How does the lifetime compare to PVC though? I've seen PVC that has been buried for 30 years and looks absolutely brand-new (the above-ground portions though - not so much thanks to UV). How does copper compare, since copper corrodes?
The blame doesn't solely lie with us, as Vista was by no means perfect, but we did manage to amplify the problems beyond reason.
I don't think so.
A 90% decrease in network performance while listening to music and the continuous[continue][cancel] prompts without actually fixing the security model are not small problems. When users cannot intentionally install software or change superficial settings (resolution, wallpaper, etc) but spyware and viruses can freely install themselves programatically is an indication that Vista did not at all live up to Microsoft's promises. That users did not get what they paid for (better performance, improved security) and the user[continue][cancel] experience is[continue][cancel] continually [continue][cancel] interrupted [continue][cancel] to create [continue][cancel] perception of [continue][cancel] security is are major problems.
The [continue][cancel] UAC [continue][cancel] "feature" [continue][cancel] is analogous to [continue][cancel] Duhbya's [continue][cancel] homeland security theater. It's almost completely ineffective, forces us to take off our shoes and leave bottled water and nail clippers behind while not the real criminals. It's a great show and gives the masses the "feel" of security without really providing any.
You use it in conjunction with OpenLDAP. Unfortunately it's a beast to configure, and extremely time-consuming. It makes the up-front cost (in terms of labor) much higher than that of Microsoft SBS, where one can have a complete Active Directory for a small-to-medium size environment up and running in as little as an hour.
This is why Software as a Service is never a good idea. You can have a ton of data stored on that service and it can be discontinued at any time. This is why when I do use Google Docs, I have the data backed up on our own site, and this is also why I won't use Microsoft Live! alternatives to Office.
It is designed to create vendor lock-in. I do not trust the likes of Microsoft to provide a data export option should they decide the service is not working. Thankfully Google has at least up to now been honorable in providing the means to retrieve data even when products have ceased, and provided PLENTY of notice (we knew what, two years ago that Google Video was going to die?) when discontinuation of hosted services were planned.
In light of this. F/OSS and "shared source" solutions you host yourself (or at least have FULL access to not only the data but also the code) is the best solution, and even proprietary/closed-source shrinkwrap software where you have both the software and the data in-house are the best solutions. Even closed-source software with craptivation, er, activation and per-use license verification schemes are vastly superior because should the vendor die, cracking the checks to continue your right of first sale to use the product can still be exercised in the very worst cases.
In this case users are fortunate it's Google services because as stated above Google provides plenty of notice and the means to retrieve data - and in the case of some tools have even have open source so you can continue use of the service in your own hosted environment. Don't expect that to be the case with other SaaS solutions when they are terminated.
I have found that samba performs better than Windows on equivalent hardware; vastly superior transfer speeds. However, it is a beast to set up and the documentation is grossly inadequate, even for folks who are seasoned in both Linux and Windows/Craptive Directory. How can a F/OSS supporter promote Linux as an AD/SMB solution for benefits like less downtime, live maintenance tasks, FULL automation of things like backups and so forth, FREE antivirus, etc. when the up-front cost for setup takes many times longer? One can have an active directory for a small-to-medium sized company implemented in under three hours (if using multiple servers for Exchange), including file shares, login scripts, email accounts, and backups, or under an hour with SBS (Small Business Server) because the GUI makes the work so quick.
In case you're going to suggest SWAT: I've worked with SWAT and it sucks. I've achieved working results by hand-editing the config files using nano and vi, and every time I've worked with SWAT it has fudged things up.
I suggest Linux to clients whenever it makes sense, however for a PDC for anything but a small (2 to 10) user environment it doesn't make much sense going with a 100% free distro because the GUI sucks and requires too much manual intervention -- despite the long-term TCO being much, much cheaper.
