This is not an apologia for listening to music without paying for any of it. It's simply a realistic look at what's really going on. The record industry has its head up its ass and always has. Suing and prosecuting your customers is bad for business.
Along those same lines: I have been to see about 15 movies in the past two months. I've seen just about every movie that was of interest to me. I have to say I am getting livid at having to watch the anti-piracy advertisement before each movie starts. Why call the people in the theater theives every time they see a movie?
"You steal a candy bar from the store, or you download a movie on the internet, that's just wrong."
I have to say it makes me mad enough that I just want to say screw the $15 to see the movie, $5 for a Coke, and $5 for a popcorn - I'll just download it and watch the damned thing in the real world where a large popcorn actually costs about $0.10 to make and noone is calling me a theif.
Both you and the parent poster obviously don't have any actual experience with the machines. I ran a bulletin board on a C-64 using a 2400 baud modem for years. Further more, the local computer shop ran a massive multi-user bulletin board a couple years later and all the computers in the store were hooked to it. The Amigas were connected at 56k and worked flawlessly as such.
What a load of crap. I have bought only AMD processors and I swear by their performance. I jump at the chance to race a P4 touting fool through a compile of Mozilla. But this is getting ridiculous.
They've got to the point with all these different lines that it's no longer possible to talk AMD CPU's with anyone but the most avid AMD enthusiast. If you do try to talk the talk it ends up being a group memory excercise to see if together we can remember 50% of the difference in the varying jungle lines of processors.
Opteron is a good thing. Keep it simple. Give the FX a real name too. Don't call it an Opteron FX or 64 FX or whatever the hell it might be. Give it a damned name. How about an AMD Jargon? That would be a good name for a processor. If they all had names, you could associate the capabilities of the lines to the names and people could pick a favorite and learn the product.
As it is there must be extremely few people that can rattle off all the cache sizes, 398043+++ ratings, what core it is, blah blah blah. Not only do the different lines have different specs, but there are different specs within a line. There several instances of the same + rating with different specs in the same line. "I got a 2600+" "Which one?"
Not that I won't do all the research before I buy the next one, but I envy the Intel enthusiast that can just look and say Bigger is Better, and buy what they can afford.
I can't imagine my the other members of my family buying an AMD. They'd have to take a 3 week course, 2 hours a day, before they'd know which of the AMD's to buy. "This one costs more, but is it better?" "I have no idea." "This one has a bigger rating." "Yeah, but I heard this one is more advanced."
Is AMD hoping nobody will know what they're buying? Is that the ultimate goal? Why not just put a random number on each chip and put a MSRP on it and call it good.
I hope any of you that filled out the Microsoft survey a couple of weeks ago about what makes Linux better than Windows are happy. This is the kind of crud they make with the results of those surveys.
1) make your own wildcard
in/etc/resolv.conf (this can be done in windows too but I don't know where by memory)
seach yourdomain.com
then add *.yourdomain.com wildcard to go to your own domain or your own companies main site.
2) block at your firewall
under linux:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 64.94.110.11 -m multiport --dports http,https -j DROP
3) redirect to your web site with a message
configure your internal website to have a virtual host for http://sitefinder.verisign.com/ and on that page give a notice to the user that the domain they are trying to reach does not exist and explains that verisign's attempt at gross misuse of the power given over the.com and.net TLD's has been blocked (with appropriate links to relevant info)
then add the following to your firewall
under linux:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 64.94.110.11 -i $internal_interface -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -j DNAT --to-destination $internal_webserver:80
Anyone have any other ideas for this?
Documentation in the programs themselves
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My biggest pet peave is useless documentation. I have no problems reading the docs to figure out how to do what I'm trying to do. But for example, the other day I really wanted to get shoutcast links to play with xmms when I click on them in Mozilla (it defaults to xine on my system).. I searched everywhere for how to use mime-types because I added this to Mozilla and it didn't help.
Preferences->Navigator->Helper Applications
mime-type: audio/x-scpls
extension: pls
open with:/usr/bin/xmms
I checked around with google and eventually when frustrated (I tried/etc/mailcap and/etc/mime-magic as well) I checked Mozilla documentation.. I quote:
The Helper Applications preferences panel allows you set up how different file types are opened by other applications in Mozilla:
* Specify which application should handle each file type:
o File types: Displays the file types that Mozilla uses. Select one of them to show the following information:
+ Extension:Displays the file extension of the selected file type.
