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I always have my sound muted at work for things like that. Just as a safety precaution, you can always turn it on but you cannot always get it off in time.
Actually yes results are accomplished. As I read the title to this article I am sitting in my chair at work, and just reading the title made me feel guilty and want to be productive./sarcasm
Actually in place of commercials they are going to give self defense tips to keep the REALLY geeky nerds from losing their lunch money and/or getting beat up at work.
Are you kidding? I wish slashdot would change their background to black instead of white....staring at a white background is hard on the eye's and the equivalent of staring at a light bulb. Dark backgrounds are much better for a readers eyes.
maybe you should RTFA!!!! read what the analysists said....then read what you wrote and said they said. "Dell - neither the person nor the company - is interested in acquiring Red Hat" That means that neither Dell Computers or Michael Dell himself are interested in buying Red Hat....
i hope you have seen the error in your ways.
for the avid readers i'm sure you will remember this article http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/04/230 206&tid=109&tid=217&tid=218/ Gates on Google.
Well this is most likely gates new plan of attack for google. He figures if they wont sell out, and he cannot create a search engine of equal (or greater) power, well why not resort to school yard tricks.
I hope google is watching their back....
What ever happened to the days of supply and demand? Just last spring I took a college economics class and they still stressed that the american market(s) depend on supply and demand. I drew multiple useless graphs about it. He never did mention the market that the RIAA is involved in though.....maybe their graph looks a bit different.
All I know is that american markets are supposed to rely on supply and demand and the RIAA is trying to find a way around this. There is a demand for music, but people don't want to pay 15-25 dollars per cd, and I can't blame them when they can get it for completely free elsewhere (of course you are most likely selling your soul to the devil to download music).
If the demand is for CD's at a lower price, then they should be supplied at a lower price. That is how american economy works - well is supposed to work, *cough* damn geoge bush.
the java version works....i wouldn't say perfectly. I have been using Azureus for almost two years now, and have no problems with it other than it is written in java....which is a horrible language. It takes up a bit too much memory for just downloading torrents. My roomate talks about java all time (he's a programmer) and how shitty it is, boy was he pissed when he had to take an entire class devoted to programming in it. needless to say he didnt do any of his work in there and dropped the class.
anyways, back to the point, an azureus-similar program, not in java, would be a very nice alternative. (note: i have not used any other bittorrent programs for lack of wanting to install-configure-not like and start process over again, so there may be a much better alternative, as i know there are quite a few)
Why stop with tracking them?
We could put to use the "invisible fences" that they have implemented for household pets.
And we shouldnt stop with just registered sex offenders. We could also issue these shock collars to all catholic priests (*oops boundary crossed...buts its ok b/c i am catholic) Then, maybe church would be interesting.
sunday afternoon....
dad: "here jimmy, ill give you this WHOLE dollar bill to run up and shake the priest's hand"
jimmy: "but daddy, last time he told me he just wanted to shake my hand"
dad: "HE WHAT!!"
it says not for webcam chatting with "your mom", but does that mean my mom?
because i know when i webcam chat with your mom, i would prefer people not be watching.....it could affect my performance
where i go to school, we have some real "annoying" limitations to our network use.
we have a weekly bandwidth limit of 1.5 GB download, and 1.5 GB upload, it is reset sat night at midnight. Also, last year they installed a firewall blocking incoming ports, accept those necessary for what "they see fit". Therefore, this restricts an avid linux user from getting a distro in a week, it can take up to a month. And using bittorrent is out of the question because of the firewall.
That said, if you aquire a trojan/virus/worm and your "net account" goes over the bandwidth limit because of this (or your downloading habbits:)) then you are put on 56K connection for the remainder of the week. If it happens 3 times per semester, hello 56k for the rest of the semester. And no, its slower than 56K, web pages dont even load, web pages on the network dont even load (it takes over 3 min to load a network hosted page, b/c of the way they restrict your speed).
This makes doing homework impossible. Also, if you get a virus/trojan/worm they will sometimes (if they catch it and you don't b/c you are a non-techie tool) make you bring your computer down to the computer center and they themselves will reformat it for you....so kind aren't they.
I had a friend lose quite a bit of porn that way....then again b/c he had to get it back of course, and just happened to get another virus.:)
So if you think they cant/wont take your network privelages away, they will, b/c that is exactly what they are, PRIVELAGES. They don't care that we pay X amount of dollars per semester for these privelages, they say tough shit.
