Keep the prices we have today but let's add IEEE standards for most hardware functions and all operating systems. Federal law could then be passed to require adherence to these standards or a refund for any software or hardware that fails. Getting dependable machines that work -- on software that's predictable and reliable -- will be much cheaper than giveaway checkout junk.
It may work for you but it didn't for me. A client called with the W32Blaster in full control on his system. Understanding that he would have trouble online, I took the Symantec tool down on disc. Also took printed copy of KB823980 and the Symantec instructions. See the KB article for URLs.
It didn't work.
To make this brief, three hours later it was clear the worm was winning, though the Symantec Worm Remover said it was dead in its hole, it wasn't. And when I did as Symantec ordered when WormRemover was finished and went to the URL to get the patch -- right, KB823980 -- the patch wouldn't run!
What had downloaded was a 486k file though MS said the file would be 1,239 or so. And that shorter file won't install. Disgusted, I came home and tried on my uninfected machine the same page and I got the longer file which I'll take tomorrow to try again.
This worm is a far more serious problem than the instruction sheets for removal are saying.
Both are correct. Flavour is used in England while flavor is perfectly correct in America. This is not a unique word in that respect but it is a puzzle why the question comes to/.
Yes! Curiosity -- though it may kill cats -- is a good thing and a valuable attribute to give children.
I tend to be a pay as you go person, however, and believe that we should support our own yearning for knowledge. It bothers me that so many billions of dollars is spent on astronomy and the universe and rocket ships while school books to excite the minds of our children are in very short supply in most schools systems.
We have a lot of telescopes on the Big Island of Hawai`i. Big telescopes! They even drive the Hubble from some of our stations our here in the middle of the Pacific. What does it get us little folk? A front seat view of astronomers playing the "My telescope is bigger than your telescope game." Disturbing.
Most refreshing that you have learned so much. You have done what many try all the time without success, stretching a diameter to 3.14 times the circumference without it breaking. What else can you tell us?
The Big Island of Hawai`i is my home. There are no economic resources out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no oil, no precious minerals, etc. So we make do with sunshine, water, dirt and air to lure tourists or, for the few willing to do honest work, farm. Then along came astronomy which allows us to mine the stars with an extensive and growing array of telescopes high on Mauna Kea. The air is clear. They even drive Hubble from up there every now and then.
Being that close to an astronomy community in the context of a small island allows us to view -- close up -- the churlish sport of "my telescope is bigger than yours." Lost in this boyish game is the uncompensated cost of these toys. Ignored are the taxpayers who get no say in the issue of -- for example -- spending the $600 million to extend Hubble for a few more spins around its orbit. Absolutely lacking is a cost-benefit analysis that is even marginally understandable for your average citizen. Hey, I post Hubble-snapped JPGs on my web site, but is that worth my share of the taxes that make them possible? I think not.
There is no question in my mind that astronomy is worth something. That being the case, a dollar amount needs to be attached and the bills paid by those who benefit. In a competition with education for our children, those dollars might be seen to have a much better use here and now.
Sad about a nation which can only elect a representative body of political leaders. Complain as you will, the folks in Washington or your home town, holding office, are likely considered "too smart for their own good" by a majority of their constituents. Consider the source.
My guess is that I simply don't know where to look but there seems to be no standard for "reliable and secure processes."
Is it possible that IEEE has posted some guidance for this and, while they were at it, standards for what makes a dependable and legally marketable operating system? Or are we on our own?
Good catch on Mr. Putnam's lack of ever having a "real job." In lieu of keeping an eye on him, as suggested, perhaps he should go to work among his peers at Microsoft because he may to share -- in many respects -- a world view familiar on that campus.
Agree 100 percent! As much as I appreciate and honor e-mail, let me suggest that Anonymous Coward's "couple of letters" be taken literally and snail mail be used to your beloved government leadership. Real mail carries a lot more weight -- as they actually weigh as well as count letters pro and con on a given issue. Then they are submitted -- in most offices -- to the boilerplate specialists who thank you for sending your good thoughts along.
