"It took a bit of tweaking with permissions and ownerships but I finally got it working properly -- as I'm sure any geek with a bit of UNIX background (and groking the concept of file permission and ownership) would have been able to do the same."
It did take a while, because I kept trying to chmod the files. All I kept getting back was - 'chmod' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. So I tried reading the man pages on chmod. Guess what happened??
If you sign up for the federal Do Not Call Registry https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx and telemarketers continue to call you, they can get some big fines slapped on them. Not sure if you can sue, but it did put a damper on all those annoying calls after I signed up a few years back...
"my roommates and close circle of friends (who actually care what party I'm going to this weekend) would like to have me on their news-feed. However, the people I have as "friends" that I've met a couple times and we are now Facebook buddies mainly so I can easily let them know when we are having a party don't care whose wall I wrote on."
I believe there is a perfect device for what you describe here, the telephone. Remember those from back in the day?? When you wanted certain friends to know something, but not everyone??
Not every little detail of your life needs to be "online, immediately accessible" by everyone you know. I have a Myspace page but use it for specific networking purposes and wouldn't ever put anything on my page I wouldn't scream in a roomful of strangers. No names, specific locations, place of work, address etc will ever be posted no matter what Myspace says about privacy. Ultimately, everyone is in charge of their own privacy when it comes to this sort of thing - no matter what "policies" are in place, someone will find ways around them. Don't rely on others to protect your privacy.
"Are you seriously implying no-one would understand if you used this more logical construct?"
Only if you are seriously implying no one would understand what 24/7/365 means... I mean honestly, have you never heard that expression used before?? Can you not figure out it's meaning, even with the redundancy?? Then what exactly is the problem??
The whole world doesn't have to be a little logical ball all the time just for the benefit of anal nitpicking...
I dunno, why bother at the pointless one-upmanship of pointing out errors in common statements? I don't say ATM machine or PIN number so why don't you go pick on those kids?
If I said my computer was on 24/7 it would not necessarily imply every week for a year also and 24/7/52 isn't a common term, like say, 24/7/365. It is shorter than typing "on all of the time for every day in one year" and most people know what it means without getting all analytical.
That's not the point. An earlier poster claimed that installing all current patches would make XP crash - I am saying hogwash. I don't think I have ever installed.net at home - at least I don't see the hidden ASPNET user it creates when installed. Are there any applications that need.net to work? I think I may have gotten an error message in the past referencing.net, but I just decided not to install whatever app it was...
Well, to reasonable people not making poor attempts at humor (or an even lamer attempt at ignorance), it means 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Feel better now?
Yep, I am doing all those same things, and my linux box isn't turned on either. And oh yeah, my TRS-80 never crashes, but then again I don't ever turn that on either. Same goes for my good old never crashing Atari 800, Atari 1040ST, and my old original Mac "all-in-one"! Not only do they never crash, they are completely "hackproof" and are immune to all virus, trojan, and worm attacks...
Yep, time to buy portable generators, bottled water, and 50,000 rounds of ammunition in sealed drums. Oh wait, I guess all that stuff is still in my Y2K bomb shelter, I'm set!
"Former Police front-man, Sting, once said something along the lines of, "Hearing someone say they don't like your music is like hearing someone your girlfriend is ugly.""
Which would carry a lot more weight if his girlfriend wasn't ugly. (and if all his post-Police work didn't suck)
I know the feeling all to well. I tried to explain the same concept to a friend of mine who taught elementary school - I told her that I did a hell of a lot more "babysitting" and "hand holding" as a programmer than she did as a teacher.
When designing a foolproof system, never underestimate the ingenuity of fools. (or the stupidity of the users)
Some people may actually prefer having a crap OS with tons of software to run over a great OS with nothing to run on it... Somewhere around 90% last time I checked...
Because really, if you think about, any man-made or natural disaster can be attributed to Microsoft. It's easy, and it's also the Official Slashdot Motto(TM) "Blame Microsoft!" - works in any situation!
I tell people all the time in regards to upgrading your OS/hardware - if your system is doing what you want it to without taking an inordinate amount of time, why bother changing anything? A new OS release is no excuse to upgrade your hardware or OS. And yes, you can run an OS on the minimum requirements, and you will get minimum performance. But you certainly won't need to spend $3000 on hardware to run the newest OS if you spend smart and learn to recycle as much of your old hardware (video cards, hard drives, optical drives, etc.) as you can. The last time I upgraded my hardware, it consisted of a new case, MB, CPU, and RAM all coming in at around $600 - and was essentially a "new system".
I'd guess MS bashers say it sucks, and MS fanboys say it rules. The truth is usually somewhere between - It sucks less than than the bashers claim, and rules less than the fanboys claim.
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"It took a bit of tweaking with permissions and ownerships but I finally got it working properly -- as I'm sure any geek with a bit of UNIX background (and groking the concept of file permission and ownership) would have been able to do the same."
It did take a while, because I kept trying to chmod the files. All I kept getting back was - 'chmod' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. So I tried reading the man pages on chmod. Guess what happened??
Technically, that would be shooting yourself in the foot.
like when you are trying to find a bar or cheese curds...
