Don't try and claim that an Amiga is a PC (note capitals), a PC is a personal computer built on the 8086 and onwards to i386 and beyond up to Opteron and Xeon architecture.
You know, just like the majority of people mean when they say PC these days.
An Amiga, Commodore, Crapstrad PCW, BBC, TRS-80, Dragon 32, ZX-81, Archimedes or other pre-8086 machine would be termed a microcomputer. Play fair and don't confuse the kids.
window is a generic word. windows is the plural of a generic word. what's the difference
The difference is brand recognition.
Someone says "windows" with reference to a computer and MSFT Windows springs to mind. Admit that and we can go on. Deny it and ignore the rest of the post, you're just being awkward.
If Lindows is bringing a system to market that imitates the function of MSFT Windows and uses a name similar, they are trading on the brand recognition of the MSFT product.
This is wrong because they didn't create the brand recognition, yet if they produce an inferior (scuse me, I'm just pissing my pants laffing at the thought of anyone doing it worse) product, they could harm the brand perception of MSFT Windows.
Lindows could harm Windows, and therefore should not be allowed to trade off the name. I hate MSFT as much as the next guy, but rules are rules, breaking them won't make the product better.
I solved that shit...
I downloaded Firebird and clicked "NO" every time it asked me if I wanted to download the plugin for flash.
Now if I want to be bothered by shitty ads or up-their-own-arses webmasters with huge flash downloads instead of HTML for a site I just open that other thing, or if I'm on the Linux partition, Konqueror.
so the good policemen and women can be out hunting down murderers and the like
Hell no, that's too dangerous, pulling over speeders and chasing $$ is much more attractive to your average donut-dunker who knows his pension is due in 5 years.
I use chat rooms a lot, and the number of times I sit and say that to my monitor is unbelievable.
I couldn't care less means you are at the absolute minimum interest/caring level possible for the issue, I could care less is the opposite, your disinterest level hasn't bottomed out yet.
Thank you for being the first person I have seen point out this glaringly lazy figure of speech.
Back in the old days of Windows 3.1 we didn't need a firewall at all.
Not having a modem or ethernet made the box as secure as any computer you ever used.
I think that this is the way forward, we could go round to a friend's house with the internet and bring portions of it back on floppy disks like we used to in the old days.
Mind, CDs would probably be more efficient these days., I dunno. Maybe without the dataloss and downtime that businesses could miss out on we could get to a place where DVDs and DVD burners dropped in price to make them cheap as chips for you me and everyone.
This isn't a support group, but what's got you stuck?
The dangerous stuff is all pointed at the RED NIC [80.12.23.34 DHCP ISP]], SmoothWall sits behind that and lets safe stuff to and from the GREEN NIC [10.0.0.254 DHCP server for your internal network].
You can set up SSH to configure it, but remember to use the IP addy or hostname of the server and the correct port [read the documentation for this].
Grab a copy of VMware and run up a test system for familiarisation with stuff like this. Reboots and formatting can be a real PITA when you're doing trial runs.
Noise shouldn't be a problem with old hardware, they only need one fan usually, and someone posted earlier about using a laptop drive for it.
This is a great firewall, the ease of use factor is out there with anything you can find. I've played harder Commander Keen levels.
Windows will only run code that has been authenticated by a 'security certificate'
And cracking that will be a violation of the DMCA, of course.
XP's signed drivers are merely a prelude to this, and I'm pretty sure that all those "Error Reports" that get sent from XP in the event of a crash contain, statistically, enough proof that unsigned code causes crashes, and is therefore working against MSFT. It wouldn't be hard to show that evidence to a Court and have them grant permission for incontravertible rights to code veto in the OS in the interests of their business and shareholders.
Maybe it is the fact that FAT is actually a pretty sucky filesystem and the only reason everyone uses it is because of Microsoft's monopoly
Or maybe, just possibly, out on a limb here, its because FAT was around before MSFT had a monopoly, back when they were the good guys, and the code for FAT is so solid that it needs no maintenence, no upgrading, no bugfixes, no testing, no support.
Maybe it just works, and there aren't many camera, PDA, MP3 player, USBstick [etc.] manufacturers that need more than that?
