Have you ever seen a bounce message that didn't plaster the software's name all over it multiple times?
It's an advertisement, pure and simple. It's entirely to the software manufacturer's benefit to take the opportunity to advertise to third parties with you as the middleman.
And it works. I've had grey haired suits forward bounce messages to me to ask about the other products, asking whether we might want that instead of or in addition to the package I'd already put in place for them.
If you have any friends outside your GNU/geek circle then that isn't something that you want to do without pissing at least one of them off.
I had a couple friends get upset. Showing them the kind of control I have over their mail clients redirected the anger from me to MS, and worked as a useful tool for moving them toward SCO UNIX.
Ok, lets see. 128 mb RAM -- (assuming it's a DDR sodimm) about $100 to add an extra 256 mb flash ram -- ~$100 Any reason why they didn't add any backups?
You can make your messages look like this to MS users: (PNG picture) and
elicit fun responses like this,
while your messages look normal to non-MS users.
This is a
combination of using simple X- header lines for the top
error part, as well as the "'begin'-then-two-spaces" bug, which lets you
create a bogus MIME section that only MS mail readers fall for -- useful
for suppressing the message part. The begin-with-two-spaces trigger
makes an excellent quoted text header.:)
The MS Optical Desktop Pro is a pretty nice set. I've got it hooked up to my Linux Xbox (Xebian) and the range on the keyboard is about 12 feet. That's more than enough to drive xine and mame games from across the room.
The mouse doesn't work with Xebian yet, but it works on my other Linux boxes, so it's probably just a kernel update issue.
One very weird note is that the function keys aren't function keys by default, and ditto the scroll lock key. You need to tap a special key to toggle them back into function mode. No big since you do it once and you're fine until your next reset, but wtf -- MS is trying to deprecate the function keys now?
I work for a Utah software company. It's technically unofficial, but we're only allowed to hire mormons, none of whom know how to have a good time. The place is dead unfun.
Worse, we're pretty much controlled by MS (by pocketbook) and our legal department (by policy), which means nothing -- NOTHING -- gets done without six sign-offs and a bunch of awkward "would it maybe be okay if" calls to MS where we ask if it's okay to do things in roundabout ways while ensuring we don't force them into a position where they've technically told us to do something.
About the only benefit from my job is that the stock's been on a steady rise over the last year, and I have a bunch of really, really cheap stock options, but since our company's in the spotlight right now, I can't even exercise them without a bunch of negative publicity and even risk of legal action. I'm afraid by the time I can cash out, we'll be down to 10% or less of current value!
I use a PocketPC with an ftp server and built in wireless. When I turn it on at home, it automatically starts copying the songs most frequently listened to in my RhythmBox library. 20 lines of perl and it's friendlier than Neuros and this Korean toy put together.
winamp.exe for PocketPC (not the real Nulsoft app) supports vorbis and mp3 just fine, and 512mb SD media cards are a lot cheaper than they used to be.
You are now entering a deep sleep [Buy Bowlingual]... you are completely at rest... [Bowlingual is NOT funny]... Natalie portman is coming to you... she is smiling [SCO is in Linux]... she would like you to touch her... [she would like you to make her wear a Bowlingual collar]
Are you familiar with the applications that are certified to run on Sun workstations? Not all have been ported to Linux.
Considering the cost of those applications and the relative ease of porting to Linux, I'm sure the sellers would be more than happy to do the port if the customer demanded it.
That said, when you're dealing with a $500k/seat scientific visualization package, there's a good chance you aren't worried about another $4k for the box it runs on.
You already have a network of Sun machines but want something faster and cheaper. No additional complexity. If you start introducing different platforms you begin dividing and conquering the skills and time of your IT staff.
So, I figure that means there's a window of opportunity any time replacing all the machines with something else would equal the cost of replacing just the machines which have become unacceptably slow. If you replace your machines on a three year cycle, that means there's an opportunity every 8 months.
That's accelerated even more if you're growing the number of machines, or if you factor in future cost savings. Of course, it's also reduced by training and software procurement costs if you have to replace a bunch of software.
Still. I can't see why they aren't all moving to more cost-effective UNIXes, such as Caldera.
I'll be completely politically incorrect, but I speak from experience: These aren't involuntary reactions. They happen without thinking, but they can be overcome with personal focus.
An ADHD kid has it a little harder than the average kid, and it's not fair, but the best way to overcome these is personal responsibility and commitment to doing a little more work to develop a little more self control.
Anything else is voodoo science or abdication of personal responsibilities. This is only grand if you don't mind your kid signing up for a lifetime of 12-step programs and excuses aplenty.
What's more fun is that there will be false positives. Add curtained memory and Palladium crap to this, and instead of an error, Photoshop 9 will be talking to your local police about this over a secure channel that you're not allowed to tamper with.
The feds will come a knockin' because something in Photoshop had a wide aspect ratio and lots of green detail. And just you see if they believe that you tried making an auction image for your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beach towel.
It used to be the Chicago muggers would leave your watch alone unless it was a Rolex. Now they're gonna take my plastic Casio SciCalc Compass Watch too, "just in case."
Once again, I would like to reiterate that this is an SCO IP issue. Our IP is all over Linux.
Ladies and gentlemen, today I would like to show you exactly what I mean. For Exhibit A, I would like to show the contents of/etc/hosts where you will clearly see our IP:
127.0.0.1
Exhibit B, the output of traceroute, where you clearly see that this 127.0.0.1 is SCO's IP, ZERO hops from our main...
