Netscape-the-browser-v8 is a sorry POS. It came as an alternative to IE on my last 2 boxes. Locked the whole freakin O/S up when I tried to start it. Not even ctr-alt-del helped; had to do a hard reboot. Then downloaded and installed Firefox & Opera. I don't know who is sorriest AOL for releasing it or HP for putting it on the desktop.
Nestscape 8 is an abomination and a disgrace to the memory of Old [=Real] Netscape (v3-4.x) which I happily used back in the days of Win3.11, Cramp-U-serve, an' all that.
I keep seeing the statement that MS has smart people, as if the perception they don't was their only problem. IMHO, it isn't. As much as I hate to credit MS for anything, Excel is a superior spreadsheet, possibly the best. MS mice are good, too. What MS lacks more than anything else is a history of integrity. Shipping date over stability or safety. MS has been sued more over IP misappropriation than anyone else I can think of. The term vaporware may not have been coined for MS, but they are the epitome of shrewd use of it. MS would be less dangerous if they weren't so smart: if smarts + unlimited greed + 0 ehics doesn't add up to MS, I don't know what does.
The division's computing environment, consisting of nearly 2,000 different computers, is based on a network of diverse workstations including Linux, Windows
This is aimed at unspecified big businesses who may need clustered computing.
Clippy: "Looks like you are tring to calculate how much you can skim off of the sales tax collections without attracting attention... May I suggest..." OR "Hey, those old fossils don't deserve to have retirement or savings accounts anyway, let me show you how to temporarily divert a point or two of of their interst and dividends in a way that can never be found out, and will alows for much better payoff on executive stock options."
Yep. Like JavaLord above said Dv's trolled Windows users, too, e.g. here. I sort of remember some trollish article on Office couple of years bac, hmmh... this, perhaps? Although the last sounded like legit complaints. Whatever, page-hit$ are page-hit$: ka-ching!
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We are esentially putting our ability to communicate with each other in the hands of people we are not sure we can trust.
I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I'm sure it would be in the hands of people we can't trust, e.g., the turnover of all phone records to the NSA by ATT, Verizon, et cet.
This is a huge suck-job, which is actually doing something meaningful. If it were a RIAA product, it would be being advertized everywhere, as the "THE GREATEST ORGIASTIC SWINGING EXPERIENCE OF ALL TIME," and would be turn out to be just another hand-job, and... bring your own hand.
Back to topic, a little Googling failed to turn up more detailed data, even at the research institution sponsoring the study, the University of Western Australia Murdoch University, see here. I did come across the images of something else of interest on Rottnest Island, the quokka, which is not only more dignified and intelligent than the typical RIAA-oid, but a lot cuter, too.
Interesting concept. It would keep them real busy signing attestations. When I was in the army 30+ years ago, I think the existence of out pool table was classified. In the gov't. damn near eeverything is.
Actually, it does run Linux binaries. The earlier versions required binary compatibility to be added post-install. Since PC-BSD moved to FreeBSD kernel 6.0, Linux binary compatibility is pre-configured. There is no post-installation configuration now. Just add packages, either by.pbi, pkg_add, or ports. And yes, Kim, I know you were kidding.
If a hardware or software distributor is in violation of the GPL, the vendor has no liscence to use the GPL code. Period. Not even end of discussion, because there is nothing to discuss. The vendor is on the wrong side of copyright law, and the vendor's only legal options are to a) remove the GPL code, or b) get into compliance. What's to discuss? That hurts? Tough shit.
Same with MS and others' EULAs, if MS determines you are in violation of their EULA, and revokes your "rights" to use it, you are legally required to remove the MS software from your system(s). Period. Nothing to discuss. That hurts? Tough shit.
If the MPAA did what is alleged, it is a felony violation of 18 U.S.C 2701, Chapter 121Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Act. Please dont take my word for it here's a link to an official government site. As they contracted for it a conspiracy may have taken place.
Actually, I agree that piracy is wrong. Be that as it may, two wrongs do not make a right, just two wrongs. Why isn't the FBI investigating alleged felonious conduct by the MPAA? As a champion of the law, I trust you would support such an investigation, let the chips fall where they may? If pirating movies is wrong (agreed), why aren't GPL violations wrong? Do you agree?
How do you guys explain away the fact that Osama & Co take credit for 9-11? How do you explain away the fact that Al-Qaeda takes credit for most of the violence in Iraq even now? Are the videos of people having their heads sawed off with knives actually evidence that Al-Jazeera is part of a White House cabal? What about the rape and butchery of all those Russian children in Beslan?
How will you explain it away when your Al-Qaeda heroes pop a nuke in a big European or North American city? As long as you have your heads in the sand or up your asses, you may as well start making up some fantasy explanation now, because it is only a matter of time.
And one more thing... crack cocaine, or methamphetamines, or whatever drugs you may be using are not your friends.
