I'm still trying to get over most ISPs blocking relayings about 4 years ago. I liked being able to send and receipt email from one POP account... thanks to bastards like this, I now have two options:
1: Read and send from each account.
2: Forward all mail to one account, and only send mail from there. If I need to email from another account, log into that account and mail from it.
I use option 2.. however, it's interesting to note that my main email address is three states away and requires a long distance phone call to send from it with a POP email program.
Scary? I wonder if they could get access to your PS2 across the network and find out what games you've been playing recently (ie: since you purchased the PS2), what saves are currently in your system etc.
Is this like now.. you wake up at 1am to take a slash and see your hard drive going off it's nut (spewing it's contents up the line to some nice hacker)..
So soon we will walk into our loungeroom and finding some hacker playing GTA3 and demonstrating his expert knowledge concerning the trick with the hooker?
... is a good P2P like Kazaa (I love the fasttrack network) that doesn't require the central servers. A good P2P that, basically, if you removed the central servers would still work.. probably forever.
Edonkey, anyone? I'm open to any comments anyone would has towards this end.
I used to have a hacked install of windows: It didn't install any crap when it installed windows - yes, it didn't install IE. And yes, it was damn fast. A little unstable though:P
While I could probably reach the person who had this.. but, for now: has anyone else seen this install of windows: the stripped version. Name of "windows light" or "winlight" or "winlite"?
Yes, Linux is far more efficient.. to the point where running it on a 'lame' computer is better than windows. My P166 over there in the corner has FreeBSD (4.5!) and Staroffice and it sure as hell runs a lot better than if it had windows 95 or 98 on it.
How about you take out the HDD one day, swap it with a blank one, and get him to run windows.. from installation to using it with office. Better leave a whole day for this activity though, cause you're going to need it.
Warn customers that acquiring the PC "naked" exposes them to the possibility of unwittingly purchasing pirated software. Explain the risks: technical troubles, upgrade problems, viruses and the law. Politely decline to expose your buyers or their businesses to such troubles.
1: Warn customers - Yes, do warn them about buying into a monopoly.
2: "Naked" - So? You need an OS.. it's your business what you do with the hardware you purchased.
3: "exposes them to the possibility of unwittingly purchasing pirated software": Which has more pirates... those for linux or windows?
4: Technical troubles: I'm not even going to comment, after all this is MICROSOFT saying this.
5: Upgrade problems *cough* *splutter*
6: Viruses. I really can't believe microsoft, #1 willing (outlook?) distributer of viruses is saying this
7:..and the law (says the company who calls down the law upon its customers and who's EULA is unreadable by anyone but a barister)
8: I'll translate the last bit: Tell them to buy windows or we'll stop supplying you.
Three cheers to this group and their efforts to promote Linux. I hope they convert many people to the Power that is Linux. This article has impressed me so much that I'm going to donate towards this scheme: It's a hell of a lot better than paying the annual M$ tax. Cheer's to an organisation that is 100% Microsoft Free
Ah.. we're all assuming that this game of Pong is going to take up the whole screen, right?
So.. they probably WILL have pong playing all week.. in a nice little box down the bottom right hand corner:) Nothing wrong with that, surely? Cool idea. It would make a lasting impression when you're watching the channel.
Then again.. if you've already paid for it the impression you want is that you're getting value for money:P
Is this just another attempt to cash in on the current Reality Tv fad?
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Manager: Can it be used with the existing telephone network?
Consultant: No. You'll need new hardware.
Manager: I see.. How much does it cost to run?
Consultant: Well, power will be required to run the devices. We could work out a rough cost per year...
Manager: The existing phone system does not require external power.
Manager: How about our network?
Consultant: Well, since this transfers data across the network, you'd probably have to upgrade.
Manager: I see.
Consultant: And, we would probably reccomend that you have a seperate network for the system so it doesn't interfer with your daily network usage.
Manager: What about cost over the internet gateway?
Consultant: Well, I'm sure that it wouldn't too much more bandwidth through your gateway than you are currently using.. and you can 'dial' anyone in the world with the same system!
Manager: I see. Let me get the straight:
If we installed this, we would suddenly have a power bill where none exists now.
