While I don't agree the practices of Cisco, you are right. If the net even went down for one hour everyone including/.ers will be freaking out. I mean no/. for one full hour oo the humanity;)
Back to a serious note, while I see many posts about how this is handle wrong by Cisco, I would like to ask how Cisco should handle it? Personally I feel you should let the customer at least know its an critical update but if you divulge too much information then you risk having your systems brought to its knees just like some of these vulnerabilities in windows that have patch fixes.
Well I gave my 2 cents I definately would like to hear how others would handle the situation.
Your right but in this day and age I would think a lawsuit from the supporters of the other format whose not getting stocked would come into play. Or if that isn't the case, if both side have enough supporters with deep pockets, then both will still find their ways into the stores.
For a short while there I had a reduction in spam!!!! But then I guess the russian equivilant to fat tony took over for mr dead spammer and now there is no change in the # of spams:\
My one complaint though is why can't posts like these just state opinions based on the article without having to get into personal attacks? Yea I can see your complaint about some fundamentalist group but you know what, you're not much better. Someone is pissing on your belief so you get upset. I can understand that, but then you go pissing on the beliefs of those who don't go out of the way to attack yours.
Anyhow moving on your first question is simple and you know it. When something gets attacked or goes what you think is right(wether it is or not is another story) people react negatively towards it. It's human nature. It's been that way since the beginning of time and will stay that way until the end of time.
Now as for the article, its was an interesting read but it doesn't do anything for me. As quoted from the article This process, called "reinforcement", prevents closely related species from interbreeding thus driving them further apart genetically and promoting speciation.
For the most part humans do the same thing. We don't sleep with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters etc. It's cool if your into biology but I'm not that big into it(that's not to say I don't appreciate it) so seeing a practice done by other species doesn't turn me on.
Now I'm sure my thinking if flawed to some of you and if you want to refute me in a civil way I'll be more than welcome to listen. If you rather cue in the typical "you believe in Christ...your a troll" type argument, well you should get together sometime with those fundamentalist because you have more in common than what you think.
MS: Specialty, OS maker
Google: Specialty, Search engine
Where's the competition? I know MS has a search engine and both have free e-mail services. But its not really competition if your "competitor" search engine and e-mail service sucks:).
I drive 35 miles one in way in long island rush hour every day. I see so many grossly offenses it really amazes me people don't crash more often. People riding on other people's bumper because there pissed the flow of traffic is moving only 65 mph and not 85. Those same people weaving in and out of traffic pulling into lanes just so they can get one car ahead. The list of offenses goes on and on..
I see some posts talk about rights and what not. Here's one, how about a right of not having to worry about dying or crashing on the roadway from some jackass who rather look cool and drive like an maniac than obey the rules of the road?
Yea there will always be risks in driving but it doesnt help when you have people more worry about talking on the cell phones, putting on makeup, reading that map or studying at that very last minute for that exam(yes i've seen this before). Not to mention those speed demons who have no regards for any life or those who know full well the dangers of drunk driving but do it anyways. And my personal favorite the 90 year old lady who cant see 2 inches in front of her face nor can barely move but yet she'll still get in that car and do 40 on the interstate.
This aint grand theft auto when you can pop back to life or get out of jail 3 seconds later. This is real life and any situatioin where one can take another's life NEEDS TO BE taking seriously.
On that note the current system is a joke. Most of people that I seen get pulled over are for hov violations. I don't know what the answer is but since 1 out of 4 us will be involved in at least one crash in our life, its not something that should be ignored or considered a basic right either.
The key thing, both linux and windows are EVOLVING. You're making it sound like those os' have been stagnant for 25 years well newsflash THEY'RE NOT(never mind the fact neither of them have been out for that long). Improvements are constantly being made and newer technologies are incorporated into the system as time goes along such as usb, wireless, 64bit processing support, etc. If linux/windows was truly a 25 year old technology we wouldn't be running anything but terminal based systems with more than 4k of ram. Sorry I do not know how the technology landscape was 25 years ago so forgive me if my stats are skewed
The only distinction among them is that the latter is an accepted truth while the former two go against the grain of what people would like to think. Hence we'll see a large number of really upset/.ers debating those basic truths.