+ MIME type:Displays the MIME type of the selected file type.
+ Handled by: Displays the program that will be used to open each file of the selected file type.
o New Type: Click this to add a new file type. Type or choose the description, file extension, MIME type, and application.
o Edit: Click this to change the file-handling information of a selected file type.
o Remove: Click this to remove a selected file type.
Now would someone please tell me what the hell the point of documentation like that is? It reminds me of my bios..
AGP_FAST_WRITE: you can enable of disable.
F1 reveals the following help: choose enable or disable
I mean come on, I think we've got the interface figured out in both the BIOS and Mozilla.. if we're smart enough to be changing these options then I think we can handle the elementary interface. I can understand the BIOS with the limited storage it's in, but Mozilla? If you're going to write documentation like that, just write "Sorry, no help available"
I cannot understand why laptop makers continue to use these silly pads
Heh, a better question is why apple mice still have but one button. Are you ready for that leap? Can you coordinate two fingers, possibly simultaneously? You might be ready for linux if you can click them at the same time for some 3-button emulation.
Not only is it ridiculous that he would call in a nuclear strike, but also unbelievable that the government would release a person they believe is capable of such atrosity in just 5 years. Rehabilitation must be extremely effective.
Nevermind the fact that what "most" people do and what I do differ. If I am concerned about my personal privacy and want to use a different password on each site I visit I am able to.. I would rather have my secrets be kept by many different (untrusted) people who are unbeknownst to each other than one (untrusted) company.
I think what you are overlooking is that the one cracked site doesn't have links to every other site you visit. You don't even know where else the person has visited without some other additional research. With the Microsoft strategy, it's all right there in the database.
Restaraunt experience:
Waitress: Hi there, have you decided on what you would like to eat?
Cust1: Yes, I'll have the Phil's Mix please.
Waitress: Pancakes, Waffles or French toast?
Cust1: French toast please.
Waitress: And how would you like your eggs?
Cust1: Over easy please.
Waitress: Thank you. And what can I get for you?
Cust2: Exactly the same thing please.
Waitress: Same thing?
Cust2: Yes please.
Waitress: French toast as well?
Cust2: Yes please.
Waitress: How would you like your eggs?
Cust2: Over easy please.
Waitress: Thank you.
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This is not an apologia for listening to music without paying for any of it. It's simply a realistic look at what's really going on. The record industry has its head up its ass and always has. Suing and prosecuting your customers is bad for business.
Along those same lines: I have been to see about 15 movies in the past two months. I've seen just about every movie that was of interest to me. I have to say I am getting livid at having to watch the anti-piracy advertisement before each movie starts. Why call the people in the theater theives every time they see a movie?
"You steal a candy bar from the store, or you download a movie on the internet, that's just wrong."
I have to say it makes me mad enough that I just want to say screw the $15 to see the movie, $5 for a Coke, and $5 for a popcorn - I'll just download it and watch the damned thing in the real world where a large popcorn actually costs about $0.10 to make and noone is calling me a theif.
I wish one of the more Linux friendly games (ahem Quake 3 or UT2004) would have its code opened! :)
EyeTech
Both you and the parent poster obviously don't have any actual experience with the machines. I ran a bulletin board on a C-64 using a 2400 baud modem for years. Further more, the local computer shop ran a massive multi-user bulletin board a couple years later and all the computers in the store were hooked to it. The Amigas were connected at 56k and worked flawlessly as such.
How about instead of taking the car, you replicate another just like it. And while you're at it, you let them replicate your yacht as fair trade.
I'm still trying not to think about breathing
What a load of crap. I have bought only AMD processors and I swear by their performance. I jump at the chance to race a P4 touting fool through a compile of Mozilla. But this is getting ridiculous.
They've got to the point with all these different lines that it's no longer possible to talk AMD CPU's with anyone but the most avid AMD enthusiast. If you do try to talk the talk it ends up being a group memory excercise to see if together we can remember 50% of the difference in the varying jungle lines of processors.
Opteron is a good thing. Keep it simple. Give the FX a real name too. Don't call it an Opteron FX or 64 FX or whatever the hell it might be. Give it a damned name. How about an AMD Jargon? That would be a good name for a processor. If they all had names, you could associate the capabilities of the lines to the names and people could pick a favorite and learn the product.
