My post wasn't directed directly at you. It was aimed at all the other slashdot people who would send messages to the department, when they have no reason to. If you are a tax payer there, then go nuts.
With the american gov't going the way they are, you are going to have to give your fingerprints and a criminal record check just to leave your own house pretty soon. When are you going to realise that they are the ones who are "terrorizing" you into giving up all your information and freedoms so they can do what they want.
Why would you need this. I can detect a cell phone without it. Look at a person... cell phone detected. Everyone has one now, including 6 year old kids.
For crying out loud, people! How hard is it to download Firefox and switch?
Go around and ask anyone around you (not other techs) and see if they know what firefox is. Chances are you wil come back saying no. There is no advertisement for it out there. Unless you go to sites like slashdot, the average person will never know about other web browsers and why they need them.
This is exactly where this kind of crap comes from. What is the point of writing such code??? The only thing that you are doing is making more work for yourselves (assuming you are admins). All you do is complain that there are patches to be applied and viruses to be taken care of, but in your next breath you are saying screw MS and write a virus. Get a life and stop writing such crap.
This is nothing new. For example, look at the telephone companies, they are selling features to help stop telemarketers from getting through. However, they are also selling ways of getting through directly to the telemarketers.
I must admit, yes Microsoft does has more money. But that is because they has a far better product. It is much easier to manage, you generally don't have to worry about the patches being written with a back door (yes I know linux is open source, but really, how many people can actually read the source code??? Not that many). There are many more usefull apps written for it. Need I go on???
Have you met the american gov't??? Ever since 9/11 they have been taking away the privacy of everyone in the name of security!!! In the so called land of the free, you are no longer free with the gov't watching your every move, because you may be a terrorist.
The only reason there is so many problems is the shitheads out there that try to cause them. Look at the ways that people write viruses for windows, they are the most stupid exploits. MS should not be held responsable for this, it should be the virus writers.
Can you honestly tell me that there are no major security problems with linux??? I doubt it, it's just that when there is one it's not widely publicized because the majority of people are using windows so it is not newsworthy.
Yes, but at least it comes out with the updates it needs in a reasonable time. With linux you are depending on a bunch of people sitting in their garage, to come out with something that "may" work. At lease with MS there is responsibility in what they write.
God forbid that they are improving their software by including something that everyone needs. If all you stupid little hackers and programmers out there didn't try and attack the software then we wouldn't have this problem.
Also, a company is allowed to try and make money. The fact the MS used media player to download mp3s legally is a smart move for them. It gives users the ability to download some music without needing to dload a "special player" first.
Bill Gates going and buying the gov't may be a good thing... then there may be some punishment for people who dload pirated software, and for people writing viruses.
You do have a choice you are not forced to use their software!!! You can install real player instead of media player, you can install netscape or opera instead of IE. What more do you want??? Shit linux comes with a huge bunch of software now, but if I don't want to use it I can download something else and use it instead.
What's to say that you can't buy it from (insert vendor here)??? You buy a car and it comes with an engine, but if you want a performance engine, you can go get one from somewhere else...
Damn it, that means we will need better excuses of what we are doing at work. The bosses will know when we are playing Counter-strike on the servers...
I seem to remember that in the olympics (which were hosted in your own country) that Canada beat your ass in both mens and womens hockey giving us the golds!!!
Microsoft is denying them this opportunity by bundling their own software with the OS
Can you honestly tell me that if it was your company making the os and you also made a media app that you wouldn't add it to your os as well??? I highly doubt it.
Competition is good. This is bad
I agree with you about the "Competition is good" part, however, the competition is about having a product that is better the media player. Personally, as a sys admin in a windows environment, we need to have Quicktime and Real player on our computers as media player doesn't do all the formats we need. So even though media player is on all the computers by default, we still have the other software.
With linux, are people not making software that will work with Real player files and Quicktime files??? Last time that I checked this is also taking away from those companies as all stuff in linux is open source and therefore free.
Can Americans ever get over the 9/11 incident??? Let the families try to get over their losses without it constantly coming back in their faces. God knows that in every tv show and movie eg. Law and Order, or the movie Bad Boys 2, they always mention 9/11.
