Yeah, I'd do that, but my computer illiterate grandmother's getting the computer back (in a couple days, hopefully...) She NEEDS Windows to be there. BTW, I sure as hell wouldn't want Mozilla on this box. Too slow. Opera, maybe. I've got a 466 with 256MB RAM, and it's going to get a nice big dose of SuSE. BTW, does anyone know if SuSE supports NTFS (I know, I can roll my own kernel or use a different distro, but the SuSE LiveEval, which DOESN'T support NTFS, works with my HW better than Windows 2000)?
The OSR2 shell is actually part of Windows 95 OSR2, and that's what the 26MB of "Uninstall Information" is when you install IE4+ on Windows 95 OSR2. I don't know if the OSR2 shell is different from the Retail/OSR1 shell, but I would need it because the shell currently installed on my system is welded to IE... (the Win95IE4/98 shell)
IEradicator is a tiny (~25k), free utility to strip IE4 and IE5 from unmodified Windows98 or Windows98SE installations without requiring any additional files.
My laptop has Windows 95. Besides, I'd need a copy of the OSR2 shell, and I just know 5.5SP2 would find it's way back on when it gets handed off again...
That's not DD. That's HD. A 1.44MB DD disk would be roughly 8" (probably a little bigger).
BTW, I have noticed that disk quality has been going down. Old AOL disks seem to self-destruct after too many writes, too. Of course, it doesn't help that the drives suck and eat disks. Don't even think of using a drive made after '98 (it's not like they'll be incompatible...), especially the ones that don't have complete fronts (like HPs and Dells). 10+ year old FDDs are the best, but are more rare, because that's when 1.44MB just began catching on. (Note: The warning about bad FDDs is from personal experience - I've had an IBM PS/1 (not PS/2) model 40 (a Canadian model that Sun Electronics - US company - had purchased a few of and sold) with one of those drives, and it didn't eat many, and an HP 6535 that ate half the disks that went in it!
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3) If you bought Office 97, is there any reason not to use it until the end of time?
Yes. Use it until O11 comes out, then run like hell (preferably to OO.org). O97 will work for now, but once O11 with it's proprietary XML format comes out, O97/2000/XP will be left in the dust. Something most people forget is that Office 97 can handle something on the order of 99% of Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2000/XP files flawlessly. The only problems are revision management and macros (because O97 uses VB5, 2000 uses VB6, and XP uses VB.net).
Spell check - and it says my last name is F*%#er, not Rucker..., (crappy) Word 97/2000/XP file conversion, several other file formats (including WinWord6 - the old WordPad format, MSRTF - the new WordPad format, and TXT).
Like someone else said, it isn't written in Java. It has Java and JavaScript support, but some recommend that you disable that (it automatically gets disabled if you don't have a Sun JVM (or compatible). I know that JavaScript isn't even related to Java, but for some reason, OOo needs the JVM to use JavaScript.
Hang on a sec. This is Windows 95, which doesn't need IE. It was OSR2, so it didn't come with IE4, only 3, which the only welding that I know of is smooth scrolling.
There's been analysis that the DD disks used by old systems such as the Apple II could last 90 years. A link is somewhere in an Apple II or C64 article here.
Yes, having a particular browser welded into the OS COULD make it harder for me to switch to Mozilla on, oh, my laptop. The previous owner installed IE5.5 to surf pr0n (I know. I wiped out the cache by hand - and no, my other hand was NOT occupied), and now it's there for good (he took out the Uninstall Information, which is the old Win95 shell). Opera fit, but would Mozilla? My HDD is only 810 MB (and it's marketspeak 810, too, so it's only 774 MB). It has 95.2, IE5.5, O2K (Pro with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access only), and other crap. It has 25MB free. Think I want to put Moz on when I've got 50MB of IE in the way? (BTW, it doesn't have a CD, so no reinstalling of the OS...)
The MSAV background protection actually had incompatibilities with Windows (activating the HDD write protect was STRONGLY discouraged if you had Windows...)
Nope. It added a file to each directory (forget the name, but if I fire my old 486 up, I can find out) after the initial scan, and if new directories were added. It did scan for real viruses, too. It simply used heuristics to get more complex. win.com changed? Hmm, that's strange. Let's actually scan it. So, it wasn't vulnerable in that it never really scanned, and a virus on the system BEFORE it was put on wouldn't be caught, it was that a virus could attack the information files and the scanner (no quotes) wouldn't scan the infected files.
wget? Hell, one book on Netscape (this was before I even had a Windows box, and didn't realize that the disk was for Windows, and not DOS) came with Chameleon Winsock, and told you to use FTP to get Netscape!
