In case you haven't heard, Bush has signed the USA PATRIOT act making these actions at this conference a criminal offence. I wouldn't go to this conference unless you are prepared to be arrested and spend an indefinite amount of time in jail without being charged. Remember: cracking programs is now a terrorist action.
In my locality (Virginia, US), it is illegal for a solicitor to call a cell phone.
Better yet, if they call your home phone, ask them "Are you aware that you're calling a cell phone? It's illegal for a solicitor to call a cell phone in this state."
This reminds me of when there was the large Exodus outage, and in the explanaion story an AC claimed to be some chick who was abuse my Taco (funny since Taco is in Michigan, Exodus cage is very not in Michigan, etc).
Not funny since she claimed to be verbally abused, not physically abused. They do have telephone lines that run from Michigan to Exodus' offices, I'm sure.
But can you imagine the implications a separate vendor (like, say, Adobe) would have if they had to concern themselves with 30 or 50 different versions of their software based on the different "sanctions" adopted by each state?
Maybe they'd create a set of standards. Maybe call it the Windows Standards Base (WSB).;-)
I think that anyone who's kept up with Mozilla Quest and its articles has realized that it's one huge troll. The guy who writes the articles hardly ever has anything good to say. He also has a way of misconstruing and twisting things that would make a Microsoft PR executive beam with pride. Someone created a great parody of it called Mozilla Quest Quest. Apparently it requires Mozilla, or something that can handle XML, to view it.
Bottom line: Take anything the Mozilla Quest site says with a HUGE grain of salt.
I use and recommend Timbuk2 messenger bags. The one I have has lots of pockets for holding my iPAQ, iPAQ keyboard, Nomad jukebox, cell phone, laptop, books, etc. It slips over my shoulder like a book bag, and stays on well when riding a motorcycle or bicycle. They come with a few or a bunch of pockets depending on which one you purchase or how you want them to custom build one for you. They are essentially water resistant so I don't freak out too much if I have to brave the rain to any extent short of a heavy downpour.
I figured that no one would actually write 'but what part of "Linux wouldn't run on their hardware" did you not understand?' if they had actually read the article.
Right. But the submitter, Alec Muzzy, wrote himself that "Linux wouldn't run on their hardware" then goes on to talk about how Linux should have been an advantage due to the cost savings. Then he asks his question about if running Linux costs more than running Windows. Humorous to ask given that Linux wouldn't work properly for them to begin with.
Since you say that you have read the article. This morning.
Hey, Slashdot isn't the only site that covers Linux news, you know. Linux Today did have the article up this morning which is where I clicked on the link and read it.
Here's a perfect example of where the free cost of Linux should have been an advantage, yet they decided to go with Windows instead. Does this mean that the costs of running Linux are higher than the cost to purchase Windows?"
No, it's because Linux wouldn't run on their hardware. Not to state the obvious or anything, but what part of "Linux wouldn't run on their hardware" did you not understand? The hardware was already purchased and waiting for drivers to appear wasn't an option. They needed something to get up and running with.
In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit upheld a lower court's ruling that Microsoft had illegally maintained a monopoly in Intel-based operating systems.
I'm glad that it keeps getting repeated in the media.
Besides, does anyone else besides me think "Fatbrain" is a stupid name?
Versus what? MajorBurrito? Fatbrain sounds appropriate to me. It conjours images of a big headed scientist guy saying "My brain is bigger than yours" right before he flips the switch to the doomsday device.
So what did Bill do when everyone else had a better communications stack? He put one for "free" in his system, then there was the browser threat and "free" internet explorer was
born. He has systematically bundled free things with his operating system to kill the competition. Now here is a for real free operating system and a long line of free things to ride
on top of it. If anyone can see the pattern it is Bill.
Maybe they should bundle a free OS with Windows, like say, Linux.
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Full text of this article can be found in the current issue of Discover Magazine.
This must be the first Slashdot article where I have to run out and buy a magazine to read the story so I can comment on it.:-)
A lot of people don't run X. Myself, I ssh into my Linux boxes from my workstation and have no intention of using or programming graphical applications. I think this is great as I look to using console based applications that I can run from anywhere.
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In case you haven't heard, Bush has signed the USA PATRIOT act making these actions at this conference a criminal offence. I wouldn't go to this conference unless you are prepared to be arrested and spend an indefinite amount of time in jail without being charged. Remember: cracking programs is now a terrorist action.
If it's the end of the DOS era, then how come everything in the WINDOWS\system32 still has 8.3 character filenames under WinXP?
Can you setup and configure LVM and install to LVM partitions from the installer?
Do it even if they call your land line.
What about those that have lost a finger due to an accident?
Yes, but those aren't relevant as the question was about desktops not servers.
Got any links to this Space Cadet page?
Umm, there are no lyrics to the songs in Donkey Kong.
It doesn't help that Slashdot doesn't show the year of the stories either.
Bottom line: Take anything the Mozilla Quest site says with a HUGE grain of salt.
I use and recommend Timbuk2 messenger bags. The one I have has lots of pockets for holding my iPAQ, iPAQ keyboard, Nomad jukebox, cell phone, laptop, books, etc. It slips over my shoulder like a book bag, and stays on well when riding a motorcycle or bicycle. They come with a few or a bunch of pockets depending on which one you purchase or how you want them to custom build one for you. They are essentially water resistant so I don't freak out too much if I have to brave the rain to any extent short of a heavy downpour.
Yes, I read it this morning. Thanks.
A lot of people don't run X. Myself, I ssh into my Linux boxes from my workstation and have no intention of using or programming graphical applications. I think this is great as I look to using console based applications that I can run from anywhere.
what do you mean that it is spyware?