While I appreciate the insight, please next time read all threads, rather than lagging back on one that has already been corrected and replied to. The problem has already been solved and I've already been corrected. Thanks though.
MCSE doesnt impress me:) But I could very well be misinformed and have this be on my fault. Being a BSD user moreso than windows I could very well be mistaken from top to bottom.
Thanks for pointing that out though (corrections), when I did the network support for MS tech they told us to treat it like a 98 machine attempting to behave like an NT machine. That was applied to all versions before XP. Hm.. guess there was a sense of bias with the admin that was teaching us. Well, guess you learn something new each day. Bah, that is what I get for sticking my nose out of the BSD door.
2K does have the same code-base as 98, I should I know used to do tech support for it. Additions and enhancements have been mad to the libs and libraries for the visual effects and security changes, but still the same base kernel with additions.
XP took the kernel and rebuilt it by hand, taking out the extra thousand lines of commented out coding as well as unneeded subs. A complete, redone, finished, NEW kernel was applied (not to mention a completely revised GUI code). Yes, even if they made major inprovements it still is a pain in the ass OS simply because it isnt BSD:)
In my opinion, XP uses too much RAM and sys res. than needed, and I too have stuck to BSD and 2K boot systems. I was merely applauding the XP team for getting closer to getting it right.
I am happy to see that instead of adding on and redoing windows 98 over and over (thus 98 SE, thus ME, thus 2000), they decided to rebuild the entire source code from scratch. A lot of errors were fixed and some extra considerations for security (however weak on default install) meaning they are stepping foward in the right direction.
I do think their XP product is very good in terms of stability, and despite the major difference between 2000 and XP the compataility with hardware beats any other operating system I know of. I tip my hat to the XP team on their progress.
Great review, so I hope it sheds a bit more light on the MS company and how they are working to improve the products. (guess this means they have grown up enough to stop 'stealing' code?;) )
Well, I don't mean to make this sound trollish, or degrading.. so I'll word it carefully. The article is about that store owner having the stance on their 'no-layoff' policy, which is a huge thing. Company ever gets in danger of shutting down, that means they will search for alternitives before considering the idea of putting off employess. Meaning it is a very very secure job field with them.
But, because of this the company must be prepared just in case a situation would ever come along in which a layoff would ever be needed due to 'out of buisness'. this is the reason for the deductions in pay.. to cover the company costs a bit more than nessesary to ensure everyone's job stays solid.
I think the action the owner took of deducting his own pay of 20% was a brilliant manuver. To show employees that you are willing to bite the bullet moreso than what they will shows initiative, and builds rapport and courage amoungst the teams. It is showing that the nolayoff policy applies to everyone, and everyone will be affected.
It is almost as if you are placing a shadow over this entire idea, as if something good and done for the sake of another person doesnt exist anymore.
Why not turn it into a multi peer program, like SETI (www.seti.org ?) so that multiple networks and users and contribute to a central database while their own computers chip away at the encryptions?
They would log into the central network via the program, and send the information their computer has found so far. Hell, just make the program public and let everyone work towards it.
(which is what I think you mean by decentralizing the database, could be wrong)
And now we all know why you keep posting as anonymous coward.... because you simply don't want people to know who it is that is putting such a negative feel towards disabled people, something morally wrong by at least half of the people reading this. Geeze, let it go and drop it. You want me to listen? Try posting under a person rather than a coward.
I agree with your point, but I simply am saying I hope they do not completely strand out a distro by _not_ allowing the more advanced user to use it as normal (such as gcc compliling)
Do you know if there will be compensations for the transition between ease of use and loss of configurability? Im a BSD user and since I'm so set on the 'barebone-configeverything-compileeverything-by understanding it', I wouldn't want to see that lost for convienence.
your point is completely valid. computer users have gone from brilliant and innovativly clever to lazy end users. Why is this? Microsoft. This is both good and bad, as it generated a wider market for the PC yet lowered the level of knowledge needed to near null.
So while compling, configuring your own Xf86, may bring up old memories and the days when using *nix meant you were a step above, if Linux is going to hit mainstream the user knowledge requirement will have to drop.
so, I do completely agree with you, even if it is a saddening to accept overall.
