Does anybody know if you can mail an IRM email to a non-IRM email reader -- ie, Outlook to Pine? I mean this looks like a rather bold attempt to hijack a good portion of the email readers. If you think about it, if companies start to require IRM emails, then that will trickle down to the home user. Following the same logic, then people could be forced to switch away from their tried and proven email clients to a M$ one. It just stinks of problems for me.
the fact that some in the Linux "zealot" group are so Linux that they refuse to look at anything else in the open source group. You will see that in the BSD forums here. It seems that they will troll a BSD room just for the heck of it and even use FUD techniques.
You know, the conclusion is what us FreeBSD fans have been saying for years. In fact, the best part was reading the conclusion. It just STATED WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
"The initial learning curve can be discouraging, but once you learn and get used to FreeBSD, all other operating systems seem slow, weak and brittle. It's hard to even go back to GNU/Linux now that I've gotten accustomed to FreeBSD; FreeBSD is faster than any other OS I've used. All of the programs that I used on Linux are available for FreeBSD or will work just as well (sometimes faster) through the Linux binary compatibility layer. FreeBSD handles resources more efficiently than GNU/Linux to the point that I can compile two programs at once, listen to MP3s and work on my website all at the same time without any significant slowdown. On the same computer using Gentoo or RedHat with either the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, the system slows to a crawl under the same conditions. And comparing the speed and efficiency of FreeBSD to Windows is like comparing a cheetah to an armadillo."
Seriously, what would happen if a company "enron-ed" What happens then? At least with the root servers in the public trust, aka a University, you can be sure that they will be around for a while. But if you start handing them out, then commercial entities can start to capitalize on them.
Recently I have been getting return mail reciepts because some moron has hijacked one of my email addresses. The problem is I have no clue what the guy is sending out using my email address. The amazing thing is that I own the domain name that I use for my email, which makes me wonder if I have any liability. Fortantely it is an email address that I really could careless about, but it is also one that I use for my web business and interactions (including my/. registration). Every day I get between ten and twenty return recipts from the guys bulk emailer. Anybody have any ideas how I can hunt this prick down and destroy him?
Damn...the KKK isn't a terrorist organization? I could have sworm they were terrorist type that have exclusive "white christian" only membership rules.
Okay, folks with Microsoft misbehaving we need to do a couple of thing.
First: It is illegal for the Government to do business with a company convicted of monopolistic acts.
Second: Microsoft has been declared a threat to national security
Third: Microsoft has continued to engage in monopolistic acts with the BIOS issue as the latest example. Further examples include Office 11 and incompatability.
Fourth: The BIOS issue could be read to represent collusion for a monopoly purpouses. Since Pheonix is one of the largest BIOS makers for the x86 platform, a collusion of the BIOS maker and the OS manufactuer could increase market power from competing OSes and BIOS makers.
The first step would be to file a complaint with the court that issued the consent decree and initiate contempt of court proceedings. Additionally the complaint would have to ask for redress. Since we want to see Microsoft go the way of the 286, the plantiff should simply ask that the jugde order the Government to not do business with Microsoft.
Now you ask, how does this screw Microsoft. Simple. The government contractors tend to use what the government does. An example: my brother uses Linux at work because the government agency that he contracts for uses Linux. And if the government starts asking for a Star Office file, then the contractors will use the suite that the government is using. In actualality, for every government computer running Linux, five to ten other computers will be affected.
One of the most intriquing arguments to end government business is the fact that the Dept. of Homeland Security stated that continued reliance on Microsoft products is a threat to the national security. Therefore, Microsoft's continued Monopoly not only serves as a threat to consumers but also to the safety of the Government and its citizens.
Just some thoughts.
I think that the main concern for us privacy folk is that the Hardware monitoring could also implament Microsoft's newly patented "Phone Home" technology. Then they could really enforce the whole activiation of a product -- simply have the BIOS verify that the computer that the install on is the same computer that the product was registered on.
Anyone else see the implacations of the phone home technology with this?
Damn...this is going to screw me up in my poli sci classes. Now instead of Mass. being a Commonwealth, I will have to refer to her as being kernel 2.4? Or is 2.6? Does that mean if the SCO suit goes through the correct answer will be SCO? Oh my life used to be so much simpler....
