Actually that's pure bunk. Dvorak said it, and it's been echoed time and time again. Most of the scammers are from Nigeria. While there are some scammers in the UK and others elswhere around the globe, the vast majority of them are from Africa. This has been proven time and time again by comparing sender IP's to those of companies providing satellite service to Nigera. In addition, most "baiters" receive requests for money transfers Lagos, Nigeria, considered to be the center of the scamming trade.
That info is actually on the site.....oh wait, this is/.
This just in, story released about re-release of Star Wars has been re-released for/.'ers to re-read.
Can't you realize that redoing the same posts over and over again is easily recognized by frequent readers of this news repository. Comments often respect that the editors are only human, but such a repeat of a mistake makes most redears reluctantly repeat the same jokes that they made the last time this was reposted.
Usually I am able to BS my way through an article by making a guess based on the title. This article. however, posed a problem to me... I couldn't figure it out, or rather the decision I made wasn't that logical.
Based on the info in the title, I concluded that the project did nothing (after all, a successul implementation of hibernation just sits there.) This caused me much confusion, resulting in me mistaking salt for sugar, and baking soda for non-dairy creamer....
The reason for the price gap is a matter of quantity. The average user will probably only buy one computer, monitor, gadget, etc. The average business will buy dozens. Given that companies are likely to want purchase items in large quantities, the manufacturers can stand to price items with a small profit margin...after all, a lower price may entice the purchasing companies to increase the size of their order.
Example: Product A costs the manufacturer $100. The average user can purchase Product A for $150. That turns out to a $50 profit for the manufacturer. The average company can purchase Product A for $105. While that is only a $5 profit for the manufacturer, the fact that Product A is very cheap will mean that companies will be willing to purchase 10 units, not just one. Wait...that comes out to the same profit, right? Yep. The benefit of lower pricing is that now the purchasing business has a 10 unit dependency on Product A, not just a 1 unit dependency. A $150 waste (the cost to ditch a 1 unit reliance on Product A) is much more manageable than a $1050 waste. This means that, due to higher volume purchasing, Product A has a much more stable customer base among businesses. A stable customer base means more upgrades, more future purchases etc...generally a better deal for the manufacturer in the long run. Works out nicely, eh?
1) SCO goes on a crusade, accuses anyone/everyone associated with Linux. IBM steps up to the plate and pours tons of time and money into defending Linux. Result? SCO f*ck's their relationship with Baystar, Chrysler, and McDonald's to hell and back and watches their stock go swimming in Wall Street's crapper.
2) Microsoft patents anything and everything in an attempt to both block open source competition and pave the way for Longhorn's release. Result? Apple upstages MS with the demonstration of Longhorn's features in working form in Tiger. Microsoft shits their pants as they realise that those features were implimented not only more efficiently than they were able to, but also without violating any patents. The open source community continues to work (almost) uninterrupted.
3) Microsoft throws a fit, heats up the presses, and launches a massive wave of FUD at the public. Results? Just that...the IT world looks at the FUD, looks back at the results, and continues to depend on Linux/BSD/etc. for servers...
4)...you can contribute to this one...
Somehow I doubt that patent sprees will ever have a major effect on the open source movement...
So now, in addition to handling the overblown, cartoonish graphics already slated (no pun here...) for Longhorn, our whimpering machines will have to struggle with MS's version of an HD-DVD decoder? Perfect. Given Microsoft's record with high CPU usage, crappy AV performance, and unstable systems, I'd love to see just one computer capable of playing an HD-DVD on Longhorn without shitting itself. Chances are this will be just like XP's Help and Support center...another feature that looks great on the back of the box, but is absolutely worthless in practice.
If this works, then Apple might crap its pants. Really though, the concept of an ultra-compact, cube computer has been around for a while...this is just the PC manifestation. Maybe this could inspire Apple to re-release the Cube...
While all this talk about who's got the lower TCO, who has more problems with security, and who has the better technologies, one can easily forget one fact. The "OS Wars" come down to one thing: How well does Linux/Windows/Apple/Other attract the average user? I personally know a guy who purchased a computer based on the fact that the store demo machine had the "Silver" skin selected...he claimed that he disliked the other computer's version of Windows XP (the other box he was looking at had "Luna" selected.) To the average person, the two most important things are: 1) Does the machine work? and 2) How does it look? Linux far surpasses Windows in regard to the first question, yet that is overshadowed by Microsoft's UI. True, they make a ton of compromises in security, reliability, and ease of development, but at least they attract users that way. I actually dislike Microsoft, but I am willing to admit that they have found a very effective way onto the drives of millions...
