Name: Sheyenne York
Age: 18
Home address:
46 Bradford Lane
South China, ME 04358
School: Erskine Academy 309 Windsor Road, South China, ME 04358 (207) 445 - 2962
Vehicles: I do not currently own an automobile.
Telephone: I use e-mail. My e-mail address is zweideutig@gmail.com
In my humble opinion, Microsoft won't be continuing the PlayStation gaming console and the Xbox if they acquire Sony. It makes more sense to combine the merits of both consoles into one that combines the market share to put a serious force against Nintendo. If Microsoft were to buy out Sony, I see a lot of change happening. The Sony VAIO laptop and desktop computer lines would likely be spun off into a different company like IBM did. The Sony name could be used to sell a competitor of the iPod that runs some portable Windows CE-like OS. Sony's music and movie division would be great for helping Microsoft kill Apple's iTunes. Direct control over the label allows Microsoft to charge whatever they want (even free like with Internet Explorer, which would effectively kill iTunes.) I see the buyout of Sony a great move for Microsoft, provided they spin-off some things that aren't pertinent to boosting the value of the shares for us stockholders.
Not every company will (without hesitation) own up to its mistakes and be generous enough to offer repairs. Even good products can have problems early on. I have owned many laptops over the years and have found IBM Thinkpads and Apple iBooks/Powerbooks to be some of the best. I currently own a G4 iBook as well as an older Wallstreet Powerbook 233 MHz G3 (great for running Darwin). These only problems I have had with either machine have been the CD tray failing to eject once on the iBook (I am running Debian PPC Sarge) and a dead PRAM battery in the old Powerbook (to be expected due to its age). Both of these computers are running 24/7 except when I put the iBook to sleep to keep the disk parked when I transport it each day. Some of my other laptops I own, like my Dell Latitude and Armada have suffered from hinge problems, display problems, etc. I have taken apart the Latitude so many times to repair it that the screws are loose. I plan to buy a Macbook in the near future if I don't see any Intel-based iBooks soon. Even though iBooks require significant disassembly to replace things such as the HDD or logic board, I haven't had to do this. And if I ever do, it will be fun. I think we can expect the next generation of Macbooks to be very reliable. Even this generation should be suitable with the logic board revision applied.
How much can you expect from a sub $1000 USD mass produced, proprietary (not necessarly a bad thing) box? I'm not much of a gamer, but I believe the focus of new generations of gaming consoles is not simply to increase graphics quality. The idea is to provide a computer to play the game that the game designers can be (usually) sure won't play pirated games out of box. This gives companies an incentive to invest in new innovative game for the game console. It is about making companies feel good about investing time to write innovative games, not to provide the latest graphics capabilities.
All that the operating system/software need to know is how to verify that the password entered is correct. And that can be done without storing the root password at all (encrypted or not) with a hash.
Is this another one like all the other Verizon ads I'm getting because I am using the Slashdot free day pass? Or is this an article?
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I seldom post on Slashdot. Usually I just read through the article summaries. I am posting from an ibook, which is not a TV-like device. It is a laptop. It has a 12" LCD. It is running Debian 3.1 (Sarge) PPC. I normally use it for computer programming (Xlib stuff in C/C++), word processing in OOo, finding information. Unlike watching a show on a television, it is very interactive. Watching television shows is a numbing experience (with the exception of Nova). Most of the video games, while interactive, don't really give you much control. You are subject to the constraints put in place by the programmers, which doesn't allow you to do anything truely self-satisfying (like writing a useful program, fixing a broken laptop, learning a foreign language, or reading about chemistry).
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I am old enough to remember the NES, Genesis, and SNES, but I even as a child I never understood the desire to sit in front of a television playing a video game or watching a show. For me, the Apple II was more revolutionary. The ability to spend hours of time making your own hardware, writing little programs in BASIC (before I started with C on an old 386) has much more entertainment value for me. If you look at today's video gaming consoles, you will see that a lot of items that were originally in laptop and desktop-form factor computers have been adopted by video game consoles. Originally, the media games were stored had a lot of overhead. There was no ROM on the NES, it was all in the game. IIRC, even RAM could be found on the expansion cards. These days, the media only stores the game itself, and is much less complex (more affordable to the game manufacturers). Just like floppy disks in the first IBM mainframes. Even today, I don't really care for gaming (gaming doesn't really satisfy my interests), but modern video consoles are so similar to desktop and laptop form factor computers, that they can even run the same operating systems (Linux and NetBSD run on a Playstation 2, just like they run on my ibook and powerbook).