Great, so in addition to our phone and bank records, now the NSA is reading our mail too??
If you sign up for the federal Do Not Call Registry https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx and telemarketers continue to call you, they can get some big fines slapped on them. Not sure if you can sue, but it did put a damper on all those annoying calls after I signed up a few years back...
I though in Texas you could shoot anybody, anywhere, for any reason. Isn't that why people live in Texas??
I think that Hiller is actually a Chewlies gum rep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerks
Or Public Information Public Internet or PIPI for short...
(with apologies to R. Kelly)
Facebook is gladly refunding all the fees you paid to them, plus interest. The check is in the email.
You really don't have a leg to stand on when complaining about a free service. Read their policies - if you don't agree, don't sign up.
Nah, the college kids would never tread on Slashdotter territory...
"my roommates and close circle of friends (who actually care what party I'm going to this weekend) would like to have me on their news-feed. However, the people I have as "friends" that I've met a couple times and we are now Facebook buddies mainly so I can easily let them know when we are having a party don't care whose wall I wrote on."
I believe there is a perfect device for what you describe here, the telephone. Remember those from back in the day?? When you wanted certain friends to know something, but not everyone??
Not every little detail of your life needs to be "online, immediately accessible" by everyone you know. I have a Myspace page but use it for specific networking purposes and wouldn't ever put anything on my page I wouldn't scream in a roomful of strangers. No names, specific locations, place of work, address etc will ever be posted no matter what Myspace says about privacy. Ultimately, everyone is in charge of their own privacy when it comes to this sort of thing - no matter what "policies" are in place, someone will find ways around them. Don't rely on others to protect your privacy.
RSS feeds are like television - pushing news to you. I prefer to pull the news I want to me, not have everything pushed at me.
"Are you seriously implying no-one would understand if you used this more logical construct?"
Only if you are seriously implying no one would understand what 24/7/365 means... I mean honestly, have you never heard that expression used before?? Can you not figure out it's meaning, even with the redundancy?? Then what exactly is the problem??
The whole world doesn't have to be a little logical ball all the time just for the benefit of anal nitpicking...
I dunno, why bother at the pointless one-upmanship of pointing out errors in common statements? I don't say ATM machine or PIN number so why don't you go pick on those kids?
If I said my computer was on 24/7 it would not necessarily imply every week for a year also and 24/7/52 isn't a common term, like say, 24/7/365. It is shorter than typing "on all of the time for every day in one year" and most people know what it means without getting all analytical.
That's not the point. An earlier poster claimed that installing all current patches would make XP crash - I am saying hogwash. I don't think I have ever installed .net at home - at least I don't see the hidden ASPNET user it creates when installed. Are there any applications that need .net to work? I think I may have gotten an error message in the past referencing .net, but I just decided not to install whatever app it was...
Well, to reasonable people not making poor attempts at humor (or an even lamer attempt at ignorance), it means 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Feel better now?
Yep, I am doing all those same things, and my linux box isn't turned on either. And oh yeah, my TRS-80 never crashes, but then again I don't ever turn that on either. Same goes for my good old never crashing Atari 800, Atari 1040ST, and my old original Mac "all-in-one"! Not only do they never crash, they are completely "hackproof" and are immune to all virus, trojan, and worm attacks...
Yep, time to buy portable generators, bottled water, and 50,000 rounds of ammunition in sealed drums. Oh wait, I guess all that stuff is still in my Y2K bomb shelter, I'm set!
"Former Police front-man, Sting, once said something along the lines of, "Hearing someone say they don't like your music is like hearing someone your girlfriend is ugly.""
Which would carry a lot more weight if his girlfriend wasn't ugly. (and if all his post-Police work didn't suck)
I know the feeling all to well. I tried to explain the same concept to a friend of mine who taught elementary school - I told her that I did a hell of a lot more "babysitting" and "hand holding" as a programmer than she did as a teacher.
When designing a foolproof system, never underestimate the ingenuity of fools. (or the stupidity of the users)
Some people may actually prefer having a crap OS with tons of software to run over a great OS with nothing to run on it... Somewhere around 90% last time I checked...
Because really, if you think about, any man-made or natural disaster can be attributed to Microsoft. It's easy, and it's also the Official Slashdot Motto(TM) "Blame Microsoft!" - works in any situation!
I tell people all the time in regards to upgrading your OS/hardware - if your system is doing what you want it to without taking an inordinate amount of time, why bother changing anything? A new OS release is no excuse to upgrade your hardware or OS. And yes, you can run an OS on the minimum requirements, and you will get minimum performance. But you certainly won't need to spend $3000 on hardware to run the newest OS if you spend smart and learn to recycle as much of your old hardware (video cards, hard drives, optical drives, etc.) as you can. The last time I upgraded my hardware, it consisted of a new case, MB, CPU, and RAM all coming in at around $600 - and was essentially a "new system".
I'd guess MS bashers say it sucks, and MS fanboys say it rules. The truth is usually somewhere between - It sucks less than than the bashers claim, and rules less than the fanboys claim.
"But, linux box at home doesn't crash ever."
I think you forgot to add "as long as you never turn it on." to the end of your statement.