Interestingly enough throwing money at depression is exactly what makes it go away. It's what got us through 'The Great Depression' and it's what's getting us through this recession. That's not even a partisan opinion, it's documented fact. This doesn't mean I agree with all the bailouts, or that they were necessary, but if you were paying attention, bailouts were started by GWB and plans to continue to give money away were put in place months before Obama was in office. He only finished the job.
I'd like to know what 'party' you align yourself with that thinks that governmental injection of cash into the economy is not effective and hear some of their alternative ideas on the matter. Because frankly theories as to how to make the economy bounce back are all well and good, but going with what has worked is the most sensible option.
As for this site who bans folks for merely suggesting Ad Block -- may I introduce Site Block! The amazing new internet tool which allows you to block websites with the click of a button! Where ass-hattery abounds, Site Block will be there to ensure you're safe.
I can't remember my password, and honestly I'm too peeved to bother retreiving it at the moment.
Yes, our Freedom of Speech can be used against us in a court, or abused by corporations or media outlets, however that does not make it a bad thing. It simply makes it an easy thing to exploit and abuse.
As far as it being inappropriate to use the Nazi symbol in media; well maybe it is in bad form, and maybe it makes some people uncomfortable, but it's a bit of history. One which affected the world, not just Europe. The Nazi laws in Europe are significant, but they're also oppressive and insane. To say a country is so scarred by a piece of history that it has to ban a symbol in order to protect people from being sad, uncomfortable, or in Germany's case for feeling remourseful is downright ridiculous. Grown ups, as you say, should be able to handle whatever flow of emotion comes from viewing these symbols, and should also be able to say for themselves "I'm not comfortable with this, I'm not going to purchase this game". It shouldn't require action from any government to say "no we can't have that, it might upset people who were/are affected by that bit of history".
Stop pretending that Europe is so much more enlightened than the US. Stop pretending that being a country that was invaded in some way makes you (who are very likely not even old enough to have been a twinkle in someone's eye when Nazy Germany invaded Europe) an expert on how that feels, or what it's like. Fair money says you weren't there, you weren't a part of it, and you can't REALLY sympathize with it anymore than someone from a different country can.
Uh.. no it's not different. The domain returns a registration with NetSol's name on it. Regardless if it's paid for or a 5 day lien on a domain, it's registered. No one said the domain was taken for any period of time, just that it was taken.
Actually, I find this story interesting. Hosting companies with that many customers don't usually just fold overnight without so much as a warning. They're usually bought out or some notice is given with an alternate host given as a way to continue hosting seemlessly.
Quite frankly the only thing more annoying than running across 'fluff' posts, are the people who piss, moan and flame the person who posted the article. Seriously, find a new past time. Slashdot is a community and kdawson is trying to contribute. That's more than you're offering by bitching constantly.
I'm not a network admin, haven't been for years but I think GFI Lan Guard will monitor network traffic and let you know when the network is being flooded and by what MAC Address. There are several packages available that do just that.
Uhh.. negative. Any managed switch worth a sh!t would've noticed the bad checksum and dropped the package. Any network admin worth a sh!t would've had it setup so he knew where the problem was via SOME reporting capability. If 1 NIC was bombing the network someone should've known about it.
I can think of one, the general public couldn't do much beyond word processing and web surfing with a linux box and would be lost on a mac box. Windows is the only platform that allows for easy software installation and because of it's long-standing domination in the PC market, for the most part people are just familiar and comfortable with it.
Now, I'm a *nix geek, but I wouldn't put my parents on a Linux box because I know I'd be getting calls 5 times a day about where they can find this type of software and how do they do that.
..then at the end claims a billion computers running Windows.
So what I want to know, is it a billion computers running Windows simultaneously, a billion INSTALLS (as in I have to wipe and resetup mine every 6 months so my computers performance can be restored) or is it counting all forms of Windows, like Windows Mobile, Windows CD, etc. Yes, I know they're Windows, but they're not PC's.
..on the computer side to make anyone want to write a worm/virus. You wouldn't try and make a name for yourself in the snow shoe business in Miami, why would you write malicious code for a Mac?