Flags? How is that a flag? No one demanded those braille letters on the ATM's, we offered it because it would aid society. Websites that are government related _must_ be able to be read by anyone, not just blind people. It was a written and implmented law before the periods on the alt tags were recognized as an addition. I am awake, you simply need to take your troll comments and look at everything else in this world.
Very few things are demanded, much more is handed out because of kindness. I await the day you go blind so that you understand how much we offer those who need the help. I await the day you go deaf so you can understand how much we offer, as you don't have the ability to listen to others requests. I _await_ the day you go dumb in speech so you understand what it is like to not be able to ask for help.
For the love of God, _you_ grow up and _you_ be thankful for what you do have. Don't trash on others and call things needed to help them "flags". That is like mocking the fact we have street lights so those of us that can see, can drive in the dark.
PS = bringing up the ADA is like bringing up the BSA (boy scouts of america) and slamming them for joining together because they find a common bond in their love of whatever.
It may just be me, but I don't recall seeing any blind rallies, blind riots, blind marches, etc etc.. to voice about how hard a life we give them.
Okay, they couldn't do that anyways, being blind and all, but you get the idea behind it. They are not on a crusade to get more rights, we are offering it out of kindness. Next time you see a "Blind rights! Viva la Darkness!" Flag, you let me know.
Ease up on them, and point your energy at people who need it, like the girl scout cookie rallies.
Agreed. As an imm and implmentor on a MUD I have been coding (along with a seperate mud I have played for 5 years now), players are whiney and greedy to the point in which it affects everyone else's game play. How do you solve this?
Simple. Create Avatars (demi-gods). Have them throw people that cause damaging amounts of trouble into jail for set amounts of time. Create quests that are 'live', in otherwords an immortal is running the quest, making it up as he goes.. tossing danger here and rewards there.
Also, something I learned while coding, you have to code for every rule you want implmented. Don't want them to always be able to attack and flee over and over so that they never get hit? Why not make it so if they flee their heart is full of fears, and every time they fight they flee and take damage for a set amount of time.
The more you take a fantasy (MUD mostly) and apply a dash of real world to it (like dying) the players who are true to the game stay, and become role models for those to come. In other words, you have to control the players, and immortal and coding interacting is a must 24/7.
Keep them interested, keep puzzles and things complicated here and there.. and yes although you may lose a huge fan base at first.. the true hard core players will stay. And eventually, as time has shown on my MUD and the MUD I play... you end up having a huge fan base.. of nothing but hard core players that are dedicated.:hopes EQ is reading:
a bit late of a responce I know... but I dont belive I know many children that have either seen a gun in action nor have ever seen its consquences first hand. Can you truthfully say more than half of the children of the world have seen dead dogs, pigeons, or people (in real life) by the age of 6? I didnt think so.
Politics and money go hand in hand, which should be common sense by now.
I think it is something we need to worry about since, which this should be obvious as well, policitcs get their funds in many different ways. I think they will not hesitate if there is money in selling it to the government. What about future companies that will use it for security? What about the FBI and CIA? A new tracking system will be taken, as it already is with fingerprints.
Of course you could say 'but why worry if you hav nothing to hide..'
And I would answer 'Because there is a line between worry, and human morality towards privacy'
With the outraging debate on lossy formats and mp3's quality damaging our ears, may the/. gods save us from the damaging low Hz of the low quality RIAA & DMAA copywrited ring tones!!
who says we are hiding anything? somethings are personal buisness and should be kept as such out of simple human respect. Do you want me to plug a few video camera to watch your children play in their rooms? Or how about keep a track record of you for a week?
Sure you might not mind it now, but take a moment to think about it. You're not hiding anything, but it certainly wouldn't be my buisness.
human respect doesnt meant we are hiding anything. morality is the issue here
you are my new best friend:) people say you shouldn't be worried unless you do something illegal and have something to worry about. I disagree, the traces a person leaves behind in a single day are immense, and should not be taken lightly since information can be twisted many ways, usually for the worse.
Besides, you keep your information secure about yourself not because you have not done anything wrong, but because it is your own buisness, and thus it should stay that way.
i remember watching all these kids at the mall cry because they have never seen Santa Clause before... God help us when they come across a 7 - 10 foot dinosaur that wants to take their popcorn and steal their mickey mouse ears.
if and when the technology is implmented, think of how it could be used against us?
