My girlfriend, on the other hand, usually falls asleep before her head hits the pillow, right after downing an extra large, extra strong cup of coffee.
Or like the NY Times, where your employees are caught making up stuff. I'll never forget MS using an altered video as trial evidence. They even think "marketing" is the answer to legal problems.
Instead, find an existing OSS project that is close to what you need (or not very close, in which case, make sure it's obscure) and tell your boss all it needs is to be configured for your needs. Even if this means you are "configuring" PHP, Perl, or Apache.
I was amazed to find out how much can be justified in terms of development if you call it configuration instead of customization or development. You might suppose these words overlap in meaning, but not to a business person who has already made up their mind to only use "off the shelf solutions".
And should the HD get erased the FIRST TIME someone connects to the internet, it's not likely to create any serious data loss issues. The owner would probably think there's just something wrong with the computer.
Oh, now I understand. You mean Windows XP doesn't need to be reloaded every time you turn on the laptop?
No wonder the tech support guys are making death threats!
NIH (Not Invented Here) reported an outbreak of a new virus, now running rampant in the IT industry. Researchers are quoted as saying "We thought we stamped that out, but we are going to have to setup the quarantines again, since now HP has caught it".
And if that doesn't work or if is drives you crazy to have the computers off (no Slashdot!!), just spend the night at work where it's cool. Your boss will think you're really dedicated, too. Trust me, he'll never make the connection that you only work late on hot nights.
in the $118 million dollar anti-spam solutions market
This looks like it's becoming another "unholy alliance" like the virus / anti-virus market. It's as if the net had no native problems, so people have had to think up some so they could sell solutions for them. I wouldn't care if there wasn't so much collateral damamge to the net's reputation and so much extra effort on my part for "trash removal" in my corner of the net.
I'm a proud capitalist, but this is sickening.
It's like embedding nails in the road to increase sales of tires and towing services. Surely if there were ever a "solutions market" that deserved to be trashed by OSS, this is it.
The "boss button" was pretty common in the pre-Windows days. I remember a lot of DOS games had them. My favorite was an early VGA-capable game that was pretty pointless to play but it had cool VGA graphic effects before that was common. It had a well-documented "boss button", but when you hit it, it changed the cool graphics game to a cheesy-looking CGA game screen (heavy on the purple) and them locked the computer up tight. After about 5 seconds a dialog box popped up and asked "Were you expecting Lotus 1-2-3?". The only way to get out was a 3 finger salute.
This same game was free, but had a clever registration option, if you faxed him a $10 bill, he'd fax you a disk with the source code for the game.
I agree. this is a bad idea. I run and use mail lists also, and I know I'd stop mine. Most mails lists would cease to operate, except those that are "sponsored" by advertising. So how will this help? I predict mail list users would go back to USEnet (we all know how Spam-free that is) or resort to web-based forums (arguably a better idea anyway, but I don't want it forced this way).
If the government would stop writing new law (and imposing new taxes) and just enforce what we have (and collect what is already owed), there would be fewer problems. It's easier to create laws than to enforce them, and the devil's always in the implementation details, whether it's a law or a technology.
I dunno, I've got the same thing. Today one of my co-worker's sons complained about all the popups on the net. I tried to demonstrate how Mozilla blocks popups, but I couldn't remember a site that uses them, it's been so long since I've seen one. He was happy to supply a URL for me and sure enough, no popup in Mozilla. The boy's now thinking his daddy works with a real wizard (daddy's our help desk guy, and does everything the MS way). I told him to get Mozilla, the browser of champions.
I'm still not sure if popups actually exist out there. I guess I have to go fire up IE and check it out sometime:)
You forgot to figure the NPV (Net Present Value) into your calculation. When you include that, the actual annual cost is $4.34 (in today's dollars, of course, we'll leave inflation out for the moment).
MS should just offer all remaining NT 4.0 users a free upgrade to their choice of 2000 or XP server. They would engender much good will and finally be done with the platform they don't want to support.
