Does anyone else consider this topic to be implicitly racist? Arabs aren't fucking aliens. It reminds me of the Chris Rock joke (paraphrased):
When Collin Powel considered running for president, all the white people mentioned that "He speaks so well. He speaks so well". How the fuck is he supposed to speak? "Ima be pres-o-dent!"
No, I don't like this idea - you will get law firms that make their living invalidating patents. They will go after the little guys first. Only the large corporations will hold patents if they implement your idea.
Did you look at the Readme? The main purpose of this script is to convert a colo server that is installed with Redhat or the like by default, BEFORE you modify it. It will make backups of you configuration and data, but running this script on an in-use server is an unrealistic scenario unless you don't mind some downtime setting things up again.
Try to find an ISP that provides Debian colo's. There aren't many.
You missed the point entirely. Microsoft's business model is to charge for their products. They make billions of dollars from this, so they provide the support for free.
Linux is not a product or a company - it is free, almost a natural resource. So a third party will come in and charge for support for those individuals who WANT it for the FREELY available Linux.
It's like complaining about the helicopter skiing company that charges for rides up an isolated mountain, when a ski resort provides the lift rides for free once you buy your ticket. whatever. Why do I waster my time. You are obviously a troll.
For that matter, how do these guys know that the probe didn't just land on a group of boulders and end up tilted on the side, or flipped over, or stuck in a crevace between two boulders? I thought perhaps they did surveys of the landing site, but after this story, if they didn't even know within miles of where it was landing, I don't know how they could deal with smaller details like rock outcroppings...
I may sound naive here, but I'm curious why this type of work is limited to forms. In fact, why are we still stuck with the "stateless" paradigm? Wouldn't it make sense to create a general GUI frontend that maintains a connection with the server? I know you are thinking Java, but I'm thinking something much thinner than that - just a front end GUI, perhaps more like X windows than Java, but accessible through a browser. There must be something wrong with this idea, or else this would be the direction we're headed, right? The whole document/hyperlink/form thing is so played out...
This is the first time I've hoped that Microsoft would squish a company out of existence! I can deal with all the misleading installation options, hard to remove processes, and other subterfuge. But I nearly blew my top when my parents called me up asking about how to buy Realplayer because they wanted to watch a video. They could honestly not find the link for the free download, and didn't even realize that there was one.
Why does anyone serve Real files at all? What I don't get is why PUBLICLY FUNDED organizations like NPR use Real which block saving the files instead of providing MPEGS available for download.
Everyone is talking about iPods and other portable media players. How about using one of these hard drives in a handheld PC? I've been waiting for this for years. Forget carying around a stupid mp3 player AND a palm-top. How about XMMS in your pocket? And for that matter, I wonder how long before Apple decides to add a stylus, color display, and a general purpose OS on the iPod? When handheld PCs eventually do have enough memory/disk space to store large amounts of media, what niche will these hard-disk based players fill anyway?
Bigpat, I bet you drive an SUV two blocks to buy a magazine. How about the full-assed grab of $90 billion and 1000's of dead for the fuel in your car, and the sprawled out cities and freeways and brown skies and high cancer rates? I'd pay half my salary to the full-ass grabbers to have a clean environment with facilitated by public mass transit.
Let's forget about these fake stealth fees for a moment and take a look at banking, grocery, cell phone, and other billing errors. For those of you who thinks these charges by are mistakes, I propose a poll: How many of you actually had a mistake in YOUR favor? hmmmm
I don't think that violence or sex should be censored or controlled, but I can guess why the public is biased against sex: Violent activity is generally punished severely by law enforcement and society, so there is a safeguard against exposure to children - the fear of punishment for repeating the acts seen on screen. Most sexual activity is not punished, or punished lightly, so children are much more likely to repeat what they see. While sexual dangers are less worrisome than violent dangers, they are still dangers, so the public wants some kind of protection.
