That's still a lot better than capturing passwords, isn't it? Screen scraping at least won't give away the keys to the castle, whereas keylogging gives away everything. Not that I agree with either one, but it's a lesser evil anyway.
"The time of IPX is over," said Eric Schmidt, "the future is pure IP." Within weeks, he had run Sniffers in every wiring closet to ensure no further SAPs or RIPs were present and announced a release date for Novell NetWare 5.0.
Eric Schmidt is now a billionnaire and much, much cooler than he used to be.
...and Larry Ellison is ALREADY having a 250-foot yacht built for racing there. True to form, though, shortsighted Larry demanded the boat's engines run on propane, despite the fact that methane is plentiful, free, and technically superior.
Incorrect. He's said before that he would have been an insurance salesman. At least BG The Insurance Salesman would have been less annoying, more honest, and willing to work with other insurance salespeople.
I only need another 2,591,501 of you to sign up for just a measly, diminutive, insignificant, minuscule, teensy-weensy little 3,520,725 offers so I can get one of these whopping supercomputers for free!
Down here in the deep south, we call this kind of thing "putting lipstick on a pig." Sun owning a storage company is about as useful as mammary glands on a billy goat. (trying to be somewhat PC) Good luck with this one, Scott.
Oh great! There goes the economy! If they're working free it's going to lower the bar on wages for the rest of us! How's a guy supposed to afford a gold-plated Ferrari when the rovers are working free?
Linus does not live on a pedestal or in a cave. He probably has the entire Blue Collar Comedy Tour on CD, DVD, and MP3, and laughs hysterically at it for all the comedy value it has, which amounts to approximately 4.7 seconds of measurable laughter. Unfortunately, the sheer idiocy of the entire compilation (pun almost intended) has dumbed his children down to the point where he's had to murder them to prevent them from contaminating kernel code in the future. See here for further details about how he's preventing loss of further offspring in the future. Thanks a lot, Cable Guy!
Some author embellishment may have occurred in the previous statement.
The book I could have lived without, but if anyone has read it, or otherwise knows something about the LifeStreams idea proposed by David Gelertner et al., I'm interested to hear your opinions about whether or not Google is headed in this direction. The way I see it, they're still in the phases of building up the infrastructure, interface, etc., and that LifeStreams, or something very much like it, could very well be the ultimate goal of the organization. With academics such as Page, Brin, and Schmidt at the top, I think the theory gains credibility. Anyone? Anyone?
It easily makes 100mph, but requires a complete overhaul with head gaskets after every run, plus it doesn't start in the cold, it's loud as hell, it leaks more oil than it burns, and when you need a mechanic, they're all out for tea!
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I think you're on the right track here, but look forward a little further. Where has Linux been? It's been a hobby OS with a single programmer, then a complicated but efficient hobbyist server with hundreds of developers, then a reasonably solid but still overly complicated server and desktop OS with thousands of developers, now an enterprise-class OS with big corporate development and support and millions of other developers. It's evolving, and at a much faster pace than Windows. The community has to play catch up for a while just to get to the same level as the marketing folks in Redmond and to be able to say to the world "Hey look at us, the transition is easy and we're getting better all the time." We're still in catch-up mode, but we're not far behind, and the momentum is still building steadily. Once we get to that point, the innovation will continue because critical mass has been reached, and then you'll see things heading in the direction you're hoping to see. Interfaces will be improved, services will evolve, and Linux will hit its heyday. Don't give up! Join the fight. The best is yet to come. Seventy or eighty years ago, the author of this article would probably have said something like "There will never be a need for more than 11 computers in the world." His statement is inflammatory because it makes people click on the link and increases advertising dollars. Don't equate fame with insightfulness or intelligence because you won't find either from that guy.
OK, I can buy that the plant derives lots of carbon from the air, but are you saying that NO carbon is used from the ground? Not criticizing, just asking. It's been a while since I took high school bio.
