"Jesus H. Christ, you're sock-monkeying that link all over the place. The answer clearly is, yes"
Jeez, excuse me, I thought this place had something to do with current technology. I guess Mad magazine is more appropriate. See CmdrTaco pictured here..
I recall at an anniversary ceremony Tibbets flew over an airfield and dropped a full size replica, now that must have got their attention. Is this more interesting than The web browser is a dead end
"In this case, the Egyptian government wants to bring peace to the Middle East, whereas the activists want more violence"
Not at all, all the activists want is the ability to get rid of the government, like we do. And the activists in the far east wouldn't be so violent if they didn't keep geting bombed with US made phosphorus bombs.
the eleventh commandment: thou shalt not criticize Israel
Luckily we live the the most democratic place on the planet. Where free speech and freedom to public protect are enshrined in the constitution. Except outside Parliament Square and American military bases and drug testing labs and.. anywhere else for that matter. You also risk getting arrested if you try and talk to any of the protesters. Try it if you don't believe me. One other method of intimidation is the mass photographing of protectors by the Police Forward Intelligence Team and ironically the seizure of photographs by legitimate journalists.
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"Freedom of speech without freedom of response is meaningless"
"Without privacy, there cannot be freedom. And without freedom, there cannot be personal or social growth"
'the employer has to show that the guest worker gets the prevailing wage, on par with all the "similarly qualified"'
This is nonsense, the whole raison datre of hiring H1B workers is that they are cheap. I mean why else do Disney hire on from here in the UK. What's wrong with all those out-of-work Americans?
"Both of these cases are OEM's fault - I stated in the past that this is probably one of the reasons MS will lose marketshare - lack of quality control over OEM distributors"
From other sources the whole 'Vista Capable' debacle was an attempt by Microsoft to . The rest of the OEMs had to then be brought on board.
"Has he caused any harm to any one? Has he stolen property? No and no. He just took a peek at something he was not authorized to look at. Big fucking deal"
No, but it's easier for some prosecutor to go after McKinnon than have to hunt down some real cyber criminals. They don't give a fuck if he is innocent or not, it's the guilty verdict that count.
One among many, what he actually did, was access some password-less WinNT machines and installed a remote desktop application. All in the pursuit of info on the US govs involvement in a UFO coverup. He once saw a pic of a flying saucer with US military markings but can't remember where exactly as a) he was on dialup and b)smoking a lot of dope at the time, not good for the intellect.
They 'caught' him (depending on who you believe) after c)system intrusions were detected or d) he would message them using WordPad and he used his own email to register the remote control app.
Calling Gary a 'hacker' is equivalent to referring to a McDonald's burger flipper as a Chef de Cuisine..
The real issue is that McKinnon is being extradited without the US being required to provide prima facie evidence, a situation that isn't reciprocated. I guess it's because we're not a real country anaways:)
"If Microsoft really said Linux was hurting them (and I didn't see where in TFA it says they did, please point me to it if you did)"
"Client faces strong competition from well-established companies with differing approaches to the PC market.. The Linux operating system, which is also derived from Unix and is available without payment under a General Public License, has gained some acceptance as competitive pressures lead PC OEMs to reduce costs and new, lower price PC form factors gain adoption"
"Maybe the original developers aren't around anymore. That's not so unlikely. These programmers knew the specs. They wrote the implementation, they better do!"
I would assume they would have use some kind of Revision Control System and MS could hire on new programmers and give then access to that, yea ?
"My Ubuntu 7.10 box used to crawl (well, Compiz/Nautilus/Gnome/The-UI) after several hours of continued opening/closing windows"
Given that, the Windows slowdown seems to be a much deeper issue with how the OS interacts with the hardrive. No amount of defraging/cleaning of the registry seems to cure it.
"I never did investigate the issue (because laziness) and it was fixed just with a graphical logout/login"
imho, The only time you see a Linux slowdown is when the swap is totally used, or/tmp is full, both are easly cured.
It's the amount of time you would have to spend as compared to a total reinstall of the OS, applications, config etc. else keep two Windows partitions and restore from the clean one at boot, else use a Linux distro..