I'm not disputing they are founded on 25 years old technology. For that matter I don't think anyone is. I haven't seen one post yet with someone saying "pfff those os' aren't found on 25 year old technology" so I don't know what you are reading. What I'm debating and what others are debating is does it really matter if its founded on 25 year old technology? People think if the technology is 2 years old its no good anymore, we need newer! That isn't always the case. There are other posts that make a better point than what I can on the issue so I won't go in any further than that
The last thing I will add though is I'm not so sure if Linux would be as popular as it is if it wasn't based on unix. I would imagine part of the reason linux took off(outside of the security factor that unix provides) because people who knew unix felt comfortable using linux. You don't have to learn a whole new way of doing things or a whole new set of commands.....
and small cheaply made trendy cars with names the like "Matrix"
yes the name matrix (and even the design) might be trendy but there is nothing wrong with the car. i own one and couldnt be happier with it. if you look to see what the "mtv generation" is driving i somehow doubt you'll find anywhere near close of the majority of them driving matrix. i'll take a cheap matrix anyday over a more expensive, gas guzzling mid sized import or suv. come to think of it i don't think i ever seen a commercial for the matrix but that's another story....
as for mtv i hated them for near a decade now. it started ever since they stopped being music and all about trend and i know i'm not the only one who feels that way.
im sorry but i definately dont agree with looking at the ads to see if the show is worth investing time in. it should be about liking the show and nothing else or anyone else should influence that decision
anyhow my take on ads is i hate them and i'll never respond to one. ads are necessary and they wouldn't bother me EXCEPT how pervasive they are. you definately can't go out on the web without seeing them all over the place nor can you go out in public these days without having corporate images embedded in the subliminal mind.
that's not to say i'm not immune to them. it may help me in picking a product but what it all boils down to in the end for me..quality and price. no amount of ads will ever get me to buy an expensive piece of crap or something i have no desire in.....
I'll have a go with you:). I feel phd's are useless unless you want to be a professor. I'm sure there are some applicable cases but in general, unless you want to teach or work in a NASA type job, there isn't a need to have one.
I may come off bad and stupid for saying this but can't learn if you can't ask, what network tools do you recommend? And there isn't anything wrong with ping if you want to check network connectivity. I mean you ping a machine, you don't reach it you know it's not connected and something is wrong. Don't see why you need any other additional tools to test that unless your definition of connectiviy is broader(as in troubleshooting the connection too). In that case i stand corrected.
For the record I do have a b.s. in c.s. For the most part it was programming and theory. It did at least get my foot into the door for Systems administration which is what I'm doing now.
Ok it is a dupe. At least I'm not losing my mind:)
Anyhow since I didn't post my thoughts on the original I'll post it on this dupe. For me it all depends on the age of the computer. If the machine is within a couple of years old there is no reason whatsoever to dump the machine. Reinstalling windows isn't too tricky for a knowledgible (sp?) computer user and in this day and age it isn't hard to find one. Just ask around.
Now if you have an 8+ year old piece of crap running windows 98 your damn right you should scrap it. In that case its no different than dumping a broking old t.v and upgrading to a new one because the time/effort and money to get it repaired just ain't worth it.
In middle school/high school there nothing wrong with the paper and pen. In college though that's a whole 'nother game. Professors, unlike teacher's won't stop to repeat what they said so if you can't keep up, your kinda assed out. Remember the good ol' days where they actually had short hand courses so you can keep up? That's going to the way side with technology.
You can still get it done with paper and pen if need be and you probably right that paper and pen is faster than this new gadget. Any new technology though that'll replace my chicken scratch writing with something more organized and legible in at least the same timely manner I welcome:).
