RHE to WinXP OEM: Uh, no... Ubuntu to WinXP OEM, RHE to Win2k3 Server
From what I read, he wanted Red Hat Workstation which, IIRC, a boxed copy is $140 versus Windows XP Professional, which is retailed normally at $200 (although it can be gotten cheaper at some places).
(I think some people might be surprised at how often a business still keeps an old, outdated MS system running for a special task at least someplace in the company.
The teacher for my PC Config and Repair class told us how they (at a place he used to work, I guess) had an NT4 server box running. It kept running the whole time. The only time it had down time was when they yanked and tossed it a few years ago.
Not only that, but places like gas stations and some market places (cash registered mostly) still use DOS front-ends and back ends. Most of those machines are either A) secure because they run behind a firewall using ancient software, or B) aren't connected to the Internet in the first place and aren't very viable targets. In both cases, a software upgrade is hardly necessary.
Young man, There's a place you should go, I said Young man, There's a place you should see, I said, Young man There's a place you should be, just type Ell, Ay, Ess, Tee, Eff Emm!
...that I bagged on him a few times for accidentally tripping on a power cord, thus splitting the network (whether this actually happened is beyond me). I'm also terrified of riding my bike now.
If you use vanilla Linux and don't use any package management, that's how everything is. Fortunately, configure is smart enough to tell you what is missing most of the time.
I tried it a while ago, and my only dislike of it is the sidebar on the left-hand side is in the upperleft which is, unfortunately, where the static site links are. Move it to the bottom left or on the right somewhere (or even a way to get rid of it), and I'll be happy (especially because I like how comments which don't show up have their first part available, so I don't have to click on the comment to read it).
Actually writing notes has been proven to help remember information better than just reading the same information.
I can attest to this. For example, my friend's truck recently had a new faceplate put on for his in-dash CD player. His father got rid of the sticker on it that had directions for turning demo mode off. I finally got around to attempting to find documentation to turn it off (it was pissing me off, since I was relegated to staring at it during the commute to/from school). I had to get the model number, which I couldn't remember myself. I wrote it down on the peice of paper. When I got back to my laptop to look it up, I didn't even have to look at the paper to remember what model it was, because merely the act of writing it down ingrained it in my head.
Sometimes I think the only reason Sun Solaris is open is because they'd be dead if not. I also think the only reason OpenOffice is open is because Microsoft Office isn't.
If you steal music or movies, you are breaking the law.
Courts around the world -- including the United States Supreme Court --
have ruled that businesses and individuals can be prosecuted for illegal
downloading.
You are not anonymous when you illegally download copyrighted material.
Your IP address is 207.62.231.230 and has been logged.
Respect the music, download legally.
Goodbye Everyone.
Gee, that's too bad that I hardly even use my own IP address, let alone the fact that my address changes every 20 hours (even less if my firewall decides to keel over again).
I know it doesn't apply to everyone, but I scoff at this "you are not anonymous" business. The RIAA and all of their cronies can kiss my IP-shifting ass.
Seriously, though, so what if my address is logged. Everyone may have already drawn this conclusion, but the page put up looks like a scare tactic hosted by our friends at the are eye double ay ess ess.
...this is way overdue. Gotta play Devil's Advocate with this one. The only reason the "security market" exists is because there was a need for one. I don't see a security market for Linux, or BSD, or Solaris, or any of those. And now that the holes are closing (or at least being filtered with in-house tools), the security companies are complaining that their market is fading. Tough shit, guys. That's what you get for banking on a one-trick pony.
On the other side of the coin, their software seems redundant. Why not just make the code more "secure" (for lack of a better term) in the first place, instead of writing MORE CPU-sucking code to cover it up?
Oh, it would be great if we could drop backwards compatability. Microsoft could up and say, "here's our new operating system. Your old software doesn't run anymore." But, wait. What about that obscure accounting software that those bean counters use? It doesn't run on Windows XP, you say? Well, maybe they should use new software. Hmm, it looks like MoneyMaker X is available at $100 a seat. Good luck convincing them to spend money on new software when the old works just fine.
This is the primary problem. If Microsoft makes another version of Windows that isn't compatable with a wide range of old Windows software, and doesn't function the same to old software (Read: bugs and quirks in the API(s)), old software doesn't work on new Windows. If old software doesn't work on new Windows, then what's the incentive to upgrade? We can't use old software, and new software costs more money. Looks like we're stuck on old software.
And there was one guy who said the introduction of Windows XP and its raw sockets API would allow programs to "generate the most damaging forms of Internet attacks." And we all know that the Internet fell apart because of that, right?
A crappy ending to what could have been a pretty neat story, if you ask me.
The problem is, the story essentially already happened. Sure it's kinda neat in that justice sort of way, but it's not that original anymore, and most of the reason people bag on him for PR stunt is because of the connections they make between his place of employment and his photo service of choice.
EVE Online already does that. It did to Earth & Beyond what WoW did to EverQuest. I'm just waiting for the next generation of MMORPGs (although EVE looks pretty kickass).
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I live in a cathedral, and I look down and watch the bazaar every day.
I am shocked! Shocked!
Well, not that shocked.
...from modern computing? Sounds familiar.
It's probably a Google solution looking for a problem. It seems to me like a really neat tool, but someone has to think of ways to use it.
RHE to WinXP OEM: Uh, no... Ubuntu to WinXP OEM, RHE to Win2k3 Server
From what I read, he wanted Red Hat Workstation which, IIRC, a boxed copy is $140 versus Windows XP Professional, which is retailed normally at $200 (although it can be gotten cheaper at some places).
