This is so short-sighted it's not even funny. Coming into effect in 2007, as the article states...does anyone actually think that that's enough time to update everything that depends on human time?
I'm all in favor of changing things around, sure...but in under a year? More like 8 months? That's not nearly enough time to switch our major infrastructure over to use the new daylight time.
You may get to choose where to live...but there are thousands (if not millions) of people, stuck in a town for their entire lives. It isn't all roses as you try to make it sound.
The question is why do they? I love Microsoft. Absolutely adore it and what's more, I hate Linux. I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!
Pure opinion. Worst kind of "reporting"/"journalism" possible.
In Linux, you have to recompile a kernel if you want to so much as change your modem!
Do you? I just add a new module - or in a lot of cases, using a kernel that compiles most things as modules (gentoo's genkernel comes to mind)...Do you need to recompile a new kernel when you boot up knoppix? Not the last time I used it (yesterday)...
Basically what the stupid courts in Europe said was, hey, you're doing a great job, and you must pay for it! This coming from a bunch of people who couldn't even agree on a constitution!
Not to sound partisan, but this sounds awfully jingoistic, neo-con. That's not what they said at all.
Microsoft made some products which it would like to ship together with its OS, no where in the EULA does it say that "you are not authorized to install other software" If Mr. John Doe thinks media player is the worst piece of software he has ever used, he is free to go and download Winamp or Musicmatch Jukebox (neither of these offer free full versions).
True, it doesn't say you can't install other software - but it does try to wrest control from those pieces of software, and has various incompatibilities made to break that software, and keep promoting their own software.
Lets be fair and honest about this. Here is a company that single handedly created the market for Personal Computers, brought computing to ordinary folks like you and me, made it affordable by encouraging mass acceptance and constantly strives to provide us ease of use in every sphere it touches.
Created the market? Wasn't that Apple? Like the category that this story is in?? And ease of use? Sure, if your computer never ever has a problem in the registry...I'm sure that many core Windows developers couldn't tell you exactly everything that the registry does - it's not documented. Good luck figuring shit out.
Jesus, and the grammar is particularly awful.
Run on sentences like this that make me want to die definitely do remind me of those people in high school i knew that would say hey what's going on and not really use any punctuation not even a comma.
Hmm...threatening customers with the BSA, making patches available 9 months after an exploit is found, not really creating much of their own software for the past 10 years (all through acquisitions), treating customers like crap, threatening OEMs if they try to sell alternate operating systems, stealing intellectual property, and buying their ways out of court cases they should, in all fairness, lose.
Now, if savvis.net decides to block 66.35 because it's an anti-savvis website, they are not only affecting their direct connectors (in this case, cablevision), they are affecting cablevision's customers as well.
Let's post our current popularity - Chances are, given enough people, we'll find #1! (even though it's changing constantly, it's changing at small rates) Screenname: fooupoou Score: 57249 Rank: 177015
It's not illegal. You have the ability to do whatever you want to the things you buy - using the mod chip to play pirated games that you bought, that's illegal but only because of the games.
It's like saying that buying a violin case is "ILLEGAL" since one can theoretically put an "ILLEGAL" assault weapon in the "F&@^K"ing case, or walk into a store, steal things, and place them into the case to avoid being seen...
Sure, he didn't "rewrite in [h(er|is)] own words"...but read the article again, smart guy:
There is an interesting article on the periodic table over at Slate: ' Oxford ecologist Philip Stewart has designed a new periodic table of the elements, and it's a hit. American schools are placing orders daily for Stewart's table, and the Royal Society of Chemists recently sent a copy to every British secondary school. Stewart's is the only remake to achieve widespread adoption since Dmitri Mendeleev invented the original periodic table in a fit of brilliance in 1869.' "
Notice the single quotation marks! This means he did not commit (from your link!): "...the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own..."
I'm glad AMD is pursuing this action against Intel just because I like rooting for underdogs,...
There are PLENTY of people who do this. PLENTY of people who attack the large-and-in-charge simply because of that status. This single post proves that there is at least one.
And, oh yeah. When someone comes out with a statement like mine, it must be that they're being cry-babies. It can't be because people do this all the time (hint hint WHINY TEENAGERS hint hint). Of course people NEVER go against things that are in the majority because they are in the majority.
This is not a debate of whether Intel's cock is bigger than AMD's cock! I never meant for it to do that!