Thanks for the warning, That is a vile EULA, even by MS standards. Particularly troubling is the business about it getting into the BIOS, WTF is that supposed to be about?! I will never accept that EULA. I was thinking of booting my Windows partition tomorrow to let it update, as its been 2 or 3 months. Plan A:shut the box off, then 1) disable eth0, 2) reboot, 3) disable Automatic Updates, 4) shutdown, 5) re-enable eth0, 5) reboot, 6) cherry-pick the alleged security updates, and 7) reboot into Linux. OR Plan B: reboot and then 1) install another Linux distro or FreeBSD over Windows, and be done with it (no steps 2-6 in Plan B).
Jackson's findings of fact were not overturned. They are here. Penfield's Conclusions of Law and Order are here. The findings of fact were not overturned. Both are available as.html or.pdf or wpd files (but not, interestingly, as.doc [=MS Word] files).
Penfield's remedies are here. The gutted final judgement produced by the DOJ cave-in and the Appeals court kowtowing to MS is here here. It's a mere slap on the wrist. "Pretty please, play nice, now, or at least don't get caught flagrantly breaking the law." I wonder how much $jack the DOJ and US Appeals court judges cost. Less than an hour's profits, I'd bet. Ask your MS pals.
The problem is that Microsoft succeeded by doing this, while the others did not.
The real problem is that MS broke the law in order to succeed. In the eyes of many, it is continuing to break the law whhile thumbing its nose at those trying to get it to obey the law. Or do you believe MS should be above the law? How is allowing MS to use illegal methods to exterminate the competition in any field going to help the consumer in the long run? When they have finished crushing everyone else, they will be able to charge $100, or $200 a month, or $500 a month for their OS, and there won't be anything you can do about it, except to pay up or quit using your computer!
Almost anyone can install Windows on almost any computer.
Oh really,how about a SPARC? or a ppc-Apple MAC? Seriously, hand Joe-Sixpack an OEM disk and ask him to install it on a blank hard drive, and get everything sound, video etc working right. Bring some sandwiches & a thermos of coffee... or a case of beer & a couple of pounds of pretzels... whatever floats your boat. Should be a full day of amusement. OTOH its 20 or 30 minutes with Mepis, Ubuntu or even PC-BSD. Chances are good ol' Joe won't have to know spit--or even be sober. Actually, the last time I installed FreeBSD took less time than the last time I installed XP, even including writing the.xinitrc file and enabling sound--both of which required less time than loading video or sound card drivers for XP.
It's only a matter of time before Microsoft and other large companies start to make aggressive patent moves against Linux, and as far as I'm concerned, Linux deserves every single bit of crap that's thrown at it.
Are you listening DOJ? Oh, Pretending not to hear. Sorry to bother you. Actually your beloved MS and its proprietary suck-buddies are a lot more likely to be going after one another, as there's more profit to be had by Symantec vs. MS, or MS vs. Oracle or Adobe vs. MS than MS vs. Puppy Linux, where they might stand to win some poor bastard's stack of bills.
Say anything bad about Linux and watch your post get moderated down, down and thrice down.
More like say anything mildly negative about MS and get modded to oblivion, as near as I can tell.
Oh, and one more thing, tell Bill, Steve and Darl, they need to spend some more money to get you guys into a better Troll-school. You used to like Linux? Hard to believe. Enjoy your 30 pieces of silver, though.
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Netscape-the-browser-v8 is a sorry POS. It came as an alternative to IE on my last 2 boxes. Locked the whole freakin O/S up when I tried to start it. Not even ctr-alt-del helped; had to do a hard reboot. Then downloaded and installed Firefox & Opera. I don't know who is sorriest AOL for releasing it or HP for putting it on the desktop. Nestscape 8 is an abomination and a disgrace to the memory of Old [=Real] Netscape (v3-4.x) which I happily used back in the days of Win3.11, Cramp-U-serve, an' all that.
Other than noting that he is recovered, none that I've noticed. A private person, which I respect.
You are right on target. MS's religion seems to involve a 3D-Trinity: Deceit, Dollars, and Dictatorship.
Well said.
Wish I had mod points, your post is on-target & funny.
I keep seeing the statement that MS has smart people, as if the perception they don't was their only problem. IMHO, it isn't. As much as I hate to credit MS for anything, Excel is a superior spreadsheet, possibly the best. MS mice are good, too. What MS lacks more than anything else is a history of integrity. Shipping date over stability or safety. MS has been sued more over IP misappropriation than anyone else I can think of. The term vaporware may not have been coined for MS, but they are the epitome of shrewd use of it. MS would be less dangerous if they weren't so smart: if smarts + unlimited greed + 0 ehics doesn't add up to MS, I don't know what does.
This is aimed at unspecified big businesses who may need clustered computing.
... May I suggest..." OR "Hey, those old fossils don't deserve to have retirement or savings accounts anyway, let me show you how to temporarily divert a point or two of of their interst and dividends in a way that can never be found out, and will alows for much better payoff on executive stock options."
