To everyone who keeps stating over and over that these students were stealing their access, blah, blah, blah, let me, very clearly, state some facts for you. Now, please pay attention because obviously you haven't so far!
1. They didn't steal anything! 2. They didn't steal anything! 3. They didn't steal anything!
OK.. did you read it that time? Here's another
1. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees! 2. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees! 3. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees!
Moving along..
1. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network! 2. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network! 3. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network!
Now.. here's where it gets really tricky and I'm sure this is what is confusing a lot of you, so pay real close attention and we'll get through this together...
1. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way. 2. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way. 3. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way.
I really don't see how hard this is to understand. All you have to do is read the articles (and I mean READ them). Also it might be helpful if you bothered reading the posts of your fellow slashdotter. There are about 500 posts above this one that explain the exact same things that I just did.. and some of them are moderated up pretty high, so there's not really any excuse for blindly posting the same tired questions/opinion/rants, etc. when they have already been validated or defeated 100 times over. Yet, if you look at the posts, you will see people posting the same bad analogies, the same mal formed opinions, and the same pointless comments over and over. Slashdot even asks that you not be repetative and pointless at the bottom of every "post" screen.. but I guess no one reads that either.
Now I'm sure people will get pissed at this and bitch at me and flame me and moderate me straight down to hell, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm right.
Come on people. Think before you speak, please. Let's have a meaningful discussion and not just a page full of mental sewage.
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Win95 has never crashed during normal operation? I don't know what version of Win95 you have, but I sure as heck want it.
I recently switched to Linux because I got tired of rebooting my system every time Windows decided to throw a tantrum and stop working, which was usually twice a day.. and believe me, I certainly know how much it can crash. I used to do tech support for an ISP and 2/3 of our calls were from people who were having trouble because Windows is just plain buggy. You would not believe the number of Internet Explorer problems that are out there. For example.. did you know that you can constantly cause a GPF in Kernel32.dll just by having a.dll on your desktop? Wait there's more.. the real kicker is that.dll files are hidden by default. Grrr, best I stop before I get started... Anyway, I switched to Red Hat and have had no trouble since. The only time I have ever had to reboot Linux is when I did an installation that required it, or I needed to get back into Windows (God have mercy on my soul).
Speaking of Windows, the fun continues. I kept Windows 98 in a dual boot configuration because Linux doesn't quit have support for SoundFonts yet, and I'm really into MIDI authoring. All I have on my Win98 setup is Cakewalk, SoundForge, ICQ, and Wingate. Even with this bare-bones setup, I still have to reboot at least 3 times a day. Yesterday, in fact, I had to restart my computer 5 times in 10 minutes because Windows just can't seem to boot up properly. I won't go into details, but it's bad when, on a 2 month old installation of Windows, running just a very few applications, I get 7 different frequent, consistent errors that appear to happen at random. I know they aren't really happening at random, but I don't know why they are happening because not a single one of them is even acknowledged in Microsoft's tech support database. Four of these errors cause a cascading failure of programs that usually ends with a " caused a GPF in module " and my Windows Explorer crashing.. requiring a reboot. My favorite is when I leave for work with Windows running nothing but Explorer and Systray and when I get home I find "Explorer has caused an invalid page fault in module ".. whish requires a reboot to fix. What is that all about? I don't know about you, but my Linux installation never has any files or programs breaking stuff. Then again, I guess Linux just doesn't have that rock-solid, Microsoft code backing it up. I guess it takes a lot of work to get a program to crash that systematically and completely with little, or no effort on the part of the computer operator.
Well, I have had enough. When Windows 2k comes out in 2002, it won't be finding it's way on my computer. Call me adventurous, but I believe I will stick to Linux and take my chances with not actually knowing that my computer will definitely crash 4 times tomorrow...
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To everyone who keeps stating over and over that these students were stealing their access, blah, blah, blah, let me, very clearly, state some facts for you. Now, please pay attention because obviously you haven't so far!
