I know a machine like this as well, it's been running since 1995. I do not know the version , unfortunately. No reboot, no shutdown. And the Admin wonders how long this will last...
This story brings to mind the words "DLL HELL". they are putting libraries together in the OS, so programs can use them, right? I must assume the system has the builtin possibility to have multiple versions of a given library ?
Or, I do not understand it completely, could be true as well.
This is what people fail to understand. I have the feeling -it can't be real, I know- that Outlook is better with very large mailboxes.
It's crazy, I know, but Outlook feels bloated and slow when the mailbox is empty. On the contraire, it feels light and powerful when the mailbox is huge.
It's very difficult to say who invented the car, at the time Carl Benz was making his car, Daimler was doing the same, and in Austria and France other people were doing so as well.
And then it also depends on how you define a car. There were steam-powered machines and tricycles before these men invented their 'automobile'. And then there's that guy with the patent.
I posted a Ask Slashdot article a couple of days ago, but it was rejected, that I'ld have liked your comment on.
I am today thinking about buying a portable MP3 player, which I need to have at least 20Gb, voice recording and a car adapter. I only need MP3. And a screen, so I can choose what to play.
Yep. I have a online shop, and this is included in the -popular, and readily available- software.
Everyone sees the same prices, but a returning customer logs in, and gets *his* prices. I can actually give everyone his own special prices, or free shipping, or other payment methods. Of course, there's also Sales Tax for some and not for others.
Indeed. Self-containment is Good (TM) ! You explained why properly.
However, tens of ini-configuration files are Bad (TM), because they are too complicated. There's large numbers of them, you need to open them in text-editors, find out where that setting is, etc. In other words, complex handling. The Registry is a solution to this. Now if the Registry would support self-containment, it would be perfect.
4. The name (would would immediently be destroyed in many peoples eyes when Microsoft buys it)
You are discrediting the effect the name has. A lot of people using Red Hat Linux have no problems with Microsoft, but need a Linux OS and choose the Microsoft of the Linuxes. These people would see no problem upgrading to "Microsoft Red Hat". It would be a great move for Microsoft, as this move could give them the opportunity to work on Linux, and gain a good (or "better") name in the F/OSS world. Sure, it would cost some money, and it would take some time, but microsoft still has plenty of both.
I wonder what the "Red Hat" brand is worth these days?
Yeah, well, there's a Google article every day now. If there's no news, people simply post old news.
This is crazy. I came into this tread simply for the "too much google" comments. If I had not expected those, I would not have come here.
Some people seem to think that WW2 was a rerun of WW1. This is not true.
WW1 started after the shooting of the Austrian-Hungarian emperor. This was a spark in an explosive mixture that Europe was at the time. Several wars were being fought, the main part of it around Ypres in Belgium. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yperite) This was a war between nations. The second war was a rage of the 3rd Reigh. Hitler was on the way to expand the Lebensraum (living space) for his "Aryan race". Also, think about his economic system: this was simply not possible to keep up without expanding the country. There's a distinct difference. The second war was fought over in several countries.
The Maginot Line actually worked: the Germans did not cross it.
Anyone visiting a Flash website is guilty. Because you are downloading music from a website without paying for it. How about online games like miniclip.com or yahoo Games?
On another note: what about the archives with classical music in MIDI format? It's music and can be downloaded for free. And it's free of copyrights.
And what about online games (the type of WoW or GTR), these may download new music from their home server without the user knowing about it !
This is an impossible law to be valid, there's too many ways people can break it unknowingly.
' PROJECT: SQL_SERVER ' FILE: main.frm ' ' This file is part of the Microsoft SQL server[tm]. COPY IS STRICTLY UNAUTHORIZED WITHOUT MICROSOFT'S APPROVAL. AND EVEN SO, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT IF YOU BREATHE WHILE LOOKING AT IT!
Think of it this way: what would it cost IBM to invent, create and code a new operating system, and then bring it to market. Then the question: how can they make money from it? Even if OS/2 is invented and created, it needs new coding and marketing.
Linux has it's own coders and marketing, there's no inventing or creating to be done, so why not jump the wagon, and ride along?
It serves IBM for having thought this way when they did, it was a bold decision, but they made it. Remember, IBM sells services, not hard- or software. They sell services. What they are doing now is marketing their name, and selling services with it. Meanwhile, there's some coders because IBM sees things in the F/OSS that can be made better. Idealisme? No, business. And everyone profits from it.
Must you really know what the money is being spend on?
If you donate money, you are asking them to continue to offer their great service to you and other people. How they achieve that goal, is up to them, no?
You don't ask the Red Cross what they use your money for, do you? The organisation usually tells you afterwards.
I don't think you can actually plan for future electronic needs. Who'ld have guessed in 1985 we are all laying computer network cabling in our houses today? There's people with central vacuum cleaners these days.
So, best you can do is plan for flexibility. If you wan, make double walls (so you can add pretty much anything later on. I like the idea of straw, but I'ld use modern technologies. Insulation is important, though. You may also try to add natural energy production (solar panels, wind energy, water - see what's possible) and rain water capturing.
