A bit unrelated perhaps, but i'm just wondering something here. I live in Holland and i see *lots* of mp3 players being offered for free or almost free nowadays. I got one when i got a course, my gf got one with a magazine, and so on. Are all these players also included in the copyright fee? Because if they give them away like candy, well... seems to me that they actually don't need that fee.
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"Microsoft makes crap. Everyone knows it. Nobody likes it."
*cough*bullshit*cough*
Sorry for your reality check (you must really be unlucky to meet so many disappointed customers), but i don't believe a word of it. Give people a tool and they will always find something wrong with it. And ofcourse they will mention that, before mentioning the good parts of it.
Yes, i use Windows too. Yes, i dislike things about it. Hate it? Not really. I can do so much more on Windows than i can on any other OS. Oh yeah, i'm using Linux too, but not for the desktop. Not even for server in some cases. Active Directory is a really nice thing that is well supported, documentated and has been in real-life production for quite some time now and i can't think of anything that i would replace it with.
I also honestly think that your reality is kind of tainted by your opinion about MS too. I mean, this sentence:
"They hate the viruses, the downtime, the forced upgrades, the patch hell, the crappy products - everything"
Let me go over this, word by word:
viruses: fault of a sys/net-admin. It's no big deal installing a good antivirus, even network-wide.
downtime: redundancy. really. have multiple servers do the same thing. Our network here is 100% windows and has close to 99% uptime. More downtime? Ah, hire a (better) admin!
forced upgrades: does somebody from Microsoft stands behind you with a baseballbat, threatening to smack you silly if you don't upgrade? Anyways, we have upgrades all the time. The only persons who complain (if you can call it that) are the sysadmins, but that's just a select few compared to the normal users who should not notice these upgrades.
the patch hell: what patch hell? Please explain. I've just patched a terminal server using windowsupdate. One reboot later and the server is back in production. Hell? Not more than applying a patch for any other OS.
everything: right.
So, again, i think you're personal vendetta against MS is in the way here. Come with me and i'll take you on a tour through the building. I'm sure that alot of people will complain, but that in the end it won't be as bad as the customers want you to think. People who use computers complain. It's always been this way, and it will never change.
"The world and Microsoft are heading for a divorce."
Don't get me wrong, i would love to see the day that our systems run 100% MS-free. But the reality is, that (most) MS products are well supported, documentated and in use for longer than its other-OS-alternative, and therefor make it a better product. I wouldn't like to implement an opensource product in the network, and then find out when i have a problem with it, that i can't go anywhere for support.
Thanks! I've browsed through the documentation a bit, and it seems that the webmaster is responsible for creating this sitemap, and then submitting it to google. Completely offtopic ofcourse, but it seems that whoever webmasters microsoft.com also took the time and effort to create a sitemap and submit it to google.
Really. Getting rid of the KVM is something i would never do. I don't know if you worked in a computer repair shop, but having a workbench with so many keyboards is just not practical. Ofcourse, this also depends on how many persons are going to be working on it at the same time. Two people and you'll want 2 keyboards with 2 KVM's, etc. Just buy some extension cords for the keyboard/vga/mouse and you'll be fine.
You have an excellent point; if online is not an option for you, use pen and paper.
However, i don't quite agree on your last sentence. I'm not a web developer, but i can create a page (with a form even) that can be used by any popular browser.
Why don't these sites make use of the file robots.txt to stop googlebot from indexing these images? Isn't this much easier than to sue google? *shrug* Or perhaps they refuse to do this, in an attempt to create some free publicity for the site.
The catch is that Hollywood is using the log files off Bit Torrent sites like Suprnova and LokiTorrent.
FTA: The group previously said in February that a Texas court had ordered that the server logs of one big site, called LokiTorrent, be turned over to Hollywood investigators. An MPAA spokeswoman said that none of Thursday's suits were related to that action, however.
