Doh! Its Debian. Helping her find her way around the same disto your using would probably be a lot easier. And not to be preachy (I do a lot of bad things, I'm no preacher) but the fact that Mandrake doesn't only make their distibution available for free, but their software and improvements are free too. That really rules.
That's the finest example of "two different meanings for the same phrase" that I've seen all year. Consumers have most of the "open system" they want right now.
Wankers.
Some cultures express some things so nicely. Between this and the Guardian's lambast of the [shh..Americans] misuse of the word ironic colonial culture just made my year.
As someone blessed to work with American Express as a client and a customer (both through business) I'd like to toss in a THEY ARE THE WORST COMPANY EVER. I don't have any idea why retailers actually agree to work with them, their rates are <b>HIGH</b> and their cards are barely more common then the Dinners Club or the Discover card. As a customer I am buried in an avalanch of marketing promotions and *special deals* on luggage or travelours insurance. This is the one company that single handedly remindes me that spam isn't solely an internet related problem.
Of course its a good thing their rates are high, because flooding our mailbox must cost them a pretty penny.
Mandrake was the company that made RPM work, via urpmi . Obviously they recognized its weaknesses and made the improvements they believed necessary. That's how open source works and is a fine reason to maintain that respect you mentioned.
Mandrake started their "Mandrake Club" in late 2001. You can read the press release here (December 10th 2001) and a related Slashdot story here. As you know, of course from reading, Mandrake filed for protection at the end of January 2003.
Your just another troll, not even good enough to do a quick search. I applaud Mandrake and their attempt to build a successful and progressive business model. I'm a member since 2001.
At some point hand configuring everything gets pretty old. Mostly I like to just use my computer and Mandrake has the simple usability so many other good systems lack (Debian/Gentoo/Etc). Not to knock them, but even smart people get lazy and it always kind of made me laugh that that a usable systems is sort of looked down on, like there's some reason in 2003 we should still be doing everything by hand. To me high-tech should be transparent and usable.
To code an OSS solution? Or someone at least funding an OSS voting system? Seems like there would be a lot of prestige, not to mention publicity. How about one of the colleges? It makes since to have big business in a lot of things, but not our ballot boxes.
Nice. I'd like to see Mandrake partner. Strategically I think it would be a great combo (Mandrake #2 distro, but *not* shunned by Linux geeks). Lindows...well, geeks just won't care about them the same way. I think it sounds like a win-win with both parties gaining a tiny bit of much needed exposure.
PS, glad to see Loki didn't really set the standard for Linux game developers (I mean businesswise, not technically).;-)
The el cheapo route would be to use an older pc and install a PVR-350. Mythtv still comes with xmltv functionality built into it so your original point didn't apply. So for possibly the same about of money you could build an continuously upgradable pc (good for geeks, good future) or get a Tivo (good for geeks).
Channels are indexed with the help of xmltv. Mythtv then indexes programs as well, so you can look up "The Shield" by going to "S" and scrolling throught to "Shield, The". If your more old fashioned (or not sure whats on) you can use the program guide and see whats on tv. If your already watching tv and would like to know whats on the current channel (say during commercials) you can bring up program info on the current channel. It will certainly beat the VCR.
Doesn't seem like Microsoft FUD, just an interesting story. Read the article:
"The company scrambled on Wednesday morning to figure out why a patch had been issued through its Windows Update service, when the software maker had declared on Tuesday that it would not issue any fixes in December.
The patch, for a flaw announced during its monthly fix bulletin in November, updates FrontPage extensions. It plugs a security hole that could allow malicious code to be run on a person's PC.
On Wednesday morning, Microsoft discovered that a glitch in the patching process resulted in a November fix not being applied to some Windows XP computers. The same patch was sent out again via the Windows update service on Tuesday night. The company is still investigating why and how the patch was reissued."
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If they didn't then shame on both of them. How did Loudeye come out?
Mooches. ;-)
Oh! I mean fight the power!!
Like your still going to have it in another 3-5 years!
