Wow... that message didn't make any sense (I'm very hung over)... let's see if I can get the rest of the content in there this time and hit preview instead of submit.
There were many lawsuits about ridiculous crap going on at the time. Yes, it was Lotus who sued us over drop-down menus and won... I see, now, that the decision was eventually reversed. That's some good news.
If there was any common sense when it comes to patents no one would be able to patent something as trivial and global as a "double-click"... or something they didn't invent for that matter.
Remember: MS sued Borland over having drop-down menus in their applications... and won.
Xerox innovated (to use an MS BS term) the drop-down menu. Hell, VisiCalc16 for the Apple IIe had drop-down menus in it.
Obviously any company should be able to protect their IP... but the patient office shouldn't let companies patent something they didn't invent.
"This article ponders over whether excess eye candy and special effects being incorporated on the desktop is a good trend after all?"
A great deal of us have been saying that working, being stable, secure and performing are much more important than a pretty interface for a very, very long time.
The first thing I do when I install any OS is to turn off all the unnecessary crap.
There's nothing more relaxing after a long frustrating day dealing with morons than going home and shooting Nazi's in the head and watching their little helmets pop off.
I don't think it would be a very good idea to take away the one safe outlet I have for my anger.
Yes, so that people realize there's nothing wrong with port scanning. I think ethics courses are great, as long as it's my ethics that are being taught.
Port scan my systems and I'll show you what's wrong with it.
But... I didn't say port scanning was unethical... telling students to port scan someone elses systems, while forbidding them from scanning the schools systems is unethical.
The amusing outcome of this is that Bush and Cheney will say they can't release the documents because they're classified... then go read the story released today where Cheney says he has the authority do declassify information... which is his (newest) excuse for the Plame case.
Information about domestic spying must be kept confidential... Oh, but here's the name of an active CIA operative.
If you don't patch Windows, you're screwed. Assuming Microsoft has released a patch.
If you don't patch Unix/Linux/*BSD/et cetera, like with Windows, YOU'RE SCREWED. I have a RedHat 8 box that hasn't had any patches applied to it since it went EOL. It sits happily on the Internet serving its users and quietly ignoring unwanted traffic.
Security should be the concern of every user, but suggesting Windows and Unix/BSD/Liunx are equally matched out of the box when it comes to security is simply hog-wash.
How amusing that Novell Netware greatly reduced file access times with a technology called Elevator Seeking that allowed the OS to pick up all the segments of a file, in random order, in a single sweep of the drive platters and now elevators are going to introduce head thrashing as if it were a good idea.
Unless you happen to be developing a new technology, you probably don't know all that much about it and have little exposure to it. Since you're middle aged, your brain plasticity is lower and your mental faculties are slower, so what exactly is your benefit?
Wow! That's brilliant. Yes, I would have to agree that someone who isn't involved in developing a technology that isn't on the market yet probably has little exposure to that technology. Please, use your advanced abilities granted to you by your youth and inexperience and tell me something specific about the propritary technology I develop and work with every day?
Any other gems of completely meaningless wisdom you'd like to share?
I don't think MY brain plasticity or mental facilities should be the ones in question here.
Give it up dude. Hacking your iPod isn't a valuable skill.
Younger IT workers are cheaper, and more familiar with newer technologies at the same time!
As a bonus, they can make the same old mistakes all over again!
LOL!
Thank you! As an older IT worker I can tell you from vast experience that yes, younger IT workers may be cheaper... but more familiar with newer technology?
Give me a break. Inexperienced workers are just that... inexperienced. The OP must be just out of college and looking for his first job.
"Those that would give up essential liberties in pursuit in a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security," said Sen. John Sununu (news, bio, voting record), R-N.H. They suggested a short extension so negotiations could continue, but the Senate scrapped a Democratic-led effort to renew the USA Patriot Act for just three months before the vote began.
I was a bit surprised to see Sununu quoting Ben Franklin myself.
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Well... considering we probably arrived here in microbe form I'd assume we've been here a lot longer than expected.
Perhaps it got to Mars the same way we got to Earth.
That recent legislation requires your ISP to keep a record of your internet traffic?
Apparently they don't have to do anything.
If you can log the traffic, you can block it.
In the universe finding even one instance of anything makes it potentially common.
Where? That sound like somewhere I'd like to work.
Indeed! I really wouldn't want to find out what happens to a lithium battery soaking in chemical toliet sludge does at 30,000 feet.
I have Charter cable and have a similar experience.
I think AT&T needs a new COO.
