Sounds like a fun time I had with my car alarm. It never quite sounded *loud* enough. Then, when I got a new car and moved the alarm over, the guy installing it clipped the "muting" wire on it. Apparently the previous installer (Visions) either didn't know about the muting wire or saw fit not to off the option of unmuting it.
IE bad because it is integrated into the OS
Moz bad because it calls the OS because it's not integrated
Both are bad. In fact, this is quite bad for Moz, as one of the touted improvements is that not being OS-integrated avoids such issues.
Basically, you're passing on data from the windows URI handler... so it's almost like importing a windows IE/Web insecurity into Moz. Perhaps if Moz just imported the windows URI handlers as a datafile, and stripped out known baddies?
because your kid has heard 10 times worse at school every day since kindergarden.
This is where I start to wonder about things. I'm against censorship... and I'm not a religious nut upholding tired old values... but doesn't society seem to be getting more and more out-of-hand.
So your kid hears swearing at school... that makes it alright for TV/radio since the kids hear it everywhere anyways. And then people will claim "well, it's on TV and everywhere else, how can be blame the kids for repeating it."
It's often shown that situational exposure as a child leads to adult temperaments. For example many sexual offenders were in turn sexually abused as a child. Violence begetting violence, and various other things, it's all perhaps cumulative.
Basically, I can deal with the way things are now, but I'd really hate to see what my offspring (or offspring's offspring) will have to deal with...
Actually, at first I thought of this in a joking way... but then I thought about it a bit more seriously. Open Source IS becoming a strong competitor to closed software. It's not yet as noticable as P2P, but it's definately growing faster.
Current patent legislations etc etc can be used to kill OSS. Interoperability... sure, until an MS patent kills OpenOffice, or somebody pulls another GIF like Compuserve (valid patent, but played like a hidden card after it was widely used)...
You can bet your ass that you will see something very equivilent to the P2P wars with Open-Source Software sometime in the future. In fact, it might even be bloodier, and it's easier to track the makers/hosters of an OSS project than it is those that seed P2P.
Whenever I see a program I like/need, I go through a mental process:
-Exists for pay, but is expensive...
-Expensive... check OSS
-No OSS... check bank
-If bank is low, consider finding off the net at least until I know whether the software meets its claims (and/or until bank balance is higher).
The last non-OS piece of software (DVD authoring) I really wanted but couldn't afford was within the $500-600USD range. More than I can justify at the moment. I've seen some linux projects that do similar, but they aren't quite as mature yet. Giving it another six months to a year: either the 'nix/OSS projects will mature, it will come down in price, the bank will be unusually full, or perhaps another commercial product will be cheaper (as it's becoming a more popular variety).
I use my home server for work on a very regular basis. For testing, for storage, and as a general waypoint for anything I don't keep right at work. The NAT is set to allow me to VNC to my boxen on the homeside should I need to grab a file from home.
All of my development stuff (currently a document-tracking webapp) and/or trials (new mail filter for spam/viruses) go to the home server first. If they survive a trial period there, then they come to work.
Of course, I use them for other things too - so they're on my dime (including the DSL). But at work I'd be much less productive without them, and thus I can definately see how a connection to the homebase could be useful for others at work.
It's about opposing the implementation of draconian laws, cumbersome copy-protection schemes, and other idiocy. Perhaps they *could* have made more money if less people had pirated movies, but wouldn't it be better for those that want to use movies fairly (e.g. copy a DVD so the kids don't scratch it up) if they didn't pump money into politicians supporting DCMA, theatre spycams, lawyers, etc. In fact, wouldn't they save money by not wasting it on methods that obviously aren't very effectual.
My sister worked in a (Canadian) sports bar where many of the customers were American. Apparently the Americans tended to be much better tippers - perhaps because the service here surprisingly better?
I generally mix my stable/unstable sources. Unstable takes precedence, but for some packages I keep a stable source in my sources.conf.
If you wanted an older samba version, you could just apt-get install samba/stable, which could help your compatability issues (I don't use the newer samba features anyhow, although others might)
Generally such things are based on a grain of truth - much related to the government or rather prevailent attitudes. Or popular rumour.
As a Canadian, I've seen my share of beaver/igloo/etc style comments on slashdot, but I'be enough humility to realize that many are - in fact - quite funny. The ones that attack the political stances in my country are actually often correct as well.
2. "Accidentally" adding DELTREE C:\/Y to a Windows NT Logon script. Ah, the good old senior pranks.
That's a bit cruel. I've always preferred adding an "iexplore www.somepornosite.com."
