Lucky you.. Although I'm working towards moving my friends and relatives to Mac or even Linux. In fact, I'm shipping my first 'big experiment' to a computerless friend next week. I've loaded up Ubuntu and Linspire and can't quite decide which works best, but regardless of what I go with, I'm going to feel better about giving this away.
At any rate I think ANYTHING will be better than dealing with the spyware/virus hell I have for the past two years!
This was the biggest showstopper for us - multi-user.
Believe it or not, I've had a 4 month old build of OOo 2.0 (1.9.49, I think) running on our Terminal Server for the students. Not even a glitch. Far better this than the absolute hell I went through installing it in the labs.
Yes, thank God, they've finally fixed the install! And thanks for asking - a lot of fellow admins out there were totally turned off because of this glaring omission. They should be aware that OOo 2.0 installs like Office does.
Cracked updates aren't what they're 'cracked' up to be. Sometimes they work, and in some configurations they don't. In either case they shouldn't be considered 'reliable'. If YOU want to trust your system to a hacker's updates, be my guest.
Nonetheless, the ones who will be most hurt will be the moms and pops out there who are using someone's copy of Office and don't even realize that might be an issue. They would hardly know where to find bootlegged updates much less know how to apply them.
Aside from the obvious (trying to make folks feel guilty for piracy), MS has changed their policy on updates for MS Office now. What this amounts to is that your P2P buddies now have a security risk installed.
How long do you think it'll be before there's yet another virus/trojan/macro that owns them?
I'm just wondering - what distro have you been using for your users?
I'm putting together a few systems for some relatives and I'd prefer to put something together for them where they won't be back with spyware and viruses for a while.
"$36 million?! Shit, we can produce an two seasons of 'Friends' or four YEARS worth of 'Fear Factor' for that!"
Even if you get the audience, it's not going to matter much to networks like 'UPN' who will undoubtedly replace 'Enterprise' with something stupid, cheesy and, more importantly - cheap.
As I've said before, I think the only way to ensure new, quality, Sci-Fi will be if we all want to pay for it, ala HBO - Sci-fi.
Ain't no surprise... A song for Anti-SCOers!
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SCO On the Rocks
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To the tune of 'Love on the rocks' by Neil Diamond
SCO on the rocks Ain't no surprise Just give them some cash And they'll tell ya some lies
Yarro is gone Now all that they want Is a stay
Boies gave it his heart And he gave it his soul But there's not much of that When you're evil and cold
Canopy's gone Now all that they want Is their cash
CHORUS:
First Caldera wants you Said how they really need you Suddenly Linux finds it's out there Showing all it's code
Then SCO says they'll sue you "Buy a license or we'll do you" Nothing you and I can say We hope IBM will save the day Groklaw knows the song...
SCO on the rocks Ain't no surprise As their scheme is shut down Darl's on the thin ice
Integrity's gone Now all lawyer's want is a stay...
You assume that's empty. The truth is it's not your road - anyone else could suddenly decide they need to go somewhere. I don't care if you're Dale Jarrett, anything could happen at those types of speeds.
But how do you justify the kind of fines that the RIAA and other impose? $90,000 seems a little excessive to me.
How is this OT? You can't download the damn file because the FTP site is crammed full (or down). My observation is on the worthiness of a download - why is THAT OT?
OOo 1.1 had TERRIBLE problems with workstation / all user installs. It relied on files being placed in a user's local home directory which is not good when you have computers in a lab-like setting. Workstation installs required user input (unless you scripted it otherwise - but then you'd lose the ability to set OOo defaults), and putting it on a Windows server running Terminal Services was buggy as hell.
By default, OOo 2.0 now installs an 'all users' install, meaning that there are no more issues with OOo registering icons or having one person mess with everyone else's settings.
To me, this was the hugest issue of all next to MS Word compatibility (check the OOo forums if you don't believe me) and yet very little is said of it.
It's funny - half the comments I get about that sig 'get it' and think it's cool, the other half scratch their heads.
Basically, most IT people I know end up doing a lot of work for their parents and other associated relatives and friends. For the past two years, I've done nothing but patch Windows and run AdAware (the anti-spyware program) almost every occasion I see them. In short, the spyware problem is out of control on the PC.
Since (at least so far) the Mac has little of these sorts of issues, it would not be necessary to do this sort of thing - and certainly not on XMAS. Those who get it, have been there, those who do not are either lucky or Mac users.;)
There are certainly things the president can do without asking Congress about it first. BUT - those same things were authorized in advance at some point.
Is it not democracy unless a time limit is instituted?
