I've got a Passport because of my MSDN subscripton, and it's the only reason why I've got Microsoft Instant Messenger running on my system. But, it NEVER WORKS-- IE is supposed to realize you're signed in with your passport, and let you right on through to subscriber downloads, but that never happens. Everytime, I'm forced to sign in, and then hit the "I Agree" button to the MSDN Subscriber Agreement each time, as if I'm signing in for the very first time, every time.
Sure, that might be lazy to not want to be hassled by those few key/mouse clicks, but if you're going to implement a feature and then require your subscribers to use that feature, at least make the feature work. After all, that was supposed to be the reason for Passport integration into XP, right? Just sign into Messenger, and then you'll be recognized at any.NET Passport enabled site?
This poor kid is looking at 180 months. We have a problem with our criminal justice system.
Why "poor kid", exactly?
This is one thing that has always gotten me around here. We post all of these statistics as a comparison to spam/piracy, and everyone laments how long of a term that the "poor kid" is getting. How come no one here laments how comparatively short of a term rapists/murderers/etc are getting?
My personal thought is that the term served for warezing is just, it's the others that are not.
Thats an interesting approach - pour something over it! Note to self: Try it when you are up the creek without a cipherkey. Which raises the question - pour what? Melted chocolate? Hot wax? Fondue cheese? Warm Gatorade? Or worse!?
Does anyone else not find the In Korea... bit funny anymore? I mean, why aren't we spending our time imagining Beowulf clusters of these things?
I for one, am keeping myself busy welcoming our new h4>0r3d bike overlords.
Heck, just to put a finer point on it... I wanted to get DSL last year (it was cheaper than cable), and I live less than five miles from downtown Nashville, TN. However, due to my location, I was 200 feet too far away from the CO to get ADSL...
This makes me think about something similar. I don't know offhand, but I do believe that in my state rape can get you longer than 9 years.
Rather than focusing on how large this sentence is in comparison to a rape, wouldn't it be more appropriate to lament the fact that a rape sentence is shorter than one for computer fraud? There is a difference in doing either.
We don't run Unix. We don't run Linux. We don't run Oracle. We're 100 percent Windows, SQL Server.
I mean, it doesn't get much clearer than that. I don't think the guy's talking about the development side of things (of course developers would have Unix boxes set up to test Interix or Windows Services for UNIX), or that certain development folks would be running competing products in a testbed environment. He's saying, all of our desktops and production servers are Windows, and by right, that would include the machines that actually do the compilation of Windows itself.
Besides, with the way Server 2003 Datacenter scales, it probably would be safe to assume these days that through some combination of clustering and SMP systems, Microsoft should be able to pull off compiling Windows on its own platform some way or another.
Why do they have to do that? From one of their whitepapers on the topic:
Virtual Server 2005 optimizes Windows guests for computing, storage, and networking performance, and provides support for:
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6a
I'm quite sure that it could run *nix (my personal experiences have shown you can run *nix well enough on Virtual PC 2004, the technology behind VS2005), but that's not the target deployment, from the docs I've found. They only support their products under VS2005, and it's just a possible added benefit that you could run other x86 OSes on that platform, too.
How does the camera system compare to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, or the Myth line? I love DoW, but sometimes the camera control can be a little clunky. I usually end up ignoring the option is there, and just zooming in after I've already told my units to destroy something, so I can just watch them take their target to task. I've never seen an effective way to use the camera to any type of advantage in any RTS with a 3D camera.
P.S. NetBSD's pkgsrc is only thing that comes close to a truly cross platform package management/build system. It supports Irix, Solaris, NetBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OS X, and (to a lesser degree) AIX. I'm sure I'm leaving out a few.
Don't forget cygwin, too! That means indirectly, pkgsrc supports Windows, too!
It's pretty easy to come in under 200MB on an ISO when you don't really include packages other than the absolute base system.
...But that's not a bad thing, mind you. That's why I chose NetBSD for my boxes-- it installs a very minimal base installation, and then you can use pkgsrc or pkg_add with the PKG_PATH environment variable set to pull stuff from the Internet.
Maybe it's just me, but did anyone else get 403 errors when trying to hit the actual sculpture pages? I hit the main page, but then nothing else worked from there. Now, I'm getting 403 errors for the whole site.
Did somebody tell him the Slashdotters were coming?
I opened the GP link in Firefox, and got some squatter site. Hope nobody opens it in IE, hate to know if it's got any browser nasties waiting for them...
