Yeah, I've heard the same, but it's ok for me since I won't use Windows they'll have to think of another way to get to what I do... Such as watch me using their own CPU cycles rather than the cycles where Phorm runs (the client PC I believe).
Linux is making strides, sure, but it could make bigger ones. Make things easy on the Average PC User who wants to plug in his all-in-one inkjet/fax/scanner, do some video chatting with his Yahoo and AIM girlfriends, use his modest mp3 collection and manage his photo library.
That's never going to happen until manufacturers start behaving. Take the winmodem/sound card. It's never going to be fool proof until the manufacturers use open standards. Besides, it's not hardware so why bother with a software card? On the other hand, most network cards use rtl8139/sis900 (entry level 10/100), they're hugely popular but most of the time are not plug and play with windows, they don't work without driver cd, but work perfectly fine on all linux distros that I've used since 2003 that have the module prebuilt.
I don't get what you mean by use a modest mp3 collection, I've been using x11amp for ages and theres never been a problem with it, in fact, it works way faster than alternatives that I've seen on windows.
People invest a lot of time learning a certain UI, the way it does things and the interface. For technical people like us, it's not that difficult to learn a new UI (since we have an appreciation of the underlying works). But for non-techies, learning a new UI (particularly one that makes as much use of the terminal/command line as most Linux distros do) can be a major hassle. It's just not worth it for most people, just for some nominal security benefits and to save the $100 or so that Windows adds to the typical computer.
but going from xp -> vista is also quite a "learning" investment.
It really sucks that Muslims think they can enforce their views on the rest of the world. There's some crap going on in the UK now about Muslim law being brought into the national legal system, that really really sucks.
It's better to query the logged in users, then if there are no logged in users send a shutdown command. It might be better to send a hibernate instruction of course.
I've been meaning to setup a WOL system so that people can't complain about the time it takes to boot up etc - I don't mind setting up an alarm clock to wake up batches at a user supplied time.
I thought the malware distribution system was vista off the shelf. It contains just about everything for distributing malware, but if you really want to distribute it as quickly as possible then it's best to attach the box to a chair and balmer will throw it in the general direction of the target system. This is a known and proven approach to getting malware onto a target.
it wasn't long ago when chuck norris was ok with the chuck norris facts... he even rated a bunch... unless that's just hear say. but i guess he does have a point since they're going to make money from this... perhaps he is more pissed off that the community isnt going to benefit from it.
I was in a training session where the 'instructor' was asked what a double was and he explained it was called a double becuase it held two variables. I almost walked out of the class.
you're lucky he didn't hit you as it does contain two values, the exponent and the mantissa.
I'm here, my ID is pretty low. Since I got it, I got married, changed jobs twice, had two kids and opps, voted for Bush twice. This time I'm voting for Thompson, if he makes it that far.
Re:I don't use vim for the fancy features....
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Hacking VIM
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i see your.vimrc and raise you
set number " show the current line number
set autoindent " make block indents
set ts=8 " set the tab stops
set sw=8 " set the shift width
syntax enable " enable syntax highlighting
colors torte " set the colour scheme
set backspace=indent,eol,start " backspace goes wraps lines
set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch " Show matching brackets.
set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase " Do smart case matching
set incsearch " Incremental search
set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like:next and:make
set hidden " Hide buffers when they are abandoned
set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes) in terminals
set background=dark " background colour
set ru " set the ruler
set textwidth=72 " set the wrapping width
set antialias " font antialias
set encoding=utf-8 " file format encoding
setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb
set linebreak
set spell " set the spell checker (needs aspell)
but with ubuntu you can just recompile if needs be, you have that ability. what if you paid a lot of money for something like WordPerfect 5.1, which isn't maintained any more, what does one do? Or even something a little more popular like 3d studio max, or adobe... No one wants to get a new version of it, and I doubt the manufacturer would be happy to send you a rebuild.
So what? I didn't make you go to the link. You clicked the link yourself. That's not my problem. If you read slashdot at work and you start following links in comments THEN YOU'RE NOT AT WORK, and personally I don't think you should be doing that during work time as you're potentially a risk to your employer by visiting sites that are of questionable trust. I'd probably sack you. You're lucky that I didn't put something there that would compromise browsers and what I did alerted you to the fact that you're going to questionable sites. This experience had learning for you.