Wow... that message didn't make any sense (I'm very hung over)... let's see if I can get the rest of the content in there this time and hit preview instead of submit.
There were many lawsuits about ridiculous crap going on at the time. Yes, it was Lotus who sued us over drop-down menus and won... I see, now, that the decision was eventually reversed. That's some good news.
I worked for Borland at the time... try again.
There were many lawsuits about ridiculous crap going on at the time.
I wouldn't call this FUD so much as common sense.
If there was any common sense when it comes to patents no one would be able to patent something as trivial and global as a "double-click"... or something they didn't invent for that matter.
Remember: MS sued Borland over having drop-down menus in their applications... and won.
Xerox innovated (to use an MS BS term) the drop-down menu. Hell, VisiCalc16 for the Apple IIe had drop-down menus in it.
Obviously any company should be able to protect their IP... but the patient office shouldn't let companies patent something they didn't invent.
"This article ponders over whether excess eye candy and special effects being incorporated on the desktop is a good trend after all?"
A great deal of us have been saying that working, being stable, secure and performing are much more important than a pretty interface for a very, very long time.
The first thing I do when I install any OS is to turn off all the unnecessary crap.
I may just start killing people in real life.
There's nothing more relaxing after a long frustrating day dealing with morons than going home and shooting Nazi's in the head and watching their little helmets pop off.
I don't think it would be a very good idea to take away the one safe outlet I have for my anger.
Yes, so that people realize there's nothing wrong with port scanning.
I think ethics courses are great, as long as it's my ethics that are being taught.
Port scan my systems and I'll show you what's wrong with it.
But... I didn't say port scanning was unethical... telling students to port scan someone elses systems, while forbidding them from scanning the schools systems is unethical.
I still say ethics should be a required course in IT.
Or if you miss the point and don't know what you're talking about.
The cases have nothing to do with anything.
Either classified data needs to be classified or it doesn't. The VP doesn't have the athority to declassify information.
The right to DECLASSIFY does not rest with the Veep IF he was not the original party who classified the information in the first place.
We may be aware of that... the VP however appears not to be.
On the contrary... your sarcasm senses are failing you.
The amusing outcome of this is that Bush and Cheney will say they can't release the documents because they're classified... then go read the story released today where Cheney says he has the authority do declassify information... which is his (newest) excuse for the Plame case.
Information about domestic spying must be kept confidential... Oh, but here's the name of an active CIA operative.
Assuming Microsoft has released a patch.
If you don't patch Unix/Linux/*BSD/et cetera, like with Windows, YOU'RE SCREWED.
I have a RedHat 8 box that hasn't had any patches applied to it since it went EOL. It sits happily on the Internet serving its users and quietly ignoring unwanted traffic.
Security should be the concern of every user, but suggesting Windows and Unix/BSD/Liunx are equally matched out of the box when it comes to security is simply hog-wash.
How amusing that Novell Netware greatly reduced file access times with a technology called Elevator Seeking that allowed the OS to pick up all the segments of a file, in random order, in a single sweep of the drive platters and now elevators are going to introduce head thrashing as if it were a good idea.
I guess time will tell.
Linux doesn't come with anything by default. Don't confuse your distribution with the OS.
Unless you happen to be developing a new technology, you probably don't know all that much about it and have little exposure to it. Since you're middle aged, your brain plasticity is lower and your mental faculties are slower, so what exactly is your benefit?
Wow! That's brilliant. Yes, I would have to agree that someone who isn't involved in developing a technology that isn't on the market yet probably has little exposure to that technology. Please, use your advanced abilities granted to you by your youth and inexperience and tell me something specific about the propritary technology I develop and work with every day?
Any other gems of completely meaningless wisdom you'd like to share?
I don't think MY brain plasticity or mental facilities should be the ones in question here.
Give it up dude. Hacking your iPod isn't a valuable skill.
As a bonus, they can make the same old mistakes all over again!
LOL!
Thank you! As an older IT worker I can tell you from vast experience that yes, younger IT workers may be cheaper... but more familiar with newer technology?
Give me a break. Inexperienced workers are just that... inexperienced. The OP must be just out of college and looking for his first job.
"Those that would give up essential liberties in pursuit in a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security," said Sen. John Sununu (news, bio, voting record), R-N.H. They suggested a short extension so negotiations could continue, but the Senate scrapped a Democratic-led effort to renew the USA Patriot Act for just three months before the vote began.
I was a bit surprised to see Sununu quoting Ben Franklin myself.