Could the USPTO finally be gaining a bit of common sense? Nah, this is more likely because of the republican administration and the likely implication of granting this patent.
You're absolutely right, and I mis-spoke. I meant not buy mainstream music. Some artists out there realize the great publicity value in being open with their music. I remember when Keoki released one of his songs on Kazaa his new album sold a lot more than his previous albums. That's hard to prove that it's due to Kazaa, but it certainly didn't hurt.
Sounds good on the surface. But this is only another way for them to force DRM down our throats to the point that we have no other choice but to either accept it or not buy music. My choice? Not buy music...
I'm also willing to bet Microsoft conveniently has patents on whatever technology would be proposed to "secure" the digital file.
Gotcha, thanks. I guess I was just assuming that the person appearing on the show was the inventor, it's been a while since I have heard him on so I don't remember.
YaST also lets you browse packages, as well as search for software by title, date, summary, description, provides, and requires. Something for both n00bs and geeks like me and you.
However, SuSE has lots of other cool things. YaST is not just a software maintainer, it also lets you maintain/configure the hardware in the system, networking options, printers, all of the service daemons, users and groups, provides logfile viewing and management, etc.
Also, you get things like YOU (YaST Online Updater, which runs as a deamon [configurable, you can turn it off in YaST] and looks for security updates/bug fixes/upgrades. Also cool is SuSE Plugger, which will automatically configure new hardware which is hot-plugged, like USB printers and fire-wire hard drives (both of which I plugged in and didn't have to configure a damn thing).
As always, there are two sides to every story. SuSE has an unusual directory structure, at least not like anything I have seen before (I haven't used ALL the distros, but who the hell has). For example, the http default document root is/srv/www/htdocs. All of that is obviously configurable, but just adds to the learning curve.
All in all, though, for mums and dads, SuSE would have to be the winner for basic desktop ease-of-use in my experience. But I will definitely check out the Ubuntu live version!
ps. Even with YaST, I still find myself at the command line many, many times per day:)
Availability of help files?
Did this guy even use the OS? It's called "man" buddy, and its definitely more than enough information.
Um, don't (at least) KDE and Gnome both provide help icons right there on the panel by default? I don't know if xfce and other do or not, but damn man, did this dude even try clicking on things? What kind of geek goes blindly into something without clicking on whatever he or she can find, consequences be damned? Isn't that how we all learned how electronics, electricity, plumbing, etc works?
I hate to sound cliche here, but the point remains. You have no right to bitch if you didn't at least spend *some* time trying to figure it out.
I tried SuSE 9.1 when they made the personal ISO available for free. Since then, I have recommended it to anyone who would listen. YaST makes it easy enough to install software for almost anyone. It only takes a few times before people learn how to search YaST for whatever they might need, it resolves dependencies automatically, etc.
I know apt-get, emegre, etc do the same thing, but IMHO, those utilities aren't as n00b-friendly as YaST. For one, in my experience, "mums and dads" are terrified of the command line, and will avoid it like the plague.
I bought a domain from someone once who originally bought the name from Yahoo domains. When I tried to get it transferred, I ran into a whole host of problems. The official reply from Yahoo when I tried to contact their technical support staff:
"Dear valued Yahoo customer, We are sorry, but Yahoo is unable to offer technical support for Yahoo domains."
So I tried calling Melbourne IT (Yahoo resells Melbourne registrations), who of course told me to call Yahoo.
I wouldn't worry much about Yahoo having competition, tehy seem to be doing a very good job of shooting themselves in the foot anyway.
Haven't these people seen enough bad sci-fi movies to know that this is a horrible idea? Just like the story a couple of months ago about the armed autonomous robots...
Isn't it better to, as a rule-of-thumb as far as security goes, enforce a general default-deny policy as opposed to a default-allow policy? IMHO, this is evidence that the whole system needs an overhaul, from ICANN all the way down, with at least some attention paid to security.
I got mine about, er, about 18 months or so ago and it was locked when I got it, and has been since. Nevertheless, that's good advice. I check the details/status of my domain like monthly or thereabouts, just because it's a prudent measure that only takes a sec.
What the hell were you doing buying a domain name from Yahoo in the first place?
Maybe you should get the facts before you flame someone next time. I bought the domain from a private party, who originally had bought the domain name via Yahoo domains. Knowing that Yahoo has never given a shit about their paying customers, I resolved to get it the hell out of there as quickly as possible.
I had to get the original owner of the domain to send them a fax with a copy of his ID card, and a few other forms. After 2 weeks, I had the registry key and transferred it with a quickness. Luckily, I had the cooperation of the guy that I bought the name from, and he was all for it. Had it not been for that, I don't think I would ever have wrestled it from them.
