Then you should have no problem that I believe that your "spirituality" is nothing more than chemicals in your brain giving you a "warm fuzzy feeling". Nothing wrong with that, I just achieve the same effects through gin, not religion.
So I'm really suspicious of a test that says one person is "feeling" more spiritual than another person since that isn't even how it works.
Wow, a religious person having a hard time believing something that can be scientifically proven that contradicts their own personal views that cannot be scientifically proven. There's a first.
The corporate versions of Vista and Windows 7 that the University I work for is now offering (we have a Microsoft Campus Agreement for all OS and for Office products) use Windows Key Servers instead of Volume License Keys for all activations. So whereas before i could take the CD/DVD and the VLK and install on an unlimited amount of machines anywhere, now any installs have to be done on the campus network (or using a VPN to appear to be on campus), and need to check in to the servers occasionally (it was every 180 days, now it sounds like they may have shortened it) to stay "valid". As far as the University goes, they think it is wonderful becasue they are paying for a lot less user licenses than they were before, and can more closely control how many licenses are actually floating around out there. I haven't played around with trying to get around this too much, but I would guess there are ways. And is it possible to set up hidden "rogue" MS Key Servers that will validate any system that contact them?
Yeah, I know. I was thinking only about operating systems and completely forgot about the real roots of MS. Atari BASIC was the first language I ever programmed on. I remember just entering random PEEKS and POKES to see what they would do.
D'oh, I forgot all about Basic! Yep, possibly one of the best versions of basic that was out there. I actually used Dr DOS a lot back in the day, until MS DOS was at about version 5.0 or so.
Actually, in the early 80s, the name Microsoft wouldn't elicit much except "Yeah, I think I may have used their version of DOS once" and not much else.They were just one company in a sea of many putting out versions of DOS. The derision didn't start until later versions of Windows were released. Most people at the time liked the first versions Windows becasue it gave them a GUI instead of doing everything from the command prompt. You would be hard pressed to find someone complaining about good old Windows for Workgroups 3.1 back in the day.
Yes, pretending nothing could possibly happen to your machine is the very best security model I have ever heard. Run, don't walk, to the patent office and patent your idea immediately. I suggest calling it the "Ostrich Method of Securing a Computer System".
Keep your head buried down in that sand man! Ignorance is bliss!
Get the SATA working - I have had exactly 1 SATA disk that wasn't recognized and configured automatically in the probably 200 installs of XP I have done on the job - and that was the first XP release without any service packs. Ever since SP1 rolled out have not come across any snags on the installs. And really, my grandma did install her own printer on XP. Even she could follow the simple "Insert the CD, click Install, then plug in the printer" instructions. And it worked. No finding drivers, using GIMP, dependencies, or rolling your own. I may have been exaggerating a bit to prove a point, but with Windows, my grandma can install software and hardware herself and it works. If she ever had to see a command prompt, even for a second, it would scare the bejesus out of her. So really it is a tradeoff between having to keep her machine virus free, but easy for her to use vs. knowing her machine is probably not part of a russian botnet, but her not knowing how to do anything with it. Consiering she is too wary to use her computer for online banking or shopping, and she doesn't have any info on it that couldn't be easily replaced, if her machine gets hosed, oh well. When I set it up for her initially I had a clean image with all of the software she needed, and ghosted it to a DVD. So restoring from scratch only takes like a half hour, not exactly a huge ordeal. From my point of view, I don't care what OS she uses because rebuilding from scratch would take about the same amount of time for me. But her comfortability level with Windows XP is finally pretty good now that she has been using it for 5 years, and I wouldn't want to switch it up on her now.
Yeah, easy enough. I took your advice and installed Debian on my 83 year old grandmother's computer. Now if you could just kindly give her a call and walk her through sudoing and configuring her iptables, and then getting her wireless card installed, and her printer working, that would be just great. I would, but I don't have 37 hours to spare.
Actually, a responsible network administrator would actually check into it, maybe do a whois, etc. to determine who owns it, then make an informed decision based on information. A hack admin would just assume something looks "unusual and thus suspicious" with no info other than a gut instinct, and do a knee-jerk block of that entire domain without actually knowing what is being blocked, or why.
So if you could kindly provide your info so I can never hire you, we will both be set.
The real question is whether or not her machine will end up part of some bot-net.
This is the primary value that a Mac has over Windows.
So you set up a cheap Windows box, install sandboxie, and run the browser in a sandbox environment. Turn the firewall on, install some AV software, and bot-net problem solved. Honestly, I have locked down a few Windows boxes for some really technologically challenged people in the past. If you know what you are doing, you can make any OS a lot more secure than the default. It isn't a question of which OS you chose to run, it is a question of how much you secure it. Any OS can be more or less secure than any other OS depending on how you configure it.
Well, you really showed them. Next time they roll out a new domain name, I am sure they will check with you first to see if you approve.
And the domain name is actually the numerical equivalent of a googol, which makes it clever, not underhanded. Just because you didn't get it doesn't make it sneaky.
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Then you should have no problem that I believe that your "spirituality" is nothing more than chemicals in your brain giving you a "warm fuzzy feeling". Nothing wrong with that, I just achieve the same effects through gin, not religion.
So I'm really suspicious of a test that says one person is "feeling" more spiritual than another person since that isn't even how it works.
Wow, a religious person having a hard time believing something that can be scientifically proven that contradicts their own personal views that cannot be scientifically proven. There's a first.
so I'm not entirely versed in US Law (having learned most of it from Law and Order)
That's ok. Everything I know about Canada comes from Rush lyrics and South Park.
