that the only reason they [MS] are doing so now is because the Lindows.com "LindowsOS" is a competitor.
Well of course. MS isn't going to sue Pella over the use of "windows" in their product names. "Lindows" is marketed as a replacement for Windows (the product website is peppered with references to Windows), the UI looks like Windows (fairly generic to be sure, but some things came from MS, such as the "Start" button in the lower left hand corner), and certainly when the name "Lindows" was coined it wasn't with the generic "windows" usage in mind.
Lindows is clearly trafficking on the Windows product name and not the generic term - their whole business model is built on replacing Windows. I think the court ruled correctly in this instance.
A hot Cylon in a low cut dress...woo hoo! Here's the actress' biography from the SciFi site:
Victoria's Secret model Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada. The 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World winner and former Elite model has graced the covers of such magazines as Elle,Amica Italia and Cosmopolitan UK, and has walked the runways for Christian Dior, Givenchy, Claude Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and other top fashion designers.
Clearly the producers have spared no expense in landing top thespians. According to IMDB, her previous acting gigs include:
A part in an episode of CSI, where she played a model who ends up dead.
A small part in the 16 minute short "Eventual Wife"
A judge at the 2003 Miss Teen USA
The role of Farrah Fawcett in "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'"
I know the difference between a democracy and a republic
If you did then apparently you just chose to hide that fact from the rest of us. When you were called out on it you used the old message board fallback - "check the dictionary".
Coincidentally, I just rented a couple of the Space 1999 DVDs from Netflix and all I can say is this is a bad idea. Magnetic fields will hurt the lunarnauts' brains and make them attack the other colonists!
Ah, how silly of me. I was under the impression that Sun manufactured hardware for High-Performance Computing
According to Sun:
******
The Sun Fire V480 server is suitable for a wide range of applications, including:
- E-mail and Web hosting
- e-commerce, online transaction processing, and online banking
- Supply chain and database management
- Inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Electronic design automation (EDA), mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), and simulations
************
The UltraSPARC III did win first place for "Best Server/Workstation Processor" in 2001 (for "products that shaped the electronics industry in 2000"). Glad to see you're putting the last century's products to good use.
Aluria Spyware Eliminator. Yes, that's Aluria Spyware Eliminator, only $29.99. Click on the "More information" link, which goes to aluriaaffiliates.com, for more information on ordering. Yes, click on that link which has my affiliate id number in it for more information.
Hmmmm....it seems much ado about nothing (increased sales of Aluria Spyware Eliminator aside). If my house has mice should I call the builder?
I do like that the letter was signed by "Vader". I see he's really relaxed his grip, no longer using the honorific "Lord" in his informal communications.
I kept track for two years of the money I spent because of seeing something advertised on TV. In two years, the total was something like $6.82.
I don't think this is something you can know. How can you measure brand recognition? A lot of processing goes on subconsciously; there's no way to know if seeing an ad repeatedly for brand x made you more favorable to that product at the subconscious level. Or perhaps you saw a character on a show stop by Wendy's, and the next day for lunch you're craving a single with cheese.
Just being aware a product exists is worth something to the advertiser. "Hey, I need a new razor. I wonder if that Mach 3 is any good?" So you buy a Mach 3, not attributing the sale to the ad you saw 3 months before, but the fact you were aware of the product made you consider it.
What advantage comes from having just 1 wheel? With 2 or more at least you get built in redundancy...if the electronics fail you have the laws of physics working for you, not against you.
Hmmm...built in redundancy. Sort of like slashdot! bwahaahhah...sorry, it's late.
1) There are virtually no "integration" issues between Mac OS X and Windows. OS X supportes Samba out of the box.
Well, you know this and I know this, but though I explained it to the people ordering the computer it did no good. Plus the whole higher price thing didn't help.
