Thanks for the link. I looked that the picture of the girl with the display on the sleeve of her jacket, and couldn't help but think what the MPAA would do after this comes out. I mean, there you are on the subway, watching a DVD you rented, you, know the kind that says "Not for public display" or some such garbage, I wonder how long before someone gets stuck with a lawsuit. Sound far fetched? Not compared to some of the other stories I have read here on/.
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How many EMP generating devices do you have at home now? If you had one, would using it to disable RFID tags happen to affect anything else in your home ( hint, look at the computer you are using to reading this web page ). Of course, that is assuming you are readying the post at home.
Any gloom that this casts on the OSS world will be short-lived. Remember how much market share OSS had when it first started. Compare that with now. Think the "SCO Fiasco" will stop it's advance?
South Park Mayor: The word is "Palladium." Cartman: Could you use it in a sentence? South Park Mayor: It was a nice, Palladium-free day. Cartman: Country of Origin? South Park Mayor: For christ's sake kid, the word is "Palladium"! Cartman: Phonics Monkey? Looks at Phonics Monkey masterbating in the corner. Cartman: Phonics Monkey!
Man, I am rolling on the floor laughing at all of these posts about Windows Update. It makes me really appreciate everything I have gained with moving to Linux last fall. I mean, what is better than a system that only reboots when you tell it to, only shuts down when you tell it to, only patches when you tell it to, etc. ?
Yes, I still have to use Windows at work ( for now ), but even just getting rid of it at home removes so many headaches that you have to try it just to appreciate it. Now, I am not going to sit here and lie that I can play all of my favorite games( all 1 of them ) on Linux, but gaming isn't the best use of my time, anyhow.
For those of you who ( like me ) are forced to use Windows at work, use the patching/security issues to at least shed doubt on the viability of Windows, and get the company IT Managers to consider other options ( like linux ). If you have to have Windows apps for your users, perhaps setting up a Windows server cluster hosting the apps and sharing them via Citrix Terminal Server, and with the end users running everything on a browser on their Linux system would be a vial solution.
Oh, as far as windows patching, I guess letting the user set the updater for "Joe User" mode or "Joe Guru" mode would be fair enough. But all patches should be listed in line-item style, with full explanations of what files they replace/add, and any other effects that they have. AND they should be removable at the users discretion. AND they should not include/change any EULA's. Since this is obviously too much to ask, I recommend you look at other OS's for peace of mind.
Wouldn't you rather go JetSkiing than waste time trying to recover from a buggy patch? I knew you would.:)
It's been my experience that whenever there is a change in CEO, many other top level positions get "new blood" too. Usually withing a few months of the CEO change. After my company changed ownship, our COO left, VP's changed, organizations withing the company merged, and heck, our local VP just left the company today. It's like a big rollercoaster ride. Hehe.
I have tons of bandwidth at work, but they made me shutdown my linux box ( they are all winbloze shop ). I have Visual C++ and Perl to work with though. Any recommendations on code I can use to test download speeds between my computer and sco's web server?
For educational purposes only, of course!
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I have been using Mandrake as my workstation (Red Hat on my servers ) and just recently started using URPMI to install Linux apps. I won't said it is perfect though. Two weeks ago I had to update my glib in order to satisfy the requirements of an app I wanted to use. Mandrake Software Installation manager ( which I believe is just a GUI front end to URPMI ) said it needed to uninstall some software before it could install the new glib package. Well, it did the uninstall ok, but it never completed the installation.
When I checked out my system to see what was up, I found I could no long do things such as "ls" and "su", etc and would up formatting / reloading my system as even the login subsystem didn't work.
Does URPMI make life easier? Yes. Is it perfect ( i.e. idiot proof ), no.
On the other hand, previously I had been running Mandrake 9.0, and this debacle gave me the excuse to install Mandrake 9.1.:)
Well, it will almost turn out this way, except for one small detail - the anything box will need to know how to fabricate whatever it is you want to make. So, someone who works for Levis designs a new style of levis jeans and then stores the "formula" for creating the jeans with an "anything box".
Now, some people will be nice and just share the formula, and others will try the "IP" route and force people to pay for it, and take legal and technological steps to artificially restrict the proliferation of the formula. Can you say "RIAA/MPAA Returns" boy and girls? I knew you could.
> Officially, Mozilla is for developers, not for end users.
Wow. And I switched all my friends over to a developer-only browser. Do you have a reference to back this statement up? The reason I am asking is that I have never heard this before now.
A friend to me that SCOX ( that last three letters describe SCO employees to a "T" ) will probably be down at least $ 0.50 USD when the market opens tomorrow morning due to a special type of trading that is allowed when the NASDAQ is closed. I am curious to see if this is what happens.