Again, I refer to my earlier post about Melbourne IT being a crappy company to try to deal with. This is the exact problem I had. My domain was being "managed" by Yahoo domains (a Melbourne IT reseller), yet they refused to offer me any kind of support at all, whether via phone, email, or anything. Visting Melbourne's "help" center only offered lip service and run-around.
I repeat my advice which was offered above: Boycott Melbourne IT and all of its resellers until they get their shit together!
I can't speak to that, I have no bad experiences to speak of with register.com at all. I can only speak to my own experience with them, which has been great. I have over 200 domains registered through them, and never had a problem at all.
If what you say is true (and I will be looking at it), it might make me change my tune, but I don't think so. Even if they have been evil in the past, it's obvious to me that they have shaped up quite a bit.
What's particularly scary is that melbourneIT.com isn't open on the weekends, period... and won't do anything to help.
I can vouch for this. Melbourne IT is a horrible company to try to deal with. Many US registrars (including Yahoo! domains) are resellers of Melbourne IT's services. Now, if you have a problem with your domain, just try to get in touch with someone at Yahoo. The reply I got from Yahoo was: "there is no support from Yahoo for domain names purchased through Yahoo! domains."
Then, try to get in touch with someone at Melbourne IT. "I'm sorry, only the reseller can help you with this problem, yes even though they refuse to help you, I can't help you."
It took me two weeks to get a domain transferred out of Yahoo/Melbourne's control and into a sane registrar that gives a crap about their customers (register.com, you can actually talk to someone on the phone there, 24/7/365).
Seems to me that they are snappy when it comes to theft of domains, yet sluggish when it comes to any form of customer service. My advice: Boycott Melbourne IT and all of its resellers until they get a clue.
See this story on Netcraft, which details the recent policy change by ICANN.
In short, if someone initiates a transfer request, you then have 5 calendar days to respond, or else the transfer happens unopposed. You can prevent this by activating the REGISTRAR-LOCK feature on your domain name. The procedure varies by registrar, but it's usually called "domain lock" or something similar. All registrars have to at least give you the option of requesting this feature.
Some registrars (godaddy, I know for sure does) activate this lock by default, Some require you to activate it explicitly. Check with the support dept. at your registrar for further details.
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hahaha even a shorther time-frame than I thought.
For once, it's not the Americans with egg on our face for being idiots. But I'm sure it won't be long until we regain that distinction...
Well, seeing as how the IQ of said creature would be far lower than the average human, yes they likely would vote democrat! :)
Could the USPTO finally be gaining a bit of common sense? Nah, this is more likely because of the republican administration and the likely implication of granting this patent.
Given the recent theft of the IOS source code, I certainly hope they get their shit together first.
You're absolutely right, and I mis-spoke. I meant not buy mainstream music. Some artists out there realize the great publicity value in being open with their music. I remember when Keoki released one of his songs on Kazaa his new album sold a lot more than his previous albums. That's hard to prove that it's due to Kazaa, but it certainly didn't hurt.
Sounds good on the surface. But this is only another way for them to force DRM down our throats to the point that we have no other choice but to either accept it or not buy music. My choice? Not buy music...
I'm also willing to bet Microsoft conveniently has patents on whatever technology would be proposed to "secure" the digital file.
Gotcha, thanks. I guess I was just assuming that the person appearing on the show was the inventor, it's been a while since I have heard him on so I don't remember.
... the same machine whose inventor appears on Coast to Coast AM from time to time? Anyone know? Sure sounds almost exactly lke it.
I used to work with this dude, and I don't doubt it.
YaST also lets you browse packages, as well as search for software by title, date, summary, description, provides, and requires. Something for both n00bs and geeks like me and you.
/srv/www/htdocs. All of that is obviously configurable, but just adds to the learning curve.
:)
However, SuSE has lots of other cool things. YaST is not just a software maintainer, it also lets you maintain/configure the hardware in the system, networking options, printers, all of the service daemons, users and groups, provides logfile viewing and management, etc.
Also, you get things like YOU (YaST Online Updater, which runs as a deamon [configurable, you can turn it off in YaST] and looks for security updates/bug fixes/upgrades. Also cool is SuSE Plugger, which will automatically configure new hardware which is hot-plugged, like USB printers and fire-wire hard drives (both of which I plugged in and didn't have to configure a damn thing).
As always, there are two sides to every story. SuSE has an unusual directory structure, at least not like anything I have seen before (I haven't used ALL the distros, but who the hell has). For example, the http default document root is
All in all, though, for mums and dads, SuSE would have to be the winner for basic desktop ease-of-use in my experience. But I will definitely check out the Ubuntu live version!
ps. Even with YaST, I still find myself at the command line many, many times per day
Availability of help files?
Did this guy even use the OS? It's called "man" buddy, and its definitely more than enough information.
Um, don't (at least) KDE and Gnome both provide help icons right there on the panel by default? I don't know if xfce and other do or not, but damn man, did this dude even try clicking on things? What kind of geek goes blindly into something without clicking on whatever he or she can find, consequences be damned? Isn't that how we all learned how electronics, electricity, plumbing, etc works?
