Do what most Chinese folks do...You know what, and do not get caught. There are tones of tools to get around bumps M$ puts along the way. This way, M$will never make a dime off you. How about that?
Just make sure the folks at BSA do not pay you a visit.
I take exception to the assertion that Apple's patch was installed.
What was installed was not a patch. If it were a patch, the problem it was supposed to fix would not be there.
I assert the following:
What was installed was [redundant] code to allegedly act as a patch to the vulnerability. Of course it worked as expected after all it was and still is redundant code. Let's get our English right.
"...he British government declined to prosecute him to enable the U.S. government to make an example of him." He intends to appeal to the European courts..."
My hope is that this gentleman wins. If he loses, he might be looking at several years of being treated like those folks at GITMO! And that's not something to look forward to.
If he loses in the courts, he should use the "free" education resources in the penitentiary to get more [useful] knowledge in both the computer world and matters of freedom and the law. That way, he will come out of the prison a very changed and useful man to the community.
I must say I am impressed by KDE 4.1. The features I like most include Konsole's ability to have fonts changed by a slider, the new file manager (Dolphin) and the beauty the whole KDE 4.0 stack introduced.
What I would like to see includes better fonts and more useful and complete help files. I also miss Amarok.
I have had my disappointments too. My college website will not allow Konqueror. Plug-in installation still needs work so that it is as smooth as that on Windows XP.
I have nothing but praise for KDE developers who insisted that we needed a new way of doing things in KDE and therefore started developing KDE 4.0. At that time, I did not see any reason why we needed a new paradigm. Now I see the reason. Thank you so much.
...you need to know commands for everything, table composition is torture, image insertion is an odyssey if you don't have the 'right' format, and you need to be a LaTeX Jedi master...
Then later...
...I've tried Scientific Word and Lyx but both are front-ends for LaTeX. Publicon only produces PDF files by exporting to LaTeX and subsequently using pdflatex. Add-ons for MS-Word are a joke, and webEq is intended for web publishing, not for PDF...
Wait a minute...isn't that a contradiction of sorts? First, he talks about commands and moments later, he talks about front-ends to LaTeX! What is this guy smoking?
Well, in our environment, (an insurance company), the system will allow those authorized to copy data onto their notebooks, but what happens is that what actually gets written or copied are not the actual data. From what I know it goes something like this:
Say the actual Name is John Doe and SSN is 123-456-789 and DoB is 1976-12-08, what gets copied is something like Name: XvfC Gzd, SSN: 908-954-213, DoB: 2788-98-98.
So you work with the dummy data instead of the actual thing. Once done with whatever you wanted to do, the data get processed to reflect the needed changes before being written to disk.
Even after getting written, committing only happens after rigorous checks.
...The wet nature of the soil they are targeting appears to have made it get stuck in the scoop rather than drop into the oven. Past problems with similarly clumpy soil may have damaged the lander because the vibrator had to be used longer than designed, resulting in a short circuit..."
It appears to me that these NASA folks did not test the lander harder or if they did, the tests they performed were invalid!
What I mean is - we have tones of wet clumpy soils on planet earth where tests could have been done enabling lander improvements to be made accordingly.
Sounds to me like another classic example of NASA's incompetence. Sadly things at NASA will get worse before they get better, and not before billions of dollars are "wasted."
"...The EU will be building the crew capsule, using technology developed for the automatic cargo system used to supply the International Space Station..."
I thought it is important for Slashdotters to know that when it comes to automatic docking of spacecraft in outer space, Russians have been doing this for decades without much fan fare!
I just do not understand why we in the west always appear to get "full of it" when it comes to technology issues. Why?
Even when we 100% relied on the Russian Soyuz technology not many years ago, this fact did not capture headlines in Russia. If it were the other way round, I am sure CNN, ABC and FOX would inundate us with the story as if nothing else mattered.
...it's been a year and a half since they open sourced it and I have to admit that I am more than a little disappointed by its low profile in the UI community...