PS: totally unrelated, but the word i had to type to confirm i'm not a script was 'slaver'.. hmm
Nice! So i'm talking into my cellphone, which is pressed to my ear. And then a message pops up on my phone. What does it say? No idea, since i can't see the display while using the phone. Ah, handsfree i hear you say. When do you use handsfree? When you are unable to hold your phone usually (in the car, while walking, etc), so you don't look at your phone then either. Or am i missing something here?
she's 10 now, right? So in six years (dunno what country rules apply here) she can put her knowledge into practise? Wow. By that time she'll need upgrade courses because these certificates will be of no use.
I would use it for Angband if i could. Almost every key is mapped and i can't remember them all.
And then there is the showoff factor. Who cares that *you* don't look at the keyboard. Everyone else that will, will immediately go "ooooo! must...have...that...too..." And let's face it, isn't that we we have these eye catchers?:)
I still use my floppydrive at home and at work. Examples? Okay:
- Keepass can use a floppy to store the security key
- etherboot floppy (in combination with thinclients)
- save configurations
- bootdisks, for those BIOS's that can't boot from cd
- ever had to fix a laptop that had a fdd, but the customer/friend/whatever left the cdrom drive at home?
I could probably come up with more examples, but these are the ones i use. I think it's overkill to switch to a more conventional storage method, like compactflash or an usb stick when all i need is a few kb free space, or when i simply can't use anything else.
I never use these nice search boxes. Setting your homepage (or one of multiple homepages) to google is good enough for me. Alt+H , search string, Enter, Done.
Slashdot Mirror
"sudo ln -s /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/ff"
/usr/bin/opera /usr/bin/o
:P
It was a joke, but okay:
sudo ln -s
i win again!
smaller binary name == less chance on RSI while executing it from the command line
A bit unrelated perhaps, but i'm just wondering something here. I live in Holland and i see *lots* of mp3 players being offered for free or almost free nowadays. I got one when i got a course, my gf got one with a magazine, and so on. Are all these players also included in the copyright fee? Because if they give them away like candy, well ... seems to me that they actually don't need that fee.
"Microsoft makes crap. Everyone knows it. Nobody likes it."
*cough*bullshit*cough*
Sorry for your reality check (you must really be unlucky to meet so many disappointed customers), but i don't believe a word of it. Give people a tool and they will always find something wrong with it. And ofcourse they will mention that, before mentioning the good parts of it.
Yes, i use Windows too. Yes, i dislike things about it. Hate it? Not really. I can do so much more on Windows than i can on any other OS. Oh yeah, i'm using Linux too, but not for the desktop. Not even for server in some cases. Active Directory is a really nice thing that is well supported, documentated and has been in real-life production for quite some time now and i can't think of anything that i would replace it with.
I also honestly think that your reality is kind of tainted by your opinion about MS too. I mean, this sentence:
"They hate the viruses, the downtime, the forced upgrades, the patch hell, the crappy products - everything"
Let me go over this, word by word:
viruses: fault of a sys/net-admin. It's no big deal installing a good antivirus, even network-wide.
downtime: redundancy. really. have multiple servers do the same thing. Our network here is 100% windows and has close to 99% uptime. More downtime? Ah, hire a (better) admin!
forced upgrades: does somebody from Microsoft stands behind you with a baseballbat, threatening to smack you silly if you don't upgrade? Anyways, we have upgrades all the time. The only persons who complain (if you can call it that) are the sysadmins, but that's just a select few compared to the normal users who should not notice these upgrades.
the patch hell: what patch hell? Please explain. I've just patched a terminal server using windowsupdate. One reboot later and the server is back in production. Hell? Not more than applying a patch for any other OS.
everything: right.
So, again, i think you're personal vendetta against MS is in the way here. Come with me and i'll take you on a tour through the building. I'm sure that alot of people will complain, but that in the end it won't be as bad as the customers want you to think. People who use computers complain. It's always been this way, and it will never change.
"The world and Microsoft are heading for a divorce."
Don't get me wrong, i would love to see the day that our systems run 100% MS-free. But the reality is, that (most) MS products are well supported, documentated and in use for longer than its other-OS-alternative, and therefor make it a better product. I wouldn't like to implement an opensource product in the network, and then find out when i have a problem with it, that i can't go anywhere for support.
