You can't pipe program output, redirect to file, etc.
Wrong. You can pipe program out and redirect to file. File re-direction has existed since DOS. I dont remember about piping though.
Search through source file relies on 3rd party solutions, and few of them have the ability to work with regular expressions.
Search through source files exists. Its called findstr. Works pretty much like grep. Has regex too!
Sure, you can get all that by using Cygwin
I use Cygwin, just as much as I use the Windows command shell. I rarely need to use the GUI. I make my Windows box feel so different, that the Linux-ers around my cube think I'm using some new flavor of Linux.
Learn Windows the way you learnt Linux : by hacking away at it. You would spend sooo much time customizing Linux to your requirements, but you quickly assume that Windows cannot achieve anything similar. What I think you need to do is to go tinker with Windows a little bit and customize it to suit your needs. You've been doing it with Linux for so long, maybe if you gave Windows the same patience, it too would satisfy you.
On the other hand, you could just go about being a mis-informed bigot.
Oh I get it alright - what I dont apreciate is the GP's suggestion. Its absolutely correct to stand up for whats correct. However, I dont always believe that the ends justify the means. You have the right idea of standing up for your rights and speaking out against injustice - the non-violent way if you get my drift. GP's intentions are probably good, however the consequences of following those suggestions will definitely destabilize the internet and all the businesses revolving around it more than if legal recourse is chosen.
Mind if I play along too?
Lets consider a major ISP like Verizon, which owns and controls a large chunk of the Internet's infrastructure. Then we consider a content provider like Google which features, nay, absolutely requires the internet bandwidth.../me ducks and runs away
Thats absolutely correct - Some things never change.
The idea behind the spaces and the parenthesis is to force developers to stop assuming anything about the OS and/or FS naming conventions and restrictions.
Its Valve who hasnt changed despite Microsofts (oh-so-ubiquitous) attempts to force a change.
It is true. The venerable Visual Studio 6 fails to open without admin privileges.
I havent seen a single service pack for VS 6 address this. Not even the latest - SP6.
Visual Studio.NET 2003 does open and can compile programs without admin access. But when it comes to debugging, it needs admin access.
The problem is that VS.NET doesnt go the easy way - It doesnt just figure out that you need admin privs for the debugging thread only and ask permission to use the admin account (Sort of like *nix apps asking for su password to do something)
Hmmm... Maybe I should put this as a feature request... Or has it already been taken care of in VS.NET 2005?
On the other hand, the average and slightly above average user will probably say "Hey, I got the excellent Linux apps working on my Windows box. I dont need to switch to Linux at all! Anyways, Linux's GUI sux and everyone seems to say that it isnt for the desktop as yet... So I'll stick to my nice and comfy Windows... and get all the advantages of fast, safe, secure Linux apps!"
Porting OSS programs to Windoze is a double edged sword. Dont be lulled into feeling anything else.
Parent said: As long as this case exists, so does fear, uncertainty, and doubt towards linux. The longer they can stretch it out before a ruling, the better.
Beeep! Wrong!
The longer this case exists:
1. more people will know what a piece of shit SCO really is.
2. more people will know what the GPL really means
3. more people will come to love and respect a different (and gentle) giant called IBM
4. more people will want to see "what this thing called Linux actually is"
In other words, negative publicity for SCO is great for Linux and IBM
Its not that GNU Kernel is vapourware... GNU Kernel is under copyleft. Everyone knows that left means negative. The square root of a negative number is imaginary... Now the real truth emerges!
I dont think that is a problem confined to tech or IT. I think that everywhere in the world, women are shying away from any work that requires them to be fixated to their work place, away from their families or whatever they believe is the topmost priority in life. Somehow, we men tend to take family ties and relationships for granted more than women... and put work/money above all else. (I'm pretty sure someone has already done some research relating to the different priorities in the lives of men and women.) Perhaps this is more of a natural consequence of the way our work is, in addition to the different priorites women have.
I think that any techie's work usually destroys his chances of having a stable relationship and sours any existing realtionship - parents, friends, fiances, whoever. Men would probably tolerate that to some extent, women do not.
Actually, the test was not so retarded as it may seem. Granted that I could not actually find out if the links were valid or not, but as I progressed thru the test, it should became obvious that any mail that asks you to "Click on this link to update your data" is suspect. For first timers it was an excellent way to learn whats crap and whats not.