Well screw you guys! I'm gonna go make my own garage! With blackjack! And hookers!
(I think some people might be surprised at how often a business still keeps an old, outdated MS system running for a special task at least someplace in the company.
The teacher for my PC Config and Repair class told us how they (at a place he used to work, I guess) had an NT4 server box running. It kept running the whole time. The only time it had down time was when they yanked and tossed it a few years ago.
Not only that, but places like gas stations and some market places (cash registered mostly) still use DOS front-ends and back ends. Most of those machines are either A) secure because they run behind a firewall using ancient software, or B) aren't connected to the Internet in the first place and aren't very viable targets. In both cases, a software upgrade is hardly necessary.
The latest New Scientist has an article about an engine that exploits relativity and microwaves to generate thrust.
Ok, so when can we expect the patch to protect users from the exploit?
Young man,
There's a place you should go, I said
Young man,
There's a place you should see, I said,
Young man
There's a place you should be, just type
Ell, Ay, Ess, Tee, Eff Emm!
The summary of this article is tagged fud and notfud. In fact, I've noticed that most if not every article is either tagged "fud" or "slownewsday."
...if I post a video stating that Diebold voting machines can not be opened with simple hotel minibar keys?
In the context of Halo, it's more like a puma...
...that I bagged on him a few times for accidentally tripping on a power cord, thus splitting the network (whether this actually happened is beyond me). I'm also terrified of riding my bike now.
Actually, it's more like a car...
If you use vanilla Linux and don't use any package management, that's how everything is. Fortunately, configure is smart enough to tell you what is missing most of the time.
I tried it a while ago, and my only dislike of it is the sidebar on the left-hand side is in the upperleft which is, unfortunately, where the static site links are. Move it to the bottom left or on the right somewhere (or even a way to get rid of it), and I'll be happy (especially because I like how comments which don't show up have their first part available, so I don't have to click on the comment to read it).
Actually writing notes has been proven to help remember information better than just reading the same information.
I can attest to this. For example, my friend's truck recently had a new faceplate put on for his in-dash CD player. His father got rid of the sticker on it that had directions for turning demo mode off. I finally got around to attempting to find documentation to turn it off (it was pissing me off, since I was relegated to staring at it during the commute to/from school). I had to get the model number, which I couldn't remember myself. I wrote it down on the peice of paper. When I got back to my laptop to look it up, I didn't even have to look at the paper to remember what model it was, because merely the act of writing it down ingrained it in my head.
...go play nice with the Sun...
Sometimes I think the only reason Sun Solaris is open is because they'd be dead if not. I also think the only reason OpenOffice is open is because Microsoft Office isn't.
If you steal music or movies, you are breaking the law.
Courts around the world -- including the United States Supreme Court -- have ruled that businesses and individuals can be prosecuted for illegal downloading.
You are not anonymous when you illegally download copyrighted material.
Your IP address is 207.62.231.230 and has been logged.
Respect the music, download legally.
Goodbye Everyone.
Gee, that's too bad that I hardly even use my own IP address, let alone the fact that my address changes every 20 hours (even less if my firewall decides to keel over again).
I know it doesn't apply to everyone, but I scoff at this "you are not anonymous" business. The RIAA and all of their cronies can kiss my IP-shifting ass.
Seriously, though, so what if my address is logged. Everyone may have already drawn this conclusion, but the page put up looks like a scare tactic hosted by our friends at the are eye double ay ess ess.
...this is way overdue. Gotta play Devil's Advocate with this one. The only reason the "security market" exists is because there was a need for one. I don't see a security market for Linux, or BSD, or Solaris, or any of those. And now that the holes are closing (or at least being filtered with in-house tools), the security companies are complaining that their market is fading. Tough shit, guys. That's what you get for banking on a one-trick pony.
On the other side of the coin, their software seems redundant. Why not just make the code more "secure" (for lack of a better term) in the first place, instead of writing MORE CPU-sucking code to cover it up?
Oh, it would be great if we could drop backwards compatability. Microsoft could up and say, "here's our new operating system. Your old software doesn't run anymore." But, wait. What about that obscure accounting software that those bean counters use? It doesn't run on Windows XP, you say? Well, maybe they should use new software. Hmm, it looks like MoneyMaker X is available at $100 a seat. Good luck convincing them to spend money on new software when the old works just fine.
This is the primary problem. If Microsoft makes another version of Windows that isn't compatable with a wide range of old Windows software, and doesn't function the same to old software (Read: bugs and quirks in the API(s)), old software doesn't work on new Windows. If old software doesn't work on new Windows, then what's the incentive to upgrade? We can't use old software, and new software costs more money. Looks like we're stuck on old software.
Don't say anything about F/OSS.
And there was one guy who said the introduction of Windows XP and its raw sockets API would allow programs to "generate the most damaging forms of Internet attacks." And we all know that the Internet fell apart because of that, right?
FUD.
You seem to have forgotten that one of those leaks is actually a feature.
A crappy ending to what could have been a pretty neat story, if you ask me.
The problem is, the story essentially already happened. Sure it's kinda neat in that justice sort of way, but it's not that original anymore, and most of the reason people bag on him for PR stunt is because of the connections they make between his place of employment and his photo service of choice.
EVE Online already does that. It did to Earth & Beyond what WoW did to EverQuest. I'm just waiting for the next generation of MMORPGs (although EVE looks pretty kickass).