They may simply be doing what they did in the past: all "legacy products" are being sold under modified Vista licenses.
So, every copy of XP bought since the launch of Vista?
Count it as a Vista license (albeit modified, as it isn't really a license for true Vista).
Meh... someone else has explained it better than I have.
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If you're setting this up for a small outfit (like, I host email for my friends/family), then the minimum requirements may be a bit high (cached link here.)
On an Intel 32-bit machine (recommended at least 2GHz): minimum memory: 2G recommended memory: 4G.
That's for a box dedicated to being a mail server and webmail/calendaring client (forget about sharing it with other hosting needs, like a Webserver).
For a company (small or whatever), having a dedicated box for this sort of thing is reasonable and expected... and, please forgive the pun, the suite looks sweet. 8)
But, as an individual/uber-small hoster, those requirements put it outside the range of "host this on an old box." That's not to say that Zimbra was targeted at me to start (so, please don't take it as a complaint). I just wanted to break the news (hopefully gently) to those hobbyists that were getting excited about hosting it. 8/
(Shamelessly stolen/paraphrased from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"):
MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Anonymous Coward. What are they going to do? Kill m*BANG*'.
ARTHUR: What?
MAYNARD: '... do? Kill m*BANG*'.
BEDEMIR: What is that?
MAYNARD: He must have died while writing it.
I say anyone stepping up and taking a swing at Microsoft's market share is a good thing since it will drive innovation and value rather than good ol' incumbency.
I agree with this statement as long as it is an American company doing it. This isn't a dis for our non-American friends, but a hopeful wish for America to maintain that aspect of competitive advantage a little longer. In this case, Apple makes for a good alternative (keeps money flowing into the US instead of out-of the US). I'm not pro-Microsoft, but I am pro-American (being an American, I hope nobody can fault me for that!). We're already letting so many other countries "eat our lunch" in different industries... and rightfully so; they're finding ways of doing things more effectively and efficiently (competition is good!). Just don't wish more of it needlessly! Microsoft, love 'em or hate 'em, is an American company that does well for America. Now, for you non-Americans out there... what are you doing to topple Microsoft/Apple?;)
It may be true to a certain degree in the West, but in Africa where 15 million have died from AIDS, and 24 million are infected, it's clearly not so 'easy' to prevent.
Errr... the problem with HIV/AIDS in Africa is a cultural and economic one, not one of "can't be prevented."
The use of condoms drastically reduces infection rates. The problem that I've been reading about in Africa is that condoms are not utilized because they interfere too much in the love making process (ie, takes too long to put them on, and they're too expensive). A prototype device is being introduced here to try and address those issues.
Spread of this disease is preventable (which was the GP post's point); efforts to educate and provide the protection would be immediately effective versus waiting for a scientific cure... which would also have to be made available cheaply enough to help impoverished Africa (ie, not for many years after being made available on the market).
The US market is even further behind the rest of the world there.
That's because we led the world in cabled-connections; we had land-lines everywhere.
China (for example), when it started to build out its telecommunications infrastructure, was able to choose cellular because it hadn't heavily invested in anything yet.
Expect to see a similar "falling behind" in the future when the next generation of communication comes out to replace cellular. Whomever has the least invested in cellular will rapidly adopt new technology X.
Then... rinse, repeat for technology Y some time after that.
It doesn't really hurt them as much as make them look like a bunch of idiots.
Oh, I'd expect damage-control to kick in.
Expect to see "each copy of XP is sold with a limited Vista license" type of ploy; then Microsoft can still claim to be selling record numbers of Vista licenses and leave it implied that they're actually for Vista instead of XP. Save for delayed return on R&D costs on Vista, this still doesn't really hurt Microsoft.
I, for one, hope it doesn't work. I have a lot of shotgun shells and canned foods that will go to waste if my prediction of bacteria wiping out the human race doesn't come true.
Dude... if you're hoping to fight bacteria that's large enough to attack with a shotgun, I don't think this treatment is any threat to those dreams.;)
Also, they may be inflating the licensing numbers like they did with the release of XP.