Also, the browser need not be WELDED TO THE OS to be bundled. (BTW, litepc.com is working on that welded to the OS part - they've already done it on 98 and ME, but their software is far from free, unless you want half-assed IE seperation) Linux has several browsers, typically bundled. Konqueror can be removed (makes file browsing a pain, but hey...), Mozilla can be removed, Lynx can even be removed (unless you telnet into the box or don't use X, don't see why you'd keep it...)
AOL does make an "AOL in a Box" thing. It's called AOLTV. Think WebTV or MSNTV, just with AOL logos instead of WebTV/MSN logos, and it dials up to AOL instead of MSN. Other than that, it's pretty much a WebTV.
That's the attitude that will get you a 10TB HDD ten years from now. It'll get to the point where PCs get bigger, because the storage density is too high for reliable data storage, and they have to get physically large. (ideally, everyone would use 1.44MB DD disks - they last 90 years, instead of 5 like HD disks) Of course, this is all dependent on magnetic media still existing, but still...
Office isn't *bundled* with windows, and FrontPage (part of Office) didn't start at MS.
PLEASE, no "Dells come with Office" comments, because not 100% of the population buys Dell. Some people buy HP, some buy Compaq, some buy Gateway, and some (like me) buy no-name custom computers.
1. MS told the users that wanted AV to go fuck their stuffed penguins (ok, so they didn't say fuck anything, and penguins weren't involved in computing yet - that would be the next year) 2. Symantec (the maker of the Norton line of products) bought Central Point, the maker of MSAV. Symantec told MSAV users to go suck their Billdos, and buy NAV, and stopped making updates.
Does SuSE 8.2 Free support NTFS in the kernel? I don't feel like compiling kernels yet, and I was wondering, because I'm contemplating a switch to SuSE from RedHat (RH8 doesn't work on my computer, because my i810 is fux0red - Win2K has mouse problems with it, too, but SuSE live-demo doesn't have any problems). Why I was asking is because SuSE live-demo doesn't support it.
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Yeah, I'd do that, but my computer illiterate grandmother's getting the computer back (in a couple days, hopefully...) She NEEDS Windows to be there. BTW, I sure as hell wouldn't want Mozilla on this box. Too slow. Opera, maybe. I've got a 466 with 256MB RAM, and it's going to get a nice big dose of SuSE. BTW, does anyone know if SuSE supports NTFS (I know, I can roll my own kernel or use a different distro, but the SuSE LiveEval, which DOESN'T support NTFS, works with my HW better than Windows 2000)?
The OSR2 shell is actually part of Windows 95 OSR2, and that's what the 26MB of "Uninstall Information" is when you install IE4+ on Windows 95 OSR2. I don't know if the OSR2 shell is different from the Retail/OSR1 shell, but I would need it because the shell currently installed on my system is welded to IE... (the Win95IE4/98 shell)
IEradicator is a tiny (~25k), free utility to strip IE4 and IE5 from unmodified Windows98 or Windows98SE installations without requiring any additional files.
My laptop has Windows 95. Besides, I'd need a copy of the OSR2 shell, and I just know 5.5SP2 would find it's way back on when it gets handed off again...
That's not DD. That's HD. A 1.44MB DD disk would be roughly 8" (probably a little bigger).
BTW, I have noticed that disk quality has been going down. Old AOL disks seem to self-destruct after too many writes, too. Of course, it doesn't help that the drives suck and eat disks. Don't even think of using a drive made after '98 (it's not like they'll be incompatible...), especially the ones that don't have complete fronts (like HPs and Dells). 10+ year old FDDs are the best, but are more rare, because that's when 1.44MB just began catching on. (Note: The warning about bad FDDs is from personal experience - I've had an IBM PS/1 (not PS/2) model 40 (a Canadian model that Sun Electronics - US company - had purchased a few of and sold) with one of those drives, and it didn't eat many, and an HP 6535 that ate half the disks that went in it!
Why not have a TLD for this purpose? (eg .per (for Person(al)))
.name. You can only register in these two formats:
They do. It's called
john.doe.name, doe.john.name
If you've got the TM for a fictional character, you can use, say:
harry.potter.name, potter.harry.name
Wrong link... Try MSLinux.org
For REALLY dumb AC idiots on here:
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3) If you bought Office 97, is there any reason not to use it until the end of time?
Yes. Use it until O11 comes out, then run like hell (preferably to OO.org). O97 will work for now, but once O11 with it's proprietary XML format comes out, O97/2000/XP will be left in the dust. Something most people forget is that Office 97 can handle something on the order of 99% of Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2000/XP files flawlessly. The only problems are revision management and macros (because O97 uses VB5, 2000 uses VB6, and XP uses VB.net).
