Where his quote says SCO can revoke licenses. It clearly says only AT&T has that right, and should have been revised if the power was to be transferred to SCO.
I've got a 500mhz Celeron with XP Pro. It runs adequately fast, after some tweaking. I don't run spyware and I've never, ever gotten a virus. You're completely right about the performance issues though. Windows in general is full of timer and io bound performance problems that are unnaffected by cpu speed. And it's too easy for a low priority process to slow the system down to a near halt.
As far as usability I can pretty much do everything with it, like running most Linux software if I choose to recompile, as well as ancient 68k Mac software. No thanks to MS for either.
My point is that we're all biased toward the OS we use the most, and first impressions of other OS's are almost always more negative than they should be. Despite Windows having lots of problems, it feels better than other OS's because I'm used to it, just as you're used to Macs. I've never been comfortable on a Mac, for example, not because they're bad but because the interface is so simple that it's hard to find ways to do the things I want to do with it. Like, how do actually do something useful with this? Linux is the exact opposite. It's hard for a new user to use but for anything you'd want to do, there is a way to do it if you look hard enough, regardless of if it makes sense to do so, and it's free, rather than requiring you to pay up the yin yang even for minor upgrades. Windows came to me free as in beer, legally, and though I'd like to move to Linux (already have Slackware on my other computer) there's still a lot of software that I'm not ready to give up.
How much will you pay to see if Panther clears up those Finder issues?
You're going to want one of those. If you want cross platform, open source, popfile works ok. There are many others. A good, free as in beer filter for windows is K9, which I use because of its accuracy, speed, and low memory footprint.
The simplest telnet based chat server you can make allows you to see what everyone else is typing before they hit enter. Usually the first successful compile and run. Then you fix it in the second build because it looks really ugly in telnet.
Those are too hard to pronounce. Who not just distinguish them by prefixing the metric ones with the word "metric", as we do with tons and metric tons.
I'm a whiny nerd, and it doesn't matter much to me whether hard disk manufactures define sizes in multiples of base 10 or base 1010.
But I want to know how each drive handles error correction. A sector isn't REALLY 100000000 bytes when stored on disk, but has extra information to help it detect and correct most small errors. Some manufacturer could skimp on the error correction to increase storage capacity or reduce cost, but the drive would likely crap out sooner than others on the market.
On a previous keyboard of mine, back when I was a dirt poor high school student, a tall, extra sweet coffee spilled on my keyboard. I had to take it completely apart, wash everything, and put it back together. But the down arrow never worked again, so I had to use the keypad.
Numlock being on of off by default should have nothing to do with your operating system. Check your bios settings.
Internet Explorer has had that feature for years, as well as many other browsers. What they tried to do is knock all other site finders out of service, regardless of user preference.
The EULA may require that you give permission. Though if you have to insert the CD which auto-installs the DRM software before you can read the EULA then they may be in violation. And ideally you should (in some countries it's guaranteed) be able to return the CD for a refund after reading the EULA if you disagree with its terms. I'd have to look into each of those more.
I've always had cd auto-run turned off, since Windows 95.
Microsoft has too much auto-run like stuff in their products, even some that are glaring security risks. Like the IE iframe vulnerabilities that allowed pages to launch programs without asking. Rather than fix them they added the ability to toggle them in your IE security options, with the vulnerabilities enabled by default when pages are viewed locally, like in Outlook.
I just have this little shared todo manager that manages user and group todo lists. Everyone who uses it has it on their desktops, and can assign to, view and edit each other's todo lists, reassign items, etc. No user specific passwords, we just trust each other. Comments can be appended to each item. Due dates can be specified. It can pop up alerts when important items are added by others, since we often have windows obscuring our desktops. And we just remove (hide) items as we finish handling them. It took about a day to create and has helped us out a lot in managing our workload.
In the unlikely event that I'm 10 months into a coma and SCO, back in the real world, actually has a chance of winning, there are plenty of other free, stable kernels out there besides Linux.
The 200 lines part refers only to SGI's contribution to the Linux kernel. A full (though automatic) comparison found several additional matches, though they decline to specify where and say they haven't investigated the origins of the code snippets to see if any are there illegally. It's understandable that SGI's immediate priority is to defend themselves, and not Linux as a whole.