Building niches for routers and such is good, but make them twice the size needed. Then you'll have some room to spare. Equipment will be added, but new stuff is generally smaller.
When I was a student, We did this all the time. We'ld pick a subject ('brands of wash powder'), and then start coding. So, "Dash = Dreft + Ariel" and "If MisterProper Then..."
Actually, this example got us to stop this practice (when you have 54 variables, it's difficult to remember what each means)
When changing a monitor resolution, Windows gives the user 15 seconds to decide that wether that res is good. If the user does not say 'yes', it reverts to the previous. There is no Ctrl-Alt-Plus (Which I for one never heard of...)
The difference between Linux and Windows on this is that Windows will use the device in a generic mode if it doesn't have the correct driver, Linux will not use it. Moreover, noone recompiles the Windows kernel, while I know people that do every 2 days on Linux. ("Yes, there's a patch for program X") A normal computer user does not 'compile' the 'kernel'. He simply doesn't understand that. Not would he trust it, if he knew what a 'kernel' is.
'The Geeks' often forget how the normal computer user thinks. He wants things to work right away, because if it goes wrong, he doesn't know why or how to fix it, if he understands what the error(-message) is. Like installing a TV: place it, plug power and cable in, push the button (one problem: configure the channels - usually done by the shop though) and it works.
1. We have a national-ID card. This contains the State Register Number, name and address and marital state (reissued every few years - soon an e-ID !).
2. Then there's the driver's license, has your name but not address (never reissued, except when it changes).
3. But we also have a SIS card (Social Identity System), that contains information on deseases you have and medicins you normally take (this aids if you're at the pharmacy, and you want prescription drugs without prescription - if you normally take them). Already electronic, does not get reissued (data changes). This card helps when you get to a hospital (like after an accident) and the doctors check your card, see your health-status, and can treat you properly.
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1. open notepad /profile /user:Administrator cmd.exe"
2. write "runas
3. save as su.cmd
World's Best Race Circuit (Spa-Francorchamps) is available, though:
& spn=0.125999,0.170631&t=k&hl=en
. 970918092837114&cpy=50.43966506419273&res=15&provi der_id=350&t=pan
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.439091,5.998192
For people that don't know the circuit: it's the gun in the picture.
Sure, there's satelite photo's of the world, but no maps!
PS: It's also visible from Terraserver here: http://terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=5
I know a machine like this as well, it's been running since 1995. I do not know the version , unfortunately. No reboot, no shutdown. And the Admin wonders how long this will last ...
The IIS in XP Pro has the same limit as W2K Pro: only one website can be created (and maybe those 10 connection?)
Other than that, it is a full working IIS. I use it every day, we develop applications with it.
Microsoft will tell you they did not price IE. It is part of the OS, and as such it is paid for when you buy the OS.
I can't applaud or shoot the idea.
This story brings to mind the words "DLL HELL". they are putting libraries together in the OS, so programs can use them, right? I must assume the system has the builtin possibility to have multiple versions of a given library ?
Or, I do not understand it completely, could be true as well.
This is what people fail to understand. I have the feeling -it can't be real, I know- that Outlook is better with very large mailboxes.
It's crazy, I know, but Outlook feels bloated and slow when the mailbox is empty. On the contraire, it feels light and powerful when the mailbox is huge.
How did they do this?
It's very difficult to say who invented the car, at the time Carl Benz was making his car, Daimler was doing the same, and in Austria and France other people were doing so as well. And then it also depends on how you define a car. There were steam-powered machines and tricycles before these men invented their 'automobile'. And then there's that guy with the patent.
I posted a Ask Slashdot article a couple of days ago, but it was rejected, that I'ld have liked your comment on.
I am today thinking about buying a portable MP3 player, which I need to have at least 20Gb, voice recording and a car adapter. I only need MP3. And a screen, so I can choose what to play.
Yep. I have a online shop, and this is included in the -popular, and readily available- software.
Everyone sees the same prices, but a returning customer logs in, and gets *his* prices. I can actually give everyone his own special prices, or free shipping, or other payment methods. Of course, there's also Sales Tax for some and not for others.
Indeed. Self-containment is Good (TM) ! You explained why properly.
However, tens of ini-configuration files are Bad (TM), because they are too complicated. There's large numbers of them, you need to open them in text-editors, find out where that setting is, etc. In other words, complex handling. The Registry is a solution to this. Now if the Registry would support self-containment, it would be perfect.
4. The name (would would immediently be destroyed in many peoples eyes when Microsoft buys it)
You are discrediting the effect the name has. A lot of people using Red Hat Linux have no problems with Microsoft, but need a Linux OS and choose the Microsoft of the Linuxes. These people would see no problem upgrading to "Microsoft Red Hat". It would be a great move for Microsoft, as this move could give them the opportunity to work on Linux, and gain a good (or "better") name in the F/OSS world. Sure, it would cost some money, and it would take some time, but microsoft still has plenty of both.
