I kinda miss the whole dial up.. wait for the whine.. stick the handset in the coupler.. 300 baud
was great cause you could read it as it went by:)
Somewhat related to the teletype/logging thing -
is there anyway to make syslog alert messages
appear in only a small portion of the console
(video) terminal? Say like the last 5 lines?
Its probably unlikely, but you have to wonder if
maybe we are going to see IBM go after Apple and
its horde of cash. Otherwise wouldn't this be
in direct competition to Apples servers? That
might be an even stranger relationship than the
current laptop competition (with different cpus).
for a very high % of business users (80%? 90? 99?)
the only justification left for using windoze is the
Office suite. OpenOffice is getting closer every
day to being a true replacement, and as IT and
department managers come to realize this, Linux on
the desktop inside the corporation may become
reality. The savings for most companies will be
hard to ignore, allowing them just to purchase
sloth products for those who truly need the OS
to run non MSFT applications. But that means
secretaries, administrators, middle managers and
the like can be switched. Does one really need
XP and WinWord to write a memo?
I predict that very soon MSFT will have to lower
substantially the cost of Office, further eroding
its margins. Better start cashing in Bill.
I used to shred, but it was way time consuming,
especially when the little pos shredder motor would
overhead and stop. While it did an 'ok' job at
shredding, I suppose if you were really determined
you could reconstruct. Hence, I now keep a burn
box, and every so often just toss it in the fire
place.
as a former vaio laptop owner.. I will never buy
a Sony product again. Dead after 15 months and
extortionist prices from Sony to replace the bad
motherboard. Was cheaper not only to buy new, but
better laptop as well. Its amazing how much a
company can turn you off to their products - not
so much because something broke - but by their
failure to offer any reasonable resolution. After
all, we're not talking $50 calculators. While
this recall is a step in the right direction I
really wonder if it just caused an *internal* short, instead of perhaps 'shocking' the user,
would they even bother.
is it just me or is everybody fixated on eye candy?
Why is every review just a bunch of screenshots?
And the fixation on the 'finder' like a delphi oracle is beyond me. Like what are the real and tangible improvements in the OS? For me to
pony up $100 whatever to upgrade my ibook after
9 months is kinda offensive unless the changes are
win3.1->95 or 95->2k like, ie *major* improvements.
I'm not sure that this was meant, nor is, funny. Insightful, yes. The poster is more than likely correct - WMT would likely have attempted this,
and is just part of the corporate climate of
patenting and copyrighting anything that might have
any value to deny your competitors. I'm all for
small companies being given a chance, like Netflix,
and not being beaten to the ground by late comer
gorillas. Evenso, I am troubled by patents that
cover a business model, rather than a specific
product. I'll allow it is a potential 'good
thing', but that the duration of these types of
patents should be much shorter - say 5 yrs from
the grant.
This sounds much more like a patent for selling soda from a soda fountain instead of by the can, rather than a patent for a specific type of
soda fountain.
View it as the artist being the sole owner of
a company that makes and sells music. They are
seeing a pretax bottom line of 8-12%, or roughly
6-9% aftertax. This is a typtical return for
many mature industries.
more and more/. posts, comments, and 'reviews' of
updates to OSs focus soley on the eye candy, and
ignore issues of whats changed under the hood to
actually make the OS better. It would be sad
indeed if we have reached the point in OS development where all that matters is if the
title bar is brushed metal or something else.
my service has improved as well since they added a
distribution center in nearby CT, bypassing the
Queens center (same one there were thefts from).
I now have 3 day complete turnaround.
Re:I can't wait for the day
on
C&W Bails Out
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· Score: 1
most of that was a write down of good will. They
basically bought things with their stock and it
goes on the books as if it were like a cash purchase (over simplification). Now that the 'value' of
those assets are seen to be, well, little, they
have to take a non-cash charge - the assets are
written down, and at the same time so is stock holders equity (or lack thereof!).
Password Manager Question
on
Mozilla 1.4 RC1
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
I tried this as askslashdot, but was spurned.
Is there any way to get my passwords out of Mozilla
in a plaintext visable state? I have so many saved
usernames/pw that I am feeling very uncomfortable
that one day a file is corrupted and they are lost.
It seems, though I'm not entirely sure, that simply
backing up the data file is not a guaranty of
resuablility on a clean install.
Can sombody somebody who knows whats what with
how pw manager works either point to a document
or shed some light on this?
Thanks
Please understand, this is from the perspective of
a *user* of java based applications. In my setup,
(dual AthlonMP,Ti4600) I can't use 1.4 because the primary application slows down to the point of being
unusable. This does not happen with 1.3, and it runs
best under the IBM version (who have yet to release
a 1.4 for windoze). Lest you say it is just me,
this same problem exists for a number of other users
of the same applications running different hardware/OS configurations. Upon reverting back to
1.3, all is well. As a user, not developer, I find this unacceptable - I shouldn't have to worry about performance degredation when upgrading java.
I seems the rush to add features before optimizing (and fixing) prior code is SOP for the software industry these day.
is there any database of RIAA server IP's or their
minions? Just on general principles I would like
to block them all. Their actions are damn close to
illegal search and seizure, at least IMHO.
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I kinda miss the whole dial up.. wait for the whine.. stick the handset in the coupler.. 300 baud was great cause you could read it as it went by :)
Somewhat related to the teletype/logging thing -
is there anyway to make syslog alert messages
appear in only a small portion of the console
(video) terminal? Say like the last 5 lines?
that they have lost face?
crypto! now that will throw them for a loop!
yes and once they reach 5% they have to file with the SEC so doubtful this is what has happened.