"C'mon down to Lithia Motors for the best prices and service in the Rogue Valley."
He has a house in Jacksonville, Oregon, and appeared with his wife in some local tv ads a while back, among other things. I missed a chance to meet him in person at a book signing at Barnes & Noble. He's one of my favorite actors.
I carry around a tiny pen refill and use it as a regular pen. It holds a lot of ink, but fits nicely into my pocket alongside my tiny notepad. I used to carry a backpack to school but eventually realized that a tiny pen (refill) and pad of paper was enough to get by 99% of the time.
It's not like one those skimpy ink tubes found in those dollar a dozen pens. Each pen refill lasts a year or more, and costs much less than if I bought a full pen. My current one is a parker mechanical pen refill.
The only downside is that a couple years back one of them made it into the dirty laundry, and exploded in the clothes dryer, staining everything inside. Had it been inside a pen casing the damage probably wouldn't have been so severe.
Taken one more step, Windows will automatically re-flash your bios upon install, saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself.
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64 bit keys will protect you against all but governments and large corporations. 128 bits should protect you against all mortal civilizations forever. 256 bits will do the same, but run a bit slower.
In most cases, any of those bit lengths will be effective, so there's no reason trying to explain how one is safer to friends and relatives unless they're protecting really big secrets like the timetable for the next 9/11.
At least in the ways described in the document. They're describing potential attacks that just don't seem like they'd be worthwhile to pull off. A jury would be silly to use this as the reason to let file sharers off the hook, unless their only concern is getting the file sharers off the hook, regardless of whether they're guilty.
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Where his quote says SCO can revoke licenses. It clearly says only AT&T has that right, and should have been revised if the power was to be transferred to SCO.
I've got a 500mhz Celeron with XP Pro. It runs adequately fast, after some tweaking. I don't run spyware and I've never, ever gotten a virus. You're completely right about the performance issues though. Windows in general is full of timer and io bound performance problems that are unnaffected by cpu speed. And it's too easy for a low priority process to slow the system down to a near halt.
As far as usability I can pretty much do everything with it, like running most Linux software if I choose to recompile, as well as ancient 68k Mac software. No thanks to MS for either.
My point is that we're all biased toward the OS we use the most, and first impressions of other OS's are almost always more negative than they should be. Despite Windows having lots of problems, it feels better than other OS's because I'm used to it, just as you're used to Macs. I've never been comfortable on a Mac, for example, not because they're bad but because the interface is so simple that it's hard to find ways to do the things I want to do with it. Like, how do actually do something useful with this? Linux is the exact opposite. It's hard for a new user to use but for anything you'd want to do, there is a way to do it if you look hard enough, regardless of if it makes sense to do so, and it's free, rather than requiring you to pay up the yin yang even for minor upgrades. Windows came to me free as in beer, legally, and though I'd like to move to Linux (already have Slackware on my other computer) there's still a lot of software that I'm not ready to give up.
How much will you pay to see if Panther clears up those Finder issues?
That's a much better name than nesticle. Though someone might get suspicious if they saw you downloading a file with "clit" and "15" in its name.
I just can't imagine people saying things like kibibytes and mebibytes any time soon.
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How does the following sound?
it = An ITem with finite possible values.
yte = group of its
b-it = a binary it
b-yte = 8 binary its
kilob-yte = 1024*8 binary its
megab-yte = 1024*1024* binary its
gigab-yte =
Then we can eliminate the weird prefix confusion by redefining the terms without actually changing anything about them at all.
You're going to want one of those. If you want cross platform, open source, popfile works ok. There are many others. A good, free as in beer filter for windows is K9, which I use because of its accuracy, speed, and low memory footprint.
The simplest telnet based chat server you can make allows you to see what everyone else is typing before they hit enter. Usually the first successful compile and run. Then you fix it in the second build because it looks really ugly in telnet.
How many other operating system makers charge their loyal customers $129 for each service pack release?
It depends on how many times you've watched "Back to the Future."
Those are too hard to pronounce. Who not just distinguish them by prefixing the metric ones with the word "metric", as we do with tons and metric tons.
kilobyte = 1024 bytes
metric kilobyte = 1000 bytes
I'm a whiny nerd, and it doesn't matter much to me whether hard disk manufactures define sizes in multiples of base 10 or base 1010.