We would need to install a second networking system, or have a degraded phone system.
We would have to improve our internet gateway for external communications.
We currently have (as many large businesses do) long-term contracts with our Telco which would would need to negotiate out of. These contracts tend to be 5, 10 or 15 year long contracts.
We would need to buy new handsets from a specific? company to replace existing handsets.
We would also have to change our well developed and planned phone to person system. Currently if you call our tech help desk you can tell them you name and location and the location where you are moving to and they will have the phone redirected within the hour and a new handset installed (if required) within 24 hours. Would we have to change this?
Consultant: I don't know.
Manager: My final question to you is: What happens if it fails?
Consultant: (Very nervously) I don't know. Switch back to the old system while the problems are fixed?
Manager: You mean, have two systems up at the same time? Interesting solution. How much would all this cost us?
Consultant: I don't know.
Manager: "No"
I'm not putting down the technology here, I'm just speculating what would happen if you tried to pitch this at a large company with an existing telephone system.
This reply is for your question "Why are IT men so intimidated by powerful/smart women?".
I work in a company with 80% females. You don't notice it walking around though. My section head (in charge of an entire branch) is female. She is smart, suave and has a commanding presence. What we get in our office for her is respect. She is very good at her job and I can't think of anyone in our office who could do it better.
And, for the record: She isn't white, she isn't 'tall' and she isn't 'typical'. She runs the IT section that I'm in. This is my answer to your question.
I agree with you to a degree.. in general females are considered 'outsiders' in the IT world.. however, the view is changing and (for the record), most of the females who graduated in my degree (programming basis) have jobs equal to the males.
[And, as a side issue.. when people do ask off-topic questions like this, is it ok to respond to them? or is it cosidered to be 'offtopic' because it doesn't address the main topic?]
Hmm.. the joys of using FreeBSD as your main system, and having a nice thin client (TM) so you can have a TS window to use as well.
Best of both world in my opinion.. you get a nice stable FreeBSD box as your main OS, and you have any M$ crap which your company really needs to use in the TS window. And, since the Terminal Server tends to be one hell of a box, it works fine.
Oh.. and the client (so far as I know) for linux (works nicely on BSD) was released by Citrix. (However, I don't have any evidence either way as to who wrote it), but it looks like Citrix. Feel free to correct me if you have evidence stating otherwise.
Err.. hmm.. lemme cast my mind back:) I could be hallucinating here. Note this is with XFree86 on FreeBSD, standard config etc.
Usually I have my profile selected with 16bpp 800x600 as default, with 1024x768 as the next. I used to have 640x480 in, but it's been commented out:). I also have the 24bpp and 32bpp selected too.. but not as default.
If it is indeed not switching through to 24 and 32 I admit that I haven't really checked. As mentioned in previous posts, my BSD box is mostly for work. *ponder*.
Thanks for giving me something to look into later.. although I suppose you could always have different configs with specified defaults, and a nice script to launch X depending on which bpp you need... then you could (depending on your system) shutdown with windows saved, and quickly bring it back up into the other bpp. Thanks for the info.
Lots of the problems with rail are solved with the monorail, the main ones being weight/space/power/cost.
Basically, the train is a nice idea.. good for scheduling (doesn't have to stop for pesky cars), good for space (has its own tracks, doesn't take up road space(usually)), good for power consumption (although fixing the damn things can get expensive, but what's new) and the cost for a _passanger_ should be cheaper. Notice the should in that sentance please.
The complete source code (all 136 lines, of which 36 are fully commented lines, and 25 are blank lines) is included below. That leaves just 75 actual lines of code, so even a novice should be able to understand it.
Try 136 lines mate. Next time, try reading the article first?
I'm trying to imagine the future of door bells in relation to this post and am having a hard time imagining the look on the face of some poor mother when she visits her darling child's residence, pushes the bell and the face next to her asks her to wipe her feet.
On a different note (why waste a post), could we indeed see Marvin in the not too distant future? (and indeed, at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Although my heart swells with pride as each new major Linux version is released, the instability of this converns me. Actually, it's the most unstable 'high-end' linux I've ever put on my test box.