Clippy: "Looks like you are tring to calculate how much you can skim off of the sales tax collections without attracting attention
That explains why I haven't gotten the last item I "won" almost three weeks after paying up.
Yep. Like JavaLord above said Dv's trolled Windows users, too, e.g. here. I sort of remember some trollish article on Office couple of years bac, hmmh ... this, perhaps? Although the last sounded like legit complaints. Whatever, page-hit$ are page-hit$: ka-ching!
This is a huge suck-job, which is actually doing something meaningful. If it were a RIAA product, it would be being advertized everywhere, as the "THE GREATEST ORGIASTIC SWINGING EXPERIENCE OF ALL TIME," and would be turn out to be just another hand-job, and ... bring your own hand.
Back to topic, a little Googling failed to turn up more detailed data, even at the research institution sponsoring the study, the University of Western Australia Murdoch University, see here. I did come across the images of something else of interest on Rottnest Island, the quokka, which is not only more dignified and intelligent than the typical RIAA-oid, but a lot cuter, too.
The article posted above seems to be based on this from Ohio State University, which is better illustrated, etc.
If you want to "experiment" with results of various impacts, Arizona State has an online calculator.
Interesting concept. It would keep them real busy signing attestations. When I was in the army 30+ years ago, I think the existence of out pool table was classified. In the gov't. damn near eeverything is.
Actually, it does run Linux binaries. The earlier versions required binary compatibility to be added post-install. Since PC-BSD moved to FreeBSD kernel 6.0, Linux binary compatibility is pre-configured. There is no post-installation configuration now. Just add packages, either by .pbi, pkg_add, or ports. And yes, Kim, I know you were kidding.
If a hardware or software distributor is in violation of the GPL, the vendor has no liscence to use the GPL code. Period. Not even end of discussion, because there is nothing to discuss. The vendor is on the wrong side of copyright law, and the vendor's only legal options are to a) remove the GPL code, or b) get into compliance. What's to discuss? That hurts? Tough shit.
Same with MS and others' EULAs, if MS determines you are in violation of their EULA, and revokes your "rights" to use it, you are legally required to remove the MS software from your system(s). Period. Nothing to discuss. That hurts? Tough shit.
If the MPAA did what is alleged, it is a felony violation of 18 U.S.C 2701, Chapter 121Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Act. Please dont take my word for it here's a link to an official government site. As they contracted for it a conspiracy may have taken place.
Actually, I agree that piracy is wrong. Be that as it may, two wrongs do not make a right, just two wrongs. Why isn't the FBI investigating alleged felonious conduct by the MPAA? As a champion of the law, I trust you would support such an investigation, let the chips fall where they may? If pirating movies is wrong (agreed), why aren't GPL violations wrong? Do you agree?
Maybe, but I thought they were supporting the Hurd... ;)
How do you guys explain away the fact that Osama & Co take credit for 9-11? How do you explain away the fact that Al-Qaeda takes credit for most of the violence in Iraq even now? Are the videos of people having their heads sawed off with knives actually evidence that Al-Jazeera is part of a White House cabal? What about the rape and butchery of all those Russian children in Beslan?
... crack cocaine, or methamphetamines, or whatever drugs you may be using are not your friends.
How will you explain it away when your Al-Qaeda heroes pop a nuke in a big European or North American city? As long as you have your heads in the sand or up your asses, you may as well start making up some fantasy explanation now, because it is only a matter of time.
And one more thing
Thanks for the warning, That is a vile EULA, even by MS standards. Particularly troubling is the business about it getting into the BIOS, WTF is that supposed to be about?! I will never accept that EULA. I was thinking of booting my Windows partition tomorrow to let it update, as its been 2 or 3 months. Plan A:shut the box off, then 1) disable eth0, 2) reboot, 3) disable Automatic Updates, 4) shutdown, 5) re-enable eth0, 5) reboot, 6) cherry-pick the alleged security updates, and 7) reboot into Linux. OR Plan B: reboot and then 1) install another Linux distro or FreeBSD over Windows, and be done with it (no steps 2-6 in Plan B).
Jackson's findings of fact were not overturned. They are here. Penfield's Conclusions of Law and Order are here. The findings of fact were not overturned. Both are available as .html or .pdf or wpd files (but not, interestingly, as .doc [=MS Word] files).
Penfield's remedies are here. The gutted final judgement produced by the DOJ cave-in and the Appeals court kowtowing to MS is here here. It's a mere slap on the wrist. "Pretty please, play nice, now, or at least don't get caught flagrantly breaking the law." I wonder how much $jack the DOJ and US Appeals court judges cost. Less than an hour's profits, I'd bet. Ask your MS pals.
More on this and other MS litigation over here.
More like say anything mildly negative about MS and get modded to oblivion, as near as I can tell. Oh, and one more thing, tell Bill, Steve and Darl, they need to spend some more money to get you guys into a better Troll-school. You used to like Linux? Hard to believe. Enjoy your 30 pieces of silver, though.