The article contains links to 25 books discussing the corruption. So, things are not that bad, if a large number of authors can write books about it. Many of the publishers are the biggest names in U.S. publishing, like Wiley and Scribner.
The answer is no, of course, because I just put it on the web site.
It's scary, however, that people are asking those questions. It seems that the U.S. is on a downward slide. Four years ago no one would question whether they should read an article, if they wanted to read it.
It doesn't matter how much money you pay to Microsoft, Sandeep and Li and Chung don't know the answer. Some of them give the impression they have never owned a computer.
At least with Linux it is theoretically possible to get an answer to any question. With Windows, you will never talk to someone who has seen the source code, no matter how much you pay.
Not only do no MS tech support people see source code, apparently, but they wouldn't know how to understand it if they did.
If you want some insight into mental breakdowns, read the books listed in the section "Understanding Your Inner Self" at the bottom of the article
Read the Recent Great Books.
"5. Intuit sells a POS for QuickBooks. Never tried it, but I'm sure it works well."
Intuit is number 4 on the Gripelog Hall of Shame. It was number 1, but now the others are worse! That means that Intuit has been voted one of the most abusive computer companies in the world. Do you want them for a business partner?
I've looked at the hardware sold in a package with the QuickBooks POS. It looks VERY cheap. Anyone have experience with the package?
I've written a point-of-sale system myself, and a fully-featured, relatively bug-free system might cost at least $100,000 to write. It's a LOT more work than it first seems to make it easy to use, for example. Retail operations are far more complex than they first appear.
FreeBSD has powerful marketing: Quality. There are many obvious indications of quality. However, as I said, I think the presentation works a little against this. It is possible to be humorous and engaging without being self-defeating, I think, but doing so is a big intellectual challenge in a field in which technical people often don't suspect is so complicated and demanding.
Rather than worry about encryption to save yourself from your government, it is better to stop the government corruption. The first step is to learn what that corruption is:
Books about the unprecedented U.S. government corruption
Here are a few books about George W. Bush and his administration.
Notice that many of them come from large, respected publishers. All of
the books are available at my local library, so I imagine they are
available at your library, also.
House of Bush, House of Saud: The secret relationship between the world's two most powerful dynasties by Craig Unger, 2004, Scribner. Available as a book and as excerpts on CD.
"This is not a left-right issue. It's not a Republican, Democrat issue.
I draw on as many Republicans who are critical of the secrecy of this
presidency as I do Democrats." From the written introduction:
"Reporters covering the White House of George W. Bush claim that the
current administration is more pre-occupied with controlling
information than any of his predecessors."
More quotes from John Dean: "Bush is head of state and Cheney
is head of government." George W. Bush is "frighteningly
unsophisticated for a president of the United States". "I can't find
anything that is comparable in history."
The Book on Bush: How George W. (mis)leads America by Eric Alterman and Mark Green, 2004. Available as a book and excerpts on CD.
Fraud: The strategy behind the Bush lies and why the media didn't tell you
by Paul Waldman, 2004, Sourcebooks, Inc. Paul Waldman is the past
associate director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and holds a
Ph.D. in communications.
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, fortune, and the politics of deceit in the house of Bush by Kevin Phillips, 2004.
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind, 2004, Simon & Schuster. Available as a book and excerpts on CD.
Against All Enemies: Inside America's war on terror by
Richard A. Clarke, 2004, Free Press. Available as a book and excerpts
on cassette and CD. Mr. Clarke was the head of the U.S. government's
anti-terrorism effort until he quit because of disagreement with the
George W. Bush administration. Mr. Clarke had served under President
Reagan, the former President Bush, and President Clinton.
Perfectly Legal: The covert campaign to rig our tax system to benefit the super rich -- and cheat everybody else by David Cay Johnston, 2003, Portfolio. Reviews: Powell'sBarnes and NobleAmazon
Mr. Johnston has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.
