Maybe 'purchase' them from the district for say, $50. Then, 'donate' them back. (Don't even move them- just do the paperwork) Wala! Free 98SE Licenses.
Now...I just need to get more than 16 or 24 MBs of ram in those 486s....
A school district can easily have 1000+ computers. If one piece of software costs $50 per seat, thats nearly two teacher salaries just for that single piece of software. Imagine the cost savings between a full installation of MS Office vs OpenOffice for a school system.
We happen to have 800+ in my high school alone (3 Class-C segments, full, plus some not networked) I pointed out OpenOffice, and we tried it. Then StarOffice was released free. We used our drafting room as a testing board, as well as a few teachers who needed MS Office interoperability. And, we pay about $70 per copy of Office (we turned down "Software Assurance", they wanted $$$ for each computer in district, regardless of wether it could even run any MS software- including Pre-Power PC Macs.)
If it weren't for me mentioning that there was free software, we wouldn't have saved over $5,000 last year on software. (And we've got budget cuts to boot- that software wouldn't have been purchased, anyway, but I found a free alternative that allowed us to get what was needed- Office software)
I just looked at my system tray, and guess what wants an update? Norton....freaky. I use Mozilla for mail (Lookout Express is on only because I haven't removed it...no Outlook)
How does one go about removing Outlook Express from XP?
But make the zero-day DVDs only availible to those that have tickets, say, you can buy them after watching the movie, at the counter, by handing over your ticket and $5 bucks or whatever. I know if I found a movie very cool, I would certainly buy a copy. Probably the second 'full-featured' DVD as well.
...And, in fact, we have a new case about once a week, once every 2 if it's slow.
Here's what we do:
We find $STUDENT to have images,movies,mp3s whatever on the server (P-90 running Novell 4, 9 GB HD- ancient as heck, but, being SCSI, works okay)
We then:
Lock their account (once or twice, we just gave 'read-only' permission- those were funny, we'd get a call saying '$STUDENT' can't save to their folder-says something about permissions? then we explain that $STUDENT did something they shouldn't have, and have been locked out. have them go see asst. principle for more info)
go talk to principle/assitant principle about it
for the 'Net, we have a Proxy server running. 'nuff said. logs it for IP and MAC addresses. we get calls from district office (where they have the time to sit and watch traffic go by) and walk in behind the kids some times. tap them on the shoulder, and drag them upstairs.
we do scan for large files (on our network, that means 500k or more, as each student *should* (should because Mac files don't show up as correct file size on Novell, long story) only have about 5-10 MB of stuff. we don't delete, we just lock down and report. we don't do anything until building administration decides what to do about student.
...Just go turn on my old 486. With DOS 6.22. And Windows 3.11 for workgroups, and fire up Netscape Communicator. Ancient as hell. (I think it finally took the 4.x version, though) Somebody write a simple program to start logging this stuff, I'll let it run for a few days.
To ensure that the right lyrics are posted, allow multiple entries for the same song, but have users (who have registered, probably for free) vote on which one they think is most real. Only one vote per song (example- if there's 5 different sets of lyrics posted)
There's been a backdoor since Windows 95. Can't remember the specifics, but somebody broke down a security.dll and found two passwords- one was for MS, nobody could figure out for sure what the second one was. Then, apparently, in a Win 2k patch, some MS guy forgot to remove the comments, and I believe the line went something like this://MS Backdoor Key//NSA Backdoor Key
So yes, boys and girls, it's there. They've had the capability. Just like the MS Admin account in XP. Can't see it, but it's there. They can COMPLETELY control your machine. And you'll never know it. (cept for the bandwidth...but from what I hear, they only hit those on high speed anyway)
Yes, a lot of good things are written in Java, but you don't write an OS in Java. You don't write games that will actually sell in Java. And you really don't write something you to run fast in Java.
So maybe Java is good for introductory training before moving onto C++? That's what it seems like to me. But, IANACS (I Am Not A College Student)
...And I'll be there. Seriously. Let's get say, 3 million geeks/nerds/technophobes together, and fight this! If we all overrun downtown DC, think about the problems. They'd hear us, alright.
Peaceful protest, a sit-in in the capitol. Or the judiciary building. I've been out there before. Spring break, 2001. Fun place. 'Cept for the World Bank protesters, that shut down about 25% of the city for a few days. Couldn't go that way.
