Parent is right on. PHBs everywhere will glom onto the new Symentec product simply because it is Symantec. Meanwhile I have to suffer through parsing the entire Spybot Search and Destroy EULA every time someone else has a question about my using a "non-approved" piece of software on my machine. ("Freeware. It means I can use it for free. No restrictions. Even on a business machine. Read what it says!")
My experience is they create more problems than they solve.
I can't add to this from my own experience, but from what I hear from others, the Symantec suite can cause a lot of problems. My boss has had huge problems with it
-- it dug itself in to the OS so deep that when it went, it took Windows with it, and even after multiple expensive calls to both Symantec and Microsoft his computer was still in tatters (so much for the "open source is no good because you must have commercial support!" argument -- haven't heard that one since). And I'm using separate free anti-virus and anti-spyware products (no suite!) and have never had a problem.
My comments were added on to what Snopes said, and this was NOT MADE CLEAR by the way I used QUOTATION MARKS around the Snopes quote. Readers should BEWARE to note the tricky and confusing DOUBLE QUOTE MARKS in the middle of the PARAGRAPH.
There's an obvious pecking order on/., and the low UIDs are at the top. They are frequently modded up just because of their low UID, while substantive comments rebutting their positions are usually modded into oblivion out of 'respect'. mfh is a nice guy, though...
You're right! The exact quote (from the unquestionably reputable Snopes.com):
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Of course, Snopes goes on to say that "...it's hard to find any specific action of Gore's (such as his sponsoring a Congressional bill or championing a particular piece of legislation) that one could claim helped bring the Internet into being, much less validate Gore's statement of having taken the "initiative in creating the Internet."" But don't let that bother you -- after all, the entire premise of the Clinton administration was they wanted to be judged on how much they cared about people's problems, not what they could accomplish towards solving them. Gore undoubtedly gave many fine speeches talking about how important technology is (I just wish we could find a record of them), therefore he should get the credit for the Internet -- simple as that!
I am so tired of the hate that is spread all over. People need to move closer to each other again instead of amplifying polarization.
I agree.
It's the modern way to assume that once you've made your decision about an issue that it is the 'correct' opinion and that anyone who disagrees is wrong, intolerant, stupid, ignorant, going to hell, etc.
We need to transition to a place where we can discuss things without ending up hating each other.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Benjamin Curtis, better known as the "Dell Dude" from the computer company's television commercials, was released from jail Monday after being arrested on Manhattan's Lower East Side on suspicion of trying to buy marijuana....
If they were overpriced, they wouldn't be selling 5.3 million units in a single quarter.
And doesn't that indicate that the economic times here in America aren't really all that bad? Hmm... that wouldn't fit the MSM template, we must not have all the data in...
So why is it the MSM hates/is so afraid of the blogs? Anybody still remember the "guys in pajamas" remark by Jonathan Klein, then of CBS? Indicative of the way the industry fears Powerline, Instapundit, Kos, etc.
Basil: "Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war."
...I was reviewing the server logs of one of our clients and people were searching in google/yahoo/msn/ask jeeves for the entire domain name, i.e. siteurl.com.
I have no doubt that what you're talking about happens (I've witnessed it too), but since I've been using Firefox, I occasionally copy or type a URL into the search bar (which gets submitted to Google most of the time) -- Ctrl-L is for the location bar, Ctrl-K is for the search bar, and sometimes I get 'em switched up.
And for those of us who have used Yahoo! Bookmarks for a while and didn't want to go through the trouble of re-entering all the data into del.icio.us, I dug for a while and found this blog entry:
You want to use del.icio.us, but you have already dozens of bookmarks in Firefox? No problem. My new del.icio.us loader is the solution. More can be done in chunks.
Just export your bookmarks and upload the file. Then you can choose which tags to add for each bookmark. If you don't want to add all of your bookmarks, just choose the ones you like to add. Click the last button et voila, your bookmarks are magically added to your del.icio.us account. The script even recognizes the date, on which you've added the link to your bookmarks.
You just export your Yahoo! Bookmarks to HTML and then upload the file.
Minor downside (can't imagine anyone would mind): gotta give your name and password to use the script, obviously. The script worked great for me -- I uploaded several dozen bookmarks to my del.icio.us. More can be done in chunks.
kv9 did not write this. Lucy Sherriff did: it's the freakin' first two paragraphs of her article. Pretty pathetic. Let's hope kv9 apologizes on his way to hell.
A lot of/. stories are 'written' this way. I know whenever I submit I include quotes from the article, but I at least attribute them properly.
It's easier to do it this way than actually reading the article (something even the submitters obviously don't do) and finding those most salient points which deserve to be highlighted and will draw attention to the story.
In this case, a link to the sf homepage would have been nice also.
...apparently the rumored 'slashdot effect' has nothing to do with it after all:
The Sale of Kazaa
Team Sharman came to court today with a strategic shift in direction: the revolution would now be a secret.
Their legal team presented a draft set of undertakings designed to suppress non-confidential documents from the media. It could have been a great plan if the Judge didn't think it was so crap, and with no supporting evidence for the basis of claim to confidentiality, Judge Wilcox swept away the majority of the claims for confidentiality by Altnet and Sharman.
There's a nice plugin called Minimize to Tray for Firefox...