Very excellent point. While I may not be entirely oppose to the idea of a world governing body regulating SOME internet issues, I am opposed the UN doing it. Outside giving relief to some needy people, does the UN really serve a meaningful purpose anymore?
The way it should be done if there was any organization is the get a world "nerd" body with representatives from each country with a vested interest in the net and let them duke it out!
Ahhh yes Tim Berners-Lee. Probably one of the few cool things my college has done was set up a live video conference interview with Tim Berners-Lee. What was good about this was there was also a question/answer period from the audience.
This was 4/5 years ago so sadly I don't remember hardly anything that was said. The only thing that sticks out in my mind someone asked him a question similar "if could change something, what would it be" and he responded "getting rid of having to type on htt:// beore every address". It was a funny moment.
No real point to this. Guess I'm just acknowledging that I knew Tim Berners-Lee invented the web though I will admit hadn't it been for this interview, I would have no clue who he was or who invented the web.
Is it "Floppy is dead" or "removable mass media is dead"?
No just the floppy. Can usb sticks be considered as removable mass media? In any event, the flash cards used in digital cameras is removable media and that isn't going away anytime soon. I see some computers even come equipped with an all in one card reader. If enough computers follow this trend, maybe this will be the type of media replacing floppies in booting drivers, bios updates, etc.
IBM has other products to push on corporate turf like their own servers. How many Macs are used for corporate use anyways? I don't know but I imagine it wouldn't be many. At least definately not as many as IBM's own PowerPC servers.
As far as the home market is concerned, I wouldn't be concerned either of Apple since more gaming consoles will find their ways into homes than Macs. How many people I know personally with a mac? One, my girlfriend and it is a laptop. How many people I know with at least one gaming system? I can think of at least 10 and many has more than one system. I know one guy with all 3.
So in light of all these factors, yea I wouldn't lose sleep over this either.
Um sarcasm aside , 12 sites and 120 people is not even a tiny dent , 12 new sites will spring up today , and 12 tomorrow whilst hundreds of thousands if not millions of others download warez.
You gotta start somewhere my man. It's those small baby steps that leads up to the grand prize. And if the gov't continues to show they can catch these warez dudes and give them harsh punishments, it'll no doubt deter people. Wether that really happens or not is yet to be determined.
The vast majority of these individuals were most likely not even profiting off of this (if any , the details are not that clear).
There is a hidden profit here. Getting enjoyment out of something without having to buy it.
Hit the route of the problem , over pricing and then you may get somewhere.
As much as I don't want to defend corporate this is much our faults too. You know why they charge as high as they do? Cause corporate knows(for the most part) were mindless drones they can manipulate and who will continue to buy. Stop buying, or organize a boycott and see how fast prices drop. Remember corporate will charge as high as what they can get away with.
I'm not totally disagreeing with you. We do have to get our priorities in check but make no mistake, these warez people are no saints either. Not because they pirate stuff, but because it's a whole process to even find anything off their sites if you even can and they hog up other peoples computers to host their stuff(I know 'cause through my bonehead mistake it happen to me sometime back).
I mean if your going to pirate to share at least do it FREELY like p2p. Not any of this "please click here to vote me number 1" for something chances are won't work anyways. In my mind there is no different intent between than the corporate we hate and warez. Warez is doing it for their own gain. May be money may be bragging rights but they're definately not in it to share out of the goodness of their hearts.
Granted its been years since I try to download anything from those sites so if I am wrong, I stand corrected. Somehow I doubt much has change.
I am totally with you on this one. I agree with the death penalty. If you commit a serious enough crime, you need to be punished. The death penalty for such harsh crimes is perfect for 2 reasons 1) As you said, ZERO chance of the person committing the crime again 2) Sends a message to the rest of society, hey if you do this,this is what is going to happen.
I also agree with you that it is impractical today. That doesn't mean we cant reverse it but it'll take years or more like decades for that to happen. Too many appeals, too many weasels (a.k.a lawyers) too many loopholes etc.
