And since FreeDOS has an edlin-compatible edlin, it's possible to port it to *nix, use it in an xterm window, and middle-click paste into it. Of course, why one would want to go through something as painfully esoteric as that when vi and vim are so much better is beyond me, but still quite possible.:D
And ANSI C is perhaps the best general purpose programming language out there. The C Programming Language ought to be required reading, if it isn't already.
As for C++, it's C-- as far as I'm concerned. I honestly can't think of a more painful language to program in. Not even BF and Intercal are more painful than C++. And reading three books on C++ haven't helped.
Good lord! And here I thought me getting a thousand spam a day was bad! (This from the days when I had Hotspam as my email provider.) That kinda got me a bit upset at them. I did really well controlling spam on my personal accounts since then, well enough for me to write a spam prevention how-to of my own.
And this concept of running at a reduced priviledge didn't happen in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3... why?
"Microsoft's vision for the Internet involves tearing down any wall between the Internet and your computer. Can we say security?" - A Linux fortune cookie.
A Windows error made me reformat Linux. Yes, really. If I can't trust Windows to keep from forgetting what a NIC even is, while shelled into my Linux system during a system recompile (not Gentoo), which rendered said Linux system unbootable (no Bash), then how can I trust a Microsoft virtual machine to keep from crashing in a similar situation, shelled into a virtual Linux?
Microsoft Bob! Oh, wait. Successful failure... hmm... Ah! Windows Millennium Edition (ME), without a doubt! This insecure, rushed, overhyped, bug-ridden excuse for an operating system should've gone the way of Bob and New Coke even before it was officially released.
Geekier than Sim Lim Square in Singapore?
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Two questions, really. Is Tokyo's Akihabara as geeky as Singapore's Sim Lim Square? More importantly, I suppose, is it safer for my wallet? Sim Lim Square, at the corner of Bencoolen St. and Rochor Canal Rd., just next door to the Little India district, is seven floors of IT hagglers' paradise.
Does it really matter? It's on the Internet, so it's accessible from any country.
Just ask USA-based Linspire, Inc., if it matters. (Microsoft forced the company, then known as LindowsOS, Inc., to stop doing business in Benelux and with Benelux citizens -- no matter where in the world they had addresses -- under their former name.) The 'Net and absurdity-friendly countries mean that the court system of one country can be used against a 'Net-based company in another country, even if none of the parties involved have physical presences in the one country.
I wish the ESA's Mars probes had this. Then we could've finally answered the question of whether ESA's Beagle 2 landed in a crater, or whether it created a crater. ^.^
From the announcement: "The
decrease in revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 from the
comparable quarter of the prior year was primarily due to continued
competitive pressures on the Company's UNIX products and services."
Remember who they're targeting: whether directly or through their ISPs, the owners of zombied computers. People who are either too gullible to resist clicking on pop-ups in IE, too ignorant to realize the dangers ActiveX pose to their computers, or too dumb to understand even the most rudimentary online safety concepts, or that even online there's no such thing as a truly free lunch.
I don't know about you, but I think "Operation anything" fits the bill perfectly in this case. You and I, we're not the ones whose acts they're out to clean up.
Maybe with mainstream attention called to the problem, they'll finally start listening when their ISP tech support keeps telling them to at least turn on their friggin' firewalls and stop disabling their antivirus because of all the "stupid virus warnings."
This is definitely sweet news, but I'm just stunned that it came from a French court!
BTW: What the bloody hell is with Slashdot accusing registered users of being freakin' scripts! Seriously, have you seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers so many times that you fear human beings are actually being replaced by shell scripts!? What the hell!
Yeesh. Some coder needed a good tongue-lashing that day.
Oh, heh, the Netscape feedback folks got one from me, and I imagine many others since that didn't last the day either. One can only hope that they passed it on.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.laughnet.net/archive/compute/winedlin.h tm
:D
And since FreeDOS has an edlin-compatible edlin, it's possible to port it to *nix, use it in an xterm window, and middle-click paste into it. Of course, why one would want to go through something as painfully esoteric as that when vi and vim are so much better is beyond me, but still quite possible.
I got a computer to let my mouse surf the 'Net. What am I supposed to tell my mouse when he reads this article, you insensitive clod?
:wq
And ANSI C is perhaps the best general purpose programming language out there. The C Programming Language ought to be required reading, if it isn't already.
As for C++, it's C-- as far as I'm concerned. I honestly can't think of a more painful language to program in. Not even BF and Intercal are more painful than C++. And reading three books on C++ haven't helped.
Well, still, it's not really much of an excuse to at least try to get it under control...
I wonder if Acme's hosting or connectivity provider got a Code Taco Alert before the story was submitted.