- a robber breaks into your house and you somehow manage to knock him over and steal his gun. lot of good that is going to do since his gun is enabled by his prints only. Well I guess you could knock him over the head
- this technology, like computers, will have holes in both design and programming, meaning who says that the prints on the guns will not be kept into a database by big brother??? serialization.
I understand many will be upset because the 'law' and feature of owner detection will be going into place.
I understand many will be grateful because it offers one extra level of security.
Now my question is this: why are you against one extra level of security? Are you upset because it will raise the price of the guns? Are you upset because it invades the rights of others who do not use the guns? Or are you upset because there is an extra step towards precaution?
I personally would put a firewall on my computer even if I had IP chains set up, why? One extra level of security just in case.
Now for my second question:
Why are you so _for_ the technology on guns? The price increase could dissallow purchase for the people who do use them to defend themselves and their homes, leaving us now with people in fear. Are you so on a crusade that you hope to pass it through each state eventually? Remember, even though an idea may be a good one, it is a horrible idea if it ever invades the rights of another.
Of course this is the perfect example of applying the things you learned in school. Math coordinates to navigate a SAT., geometry to scout the lands.. etc etc.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember most of the class falling asleep. Is this really something that we _needed_ to do? Or could we have taken that money and plugged it into improving something worthwhile?
ack, I hope this doesnt turn into a troll. Just a bit nervous about tax $$ being used in places that simply don't make a difference to the overall population.
actually their sales were at their peak and came to a steady drive after that, they claimed the 13% decrease was 'revenue not yet earned but possible'. So the P2P increase sales even, but they should not blame file sharing because their sudden peak in sales levels back out, still way up top from what it started.
.. stupidity should be granted to them as well. Does anyone else think they were also the ones behind the 'mp3 lossy format's will make you go deaf!' speech?
Anyways, three cheers for the RIAA getting a stick up their ass. What goes around comes around.
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While I appreciate the insight, please next time read all threads, rather than lagging back on one that has already been corrected and replied to.
The problem has already been solved and I've already been corrected. Thanks though.
MCSE doesnt impress me :) But I could very well be misinformed and have this be on my fault. Being a BSD user moreso than windows I could very well be mistaken from top to bottom.
Thanks for pointing that out though (corrections), when I did the network support for MS tech they told us to treat it like a 98 machine attempting to behave like an NT machine. That was applied to all versions before XP. Hm.. guess there was a sense of bias with the admin that was teaching us. Well, guess you learn something new each day. Bah, that is what I get for sticking my nose out of the BSD door.
well you sure showed me :) stick to new news, not old news in other peoples accounts to slam them over their comments.
2K does have the same code-base as 98, I should I know used to do tech support for it. Additions and enhancements have been mad to the libs and libraries for the visual effects and security changes, but still the same base kernel with additions. :)
XP took the kernel and rebuilt it by hand, taking out the extra thousand lines of commented out coding as well as unneeded subs. A complete, redone, finished, NEW kernel was applied (not to mention a completely revised GUI code). Yes, even if they made major inprovements it still is a pain in the ass OS simply because it isnt BSD
In my opinion, XP uses too much RAM and sys res. than needed, and I too have stuck to BSD and 2K boot systems. I was merely applauding the XP team for getting closer to getting it right.
I am happy to see that instead of adding on and redoing windows 98 over and over (thus 98 SE, thus ME, thus 2000), they decided to rebuild the entire source code from scratch. A lot of errors were fixed and some extra considerations for security (however weak on default install) meaning they are stepping foward in the right direction.
;) )
I do think their XP product is very good in terms of stability, and despite the major difference between 2000 and XP the compataility with hardware beats any other operating system I know of. I tip my hat to the XP team on their progress.
Great review, so I hope it sheds a bit more light on the MS company and how they are working to improve the products. (guess this means they have grown up enough to stop 'stealing' code?
Well, I don't mean to make this sound trollish, or degrading.. so I'll word it carefully. The article is about that store owner having the stance on their 'no-layoff' policy, which is a huge thing. Company ever gets in danger of shutting down, that means they will search for alternitives before considering the idea of putting off employess. Meaning it is a very very secure job field with them.