I'm ready to stand up for my rights, but by myself noone will listen. (Or at least really care to listen)
Check...it might also be licensed under the LGPL, which is much like the BSD license...maybe that one too...Check it out. I know OpenOffice.org is licensed both GPL and LGPL.
I'm staying at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency Hotel for our state DECA conference, and I'm also on my laptop sitting in the *totally free* Business Center. Two Dells, with 17, if not 19" LCDs, P4s, a printer/scanner all in one (HP Laserjet 3330, it's about a foot to my right) and room to hook up either on their broadband (wired, CAT5, DHCP) or dial in through the phone. I'm sitting on the broadband connection, and downloading GTA 1 through Shareaza, as all of the download servers are just packed. If you need any more stuff, email me tonight, I'll check in morning, we leave tommorow afternoon.
I'm running a trial right now of VMware Workstation, and I've installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 under XP. Now, I CAN run all those old games and programs!
Pure oxygen? That's what caused the deaths of the three Apollo 1 crewmembers. The pressure of a fire in the module (during training, I believe) prevented them from opening the door.(which opened inward)
This lead to two changes being made:
1) Outer doors open outwards 2) 2-gas (Oxygen and nitrogen) atmosphere used
I just tell Easy CD Creator 5 to not finish the CD-R, and I can still write to it later. In fact, I've got a stack of those discs somewhere. That, and I can't even figure out under XP how to have XP finish a CD (no burning software on that one, sadly; it's an emachine)
I don't know for sure, but I think it is for reliability. Those 250GB ATA drives, if bumped while operating, would cause so many problems. Also, look at who's using these drives. ATA, it's the home users (mainly) or else businesses who *should* keep back-ups. SCSI- business-critical servers, etc, those that CAN'T have problems, or go down.
If you're going to add 5 minutes of ads, reduce the price by say, $2 per minute of ads? So that'd make those $9.99 movies free...DVD's like $10...I like it.
Unless everyone used the EXACT same software, and always filled in the ID3 tag with the EXACT same info. All it takes is one letter, one capitalization, to be off, and the checksums would be different. How would you deal with this? Force everyone to use one program? Good luck.
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Maybe 'purchase' them from the district for say, $50. Then, 'donate' them back. (Don't even move them- just do the paperwork) Wala! Free 98SE Licenses.
Now...I just need to get more than 16 or 24 MBs of ram in those 486s....
We happen to have 800+ in my high school alone (3 Class-C segments, full, plus some not networked) I pointed out OpenOffice, and we tried it. Then StarOffice was released free. We used our drafting room as a testing board, as well as a few teachers who needed MS Office interoperability. And, we pay about $70 per copy of Office (we turned down "Software Assurance", they wanted $$$ for each computer in district, regardless of wether it could even run any MS software- including Pre-Power PC Macs.)
If it weren't for me mentioning that there was free software, we wouldn't have saved over $5,000 last year on software. (And we've got budget cuts to boot- that software wouldn't have been purchased, anyway, but I found a free alternative that allowed us to get what was needed- Office software)
Just my $0.02.
I just looked at my system tray, and guess what wants an update? Norton....freaky. I use Mozilla for mail (Lookout Express is on only because I haven't removed it...no Outlook)
How does one go about removing Outlook Express from XP?
Do I dare update?
But make the zero-day DVDs only availible to those that have tickets, say, you can buy them after watching the movie, at the counter, by handing over your ticket and $5 bucks or whatever. I know if I found a movie very cool, I would certainly buy a copy. Probably the second 'full-featured' DVD as well.
...And, in fact, we have a new case about once a week, once every 2 if it's slow.
Here's what we do:
We find $STUDENT to have images,movies,mp3s whatever on the server (P-90 running Novell 4, 9 GB HD- ancient as heck, but, being SCSI, works okay)
We then:
Lock their account (once or twice, we just gave 'read-only' permission- those were funny, we'd get a call saying '$STUDENT' can't save to their folder-says something about permissions? then we explain that $STUDENT did something they shouldn't have, and have been locked out. have them go see asst. principle for more info)
go talk to principle/assitant principle about it
for the 'Net, we have a Proxy server running. 'nuff said. logs it for IP and MAC addresses. we get calls from district office (where they have the time to sit and watch traffic go by) and walk in behind the kids some times. tap them on the shoulder, and drag them upstairs.
we do scan for large files (on our network, that means 500k or more, as each student *should* (should because Mac files don't show up as correct file size on Novell, long story) only have about 5-10 MB of stuff. we don't delete, we just lock down and report. we don't do anything until building administration decides what to do about student.
