I opened it 'cos I'm curious. Looks like the first of the "broadband" ads - at least that I've seen. For Fisher something or other, I ignored it, but it was a video of a guy talking crap about his investment company. Pity the poor modem user...
Nope, it's small because there are only 2 people employed by the company, me and my girlfriend. I write the software, she does the accounts. We like it that way, and we have no plans to get any larger.
As for enriching myself, I can assure you that I don't need to earn any more money. I'm quite comfortable as it is.
OK, I only run a small business, but I do exactly that. I refuse to accept or send out Word documents. I haven't lost any business yet. I send out PDFs (or RTFs if requested), and demand the same in return. And if push comes to shove, everyone can read a plain text document.
If only more people had the balls to stand up to the so-called "office standards"...
Move development overseas where software patents do not apply (if it's not developed overseas already). Microsoft come calling, and they get given the middle finger.
Microsoft may stop it being exported to the US, but the backlash against that could possibly get some of your insane congressmen to do something about the situation.
MS Internet Explorer 74.3 %
Mozilla 9.8 %
Unknown 5.9 %
Firebird 4.2 %
Konqueror 3.8 %
Netscape 1 %
Chimera 0.3 %
Safari 0.3 %
Together Mozilla/Firebird make up 14% of users visiting my site. I know my site is more "techy" than most, but that's still a fair number of users if extrapolated of the whole Internet.
It appears to be some format that plays inside FlashPlayer (if you right click/option click on the video you'll see the Flash menu). I'm on Linux/Mozilla and it worked fine for me too - which worries me more than if it didn't work...
If I were Mike Rowe I'd let Microsoft bring it on. Even if he loses, he's a minor and surely can't be asked to stump up the court costs etc. But the negative PR for Microsoft will still be there. He's surely got nothing to lose.
Bob
Re:What about IIS servers using Servermask?
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Slightly OT, but security by obscurity doesn't work BTW. Most "hacks" on my webserver come via Nimda/Code Red and they still attack even though I am on a genuine Apache/Linux combo.
That doesn't answer your question, but it goes a long way to show how ineffective those masking products are.
Bob
Re:Apache 2 runs well on Windows
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i don't use php, so using 2.x isnt an issue for me.
PHP is running my webmail just fine on my 2.x server on Linux (uptime.netcraft.com is Slashdotted so can't give a link)
I personally go with Zen Internet, who are a damn reliable ISP and give me 512k/256k ADSL for around 25GBP per month.
I'll second that. I've got their business broadband package Office 1000 where I get lower contention, static IP, etc etc for GBP58 a month with no connection fee. I've not had ANY downtime from them and their customer support is second to none. If you compare the equivalent package from BT you'll see that it's GBP100 plus a GBP260 connection fee - Openworld 1000Plus.
Although I think it's totally insane it would not surprise me if some judge pulls a Kaplan and holds all linux users liable.
I don't think so. Your statement implies that US courts have jurisdiction in the rest of the world. Germany has already effectively thrown out SCOs claims as lies. The absolute worst that could happen is that Linux could be banned in the US (not that it would) but exactly how does that affect the millions of people using Linux in the rest of the world?
The SCO action is pretty much a US only thing (though the FUD spreads across the rest of the world). While we in the rest of the world are interested in the plight of Linux, we don't actually have anything to worry about ourselves.
I'm not in anyway saying that SCOs action is justified, I'm merely saying that the scale of the problem is nowhere near as calamitous as is sometimes claimed.
The idea of having to turn up at a polling station is that voters can't be coerced, and they can't sell their votes. Both are necessary precautions.
If someone is prepared to sell their vote then IMO that is actually a vote in itself - a vote to say that they don't believe in the process.
What will be the headlines? "Linux users not invited to vote?"
In the last local council elections here in the UK I successfully voted on my Linux box with Mozilla on their online voting system. The only prerequisite was that your browser supported 128bit encryption. You got sent a login number and a password number on your ballot reminder and after you had voted the system printed the password number up against your vote. If the number was different it meant something had been tampered with.
You can see the governement report on the subject here. I happen to live in one of the trial areas and I did have a choice to use the traditional method but I thought I'd test the electronic system out and found it intuitive to use and it "felt" like time had been spent getting it right. I'd be happy to use it again.
ended up selecting a DOS based application, and it works nicely
and
but the error messages when it crashes tell a different story
How bad does an application have to be before it *doesn't* work nicely?