2) I thought most companies frowned upon games on company computers , on company time ?
the millions of people who are forced to use Microsoft products
I'm not forced to use Windows - I use it by choice. So does everyone else I know who uses Windows. As you may know, there is a viable alternative to Windows: OS X.
Oh wait, actually at my last job I was forced to use Windows. When the company purchased a new computer for me (I'm a software developer) I requested an Apple but was turned down. They didn't want to spend the money and didn't want to deal with integration on the network. I doubt the number of people being "forced" to use Windows numbers in the millions though. Besides, there was a benefit to the Windows box that the company certainly never intended - a wider variety of LAN games to play head-to-head against my office mate.
C'mon, you're at BYU - aren't you tired of Uno by now?:) You obviously shop in the wrong stores. Let me recommend Settlers of Catan (and the many variants), Tikal, Lost Cities (a card game), ummm...Age of Mythology board game has received excellent reviews.
All the games I mentioned (except maybe AoM) are wife-friendly, and kid friendly for older kids.
Read more about the great games you've probably never heard of at BoardGameGeek and get great prices and service at the spartan Boulder Games.
I should have just explained it from the start. Plagiarism is passing someone else's writing off as one's own. My use of the word "fucktard" was not plagiarism because I was not presenting your originial work as my own, rather, I was quoting you. Duh. Again, look up the word because while you keep using the word it doesn't mean what you think it means. Once you've done that, repeat after me: "I for one welcome our new dictionary-wielding overlords..." and remember, in Soviet Russia, words look you up! Furthermore, frist post bitch!
As for the racist fan, I've already pondered that point. Perhaps it's my membership in the GNAA that did it. No, that's not it. Perhaps he's attracted to my pro-MS take on things. Maybe my opposition to shipping jobs overseas? My love of vigilante justice? Who knows and who cares? All I know is I'm attracted to you...
'Plagiarise' is the conventional English spelling, 'plagiarize' is an alternative which arises in the American dialect. An example of the former can be found in the title of this article from The Observer
Not the spelling, you dope. The meaning. Duh. You're denser than a neutron star (and yes, I am proud of that remark).
first-grade knee-jerk attitude reeks of hysterical MacCarthyism
A first grade attitude that reminds you of a communist witch hunt. You must have had a tough first grade class.
despite its [perverted-justice.com] claims to the contrary, I see it primarily as a tool for vigilante justice
Oooh, +1 Insightful. The site is all about vigilante justice. They just don't support the violent type. And violence isn't done. Just calls to the wife, calls to the workplace, posters in the neighborhood. Basically publishing things that those trying to chat up little kids would rather not have known. Such as, well, they tried to arrange a hookup with a kid for sex. Interesting you have a problem with that...
I'm not going to take you off my foe list; if this upsets you,
It is apparent that reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I previously said that I was amused by it; now, knowing the reason, I'm gratified. BTW, you really should look up plagiarize.
I have a PhD in astrophysics
Really? Wow! So was Derek Smart in any of your classes? I guess you missed the day the Taurids was discussed.
I wasn't awarded it until I turned 24
As I live and breathe...the real life Wesley Crusher.
I'm glad to see I made your foe list. I'm proud to be there, since all it took was calling you out to support your statement (that you wrote in bold even!). What's the word I recently saw you use? Ah yes...
Fucktard.
No, that would imply anger on my part when actually I find it hilarious that you added me to your foe list. Looking at your other posts it's clear you're quite young and haven't quite mastered the art of critical thinking. I'm guessing you're 17 at the most. Anyway, continue on...you amuse me so!
I know you've worked hard these many years and you've done such a fine job raising us, helping us with our homework, putting up with my D&D phase, working two jobs to put us through college, and loaning me money for that Nigerian investment that didn't quite pan out.