In the face of a beastly config process and SBS making point-and-click configuration of AD, accounts, email accounts, mail routing, backups, and DNS so quick, the cost of per-user licensing is a net savings compared to the cost of setting up a 100% free Linux distro. Now, when it comes to commercial distros (Red Hat, SLES, etc.) the tables are turned, but the cost savings are not as advantageous as one would want to turn people to Linux when they have only previously heard of Windows and Macintosh (Macintosh is a standalone OS only, right? Sadly, that is still the public perception. Apple ought to market Mac OS X Server Unlimited a hell of a lot more aggressively than they do - and open it up to clones so I can run it on SuperMicro hardware. I could sell that like mad!)
Now, if there are much better SMB docs available, and if swat has matured in the last year to the point where it's usable and reliable, I would LOVE to hear about it because I'd love to punt Microsoft Windows as a first suggestion for small businesses, and even for medium-sized environments.
However, Samba is indeed fast. I've found it to be 100% to 200% faster on equivalent hardware, and I've built Samba servers on outdated Pentium III 1U rack mount servers that outperform Windows on Xeon servers with an equivalent number of users and file sizes - with on-access ClamAV scanning. Not having all of the overhead of Windows and the requirement of Windows antivirus software results in a dramatic performance improvement (for some reason even ClamAV on Windows is much slower than on-access scanning on Linux).
Out of all the chain stores, I loved Tweeter. Not only would they have some Elite (Pioneer's high end line) components in stock most of the time, but they would haggle on price and even match the lowest online price. Just [i]try[/i] ordering any higher-end components from Circuit City or Worst Buy.
They did fuck up one of my Corvettes though, on an alarm install. I'd have done it myself (I can read a wiring diagram and I previously owned a car stereo company) but the insurance company required a receipt including the install.:(
Toyota's web site, as one example. Until a few months ago the same was true of Mazda's web site - they used to feed the mobile version of the site and spoofing the MSIE or Firefox/Windows user agent didn't help in that case either.
There are still high-profile MSIE-centric sites out there, unfortunately.
You can do it over the phone. The key is to get a human on the phone, and not just a human, one who doesn't follow a teleprompter. But yes, you can do it over the phone.
You can also do it with Comcast - go through the Service link on the cable modem page, call their customer support and just tell them you won't (or can't) install their software and want to activate the modem. Chances are you might not even have to call them.
Take the computer, yank the wires out, put them in a trash bag, and toss them in the dumpster. Take the PC and monitor and do the exact same thing, unless you have a recycling center nearby, in which case take the PC and monitor there instead.
Second, never touch a computer again. Thankyouverymuch.
Seriously though, need word on Linux? Get Crossover Office. It runs Office perfectly. In fact, performance will be slightly better than native execution on Windows.
Do you just need to be able to save.doc or.docx files? In that case, use OpenOffice.org and do file -> Save As -> {select desired format}
Do you need for it to always save in that format? Go explore Tools -> options
Now, as far as connecting to Verizon goes. You're doing it wrong. DSL sucks. However, you do NOT need to install their crapware on your PC. If you need it to "activate" your account you CAN talk to someone at Verizon to activate it over the phone. However, I suspect you want to use your PC to connect directly to the DSL modem. Check your DSL modem and find out if it's a model that also functions as a router/firewall (most are nowadays). If it is, enter your network credentials into the cable modem's configuration screens and you're done. No verizon crapware installed, no Verizon branding of any of your system software, and best of all, you can still avoid running Microsoft Windows. If it's a cable modem which is strictly a modem (honestly I haven't seen such a model in five years or so) then go to Worst Buy and spring on a $50 hasbro-class router. If you really don't want to do that, and want to connect your PC directly to the interweb, use any of the zillion PPPoE clients that are probably already installed on your Ubuntu system.
The sad thing is, this is exactly the kind of user who would benefit the MOST from Linux. Freedom from scumware like adware, spyware, viruses, and so forth. When she switches to Windows she will probably connect directly to the Internet on a public IP and her PC will be a zombie within minutes - or maybe a few days if she has Norton or McCrapee on it.
They only have one orifice in the back - it's called the vent, technically. The anal and vaginal opening is one and the same. To laypersons, it's the butt. Sheesh!
If you want to pick nits, check your facts first. Eggs come out of the butt, as do sperm, turds -- and urine (which mixes with extrement so you'll rarely if ever see a bird just urinate). Imagine being a bird with a urinary tract infection!
