That's right folks, this is just going to get worse and worse, with each IM service locking down the clients for "security concern$".
jabber, on the other hand, is an open protocol, and by nature, and third party clients are encouraged.
I've been exclusive on jabber for 6 months now. If anybody really wants to chat with me, they can do so through jabber ( skennedy@qualitydentists.com )
I am on jabber right now, and I am never looking back. It is quite feature rich, extensible, and opensource. It's a bit immature, i will grant you, but with more interest comes more developers.
Where do you think we might have been now had the music labels come up with legal online song swapping? Do you think we would have ever heard of Napster?
Now this is interesting...
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This is an interesting application of current technology in facinating ways.
I think we're getting to a point where advancements in technology itself will slow down, but the creativity behind it will fuel new inventions for years to come./ramble
..they are saying what we already knew: "SCO is full of shit".
Wouldn't that be great if a big time lawer for IBM called a huge press conference to say just that?
"Thank you all for coming today. We would like to say, in response to SCO's most recent *finger quotes* allegations, that SCO is full of shit. Thank you all for coming."
This just in: The SCO company has made startling news with the announcement that they have copyrighted breathing, and that basic human rights are invalid!...
When the federal government was questioned on this startling development, most members of congress admitted that they wish they had thought of it.
...it's stupid enough pissing on big blue's shoes, but when you start trying to bully the US government, you get called a terrorist, and we all know what happens then.
I'm not even sure this deserves a response, but what the hell, right?
My advice to you ( besides removing your head from your ass, but I felt that goes without saying ): Check out what our government is doing. There are reasons, very valid reasons, why a sizable percentage of the world doesn't like us, or at the very least, doesn't trust us.
To think that our government only does that to "the other guys" would be nothing short of moronic ( or to translate for you, "fucking stupid" ).
As to your flame, well, keep trying, good flamers didn't become good over night. They had to smoke a lot of pole to get where they are today.
You know, our founding fathers fought the revolutionary war for less that this, you'd think we ( as a nation ) would stop being sheep and fucking standup for what is right.
But then, the TV doesn't tell us to, so we aren't allowed to think for ourselves.
No, of course not. I'm saying that, on average, fictional books are better for someone than the crap on the internet ( and especially TV ).
And how is expanding creativity NOT expanding your mind? Without creativity, what are we but machines reacting to our enviroment.
To answer your hypothetical: I would much rather read something that helped me think better than something that just gave me facts. Give a man a fish and all that..
I'm pretty sure this isn't even worth a response, but what the hell.
How exactly is it that the internet and tv "infect" you, whereas books don't?With all the crap online and on the TV, you can ask this question with a straight face?
Fiction is trash, I might as well watch TV. You learn NOTHING from, say, the latest tom clancy, or harry potterAh, america's populous is well on it's way to "sheep" status. That said, you can't be serious. Reading fiction expands the mind, I won't bother with proof, you can find that on your own.
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It's difficult sometimes, but this is yet another reason that anyone who can, should move to Jabber posthaste
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Some of us already have.
Maybe you should board up your glass house before you start throwing stones.
My job interview went something like this:
Can you do setup a domain controller using samba to control 2k/xp clients?
Yes
Can you setup a mail server with spam, pr0n, AV filtering?
Yes
Can you setup a secure website for transactions, and write it?
Yes
Can you do this all in one week?
Yes
Notice the lack of ENGLISH questions in that entire exchange. But, if you need that to pad your resume, more power to you I guess.
..that there are retards in the world who keep me employed through there inability to do the job for which they were hired.
That's right folks, this is just going to get worse and worse, with each IM service locking down the clients for "security concern$".
jabber, on the other hand, is an open protocol, and by nature, and third party clients are encouraged.
I've been exclusive on jabber for 6 months now. If anybody really wants to chat with me, they can do so through jabber ( skennedy@qualitydentists.com )
Yeah but some of us actually have friends to talk to.
Who are you trying to kid?
You watch, SCO is getting ready to sue itself. It makes sense, when you really hunker down and think about it
I am on jabber right now, and I am never looking back. It is quite feature rich, extensible, and opensource. It's a bit immature, i will grant you, but with more interest comes more developers.
Yes, that means you! The coder in the back!
I just wish all the big IMs out there would get behind pgp.
:)
Now *that* would be sweet.
Where do you think we might have been now had the music labels come up with legal online song swapping? Do you think we would have ever heard of Napster?
This is an interesting application of current technology in facinating ways.
/ramble
I think we're getting to a point where advancements in technology itself will slow down, but the creativity behind it will fuel new inventions for years to come.
..they are saying what we already knew: "SCO is full of shit".
Wouldn't that be great if a big time lawer for IBM called a huge press conference to say just that?
"Thank you all for coming today. We would like to say, in response to SCO's most recent *finger quotes* allegations, that SCO is full of shit. Thank you all for coming."
You mean SCO is going to go after George Lucas?It's only a matter of time
This just in: The SCO company has made startling news with the announcement that they have copyrighted breathing, and that basic human rights are invalid! ...
When the federal government was questioned on this startling development, most members of congress admitted that they wish they had thought of it.
...it's stupid enough pissing on big blue's shoes, but when you start trying to bully the US government, you get called a terrorist, and we all know what happens then.
Which, do you suppose, is worse? Posting a FP, or being wrong about it?
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I'm not even sure this deserves a response, but what the hell, right?
My advice to you ( besides removing your head from your ass, but I felt that goes without saying ): Check out what our government is doing. There are reasons, very valid reasons, why a sizable percentage of the world doesn't like us, or at the very least, doesn't trust us.
To think that our government only does that to "the other guys" would be nothing short of moronic ( or to translate for you, "fucking stupid" ).
As to your flame, well, keep trying, good flamers didn't become good over night. They had to smoke a lot of pole to get where they are today.
You know, our founding fathers fought the revolutionary war for less that this, you'd think we ( as a nation ) would stop being sheep and fucking standup for what is right.
But then, the TV doesn't tell us to, so we aren't allowed to think for ourselves.
PPS,
Your use of as many possible acronyms is becoming, quite frankly, disturbing. Seek professional help. Immediately.
and we get "New forms standard"
No, of course not. I'm saying that, on average, fictional books are better for someone than the crap on the internet ( and especially TV ).
And how is expanding creativity NOT expanding your mind? Without creativity, what are we but machines reacting to our enviroment.
To answer your hypothetical: I would much rather read something that helped me think better than something that just gave me facts. Give a man a fish and all that..
I'm pretty sure this isn't even worth a response, but what the hell.
How exactly is it that the internet and tv "infect" you, whereas books don't?With all the crap online and on the TV, you can ask this question with a straight face?
Fiction is trash, I might as well watch TV. You learn NOTHING from, say, the latest tom clancy, or harry potterAh, america's populous is well on it's way to "sheep" status. That said, you can't be serious. Reading fiction expands the mind, I won't bother with proof, you can find that on your own.
Well, I'm not as principled as you. I use what works best for what I'm doing.
That would be qmail, as it turns out.
..is anybody REALLY that shocked?
Not that online is any better, but at least you get to choose the crap that infects you.
Advice to all generations: Read a book, quite being sheep.
So...let me see if I have this straight...slashdot is running an article on an elected official doing something illegal?
We're gonna need more space if this is the start of a trend.
A LOT more space.
I wonder how many times they intend to tax a single dollar. bastards