Sending snail mail doesn't prevent the e-mails also. Both help!
Folks aren't hating the blind. They may be waiting for these arguments to apply to the 'right' to drive a car, however.
No question about it, society should do what's possible for folks with disabilities but changing the world to fit exceptions would flip whales out of the ocean for fear of drowning, ban slashdot.org to avoid some of us looking stupid among our peers and require elections to be decided on who gets the most votes.
The nature of things just shouldn't be messed with lightly. We have already seen how badly that skews what used to be reality.
John, Thank you for the reassurance that it is possible to find the hotfix! I spent more than an hour bumbling around in the various links provided in the slashdot note and following in MS's grotto. For the life of me I can't figure out how to find the download button. I'm running a legit XPP SP-1 and noted serious problems with Corel and some functions on Netscape after installing SP-1. I think there is a worse problem than speed as I also lost a fairly simple Corel Draw file for no reason I can comprehend -- printed it out, saved it. But it would never open again. That's a possible sign of one of those little memory buckets losing it!
Mahalo from the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
The first step when in doubt has been to roll the
shuttle with tiles down as it passes over Hawai`i. Reason being that a telescope on Maui's Haleakala can read the headline on a newspaper held at the pilot's window! Missing tiles can be seen. But the folks in Houston did not request these pictures. One telescope, in Arizona I think, caught some shots but it doesn't have the resolution of Haleakala. Question early in this investigation was why weren't those photos requested.
Where is the left wing?
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If this is about the disapperance of the Democratic Party from national politics we might discover what went wrong with Columbia.
That's not a sophmoric wisecrack but an observation that not much is likely to happen that makes sense -- such as properly funding a space program -- when there is no intelligent friction in our government. And we most certainly not likely to find a "real cause" when it may be the federal budget that caused the tragedy.
If these guys keep rubbing each other's shoes under the table we're never going to recover any sense of the nation we once were.
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Keep the prices we have today but let's add IEEE standards for most hardware functions and all operating systems. Federal law could then be passed to require adherence to these standards or a refund for any software or hardware that fails. Getting dependable machines that work -- on software that's predictable and reliable -- will be much cheaper than giveaway checkout junk.
You'll find yourself using this advice more than once and you've only got a minute to do it!
It may work for you but it didn't for me. A client called with the W32Blaster in full control on his system. Understanding that he would have trouble online, I took the Symantec tool down on disc. Also took printed copy of KB823980 and the Symantec instructions. See the KB article for URLs.
It didn't work.
To make this brief, three hours later it was clear the worm was winning, though the Symantec Worm Remover said it was dead in its hole, it wasn't. And when I did as Symantec ordered when WormRemover was finished and went to the URL to get the patch -- right, KB823980 -- the patch wouldn't run!
What had downloaded was a 486k file though MS said the file would be 1,239 or so. And that shorter file won't install. Disgusted, I came home and tried on my uninfected machine the same page and I got the longer file which I'll take tomorrow to try again.
This worm is a far more serious problem than the instruction sheets for removal are saying.
Both are correct. Flavour is used in England while flavor is perfectly correct in America. This is not a unique word in that respect but it is a puzzle why the question comes to /.
Yes! Curiosity -- though it may kill cats -- is a good thing and a valuable attribute to give children. I tend to be a pay as you go person, however, and believe that we should support our own yearning for knowledge. It bothers me that so many billions of dollars is spent on astronomy and the universe and rocket ships while school books to excite the minds of our children are in very short supply in most schools systems. We have a lot of telescopes on the Big Island of Hawai`i. Big telescopes! They even drive the Hubble from some of our stations our here in the middle of the Pacific. What does it get us little folk? A front seat view of astronomers playing the "My telescope is bigger than your telescope game." Disturbing.