I have a Mac Mini, a fast server, a SUV. I am still always regarded as a jerk, and I am never happy. I am always in a bad mood. The only that makes me mildly happy is Big Mac sandwiches, donuts, and Mountain Dew. But it is temporary. Happiness is not an adult emotion, it is a child's ignorant emotion. Adults are all angry and demoralized like me.:|
from choose somehting truely open. I am suer this OpenDocument format will not leave Microsoft's doors without a license that says you won't use it with GNU-licensed software (or maybe even MIT and BSD.) They don't want people having Office interoperability with non-Microsoft products anymore than they want people replacing Office (namely Word and Excel) entirely. Of course, if they do allow things like OOo and abiword to open and edit their OpenDocument-formatted documents, at least Massachusetts won't be as angry and they will probably still get plenty of customers buying Office. However, now it will be more difficult to force upgrades. Institutions are already fed up with Office costs and many (like the local school system) are using OpenOffice.org instead. I predict that Office will become much less profitable if everyone starts using OpenDocument format.
Your sig: "none of us is as dumb as all of us" - That is wrong. The collective intelligence of a mass of people will always be higher than the "dumbest" one in the group. Judging from your logic, you might be the dumbest.
I avoid all pornographic material. A few years ago, I accidientally encountered whitehouse.com, but other than that I have managed to keep the digital scum off my LCDS, CRTs, and off my HDDs. I think pornography an unacceptable influence on children and adults alike. I'd like to see the U.S. follow China and banish it from inside the United States. Isn't there much more interesting things you coul do with 45 GB and your broadband? I admit I use my HDD and broadband mostly for caching Slashdot content and viewing Slashdot.:) However, I am often working on little programming projects or setting up machines. I think you would find you would become much happier if you did away with the pronography.
I like advances in technology as much as the next person, but I really wonder, what do you need 120 GB in your laptop for? I am only using about 2 GB on my laptop (Slackware install, Firefox, and some notes I take in vim.) On my Mac Mini with a Debian install with Firefox and XMMS, I am using only 2.5 GB of my 40 GB HDD. On my 3.8 GHz P4 FreeBSD server, with Apache, and about thirty mp3's served over NFS, as well as NetBSD sets over FTP, I am only using 4 GB of the 80 GB HDD. My NetBSD router of course suffices with a 1 GB HDD. What do you do with a 120 GB HDD? I realize I don't download any other than source and mp3's to my HDDs, but still, why would I want 120 GB? I think 120 GB HDDs should stay in servers, not that I even need one here. THe only use I see for this is for web hosting and e-mail storage.
The amount of time it takes for a packet to arrive could change because things other than physical distance from the access point. Like hardware latency, interference, etc. If it could be forgiving of these, perhaps the packet transfer time could only be so high, it may work. I haven't RTA yet, but I think there are betters ways to stop the spread of a worm. I think every machine on a network should be running a software firewall, not just a hardware firewall for incoming threats from the outside. With people bringing in floppies and USB storage devices, the attacks are coming from the inside. Why trust the inside? Windows desktops should have the firewall enabled. If you need available ports, allow them and nothing else. And IMHO if reasonable, run FreeBSD on your servers or something else with fewer attacks. Intel's solution will help, but still result in problems. It will have to be hardware-based or virii could stop it. A hardware-based solution could be very expensive, unless Intel wants to give it away, or bundle it with NIC's or CPUs.
Get off the Dial-Up. If I were your child, I would rather have a fast Internet connection than have expensive food. I would rather be fed doughnuts and soda-pop than expensive foods. Tastes better, and there is cash left for broadband and buying server hardware.
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That scenario is ridiculously hypothetical.
Name: Sheyenne York Age: 18 Home address: 46 Bradford Lane South China, ME 04358 School: Erskine Academy 309 Windsor Road, South China, ME 04358 (207) 445 - 2962 Vehicles: I do not currently own an automobile. Telephone: I use e-mail. My e-mail address is zweideutig@gmail.com
Because you can trust the government, but not the citizens.