Of course, this might be sending the wrong message to customers for the next upgrade cycle (just wait until we're tired of supporting it, and you get the upgrade for free), but it seems like the current message is "if you don't like us leaving you stranded, don't use Windows anymore".
That might be your belief, but it's not shared by most of the rest of the world. If that was the case, other countries would be supporting us as they did during the first gulf war. But they aren't. That should be telling you something.
You're right that we don't have 30 countries backing us as we did in 1991, we have more than 40 !!! If you don't believe me, turn on the TV and watch it.
Whatever. Rush Limbaugh is a troll who talks out of his ass. Most of what he says doesn't rise above the level of name calling. He obviously belongs to the "might is right" crowd I was talking about, but our might didn't stop Al Queda and I don't know if I would be willing to be my life that it'll stop North Korea. I'm not talking out of my ass when I say that North Korea is running with the pre-emptive strike idea. I'm quoting North Korea. From the BBC
Yeah, whatever.
It's quite handy for you that calling someone a "troll" doesn't count as name calling, but calling someone a "dictator" or "tyrant" does.
Your statement that you're not talking out your ass is obviously true since you said it.
I don't have mod points now, and your post doesn't need them anyway, but I agree with your logic in this. I suspect there is a lot more to this than has been revealed publicly, especially given our media frenzy. I sure hope that this action is enough to secure our future, and if not, I hope that the US continues to fight for what is right.
If too many oil wells are set ablaze, the US fears a backlash from environmental groups. After getting slammed so much for the Kyoto treaty fiasco, the president isn't going for a repeat here. Peace protesters can be annoying, but Greenpeace has a ship, and they aren't afraid to use it!
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Dude, you must be really boring in bed!.
The other major part of this is to accuse all their customers of being thieves (which is where the BSA comes in).
:)
It really does seem like MS is trying to speed up the conversion of all their customers to Linux.
The only other piece they need to have their products be viewed as less secure, then their strategy will be complete.
Or like the NY Times, where your employees are caught making up stuff. I'll never forget MS using an altered video as trial evidence. They even think "marketing" is the answer to legal problems.
Instead, find an existing OSS project that is close to what you need (or not very close, in which case, make sure it's obscure) and tell your boss all it needs is to be configured for your needs. Even if this means you are "configuring" PHP, Perl, or Apache.
I was amazed to find out how much can be justified in terms of development if you call it configuration instead of customization or development. You might suppose these words overlap in meaning, but not to a business person who has already made up their mind to only use "off the shelf solutions".
Try it!
Oh, now I understand. You mean Windows XP doesn't need to be reloaded every time you turn on the laptop?
No wonder the tech support guys are making death threats!
NIH (Not Invented Here) reported an outbreak of a new virus, now running rampant in the IT industry. Researchers are quoted as saying "We thought we stamped that out, but we are going to have to setup the quarantines again, since now HP has caught it".
That will cool things down a lot!
And if that doesn't work or if is drives you crazy to have the computers off (no Slashdot!!), just spend the night at work where it's cool. Your boss will think you're really dedicated, too. Trust me, he'll never make the connection that you only work late on hot nights.
You don't live in California, do you?
This looks like it's becoming another "unholy alliance" like the virus / anti-virus market. It's as if the net had no native problems, so people have had to think up some so they could sell solutions for them. I wouldn't care if there wasn't so much collateral damamge to the net's reputation and so much extra effort on my part for "trash removal" in my corner of the net.
I'm a proud capitalist, but this is sickening. It's like embedding nails in the road to increase sales of tires and towing services. Surely if there were ever a "solutions market" that deserved to be trashed by OSS, this is it.
Go SpamAssasin and Mozilla!!
That the opposite of "pro" gress is "con" gress.
Yes, I know it's old, but probably 2 or 3 Slashdot readers haven't heard it before, so I repeat it for their benefit.