Don't know if anyone recalls, but at the time XP came out, all licensing was switched to XP, no matter what version of OS you purchased.
So, at that time, if one purchased a copy of Windows 2000, what they got was a license for XP and a key for 2000. In this way, when MS reports numbers of *licenses* sold, they can include those people purchasing copies of any MS OS, no matter if it was 95, 98, etc.
I haven't read for sure that this is the case for Vista, but I wouldn't be surprised; why change a "winning formula?" 8/
What I do is take files I care about, encrypt them, rename the file to something tempting like "Cheerleader Sex Orgy XXXIV.avi," note the MD5 (sticky note on the next of the monitor), and share it on a P2P network.
Actually, I've had a problem at the Post Office with the "Please Ask for ID" on the signature panel; they absolutely refuse to ring a credit card without a signature on it.
The first time I encountered it, I didn't have enough cash to send the letter (my bad). In order to comply, I took out a pen, signed my name over the "Please ask for ID" RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POSTAL EMPLOYEE. That employee had the nerve to then check my signature on the credit receipt against the one on the card, as if it could somehow be different and they'd not accept it (!). Now that is what I call security!
Still, I'm pleased about the number of places that actually do ask for my ID. It is heartening when they look at the card, the id, and me to verify that I'm actually the one authorized to make this purchase.
3) Bob the Merchant ships Evil Bad Guy his product.
Does Bob the Merchant have access to Joe's credit-card billing address?
I'm going to plead total ignorance here, but it would make sense that, with that information, Bob could ask Visa/MC if the billing address is the same as what's on file for the card. No, it doesn't eliminate all fraud, but it would certainly reduce it.
I think the point of making merchants liable was because they're the ones accepting the payment. That is the last line of defense against the criminal.
I have written on my credit card "Please ask for ID" instead of a signature. While technically not "allowed," I'm surprised at the number of places I've gone that haven't bothered to notice no signature and never bothered to ask me for my ID. Is that Visa/MC's fault, or lack of care at the merchant?
Last thing I want to say is this: the one common thread throughout these posts puts the real problem into perspective; it isn't about who's responsible, merchants or Visa/MC... we should be focused on STOPPING THE CRIMINALS THAT ABUSE EVERYONE. We all lose when someone steals through higher prices. Maybe instead of focusing on "how to make it easier for someone to spend money," it should be on "ensuring only authorized users are making purchases."
When that happens, the loser will most likely wind up as a cheap burner you can stick on an IDE cable. And I'm really looking forward to that for data storage.
More likely, it'll wind up like the format war between DVD-R and DVD+R: you'll get a player capable of reading both formats, so it won't matter and the prices of the movies will be roughly equivalent.
If anything, consumers will pay for the war indirectly through hardware costs that integrate both solutions transparently.
No, I have to say that Google's got to have come up on top because they've been giving fairly accurate results.
"Accurate" had nothing to do with it. In a time when having keywords was the way to get to the top of the popular search engines, Google implemented a social ranking system; it really wasn't about being accurate so much as it was about "if everyone thinks you're link worthy, then you're probably an authority on some subject."
There's plenty of talk about community-supported information and social networks, but Google was the first serious attempt at utilizing that information way before such discussions were popular.
With the proliferation of people willing to strap bombs to their chests in order to "make the world better," it would certainly be easier (and cheaper) to recruit people who already know how to walk to a location and self-detonate than to spend it on "high tech" solutions.
I can see the ad campaign now:
"Tired of being labeled a terrorist? Why not join the new Space Explorers Club and really help humanity! Visitation with Allah guaranteed after mission! Sign up today!"
Then research funds could be freed up to build robotic solutions the world REALLY want... sex bots! Woo!
(For the humor impaired, insert tongue into cheek and re-read.;) )
Hey! I think I got an email about that stock! It was a little strange because it was mostly garbage text, but the included gif explained it all... time to start buying! Woo!