I wonder what the "Red Hat" brand is worth these days?
Yeah, well, there's a Google article every day now. If there's no news, people simply post old news. This is crazy. I came into this tread simply for the "too much google" comments. If I had not expected those, I would not have come here.
In summary:
Automated system to put one item on, at or in another item.
Great. All factories are infringing this!
Some people seem to think that WW2 was a rerun of WW1. This is not true.
WW1 started after the shooting of the Austrian-Hungarian emperor. This was a spark in an explosive mixture that Europe was at the time. Several wars were being fought, the main part of it around Ypres in Belgium. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yperite) This was a war between nations. The second war was a rage of the 3rd Reigh. Hitler was on the way to expand the Lebensraum (living space) for his "Aryan race". Also, think about his economic system: this was simply not possible to keep up without expanding the country. There's a distinct difference. The second war was fought over in several countries.
The Maginot Line actually worked: the Germans did not cross it.
Anyone visiting a Flash website is guilty. Because you are downloading music from a website without paying for it. How about online games like miniclip.com or yahoo Games?
/. manual <BR> addition ...
On another note: what about the archives with classical music in MIDI format? It's music and can be downloaded for free. And it's free of copyrights.
And what about online games (the type of WoW or GTR), these may download new music from their home server without the user knowing about it !
This is an impossible law to be valid, there's too many ways people can break it unknowingly.
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Grr,
Think of it this way: what would it cost IBM to invent, create and code a new operating system, and then bring it to market. Then the question: how can they make money from it? Even if OS/2 is invented and created, it needs new coding and marketing.
Linux has it's own coders and marketing, there's no inventing or creating to be done, so why not jump the wagon, and ride along?
It serves IBM for having thought this way when they did, it was a bold decision, but they made it. Remember, IBM sells services, not hard- or software. They sell services. What they are doing now is marketing their name, and selling services with it. Meanwhile, there's some coders because IBM sees things in the F/OSS that can be made better. Idealisme? No, business. And everyone profits from it.
Hmm...
1. Forget OS/2
2. Embrace Linux
3. Sell services
4. ???
5. Profit!
Conclusion: good thinking at IBM.
Must you really know what the money is being spend on?
If you donate money, you are asking them to continue to offer their great service to you and other people. How they achieve that goal, is up to them, no?
You don't ask the Red Cross what they use your money for, do you? The organisation usually tells you afterwards.
I don't think you can actually plan for future electronic needs. Who'ld have guessed in 1985 we are all laying computer network cabling in our houses today? There's people with central vacuum cleaners these days. So, best you can do is plan for flexibility. If you wan, make double walls (so you can add pretty much anything later on. I like the idea of straw, but I'ld use modern technologies. Insulation is important, though. You may also try to add natural energy production (solar panels, wind energy, water - see what's possible) and rain water capturing. Building niches for routers and such is good, but make them twice the size needed. Then you'll have some room to spare. Equipment will be added, but new stuff is generally smaller.
When I was a student, We did this all the time. We'ld pick a subject ('brands of wash powder'), and then start coding. So, "Dash = Dreft + Ariel" and "If MisterProper Then ..."
Actually, this example got us to stop this practice (when you have 54 variables, it's difficult to remember what each means)
Maybe it's bacause they have Good Interviewers (TM)?
Interviewer> Question 2: what's your password?
User> Password?
Interviewer> Thank you sir.
I think you summed up the issue nicely.
When changing a monitor resolution, Windows gives the user 15 seconds to decide that wether that res is good. If the user does not say 'yes', it reverts to the previous. There is no Ctrl-Alt-Plus (Which I for one never heard of...)
The difference between Linux and Windows on this is that Windows will use the device in a generic mode if it doesn't have the correct driver, Linux will not use it. Moreover, noone recompiles the Windows kernel, while I know people that do every 2 days on Linux. ("Yes, there's a patch for program X") A normal computer user does not 'compile' the 'kernel'. He simply doesn't understand that. Not would he trust it, if he knew what a 'kernel' is.
'The Geeks' often forget how the normal computer user thinks. He wants things to work right away, because if it goes wrong, he doesn't know why or how to fix it, if he understands what the error(-message) is. Like installing a TV: place it, plug power and cable in, push the button (one problem: configure the channels - usually done by the shop though) and it works.
Well, it didn't work on W2K + IE6, and file:///c:/CON gave me an 'Open With' dialog box. What program should I use?
Oh-oh. Here comes Belgium again.
1. We have a national-ID card. This contains the State Register Number, name and address and marital state (reissued every few years - soon an e-ID !).
2. Then there's the driver's license, has your name but not address (never reissued, except when it changes).
3. But we also have a SIS card (Social Identity System), that contains information on deseases you have and medicins you normally take (this aids if you're at the pharmacy, and you want prescription drugs without prescription - if you normally take them). Already electronic, does not get reissued (data changes). This card helps when you get to a hospital (like after an accident) and the doctors check your card, see your health-status, and can treat you properly.
So, Big Brother lives in Belgium, I assume?