Sounds like you're advocating the wrong policy. How about locking the cells so users don't screw things up? You wouldn't let non-programers alter code, why would you let them alter the spreadsheet?
It was around 15 years ago. Back when Walmart was proclaiming USA all the way. We never bought a bucket because we had a 22 bolt action. Just plinking at steel targets at the local range (never could knock down the 1/2" thick targets at 100 yards no matter how many times we hit it). 1000 rounds really would last until the next decade.
After a few protests, they might like to switch to the paintball version. Heck, fill the balls with florecent dye, charge users and you've got a monitored defence system that can turn a profit and mark folks for later pickup. Dang it, where's that patent application? This could be worth millions!
Does Walmart still carry "Bucket 'o Bullets?" For those of you not familiar with the concept, you could buy a plastic bucket with something like 1000 rounds of 22 longshot for 10 or 15 bucks. It had the wonderful name of, no kidding, "Bucket 'o bullets."
At those prices, it's amazing there's a single street sign left south of the mason-dixon line!
Friggin' XP asked for a reboot yesterday after installing the genuine windows advantage check whatever " critical update." WTF? XP might be ready for the desktop, but it's almost ready to be hurled against a hard surface too.
It refers to more than that. Freedom from government interference, freedom to collect information, etc. One of the implicit freedoms is to give information away for free or charge for it. And we're free to chose to read either, both, or neither. But would you take someone seriously who said don't read newspapers, free or not, unless you are free to reprint?
Let's take your free press comment. Do you only read free books, newspapers, magazines? If you do, you're in the minority. I enjoy reading the free local newspaper, but sometimes I want more info than music and restaurant reviews. So I go buy a book, read a paid newspaper, etc. It's great to have options. The free press lets them decide what to print and what to charge. I'm free to pick and choose, including paid sources. That's right, freedom isn't all about free stuff. Freedom is the ability to chose. Like free software or not. If you restrict yourself to open source, you limit your freedom. But that's your problem, not mine.
Ah, but imagine how much farther ahead we'd be if we hadn't, what's the term?, ah yes, 'outsourced' the research to those crafty Canadians! Why I bet they are sitting on a wealth of nuclear info just to make us dependent on their hydroelectric and tar sands. But the South Africans may yet save the world with their snazzy little pebble bed reactors.
I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer the current Slashdot look to all 3. Yes, they are pretty. But part of the appeal of Slashdot is it ain't pretty. Visually or intellectually. It's raw and scrappy.
But then again, I was weened on the text based internet.
Just a thought, but isn't "dangerous" a bit redundant?
On the other hand, I have some tropical fish described as "incompetent predators." (they wait until other fish fall asleep then slurp them up)
Now that you put it that way, it sounds like we in the States got ripped off! Yeah, well, we'll have our revenge. With global warming, how you gonna play hockey? Maybe if we had done all the work, we'd be farther ahead in nuclear power and you'd still have hockey.
If you put about 1/2 shot of vodka in a can of diet Dr Pepper it tastes even more like regular Dr Pepper. It seems to enhance the sweetness just a touch and mask the diet aftertaste. A very interesting experiment that must be tried. Over and Over.
In my original question, I was wondering if running XP would make OSX more vulnerable. But I had a another thought: Regardless of whether it does, the machine may be more vulnerable in XP mode than the average PC if Mac users assume they are invulnerable regardless of OS.
Is the OSX code protected while running in WinXP mode? While this is an even smaller group than just Mac users alone, they might be more vulnerable. If they believe that since they are running a Mac, it is imune regardless of OS and thus not have WinXP secured.
Just curious if anyone has any insight in this direction.
A friend told me a little story that may apply here (forgive me if I mangle it):
After losing the "look and feel" lawsuit, Jobs said to Gates "But it will never be as good as ours." To which Gates replied "I doesn't have to be."
"Good enough" is pretty powerful. And whereas MS could bond things to windows to fend off free stuff like Netscape and many others, it will be very difficult (impossible?) to bundle MS office to fend off OpenOffice.
For the record, I use MS Office. But I used to use Word Perfect. I just have a gut feeling that I'll be switching to OO someday.
Darn you! And it would have worked if it weren't for you meddling Remond kids!
Yes, you've definitely seen the biggest flaw. The main difference may be that in the past users had a legitimate concern about losing MS office. As that fades, and with budgets always being tight, MS has to win the smoozing game every time, over and over again. At the state and local level.
But you're right, MS can forstall or slow things significantly.
Why? The Catch 22 has been solved (we need MS vs. can't convert while using MS). And it's the bean counters that ultimately sway government decisions.
1) Plugin will be installed on gov pc's 2) Documents will be handled in ODF 3) Gov bean counters will be suggesting to managers everywhere they can save $XXXX if they use OpenOffice instead of MS Office
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that the 'wiretapping' isn't actually 'phone wiretapping.' It's going to be something else. What? Who knows.