But, because of this the company must be prepared just in case a situation would ever come along in which a layoff would ever be needed due to 'out of buisness'. this is the reason for the deductions in pay.. to cover the company costs a bit more than nessesary to ensure everyone's job stays solid.
I think the action the owner took of deducting his own pay of 20% was a brilliant manuver. To show employees that you are willing to bite the bullet moreso than what they will shows initiative, and builds rapport and courage amoungst the teams. It is showing that the nolayoff policy applies to everyone, and everyone will be affected.
It is almost as if you are placing a shadow over this entire idea, as if something good and done for the sake of another person doesnt exist anymore.
Why not turn it into a multi peer program, like SETI (www.seti.org ?) so that multiple networks and users and contribute to a central database while their own computers chip away at the encryptions?
They would log into the central network via the program, and send the information their computer has found so far. Hell, just make the program public and let everyone work towards it.
(which is what I think you mean by decentralizing the database, could be wrong)
And now we all know why you keep posting as anonymous coward.... because you simply don't want people to know who it is that is putting such a negative feel towards disabled people, something morally wrong by at least half of the people reading this. Geeze, let it go and drop it. You want me to listen? Try posting under a person rather than a coward.
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I agree with your point, but I simply am saying I hope they do not completely strand out a distro by _not_ allowing the more advanced user to use it as normal (such as gcc compliling)
Do you know if there will be compensations for the transition between ease of use and loss of configurability? Im a BSD user and since I'm so set on the 'barebone-configeverything-compileeverything-by understanding it', I wouldn't want to see that lost for convienence.
lol, that was great. Completely feasable with a 100% valid point, but still funny as hell. Change that offtopic mod to a funny :)
your point is completely valid. computer users have gone from brilliant and innovativly clever to lazy end users. Why is this? Microsoft. This is both good and bad, as it generated a wider market for the PC yet lowered the level of knowledge needed to near null.
So while compling, configuring your own Xf86, may bring up old memories and the days when using *nix meant you were a step above, if Linux is going to hit mainstream the user knowledge requirement will have to drop.
so, I do completely agree with you, even if it is a saddening to accept overall.
Flags? How is that a flag? No one demanded those braille letters on the ATM's, we offered it because it would aid society. Websites that are government related _must_ be able to be read by anyone, not just blind people. It was a written and implmented law before the periods on the alt tags were recognized as an addition. I am awake, you simply need to take your troll comments and look at everything else in this world.
Very few things are demanded, much more is handed out because of kindness. I await the day you go blind so that you understand how much we offer those who need the help. I await the day you go deaf so you can understand how much we offer, as you don't have the ability to listen to others requests. I _await_ the day you go dumb in speech so you understand what it is like to not be able to ask for help.
For the love of God, _you_ grow up and _you_ be thankful for what you do have. Don't trash on others and call things needed to help them "flags". That is like mocking the fact we have street lights so those of us that can see, can drive in the dark.
PS = bringing up the ADA is like bringing up the BSA (boy scouts of america) and slamming them for joining together because they find a common bond in their love of whatever.
It may just be me, but I don't recall seeing any blind rallies, blind riots, blind marches, etc etc .. to voice about how hard a life we give them.
Okay, they couldn't do that anyways, being blind and all, but you get the idea behind it. They are not on a crusade to get more rights, we are offering it out of kindness. Next time you see a "Blind rights! Viva la Darkness!" Flag, you let me know.
Ease up on them, and point your energy at people who need it, like the girl scout cookie rallies.
Agreed. As an imm and implmentor on a MUD I have been coding (along with a seperate mud I have played for 5 years now), players are whiney and greedy to the point in which it affects everyone else's game play. How do you solve this?
:hopes EQ is reading:
Simple. Create Avatars (demi-gods). Have them throw people that cause damaging amounts of trouble into jail for set amounts of time. Create quests that are 'live', in otherwords an immortal is running the quest, making it up as he goes.. tossing danger here and rewards there.
Also, something I learned while coding, you have to code for every rule you want implmented. Don't want them to always be able to attack and flee over and over so that they never get hit? Why not make it so if they flee their heart is full of fears, and every time they fight they flee and take damage for a set amount of time.
