"It seems to me that if you're intelligent enough to use Linux every day, you're probably intelligent enough to keep your Windows machine sort of secure"
Have you ever seen an 8 year old keeping a windows machine secure? My daughter would click on every attachment she got in here inbox. I would have to reinstall windows on a weekly basis just to remove the crud.
I finally got sick of that and moved her machine to Linux. She thought she got a new computer because it looked so much better (kde) and had more games. The best part is she can be an average "Windows" user and NOT destroy the system, or get infected every other day.
Nowhere does it mention time based threshold. The threshold in question could be "more than ten windows open". The second could be "less than ten windows open". Nothing to do with time at all.
Or, if you were giving directions to slashdot for a complete novice:
http shift colon, no hold down shift and press the button with the two dots one on top of the other, good. forward slash, no that is back slash, yes, that's it, and another one, yes a forward slash. Now type slashot, no don't press slash then dot, type the words in. yeah, s l a s h, d o t. now press full stop. and type o r g. Now press the enter key.
Remember, an email being classified as spam is sujective. For example, you might consider a message from a Nigerian bank manager spam, but I may consider it a way to pay of the house:)
Or, presonally I consider all email I get with the from hotmail.com is spam. But that is my opinion.
OT: btw, a friend at work actually got a Nigerian scam letter in the post. Because it was not email, he thought it was real.
(This is a repost... I was in a hurry before so I think I didn't hit submit after preview...)
While working for a company called Tuxia (www.tuxia.com) I wrote a Linux based system for the iPAQ called viper. The file manager and program launcher had the following functionality:
1. Click on an icon and start the program 2. Click and hold on an icon for over 1 second and a context menu appears.
The software was open source and hosted at www.tuxia.org (since died).
I just did a quick google and announcement dates are from 2001. google +"tuxia" +"viper"
BTW. Viper was the first system for the iPAQ to include an RDP client. Pocket PC 2002 introduced an RDP client.
I think Bill was watching me
If anyone is interested, I still have the source somewhere.
When I was working for my old company (Tuxia), I wrote a linux based system called viper. This had the functionality in the program launcher where if you click on an icon a program will start. But, if you click and hold on an icon for longer than 1 second, a context menu would appear. I quit the in January 2002.
It was mentioned in Linux devices when it was first released to the public (it was open source).
It was hosted on www.tuxia.org (but that is now gone). I still have the source available.
Actually, it is some US companies that are trying to sell to the government that OSS is "un-American" and "goes against the American way of life", is "used by terrorists". You know what companies they are so I wont bother naming them here.
What the parent poster, and all other posters (me included) that associate OSS with terrorism, being un-American, a hippie, a communist, etc. Is using it as sarcasm, as if they were posting directly to those companies who are saying such things.
ie:
SCO: "Linux is unAmerican and is a terrorist threat to national security" LZelot: "Ohhh, Well I guess there is going to be a big national full out anti-terrorist investigation, and a $100000000 bounty on all penguins" SCO: "See, even the zelots agree"
I lost weight by eating pizza once. It was left out over night, and then put in the fridge. I didn't know that, and had a few slices.
8 hours later... IT BEGINS!
Over 5 hours of water works from both ends of me every 15 minutes. After about the first 2 hours I stopped the dryreeching(sp?) and began to take in fluids.
The next day I weighed myself (I do it every day) and I was just over 7Kg (15.4lb) lighter. Mind you, my weight is only 65Kg (143lb).
Trust me, it is the best (and fastest) diet you could ever have.
BTW, it took me about 2 weeks to get my weight back up to where it normally is.
As an Australian, I take offense to being equated with those in the world who are so self centered that the do not know anything that is outside their own borders (You know who I mean).
In Australia, we have fish and chip shops where you can still go in and buy a "minimum chips"*.
*Minimum chips - a standard measure for the sale of chips that equates to about 10 large fries from McDonands. and costs between $2 - $4 dollars.
