Yes, there is warning sings for reindeers but in the northern part of Finland. I'm living near Helsinki, which is pretty much in south (relativily speaking) and here we only have warning sings for mooses:)
Snow and ice is not a problem, just buy better snow-tires. Advance driver.. I have no comment on that, I don't think I'm better driver than the next guy but I know when to slow down, some don't.
Yep, but I think Teosto had at least one campaing where they tried to prevent making of personal copies WITHOUT removing that Teosto-payment from storage medias. Luckily this didn't go through.
But I think I figured out a good way to circumvent this. I could start a software company. Of course I need some way to backup my source code so I need to burn all sources to CDR every week. Then I can ask permission from Teosto to buy Teosto-payment-free CDRs:)
You are missing the point. If laptop had phone home - software, it could easily inform it's IP address to "home" when it detects that internet connection is available. After IP address has been received, one can easily trace what ISP computer is using. ISPs usually knows ARP address of computers (network interfaces actually) that are connected to their gateways because DHCP-servers are caching them. I don't have details about this but I'm pretty sure about that DHCP stuff.
So one doesn't have to know MAC address, just IP address and that's enough. And on the other hand tracing MAC address in internet is almost impossible so you need that IP address.
In Finland we have been paying "Teosto-payment" (Teosto, Finnish Composers' Copyright Society) from C/VHS-cassettess and CD-Rs (and I think from DVD-Rs alos) for ages. If you can prove that you won't use these medias to store copyrighted material you can get your money back from Teosto by filling an application. I'm not really sure how this works though.
But this leads to interesting dilemma. Am I automatically criminal when I'm supposed to pay such payments when buying CDRs? I thought person was _not_ guilty until otherwise prooved.
Arrr.. And just as I've learned Win32 API from head to toe. This isn't fair.
But, but.. Is there any good crossplatform UI-libraries that works on embedded OS like Symbian and Palm? That's what I am waiting for (and of course Borland IDE to support this).
Well, I've just f*cking done it couple of times. There was big discussion at my previous firm that "something needs to be done". I wrote cool library in two weeks, went to boss and said that "something has been done". He almost jumped throught the roof... I got a nice little raise in salary shortly after that and everybody was happy:)
I can make call with my PocketPC or even with my desktop computer. I bought a nice little GSM/GPRS modem and wrote little program which controls it. Now I'm looking for wireless, maybe bluetooth, headset for it. But I wouldn't consider that my SE P800 as dead:)
I've wrote couple of Windows intermediate network drivers for NDIS 4.0, 5.0 and for some curious reason they have never crashed. There must be something wrong with my code...
My mouse is propably older than your P120. It's a great mouse, I use it when I play Counter Strike:)
But hmm.. I'm not sure how old that SparcStation 5 (70 Mhz) is but I think it's pretty old. I use it as a web-server and run my ultra-cool IRC-bot on it:)
Everytime some Linux-geek starts mocking my cool Windows box I throw that SCO-line with evil laughter. I know it sounds stupid and SCO will never win that case but hey, he started it!
Nah, I don't think that's the reason. At least kids in my neighbourhood speaks, and especially writes, english better than finnish which is their native language:)
I have a flex-time also. Contract says that I have to work 7 and half an hour a day but boss said that if I've done my day's work in 6 hours, I'm free to go. That is something I call flex-time.
But at my previous job I always kept my labour union lawyer's phone number at my speeddial. There we had this nazi-policies and clock card systems and all. It really lowered productivity and morale at work. I'm really happy that they choosed to kick me out when they we're shortening the staff. At least I got nice payoff:)
Shooting pixelimages at screen.. I just don't know how that compares to killing real people on streets. But what I have discovered that TV is sending pretty violent news stories at evening when kids are eating and watching TV. There are often very nasty pictures about war victims, people that has been shot and things like that. But all this is "old news", better to blame video/computer games, more viewers for "news":)
I've been administrating our IRC-server a while and I think it's great tool to communicate when all the employees don't fit in the same room.
We have this problem that personel can come to work at any time. So when I come to work at let's say at eight and I need to ask something from my boss, who usually comes to work at 10, I walk into his room just to find out that he's not there. But with IRC I can just simply slap (* weicco slaps boss with a large bug) him and ask if he's around:)
Long conversations are done in old fashion way in the meeting room but when we are planning to hold such conversations we usually use IRC to arrange that meeting.
Problem with the IRC is that most of my co-workers doesn't know how to use it. Luckily there is many good clients with easy-to-use interfaces so I don't have be helpdesk also.
And or course IRC saves my legs. Now I don't have to walk 15 meter (urgh) to the next room...
Hmm.. Software that blocks text messages like personal firewall block connections. Sounds like a business idea to me! I already have a sofware that receives/sends SMS and creating such a filter isn't a big deal. Big deal is how to integrate software to cell phones (currently it runs on Windows CE only). Where the heck is my CodeWarrior...
SoftIce ported on Linux/Unix would be grrrreat. I refused to write any driver code until I got myself a SoftIce in dev-computer at my last job:) Unfortunately SoftIce costs more than family wagon I think.
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Yes, there is warning sings for reindeers but in the northern part of Finland. I'm living near Helsinki, which is pretty much in south (relativily speaking) and here we only have warning sings for mooses
Snow and ice is not a problem, just buy better snow-tires. Advance driver.. I have no comment on that, I don't think I'm better driver than the next guy but I know when to slow down, some don't.
Btw. Tommi Makinen 4 - Colin McRae ?
But we are really off-topic now.
