...even though I prefer SUSE over Mandrake by far. I always get excited about new releases. Linux's constantly increasing numbers make me feel like things are always getting better, which is usually the case.
By contrast, every new MS release makes me scared about what they're sneaking in this time - activation, DRM, Trusted Computing...
if you recycle do you get a "damaging manufacturing industry tax"?
Re:Bluetooth is incorrectly implemented.
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on my P900 I click Control Panel->Connections->Bluetooth-> On->Done (takes about 3 secs) I also get a tick box whether to be visible to other devices. To turn off again, click the Bluetooth icon->Off->Done While Bluetooth is enabled a blue light slowly flashes.
If this "visible to other devices" option is not present on other phones that is a mistake of the manufacturer.
If the hacked phones have "not visible" enabled then that's a problem with Bluetooth.
If the hacked phones don't have "not visible" enabled then that's the user's fault.
There is no reason (other than ignorance) to have Bluetooth enabled and visible to everyone else.
couldn't you burn to a virtual CD drive (.iso) and rip back?
semi-OT: I got rid of my (legal) mp3s recently cos all they did was make backups a pain and I like to encode in FLAC via Grip now, and play back with XMMS and CrossFade. Having all my CDs as mp3 seemed great until I realised I really only listen to a couple on a regular basis.
it's not so bad with Firefox - doubleclick to select link text, middle click to go to Google's best guess (which is the actual site)
Re:Yet another reason to get the *cheap* phones
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It surprises me how retarded people on a technology site can be.
Do you avoid those stupid computers and just buy 4-function calculators to avoid all those viruses, trojans, spam and all the other crap associated with the internet and modern computing? I guess not.
If you look closely, people being hax0r3d are almost always the ones who don't understand what they're doing.
-Don't enable full read/write access to all files while using broadband without a firewall. -Don't leave bluetooth enabled when not using it. -Don't park your car with the keys in the ignition and the doors open.
If any of the above didn't seem blatantly obvious to you, you are ignorant about the technology involved. Any problems you have are your own fault and do not make the technology bad.
of course they don't, gun ownership is so important it's in the Second ammendment, that's ammendment number 2, the second most important thing they could think of in the whole wide world, whereas free speech is clearly a far less important issue because that's not even mentioned until... um... oh.
>will we soon need firewalls for Windows Embedded?
given how important and prevalent networking is, shouldn't every network capable device now have some sort of a firewall?
by analogy, after seatbelts were invented, instead of waiting for a car crash and asking "do cars need seatbelsts?", then waiting for a van crash and asking "do vans need seatbelts?", then waiting for an SUV crash and asking "do SUVs need seatbelts", then waiting for a lorry crash and asking "do lorrys need seatbelts"... just skip to the end - put seatbelts in all vehicles unless a very good reason not to.
>For all of its shortcomings, the Windows graphical system is EXCELLENT for consistency between the OS and all applications that use the native widgets.
are you taking the piss? in linux (KDE) everything looks the same and is easy to use.
in Windows every MS program seems to have a completely different design and the icons don't scale.
in Wordpad you need to go Edit->Find or Ctrl-F in Notepad it's Search->Find with no shotcut Scandisk, defrag etc. has no resemblence to any other programs. MS Publisher (2000) has a completely different install dialog from the others, while PhotoDraw has a completely different set of icons and a strange, non-intuitive toolbar on the RHS
I'm not sure what your point is. I don't care about how widely deployed linux is. if businesses want to make (imo) foolish decisions and make choices based on FUD, then that's up to them. corporate/government environments do not drive the IT industry, more often than not they hold it back. ignoring academic installations is also strange. linux is used to build clusters of hundreds of CPUs. there is no other affordable way to do this. also academic institutions are more often about learning and trying new things, whereas business are just about people sticking to an established pattern of behaviour. so you're asking to know how many people have no use of the things that make linux special but use it anyway. well who gives a flying fuck? I want linux to be good, it being popular is neither here nor there.
and by what percent did the total number of drivers/road users go up? and what was the correlation with speed cameras? oh, a decrease in child deaths of 40% in areas with cameras? you were saying?
my right to life is more important than your demand for absolute privacy when exercising the priviledge of controlling a machine readily capable of killing tens of people.
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...even though I prefer SUSE over Mandrake by far.
I always get excited about new releases. Linux's constantly increasing numbers make me feel like things are always getting better, which is usually the case.
By contrast, every new MS release makes me scared about what they're sneaking in this time - activation, DRM, Trusted Computing...
it already expired, noobie.
...computing (it was duped 3 times so you must have all seen it) just got 0wn3d?
in my primary school we'd often share a textbook between 2 students, and with computers is was often 3 students... oh fuck!
for music it does, not for films. Night of the Living Dead is copyright expired.
omfg that's the most retarded thing ever.
if you recycle do you get a "damaging manufacturing industry tax"?
on my P900 I click
Control Panel->Connections->Bluetooth-> On->Done (takes about 3 secs)
I also get a tick box whether to be visible to other devices.
