its too easy to cook the books because the books are kept on insecure systems.
Yes, and Microsoft has already come up with a "secure" system they can tout as solving this problem... it's called Palladium. All your timecards are belong to us.
For instance, during my finals at university getting blindingly drunk at the weekends was probably very bad for my body, but it really helped my mind...[snip]...It's like some people can't function properly unless they've had a coffee or a ciggie. May not be healthy for their body, but it helps their mind function.
You are dangerously close to addiction any time you need to use a substance to manage your feelings.
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this now, but I remember this date because I was at the Windows 95 "Launch" event. The things I remember most about were the "Start Me Up" theme music, a full-screen/full-motion video demo in the form of a trailer for the live-action Casper movie (surely, no; full motion video on a Windows PC?!), and the unwashed masses of geeks.
after working in internet tech support for 6 months, and getting this answer WAY to often, I realized 90% of computer problems have nothing to do with the computer. 80% of them dont even have anything to do with a Microsoft product... they have to do with the users.
Heh. The fortune/motd on my Mandrake box today read as follows:
"At the source of every error which is blamed on a computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer."
To hear After Dark described as a "buttload of really sucky screensavers", makes me cringe when I think of the original (Mac only, black & white) Berkeley Systems After Dark and how PC users drooled when they seen the full-screen, full-motion animation of Flying Toasters being used simply as a screensaver (and not some kind of technology demo).
I agree that After Dark went down the tubes after it was ported to Windows. The novelty of it all started to wear off and hundreds (thousands?) of new and uninteresting After Dark modules were written to try to keep people interested in the product.
The death knoll for After Dark for Windows was when Windows 95 came out with a built-in screensaver engine that was as capable as the one from Berkeley Systems (which tells you the sad state of the Windows 3.1 screensaver engine).
Berkeley Systems stopped developing After Dark sometime in 1999 (IIRC) as they did not update it to work with Windows 2000 (and hence Windows XP).
I haven't used a Mac in quite a while so I am not sure when After Dark stoped working on that platform (Mac OS 9?).
However, it seems a Japanese company bought the rights to the software and has modified the modules to work with Mac OS X's built-in screensaver engine! You can get it for $10 for their website: Inifinisys, Ltd.
Estimated gross federal debt for fiscal year 2000: $5.687 trillion
Estimated gross federal debt for fiscal year 2003: $5.948 trillion
Via the magic of subtraction we find that the nation debt has increased around $0.261 trillion under GWB's watch thus far. An increase of around 1.5% per year.
At this rate, the national debt will have increased about 6% under Bush's first term. Compare that with the nearly 30% increase in Clinton's first term. (Both of these, however, are eclipsed by the over 70% increase in the national debt in Reagan's first term).
I know that if a delivery boy were to crash into my car, during his delivery, I could not only sue him but his company, as well (did the legal department sanction that crash?).
IAANAL (I also am not a lawyer), but I know that this is known as "vicarious liability". Any business that employs delivery personnel should carry insurance that covers vicarious liability, but many (smaller businesses) do not... and only find out about it the hard way.
So, they will no longer communicate with end users (which have been such a pain in the ass for them lately--"why can't users just accept our all-powerful status?") and will instead focus on "improving" the potential gold-mine of Sitefinder and similar technologies.
This company is in the process of being destroyed by its own greed.
I've been using Mandrake 9.1 as my primary environment for several months and have only had Konqueror seqfault on me a few times. Both times when I ran a./configure script inside Konsole and had that directory opened in Konqueror. No other major problems to report.
Of course the success of this licensing system assumes that licenses cannot be forged or otherwise obtained by spammers. Which, I am sorry to say, is not bloody likely.
...most people are fairly intelligent, on an individual basis. Many even fail to act as part of the mob when given the opportunity. Most people don't bother thinking for themselves in their day-to-day lives, and just go with the flow because its easier. "People are stupid, panicky animals" -- sheep in particular for the most part. And no, I don't exclude myself. I play nice with society's rules, even though I feel that our society is seriously flawed. So do most people who say how stupid people are...
Hmmm... the author of this article doesn't seem so sure about the Canadian's ability to create such a machine. Just look at the sarcastic tone of this sentence:
The seminar, sponsored by the Department of Computer Science, will be a held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the world's first portable PC - a Canadian-made MCM/70 microcomputer (right).
For instance, I got a hold of a bootleg of a bunch of old Pixies studio sessions.
<snip>
The stuff they didn't release is crap.
<snip>
There's a reason that stuff stays in the attic, and fans should be able to respect that, IMHO.
For fans of the creative process, it is important to see how an artist progresses, from their early works, to their successes, to their works not deemed worthy of release at the time.
For people like me, it is often more interesting to see the "failures" of recognized artists.