Renting, at first blush, seems like a good idea. However, consider that it really only works that way when there aren't any problems.
There are more than enough horror stories surrounding the "absentee landlord" scenario. What if there really are major repairs that need to be made? Or, more to the point, what happens if you get troublesome tenants? What if they don't pay or keep the property in good condition?
It'd be recommended to hire a trustworthy management company to rent/manage the house (but, even then there can be problems: like, reporting the property as vacant while collecting rent on it).
And this is your home, not a "rental property." Would you be comfortable coming back to your place with it requiring work to bring it back to the state you remember? Not that renters are bad people... but, you're more likely to see damage to property when the people residing there don't have an attachment to it (same holds for those facing foreclosure... ever seen a foreclosed property where people have poured cement into the pipes for spite sake? I have.).
Sure... could be an opportunity to make some money while away. If the gig is short-term, I'd look for a good friend to mind the place while you're away or see if you have a friend that wants to live there while you're gone.
If the gig is longer term, sell the house and buy something newer/better when you return.
Alas, many websites believe that '+' is an illegal character in e-mail addresses, and so disallow these extended addresses.
It is configurable (at least in Postfix). I, for example, actually use the "-" delimiter (both because that's not the default as well as because it is generally accepted).
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They may simply be doing what they did in the past: all "legacy products" are being sold under modified Vista licenses.
So, every copy of XP bought since the launch of Vista?
Count it as a Vista license (albeit modified, as it isn't really a license for true Vista).
Meh... someone else has explained it better than I have.
If you're setting this up for a small outfit (like, I host email for my friends/family), then the minimum requirements may be a bit high (cached link here.) On an Intel 32-bit machine (recommended at least 2GHz):
minimum memory: 2G
recommended memory: 4G.
That's for a box dedicated to being a mail server and webmail/calendaring client (forget about sharing it with other hosting needs, like a Webserver).
For a company (small or whatever), having a dedicated box for this sort of thing is reasonable and expected... and, please forgive the pun, the suite looks sweet. 8)
But, as an individual/uber-small hoster, those requirements put it outside the range of "host this on an old box."
That's not to say that Zimbra was targeted at me to start (so, please don't take it as a complaint). I just wanted to break the news (hopefully gently) to those hobbyists that were getting excited about hosting it. 8/
(Shamelessly stolen/paraphrased from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"):
MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Anonymous Coward. What are they going to do? Kill m*BANG*'.
ARTHUR: What?
MAYNARD: '... do? Kill m*BANG*'.
BEDEMIR: What is that?
MAYNARD: He must have died while writing it.
I say anyone stepping up and taking a swing at Microsoft's market share is a good thing since it will drive innovation and value rather than good ol' incumbency.
;)
I agree with this statement as long as it is an American company doing it. This isn't a dis for our non-American friends, but a hopeful wish for America to maintain that aspect of competitive advantage a little longer. In this case, Apple makes for a good alternative (keeps money flowing into the US instead of out-of the US). I'm not pro-Microsoft, but I am pro-American (being an American, I hope nobody can fault me for that!). We're already letting so many other countries "eat our lunch" in different industries... and rightfully so; they're finding ways of doing things more effectively and efficiently (competition is good!). Just don't wish more of it needlessly! Microsoft, love 'em or hate 'em, is an American company that does well for America.
Now, for you non-Americans out there... what are you doing to topple Microsoft/Apple?
What about yesterday's news that "Open WAP = Probable Cause?"?
If you troll child porn chatrooms and have DVD's loaded with kiddie porn, then is probably isn't for you. 8)
It may be true to a certain degree in the West, but in Africa where 15 million have died from AIDS, and 24 million are infected, it's clearly not so 'easy' to prevent.
Errr... the problem with HIV/AIDS in Africa is a cultural and economic one, not one of "can't be prevented."
The use of condoms drastically reduces infection rates. The problem that I've been reading about in Africa is that condoms are not utilized because they interfere too much in the love making process (ie, takes too long to put them on, and they're too expensive). A prototype device is being introduced here to try and address those issues.