.. did you read it that time? Here's another
..
.. here's where it gets really tricky and I'm sure this is what is confusing a lot of you, so pay real close attention and we'll get through this together ...
.. and some of them are moderated up pretty high, so there's not really any excuse for blindly posting the same tired questions/opinion/rants, etc. when they have already been validated or defeated 100 times over. Yet, if you look at the posts, you will see people posting the same bad analogies, the same mal formed opinions, and the same pointless comments over and over. Slashdot even asks that you not be repetative and pointless at the bottom of every "post" screen .. but I guess no one reads that either.
1. They didn't steal anything!
2. They didn't steal anything!
3. They didn't steal anything!
OK
1. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees!
2. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees!
3. They were already paying for their internet connection in the form of Technology Fees!
Moving along
1. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network!
2. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network!
3. The $24 was just to pay for the convenience of having an Ethernet port in their dorm room. This is not a fee you HAVE to pay to have access to the network!
Now
1. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way.
2. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way.
3. All they did was use a service, that they were ALREADY PAYING FOR (read that again so there are no misunderstandings), in an unconventional way.
I really don't see how hard this is to understand. All you have to do is read the articles (and I mean READ them). Also it might be helpful if you bothered reading the posts of your fellow slashdotter. There are about 500 posts above this one that explain the exact same things that I just did
Now I'm sure people will get pissed at this and bitch at me and flame me and moderate me straight down to hell, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm right.
Come on people. Think before you speak, please.
Let's have a meaningful discussion and not just a page full of mental sewage.
Win95 has never crashed during normal operation? I don't know what version of Win95 you have, but I sure as heck want it.
.. and believe me, I certainly know how much it can crash. I used to do tech support for an ISP and 2/3 of our calls were from people who were having trouble because Windows is just plain buggy. You would not believe the number of Internet Explorer problems that are out there. For example .. did you know that you can constantly cause a GPF in Kernel32.dll just by having a .dll on your desktop? Wait there's more .. the real kicker is that .dll files are hidden by default. Grrr, best I stop before I get started ... Anyway, I switched to Red Hat and have had no trouble since. The only time I have ever had to reboot Linux is when I did an installation that required it, or I needed to get back into Windows (God have mercy on my soul).
.. requiring a reboot. My favorite is when I leave for work with Windows running nothing but Explorer and Systray and when I get home I find "Explorer has caused an invalid page fault in module " .. whish requires a reboot to fix. What is that all about? I don't know about you, but my Linux installation never has any files or programs breaking stuff. Then again, I guess Linux just doesn't have that rock-solid, Microsoft code backing it up. I guess it takes a lot of work to get a program to crash that systematically and completely with little, or no effort on the part of the computer operator.
...
I recently switched to Linux because I got tired of rebooting my system every time Windows decided to throw a tantrum and stop working, which was usually twice a day
Speaking of Windows, the fun continues. I kept Windows 98 in a dual boot configuration because Linux doesn't quit have support for SoundFonts yet, and I'm really into MIDI authoring. All I have on my Win98 setup is Cakewalk, SoundForge, ICQ, and Wingate. Even with this bare-bones setup, I still have to reboot at least 3 times a day. Yesterday, in fact, I had to restart my computer 5 times in 10 minutes because Windows just can't seem to boot up properly. I won't go into details, but it's bad when, on a 2 month old installation of Windows, running just a very few applications, I get 7 different frequent, consistent errors that appear to happen at random. I know they aren't really happening at random, but I don't know why they are happening because not a single one of them is even acknowledged in Microsoft's tech support database. Four of these errors cause a cascading failure of programs that usually ends with a " caused a GPF in module " and my Windows Explorer crashing
Well, I have had enough. When Windows 2k comes out in 2002, it won't be finding it's way on my computer. Call me adventurous, but I believe I will stick to Linux and take my chances with not actually knowing that my computer will definitely crash 4 times tomorrow