Very funny. I have one. "College student sued for having copy of 'The Matrix Reloaded' on his computer. When asked for his take on the ordeal, he replied 'Copyright violation? Piracy? I thought this ''Internet'' thing was a subscription to a music/movie download service. I mean, what am paying these monthly fees and being forced to look at all the ads for anyhow?"
Ahh, you are the opposite of me. I like to prescreen the movie before going to see it in the movie theatre. I barely got the second half of the telesync version before I went to see it at the movies. Luckily the first half was good enough to make me think it was worth my money to go see.
Btw, you act as if you can't both download the movie and watch it in the theatre, you can. Pretty much every movie I have watched in the movie theatre was prescreened by watching a cam/screener version of it beforehand.
Oh, and remember to wait for the credits to finish after the movie ends, you get to see a preview of Matrix Revolutions that is coming ( I think ) this November.
I am the same way. Pretty much I discover artists I like via P2P and a few other sources, and then I buy then CD so that I can rip it to mp3 format at 224bitrate for listening in my car/mp3 player/computer. I also feel better supporting artist I like. The downside is that I am often also supporting RIAA labels that produced the CD.
You just can't win. At least I can't figure a way ou of this dilema. Also, I am only listening to European artists these days, which makes it hard to get the CD ( in the native language ).
The only way it will work is if they "integrate" it with the next version of their OS and force users to buy a subscription to activate it. Actually, I hope they do that so more people will stop using Windows.
Try putting in the ASCII equivalent to the plus sign preceded by a percent sign. I only have the space character memorized, so I will use it as an example.
draino%20something1234@mailblocks.com
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On more point, I sent an email to Pressplay soon after they opened telling them they didn't have a good business model ( i.e. a rip-off ) and I would see them in bankrupty court in a year or so. Anyone know what their current financial status is?
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Yeah, what he said...
Thanks for the link. I looked that the picture of the girl with the display on the sleeve of her jacket, and couldn't help but think what the MPAA would do after this comes out. I mean, there you are on the subway, watching a DVD you rented, you, know the kind that says "Not for public display" or some such garbage, I wonder how long before someone gets stuck with a lawsuit. Sound far fetched? Not compared to some of the other stories I have read here on /.
Anyhow, I need to get some coffee, cyas.
"Page not found"...any other ideas?
How many EMP generating devices do you have at home now? If you had one, would using it to disable RFID tags happen to affect anything else in your home ( hint, look at the computer you are using to reading this web page ). Of course, that is assuming you are readying the post at home.
Any gloom that this casts on the OSS world will be short-lived. Remember how much market share OSS had when it first started. Compare that with now. Think
the "SCO Fiasco" will stop it's advance?
And if you do this on a special day of the week, a certain simian creature will come out of a special orifice of you body!
South Park Mayor: The word is "Palladium."
Cartman: Could you use it in a sentence?
South Park Mayor: It was a nice, Palladium-free day.
Cartman: Country of Origin?
South Park Mayor: For christ's sake kid, the word is "Palladium"!
Cartman: Phonics Monkey?
Looks at Phonics Monkey masterbating in the corner.
Cartman: Phonics Monkey!
Man, I am rolling on the floor laughing at all of these posts about Windows Update. It makes me really appreciate everything I have gained with moving to Linux last fall. I mean, what is better than a system that only reboots when you tell it to, only shuts down when you tell it to, only patches when you tell it to, etc. ?
:)
Yes, I still have to use Windows at work ( for now ), but even just getting rid of it at home removes so many headaches that you have to try it just to appreciate it. Now, I am not going to sit here and lie that I can play all of my favorite games( all 1 of them ) on Linux, but gaming isn't the best use of my time, anyhow.
For those of you who ( like me ) are forced to use
Windows at work, use the patching/security issues to at least shed doubt on the viability of Windows, and get the company IT Managers to consider other options ( like linux ). If you have to have Windows apps for your users, perhaps setting up a Windows server cluster hosting the apps and sharing them via Citrix Terminal Server, and with the end users running everything on a browser on their Linux system would be a vial solution.
Oh, as far as windows patching, I guess letting the user set the updater for "Joe User" mode or "Joe Guru" mode would be fair enough. But all patches should be listed in line-item style, with full explanations of what files they replace/add, and any other effects that they have. AND they should be removable at the users discretion. AND they should not include/change any EULA's. Since this is obviously too much to ask, I recommend you
look at other OS's for peace of mind.
