Randall should try creating a document on a Mac, editing it on an MS Windows PC, and opening it on a Linux machine. Let's see, MS Office, N/A, SoftMaker, N/A, OpenOffice... we have a winner.
Most documents I get these days are in PDF format. The occassional MS Word documents are usually so simple that the best way to read them is using antiword. Just about every Excel file opens fine in OpenOffice 1.1. The most problematic powerpoints are those created by Mac users with embedded Quicktime files - no one else can see those.
For complex documents, the publishers I deal with require LaTex.
Yes, I do have access to MS Office, but now that it has been upgraded to 2007 with its ribbon interface, I have no idea how to use it anymore.
NASA's logo is attached to the article, but the National Solar Observatory is funded by the National Science Foundation. Different agency entirely. http://www.nso.edu/
The linked video (from a local CBS affiliate in Dallas) states that the raid was instigated by AT&T and Verizon r.e. a good old-fashioned fraud scheme. No mention of pirated movies.
On my first laptop (Pentium based) I did a fair amount of web development work, so I often had a database (Postgres), web server, Netscape Communicator, and emacs all running at the same time, along with 6 xterms on an X desktop with FVWM2.
Total memory? 40 MB.
My current laptop has a spacious 1 GB and Linux, with Firefox and OpenOffice running doesn't even use half of it. Upgrading memory? Not worth the bother.
Look for the messages regarding "MediaSentry". Real network administrators posting their experiences receiving nonsensical requests from MediaSentry and related entities for information about bogus IP addresses. Doesn't reflect too well on MediaSentry's methodology.
My Nokia N810 is an ARM device, and it has Flash. Not the latest version and not powerful enough to run high-def videos, but it's there. Silverlight? Hah!
If the "writ of mandamus or prohibition" ever gets decided on the merits, it will be denied. The RIAA tries to read Rule 83.3 (the rule that governs recordings and broadcasts of a case) in a way to which it is not susceptible. Specifically,...
83.3(a) reads, "Except as specifically provided in these rules OR by order of the court..."
Rule 83.3(c) reads, "The court may permit..." followed by a list of certain types of proceedings.
The RIAA wants 83.3(c) to apply as a limitation to 83.3(a) "... by order of the court.." However, 83.3(c) is a rule, and as such it applies to 83.3(a) "specifically provided in these rules". For example, this rule permits a court to allow a recording of proceedings without the need to resort to an order.
Sorry folks, I have read too many SCO v. The World Court filings. The RIAA thinks just like SCO. Oh yes, SCO is now in bankruptcy.
Hawking has a wicked sense of humor and will pull practical jokes. Many years ago I watched him skewer Caltech professor Kip Thorne just as he (KT) was about to begin a seminar. It was one of those "you had to be there to appreciate it" moments, but it was hilarious - the whole audience was laughing. Not bad for someone who, even then, could do little more than activate his motorized wheelchair. A sense of timing does wonders.
The SCO Group has merrily sued IBM, AutoZone, Novell, and DaimlerChrysler and threatened all Linux users for all sorts of things, including:
Disclosure of Trade Secrets that do not exist Disclosure of source code that it does not own Copyright violations for code that comes from BSD, X Windows, and the OS/2, Multics, and
Tenex operating systems Copyright violations for code that it is currently distributing with a GPL license on
its own ftp site Copyright violations for code that is is currently distributing with a BSD type license
on its own ftp site Copyright violations for code that it wrote and distributed under a GPL license Copyright violations for code that Santa Cruz wrote and distributed under an open source
license
and that's not even the complete list. Yes, anyone can sue you for just about anything.
Yes, that is what I figured. Makes good sense if you are using the *nix box as an email server. Kind of a stretch if it is just one end-user who MIGHT forward an infected email, which will (likely) pass through additional virus filters. Anyway, I hold to the "each ship on its own bottom" philosophy, and if she doesn't need it, then out it goes. Especially on a resource-limited machine like the eee PC.
When I bought a friend her first-ever computer, I deliberately chose Linux (Xandros on eee PC) for exactly this reason. Rather bizarrely, Xandros comes with clamav installed, which seems rather pointless. At some point I will clean it off, mainly to free up disk space and cpu cycles. Oh, yes, she really likes the machine.