Most refreshing that you have learned so much. You have done what many try all the time without success, stretching a diameter to 3.14 times the circumference without it breaking. What else can you tell us?
The Big Island of Hawai`i is my home. There are no economic resources out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no oil, no precious minerals, etc. So we make do with sunshine, water, dirt and air to lure tourists or, for the few willing to do honest work, farm. Then along came astronomy which allows us to mine the stars with an extensive and growing array of telescopes high on Mauna Kea. The air is clear. They even drive Hubble from up there every now and then. Being that close to an astronomy community in the context of a small island allows us to view -- close up -- the churlish sport of "my telescope is bigger than yours." Lost in this boyish game is the uncompensated cost of these toys. Ignored are the taxpayers who get no say in the issue of -- for example -- spending the $600 million to extend Hubble for a few more spins around its orbit. Absolutely lacking is a cost-benefit analysis that is even marginally understandable for your average citizen. Hey, I post Hubble-snapped JPGs on my web site, but is that worth my share of the taxes that make them possible? I think not. There is no question in my mind that astronomy is worth something. That being the case, a dollar amount needs to be attached and the bills paid by those who benefit. In a competition with education for our children, those dollars might be seen to have a much better use here and now.
Sad about a nation which can only elect a representative body of political leaders. Complain as you will, the folks in Washington or your home town, holding office, are likely considered "too smart for their own good" by a majority of their constituents. Consider the source.
Is it possible that IEEE has posted some guidance for this and, while they were at it, standards for what makes a dependable and legally marketable operating system? Or are we on our own?
Good catch on Mr. Putnam's lack of ever having a "real job." In lieu of keeping an eye on him, as suggested, perhaps he should go to work among his peers at Microsoft because he may to share -- in many respects -- a world view familiar on that campus.
Agree 100 percent! As much as I appreciate and honor e-mail, let me suggest that Anonymous Coward's "couple of letters" be taken literally and snail mail be used to your beloved government leadership. Real mail carries a lot more weight -- as they actually weigh as well as count letters pro and con on a given issue. Then they are submitted -- in most offices -- to the boilerplate specialists who thank you for sending your good thoughts along. Sending snail mail doesn't prevent the e-mails also. Both help!
Folks aren't hating the blind. They may be waiting for these arguments to apply to the 'right' to drive a car, however. No question about it, society should do what's possible for folks with disabilities but changing the world to fit exceptions would flip whales out of the ocean for fear of drowning, ban slashdot.org to avoid some of us looking stupid among our peers and require elections to be decided on who gets the most votes. The nature of things just shouldn't be messed with lightly. We have already seen how badly that skews what used to be reality.
John, Thank you for the reassurance that it is possible to find the hotfix! I spent more than an hour bumbling around in the various links provided in the slashdot note and following in MS's grotto. For the life of me I can't figure out how to find the download button. I'm running a legit XPP SP-1 and noted serious problems with Corel and some functions on Netscape after installing SP-1. I think there is a worse problem than speed as I also lost a fairly simple Corel Draw file for no reason I can comprehend -- printed it out, saved it. But it would never open again. That's a possible sign of one of those little memory buckets losing it! Mahalo from the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
The first step when in doubt has been to roll the shuttle with tiles down as it passes over Hawai`i. Reason being that a telescope on Maui's Haleakala can read the headline on a newspaper held at the pilot's window! Missing tiles can be seen. But the folks in Houston did not request these pictures. One telescope, in Arizona I think, caught some shots but it doesn't have the resolution of Haleakala. Question early in this investigation was why weren't those photos requested.
If this is about the disapperance of the Democratic Party from national politics we might discover what went wrong with Columbia. That's not a sophmoric wisecrack but an observation that not much is likely to happen that makes sense -- such as properly funding a space program -- when there is no intelligent friction in our government. And we most certainly not likely to find a "real cause" when it may be the federal budget that caused the tragedy. If these guys keep rubbing each other's shoes under the table we're never going to recover any sense of the nation we once were.