I agree with this - I am forced into using Windows at work - I have managed to use Gnoppix for a lot of the work I do using Terminal Server sessions to Windows boxes - however I am still unable to get any mail program working alonside our company'e exchange servers (Corporate setup).. If anybody knows how I can do this - it would be much appreciated - my mail address is shown - please bear in mind that the exchange admins would have a fit if they knew I was using anything other than outlook!. If I could get my mail to work as well as Outlook does I would swap over in a heart beat - but constantly booting to another OS to check mails drives me nuts..
Thats a good example - I just had a big row with my isp over them not allowing be to use torrents - no matter what ports i specify they all get slowed down soon enough - they told me that torrents are used to spread copied music and movies etc - despite my argurment that I was downloading iso images of free distro's they were not interested - so I am changing ISP... they made me feel like I was doing something wrong.. not just trying to unburdon my fav distros webservers.
I use AOL 9 at home (UK) on 1mb broadband.. I have been using them for just under 12 months - and as soon as the 17th December 2004 hits I will be changing to another ISP - whilst I have found the connection ok - the customer support is appaling - the length of time on hold is unbearable... and they were not able to tell me why dns goes out the windows every 20 mins on average and the latency on FPS's is unbearable!!... also that browser drives me nuts! (I use firefox with the AOL browser minimised) - I am ready for all your anti AOL slagging - although I bet there are loads of AOL slashdot users...
sad but true - I went to school with a lad whose uncle was the lead singer of Dexy's midnight runners - their band name was derived from slang for people who courier amphetamines (probably spelt wrong)
not very exciting but something I will never forget.
I tried this on my Windows XP sp2 box using IE6 and Firefox (latest stable) it didnt work on either? I am confused as to how they can claim it affects all OS's - My windows machine is fully patched and upto date - as they all should be.. I dont have a windows 98 machine running ie5 to test it with though.
yeah - it may be worth it to me.. but if the engineer were to start letting people higher up he chain know - he could end up posting comments on/. about how he is struggling to find work:o(
all these questions about antenna , batteries etc - who knows what we will be carrying round in 15 years - I would like to think that the technology running alongside this new 1gb wireless would also have improved beyond what we have now.. 6 years ago the mobile phone and laptop I use daily seemed years off
This has reminded me of something which cropped up in my firm a couple of weeks ago - we have a system where internal positions which need filling are mailed out to consultants who are looking for other projects etc - one of my team applied for what is essentially his own job but in another part of the country (he thought it was for design and implementation instead of support) he got a reply back from HR saying that he was not suitable (for his own job!) - which given he is the most experianced / qualified / capable person I have worked with was laughable. We use a HR dept to vet cv's and given some of the idiots who have gotten to interview - I dread to think of the talent which has been passed over because HR dont understand the qualifications on their cv...
I was going to post a reply to this but then decided that it was pointless... however after the third full stop changed my mind.
perhaps it takes you to quickquid because your machine is infected with ad-aware and your constant searching for online £pound shops (a uk hobby where you can buy all manner of trash for you guessed it £1 ) means that your IE browser is now almost useless... or it could just be a forwarder?
I am forever being asked to fix computers belonging to family and friends - I do this for free - it only takes up a very small portion of my life, and I enjoy doing them favors, and when I want my heating fixing my brother in law will come and do it for free, my father in law will fix my car etc.. my father not long ago had a total wreck of a computer (thanks to my teenage brothers addiction of trying to find free porn sites) when I sorted it - he asked me what people who dont have a relative who works with computers do.. I told him that they get out the phone book and get ripped of by shops like pcworld - or they go and buy a new box.
The free I-pods thing is really getting me down.. especially as none of them are in the UK:O)
what you really need to do instead of clicking those free ipod links is take a look at the below (I have never laughed so much in years - safe for work - but needs sound)
*not porn*
http://www.hahahumor.com/funny-movies/hippo.htm
I am not what you would call an experianced Linux user so my opinion here is probably worthless - but when I have used linux - Suse, Mandrake, Knoppix, Gnoppix and more recently Morphix I have always found KDE to be a little hectic (hence the Gnoppix and Morphix use) - I know that you can change the fonts etc but I like a more rounded gui (this is all probably possible i know) I like the curves and welcoming feel of Gnome far more - I am currently playing around with a few live distro's before taking the plunge and installing it as my primary OS at home (Stuck on XP at work) just my ten cents worth
I think your being a bit harsh - how do you know that it doesnt snuggle up to you.. I have not read the full article - but for all your know - it could bring you a cup of warm milk at night, tuck you into bed and then snuggle up to you... (I have no idea where the ifbot part comes from though - perhaps everything that starts with the letter i is seen as cool now)
in which case I really need to move out of my nice quiet server room and interact with the rest of my office - before one day............
where am I... why have I got no pants on...
but how could this possibly be used to combat the onset of senility?? I can understand how the robot could be used to teach children or adults another language but old people telling the ipod that they are bored will not do anything to stop them forgetting where they live or where they left the car...
If my memory serves me correctly this was proposed some time ago - but never got very far - it was probably pushed aside to talk about more important issues than protecting childrens innocence - such as speed cameras on the motorways and fox hunting...
Not forgetting what lightning can do to these suckers.. Johnny 5 was alive - although he had a cool laser death ray and not a machine gun.. and when he turned against his masters the most exciting thing he then went on to do was watch tv and read..
