And don't forget Gordon Brown's recommendation to get Bill Gates knighted. There is more to this contract than meets the eye - it stinks corruption - and the taxpayer (i.e. me) foots the bill, as usual.
As the story is mine, the 'go ogle' reference is intentional - I have always thought that there was something simple to the name google than the explained theories.
Too true. It's like they just announced car theft is illegal (in 1960) because all Ford cars use the same key to open the doors start them. It's nothing to do with Fords crap locks...
Nick
Too true. I am a babyboomer, and before TV it was games in the street - football (socker to you 'Murricans) marbles, hopscotch, conkers (in season) et al, etc. Then came TV. Then computers. Then the Internet. Then surveys.
At the moment, with current levels of security, if anyone's account/CC/whatever gets hacked, you at least have the option to change password, account UID etc. etc.
When it all comes down to biometrics, and the hacks come out to mimic finger prints, eye scans, pubic hair et al, what we all going to do? You can't like change your fingerprints/DNS overnight???
I have 4 machines at work and 3 here at home that had legit window installs but now run Linux. As said, Dell refuse to ship without XP as OS on just the 'box'.
Totally disgree.
We all get hassle, yes as Sysadmin, but that doesn't == home user should get them too with all the problems and holes that never seem to get fixed, or even more frightening open up more security issues.
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And don't forget Gordon Brown's recommendation to get Bill Gates knighted. There is more to this contract than meets the eye - it stinks corruption - and the taxpayer (i.e. me) foots the bill, as usual.
Stop relying on fags and get addicted to batteries. What will this do?
Governments will start taxing batteries at 1800% and EVERYONE will suffer.
Support your local smoker, friends, or else...
New data shows that infants use computational strategies to detect patterns in language...
I used the 'hot wire' method, 'cos Cobol wasn't invented.
As the story is mine, the 'go ogle' reference is intentional - I have always thought that there was something simple to the name google than the explained theories.
Too true. It's like they just announced car theft is illegal (in 1960) because all Ford cars use the same key to open the doors start them. It's nothing to do with Fords crap locks... Nick
Article in the Inq re M$ spyware associations.
Sorry, links to Bugzilla from Slashdot are disabled.
Too true. I am a babyboomer, and before TV it was games in the street - football (socker to you 'Murricans) marbles, hopscotch, conkers (in season) et al, etc. Then came TV. Then computers. Then the Internet. Then surveys.
He would be fined for speeding and had his licence taken away - like they do to Ambulance drivers here.
There is a big problem with all this.
At the moment, with current levels of security, if anyone's account/CC/whatever gets hacked, you at least have the option to change password, account UID etc. etc.
When it all comes down to biometrics, and the hacks come out to mimic finger prints, eye scans, pubic hair et al, what we all going to do? You can't like change your fingerprints/DNS overnight???
Doh!
He perhaps could have brought along a few Tribbles...
Is, you mean. I have a VAX here at home for hoovering (heh) and a VAX at work I am hoping to bring home one day (redundant due to SAP).
Yes, both suck.
As we all know, real vacuum cleaners really, really suck.
Heh - no, you buy a box with NO OS installed, dummy. Do you work for Gartner?
Well I'm blowed...
"Key Analyst: Someone we've paid a lot of money to agree with everything we say".
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I have 4 machines at work and 3 here at home that had legit window installs but now run Linux. As said, Dell refuse to ship without XP as OS on just the 'box'.
Why buy a machine with Linux installed and then install Windows? Beats me totally...
PM of UK Agrees. Whatever, but he agrees.
The best way to totally defeat this is to push printer paper up so that it costs $51.00 a sheet - not economic to forge then!
Of course, this will lead to counterfeit printer paper costing $49.00...
Totally disgree. We all get hassle, yes as Sysadmin, but that doesn't == home user should get them too with all the problems and holes that never seem to get fixed, or even more frightening open up more security issues.
But, as said, re Microsoft Studies, an independent consultant is somebody you pay a lot of money to, to agree with your views.
If I had MOD, I wouldn't mark as funny... but I don't anyway, and typos are not funny. That went out in 1996... (x c)
Anybody could have wrote that letter (AOL users excempt).
Are these taken serious? Taking bollocks and getting a reply thats bollocks and vice versa?
At least here in England with just hear the bollocks with no debate.