However, I haven't spent the time balancing, hacking away to solve problems etc etc. This is just a prelim comment. Has anyone else had initial system problems like this?
PII 300, TNT1, 256MB ram, 20G Deskstar, Gigabyte board. Could just be me:) In fact, it probably is.
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I'm still trying to get over most ISPs blocking relayings about 4 years ago. I liked being able to send and receipt email from one POP account ... thanks to bastards like this, I now have two options:
1: Read and send from each account.
2: Forward all mail to one account, and only send mail from there. If I need to email from another account, log into that account and mail from it.
I use option 2.. however, it's interesting to note that my main email address is three states away and requires a long distance phone call to send from it with a POP email program.
Is this like now.. you wake up at 1am to take a slash and see your hard drive going off it's nut (spewing it's contents up the line to some nice hacker)..
So soon we will walk into our loungeroom and finding some hacker playing GTA3 and demonstrating his expert knowledge concerning the trick with the hooker?
Edonkey, anyone? I'm open to any comments anyone would has towards this end.
While I could probably reach the person who had this.. but, for now: has anyone else seen this install of windows: the stripped version. Name of "windows light" or "winlight" or "winlite"?
Yes, Linux is far more efficient.. to the point where running it on a 'lame' computer is better than windows. My P166 over there in the corner has FreeBSD (4.5!) and Staroffice and it sure as hell runs a lot better than if it had windows 95 or 98 on it.
How about you take out the HDD one day, swap it with a blank one, and get him to run windows.. from installation to using it with office. Better leave a whole day for this activity though, cause you're going to need it.
I'm sorry, but my education is lacking in this particular area.. could you please enlighten me (as well as everyone else here)?
Thanks.
2: "Naked" - So? You need an OS.. it's your business what you do with the hardware you purchased.
3: "exposes them to the possibility of unwittingly purchasing pirated software": Which has more pirates... those for linux or windows?
4: Technical troubles: I'm not even going to comment, after all this is MICROSOFT saying this.
5: Upgrade problems *cough* *splutter*
6: Viruses. I really can't believe microsoft, #1 willing (outlook?) distributer of viruses is saying this
7:
8: I'll translate the last bit: Tell them to buy windows or we'll stop supplying you.
Three cheers to this group and their efforts to promote Linux. I hope they convert many people to the Power that is Linux. This article has impressed me so much that I'm going to donate towards this scheme: It's a hell of a lot better than paying the annual M$ tax. Cheer's to an organisation that is 100% Microsoft Free
Ah.. we're all assuming that this game of Pong is going to take up the whole screen, right?
So.. they probably WILL have pong playing all week.. in a nice little box down the bottom right hand corner :) Nothing wrong with that, surely? Cool idea. It would make a lasting impression when you're watching the channel.
Then again.. if you've already paid for it the impression you want is that you're getting value for money :P
Is this just another attempt to cash in on the current Reality Tv fad?
Consultant: No. You'll need new hardware.
Manager: I see.. How much does it cost to run?
Consultant: Well, power will be required to run the devices. We could work out a rough cost per year...
Manager: The existing phone system does not require external power.
Manager: How about our network?
Consultant: Well, since this transfers data across the network, you'd probably have to upgrade.
Manager: I see.
Consultant: And, we would probably reccomend that you have a seperate network for the system so it doesn't interfer with your daily network usage.
Manager: What about cost over the internet gateway?
Consultant: Well, I'm sure that it wouldn't too much more bandwidth through your gateway than you are currently using.. and you can 'dial' anyone in the world with the same system!
Manager: I see. Let me get the straight: If we installed this, we would suddenly have a power bill where none exists now.
We would need to install a second networking system, or have a degraded phone system.
We would have to improve our internet gateway for external communications.
We currently have (as many large businesses do) long-term contracts with our Telco which would would need to negotiate out of. These contracts tend to be 5, 10 or 15 year long contracts.
We would need to buy new handsets from a specific? company to replace existing handsets.
We would also have to change our well developed and planned phone to person system. Currently if you call our tech help desk you can tell them you name and location and the location where you are moving to and they will have the phone redirected within the hour and a new handset installed (if required) within 24 hours. Would we have to change this?
Consultant: I don't know.