All major sites that have sensitive data *always* recommend that you type out their address by hand. No clicks. Any mail that asks you to click something is a Bad Thing...
Any mail that claims to be thru secure connection and doesnt have a "https://" is also a Bad Thing. Of course, this point is redundant considering that it *IS* a link in the mail in the first place, but still...
RTFP : Read the fine print... Oft repeated, never done! Wont give much of a clue, but the real ones will tell you that its unsafe to click on any URL. Some phishers will add this to the fine print and also add a link or a button. Talk about stupid!
There are other things to look out for, I suppose, but here are the things to completely ignore:
- Any embedded pics that show the company logo. Just because the logo is there, doesnt mean its a valid email. Hell, I could make a nice MSN email for you, and you wouldnt know the difference.
- Any statement that causes alarm. Just ignore it. If you really must worry, then call the nearest support centre of that company and find out for yourself.
- any link. Just ignore it. Even if it is really the real thing. Ignore it.
PS : I scored a perfect score. Also, I do not work for any of these companies. In fact I never use them at all. Talk about paranoid. heehee
This is the attitide that creeps me out completely. Let me repeat to all who think in this way: Do NOT be fooled into thinking that just because Windows is releasing source, that you are allowed to make any changes/copy anything from it. This isnt Linux and this is NOT a company to be fooled with.
The only thing that keeps coming to my mind is a very sweet smelling honey pot that eventually turn out to be one giant venus flytrap.
Use the code, use even a single comment and it will be a extremely simple way for M$ to (re)do an SCO.
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But a lot of the time it does something stupid.
Much like evolution: The algorithms that survive are useful.
What content?
I keed, I keed!
How ironic... Or was it purposeful?
"Dont panic"
Wow - that sounds so much like the July 11 Mumbai train blasts.
For anyone doubting the feasibility of this scenario, see this
Search through source files exists. Its called findstr. Works pretty much like grep. Has regex too!
I use Cygwin, just as much as I use the Windows command shell. I rarely need to use the GUI. I make my Windows box feel so different, that the Linux-ers around my cube think I'm using some new flavor of Linux.
Learn Windows the way you learnt Linux : by hacking away at it. You would spend sooo much time customizing Linux to your requirements, but you quickly assume that Windows cannot achieve anything similar. What I think you need to do is to go tinker with Windows a little bit and customize it to suit your needs. You've been doing it with Linux for so long, maybe if you gave Windows the same patience, it too would satisfy you.
On the other hand, you could just go about being a mis-informed bigot.
Oh I get it alright - what I dont apreciate is the GP's suggestion.
Its absolutely correct to stand up for whats correct. However, I dont always believe that the ends justify the means.
You have the right idea of standing up for your rights and speaking out against injustice - the non-violent way if you get my drift.
GP's intentions are probably good, however the consequences of following those suggestions will definitely destabilize the internet and all the businesses revolving around it more than if legal recourse is chosen.
Mind if I play along too? Lets consider a major ISP like Verizon, which owns and controls a large chunk of the Internet's infrastructure. Then we consider a content provider like Google which features, nay, absolutely requires the internet bandwidth... /me ducks and runs away
So what you're basically saying that Google should blackmail Verizon, right?
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, isnt it?
btw, have you ever complained about Google not keeping its word about that "Do No Evil" thing?
Hypocrite.
A revamp would have been necessary if these features werent already present.
CreateProcess isnt part of the kernel. It is a usermode API sitting on top of another user mode API.
CreateProcess is part of a subsystem that assumes a GUI.
If you dont want it, dont use it- go to the next API layer - Use NtCreateProcess.
PS : Please get your orifices checked. The wrong one is spewing shit.
You mean to say that all this is just a GUI around 'rm -f' ?
Thats absolutely correct - Some things never change.
The idea behind the spaces and the parenthesis is to force developers to stop assuming anything about the OS and/or FS naming conventions and restrictions.
Its Valve who hasnt changed despite Microsofts (oh-so-ubiquitous) attempts to force a change.
Unbelievable! I look for comments with a minimum rating of 1 and I dont see a single one!
Is everyone just flamin' today?
It is true. The venerable Visual Studio 6 fails to open without admin privileges.
.NET 2003 does open and can compile programs without admin access. But when it comes to debugging, it needs admin access.