In Finland the limit is at 18. But I really wish it would be at least 25 and driving school would be 4 years at minimum :)
No, no. XBox used Godmode and cheated!
Yep, but I think Teosto had at least one campaing where they tried to prevent making of personal copies WITHOUT removing that Teosto-payment from storage medias. Luckily this didn't go through.
:)
But I think I figured out a good way to circumvent this. I could start a software company. Of course I need some way to backup my source code so I need to burn all sources to CDR every week. Then I can ask permission from Teosto to buy Teosto-payment-free CDRs
You are missing the point. If laptop had phone home - software, it could easily inform it's IP address to "home" when it detects that internet connection is available. After IP address has been received, one can easily trace what ISP computer is using. ISPs usually knows ARP address of computers (network interfaces actually) that are connected to their gateways because DHCP-servers are caching them. I don't have details about this but I'm pretty sure about that DHCP stuff.
So one doesn't have to know MAC address, just IP address and that's enough. And on the other hand tracing MAC address in internet is almost impossible so you need that IP address.
In Finland we have been paying "Teosto-payment" (Teosto, Finnish Composers' Copyright Society) from C/VHS-cassettess and CD-Rs (and I think from DVD-Rs alos) for ages. If you can prove that you won't use these medias to store copyrighted material you can get your money back from Teosto by filling an application. I'm not really sure how this works though.
But this leads to interesting dilemma. Am I automatically criminal when I'm supposed to pay such payments when buying CDRs? I thought person was _not_ guilty until otherwise prooved.
Damn, where's my tinfoil hat?!
Arrr.. And just as I've learned Win32 API from head to toe. This isn't fair.
But, but.. Is there any good crossplatform UI-libraries that works on embedded OS like Symbian and Palm? That's what I am waiting for (and of course Borland IDE to support this).
Wow! I take my words back. Seems that Mac is not the only bad apple in the tree afterall :)
Problems that causes users to lose their files because of disk security (FileVault)? Nothing comes to mind... :)
You're trying to put us (software developers) out of business? :)
Well, I've just f*cking done it couple of times. There was big discussion at my previous firm that "something needs to be done". I wrote cool library in two weeks, went to boss and said that "something has been done". He almost jumped throught the roof... I got a nice little raise in salary shortly after that and everybody was happy :)
Oh, the whole project was 50 people * 3 years.
Naah. But I don't like such harsh generalizations. I'm sure there are drivers that crashes in Windows and Linux and n+1 other operatings systems.
I can make call with my PocketPC or even with my desktop computer. I bought a nice little GSM/GPRS modem and wrote little program which controls it. Now I'm looking for wireless, maybe bluetooth, headset for it. But I wouldn't consider that my SE P800 as dead :)
I've wrote couple of Windows intermediate network drivers for NDIS 4.0, 5.0 and for some curious reason they have never crashed. There must be something wrong with my code...
My mouse is propably older than your P120. It's a great mouse, I use it when I play Counter Strike :)
:)
But hmm.. I'm not sure how old that SparcStation 5 (70 Mhz) is but I think it's pretty old. I use it as a web-server and run my ultra-cool IRC-bot on it
Warning: miles offtopic, -1, flamebait
Everytime some Linux-geek starts mocking my cool Windows box I throw that SCO-line with evil laughter. I know it sounds stupid and SCO will never win that case but hey, he started it!
Nah, I don't think that's the reason. At least kids in my neighbourhood speaks, and especially writes, english better than finnish which is their native language :)
I have a flex-time also. Contract says that I have to work 7 and half an hour a day but boss said that if I've done my day's work in 6 hours, I'm free to go. That is something I call flex-time.
:)
But at my previous job I always kept my labour union lawyer's phone number at my speeddial. There we had this nazi-policies and clock card systems and all. It really lowered productivity and morale at work. I'm really happy that they choosed to kick me out when they we're shortening the staff. At least I got nice payoff
Shooting pixelimages at screen.. I just don't know how that compares to killing real people on streets. But what I have discovered that TV is sending pretty violent news stories at evening when kids are eating and watching TV. There are often very nasty pictures about war victims, people that has been shot and things like that. But all this is "old news", better to blame video/computer games, more viewers for "news" :)
I've been administrating our IRC-server a while and I think it's great tool to communicate when all the employees don't fit in the same room.
:)
We have this problem that personel can come to work at any time. So when I come to work at let's say at eight and I need to ask something from my boss, who usually comes to work at 10, I walk into his room just to find out that he's not there. But with IRC I can just simply slap (* weicco slaps boss with a large bug) him and ask if he's around
Long conversations are done in old fashion way in the meeting room but when we are planning to hold such conversations we usually use IRC to arrange that meeting.
Problem with the IRC is that most of my co-workers doesn't know how to use it. Luckily there is many good clients with easy-to-use interfaces so I don't have be helpdesk also.
And or course IRC saves my legs. Now I don't have to walk 15 meter (urgh) to the next room...
Hmm.. Software that blocks text messages like personal firewall block connections. Sounds like a business idea to me! I already have a sofware that receives/sends SMS and creating such a filter isn't a big deal. Big deal is how to integrate software to cell phones (currently it runs on Windows CE only). Where the heck is my CodeWarrior...
SoftIce ported on Linux/Unix would be grrrreat. I refused to write any driver code until I got myself a SoftIce in dev-computer at my last job :) Unfortunately SoftIce costs more than family wagon I think.
I'm looking for ruby support to CE...
Take this plane to Cuba or I turn on my Sony Ericsson P800!!!