Spread of this disease is preventable (which was the GP post's point); efforts to educate and provide the protection would be immediately effective versus waiting for a scientific cure... which would also have to be made available cheaply enough to help impoverished Africa (ie, not for many years after being made available on the market).
The US market is even further behind the rest of the world there.
That's because we led the world in cabled-connections; we had land-lines everywhere.
China (for example), when it started to build out its telecommunications infrastructure, was able to choose cellular because it hadn't heavily invested in anything yet.
Expect to see a similar "falling behind" in the future when the next generation of communication comes out to replace cellular. Whomever has the least invested in cellular will rapidly adopt new technology X.
Then... rinse, repeat for technology Y some time after that.
It doesn't really hurt them as much as make them look like a bunch of idiots.
Oh, I'd expect damage-control to kick in.
Expect to see "each copy of XP is sold with a limited Vista license" type of ploy; then Microsoft can still claim to be selling record numbers of Vista licenses and leave it implied that they're actually for Vista instead of XP.
Save for delayed return on R&D costs on Vista, this still doesn't really hurt Microsoft.
"and ordered to run newspaper ads admitting that some of their drinks contain no Vitamin C" This is far more damaging to them than a 200k fine.
Pfft. Dude, the 80's called and they want their punishment back.
No, they should be forced to blog about their crime in a fashion that speaks to their target base:
LyK oMg, I aM jUsT gOiNg ThRu TeH hArDeSt TiMe Of My LyF...gOt nO C n Mi dRnKS!!1!!1!
I, for one, hope it doesn't work. I have a lot of shotgun shells and canned foods that will go to waste if my prediction of bacteria wiping out the human race doesn't come true.
;)
Dude... if you're hoping to fight bacteria that's large enough to attack with a shotgun, I don't think this treatment is any threat to those dreams.
Also, they may be inflating the licensing numbers like they did with the release of XP.
Don't know if anyone recalls, but at the time XP came out, all licensing was switched to XP, no matter what version of OS you purchased.
So, at that time, if one purchased a copy of Windows 2000, what they got was a license for XP and a key for 2000. In this way, when MS reports numbers of *licenses* sold, they can include those people purchasing copies of any MS OS, no matter if it was 95, 98, etc.
I haven't read for sure that this is the case for Vista, but I wouldn't be surprised; why change a "winning formula?" 8/
Exactly! ;)
Whew... I knew I heard a similar quote before. 8)
Guess I just updated it for the P2P age.
Exactly! Why store it on plastic at all?
What I do is take files I care about, encrypt them, rename the file to something tempting like "Cheerleader Sex Orgy XXXIV.avi," note the MD5 (sticky note on the next of the monitor), and share it on a P2P network.
Instant distributed backup! 8D
Actually, I've had a problem at the Post Office with the "Please Ask for ID" on the signature panel; they absolutely refuse to ring a credit card without a signature on it.
The first time I encountered it, I didn't have enough cash to send the letter (my bad). In order to comply, I took out a pen, signed my name over the "Please ask for ID" RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POSTAL EMPLOYEE.
That employee had the nerve to then check my signature on the credit receipt against the one on the card, as if it could somehow be different and they'd not accept it (!). Now that is what I call security!
Still, I'm pleased about the number of places that actually do ask for my ID. It is heartening when they look at the card, the id, and me to verify that I'm actually the one authorized to make this purchase.
3) Bob the Merchant ships Evil Bad Guy his product.
Does Bob the Merchant have access to Joe's credit-card billing address?
I'm going to plead total ignorance here, but it would make sense that, with that information, Bob could ask Visa/MC if the billing address is the same as what's on file for the card. No, it doesn't eliminate all fraud, but it would certainly reduce it.
I think the point of making merchants liable was because they're the ones accepting the payment. That is the last line of defense against the criminal.