Wouldn't you rather go JetSkiing than waste time trying to recover from a buggy patch? I knew you would.
It's been my experience that whenever there is a change in CEO, many other top level positions get "new blood" too. Usually withing a few months of the
CEO change. After my company changed ownship, our COO left, VP's changed, organizations withing the company merged, and heck, our local VP just left the company today. It's like a big rollercoaster ride. Hehe.
Thanks, I will try that. For educational purposes, still.
I have tons of bandwidth at work, but they made me shutdown my linux box ( they are all winbloze shop ). I have Visual C++ and Perl to work with though. Any recommendations on code I can use to test download speeds between my computer and sco's web server?
For educational purposes only, of course!
I have been using Mandrake as my workstation (Red Hat on my servers ) and just recently started using URPMI to install Linux apps. I won't said it is perfect though. Two weeks ago I had to update my glib in order to satisfy the requirements of an app I wanted to use. Mandrake Software Installation manager ( which I believe is just a GUI front end to URPMI ) said it needed to uninstall some software before it could install the new glib package. Well, it did the uninstall ok, but it never completed the installation.
:)
When I checked out my system to see what was up, I
found I could no long do things such as "ls" and "su", etc and would up formatting / reloading my system as even the login subsystem didn't work.
Does URPMI make life easier? Yes. Is it perfect ( i.e. idiot proof ), no.
On the other hand, previously I had been running Mandrake 9.0, and this debacle gave me the excuse to install Mandrake 9.1.
ROFL. Very close to reality(IMHO) and funny at the same time! But why post this as AC?
No, after looking at its price, I think "Yuppy" is more appropriate.
I agree, we must ensure future generations have access to episodes of "Spongebob Squarepants"!
Well, it will almost turn out this way, except for one small detail - the anything box will need to know how to fabricate whatever it is you want to make. So, someone who works for Levis designs a new style of levis jeans and then stores the "formula" for creating the jeans with an "anything box".
Now, some people will be nice and just share the formula, and others will try the "IP" route and force people to pay for it, and take legal and technological steps to artificially restrict the proliferation of the formula. Can you say "RIAA/MPAA Returns" boy and girls? I knew you could.
> Officially, Mozilla is for developers, not for end users.
Wow. And I switched all my friends over to a developer-only browser. Do you have a reference to back this statement up? The reason I am asking is that I have never heard this before now.
A friend to me that SCOX ( that last three letters describe SCO employees to a "T" ) will probably be down at least $ 0.50 USD when the market opens tomorrow morning due to a special type of trading that is allowed when the NASDAQ is closed. I am curious to see if this is what happens.
:)
Oh, IANAL, IANASB(I am not a stoke broker ).
Thanks, Morpheus( from The Matrix ) could not have said it better.
"Let them know this is Zion, and we are unafraid!"
Very funny. I have one. "College student sued for having copy of 'The Matrix Reloaded' on his computer. When asked for his take on the ordeal, he replied 'Copyright violation? Piracy? I thought this
''Internet'' thing was a subscription to a music/movie download service. I mean, what am paying these monthly fees and being forced to look at all the ads for anyhow?"
Ahh, you are the opposite of me. I like to prescreen the movie before going to see it in the movie theatre. I barely got the second half of the telesync version before I went to see it at the movies. Luckily the first half was good enough to make me think it was worth my money to go see.
Btw, you act as if you can't both download the movie and watch it in the theatre, you can. Pretty much every movie I have watched in the movie theatre was prescreened by watching a cam/screener version of it beforehand.
Oh, and remember to wait for the credits to finish after the movie ends, you get to see a preview of Matrix Revolutions that is coming ( I think ) this
November.
I am the same way. Pretty much I discover artists I like via P2P and a few other sources, and then I buy then CD so that I can rip it to mp3 format at 224bitrate for listening in my car/mp3 player/computer. I also feel better supporting artist I like. The downside is that I am often also supporting RIAA labels that produced the CD.
You just can't win. At least I can't figure a way ou of this dilema. Also, I am only listening to European artists these days, which makes it hard to get the CD ( in the native language ).
"Microsoft Prepares An Unworkable Business Model"
The only way it will work is if they "integrate" it with the next version of their OS and force users to buy a subscription to activate it. Actually, I hope they do that so more people will stop using Windows.
Try putting in the ASCII equivalent to the plus sign preceded by a percent sign. I only have the space character memorized, so I will use it as an example.
draino%20something1234@mailblocks.com
On more point, I sent an email to Pressplay soon after they opened telling them they didn't have a good business model ( i.e. a rip-off ) and I would see them in bankrupty court in a year or so. Anyone know what their current financial status is?