They had people sign pre-done form letters and send them in. Big deal. EVERYONE does this, ALL lobby groups do this.
How hypocritical is/.? Well, let's see. Everytime we need to write a congressman someone comes up with an automailer or sends out a form email. What's the difference? Oh yeah, this is Microsoft and I'm on Slashdot.
They aren't a monopoly here. As of today they aren't even a player in the console business. If people don't like this bundling they'll go by a GameCube that ships the same week....
But it's not OK when it's Microsoft!
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Everyone else does this. To pre-order a Gameboy Advance from EB you had to buy it and 2 games at the same time. I have no doubt it'll be the same way with the new consoles.
Console makers LOSE MONEY on the console itself. They only makem oney on the games. This makes a lot of sense. I'm sure you'll be able to get one without games if you want, just look around.
A company holds a patent on embedded apps. If Microsoft keeps letting you use the plug-ins they'll have to pay...so they will stop. That just happens to also be good news for.NET.
Blame the company with the patent, which is usually the case here on Slashdot anyway. This time the "victim" is Microsoft. Should be an interesting battle to see which one Slashdotters hate more... Microsoft or Patents.
To everyone saying IBM has learned their lesson, do you really think so? Do you think if IBM could go back and make it like before where almost everyone was an IBM shop with IBM proprietary stuff they wouldn't? Of course they would. IBM wants to make money. No lessons were learned. If they find out they won't make money on Linux and Open Source they'll drop it.
In most cases the MP3 players last a lot long on batteries than CD players. They can fit more in memory and don't have to spin the disc constantly or as fast. Compare the memory it takes to hold 8 mins of MP3 to 8 mins of CD audio...
My wife has the RioVolt and the battery lasts MUCH longer when playing MP3s.
This is one of the best posts I've read on here in a long time. Not the usual "users are stupid!!!!" messages.
You are absolutely right. I'm the only network admin for a company with about 200 users. We do have a couple of desktop support guys that work with the end-users. My job is mostly servers, and only end-user support when needed. We've had a HARD time finding good desktop people..people that HELP the user and don't call them "lusers" as soon as they walk away. We've finally gotten good people in but we're still dealing with all the damage the last group did.
A lot of computer admins and support people forget that their customer is the end-user...not the company they work for. If it weren't for them we wouldn't have jobs. So the top priority is to make them happy. My servers could be barely getting by, but if the users are happy I'd still have a job. Flip that around, if my servers were flying along with full backup and great performance but the users weren't happy and had problems I'd be fired.
In North Carolina there is the Shelby Hamfest. When I used to go it was the largest in the country. Really fun to walk around and see all the old stuff for sale. I really miss that...
I know they still have it, maybe I should check it out again.
I love Aeron chairs..but not everyone does. So what's the point of this? Wooo...people like different things!
Anyway, I inherited a bad back from my mom's side of the family. So I bought an Aeron chair for home and loved it. Yes, you ABSOLUTELY must adjust it for you, and you MUST get the right size. There is more than one! The place I'm working at now has them for everyone, and they aren't a dotcom. This is the second company I've been with (that wasn't a failing dotcom) that did this. So it isn't really a dotcom problem, people just like to say it is.
Also, after trying mine out for a while my mom got an Aeron too and loves it. No more back pain for either of us.
Sueing software makers for bugs is a "bad idea". How many open source authors are going to want to be held liable for that when they don't even get paid for their work? Not many.
Sue your admin. They didn't patch it. Microsoft released a patch in time for the first wave of this.
You really don't want to start this..just wait until Linux is popular enough to attack. How many default Red Hat servers do you think are out there? A LOT. We had a couple of stock Red Hat 6.1/6.2 boxes at my current work when I started.
I can understand admins not patching when the fix first hit. The usual "Won't happen to me problem". But now? After all this press? All the news stories?
I think the systems we're seeing infected now are either workstations with IIS installed and the user doesn't know/remember, or server with no real support staff sitting in a closet somewhere. Now the question is, will they EVER get patched?
Someone whip up a worm that patches systems. Be like a cyberwar from the movies. How cool is that?:)
People buy customers EVERY DAY. Look at the entire ISP market over the last 5 or more years. How do you think big ISPs got to be big ISPs? People didn't join them by the millions (except for maybe AOL), they bought smaller ISPs over and over.
Is it a bad thing? I think not. If you don't like it switch.
One of our servers was compromised (my bad). A few days after I found the worm and patched it I got an email from SecurityFocus.com saying (and I paraphrase): Hey idiot, you have a worm on your server. Go get this patch and install it and stop spreading it.