There are more than 67 million businesses in the world and I wonder how many of those you have polled. Can you tell us how many of those businesses you have surveyed?
If you don't and you've used it yourself, why isn't it taking off? Is it too immature?
If you are asking a question and providing the answer, I wonder why you even ask.
In your submission, you should at least have informed us about Google's view on this issue is, if you wanted us to take you serious. Be serious please.
I worry that I might be pushed off the ship at some point not far from now. Since I must have some form of income to survive in today's America, I thought that being pro-active and NOT being reactionary is better, when the inevitable happens.
By the way, I agree with you that happiness is not money - how can it be? For many, including yourself I guess, money is an important part of happiness.
If you can be really happy with zero income, accept my apologies.
Well, I think I should prepare to jump the IT ship pretty soon. My friend, with whom we were in this IT sector, jumped to the health-care field.
His Bachelor's and two Masters degrees in the IT sector at age 37 helped him get admission into one of the most coveted Nursing courses. He now practices as a nurse manager, earning close to US$80K. This does not include part-time work which he has to run away from.
This fella makes close to US$145K. I envy him. Guys, the health-care field is booming. Reports say nurses are in short supply and this will be the case for another three decades!
I am seriously considering jumping ship before it's too late.
...Spoonamore confirmed that the patch did not correct the clock problem it supposedly addressed, but contained two parallel programs. Without access to the hardware, he could not learn more. He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted...
When one cites this case, can't the argument be made that the USA is just like any other third world country?
Is it possible to hack GMail in order to have the calendar displayed at the bottom of the message editing text box? Yahoo! mail has this feature which I find sweet. Important dates scroll by as you type yr message.
...I called my VOIP provider (PrimusTel) and talked technically to the representative on the other side. I asked him to increase the compression ratio to allow near quality calls. I also used the web interface and "told" my router that trhe maximum available bandwidth available was 50kbs.
Simply setup operations in these countries to accept work from potential students. Once submitted follow the reverse path to the culprit, then punish the dude and dismiss him, then publicize it. Sounds simple to me.
It's not Microsoft alone! This kind of frustration happens on the Linux platform everyday. Try setting up a printer...even that supported by Linux. You get into issues like CUPS as if you are supposed to know what the OS is gonna use to get the printer setup.
For God's sake...if I want to setup a printer, it should be the system's job to install ALL software needed to get it working. What is so difficult in that?
...Windows usability issues, and in many cases our experiences have driven many us over to Linux, or kept us there...
Let me remind the author of that line that we Linux users have still not made a dent on the desktop market. I can say, we are economically insignificant. This is despite perceived flaws in Windows. And by the way, Bill Gates was not frustrated over Windows in particular...he appears to have been frustrated by confusing names and un-necessary questions on the Windows website.
I write decent Visual Basic code and I am quite adept with OOP, but still find writing Java code quite hard. Is it the case for Java folks out there too? What can I do to be as comfortable in Java as I am in Visual Basic?
In VB, I can visualize a plan of attack on a particular problem but still find that very taxing on my brain when it comes to Java. Bottom line: Java - quite mediocre, VB: fluent, though it does not matter that much these days. I mean, VB is dying.
That DoJ is almost irrelevant in my opinion. Weren't they supposed to somewhat oversee the development of Windows Vista? What happened? And why should I believe this will be any different?
I believe that to some folks, the DoJ is the Department of Jokes.
Once again, I thank SUN for all efforts in this direction. My request to other OSS evangelists is to let existing Open source implementations of Java die so that efforts can be spent on this SUN implementation alone. The availability of multiple implementations of the same idea is not getting us very far so far. I hope we have learned from this.
In Firefox, my priority is not speed. I am happy with the status quo. While I love the new product, I was dismayed and disappointed to say the least when I was locked out of my favorite sites which support the Firefox 2.0 series, but do not support Firefox 3.0! I had to re-install the earlier version, which I had to "dig" out of the Mozilla site.
