Yeah, sure you can do that and I'm sure you will...we all will somehow have to tune our networks to compensate for this. Along with the fact that they can easily change IP addresses to their heart's content, any static IP we use to filter/block would be irrelevant.
However, is that really the point? How many total man-hours of system administrators across the nework will this cost? No, really think about it. It's ridiculous.
I've done my part, already sent of my emails of complaint, let's hope that the noise really works this time, and somehow a reversal of this wickedly dumb decision can be thrown into action...stat!
With Safari, who cares?! Running IE on OSX is just silly. With all of the features of even the Beta of Safari, there is no reason to run IE. Yeah, some sites are for IE only, but for the most part, I have no problems with Safari.
Less "IE Only" sites will happen only when we continue to use our alternate brower of choice.
I think the evil bastards at SCO should change their number (linked from the contact us section on their pitiful excuse of a website) from 1-888-GO-LINUX to 1-888-NO-LINUX.
Okay, I'm all for a little piece of fluff to break up the day, but when I'm in that mood, I head to sources other than slashdot. C'mon, guys, cross-posts of the Weekly World News ?
What's next? Summaries of Penthouse Forum ??
Ok, regardless of the technical details regarding this "village", what about the social aspects? Do people really want to live in a "utopian society" such as this?
After looking at the brochures, I am startlingly reminded of scary sci-fi movies of years past, where the village residents all have the same prozac-happy, blank smiles, all work together for the same corporation, and all barbeque together on the weekends.
Again, maybe it's just me , but a place like this (whether wired or wireless or whatever) just doesn't sound like a place I'd want to call home.
Stepford wives, anyone??
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True enough, but a -true- techie would never even offer the VB alternative as a solution..."I can get you a demo in 3 months" Period.
But then again, I work for a smaller, more progressive company and might have a warped perspective. PHBs aren't a part of my world
Nope, that would be FreeBSD.
Yeah, sure you can do that and I'm sure you will...we all will somehow have to tune our networks to compensate for this. Along with the fact that they can easily change IP addresses to their heart's content, any static IP we use to filter/block would be irrelevant.
However, is that really the point? How many total man-hours of system administrators across the nework will this cost? No, really think about it. It's ridiculous.
I've done my part, already sent of my emails of complaint, let's hope that the noise really works this time, and somehow a reversal of this wickedly dumb decision can be thrown into action...stat!
Agreed 100%, however, what about the creators? Those are the guys who really deserve the recognition for all of the hard work they've done, huh?
Again, only my opinion, and I'm dumb.
Yeah, it sucks to have a good-looking, stable, and fast machine running BSD with a great UI.
Really.
With Safari, who cares?! Running IE on OSX is just silly. With all of the features of even the Beta of Safari, there is no reason to run IE. Yeah, some sites are for IE only, but for the most part, I have no problems with Safari.
Less "IE Only" sites will happen only when we continue to use our alternate brower of choice.
I think the evil bastards at SCO should change their number (linked from the contact us section on their pitiful excuse of a website) from
1-888-GO-LINUX to 1-888-NO-LINUX.
But, that's just me, and I'm dumb.
Okay, I'm all for a little piece of fluff to break up the day, but when I'm in that mood, I head to sources other than slashdot. C'mon, guys, cross-posts of the Weekly World News ?
What's next? Summaries of Penthouse Forum ??
Ok, regardless of the technical details regarding this "village", what about the social aspects? Do people really want to live in a "utopian society" such as this?
After looking at the brochures, I am startlingly reminded of scary sci-fi movies of years past, where the village residents all have the same prozac-happy, blank smiles, all work together for the same corporation, and all barbeque together on the weekends.
Again, maybe it's just me , but a place like this (whether wired or wireless or whatever) just doesn't sound like a place I'd want to call home.
Stepford wives, anyone??