I think they have solved it since it happened with one of the interim test versions and was later fixed in the next test version. Atleast the problem didn't re-occur on my system.
Well, I have been a computer science student at university level for 5 years now... I have, like many of you, a first hand experience of an environment where students are split in a zillion directions about deciding where to focus in the long term... most of them end up chosing MS related technologies and work their behinds off at MS VC++/.NET technologies and so on, only becasue its a safe bet and they know (and have been told by alumni) that they WILL surely get a starting job with decent pay if they are good programmers or administrators in MS technologies. That just kills the Linux drive right away. What they need to be told is that Linux and OSS is not a dead beat and there are ways of making a living and contributing to the community. That education is missing from not only the curriculum but also from the environment.
Now having cool games compatible with your average Linux distro just might work for a select 2% of the lot that make up gaming enthusiasts... but the majority of those bleak 2%will end up playing games instead of doing anything worthwhile for the Linux area as a whole.
I have a 160 GB external USB-IDE hard disk attached to my laptop. So far (1 day), Google Desktop has not indexed anything in that drive. Is that on purpose ? Anyone over here noticed this too ?
R2-D2: @^&#$ #$)@# @&#)B #_$#_ $#$#
C-3P0: Yes, R2-D2, I also have no idea whats the big fuss about. Sometimes, I cannot comprehend this bizzare human behaviour.
To take a more recent example: when the US lost a dozen-plus troops in Somalia, we left with our tail tucked between our legs. Same thing a few years earlier in Beirut, when a few hundred troops were killed. But now, after losing several thousand lives in 9/11, we're able to bear the loss of hundreds in Iraq and Afghanistan...
I know its off-topic but... guess what... the soldiers in Iraq are dying in vain... it might hurt your feelings, but seems like its the truth.
instead of turning tail, we're actually debating the issue.
the issue being debated is weather the war was waged based on truth or for the freaking oil and US capatalist interests.
I agree with all your views abt space, the frontier men approach... but that Iraq example was just way off
adios
First of all... what does it mean that "... and UPGRADE from unix to windows" some1 care to explain ?
secondly, I agree its human error... but this human is not the technician who forgot to reboot the system, but some programmer (presently gon totll psycho... all that windows code !)at M$
I apologize Mr. Gates, I did not intend to make you do that. That Long Horn up there (where the sun don't shine no more) still hurting you when you sit ?
hehe... just kidding.... I dropped a cigarette from my mouth too when I was writing that;)
Reporter: "Mr. Gate$, what do you think of Firefox?"
Gate$: "I think its a myth. There are foxes and then there are foxes. There is no such thing as a Fire fox. And now if you'd excuse me, there is a Long Horn up my ass, I have to go see someone abt it."
Well, AIM >>> thats america online, last time i checked there were other counteries in the world too (only two down, lots remaining)... and in those countries internet users have never even heard of AIM...
moreover, MSN and yahoo messengers probably leave AIM far behind in terms of sheer numbers... so the topic should have been a GIM taking over MSN/Ymsn...
and oh yeah... what nightly downtimes... referrring to MSN (MS bashing:)).. well, its not THAAAAAAAAT BAAAAAAAAD !! c'mon
To: Al-Qaeda IT group
From: Osama bin Ladin
Subject: Upgrades?
Dear brother,
We are having some serious problems with our training in camps. The Windows XP systems are constatnly becoming pain the the ***. You see, the thing is that we upgraded from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. After the upgrade, our local administrators applied a IE patch, and now whenever the computers start up, a blue screen appears. And nothing happens. I hope you can fathom the loss of time and training we are experiencing over this. Our to-be-suicide-pilots cannot get the required training now.
We tried uninstalling MFS 2004 version and re-installing MFS2000 version, but tha MFS 2000 fails to install citing some DirectX compatibility problems. All this is seriously affecting our future planning.
I want you, my dear brother, to find this Bill Gates guy and find out how to fix this thing. But remember, do not harm in in any way, I hear he is releasing something called XP SP 2 which is going to let hell lose all over the place.
If he fails to fix our ptoblem, kindly contact the/. guys and tell them all of this stuff, may be they will have some advice ( I hear the talk all day and night long and do nothing).
Also seek advice from the/. about migrating to Linux and if there is any reliable FLight Simulator available (hijacking scenarios and low altitude urban flight paths training missions required).
May you rest in peace.
Osama
[File Attachment]: Win32.Sasser.worm
p.s. what is this Win32.Sasser.worm, kindly brief our local IT staff about this, it appears to be with every mail we receive or send out there. I hope this is not some CIA trick to track our emals.
p.p.s. By second hand compaq laptops and IBM computers from Peshawer, install new hard disks, prepare fake email exhanges between the top 10 most wanted on FBI list and sell those computers to some infidel reporters for a profit. WIll use the profit to get you guys some GeForce 6800 cards, so you can practice some urban warfare with Doom3
The entire concept of travel without military interference is completely foriegn to them and this speaks volumes about their mindsets and misconceptions of western culture.
its just ur superiority complex speaking, tone it down abit:p
I say keep on watching the DVDs, just dont tell others that you do so on your linux box. Keep sharing with 'friends'... who donot go out and tell the Feds that you gave them your DvD.
Anyhoooo... all these digital rights acts are anywhere near implementation in a handful of countries... it will take a century to catch up around the globe (like third world states dont have any other improtant issues on hand)... so GNU license advocates have lots of time in hand for lobbying and convincing the other side. DRMA will be a lost cause while being enforced only for US citizens.... and similiar acts in some other states...
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I think they have solved it since it happened with one of the interim test versions and was later fixed in the next test version. Atleast the problem didn't re-occur on my system.