I havent seen a single service pack for VS 6 address this. Not even the latest - SP6.
Visual Studio
The problem is that VS.NET doesnt go the easy way - It doesnt just figure out that you need admin privs for the debugging thread only and ask permission to use the admin account (Sort of like *nix apps asking for su password to do something)
Hmmm... Maybe I should put this as a feature request... Or has it already been taken care of in VS.NET 2005?
Any ideas? Anyone tried this?
So does science fiction.
Anyone want to use this as a "millions of eyeballs" example? /. to the rescue!
On the other hand, the average and slightly above average user will probably say ... and get all the advantages of fast, safe, secure Linux apps!"
"Hey, I got the excellent Linux apps working on my Windows box. I dont need to switch to Linux at all! Anyways, Linux's GUI sux and everyone seems to say that it isnt for the desktop as yet... So I'll stick to my nice and comfy Windows
Porting OSS programs to Windoze is a double edged sword. Dont be lulled into feeling anything else.
...or did anyone else misread this as "Broadband Tits"???
(drooling at the idea...)
So to paraphrase :
"The superficial design flaws completely hide the fundamental design flaws"
... with apologies to Dogbert
Beeep! Wrong!
The longer this case exists:
1. more people will know what a piece of shit SCO really is.
2. more people will know what the GPL really means
3. more people will come to love and respect a different (and gentle) giant called IBM
4. more people will want to see "what this thing called Linux actually is"
In other words, negative publicity for SCO is great for Linux and IBM
Its not that GNU Kernel is vapourware...
GNU Kernel is under copyleft. Everyone knows that left means negative.
The square root of a negative number is imaginary...
Now the real truth emerges!
I dont think that is a problem confined to tech or IT. I think that everywhere in the world, women are shying away from any work that requires them to be fixated to their work place, away from their families or whatever they believe is the topmost priority in life. ... and put work/money above all else.
Somehow, we men tend to take family ties and relationships for granted more than women
(I'm pretty sure someone has already done some research relating to the different priorities in the lives of men and women.)
Perhaps this is more of a natural consequence of the way our work is, in addition to the different priorites women have.
I think that any techie's work usually destroys his chances of having a stable relationship and sours any existing realtionship - parents, friends, fiances, whoever. Men would probably tolerate that to some extent, women do not.
Actually, the test was not so retarded as it may seem.
Granted that I could not actually find out if the links were valid or not, but as I progressed thru the test, it should became obvious that any mail that asks you to "Click on this link to update your data" is suspect. For first timers it was an excellent way to learn whats crap and whats not.
All major sites that have sensitive data *always* recommend that you type out their address by hand. No clicks. Any mail that asks you to click something is a Bad Thing...
Any mail that claims to be thru secure connection and doesnt have a "https://" is also a Bad Thing. Of course, this point is redundant considering that it *IS* a link in the mail in the first place, but still...
RTFP : Read the fine print... Oft repeated, never done! Wont give much of a clue, but the real ones will tell you that its unsafe to click on any URL. Some phishers will add this to the fine print and also add a link or a button. Talk about stupid!
There are other things to look out for, I suppose, but here are the things to completely ignore:
- Any embedded pics that show the company logo. Just because the logo is there, doesnt mean its a valid email. Hell, I could make a nice MSN email for you, and you wouldnt know the difference.
- Any statement that causes alarm. Just ignore it. If you really must worry, then call the nearest support centre of that company and find out for yourself.
- any link. Just ignore it. Even if it is really the real thing. Ignore it.
PS : I scored a perfect score. Also, I do not work for any of these companies. In fact I never use them at all. Talk about paranoid. heehee
But the article says "water for eons"... Does that mean it flowed bee.. er.. Pepsi in between the two eons? /ducks
Whens the next flight there?
This is the attitide that creeps me out completely. Let me repeat to all who think in this way:
Do NOT be fooled into thinking that just because Windows is releasing source, that you are allowed to make any changes/copy anything from it.
This isnt Linux and this is NOT a company to be fooled with.
The only thing that keeps coming to my mind is a very sweet smelling honey pot that eventually turn out to be one giant venus flytrap.
Use the code, use even a single comment and it will be a extremely simple way for M$ to (re)do an SCO.
PS : I am paranoid and thankful for it.