Well, remember too that for the longest time vendors would build apps for OS/2 as well.
OK, maybe that's a bad comparison, but the point is that people would be considered wise to build The Killer App(TM) for many platforms. Esp. here with phonegaim, you have the Windows version Really Soon Now - once it comes out, J. Random Luser will be able to see the Really Cool Things that Linux has to offer, if only just a sample.
I would think that, if this guy had truly developed a windows update toolbar for IE, he would have notified Microsoft in the first place, and either gotten their OK, or just given it to them for their own deployment. But, knowing how this world works...well, spyware, anybody?
I had a friend of mine - a decent photographer - take the vast majority of my wedding pictures. He just gave me the rolls of 35mm film at the end of the shoot and had me dev them.
Not necessarily. Remember the hype of Michelangelo a few years ago? Take that time-bomb effect (it goes off on a given day), write some virus that is hard to notice unless you closely examine the registry, have it infect such as Sasser (open port) and/or Nimda/ILoveyou/etc (stupid luser opening attachments), and before you know it you blow up tons of boxes.
And before you go saying that lusers now know better, well, remember that they are still called 'lusers'.
OK, disregard that. There's a different front group for PETA - adn these guys aren't them. My bad. Mod parent of this message down, please. *walks off with bag over head*
The difference is thath UCS, near as I an tell, is a front for either PETA or ELF, I'm not sure which, and Clown College actually teaches a bona fide form of entertainment.
So where's the common ground? Both are pretty fscking scary.
I use bogususer@chez-vrolet.net on usenet, and various and sundry other email addresses. Why? Because chez-vrolet.net is a minitower sitting in front of my feet.
Incidentally, 'bogususer' is exactly that. I somehow manage to get about 1400 bounces per week on that address.
You know, I saw "six step", and I started wondering if they were half addicted to something - therefore needng a truncated version of the 12-step program.
When I was working for AmerisourceBergen up until 2002, they would pay their telecommuters' broadband charges. My mind turns to the VP of IT, who was based up in Wrightwood, CA (at the time, the corp. HQ was in Orange - about 2 hours one way owing to rush hour traffic on I-15) had a cable modem at her place. Mind you, this is when they were still Bergen Brunswig, and she still came in at least twice a week.
Point of this anecdote is that, if it is necessary for the company to function and it fits into the budget, then yes, they should be obligated to pay for at least part of your broadband connection. Many companies can and will do this, and will generally consider it easier to just pay the whole damn thing or up to a fixed amount (just so you can't get the OC3 into your home and expect the boss to foot the bill). The mentality is simple - it is something that can be called necessary for corporate functionality, and therefore it is something the company needs to spend money on.
So yeah, if your CIO says you should pay for it, then your business broadband becomes your personal broadband. Tell him that you can't be obligated to use your personal belongings for company usage, and per IRS mandates, because you're a W2 employee, if you don't have a company sponsored broadband, you cannot administrate from home because the company is not providing the tools you need. (OK, this doesn't work if you're 1099.)
Mind you, the last part I'm probably just blowing out of my @$$. After all, IANAL.
The Fullerton Arboretum over at CSU Fullerton has one that has been recorded as blooming twice in four years - in 2000 and 2003. For those curious, heeeeeeere's Tiffy!
There was also a bloom in 1999 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA - which they pollinated from in Fullerton in 2003.
So that's three in five years here in sunny southern California. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
You know those idiots (read: bill collectors) who call with "OUT OF AREA" tags on their Caller ID data? Yeah. I wonder if you can reset those to figure out who those are. The possibilities are good here. =^_^=
Best buy should be paying more attention to the "customers suck" fora out there (such as this one and this LiveJournal) - those are your customers that they should profile and fire, such as what Filene's did to the women.
Remember, it's those customers who buy things on sale that make your bucks.
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OK, maybe that's a bad comparison, but the point is that people would be considered wise to build The Killer App(TM) for many platforms. Esp. here with phonegaim, you have the Windows version Really Soon Now - once it comes out, J. Random Luser will be able to see the Really Cool Things that Linux has to offer, if only just a sample.
Or August 9! The 30th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation!
Or we could just celebrate our birthdays a little early.
There goes SGI again, violating SCO's copyright! I'm gonna tell Darl McBride on them!
I just use bogususer@chez-vrolet.net and let my MTA tell them that I don't exist on usenet. =^_^=
I would think that, if this guy had truly developed a windows update toolbar for IE, he would have notified Microsoft in the first place, and either gotten their OK, or just given it to them for their own deployment. But, knowing how this world works...well, spyware, anybody?
As another poster noted, it's Google's now. They can make it Linux or Mac or even OS/2 compatible if they want.
It sounds like what google ads does anyway from within the unpaid versions of Opera.
I had a friend of mine - a decent photographer - take the vast majority of my wedding pictures. He just gave me the rolls of 35mm film at the end of the shoot and had me dev them.
And before you go saying that lusers now know better, well, remember that they are still called 'lusers'.
Though as another poster mentioned, why not just set up a Linux box and get a shell account on your own workstation?
OK, disregard that. There's a different front group for PETA - adn these guys aren't them. My bad. Mod parent of this message down, please. *walks off with bag over head*
So where's the common ground? Both are pretty fscking scary.
Quick! Defenestr... um....
Funny, too, that pointing out security flaws is how they get fixed.
..but where in the hell is the blog?
Incidentally, 'bogususer' is exactly that. I somehow manage to get about 1400 bounces per week on that address.
If you think this, then the servers you are on shouldn't be in business.
You know, I saw "six step", and I started wondering if they were half addicted to something - therefore needng a truncated version of the 12-step program.
I use Linux. I haven't paid for software in years.
Here I am, making first post, and the site is getting hammered ALREADY. What a world.
Point of this anecdote is that, if it is necessary for the company to function and it fits into the budget, then yes, they should be obligated to pay for at least part of your broadband connection. Many companies can and will do this, and will generally consider it easier to just pay the whole damn thing or up to a fixed amount (just so you can't get the OC3 into your home and expect the boss to foot the bill). The mentality is simple - it is something that can be called necessary for corporate functionality, and therefore it is something the company needs to spend money on.
So yeah, if your CIO says you should pay for it, then your business broadband becomes your personal broadband. Tell him that you can't be obligated to use your personal belongings for company usage, and per IRS mandates, because you're a W2 employee, if you don't have a company sponsored broadband, you cannot administrate from home because the company is not providing the tools you need. (OK, this doesn't work if you're 1099.)
Mind you, the last part I'm probably just blowing out of my @$$. After all, IANAL.
This is slashdot. Who cares about basketball? =^_-=
There was also a bloom in 1999 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA - which they pollinated from in Fullerton in 2003.
So that's three in five years here in sunny southern California. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
You know those idiots (read: bill collectors) who call with "OUT OF AREA" tags on their Caller ID data? Yeah. I wonder if you can reset those to figure out who those are. The possibilities are good here. =^_^=
Remember, it's those customers who buy things on sale that make your bucks.