Sometimes its nice to post as a Tribes 2 character.
ssh -l root xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
urpmi win32-codecs
Doh! Its Debian. Helping her find her way around the same disto your using would probably be a lot easier. And not to be preachy (I do a lot of bad things, I'm no preacher) but the fact that Mandrake doesn't only make their distibution available for free, but their software and improvements are free too. That really rules.
As someone blessed to work with American Express as a client and a customer (both through business) I'd like to toss in a THEY ARE THE WORST COMPANY EVER. I don't have any idea why retailers actually agree to work with them, their rates are <b>HIGH</b> and their cards are barely more common then the Dinners Club or the Discover card. As a customer I am buried in an avalanch of marketing promotions and *special deals* on luggage or travelours insurance. This is the one company that single handedly remindes me that spam isn't solely an internet related problem.
Of course its a good thing their rates are high, because flooding our mailbox must cost them a pretty penny.
</rant>
The Breweries write the alocohol laws.
They wish.
Mandrake was the company that made RPM work, via urpmi . Obviously they recognized its weaknesses and made the improvements they believed necessary. That's how open source works and is a fine reason to maintain that respect you mentioned.
Are you for real?
or is it moves backwards? ;-)
Its brilliant! Windows safer by design will prove that everyone is at least as insecure as they are! Bammo! Acceptably secure operating system.
I smell a Monty Python skit in here somewhere!
Just another pissed off user trolling on a forum.
Mandrake started their "Mandrake Club" in late 2001. You can read the press release here (December 10th 2001) and a related Slashdot story here. As you know, of course from reading, Mandrake filed for protection at the end of January 2003.
Your just another troll, not even good enough to do a quick search. I applaud Mandrake and their attempt to build a successful and progressive business model. I'm a member since 2001.
At some point hand configuring everything gets pretty old. Mostly I like to just use my computer and Mandrake has the simple usability so many other good systems lack (Debian/Gentoo/Etc). Not to knock them, but even smart people get lazy and it always kind of made me laugh that that a usable systems is sort of looked down on, like there's some reason in 2003 we should still be doing everything by hand. To me high-tech should be transparent and usable.
But what about wireless? Honestly as someone who is almost 100% wired I have to say if I had the money I would get rid of as many as possible.
Nice too be reminded that us Yankee's aren't the only one's losing control.
Thanks. Now I'd like to see a US based project with a OSI approved licensing scheme.
To code an OSS solution? Or someone at least funding an OSS voting system? Seems like there would be a lot of prestige, not to mention publicity. How about one of the colleges? It makes since to have big business in a lot of things, but not our ballot boxes.
Nice. I'd like to see Mandrake partner. Strategically I think it would be a great combo (Mandrake #2 distro, but *not* shunned by Linux geeks). Lindows...well, geeks just won't care about them the same way. I think it sounds like a win-win with both parties gaining a tiny bit of much needed exposure.
;-)
PS, glad to see Loki didn't really set the standard for Linux game developers (I mean businesswise, not technically).
Why people exchange information.
The el cheapo route would be to use an older pc and install a PVR-350. Mythtv still comes with xmltv functionality built into it so your original point didn't apply. So for possibly the same about of money you could build an continuously upgradable pc (good for geeks, good future) or get a Tivo (good for geeks).
Channels are indexed with the help of xmltv. Mythtv then indexes programs as well, so you can look up "The Shield" by going to "S" and scrolling throught to "Shield, The". If your more old fashioned (or not sure whats on) you can use the program guide and see whats on tv. If your already watching tv and would like to know whats on the current channel (say during commercials) you can bring up program info on the current channel. It will certainly beat the VCR.
the one pc it wouldn't dectect hardware on was the MythTV box in the living room!
Doesn't seem like Microsoft FUD, just an interesting story. Read the article:
"The company scrambled on Wednesday morning to figure out why a patch had been issued through its Windows Update service, when the software maker had declared on Tuesday that it would not issue any fixes in December.
The patch, for a flaw announced during its monthly fix bulletin in November, updates FrontPage extensions. It plugs a security hole that could allow malicious code to be run on a person's PC.
On Wednesday morning, Microsoft discovered that a glitch in the patching process resulted in a November fix not being applied to some Windows XP computers. The same patch was sent out again via the Windows update service on Tuesday night. The company is still investigating why and how the patch was reissued."