As far as death threats go, that's believable, though the guy making the claims is probably just some attention whoring drama queen. You know the type, new illness every week, back trouble, relationship trouble, no one likes me, nobody wants to play with me, Timmy stole my fire engine, Bobby is teasing me.
..a stupid article. No just playing. I'm confused because the article didn't seem to present a case for what problems existed and exactly what they did to solve those problems.
Oh a couple side notes for the publisher.
First please let us know when the full details of the article require a paid subscription.
Second, please make links with a target of _blank so that we don't get taken away from our beloved/.
Ok, *that* is bizarre. My yahoo account I've had for a looong time says "You now have unlimited storage" when I login, whereas the newer ones I setup for email lists, spam and other such nonsense gives me a quota.
No, the iPod is an MP3 player and iTunes is the media playing software they provide to manage your media library. Don't flame someone for poking fun at your poor sense of wording. Fix your english.
Doh! I forgot what Word95 Spacing looks like. I'll be right back, I need to dig an old pc out of the closet, hook it up, install a (legal:snicker:) copy of Word 95 on it and remind myself what it looks like so I can determine if that's the style I'm looking for.
What a ridiculously contrived way of describing a style.
Actually I agree with Wyfling. I've tested Ubuntu on several computers, both laptop and desktop and it installs quickly and easily and everything works. It isn't an anomaly that everything works, it's designed that way and it's consistent. Mandriva is a great distro and very user friendly but wireless didn't work out of the box on my Dell Inspiron notebook, and when I replaced it with my Acer Aspire 5670 the wireless didn't work on that either. (Amongst other things) My Acer uses the Intel 3945 and it should work on EVERY distro being as it's so common, but unfortunately only Ubuntu gets it right.
Here's what Ubuntu has -- this coming from a Linux Geek who doesn't use Ubuntu:
It works. No monkeying around, no driver hunt or configuration issues, it works. I can pop Ubuntu in my Acer Aspire 5670 laptop and it loads the wireless, loads the ATI Video drivers, EVERYTHING and it gives me no grief. Fedora, Mandrive, Suse, etc.. all give you grief when you're installing the OS. Fedora 6 is the next best thing but getting the wireless to work is painful, and while *I* can accomplish it, I've spent a great deal of time in the console making things work. Ask someone who's barely computer literate to hack through getting their wireless to work on almost any distro and you'll wind up with a very frustrated person.
Take ten computers both laptop and desktops and take your favorite flavor of distro and try to install. You'll wind up with missing drivers, incomplete installs due to a bad base set of drivers, non-functioning notebook features.. it is a disaster.
I'm tested Ubuntu on a half dozen computers, all with different hardware, both laptops and desktops and it works. No other distro can say that. Did I mention I'm a Fedora fan?
..last week on my FC6 laptop, I installed IE4Linux (IE5, 5.5 and 6.0) and proceeded to have fun downloading Windows Updates. It seems Ubuntu isn't the only distro that validates as genuine. I did nothing special, just installed IE4Linux and ran updates and it validated and proceeded to find updates my computer required and try and download them. Riotously funny. My coworkers in the office got a good laugh.
It's likely that rather than validating as genuine, it just doesn't validate at all.
I'm a Fedora fan and use it on my laptop and my desktop, however dual-boot Windows Vista on my desktop for work, as I need to know all there is to know about the latest and greatest and I can say with confidence that Vista isn't as bad as it's made out to be. I'm a power user and every program I require works, as does every game, nothing crashes and the OS is stable (has not crashed in 3 months of solid use)
Also, nothing is more of a pain in the arse than linux. Fedora Core 3 for example, took 3 hours to get my intel ipw3945 wireless workign on my laptop. Windows, 35 seconds. Windows Media Center with supported Happauge TV device, 3 minutes. MythTV, countless hours. This fault of Vista is something us linux users fight all the time. The software is incomplete, incompatible, unpredictable and just generally a pain in the arse. The free aspect coupled with my desire to conquer these challenges is the only reason I bother using linux. Windows is superior in it's user-friendly everything. Set you prejudices aside for 5 minutes and stop being juvenile. Nothing in any software is ever perfect. Not in Microsoft and CERTAINLY not in ANY linux distro
I *am* a linux guy. Like it or not, all of this is the truth. There is little-to-know room for argument here.