The Bible might be in violation of this kind of law - it's lewd (ever read song of solomon? All about sex. Genesis? (incest is mentioned). I hope you're not a pastor, rabbi, or minister quoting the scriptures, you're going to be locked up for profanity and reading and distributing/making available lewd publications.
Ah, but if you want to bible-thump, how do you judge Ricardo's eternal destiny? How do you know he did not receive Yeshua Hamaschiach (Jesus the Messiah) as his Lord and Savior with his gasping breath? Aren't you judging unrighteously when you state that Ricardo is now in Hell?
You remind me of Westboro Baptist Church (godhatesfags.com), where a message of hatred, works-based theology, and judgement is preached rather than Yeshua's (Jesus') message of redemption, love, and forgiveness.
I know you're only trolling, but who are you to judge someone's eternal destiny? For all we know, Adolf Hitler could be with Christ at this moment, if he repented with his dying breath. That scenario would not negate God's sovereignty and justice; after all, Yeshua (Jesus) paid for ALL sins when He was crucified. Adonai (the LORD) sent His only son to REDEEM the world, not judge it. (FWIW I suspect Hitler is pretty much past well done and well into the crispy stage at this point but it's not my place to say definitively that is the case -- after all, I am not God and neither are you)
Westboro Baptist Church is not a Christian congregation by any means. They twist scripture into a message of hatred, unrighteous judgement, works, and racism. It's the KKK under a different garb.
Hello, Homeland Security? Yes, this is a cynical citizen here, totally disgusted with our trashing what our Founding Fathers intended with your tyrannical intent to create a police state. May I suggest a better solution rather than destroy relations with friends and give more people abroad to make fun of America's Security Theater? I don't have the space to fully explain the concept here but please visit these following web pages for a primer on doing your job:
In a nutshell the principle is this: if one does not fit into a "psychology profile" then one is very likely (probability approaches 1) not going to be a ter'rist. The concept is called "profiling," and guess what? It's not based on skin color so tell the political correctness bleeding hearts to fuck off and start practicing actual forensic science! There is no need for a protestant minister or 75-yr-old jewish or hindu woman to be harassed and documented like a criminal. Here in America we have welcomed both visitors and (legal) immigrants from the very beginning. Please do not make it any less desirable to foreigners. As it is most already hate us thanks to the likes of you.
Signed,
An American citizen loyal to the thirteen stars and stripes who is descended from Polish, Italian, Irish, and Jewish immigrants.
Excuse me, but isn't this the job of parents? Perhaps at the old age of 37, perhaps I'm a bit old-fashioned and my way of thinking is outmoded. How dare I think that parents should pick up responsibility for the basics!
Good luck suing Novell; their network operating system (Netware) supported access control lists very early on. They can demonstrate prior art very easily, cutting the legs out from under the suit. Those trolls would have been best off avoiding suing Novell.
They have a market cap of about $3mil now, which is inflated to the now-castrated SCO Unix products. So, right now the black knight is past saying "'tis but a flesh wound" and is crying out "I'll bite your legs off!"
Uh, they're still referring to UNIX IP being property of SCO?
Just how is this possible? It's well-known that Novell owns UNIX IP (maybe not the trademark, but the copyrights, etc. to the code) and as the owner of Unix IP, Novell obviously has no objection to Unix's affecting Linux, since Novell is distributing Linux pretty aggressively.
On top of that, even if there were Unix code, or even SCO-authoried UNIX code in the Linux kernel, SCO themselves distributed that same code under the GPL releases as Caldera Linux, and later on, SCO Linux.
Want to know the saddest part of this?
Prior to Darl's influence, Caldera was a great company. They were founded by former Novell folk who were avid supporters of Open Source. Not free as in beer, but free as in speech, where if you buy a product, you not only get the binaries, but the source so you can fix bugs in the event that the product ceases to be available. They brought DR Dos back to life (and sued Microsoft in the process for their anti-competitive tactics).