BUT - just so you don't get the wrong idea here, I totally disagree with any censorship or rating systems - I'm just looking into the unconcious thoughts of the public.
Enough of your silly debating. If any of you still think this is a real survey, and not propaganda, then take a look at the message given if you scan a server header that reports Apache:
"Note: No matter what the above results show, this company may be running Microsoft IIS and protecting its Web server identity with ServerMask.
Try ServerMask FREE for 30 days. Download Now! Buy ServerMask for only $49.95 today!"
This is not a flaw. The described system helps to prevent fraud at a large scale. Your "hole" only describes a possible route for small-scale fraud. There are many routes for small-scale fraud, including faking your identification, etc.
'Sparkle' is a vector designed drawing engine for APPLICATIONS inside longhorn, it is NOT being billed as a WEB standard.
Well, if you actually read anything about Longhorn, you would know that there is no difference between a native app and a web app in Longhorn. IE will support avalon rendering, so if you go to a website that uses MS's proprietary document/app format, you WILL see a Sparkle rendered page.
Do you have a timeline + evidence of Microsoft doing this to another technology? Specifics, please. I'm not implying that I don't believe your theory, but that such information would be very interesting to know.
Also, you entirely left out the issue of dealing with spam originating outside of the US. Are we going to build a Great Firewall like China? I think not...
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Does anyone else consider this topic to be implicitly racist? Arabs aren't fucking aliens. It reminds me of the Chris Rock joke (paraphrased):
When Collin Powel considered running for president, all the white people mentioned that "He speaks so well. He speaks so well". How the fuck is he supposed to speak? "Ima be pres-o-dent!"
geez.
LS
No, I don't like this idea - you will get law firms that make their living invalidating patents. They will go after the little guys first. Only the large corporations will hold patents if they implement your idea.
LS
Did you look at the Readme? The main purpose of this script is to convert a colo server that is installed with Redhat or the like by default, BEFORE you modify it. It will make backups of you configuration and data, but running this script on an in-use server is an unrealistic scenario unless you don't mind some downtime setting things up again.
Try to find an ISP that provides Debian colo's. There aren't many.
LS
Sorry bub, the burnt meat is very carcinogenic:
r Ba rbecueRisk.html
http://www.cbbqa.com/articles/Food-Safety/Cance
LS
Hmmm, I work at HP, and when I go to their website, all I get is:
"Access to this server is forbidden from your client"
Not very friendly monks, now are they?
relrelrel,
You missed the point entirely. Microsoft's business model is to charge for their products. They make billions of dollars from this, so they provide the support for free.
Linux is not a product or a company - it is free, almost a natural resource. So a third party will come in and charge for support for those individuals who WANT it for the FREELY available Linux.
It's like complaining about the helicopter skiing company that charges for rides up an isolated mountain, when a ski resort provides the lift rides for free once you buy your ticket. whatever. Why do I waster my time. You are obviously a troll.
If you are in love with a awoman you aare in hard times, and if not, you are in hard times. Why must you be so harsh. You know nothing.
Moderators? The parent and associated thread is definitely OFF-TOPIC.
Please adjust accordingly.
For that matter, how do these guys know that the probe didn't just land on a group of boulders and end up tilted on the side, or flipped over, or stuck in a crevace between two boulders? I thought perhaps they did surveys of the landing site, but after this story, if they didn't even know within miles of where it was landing, I don't know how they could deal with smaller details like rock outcroppings...
LS
I may sound naive here, but I'm curious why this type of work is limited to forms. In fact, why are we still stuck with the "stateless" paradigm? Wouldn't it make sense to create a general GUI frontend that maintains a connection with the server? I know you are thinking Java, but I'm thinking something much thinner than that - just a front end GUI, perhaps more like X windows than Java, but accessible through a browser. There must be something wrong with this idea, or else this would be the direction we're headed, right? The whole document/hyperlink/form thing is so played out...
LS
Did you get the sarcasm, or no?
