What exactly does "General Protection Fault" mean anyway?
Roughly translated, "General Protection Fault" means, "We were too lazy to include proper memory management, so all your applications are messed up now, not just the one that crashed. You have to reboot now." (Yes, I know it was a rhetorical question. I just really, really dislike Windows.)
...then I'll patent thinking and sue everyone.. hahahah!!
Actually, you couldn't sue everyone for infringement of your "thought patent". The employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for example, wouldn't be subject to your suit.
I used to love DOS. I taught myself the basics of C with a shareware DOS compiler on an ancient 286 laptop. What I loved about it was interacting with the computer via command-line. And, ironically enough, it was faster than my 75 MHz Pentium with Win95, simply because there was far less baggage associated with the OS. I had even thought about installing dialup software and a Web browser on the 286, although I never actually got around to it. My infatuation with DOS continued until I found out about a REAL OS that could be used via a CLI. I still use DOS occasionally, but now that I'm used to Linux, it's just not the same anymore.
Yes, I realize this post has absolutely nothing to do with FreeDOS, and that it will probably be moderated as offtopic (and rightly so). I just felt like saying it.
Um, if you don't want to pay for the full Redhat distribution, you can always download it for free from their ftp site. Sure, you don't get official support, but you still get the full system, plus all the documentation available in the box set. Last time I checked, Microsoft didn't offer anything close to that.
What do you mean? That "endless rhyming" thread was great! (Okay, so maybe I'm biased, since I contributed a few times, but I still think it's funny.) I think it's great to see everyone coming together for a few minutes of mass silliness. If we take ourselves too seriously, we'll never have any fun! But, if you must, go ahead and browse at 1. I think you'll be poorer for it. (Actually, if I had moderator points right now, I'd mark as much of that thread up as I could!) As for me, I'm browsing at -1, so no humorless moderator can deprive me of those great (and even the rotten) trolls. Plus, at -1, I'm unaffected by the bad moderation that I've heard people complain about.
I was going to post this anonymously, but then I thought, what the heck, this is what I really believe, so I should put my name to it, even if I lose karma over it. (And I probably will, since I'm defending trolls. Oh, well.)
If you're really that paranoid about backdoors, you can use gdb to see what the binaries are actually doing. Or better yet, just don't use the NSA's Linux. There's no way they can put a backdoor in all versions of Linux, as there is no one single distributor, unlike some other operating systems I could name.
Wouldn't it make sense that the Office Products division will STILL work closely with the OS division? I mean, come on. You know that the principals of all the companies will be the same people who worked together previously
I'm fairly sure the government would prevent collusion between the resulting companies. Besides, the Office division would be able to sell to a larger market if they ported Office to non-Windows platforms, and I'd say the thought of more money would override any residual feelings of loyalty.
As a college student, I don't have the time or money to invest to make Linux a suitable alternative.
Money's no problem. Every Linux distribution I know of makes their OS freely downloadable. If you don't want to take the time to download an entire operating system, you can buy a Linux CD for just a few dollars. I got a Red Hat 6.0 CD from Linuxmall.com for less than $10, including shipping. If you don't want to try to repartition your hard drive (for which I wouldn't blame you), you can get Slackware and do a UMSDOS install, or download a miniature Linux like Peanut Linux.
Now as for finding time to learn Linux, that's a little harder, but it's not impossible. I learned Linux in my spare time in my sophomore year of college, but I'm a nerd, and you may not be willing to invest such a huge chunk of your free time in learning an entirely new OS. But once you do learn it, you'll never again have to deal with one of those #@$# blue screens, which I think is enough to justify the time spent.
Okay, getting back on topic...
...MS will still be dominent and should be forced to either release or auciton off its source code.
I'll admit MS deserves to be reduced and/or broken up, but forcing them to release their source code seems more like a mugging than a fair solution. Practically all of Microsoft's revenue comes from the sale of their software. Forcing them to give away all of their source would destroy their revenue stream. There's no way they would be able to recover. I personally wouldn't mind seeing Microsoft die, but I'd rather they die in a fair fight than be murdered by the government. I think splitting the company, or simply requiring them to open their API's and file formats, would be sufficient.
It's cool to be a geek, but not cool to be a nerd.
I have to object to that statement, for obvious reasons.
Seriously, I'd always used the two terms interchangeably. I knew there was a small difference in connotation, but I considered it negligable. Now I'm not so sure. I don't know which term fits me best, but I do know that I'm technically proficient, socially inept, and DARN PROUD OF IT! If that makes me a geek, or a nerd, or even a dork or dweeb or something more negative, so be it. (I also use GNU software. Does that make me a gnurd?:-))
Yeah, maybe if we overclock it enough we can get it up to the level of a microwave controller! (Actually, with all the heat this thing generates, we can probably dispense with the microwave entirely.)
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Actually, it depends on the design of the calendar. The system of numbering years from the date of Christ's birth was devised by someone whose name I used to know but have long since forgotten. This person defined the year of Christ's birth as the year 1, so the first century was from 1 to 100, the first millenium was from 1 to 1000, and the third millenium doesn't begin until 2001. (I actually intend to celebrate the new millenium on both 2000 and 2001, just because I like partying.)
Type the word "blue" (no space or anything after it)
Highlight the word
Under the "Format" menu, choose "Font"
Change the Font Style to Bold and the color to blue and click OK.