Thanks! I've browsed through the documentation a bit, and it seems that the webmaster is responsible for creating this sitemap, and then submitting it to google. Completely offtopic ofcourse, but it seems that whoever webmasters microsoft.com also took the time and effort to create a sitemap and submit it to google.
:)
And i thought MS didn't like Google
when i google (the normal one, not blog) for "Technorati", ofcourse the first hit is their homepage, but under the search results i see an extra line:
Top 100 Blogs - About - Developers - Blog
Nice. Didn't notice that before. Is this also new?
Really. Getting rid of the KVM is something i would never do. I don't know if you worked in a computer repair shop, but having a workbench with so many keyboards is just not practical. Ofcourse, this also depends on how many persons are going to be working on it at the same time. Two people and you'll want 2 keyboards with 2 KVM's, etc. Just buy some extension cords for the keyboard/vga/mouse and you'll be fine.
You have an excellent point; if online is not an option for you, use pen and paper.
However, i don't quite agree on your last sentence. I'm not a web developer, but i can create a page (with a form even) that can be used by any popular browser.
bittorrent swarms? I thought they definately do *not* want them to watch it ;)
it's right next to Rammstein
really! wow, i always thought it was 'server' .. Thank god i didn't 'correct' too many people :)
or Domain Name Server server
Why don't these sites make use of the file robots.txt to stop googlebot from indexing these images? Isn't this much easier than to sue google? *shrug* Or perhaps they refuse to do this, in an attempt to create some free publicity for the site.
The catch is that Hollywood is using the log files off Bit Torrent sites like Suprnova and LokiTorrent.
.. hmm
FTA: The group previously said in February that a Texas court had ordered that the server logs of one big site, called LokiTorrent, be turned over to Hollywood investigators. An MPAA spokeswoman said that none of Thursday's suits were related to that action, however.
PS: totally unrelated, but the word i had to type to confirm i'm not a script was 'slaver'
they haven't quite decided how to spell Australia yet. In the article they mention 'Austrialia' and 'Austrailia' several times, but never correctly.
Nice! So i'm talking into my cellphone, which is pressed to my ear. And then a message pops up on my phone. What does it say? No idea, since i can't see the display while using the phone. Ah, handsfree i hear you say. When do you use handsfree? When you are unable to hold your phone usually (in the car, while walking, etc), so you don't look at your phone then either. Or am i missing something here?
she's 10 now, right? So in six years (dunno what country rules apply here) she can put her knowledge into practise? Wow. By that time she'll need upgrade courses because these certificates will be of no use.
I would use it for Angband if i could. Almost every key is mapped and i can't remember them all.
:)
And then there is the showoff factor. Who cares that *you* don't look at the keyboard. Everyone else that will, will immediately go "ooooo! must...have...that...too..." And let's face it, isn't that we we have these eye catchers?
I still use my floppydrive at home and at work. Examples? Okay:
- Keepass can use a floppy to store the security key
- etherboot floppy (in combination with thinclients)
- save configurations
- bootdisks, for those BIOS's that can't boot from cd
- ever had to fix a laptop that had a fdd, but the customer/friend/whatever left the cdrom drive at home?
I could probably come up with more examples, but these are the ones i use. I think it's overkill to switch to a more conventional storage method, like compactflash or an usb stick when all i need is a few kb free space, or when i simply can't use anything else.
Not at all. If i minimize something to the taskbar and want to go back to it, i press Shift+Alt+Tab and i'm back in the program i just minimized.
and how about just clicking the minimize button to see what's behind it? no 'cool' transparency feature needed.
yeah that was supposed to be Alt+Home ...
I never use these nice search boxes. Setting your homepage (or one of multiple homepages) to google is good enough for me. Alt+H , search string, Enter, Done.
look at the date on the top of the article: Tuesday, 14 January 2003 !!
so, can't you apply a '-blog' to your google query?