Excellent! I'd been looking for that kind of extension for Firefox! I got used to minimizing to tray when I was using K-Meleon. I'd mod you up had I any points...
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Not sure what you are referring to when you say "the US essentially encourages" it. According to the World Sex Guide entry on the United States: In 99.9% of the United States it is illegal, and a huge proportion of the public would be completely against any attempt to change that.
Parent is right on. PHBs everywhere will glom onto the new Symentec product simply because it is Symantec. Meanwhile I have to suffer through parsing the entire Spybot Search and Destroy EULA every time someone else has a question about my using a "non-approved" piece of software on my machine. ("Freeware. It means I can use it for free. No restrictions. Even on a business machine. Read what it says!")
My experience is they create more problems than they solve.
I can't add to this from my own experience, but from what I hear from others, the Symantec suite can cause a lot of problems. My boss has had huge problems with it -- it dug itself in to the OS so deep that when it went, it took Windows with it, and even after multiple expensive calls to both Symantec and Microsoft his computer was still in tatters (so much for the "open source is no good because you must have commercial support!" argument -- haven't heard that one since). And I'm using separate free anti-virus and anti-spyware products (no suite!) and have never had a problem.
MOD PARENT UP
My comments were added on to what Snopes said, and this was NOT MADE CLEAR by the way I used QUOTATION MARKS around the Snopes quote. Readers should BEWARE to note the tricky and confusing DOUBLE QUOTE MARKS in the middle of the PARAGRAPH.
MESSAGE TO MODS: MOD PARENT UP +5 INSIGHTFUL
Didn't Al Gore want to put the Internet in a "lock box"?
That was his strategery.
Snopes is losing his reputation.
That's just an urban myth.
There's an obvious pecking order on
Parent's right -- c'mon guys, use sarcasm tags ! Nobody can tell if you're being sarcastic or not without them!
You're right! The exact quote (from the unquestionably reputable Snopes.com): Of course, Snopes goes on to say that "...it's hard to find any specific action of Gore's (such as his sponsoring a Congressional bill or championing a particular piece of legislation) that one could claim helped bring the Internet into being, much less validate Gore's statement of having taken the "initiative in creating the Internet."" But don't let that bother you -- after all, the entire premise of the Clinton administration was they wanted to be judged on how much they cared about people's problems, not what they could accomplish towards solving them. Gore undoubtedly gave many fine speeches talking about how important technology is (I just wish we could find a record of them), therefore he should get the credit for the Internet -- simple as that!
I am so tired of the hate that is spread all over. People need to move closer to each other again instead of amplifying polarization.
I agree.
It's the modern way to assume that once you've made your decision about an issue that it is the 'correct' opinion and that anyone who disagrees is wrong, intolerant, stupid, ignorant, going to hell, etc.
We need to transition to a place where we can discuss things without ending up hating each other.
Dude, you're getting arrested!
For those of us not willing to simply imagine the images mentioned in the Wired story, try the mirrored story over at Mirrordot.
For more sights to see...
Interesting Google Satellite Maps (virtual sightseeing)
highlights:
- Bill Gates' house
- White House- with "erased" rooftops
Google Sightseeing (blog; new sites often)highlights:
If they were overpriced, they wouldn't be selling 5.3 million units in a single quarter.
And doesn't that indicate that the economic times here in America aren't really all that bad? Hmm... that wouldn't fit the MSM template, we must not have all the data in...
So why is it the MSM hates/is so afraid of the blogs? Anybody still remember the "guys in pajamas" remark by Jonathan Klein, then of CBS? Indicative of the way the industry fears Powerline, Instapundit, Kos, etc.
Basil: "Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war."
German: "Will you stop mentioning the war?"
Basil: " You started it."
German: " We did not start it."
Basil: " Yes you did, you invaded Poland..."
...I was reviewing the server logs of one of our clients and people were searching in google/yahoo/msn/ask jeeves for the entire domain name, i.e. siteurl.com.
I have no doubt that what you're talking about happens (I've witnessed it too), but since I've been using Firefox, I occasionally copy or type a URL into the search bar (which gets submitted to Google most of the time) -- Ctrl-L is for the location bar, Ctrl-K is for the search bar, and sometimes I get 'em switched up.
It's easier to do it this way than actually reading the article (something even the submitters obviously don't do) and finding those most salient points which deserve to be highlighted and will draw attention to the story.
In this case, a link to the sf homepage would have been nice also.
I think it could mean more people will begin to use Mambo and other free CMSs to put up a website.
Oh! The pressure!
...apparently the rumored 'slashdot effect' has nothing to do with it after all:
...
The Sale of Kazaa
Team Sharman came to court today with a strategic shift in direction: the revolution would now be a secret.
Their legal team presented a draft set of undertakings designed to suppress non-confidential documents from the media. It could have been a great plan if the Judge didn't think it was so crap, and with no supporting evidence for the basis of claim to confidentiality, Judge Wilcox swept away the majority of the claims for confidentiality by Altnet and Sharman.
just incase of the slashdot effect:
Thanks, but mirrordot has it. "The old ways are burning in the fires of industry," you might say.
Legaltorrents.com (RSS) has a few things -- it's small but growing...
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Uh, no. See the Constitution of the United States of America, Article IV, Clause 2, known as the Supremacy Clause:
Read here for Findlaw.com's legal annotations to this very significant clause.