To honor you I've decided to get you your own website. Oh, I know how excited you must be - finally, you're a dot commer too! It's much more than that you see. First, you have to maintain the content and update it regularly. This is to keep the family informed. Please post the pictures we send you and take some of your own. Make sure you orient them right, don't upload them if they're too large, and I find that increasing brightness and contrast plus a touch of sharpen image makes pictures look terrif! I know you don't have a digital camera - just ask for a CD of pictures when you have your film developed - it's only a few dollars more.
In addition to the gift of maintaining content I've also given you the opportunity to learn new software. While something like Microsoft Front Page would really be useful to you in maintaining your site, Microsoft is bad so instead I've refurbished this Pentium 120 and installed Linux on it. To go with it, here is a vi reference card (look, it's laminated!) and "Teach yourself HTML in 21 days".
I know you think this is enough, but it's not! You'll also be receiving all sorts of e-mail from friends, family, and most of all, advertisers. You'll find "webmaster@ourfamily.com" is a very popular address. (here's a tip - "enhancement" products do not work) Finally, I present to you the gift of recurring bills in the form of domain name registration and web hosting. Don't worry, it's not much and it's a small price to pay to be on the Information Superhighway!
Love,
Your spiteful son
Look guy, just get your parents a Netflix gift membership. They'll thank you for it.
MS's implementation of Kerberos only provides extra data when communicating with MS servers. This is allowed by the specification, at least as much as my limited undertanding of the issue tells me.
If an implementation that follows the published spec (including the use of application specific data) doesn't make you happy, shouldn't your beef be with the specification and not the implementation?
And how does that fit the original poster's stated pattern of embrace, extend, cripple, discard.? Where is the cripple and discard? How has Kerberos been ruined by MS?
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that the only reason they [MS] are doing so now is because the Lindows.com "LindowsOS" is a competitor.
Well of course. MS isn't going to sue Pella over the use of "windows" in their product names. "Lindows" is marketed as a replacement for Windows (the product website is peppered with references to Windows), the UI looks like Windows (fairly generic to be sure, but some things came from MS, such as the "Start" button in the lower left hand corner), and certainly when the name "Lindows" was coined it wasn't with the generic "windows" usage in mind.
Lindows is clearly trafficking on the Windows product name and not the generic term - their whole business model is built on replacing Windows. I think the court ruled correctly in this instance.
Sure. They're just pictures of my kids though
Yes yes, let the "who's the father" jokes begin. Ok, well, will topless shots suffice? >:)
Incorrect assumption. And I've got the pictures to prove it...
Victoria's Secret model Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada. The 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World winner and former Elite model has graced the covers of such magazines as Elle,Amica Italia and Cosmopolitan UK, and has walked the runways for Christian Dior, Givenchy, Claude Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and other top fashion designers.
Clearly the producers have spared no expense in landing top thespians. According to IMDB, her previous acting gigs include:
A part in an episode of CSI, where she played a model who ends up dead.
A small part in the 16 minute short "Eventual Wife"
A judge at the 2003 Miss Teen USA
The role of Farrah Fawcett in "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels'"
IMDB also reports her measurements are 34-24-34
I know the difference between a democracy and a republic
If you did then apparently you just chose to hide that fact from the rest of us. When you were called out on it you used the old message board fallback - "check the dictionary".
Coincidentally, I just rented a couple of the Space 1999 DVDs from Netflix and all I can say is this is a bad idea. Magnetic fields will hurt the lunarnauts' brains and make them attack the other colonists!
And need I mention the Terrible Space Secret? I think not...
I will say Space 1999 had the coolest looking ships of any series. They actually seemed to be well designed and functional.
Did you check the garage?
Ground zero.
Ah, how silly of me. I was under the impression that Sun manufactured hardware for High-Performance Computing
According to Sun:
******
The Sun Fire V480 server is suitable for a wide range of applications, including:
- E-mail and Web hosting
- e-commerce, online transaction processing, and online banking
- Supply chain and database management
- Inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Electronic design automation (EDA), mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), and simulations
************
The UltraSPARC III did win first place for "Best Server/Workstation Processor" in 2001 (for "products that shaped the electronics industry in 2000"). Glad to see you're putting the last century's products to good use.