While the OSS choices may be better in most ways, a flashy interface is by far the best at attracting a new user...
In other news, evian Bottled Water Company said in a press release today that they would be manufacturing a version of this robot as well. The retail price has been set at $2,150 per robot (one robot can check approx. 6 oz of water.) Although not yet official, the company has suggested that the new robot will be named tobor, which they claim is a foreign word for purity.
Shouldn't the clients be Linux, or MacOS based? If a worm is truely effective, it will disable the Windows machines, hence defeating the tracking software. A mixed platform client would be much harder to disable, and would give a more accurate assesment of a worms spread. Perhaps, if a Linux client appears, this could be made into some sort of live-cd distro, hence preventing infection altogether, and allowing the monitoring machines to be moved around?
I'm sure that there are dozens of arguments for Linux, MS, and Apple solutions and their uses here, but I think that these people are missing the point. Not matter how secure a system is, it can be broken: no system is invulnerable. No matter how stable an OS is, it can crash: nothing is perfect. While the idea of instantaneous results, accurate counts, and no more recount disputes sounds tempting, there exists no such solution. Until a miracle OS is invented, paper should remain the standard to the upkeep of democracy.
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Actually that's pure bunk. Dvorak said it, and it's been echoed time and time again. Most of the scammers are from Nigeria. While there are some scammers in the UK and others elswhere around the globe, the vast majority of them are from Africa. This has been proven time and time again by comparing sender IP's to those of companies providing satellite service to Nigera. In addition, most "baiters" receive requests for money transfers Lagos, Nigeria, considered to be the center of the scamming trade.
/.
That info is actually on the site.....oh wait, this is
This just in, story released about re-release of Star Wars has been re-released for /.'ers to re-read.
Can't you realize that redoing the same posts over and over again is easily recognized by frequent readers of this news repository. Comments often respect that the editors are only human, but such a repeat of a mistake makes most redears reluctantly repeat the same jokes that they made the last time this was reposted.
My apologies....really!
Usually I am able to BS my way through an article by making a guess based on the title. This article. however, posed a problem to me... I couldn't figure it out, or rather the decision I made wasn't that logical.
Based on the info in the title, I concluded that the project did nothing (after all, a successul implementation of hibernation just sits there.) This caused me much confusion, resulting in me mistaking salt for sugar, and baking soda for non-dairy creamer....
...Remember kids, think before you post...
is known for not allowing more than three aplications to run at the same time and not being networking capable Seems like normal XP to me.
big bugs
Now look here, I despise the telecom companies as much as you do, but I'm a bit nicer about it.
The reason for the price gap is a matter of quantity. The average user will probably only buy one computer, monitor, gadget, etc. The average business will buy dozens. Given that companies are likely to want purchase items in large quantities, the manufacturers can stand to price items with a small profit margin...after all, a lower price may entice the purchasing companies to increase the size of their order.
Example:
Product A costs the manufacturer $100. The average user can purchase Product A for $150. That turns out to a $50 profit for the manufacturer. The average company can purchase Product A for $105. While that is only a $5 profit for the manufacturer, the fact that Product A is very cheap will mean that companies will be willing to purchase 10 units, not just one. Wait...that comes out to the same profit, right? Yep. The benefit of lower pricing is that now the purchasing business has a 10 unit dependency on Product A, not just a 1 unit dependency. A $150 waste (the cost to ditch a 1 unit reliance on Product A) is much more manageable than a $1050 waste. This means that, due to higher volume purchasing, Product A has a much more stable customer base among businesses. A stable customer base means more upgrades, more future purchases etc...generally a better deal for the manufacturer in the long run. Works out nicely, eh?
1) SCO goes on a crusade, accuses anyone/everyone associated with Linux. IBM steps up to the plate and pours tons of time and money into defending Linux. Result? SCO f*ck's their relationship with Baystar, Chrysler, and McDonald's to hell and back and watches their stock go swimming in Wall Street's crapper.
...you can contribute to this one...
