How is this insightful? That metaphor is way off base. Prohibition put morality on trial, while pirating software is theft of a product that required development time, support, administrative costs, etc. You're proposing that we take action against our legislators that feel that stealing should be punished? Do we revert to a feudal society next? I think if you really looked for a mandate on this issue you would find that perhaps besides the subsection of online culture that makes up many Slashdot readers like yourself, people don't think theft should be legalized.
Alright Michael! Way to blame MS for a user issue.
Seriously, there are competant NT admins in the world.
This should be a no-brainer, but if you run MS systems and you often have problems with worms or virii:
1. Keep your virus definitions current. This goes double for any laptop users with broadband at home. 2. More often then not, MS has already released a patch for a security hole before a worm or virus hits. Keep your systems up to date! Again, this goes double for laptop users with broadband. 3. If you're behind a firewall, and you really should be, Only allow outgoing SMTP from your mail server(this keeps the worm from spreading FROM your organization). 4. If you think you don't have time to do these things, make time. You'll waste a lot more time putting out fires than you will doing some fireproofing.
See, that's one of her points though. The average person who just wants their computer to work the first time without having to know a lot about it. She's saying that she won't recommend a switch to linux for any of her non-technical friends for just that reason - they're non-technical. They don't have any desire to understand the shell.
BTW - Notice how Mr. Gates realized the "shell" was not user friendly, and didn't work for non-techinical people? So they moved to a GUI interface, sacrificing stability and reliability for ease of use. Seems to have worked pretty well for them so far.
Mmm-hmm... well, thankfully if these go through you won't be able to keep your schemes against us a secret, and we'll topple your regime in no time. That'll teach you that we know better than anybody what's appropriate and allowable in the world.
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- Unlimited Data Transfers*
Well, at least now we know what that asterisk is for.
I wonder how much revenue went down the tubes in switching to AOL mail and back (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/14023 0&mode=thread).
Of course, you've got Fox news reporting this, and MSNBC reporting on the story linked above. Neither of which are likely to paint a pretty picture of their rivals.
From what I've read in the FAQ, it only supports the functions that are available through the web interface anyway. If you've got netscape or mozilla on your system you can already get to all of this for free. Is it really that much more convenient to use (to the tune of $3000 to get licenses for my 50 users)?
From the article: "It's the same information as the front of the license," said Frank Mandelbaum, chairman and chief executive of Intelli- Check, a manufacturer of license-scanning equipment based in Woodbury, N.Y. "If I were to go into a bar and they had a photocopier, they could photocopy the license or they could write it down. They are not giving us any information that violates privacy."
This guy's an ass. I bet his home phone number's unlisted. Why? Because he probably doesn't like being able to be bothered by just anybody who has access to information. Guess what, neither do I.
Any bar that writes down my license info or has a photocopier sitting at the entrance can count on me getting my Guinness elsewhere.
SAIC's Digital Video Audit System sounds like a really good fit for what you're looking to do. Check it out at http://www.saic.com/products/transportation/digita l/.
Records and plays back simultaneously, availble through LAN or WAN, Searchable by time, date, location, etc. Top-notch stuff.
As a fellow SAIC employee, I gotta agree that it's great here.
What makes this interesting from my point of view is when I was hired: late october of 2001. I'm 22, had no clearance until I started here, and there were 103 applicants for the position. I heard from my old boss (who I'm still on really good terms with) that there were over 100 resumes for my old Network Admin position in the first week alone. The market's flooded, and only the people that are gonna stay are gonna get hired.
As I see it, there's a pretty extreme difference seperating violent games and handguns. If a kid finds a loaded violent game in his father's sock drawer, he or she isn't going to blow out a sibling's brains with it.
Would a non-nerd spend a day crafting a replica of little wooden boy? Would a non-nerd spend the time and money to collect all of The Tick Taco Bell toys from way back when? I think not!
I bet your belt is a fashion accessory of evil.
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I felt SO ripped off. I went to the WuName sight, and ended up being Grand Moff Puppeteer too. I also happen to live in Holland, MI. Coincidence? Maybe. But consider this: I love honey brown. It boggles the mind.
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How is this insightful? That metaphor is way off base. Prohibition put morality on trial, while pirating software is theft of a product that required development time, support, administrative costs, etc. You're proposing that we take action against our legislators that feel that stealing should be punished? Do we revert to a feudal society next? I think if you really looked for a mandate on this issue you would find that perhaps besides the subsection of online culture that makes up many Slashdot readers like yourself, people don't think theft should be legalized.
I think it's just awesome that this thing might be our own damn space litter and we can't tell for sure. Money well spent.
Alright Michael! Way to blame MS for a user issue.
Seriously, there are competant NT admins in the world.
This should be a no-brainer, but if you run MS systems and you often have problems with worms or virii:
1. Keep your virus definitions current. This goes double for any laptop users with broadband at home.
2. More often then not, MS has already released a patch for a security hole before a worm or virus hits. Keep your systems up to date! Again, this goes double for laptop users with broadband.