Slashdot Double Standard #50-b(sd): BSD defenders and supporters are almost always zeolots fighting for an "dead" operating system, and hate GUI's...and they can only program in C (or C++ if your lucky)...oh yeah, and there are only 36,000 of them.
Well, at least that is out in the open. My main concern is that, like you and I both know that BSD is not dying, some person who might try it out would be deflected. That is why I posted. The other thing that burns me is that it is the same post over and over again. At least have the sense and the common curtisy (sp?) to vary your lies from time to time. At least entertain us folks. I think that I would not have gotten so miffed if you guys would post some stuff that has a hint of orginality.
Yup, I have been hit. I am running Windows XP Pro-IIS on for my Windows needs (yes I have a dedicated FreeBSD box). Anyhow, I started to notice suppicious emails the other day and started to hunt for something. I figured that I got a virus when I started getting "qmail" return responses. And then it appeared that Microsoft was spamming me. Just had to check/. to verify that I had been hit. Doesn't help that I use Office XP for my email needs either. Well, all I can say is that I will be using FreeBSD for my internet communications now.
Ironically, out of the five or so email addresses that I use, only one of them have been hit -- and the one that is having problems is the one that I use for web communications. All the others are perfectly fine.
Tell me...if BSD is dying, then how come FreeBSD is running the top five internet servers in speed and reliability?
According to Netcraft, which you so frequently post, the top fifty servers with the longest up time are running FreeBSD. And even your beloved Netcraft is running FreeBSD. Additionally, there is an estimated 2,000,000 websites running FreeBSD, and that does not include all of the work stations. You will note that Yahoo uses FreeBSD. All though just a small gallery, the FreeBSD website has a listing of people that are running FreeBSD and have registered it on the website. So forgive me for being cynnical, but to the person that has said repeatedly that there are only 36000 FreeBSD users, go to hell. Honestly, if you are going to post bad numbers, at least get some of them right. According to the gallery of people that announced their FreeBSD use, 3831 are servers if you believe the guy that has said that there are 36000 users. Second the moron that says that there are only 36000 FreeBSD users fails to realize that Usenet postings are not a reliable way of figuring out how many people are really using FreeBSD. Heck, using that logic, I would say that, by Usenet postings, Microsoft Windows is only run on 150,000 machines. Where did you get that 93% of developers have abandoned FreeBSD? If you are going to post give us some evidence.
The SysAdmin magizine survey did not say that FreeBSD was dead last. Rather it said that FreeBSD is 6x slower than Linux in Disk IO functions, but is not nearly as bad as Solaris or Windows (which had a 10x improvment). The SysAdmin maginzine title was "Which OS is Fastest for High-Performance Network Applications?" and Linux won. It did not state that FreeBSD is falling in disarray -- that was a flawed conclusion reached by the annoymous coward. The article says that FreeBSD is not well suited for High-Performance Network Applications. Go to HELL bastard.
Additionally -- how come all you trolls out there have to hide behind annoymous coward? Everytime there is some BSD news, you guys come out of the wood work, make some smart-allick remark and post the same trash. Look, FreeBSD is just as good as Linux and vice versa. FreeBSD has some strong points, and so does Linux. Just because you belong the cult of the Penguin does not mean that you have the right to use the same tactics as SCO -- FUD.
The whole idea of a hiden tax is a dangerous idea, at least for all of us that hate RIAA. Think about it. If we start to obsorb RIAA's multi-million dollar loss then we are simply supporting the people that we hate. What Canada has done has not solved the problems we American's have been struggling with RIAA over in Canada. Rather, from the comments of Canadian's, they are annoyed with the fact that millions have been raised to support them. Additionally, since/. seems to be in favor of the independent musicians and labels, it does not address that idea. Personally if RIAA started getting even a penny from from computer and other digital equipment because they fear lossing revenue then I will take it out on my congressman by voting against him.
A second thought: anybody find it interesting that when things get interesting in the US (Vietnam for example) we fleed to Canada? Just an observation. I guess if RIAA comes to the falacious conclusion that I am a file trader I will have to move to Canada. I can see the headline now: Thousands flock to Canada to escape RIAA.
Actually, for a good kick, just do a search on your user name that you post frequently on the internet with. For me, there was five entries. Of them, four were slashdot. Interesting....