They introduced Caldera Linux, which was a bit ahead of its time. Online repositories accessible through a decent GUI, network management through a usable GUI, and a somewhat polished (for the time) desktop environment, all as open source. The "open" nature of it was touted heavily on it, and although it wasn't my primary OS at the time (I had to work a LOT of hours from home on Windows projects so I dumped Linux for a few years, unfortunately) I liked it a lot.
Caldera was very open and very pro-open source. The founders saw the vision and potential of open standards. I don't know exactly what prompted the change which brought that shark Darl in, but Caldera was very focused on poising themselves for the open source revolution and the potential for "value-added" services, using the "free/free" aspect to gain market penetration.
Keep in mind what Caldera was doing then is what Novell and Canonical are doing now, and it's somewhat ironic that SCO (formerly Caldera) was founded by ex-Novell employees who shared the same vision that Novell has FINALLY embraced in recent years.
I recently (as in, within the last week) gave in to breaking netiquette and dumbing down my emails by top posting. Why? I used to respond through the email, making sure everything is properly indented (for HTML users) or prefixed with a >. I also edit out extraneous content with [snip].
And yet, every time I get into discussions with clients who aren't VERY computer savvy via email and respond to each point in order (as one SHOULD to make it EASIER to understand) they miss it.
Why?
They skim. They don't look for anything beyond the top of the email. If it's not contained in the top paragraph, it's obviously not important enough to worry about.
Proper netiquette saved my behind in corporate America (the company for the specific company in question shall rename nameless. Let's just say that it's a Waltham-based HR software company which was recently bought out. They're not SAP or Oracle so you may not know of them unless you're with Fidelity, State Farm, Sears, etc. HR departments). VPs used to come back to me and demand to know why my team didn't find certain obvious showstopper defects (I personally found the ones in question, analyzed the potential show-stopping, contract-voiding effects the bugs might have, and argued for their resolution and was vetoed by the COO and CEO personally). Well, as it turns out, they denied ever hearing about the defects, and the blame was on me since I was directing Quality Assurance. Fortunately for me (or perhaps unfortunately because I remained at that company for 2.5 years after that incident because I foolishly believed their lies about stock options, etc. - in the recent buyout "preferred stock" holders got NOTHING but the common stock holders (mainly the CEO and CIO) made millions - I could have moved on to any of the much better offers that came my way during that time) I archive ALL my email. I don't delete email unless it's spam or jokes, etc.
These were bugs I brought up to the director of client services, the COO, and the CEO (I went up the food chain properly) and while the director of client services wanted it fixed; she immediately saw the potential ramifications, the COO and CEO flat-out rejected it, citing the costs involved in fixing it (it was an architectural issue which would have required 3 to 6 days of dedicated time for the chief architect, myself, and two Sr. software engineers).
The issue blew up at a client site. The client spent months and months developing content (in our English-like business logic language), assuming that plans would display to the employee as our Sales and Support staff claimed it would, and didn't set up the complex tests I did to verify. Silly client, they assumed that the software works as advertised! They discovered after hiring many temps and contractors to develop their HR portal that data inheritance was completely broken. They had to reimplement 6+ months of work. Well, needless to say, the shit hit the fan at that point.
The CEO and COO came by my desk (I moved on to Release Engineering at that point, wanting to do more coding and and playing less political games since the executives were morons, in denial about our being a software company despite our sole product is software and our sole service is designed on selling seats of product and number of subjects and plans, not hours/days/resources for implementation. It was a very product-driven model and the customers were treated as a product-driven company would operate.). They wanted to know why these defects were not found under my watch. Fortunately while I was director not only did I personally read every single defect to classify and prioritize them properly and ensure they were assigned to the correct software engineer, but I also happened to be the one who discovered and analyzed that defect, suspecting it was broken when I was digging through some old spaghetti code we had in place driving that module.
So, I found the email thread in outlook in about one minute. I also happened to have follow up messages citing our con
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How does the lifetime compare to PVC though? I've seen PVC that has been buried for 30 years and looks absolutely brand-new (the above-ground portions though - not so much thanks to UV). How does copper compare, since copper corrodes?
I'm going to check it out. Thanks for giving everyone the tip on this distro! :)
I don't think so.
