Well in Australia when they teach you first aid, they teach you that you will perform CPR/EAR until: 1. you get a steady pulse (stop CPR), unassisted breathing (stop EAR). Or 2. the ambulance arives.
Someone with first aid qualifications do not have the legal capacity to pronounce a person dead.
I assisted with CPR/EAR for 45 minutes once (fire victim). They survived. Not once did the patient have a steady rythm or unassisted breathing.
As an Australian, I take offence to that racial comment.
BTW, I have a laptop for sale on ebay for $910, anyone wanna buy it? I'll even pay for shipping. Just make the cheque payable to "cash" or Sal Wise^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H. Cash will be fine:)
For example: In the 1980s Disney made many great movies about a VW beetle called Herbie. Titles included "Herbie Goes Bannanas", "Herbie Goes to Montycarlo", and the unreleased movie "Herbie goes bezerk". Herbie was a POS VW who could show characteristics that are described in this patent, and more.
(In Herbie goes bezerk, my personal favourite, our lovable friend herbie runs down all manner of creatures. Nuns, schoolkids, dogs, cats, cops, are all in herbie's sights)
I remember seeing a show in the `80s called Ripley's believe it or not, well one of those shows anyway.
The had a person who could touch type at over 200 words per minute (a word being 5 characters).
So, to say keyboards leave a lot to be desired. It is more that people's ability with a keyboard leaves a lot to be desired, not the keyboard itself.
btw, I type at about 40 wpm, but I would not like to any electrical devices into my head. Have you ever seen what happens to peripherals that are connected to a PC when the power supply goes. Worst case is they all get 240/110 Volts in the 5 Volt power.
A man walks into an electrical store to purchase a stereo. The salesman walks up to the man "How may I be of assistance today".
"Why, I would love to purchase a new stereo system. Can I listen to the quality of these two, to compare?" replied the man.
"Sure, let me just get a CD."
The salesman returns with the CD, plays it in both systems, the man chooses and the sale is complete.
NOTE TO MR RIAA: It could be possible that the CD that was used to create profit for the company was licensed to them by YOU for "personal, non-commercial use only". Please Mr RIAA, save us from this theft.
In the not too distant future:
A man walks into an electrical store... blah blah blah.
"I wanna buy a stereo, what does this one sound like"
Salesman: "I'm sorry sir, under new Government regulations, it is an offence for you to listen to any music that you have not licensed in triplicate from the RIAA."
"As an agent of the RIAA*, I am required to report this attempt of illegal theft of the RIAA property. Please stand still and wait for the authorities to take you away."
Salesman: "BTW, how do you want to pay for the stereo?"
*In this future reality, as a clause in the license to listen to music, you, the licensee are required, by law, to report any attempt of theft or unauthorized use of the RIAA works.
I would have to agree with you. That last picture made me think. I wonder if he leaves the lid up when he is finished playing, and does his girlfriend always complain about it... What am I saying, this guy has every nintendo, he couldn't have a girlfriend.
The apps you listed were not designed for gnome either.
- Mozilla:
It is designed to the X "standard", ie drag and drop, cut and paste. As such, it can work in any "standards compliant" desktop. It just happens to use gtk (or xlib, qt nanoX, win32...)
- Gimp:
Well, how could a program that was designed, and implemented before gnome be designed for gnome? It just happens to use gtk (well, gtk was written for it)
- Openoffice:
Now, this one was not designed for any linux desktop. It has its own widget set that does not even conform to the look and feel of gnome or kde. (Though there is work to get it to look like kde)
[advertising=on] OT: for those who have used gtk-qt from freedesktop.org and thought that it looks crap. Try the cvs version, it is improved. (I have made some changes)
No, mozilla / IE / MSN / Word are NOT asking the Windows to "execute this program" they are asking Windows to "handle this URI I don't know what to do with"
Hmmm lets see. Windows 98 (it was a preinstall) didn't have any user policies, and I am not paying $hundreds of dollars for a newer version of windows that does, when I can get that feature for free with linux.
BTW, I didn't have to set up the user policies in linux. I installed it, it asked for a root password, then it asked for the name of the user and a password for that. All that is part of the normal instsall process. You do not need to be an experienced linux user to be able to do that.
"I know there are valid reasons for why Linux is the way it is, and i've had them explained to me a billion times: Why it doesn't come with as many of these as Windows, why it doesn't have this, why it makes you do this, why it looks like this."
Let me give the examples you mised:
"Why it doesn't come with as many of these as Windows"
Word processors: Windows - MS Word - $$$ Windows - Open Office - free Windows - Word Perfect - $$$
Linux - Open Office - free Linux - KWord - free Linux - Abi Word - free Linux - LyX - free
Games: Ok, you got me there, the windows platform does have more games than linux. But how many do you actually play?