Aluria Spyware Eliminator. Yes, that's Aluria Spyware Eliminator, only $29.99. Click on the "More information" link, which goes to aluriaaffiliates.com, for more information on ordering. Yes, click on that link which has my affiliate id number in it for more information.
Hmmmm....it seems much ado about nothing (increased sales of Aluria Spyware Eliminator aside). If my house has mice should I call the builder?
I do like that the letter was signed by "Vader". I see he's really relaxed his grip, no longer using the honorific "Lord" in his informal communications.
a complex language like HTML is just asking for trouble
HTML is a language? I guess that makes MS Word's file format a language too...
That would make all those late night Cthulhu missions with Lord Nekrull, my 16th level Assassin demi-god, a smashing good time!"
Meanwhile, I'll still be enjoying nights with your wife.
I kept track for two years of the money I spent because of seeing something advertised on TV. In two years, the total was something like $6.82.
I don't think this is something you can know. How can you measure brand recognition? A lot of processing goes on subconsciously; there's no way to know if seeing an ad repeatedly for brand x made you more favorable to that product at the subconscious level. Or perhaps you saw a character on a show stop by Wendy's, and the next day for lunch you're craving a single with cheese.
Just being aware a product exists is worth something to the advertiser. "Hey, I need a new razor. I wonder if that Mach 3 is any good?" So you buy a Mach 3, not attributing the sale to the ad you saw 3 months before, but the fact you were aware of the product made you consider it.
...but really, why?
What advantage comes from having just 1 wheel? With 2 or more at least you get built in redundancy...if the electronics fail you have the laws of physics working for you, not against you.
Hmmm...built in redundancy. Sort of like slashdot! bwahaahhah...sorry, it's late.
1) There are virtually no "integration" issues between Mac OS X and Windows. OS X supportes Samba out of the box.
Well, you know this and I know this, but though I explained it to the people ordering the computer it did no good. Plus the whole higher price thing didn't help.
2) I thought most companies frowned upon games on company computers , on company time ?
They didn't really care what we did at lunch.
the millions of people who are forced to use Microsoft products
I'm not forced to use Windows - I use it by choice. So does everyone else I know who uses Windows. As you may know, there is a viable alternative to Windows: OS X.
Oh wait, actually at my last job I was forced to use Windows. When the company purchased a new computer for me (I'm a software developer) I requested an Apple but was turned down. They didn't want to spend the money and didn't want to deal with integration on the network. I doubt the number of people being "forced" to use Windows numbers in the millions though. Besides, there was a benefit to the Windows box that the company certainly never intended - a wider variety of LAN games to play head-to-head against my office mate.
C'mon, you're at BYU - aren't you tired of Uno by now? :) You obviously shop in the wrong stores. Let me recommend Settlers of Catan (and the many variants), Tikal, Lost Cities (a card game), ummm...Age of Mythology board game has received excellent reviews.
All the games I mentioned (except maybe AoM) are wife-friendly, and kid friendly for older kids.
Read more about the great games you've probably never heard of at BoardGameGeek and get great prices and service at the spartan Boulder Games.
is an instance of plagiarism
I should have just explained it from the start. Plagiarism is passing someone else's writing off as one's own. My use of the word "fucktard" was not plagiarism because I was not presenting your originial work as my own, rather, I was quoting you. Duh. Again, look up the word because while you keep using the word it doesn't mean what you think it means. Once you've done that, repeat after me: "I for one welcome our new dictionary-wielding overlords..." and remember, in Soviet Russia, words look you up! Furthermore, frist post bitch!
As for the racist fan, I've already pondered that point. Perhaps it's my membership in the GNAA that did it. No, that's not it. Perhaps he's attracted to my pro-MS take on things. Maybe my opposition to shipping jobs overseas? My love of vigilante justice? Who knows and who cares? All I know is I'm attracted to you...