But I want to know how each drive handles error correction. A sector isn't REALLY 100000000 bytes when stored on disk, but has extra information to help it detect and correct most small errors. Some manufacturer could skimp on the error correction to increase storage capacity or reduce cost, but the drive would likely crap out sooner than others on the market.
On a previous keyboard of mine, back when I was a dirt poor high school student, a tall, extra sweet coffee spilled on my keyboard. I had to take it completely apart, wash everything, and put it back together. But the down arrow never worked again, so I had to use the keypad.
Numlock being on of off by default should have nothing to do with your operating system. Check your bios settings.
"No soliticing" signs do that. A national do not call list isn't much different. It's effectively a "no soliciting" sign for your phone.
Plus I don't see many humanoid robots walking door to door, playing 5 minute advertisements at every house, and never slowing, tiring, or stopping.
And besides, telemarketting is, and always has been, harassment.
Internet Explorer has had that feature for years, as well as many other browsers. What they tried to do is knock all other site finders out of service, regardless of user preference.
A couple days ago I saw a link on somethingawful.com that had a drawing of something like that, but with furries. It was the awful site of the day.
The EULA may require that you give permission. Though if you have to insert the CD which auto-installs the DRM software before you can read the EULA then they may be in violation. And ideally you should (in some countries it's guaranteed) be able to return the CD for a refund after reading the EULA if you disagree with its terms. I'd have to look into each of those more.
I've always had cd auto-run turned off, since Windows 95.
Microsoft has too much auto-run like stuff in their products, even some that are glaring security risks. Like the IE iframe vulnerabilities that allowed pages to launch programs without asking. Rather than fix them they added the ability to toggle them in your IE security options, with the vulnerabilities enabled by default when pages are viewed locally, like in Outlook.
I just have this little shared todo manager that manages user and group todo lists. Everyone who uses it has it on their desktops, and can assign to, view and edit each other's todo lists, reassign items, etc. No user specific passwords, we just trust each other. Comments can be appended to each item. Due dates can be specified. It can pop up alerts when important items are added by others, since we often have windows obscuring our desktops. And we just remove (hide) items as we finish handling them. It took about a day to create and has helped us out a lot in managing our workload.
In the unlikely event that I'm 10 months into a coma and SCO, back in the real world, actually has a chance of winning, there are plenty of other free, stable kernels out there besides Linux.
The 200 lines part refers only to SGI's contribution to the Linux kernel. A full (though automatic) comparison found several additional matches, though they decline to specify where and say they haven't investigated the origins of the code snippets to see if any are there illegally. It's understandable that SGI's immediate priority is to defend themselves, and not Linux as a whole.
"C'mon down to Lithia Motors for the best prices and service in the Rogue Valley."
He has a house in Jacksonville, Oregon, and appeared with his wife in some local tv ads a while back, among other things. I missed a chance to meet him in person at a book signing at Barnes & Noble. He's one of my favorite actors.
New processor is faster than its predecessor.
I carry around a tiny pen refill and use it as a regular pen. It holds a lot of ink, but fits nicely into my pocket alongside my tiny notepad. I used to carry a backpack to school but eventually realized that a tiny pen (refill) and pad of paper was enough to get by 99% of the time.
It's not like one those skimpy ink tubes found in those dollar a dozen pens. Each pen refill lasts a year or more, and costs much less than if I bought a full pen. My current one is a parker mechanical pen refill.
The only downside is that a couple years back one of them made it into the dirty laundry, and exploded in the clothes dryer, staining everything inside. Had it been inside a pen casing the damage probably wouldn't have been so severe.
Taken one more step, Windows will automatically re-flash your bios upon install, saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself.
64 bit keys will protect you against all but governments and large corporations. 128 bits should protect you against all mortal civilizations forever. 256 bits will do the same, but run a bit slower.
In most cases, any of those bit lengths will be effective, so there's no reason trying to explain how one is safer to friends and relatives unless they're protecting really big secrets like the timetable for the next 9/11.
I didn't see that the first time I skimmed through the site, just something saying credits are 25 cents each.
At least in the ways described in the document. They're describing potential attacks that just don't seem like they'd be worthwhile to pull off. A jury would be silly to use this as the reason to let file sharers off the hook, unless their only concern is getting the file sharers off the hook, regardless of whether they're guilty.