I like the post that calls this kind of buccaneer move extortion. Bill should be horsewhipped if he allows his Company to take money for this.
I use Mozilla Firebird.
When I want to install a theme or a plugin I click a link and it installs with a couple of OK's.
If web browsers ever became stabel and secure enough to trust with root permissions (Gosh darn it, lets see MSFT try that one HAHA) this is an achievable goal.
I believe that a list of RPM (or package of your choice) repositories could be entered in the browser mirror list, maybe as a Torrent based on DNS (I'm not intelligent, I just read/. a lot) thus more secure than a single site.
Any missing dependencies, or out of date libraries could have automatic updates with a special directory...
/opt/compatibility/[app name]/lib[app]-12.3
For old libraries that would break with newer versions installed.
I know there are LOT of forums out there that people post to with information about which library works best with which application, so to make the/opt/compat/ directory seems like a useful idea even without the browser installation.
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It's the soft landing that's the bitch to get right.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. So they say.
Don't try and claim that an Amiga is a PC (note capitals), a PC is a personal computer built on the 8086 and onwards to i386 and beyond up to Opteron and Xeon architecture.
You know, just like the majority of people mean when they say PC these days.
An Amiga, Commodore, Crapstrad PCW, BBC, TRS-80, Dragon 32, ZX-81, Archimedes or other pre-8086 machine would be termed a microcomputer. Play fair and don't confuse the kids.
I didn't remove that file because it isn't there in version 0.7, but the prompts automatically stop after two or three clicks.
Which version do you use?
If they were so easily ID'd, wouldn't that encourage them to stop making choices about our lives that we felt justified murdering them over?
God loves politicians, thats why Goatse was created for them ... The perfect place for them to feel at home in.
window is a generic word. windows is the plural of a generic word. what's the difference
The difference is brand recognition.
Someone says "windows" with reference to a computer and MSFT Windows springs to mind. Admit that and we can go on. Deny it and ignore the rest of the post, you're just being awkward.
If Lindows is bringing a system to market that imitates the function of MSFT Windows and uses a name similar, they are trading on the brand recognition of the MSFT product.
This is wrong because they didn't create the brand recognition, yet if they produce an inferior (scuse me, I'm just pissing my pants laffing at the thought of anyone doing it worse) product, they could harm the brand perception of MSFT Windows.
Lindows could harm Windows, and therefore should not be allowed to trade off the name. I hate MSFT as much as the next guy, but rules are rules, breaking them won't make the product better.
Or the crappy Flash and Shockwave ads.
I solved that shit...
I downloaded Firebird and clicked "NO" every time it asked me if I wanted to download the plugin for flash.
Now if I want to be bothered by shitty ads or up-their-own-arses webmasters with huge flash downloads instead of HTML for a site I just open that other thing, or if I'm on the Linux partition, Konqueror.
so the good policemen and women can be out hunting down murderers and the like
Hell no, that's too dangerous, pulling over speeders and chasing $$ is much more attractive to your average donut-dunker who knows his pension is due in 5 years.
It is "couldn't care less".
I use chat rooms a lot, and the number of times I sit and say that to my monitor is unbelievable.
I couldn't care less means you are at the absolute minimum interest/caring level possible for the issue, I could care less is the opposite, your disinterest level hasn't bottomed out yet.
Thank you for being the first person I have seen point out this glaringly lazy figure of speech.
How soon till I rear-end your ass because you're too busy looking for your tag
Probably a lot sooner that it will be before you start driving with due care and attention.
Never go so fast that you can't stop in the distance you can see is clear ahead of you.
I don't know about the US, but over here if you rear end someone it's your fault for not paying attention to the road. Every time.
PLEASE leave us alone, we did what you asked =(
Being here a long time obviously makes you unfunny.
I for one welcome our new unfunny overlords.
Back in the old days of Windows 3.1 we didn't need a firewall at all.
Not having a modem or ethernet made the box as secure as any computer you ever used.
I think that this is the way forward, we could go round to a friend's house with the internet and bring portions of it back on floppy disks like we used to in the old days.
Mind, CDs would probably be more efficient these days., I dunno. Maybe without the dataloss and downtime that businesses could miss out on we could get to a place where DVDs and DVD burners dropped in price to make them cheap as chips for you me and everyone.
