Does Microsoft intend on making Windows capable of running native Linux ELF binaries now or in the future? I assume the MS has no intention to help out WINE with making Windows binaries compatible but I'm curious as to whether support for the other way around will become a reality.
The wireless network would have been advertising its presense. This is a useful feature. But it wasn't "inviting anyone" any more than a door knob does.
Just to start out here: I hate wireless, I think that it's mostly for lazy people who don't care about a good quality network (for the record, I have no problem with wireless in coffee shops and airports where it makes sense). Honestly, SSID broadcasting is less like a doorknob and more like having a security keypad on your door that says "Welcome! Enter the sequence 1234 to open."
Correction, Crossover Office is Wine with paid support. It is not a "fork", spinoff or other derivitive.
No, it is not a "fork" but at least in my mind I see it as a "spinoff" - it uses the same material as WINE and then adds other stuff to it. Maybe that's the wrong terminology but it works for explaining their relationship.
Maybe I'll hit the Crossover Office site to see if they've gone to gold level support on some of my must-have Windows apps yet.
I would recommend trying WINE (Crossover Office is a spinoff of WINE) first since it is free. What I'd like to see is for WINE to start providing a "Windows Alternative Update" where they provide all the DLLs they've been reverse engineering as an alternative update for the Windows 2000 users that are about to get screwed.
However, I don't think the word can be used to mean "plethora".
I've actually heard it a whole lot, but my parents were always big on vocabulary. At least in US English there's no "u" in font though: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=font
Specifically:
An abundant source; a fount: She was a font of wisdom and good sense.
(you have to look at fount to see that the "u" is deprecated)
The attitude that so many have of "If you don't like it, fix it yorself!" That's a very harmful attitude to take, it's very abrasive and turns many people off to OSS.
I work on some OSS projects when I have the time and motivation to do so and when I do that work I fix what I want to and contribute it back for free. If you had paid me I'd be doing what you want me to but that isn't how it works - if you want someone to make an OSS project do what you want then feel free to pay them (or get a group of people together and pool your resources to pay them). You absolutely cannot expect people to work for free and do what you want them to.
Instead of wearing clocks around their necks like true rappers did in the early 90's they wear mice around their necks.
Well, I've always wanted to make a necklace from hard drive platters (the gold-colored ones) but the dead drive I was going to do it with only had one platter. As you can imagine, I was very disappointed.
And how do they intend to track this? This is pretty scary. I kind of thought that the purpose of gaming servers was to facilitate gaming and interaction between players...not to monitor their activity.
Well, you could put it during the spawn point on multiplayer FPS games - lots of people don't do anything while they're waiting (though I like to follow my team-mates vision so I know what's going on).
Maybe I didn't pay close enough attention but the article seemed to say "distributing for free, usually costs $10K". It didn't seem to say "Open Source" anywhere... Does anyone actually know anything about this program?
How many visitors are on an old dial up connection or connecting via proxy? I.P. numbers simply aren't a reliable way of providing usage statistics.
Well, then get the marketers to push for IPv6 - which has absolutely no support for dynamic addresses. Plus, with a delete-age of almost 40% I imagine that using your IP is just as effective as a cookie.
How do I signup on the Federal Do Not Cookie List?
Actually, such a thing (in reverse) would probably make a good Firefox plugin. We'd need someone(s) with enough bandwidth to host the global list of evil cookie users but then when people report someone as abusing the cookie capability everyone would get to benefit.
Knowing that "John Smith" visited our site 3 times a week isn't really any more insightful that knowing that "User #5233258" visited us 3 times a week.
I think the best way to prevent intrusions is to design a personalized login system (and have the system install updates regularly). Just about everyone uses the same system (username then password), so changing the login program to do something funky is enough to screw up any script. Ex:
Please enter todays date (MM/DD/YY):
Please enter your username:
Please enter a valid email address:
Please enter your password:
Just randomize the questions (or have a bunch of questions and randomly ask a few of them) and unless someone is really dedicated to get into your system they're just going to choose another target rather than go after your weird setup.