2) Microsoft patents anything and everything in an attempt to both block open source competition and pave the way for Longhorn's release. Result? Apple upstages MS with the demonstration of Longhorn's features in working form in Tiger. Microsoft shits their pants as they realise that those features were implimented not only more efficiently than they were able to, but also without violating any patents. The open source community continues to work (almost) uninterrupted.
3) Microsoft throws a fit, heats up the presses, and launches a massive wave of FUD at the public. Results? Just that...the IT world looks at the FUD, looks back at the results, and continues to depend on Linux/BSD/etc. for servers...
4)
Somehow I doubt that patent sprees will ever have a major effect on the open source movement...
So now, in addition to handling the overblown, cartoonish graphics already slated (no pun here...) for Longhorn, our whimpering machines will have to struggle with MS's version of an HD-DVD decoder? Perfect. Given Microsoft's record with high CPU usage, crappy AV performance, and unstable systems, I'd love to see just one computer capable of playing an HD-DVD on Longhorn without shitting itself. Chances are this will be just like XP's Help and Support center...another feature that looks great on the back of the box, but is absolutely worthless in practice.
If this works, then Apple might crap its pants. Really though, the concept of an ultra-compact, cube computer has been around for a while...this is just the PC manifestation. Maybe this could inspire Apple to re-release the Cube...
...or not.
Christ almighty....
I can't wait...All your brains are belong to us.
Just wait until MS gets in on this...the DMCA, Product Activation, and the RIAA will all collide in a giant Orwellian mess...
While all this talk about who's got the lower TCO, who has more problems with security, and who has the better technologies, one can easily forget one fact. The "OS Wars" come down to one thing: How well does Linux/Windows/Apple/Other attract the average user? I personally know a guy who purchased a computer based on the fact that the store demo machine had the "Silver" skin selected...he claimed that he disliked the other computer's version of Windows XP (the other box he was looking at had "Luna" selected.) To the average person, the two most important things are: 1) Does the machine work? and 2) How does it look?
Linux far surpasses Windows in regard to the first question, yet that is overshadowed by Microsoft's UI. True, they make a ton of compromises in security, reliability, and ease of development, but at least they attract users that way. I actually dislike Microsoft, but I am willing to admit that they have found a very effective way onto the drives of millions...
While the OSS choices may be better in most ways, a flashy interface is by far the best at attracting a new user...
Sony - "Ballmer can suck it..."
able to adapt to bright lights.
Actually, since it's Doom 3, you will have had a hell of a lot of practice with that...
Then again, if their past relationships with countries are any indicator, MSNBC stands for Microsoft Now Butt-fucking Chinese.
Microsoft is as predictable as a cheap porno...somebody will get fucked.
You'd definitely burn extra calories hiking with that thing.
Depending on the transmission strength you really might burn those extra pounds off...
2004? I just upgraded to Penguin Popper 2005
Kind of puts all those Windows buffer-overflow holes into a whole different perspective, doesn't it?
You could use a bunch of camera phones.
Yeah, and it's a major bitch when someone calls just one of them...
In Soviet Russia, the signal picks you up.
Ok, I give up...
In other news, evian Bottled Water Company said in a press release today that they would be manufacturing a version of this robot as well. The retail price has been set at $2,150 per robot (one robot can check approx. 6 oz of water.) Although not yet official, the company has suggested that the new robot will be named tobor, which they claim is a foreign word for purity.
"...I also like to live dangerously."
If you've ever used Kazaa, you'd know that certain idiots do that already...
I am using Firefox .8, and I am able to view the site just fine, with no ads. Another reason not to use IE
Besides, it's not long after a new ad is made that a Firefox extension is available to block it. (But apparently non was needed here...)
Shouldn't the clients be Linux, or MacOS based? If a worm is truely effective, it will disable the Windows machines, hence defeating the tracking software. A mixed platform client would be much harder to disable, and would give a more accurate assesment of a worms spread. Perhaps, if a Linux client appears, this could be made into some sort of live-cd distro, hence preventing infection altogether, and allowing the monitoring machines to be moved around?
I'm sure that there are dozens of arguments for Linux, MS, and Apple solutions and their uses here, but I think that these people are missing the point. Not matter how secure a system is, it can be broken: no system is invulnerable. No matter how stable an OS is, it can crash: nothing is perfect. While the idea of instantaneous results, accurate counts, and no more recount disputes sounds tempting, there exists no such solution. Until a miracle OS is invented, paper should remain the standard to the upkeep of democracy.