When you're talking about a product as Mac-centric as the iPod, yes. You can't make unqualified complaints about missing features if the only reason those features are "missing" is that you're using a different platform from the one the product is really intended for. That would be like complaining that MS Word won't launch, and failing to mention that you're using Linux.
Now you ask, how the hell can I blame the overheating on the fact that I'm using Macs? Well, I can't. What I can complain about is the fact that when I call Linksys tech support, I have to pretend to be using Windows or they effectively hang up on me.
I rarely get something so nice as kill -QUIT to work. If I can't quit a program using command-Q through Aqua, it's time to open up Terminal and do a kill -KILL. Sounds redundant, but it works every time.
What does "all your base are belong to us" have to do with wanting to fly like Superman, but having gren, not red, underwear? And why did trying, and failing, to fly, and landing in your stepfather's garden, cause him (your stepfather) to hate Linus, and why did that cause you to hate all of the free software world?
Overly said a review of the code by anyone other than a judge "means absolutely, positively nothing" in determining the merit of SCO's claims.
Is it just me, or is there something scary about a judge, who may or may not use his/her computer for anything other than e-mail and word processing, trying to interpret two snippets of source code to determine if one uses the other in an illegal way?
The difference between MS and IBM is that MS is still evil, whereas IBM gave up on the dark side long ago. If you actually followed the history of the two companies, you might equate the 198X model year IBM with the current MS, but the current IBM plays by the rules.
RingTFA would also allay some fears. It sounds like it's a very specific problem, in a specific department dealing with a specific customer. IBM isn't even being investigated for its own accounting practices so much as for this customer's accounting practices.
For an English-speaking person, it's easier to understand broken English than flawless German.
Of course the reverse is true, but my German is rusty enough that to try to post this in German would make me look like a fool. Nothing like a bit of hypocrisy...
Add to that Breakfast of Champions, Deadeye Dick, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
IIRC, it's page 22 of the latter that has an absolutely hilarious--and very persuasive--homage to volunteer firefighters. I read it way back in freshman year of high school (five years ago now) and since I read the school's copy, I don't have it around to quote from, or I would, at length.
Anybody who has the book want to quote the passage?
Yeah, and how about some Vonnegut? Slaughterhouse-Five is supposedly his masterpiece, though I liked Breakfast of Champions better. I read Deadeye Dick recently, and that was among the best of his books that I've read.
Catch-22 is a classic I've been meaning to re-read at some point...maybe this will make me get around to it.
And if you're looking for a series, try Sherlock Holmes. That should keep you busy the whole summer or more.
My status just got upgraded. I thought I was a mere dabbler in the hacking arts; if the converse of your comment is true, I guess I'm a real hacker now. Thanks!
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When you're talking about a product as Mac-centric as the iPod, yes. You can't make unqualified complaints about missing features if the only reason those features are "missing" is that you're using a different platform from the one the product is really intended for. That would be like complaining that MS Word won't launch, and failing to mention that you're using Linux.
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No, the original poster didn't fail to read the article; you failed to read his comment. Try again.
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Is that a rhetorical question?
I've had huge problems trying to administer Linksys routers with a Mac.
Oh, Safari loads the pages fine. I can enter the new settings, click Submit, and the changes take hold. Every time.
The problem is actually the fact that the router overheats. It'll just stop working until I unplug it for a few seconds and plug it back in. I took the case off and that helped a little, for a while, but I guess the problem got worse (how? Your guess is as good as mine) and now I'm using an Asanté router.
Now you ask, how the hell can I blame the overheating on the fact that I'm using Macs? Well, I can't. What I can complain about is the fact that when I call Linksys tech support, I have to pretend to be using Windows or they effectively hang up on me.
I rarely get something so nice as kill -QUIT to work. If I can't quit a program using command-Q through Aqua, it's time to open up Terminal and do a kill -KILL. Sounds redundant, but it works every time.
What does "all your base are belong to us" have to do with wanting to fly like Superman, but having gren, not red, underwear? And why did trying, and failing, to fly, and landing in your stepfather's garden, cause him (your stepfather) to hate Linus, and why did that cause you to hate all of the free software world?
Please to be explaining.
Well, I don't think it would take any hacking to make that the case for the football team. Maybe the glee club and chess team are a different matter.
RTFA! They got Kevin Mitnick to teach the course, so it's all good.
Nothing to worry about, the kids are in good hands.
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1.) ???
1.) Profit!
I'd take a look at that file, but it appears to have been /.ed...
From the second link:
Overly said a review of the code by anyone other than a judge "means absolutely, positively nothing" in determining the merit of SCO's claims.
Is it just me, or is there something scary about a judge, who may or may not use his/her computer for anything other than e-mail and word processing, trying to interpret two snippets of source code to determine if one uses the other in an illegal way?
The difference between MS and IBM is that MS is still evil, whereas IBM gave up on the dark side long ago. If you actually followed the history of the two companies, you might equate the 198X model year IBM with the current MS, but the current IBM plays by the rules.
RingTFA would also allay some fears. It sounds like it's a very specific problem, in a specific department dealing with a specific customer. IBM isn't even being investigated for its own accounting practices so much as for this customer's accounting practices.
You don't know much geek history, do you?
For an English-speaking person, it's easier to understand broken English than flawless German.
Of course the reverse is true, but my German is rusty enough that to try to post this in German would make me look like a fool. Nothing like a bit of hypocrisy...
Most people are looking for intelligent life in space. I haven't given up Earth yet.
"And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth." --Monty Python
Patent the "look and feel" of Unix?
So, monospace, aliased white text on a black background is illegal unless you pay royalties?
Just do `man tcsh`. That should keep you occupied for a month.
I second Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It's definitely one of the funniest books I've ever read.
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul taught me a lot about finding my way around in a car...
Oh, nevermind, you have to have read it to get it.
As long as you're recommending 1984, I'd like to add Brave New World (author, anybody? I can't remember) and Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano.
Add to that Breakfast of Champions, Deadeye Dick, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
IIRC, it's page 22 of the latter that has an absolutely hilarious--and very persuasive--homage to volunteer firefighters. I read it way back in freshman year of high school (five years ago now) and since I read the school's copy, I don't have it around to quote from, or I would, at length.
Anybody who has the book want to quote the passage?
Or the Tao of Physics...oops, that's nerdy. Think non-nerd...
I'd rather read Shakespeare than Twain, too, but then, I love Shakespeare.
Hamlet, man...one of the best things I've ever read.
That said, I like most of Twain's writing, too.
Yeah, and how about some Vonnegut? Slaughterhouse-Five is supposedly his masterpiece, though I liked Breakfast of Champions better. I read Deadeye Dick recently, and that was among the best of his books that I've read.
Catch-22 is a classic I've been meaning to re-read at some point...maybe this will make me get around to it.
And if you're looking for a series, try Sherlock Holmes. That should keep you busy the whole summer or more.
Just a few from the top of my head.
My status just got upgraded. I thought I was a mere dabbler in the hacking arts; if the converse of your comment is true, I guess I'm a real hacker now. Thanks!