The corporate versions of Vista and Windows 7 that the University I work for is now offering (we have a Microsoft Campus Agreement for all OS and for Office products) use Windows Key Servers instead of Volume License Keys for all activations. So whereas before i could take the CD/DVD and the VLK and install on an unlimited amount of machines anywhere, now any installs have to be done on the campus network (or using a VPN to appear to be on campus), and need to check in to the servers occasionally (it was every 180 days, now it sounds like they may have shortened it) to stay "valid". As far as the University goes, they think it is wonderful becasue they are paying for a lot less user licenses than they were before, and can more closely control how many licenses are actually floating around out there. I haven't played around with trying to get around this too much, but I would guess there are ways. And is it possible to set up hidden "rogue" MS Key Servers that will validate any system that contact them?
Yeah, I know. I was thinking only about operating systems and completely forgot about the real roots of MS. Atari BASIC was the first language I ever programmed on. I remember just entering random PEEKS and POKES to see what they would do.
D'oh, I forgot all about Basic! Yep, possibly one of the best versions of basic that was out there. I actually used Dr DOS a lot back in the day, until MS DOS was at about version 5.0 or so.
Actually, in the early 80s, the name Microsoft wouldn't elicit much except "Yeah, I think I may have used their version of DOS once" and not much else.They were just one company in a sea of many putting out versions of DOS. The derision didn't start until later versions of Windows were released. Most people at the time liked the first versions Windows becasue it gave them a GUI instead of doing everything from the command prompt. You would be hard pressed to find someone complaining about good old Windows for Workgroups 3.1 back in the day.
Sorry, but I prefer my "bleeding edge" technology products to be named after certain feminine hygiene products.
Yes, becasue "features and fit" pay the bills and drive further R & D.
Wow, the death of Microsoft, predicted on Slashdot? Now there is something we have never heard before...
Take out the ClearType reference, substitute 2000 and XP for Vista and Windows 7, and you have a meme from 2001.
The Nazis hauled away her "e" in the middle of the night. Nobody has heard from it since.
Yes, pretending nothing could possibly happen to your machine is the very best security model I have ever heard. Run, don't walk, to the patent office and patent your idea immediately. I suggest calling it the "Ostrich Method of Securing a Computer System".
Keep your head buried down in that sand man! Ignorance is bliss!
Get the SATA working - I have had exactly 1 SATA disk that wasn't recognized and configured automatically in the probably 200 installs of XP I have done on the job - and that was the first XP release without any service packs. Ever since SP1 rolled out have not come across any snags on the installs. And really, my grandma did install her own printer on XP. Even she could follow the simple "Insert the CD, click Install, then plug in the printer" instructions. And it worked. No finding drivers, using GIMP, dependencies, or rolling your own. I may have been exaggerating a bit to prove a point, but with Windows, my grandma can install software and hardware herself and it works. If she ever had to see a command prompt, even for a second, it would scare the bejesus out of her. So really it is a tradeoff between having to keep her machine virus free, but easy for her to use vs. knowing her machine is probably not part of a russian botnet, but her not knowing how to do anything with it. Consiering she is too wary to use her computer for online banking or shopping, and she doesn't have any info on it that couldn't be easily replaced, if her machine gets hosed, oh well. When I set it up for her initially I had a clean image with all of the software she needed, and ghosted it to a DVD. So restoring from scratch only takes like a half hour, not exactly a huge ordeal. From my point of view, I don't care what OS she uses because rebuilding from scratch would take about the same amount of time for me. But her comfortability level with Windows XP is finally pretty good now that she has been using it for 5 years, and I wouldn't want to switch it up on her now.
Yeah, easy enough. I took your advice and installed Debian on my 83 year old grandmother's computer. Now if you could just kindly give her a call and walk her through sudoing and configuring her iptables, and then getting her wireless card installed, and her printer working, that would be just great. I would, but I don't have 37 hours to spare.
Easy - take away the keyboard and mouse. Oh, did you want the machine to actually be useful as well?
Yeah, I know it isn't true, but that is what he was referring to.
Actually, a responsible network administrator would actually check into it, maybe do a whois, etc. to determine who owns it, then make an informed decision based on information. A hack admin would just assume something looks "unusual and thus suspicious" with no info other than a gut instinct, and do a knee-jerk block of that entire domain without actually knowing what is being blocked, or why.
So if you could kindly provide your info so I can never hire you, we will both be set.
Can you please provide me with your full name, email address, home address, and past job experience
Says the Anonymous Coward.
Ah, a riff on the Chevy Nova not selling well in Mexico (means "Doesn't go" in Spanish). Nicely played.
The real question is whether or not her machine will end up part of some bot-net. This is the primary value that a Mac has over Windows.
So you set up a cheap Windows box, install sandboxie, and run the browser in a sandbox environment. Turn the firewall on, install some AV software, and bot-net problem solved. Honestly, I have locked down a few Windows boxes for some really technologically challenged people in the past. If you know what you are doing, you can make any OS a lot more secure than the default. It isn't a question of which OS you chose to run, it is a question of how much you secure it. Any OS can be more or less secure than any other OS depending on how you configure it.
Well, you really showed them. Next time they roll out a new domain name, I am sure they will check with you first to see if you approve.
And the domain name is actually the numerical equivalent of a googol, which makes it clever, not underhanded. Just because you didn't get it doesn't make it sneaky.
File sharing is a gateway crime. Jesus, please do not give the RIAA any ideas. The ones they have now are scary enough.
There is a Nexus app called "Bluetooth File Transfer" that may do what you want. I don't have a Nexus (using a G1 Android) so I can't verify though.
No, but there is a dupe for that.
Same with data bandwidth over copper wires.