As it is there must be extremely few people that can rattle off all the cache sizes, 398043+++ ratings, what core it is, blah blah blah. Not only do the different lines have different specs, but there are different specs within a line. There several instances of the same + rating with different specs in the same line. "I got a 2600+" "Which one?"
Not that I won't do all the research before I buy the next one, but I envy the Intel enthusiast that can just look and say Bigger is Better, and buy what they can afford.
I can't imagine my the other members of my family buying an AMD. They'd have to take a 3 week course, 2 hours a day, before they'd know which of the AMD's to buy. "This one costs more, but is it better?" "I have no idea." "This one has a bigger rating." "Yeah, but I heard this one is more advanced."
Is AMD hoping nobody will know what they're buying? Is that the ultimate goal? Why not just put a random number on each chip and put a MSRP on it and call it good.
I hope any of you that filled out the Microsoft survey a couple of weeks ago about what makes Linux better than Windows are happy. This is the kind of crud they make with the results of those surveys.
userdel -r L.Torvalds
Please bring this to Alberta! :)
Considering we can buy a spindle of 100 CD's for around $40 CDN that is just crap. Don't believe everything you read.
1) make your own wildcard in /etc/resolv.conf (this can be done in windows too but I don't know where by memory)
seach yourdomain.com
then add *.yourdomain.com wildcard to go to your own domain or your own companies main site.
2) block at your firewall
under linux:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 64.94.110.11 -m multiport --dports http,https -j DROP
3) redirect to your web site with a message
configure your internal website to have a virtual host for http://sitefinder.verisign.com/ and on that page give a notice to the user that the domain they are trying to reach does not exist and explains that verisign's attempt at gross misuse of the power given over the .com and .net TLD's has been blocked (with appropriate links to relevant info)
then add the following to your firewall
under linux:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 64.94.110.11 -i $internal_interface -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -j DNAT --to-destination $internal_webserver:80
Anyone have any other ideas for this?
Preferences->Navigator->Helper Applications
mime-type: audio/x-scpls
extension: pls
open with:
I checked around with google and eventually when frustrated (I tried
Now would someone please tell me what the hell the point of documentation like that is? It reminds me of my bios..
AGP_FAST_WRITE: you can enable of disable.
F1 reveals the following help: choose enable or disable
I mean come on, I think we've got the interface figured out in both the BIOS and Mozilla.. if we're smart enough to be changing these options then I think we can handle the elementary interface. I can understand the BIOS with the limited storage it's in, but Mozilla? If you're going to write documentation like that, just write "Sorry, no help available"
"There is a number of papers and scientific publications available."
There is? What is that number?
I thought I saw a Unicorn on the way home today, but it turned out to be a horse with one of its horns broken off.
These guys (gg webdesigner) seem to think June 3rd.
I cannot understand why laptop makers continue to use these silly pads
Heh, a better question is why apple mice still have but one button. Are you ready for that leap? Can you coordinate two fingers, possibly simultaneously? You might be ready for linux if you can click them at the same time for some 3-button emulation.
Not only is it ridiculous that he would call in a nuclear strike, but also unbelievable that the government would release a person they believe is capable of such atrosity in just 5 years. Rehabilitation must be extremely effective.
SCO Unix IP
ROFL
What do you want to do today Pinky?
Nevermind the fact that what "most" people do and what I do differ. If I am concerned about my personal privacy and want to use a different password on each site I visit I am able to.. I would rather have my secrets be kept by many different (untrusted) people who are unbeknownst to each other than one (untrusted) company.
I think what you are overlooking is that the one cracked site doesn't have links to every other site you visit. You don't even know where else the person has visited without some other additional research. With the Microsoft strategy, it's all right there in the database.
RTFA
Maybe Microsoft shouldn't have mowed Sony's grass with the X-Box? :)
Restaraunt experience: Waitress: Hi there, have you decided on what you would like to eat? Cust1: Yes, I'll have the Phil's Mix please. Waitress: Pancakes, Waffles or French toast? Cust1: French toast please. Waitress: And how would you like your eggs? Cust1: Over easy please. Waitress: Thank you. And what can I get for you? Cust2: Exactly the same thing please. Waitress: Same thing? Cust2: Yes please. Waitress: French toast as well? Cust2: Yes please. Waitress: How would you like your eggs? Cust2: Over easy please. Waitress: Thank you.
it would never be free software.