I thought that was a good idea for admins that didn't know about the worm.
In my spare time I write books and have done several MCSE study guides (just released a Linux LPIC one!). I got email from people in Africa a *LOT*. Many people there are studying up to get certifications thinking that is the way to get to Europe and the US.
I'd say at least 2/3 of my mail was from Africa, usually Nigeria.
You're right, we do..well....my friend does. I haven't invested in HD but he has. It looks great and WRAL has done a good job. But, there still isn't enough on for me yet, and I can't give up my TiVo.
If college basketball starts being broadcast in HD, then I'm in.
I don't have an HDTV, but I know you need an antenna to get most channels for it. I wish I had an extra $10K sitting around to throw away like this.
As for digital cable, I'm not impressed. We have Time Warner digital in Raleigh, NC. All of the network stations are still transmitted in analog, so you get no advantage there. Luckily though, I mainly watch Discovery and History Channel and those are in digital. The only problem is they compress the mpeg so much you can see the artifact blocks whenever the screen gets dark. This is really wonderful when watching a show on space on Science of the Deep and all you see are dark blue squares where the deep ocean should be.
How about they take off a few unneeded channels and lower the compression a bit. Do we really need 5 different home and garden channels, or all those food channels?
Let's see 4 people do what SuSe does. Does Slackware support all the languages SuSe does? Definately not. What about the deals they've done with large storage and clustering partners? No.
SuSe needs a lot more people than Slackware because they do more.
We saw JP3 last night and liked it. It's exactly what they tell you it is...people running from cool looking dinosaurs. It isn't going to win a lot of awards (maybe special effects), but it's a great summer movie to see.
Movie reviews on this site have become totally useless. Unless the movie is about some population of people being repressed for being different and can be compared to Columbine Katz doesn't like it. Hey John, pretend the people on the island are being persecuted for being different and the dinosaurs are the "jocks" and then maybe you'll like it!
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You put your own address on them. So, the people put bad addresses on them not Microsoft.
They had people sign pre-done form letters and send them in. Big deal. EVERYONE does this, ALL lobby groups do this.
/.? Well, let's see. Everytime we need to write a congressman someone comes up with an automailer or sends out a form email. What's the difference? Oh yeah, this is Microsoft and I'm on Slashdot.
How hypocritical is
AMD does all that and does it faster while being cheaper, that's why.
Why pay $300 for a chip when you can get a faster one for $200? Just as compatible. Has the same MMX. They do SMP.
They aren't a monopoly here. As of today they aren't even a player in the console business. If people don't like this bundling they'll go by a GameCube that ships the same week....
Everyone else does this. To pre-order a Gameboy Advance from EB you had to buy it and 2 games at the same time. I have no doubt it'll be the same way with the new consoles.
Console makers LOSE MONEY on the console itself. They only makem oney on the games. This makes a lot of sense. I'm sure you'll be able to get one without games if you want, just look around.
A company holds a patent on embedded apps. If Microsoft keeps letting you use the plug-ins they'll have to pay...so they will stop. That just happens to also be good news for .NET.
Blame the company with the patent, which is usually the case here on Slashdot anyway. This time the "victim" is Microsoft. Should be an interesting battle to see which one Slashdotters hate more... Microsoft or Patents.
To everyone saying IBM has learned their lesson, do you really think so? Do you think if IBM could go back and make it like before where almost everyone was an IBM shop with IBM proprietary stuff they wouldn't? Of course they would. IBM wants to make money. No lessons were learned. If they find out they won't make money on Linux and Open Source they'll drop it.
In most cases the MP3 players last a lot long on batteries than CD players. They can fit more in memory and don't have to spin the disc constantly or as fast. Compare the memory it takes to hold 8 mins of MP3 to 8 mins of CD audio...
My wife has the RioVolt and the battery lasts MUCH longer when playing MP3s.
A patch for the exploit that let Code Red run wild was out before the worm.
This is one of the best posts I've read on here in a long time. Not the usual "users are stupid!!!!" messages.
You are absolutely right. I'm the only network admin for a company with about 200 users. We do have a couple of desktop support guys that work with the end-users. My job is mostly servers, and only end-user support when needed. We've had a HARD time finding good desktop people..people that HELP the user and don't call them "lusers" as soon as they walk away. We've finally gotten good people in but we're still dealing with all the damage the last group did.
A lot of computer admins and support people forget that their customer is the end-user...not the company they work for. If it weren't for them we wouldn't have jobs. So the top priority is to make them happy. My servers could be barely getting by, but if the users are happy I'd still have a job. Flip that around, if my servers were flying along with full backup and great performance but the users weren't happy and had problems I'd be fired.