Good point, but I have to disagree with you in one area. Yes, the grass did remove some carbon dioxide from the air while it was alive, but not all of the carbon it will release when it is burned came from the air. Some, and I would venture to guess most of it came from the ground. So there is still a net increase in atmospheric carbon due to burning grass, though it is still less than burning hydrocarbons.
I disagree with you and the AC after you in one way and not in another. If the auto manufacturer recommended a tire pressure to increase the ride quality, they would do so at the expense of fuel mileage. These days especially, I don't think there's any chance they're going to let ride quality get in the way of better MPGs on the window stickers. That argument is untrue. As far as the cornering ability and handling, etc., you are correct, but insofar as regular, everyday driving is concerned, you should stick with the manufacturer's recommendation rather than the high speed driving limit for optimum tire life and mileage. If you're driving at high speeds and cornering sharply, fuel economy and tire life are not your concerns, but those are precisely the reasons I said what I did and I stand behind it.
Forgot to mention this part: If you want to maximize your car's economy, make sure it is tuned up and maintained well. Make sure things like the ignition system and the various sensors are in good condition, change air filters and PCV valves at recommended intervals, change your oil at the recommended intervals (which are not necessarily 3000 miles but frequently much longer), clear up any diagnostic trouble codes (service engine light), don't haul around a bunch of junk that you don't need (tidy things up a bit), and make sure the tires are inflated to the recommended level, not the maximum allowable level. If everybody checked these items when they were suggested, we could doubtlessly save quite a few barrels of oil every year and make our cars last longer.
Douglas Simmons, I hope you're ready to take responsibility for more accidents on the roadways, and you neglected to take into account the deleterious effect of high air pressure in the tires. Not only will it marginally increase your gas mileage, but you get the added benefit of significantly reduced tire life. I think you're crazy if you think that's going to help anything at all. Lower friction is why you get better mileage, and that also means less road grip. So, on dry pavement that might be OK as long as you're just cruising along the highway. Get into an accident-avoidance or emergency maneuvering situation, however, or drive on wet, snowy, or icy pavement, and you're asking for lots of problems. You will also wear out the center of the tires much more quickly and require tire replacement sooner. Last time I checked, tires were both expensive and very unfriendly to the environment. Inflate the tires ONLY to the recommended pressure, NOT to the maximum allowable pressure.
I'll give you three guesses which owner of SuSE is converting their entire company to OOo and getting rid of MSO... Ask your friendly neighborhood Novell employee what s/he thinks. I've heard good things from them, but the guy I know says he really doesn't use any office products that much.
You're right but you're wrong. Yes, it's illegal in most places to make you buy one thing to get another thing free. In the case of these schemes, though, you only have to sign up for an "offer," which has a free trial period involved. As long as you cancel the offer within the trial period, you've incurred no charges and that's why it's legal. The shady part is that it's not always very clear (pronounced: @#%&ing hidden) how to opt out of the offers. Most people will probably forget about it in 90 days and lose the cancellation instructions that they might not have ever found in the first place, and therefore they incurred charges. They had an opportunity to get it for free, and that's what counts. Their own neglect to cancel the offer isn't the fault of freeipods.com and it's therefore legal. So, if you do choose to sign up for one of these things, know the people you get to sign up for the offers, get them some disposable email addresses, search diligently for cancellation instructions and make sure they work, and mark on your calendar when you can cancel the offers and still get the free stuff. Your diligence and patience is how you pay for the free stuff.
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Justify your existence. Never seen or heard of that problem. Details, please.
If he had bought the Virgin Toyota PriusFlyer hybrid drive instead of that Virgin Cadillac EscaladeFlyer, he would be fine. Maybe the waiting list was too long for Sir Richard. Now poor Steve Fossett is going to crash because he wanted the bling bling gold package... Flying gas hogs just doesn't pay!