So I guess in the end whatever you feel is necessary to control the situation fits. I would not be prick like our school is, and start out extreme, but like earlier stated, simply make them sign a slip saying they will protect their computer. Our school provides us w/ Symantec Corporate Antivirus (which sucks, i use a 3rd party app) so that they do not have to worry about kids not having antivirus at all.
I wasnt saying I had never heard it nor that I didnt understand, its simply that I am from 'the country' and even though I am more fond of computers than I am my own 'hickness', it seems real strange to me to hear a pc called a rig.
Personally I hate DRM but I think I will find it hard to not accept when I graduate Harvard Law and get hired by the RIAA to try 2 cases per year against people that I rat out b/c they were jerks in college.
I believe I'll start with a few of the professors fond of classical music......
What about the fact that he refers to it as a "rig"
I am by far a geek, but I am also a technical person and when I hear the term rig I automatically think of a truck or drilling machine. Maybe this is because I have worked in the oil fields on an actual rig....but calling a computer a "rig" is strange.
I guess thats what you get when hicks get into the technical world a bit too much.
I am sorry to be the one to inform you all of this, but it is undisputed that Julius Sumner Miller is the best science guy of ALL TIME!!!!
If any of you have seen one of his episodes you would know what I was talking about. I watched the guy in my high school physics class for 2 years in a row, he's from like the 60's or some era that was long before me.
"If you deliver it with precompressed gas in a bottle, no need to start a compressor either. Once again, armies will love that - silent construction. "
the army would prefer the term "stealthy construction" it would make them feel a bit smarter, safer, and stealthier:)
windows xp home, though if reformatted would be upgraded to pro
and btw, i know an obvious fix is linux (im not stupid, and flame windows as much as the next/. er) but this computer is for her, and she does not want linux nor would that do her any good.
i have a linux/windows machine and am happy with it, but when it comes to playing games theres not much choice other than reboot -> windows
the video card is an integrated ATI x300, the laptop is as mention an HP, i dont remember the model number, but its about 1 year old, purchased at Best Buy, and for the reference i warned her against purchasing an HP but who am I to listen to? You know the routine;)
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Instead of wearing clocks around their necks like true rappers did in the early 90's they wear mice around their necks.
If it ain't broke....
tear apart until it is.
I always have my sound muted at work for things like that. Just as a safety precaution, you can always turn it on but you cannot always get it off in time.
Actually yes results are accomplished. As I read the title to this article I am sitting in my chair at work, and just reading the title made me feel guilty and want to be productive. /sarcasm
Actually in place of commercials they are going to give self defense tips to keep the REALLY geeky nerds from losing their lunch money and/or getting beat up at work.
Are you kidding? I wish slashdot would change their background to black instead of white....staring at a white background is hard on the eye's and the equivalent of staring at a light bulb. Dark backgrounds are much better for a readers eyes.
Slashdot is turning into a text version of all the showns on TLC (The Learning Channel) about home improvement.
Linus Trolvalds is Bill Gate's 'society name', you know, like Batman is known as "Bruce Wayne" in society
yes, i was being sarcastic......no need to worry
maybe you should RTFA!!!! read what the analysists said....then read what you wrote and said they said. "Dell - neither the person nor the company - is interested in acquiring Red Hat" That means that neither Dell Computers or Michael Dell himself are interested in buying Red Hat.... i hope you have seen the error in your ways.
for the avid readers i'm sure you will remember this article http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/04/230 206&tid=109&tid=217&tid=218/ Gates on Google.
Well this is most likely gates new plan of attack for google. He figures if they wont sell out, and he cannot create a search engine of equal (or greater) power, well why not resort to school yard tricks.
I hope google is watching their back....
What ever happened to the days of supply and demand? Just last spring I took a college economics class and they still stressed that the american market(s) depend on supply and demand. I drew multiple useless graphs about it. He never did mention the market that the RIAA is involved in though.....maybe their graph looks a bit different. All I know is that american markets are supposed to rely on supply and demand and the RIAA is trying to find a way around this. There is a demand for music, but people don't want to pay 15-25 dollars per cd, and I can't blame them when they can get it for completely free elsewhere (of course you are most likely selling your soul to the devil to download music). If the demand is for CD's at a lower price, then they should be supplied at a lower price. That is how american economy works - well is supposed to work, *cough* damn geoge bush.