... the keyboard attachment sort of kills the PSP's original "killer app" of portability in the gaming arena,...
A keyboard hack isn't really for people using the PSP, it's for people who want to develop for it. For example, how effective do you think it is to work on getting Linux to run on something when you don't have a keyboard for it?
It is a Dvorak story. Dvorak himself should have a perminant -10 Troll moderation tattoed to his forehead.
I second the motion, all those in favor?
But seriously, let's reword the article a little bit:
'one of the dumbest men ever put forth by the tech community. I mean seriously dumb. Eye-rolling dumb on the same scale as believing the Emperor is wearing fabulous new clothes.' Our arguments are that Dvorak unnecessarily complicates keyboarding, and that his name sounds dumb."
Because the Conservative and Unreasonable NuTS have taken over our country and they won't give it back.
Like Hillary Clinton? Tipper Gore?
I said conservative, not democrat.
conservative != republican
liberal != democrat
Even so, the democratic party has been trying to pander to the republican and conservative interests as of late. I'm ashamed to say that Dean was right when he was on the Daily Show saying that the party doesn't have the balls to stand up for itself.
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Mr. Hilf:
Does Microsoft intend on making Windows capable of running native Linux ELF binaries now or in the future? I assume the MS has no intention to help out WINE with making Windows binaries compatible but I'm curious as to whether support for the other way around will become a reality.
The wireless network would have been advertising its presense. This is a useful feature. But it wasn't "inviting anyone" any more than a door knob does.
Just to start out here: I hate wireless, I think that it's mostly for lazy people who don't care about a good quality network (for the record, I have no problem with wireless in coffee shops and airports where it makes sense). Honestly, SSID broadcasting is less like a doorknob and more like having a security keypad on your door that says "Welcome! Enter the sequence 1234 to open."
Correction, Crossover Office is Wine with paid support. It is not a "fork", spinoff or other derivitive.
No, it is not a "fork" but at least in my mind I see it as a "spinoff" - it uses the same material as WINE and then adds other stuff to it. Maybe that's the wrong terminology but it works for explaining their relationship.
Maybe I'll hit the Crossover Office site to see if they've gone to gold level support on some of my must-have Windows apps yet.
I would recommend trying WINE (Crossover Office is a spinoff of WINE) first since it is free. What I'd like to see is for WINE to start providing a "Windows Alternative Update" where they provide all the DLLs they've been reverse engineering as an alternative update for the Windows 2000 users that are about to get screwed.
However, I don't think the word can be used to mean "plethora".
I've actually heard it a whole lot, but my parents were always big on vocabulary. At least in US English there's no "u" in font though:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=font
Specifically:
An abundant source; a fount: She was a font of wisdom and good sense.
(you have to look at fount to see that the "u" is deprecated)
The attitude that so many have of "If you don't like it, fix it yorself!" That's a very harmful attitude to take, it's very abrasive and turns many people off to OSS.
I work on some OSS projects when I have the time and motivation to do so and when I do that work I fix what I want to and contribute it back for free. If you had paid me I'd be doing what you want me to but that isn't how it works - if you want someone to make an OSS project do what you want then feel free to pay them (or get a group of people together and pool your resources to pay them). You absolutely cannot expect people to work for free and do what you want them to.
Isn't it waay easier to find 10M people in the world willing to pay 10$ to perhaps win a trip around the moon ? I know I would.
Except for it being "just" to space, isn't that exactly what Diet 7up is doing?
Instead of wearing clocks around their necks like true rappers did in the early 90's they wear mice around their necks.
Well, I've always wanted to make a necklace from hard drive platters (the gold-colored ones) but the dead drive I was going to do it with only had one platter. As you can imagine, I was very disappointed.
And how do they intend to track this? This is pretty scary. I kind of thought that the purpose of gaming servers was to facilitate gaming and interaction between players...not to monitor their activity.