In North Carolina there is the Shelby Hamfest. When I used to go it was the largest in the country. Really fun to walk around and see all the old stuff for sale. I really miss that...
I know they still have it, maybe I should check it out again.
I love Aeron chairs..but not everyone does. So what's the point of this? Wooo...people like different things!
Anyway, I inherited a bad back from my mom's side of the family. So I bought an Aeron chair for home and loved it. Yes, you ABSOLUTELY must adjust it for you, and you MUST get the right size. There is more than one! The place I'm working at now has them for everyone, and they aren't a dotcom. This is the second company I've been with (that wasn't a failing dotcom) that did this. So it isn't really a dotcom problem, people just like to say it is.
Also, after trying mine out for a while my mom got an Aeron too and loves it. No more back pain for either of us.
Sueing software makers for bugs is a "bad idea". How many open source authors are going to want to be held liable for that when they don't even get paid for their work? Not many.
Sue your admin. They didn't patch it. Microsoft released a patch in time for the first wave of this.
You really don't want to start this..just wait until Linux is popular enough to attack. How many default Red Hat servers do you think are out there? A LOT. We had a couple of stock Red Hat 6.1/6.2 boxes at my current work when I started.
I can understand admins not patching when the fix first hit. The usual "Won't happen to me problem". But now? After all this press? All the news stories?
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I think the systems we're seeing infected now are either workstations with IIS installed and the user doesn't know/remember, or server with no real support staff sitting in a closet somewhere. Now the question is, will they EVER get patched?
Someone whip up a worm that patches systems. Be like a cyberwar from the movies. How cool is that?
Download the patch. Put it on a floppy. Walk it over to the new system. Apply it.
Or just burn Service Pack 2 to a CD-R.... or put it on a network behind the firewall. Not that big of a deal.
People buy customers EVERY DAY. Look at the entire ISP market over the last 5 or more years. How do you think big ISPs got to be big ISPs? People didn't join them by the millions (except for maybe AOL), they bought smaller ISPs over and over.
Is it a bad thing? I think not. If you don't like it switch.
So you're the guy buying all the Viagra and sending $5 to everyone's name on the list! :)
One of our servers was compromised (my bad). A few days after I found the worm and patched it I got an email from SecurityFocus.com saying (and I paraphrase): Hey idiot, you have a worm on your server. Go get this patch and install it and stop spreading it.
I thought that was a good idea for admins that didn't know about the worm.
In my spare time I write books and have done several MCSE study guides (just released a Linux LPIC one!). I got email from people in Africa a *LOT*. Many people there are studying up to get certifications thinking that is the way to get to Europe and the US.
I'd say at least 2/3 of my mail was from Africa, usually Nigeria.
You're right, we do..well....my friend does. I haven't invested in HD but he has. It looks great and WRAL has done a good job. But, there still isn't enough on for me yet, and I can't give up my TiVo.
If college basketball starts being broadcast in HD, then I'm in.
I don't have an HDTV, but I know you need an antenna to get most channels for it. I wish I had an extra $10K sitting around to throw away like this.
As for digital cable, I'm not impressed. We have Time Warner digital in Raleigh, NC. All of the network stations are still transmitted in analog, so you get no advantage there. Luckily though, I mainly watch Discovery and History Channel and those are in digital. The only problem is they compress the mpeg so much you can see the artifact blocks whenever the screen gets dark. This is really wonderful when watching a show on space on Science of the Deep and all you see are dark blue squares where the deep ocean should be.
How about they take off a few unneeded channels and lower the compression a bit. Do we really need 5 different home and garden channels, or all those food channels?
Let's see 4 people do what SuSe does. Does Slackware support all the languages SuSe does? Definately not. What about the deals they've done with large storage and clustering partners? No.
SuSe needs a lot more people than Slackware because they do more.
A summer movie is a good action movie that is fun to see without being a true piece of art. It's a way to have fun.
I think a lot of people dislike movies just to dislike movies.
We saw JP3 last night and liked it. It's exactly what they tell you it is...people running from cool looking dinosaurs. It isn't going to win a lot of awards (maybe special effects), but it's a great summer movie to see.
Movie reviews on this site have become totally useless. Unless the movie is about some population of people being repressed for being different and can be compared to Columbine Katz doesn't like it. Hey John, pretend the people on the island are being persecuted for being different and the dinosaurs are the "jocks" and then maybe you'll like it!