"why it doesn't have this" Viruses: (cheep shot:) Well linux does have vunerablilities found. The biggest difference is when they are found, fixes are released quickly by the maintainers. Then, shortly after that fixes for specific distros are released by the distro maintainers.
"why it makes you do this" "login as root to change simple settings (ie network)" One word, security. Windows left the security to the user and the one thing that this has showed, the user cannot be trusted to be secure. Therefore it is best to run as a user with restricted rights. (I bet you don't run everything as Administrator on Windows XP)
"why it looks like this" Like What? Windows XP: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=1 499&PHPSESSID=17c0bcc7d710e44c677c22dca98540eb Like Mac OSX: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?con tent=1 53&PHPSESSID=17c0bcc7d710e44c677c22dca98540eb Or something completly different: http://www.kde-look.org/
"After spending 40 minutes trying to figure out how to compile properly"
What site did you get the drivers from? Didn't they have installation instructions? Did the package include a README file? Did you actually read it? What type of card was it?
"And those are relatively stupid examples" I agree with you there.
"There are some things that you can't help, like the RPC exploit." So, without any form of security (apart from your common sense) and with a known exploitable bug on your system, you still go on the net. And do you have sex with prostitutes without a condom as well?
Slashdot Mirror
Not quite... In Soviet Disneyland the DRM-enabled licenses screw you
"I wonder what kinds of things we'll be able to do with this type of technology when memory cards can hold 100s of gigabytes of data?"
Store 100s of gigabytes of pr0n
So, you been to *THAT* site as well.
Well in Australia when they teach you first aid, they teach you that you will perform CPR/EAR until:
1. you get a steady pulse (stop CPR), unassisted breathing (stop EAR).
Or 2. the ambulance arives.
Someone with first aid qualifications do not have the legal capacity to pronounce a person dead.
I assisted with CPR/EAR for 45 minutes once (fire victim). They survived. Not once did the patient have a steady rythm or unassisted breathing.
Yeah, a dingo named Vince. But then some guy shot it and burried the money somewhere.
As an Australian, I take offence to that racial comment.
:)
BTW, I have a laptop for sale on ebay for $910, anyone wanna buy it? I'll even pay for shipping. Just make the cheque payable to "cash" or Sal Wise^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H. Cash will be fine
Look forward to doing business with you.
SW
"Let's say I knew that DoD used a certain package in gunnery firmware..."
Project manager: Oh look, there has been an update to the math library we use for calibration. Should I:
a) Download the tarball and diff against our current codebase and have the new library tested before it gets put into the production units.
Or b) Download the tarball, put it in our codebase and go home early.
Can prior art exist in fiction?
For example: In the 1980s Disney made many great movies about a VW beetle called Herbie. Titles included "Herbie Goes Bannanas", "Herbie Goes to Montycarlo", and the unreleased movie "Herbie goes bezerk". Herbie was a POS VW who could show characteristics that are described in this patent, and more.
(In Herbie goes bezerk, my personal favourite, our lovable friend herbie runs down all manner of creatures. Nuns, schoolkids, dogs, cats, cops, are all in herbie's sights)
I remember seeing a show in the `80s called Ripley's believe it or not, well one of those shows anyway.
The had a person who could touch type at over 200 words per minute (a word being 5 characters).
So, to say keyboards leave a lot to be desired. It is more that people's ability with a keyboard leaves a lot to be desired, not the keyboard itself.
btw, I type at about 40 wpm, but I would not like to any electrical devices into my head. Have you ever seen what happens to peripherals that are connected to a PC when the power supply goes. Worst case is they all get 240/110 Volts in the 5 Volt power.
"But, what research is being done into getting data from your computer to your brain?..."
Duh, a monitor!
"getting data from your brain to your computer."
Damn, that is a tough one? How about a keyboard.
btw, I'm *trying* to be funny.
Well done.
A man walks into an electrical store to purchase a stereo. The salesman walks up to the man "How may I be of assistance today".
"Why, I would love to purchase a new stereo system. Can I listen to the quality of these two, to compare?" replied the man.
"Sure, let me just get a CD."
The salesman returns with the CD, plays it in both systems, the man chooses and the sale is complete.
NOTE TO MR RIAA: It could be possible that the CD that was used to create profit for the company was licensed to them by YOU for "personal, non-commercial use only". Please Mr RIAA, save us from this theft.
In the not too distant future:
A man walks into an electrical store... blah blah blah.
"I wanna buy a stereo, what does this one sound like"
Salesman: "I'm sorry sir, under new Government regulations, it is an offence for you to listen to any music that you have not licensed in triplicate from the RIAA."
"As an agent of the RIAA*, I am required to report this attempt of illegal theft of the RIAA property. Please stand still and wait for the authorities to take you away."
Salesman: "BTW, how do you want to pay for the stereo?"