A 90% decrease in network performance while listening to music and the continuous[continue][cancel] prompts without actually fixing the security model are not small problems. When users cannot intentionally install software or change superficial settings (resolution, wallpaper, etc) but spyware and viruses can freely install themselves programatically is an indication that Vista did not at all live up to Microsoft's promises. That users did not get what they paid for (better performance, improved security) and the user[continue][cancel] experience is[continue][cancel] continually [continue][cancel] interrupted [continue][cancel] to create [continue][cancel] perception of [continue][cancel] security is are major problems.
The [continue][cancel] UAC [continue][cancel] "feature" [continue][cancel] is analogous to [continue][cancel] Duhbya's [continue][cancel] homeland security theater. It's almost completely ineffective, forces us to take off our shoes and leave bottled water and nail clippers behind while not the real criminals. It's a great show and gives the masses the "feel" of security without really providing any.
You use it in conjunction with OpenLDAP. Unfortunately it's a beast to configure, and extremely time-consuming. It makes the up-front cost (in terms of labor) much higher than that of Microsoft SBS, where one can have a complete Active Directory for a small-to-medium size environment up and running in as little as an hour.
This is why Software as a Service is never a good idea. You can have a ton of data stored on that service and it can be discontinued at any time. This is why when I do use Google Docs, I have the data backed up on our own site, and this is also why I won't use Microsoft Live! alternatives to Office.
It is designed to create vendor lock-in. I do not trust the likes of Microsoft to provide a data export option should they decide the service is not working. Thankfully Google has at least up to now been honorable in providing the means to retrieve data even when products have ceased, and provided PLENTY of notice (we knew what, two years ago that Google Video was going to die?) when discontinuation of hosted services were planned.
In light of this. F/OSS and "shared source" solutions you host yourself (or at least have FULL access to not only the data but also the code) is the best solution, and even proprietary/closed-source shrinkwrap software where you have both the software and the data in-house are the best solutions. Even closed-source software with craptivation, er, activation and per-use license verification schemes are vastly superior because should the vendor die, cracking the checks to continue your right of first sale to use the product can still be exercised in the very worst cases.
In this case users are fortunate it's Google services because as stated above Google provides plenty of notice and the means to retrieve data - and in the case of some tools have even have open source so you can continue use of the service in your own hosted environment. Don't expect that to be the case with other SaaS solutions when they are terminated.
I have found that samba performs better than Windows on equivalent hardware; vastly superior transfer speeds. However, it is a beast to set up and the documentation is grossly inadequate, even for folks who are seasoned in both Linux and Windows/Craptive Directory. How can a F/OSS supporter promote Linux as an AD/SMB solution for benefits like less downtime, live maintenance tasks, FULL automation of things like backups and so forth, FREE antivirus, etc. when the up-front cost for setup takes many times longer? One can have an active directory for a small-to-medium sized company implemented in under three hours (if using multiple servers for Exchange), including file shares, login scripts, email accounts, and backups, or under an hour with SBS (Small Business Server) because the GUI makes the work so quick.
In case you're going to suggest SWAT: I've worked with SWAT and it sucks. I've achieved working results by hand-editing the config files using nano and vi, and every time I've worked with SWAT it has fudged things up.
I suggest Linux to clients whenever it makes sense, however for a PDC for anything but a small (2 to 10) user environment it doesn't make much sense going with a 100% free distro because the GUI sucks and requires too much manual intervention -- despite the long-term TCO being much, much cheaper.
In the face of a beastly config process and SBS making point-and-click configuration of AD, accounts, email accounts, mail routing, backups, and DNS so quick, the cost of per-user licensing is a net savings compared to the cost of setting up a 100% free Linux distro. Now, when it comes to commercial distros (Red Hat, SLES, etc.) the tables are turned, but the cost savings are not as advantageous as one would want to turn people to Linux when they have only previously heard of Windows and Macintosh (Macintosh is a standalone OS only, right? Sadly, that is still the public perception. Apple ought to market Mac OS X Server Unlimited a hell of a lot more aggressively than they do - and open it up to clones so I can run it on SuperMicro hardware. I could sell that like mad!)