...Just go turn on my old 486. With DOS 6.22. And Windows 3.11 for workgroups, and fire up Netscape Communicator. Ancient as hell. (I think it finally took the 4.x version, though) Somebody write a simple program to start logging this stuff, I'll let it run for a few days.
To ensure that the right lyrics are posted, allow multiple entries for the same song, but have users (who have registered, probably for free) vote on which one they think is most real. Only one vote per song (example- if there's 5 different sets of lyrics posted)
There's been a backdoor since Windows 95. Can't remember the specifics, but somebody broke down a security .dll and found two passwords- one was for MS, nobody could figure out for sure what the second one was. Then, apparently, in a Win 2k patch, some MS guy forgot to remove the comments, and I believe the line went something like this: //MS Backdoor Key //NSA Backdoor Key
So yes, boys and girls, it's there. They've had the capability. Just like the MS Admin account in XP. Can't see it, but it's there. They can COMPLETELY control your machine. And you'll never know it. (cept for the bandwidth...but from what I hear, they only hit those on high speed anyway)
Send it to his neighbor's address, but with HIS name on it. Then they WILL know who to get mad at.
So maybe Java is good for introductory training before moving onto C++? That's what it seems like to me. But, IANACS (I Am Not A College Student)
Yet.
...That I had mod points right now. That is hilarious!
...And I'll be there. Seriously. Let's get say, 3 million geeks/nerds/technophobes together, and fight this! If we all overrun downtown DC, think about the problems. They'd hear us, alright.
Peaceful protest, a sit-in in the capitol. Or the judiciary building. I've been out there before. Spring break, 2001. Fun place. 'Cept for the World Bank protesters, that shut down about 25% of the city for a few days. Couldn't go that way.
I'm ready to stand up for my rights, but by myself noone will listen. (Or at least really care to listen)
And 'warez kidz' too. It must've been a 'hax0red' copy of 'M$0ffice'
Taken down "due to Rockstar Games request"
Check...it might also be licensed under the LGPL, which is much like the BSD license...maybe that one too...Check it out. I know OpenOffice.org is licensed both GPL and LGPL.
I'm staying at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency Hotel for our state DECA conference, and I'm also on my laptop sitting in the *totally free* Business Center. Two Dells, with 17, if not 19" LCDs, P4s, a printer/scanner all in one (HP Laserjet 3330, it's about a foot to my right) and room to hook up either on their broadband (wired, CAT5, DHCP) or dial in through the phone. I'm sitting on the broadband connection, and downloading GTA 1 through Shareaza, as all of the download servers are just packed. If you need any more stuff, email me tonight, I'll check in morning, we leave tommorow afternoon.
I'm running a trial right now of VMware Workstation, and I've installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 under XP. Now, I CAN run all those old games and programs!
Pure oxygen? That's what caused the deaths of the three Apollo 1 crewmembers. The pressure of a fire in the module (during training, I believe) prevented them from opening the door.(which opened inward)
This lead to two changes being made:
1) Outer doors open outwards
2) 2-gas (Oxygen and nitrogen) atmosphere used
That was at the beginning of the DVD (version I saw) if Monty Python: The Meaning of Life.
UNDER WINDOWS.
I just tell Easy CD Creator 5 to not finish the CD-R, and I can still write to it later. In fact, I've got a stack of those discs somewhere. That, and I can't even figure out under XP how to have XP finish a CD (no burning software on that one, sadly; it's an emachine)
I don't know for sure, but I think it is for reliability. Those 250GB ATA drives, if bumped while operating, would cause so many problems. Also, look at who's using these drives. ATA, it's the home users (mainly) or else businesses who *should* keep back-ups. SCSI- business-critical servers, etc, those that CAN'T have problems, or go down.
Just my $0.02.
If you're going to add 5 minutes of ads, reduce the price by say, $2 per minute of ads? So that'd make those $9.99 movies free...DVD's like $10...I like it.
Reduce the price, or cut the crap.
Anybody got a clue where I can find a copy of one of these letters, or what date the ZDNET or IDG article was posted?
Unless everyone used the EXACT same software, and always filled in the ID3 tag with the EXACT same info. All it takes is one letter, one capitalization, to be off, and the checksums would be different. How would you deal with this? Force everyone to use one program? Good luck.
"Some of the bills were ON my smart card!"
Oh fscking @$%#!