Oh, yeah, and to stay on topic, I learnt BASIC on an "Oric 1" way back in the day. Did a bit of raw hex editing to get some super-fast image scrolling rountines in machine code (no assembler). I've now moved on to Java. Getting to grips with OO was a nightmare after coming from BASIC (with a gap of a few years admittedly).
But once I'd got that, many of the concepts from BASIC are still relevant. For/While loops, breaking to labels after wait()ing on a thread's notify(), manipulation of primitives etc etc.
Ummm, if they claim that the Unreal Engine license is worth $350K, won't the winner automatically be liable for Federal income tak on that amount as income?
Only if the winner lives in the US. Certainly in the UK you don't pay income tax on winnings/gifts (unless its in actual cash). I'm pretty sure it's the same in the rest of Europe.
All I'm saying is that you can't believe everything you see and hear, including what you've just said.
I'm not going to get all political about this, and I'm not going to say one viewpoint is right and one is wrong. What I can say is that I've been involved in some things that have made national news in the UK and the way the footage was cut on the BBC (yes, the supposedly neutral BBC), gave a completely different impression to what actually happened. And this "editing" was no accident either. Events were shown deliberately in the wrong sequence.
And as for the gassing of the Kurds, you do realise that some historians doubt the official account and attribute the atrocity to the Iranians? Here's an example article. Again, I'm not saying which I believe, just that what you're told through the news media is always a distortion to portray the editor's/company's political agenda.
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I opened it 'cos I'm curious. Looks like the first of the "broadband" ads - at least that I've seen. For Fisher something or other, I ignored it, but it was a video of a guy talking crap about his investment company. Pity the poor modem user...
Bob
Nope, it's small because there are only 2 people employed by the company, me and my girlfriend. I write the software, she does the accounts. We like it that way, and we have no plans to get any larger.
As for enriching myself, I can assure you that I don't need to earn any more money. I'm quite comfortable as it is.
Bob
OK, I only run a small business, but I do exactly that. I refuse to accept or send out Word documents. I haven't lost any business yet. I send out PDFs (or RTFs if requested), and demand the same in return. And if push comes to shove, everyone can read a plain text document.
If only more people had the balls to stand up to the so-called "office standards"...
Bob
Move development overseas where software patents do not apply (if it's not developed overseas already). Microsoft come calling, and they get given the middle finger.
Microsoft may stop it being exported to the US, but the backlash against that could possibly get some of your insane congressmen to do something about the situation.
Bob
Displays fine on that link, but not on the submission in Mozilla. Bug in the Slashcode?
Bob
From Texas?
Bob
It might bring a whole new meaning to "my network's gone down"
Bob
My sites stats say something different:-
MS Internet Explorer 74.3 %
Mozilla 9.8 %
Unknown 5.9 %
Firebird 4.2 %
Konqueror 3.8 %
Netscape 1 %
Chimera 0.3 %
Safari 0.3 %
Together Mozilla/Firebird make up 14% of users visiting my site. I know my site is more "techy" than most, but that's still a fair number of users if extrapolated of the whole Internet.
Bob
It appears to be some format that plays inside FlashPlayer (if you right click/option click on the video you'll see the Flash menu). I'm on Linux/Mozilla and it worked fine for me too - which worries me more than if it didn't work...
Bob
IANAL, but...
If I were Mike Rowe I'd let Microsoft bring it on. Even if he loses, he's a minor and surely can't be asked to stump up the court costs etc. But the negative PR for Microsoft will still be there. He's surely got nothing to lose.
Bob
Slightly OT, but security by obscurity doesn't work BTW. Most "hacks" on my webserver come via Nimda/Code Red and they still attack even though I am on a genuine Apache/Linux combo.
That doesn't answer your question, but it goes a long way to show how ineffective those masking products are.
Bob
i don't use php, so using 2.x isnt an issue for me.
PHP is running my webmail just fine on my 2.x server on Linux (uptime.netcraft.com is Slashdotted so can't give a link)
Bob
I personally go with Zen Internet, who are a damn reliable ISP and give me 512k/256k ADSL for around 25GBP per month.