The more you take a fantasy (MUD mostly) and apply a dash of real world to it (like dying) the players who are true to the game stay, and become role models for those to come. In other words, you have to control the players, and immortal and coding interacting is a must 24/7.
Keep them interested, keep puzzles and things complicated here and there.. and yes although you may lose a huge fan base at first.. the true hard core players will stay. And eventually, as time has shown on my MUD and the MUD I play... you end up having a huge fan base.. of nothing but hard core players that are dedicated.
a bit late of a responce I know... but I dont belive I know many children that have either seen a gun in action nor have ever seen its consquences first hand. Can you truthfully say more than half of the children of the world have seen dead dogs, pigeons, or people (in real life) by the age of 6? I didnt think so.
Politics and money go hand in hand, which should be common sense by now.
I think it is something we need to worry about since, which this should be obvious as well, policitcs get their funds in many different ways. I think they will not hesitate if there is money in selling it to the government. What about future companies that will use it for security? What about the FBI and CIA? A new tracking system will be taken, as it already is with fingerprints.
Of course you could say 'but why worry if you hav nothing to hide..'
And I would answer 'Because there is a line between worry, and human morality towards privacy'
With the outraging debate on lossy formats and mp3's quality damaging our ears, may the /. gods save us from the damaging low Hz of the low quality RIAA & DMAA copywrited ring tones!!
who says we are hiding anything? somethings are personal buisness and should be kept as such out of simple human respect. Do you want me to plug a few video camera to watch your children play in their rooms? Or how about keep a track record of you for a week?
Sure you might not mind it now, but take a moment to think about it. You're not hiding anything, but it certainly wouldn't be my buisness.
human respect doesnt meant we are hiding anything. morality is the issue here
you are my new best friend :) people say you shouldn't be worried unless you do something illegal and have something to worry about. I disagree, the traces a person leaves behind in a single day are immense, and should not be taken lightly since information can be twisted many ways, usually for the worse.
Besides, you keep your information secure about yourself not because you have not done anything wrong, but because it is your own buisness, and thus it should stay that way.
i remember watching all these kids at the mall cry because they have never seen Santa Clause before... God help us when they come across a 7 - 10 foot dinosaur that wants to take their popcorn and steal their mickey mouse ears.
Oh let the heavens pour and the children wail.
makes me curious as to one thing:
if and when the technology is implmented, think of how it could be used against us?
- a robber breaks into your house and you somehow manage to knock him over and steal his gun. lot of good that is going to do since his gun is enabled by his prints only. Well I guess you could knock him over the head
- this technology, like computers, will have holes in both design and programming, meaning who says that the prints on the guns will not be kept into a database by big brother??? serialization.
I understand many will be upset because the 'law' and feature of owner detection will be going into place.
I understand many will be grateful because it offers one extra level of security.
Now my question is this: why are you against one extra level of security? Are you upset because it will raise the price of the guns? Are you upset because it invades the rights of others who do not use the guns? Or are you upset because there is an extra step towards precaution?
I personally would put a firewall on my computer even if I had IP chains set up, why? One extra level of security just in case.
Now for my second question:
Why are you so _for_ the technology on guns? The price increase could dissallow purchase for the people who do use them to defend themselves and their homes, leaving us now with people in fear. Are you so on a crusade that you hope to pass it through each state eventually? Remember, even though an idea may be a good one, it is a horrible idea if it ever invades the rights of another.
Well, that being said, merry christmas everyone
Of course this is the perfect example of applying the things you learned in school. Math coordinates to navigate a SAT., geometry to scout the lands.. etc etc. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember most of the class falling asleep. Is this really something that we _needed_ to do? Or could we have taken that money and plugged it into improving something worthwhile? ack, I hope this doesnt turn into a troll. Just a bit nervous about tax $$ being used in places that simply don't make a difference to the overall population.
actually their sales were at their peak and came to a steady drive after that, they claimed the 13% decrease was 'revenue not yet earned but possible'. So the P2P increase sales even, but they should not blame file sharing because their sudden peak in sales levels back out, still way up top from what it started.
.. stupidity should be granted to them as well. Does anyone else think they were also the ones behind the 'mp3 lossy format's will make you go deaf!' speech?
Anyways, three cheers for the RIAA getting a stick up their ass. What goes around comes around.
And merry christmas everyone!