"Like that last Firefox bug that wiped out files and data just by trying to download something ?"
That only wiped out files in the Download directory, IF you install an extension that exploited it.
Considering the Mozilla.org Firefox Extension page is the only page allowed to install extensions on with a default install, and the fact that when it DOES install an extension, it has a minimum 3 second wait time, you MIGHT be able to be tricked by an attacker if you try hard enough.
Nope. GNOME's theming is *way* more flexible in comparism with QT, because it lets you exchange the complete engine.
That's all well and good, but that has absolutely nothing to do with what he said.
What he means is the interface, you know, the stuff that doesn't have to do with eye candy. You can make it look pretty much however you want, and put whatever, wherever, and do whatever you want it to do.
A long time ago, I got really pissed off at how slow KDE was for me, so I switched to Fluxbox. About a month ago, I updated glibc and the Fluxbox build broke.... REALLY irritated me. So I was forced to use KDE or the CLI for a week (I use more than 6 terminals at a time, so CLI wasn't exactly an option for me), and I was REALLY impressed. They have fixed all the speed issues, etc, that I had a problem with before (well, at least on my computer, it runs perfectly now).
I still hate the way Windows is set up (the way KDE is by default), so I looked around in the options for a bit to see if I could craft my own desktop. Now, it almost works identically to Fluxbox, but better. No icons on desktop, right click and get a menu with apps to run, taskbar, clock, workspace changer, etc, but now I have a lot more that I didn't have before, such as toggling the taskbar to hide so I have more space to work, an easier way to run Firefox (Quick Launch, the only good thing to come out of Redmond), better/more shortcuts (desktop toggling shortcut works better in KDE than in Fluxbox...), etc.
I agree the naming system is bad, but really, WHO CARES? It's not like it has written on it in big red letters, "HI I'M KICKER, IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY NAME MOVE TO GNOME".
What I'm trying to say is, with the way you can customize the desktop, you can turn it into whatever you want it to. I don't care if my desktop looks "pretty", I want to be as productive as possible, because when I do work, which is rarely, I can get more done.
I'm a Linux user, and I wouldn't have figured that out, those are Gentoo specific commands. On Slackware, for nVidia drivers, you run the file you download, wait about 10 seconds, and it says "Finished". Restart X and you are done...
I just read through this, thinking it was Non-Fiction, after the rope thing, and Ted and Joe wanting to go back, I started thinking it wasn't.
For anyone still unsure about this story being true/false, it is DEFINITELY false.
http://dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=holyshiite.c om
Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: HOLYSHIITE.COM
Created on: 02-MAY-01
Expires on: 02-MAY-05
Last Updated on: 02-MAY-04
All I want to know now is, WHO WROTE THIS AND WHEN WILL THEIR NEXT STORY BE AVAILABLE??????????
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You should know what you named the file, otherwise a database file system wouldn't help you anyway...
For your "Planning Application" example, just use the -i switch.
find ~/Documents | grep -i "planning application"
And for you other people that said it can't search through SXW files, etc, this was for searching for the filename, not through the document. SXW files have plaintext filenames last I checked.
Regarding the "metal uses empty space to let you move the window", I like X's idea better, hold on to Alt and left click will move the window, right click will resize the window, no matter where you click on it. Makes things so easy:)
Except that you often can't know for sure what the "no-cd" patching program does, so you can't be sure it isn't going to steal your precious CD-key / WONID and send it across the internet.
Morrowind, the best multiplayer game since Half-Life!
L. Ron Hubbard was a genius at writing, Mission Earth was by far the best Science Fiction series I've ever read, right next to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
The movie "Battlefield Earth" was a disgrace to his work, and whoever thought of that idea should be punished.
No, that is completely different. What you are saying is brute forcing, he's saying the garage door has a button on it that opens the door no matter what.
I think he means that it comes out so HE can install it, and the spyware and viruses that those girls bring won't spread and infect his computer as well.
I'm trying to figure out where these numbers are coming from...
A friend of mine installed it, his brother installed it, and since I was creating a Windows partition for games (I'm a Slackware user, and hate Windows), I decided to try it out since it was a clean install and it worked fine on all three. My brother installed it and that's 4/4 working copies of SP2...
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"Like that last Firefox bug that wiped out files and data just by trying to download something ?"
That only wiped out files in the Download directory, IF you install an extension that exploited it.
Considering the Mozilla.org Firefox Extension page is the only page allowed to install extensions on with a default install, and the fact that when it DOES install an extension, it has a minimum 3 second wait time, you MIGHT be able to be tricked by an attacker if you try hard enough.
I bet it makes you feel all good inside that installed those Windows Updates! That college degree really paid off, you are such a pro!
To be compatible with Windows 3.1 and up, you should have said explorer.exe and command.com.
Exactly, I can't even TRY to make an app that is vulnerable to buffer overflows... when I go to exploit it, it doesn't work (chops off extra data).
