Even easier.
Slip paper between the band and your skin.
Alarm goes off, remove paper, look innocent
Convinve/browbeat others to do the same, pretty soon the number of "false positives" will ensure no reaction from guards if/when an alarm goes off.
Linus seems to be having no problems moving away from BK to another solution,
Good thing the proprietary solution he was using isn't a deliberateley obfuscated
DRM-encrusted DCMA-protected patented-encumbered file *cough*word*cough* format.
And if MS weren't around we'd all be using Apple (or something).
Just becuase, in an alternate rality, someone else _could_ have taken their place doesn't make them unimportant.
If Earths atmosphere didn't have O2 we might have evolved to breathe methane instead. Doesn't mean O2 isn't important!
< AFDB >
to screw up dyndns and force people to pay extra for static IP addresses.
</AFDB >
More likely it's a case of "I know better than you".
Too many people set TTL's that are too low ("I know better than the guy who wrote the recomendations"), arguably dyndns among them (DNS was never meant to be _that_ dynamic (OTOH a lot of stuff is doing what it was never meant to do))
ISP admins ("I know better than the guy who set his TTL so low") override the TTL
As usual, the only loosers are those actally following the rules; admins who set short TTL's in preparation for moving stuff.
I am not willing to give my users administrator privileges so they can run some poorly-written application!
Meanwhile, in the RealWorld(tm), management mandates that Application X is required to make $$$ and _will_ therefore be supported. (OK.. maybe not a weather widget)
Oh how I wish I could ban things because they are a Bad Thing, if only it weren't for the fact that the PC's are just means to an end.
X will make $$$ and cause problem Y which will take $ to fix. $$$ > $, so X is approved. (Note that typically Management, not IT, come up with the numbers).
If I use $PRODUCT, and there is a bug in it and my enterprise server app with 100000 customers fails, can I sue $VENDOR?
Read the EULA, then compare your legal teams budget with $VENDOR's.
Then double-check $VENDOR's stash of patents and double-check your own products to make sure they're clean,
just in case $VENDOR decides that the best defence is a strong offence.
A bit off topic, but also, why the heck won't MS Office import OO.org.swx files?
Is it just me, or didn't Word have great import filters once upon a time? You know, back before Word was defacto standard?
What possible reason would MS have to support another standard now that they have all but eliminated them?
more than one-third of respondents had never heard of blogs before participating in the survey, and only around 30 percent of participants had actually visited a blog themselves."
In other words, a bunch of Americans have an opinion on something they know nothing about.
Wasn't there a survey along the lines of "should capital punishment for serial shoplifters be abolished" and a bunch of people said "no"?
Surveys only catch those dumb enough to have nothing better to do with their time.
Getting an inteligent response from a survey is like getting a steak recipie from a vegan.
This is news?
When we got ADSL from a "Major Aussie ISP" the tech who installed it informed us the approved S/W was junk,
and told us which wherer to get decent stuff.
I went to the site, only to find a page telling me to naff off,
and that if I wanted decent ADSL S/W I should get it from my own ISP (mentioning it by name).
Seems this was so common they specifically redirected to a different page if you came
from the wrong subnet (I was able to get the S/W from a dial-up account with another provider:-)
The Internet service provider -- Australia's largest -- said the number of bogus requests to its domain name server (DNS) had "on occasion" reached a level where some customers have reported slow responses to their legitimate requests for Web sites or e-mail.
Many of the posts here seem to discuss Microsoft as if it were a single entity with a single will.
They're not. Differnet bits of MS want differnet things
I'm sure MS-legal loves patents, what better way to stay busy and make money?
I'm equally sure that MS-dev hates patents 'cos it adds to the development cost.
I cannot think of an instance where Microsoft used one of its patents aggressively against a competitor.......
buy out companies... solely to get the patents registered to that company
I dunno, but a buyout seems pretty aggressive to me......
an undo button for the toaster, now THAT would be cool......
Personally I'm not interested in having a script-kidie in latvia setting my toaster to "charcoal", my washer to "shred" and my fridge to "sauna".
Given the prevelance for removing hardware interlocks in place of software (THERAC-25 anyone?), a web-enabled microwave is just too stupid to contemplate.
(well, apparently it isn't....)
Driver1: I add oil, coolant and petrol to my car, and I have no problems driving it.
Driver2: Why is there black smoke coming out the front of my car?
Any technology you use demands you learn a little about it (or pay someone else to do it for you, like a chauffeur).
Until computers actually become clueless-user friendly, let's stop pretending they are.
If you want a really user-friendly computer, buy a games console; they have so few controls (insert/remove CD, turn power on/off) that they're idiot-proof.
If you want a user-friendly general-purpose computer, get a central box with a competent admin and thin clients.
PC's have more options, controls and buttons than the spaceshuttle. What makes you think anyone should be expected to handle them without training?
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Even easier.
Slip paper between the band and your skin.
Alarm goes off, remove paper, look innocent
Convinve/browbeat others to do the same, pretty soon the number of "false positives" will ensure no reaction from guards if/when an alarm goes off.
Linus seems to be having no problems moving away from BK to another solution,
Good thing the proprietary solution he was using isn't a deliberateley obfuscated DRM-encrusted DCMA-protected patented-encumbered file *cough*word*cough* format.
And if MS weren't around we'd all be using Apple (or something).
Just becuase, in an alternate rality, someone else _could_ have taken their place doesn't make them unimportant.
If Earths atmosphere didn't have O2 we might have evolved to breathe methane instead. Doesn't mean O2 isn't important!