I hate to sound cliche here, but the point remains. You have no right to bitch if you didn't at least spend *some* time trying to figure it out.
I tried SuSE 9.1 when they made the personal ISO available for free. Since then, I have recommended it to anyone who would listen. YaST makes it easy enough to install software for almost anyone. It only takes a few times before people learn how to search YaST for whatever they might need, it resolves dependencies automatically, etc.
I know apt-get, emegre, etc do the same thing, but IMHO, those utilities aren't as n00b-friendly as YaST. For one, in my experience, "mums and dads" are terrified of the command line, and will avoid it like the plague.
I bought a domain from someone once who originally bought the name from Yahoo domains. When I tried to get it transferred, I ran into a whole host of problems. The official reply from Yahoo when I tried to contact their technical support staff:
"Dear valued Yahoo customer,
We are sorry, but Yahoo is unable to offer technical support for Yahoo domains."
So I tried calling Melbourne IT (Yahoo resells Melbourne registrations), who of course told me to call Yahoo.
I wouldn't worry much about Yahoo having competition, tehy seem to be doing a very good job of shooting themselves in the foot anyway.
Haven't these people seen enough bad sci-fi movies to know that this is a horrible idea? Just like the story a couple of months ago about the armed autonomous robots...
When will these people learn?
Isn't it better to, as a rule-of-thumb as far as security goes, enforce a general default-deny policy as opposed to a default-allow policy? IMHO, this is evidence that the whole system needs an overhaul, from ICANN all the way down, with at least some attention paid to security.
I got mine about, er, about 18 months or so ago and it was locked when I got it, and has been since. Nevertheless, that's good advice. I check the details/status of my domain like monthly or thereabouts, just because it's a prudent measure that only takes a sec.
What the hell were you doing buying a domain name from Yahoo in the first place?
Maybe you should get the facts before you flame someone next time. I bought the domain from a private party, who originally had bought the domain name via Yahoo domains. Knowing that Yahoo has never given a shit about their paying customers, I resolved to get it the hell out of there as quickly as possible.
I had to get the original owner of the domain to send them a fax with a copy of his ID card, and a few other forms. After 2 weeks, I had the registry key and transferred it with a quickness. Luckily, I had the cooperation of the guy that I bought the name from, and he was all for it. Had it not been for that, I don't think I would ever have wrestled it from them.
Again, I refer to my earlier post about Melbourne IT being a crappy company to try to deal with. This is the exact problem I had. My domain was being "managed" by Yahoo domains (a Melbourne IT reseller), yet they refused to offer me any kind of support at all, whether via phone, email, or anything. Visting Melbourne's "help" center only offered lip service and run-around.
I repeat my advice which was offered above: Boycott Melbourne IT and all of its resellers until they get their shit together!
I can't speak to that, I have no bad experiences to speak of with register.com at all. I can only speak to my own experience with them, which has been great. I have over 200 domains registered through them, and never had a problem at all.
If what you say is true (and I will be looking at it), it might make me change my tune, but I don't think so. Even if they have been evil in the past, it's obvious to me that they have shaped up quite a bit.
What's particularly scary is that melbourneIT.com isn't open on the weekends, period ... and won't do anything to help.
I can vouch for this. Melbourne IT is a horrible company to try to deal with. Many US registrars (including Yahoo! domains) are resellers of Melbourne IT's services. Now, if you have a problem with your domain, just try to get in touch with someone at Yahoo. The reply I got from Yahoo was: "there is no support from Yahoo for domain names purchased through Yahoo! domains."
Then, try to get in touch with someone at Melbourne IT. "I'm sorry, only the reseller can help you with this problem, yes even though they refuse to help you, I can't help you."
It took me two weeks to get a domain transferred out of Yahoo/Melbourne's control and into a sane registrar that gives a crap about their customers (register.com, you can actually talk to someone on the phone there, 24/7/365).
Seems to me that they are snappy when it comes to theft of domains, yet sluggish when it comes to any form of customer service. My advice: Boycott Melbourne IT and all of its resellers until they get a clue.
See this story on Netcraft, which details the recent policy change by ICANN.
In short, if someone initiates a transfer request, you then have 5 calendar days to respond, or else the transfer happens unopposed. You can prevent this by activating the REGISTRAR-LOCK feature on your domain name. The procedure varies by registrar, but it's usually called "domain lock" or something similar. All registrars have to at least give you the option of requesting this feature.
Some registrars (godaddy, I know for sure does) activate this lock by default, Some require you to activate it explicitly. Check with the support dept. at your registrar for further details.
Well, with a name like eviljim, I'm not surprised they wound up under your control [grin]
No worries, sorry I wasn't the guy you were looking for.