I work for a large company that is in the process of switching to OOo now... Quite a few users are already MSO free, and I believe everyone will be done sometime this year. Not a lot of complications that I know of so far other than some scripts, macros, etc., that didn't quite make it but were easily converted, and some of the PowerPoint stuff doesn't come through right. Other than that, I have heard very few complaints.
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That's still a lot better than capturing passwords, isn't it? Screen scraping at least won't give away the keys to the castle, whereas keylogging gives away everything. Not that I agree with either one, but it's a lesser evil anyway.
Eric Schmidt is now a billionnaire and much, much cooler than he used to be.
The two above mentioned items are not related.
...and Larry Ellison is ALREADY having a 250-foot yacht built for racing there. True to form, though, shortsighted Larry demanded the boat's engines run on propane, despite the fact that methane is plentiful, free, and technically superior.
Incorrect. He's said before that he would have been an insurance salesman. At least BG The Insurance Salesman would have been less annoying, more honest, and willing to work with other insurance salespeople.
I only need another 2,591,501 of you to sign up for just a measly, diminutive, insignificant, minuscule, teensy-weensy little 3,520,725 offers so I can get one of these whopping supercomputers for free!
It does, and that's mostly because Sun's future seems as bright as a black cat in a coal bin at midnight.
Down here in the deep south, we call this kind of thing "putting lipstick on a pig." Sun owning a storage company is about as useful as mammary glands on a billy goat. (trying to be somewhat PC) Good luck with this one, Scott.
Oh great! There goes the economy! If they're working free it's going to lower the bar on wages for the rest of us! How's a guy supposed to afford a gold-plated Ferrari when the rovers are working free?
Some author embellishment may have occurred in the previous statement.
The book I could have lived without, but if anyone has read it, or otherwise knows something about the LifeStreams idea proposed by David Gelertner et al., I'm interested to hear your opinions about whether or not Google is headed in this direction. The way I see it, they're still in the phases of building up the infrastructure, interface, etc., and that LifeStreams, or something very much like it, could very well be the ultimate goal of the organization. With academics such as Page, Brin, and Schmidt at the top, I think the theory gains credibility. Anyone? Anyone?
How about Forcefully Undulating Computer Killers with Totally Awesome Reconnaisance Devices in Zimbabwe?
It easily makes 100mph, but requires a complete overhaul with head gaskets after every run, plus it doesn't start in the cold, it's loud as hell, it leaks more oil than it burns, and when you need a mechanic, they're all out for tea!
I think you're on the right track here, but look forward a little further. Where has Linux been? It's been a hobby OS with a single programmer, then a complicated but efficient hobbyist server with hundreds of developers, then a reasonably solid but still overly complicated server and desktop OS with thousands of developers, now an enterprise-class OS with big corporate development and support and millions of other developers. It's evolving, and at a much faster pace than Windows. The community has to play catch up for a while just to get to the same level as the marketing folks in Redmond and to be able to say to the world "Hey look at us, the transition is easy and we're getting better all the time." We're still in catch-up mode, but we're not far behind, and the momentum is still building steadily. Once we get to that point, the innovation will continue because critical mass has been reached, and then you'll see things heading in the direction you're hoping to see. Interfaces will be improved, services will evolve, and Linux will hit its heyday. Don't give up! Join the fight. The best is yet to come. Seventy or eighty years ago, the author of this article would probably have said something like "There will never be a need for more than 11 computers in the world." His statement is inflammatory because it makes people click on the link and increases advertising dollars. Don't equate fame with insightfulness or intelligence because you won't find either from that guy.
OK, I can buy that the plant derives lots of carbon from the air, but are you saying that NO carbon is used from the ground? Not criticizing, just asking. It's been a while since I took high school bio.
Good point, but I have to disagree with you in one area. Yes, the grass did remove some carbon dioxide from the air while it was alive, but not all of the carbon it will release when it is burned came from the air. Some, and I would venture to guess most of it came from the ground. So there is still a net increase in atmospheric carbon due to burning grass, though it is still less than burning hydrocarbons.