"This is an important milestone for SCO," said Darl McBride, president and CEO of The SCO Group. "SCO is very dedicated to the development and promotion of standards. We see standards adherence as central to the growth and progression of the Linux industry, and are committed to again being LSB certified when we release SCO Linux, powered by UnitedLinux, this fall."
My first laptop, a Thinkpad, came with OS/2 Warp plus Win 3.1 installed as standard. At a minimum, I wanted to
to connect, via TCP/IP and ethernet, to the local network and telnet in to my office machines at a remote location. A bonus would be to run X windows. Warp only supported dialup networking. To get ethernet support, it seemed I would have to upgrade to Warp Connect. But the documentation I had (and still do - a big fat book called OS/2 Warp Professional Reference) gave no clue that it would even work; instead, the chapters on networking talk about OS/2 Lan Server, Netware, Requestors, and Peer Services. Blech. Win 3.1? Er, no. Instead, I installed Linux and in no time had X and networking working fine. Bye bye, OS/2.
My 1996 notebook bit the dust recently - both hard disks threw errors left and right, and the thing would no longer boot.
My 2001 notebook is still running but the display is flaky, the keyboard is flaky, the lid hinges are loose, you'd be wasting your time dealing with old hardware.
Yes, yes, yes!!! My X60s actually doesn't have the finger print reader, but the addition of 4 useless "windows keys" all in the same row complete screws up the ctrl/alt/arrow keys.
Oh yes. In 1985, the Coca Cola company introduced a new product called "Coke Vista", except it was
know back then as "New Coke." After the public had sampled the new experience, the Coca Cola company
was compelled to reintroduce "Coke XP", except it was known back then as "Coke Classic".
That is all fine and well, but... uh... two of the witnesses relied on by SCO to support their position are Bob Frankenberg and Alok Mohan, BOTH OF WHOM SIGNED THE CONTRACT!!!
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Randall should try creating a document on a Mac, editing it on an MS Windows PC, and opening it on a Linux machine. Let's see, MS Office, N/A, SoftMaker, N/A, OpenOffice ... we have a winner.
Most documents I get these days are in PDF format. The occassional MS Word documents are usually so simple that the best way to read them is using antiword. Just about every Excel file opens fine in OpenOffice 1.1. The most problematic powerpoints are those created by Mac users with embedded Quicktime files - no one else can see those.
For complex documents, the publishers I deal with require LaTex.
Yes, I do have access to MS Office, but now that it has been upgraded to 2007 with its ribbon interface, I have no idea how to use it anymore.
NASA's logo is attached to the article, but the National Solar Observatory is funded by the National Science Foundation. Different agency entirely. http://www.nso.edu/
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=53225
The linked video (from a local CBS affiliate in Dallas) states that the raid was instigated by AT&T and Verizon r.e. a good old-fashioned fraud scheme. No mention of pirated movies.
On my first laptop (Pentium based) I did a fair amount of web development work, so I often had a database (Postgres), web server, Netscape Communicator, and emacs all running at the same time, along with 6 xterms on an X desktop with FVWM2.
Total memory? 40 MB.
My current laptop has a spacious 1 GB and Linux, with Firefox and OpenOffice running doesn't even use half of it. Upgrading memory? Not worth the bother.
Mostly innuendo and facts of marginal relevance.
Except for these two zingers:
http://lists.sans.org/pipermail/unisog/2004-April/
http://lists.sans.org/pipermail/unisog/2005-January/
Look for the messages regarding "MediaSentry". Real network administrators posting their experiences receiving nonsensical requests from MediaSentry and related entities for information about bogus IP addresses. Doesn't reflect too well on MediaSentry's methodology.
My Nokia N810 is an ARM device, and it has Flash. Not the latest version and not powerful enough to run high-def videos, but it's there. Silverlight? Hah!
... the company sponsoring this article is ... Microsoft?
Well, at least, that's the ad I get every time I reload the article.
That seems to be the message Microsoft is sending.
Oh yes, will it run on my ARM processor (where Flash runs just fine)?
If the "writ of mandamus or prohibition" ever gets decided on the merits, it will be denied. The RIAA tries to read Rule 83.3 (the rule that governs recordings and broadcasts of a case) in a way to which it is not susceptible. Specifically, ...
83.3(a) reads, "Except as specifically provided in these rules OR by order of the court ..."