In my position at work, one of my responsibilies is to provide assistance to in-house reps through an IM/chat program.
When you're trying to ask a technical question, it becomes far more important to be clear when communicating. But, I swear, some of the people I support would be put to shame by a 6th-grader's grammar skills.
My point is that the judgement passed by the OTHER PEOPLE on YOU is unreasonable.
How is this unreasonable?
Let's take it from the standpoint that I'm the one reading the email, so I'm in the position to judge whether you're a moron or not. I'm like you-- I simply look over minor spelling/grammar errors. But, the problem is when the minor spelling errors comprise teh entier emial.
If you write an email to me, and you've not taken the time to run a spell checker, I'm going to think you're a moron because you didn't take the time to ensure your words were coherent. Primarily, though, I'm going to think you're a moron for wasting my time if I have to decipher your email when I'm supposed to be reporting to you, or working for a common goal/project.
My problem isn't so much people who are ignorant, but the people who remain ignorant. I work with customers day-in and day-out who can look at you straight in the face, and act just like the retards in the article.
"...Where did all these popups come from? Why is my computer so slow!?!?!
Don't install that filesharing crap!
"You mean that if I take off the popups and stuff, I can't download free music??? Hummm....
I think that salespeople/marketing droids could do way more than what's being done right now to keep the stuff of of their computers. Oddly enough, your average joe really listens to marketing people! In my opinion, spyware removal tools being included on a system from the factory is at the same point that antivirus software was several years ago. It was available, but you had to purchase it as an upgrade. Just as you get a trial version of Norton or McAfee on your system, you should have some kind of spyware removal program on your system. Ad Aware would be ideal, as I can't see Patrick Kolla licensing SpyBot to a corporation right now.
Slashdot Mirror
...And it stinks.
.NET Passport enabled site?
I've got a Passport because of my MSDN subscripton, and it's the only reason why I've got Microsoft Instant Messenger running on my system. But, it NEVER WORKS-- IE is supposed to realize you're signed in with your passport, and let you right on through to subscriber downloads, but that never happens. Everytime, I'm forced to sign in, and then hit the "I Agree" button to the MSDN Subscriber Agreement each time, as if I'm signing in for the very first time, every time.
Sure, that might be lazy to not want to be hassled by those few key/mouse clicks, but if you're going to implement a feature and then require your subscribers to use that feature, at least make the feature work. After all, that was supposed to be the reason for Passport integration into XP, right? Just sign into Messenger, and then you'll be recognized at any
This poor kid is looking at 180 months. We have a problem with our criminal justice system.
Why "poor kid", exactly?
This is one thing that has always gotten me around here. We post all of these statistics as a comparison to spam/piracy, and everyone laments how long of a term that the "poor kid" is getting. How come no one here laments how comparatively short of a term rapists/murderers/etc are getting?
My personal thought is that the term served for warezing is just, it's the others that are not.
China has been generous!
I've always wondered this... How does the first amendment apply to a personal/private site?
If a government agency was running a forum, and they moderated like this, then you could cry foul all you wanted to.
Thats an interesting approach - pour something over it! Note to self: Try it when you are up the creek without a cipherkey. Which raises the question - pour what? Melted chocolate? Hot wax? Fondue cheese? Warm Gatorade? Or worse!?
Hot Grits?
Does anyone else not find the In Korea... bit funny anymore? I mean, why aren't we spending our time imagining Beowulf clusters of these things? I for one, am keeping myself busy welcoming our new h4>0r3d bike overlords.
Heck, just to put a finer point on it... I wanted to get DSL last year (it was cheaper than cable), and I live less than five miles from downtown Nashville, TN. However, due to my location, I was 200 feet too far away from the CO to get ADSL...
I thought we did solve this by calling folks "criminals" ?
This makes me think about something similar. I don't know offhand, but I do believe that in my state rape can get you longer than 9 years.
Rather than focusing on how large this sentence is in comparison to a rape, wouldn't it be more appropriate to lament the fact that a rape sentence is shorter than one for computer fraud? There is a difference in doing either.
I think Markezich's statement was pretty clear:
We don't run Unix. We don't run Linux. We don't run Oracle. We're 100 percent Windows, SQL Server.
I mean, it doesn't get much clearer than that. I don't think the guy's talking about the development side of things (of course developers would have Unix boxes set up to test Interix or Windows Services for UNIX), or that certain development folks would be running competing products in a testbed environment. He's saying, all of our desktops and production servers are Windows, and by right, that would include the machines that actually do the compilation of Windows itself.