The installation process for MythTV has always been atrocious. I consider myself somewhere between a novice and intermediate Linux user and I have been unsuccessful thus far in getting MythTV to work. Have they updated it so it's an easier install? Truthfully TVTime comes all setup working with my TV card without any effort, so I find it kind-of strange that MythTV is such a complex beast. There has to be a way to make it more user-friendly to setup.
Similar to many bluetooth devices, new and old. One such example is the Sony Ericsson S710a. This is a cellular phone with integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.3" screen, mp3 playing abilities and of course the ability to upload directly to the web or email. (Obviously this assumes you've got a bluetooth enabled router)
My brother's got this phone, it's just plain amazing. The only bummer is the service he gets with cingular is rather sub-par in his area.
Slashdot supports opensource. It's a part of OSTG (See the top of your screen) which includes SourceForge (open source software directory/project management site), and Linux.com. I'm quite certain with the way MS regards software (There have been comments like "Supporters of opensource softare are communists"), and in particular opensource software, that everything surrounding Slashdot up-to and including (Out on a limb here) the majority of it's members think of Microsoft as a giant evil robot and Bill Gates as the all-power cyborg leader. Hence the (hysterical in my book!) icon.
Not so, in my humble opinion. The only thing that made a mac unique was the OS and the processor, and the processor was making the pc cost-prohibitive for joe america to own, and quite frankly making it impossible for mac to compete on any real level with intel and amd. Put an intel in a mac, and it's still a mac. It's all in the OS.
..I currently have 2 phone numbers from WorldBand Communications It's an inexpensive service and has been extremely reliable. I should disclose that this IS my employer, but I'd like to add that while I'm loyal to my employer, I wouldn't keep a phone service that sucked, nor would I solicit that service unless it was worth while. Check it out.
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Interestingly enough throwing money at depression is exactly what makes it go away. It's what got us through 'The Great Depression' and it's what's getting us through this recession. That's not even a partisan opinion, it's documented fact. This doesn't mean I agree with all the bailouts, or that they were necessary, but if you were paying attention, bailouts were started by GWB and plans to continue to give money away were put in place months before Obama was in office. He only finished the job. I'd like to know what 'party' you align yourself with that thinks that governmental injection of cash into the economy is not effective and hear some of their alternative ideas on the matter. Because frankly theories as to how to make the economy bounce back are all well and good, but going with what has worked is the most sensible option. As for this site who bans folks for merely suggesting Ad Block -- may I introduce Site Block! The amazing new internet tool which allows you to block websites with the click of a button! Where ass-hattery abounds, Site Block will be there to ensure you're safe.
I can't remember my password, and honestly I'm too peeved to bother retreiving it at the moment.
Yes, our Freedom of Speech can be used against us in a court, or abused by corporations or media outlets, however that does not make it a bad thing. It simply makes it an easy thing to exploit and abuse.
As far as it being inappropriate to use the Nazi symbol in media; well maybe it is in bad form, and maybe it makes some people uncomfortable, but it's a bit of history. One which affected the world, not just Europe. The Nazi laws in Europe are significant, but they're also oppressive and insane. To say a country is so scarred by a piece of history that it has to ban a symbol in order to protect people from being sad, uncomfortable, or in Germany's case for feeling remourseful is downright ridiculous. Grown ups, as you say, should be able to handle whatever flow of emotion comes from viewing these symbols, and should also be able to say for themselves "I'm not comfortable with this, I'm not going to purchase this game". It shouldn't require action from any government to say "no we can't have that, it might upset people who were/are affected by that bit of history".
Stop pretending that Europe is so much more enlightened than the US. Stop pretending that being a country that was invaded in some way makes you (who are very likely not even old enough to have been a twinkle in someone's eye when Nazy Germany invaded Europe) an expert on how that feels, or what it's like. Fair money says you weren't there, you weren't a part of it, and you can't REALLY sympathize with it anymore than someone from a different country can.