< AFDB > /AFDB >
to screw up dyndns and force people to pay extra for static IP addresses.
<
More likely it's a case of "I know better than you".
Too many people set TTL's that are too low ("I know better than the guy who wrote the recomendations"), arguably dyndns among them (DNS was never meant to be _that_ dynamic (OTOH a lot of stuff is doing what it was never meant to do))
ISP admins ("I know better than the guy who set his TTL so low") override the TTL
As usual, the only loosers are those actally following the rules; admins who set short TTL's in preparation for moving stuff.
He can't hurt anything
You've never cleaned out a peanut-butter from a VCR, have you?
I am not willing to give my users administrator privileges so they can run some poorly-written application!
Meanwhile, in the RealWorld(tm), management mandates that Application X is required to make $$$ and _will_ therefore be supported. (OK.. maybe not a weather widget)
Oh how I wish I could ban things because they are a Bad Thing, if only it weren't for the fact that the PC's are just means to an end.
X will make $$$ and cause problem Y which will take $ to fix. $$$ > $, so X is approved. (Note that typically Management, not IT, come up with the numbers).
Don't you mean:
If I use $PRODUCT, and there is a bug in it and my enterprise server app with 100000 customers fails, can I sue $VENDOR?
Read the EULA, then compare your legal teams budget with $VENDOR's.
Then double-check $VENDOR's stash of patents and double-check your own products to make sure they're clean, just in case $VENDOR decides that the best defence is a strong offence.
A bit off topic, but also, why the heck won't MS Office import OO.org .swx files?
Is it just me, or didn't Word have great import filters once upon a time? You know, back before Word was defacto standard?
What possible reason would MS have to support another standard now that they have all but eliminated them?
I think I'm gonna not come here for a few months.
Good. I never liked that Anonymous Coward guy anyway......
middle click?
I use a mac (*), every click is a midle click!
(*) You insensitive clod.
more than one-third of respondents had never heard of blogs before participating in the survey, and only around 30 percent of participants had actually visited a blog themselves."
In other words, a bunch of Americans have an opinion on something they know nothing about.
Wasn't there a survey along the lines of "should capital punishment for serial shoplifters be abolished" and a bunch of people said "no"?
Surveys only catch those dumb enough to have nothing better to do with their time. Getting an inteligent response from a survey is like getting a steak recipie from a vegan.
This is news?
When we got ADSL from a "Major Aussie ISP" the tech who installed it informed us the approved S/W was junk, and told us which wherer to get decent stuff.
:-)
I went to the site, only to find a page telling me to naff off, and that if I wanted decent ADSL S/W I should get it from my own ISP (mentioning it by name). Seems this was so common they specifically redirected to a different page if you came from the wrong subnet (I was able to get the S/W from a dial-up account with another provider
DNS problems? Nope, running my own caching DNS.
The Internet service provider -- Australia's largest -- said the number of bogus requests to its domain name server (DNS) had "on occasion" reached a level where some customers have reported slow responses to their legitimate requests for Web sites or e-mail.
Someone trying DNS cache poisoning attacks?
I honestly believe they'd pull out before opening their source
I agree, but no one is asking them to open their source, only to allow open-source projects to use their API's fairly.
... (CIA, NSA and other *AA) ...
MPAA and RIAA?
Dude, I knew they were evil, but evil?
Many of the posts here seem to discuss Microsoft as if it were a single entity with a single will.
They're not. Differnet bits of MS want differnet things
I'm sure MS-legal loves patents, what better way to stay busy and make money?
I'm equally sure that MS-dev hates patents 'cos it adds to the development cost.
I cannot think of an instance where Microsoft used one of its patents aggressively against a competitor. ......
buy out companies ... solely to get the patents registered to that company
I dunno, but a buyout seems pretty aggressive to me......
But... name one time that Microsoft has ever initiated a patent lawsuit against a competitor. I don't think they ever have.
Name one time that Jimmy-the-Greek actually broke someones kneecaps. I don't think he ever did.
Doesn't mean he didn't threaten to to get his way.
OSS spyware?
All it needs is one geek to remove the spyware in the source, recompile and voila!
+5 Informative?
Come on, moderators, this is the FUNNIEST thing I've read all day!
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/AuthorSpecAlphaList. asp?BkNum=192
:-)
I Always Do What Teddy Says
by Harry Harrison
Google is your friend
"I always do what Teddy says".
Forgot the author
... backwards-compatibility.
Let's see OSS match this! A bug, almost a decade old, STILL SUPPORTED!
an undo button for the toaster, now THAT would be cool......
Personally I'm not interested in having a script-kidie in latvia setting my toaster to "charcoal", my washer to "shred" and my fridge to "sauna".
Given the prevelance for removing hardware interlocks in place of software (THERAC-25 anyone?), a web-enabled microwave is just too stupid to contemplate.
(well, apparently it isn't....)
Driver1: I add oil, coolant and petrol to my car, and I have no problems driving it.
Driver2: Why is there black smoke coming out the front of my car?
Any technology you use demands you learn a little about it (or pay someone else to do it for you, like a chauffeur).
Until computers actually become clueless-user friendly, let's stop pretending they are.
If you want a really user-friendly computer, buy a games console; they have so few controls (insert/remove CD, turn power on/off) that they're idiot-proof.
If you want a user-friendly general-purpose computer, get a central box with a competent admin and thin clients.
PC's have more options, controls and buttons than the spaceshuttle. What makes you think anyone should be expected to handle them without training?