I'll second that. I've got their business broadband package Office 1000 where I get lower contention, static IP, etc etc for GBP58 a month with no connection fee. I've not had ANY downtime from them and their customer support is second to none. If you compare the equivalent package from BT you'll see that it's GBP100 plus a GBP260 connection fee - Openworld 1000Plus.
Bob
I'm 31. Does that mean I'm too old to own a PS2? Shit, better take it back then...
Bob
Although I think it's totally insane it would not surprise me if some judge pulls a Kaplan and holds all linux users liable.
I don't think so. Your statement implies that US courts have jurisdiction in the rest of the world. Germany has already effectively thrown out SCOs claims as lies. The absolute worst that could happen is that Linux could be banned in the US (not that it would) but exactly how does that affect the millions of people using Linux in the rest of the world?
The SCO action is pretty much a US only thing (though the FUD spreads across the rest of the world). While we in the rest of the world are interested in the plight of Linux, we don't actually have anything to worry about ourselves.
I'm not in anyway saying that SCOs action is justified, I'm merely saying that the scale of the problem is nowhere near as calamitous as is sometimes claimed.
Bob
Shouldn't that be ADO£E SUCKS?
Bob
So are you.
eBay goes down for "regular maintenance" every Friday. Complete system reboot? Applying patches?
Bob
The idea of having to turn up at a polling station is that voters can't be coerced, and they can't sell their votes. Both are necessary precautions.
If someone is prepared to sell their vote then IMO that is actually a vote in itself - a vote to say that they don't believe in the process.
What will be the headlines? "Linux users not invited to vote?"
In the last local council elections here in the UK I successfully voted on my Linux box with Mozilla on their online voting system. The only prerequisite was that your browser supported 128bit encryption. You got sent a login number and a password number on your ballot reminder and after you had voted the system printed the password number up against your vote. If the number was different it meant something had been tampered with.
You can see the governement report on the subject here. I happen to live in one of the trial areas and I did have a choice to use the traditional method but I thought I'd test the electronic system out and found it intuitive to use and it "felt" like time had been spent getting it right. I'd be happy to use it again.
Bob
I call FUD!!!
JAAS has been a standard in J2EE for ages now.
Bob
Hang on a minute...
ended up selecting a DOS based application, and it works nicely
and
but the error messages when it crashes tell a different story
How bad does an application have to be before it *doesn't* work nicely?
Oh, yeah, and to stay on topic, I learnt BASIC on an "Oric 1" way back in the day. Did a bit of raw hex editing to get some super-fast image scrolling rountines in machine code (no assembler). I've now moved on to Java. Getting to grips with OO was a nightmare after coming from BASIC (with a gap of a few years admittedly).
But once I'd got that, many of the concepts from BASIC are still relevant. For/While loops, breaking to labels after wait()ing on a thread's notify(), manipulation of primitives etc etc.
Bob
Ummm, if they claim that the Unreal Engine license is worth $350K, won't the winner automatically be liable for Federal income tak on that amount as income?
Only if the winner lives in the US. Certainly in the UK you don't pay income tax on winnings/gifts (unless its in actual cash). I'm pretty sure it's the same in the rest of Europe.
Bob
Spiral Scratch?
The title of an old fanzine *cough* years ago. I always thought it described it perfectly.
Bob
All I'm saying is that you can't believe everything you see and hear, including what you've just said.
I'm not going to get all political about this, and I'm not going to say one viewpoint is right and one is wrong. What I can say is that I've been involved in some things that have made national news in the UK and the way the footage was cut on the BBC (yes, the supposedly neutral BBC), gave a completely different impression to what actually happened. And this "editing" was no accident either. Events were shown deliberately in the wrong sequence.
And as for the gassing of the Kurds, you do realise that some historians doubt the official account and attribute the atrocity to the Iranians? Here's an example article. Again, I'm not saying which I believe, just that what you're told through the news media is always a distortion to portray the editor's/company's political agenda.
Bob
I suspect that North Korea's nuclear weapons are about as real as Iraq's chemical weapons.
Bob
The Internet was developed in the US
The Internet as we know it today (hyperlinks etc) was developed in Switzerland at CERN by a Tim Berners-Lee (amongst others) who is British.
If you're gonna get all patriotic, first get your facts straight.
Bob