Its probably unlikely, but you have to wonder if maybe we are going to see IBM go after Apple and its horde of cash. Otherwise wouldn't this be in direct competition to Apples servers? That might be an even stranger relationship than the current laptop competition (with different cpus).
for a very high % of business users (80%? 90? 99?) the only justification left for using windoze is the Office suite. OpenOffice is getting closer every day to being a true replacement, and as IT and department managers come to realize this, Linux on the desktop inside the corporation may become reality. The savings for most companies will be hard to ignore, allowing them just to purchase sloth products for those who truly need the OS to run non MSFT applications. But that means secretaries, administrators, middle managers and the like can be switched. Does one really need XP and WinWord to write a memo?
I predict that very soon MSFT will have to lower substantially the cost of Office, further eroding its margins. Better start cashing in Bill.
I used to shred, but it was way time consuming, especially when the little pos shredder motor would overhead and stop. While it did an 'ok' job at shredding, I suppose if you were really determined you could reconstruct. Hence, I now keep a burn box, and every so often just toss it in the fire place.
circa 1991, 100MB.. and its still run slack as my firewall, I thnk 7.something sans X. Both the drive and slack are testimonials for stability.
as a former vaio laptop owner.. I will never buy a Sony product again. Dead after 15 months and extortionist prices from Sony to replace the bad motherboard. Was cheaper not only to buy new, but better laptop as well. Its amazing how much a company can turn you off to their products - not so much because something broke - but by their failure to offer any reasonable resolution. After all, we're not talking $50 calculators. While this recall is a step in the right direction I really wonder if it just caused an *internal* short, instead of perhaps 'shocking' the user, would they even bother.
is it just me or is everybody fixated on eye candy? Why is every review just a bunch of screenshots? And the fixation on the 'finder' like a delphi oracle is beyond me. Like what are the real and tangible improvements in the OS? For me to pony up $100 whatever to upgrade my ibook after 9 months is kinda offensive unless the changes are win3.1->95 or 95->2k like, ie *major* improvements.
As long as they have a court approved order, fine. If not, take a hike.
I'm not sure that this was meant, nor is, funny. Insightful, yes. The poster is more than likely correct - WMT would likely have attempted this, and is just part of the corporate climate of patenting and copyrighting anything that might have any value to deny your competitors. I'm all for small companies being given a chance, like Netflix, and not being beaten to the ground by late comer gorillas. Evenso, I am troubled by patents that cover a business model, rather than a specific product. I'll allow it is a potential 'good thing', but that the duration of these types of patents should be much shorter - say 5 yrs from the grant. This sounds much more like a patent for selling soda from a soda fountain instead of by the can, rather than a patent for a specific type of soda fountain.
View it as the artist being the sole owner of a company that makes and sells music. They are seeing a pretax bottom line of 8-12%, or roughly 6-9% aftertax. This is a typtical return for many mature industries.
more and more /. posts, comments, and 'reviews' of
updates to OSs focus soley on the eye candy, and
ignore issues of whats changed under the hood to
actually make the OS better. It would be sad
indeed if we have reached the point in OS development where all that matters is if the
title bar is brushed metal or something else.
thats gonna work real well during rush hour.. not!
not... productivity was maxed upon the appearance of Excel and Word. The internet is a negative as far as overall work productivity.
will there be a duplicate session on IRC tomorrow night too?
my service has improved as well since they added a distribution center in nearby CT, bypassing the Queens center (same one there were thefts from). I now have 3 day complete turnaround.
most of that was a write down of good will. They basically bought things with their stock and it goes on the books as if it were like a cash purchase (over simplification). Now that the 'value' of those assets are seen to be, well, little, they have to take a non-cash charge - the assets are written down, and at the same time so is stock holders equity (or lack thereof!).
I tried this as askslashdot, but was spurned. Is there any way to get my passwords out of Mozilla in a plaintext visable state? I have so many saved usernames/pw that I am feeling very uncomfortable that one day a file is corrupted and they are lost. It seems, though I'm not entirely sure, that simply backing up the data file is not a guaranty of resuablility on a clean install. Can sombody somebody who knows whats what with how pw manager works either point to a document or shed some light on this? Thanks
Please understand, this is from the perspective of a *user* of java based applications. In my setup, (dual AthlonMP,Ti4600) I can't use 1.4 because the primary application slows down to the point of being unusable. This does not happen with 1.3, and it runs best under the IBM version (who have yet to release a 1.4 for windoze). Lest you say it is just me, this same problem exists for a number of other users of the same applications running different hardware/OS configurations. Upon reverting back to 1.3, all is well. As a user, not developer, I find this unacceptable - I shouldn't have to worry about performance degredation when upgrading java. I seems the rush to add features before optimizing (and fixing) prior code is SOP for the software industry these day.
MSFT: float is 8,940,000,000 shares
Balmer:
He sold the stock for $23.93 to $24.67 a share. After the transactions, he directly owned 431.6 million common shares.
Billy G:
As of 4/29/03: 1,183,499,336 Direct control
You can work out the % ownership yourself.
are there size/power/heat considerations between say the PS2 and a pc box?
dude.. havent heard that one in 20 years..
is there any database of RIAA server IP's or their minions? Just on general principles I would like to block them all. Their actions are damn close to illegal search and seizure, at least IMHO.