Rule 83.3(c) reads, "The court may permit ..." followed by a list of certain types of proceedings.
The RIAA wants 83.3(c) to apply as a limitation to 83.3(a) "... by order of the court .." However, 83.3(c) is a rule, and as such it applies to 83.3(a) "specifically provided in these rules". For example, this rule permits a court to allow a recording of proceedings without the need to resort to an order.
Sorry folks, I have read too many SCO v. The World Court filings. The RIAA thinks just like SCO. Oh yes, SCO is now in bankruptcy.
Here is the Court filing:
http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/sony_tenenbaum_090117PetitionWritProhibitionMandamus.pdf
Hawking has a wicked sense of humor and will pull practical jokes. Many years ago I watched him skewer Caltech professor Kip Thorne just as he (KT) was about to begin a seminar. It was one of those "you had to be there to appreciate it" moments, but it was hilarious - the whole audience was laughing. Not bad for someone who, even then, could do little more than activate his motorized wheelchair. A sense of timing does wonders.
The SCO Group has merrily sued IBM, AutoZone, Novell, and DaimlerChrysler and threatened
all Linux users for all sorts of things, including:
Disclosure of Trade Secrets that do not exist
Disclosure of source code that it does not own
Copyright violations for code that comes from BSD, X Windows, and the OS/2, Multics, and
Tenex operating systems
Copyright violations for code that it is currently distributing with a GPL license on
its own ftp site
Copyright violations for code that is is currently distributing with a BSD type license
on its own ftp site
Copyright violations for code that it wrote and distributed under a GPL license
Copyright violations for code that Santa Cruz wrote and distributed under an open source
license
and that's not even the complete list. Yes, anyone can sue you for just about anything.
Yes, that is what I figured. Makes good sense if you are using the *nix box as an email server. Kind of a stretch if it is just one end-user who MIGHT forward an infected email, which will (likely) pass through additional virus filters. Anyway, I hold to the "each ship on its own bottom" philosophy, and if she doesn't need it, then out it goes. Especially on a resource-limited machine like the eee PC.
When I bought a friend her first-ever computer, I deliberately chose Linux (Xandros on eee PC) for exactly this reason. Rather bizarrely, Xandros comes with clamav installed, which seems rather pointless. At some point I will clean it off, mainly to free up disk space and cpu cycles. Oh, yes, she really likes the machine.
Start with machine language. Then assembly language. Make them use punched cards. Hey, that's how I learned it.
My first laptop, a Thinkpad, came with OS/2 Warp plus Win 3.1 installed as standard. At a minimum, I wanted to to connect, via TCP/IP and ethernet, to the local network and telnet in to my office machines at a remote location. A bonus would be to run X windows. Warp only supported dialup networking. To get ethernet support, it seemed I would have to upgrade to Warp Connect. But the documentation I had (and still do - a big fat book called OS/2 Warp Professional Reference) gave no clue that it would even work; instead, the chapters on networking talk about OS/2 Lan Server, Netware, Requestors, and Peer Services. Blech. Win 3.1? Er, no. Instead, I installed Linux and in no time had X and networking working fine. Bye bye, OS/2.
My 1996 notebook bit the dust recently - both hard disks threw errors left and right, and the thing would no longer boot.
My 2001 notebook is still running but the display is flaky, the keyboard is flaky, the lid hinges are loose, you'd be wasting your time dealing with old hardware.
According to the article, "The machine is also built on Intel's 915GM Express chipset with Integrated graphics." We all know what that means - the eee PC is VISTA CAPABLE! http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206900863
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Yes, yes, yes!!! My X60s actually doesn't have the finger print reader, but the addition of 4 useless "windows keys" all in the same row complete screws up the ctrl/alt/arrow keys.
Gee, who can guess which version of Windows they were running?
Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files?
... to complete its humiliation, Slashdot has managed to confuse PC Magazine, which has nothing to do with the article, with PC World which is where the article actually appears: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140583-page,5-c,techindustrytrends/article.html
Some things never change.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
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... uh ... two of the witnesses relied on by SCO to support their position
That is all fine and well, but
are Bob Frankenberg and Alok Mohan, BOTH OF WHOM SIGNED THE CONTRACT!!!
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Actually the story is so 2-weeks-ago. Back then I checked Amazon and Zune was indeed number 1 - it
just couldn't maintain that position.