No they aren't. If the consumers don't even know that the ad-ware is installed, a whole lot of good it does them. Besides, if they wanted to see the competitor to UHaul, they would have gone there. It is just some prick that is trying to justify his position so he can make money.
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Does anybody know if you can mail an IRM email to a non-IRM email reader -- ie, Outlook to Pine? I mean this looks like a rather bold attempt to hijack a good portion of the email readers. If you think about it, if companies start to require IRM emails, then that will trickle down to the home user. Following the same logic, then people could be forced to switch away from their tried and proven email clients to a M$ one. It just stinks of problems for me.
the fact that some in the Linux "zealot" group are so Linux that they refuse to look at anything else in the open source group. You will see that in the BSD forums here. It seems that they will troll a BSD room just for the heck of it and even use FUD techniques.
Imagine the fun we could have if we got a NetBSD cluster with AI capabilities -- "It's the DEVIL!"
You know, the conclusion is what us FreeBSD fans have been saying for years. In fact, the best part was reading the conclusion. It just STATED WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. "The initial learning curve can be discouraging, but once you learn and get used to FreeBSD, all other operating systems seem slow, weak and brittle. It's hard to even go back to GNU/Linux now that I've gotten accustomed to FreeBSD; FreeBSD is faster than any other OS I've used. All of the programs that I used on Linux are available for FreeBSD or will work just as well (sometimes faster) through the Linux binary compatibility layer. FreeBSD handles resources more efficiently than GNU/Linux to the point that I can compile two programs at once, listen to MP3s and work on my website all at the same time without any significant slowdown. On the same computer using Gentoo or RedHat with either the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, the system slows to a crawl under the same conditions. And comparing the speed and efficiency of FreeBSD to Windows is like comparing a cheetah to an armadillo."
Hey, I have 1.0 CD's laying around for nastagia sake. Brings back memories of my 486 sx 25, with 2mb of RAM -- ah the good ole days....
Seriously, what would happen if a company "enron-ed" What happens then? At least with the root servers in the public trust, aka a University, you can be sure that they will be around for a while. But if you start handing them out, then commercial entities can start to capitalize on them.
Damn...the KKK isn't a terrorist organization? I could have sworm they were terrorist type that have exclusive "white christian" only membership rules.
I'm suprised someone at the DOJ hasn't already filed Patriot act charges against him...
First: It is illegal for the Government to do business with a company convicted of monopolistic acts.
Second: Microsoft has been declared a threat to national security
Third: Microsoft has continued to engage in monopolistic acts with the BIOS issue as the latest example. Further examples include Office 11 and incompatability.
Fourth: The BIOS issue could be read to represent collusion for a monopoly purpouses. Since Pheonix is one of the largest BIOS makers for the x86 platform, a collusion of the BIOS maker and the OS manufactuer could increase market power from competing OSes and BIOS makers.
The first step would be to file a complaint with the court that issued the consent decree and initiate contempt of court proceedings. Additionally the complaint would have to ask for redress. Since we want to see Microsoft go the way of the 286, the plantiff should simply ask that the jugde order the Government to not do business with Microsoft.
Now you ask, how does this screw Microsoft. Simple. The government contractors tend to use what the government does. An example: my brother uses Linux at work because the government agency that he contracts for uses Linux. And if the government starts asking for a Star Office file, then the contractors will use the suite that the government is using. In actualality, for every government computer running Linux, five to ten other computers will be affected.
One of the most intriquing arguments to end government business is the fact that the Dept. of Homeland Security stated that continued reliance on Microsoft products is a threat to the national security. Therefore, Microsoft's continued Monopoly not only serves as a threat to consumers but also to the safety of the Government and its citizens. Just some thoughts.
I think that the main concern for us privacy folk is that the Hardware monitoring could also implament Microsoft's newly patented "Phone Home" technology. Then they could really enforce the whole activiation of a product -- simply have the BIOS verify that the computer that the install on is the same computer that the product was registered on. Anyone else see the implacations of the phone home technology with this?
Damn...this is going to screw me up in my poli sci classes. Now instead of Mass. being a Commonwealth, I will have to refer to her as being kernel 2.4? Or is 2.6? Does that mean if the SCO suit goes through the correct answer will be SCO? Oh my life used to be so much simpler....