To turn off again, click the Bluetooth icon->Off->Done
While Bluetooth is enabled a blue light slowly flashes.
If this "visible to other devices" option is not present on other phones that is a mistake of the manufacturer.
If the hacked phones have "not visible" enabled then that's a problem with Bluetooth.
If the hacked phones don't have "not visible" enabled then that's the user's fault.
There is no reason (other than ignorance) to have Bluetooth enabled and visible to everyone else.
couldn't you burn to a virtual CD drive (.iso) and rip back?
semi-OT: I got rid of my (legal) mp3s recently cos all they did was make backups a pain and I like to encode in FLAC via Grip now, and play back with XMMS and CrossFade. Having all my CDs as mp3 seemed great until I realised I really only listen to a couple on a regular basis.
isn't Apple's DRM the sensible one apart from being WinXP/2000 (and Macs) only?
it's not so bad with Firefox - doubleclick to select link text, middle click to go to Google's best guess (which is the actual site)
It surprises me how retarded people on a technology site can be.
Do you avoid those stupid computers and just buy 4-function calculators to avoid all those viruses, trojans, spam and all the other crap associated with the internet and modern computing? I guess not.
If you look closely, people being hax0r3d are almost always the ones who don't understand what they're doing.
-Don't enable full read/write access to all files while using broadband without a firewall.
-Don't leave bluetooth enabled when not using it.
-Don't park your car with the keys in the ignition and the doors open.
If any of the above didn't seem blatantly obvious to you, you are ignorant about the technology involved. Any problems you have are your own fault and do not make the technology bad.
of course they don't, gun ownership is so important it's in the Second ammendment, that's ammendment number 2, the second most important thing they could think of in the whole wide world, whereas free speech is clearly a far less important issue because that's not even mentioned until... um... oh.
yeah, why not just take the generalisation one step further and be done with accuracy altogether:
"$thing is used to perform acts, including criminal acts"
the problem being many programs are also built on the flaws. just like websites with incorrect html but designed to work around flaws in I.E.
>will we soon need firewalls for Windows Embedded?
...
given how important and prevalent networking is, shouldn't every network capable device now have some sort of a firewall?
by analogy, after seatbelts were invented, instead of waiting for a car crash and asking
"do cars need seatbelsts?", then waiting for a van crash and asking
"do vans need seatbelts?", then waiting for an SUV crash and asking
"do SUVs need seatbelts", then waiting for a lorry crash and asking
"do lorrys need seatbelts"
just skip to the end - put seatbelts in all vehicles unless a very good reason not to.
I'm all for doing away with Phoenix and their We-Don't-Trust-You BS.
>For all of its shortcomings, the Windows graphical system is EXCELLENT for consistency between the OS and all applications that use the native widgets.
are you taking the piss? in linux (KDE) everything looks the same and is easy to use.
in Windows every MS program seems to have a completely different design and the icons don't scale.
in Wordpad you need to go Edit->Find or Ctrl-F
in Notepad it's Search->Find with no shotcut
Scandisk, defrag etc. has no resemblence to any other programs.
MS Publisher (2000) has a completely different install dialog from the others, while PhotoDraw has a completely different set of icons and a strange, non-intuitive toolbar on the RHS
total fucking bullshit. I've updated lots of times via Suse Yast and it didn't involve anything more than a few clicks (and typing root password).
WindowsUpdate, on the other hand, demands I select items for install separately and keep rebooting and coming back for more.
Microsoft has no intention to release all source code and blow up Redmond.
Intel has no intention of changing its slogan to "Not As Good As AMD Inside".
RIAA has no intention of suing its customers- wait...
I'm not sure what your point is. I don't care about how widely deployed linux is. if businesses want to make (imo) foolish decisions and make choices based on FUD, then that's up to them. corporate/government environments do not drive the IT industry, more often than not they hold it back. ignoring academic installations is also strange. linux is used to build clusters of hundreds of CPUs. there is no other affordable way to do this. also academic institutions are more often about learning and trying new things, whereas business are just about people sticking to an established pattern of behaviour. so you're asking to know how many people have no use of the things that make linux special but use it anyway. well who gives a flying fuck? I want linux to be good, it being popular is neither here nor there.
and by what percent did the total number of drivers/road users go up? and what was the correlation with speed cameras? oh, a decrease in child deaths of 40% in areas with cameras? you were saying?
fine, then it's up to you:
1. black boxes in cars
2. higher taxes to pay for thousands of officers to police the roads
I don't pay taxes or drive at the moment so I don't care either way.
my right to life is more important than your demand for absolute privacy when exercising the priviledge of controlling a machine readily capable of killing tens of people.
isn't 802.11a the old one that had a few benefits in certain situations over 802.11b, but is now superceded by 802.11g?
>and NO, it wasn't SCO that searched this stuff out
I know it wasn't SCO, it was Open Source Risk Management, a company that sells linux patent insurance.