Why?
circumstanstial evidence:
1) It was references as "communications." That could be friggin anything. 2) internal legal opinion saying spying method was legal when wiretapping already has well established rules. importance? Someone is probably splitting hairs, but getting such an opinion probably means they found a loophole. i.e. it's not a phone or something minor like that. 3) how it's played out in the press: "Bush is spying illegally" "No we're not" "Yes you are, your wiretapping" "What we're doing is legal and we're not going to tell you about it for technical reasons that might give it away." "So you are wiretapping" "Uh, guess you caught us, blah blah blah" importance? It may or may not be wiretapping, but the administration is happy to let everyone argue that it is. Can everyone say 'diversion?'
I have my guesses what it could be, but I'm staying mum. Why? Because it might actually be legal and doing some good and if I guess right, the eye of Sauron starts lookin' my way out of spite. Unlikely, but not worth it.
So in conclusion, uh, you didn't read anything. It was all a dream....
"By editing pages in Wikipedia, you agree to the following fee structure:
$0 for independent editors working in good faith $1000 for individuals, associates, competiton, or representation for the article being edited $1000 for inserting known false information"
Or something like this. At $1000 a pop, it becomes a profit generator!
Mr Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Maybe you were just kidding, but I'll take issue anyway while I'm still on my high horse.
Has changing contract terms on the fly ever stood up in court? (I'm curious here. Does anyone know?) In any case, I don't agree with the 'if you're not X, you have nothing to fear' logic. I do my best to follow the law and would have nothing to fear from the police searching me. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't object to an illegal search and seizure. In this example, and with MS, I object to the impuning of my character, the burden of proving my innocence, and the fact it is unethical. As for switching OS's, I told them so in my letter to MS this morning. Will they listen, who knows. But if you don't speak up, no one ever hears you.
My brother and I would rapidly switch the console off then on. Or sometimes carefully pull the cartridge out. 19 times out of 20, it would crash the game. But sometimes you'd get something entirely new. Pac-Man was the best for this. The colors might change, the sounds might change, but sometimes the mazes or even the gameplay would change. Our favorite version was when every time you moved, you automatically powered up and all the ghosts would come find you. Big time scores! Or the time all the pellets turned to power pellets. Ah, such fun!
Teh ony thing that ever came close was undeleting SimCity 1 saved games. A city with 1 million people that burns to the ground in a matter of minutes, leaving a charred ruin.
But alas, my "programming technique" never seemed to work on anything but those two instances.
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Sounds like you're advocating the wrong policy. How about locking the cells so users don't screw things up? You wouldn't let non-programers alter code, why would you let them alter the spreadsheet?
It was around 15 years ago. Back when Walmart was proclaiming USA all the way. We never bought a bucket because we had a 22 bolt action. Just plinking at steel targets at the local range (never could knock down the 1/2" thick targets at 100 yards no matter how many times we hit it). 1000 rounds really would last until the next decade.
After a few protests, they might like to switch to the paintball version. Heck, fill the balls with florecent dye, charge users and you've got a monitored defence system that can turn a profit and mark folks for later pickup. Dang it, where's that patent application? This could be worth millions!
Does Walmart still carry "Bucket 'o Bullets?" For those of you not familiar with the concept, you could buy a plastic bucket with something like 1000 rounds of 22 longshot for 10 or 15 bucks. It had the wonderful name of, no kidding, "Bucket 'o bullets."
At those prices, it's amazing there's a single street sign left south of the mason-dixon line!
You should buy a Mac! Uh, isn't that the answer for every problem?
Friggin' XP asked for a reboot yesterday after installing the genuine windows advantage check whatever " critical update." WTF? XP might be ready for the desktop, but it's almost ready to be hurled against a hard surface too.
It refers to more than that. Freedom from government interference, freedom to collect information, etc. One of the implicit freedoms is to give information away for free or charge for it. And we're free to chose to read either, both, or neither. But would you take someone seriously who said don't read newspapers, free or not, unless you are free to reprint?
Let's take your free press comment. Do you only read free books, newspapers, magazines? If you do, you're in the minority. I enjoy reading the free local newspaper, but sometimes I want more info than music and restaurant reviews. So I go buy a book, read a paid newspaper, etc. It's great to have options. The free press lets them decide what to print and what to charge. I'm free to pick and choose, including paid sources. That's right, freedom isn't all about free stuff. Freedom is the ability to chose. Like free software or not. If you restrict yourself to open source, you limit your freedom. But that's your problem, not mine.
Ah, but imagine how much farther ahead we'd be if we hadn't, what's the term?, ah yes, 'outsourced' the research to those crafty Canadians! Why I bet they are sitting on a wealth of nuclear info just to make us dependent on their hydroelectric and tar sands. But the South Africans may yet save the world with their snazzy little pebble bed reactors.
I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer the current Slashdot look to all 3. Yes, they are pretty. But part of the appeal of Slashdot is it ain't pretty. Visually or intellectually. It's raw and scrappy.
But then again, I was weened on the text based internet.