When we had VAX accounts, it was a fun trick to add a "logoff" command to the login script for people that left their terminals open.
And of course, there was a kid who messed with my personal computer and set the IE start page to goatse. I did the same thing to him, except exported the registry entry, made a batch script that re-imported it, and set that in the registry under HKLM...currentversion/run so that it reset itself on every bootup.
Oh, and another fun thing is that certain versions of windows recognise any drive with an 'autorun' feature as autorunnable. I discovered that with a network drive on... 95 I think it was... it would exec the autorun script upon mounting as if it were mounting a CD-ROM (might work for other windows versions too).
I once worked on an older PC, a 386 I believe. This particular beast did not, for some reason, have a notched CPU (meaning it was symmetrical all the way around).
I had to remove the CPU for some reason, and when I was putting it back I realized I had no not to orient it. Not surprisingly, it freaked out on initial bootup. I then discovered that a piece of tape on the edge matched a sticky part on the mobo, reoriented the CPU, and it worked fine for quite awhile after that.
One thing I've noticed... plugs etc have become more idiot-proof, but people find ways to become stupider (hot-swapping PCI cards anyone). I doubt that current components could survive the abuse that their predessors did anyhow.
They're not, but most laptops came with windows, so I'd say it's probably licensed for at least 95 (supposing that the license wasn't therafter used on another PC).
Actually, one of the things that has kept me from fully switching to 'nix is the game support. Now, however, I'm finding that some of my games regularly freeze in XP (driver issues perhaps), and I'm looking forward to testing WineX to see if they play better. At the least I'd think that they shouldn't freeze the OS.
But you're not necessarily try to get linux to "run all the windows apps."
What you are doing, is trying to get those last few apps that don't exist under linux to run. In my case, that's games, and some DVD authoring stuff which will probably have a linux counterpart soon (I've seen some but the UI is still coming along).
It took me awhile to customize my linux desktop, but I could probably do it again easily enough now, and I'm readying wizards/ISOs to allow others to use a similar desktop.
No, of course not. But the landlord is allowed to check in on the house (giving notice), or from the outside of the grounds. He's also allowed to kick your butt out if he catches you doing something wrong.
And in the case of the ISP, there can be hundreds of customers... not only would it be an annoyance but it would be very difficult to do so efficiently without impacting service. They shouldn't be allowed to check your email, but monitoring your connection if bandwidth spikes etc wouldn't be unthinkable.
There's also the idea that not everyone wants/can afford a new car. I drive a 91 Accord: decent milage, fairly reliable. I definately couldn't afford a 2004 and I wouldn't drive a domestic as I find them less reliable.
If we wanted really efficient cars, even if we made them today a lot of people couldn't afford one until 10+ years from now.
I've heard that you can get rid of water by adding "gas line antifreeze" to your fuel. Makes your car smell bad though, but you shouldn't need to use it more than once.
Here in the West (BC), winter isn't quite as cold as the East. I've been to some eastern provinces and hit -41c.
However, summers are DAMN hot sometimes here too. We've currently hit highs of up to 41c (106F), which with is a brain-baking temperature in the dry climate. Forest fires are also abundant.
So in summary, bring a nice thick jacket for winter, but don't forget your SPF40 and a few sleeveless shirts.
If you host your own server off a local ISP, I've yet to see them block SPAM coming to said server. Common carrier applies because they're providing the "line" to you. However, if you're using an ISP's mail account, then it's more than just the connection service, you're using their storage, etc etc so they can filter it.
They also depend on what gas you put in the car. Some cars do drive better on supreme.
When I used to live about 400km from my hometown, I spent the first while driving home on regular, it took about half a tank to get there (45L tank?)
However, when on a whim I tried "Supreme," it actually took me just a little over a quarter... so milage and bang-for-my-buck was actually better on the more expensive gas. Possibly this also has to do with the mountainous terrain and the fact that the gas gave me more power - not sure.
I do know that I regularly stick injector-cleaner in, so I shouldn't be getting plugged there. Therefore, I'm willing to state that better gas can give you better milage (and not all gas stations give the same quality gas either)
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Sounds like a fun time I had with my car alarm. It never quite sounded *loud* enough. Then, when I got a new car and moved the alarm over, the guy installing it clipped the "muting" wire on it. Apparently the previous installer (Visions) either didn't know about the muting wire or saw fit not to off the option of unmuting it.
Which is basically to say:
IE bad because it is integrated into the OS
Moz bad because it calls the OS because it's not integrated
Both are bad. In fact, this is quite bad for Moz, as one of the touted improvements is that not being OS-integrated avoids such issues.