Type a space after the word
Under the "Help" menu, choose "About"
Click on the Word icon at the left.
Use the M and Z keys to move the flippers. Press Escape to exit the game.
BTW, isn't it interesting that the Office development team can't seem to find the time to fix some of the myraid bugs in Office, but still have time to put hidden games and animated paper clips in their software?
Project Gutenberg is a Godsend for those of us who love to read. Last summer I spent nearly all my free time there. They have a great collection of older literature. Soon after I discovered the site, I had read nearly all their Sherlock Holmes collection, as well as many other books/stories I had wanted to read but never gotten around to checking out from the library. The only thing I dislike about the site is that they have virtually no 20th-century literature. (But that's due to restrictive copyright laws, not because of any failing of the site's administrators.)
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this patent is for this one specific phone, not the idea of a disposible phone. (I tried to go back and look at the article to make sure, but I got a server error.)
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Roughly translated, "General Protection Fault" means, "We were too lazy to include proper memory management, so all your applications are messed up now, not just the one that crashed. You have to reboot now." (Yes, I know it was a rhetorical question. I just really, really dislike Windows.)
Actually, you couldn't sue everyone for infringement of your "thought patent". The employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for example, wouldn't be subject to your suit.
According to the intelligent people in charge of our network here at Clemson, FunPhone provides the same service as Dialpad.com.
Yes, I realize this post has absolutely nothing to do with FreeDOS, and that it will probably be moderated as offtopic (and rightly so). I just felt like saying it.
Um, if you don't want to pay for the full Redhat distribution, you can always download it for free from their ftp site. Sure, you don't get official support, but you still get the full system, plus all the documentation available in the box set. Last time I checked, Microsoft didn't offer anything close to that.
Various sections use different colors. The red/yellow combination is used here in the Your Rights Online section.
I was going to post this anonymously, but then I thought, what the heck, this is what I really believe, so I should put my name to it, even if I lose karma over it. (And I probably will, since I'm defending trolls. Oh, well.)
There were two Slashdot articles about the Matrix sequels a while back. Check here and here.
Okay, sorry for the misunderstanding. I see your point now.
IIRC, I think the GPL prohibits deliberately obfusctating source code. I may be mistaken, though.
If you're really that paranoid about backdoors, you can use gdb to see what the binaries are actually doing. Or better yet, just don't use the NSA's Linux. There's no way they can put a backdoor in all versions of Linux, as there is no one single distributor, unlike some other operating systems I could name.
I'm fairly sure the government would prevent collusion between the resulting companies. Besides, the Office division would be able to sell to a larger market if they ported Office to non-Windows platforms, and I'd say the thought of more money would override any residual feelings of loyalty.
Money's no problem. Every Linux distribution I know of makes their OS freely downloadable. If you don't want to take the time to download an entire operating system, you can buy a Linux CD for just a few dollars. I got a Red Hat 6.0 CD from Linuxmall.com for less than $10, including shipping. If you don't want to try to repartition your hard drive (for which I wouldn't blame you), you can get Slackware and do a UMSDOS install, or download a miniature Linux like Peanut Linux.
Now as for finding time to learn Linux, that's a little harder, but it's not impossible. I learned Linux in my spare time in my sophomore year of college, but I'm a nerd, and you may not be willing to invest such a huge chunk of your free time in learning an entirely new OS. But once you do learn it, you'll never again have to deal with one of those #@$# blue screens, which I think is enough to justify the time spent.
Okay, getting back on topic...
I'll admit MS deserves to be reduced and/or broken up, but forcing them to release their source code seems more like a mugging than a fair solution. Practically all of Microsoft's revenue comes from the sale of their software. Forcing them to give away all of their source would destroy their revenue stream. There's no way they would be able to recover. I personally wouldn't mind seeing Microsoft die, but I'd rather they die in a fair fight than be murdered by the government. I think splitting the company, or simply requiring them to open their API's and file formats, would be sufficient.
If that theory turns out to be true, I'm going to buy that one electron and make everyone else in the universe pay to use it. :-)
(Sorry about that. I don't actually understand these theories myself, so I'm reduced to telling bad jokes about them.)
I have to object to that statement, for obvious reasons.
Seriously, I'd always used the two terms interchangeably. I knew there was a small difference in connotation, but I considered it negligable. Now I'm not so sure. I don't know which term fits me best, but I do know that I'm technically proficient, socially inept, and DARN PROUD OF IT! If that makes me a geek, or a nerd, or even a dork or dweeb or something more negative, so be it. (I also use GNU software. Does that make me a gnurd? :-))
Yeah, maybe if we overclock it enough we can get it up to the level of a microwave controller! (Actually, with all the heat this thing generates, we can probably dispense with the microwave entirely.)
BTW, isn't it interesting that the Office development team can't seem to find the time to fix some of the myraid bugs in Office, but still have time to put hidden games and animated paper clips in their software?
Take a look at http://www.userfr iendly.org/cartoons/archives/98jul/19980723.html.
Um, if you remove all the bugs, I don't think there's anything left to patent.
Yeah, but what happens if your phone runs out of minutes in the middle of a download? That could be inconvenient, to say the least.
As far as I know, Microsoft Bob has no Linux equivalent. :-)