...it seems to me they stopped honoring rebates a long time ago. I bought a Linksys WRT54G box and a 802.11g PCMCIA adapter back in August. Each had "rebates". I filled in the paper work, cut out the UPC codes, and mailed everything a day or two after my purchase. I still have not received my rebates.
One other thing worth mentioning -- If you purchase a "rebatable" item in an area that charges a sales tax, you must pay the tax on the full purchase-price of the item. This reduces the effective amount of the rebate. FYI.
Here's what I'd really like to see: Microsoft opening/sharing/whatever the source code to the NT kernel. Just enough to build NTOSKRNL.EXE, NTDLL.DLL, and a couple of HALs (one UP, one MP). This would provide device driver developers with an enormously valuable resource. I suspect this would eventually lead to greater driver stability, as many of the "magic incantations" currently required would start to make more sense.
Also, releasing the kernel source would not enable sudden flood of Windows-wannnabes. Just as in the Linux world, "kernel source does not a distribution make".
But not the program managers whose job it was to steer Windows development, because parts of IIS6 run in kernel mode. Again, compromising security and stability for performance (just as TUX does).
Do you have any facts to support your assertion that IIS6 is in any way less stable/secure because of its kernel-mode component?
How about Cairo, the be-all-end-all everything's-a-relational-database now-it's-winfs now-it's-not information-at-your-fingertips OS from Microsoft? Jim Allchin has tried (and failed) to build this thing many, many times. Since WinFS has been dropped as a Longhorn feature, it looks like it's still not time for Cairo...
Panera Bread Company in Fort Worth, TX on University Drive. Good food (sandwiches, soup, etc), free wireless, and signs indicating the booths that have power available for laptops. All this, and cute college chicks from nearby TCU...
Chris Peters (former Microsoft VP) wrote an interesting documented called "Is Your Project Out of Control". It seems to have appeared on the net in variousformats.
My father owned a TV repair shop, so I was always around electronic parts. He encourage me to "build stuff". He subscribed to several hardware geek magazines (Radio Electronics, etc), and had several years of back-issues saved. I really loved building projects from those magazines. To paraphrase Steve Ciarcia, my first programming language was solder.
One of my older brothers was a EE student at UTA. He introduced me to digital circuits and boolean logic. <brag>He now designs avionics for the JSF.</brag> At this point, I realized that "analog sucks" and "digital rocks".
I saved some money (allowance, etc) and, for some reason I no longer remember, bought a TI-58 programmable calculator. At this point, I began to think "hardware sucks" and "software rocks".
When I was about 13, my father bought an Elf II computer kit for me. I assembled it in one evening. This was my first introduction to machine language.
When I was about 15 or 16, my parents bought a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 with 16K RAM and Level II Basic. This was my first introduction to a high-level programming language. I eventually bought the cassette-based Z-80 assembler, and learned assembly language. This was also the beginning of my chronic sleep problems -- I loved hacking away at the computer into the wee hours of the morning.
So, what's my point? Beats the hell of me. If I ever have a child, I will encourge him/her to "build stuff" from simple components. Those components may be LEGOs, or relays, or transistors & resistors, or ICs, or lines of code.
Someone attempts to download "Return_Of_The_King.wmv" via P2P.
Instead of getting an illegal copy of the movie, they get a bogus (and infected) file
The bogus file installs unwanted spamware onto their system.
Question: Has the person performing the download actually committed a crime? Clearly, they didn't download anything illegal. They tried, but they failed.
It seems to me the only crime committed here was by the people who created the infected file.
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They'd have to call the new company Mandingo...
The fourth column in the table is processor type. Apparently, Photoshop CS doesn't work on a 64-bit processor with NX (no-execute protection) enabled.
FWIW, I'm running Photoshop CS on a P4 laptop with WinXP SP2 and all updates, and it runs great.
Too bad Zeta isn't open source.
...it seems to me they stopped honoring rebates a long time ago. I bought a Linksys WRT54G box and a 802.11g PCMCIA adapter back in August. Each had "rebates". I filled in the paper work, cut out the UPC codes, and mailed everything a day or two after my purchase. I still have not received my rebates.
One other thing worth mentioning -- If you purchase a "rebatable" item in an area that charges a sales tax, you must pay the tax on the full purchase-price of the item. This reduces the effective amount of the rebate. FYI.
...and open legs -- a great combination.
Reminds me of a story. My brother and his girlfriend were taking a walk. She sees an interesting stone on the ground and picks it up.
G/F: What type of rock is this?
Bro: That's intercoursite.
G/F: Intercoursite? Interesting. What's that?
Bro: It's just a fucking rock.
Here's what I'd really like to see: Microsoft opening/sharing/whatever the source code to the NT kernel. Just enough to build NTOSKRNL.EXE, NTDLL.DLL, and a couple of HALs (one UP, one MP). This would provide device driver developers with an enormously valuable resource. I suspect this would eventually lead to greater driver stability, as many of the "magic incantations" currently required would start to make more sense.
Also, releasing the kernel source would not enable sudden flood of Windows-wannnabes. Just as in the Linux world, "kernel source does not a distribution make".
And don't forget to include scanned images of your house keys and car keys, just to be Extra Special Safe (tm).
...oh wait, he is. Nevermind.
This is an internal Microsoft joke for the old-timers out there.
Absolute power rocks
"Shit rolls downhill" is a common misconception. Your new role is to prevent this. Protect (but do not isolate) the people below you from those above.
I'm always leery of "retro-active predictions". Let me know when it predicts something before it actually happens.
That's also one of my favorites.
...sorry, I just can't finish this crap joke.
Try it without the chloride.
Do you have any facts to support your assertion that IIS6 is in any way less stable/secure because of its kernel-mode component?
Duh.
Invade.
How about Cairo, the be-all-end-all everything's-a-relational-database now-it's-winfs now-it's-not information-at-your-fingertips OS from Microsoft? Jim Allchin has tried (and failed) to build this thing many, many times. Since WinFS has been dropped as a Longhorn feature, it looks like it's still not time for Cairo...
Panera Bread Company in Fort Worth, TX on University Drive. Good food (sandwiches, soup, etc), free wireless, and signs indicating the booths that have power available for laptops. All this, and cute college chicks from nearby TCU...
Chris Peters (former Microsoft VP) wrote an interesting documented called "Is Your Project Out of Control". It seems to have appeared on the net in various formats.
So, what's my point? Beats the hell of me. If I ever have a child, I will encourge him/her to "build stuff" from simple components. Those components may be LEGOs, or relays, or transistors & resistors, or ICs, or lines of code.
Consider the following scenario:
Question: Has the person performing the download actually committed a crime? Clearly, they didn't download anything illegal. They tried, but they failed.
It seems to me the only crime committed here was by the people who created the infected file.
Would you say "HTML" starts with "a H"?
Especially if that includes most of Washington, D.C...
It's a joke. Laugh.