Dead server? Boot Knoppix, restore data... Lost password? Boot Knoppix, recover SAM, crack it (or use any of the reset tools, etc.)
The Microsoft way: Install parallel copy of Windows XYZ... proceed with 2 hours of extra BS, then still end up reformatting later:P
Bin Laden & his groupies were pulling shit WAAAAY before we started killing them on their own ground.
Take a look at the first WTC bombing.
I don't recall anything in particular the US was doing, other than being a world economic leader.
Not to mention, the "west" would be targeted by Islamic idiots (ok, terrorists is the more popular term now) for simply backing the creation of Israel after WWII.
There's a lot more to things going on today than "Oh, the US attacks on Iraq/Afghanistan are causing more terrorism."
I call bullshit. They've been pulling this crap since then. How many suicide bombers have blown themselves up in the name of Allah? How many times do a pound my head on a brick wall thinking "If only these dumb asses would LISTEN to the religion the proclaim to worship under, and love ALL fellow man"? Every single major religion carries the same basic sentiment, but becuase one group decides blowing someone else up with suicide belts is a better solution, we have to deal with this crap.
I say glaze the whole fucking middle east over with some tactical nukes. The root of the problem grows from the bad seed of Islam radicals...
And yes, I know there's the "run as different user," which can and does work fine for me in >most circumstances, but a regular joe-user needs help double-clicking an icon, let alone right-click, run as... etc.
I have a feeling, with the RIAA involved, that it will be something along the lines of how banner ad views are paid - $.05 per 1000 views (downloads), etc.
A commercial service using bandwidth of its paying subscribers? That's a crock...
That's right on par with the adware that "hosts" ads from infected machines...
There once was a day when sites like Tom's Hardware, Anandtech, et al. reviewed the good, bad & ugly... Now there's a strange correlation between all the XYZ brand items reviewed and the XYZ brand banners all over the place...
God forbid you post a negative review of an advertiser!
Last time I waded through a ton of Hijack This logs, the log was generated on a Windows PC.
I use BitTorrent all the time under Linux, and have yet to get infected with Spy/Adware...
Dumb writers:P
After all, Han Solo boasted that the Millenium Falcon made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
He was boasting about the speed of the ship, and parsec is a measure of distance.
Maybe Roger's mis-statement had some unintended linkage to Lucas' unit confusion (grin).
Sure, my Linux boxen have some fancy backgrounds, but I have far more important work to do than screw around taking a picture of the f'ing wall so I can see what's behind my computer...
What's the article got to do with the fact that Mitnick gets 1000 times more coverage for screwing up than most people get for true success?
The fact that there's a story about him at all is just a waste of bits over the 'net.
The place I work for acts as system admins for about 100 different small companies in the area... Standardized images simply aren't going to do much good. We'd spend 90% of our time building images to reload (not to mention, that a lot of the customers take the opinion that they don't want to buy a 20-user copy of Ghost to be legal, but would rather pay $120 an hour for someone on site).
I know if generates money, but I'd rather do something more productive than sit on the phone.
This REALLY pisses me off. Do they have any clue how many times the following thing happens?
a) Users at XYZ Corp. get spyware or virus infection on their entire network.
b) Only reasonably sure way of removing it all is to reinstall 20 client machines at once
Now, we'll have C) Reading 500 digit f'ing OEM codes into a computerized phone system. Think about the poor souls having to do this... 20x5 minutes is a hell of a lot of time to waste fucking around with Microshaft's BS.
It's probably happening right now as we speak. Some new worm/virus goes out, turns said PC into an anonymous proxy, and someone decides to route their illegal crap through your cable connection. Since you have no log of the intrusion, you're the one that has to prove your own innocense.
(But, on a side note, if some of the music/software/movie vendors got off their high-horse and sold their product at a resonable rate, TONS more people would buy it. $20 for a CD? Hell now... Put it on a shelf for $5 or $10, there's going to be a higher number of purchases... Simple economics.)
Bring the games down to a reasonable price, and help ensure it's going to be "good" and I'll buy more games.
I pretty much stopped buying the new stuff once they hit $50-$60 per title only to buy it and find it to be hyped-up junk.
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Go look up his web page & send him a comment, check out where it goes.
Me too... Back when AOL actually served a purpose, they actually sent out media you could format and re-use :)
It loads by default in my favorite Linux distro...
Dead server? Boot Knoppix, restore data... Lost password? Boot Knoppix, recover SAM, crack it (or use any of the reset tools, etc.) The Microsoft way: Install parallel copy of Windows XYZ... proceed with 2 hours of extra BS, then still end up reformatting later :P
I always enjoyed tearing off the cardboard, crumble the "stuff" into a 20-oz soda bottle. Add water, screw on cap, stand back ;)
Sounds like a cannon going off when it lets go!