You know, I have told my friends that DC is hotter because of all the hot air of Capitol Hill. I guess this is the proof I need....
But only when Fortran won't do....
Slashdot Double Standard #50-b(sd): BSD defenders and supporters are almost always zeolots fighting for an "dead" operating system, and hate GUI's...and they can only program in C (or C++ if your lucky)...oh yeah, and there are only 36,000 of them.
The DRM patch is also know as the RIAA/MPAA patch....
Well, at least that is out in the open. My main concern is that, like you and I both know that BSD is not dying, some person who might try it out would be deflected. That is why I posted. The other thing that burns me is that it is the same post over and over again. At least have the sense and the common curtisy (sp?) to vary your lies from time to time. At least entertain us folks. I think that I would not have gotten so miffed if you guys would post some stuff that has a hint of orginality.
Ironically, out of the five or so email addresses that I use, only one of them have been hit -- and the one that is having problems is the one that I use for web communications. All the others are perfectly fine.
God bless Micro$oft
Tell me...if BSD is dying, then how come FreeBSD is running the top five internet servers in speed and reliability? According to Netcraft, which you so frequently post, the top fifty servers with the longest up time are running FreeBSD. And even your beloved Netcraft is running FreeBSD. Additionally, there is an estimated 2,000,000 websites running FreeBSD, and that does not include all of the work stations. You will note that Yahoo uses FreeBSD. All though just a small gallery, the FreeBSD website has a listing of people that are running FreeBSD and have registered it on the website. So forgive me for being cynnical, but to the person that has said repeatedly that there are only 36000 FreeBSD users, go to hell. Honestly, if you are going to post bad numbers, at least get some of them right. According to the gallery of people that announced their FreeBSD use, 3831 are servers if you believe the guy that has said that there are 36000 users. Second the moron that says that there are only 36000 FreeBSD users fails to realize that Usenet postings are not a reliable way of figuring out how many people are really using FreeBSD. Heck, using that logic, I would say that, by Usenet postings, Microsoft Windows is only run on 150,000 machines. Where did you get that 93% of developers have abandoned FreeBSD? If you are going to post give us some evidence.
The SysAdmin magizine survey did not say that FreeBSD was dead last. Rather it said that FreeBSD is 6x slower than Linux in Disk IO functions, but is not nearly as bad as Solaris or Windows (which had a 10x improvment). The SysAdmin maginzine title was "Which OS is Fastest for High-Performance Network Applications?" and Linux won. It did not state that FreeBSD is falling in disarray -- that was a flawed conclusion reached by the annoymous coward. The article says that FreeBSD is not well suited for High-Performance Network Applications. Go to HELL bastard.
Additionally -- how come all you trolls out there have to hide behind annoymous coward? Everytime there is some BSD news, you guys come out of the wood work, make some smart-allick remark and post the same trash. Look, FreeBSD is just as good as Linux and vice versa. FreeBSD has some strong points, and so does Linux. Just because you belong the cult of the Penguin does not mean that you have the right to use the same tactics as SCO -- FUD.
The whole idea of a hiden tax is a dangerous idea, at least for all of us that hate RIAA. Think about it. If we start to obsorb RIAA's multi-million dollar loss then we are simply supporting the people that we hate. What Canada has done has not solved the problems we American's have been struggling with RIAA over in Canada. Rather, from the comments of Canadian's, they are annoyed with the fact that millions have been raised to support them. Additionally, since /. seems to be in favor of the independent musicians and labels, it does not address that idea. Personally if RIAA started getting even a penny from from computer and other digital equipment because they fear lossing revenue then I will take it out on my congressman by voting against him.
A second thought: anybody find it interesting that when things get interesting in the US (Vietnam for example) we fleed to Canada? Just an observation. I guess if RIAA comes to the falacious conclusion that I am a file trader I will have to move to Canada. I can see the headline now: Thousands flock to Canada to escape RIAA.
Actually, for a good kick, just do a search on your user name that you post frequently on the internet with. For me, there was five entries. Of them, four were slashdot. Interesting....
No they aren't. If the consumers don't even know that the ad-ware is installed, a whole lot of good it does them. Besides, if they wanted to see the competitor to UHaul, they would have gone there. It is just some prick that is trying to justify his position so he can make money.