3. If you're behind a firewall, and you really should be, Only allow outgoing SMTP from your mail server(this keeps the worm from spreading FROM your organization).
4. If you think you don't have time to do these things, make time. You'll waste a lot more time putting out fires than you will doing some fireproofing.
Yeah - 'cause if IMs become the medium of choice for international diplomatic communications, it's not like we're all fucked anyway...
See, that's one of her points though. The average person who just wants their computer to work the first time without having to know a lot about it. She's saying that she won't recommend a switch to linux for any of her non-technical friends for just that reason - they're non-technical. They don't have any desire to understand the shell.
BTW - Notice how Mr. Gates realized the "shell" was not user friendly, and didn't work for non-techinical people? So they moved to a GUI interface, sacrificing stability and reliability for ease of use. Seems to have worked pretty well for them so far.
Boy I'm glad the network I secure behind a NAT firewall is not in the USA!!!
Securing a network outside of the USA? Sounds awfully suspicious to me, isn't there some law against that?By the way, please don't hog me.
Yeah, us Michiganders are a surly lot.
That I live in Canada!
Mmm-hmm... well, thankfully if these go through you won't be able to keep your schemes against us a secret, and we'll topple your regime in no time. That'll teach you that we know better than anybody what's appropriate and allowable in the world.- Unlimited Data Transfers*
Well, at least now we know what that asterisk is for.
Are you kidding? They're all on the do-not-call list!
-A decent baby-sized tool box -- with a good hammer, screwdrivers (flat & philips head), pliers, and all the other little goodies.
I prefer a slightly-larger-than-baby-sized tool box, that way you don't have to slam it so hard to get them to fit.
I wonder how much revenue went down the tubes in switching to AOL mail and back (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/14023 0&mode=thread).
Of course, you've got Fox news reporting this, and MSNBC reporting on the story linked above. Neither of which are likely to paint a pretty picture of their rivals.
That's pretty fast for playing MPEG, isn't it? Or am I missing something here? My 400 Mhz seems to do just fine (running Linux, though)
That's fine for playing MPEG, but this is for encoding MPEG.
First - from space.com, an article stating why we think that there's an ocean underneath the ice. Ocean on Europa.
Second - from the article. I'm not sure where they got this, but I didn't dig very deep to find out.
Europa has what appears to be an ice-covered, saline ocean that is 30 miles deep. There are holes in the ice created by undersea volcanic activity.
Better?
Makes me wish I had a little brother.
From what I've read in the FAQ, it only supports the functions that are available through the web interface anyway. If you've got netscape or mozilla on your system you can already get to all of this for free. Is it really that much more convenient to use (to the tune of $3000 to get licenses for my 50 users)?
From the article: "It's the same information as the front of the license," said Frank Mandelbaum, chairman and chief executive of Intelli- Check, a manufacturer of license-scanning equipment based in Woodbury, N.Y. "If I were to go into a bar and they had a photocopier, they could photocopy the license or they could write it down. They are not giving us any information that violates privacy."
This guy's an ass. I bet his home phone number's unlisted. Why? Because he probably doesn't like being able to be bothered by just anybody who has access to information. Guess what, neither do I.
Any bar that writes down my license info or has a photocopier sitting at the entrance can count on me getting my Guinness elsewhere.
SAIC's Digital Video Audit System sounds like a really good fit for what you're looking to do. Check it out at http://www.saic.com/products/transportation/digita l/.
Records and plays back simultaneously, availble through LAN or WAN, Searchable by time, date, location, etc. Top-notch stuff.
As a fellow SAIC employee, I gotta agree that it's great here.
What makes this interesting from my point of view is when I was hired: late october of 2001. I'm 22, had no clearance until I started here, and there were 103 applicants for the position. I heard from my old boss (who I'm still on really good terms with) that there were over 100 resumes for my old Network Admin position in the first week alone. The market's flooded, and only the people that are gonna stay are gonna get hired.
As I see it, there's a pretty extreme difference seperating violent games and handguns. If a kid finds a loaded violent game in his father's sock drawer, he or she isn't going to blow out a sibling's brains with it.
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First we eat the PiG, then we BURN!
Not nerd worthy?! Blasphemer!
Would a non-nerd spend a day crafting a replica of little wooden boy? Would a non-nerd spend the time and money to collect all of The Tick Taco Bell toys from way back when? I think not!
I bet your belt is a fashion accessory of evil.
I felt SO ripped off. I went to the WuName sight, and ended up being Grand Moff Puppeteer too. I also happen to live in Holland, MI. Coincidence? Maybe. But consider this: I love honey brown. It boggles the mind.
Everybody will be fighting to be hall moniters. "No ma'am, it's ok. I can see your hall pass just fine." :)