Now, if there are much better SMB docs available, and if swat has matured in the last year to the point where it's usable and reliable, I would LOVE to hear about it because I'd love to punt Microsoft Windows as a first suggestion for small businesses, and even for medium-sized environments.
However, Samba is indeed fast. I've found it to be 100% to 200% faster on equivalent hardware, and I've built Samba servers on outdated Pentium III 1U rack mount servers that outperform Windows on Xeon servers with an equivalent number of users and file sizes - with on-access ClamAV scanning. Not having all of the overhead of Windows and the requirement of Windows antivirus software results in a dramatic performance improvement (for some reason even ClamAV on Windows is much slower than on-access scanning on Linux).
No thanks. I don't want to start paying sales tax on Newegg purchases.
Out of all the chain stores, I loved Tweeter. Not only would they have some Elite (Pioneer's high end line) components in stock most of the time, but they would haggle on price and even match the lowest online price. Just [i]try[/i] ordering any higher-end components from Circuit City or Worst Buy.
They did fuck up one of my Corvettes though, on an alarm install. I'd have done it myself (I can read a wiring diagram and I previously owned a car stereo company) but the insurance company required a receipt including the install. :(
Toyota's web site, as one example. Until a few months ago the same was true of Mazda's web site - they used to feed the mobile version of the site and spoofing the MSIE or Firefox/Windows user agent didn't help in that case either.
There are still high-profile MSIE-centric sites out there, unfortunately.
You can do it over the phone. The key is to get a human on the phone, and not just a human, one who doesn't follow a teleprompter. But yes, you can do it over the phone.
You can also do it with Comcast - go through the Service link on the cable modem page, call their customer support and just tell them you won't (or can't) install their software and want to activate the modem. Chances are you might not even have to call them.
Take the computer, yank the wires out, put them in a trash bag, and toss them in the dumpster. Take the PC and monitor and do the exact same thing, unless you have a recycling center nearby, in which case take the PC and monitor there instead.
Second, never touch a computer again. Thankyouverymuch.
Seriously though, need word on Linux? Get Crossover Office. It runs Office perfectly. In fact, performance will be slightly better than native execution on Windows.
Do you just need to be able to save .doc or .docx files? In that case, use OpenOffice.org and do file -> Save As -> {select desired format}
Do you need for it to always save in that format? Go explore Tools -> options
Now, as far as connecting to Verizon goes. You're doing it wrong. DSL sucks. However, you do NOT need to install their crapware on your PC. If you need it to "activate" your account you CAN talk to someone at Verizon to activate it over the phone. However, I suspect you want to use your PC to connect directly to the DSL modem. Check your DSL modem and find out if it's a model that also functions as a router/firewall (most are nowadays). If it is, enter your network credentials into the cable modem's configuration screens and you're done. No verizon crapware installed, no Verizon branding of any of your system software, and best of all, you can still avoid running Microsoft Windows. If it's a cable modem which is strictly a modem (honestly I haven't seen such a model in five years or so) then go to Worst Buy and spring on a $50 hasbro-class router. If you really don't want to do that, and want to connect your PC directly to the interweb, use any of the zillion PPPoE clients that are probably already installed on your Ubuntu system.
The sad thing is, this is exactly the kind of user who would benefit the MOST from Linux. Freedom from scumware like adware, spyware, viruses, and so forth. When she switches to Windows she will probably connect directly to the Internet on a public IP and her PC will be a zombie within minutes - or maybe a few days if she has Norton or McCrapee on it.
Correct - and that goes for even the most heinously evil of us.
They only have one orifice in the back - it's called the vent, technically. The anal and vaginal opening is one and the same. To laypersons, it's the butt. Sheesh!
If you want to pick nits, check your facts first. Eggs come out of the butt, as do sperm, turds -- and urine (which mixes with extrement so you'll rarely if ever see a bird just urinate). Imagine being a bird with a urinary tract infection!
Check this out so you can edumacate yourself:
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/bird_excretion.htm
Search the page for: Cloaca and lower intestine of an Ostrich for a nice diagram of the anatomy of an avian vent.