Basically, you're passing on data from the windows URI handler... so it's almost like importing a windows IE/Web insecurity into Moz. Perhaps if Moz just imported the windows URI handlers as a datafile, and stripped out known baddies?
because your kid has heard 10 times worse at school every day since kindergarden.
This is where I start to wonder about things. I'm against censorship... and I'm not a religious nut upholding tired old values... but doesn't society seem to be getting more and more out-of-hand.
So your kid hears swearing at school... that makes it alright for TV/radio since the kids hear it everywhere anyways. And then people will claim "well, it's on TV and everywhere else, how can be blame the kids for repeating it."
It's often shown that situational exposure as a child leads to adult temperaments. For example many sexual offenders were in turn sexually abused as a child. Violence begetting violence, and various other things, it's all perhaps cumulative.
Basically, I can deal with the way things are now, but I'd really hate to see what my offspring (or offspring's offspring) will have to deal with...
Actually, at first I thought of this in a joking way... but then I thought about it a bit more seriously. Open Source IS becoming a strong competitor to closed software. It's not yet as noticable as P2P, but it's definately growing faster.
Current patent legislations etc etc can be used to kill OSS. Interoperability... sure, until an MS patent kills OpenOffice, or somebody pulls another GIF like Compuserve (valid patent, but played like a hidden card after it was widely used)...
You can bet your ass that you will see something very equivilent to the P2P wars with Open-Source Software sometime in the future. In fact, it might even be bloodier, and it's easier to track the makers/hosters of an OSS project than it is those that seed P2P.
Whenever I see a program I like/need, I go through a mental process:
-Exists for pay, but is expensive...
-Expensive... check OSS
-No OSS... check bank
-If bank is low, consider finding off the net at least until I know whether the software meets its claims (and/or until bank balance is higher).
The last non-OS piece of software (DVD authoring) I really wanted but couldn't afford was within the $500-600USD range. More than I can justify at the moment. I've seen some linux projects that do similar, but they aren't quite as mature yet. Giving it another six months to a year: either the 'nix/OSS projects will mature, it will come down in price, the bank will be unusually full, or perhaps another commercial product will be cheaper (as it's becoming a more popular variety).
I use my home server for work on a very regular basis. For testing, for storage, and as a general waypoint for anything I don't keep right at work. The NAT is set to allow me to VNC to my boxen on the homeside should I need to grab a file from home.
All of my development stuff (currently a document-tracking webapp) and/or trials (new mail filter for spam/viruses) go to the home server first. If they survive a trial period there, then they come to work.
Of course, I use them for other things too - so they're on my dime (including the DSL). But at work I'd be much less productive without them, and thus I can definately see how a connection to the homebase could be useful for others at work.
It's about opposing the implementation of draconian laws, cumbersome copy-protection schemes, and other idiocy. Perhaps they *could* have made more money if less people had pirated movies, but wouldn't it be better for those that want to use movies fairly (e.g. copy a DVD so the kids don't scratch it up) if they didn't pump money into politicians supporting DCMA, theatre spycams, lawyers, etc. In fact, wouldn't they save money by not wasting it on methods that obviously aren't very effectual.
My sister worked in a (Canadian) sports bar where many of the customers were American. Apparently the Americans tended to be much better tippers - perhaps because the service here surprisingly better?
Some examples that aren't too uncommon:
New printer sold at near or even just below cost, printer cables (USB) not included but sold at 800% inflation.
CD-RW drive on cheap, CD-Media inflated at time of sale.
Car deck cheap, required parts to get it installed extremely inflated (connectors, fitting parts, etc).
I generally mix my stable/unstable sources. Unstable takes precedence, but for some packages I keep a stable source in my sources.conf.
If you wanted an older samba version, you could just apt-get install samba/stable, which could help your compatability issues (I don't use the newer samba features anyhow, although others might)
Generally such things are based on a grain of truth - much related to the government or rather prevailent attitudes. Or popular rumour.
As a Canadian, I've seen my share of beaver/igloo/etc style comments on slashdot, but I'be enough humility to realize that many are - in fact - quite funny. The ones that attack the political stances in my country are actually often correct as well.
2. "Accidentally" adding DELTREE C:\ /Y to a Windows NT Logon script. Ah, the good old senior pranks.
That's a bit cruel. I've always preferred adding an "iexplore www.somepornosite.com."
When we had VAX accounts, it was a fun trick to add a "logoff" command to the login script for people that left their terminals open.