Yes there is a possibility that someone innocent may die. If the system was right I believe that can abe minimized greatly.
While I may get alot of guff for this one, yes it sucks someone innoncent may die but IF its a small percentage and the system was set up right, then I don't think that should be enough to stop the death penalty. Its the WHOLE society and the protection of it that manners.
I look at it this way. If the government knew in advance about 9/11 and had a chance to shoot the plane down, would they? Of course. Why? Couple of hundred people dying is alot less loss than thousands. With the death penalty, you have to look at the number of lives that are saved by convicting felons and if it is greater than the number of innocent lost through wrongful accustation, you have to go with it.
since 90% of what Windows has on Linux happens before the two are fully configured. What Microsoft brings to the table is an OS that can be admined by $12 dollar/hr employees instead of $50 dollar/hr ones. With hardware so cheap (and with value added upgrade cycles so short) this makes perfect sense.
This won't last for long. It's all about supply and demand. There aren't enough people who know linux compared to windows so naturally since linux experts are rare, they'll make more money since they are in more demand.
If linux' popularity keeps on rising, it won't be long before more people jump on the bandwagon and you'll have pleny of linux experts, maybe even as many as windows.
Don't short change the linux install either. Yes it still has shortcomings but with each new version of linux that comes out, the install gets that much better. I even had a couple of cases where the linux install went smoother for me than windows.
Good question sir. My guess is someone has a vested interest or want to push computerjobs.com:).
Regardless how useful the site may be there is one thing I do know, I have a better shot of finding the lost continent of atlantis than I do ever landing a job by submitting my resume online to sites like monster, careerbuilder, etc.
Only thing MS ever did right was to get their os out to the masses. That's not really a technological innovation though.
The cash cow has been sitting on this above fact since they were/are a monopoly but ms is slowly being brought back to earth through some competition. Shows you the sad state of the world when you need to GIVE something away in order to start competing with MS.
So now MS is trying to back themselves out of the corner they put themselves into. MS figured wrong that they will always be a monopoly with no stiff competition so they can get away being stagnant and now its coming back to bite them in the ass.
Remember Ballmer, even Rome had to fall at some point in time.......
My coworker was the one who informed me of SGI's recent history. Based on that, I'm thinking would it be fair to say the decision of SGI to abandoned there MIPS processor in favor of the shitty original itanium that never took off help put the nail in the coffin?
Yea man I don't agree with the headline at all. If and when organized crimes get caught and punished, you know its going to be more than a 3 year sentence.
Plus ignorance should be punished anyways:). "In America you reward knowledge, here we punish ignorance!" Seriously just because you are "dumb" does not excuse you from violating the law. The same def. applies true too in the business world. If I did rm -rf * thinking i was in/home/user but i was really in/, you think playing dumb will save my job?
Yea that's all I need know is to have some wackjob cut off my finger so he can use my identity to break into some top secret area and use what's their to destroy the world!
I have a secure wireless connection feeding 3 computers in my home off one cable line. Does this mean the cable providers that be will come knocking on my door looking to take me away to federal ass pounding prison?
Uh oh I divulged too much info already! If anyone here works for roadrunner, optonline, whoever, what I said was a joke. Of course I use my cable modem to connect only one computer and nothing else just like the good, high paying customer you expect me to be:) Nothing more to see here....
Well this is full circle. There are companies that have shady practices to keep costs low but you know what? Guess which company is not paying you enough so as you have to save money whenever and wherever you can.
And then whose to say there are not hidden costs in the more expensive products? All big business' are the same. They all care about high profits nothing else and they'll do what they need to to maintain that high profit margin.
We all support the system because its inevitable in today's world. There's not much you can do if you don't like it but start a revolution or live in the backwoods of montana making your own house, creating your own textiles goods and growing your own food. Good luck with that one.
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Back to a serious note, while I see many posts about how this is handle wrong by Cisco, I would like to ask how Cisco should handle it? Personally I feel you should let the customer at least know its an critical update but if you divulge too much information then you risk having your systems brought to its knees just like some of these vulnerabilities in windows that have patch fixes.