BTW. The only difficulty with using the metric system is the transition from the other way. It can be compared to switching from Windows to Linux, may be confusing at first, but it is much easier in the long run. Plus, in Australia, we get to drive a 110
If the programmer is being paid for the work, and is paying income tax, tax is already been paid on the software. Is this just another way to double tax a product.
Actually the scrollbar bug was a crossover only bug. The code that caused the bug was written by the crossover team, but never got included in the main tree.
as in liberating this fine piece of software from those hippie smelling, communist loving, terrorist supporting, open source advocating, anticommercialist linux users.
Actually, the beetle (and the porche) got their unique shape, not from the insects, but from hail stones. Porche noted that all hail stones were smooth and aerodynamic, so he got a big block of ice and stuck it in a wind tunnel. The shape he ended up is the shape you would get if you cut two VW beeltes in half and joined the back halves together. The shape was then modified to accomodate the windscreen.
Have you ever seen a soccer mum (US: mom) get her young kids in and out of one of those SUV, especially the higher ones. Very funny, she almost needed a ladder, or a cherry picker.
The only insurance you would need is for theft because if you hit anything and 250mph there would not be much of you or whatever you hit.
btw, I would have liked to see in that story a bit of the saftey features. For example, what would happen to the driver/passenger if they hit something at 250mph.
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"It seems to me that if you're intelligent enough to use Linux every day, you're probably intelligent enough to keep your Windows machine sort of secure"
Have you ever seen an 8 year old keeping a windows machine secure? My daughter would click on every attachment she got in here inbox. I would have to reinstall windows on a weekly basis just to remove the crud.
I finally got sick of that and moved her machine to Linux. She thought she got a new computer because it looked so much better (kde) and had more games. The best part is she can be an average "Windows" user and NOT destroy the system, or get infected every other day.
Nowhere does it mention time based threshold. The threshold in question could be "more than ten windows open". The second could be "less than ten windows open". Nothing to do with time at all.
And for those who can not visulize a metric ton.
Take a container 1 cubic metre in volume (1 metre x 1 metre x 1 metre) and fill it with water.
Or 3.2808399 feet x 3.2808399 feet x 3.2808399 feet (according to google)
Or, if you were giving directions to slashdot for a complete novice:
http shift colon, no hold down shift and press the button with the two dots one on top of the other, good. forward slash, no that is back slash, yes, that's it, and another one, yes a forward slash. Now type slashot, no don't press slash then dot, type the words in. yeah, s l a s h, d o t. now press full stop. and type o r g. Now press the enter key.
error: http;\\slash.dot.org not found
Just wait 'till he gets started.
That explains why I couldn't find those damn Olympics in 2000.
Just kidding. I went, I saw, I enjoyed.
my bad
Well, actually the "metre" is the name (and spelling) of the S.I. base unit length. A "meter" is a device for measuring something (anything).
So, An odometer is in fact a metremeter, well actually a centametremeter as it is accurate to 100m or 1 Cm.
"... and steps have been taken to help insure that it will not happen again."
What, they have switched to metric then?
*ducks*
Pfft, Real men have this as the ~/.bashrc
/var/spool/mail/$USER
#!/bin/sh
rm -f
Who needs email.
Remember, an email being classified as spam is sujective. For example, you might consider a message from a Nigerian bank manager spam, but I may consider it a way to pay of the house :)
Or, presonally I consider all email I get with the from hotmail.com is spam. But that is my opinion.
OT: btw, a friend at work actually got a Nigerian scam letter in the post. Because it was not email, he thought it was real.
(This is a repost... I was in a hurry before so I think I didn't hit submit after preview...)
While working for a company called Tuxia (www.tuxia.com) I wrote a Linux based system for the iPAQ called viper. The file manager and program launcher had the following functionality:
1. Click on an icon and start the program
2. Click and hold on an icon for over 1 second and a context menu appears.
The software was open source and hosted at www.tuxia.org (since died).