Manager: My final question to you is: What happens if it fails?
Consultant: (Very nervously) I don't know. Switch back to the old system while the problems are fixed?
Manager: You mean, have two systems up at the same time? Interesting solution. How much would all this cost us?
Consultant: I don't know.
Manager: "No"
I'm not putting down the technology here, I'm just speculating what would happen if you tried to pitch this at a large company with an existing telephone system.
I work in a company with 80% females. You don't notice it walking around though. My section head (in charge of an entire branch) is female. She is smart, suave and has a commanding presence. What we get in our office for her is respect. She is very good at her job and I can't think of anyone in our office who could do it better.
And, for the record: She isn't white, she isn't 'tall' and she isn't 'typical'. She runs the IT section that I'm in. This is my answer to your question.
I agree with you to a degree.. in general females are considered 'outsiders' in the IT world.. however, the view is changing and (for the record), most of the females who graduated in my degree (programming basis) have jobs equal to the males.
[And, as a side issue.. when people do ask off-topic questions like this, is it ok to respond to them? or is it cosidered to be 'offtopic' because it doesn't address the main topic?]
Best of both world in my opinion.. you get a nice stable FreeBSD box as your main OS, and you have any M$ crap which your company really needs to use in the TS window. And, since the Terminal Server tends to be one hell of a box, it works fine.
Oh.. and the client (so far as I know) for linux (works nicely on BSD) was released by Citrix. (However, I don't have any evidence either way as to who wrote it), but it looks like Citrix. Feel free to correct me if you have evidence stating otherwise.
Usually I have my profile selected with 16bpp 800x600 as default, with 1024x768 as the next. I used to have 640x480 in, but it's been commented out :). I also have the 24bpp and 32bpp selected too.. but not as default.
If it is indeed not switching through to 24 and 32 I admit that I haven't really checked. As mentioned in previous posts, my BSD box is mostly for work. *ponder*.
Thanks for giving me something to look into later.. although I suppose you could always have different configs with specified defaults, and a nice script to launch X depending on which bpp you need... then you could (depending on your system) shutdown with windows saved, and quickly bring it back up into the other bpp. Thanks for the info.
I'd like to public thank the XFREE86 team for the great job they have done.. I feel there is nothing better than X on my FreeBSd box *beam*
Err CNTL-ALT-+ ? Have you set your resolutions up in your config?
Lots of the problems with rail are solved with the monorail, the main ones being weight/space/power/cost.
Basically, the train is a nice idea.. good for scheduling (doesn't have to stop for pesky cars), good for space (has its own tracks, doesn't take up road space(usually)), good for power consumption (although fixing the damn things can get expensive, but what's new) and the cost for a _passanger_ should be cheaper. Notice the should in that sentance please.
In essence, it's the Train Upgrade of the future
Perhaps someone should do a study to see if a slashdotted page actually increases the owner's Karma.
Try 136 lines mate. Next time, try reading the article first?
Can we look forward to .. more lifelike dolls in the near future?
I'm trying to imagine the future of door bells in relation to this post and am having a hard time imagining the look on the face of some poor mother when she visits her darling child's residence, pushes the bell and the face next to her asks her to wipe her feet.
On a different note (why waste a post), could we indeed see Marvin in the not too distant future? (and indeed, at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
http://monorails.org/tMspages/Niles.html
And in some cases, possibly, down through around in out and up with you?
I don't believe that Google is greedy for hits... but I do believe in common sense. Three cheers for google and their wonderful API.
After seeing both trailers..
I don't know why, but I was more excited about the new Star Wars Broken Allegiance movie than the Star Wars Episode 2 movie.
Perhaps because the scenes presented in the BA trailer were more orientated towards the 'traditional' star wars views and themes.
Ok, and the female Sith apprentice is cool.
Although my heart swells with pride as each new major Linux version is released, the instability of this converns me. Actually, it's the most unstable 'high-end' linux I've ever put on my test box.
However, I haven't spent the time balancing, hacking away to solve problems etc etc. This is just a prelim comment. Has anyone else had initial system problems like this?
PII 300, TNT1, 256MB ram, 20G Deskstar, Gigabyte board. Could just be me :) In fact, it probably is.