*sigh* In an ideal world, right?
This isn't a support group, but what's got you stuck?
The dangerous stuff is all pointed at the RED NIC [80.12.23.34 DHCP ISP]], SmoothWall sits behind that and lets safe stuff to and from the GREEN NIC [10.0.0.254 DHCP server for your internal network].
You can set up SSH to configure it, but remember to use the IP addy or hostname of the server and the correct port [read the documentation for this].
Grab a copy of VMware and run up a test system for familiarisation with stuff like this. Reboots and formatting can be a real PITA when you're doing trial runs.
Almost, except that
"very poor understanding of copyright" != "spawn of satan"
I read this with a +4 Insightful.
Good moderating. Any old fool could have modded it Funny, but we know the score, right?
It installs to about 250MB.
Noise shouldn't be a problem with old hardware, they only need one fan usually, and someone posted earlier about using a laptop drive for it.
This is a great firewall, the ease of use factor is out there with anything you can find. I've played harder Commander Keen levels.
Every article that gets selected for the front page has a post like this,
Why is this news?
Because people have too much time on their hands and will read any old shit, I guess.
If you DGAF about SmoothWall or its releases, why click the article, and why take the time to reply?
If you notice, some people here actually enjoy posting about SmoothWall, IPCop, Richard Morrell, all the rest of the stuff here.
IHBT, yes, I'll HAND, but I think I won this one (if one can ever win a trolling, even one that some dumbass modjockey modded insightful).
Windows will only run code that has been authenticated by a 'security certificate'
And cracking that will be a violation of the DMCA, of course.
XP's signed drivers are merely a prelude to this, and I'm pretty sure that all those "Error Reports" that get sent from XP in the event of a crash contain, statistically, enough proof that unsigned code causes crashes, and is therefore working against MSFT. It wouldn't be hard to show that evidence to a Court and have them grant permission for incontravertible rights to code veto in the OS in the interests of their business and shareholders.
wow people post to slashdot fast :o
You're new here, right?
Maybe it is the fact that FAT is actually a pretty sucky filesystem and the only reason everyone uses it is because of Microsoft's monopoly
Or maybe, just possibly, out on a limb here, its because FAT was around before MSFT had a monopoly, back when they were the good guys, and the code for FAT is so solid that it needs no maintenence, no upgrading, no bugfixes, no testing, no support.
Maybe it just works, and there aren't many camera, PDA, MP3 player, USBstick [etc.] manufacturers that need more than that?
I like the post that calls this kind of buccaneer move extortion. Bill should be horsewhipped if he allows his Company to take money for this.
How about USB "ThumbDrives"? MMC? SmartMedia? Secure Digital cards? MemorySticks? External USB/FireWire hard drives?
In this day and age is it THAT hard to remember to make the bios or ROMs on these things flashable?
Surely its possible to switch formats with a firmware upgrade?
Step one: boot Knoppix.
Step two: open the Root Shell.
Step three: type knx-hdinstall.
Step four: follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Step five: ???
Step six: Profit!
I use Mozilla Firebird.
/. a lot) thus more secure than a single site.
...
/opt/compatibility/[app name]/lib[app]-12.3
/opt/compat/ directory seems like a useful idea even without the browser installation.
When I want to install a theme or a plugin I click a link and it installs with a couple of OK's.
If web browsers ever became stabel and secure enough to trust with root permissions (Gosh darn it, lets see MSFT try that one HAHA) this is an achievable goal.
I believe that a list of RPM (or package of your choice) repositories could be entered in the browser mirror list, maybe as a Torrent based on DNS (I'm not intelligent, I just read
Any missing dependencies, or out of date libraries could have automatic updates with a special directory
For old libraries that would break with newer versions installed.
I know there are LOT of forums out there that people post to with information about which library works best with which application, so to make the
To use the 00's version of the Godwin law:
it seems quite unlikely that any reasonable person would ever confuse an operating system version with a cartoon character
It also seems quite unlikely that someone would sue over a beverage made with boiling water, for the water being too hot.
To put my own interpretation on Bruce's words, Disney *are* Corporate America, and they live by the lawyer, not the sword.