*In this future reality, as a clause in the license to listen to music, you, the licensee are required, by law, to report any attempt of theft or unauthorized use of the RIAA works.
I would have to agree with you. That last picture made me think. I wonder if he leaves the lid up when he is finished playing, and does his girlfriend always complain about it... What am I saying, this guy has every nintendo, he couldn't have a girlfriend.
The apps you listed were not designed for gnome either.
...)
- Mozilla:
It is designed to the X "standard", ie drag and drop, cut and paste. As such, it can work in any "standards compliant" desktop. It just happens to use gtk (or xlib, qt nanoX, win32
- Gimp:
Well, how could a program that was designed, and implemented before gnome be designed for gnome? It just happens to use gtk (well, gtk was written for it)
- Openoffice:
Now, this one was not designed for any linux desktop. It has its own widget set that does not even conform to the look and feel of gnome or kde.
(Though there is work to get it to look like kde)
[advertising=on]
OT: for those who have used gtk-qt from freedesktop.org and thought that it looks crap. Try the cvs version, it is improved. (I have made some changes)
"A zoo veterinarian says he's not sure why she has altered her behaviour, speculating that the illness could have caused brain damage."
Great, so we are all just brain damaged monkeys
This article stinks of Redmond ink.
"ELF is like mortar to the operating system. Stripped out, all its applications would break."
No, we would see new distrobutions where the binaries were compiled to a different binary format.
"creator of the GPL, the viral license that makes Linux so provocative"
Gotta love those good folk at SCO for protecting us from this virus.
"SCO calls the GPL "quicksand" and claims it's invalid."
But they are more than happy to include programs covered by the GPL in their unix operating system.
"...granted users a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to the stuff, effectively putting it in the public domain, SCO says."
SCO admits that the ELF 1.2 standard is in the public domain, yet they day Linux is illegal because it utilizes it.
It's "build a little birdhouse in your soul".
Pfft, some fan. I hate them and I know what there song is called.
"Thank fsck for EULA"
No, mozilla / IE / MSN / Word are NOT asking the Windows to "execute this program" they are asking Windows to "handle this URI I don't know what to do with"
Ah, yes, but I can have a web page that has:
<img src="shell:[path to app with known exploit]">
then have my system execute the exploit for the NOW RUNNING program.
Hmmm, maybe cgi or php, then everything can be automatic.
"They should just disable unsecure stuff by default."
What, disable the Windows builds? But what about all the people wanting to switch from IE?
NB: this was an attempt a humor
So, perhaps Mozilla should have "bug fixes" for every windows flaw that they uncover? Wouldn't that introduce quite a bit of bloat?
Every application that uses this scheme is vulnerable.
Maybe someone should check to see if IE has this "bug" as well.
You should have read the article...
"Unfortunately, we had difficulties running our new hardware platform on Gentoo and Debian"
Hmmm lets see. Windows 98 (it was a preinstall) didn't have any user policies, and I am not paying $hundreds of dollars for a newer version of windows that does, when I can get that feature for free with linux.
BTW, I didn't have to set up the user policies in linux. I installed it, it asked for a root password, then it asked for the name of the user and a password for that. All that is part of the normal instsall process. You do not need to be an experienced linux user to be able to do that.
"I know there are valid reasons for why Linux is the way it is, and i've had them explained to me a billion times: Why it doesn't come with as many of these as Windows, why it doesn't have this, why it makes you do this, why it looks like this."
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Let me give the examples you mised:
"Why it doesn't come with as many of these as Windows"
Word processors:
Windows - MS Word - $$$
Windows - Open Office - free
Windows - Word Perfect - $$$
Linux - Open Office - free
Linux - KWord - free
Linux - Abi Word - free
Linux - LyX - free
Games:
Ok, you got me there, the windows platform does have more games than linux. But how many do you actually play?
"why it doesn't have this"
Viruses: (cheep shot:)
Well linux does have vunerablilities found. The biggest difference is when they are found, fixes are released quickly by the maintainers. Then, shortly after that fixes for specific distros are released by the distro maintainers.
"why it makes you do this"
"login as root to change simple settings (ie network)"
One word, security. Windows left the security to the user and the one thing that this has showed, the user cannot be trusted to be secure. Therefore it is best to run as a user with restricted rights. (I bet you don't run everything as Administrator on Windows XP)
"why it looks like this"
Like What? Windows XP: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=
Like Mac OSX:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?co
Or something completly different:
http://www.kde-look.org/
"After spending 40 minutes trying to figure out how to compile properly"
What site did you get the drivers from? Didn't they have installation instructions? Did the package include a README file? Did you actually read it? What type of card was it?
"And those are relatively stupid examples"
I agree with you there.
"There are some things that you can't help, like the RPC exploit."
So, without any form of security (apart from your common sense) and with a known exploitable bug on your system, you still go on the net. And do you have sex with prostitutes without a condom as well?