I just spent $100 at CD Baby. I am happy to pay for quality music... Timberlake, Spears, and Metallica can kiss my ass if I don't feel like chipping in to buy their 5th car and 3rd home.
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Program List:
Office & Design
OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, PDFCreator, GIMP
Internet & Communication
Mozilla, Miranda IM, FileZilla, TightVNC, WinHTTrack, PuTTY
Multimedia & Games
Audacity, CDex, Tux Paint, Crack Attack!, Sokoban YASC,
Neverball, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers
Utilities & Other
7-Zip, SciTE, WinPT, NetTime
Yes, and Microsoft has already come up with a "secure" system they can tout as solving this problem... it's called Palladium. All your timecards are belong to us.
-Mike
Now, there is nothing better than real egg nog.
-Mike
-Mike
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this now, but I remember this date because I was at the Windows 95 "Launch" event. The things I remember most about were the "Start Me Up" theme music, a full-screen/full-motion video demo in the form of a trailer for the live-action Casper movie (surely, no; full motion video on a Windows PC?!), and the unwashed masses of geeks.
-Mike
Heh. The fortune/motd on my Mandrake box today read as follows:
"At the source of every error which is blamed on a computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer."
-Mike
I agree that After Dark went down the tubes after it was ported to Windows. The novelty of it all started to wear off and hundreds (thousands?) of new and uninteresting After Dark modules were written to try to keep people interested in the product.
The death knoll for After Dark for Windows was when Windows 95 came out with a built-in screensaver engine that was as capable as the one from Berkeley Systems (which tells you the sad state of the Windows 3.1 screensaver engine).
Berkeley Systems stopped developing After Dark sometime in 1999 (IIRC) as they did not update it to work with Windows 2000 (and hence Windows XP).
I haven't used a Mac in quite a while so I am not sure when After Dark stoped working on that platform (Mac OS 9?).
However, it seems a Japanese company bought the rights to the software and has modified the modules to work with Mac OS X's built-in screensaver engine! You can get it for $10 for their website: Inifinisys, Ltd.
They'll just make better morons.
Only the KDE/Qt OpenOffice port link at dot.kde.org was in Google's cache: porting OpenOffice to Qt/KDE
Direct link to kde.openoffice.org
-Mike
I'm assuming you've never used Word 5 for Mac.
-Mike
RIAA to Smithers: "Release the hounds!"
-Mike
Don't let the facts get in the way of your argument...
Thanks to the US Treasury Fact Sheet on the Gross National Debt we find:
Estimated gross federal debt for fiscal year 2000: $5.687 trillion
Estimated gross federal debt for fiscal year 2003: $5.948 trillion
Via the magic of subtraction we find that the nation debt has increased around $0.261 trillion under GWB's watch thus far. An increase of around 1.5% per year.
At this rate, the national debt will have increased about 6% under Bush's first term. Compare that with the nearly 30% increase in Clinton's first term. (Both of these, however, are eclipsed by the over 70% increase in the national debt in Reagan's first term).
-Mike
IAANAL (I also am not a lawyer), but I know that this is known as "vicarious liability". Any business that employs delivery personnel should carry insurance that covers vicarious liability, but many (smaller businesses) do not... and only find out about it the hard way.
So, they will no longer communicate with end users (which have been such a pain in the ass for them lately--"why can't users just accept our all-powerful status?") and will instead focus on "improving" the potential gold-mine of Sitefinder and similar technologies.
This company is in the process of being destroyed by its own greed.
This is Google's cache of http://www.fourmilab.to/documents/digital-imprimat ur/
I've been using Mandrake 9.1 as my primary environment for several months and have only had Konqueror seqfault on me a few times. Both times when I ran a ./configure script inside Konsole and had that directory opened in Konqueror. No other major problems to report.
Of course the success of this licensing system assumes that licenses cannot be forged or otherwise obtained by spammers. Which, I am sorry to say, is not bloody likely.
Mac fans and supporters are clueless zealots who are easily influenced by Jobs' Reality Distortion Field.
(Though this is starting to change).
I think this idea was summarized best by a this Slashdot post:
I am the mac owning friend... and my friend heard me wrong. Of course Apple didn't invent any of those things!
:p
They just improved them and brought them to the masses.
Interesting quote: "One has to wonder what software is going to be worth, too. It's going to be produced in such enormous volume."
For people like me, it is often more interesting to see the "failures" of recognized artists.
Radio 1190, college/indie radio station with 24-hour webcast, based in Boulder, Colorado.
I just spent $100 at CD Baby. I am happy to pay for quality music... Timberlake, Spears, and Metallica can kiss my ass if I don't feel like chipping in to buy their 5th car and 3rd home.