Just a thought, but isn't "dangerous" a bit redundant? On the other hand, I have some tropical fish described as "incompetent predators." (they wait until other fish fall asleep then slurp them up)
Now that you put it that way, it sounds like we in the States got ripped off! Yeah, well, we'll have our revenge. With global warming, how you gonna play hockey? Maybe if we had done all the work, we'd be farther ahead in nuclear power and you'd still have hockey.
If you put about 1/2 shot of vodka in a can of diet Dr Pepper it tastes even more like regular Dr Pepper. It seems to enhance the sweetness just a touch and mask the diet aftertaste. A very interesting experiment that must be tried. Over and Over.
In my original question, I was wondering if running XP would make OSX more vulnerable. But I had a another thought: Regardless of whether it does, the machine may be more vulnerable in XP mode than the average PC if Mac users assume they are invulnerable regardless of OS.
Is the OSX code protected while running in WinXP mode? While this is an even smaller group than just Mac users alone, they might be more vulnerable. If they believe that since they are running a Mac, it is imune regardless of OS and thus not have WinXP secured.
Just curious if anyone has any insight in this direction.
I laughed so hard when I saw that bit, I just had to put it in a sig (without giving myself the title). Thanks for catching the reference.
A friend told me a little story that may apply here (forgive me if I mangle it):
After losing the "look and feel" lawsuit, Jobs said to Gates "But it will never be as good as ours." To which Gates replied "I doesn't have to be."
"Good enough" is pretty powerful. And whereas MS could bond things to windows to fend off free stuff like Netscape and many others, it will be very difficult (impossible?) to bundle MS office to fend off OpenOffice.
For the record, I use MS Office. But I used to use Word Perfect. I just have a gut feeling that I'll be switching to OO someday.
Darn you! And it would have worked if it weren't for you meddling Remond kids! Yes, you've definitely seen the biggest flaw. The main difference may be that in the past users had a legitimate concern about losing MS office. As that fades, and with budgets always being tight, MS has to win the smoozing game every time, over and over again. At the state and local level. But you're right, MS can forstall or slow things significantly.
You're right, it's not useful. And for those wondering, the plugin is not yet availible for download (ref:Groklaw article).
Can you feel it? It's the tide of inevitibility.
Why? The Catch 22 has been solved (we need MS vs. can't convert while using MS). And it's the bean counters that ultimately sway government decisions.
1) Plugin will be installed on gov pc's
2) Documents will be handled in ODF
3) Gov bean counters will be suggesting to managers everywhere they can save $XXXX if they use OpenOffice instead of MS Office
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that the 'wiretapping' isn't actually 'phone wiretapping.' It's going to be something else. What? Who knows.
Why?
circumstanstial evidence:
1) It was references as "communications." That could be friggin anything.
2) internal legal opinion saying spying method was legal when wiretapping already has well established rules. importance? Someone is probably splitting hairs, but getting such an opinion probably means they found a loophole. i.e. it's not a phone or something minor like that.
3) how it's played out in the press: "Bush is spying illegally" "No we're not" "Yes you are, your wiretapping" "What we're doing is legal and we're not going to tell you about it for technical reasons that might give it away." "So you are wiretapping" "Uh, guess you caught us, blah blah blah" importance? It may or may not be wiretapping, but the administration is happy to let everyone argue that it is. Can everyone say 'diversion?'
I have my guesses what it could be, but I'm staying mum. Why? Because it might actually be legal and doing some good and if I guess right, the eye of Sauron starts lookin' my way out of spite. Unlikely, but not worth it.
So in conclusion, uh, you didn't read anything. It was all a dream....
Wikipedia needs to add a teensy little notice:
"By editing pages in Wikipedia, you agree to the following fee structure:
$0 for independent editors working in good faith
$1000 for individuals, associates, competiton, or representation for the article being edited
$1000 for inserting known false information"
Or something like this. At $1000 a pop, it becomes a profit generator!
Mr Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Maybe you were just kidding, but I'll take issue anyway while I'm still on my high horse.
Has changing contract terms on the fly ever stood up in court? (I'm curious here. Does anyone know?) In any case, I don't agree with the 'if you're not X, you have nothing to fear' logic. I do my best to follow the law and would have nothing to fear from the police searching me. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't object to an illegal search and seizure. In this example, and with MS, I object to the impuning of my character, the burden of proving my innocence, and the fact it is unethical. As for switching OS's, I told them so in my letter to MS this morning. Will they listen, who knows. But if you don't speak up, no one ever hears you.
My brother and I would rapidly switch the console off then on. Or sometimes carefully pull the cartridge out. 19 times out of 20, it would crash the game. But sometimes you'd get something entirely new. Pac-Man was the best for this. The colors might change, the sounds might change, but sometimes the mazes or even the gameplay would change. Our favorite version was when every time you moved, you automatically powered up and all the ghosts would come find you. Big time scores! Or the time all the pellets turned to power pellets. Ah, such fun!
Teh ony thing that ever came close was undeleting SimCity 1 saved games. A city with 1 million people that burns to the ground in a matter of minutes, leaving a charred ruin.
But alas, my "programming technique" never seemed to work on anything but those two instances.