Well I gave my 2 cents I definately would like to hear how others would handle the situation.
Your right but in this day and age I would think a lawsuit from the supporters of the other format whose not getting stocked would come into play. Or if that isn't the case, if both side have enough supporters with deep pockets, then both will still find their ways into the stores.
For a short while there I had a reduction in spam!!!! But then I guess the russian equivilant to fat tony took over for mr dead spammer and now there is no change in the # of spams :\
My one complaint though is why can't posts like these just state opinions based on the article without having to get into personal attacks? Yea I can see your complaint about some fundamentalist group but you know what, you're not much better. Someone is pissing on your belief so you get upset. I can understand that, but then you go pissing on the beliefs of those who don't go out of the way to attack yours.
Anyhow moving on your first question is simple and you know it. When something gets attacked or goes what you think is right(wether it is or not is another story) people react negatively towards it. It's human nature. It's been that way since the beginning of time and will stay that way until the end of time.
Now as for the article, its was an interesting read but it doesn't do anything for me. As quoted from the article This process, called "reinforcement", prevents closely related species from interbreeding thus driving them further apart genetically and promoting speciation.
For the most part humans do the same thing. We don't sleep with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters etc. It's cool if your into biology but I'm not that big into it(that's not to say I don't appreciate it) so seeing a practice done by other species doesn't turn me on.
Now I'm sure my thinking if flawed to some of you and if you want to refute me in a civil way I'll be more than welcome to listen. If you rather cue in the typical "you believe in Christ...your a troll" type argument, well you should get together sometime with those fundamentalist because you have more in common than what you think.
Google: Specialty, Search engine
Where's the competition? I know MS has a search engine and both have free e-mail services. But its not really competition if your "competitor" search engine and e-mail service sucks :).
I see some posts talk about rights and what not. Here's one, how about a right of not having to worry about dying or crashing on the roadway from some jackass who rather look cool and drive like an maniac than obey the rules of the road?
Yea there will always be risks in driving but it doesnt help when you have people more worry about talking on the cell phones, putting on makeup, reading that map or studying at that very last minute for that exam(yes i've seen this before). Not to mention those speed demons who have no regards for any life or those who know full well the dangers of drunk driving but do it anyways. And my personal favorite the 90 year old lady who cant see 2 inches in front of her face nor can barely move but yet she'll still get in that car and do 40 on the interstate.
This aint grand theft auto when you can pop back to life or get out of jail 3 seconds later. This is real life and any situatioin where one can take another's life NEEDS TO BE taking seriously.
On that note the current system is a joke. Most of people that I seen get pulled over are for hov violations. I don't know what the answer is but since 1 out of 4 us will be involved in at least one crash in our life, its not something that should be ignored or considered a basic right either.
The only distinction among them is that the latter is an accepted truth while the former two go against the grain of what people would like to think. Hence we'll see a large number of really upset /.ers debating those basic truths.
I'm not disputing they are founded on 25 years old technology. For that matter I don't think anyone is. I haven't seen one post yet with someone saying "pfff those os' aren't found on 25 year old technology" so I don't know what you are reading. What I'm debating and what others are debating is does it really matter if its founded on 25 year old technology? People think if the technology is 2 years old its no good anymore, we need newer! That isn't always the case. There are other posts that make a better point than what I can on the issue so I won't go in any further than that
The last thing I will add though is I'm not so sure if Linux would be as popular as it is if it wasn't based on unix. I would imagine part of the reason linux took off(outside of the security factor that unix provides) because people who knew unix felt comfortable using linux. You don't have to learn a whole new way of doing things or a whole new set of commands.....
yes the name matrix (and even the design) might be trendy but there is nothing wrong with the car. i own one and couldnt be happier with it. if you look to see what the "mtv generation" is driving i somehow doubt you'll find anywhere near close of the majority of them driving matrix. i'll take a cheap matrix anyday over a more expensive, gas guzzling mid sized import or suv. come to think of it i don't think i ever seen a commercial for the matrix but that's another story....