Spell check - and it says my last name is F*%#er, not Rucker..., (crappy) Word 97/2000/XP file conversion, several other file formats (including WinWord6 - the old WordPad format, MSRTF - the new WordPad format, and TXT).
Like someone else said, it isn't written in Java. It has Java and JavaScript support, but some recommend that you disable that (it automatically gets disabled if you don't have a Sun JVM (or compatible). I know that JavaScript isn't even related to Java, but for some reason, OOo needs the JVM to use JavaScript.
Hang on a sec. This is Windows 95, which doesn't need IE. It was OSR2, so it didn't come with IE4, only 3, which the only welding that I know of is smooth scrolling.
Troll? OK, so I was using strong anti-MS language, but I WAS presenting the facts.
There's been analysis that the DD disks used by old systems such as the Apple II could last 90 years. A link is somewhere in an Apple II or C64 article here.
So, AA is best for those outside the US... oh, wait, was that a clause BANNING EXPORT?
Yes, having a particular browser welded into the OS COULD make it harder for me to switch to Mozilla on, oh, my laptop. The previous owner installed IE5.5 to surf pr0n (I know. I wiped out the cache by hand - and no, my other hand was NOT occupied), and now it's there for good (he took out the Uninstall Information, which is the old Win95 shell). Opera fit, but would Mozilla? My HDD is only 810 MB (and it's marketspeak 810, too, so it's only 774 MB). It has 95.2, IE5.5, O2K (Pro with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access only), and other crap. It has 25MB free. Think I want to put Moz on when I've got 50MB of IE in the way? (BTW, it doesn't have a CD, so no reinstalling of the OS...)
An older virus could be zipped by a user that doesn't know about the virus, and he/she could e-mail it to someone.
The MSAV background protection actually had incompatibilities with Windows (activating the HDD write protect was STRONGLY discouraged if you had Windows...)
Of course, they still own the Palm, EPOC (Psion and some cells) and Pocket PC (not for long though on PPC) platforms for AV...
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http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/virusscan-wirel
Nope. It added a file to each directory (forget the name, but if I fire my old 486 up, I can find out) after the initial scan, and if new directories were added. It did scan for real viruses, too. It simply used heuristics to get more complex. win.com changed? Hmm, that's strange. Let's actually scan it. So, it wasn't vulnerable in that it never really scanned, and a virus on the system BEFORE it was put on wouldn't be caught, it was that a virus could attack the information files and the scanner (no quotes) wouldn't scan the infected files.
wget? Hell, one book on Netscape (this was before I even had a Windows box, and didn't realize that the disk was for Windows, and not DOS) came with Chameleon Winsock, and told you to use FTP to get Netscape!
Also, the browser need not be WELDED TO THE OS to be bundled. (BTW, litepc.com is working on that welded to the OS part - they've already done it on 98 and ME, but their software is far from free, unless you want half-assed IE seperation) Linux has several browsers, typically bundled. Konqueror can be removed (makes file browsing a pain, but hey...), Mozilla can be removed, Lynx can even be removed (unless you telnet into the box or don't use X, don't see why you'd keep it...)
AOL does make an "AOL in a Box" thing. It's called AOLTV. Think WebTV or MSNTV, just with AOL logos instead of WebTV/MSN logos, and it dials up to AOL instead of MSN. Other than that, it's pretty much a WebTV.
That's the attitude that will get you a 10TB HDD ten years from now. It'll get to the point where PCs get bigger, because the storage density is too high for reliable data storage, and they have to get physically large. (ideally, everyone would use 1.44MB DD disks - they last 90 years, instead of 5 like HD disks) Of course, this is all dependent on magnetic media still existing, but still...
Office isn't *bundled* with windows, and FrontPage (part of Office) didn't start at MS.
PLEASE, no "Dells come with Office" comments, because not 100% of the population buys Dell. Some people buy HP, some buy Compaq, some buy Gateway, and some (like me) buy no-name custom computers.
Two things:
1. MS told the users that wanted AV to go fuck their stuffed penguins (ok, so they didn't say fuck anything, and penguins weren't involved in computing yet - that would be the next year)
2. Symantec (the maker of the Norton line of products) bought Central Point, the maker of MSAV. Symantec told MSAV users to go suck their Billdos, and buy NAV, and stopped making updates.
Does SuSE 8.2 Free support NTFS in the kernel? I don't feel like compiling kernels yet, and I was wondering, because I'm contemplating a switch to SuSE from RedHat (RH8 doesn't work on my computer, because my i810 is fux0red - Win2K has mouse problems with it, too, but SuSE live-demo doesn't have any problems). Why I was asking is because SuSE live-demo doesn't support it.