FYI This was me.
Uh.. no it's not different. The domain returns a registration with NetSol's name on it. Regardless if it's paid for or a 5 day lien on a domain, it's registered. No one said the domain was taken for any period of time, just that it was taken.
Actually, I find this story interesting. Hosting companies with that many customers don't usually just fold overnight without so much as a warning. They're usually bought out or some notice is given with an alternate host given as a way to continue hosting seemlessly.
Quite frankly the only thing more annoying than running across 'fluff' posts, are the people who piss, moan and flame the person who posted the article. Seriously, find a new past time. Slashdot is a community and kdawson is trying to contribute. That's more than you're offering by bitching constantly.
I'm not a network admin, haven't been for years but I think GFI Lan Guard will monitor network traffic and let you know when the network is being flooded and by what MAC Address. There are several packages available that do just that.
Uhh.. negative. Any managed switch worth a sh!t would've noticed the bad checksum and dropped the package. Any network admin worth a sh!t would've had it setup so he knew where the problem was via SOME reporting capability. If 1 NIC was bombing the network someone should've known about it.
Now, I'm a *nix geek, but I wouldn't put my parents on a Linux box because I know I'd be getting calls 5 times a day about where they can find this type of software and how do they do that.
So what I want to know, is it a billion computers running Windows simultaneously, a billion INSTALLS (as in I have to wipe and resetup mine every 6 months so my computers performance can be restored) or is it counting all forms of Windows, like Windows Mobile, Windows CD, etc. Yes, I know they're Windows, but they're not PC's.
As far as death threats go, that's believable, though the guy making the claims is probably just some attention whoring drama queen. You know the type, new illness every week, back trouble, relationship trouble, no one likes me, nobody wants to play with me, Timmy stole my fire engine, Bobby is teasing me.
..a stupid article. No just playing. I'm confused because the article didn't seem to present a case for what problems existed and exactly what they did to solve those problems. Oh a couple side notes for the publisher. First please let us know when the full details of the article require a paid subscription. Second, please make links with a target of _blank so that we don't get taken away from our beloved /.
Ok, *that* is bizarre. My yahoo account I've had for a looong time says "You now have unlimited storage" when I login, whereas the newer ones I setup for email lists, spam and other such nonsense gives me a quota.
..is that they'd use Yahoo! Mail to retrieve the data. Gmail offers more space. Hrm. Poorly researched.
No, the iPod is an MP3 player and iTunes is the media playing software they provide to manage your media library. Don't flame someone for poking fun at your poor sense of wording. Fix your english.
Doh! I forgot what Word95 Spacing looks like. I'll be right back, I need to dig an old pc out of the closet, hook it up, install a (legal :snicker:) copy of Word 95 on it and remind myself what it looks like so I can determine if that's the style I'm looking for.
What a ridiculously contrived way of describing a style.
Actually I agree with Wyfling. I've tested Ubuntu on several computers, both laptop and desktop and it installs quickly and easily and everything works. It isn't an anomaly that everything works, it's designed that way and it's consistent. Mandriva is a great distro and very user friendly but wireless didn't work out of the box on my Dell Inspiron notebook, and when I replaced it with my Acer Aspire 5670 the wireless didn't work on that either. (Amongst other things) My Acer uses the Intel 3945 and it should work on EVERY distro being as it's so common, but unfortunately only Ubuntu gets it right.
Here's what Ubuntu has -- this coming from a Linux Geek who doesn't use Ubuntu:
It works. No monkeying around, no driver hunt or configuration issues, it works. I can pop Ubuntu in my Acer Aspire 5670 laptop and it loads the wireless, loads the ATI Video drivers, EVERYTHING and it gives me no grief. Fedora, Mandrive, Suse, etc.. all give you grief when you're installing the OS. Fedora 6 is the next best thing but getting the wireless to work is painful, and while *I* can accomplish it, I've spent a great deal of time in the console making things work. Ask someone who's barely computer literate to hack through getting their wireless to work on almost any distro and you'll wind up with a very frustrated person.