Truth matters little in advertising in general. It's just that the falsehoods tend to be easier to quantify or prove in technical areas.
Successful advertising is designed to control perception of a product. Companies which merely seek to raise awareness of a product are usually pissing money away; this has been shown to be less cost-effective, and it's generally a given that it's a "free" side-effect of a more manipulative campaign.
The same is true most anywhere that Covad is in use. The reason is that there's a slightly (a few bucks) lower cost to them to provide the line if they can do it on a shared wire. So they'll gladly make you pay $20/mo to avoid paperwork and $3/line plus line setup and teardown at their offices.
The integration I think I'd most like to see right now would be a Metacity or MicroGUI theme for Mozilla. Considering how many tens of thousands of people are using Sawfish and Gnome, can you believe something like this doesn't already exist?
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Consider the amount of hardware, office space, insurance, matching social security, etc and you start to see the programmer's cost rise.
It's an advertisement, pure and simple. It's entirely to the software manufacturer's benefit to take the opportunity to advertise to third parties with you as the middleman.
And it works. I've had grey haired suits forward bounce messages to me to ask about the other products, asking whether we might want that instead of or in addition to the package I'd already put in place for them.
I had a couple friends get upset. Showing them the kind of control I have over their mail clients redirected the anger from me to MS, and worked as a useful tool for moving them toward SCO UNIX.
No problem. It's landing tonight. :)
Nicely karma-whored. That's the link from the article. :)
This is a combination of using simple X- header lines for the top error part, as well as the "'begin'-then-two-spaces" bug, which lets you create a bogus MIME section that only MS mail readers fall for -- useful for suppressing the message part. The begin-with-two-spaces trigger makes an excellent quoted text header. :)
Read the article. Caridi knew they were being copied -- indeed, he was having the guy mail back VHS copies.
The mouse doesn't work with Xebian yet, but it works on my other Linux boxes, so it's probably just a kernel update issue.
One very weird note is that the function keys aren't function keys by default, and ditto the scroll lock key. You need to tap a special key to toggle them back into function mode. No big since you do it once and you're fine until your next reset, but wtf -- MS is trying to deprecate the function keys now?
Worse, we're pretty much controlled by MS (by pocketbook) and our legal department (by policy), which means nothing -- NOTHING -- gets done without six sign-offs and a bunch of awkward "would it maybe be okay if" calls to MS where we ask if it's okay to do things in roundabout ways while ensuring we don't force them into a position where they've technically told us to do something.
About the only benefit from my job is that the stock's been on a steady rise over the last year, and I have a bunch of really, really cheap stock options, but since our company's in the spotlight right now, I can't even exercise them without a bunch of negative publicity and even risk of legal action. I'm afraid by the time I can cash out, we'll be down to 10% or less of current value!
winamp.exe for PocketPC (not the real Nulsoft app) supports vorbis and mp3 just fine, and 512mb SD media cards are a lot cheaper than they used to be.
I surely hope not.
~ Darl
You are now entering a deep sleep [Buy Bowlingual]... you are completely at rest... [Bowlingual is NOT funny]... Natalie portman is coming to you... she is smiling [SCO is in Linux]... she would like you to touch her... [she would like you to make her wear a Bowlingual collar]
That said, when you're dealing with a $500k/seat scientific visualization package, there's a good chance you aren't worried about another $4k for the box it runs on.
That's accelerated even more if you're growing the number of machines, or if you factor in future cost savings. Of course, it's also reduced by training and software procurement costs if you have to replace a bunch of software.
Still. I can't see why they aren't all moving to more cost-effective UNIXes, such as Caldera.
Yes they are, only thinner.
And in late winter, if Saddam pops his head out of his hole, it means you get four more years of Bush.
Any more clear now?
An ADHD kid has it a little harder than the average kid, and it's not fair, but the best way to overcome these is personal responsibility and commitment to doing a little more work to develop a little more self control.
Anything else is voodoo science or abdication of personal responsibilities. This is only grand if you don't mind your kid signing up for a lifetime of 12-step programs and excuses aplenty.
The feds will come a knockin' because something in Photoshop had a wide aspect ratio and lots of green detail. And just you see if they believe that you tried making an auction image for your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beach towel.
"I'll take three Big Macs, two large fries, and a diet Coke."
"Okay, that'll be... two G-Shocks and a CrossSport."
"I've only got a Day Glo. Got change?"
"No problem. A Calcutron annnnnd... three failed ladies' calculator watches (I don't know why those never take off)..."
It used to be the Chicago muggers would leave your watch alone unless it was a Rolex. Now they're gonna take my plastic Casio SciCalc Compass Watch too, "just in case."
Ladies and gentlemen, today I would like to show you exactly what I mean. For Exhibit A, I would like to show the contents of /etc/hosts where you will clearly see our IP:
Exhibit B, the output of traceroute, where you clearly see that this 127.0.0.1 is SCO's IP, ZERO hops from our main...Successful advertising is designed to control perception of a product. Companies which merely seek to raise awareness of a product are usually pissing money away; this has been shown to be less cost-effective, and it's generally a given that it's a "free" side-effect of a more manipulative campaign.
The same is true most anywhere that Covad is in use. The reason is that there's a slightly (a few bucks) lower cost to them to provide the line if they can do it on a shared wire. So they'll gladly make you pay $20/mo to avoid paperwork and $3/line plus line setup and teardown at their offices.
For you KDE users who aren't on Konqueror 24/7: don't forget to say thank-you.