"The number of bugs in technical documentation for Microsoft communication protocols continues to grow"
Why don't they use the original specs the programmers used to implement the communication protocols on Microsofts' own server product?
"Microsoft officials have also suggested that the number of bugs will rise as the company devotes more resources to identifying and fixing them"
How does documentation get 'bugs', with access to the source and the developers it would be straight forward to get each programmer to write up a high-level description of what each function does, gather that into a spec, and voilà, there's your documentation already.
. If the company had a history of hiding information, I would suspect this as yet more Microsoft undocumentation
"Please excuse my ignorance but why is UK's current situation so touchy with child abuse?"
Because there was a case here recently of a seventeen months old baby being tortured to death over a long period by his 'care givers'. Despite the fact that he was on the 'at risk register', at no time did the social services notice a broken back. See also here where a mother fakes the kidnapping of her own daughter.
Every so often the nation works itself up into a paedo-panic. Some time back it reached the heights of the absurd where a pediatrician was attacked in his own home. As someone else pointed out, a kid is more likely to be abused by a relative than some total stranger. So, if you're a male of a certain age, don't talk to kids in the street, don't have them in your home, never give your daughter a hug and never let your daughter climb into your lap and under no circumstances be alone in a room with her.
"that's the thing about wasps, they love animals, can't stand people"
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Said he as he modded it score -1, troll, and demonstrated yet again that satire is dead.
"Jesus H. Christ, you're sock-monkeying that link all over the place. The answer clearly is, yes"
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Jeez, excuse me, I thought this place had something to do with current technology. I guess Mad magazine is more appropriate. See CmdrTaco pictured here
Was it moral to drop the atom bomb on a bunch of slanty-eyed-bandy-legged-nips. Bugs Bunny "Nips the Nips". is this more interesting than The web browser is a dead end
"How soon until homeland security shows up accusing him of terrorism?"
Only if he criticizes Israel and starts to wear a keffiyeh, no it's not a teatowel. Is this more interesting than The web browser is a dead end
"a huge atomic phallic substitute seeming to come out of his crotch?"
You're not the first to notice the Freudian connotations. is this more interesting than this The web browser is a dead end
I recall at an anniversary ceremony Tibbets flew over an airfield and dropped a full size replica, now that must have got their attention. Is this more interesting than The web browser is a dead end
"In this case, the Egyptian government wants to bring peace to the Middle East, whereas the activists want more violence"
Not at all, all the activists want is the ability to get rid of the government, like we do. And the activists in the far east wouldn't be so violent if they didn't keep geting bombed with US made phosphorus bombs.
the eleventh commandment: thou shalt not criticize Israel
Luckily we live the the most democratic place on the planet. Where free speech and freedom to public protect are enshrined in the constitution. Except outside Parliament Square and American military bases and drug testing labs and .. anywhere else for that matter. You also risk getting arrested if you try and talk to any of the protesters. Try it if you don't believe me. One other method of intimidation is the mass photographing of protectors by the Police Forward Intelligence Team and ironically the seizure of photographs by legitimate journalists.
--
"Freedom of speech without freedom of response is meaningless"
"Without privacy, there cannot be freedom. And without freedom, there cannot be personal or social growth"
The web browser is a dead end
The web browser is a dead end
'the employer has to show that the guest worker gets the prevailing wage, on par with all the "similarly qualified"'
This is nonsense, the whole raison datre of hiring H1B workers is that they are cheap. I mean why else do Disney hire on from here in the UK. What's wrong with all those out-of-work Americans?
Are you a KDE or Gnome user? For me it's Xfce or fluxbox, less is more .. :)
"Both of these cases are OEM's fault - I stated in the past that this is probably one of the reasons MS will lose marketshare - lack of quality control over OEM distributors"
From other sources the whole 'Vista Capable' debacle was an attempt by Microsoft to . The rest of the OEMs had to then be brought on board.
"this was also the fault of the hardware manufacturers who pushed so hard on Microsoft to get the sticker on their products"
Like where, according to Microsoft insider Rob Enderle the push came from MS over the protests of Intel and others, unless you know differently.