Why fret over privacy loss if you aren't doing anything illegal/covert?
They would probably spin off most of those divisions of Sony into separate companies, keeping things that boost their bottom line.
In my humble opinion, Microsoft won't be continuing the PlayStation gaming console and the Xbox if they acquire Sony. It makes more sense to combine the merits of both consoles into one that combines the market share to put a serious force against Nintendo. If Microsoft were to buy out Sony, I see a lot of change happening. The Sony VAIO laptop and desktop computer lines would likely be spun off into a different company like IBM did. The Sony name could be used to sell a competitor of the iPod that runs some portable Windows CE-like OS. Sony's music and movie division would be great for helping Microsoft kill Apple's iTunes. Direct control over the label allows Microsoft to charge whatever they want (even free like with Internet Explorer, which would effectively kill iTunes.) I see the buyout of Sony a great move for Microsoft, provided they spin-off some things that aren't pertinent to boosting the value of the shares for us stockholders.
Not every company will (without hesitation) own up to its mistakes and be generous enough to offer repairs. Even good products can have problems early on. I have owned many laptops over the years and have found IBM Thinkpads and Apple iBooks/Powerbooks to be some of the best. I currently own a G4 iBook as well as an older Wallstreet Powerbook 233 MHz G3 (great for running Darwin). These only problems I have had with either machine have been the CD tray failing to eject once on the iBook (I am running Debian PPC Sarge) and a dead PRAM battery in the old Powerbook (to be expected due to its age). Both of these computers are running 24/7 except when I put the iBook to sleep to keep the disk parked when I transport it each day. Some of my other laptops I own, like my Dell Latitude and Armada have suffered from hinge problems, display problems, etc. I have taken apart the Latitude so many times to repair it that the screws are loose. I plan to buy a Macbook in the near future if I don't see any Intel-based iBooks soon. Even though iBooks require significant disassembly to replace things such as the HDD or logic board, I haven't had to do this. And if I ever do, it will be fun. I think we can expect the next generation of Macbooks to be very reliable. Even this generation should be suitable with the logic board revision applied.
How much can you expect from a sub $1000 USD mass produced, proprietary (not necessarly a bad thing) box? I'm not much of a gamer, but I believe the focus of new generations of gaming consoles is not simply to increase graphics quality. The idea is to provide a computer to play the game that the game designers can be (usually) sure won't play pirated games out of box. This gives companies an incentive to invest in new innovative game for the game console. It is about making companies feel good about investing time to write innovative games, not to provide the latest graphics capabilities.
All that the operating system/software need to know is how to verify that the password entered is correct. And that can be done without storing the root password at all (encrypted or not) with a hash.
Will this anger the cable companies? Aren't these lines property of cable companies, who are obviously competing in this market?
Is this another one like all the other Verizon ads I'm getting because I am using the Slashdot free day pass? Or is this an article?
I seldom post on Slashdot. Usually I just read through the article summaries. I am posting from an ibook, which is not a TV-like device. It is a laptop. It has a 12" LCD. It is running Debian 3.1 (Sarge) PPC. I normally use it for computer programming (Xlib stuff in C/C++), word processing in OOo, finding information. Unlike watching a show on a television, it is very interactive. Watching television shows is a numbing experience (with the exception of Nova). Most of the video games, while interactive, don't really give you much control. You are subject to the constraints put in place by the programmers, which doesn't allow you to do anything truely self-satisfying (like writing a useful program, fixing a broken laptop, learning a foreign language, or reading about chemistry).
I am old enough to remember the NES, Genesis, and SNES, but I even as a child I never understood the desire to sit in front of a television playing a video game or watching a show. For me, the Apple II was more revolutionary. The ability to spend hours of time making your own hardware, writing little programs in BASIC (before I started with C on an old 386) has much more entertainment value for me. If you look at today's video gaming consoles, you will see that a lot of items that were originally in laptop and desktop-form factor computers have been adopted by video game consoles. Originally, the media games were stored had a lot of overhead. There was no ROM on the NES, it was all in the game. IIRC, even RAM could be found on the expansion cards. These days, the media only stores the game itself, and is much less complex (more affordable to the game manufacturers). Just like floppy disks in the first IBM mainframes. Even today, I don't really care for gaming (gaming doesn't really satisfy my interests), but modern video consoles are so similar to desktop and laptop form factor computers, that they can even run the same operating systems (Linux and NetBSD run on a Playstation 2, just like they run on my ibook and powerbook).