'Plagiarise' is the conventional English spelling, 'plagiarize' is an alternative which arises in the American dialect. An example of the former can be found in the title of this article from The Observer
Not the spelling, you dope. The meaning. Duh. You're denser than a neutron star (and yes, I am proud of that remark).
first-grade knee-jerk attitude reeks of hysterical MacCarthyism
A first grade attitude that reminds you of a communist witch hunt. You must have had a tough first grade class.
despite its [perverted-justice.com] claims to the contrary, I see it primarily as a tool for vigilante justice
Oooh, +1 Insightful. The site is all about vigilante justice. They just don't support the violent type. And violence isn't done. Just calls to the wife, calls to the workplace, posters in the neighborhood. Basically publishing things that those trying to chat up little kids would rather not have known. Such as, well, they tried to arrange a hookup with a kid for sex. Interesting you have a problem with that...
I'm not going to take you off my foe list; if this upsets you,
It is apparent that reading comprehension is not your strong suit. I previously said that I was amused by it; now, knowing the reason, I'm gratified. BTW, you really should look up plagiarize.
I have a PhD in astrophysics
Really? Wow! So was Derek Smart in any of your classes? I guess you missed the day the Taurids was discussed.
I wasn't awarded it until I turned 24
As I live and breathe...the real life Wesley Crusher.
I'm glad to see I made your foe list. I'm proud to be there, since all it took was calling you out to support your statement (that you wrote in bold even!). What's the word I recently saw you use? Ah yes...
Fucktard.
No, that would imply anger on my part when actually I find it hilarious that you added me to your foe list. Looking at your other posts it's clear you're quite young and haven't quite mastered the art of critical thinking. I'm guessing you're 17 at the most. Anyway, continue on...you amuse me so!
Oh, was that necessary. I could have lived a fully life without seeing that picture.
Right now the family Smith is wondering why their traffic has spiked...
I know you've worked hard these many years and you've done such a fine job raising us, helping us with our homework, putting up with my D&D phase, working two jobs to put us through college, and loaning me money for that Nigerian investment that didn't quite pan out.
To honor you I've decided to get you your own website. Oh, I know how excited you must be - finally, you're a dot commer too! It's much more than that you see. First, you have to maintain the content and update it regularly. This is to keep the family informed. Please post the pictures we send you and take some of your own. Make sure you orient them right, don't upload them if they're too large, and I find that increasing brightness and contrast plus a touch of sharpen image makes pictures look terrif! I know you don't have a digital camera - just ask for a CD of pictures when you have your film developed - it's only a few dollars more.
In addition to the gift of maintaining content I've also given you the opportunity to learn new software. While something like Microsoft Front Page would really be useful to you in maintaining your site, Microsoft is bad so instead I've refurbished this Pentium 120 and installed Linux on it. To go with it, here is a vi reference card (look, it's laminated!) and "Teach yourself HTML in 21 days".
I know you think this is enough, but it's not! You'll also be receiving all sorts of e-mail from friends, family, and most of all, advertisers. You'll find "webmaster@ourfamily.com" is a very popular address. (here's a tip - "enhancement" products do not work) Finally, I present to you the gift of recurring bills in the form of domain name registration and web hosting. Don't worry, it's not much and it's a small price to pay to be on the Information Superhighway!
Love,
Your spiteful son
Look guy, just get your parents a Netflix gift membership. They'll thank you for it.
MS's implementation of Kerberos only provides extra data when communicating with MS servers. This is allowed by the specification, at least as much as my limited undertanding of the issue tells me.
If an implementation that follows the published spec (including the use of application specific data) doesn't make you happy, shouldn't your beef be with the specification and not the implementation?
And how does that fit the original poster's stated pattern of embrace, extend, cripple, discard.? Where is the cripple and discard? How has Kerberos been ruined by MS?