as for mtv i hated them for near a decade now. it started ever since they stopped being music and all about trend and i know i'm not the only one who feels that way.
im sorry but i definately dont agree with looking at the ads to see if the show is worth investing time in. it should be about liking the show and nothing else or anyone else should influence that decision
anyhow my take on ads is i hate them and i'll never respond to one. ads are necessary and they wouldn't bother me EXCEPT how pervasive they are. you definately can't go out on the web without seeing them all over the place nor can you go out in public these days without having corporate images embedded in the subliminal mind.
that's not to say i'm not immune to them. it may help me in picking a product but what it all boils down to in the end for me..quality and price. no amount of ads will ever get me to buy an expensive piece of crap or something i have no desire in.....
I may come off bad and stupid for saying this but can't learn if you can't ask, what network tools do you recommend? And there isn't anything wrong with ping if you want to check network connectivity. I mean you ping a machine, you don't reach it you know it's not connected and something is wrong. Don't see why you need any other additional tools to test that unless your definition of connectiviy is broader(as in troubleshooting the connection too). In that case i stand corrected.
For the record I do have a b.s. in c.s. For the most part it was programming and theory. It did at least get my foot into the door for Systems administration which is what I'm doing now.
Anyhow since I didn't post my thoughts on the original I'll post it on this dupe. For me it all depends on the age of the computer. If the machine is within a couple of years old there is no reason whatsoever to dump the machine. Reinstalling windows isn't too tricky for a knowledgible (sp?) computer user and in this day and age it isn't hard to find one. Just ask around.
Now if you have an 8+ year old piece of crap running windows 98 your damn right you should scrap it. In that case its no different than dumping a broking old t.v and upgrading to a new one because the time/effort and money to get it repaired just ain't worth it.
You can still get it done with paper and pen if need be and you probably right that paper and pen is faster than this new gadget. Any new technology though that'll replace my chicken scratch writing with something more organized and legible in at least the same timely manner I welcome :).
The way it should be done if there was any organization is the get a world "nerd" body with representatives from each country with a vested interest in the net and let them duke it out!
This was 4/5 years ago so sadly I don't remember hardly anything that was said. The only thing that sticks out in my mind someone asked him a question similar "if could change something, what would it be" and he responded "getting rid of having to type on htt:// beore every address". It was a funny moment.
No real point to this. Guess I'm just acknowledging that I knew Tim Berners-Lee invented the web though I will admit hadn't it been for this interview, I would have no clue who he was or who invented the web.
No just the floppy. Can usb sticks be considered as removable mass media? In any event, the flash cards used in digital cameras is removable media and that isn't going away anytime soon. I see some computers even come equipped with an all in one card reader. If enough computers follow this trend, maybe this will be the type of media replacing floppies in booting drivers, bios updates, etc.
As far as the home market is concerned, I wouldn't be concerned either of Apple since more gaming consoles will find their ways into homes than Macs. How many people I know personally with a mac? One, my girlfriend and it is a laptop. How many people I know with at least one gaming system? I can think of at least 10 and many has more than one system. I know one guy with all 3.
So in light of all these factors, yea I wouldn't lose sleep over this either.
You gotta start somewhere my man. It's those small baby steps that leads up to the grand prize. And if the gov't continues to show they can catch these warez dudes and give them harsh punishments, it'll no doubt deter people. Wether that really happens or not is yet to be determined. The vast majority of these individuals were most likely not even profiting off of this (if any , the details are not that clear).
There is a hidden profit here. Getting enjoyment out of something without having to buy it. Hit the route of the problem , over pricing and then you may get somewhere.
As much as I don't want to defend corporate this is much our faults too. You know why they charge as high as they do? Cause corporate knows(for the most part) were mindless drones they can manipulate and who will continue to buy. Stop buying, or organize a boycott and see how fast prices drop. Remember corporate will charge as high as what they can get away with.
