This morning my router would not connect to any websites, yet my modem when directly connected to my PC still did.
Actually the above firewall rules only block access to the web server, telnet server and ssh server running on the router itself, not the forwards to the Internet (the rules are appended to the INPUT chain, not the FORWARD chain).
That would be kind of stupid anyway, because the user would notice this rather quickly, and probably power cycle the router because his Internet doesn't work. Kinda pointless to make it obvious there is something wrong when your goal is to run a botnet...
Second, I've found instances of warranties for Netherlands products that state that you need to go through the manufacturer (search Google for netherlands warranty and read a few till you find them) which would indicate you are incorrect.
Yes, they may claim that, but if push comes to shove they'll have to deal with it themselves. You can basically ignore such statements. Most websites of consumer organisations have a section about it, like this one.
The above website mentions 3 kinds of warranties: sellers warranty (the one you refer to), manufacturers warranty and legal warranty.
Legal warranty states that you have a right to a "decent product" and that the seller is responsible for this. Normally you have to prove that your use of the product didn't cause the defect, but during the first 6 months the burden of proof is reversed: "A defect that occurs within 6 months of purchase of the product is assumed to have been present at the moment of sale."
Unfortunately most people don't know this, and let themselves be intimidated by the sellers. Fortunately there have been consumers and consumer organisations that enforced this law through court, and there are more and more internet forums and television shows about this.
This also means dutch law has no fixed warranty times, instead it works under the premise of what can be "expected". An expensive washing machine can be expected to last a lot longer than the 1 year seller warranty that the store usually gives. So, if it breaks down after 2 years the retailer is still responsible for the repair or replacement.
I'd be willing to bet that if Linux was closed source it would be as defective as Windows is. That it isn't testifies to the usefulness of open source/bsd style approaches. Something being closed source doesn't mean it can't be peer reviewed. We use peer reviews at my job all the time. The rule is you don't check your own code, others do. It helps. A lot.
So what you are saying is that the patents are basically about VFAT (haven't looked at them so I'm going by your judgement here)?
That kind of kills the pre-formatted media claim, doesn't it? Do you have to decide at formatting time if you're going to use long filenames? As far as I know I can use a preformatted floppy disk under DOS (8.3 filenames) and Windows (long filenames) without reformatting it!
Maybe 'Europe' is a little too generic. I'm in the Netherlands and all my co-workers use MSN (unfortunately). Most of them never even heard of ICQ. MSN comes with the OS, it's free, so why install something else? Most of my 'foreign' friends use ICQ though.
In Windows Explorer, there's no way to sort by extension.
Well, you can sort by "Type" which is mostly the same. Also, you could use 'Search for Files or Folders', search for "*.mp3", (using a subdirectory search if you like), select all files with 'ctrl-a' and drag them to the floppy. Still a lot easier than the ctrl-click method you describe and it might be less "alien" for a lot of users.
Mind you, I always use the command prompt myself;-)
As a Blackdown developer I can assure you that the Blackdown port of the JDK/JRE etc. is not open source. I had to sign NDAs for both version 1.1.x and 1.2.x to get access to the CVS repository.
You can download the binaries for free, but the source is not provided. In the past context diffs used to be present for the 'plain' Java source, but this is no longer the case.
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You seem to forget that grandparent is British...
This morning my router would not connect to any websites, yet my modem when directly connected to my PC still did.
Actually the above firewall rules only block access to the web server, telnet server and ssh server running on the router itself, not the forwards to the Internet (the rules are appended to the INPUT chain, not the FORWARD chain).
That would be kind of stupid anyway, because the user would notice this rather quickly, and probably power cycle the router because his Internet doesn't work. Kinda pointless to make it obvious there is something wrong when your goal is to run a botnet...
Yes, they may claim that, but if push comes to shove they'll have to deal with it themselves. You can basically ignore such statements. Most websites of consumer organisations have a section about it, like this one. The above website mentions 3 kinds of warranties: sellers warranty (the one you refer to), manufacturers warranty and legal warranty.
Legal warranty states that you have a right to a "decent product" and that the seller is responsible for this. Normally you have to prove that your use of the product didn't cause the defect, but during the first 6 months the burden of proof is reversed: "A defect that occurs within 6 months of purchase of the product is assumed to have been present at the moment of sale."
Unfortunately most people don't know this, and let themselves be intimidated by the sellers. Fortunately there have been consumers and consumer organisations that enforced this law through court, and there are more and more internet forums and television shows about this.
This also means dutch law has no fixed warranty times, instead it works under the premise of what can be "expected". An expensive washing machine can be expected to last a lot longer than the 1 year seller warranty that the store usually gives. So, if it breaks down after 2 years the retailer is still responsible for the repair or replacement.
So what you are saying is that the patents are basically about VFAT (haven't looked at them so I'm going by your judgement here)?
That kind of kills the pre-formatted media claim, doesn't it? Do you have to decide at formatting time if you're going to use long filenames? As far as I know I can use a preformatted floppy disk under DOS (8.3 filenames) and Windows (long filenames) without reformatting it!
Maybe 'Europe' is a little too generic. I'm in the Netherlands and all my co-workers use MSN (unfortunately). Most of them never even heard of ICQ. MSN comes with the OS, it's free, so why install something else? Most of my 'foreign' friends use ICQ though.
SCO is about to attack BSD, too.
Umm, where did you read that? I'd just like to read it myself...
In Windows Explorer, there's no way to sort by extension. ;-)
Well, you can sort by "Type" which is mostly the same. Also, you could use 'Search for Files or Folders', search for "*.mp3", (using a subdirectory search if you like), select all files with 'ctrl-a' and drag them to the floppy. Still a lot easier than the ctrl-click method you describe and it might be less "alien" for a lot of users.
Mind you, I always use the command prompt myself
As a Blackdown developer I can assure you that the Blackdown port of the JDK/JRE etc. is not open source. I had to sign NDAs for both version 1.1.x and 1.2.x to get access to the CVS repository.
You can download the binaries for free, but the source is not provided. In the past context diffs used to be present for the 'plain' Java source, but this is no longer the case.