Good lord! And here I thought me getting a thousand spam a day was bad! (This from the days when I had Hotspam as my email provider.) That kinda got me a bit upset at them. I did really well controlling spam on my personal accounts since then, well enough for me to write a spam prevention how-to of my own.
"NEXT WEEK ON SLASHDOT: We put a PC into.... A CARDBOARD BOX! Is there ANYPLACE that's too wacky for us to use?"
Don't laugh. It's already been done.
The right way is here: Mac-ITX (SE/30 case largely undamaged).
The wrong way is here: Wraith SE (SE case heavily modded).
And this concept of running at a reduced priviledge didn't happen in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3... why?
"Microsoft's vision for the Internet involves tearing down any wall between the Internet and your computer. Can we say security?" - A Linux fortune cookie.
Oh. Right. How silly of me to forget.
A Windows error made me reformat Linux. Yes, really. If I can't trust Windows to keep from forgetting what a NIC even is, while shelled into my Linux system during a system recompile (not Gentoo), which rendered said Linux system unbootable (no Bash), then how can I trust a Microsoft virtual machine to keep from crashing in a similar situation, shelled into a virtual Linux?
Microsoft Bob! Oh, wait. Successful failure... hmm... Ah! Windows Millennium Edition (ME), without a doubt! This insecure, rushed, overhyped, bug-ridden excuse for an operating system should've gone the way of Bob and New Coke even before it was officially released.
What the hell can happen next? My money's on Bill Gates being found dead with a grapefruit up his arse up a crack whore alley..
Is this the sour grapefruit you refer to? Or perhaps this one? ^.^
Two questions, really. Is Tokyo's Akihabara as geeky as Singapore's Sim Lim Square? More importantly, I suppose, is it safer for my wallet? Sim Lim Square, at the corner of Bencoolen St. and Rochor Canal Rd., just next door to the Little India district, is seven floors of IT hagglers' paradise.
Link, Link, Search.
F---edCompany.com - The official lubricant of the new economy. Not work-safe, but definitely worth hotlisting. :)
Spelign onluy cvoutsn ni commadns, config s,adn cod e,not inc hat. Adn nto inS lasdhot sotries iether, its eems. ~.^
Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxemburg. Yeah. Sorry for not making it clear. My bad.
Does it really matter? It's on the Internet, so it's accessible from any country.
Just ask USA-based Linspire, Inc., if it matters. (Microsoft forced the company, then known as LindowsOS, Inc., to stop doing business in Benelux and with Benelux citizens -- no matter where in the world they had addresses -- under their former name.) The 'Net and absurdity-friendly countries mean that the court system of one country can be used against a 'Net-based company in another country, even if none of the parties involved have physical presences in the one country.
I wish the ESA's Mars probes had this. Then we could've finally answered the question of whether ESA's Beagle 2 landed in a crater, or whether it created a crater. ^.^
"One by one the penguins steal my sanity" has to be a thought ringing through Mr. McBride's mind.
From the announcement: "The decrease in revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 from the comparable quarter of the prior year was primarily due to continued competitive pressures on the Company's UNIX products and services."
In other words, "We lost money because of our neverending, frivolous lawsuit against IBM."
Remember who they're targeting: whether directly or through their ISPs, the owners of zombied computers. People who are either too gullible to resist clicking on pop-ups in IE, too ignorant to realize the dangers ActiveX pose to their computers, or too dumb to understand even the most rudimentary online safety concepts, or that even online there's no such thing as a truly free lunch.
I don't know about you, but I think "Operation anything" fits the bill perfectly in this case. You and I, we're not the ones whose acts they're out to clean up.
Maybe with mainstream attention called to the problem, they'll finally start listening when their ISP tech support keeps telling them to at least turn on their friggin' firewalls and stop disabling their antivirus because of all the "stupid virus warnings."
What else can you add to a cell phone?
Do you really want to know? Oh wait, this is /. You're gonna find out whether you want to or not.
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were still alive, and if Costello tried to buy a computer from Abbott: http://xynext.com/Abbot-Costello-Whos-on-First-Com puter-Joke/
This is definitely sweet news, but I'm just stunned that it came from a French court!
BTW: What the bloody hell is with Slashdot accusing registered users of being freakin' scripts! Seriously, have you seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers so many times that you fear human beings are actually being replaced by shell scripts!? What the hell!
Gotta be that fuzzy "new math" used in the Million Man March a few years ago.
I wonder if we could organize a "Million Fox March" on Netscape's headquarters. There seem to be about 57,530,179 of us. ^_^
Yeesh. Some coder needed a good tongue-lashing that day.
Oh, heh, the Netscape feedback folks got one from me, and I imagine many others since that didn't last the day either. One can only hope that they passed it on.