The "boss button" was pretty common in the pre-Windows days. I remember a lot of DOS games had them. My favorite was an early VGA-capable game that was pretty pointless to play but it had cool VGA graphic effects before that was common. It had a well-documented "boss button", but when you hit it, it changed the cool graphics game to a cheesy-looking CGA game screen (heavy on the purple) and them locked the computer up tight. After about 5 seconds a dialog box popped up and asked "Were you expecting Lotus 1-2-3?". The only way to get out was a 3 finger salute.
This same game was free, but had a clever registration option, if you faxed him a $10 bill, he'd fax you a disk with the source code for the game.
It was funnier at the time, really.
Unless you just like being different to buck the system.
The NBT (Next Big Thing) better be good voice recognition anyway.
"Tactile input, how quaint"
-- Scotty
I agree. this is a bad idea. I run and use mail lists also, and I know I'd stop mine. Most mails lists would cease to operate, except those that are "sponsored" by advertising. So how will this help?
I predict mail list users would go back to USEnet (we all know how Spam-free that is) or resort to web-based forums (arguably a better idea anyway, but I don't want it forced this way).
If the government would stop writing new law (and imposing new taxes) and just enforce what we have (and collect what is already owed), there would be fewer problems. It's easier to create laws than to enforce them, and the devil's always in the implementation details, whether it's a law or a technology.
>Oh, and if anyone knows how I can stop paying income tax, email me.
Quit your job!
No income => no income tax
I'm surprised this didn't make an "Ask Slashdot" post.
Try this:
/usr/bin
;)
cd
ln -s mozilla ie
find / -name ie
That should work. Notice the lowercase 'ie', apparently your OS is case sensitive, unlike some of the other posters.
BTW, the first 2 lines will also fix the bug, so you can go ahead and try the code safely
I'm still not sure if popups actually exist out there. I guess I have to go fire up IE and check it out sometime :)
Thanks, team Mozilla!!
The external power supply is readily available on . . . laptops.
My laptop runs very quietly.
You forgot to figure the NPV (Net Present Value) into your calculation. When you include that, the actual annual cost is $4.34 (in today's dollars, of course, we'll leave inflation out for the moment).
MS should just offer all remaining NT 4.0 users a free upgrade to their choice of 2000 or XP server. They would engender much good will and finally be done with the platform they don't want to support.
Of course, this might be sending the wrong message to customers for the next upgrade cycle (just wait until we're tired of supporting it, and you get the upgrade for free), but it seems like the current message is "if you don't like us leaving you stranded, don't use Windows anymore".
You're right that we don't have 30 countries backing us as we did in 1991, we have more than 40 !!! If you don't believe me, turn on the TV and watch it.
Whatever. Rush Limbaugh is a troll who talks out of his ass. Most of what he says doesn't rise above the level of name calling. He obviously belongs to the "might is right" crowd I was talking about, but our might didn't stop Al Queda and I don't know if I would be willing to be my life that it'll stop North Korea. I'm not talking out of my ass when I say that North Korea is running with the pre-emptive strike idea. I'm quoting North Korea. From the BBC
Yeah, whatever.
It's quite handy for you that calling someone a "troll" doesn't count as name calling, but calling someone a "dictator" or "tyrant" does.
Your statement that you're not talking out your ass is obviously true since you said it.
I humbly bow to your great wisdom, Mr Troll.
I do!
More than I can put into words.
On behalf of my family, I thank you and your countrymen.
Amen.
I don't have mod points now, and your post doesn't need them anyway, but I agree with your logic in this. I suspect there is a lot more to this than has been revealed publicly, especially given our media frenzy. I sure hope that this action is enough to secure our future, and if not, I hope that the US continues to fight for what is right.
If too many oil wells are set ablaze, the US fears a backlash from environmental groups. After getting slammed so much for the Kyoto treaty fiasco, the president isn't going for a repeat here. Peace protesters can be annoying, but Greenpeace has a ship, and they aren't afraid to use it!
And regarding NK, check out this .
Exactly.
You hit the nail on the head.