Nope. GNOME's theming is *way* more flexible in comparism with QT, because it lets you exchange the complete engine.
That's all well and good, but that has absolutely nothing to do with what he said.
What he means is the interface, you know, the stuff that doesn't have to do with eye candy. You can make it look pretty much however you want, and put whatever, wherever, and do whatever you want it to do.
A long time ago, I got really pissed off at how slow KDE was for me, so I switched to Fluxbox. About a month ago, I updated glibc and the Fluxbox build broke.... REALLY irritated me. So I was forced to use KDE or the CLI for a week (I use more than 6 terminals at a time, so CLI wasn't exactly an option for me), and I was REALLY impressed. They have fixed all the speed issues, etc, that I had a problem with before (well, at least on my computer, it runs perfectly now).
I still hate the way Windows is set up (the way KDE is by default), so I looked around in the options for a bit to see if I could craft my own desktop. Now, it almost works identically to Fluxbox, but better. No icons on desktop, right click and get a menu with apps to run, taskbar, clock, workspace changer, etc, but now I have a lot more that I didn't have before, such as toggling the taskbar to hide so I have more space to work, an easier way to run Firefox (Quick Launch, the only good thing to come out of Redmond), better/more shortcuts (desktop toggling shortcut works better in KDE than in Fluxbox...), etc.
I agree the naming system is bad, but really, WHO CARES? It's not like it has written on it in big red letters, "HI I'M KICKER, IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY NAME MOVE TO GNOME".
What I'm trying to say is, with the way you can customize the desktop, you can turn it into whatever you want it to. I don't care if my desktop looks "pretty", I want to be as productive as possible, because when I do work, which is rarely, I can get more done.
Since when do /.ers care about current events? (non tech related, that is)
I'm a Linux user, and I wouldn't have figured that out, those are Gentoo specific commands. On Slackware, for nVidia drivers, you run the file you download, wait about 10 seconds, and it says "Finished". Restart X and you are done...
I just read through this, thinking it was Non-Fiction, after the rope thing, and Ted and Joe wanting to go back, I started thinking it wasn't.
c om
For anyone still unsure about this story being true/false, it is DEFINITELY false.
http://dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=holyshiite.
Registrar: DOTSTER Domain Name: HOLYSHIITE.COM Created on: 02-MAY-01 Expires on: 02-MAY-05 Last Updated on: 02-MAY-04
All I want to know now is, WHO WROTE THIS AND WHEN WILL THEIR NEXT STORY BE AVAILABLE??????????
You should know what you named the file, otherwise a database file system wouldn't help you anyway...
For your "Planning Application" example, just use the -i switch.
find ~/Documents | grep -i "planning application"
And for you other people that said it can't search through SXW files, etc, this was for searching for the filename, not through the document. SXW files have plaintext filenames last I checked.
This movie is going to kick ass!
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- Finding files can be hard. Is that letter about the planning application in Documents/Letters or Documents/Planning App?
find ~/Documents | grep "planning application"
You've just taken a giant step into learning how to search for files in UNIX! In my next tutorial, I'll teach you the power of the "locate" command.
You should have posted that as Anonymous Coward...
We'll still be waiting for Duke Nukem Forever.
Regarding the "metal uses empty space to let you move the window", I like X's idea better, hold on to Alt and left click will move the window, right click will resize the window, no matter where you click on it. Makes things so easy :)
...note the recent blip?
:)
A instant fourfold increase in traffic is hardly a blip. It's a Slashdotting... an unintential method of a DDoS attack...
Fourfold? Did you actually LOOK at the statistics?
More like 20-fold or 30-fold.
I've never really experimented with Mac OS X much, but why did they do it this way?
I figured that the look was all based on the current theme, making the whole OS skinnable like almost every WM/DE in Linux and even Windows...
So is there going to be a fork of Darwine, DarWineX or DarCedega?
Except that you often can't know for sure what the "no-cd" patching program does, so you can't be sure it isn't going to steal your precious CD-key / WONID and send it across the internet.
Morrowind, the best multiplayer game since Half-Life!
Yeah, that's probably the case.
All 4 of those computers are self-built.
Isn't that what DShield does?
L. Ron Hubbard was a genius at writing, Mission Earth was by far the best Science Fiction series I've ever read, right next to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
The movie "Battlefield Earth" was a disgrace to his work, and whoever thought of that idea should be punished.
No, that is completely different. What you are saying is brute forcing, he's saying the garage door has a button on it that opens the door no matter what.
Yes, but how would the people that AREN'T allowed supposed to update their computer then? They have to download updates from the internet.
I think he means that it comes out so HE can install it, and the spyware and viruses that those girls bring won't spread and infect his computer as well.
I'm trying to figure out where these numbers are coming from...
A friend of mine installed it, his brother installed it, and since I was creating a Windows partition for games (I'm a Slackware user, and hate Windows), I decided to try it out since it was a clean install and it worked fine on all three. My brother installed it and that's 4/4 working copies of SP2...