Religious zealots need to be done away with...
Bin Laden & his groupies were pulling shit WAAAAY before we started killing them on their own ground. Take a look at the first WTC bombing. I don't recall anything in particular the US was doing, other than being a world economic leader. Not to mention, the "west" would be targeted by Islamic idiots (ok, terrorists is the more popular term now) for simply backing the creation of Israel after WWII. There's a lot more to things going on today than "Oh, the US attacks on Iraq/Afghanistan are causing more terrorism." I call bullshit. They've been pulling this crap since then. How many suicide bombers have blown themselves up in the name of Allah? How many times do a pound my head on a brick wall thinking "If only these dumb asses would LISTEN to the religion the proclaim to worship under, and love ALL fellow man"? Every single major religion carries the same basic sentiment, but becuase one group decides blowing someone else up with suicide belts is a better solution, we have to deal with this crap. I say glaze the whole fucking middle east over with some tactical nukes. The root of the problem grows from the bad seed of Islam radicals...
And yes, I know there's the "run as different user," which can and does work fine for me in >most circumstances, but a regular joe-user needs help double-clicking an icon, let alone right-click, run as... etc.
I have a feeling, with the RIAA involved, that it will be something along the lines of how banner ad views are paid - $.05 per 1000 views (downloads), etc.
A commercial service using bandwidth of its paying subscribers? That's a crock... That's right on par with the adware that "hosts" ads from infected machines...
There once was a day when sites like Tom's Hardware, Anandtech, et al. reviewed the good, bad & ugly... Now there's a strange correlation between all the XYZ brand items reviewed and the XYZ brand banners all over the place... God forbid you post a negative review of an advertiser!
Last time I waded through a ton of Hijack This logs, the log was generated on a Windows PC. I use BitTorrent all the time under Linux, and have yet to get infected with Spy/Adware... Dumb writers :P
There's nothing worse than saying, "Ok, click on 'My Computer'."
:)
"Your computer? How can I do that"
"Umm, no, click on your 'My Computer' icon."
"But all it says is 'My Computer.' Not 'Your My Computer."
*sigh*
After all, Han Solo boasted that the Millenium Falcon made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. He was boasting about the speed of the ship, and parsec is a measure of distance. Maybe Roger's mis-statement had some unintended linkage to Lucas' unit confusion (grin).
Sure, my Linux boxen have some fancy backgrounds, but I have far more important work to do than screw around taking a picture of the f'ing wall so I can see what's behind my computer...
What's the article got to do with the fact that Mitnick gets 1000 times more coverage for screwing up than most people get for true success? The fact that there's a story about him at all is just a waste of bits over the 'net.
If you need to log in, crack the password yourself first :P
The place I work for acts as system admins for about 100 different small companies in the area... Standardized images simply aren't going to do much good. We'd spend 90% of our time building images to reload (not to mention, that a lot of the customers take the opinion that they don't want to buy a 20-user copy of Ghost to be legal, but would rather pay $120 an hour for someone on site). I know if generates money, but I'd rather do something more productive than sit on the phone.
This REALLY pisses me off. Do they have any clue how many times the following thing happens? a) Users at XYZ Corp. get spyware or virus infection on their entire network. b) Only reasonably sure way of removing it all is to reinstall 20 client machines at once Now, we'll have C) Reading 500 digit f'ing OEM codes into a computerized phone system. Think about the poor souls having to do this... 20x5 minutes is a hell of a lot of time to waste fucking around with Microshaft's BS.
It's probably happening right now as we speak. Some new worm/virus goes out, turns said PC into an anonymous proxy, and someone decides to route their illegal crap through your cable connection. Since you have no log of the intrusion, you're the one that has to prove your own innocense. (But, on a side note, if some of the music/software/movie vendors got off their high-horse and sold their product at a resonable rate, TONS more people would buy it. $20 for a CD? Hell now... Put it on a shelf for $5 or $10, there's going to be a higher number of purchases... Simple economics.)
That's a helluva lot quicker than logging completely out of the system to install something.
Or is it just the dl's off the official site?
Bring the games down to a reasonable price, and help ensure it's going to be "good" and I'll buy more games. I pretty much stopped buying the new stuff once they hit $50-$60 per title only to buy it and find it to be hyped-up junk.
I've seen various "other things put in Star Wars" spoofs, but never Star Wars in Forrest Gump! "Run, Jar-Jar, run!!!"
Credit processing costs an additional transaction cost (3 or 5%?). Debit doesn't.