Well, you could put it during the spawn point on multiplayer FPS games - lots of people don't do anything while they're waiting (though I like to follow my team-mates vision so I know what's going on).
Maybe I didn't pay close enough attention but the article seemed to say "distributing for free, usually costs $10K". It didn't seem to say "Open Source" anywhere... Does anyone actually know anything about this program?
What do you need a slashdot toolbar for when there's an RSS feed? Just link FF into the RSS feed and you're set.
Because IP addresses don't go that high, duh.
Lol, yeah - 456 and 789 are greater than 255 huh? How about...
0123:4567:89AB:CDEF:0123:4567
How many visitors are on an old dial up connection or connecting via proxy? I.P. numbers simply aren't a reliable way of providing usage statistics.
Well, then get the marketers to push for IPv6 - which has absolutely no support for dynamic addresses. Plus, with a delete-age of almost 40% I imagine that using your IP is just as effective as a cookie.
How do I signup on the Federal Do Not Cookie List?
Actually, such a thing (in reverse) would probably make a good Firefox plugin. We'd need someone(s) with enough bandwidth to host the global list of evil cookie users but then when people report someone as abusing the cookie capability everyone would get to benefit.
Knowing that "John Smith" visited our site 3 times a week isn't really any more insightful that knowing that "User #5233258" visited us 3 times a week.
Then why isn't user 123.456.789.012 good enough?
We gotta catch up IE7 and Opera 8.
:)
I say we just skip to 10, Firefox is way more stable and secure - we could make the claim for a skip to version 10
HTTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, LDAP: Regular updates
SSH: Weird login protocol
All Other: Only available internally
I think the best way to prevent intrusions is to design a personalized login system (and have the system install updates regularly). Just about everyone uses the same system (username then password), so changing the login program to do something funky is enough to screw up any script. Ex:
Please enter todays date (MM/DD/YY):
Please enter your username:
Please enter a valid email address:
Please enter your password:
Just randomize the questions (or have a bunch of questions and randomly ask a few of them) and unless someone is really dedicated to get into your system they're just going to choose another target rather than go after your weird setup.
Unfortunately, that frission of so many different players working together rarely happens.
The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary.
It looks like you're writing a letter! Would you like help? For example: Print multiple copies of a file will lead to...
-- Clippy
... the keyboard attachment sort of kills the PSP's original "killer app" of portability in the gaming arena,...
A keyboard hack isn't really for people using the PSP, it's for people who want to develop for it. For example, how effective do you think it is to work on getting Linux to run on something when you don't have a keyboard for it?
... does the parent really think that John C. Dvorak is responsible for the Dvorak keyboard?
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No, I do not:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156345&cid=13
... I always imagined he was some CS heavyweight rather than a pundit.
c .html :)
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/layout/alphaDvorak-
The guy who made the keyboard is a different Dvorak, it just made the revision fit better to complain about the keyboard too
It is a Dvorak story. Dvorak himself should have a perminant -10 Troll moderation tattoed to his forehead.
I second the motion, all those in favor?
But seriously, let's reword the article a little bit:
'one of the dumbest men ever put forth by the tech community. I mean seriously dumb. Eye-rolling dumb on the same scale as believing the Emperor is wearing fabulous new clothes.' Our arguments are that Dvorak unnecessarily complicates keyboarding, and that his name sounds dumb."
Much better in my opinion.
Because the Conservative and Unreasonable NuTS have taken over our country and they won't give it back.
Like Hillary Clinton? Tipper Gore?
I said conservative, not democrat.
conservative != republican
liberal != democrat
Even so, the democratic party has been trying to pander to the republican and conservative interests as of late. I'm ashamed to say that Dean was right when he was on the Daily Show saying that the party doesn't have the balls to stand up for itself.
How can sex be more offensive than violence?
Because the Conservative and Unreasonable NuTS have taken over our country and they won't give it back.