Supreme Injustice: How the high court hijacked election 2000 by Alan M. Dershowitz, 2001, Oxf
More help. The documents are a mess, with contradictory statements and errors, and scattered information. Supposedly, all of these documents apply to Windows XP. At least that's what I was told by MS tech. support.
But, only the old version, Xcacls.exe, is freely available. It is necessary to contact MS Technical Support for the latest version. If you get it, send it to me:
jennings_michael
AT
Hotmail
DOT
com
Sometimes MS requires you to have an "MS Passport" to get technical support, so that is the address I use. Hotmail is, however, a cesspool of unwanted email, so I don't usually use it for anything else.
Those with experience know that if you have a difficult Microsoft technical support question, it is better to ask the Psychic Friends Network. They don't know the answer either, but they are more friendly and less expensive.
I've asked 3 questions of MS Tech support recently, and got 0.00 useful answers. For anyone who would like more accuracy in that number, it was 0.00000000000 useful answers.
Microsoft technical support people not only cannot answer your question, but they are prevented by the Microsoft management hierarchy from communicating with anyone who would know the answer.
Also, permissions policy in NTFS has some bugs, apparently. (Mentioned by someone else, earlier. I've encountered quirkiness, also.) There is at least one policy setting in Windows XP that says, "Only works in Windows 2000".
Often a commercial company will not tell the truth about bugs. That's why I like Open Source people. They are honest about bugs. I reported 3 bugs in the NET USE command in Windows XP, and Microsoft Technical Support refused to do anything about it. Too much paperwork to report bugs, I guess.
That's completely different. Discreet is not talking about hell or devils. The words inferno and flame and fire there mean a place where important creativity is molded.
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The article contains links to 25 books discussing the corruption. So, things are not that bad, if a large number of authors can write books about it. Many of the publishers are the biggest names in U.S. publishing, like Wiley and Scribner.
The answer is no, of course, because I just put it on the web site.
It's scary, however, that people are asking those questions. It seems that the U.S. is on a downward slide. Four years ago no one would question whether they should read an article, if they wanted to read it.
You may be interested in an article in which I pulled together some links: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government. It is still in rough draft form.
New!! Low cost alternative: Teaches you to appreciate and even enjoy dirty floors.
This is the 3,967th language proposal I've seen recently. (Okay, almost that.)
I suggest that C++ and Java be finished before working on any more languages. All my life I have been working with unfinished programming tools.
Support Agreement!!!?????
It doesn't matter how much money you pay to Microsoft, Sandeep and Li and Chung don't know the answer. Some of them give the impression they have never owned a computer.
At least with Linux it is theoretically possible to get an answer to any question. With Windows, you will never talk to someone who has seen the source code, no matter how much you pay.
Not only do no MS tech support people see source code, apparently, but they wouldn't know how to understand it if they did.
If you want some insight into mental breakdowns, read the books listed in the section "Understanding Your Inner Self" at the bottom of the article Read the Recent Great Books.
The book, The Primal Scream: Primal Therapy: The Cure for Neurosis
by Arthur Janov is especially helpful.
"5. Intuit sells a POS for QuickBooks. Never tried it, but I'm sure it works well."
Intuit is number 4 on the Gripelog Hall of Shame. It was number 1, but now the others are worse! That means that Intuit has been voted one of the most abusive computer companies in the world. Do you want them for a business partner?
I've looked at the hardware sold in a package with the QuickBooks POS. It looks VERY cheap. Anyone have experience with the package?
If the problem is with FoxPro for DOS, maybe I can help. Reply to this post.
If the problem is with serial port compatibility in Win XP, I may be able to help there, also.
If you enter a wrong name, how do you delete it? Where is the information stored?
Thanks, I would never have guessed that in a million years.
I'm using Firefox .8, and Mozilla 1.5 and 1.6 on different computers, and I don't see an about:config on any menu or in any .JS file.
This text does not exist in the page you linked:
browser.tabs.opentabfor.linkclick = 'true'
Could you provide a link or more explanation?
I've written a point-of-sale system myself, and a fully-featured, relatively bug-free system might cost at least $100,000 to write. It's a LOT more work than it first seems to make it easy to use, for example. Retail operations are far more complex than they first appear.