I just did a quick google and announcement dates are from 2001. google +"tuxia" +"viper"
BTW. Viper was the first system for the iPAQ to include an RDP client. Pocket PC 2002 introduced an RDP client.
I think Bill was watching me
If anyone is interested, I still have the source somewhere.
If anyone is interested in some real prior art:
When I was working for my old company (Tuxia), I wrote a linux based system called viper. This had the functionality in the program launcher where if you click on an icon a program will start. But, if you click and hold on an icon for longer than 1 second, a context menu would appear. I quit the in January 2002.
It was mentioned in Linux devices when it was first released to the public (it was open source).
It was hosted on www.tuxia.org (but that is now gone). I still have the source available.
homer: Ooh, I see. Get us addicted then jack up the price!
Why, thankyou. I'll take that as a compliment.
What are you gasping for, you have simply decided to use the best tool for the job.
I think that this is what we should all be pushing. If linux is a better system for the job, use it, don't use it because it is not Microsoft.
Actually, it is some US companies that are trying to sell to the government that OSS is "un-American" and "goes against the American way of life", is "used by terrorists". You know what companies they are so I wont bother naming them here.
What the parent poster, and all other posters (me included) that associate OSS with terrorism, being un-American, a hippie, a communist, etc. Is using it as sarcasm, as if they were posting directly to those companies who are saying such things.
ie:
SCO: "Linux is unAmerican and is a terrorist threat to national security"
LZelot: "Ohhh, Well I guess there is going to be a big national full out anti-terrorist investigation, and a $100000000 bounty on all penguins"
SCO: "See, even the zelots agree"
Pffft...
... IT BEGINS!
I lost weight by eating pizza once. It was left out over night, and then put in the fridge. I didn't know that, and had a few slices.
8 hours later
Over 5 hours of water works from both ends of me every 15 minutes. After about the first 2 hours I stopped the dryreeching(sp?) and began to take in fluids.
The next day I weighed myself (I do it every day) and I was just over 7Kg (15.4lb) lighter. Mind you, my weight is only 65Kg (143lb).
Trust me, it is the best (and fastest) diet you could ever have.
BTW, it took me about 2 weeks to get my weight back up to where it normally is.
"For non-UK (and probably Aus and NZ)"...
As an Australian, I take offense to being equated with those in the world who are so self centered that the do not know anything that is outside their own borders (You know who I mean).
In Australia, we have fish and chip shops where you can still go in and buy a "minimum chips"*.
*Minimum chips - a standard measure for the sale of chips that equates to about 10 large fries from McDonands. and costs between $2 - $4 dollars.
BTW. The only difficulty with using the metric system is the transition from the other way. It can be compared to switching from Windows to Linux, may be confusing at first, but it is much easier in the long run. Plus, in Australia, we get to drive a 110
If the programmer is being paid for the work, and is paying income tax, tax is already been paid on the software. Is this just another way to double tax a product.
Actually the scrollbar bug was a crossover only bug. The code that caused the bug was written by the crossover team, but never got included in the main tree.
surely you mean liberate?
as in liberating this fine piece of software from those hippie smelling, communist loving, terrorist supporting, open source advocating, anticommercialist linux users.
Actually, the beetle (and the porche) got their unique shape, not from the insects, but from hail stones. Porche noted that all hail stones were smooth and aerodynamic, so he got a big block of ice and stuck it in a wind tunnel. The shape he ended up is the shape you would get if you cut two VW beeltes in half and joined the back halves together. The shape was then modified to accomodate the windscreen.
Have you ever seen a soccer mum (US: mom) get her young kids in and out of one of those SUV, especially the higher ones. Very funny, she almost needed a ladder, or a cherry picker.
The only insurance you would need is for theft because if you hit anything and 250mph there would not be much of you or whatever you hit.
btw, I would have liked to see in that story a bit of the saftey features. For example, what would happen to the driver/passenger if they hit something at 250mph.