The fact that most of my extensions are un-installable in the latest version did not help matters.
This made me wonder...Why haven't the coders ported these extensions to Firefox 3.0 if it has been in development for a long time?
I also thought I would be in position to play live CNN streams but I was wrong! Firefox plays the commercial OK but will display a balck screen with sound when it comes to the actual content! Not good enough.
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Just make sure the folks at BSA do not pay you a visit.
I take exception to the assertion that Apple's patch was installed.
What was installed was not a patch. If it were a patch, the problem it was supposed to fix would not be there.
I assert the following:
What was installed was [redundant] code to allegedly act as a patch to the vulnerability. Of course it worked as expected after all it was and still is redundant code. Let's get our English right.
Since Sprint operates in Canada, I wonder whether this can be taken as precedent in Canada as well. I'd be glad if it did.
"...he British government declined to prosecute him to enable the U.S. government to make an example of him." He intends to appeal to the European courts..."
My hope is that this gentleman wins. If he loses, he might be looking at several years of being treated like those folks at GITMO! And that's not something to look forward to.
If he loses in the courts, he should use the "free" education resources in the penitentiary to get more [useful] knowledge in both the computer world and matters of freedom and the law. That way, he will come out of the prison a very changed and useful man to the community.
What I would like to see includes better fonts and more useful and complete help files. I also miss Amarok.
I have had my disappointments too. My college website will not allow Konqueror. Plug-in installation still needs work so that it is as smooth as that on Windows XP.
I have nothing but praise for KDE developers who insisted that we needed a new way of doing things in KDE and therefore started developing KDE 4.0. At that time, I did not see any reason why we needed a new paradigm. Now I see the reason. Thank you so much.
...you need to know commands for everything, table composition is torture, image insertion is an odyssey if you don't have the 'right' format, and you need to be a LaTeX Jedi master...
Then later...
...I've tried Scientific Word and Lyx but both are front-ends for LaTeX. Publicon only produces PDF files by exporting to LaTeX and subsequently using pdflatex. Add-ons for MS-Word are a joke, and webEq is intended for web publishing, not for PDF...
Wait a minute...isn't that a contradiction of sorts? First, he talks about commands and moments later, he talks about front-ends to LaTeX! What is this guy smoking?
Well, in our environment, (an insurance company), the system will allow those authorized to copy data onto their notebooks, but what happens is that what actually gets written or copied are not the actual data. From what I know it goes something like this:
Say the actual Name is John Doe and SSN is 123-456-789 and DoB is 1976-12-08, what gets copied is something like Name: XvfC Gzd, SSN: 908-954-213, DoB: 2788-98-98.
So you work with the dummy data instead of the actual thing. Once done with whatever you wanted to do, the data get processed to reflect the needed changes before being written to disk.
Even after getting written, committing only happens after rigorous checks.
Did you even read the post? It mentioned "...wet clumpy soil..." Now, the last time I checked, we in these United States have lots of wet clumpy soil.
...The wet nature of the soil they are targeting appears to have made it get stuck in the scoop rather than drop into the oven. Past problems with similarly clumpy soil may have damaged the lander because the vibrator had to be used longer than designed, resulting in a short circuit..."
It appears to me that these NASA folks did not test the lander harder or if they did, the tests they performed were invalid!
What I mean is - we have tones of wet clumpy soils on planet earth where tests could have been done enabling lander improvements to be made accordingly.
Sounds to me like another classic example of NASA's incompetence. Sadly things at NASA will get worse before they get better, and not before billions of dollars are "wasted."
"...The EU will be building the crew capsule, using technology developed for the automatic cargo system used to supply the International Space Station..."
I thought it is important for Slashdotters to know that when it comes to automatic docking of spacecraft in outer space, Russians have been doing this for decades without much fan fare!
I just do not understand why we in the west always appear to get "full of it" when it comes to technology issues. Why?