All I'm saying is that people can tend to root for the underdog and bash the big guy simply because of that status. And that, sir/ma'am, is an absurd thing to do.
I love Intel. I wouldn't use another chip because I've had bad experiences with them, and never a single (notable) one with Intel. But for some reason, people love to bash Intel, simply because it's the big behemoth.
Less costly doesn't necessarily imply better - I'm an avid hater of Microsoft, definitely, but it's not solely because they're huge.
Man....now moving to Europe sounds even better. I won't be prosecuted for "developing" one-click shopping.
Thank god there's somewhere that understands what's going on.
P.S. I'm a Computer Science major, who's intending to go on to law school...does anyone have any suggestions where to go? I'm looking for a good school with a strong department in intellectual property/patent law/internet law/etc...I'm also looking for proximity to large cities (especially NYC and DC)...
(Note: I am a huge fan of Linux, and I love to try new things. I have also had fairly good luck with Symantec - read below.)
USEZORZ AVG CUZ ITS FREE AND THAT MAKEZ IT G00D SINCE IT IS FREE IT MUST BE BETTERZORZ AND CAUSE IT'S TOTALLY NOT 0WN3D BY A BIG COMPANY IT MUST ROX0R
Right. Anyway, I work in the IT department at a moderately-sized institution, and I can tell you I've had my fair share of headaches with Symantec/Norton Corporate. We've been using it since before I even started coming here, and it's always caused problems - but it's never caused problems because of the program itself.
The problems that happen, including sluggishness, crashing, etc., happen because students (and even IT folks) don't FULLY uninstall old versions of ANY software. It's common knowledge that having more than one anti-virus package can cause quite a few problems - they don't play nicely.
Thankfully, since it's the summer, I've had time to pursue one of my favorite past-times - the pursuit of making things work more easily for the user. For the past two weeks, I've been developing an application that will remove all traces of ANY anti-virus software on your system - Norton, Symantec, McAfee, and even some of the Norton derivatives (SystemWorks, Internet Security).
I've been running tests and it seems that computers just don't like it with more than one virus program installed (fancy that!)...so this program cleans you up entirely, leaving you free to install whatever you want.
When I'm done with it (and clear it with Legal), I will post it on my website under GPL. Feel free to tinker with it - it's a mishmosh of batch files, registry entries, some creative grep and sed (thankfully they have it for windows!) and the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System.
In conclusion, I believe that fully removing all traces of any other virus software is not only smart, it's the only sure way to avoid problems.
Microsoft is delivering an ultimatum here. They are saying "bend to what we want, or be unable to send mail to our customers".
I believe this is the rest of humanity's chance to send a message back, saying "No! We won't give in because you want us to - this standard isn't done, it won't work, and you can't bully us anymore."
How many people would be affected? I believe if nothing is done, Microsoft will bend to the pressure of the world.
It's too used to getting its way - the best way to teach a spoiled bratty child is not to listen.
Let's teach this kids a lesson. Don't give in to Microsoft's pushes anymore.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
I don't remember seeing ANY notification. So while they CAN use the code, they HAVE to put the "above copyright notice".
So while they aren't hypocrites, they are, since they have violated the terms of the license, and are therefore in violation of the law.
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This is so short-sighted it's not even funny. Coming into effect in 2007, as the article states...does anyone actually think that that's enough time to update everything that depends on human time?
I'm all in favor of changing things around, sure...but in under a year? More like 8 months? That's not nearly enough time to switch our major infrastructure over to use the new daylight time.
Sounds like a carppy idea to me.
*ducks*
You may get to choose where to live...but there are thousands (if not millions) of people, stuck in a town for their entire lives. It isn't all roses as you try to make it sound.
The question is why do they? I love Microsoft. Absolutely adore it and what's more, I hate Linux. I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!
Pure opinion. Worst kind of "reporting"/"journalism" possible.
In Linux, you have to recompile a kernel if you want to so much as change your modem!
Do you? I just add a new module - or in a lot of cases, using a kernel that compiles most things as modules (gentoo's genkernel comes to mind)...Do you need to recompile a new kernel when you boot up knoppix? Not the last time I used it (yesterday)...
Basically what the stupid courts in Europe said was, hey, you're doing a great job, and you must pay for it! This coming from a bunch of people who couldn't even agree on a constitution!
Not to sound partisan, but this sounds awfully jingoistic, neo-con. That's not what they said at all.