Take ten computers both laptop and desktops and take your favorite flavor of distro and try to install. You'll wind up with missing drivers, incomplete installs due to a bad base set of drivers, non-functioning notebook features.. it is a disaster.
I'm tested Ubuntu on a half dozen computers, all with different hardware, both laptops and desktops and it works. No other distro can say that. Did I mention I'm a Fedora fan?
..last week on my FC6 laptop, I installed IE4Linux (IE5, 5.5 and 6.0) and proceeded to have fun downloading Windows Updates. It seems Ubuntu isn't the only distro that validates as genuine. I did nothing special, just installed IE4Linux and ran updates and it validated and proceeded to find updates my computer required and try and download them. Riotously funny. My coworkers in the office got a good laugh. It's likely that rather than validating as genuine, it just doesn't validate at all.
I'm a Fedora fan and use it on my laptop and my desktop, however dual-boot Windows Vista on my desktop for work, as I need to know all there is to know about the latest and greatest and I can say with confidence that Vista isn't as bad as it's made out to be. I'm a power user and every program I require works, as does every game, nothing crashes and the OS is stable (has not crashed in 3 months of solid use) Also, nothing is more of a pain in the arse than linux. Fedora Core 3 for example, took 3 hours to get my intel ipw3945 wireless workign on my laptop. Windows, 35 seconds. Windows Media Center with supported Happauge TV device, 3 minutes. MythTV, countless hours. This fault of Vista is something us linux users fight all the time. The software is incomplete, incompatible, unpredictable and just generally a pain in the arse. The free aspect coupled with my desire to conquer these challenges is the only reason I bother using linux. Windows is superior in it's user-friendly everything. Set you prejudices aside for 5 minutes and stop being juvenile. Nothing in any software is ever perfect. Not in Microsoft and CERTAINLY not in ANY linux distro I *am* a linux guy. Like it or not, all of this is the truth. There is little-to-know room for argument here.
The installation process for MythTV has always been atrocious. I consider myself somewhere between a novice and intermediate Linux user and I have been unsuccessful thus far in getting MythTV to work. Have they updated it so it's an easier install? Truthfully TVTime comes all setup working with my TV card without any effort, so I find it kind-of strange that MythTV is such a complex beast. There has to be a way to make it more user-friendly to setup.
Similar to many bluetooth devices, new and old. One such example is the Sony Ericsson S710a. This is a cellular phone with integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.3" screen, mp3 playing abilities and of course the ability to upload directly to the web or email. (Obviously this assumes you've got a bluetooth enabled router) My brother's got this phone, it's just plain amazing. The only bummer is the service he gets with cingular is rather sub-par in his area.
Slashdot supports opensource. It's a part of OSTG (See the top of your screen) which includes SourceForge (open source software directory/project management site), and Linux.com. I'm quite certain with the way MS regards software (There have been comments like "Supporters of opensource softare are communists"), and in particular opensource software, that everything surrounding Slashdot up-to and including (Out on a limb here) the majority of it's members think of Microsoft as a giant evil robot and Bill Gates as the all-power cyborg leader. Hence the (hysterical in my book!) icon.
I consistently get a full 54mbps from my home wireless laptop when I'm within my house. What kind of experience do you have with wireless devices?
Not so, in my humble opinion. The only thing that made a mac unique was the OS and the processor, and the processor was making the pc cost-prohibitive for joe america to own, and quite frankly making it impossible for mac to compete on any real level with intel and amd. Put an intel in a mac, and it's still a mac. It's all in the OS.
I just found this job posting at Monster in Canada for a job at Google's Secret Lab. Let's see if Monster can handle being Slashdotted.
..I currently have 2 phone numbers from WorldBand Communications It's an inexpensive service and has been extremely reliable. I should disclose that this IS my employer, but I'd like to add that while I'm loyal to my employer, I wouldn't keep a phone service that sucked, nor would I solicit that service unless it was worth while. Check it out.