You mean a fax machine DOESN'T teleport paper?! It's a lie! I'll never believe it. Next you'll be trying to convince me that the Internet really is a truck!
The computer effectively becomes nothing but a crappy time-limited, IE-only web kiosk.
That sounds just like my local library.:)
Seriously though, I understood it the way you did. It *could* just be a time limit written into IE, but it could also be something more. I can think of some very evil things Microsoft could do, like kernel-level firewalls integrated with their WPA system. Anyway, to do seem to be heading in the direction of all your boxen are belong to us, now more than ever.
One can only assume that Microsoft's logic here is to encourage would-be pirates to at least buy the cheapest version, then crack their way up to Ultimate Deluxe Vista Supreme Meat Lover's Edition.
I think that's what the parent was suggesting. I mean, you already bought the DVD with all the versions, you just don't have a license to use them. At the same time, you own the DVD, so why not do what you want with it. Of course, it's probably still illegal, but it sure is tempting.:)
Hmm, here's a question for any Mac users here. Does OS X include any product activation/WGA type "features"? I've never used it (beyond drooling over it at my local Apple store), so I honestly don't know.
I agree completely. The point I was trying to make is that technologies should be judged on their virtues, not pure newness. AJAX is very cool and very useful, but it's not a silver bullet. If AJAX is really best for a project, of course you should use it. If some other tool works better, use it, even if it's not quite as buzzword-compliant. Heck, even Perl has its uses.:)
Werd. That's why the first thing I do when I set up a Ubuntu box is enable the root account and make sudo use the root password, not the user's password.
Well, whatever you think about mono (why do some people hate anything even remotely connected with MS?), I think most users and distros will have miscellaneous binary support enabled. How were they supposed to know that such a simple feature was insecure?
I know just how you feel! You wouldn't believe how much of my life I've wasting trying to optimize bubble sorts. Quick sort -- bah! Shell sort -- no way! One day I'll find it, the perfect bubble sort, and then we'll see true fear in the eyes of programmers everywhere. (Besides you and me, of course.)
I think you just hit the nail right on the head. CEOs and marketing types want the latest, "greatest", buzzword-compliant software. Old standbys are no longer will probably work just as well, maybe better, but they aren't cool. Actually, geeks aren't immune to this problem either. Being on the cutting edge is fun, and sometimes we forget that old, tried and proved techologies lasted so far for a reason.
True, I should have said "best for most users". But if Debian isn't willing to make an exception for Firefox (it is an idealistic distro, and that's not a bad thing), renaming Firefox is the only logical option. I guess it just seems like people are making this a bigger issue than it is. Just rename it, and then move on.
Amen to that! Hating someone may be immoral. (I certainly think it is.) But hating someone is *not* a crime. Crime is in the action, or at least attempted action. Wanting to hate someone or rape someone or kill someone or blow up a building, etc. is *very* different from actually doing any of those things.
It doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Either Debian, Ubuntu, et al. can give in and use the logo too (best for users), or they can change the name (best for FOSS idealists).
Yeah, all the Dell PCs I've had the (mis)fortune to be working on are really nice and clean on the inside. Whatever you think about Dell, they put some thought into their case design.
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You mean a fax machine DOESN'T teleport paper?! It's a lie! I'll never believe it. Next you'll be trying to convince me that the Internet really is a truck!
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You enter Slashdot.
There is an article about interactive fiction here.
> read article
An anonymous coward writes to tell about voting for the 12th annual IF Comp beginning.
> write comment
What kind of comment would you like to write?
> a parody of IF
There is already a comment paroding IF here.
> damn it
What a loony!
> write really crappy comment
Written.
The moderatators have come!
They mod you down!
They mod you down again!
They mod you down again!
*** You have died ***
Your score is -1 (total of 500 points), in 6 moves.
This gives you the rank of Average Slashdotter.
Seriously though, I understood it the way you did. It *could* just be a time limit written into IE, but it could also be something more. I can think of some very evil things Microsoft could do, like kernel-level firewalls integrated with their WPA system. Anyway, to do seem to be heading in the direction of all your boxen are belong to us, now more than ever.
Hmm, here's a question for any Mac users here. Does OS X include any product activation/WGA type "features"? I've never used it (beyond drooling over it at my local Apple store), so I honestly don't know.
1. sudo passwd # set a root password
2. sudo visudo # add "rootpw" to the "Defaults" line
PS: "sudo -s" is enough to get a root shell.
I agree completely. The point I was trying to make is that technologies should be judged on their virtues, not pure newness. AJAX is very cool and very useful, but it's not a silver bullet. If AJAX is really best for a project, of course you should use it. If some other tool works better, use it, even if it's not quite as buzzword-compliant. Heck, even Perl has its uses. :)
Werd. That's why the first thing I do when I set up a Ubuntu box is enable the root account and make sudo use the root password, not the user's password.
Well, whatever you think about mono (why do some people hate anything even remotely connected with MS?), I think most users and distros will have miscellaneous binary support enabled. How were they supposed to know that such a simple feature was insecure?
I know just how you feel! You wouldn't believe how much of my life I've wasting trying to optimize bubble sorts. Quick sort -- bah! Shell sort -- no way! One day I'll find it, the perfect bubble sort, and then we'll see true fear in the eyes of programmers everywhere. (Besides you and me, of course.)
Keep the bubble-sortin' faith, man.
I think you just hit the nail right on the head. CEOs and marketing types want the latest, "greatest", buzzword-compliant software. Old standbys are no longer will probably work just as well, maybe better, but they aren't cool. Actually, geeks aren't immune to this problem either. Being on the cutting edge is fun, and sometimes we forget that old, tried and proved techologies lasted so far for a reason.
True, I should have said "best for most users". But if Debian isn't willing to make an exception for Firefox (it is an idealistic distro, and that's not a bad thing), renaming Firefox is the only logical option. I guess it just seems like people are making this a bigger issue than it is. Just rename it, and then move on.
Amen to that! Hating someone may be immoral. (I certainly think it is.) But hating someone is *not* a crime. Crime is in the action, or at least attempted action. Wanting to hate someone or rape someone or kill someone or blow up a building, etc. is *very* different from actually doing any of those things.
And believe me, the ping times for IP-over-semi SUCK!
It doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Either Debian, Ubuntu, et al. can give in and use the logo too (best for users), or they can change the name (best for FOSS idealists).
Yeah, because nobody can edit external links on Wikipedia articles.
In the time it took you to read that Wikipedia article, David Banh wrote and published a groundbreaking paper on the subject.
Because screws: are small, come in many different size, can get lost easily, and generally suck?
I doubt many of "them" could even get to Slashdot anyway. The tubes are pretty clogged-up these days, you know.
Yeah, all the Dell PCs I've had the (mis)fortune to be working on are really nice and clean on the inside. Whatever you think about Dell, they put some thought into their case design.
Finally, a link to the actual freakin' paper. Thanks alot; I wish I had mod points for you.
My prediction: Duke Nukem Forever will be released before either of them. :)
Yeah, but how many floating-point operations can *your* bus driver do per second?
Obligitary karma whoring informative link: The Intel Pentium F00F Bug @ x86.org.
(It's kinda interesting, I was just reading about that bug earlier today.)
I demand a hold be put on the act of putting holds on things, until I see a cost/benefit analysis of said behavior.