Even when we 100% relied on the Russian Soyuz technology not many years ago, this fact did not capture headlines in Russia. If it were the other way round, I am sure CNN, ABC and FOX would inundate us with the story as if nothing else mattered.
This might be off-topic but I wonder what's going on with Sergey Brin and Larry Page's [PhD] education? Just wondering...did they give up?
There are more than 67 million businesses in the world and I wonder how many of those you have polled. Can you tell us how many of those businesses you have surveyed?
If you don't and you've used it yourself, why isn't it taking off? Is it too immature?
If you are asking a question and providing the answer, I wonder why you even ask.
In your submission, you should at least have informed us about Google's view on this issue is, if you wanted us to take you serious. Be serious please.
I worry that I might be pushed off the ship at some point not far from now. Since I must have some form of income to survive in today's America, I thought that being pro-active and NOT being reactionary is better, when the inevitable happens.
By the way, I agree with you that happiness is not money - how can it be? For many, including yourself I guess, money is an important part of happiness.
If you can be really happy with zero income, accept my apologies.
Well, I think I should prepare to jump the IT ship pretty soon. My friend, with whom we were in this IT sector, jumped to the health-care field.
His Bachelor's and two Masters degrees in the IT sector at age 37 helped him get admission into one of the most coveted Nursing courses. He now practices as a nurse manager, earning close to US$80K. This does not include part-time work which he has to run away from.
This fella makes close to US$145K. I envy him. Guys, the health-care field is booming. Reports say nurses are in short supply and this will be the case for another three decades!
I am seriously considering jumping ship before it's too late.
Question is: Am I wrong?
...Spoonamore confirmed that the patch did not correct the clock problem it supposedly addressed, but contained two parallel programs. Without access to the hardware, he could not learn more. He reported his findings to the Justice Department, which has not acted...
When one cites this case, can't the argument be made that the USA is just like any other third world country?
If you asked me, I'd say "yes" "yes" "yes" it is.
Is it possible to hack GMail in order to have the calendar displayed at the bottom of the message editing text box? Yahoo! mail has this feature which I find sweet. Important dates scroll by as you type yr message.
I'd like to know which rule does the magic. Can some one please paste one here....thanks.
This has worked for me, no regrets.
Simply setup operations in these countries to accept work from potential students. Once submitted follow the reverse path to the culprit, then punish the dude and dismiss him, then publicize it. Sounds simple to me.
For God's sake...if I want to setup a printer, it should be the system's job to install ALL software needed to get it working. What is so difficult in that?
...Windows usability issues, and in many cases our experiences have driven many us over to Linux, or kept us there...Let me remind the author of that line that we Linux users have still not made a dent on the desktop market. I can say, we are economically insignificant. This is despite perceived flaws in Windows. And by the way, Bill Gates was not frustrated over Windows in particular...he appears to have been frustrated by confusing names and un-necessary questions on the Windows website.
In VB, I can visualize a plan of attack on a particular problem but still find that very taxing on my brain when it comes to Java. Bottom line: Java - quite mediocre, VB: fluent, though it does not matter that much these days. I mean, VB is dying.
I wonder how much of a role open source software is playing in Wikipedia's operations. How much is it? Anyone in the know?
I believe that to some folks, the DoJ is the Department of Jokes.
Once again, I thank SUN for all efforts in this direction. My request to other OSS evangelists is to let existing Open source implementations of Java die so that efforts can be spent on this SUN implementation alone. The availability of multiple implementations of the same idea is not getting us very far so far. I hope we have learned from this.
The fact that most of my extensions are un-installable in the latest version did not help matters.
This made me wonder...Why haven't the coders ported these extensions to Firefox 3.0 if it has been in development for a long time?
I also thought I would be in position to play live CNN streams but I was wrong! Firefox plays the commercial OK but will display a balck screen with sound when it comes to the actual content! Not good enough.