If you really want to keep people off your LAN then you need to deploy a good authentication system. It's not perfect, and of course anyone who hijacks the IP address is likely to gain access, but without going into VPN tunnels it's perhaps the only good way. Take a look into pftables or see this video for a demonstration: http://s5h.net/u?14
Well, in some respects that's quite ideal as many people use windows for just getting mail, browsing web and listening to music. What more does one 14 year old need?
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Yeah, I've heard the same, but it's ok for me since I won't use Windows they'll have to think of another way to get to what I do... Such as watch me using their own CPU cycles rather than the cycles where Phorm runs (the client PC I believe).
At least they're not going to get it for free.
... hes a dancing monkey tosser
chair throwing contest starting in 10...
I don't get what you mean by use a modest mp3 collection, I've been using x11amp for ages and theres never been a problem with it, in fact, it works way faster than alternatives that I've seen on windows.
Why do they (Muslims) always seem to take to the streets in angry mobs? What happened to Mohandas Gandhi's peaceful protest?
It really sucks that Muslims think they can enforce their views on the rest of the world. There's some crap going on in the UK now about Muslim law being brought into the national legal system, that really really sucks.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/19/nsharia19.xml
http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/beneaththeveil.jpeg
Mohamed fish helmet.
It's better to query the logged in users, then if there are no logged in users send a shutdown command. It might be better to send a hibernate instruction of course.
I've been meaning to setup a WOL system so that people can't complain about the time it takes to boot up etc - I don't mind setting up an alarm clock to wake up batches at a user supplied time.
So long as AOL keeps shoutcast alive I don't really care..
Folks. Beware, no doubt both the packaging and the vista cds will be made from this new material...
In soviet russia monitor hits you
I thought the malware distribution system was vista off the shelf. It contains just about everything for distributing malware, but if you really want to distribute it as quickly as possible then it's best to attach the box to a chair and balmer will throw it in the general direction of the target system. This is a known and proven approach to getting malware onto a target.
it wasn't long ago when chuck norris was ok with the chuck norris facts... he even rated a bunch... unless that's just hear say. but i guess he does have a point since they're going to make money from this... perhaps he is more pissed off that the community isnt going to benefit from it.
it's good that the lecturer fixed the mistakes. not all will do that, some are not bothered.
Acid test? Ok... but can it withstand a chair?
RC really stands for Recovery Chair...
set autoindent " make block indents
set ts=8 " set the tab stops
set sw=8 " set the shift width
syntax enable " enable syntax highlighting
colors torte " set the colour scheme
set backspace=indent,eol,start " backspace goes wraps lines
set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch " Show matching brackets.
set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase " Do smart case matching
set incsearch " Incremental search
set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like
set hidden " Hide buffers when they are abandoned
set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes) in terminals
set background=dark " background colour
set ru " set the ruler
set textwidth=72 " set the wrapping width
set antialias " font antialias
set encoding=utf-8 " file format encoding
setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb
set linebreak
set spell " set the spell checker (needs aspell)
man, i hope you dont mind, but i'm going to quote that all over the place
but with ubuntu you can just recompile if needs be, you have that ability. what if you paid a lot of money for something like WordPerfect 5.1, which isn't maintained any more, what does one do? Or even something a little more popular like 3d studio max, or adobe... No one wants to get a new version of it, and I doubt the manufacturer would be happy to send you a rebuild.
So what? I didn't make you go to the link. You clicked the link yourself. That's not my problem. If you read slashdot at work and you start following links in comments THEN YOU'RE NOT AT WORK, and personally I don't think you should be doing that during work time as you're potentially a risk to your employer by visiting sites that are of questionable trust. I'd probably sack you. You're lucky that I didn't put something there that would compromise browsers and what I did alerted you to the fact that you're going to questionable sites. This experience had learning for you.
If you really want to keep people off your LAN then you need to deploy a good authentication system. It's not perfect, and of course anyone who hijacks the IP address is likely to gain access, but without going into VPN tunnels it's perhaps the only good way. Take a look into pftables or see this video for a demonstration: http://s5h.net/u?14
the dick roll is superior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7n2hHmixWI&feature=related
Well, in some respects that's quite ideal as many people use windows for just getting mail, browsing web and listening to music. What more does one 14 year old need?