And of course, there was a kid who messed with my personal computer and set the IE start page to goatse. I did the same thing to him, except exported the registry entry, made a batch script that re-imported it, and set that in the registry under HKLM...currentversion/run so that it reset itself on every bootup.
Oh, and another fun thing is that certain versions of windows recognise any drive with an 'autorun' feature as autorunnable. I discovered that with a network drive on... 95 I think it was... it would exec the autorun script upon mounting as if it were mounting a CD-ROM (might work for other windows versions too).
I once worked on an older PC, a 386 I believe. This particular beast did not, for some reason, have a notched CPU (meaning it was symmetrical all the way around).
I had to remove the CPU for some reason, and when I was putting it back I realized I had no not to orient it. Not surprisingly, it freaked out on initial bootup. I then discovered that a piece of tape on the edge matched a sticky part on the mobo, reoriented the CPU, and it worked fine for quite awhile after that.
One thing I've noticed... plugs etc have become more idiot-proof, but people find ways to become stupider (hot-swapping PCI cards anyone). I doubt that current components could survive the abuse that their predessors did anyhow.
They're not, but most laptops came with windows, so I'd say it's probably licensed for at least 95 (supposing that the license wasn't therafter used on another PC).
Actually, one of the things that has kept me from fully switching to 'nix is the game support. Now, however, I'm finding that some of my games regularly freeze in XP (driver issues perhaps), and I'm looking forward to testing WineX to see if they play better. At the least I'd think that they shouldn't freeze the OS.
But you're not necessarily try to get linux to "run all the windows apps."
What you are doing, is trying to get those last few apps that don't exist under linux to run. In my case, that's games, and some DVD authoring stuff which will probably have a linux counterpart soon (I've seen some but the UI is still coming along).
It took me awhile to customize my linux desktop, but I could probably do it again easily enough now, and I'm readying wizards/ISOs to allow others to use a similar desktop.
No, of course not. But the landlord is allowed to check in on the house (giving notice), or from the outside of the grounds. He's also allowed to kick your butt out if he catches you doing something wrong.
And in the case of the ISP, there can be hundreds of customers... not only would it be an annoyance but it would be very difficult to do so efficiently without impacting service. They shouldn't be allowed to check your email, but monitoring your connection if bandwidth spikes etc wouldn't be unthinkable.
You mean the inflatable type right...
Perhaps the security won't mind so long as you don't pop her or something else to make too much noise.
There's also the idea that not everyone wants/can afford a new car. I drive a 91 Accord: decent milage, fairly reliable. I definately couldn't afford a 2004 and I wouldn't drive a domestic as I find them less reliable.
If we wanted really efficient cars, even if we made them today a lot of people couldn't afford one until 10+ years from now.
I've heard that you can get rid of water by adding "gas line antifreeze" to your fuel. Makes your car smell bad though, but you shouldn't need to use it more than once.
If you own an original copy of a CD/DVD/etc, it's legal to download. If you don't, it's not legal
However, in Canada, it's much harder to get caught as you have certain rights which are upheld stronger than in the US
I'd just like to point out...
Here in the West (BC), winter isn't quite as cold as the East. I've been to some eastern provinces and hit -41c.
However, summers are DAMN hot sometimes here too. We've currently hit highs of up to 41c (106F), which with is a brain-baking temperature in the dry climate. Forest fires are also abundant.
So in summary, bring a nice thick jacket for winter, but don't forget your SPF40 and a few sleeveless shirts.
If you host your own server off a local ISP, I've yet to see them block SPAM coming to said server. Common carrier applies because they're providing the "line" to you. However, if you're using an ISP's mail account, then it's more than just the connection service, you're using their storage, etc etc so they can filter it.
It was a 4-cylinder Toyota Camry, and not rated for the higher octane gas. It still got better milage on it though, tested and true.
Actually...
Scrollwheel isn't used all *that* often in linux that I've seen. Why not make it so that on a standard mouse
Left--Right == X
Up--Down == Y
ScrollUp--Scrolldown == Z
They also depend on what gas you put in the car. Some cars do drive better on supreme.
When I used to live about 400km from my hometown, I spent the first while driving home on regular, it took about half a tank to get there (45L tank?)
However, when on a whim I tried "Supreme," it actually took me just a little over a quarter... so milage and bang-for-my-buck was actually better on the more expensive gas. Possibly this also has to do with the mountainous terrain and the fact that the gas gave me more power - not sure.
I do know that I regularly stick injector-cleaner in, so I shouldn't be getting plugged there. Therefore, I'm willing to state that better gas can give you better milage (and not all gas stations give the same quality gas either)