Whoever said money couldn't buy happiness... didn't know where to shop.
I have a Mac Mini, a fast server, a SUV. I am still always regarded as a jerk, and I am never happy. I am always in a bad mood. The only that makes me mildly happy is Big Mac sandwiches, donuts, and Mountain Dew. But it is temporary. Happiness is not an adult emotion, it is a child's ignorant emotion. Adults are all angry and demoralized like me. :|
from choose somehting truely open. I am suer this OpenDocument format will not leave Microsoft's doors without a license that says you won't use it with GNU-licensed software (or maybe even MIT and BSD.) They don't want people having Office interoperability with non-Microsoft products anymore than they want people replacing Office (namely Word and Excel) entirely. Of course, if they do allow things like OOo and abiword to open and edit their OpenDocument-formatted documents, at least Massachusetts won't be as angry and they will probably still get plenty of customers buying Office. However, now it will be more difficult to force upgrades. Institutions are already fed up with Office costs and many (like the local school system) are using OpenOffice.org instead. I predict that Office will become much less profitable if everyone starts using OpenDocument format.
Actually, I don't use Windows at all. I am posting this from my NetBSD workstation.
Your sig: "none of us is as dumb as all of us" - That is wrong. The collective intelligence of a mass of people will always be higher than the "dumbest" one in the group. Judging from your logic, you might be the dumbest.
I avoid all pornographic material. A few years ago, I accidientally encountered whitehouse.com, but other than that I have managed to keep the digital scum off my LCDS, CRTs, and off my HDDs. I think pornography an unacceptable influence on children and adults alike. I'd like to see the U.S. follow China and banish it from inside the United States. Isn't there much more interesting things you coul do with 45 GB and your broadband? I admit I use my HDD and broadband mostly for caching Slashdot content and viewing Slashdot. :) However, I am often working on little programming projects or setting up machines. I think you would find you would become much happier if you did away with the pronography.
I have for downloading a few Rammstein mp3's, distributions and the occasional ebook over those mediums in the past. It never used much space.
I like advances in technology as much as the next person, but I really wonder, what do you need 120 GB in your laptop for? I am only using about 2 GB on my laptop (Slackware install, Firefox, and some notes I take in vim.) On my Mac Mini with a Debian install with Firefox and XMMS, I am using only 2.5 GB of my 40 GB HDD. On my 3.8 GHz P4 FreeBSD server, with Apache, and about thirty mp3's served over NFS, as well as NetBSD sets over FTP, I am only using 4 GB of the 80 GB HDD. My NetBSD router of course suffices with a 1 GB HDD. What do you do with a 120 GB HDD? I realize I don't download any other than source and mp3's to my HDDs, but still, why would I want 120 GB? I think 120 GB HDDs should stay in servers, not that I even need one here. THe only use I see for this is for web hosting and e-mail storage.
If there is a static string in the binary, there is no need for source, it is not a comment. Just run strings on the binary.
The amount of time it takes for a packet to arrive could change because things other than physical distance from the access point. Like hardware latency, interference, etc. If it could be forgiving of these, perhaps the packet transfer time could only be so high, it may work. I haven't RTA yet, but I think there are betters ways to stop the spread of a worm. I think every machine on a network should be running a software firewall, not just a hardware firewall for incoming threats from the outside. With people bringing in floppies and USB storage devices, the attacks are coming from the inside. Why trust the inside? Windows desktops should have the firewall enabled. If you need available ports, allow them and nothing else. And IMHO if reasonable, run FreeBSD on your servers or something else with fewer attacks. Intel's solution will help, but still result in problems. It will have to be hardware-based or virii could stop it. A hardware-based solution could be very expensive, unless Intel wants to give it away, or bundle it with NIC's or CPUs.
Actually, it is simply an animated GIF. These are usually annoying, but this one doesn't move too much, so it isn't too bad.
Get off the Dial-Up. If I were your child, I would rather have a fast Internet connection than have expensive food. I would rather be fed doughnuts and soda-pop than expensive foods. Tastes better, and there is cash left for broadband and buying server hardware.