Apple and Linux are all going in this direction; making the desktop look nicer but requiring better hardware. The difference is that Linux is going from requiring a 286 to a 486 while Windows is going from a Pentium 3 to a Dual Core Pentium 4.
I used to find all sorts of holes in my old school's system. No malicious intent at all. I just wanted a bit more freedom.
Now the sys admins could have gotten me suspended or in trouble but they were smart sys admins. They knew I wouldnt damage anything so they gave me free reign.
I could do basically whatever I wanted (within reason) as long as I told them what they needed to fix. It was a win-win situation because the sys admins found flaws a lot faster (often with instructions on how to fix them) and I found them faster than the admins could fix them so I always could use the computer any way I wanted. They were very happy with the arrangement.
Oh btw about your rant with proxies: I managed to get free net at my old school without having to log in to the proxy by kindly asking their proxy (HTTP CONNECT) to connect to my proxy at home. I was using their proxy and I wasnt breaking any rules (to the letter - they could be bent to fit). Whats your take on that?
A friend showed me Vista in a VM (clean install). He logged in and instantly came up UAC.
I had never laughed so hard in my life. It was then when I swore that I would never touch Vista and I would actively prevent people from switching to it.
I'm not sure exactly what the Cisco software does so I could be on the wrong track.
At my uni we are given a pathetic 150mb/month internet quota and we are charged $7/gig extra. I naturally found a way to get free net and I really dont have any problem using it for personal use. I dont abuse it or anything either.
If the Cisco software put constrains on how the guy could use the computer then I would hire him in a instant. The more you try to lock something down, the more people try to fight back.
You'd be stupid not to hire the people who beat the system - especially since we are talking about a Cisco system.
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Yeah but are you stupid enough to go around saying "OMG Vista is faster than XP"?
Thought not.
Which is why they seized all the servers thus taking it down?
Ok let me give you my story.
I used to find all sorts of holes in my old school's system.
No malicious intent at all. I just wanted a bit more freedom.
Now the sys admins could have gotten me suspended or in trouble but they were smart sys admins.
They knew I wouldnt damage anything so they gave me free reign.
I could do basically whatever I wanted (within reason) as long as I told them what they needed to fix.
It was a win-win situation because the sys admins found flaws a lot faster (often with instructions on how to fix them) and I found them faster than the admins could fix them so I always could use the computer any way I wanted.
They were very happy with the arrangement.
Oh btw about your rant with proxies: I managed to get free net at my old school without having to log in to the proxy by kindly asking their proxy (HTTP CONNECT) to connect to my proxy at home.
I was using their proxy and I wasnt breaking any rules (to the letter - they could be bent to fit). Whats your take on that?
It is always more efficient to do stuff in bulk.
Giving millions to the government is far less productive than giving 2 cents to the people.
The money usually gets funneled in to politician's pockets or used to buy weapons.
Not to make jobs or feed people.
The implied conclusion was 'ignore Greenpeace' not 'ignore the environment'.
Uh oh. I have a map half made of my University.
I'm pretty sure any extra drag would be insignificant compared to the total air resistance.
Ah thats right. You poor poor Americans with your DMCA.
Remind me to never Australia.
The key allows someone to decrypt the encryption. It doesnt help anyone in any way to crack the encryption.
It is the product of the cracking.
You didnt RTFA did you? Oh wait...Slashdot...nvm.
Digg is sponsored by the HD-DVD group. Its not a legal thing.
Lets see how mine goes. http://nickstallman.net/2007/05/02/09-f9-11-02-9d- 74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/
I've managed to snag a full page screenshot of Digg. So bloody funny.
I nearly feel sorry for them.
Free movies yeah.
Oh and making backups of your HD-DVDs so when the original disk is scratched, you still have the movie.
And I nearly forgot about being able to play HD-DVDs on Linux (or even Windows) with open source software.
There are plenty of perfectly legal ways to use the number.
Anyway you cant copyright a number.
Its pretty crappy because according to the law you cant copyright a number.
I said it was clean not freshly installed.
It had been installed a day or two before he showed me.
There wasnt any crap installed either.
My ID is way lower than yours so I wouldnt talk like that if I were you. :P
Oh really?
A friend showed me Vista in a VM (clean install). He logged in and instantly came up UAC.
I had never laughed so hard in my life.
It was then when I swore that I would never touch Vista and I would actively prevent people from switching to it.
But doesnt Microsoft export the master copies?
eVoting would still be far easier.
Window's start menu is completely useless when two of the columns hang over the edge of the monitor.
KDE/Gnome both catergorise programs based on function which makes it far easier to find the program you want.
Well its completely possible that a virus can do what he did.
Its good that he got the flaws out in the open.
I'm not sure exactly what the Cisco software does so I could be on the wrong track.
At my uni we are given a pathetic 150mb/month internet quota and we are charged $7/gig extra.
I naturally found a way to get free net and I really dont have any problem using it for personal use.
I dont abuse it or anything either.
If the Cisco software put constrains on how the guy could use the computer then I would hire him in a instant.
The more you try to lock something down, the more people try to fight back.
You'd be stupid not to hire the people who beat the system - especially since we are talking about a Cisco system.
Its a personalized home page. Its not that much of a loss. 30 mins tops and you'll be able to set it up again.
:)
I do use my own web and mail servers though.
It must have been there in MySQL 3.