Microsoft made some products which it would like to ship together with its OS, no where in the EULA does it say that "you are not authorized to install other software" If Mr. John Doe thinks media player is the worst piece of software he has ever used, he is free to go and download Winamp or Musicmatch Jukebox (neither of these offer free full versions).
True, it doesn't say you can't install other software - but it does try to wrest control from those pieces of software, and has various incompatibilities made to break that software, and keep promoting their own software.
Lets be fair and honest about this. Here is a company that single handedly created the market for Personal Computers, brought computing to ordinary folks like you and me, made it affordable by encouraging mass acceptance and constantly strives to provide us ease of use in every sphere it touches.
Created the market? Wasn't that Apple? Like the category that this story is in?? And ease of use? Sure, if your computer never ever has a problem in the registry...I'm sure that many core Windows developers couldn't tell you exactly everything that the registry does - it's not documented. Good luck figuring shit out.
Jesus, and the grammar is particularly awful.
Run on sentences like this that make me want to die definitely do remind me of those people in high school i knew that would say hey what's going on and not really use any punctuation not even a comma.
Awful article. Terrible. Never post again.
Is it Wrong to Love Microsoft?
Hmm...threatening customers with the BSA, making patches available 9 months after an exploit is found, not really creating much of their own software for the past 10 years (all through acquisitions), treating customers like crap, threatening OEMs if they try to sell alternate operating systems, stealing intellectual property, and buying their ways out of court cases they should, in all fairness, lose.
Yes. Next inane question?
Here was my first thought (it's obvious i didn't get much sleep last night)
Monad kinda sounds like it's a daemon related to a female...something that most geeks probably don't know much about....I bet this is a hoax...
Maybe it's time for sleep again.
I meant to throw in the word "Was"...it "was" paid for by tax dollars.
Internet's a public service - paid for by tax dollars.
...
Also, their blocking of the sites prevent OTHERS from getting to it - not necessarily ONLY their customers!
Try this on for size:
2. dstswr2-vlan2.rh.prnynj.cv.net (67.83.242.34)
3. r2-ge9-1.mhe.prnynj.cv.net (67.83.242.5)
10. csr1-ve240.SantaClarasc8.savvis.net (66.35.194.34)
11. 66.35.212.174 (66.35.212.174)
12. slashdot.org (66.35.250.150)
Now, if savvis.net decides to block 66.35 because it's an anti-savvis website, they are not only affecting their direct connectors (in this case, cablevision), they are affecting cablevision's customers as well.
Try thinking for ONE second next time.
I would be very suprised if this distro can write to NTFS safely as this is something that is still being worked on.
Is it still being worked on? I'm still confused. I thought it was too, then I found this.
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
Let's post our current popularity - Chances are, given enough people, we'll find #1! (even though it's changing constantly, it's changing at small rates)
Screenname: fooupoou
Score: 57249
Rank: 177015
It's not illegal. You have the ability to do whatever you want to the things you buy - using the mod chip to play pirated games that you bought, that's illegal but only because of the games.
It's like saying that buying a violin case is "ILLEGAL" since one can theoretically put an "ILLEGAL" assault weapon in the "F&@^K"ing case, or walk into a store, steal things, and place them into the case to avoid being seen...
Sure, he didn't "rewrite in [h(er|is)] own words"...but read the article again, smart guy:
There is an interesting article on the periodic table over at Slate: ' Oxford ecologist Philip Stewart has designed a new periodic table of the elements, and it's a hit. American schools are placing orders daily for Stewart's table, and the Royal Society of Chemists recently sent a copy to every British secondary school. Stewart's is the only remake to achieve widespread adoption since Dmitri Mendeleev invented the original periodic table in a fit of brilliance in 1869. ' "
Notice the single quotation marks! This means he did not commit (from your link!): "...the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own..."
Notice too, that I used the quotes.
oh look. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155593&cid =13042906 This guy says, plain and simple, what I was making my point about!
...
I'm glad AMD is pursuing this action against Intel just because I like rooting for underdogs,
There are PLENTY of people who do this. PLENTY of people who attack the large-and-in-charge simply because of that status. This single post proves that there is at least one.
And, oh yeah. When someone comes out with a statement like mine, it must be that they're being cry-babies. It can't be because people do this all the time (hint hint WHINY TEENAGERS hint hint). Of course people NEVER go against things that are in the majority because they are in the majority.
This is not a debate of whether Intel's cock is bigger than AMD's cock! I never meant for it to do that!