Slashdot Mirror
I agree with this - I am forced into using Windows at work - I have managed to use Gnoppix for a lot of the work I do using Terminal Server sessions to Windows boxes - however I am still unable to get any mail program working alonside our company'e exchange servers (Corporate setup).. If anybody knows how I can do this - it would be much appreciated - my mail address is shown - please bear in mind that the exchange admins would have a fit if they knew I was using anything other than outlook!. If I could get my mail to work as well as Outlook does I would swap over in a heart beat - but constantly booting to another OS to check mails drives me nuts..
you run a legit copy of xp on your dell from your mums basement you idiot
Thats a good example - I just had a big row with my isp over them not allowing be to use torrents - no matter what ports i specify they all get slowed down soon enough - they told me that torrents are used to spread copied music and movies etc - despite my argurment that I was downloading iso images of free distro's they were not interested - so I am changing ISP... they made me feel like I was doing something wrong.. not just trying to unburdon my fav distros webservers.
I use AOL 9 at home (UK) on 1mb broadband.. I have been using them for just under 12 months - and as soon as the 17th December 2004 hits I will be changing to another ISP - whilst I have found the connection ok - the customer support is appaling - the length of time on hold is unbearable... and they were not able to tell me why dns goes out the windows every 20 mins on average and the latency on FPS's is unbearable!!... also that browser drives me nuts! (I use firefox with the AOL browser minimised) - I am ready for all your anti AOL slagging - although I bet there are loads of AOL slashdot users...
2mb? are you serious? I feel like sending you an external 120gb usb connecting HDisk. but then again..... Unlucky :o)
sad but true - I went to school with a lad whose uncle was the lead singer of Dexy's midnight runners - their band name was derived from slang for people who courier amphetamines (probably spelt wrong) not very exciting but something I will never forget.
well done - sounds awesome...and I reckon you always used to hide with a ton of ammo and a decent weapon just incase somebody joined in
"inadvertently raising the temperature of their scrotums" who says I am doing it inadvertantly? I happen to like my warm scrotum you insensitive clod
yes dumb ass - as posted a few spaces below this post
more like - take it here... http://tinyurl.com/6632t/ (googlefight)
I tried this on my Windows XP sp2 box using IE6 and Firefox (latest stable) it didnt work on either? I am confused as to how they can claim it affects all OS's - My windows machine is fully patched and upto date - as they all should be.. I dont have a windows 98 machine running ie5 to test it with though.
yeah - it may be worth it to me.. but if the engineer were to start letting people higher up he chain know - he could end up posting comments on /. about how he is struggling to find work :o(
all these questions about antenna , batteries etc - who knows what we will be carrying round in 15 years - I would like to think that the technology running alongside this new 1gb wireless would also have improved beyond what we have now.. 6 years ago the mobile phone and laptop I use daily seemed years off
This has reminded me of something which cropped up in my firm a couple of weeks ago - we have a system where internal positions which need filling are mailed out to consultants who are looking for other projects etc - one of my team applied for what is essentially his own job but in another part of the country (he thought it was for design and implementation instead of support) he got a reply back from HR saying that he was not suitable (for his own job!) - which given he is the most experianced / qualified / capable person I have worked with was laughable. We use a HR dept to vet cv's and given some of the idiots who have gotten to interview - I dread to think of the talent which has been passed over because HR dont understand the qualifications on their cv...
I was going to post a reply to this but then decided that it was pointless... however after the third full stop changed my mind. perhaps it takes you to quickquid because your machine is infected with ad-aware and your constant searching for online £pound shops (a uk hobby where you can buy all manner of trash for you guessed it £1 ) means that your IE browser is now almost useless... or it could just be a forwarder?
I am forever being asked to fix computers belonging to family and friends - I do this for free - it only takes up a very small portion of my life, and I enjoy doing them favors, and when I want my heating fixing my brother in law will come and do it for free, my father in law will fix my car etc.. my father not long ago had a total wreck of a computer (thanks to my teenage brothers addiction of trying to find free porn sites) when I sorted it - he asked me what people who dont have a relative who works with computers do.. I told him that they get out the phone book and get ripped of by shops like pcworld - or they go and buy a new box.
ironic coming from somebody posting as an anonymous coward!
The free I-pods thing is really getting me down.. especially as none of them are in the UK :O)
what you really need to do instead of clicking those free ipod links is take a look at the below (I have never laughed so much in years - safe for work - but needs sound)
*not porn*
http://www.hahahumor.com/funny-movies/hippo.htm
are you sure your monitor is not next to a large fan?
I am not what you would call an experianced Linux user so my opinion here is probably worthless - but when I have used linux - Suse, Mandrake, Knoppix, Gnoppix and more recently Morphix I have always found KDE to be a little hectic (hence the Gnoppix and Morphix use) - I know that you can change the fonts etc but I like a more rounded gui (this is all probably possible i know) I like the curves and welcoming feel of Gnome far more - I am currently playing around with a few live distro's before taking the plunge and installing it as my primary OS at home (Stuck on XP at work) just my ten cents worth
I think your being a bit harsh - how do you know that it doesnt snuggle up to you.. I have not read the full article - but for all your know - it could bring you a cup of warm milk at night, tuck you into bed and then snuggle up to you... (I have no idea where the ifbot part comes from though - perhaps everything that starts with the letter i is seen as cool now)
in which case I really need to move out of my nice quiet server room and interact with the rest of my office - before one day ............
where am I... why have I got no pants on...
but how could this possibly be used to combat the onset of senility?? I can understand how the robot could be used to teach children or adults another language but old people telling the ipod that they are bored will not do anything to stop them forgetting where they live or where they left the car...
If my memory serves me correctly this was proposed some time ago - but never got very far - it was probably pushed aside to talk about more important issues than protecting childrens innocence - such as speed cameras on the motorways and fox hunting...
Not forgetting what lightning can do to these suckers.. Johnny 5 was alive - although he had a cool laser death ray and not a machine gun.. and when he turned against his masters the most exciting thing he then went on to do was watch tv and read..