
- free xxx picture
- free xxx movie
Seems like it's not just Flash Mx that people want for free.- "Randy Baker" linux iowa
- intitle:iowa intitle:linux schools
- intitle:linux 16 districts iowa
- As well as many others
You'd think that if they migrated 12,000 users to Linux almost a year ago that someone would have written an article or something.I suspect that the Iowa schools just migrated some/all of their servers to Linux and the article neglected to mention that "completely dumped Microsoft" meant that they completely dumped IIS in favor of Apache on Linux.
- The software, while innovative will probably need an almost complete rewrite when they go to a new legit way of distributing music
- All of their customers have gone over to Kaza, Gnutella, etc.
- The name is now synonymous with illegal music. Although maybe they think it is worth something.
- The company still needs to file for bankruptcy protection.
So why are they paying so much for a company who's net worth ranks right up there with Enron? Is it?"I've said it before and I'll say it again: Democracy simply doesn't work." -Kent Brockman
When I got high speed I decided to cancel my dial-up account. I went to the ISP's web site and used the on line form. Funny thing was when you hit the submit button you wouldn't get a response back from the server. It would just hang until your browser timed out after a couple of minutes. At first I though it was just that the database was temporarily down or something but after trying several time over the course of a few days I phoned tech support. Luckily they were very helpful and canceled my account right away.
I'll bet you a donut that they did since the site the article is posted on xwss.org is owned by them.
Try a whois on both xwss.org and westbridgetech.com You'll notice they are owned by the same people.
A whois search also reveals that xwss.org and westbridgetech.com belong to the same people.
And to top it all off Westbridge sells an XML message server. Just what you need to implement all the good stuff talked about in the article.
The article did have one quote that caught me off guard.
Anyone have any humorous reasons that explain how the urine gets on the keyboards?
I also have to worry about the way the article mentioned that using antibacterial products reduced the amount of bacteria dramatically. People will think they need to run out and buy all sorts of antibacterial soaps and other products they don't need. Even though scientists are now starting to think that the overuse of antibacterial soaps can actually breed super bugs.
I "accidentally" type my email address in wrong all the time when I'm filling in those dam free registration required so we can send you spam/special offers/propaganda web forms.
Silicon Valley Daily has a short summary of HP including what their first product was and a picture of the garage where it all got started.
Yes the post was from Linus. Here's the orginal posting
Yes the patch was from Linus. Here's the orginal posting
No reliable statistics are available regarding the Failure to Enroll rate, or the number of users who are simply unable to perform an acceptable enrollment. Based on experience, it is fair to conclude that a statistically significant number of people, perhaps 5-10%, may be unable to perform a satisfactory enrollment.
Hmm... Maybe that could be the new motto.
From the Norton Site:
Because adware programs are not malicious, and are not viruses, worms, or Trojans, Norton AntiVirus does not detect them as such. Detecting nonmalicious programs such as jokes or adware could cause you to believe you have run or received a dangerous program when in fact you have not.
Hopefully they'll fix this in their next version. Ad-aware has been great for removing spyware after it's weaseled it's way onto my system but I need a program that will stop it from getting on my system in the first place.
So how long do you think it'll be before Professor Warwick really does become a human web server?
It's funny how an article that says businesses can save money by developing software with new technologies has an ad for Microsoft .NET at the top.
Amazon has a book on who the secret six really are.
The company might still be around but it looks like their website has just croaked from the slashdot effect.
A radio-frequency signal in the table coil induces a current in the coils in the glasses to keep the glasses powered up, even when they are raised a few inches above the table.
Oh great! Now in addition to worrying about my cell phone giving me a brain tumor I have to worry about sitting to close to the table and going sterile.
With one company in particular (name withheld to prevent slander suit) I signed up to receive regular email "newsletters" from them but canceled my subscription over a year ago. Then recently they started sending me the newsletters again. I went to the website but I can't log in because my account no longer exists. I even tried entering my email address (the one they are sending the newsletters to) on the "forgot you password" page but it says that there is no account for that email address. I've also sent an email to tech support explaining the problem but haven't gotten a response.
So is there any chance that future anti-spam laws might protect me from buggy mailing list software and poor tech support?
Thought not.