'sitting on the OEM typically is not effective at making a problem like this go away'
"Has he caused any harm to any one? Has he stolen property? No and no. He just took a peek at something he was not authorized to look at. Big fucking deal"
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No, but it's easier for some prosecutor to go after McKinnon than have to hunt down some real cyber criminals. They don't give a fuck if he is innocent or not, it's the guilty verdict that count.
One among many, what he actually did, was access some password-less WinNT machines and installed a remote desktop application. All in the pursuit of info on the US govs involvement in a UFO coverup. He once saw a pic of a flying saucer with US military markings but can't remember where exactly as a) he was on dialup and b) smoking a lot of dope at the time, not good for the intellect.
They 'caught' him (depending on who you believe) after c) system intrusions were detected or d) he would message them using WordPad and he used his own email to register the remote control app. Calling Gary a 'hacker' is equivalent to referring to a McDonald's burger flipper as a Chef de Cuisine
Payment Processor Breach May Be Largest Ever
TJX Confirms Largest Credit-Card Breach Ever
The real issue is that McKinnon is being extradited without the US being required to provide prima facie evidence, a situation that isn't reciprocated. I guess it's because we're not a real country anaways :)
"If Microsoft really said Linux was hurting them (and I didn't see where in TFA it says they did, please point me to it if you did)"
.. The Linux operating system, which is also derived from Unix and is available without payment under a General Public License, has gained some acceptance as competitive pressures lead PC OEMs to reduce costs and new, lower price PC form factors gain adoption"
"Client faces strong competition from well-established companies with differing approaches to the PC market
"Maybe the original developers aren't around anymore. That's not so unlikely. These programmers knew the specs. They wrote the implementation, they better do!"
I would assume they would have use some kind of Revision Control System and MS could hire on new programmers and give then access to that, yea ?
"My Ubuntu 7.10 box used to crawl (well, Compiz/Nautilus/Gnome/The-UI) after several hours of continued opening/closing windows"
/tmp is full, both are easly cured.
Given that, the Windows slowdown seems to be a much deeper issue with how the OS interacts with the hardrive. No amount of defraging/cleaning of the registry seems to cure it.
"I never did investigate the issue (because laziness) and it was fixed just with a graphical logout/login"
imho, The only time you see a Linux slowdown is when the swap is totally used, or
It's the amount of time you would have to spend as compared to a total reinstall of the OS, applications, config etc. else keep two Windows partitions and restore from the clean one at boot, else use a Linux distro ..
"Pirated copies of Apple's new iWork '09 suite that are now available on file-sharing sites"
.. :)
I wonder who put it up there as now I'll have to go out and buy an AV suite
"The number of bugs in technical documentation for Microsoft communication protocols continues to grow"
Why don't they use the original specs the programmers used to implement the communication protocols on Microsofts' own server product?
"Microsoft officials have also suggested that the number of bugs will rise as the company devotes more resources to identifying and fixing them"
How does documentation get 'bugs', with access to the source and the developers it would be straight forward to get each programmer to write up a high-level description of what each function does, gather that into a spec, and voilà, there's your documentation already.
. If the company had a history of hiding information, I would suspect this as yet more Microsoft undocumentation
"Please excuse my ignorance but why is UK's current situation so touchy with child abuse?"
Because there was a case here recently of a seventeen months old baby being tortured to death over a long period by his 'care givers'. Despite the fact that he was on the 'at risk register', at no time did the social services notice a broken back. See also here where a mother fakes the kidnapping of her own daughter.
Every so often the nation works itself up into a paedo-panic. Some time back it reached the heights of the absurd where a pediatrician was attacked in his own home. As someone else pointed out, a kid is more likely to be abused by a relative than some total stranger. So, if you're a male of a certain age, don't talk to kids in the street, don't have them in your home, never give your daughter a hug and never let your daughter climb into your lap and under no circumstances be alone in a room with her.
"that's the thing about wasps, they love animals, can't stand people"
I'm a bit rusty, but isn't all this data stored in /var/log/ files and there's a tonne of scripts out there to audit it ..
I can't believe you really typed that bull.shit .. :)
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