This is the first time I've hoped that Microsoft would squish a company out of existence! I can deal with all the misleading installation options, hard to remove processes, and other subterfuge. But I nearly blew my top when my parents called me up asking about how to buy Realplayer because they wanted to watch a video. They could honestly not find the link for the free download, and didn't even realize that there was one.
Why does anyone serve Real files at all? What I don't get is why PUBLICLY FUNDED organizations like NPR use Real which block saving the files instead of providing MPEGS available for download.
Anyway, rant mode off.
LS
Everyone is talking about iPods and other portable media players. How about using one of these hard drives in a handheld PC? I've been waiting for this for years. Forget carying around a stupid mp3 player AND a palm-top. How about XMMS in your pocket? And for that matter, I wonder how long before Apple decides to add a stylus, color display, and a general purpose OS on the iPod? When handheld PCs eventually do have enough memory/disk space to store large amounts of media, what niche will these hard-disk based players fill anyway?
LS
Does that make the UN a joke? The Security Council has permanent members.
LS
Bigpat, I bet you drive an SUV two blocks to buy a magazine. How about the full-assed grab of $90 billion and 1000's of dead for the fuel in your car, and the sprawled out cities and freeways and brown skies and high cancer rates? I'd pay half my salary to the full-ass grabbers to have a clean environment with facilitated by public mass transit.
LS
Let's forget about these fake stealth fees for a moment and take a look at banking, grocery, cell phone, and other billing errors. For those of you who thinks these charges by are mistakes, I propose a poll: How many of you actually had a mistake in YOUR favor? hmmmm
LS
Ok, you got your taxbreak. The country is still going to shit and Bush is still one of the biggest fuckheads alive.
Amen
I don't think that violence or sex should be censored or controlled, but I can guess why the public is biased against sex: Violent activity is generally punished severely by law enforcement and society, so there is a safeguard against exposure to children - the fear of punishment for repeating the acts seen on screen. Most sexual activity is not punished, or punished lightly, so children are much more likely to repeat what they see. While sexual dangers are less worrisome than violent dangers, they are still dangers, so the public wants some kind of protection.
BUT - just so you don't get the wrong idea here, I totally disagree with any censorship or rating systems - I'm just looking into the unconcious thoughts of the public.
LS
Enough of your silly debating. If any of you still think this is a real survey, and not propaganda, then take a look at the message given if you scan a server header that reports Apache:
"Note:
No matter what the above results show, this company may be running Microsoft IIS and protecting its Web server identity with ServerMask.
Try ServerMask FREE for 30 days. Download Now!
Buy ServerMask for only $49.95 today!"
Case in Point
And here's what it says if you got scan an IIS based site:
"Protect your Web server identity with ServerMask!
Why let anyone find out you're running a Microsoft IIS server? Don't tempt potential hackers!
Try ServerMask FREE for 30 days. Download Now!
Buy ServerMask for only $49.95 today!"
Case in Point
Hmmmmmmm, two different results. Strange....
LS
This list is bullshit. Where are the pornographers?
LS
This is not a flaw. The described system helps to prevent fraud at a large scale. Your "hole" only describes a possible route for small-scale fraud. There are many routes for small-scale fraud, including faking your identification, etc.
LS
'Sparkle' is a vector designed drawing engine for APPLICATIONS inside longhorn, it is NOT being billed as a WEB standard.
Well, if you actually read anything about Longhorn, you would know that there is no difference between a native app and a web app in Longhorn. IE will support avalon rendering, so if you go to a website that uses MS's proprietary document/app format, you WILL see a Sparkle rendered page.
Scary...
Do you have a timeline + evidence of Microsoft doing this to another technology? Specifics, please. I'm not implying that I don't believe your theory, but that such information would be very interesting to know.
LS
Also, you entirely left out the issue of dealing with spam originating outside of the US. Are we going to build a Great Firewall like China? I think not...