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Speaking of low IQ, school is still out for the summer in most parts.
My post wasn't directed directly at you. It was aimed at all the other slashdot people who would send messages to the department, when they have no reason to. If you are a tax payer there, then go nuts.
I'm sorry, but unless you are a tax payer there then you have no right to petition. It is not your money that is going down the drain.
With the american gov't going the way they are, you are going to have to give your fingerprints and a criminal record check just to leave your own house pretty soon. When are you going to realise that they are the ones who are "terrorizing" you into giving up all your information and freedoms so they can do what they want.
Why would you need this. I can detect a cell phone without it. Look at a person... cell phone detected. Everyone has one now, including 6 year old kids.
Go around and ask anyone around you (not other techs) and see if they know what firefox is. Chances are you wil come back saying no. There is no advertisement for it out there. Unless you go to sites like slashdot, the average person will never know about other web browsers and why they need them.
This is exactly where this kind of crap comes from. What is the point of writing such code??? The only thing that you are doing is making more work for yourselves (assuming you are admins). All you do is complain that there are patches to be applied and viruses to be taken care of, but in your next breath you are saying screw MS and write a virus. Get a life and stop writing such crap.
This is nothing new. For example, look at the telephone companies, they are selling features to help stop telemarketers from getting through. However, they are also selling ways of getting through directly to the telemarketers.
I must admit, yes Microsoft does has more money. But that is because they has a far better product. It is much easier to manage, you generally don't have to worry about the patches being written with a back door (yes I know linux is open source, but really, how many people can actually read the source code??? Not that many). There are many more usefull apps written for it. Need I go on???
And this has what to do with USB drives??? Post your political stuff somewhere else.
This is totally different. Martha's was insider trading, whereas Bill is antitrust. In the legal and financial world there is a difference.
So I wouldn't be slagging the Canadian gov't.
Can you honestly tell me that there are no major security problems with linux??? I doubt it, it's just that when there is one it's not widely publicized because the majority of people are using windows so it is not newsworthy.
Yes, but at least it comes out with the updates it needs in a reasonable time. With linux you are depending on a bunch of people sitting in their garage, to come out with something that "may" work. At lease with MS there is responsibility in what they write.
Actually, Richmond is quite a big urban area!!!
Also, a company is allowed to try and make money. The fact the MS used media player to download mp3s legally is a smart move for them. It gives users the ability to download some music without needing to dload a "special player" first.
Bill Gates going and buying the gov't may be a good thing... then there may be some punishment for people who dload pirated software, and for people writing viruses.
just my 2 cents...
You do have a choice you are not forced to use their software!!! You can install real player instead of media player, you can install netscape or opera instead of IE. What more do you want??? Shit linux comes with a huge bunch of software now, but if I don't want to use it I can download something else and use it instead.
What's to say that you can't buy it from (insert vendor here)??? You buy a car and it comes with an engine, but if you want a performance engine, you can go get one from somewhere else...
Damn it, that means we will need better excuses of what we are doing at work. The bosses will know when we are playing Counter-strike on the servers...
It is done...
Compairing RedHat 6 to windows 2000 is perfectly fine as they are both 3-4 years old and are both still widely used. Pull your head out of your ass.
I seem to remember that in the olympics (which were hosted in your own country) that Canada beat your ass in both mens and womens hockey giving us the golds!!!
And where did this comment come from???? Keep on topic and go play with your little fruity computer.
Can you honestly tell me that if it was your company making the os and you also made a media app that you wouldn't add it to your os as well??? I highly doubt it.
Competition is good. This is bad
I agree with you about the "Competition is good" part, however, the competition is about having a product that is better the media player. Personally, as a sys admin in a windows environment, we need to have Quicktime and Real player on our computers as media player doesn't do all the formats we need. So even though media player is on all the computers by default, we still have the other software.
With linux, are people not making software that will work with Real player files and Quicktime files??? Last time that I checked this is also taking away from those companies as all stuff in linux is open source and therefore free.
IMHO
Can Americans ever get over the 9/11 incident??? Let the families try to get over their losses without it constantly coming back in their faces. God knows that in every tv show and movie eg. Law and Order, or the movie Bad Boys 2, they always mention 9/11.