All I'm saying is that people can tend to root for the underdog and bash the big guy simply because of that status. And that, sir/ma'am, is an absurd thing to do.
Because it's cool to hate Intel.
I love Intel. I wouldn't use another chip because I've had bad experiences with them, and never a single (notable) one with Intel. But for some reason, people love to bash Intel, simply because it's the big behemoth.
Less costly doesn't necessarily imply better - I'm an avid hater of Microsoft, definitely, but it's not solely because they're huge.
I've been doing this for a long time! I have part of a speech I made on my fingernails...lemme see if I can find it...
Ah
Good morning. I'm
here today to tell
you about the new
\--_______________--/
Well crud, it looks like I DID clip my nails last week.
Man....now moving to Europe sounds even better. I won't be prosecuted for "developing" one-click shopping.
Thank god there's somewhere that understands what's going on.
P.S. I'm a Computer Science major, who's intending to go on to law school...does anyone have any suggestions where to go? I'm looking for a good school with a strong department in intellectual property/patent law/internet law/etc...I'm also looking for proximity to large cities (especially NYC and DC)...
It is getting harder to trademark things. Henceforth, the following are my trademarks:
Bttfckr
Shthd
Slshdt
Flmbt
Mtrl
(Note: I am a huge fan of Linux, and I love to try new things. I have also had fairly good luck with Symantec - read below.)
USEZORZ AVG CUZ ITS FREE AND THAT MAKEZ IT G00D SINCE IT IS FREE IT MUST BE BETTERZORZ AND CAUSE IT'S TOTALLY NOT 0WN3D BY A BIG COMPANY IT MUST ROX0R
Right. Anyway, I work in the IT department at a moderately-sized institution, and I can tell you I've had my fair share of headaches with Symantec/Norton Corporate. We've been using it since before I even started coming here, and it's always caused problems - but it's never caused problems because of the program itself.
The problems that happen, including sluggishness, crashing, etc., happen because students (and even IT folks) don't FULLY uninstall old versions of ANY software. It's common knowledge that having more than one anti-virus package can cause quite a few problems - they don't play nicely.
Thankfully, since it's the summer, I've had time to pursue one of my favorite past-times - the pursuit of making things work more easily for the user. For the past two weeks, I've been developing an application that will remove all traces of ANY anti-virus software on your system - Norton, Symantec, McAfee, and even some of the Norton derivatives (SystemWorks, Internet Security).
I've been running tests and it seems that computers just don't like it with more than one virus program installed (fancy that!)...so this program cleans you up entirely, leaving you free to install whatever you want.
When I'm done with it (and clear it with Legal), I will post it on my website under GPL. Feel free to tinker with it - it's a mishmosh of batch files, registry entries, some creative grep and sed (thankfully they have it for windows!) and the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System.
In conclusion, I believe that fully removing all traces of any other virus software is not only smart, it's the only sure way to avoid problems.
Microsoft is delivering an ultimatum here. They are saying "bend to what we want, or be unable to send mail to our customers".
I believe this is the rest of humanity's chance to send a message back, saying "No! We won't give in because you want us to - this standard isn't done, it won't work, and you can't bully us anymore."
How many people would be affected? I believe if nothing is done, Microsoft will bend to the pressure of the world.
It's too used to getting its way - the best way to teach a spoiled bratty child is not to listen.
Let's teach this kids a lesson. Don't give in to Microsoft's pushes anymore.
....but the prospect that after 5 years, "[I] have no chance to survive make [my] time" REALLY worries me.
Where is schrodinger's cat when you need it?
He's right here in this box, lemme see how he's doing.
Um, shit. Guys, come take a look?
CLICK the links on the side, the "related links". You'll see that "The Web of Science" and "Scopus" are PART of thomson gale.
Can we really be that surprised they said that google isn't that good?!
Comically enough, it's been done.
Perhaps if we can work with what viruses we have, and get THOSE running under Wine...then the rest of the layer will fall into place?
I'm not saying Windows is a virus....just that...well, viruses are one of the things I WOULD use windows for...heh.
Actually, you lose quite a lot of rights when you go to prison. It's not entirely unjustified.
And i'm all for privacy!
Actually, the way I read it...
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
I don't remember seeing ANY notification. So while they CAN use the code, they HAVE to put the "above copyright notice". So while they aren't hypocrites, they are, since they have violated the terms of the license, and are therefore in violation of the law.