the java version works....i wouldn't say perfectly. I have been using Azureus for almost two years now, and have no problems with it other than it is written in java....which is a horrible language. It takes up a bit too much memory for just downloading torrents. My roomate talks about java all time (he's a programmer) and how shitty it is, boy was he pissed when he had to take an entire class devoted to programming in it. needless to say he didnt do any of his work in there and dropped the class. anyways, back to the point, an azureus-similar program, not in java, would be a very nice alternative. (note: i have not used any other bittorrent programs for lack of wanting to install-configure-not like and start process over again, so there may be a much better alternative, as i know there are quite a few)
Why stop with tracking them? We could put to use the "invisible fences" that they have implemented for household pets. And we shouldnt stop with just registered sex offenders. We could also issue these shock collars to all catholic priests (*oops boundary crossed...buts its ok b/c i am catholic) Then, maybe church would be interesting. sunday afternoon.... dad: "here jimmy, ill give you this WHOLE dollar bill to run up and shake the priest's hand" jimmy: "but daddy, last time he told me he just wanted to shake my hand" dad: "HE WHAT!!"
no, its me.....mr. gates and no you can't call me bill, i am very upset right now
it says not for webcam chatting with "your mom", but does that mean my mom? because i know when i webcam chat with your mom, i would prefer people not be watching.....it could affect my performance
where i go to school, we have some real "annoying" limitations to our network use.
:)) then you are put on 56K connection for the remainder of the week. If it happens 3 times per semester, hello 56k for the rest of the semester. And no, its slower than 56K, web pages dont even load, web pages on the network dont even load (it takes over 3 min to load a network hosted page, b/c of the way they restrict your speed).
:)
we have a weekly bandwidth limit of 1.5 GB download, and 1.5 GB upload, it is reset sat night at midnight. Also, last year they installed a firewall blocking incoming ports, accept those necessary for what "they see fit". Therefore, this restricts an avid linux user from getting a distro in a week, it can take up to a month. And using bittorrent is out of the question because of the firewall.
That said, if you aquire a trojan/virus/worm and your "net account" goes over the bandwidth limit because of this (or your downloading habbits
This makes doing homework impossible. Also, if you get a virus/trojan/worm they will sometimes (if they catch it and you don't b/c you are a non-techie tool) make you bring your computer down to the computer center and they themselves will reformat it for you....so kind aren't they.
I had a friend lose quite a bit of porn that way....then again b/c he had to get it back of course, and just happened to get another virus.
So if you think they cant/wont take your network privelages away, they will, b/c that is exactly what they are, PRIVELAGES. They don't care that we pay X amount of dollars per semester for these privelages, they say tough shit.
So I guess in the end whatever you feel is necessary to control the situation fits. I would not be prick like our school is, and start out extreme, but like earlier stated, simply make them sign a slip saying they will protect their computer. Our school provides us w/ Symantec Corporate Antivirus (which sucks, i use a 3rd party app) so that they do not have to worry about kids not having antivirus at all.
Hope this helps.
I wasnt saying I had never heard it nor that I didnt understand, its simply that I am from 'the country' and even though I am more fond of computers than I am my own 'hickness', it seems real strange to me to hear a pc called a rig.
Personally I hate DRM but I think I will find it hard to not accept when I graduate Harvard Law and get hired by the RIAA to try 2 cases per year against people that I rat out b/c they were jerks in college.
I believe I'll start with a few of the professors fond of classical music......
I am by far a geek, but I am also a technical person and when I hear the term rig I automatically think of a truck or drilling machine. Maybe this is because I have worked in the oil fields on an actual rig....but calling a computer a "rig" is strange.
I guess thats what you get when hicks get into the technical world a bit too much.
If any of you have seen one of his episodes you would know what I was talking about. I watched the guy in my high school physics class for 2 years in a row, he's from like the 60's or some era that was long before me.
why not just call the next release of thunderbird 1.02 instead of 1.01, it wouldnt bother me and prob not any of you either
or you could just have the rider make the sounds: "vrrrroooom, vroom vroom...purr......purr...."
"If you deliver it with precompressed gas in a bottle, no need to start a compressor either. Once again, armies will love that - silent construction. "
:)
the army would prefer the term "stealthy construction" it would make them feel a bit smarter, safer, and stealthier
windows xp home, though if reformatted would be upgraded to pro
/. er) but this computer is for her, and she does not want linux nor would that do her any good.
;)
and btw, i know an obvious fix is linux (im not stupid, and flame windows as much as the next
i have a linux/windows machine and am happy with it, but when it comes to playing games theres not much choice other than reboot -> windows
the video card is an integrated ATI x300, the laptop is as mention an HP, i dont remember the model number, but its about 1 year old, purchased at Best Buy, and for the reference i warned her against purchasing an HP but who am I to listen to? You know the routine