I'm not totally disagreeing with you. We do have to get our priorities in check but make no mistake, these warez people are no saints either. Not because they pirate stuff, but because it's a whole process to even find anything off their sites if you even can and they hog up other peoples computers to host their stuff(I know 'cause through my bonehead mistake it happen to me sometime back).
I mean if your going to pirate to share at least do it FREELY like p2p. Not any of this "please click here to vote me number 1" for something chances are won't work anyways. In my mind there is no different intent between than the corporate we hate and warez. Warez is doing it for their own gain. May be money may be bragging rights but they're definately not in it to share out of the goodness of their hearts.
Granted its been years since I try to download anything from those sites so if I am wrong, I stand corrected. Somehow I doubt much has change.
I also agree with you that it is impractical today. That doesn't mean we cant reverse it but it'll take years or more like decades for that to happen. Too many appeals, too many weasels (a.k.a lawyers) too many loopholes etc.
Yes there is a possibility that someone innocent may die. If the system was right I believe that can abe minimized greatly.
While I may get alot of guff for this one, yes it sucks someone innoncent may die but IF its a small percentage and the system was set up right, then I don't think that should be enough to stop the death penalty. Its the WHOLE society and the protection of it that manners.
I look at it this way. If the government knew in advance about 9/11 and had a chance to shoot the plane down, would they? Of course. Why? Couple of hundred people dying is alot less loss than thousands. With the death penalty, you have to look at the number of lives that are saved by convicting felons and if it is greater than the number of innocent lost through wrongful accustation, you have to go with it.
This won't last for long. It's all about supply and demand. There aren't enough people who know linux compared to windows so naturally since linux experts are rare, they'll make more money since they are in more demand.
If linux' popularity keeps on rising, it won't be long before more people jump on the bandwagon and you'll have pleny of linux experts, maybe even as many as windows.
Don't short change the linux install either. Yes it still has shortcomings but with each new version of linux that comes out, the install gets that much better. I even had a couple of cases where the linux install went smoother for me than windows.
Regardless how useful the site may be there is one thing I do know, I have a better shot of finding the lost continent of atlantis than I do ever landing a job by submitting my resume online to sites like monster, careerbuilder, etc.
The cash cow has been sitting on this above fact since they were/are a monopoly but ms is slowly being brought back to earth through some competition. Shows you the sad state of the world when you need to GIVE something away in order to start competing with MS.
So now MS is trying to back themselves out of the corner they put themselves into. MS figured wrong that they will always be a monopoly with no stiff competition so they can get away being stagnant and now its coming back to bite them in the ass.
Remember Ballmer, even Rome had to fall at some point in time.......
My coworker was the one who informed me of SGI's recent history. Based on that, I'm thinking would it be fair to say the decision of SGI to abandoned there MIPS processor in favor of the shitty original itanium that never took off help put the nail in the coffin?
Plus ignorance should be punished anyways :). "In America you reward knowledge, here we punish ignorance!" Seriously just because you are "dumb" does not excuse you from violating the law. The same def. applies true too in the business world. If I did rm -rf * thinking i was in /home/user but i was really in /, you think playing dumb will save my job?
Yea that's all I need know is to have some wackjob cut off my finger so he can use my identity to break into some top secret area and use what's their to destroy the world!
Uh oh I divulged too much info already! If anyone here works for roadrunner, optonline, whoever, what I said was a joke. Of course I use my cable modem to connect only one computer and nothing else just like the good, high paying customer you expect me to be :) Nothing more to see here....
And then whose to say there are not hidden costs in the more expensive products? All big business' are the same. They all care about high profits nothing else and they'll do what they need to to maintain that high profit margin.
We all support the system because its inevitable in today's world. There's not much you can do if you don't like it but start a revolution or live in the backwoods of montana making your own house, creating your own textiles goods and growing your own food. Good luck with that one.