Besides, with the way Server 2003 Datacenter scales, it probably would be safe to assume these days that through some combination of clustering and SMP systems, Microsoft should be able to pull off compiling Windows on its own platform some way or another.
Why do they have to do that? From one of their whitepapers on the topic:
Virtual Server 2005 optimizes Windows guests for computing, storage, and networking performance, and provides support for:
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6a
I'm quite sure that it could run *nix (my personal experiences have shown you can run *nix well enough on Virtual PC 2004, the technology behind VS2005), but that's not the target deployment, from the docs I've found. They only support their products under VS2005, and it's just a possible added benefit that you could run other x86 OSes on that platform, too.
How many insightful comments actually follow any Slashdot article?
How does the camera system compare to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, or the Myth line? I love DoW, but sometimes the camera control can be a little clunky. I usually end up ignoring the option is there, and just zooming in after I've already told my units to destroy something, so I can just watch them take their target to task. I've never seen an effective way to use the camera to any type of advantage in any RTS with a 3D camera.
Come on now... what's with the fuss?
rosebud is a great password, nobody will ever guess that!
P.S. NetBSD's pkgsrc is only thing that comes close to a truly cross platform package management/build system. It supports Irix, Solaris, NetBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OS X, and (to a lesser degree) AIX. I'm sure I'm leaving out a few.
Don't forget cygwin, too! That means indirectly, pkgsrc supports Windows, too!
It's pretty easy to come in under 200MB on an ISO when you don't really include packages other than the absolute base system.
...But that's not a bad thing, mind you. That's why I chose NetBSD for my boxes-- it installs a very minimal base installation, and then you can use pkgsrc or pkg_add with the PKG_PATH environment variable set to pull stuff from the Internet.
Maybe it's just me, but did anyone else get 403 errors when trying to hit the actual sculpture pages? I hit the main page, but then nothing else worked from there. Now, I'm getting 403 errors for the whole site.
Did somebody tell him the Slashdotters were coming?
I opened the GP link in Firefox, and got some squatter site. Hope nobody opens it in IE, hate to know if it's got any browser nasties waiting for them...
Just a clarification, it's NetBSD, not FreeBSD.
In my position at work, one of my responsibilies is to provide assistance to in-house reps through an IM/chat program.
When you're trying to ask a technical question, it becomes far more important to be clear when communicating. But, I swear, some of the people I support would be put to shame by a 6th-grader's grammar skills.
My point is that the judgement passed by the OTHER PEOPLE on YOU is unreasonable.
How is this unreasonable?
Let's take it from the standpoint that I'm the one reading the email, so I'm in the position to judge whether you're a moron or not. I'm like you-- I simply look over minor spelling/grammar errors. But, the problem is when the minor spelling errors comprise teh entier emial.
If you write an email to me, and you've not taken the time to run a spell checker, I'm going to think you're a moron because you didn't take the time to ensure your words were coherent. Primarily, though, I'm going to think you're a moron for wasting my time if I have to decipher your email when I'm supposed to be reporting to you, or working for a common goal/project.
Probably by dipping it in ink and smearing it on paper. *ka-ching!*
Whose fault is that for their assumptions?
My problem isn't so much people who are ignorant, but the people who remain ignorant. I work with customers day-in and day-out who can look at you straight in the face, and act just like the retards in the article.
"...Where did all these popups come from? Why is my computer so slow!?!?!
Don't install that filesharing crap!
"You mean that if I take off the popups and stuff, I can't download free music??? Hummm....
I think that salespeople/marketing droids could do way more than what's being done right now to keep the stuff of of their computers. Oddly enough, your average joe really listens to marketing people! In my opinion, spyware removal tools being included on a system from the factory is at the same point that antivirus software was several years ago. It was available, but you had to purchase it as an upgrade. Just as you get a trial version of Norton or McAfee on your system, you should have some kind of spyware removal program on your system. Ad Aware would be ideal, as I can't see Patrick Kolla licensing SpyBot to a corporation right now.
...Do sheets of paper greet you and ask you, "What would you like to draw today?"
When did Microsoft get into the paper business?
WOW! That's lazy! In a nutshell, there are 3 branches to the Debian Linux distribution:
Stable, aka "Woody"
Testing, aka "Sarge"
Unstable, aka "Sid"
Sarge is about to take Woody's place as the Stable distribution, basically.