Well, I have been a computer science student at university level for 5 years now ... I have, like many of you, a first hand experience of an environment where students are split in a zillion directions about deciding where to focus in the long term ... most of them end up chosing MS related technologies and work their behinds off at MS VC++/ .NET technologies and so on, only becasue its a safe bet and they know (and have been told by alumni) that they WILL surely get a starting job with decent pay if they are good programmers or administrators in MS technologies. That just kills the Linux drive right away. What they need to be told is that Linux and OSS is not a dead beat and there are ways of making a living and contributing to the community. That education is missing from not only the curriculum but also from the environment.
Now having cool games compatible with your average Linux distro just might work for a select 2% of the lot that make up gaming enthusiasts ... but the majority of those bleak 2%will end up playing games instead of doing anything worthwhile for the Linux area as a whole.
I have a 160 GB external USB-IDE hard disk attached to my laptop. So far (1 day), Google Desktop has not indexed anything in that drive. Is that on purpose ? Anyone over here noticed this too ?
R2-D2: @^&#$ #$)@# @&#)B #_$#_ $#$#
C-3P0: Yes, R2-D2, I also have no idea whats the big fuss about. Sometimes, I cannot comprehend this bizzare human behaviour.
To take a more recent example: when the US lost a dozen-plus troops in Somalia, we left with our tail tucked between our legs. Same thing a few years earlier in Beirut, when a few hundred troops were killed. But now, after losing several thousand lives in 9/11, we're able to bear the loss of hundreds in Iraq and Afghanistan...
... guess what ... the soldiers in Iraq are dying in vain ... it might hurt your feelings, but seems like its the truth.
... but that Iraq example was just way off
I know its off-topic but
instead of turning tail, we're actually debating the issue.
the issue being debated is weather the war was waged based on truth or for the freaking oil and US capatalist interests.
I agree with all your views abt space, the frontier men approach
adios
For Linux, try aMule http://www.amule.org/. Definitely better than mldonkey and kmldonkey.
yeah exactly ... "Do in Rome as Romans do!" ...
They confiscated my murder weapons when I left microsoft.
First of all ... what does it mean that " ... and UPGRADE from unix to windows" some1 care to explain ?
secondly, I agree its human error ... but this human is not the technician who forgot to reboot the system, but some programmer (presently gon totll psycho ... all that windows code !)at M$
I apologize Mr. Gates, I did not intend to make you do that. That Long Horn up there (where the sun don't shine no more) still hurting you when you sit ? hehe ... just kidding .... I dropped a cigarette from my mouth too when I was writing that ;)
Reporter: "Mr. Gate$, what do you think of Firefox?"
Gate$: "I think its a myth. There are foxes and then there are foxes. There is no such thing as a Fire fox. And now if you'd excuse me, there is a Long Horn up my ass, I have to go see someone abt it."
Well, AIM >>> thats america online, last time i checked there were other counteries in the world too (only two down, lots remaining) ... and in those countries internet users have never even heard of AIM ...
moreover, MSN and yahoo messengers probably leave AIM far behind in terms of sheer numbers ... so the topic should have been a GIM taking over MSN/Ymsn ...
and oh yeah ... what nightly downtimes ... referrring to MSN (MS bashing :)) .. well, its not THAAAAAAAAT BAAAAAAAAD !! c'mon
To: Al-Qaeda IT group
/. guys and tell them all of this stuff, may be they will have some advice ( I hear the talk all day and night long and do nothing). /. about migrating to Linux and if there is any reliable FLight Simulator available (hijacking scenarios and low altitude urban flight paths training missions required).
From: Osama bin Ladin
Subject: Upgrades?
Dear brother,
We are having some serious problems with our training in camps. The Windows XP systems are constatnly becoming pain the the ***. You see, the thing is that we upgraded from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. After the upgrade, our local administrators applied a IE patch, and now whenever the computers start up, a blue screen appears. And nothing happens. I hope you can fathom the loss of time and training we are experiencing over this. Our to-be-suicide-pilots cannot get the required training now.
We tried uninstalling MFS 2004 version and re-installing MFS2000 version, but tha MFS 2000 fails to install citing some DirectX compatibility problems. All this is seriously affecting our future planning.
I want you, my dear brother, to find this Bill Gates guy and find out how to fix this thing. But remember, do not harm in in any way, I hear he is releasing something called XP SP 2 which is going to let hell lose all over the place.
If he fails to fix our ptoblem, kindly contact the
Also seek advice from the
May you rest in peace.
Osama
[File Attachment]: Win32.Sasser.worm
p.s. what is this Win32.Sasser.worm, kindly brief our local IT staff about this, it appears to be with every mail we receive or send out there. I hope this is not some CIA trick to track our emals.
p.p.s. By second hand compaq laptops and IBM computers from Peshawer, install new hard disks, prepare fake email exhanges between the top 10 most wanted on FBI list and sell those computers to some infidel reporters for a profit. WIll use the profit to get you guys some GeForce 6800 cards, so you can practice some urban warfare with Doom3
Michael Moore for President
The entire concept of travel without military interference is completely foriegn to them and this speaks volumes about their mindsets and misconceptions of western culture. its just ur superiority complex speaking, tone it down abit :p
I say keep on watching the DVDs, just dont tell others that you do so on your linux box. Keep sharing with 'friends' ... who donot go out and tell the Feds that you gave them your DvD.
Anyhoooo ... all these digital rights acts are anywhere near implementation in a handful of countries ... it will take a century to catch up around the globe (like third world states dont have any other improtant issues on hand)... so GNU license advocates have lots of time in hand for lobbying and convincing the other side. DRMA will be a lost cause while being enforced only for US citizens .... and similiar acts in some other states ...