The Bible might be in violation of this kind of law - it's lewd (ever read song of solomon? All about sex. Genesis? (incest is mentioned). I hope you're not a pastor, rabbi, or minister quoting the scriptures, you're going to be locked up for profanity and reading and distributing/making available lewd publications.
Ah, but if you want to bible-thump, how do you judge Ricardo's eternal destiny? How do you know he did not receive Yeshua Hamaschiach (Jesus the Messiah) as his Lord and Savior with his gasping breath? Aren't you judging unrighteously when you state that Ricardo is now in Hell?
You remind me of Westboro Baptist Church (godhatesfags.com), where a message of hatred, works-based theology, and judgement is preached rather than Yeshua's (Jesus') message of redemption, love, and forgiveness.
I know you're only trolling, but who are you to judge someone's eternal destiny? For all we know, Adolf Hitler could be with Christ at this moment, if he repented with his dying breath. That scenario would not negate God's sovereignty and justice; after all, Yeshua (Jesus) paid for ALL sins when He was crucified. Adonai (the LORD) sent His only son to REDEEM the world, not judge it. (FWIW I suspect Hitler is pretty much past well done and well into the crispy stage at this point but it's not my place to say definitively that is the case -- after all, I am not God and neither are you)
Westboro Baptist Church is not a Christian congregation by any means. They twist scripture into a message of hatred, unrighteous judgement, works, and racism. It's the KKK under a different garb.
Who was the guy who first looked at a chicken and thought "I'm gonna eat the first thing that comes out of that bird's butt."
Thank god the egg came out first.
Will sunscreen do? What do I need, SPF 280,000?
Hello, Homeland Security? Yes, this is a cynical citizen here, totally disgusted with our trashing what our Founding Fathers intended with your tyrannical intent to create a police state. May I suggest a better solution rather than destroy relations with friends and give more people abroad to make fun of America's Security Theater? I don't have the space to fully explain the concept here but please visit these following web pages for a primer on doing your job:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_psychology
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologycareerprofiles/a/forensicpsych.htm
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~mlyount/MySites/ForensicPsychology/CriminalProfiling.html
In a nutshell the principle is this: if one does not fit into a "psychology profile" then one is very likely (probability approaches 1) not going to be a ter'rist. The concept is called "profiling," and guess what? It's not based on skin color so tell the political correctness bleeding hearts to fuck off and start practicing actual forensic science! There is no need for a protestant minister or 75-yr-old jewish or hindu woman to be harassed and documented like a criminal. Here in America we have welcomed both visitors and (legal) immigrants from the very beginning. Please do not make it any less desirable to foreigners. As it is most already hate us thanks to the likes of you.
Signed,
An American citizen loyal to the thirteen stars and stripes who is descended from Polish, Italian, Irish, and Jewish immigrants.
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"Hansel? This call is for you."
Excuse me, but isn't this the job of parents? Perhaps at the old age of 37, perhaps I'm a bit old-fashioned and my way of thinking is outmoded. How dare I think that parents should pick up responsibility for the basics!
Good luck suing Novell; their network operating system (Netware) supported access control lists very early on. They can demonstrate prior art very easily, cutting the legs out from under the suit. Those trolls would have been best off avoiding suing Novell.
What do "illegal immigrants" have to do with this topic? ;)
They have a market cap of about $3mil now, which is inflated to the now-castrated SCO Unix products. So, right now the black knight is past saying "'tis but a flesh wound" and is crying out "I'll bite your legs off!"
Uh, they're still referring to UNIX IP being property of SCO?
Just how is this possible? It's well-known that Novell owns UNIX IP (maybe not the trademark, but the copyrights, etc. to the code) and as the owner of Unix IP, Novell obviously has no objection to Unix's affecting Linux, since Novell is distributing Linux pretty aggressively.
On top of that, even if there were Unix code, or even SCO-authoried UNIX code in the Linux kernel, SCO themselves distributed that same code under the GPL releases as Caldera Linux, and later on, SCO Linux.
Want to know the saddest part of this?