I have written on my credit card "Please ask for ID" instead of a signature. While technically not "allowed," I'm surprised at the number of places I've gone that haven't bothered to notice no signature and never bothered to ask me for my ID. Is that Visa/MC's fault, or lack of care at the merchant?
Last thing I want to say is this: the one common thread throughout these posts puts the real problem into perspective; it isn't about who's responsible, merchants or Visa/MC... we should be focused on STOPPING THE CRIMINALS THAT ABUSE EVERYONE. We all lose when someone steals through higher prices. Maybe instead of focusing on "how to make it easier for someone to spend money," it should be on "ensuring only authorized users are making purchases."
When that happens, the loser will most likely wind up as a cheap burner you can stick on an IDE cable. And I'm really looking forward to that for data storage.
More likely, it'll wind up like the format war between DVD-R and DVD+R: you'll get a player capable of reading both formats, so it won't matter and the prices of the movies will be roughly equivalent.
If anything, consumers will pay for the war indirectly through hardware costs that integrate both solutions transparently.
No, I have to say that Google's got to have come up on top because they've been giving fairly accurate results.
"Accurate" had nothing to do with it. In a time when having keywords was the way to get to the top of the popular search engines, Google implemented a social ranking system; it really wasn't about being accurate so much as it was about "if everyone thinks you're link worthy, then you're probably an authority on some subject."
There's plenty of talk about community-supported information and social networks, but Google was the first serious attempt at utilizing that information way before such discussions were popular.
With the proliferation of people willing to strap bombs to their chests in order to "make the world better," it would certainly be easier (and cheaper) to recruit people who already know how to walk to a location and self-detonate than to spend it on "high tech" solutions.
;) )
I can see the ad campaign now:
"Tired of being labeled a terrorist? Why not join the new Space Explorers Club and really help humanity! Visitation with Allah guaranteed after mission! Sign up today!"
Then research funds could be freed up to build robotic solutions the world REALLY want... sex bots! Woo!
(For the humor impaired, insert tongue into cheek and re-read.
My golden hammer is better than YOUR golden hammer at pounding in screws.
Not so much in response to the post, but to add to it...
I'm not that old, but I remember the same being said for:
- C++ compared to C
- Interpreted compared to Compiled
- Java compared to C++
- Servlets compared to CGI
The list could continue. Just wanted to highlight that "performance" is a short-lived reason to avoid a language. 8)Hey! I think I got an email about that stock!
It was a little strange because it was mostly garbage text, but the included gif explained it all... time to start buying!
Woo!
False positives? What about false negatives?
What would the liability be when the drunk kills another because "if I was too drunk to drive, why did my car start?"
I was expecting "Slashdot" games, such as:
* Race to First Post
* Find the Dupe
* The Mystery of What Happens in Soviet Russia
* Whack-a-Troll
Renting, at first blush, seems like a good idea.
However, consider that it really only works that way when there aren't any problems.
There are more than enough horror stories surrounding the "absentee landlord" scenario.
What if there really are major repairs that need to be made?
Or, more to the point, what happens if you get troublesome tenants? What if they don't pay or keep the property in good condition?
It'd be recommended to hire a trustworthy management company to rent/manage the house (but, even then there can be problems: like, reporting the property as vacant while collecting rent on it).
And this is your home, not a "rental property." Would you be comfortable coming back to your place with it requiring work to bring it back to the state you remember? Not that renters are bad people... but, you're more likely to see damage to property when the people residing there don't have an attachment to it (same holds for those facing foreclosure... ever seen a foreclosed property where people have poured cement into the pipes for spite sake? I have.).
Sure... could be an opportunity to make some money while away. If the gig is short-term, I'd look for a good friend to mind the place while you're away or see if you have a friend that wants to live there while you're gone.
If the gig is longer term, sell the house and buy something newer/better when you return.
Alas, many websites believe that '+' is an illegal character in e-mail addresses, and so disallow these extended addresses.
It is configurable (at least in Postfix). I, for example, actually use the "-" delimiter (both because that's not the default as well as because it is generally accepted).