I'll bet you didn't like the way the 2000 presidential election turned out either did you?
First of all, there IS no true democracy. We are all 'represented'. Yeah, right. Now if you can swallow that, think about this:
'Thwarting intent' is NOT the same as breaking the law. The Commission was empowered by the Parliament with the included bybass rule. Sure, it sucks, but the PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE SYSTEM. Just like in 2000 - the system worked. You might not have liked HOW it worked or WHO was elected, but there was no revolution, no coup.
Perhaps companies that try to patent blatantly unpatentable things should be punished somehow - like a fine or a period of time where they can't patent anything for a while.
This such a thing as barratry with lawyers after all.
"I'm starting a group to raise money to fight against all these idiots..."
Dern kids playing on my lawn again - I'll teach them!
Look, while you're at it, why not rail against the major networks for continuing their focus on crappy 'real life' series like Survivor or Fear Factor? Seems to me this sort of stupidity T.V. has FAR more worth fighting.
"Considered to be flaming liberal publications by many conservatives, both published stories claiming good evidence for WMD in Iraq..."
Yes, and John Kerry said we should attack them as far back as the mid to late 90's. The war wasn't demonized by anything but the wacko Left until AFTER the fact. How quickly everyone forgets the general mindset after 9/11 when most Americans were ready to drop bombs on ANY country that so much as looked at us the wrong way.
The Times and Post agreed because the machine that is the Democratic Party couldn't disagree with what facts were presented AT THE TIME. That fact in no way should suggest that these news organizations are not biased. They simply had no reason to be... Yet.
Then when Dean discovered how to make hay out of the 'give peace a chance' movement, the Dems seized on it. Take a look at the Times and the Post's articles on actual progress made in Iraq (like the elections). Begrudging, to say the least.
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Lucky you.. Although I'm working towards moving my friends and relatives to Mac or even Linux. In fact, I'm shipping my first 'big experiment' to a computerless friend next week. I've loaded up Ubuntu and Linspire and can't quite decide which works best, but regardless of what I go with, I'm going to feel better about giving this away.
At any rate I think ANYTHING will be better than dealing with the spyware/virus hell I have for the past two years!
This was the biggest showstopper for us - multi-user.
Believe it or not, I've had a 4 month old build of OOo 2.0 (1.9.49, I think) running on our Terminal Server for the students. Not even a glitch. Far better this than the absolute hell I went through installing it in the labs.
Yes, thank God, they've finally fixed the install! And thanks for asking - a lot of fellow admins out there were totally turned off because of this glaring omission. They should be aware that OOo 2.0 installs like Office does.
Cracked updates aren't what they're 'cracked' up to be. Sometimes they work, and in some configurations they don't. In either case they shouldn't be considered 'reliable'. If YOU want to trust your system to a hacker's updates, be my guest.
Nonetheless, the ones who will be most hurt will be the moms and pops out there who are using someone's copy of Office and don't even realize that might be an issue. They would hardly know where to find bootlegged updates much less know how to apply them.
Aside from the obvious (trying to make folks feel guilty for piracy), MS has changed their policy on updates for MS Office now. What this amounts to is that your P2P buddies now have a security risk installed.
How long do you think it'll be before there's yet another virus/trojan/macro that owns them?
I'm just wondering - what distro have you been using for your users?
I'm putting together a few systems for some relatives and I'd prefer to put something together for them where they won't be back with spyware and viruses for a while.
Thanks!
Look, the execs see it this way:
"$36 million?! Shit, we can produce an two seasons of 'Friends' or four YEARS worth of 'Fear Factor' for that!"
Even if you get the audience, it's not going to matter much to networks like 'UPN' who will undoubtedly replace 'Enterprise' with something stupid, cheesy and, more importantly - cheap.
As I've said before, I think the only way to ensure new, quality, Sci-Fi will be if we all want to pay for it, ala HBO - Sci-fi.
To the tune of
'Love on the rocks' by Neil Diamond
SCO on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Just give them some cash
And they'll tell ya some lies
Yarro is gone
Now all that they want
Is a stay
Boies gave it his heart
And he gave it his soul
But there's not much of that
When you're evil and cold
Canopy's gone
Now all that they want
Is their cash
CHORUS:
First Caldera wants you
Said how they really need you
Suddenly Linux finds it's out there
Showing all it's code
Then SCO says they'll sue you
"Buy a license or we'll do you"
Nothing you and I can say
We hope IBM will save the day
Groklaw knows the song...
SCO on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
As their scheme is shut down
Darl's on the thin ice
Integrity's gone
Now all lawyer's want
is a stay...