Prior to Darl's influence, Caldera was a great company. They were founded by former Novell folk who were avid supporters of Open Source. Not free as in beer, but free as in speech, where if you buy a product, you not only get the binaries, but the source so you can fix bugs in the event that the product ceases to be available. They brought DR Dos back to life (and sued Microsoft in the process for their anti-competitive tactics).
They introduced Caldera Linux, which was a bit ahead of its time. Online repositories accessible through a decent GUI, network management through a usable GUI, and a somewhat polished (for the time) desktop environment, all as open source. The "open" nature of it was touted heavily on it, and although it wasn't my primary OS at the time (I had to work a LOT of hours from home on Windows projects so I dumped Linux for a few years, unfortunately) I liked it a lot.
Caldera was very open and very pro-open source. The founders saw the vision and potential of open standards. I don't know exactly what prompted the change which brought that shark Darl in, but Caldera was very focused on poising themselves for the open source revolution and the potential for "value-added" services, using the "free/free" aspect to gain market penetration.
Keep in mind what Caldera was doing then is what Novell and Canonical are doing now, and it's somewhat ironic that SCO (formerly Caldera) was founded by ex-Novell employees who shared the same vision that Novell has FINALLY embraced in recent years.
I recently (as in, within the last week) gave in to breaking netiquette and dumbing down my emails by top posting. Why? I used to respond through the email, making sure everything is properly indented (for HTML users) or prefixed with a >. I also edit out extraneous content with [snip].
And yet, every time I get into discussions with clients who aren't VERY computer savvy via email and respond to each point in order (as one SHOULD to make it EASIER to understand) they miss it.
Why?
They skim. They don't look for anything beyond the top of the email. If it's not contained in the top paragraph, it's obviously not important enough to worry about.
Proper netiquette saved my behind in corporate America (the company for the specific company in question shall rename nameless. Let's just say that it's a Waltham-based HR software company which was recently bought out. They're not SAP or Oracle so you may not know of them unless you're with Fidelity, State Farm, Sears, etc. HR departments). VPs used to come back to me and demand to know why my team didn't find certain obvious showstopper defects (I personally found the ones in question, analyzed the potential show-stopping, contract-voiding effects the bugs might have, and argued for their resolution and was vetoed by the COO and CEO personally). Well, as it turns out, they denied ever hearing about the defects, and the blame was on me since I was directing Quality Assurance. Fortunately for me (or perhaps unfortunately because I remained at that company for 2.5 years after that incident because I foolishly believed their lies about stock options, etc. - in the recent buyout "preferred stock" holders got NOTHING but the common stock holders (mainly the CEO and CIO) made millions - I could have moved on to any of the much better offers that came my way during that time) I archive ALL my email. I don't delete email unless it's spam or jokes, etc.
These were bugs I brought up to the director of client services, the COO, and the CEO (I went up the food chain properly) and while the director of client services wanted it fixed; she immediately saw the potential ramifications, the COO and CEO flat-out rejected it, citing the costs involved in fixing it (it was an architectural issue which would have required 3 to 6 days of dedicated time for the chief architect, myself, and two Sr. software engineers).
The issue blew up at a client site. The client spent months and months developing content (in our English-like business logic language), assuming that plans would display to the employee as our Sales and Support staff claimed it would, and didn't set up the complex tests I did to verify. Silly client, they assumed that the software works as advertised! They discovered after hiring many temps and contractors to develop their HR portal that data inheritance was completely broken. They had to reimplement 6+ months of work. Well, needless to say, the shit hit the fan at that point.
The CEO and COO came by my desk (I moved on to Release Engineering at that point, wanting to do more coding and and playing less political games since the executives were morons, in denial about our being a software company despite our sole product is software and our sole service is designed on selling seats of product and number of subjects and plans, not hours/days/resources for implementation. It was a very product-driven model and the customers were treated as a product-driven company would operate.). They wanted to know why these defects were not found under my watch. Fortunately while I was director not only did I personally read every single defect to classify and prioritize them properly and ensure they were assigned to the correct software engineer, but I also happened to be the one who discovered and analyzed that defect, suspecting it was broken when I was digging through some old spaghetti code we had in place driving that module.
So, I found the email thread in outlook in about one minute. I also happened to have follow up messages citing our con