I disagree with you and the AC after you in one way and not in another. If the auto manufacturer recommended a tire pressure to increase the ride quality, they would do so at the expense of fuel mileage. These days especially, I don't think there's any chance they're going to let ride quality get in the way of better MPGs on the window stickers. That argument is untrue. As far as the cornering ability and handling, etc., you are correct, but insofar as regular, everyday driving is concerned, you should stick with the manufacturer's recommendation rather than the high speed driving limit for optimum tire life and mileage. If you're driving at high speeds and cornering sharply, fuel economy and tire life are not your concerns, but those are precisely the reasons I said what I did and I stand behind it.
Forgot to mention this part: If you want to maximize your car's economy, make sure it is tuned up and maintained well. Make sure things like the ignition system and the various sensors are in good condition, change air filters and PCV valves at recommended intervals, change your oil at the recommended intervals (which are not necessarily 3000 miles but frequently much longer), clear up any diagnostic trouble codes (service engine light), don't haul around a bunch of junk that you don't need (tidy things up a bit), and make sure the tires are inflated to the recommended level, not the maximum allowable level. If everybody checked these items when they were suggested, we could doubtlessly save quite a few barrels of oil every year and make our cars last longer.
Douglas Simmons, I hope you're ready to take responsibility for more accidents on the roadways, and you neglected to take into account the deleterious effect of high air pressure in the tires. Not only will it marginally increase your gas mileage, but you get the added benefit of significantly reduced tire life. I think you're crazy if you think that's going to help anything at all. Lower friction is why you get better mileage, and that also means less road grip. So, on dry pavement that might be OK as long as you're just cruising along the highway. Get into an accident-avoidance or emergency maneuvering situation, however, or drive on wet, snowy, or icy pavement, and you're asking for lots of problems. You will also wear out the center of the tires much more quickly and require tire replacement sooner. Last time I checked, tires were both expensive and very unfriendly to the environment. Inflate the tires ONLY to the recommended pressure, NOT to the maximum allowable pressure.
I'll give you three guesses which owner of SuSE is converting their entire company to OOo and getting rid of MSO... Ask your friendly neighborhood Novell employee what s/he thinks. I've heard good things from them, but the guy I know says he really doesn't use any office products that much.
You're right but you're wrong. Yes, it's illegal in most places to make you buy one thing to get another thing free. In the case of these schemes, though, you only have to sign up for an "offer," which has a free trial period involved. As long as you cancel the offer within the trial period, you've incurred no charges and that's why it's legal. The shady part is that it's not always very clear (pronounced: @#%&ing hidden) how to opt out of the offers. Most people will probably forget about it in 90 days and lose the cancellation instructions that they might not have ever found in the first place, and therefore they incurred charges. They had an opportunity to get it for free, and that's what counts. Their own neglect to cancel the offer isn't the fault of freeipods.com and it's therefore legal. So, if you do choose to sign up for one of these things, know the people you get to sign up for the offers, get them some disposable email addresses, search diligently for cancellation instructions and make sure they work, and mark on your calendar when you can cancel the offers and still get the free stuff. Your diligence and patience is how you pay for the free stuff.
Justify your existence. Never seen or heard of that problem. Details, please.
...is a real gas!
If he had bought the Virgin Toyota PriusFlyer hybrid drive instead of that Virgin Cadillac EscaladeFlyer, he would be fine. Maybe the waiting list was too long for Sir Richard. Now poor Steve Fossett is going to crash because he wanted the bling bling gold package... Flying gas hogs just doesn't pay!
I work for a large company that is in the process of switching to OOo now... Quite a few users are already MSO free, and I believe everyone will be done sometime this year. Not a lot of complications that I know of so far other than some scripts, macros, etc., that didn't quite make it but were easily converted, and some of the PowerPoint stuff doesn't come through right. Other than that, I have heard very few complaints.
Yeah, that Darl McBride guy has sure changed since then...