Goals for a future release: Database Independence.
FreeBSD has powerful marketing: Quality. There are many obvious indications of quality. However, as I said, I think the presentation works a little against this. It is possible to be humorous and engaging without being self-defeating, I think, but doing so is a big intellectual challenge in a field in which technical people often don't suspect is so complicated and demanding.
Rather than worry about encryption to save yourself from your government, it is better to stop the government corruption. The first step is to learn what that corruption is:
Books about the unprecedented U.S. government corruption
Here are a few books about George W. Bush and his administration. Notice that many of them come from large, respected publishers. All of the books are available at my local library, so I imagine they are available at your library, also.
The Bush family connection with the Saudis is also documented in a new movie by Michael Moore, due for release on July 4, 2004, called Fahrenheit 9/11. Michael Moore won an academy award for his movie " Bowling for Columbine", in spite of the sometimes poor quality of his reporting.
"This is not a left-right issue. It's not a Republican, Democrat issue. I draw on as many Republicans who are critical of the secrecy of this presidency as I do Democrats." From the written introduction: "Reporters covering the White House of George W. Bush claim that the current administration is more pre-occupied with controlling information than any of his predecessors."
More quotes from John Dean: "Bush is head of state and Cheney is head of government." George W. Bush is "frighteningly unsophisticated for a president of the United States". "I can't find anything that is comparable in history."
Mr. Johnston has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting.
I think he is speaking of local group policy, which does not require Active Directory, but can use it for policy enforcement.
I believe AD just maintains a database of policies available on local machines.
More help. The documents are a mess, with contradictory statements and errors, and scattered information. Supposedly, all of these documents apply to Windows XP. At least that's what I was told by MS tech. support.
Introduction to Windows 2000 Group Policy
Understanding Group Policies on Windows Server 2003
Windows XP Group Policies
325388 Support WebCast: Windows 2000: Group Policy
298444 A Description of the Group Policy Update Utility
Also, check out 825751 - HOW TO: Use Xcacls.vbs to Modify NTFS Permissions. Works from a command line, and can run at startup.
But, only the old version, Xcacls.exe, is freely available. It is necessary to contact MS Technical Support for the latest version. If you get it, send it to me:
jennings_michael
AT
Hotmail
DOT
com
Sometimes MS requires you to have an "MS Passport" to get technical support, so that is the address I use. Hotmail is, however, a cesspool of unwanted email, so I don't usually use it for anything else.
Those with experience know that if you have a difficult Microsoft technical support question, it is better to ask the Psychic Friends Network. They don't know the answer either, but they are more friendly and less expensive.
I've asked 3 questions of MS Tech support recently, and got 0.00 useful answers. For anyone who would like more accuracy in that number, it was 0.00000000000 useful answers.
Microsoft technical support people not only cannot answer your question, but they are prevented by the Microsoft management hierarchy from communicating with anyone who would know the answer.
Also, permissions policy in NTFS has some bugs, apparently. (Mentioned by someone else, earlier. I've encountered quirkiness, also.) There is at least one policy setting in Windows XP that says, "Only works in Windows 2000".
Often a commercial company will not tell the truth about bugs. That's why I like Open Source people. They are honest about bugs. I reported 3 bugs in the NET USE command in Windows XP, and Microsoft Technical Support refused to do anything about it. Too much paperwork to report bugs, I guess.
Group Policy Edit: GpEdit.msc. Enter that in Run... or in a DOS window.
The whole system is very sloppy and very poorly documented, in my experience.
The cURL license seems okay now: cURL license. I suppose it wouldn't be on Sourceforge if it weren't okay.
Don't confuse cURL with Curl, from the Curl Corporation.
LOL.
You have to agree it's funny. Microsoft is paying money so that The Register will call the company "Beast Central".
Marketing people: If you do something that gets your company called "Beast Central", you have failed.
That's completely different. Discreet is not talking about hell or devils. The words inferno and flame and fire there mean a place where important creativity is molded.