Sorry Neil, it was just too good to pass up...
No you don't have to explain your rationale - but it makes for a poor argument.
You assume that's empty. The truth is it's not your road - anyone else could suddenly decide they need to go somewhere. I don't care if you're Dale Jarrett, anything could happen at those types of speeds.
But how do you justify the kind of fines that the RIAA and other impose? $90,000 seems a little excessive to me.
with reasonable punishement... Downloading a song is equal somehow to possibly killing someone due to reckless endangerment?
Oh right... We're 'endangering' the big corporations, NOW I understand your point.
...someone would be screaming for a 'torrent' about now. :)
How is this OT? You can't download the damn file because the FTP site is crammed full (or down). My observation is on the worthiness of a download - why is THAT OT?
Or is this about my politics?
If this was a movie or the latest Britney Spears album the warez gods would be falling all over themselves to post this first for points...
OOo 1.1 had TERRIBLE problems with workstation / all user installs. It relied on files being placed in a user's local home directory which is not good when you have computers in a lab-like setting. Workstation installs required user input (unless you scripted it otherwise - but then you'd lose the ability to set OOo defaults), and putting it on a Windows server running Terminal Services was buggy as hell.
By default, OOo 2.0 now installs an 'all users' install, meaning that there are no more issues with OOo registering icons or having one person mess with everyone else's settings.
To me, this was the hugest issue of all next to MS Word compatibility (check the OOo forums if you don't believe me) and yet very little is said of it.
It's funny - half the comments I get about that sig 'get it' and think it's cool, the other half scratch their heads.
;)
Basically, most IT people I know end up doing a lot of work for their parents and other associated relatives and friends. For the past two years, I've done nothing but patch Windows and run AdAware (the anti-spyware program) almost every occasion I see them. In short, the spyware problem is out of control on the PC.
Since (at least so far) the Mac has little of these sorts of issues, it would not be necessary to do this sort of thing - and certainly not on XMAS. Those who get it, have been there, those who do not are either lucky or Mac users.
Heh. I can't help it. Everytime I hear someone use that expression I always hear Tom Servo's distant comment:
:)
"And afterwards, we'll have 'The Sex'"...
Maybe that's what the Helium3 will be useful for...
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If you were a mass murderer, then by your own argument you could complain that the laws are unfair to your 'lifestyle'.
So I take it you voted against being in the EU?
There are certainly things the president can do without asking Congress about it first. BUT - those same things were authorized in advance at some point.
Is it not democracy unless a time limit is instituted?
I'll bet you didn't like the way the 2000 presidential election turned out either did you?
First of all, there IS no true democracy. We are all 'represented'. Yeah, right. Now if you can swallow that, think about this:
'Thwarting intent' is NOT the same as breaking the law. The Commission was empowered by the Parliament with the included bybass rule. Sure, it sucks, but the PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE SYSTEM. Just like in 2000 - the system worked. You might not have liked HOW it worked or WHO was elected, but there was no revolution, no coup.
Perhaps companies that try to patent blatantly unpatentable things should be punished somehow - like a fine or a period of time where they can't patent anything for a while.
This such a thing as barratry with lawyers after all.
"I'm starting a group to raise money to fight against all these idiots..."
Dern kids playing on my lawn again - I'll teach them!
Look, while you're at it, why not rail against the major networks for continuing their focus on crappy 'real life' series like Survivor or Fear Factor? Seems to me this sort of stupidity T.V. has FAR more worth fighting.
"Considered to be flaming liberal publications by many conservatives, both published stories claiming good evidence for WMD in Iraq..."
Yes, and John Kerry said we should attack them as far back as the mid to late 90's. The war wasn't demonized by anything but the wacko Left until AFTER the fact. How quickly everyone forgets the general mindset after 9/11 when most Americans were ready to drop bombs on ANY country that so much as looked at us the wrong way.
The Times and Post agreed because the machine that is the Democratic Party couldn't disagree with what facts were presented AT THE TIME. That fact in no way should suggest that these news organizations are not biased. They simply had no reason to be... Yet.
Then when Dean discovered how to make hay out of the 'give peace a chance' movement, the Dems seized on it. Take a look at the Times and the Post's articles on actual progress made in Iraq (like the elections). Begrudging, to say the least.
Did you miss the point of my message?
I was saying that this is one of many reasons why music boycotts don't work - regardless of taste.
"...if you pander down low enough to the lowest common denominator..."
Oh... You mean like how Bush won the election because of all those uneducated red-state religious people, right? The 'lowest' indeed!