Well, yamssm (yet another ms scummy move) Remember way back when, when the internet was a "huh?" for most people, but the World Wide Web was the latest thing? MS had clue -10 about it. Despite the revisionist history they have tried to write, they missed the wave. Then all of a sudden, bg redirected the whole friggen company to focus on www applications and then proceded to tactically nuke netscape. I remember reading trade rag reports about ms's "about face" on the www, and the reporters using just that term a number of times. Okay, ramble, ramble, we all know that, etc. But the thing is, ms is like a large, slimy, somewhat foul-smelling invertebrate chia pet on steroids. Once it gets moving toward something, it just don't stop 'til it surrounds, stuns, and then dissolves its prey. While, of course, surrounding itself with a smoke screen upon which is displayed a peaceful country scene. And, like any other large, slimy organism, it sometimes takes a while to change directions and begin the hunt in earnest.
But I dunno if my box is up to it: old 486/66, 32mb ram, and a clgd - 1mb. I know I shd upgrade, but it works okay, being just a tad wheezy running stuff like KDE. Oh, well.
I almost ran my car off the road on, ummm, Friday, I think, listening to some Intelinside guy on the radio spout off how much richer the 'net experience will be w/ a p3. Good lord. I mean.....people will believe this stuff. But what happens when folks get their new shiny p3's and find that the access bandwidth they have w/ a 56k is just the same? Heh.
Which, as Intel has pointed out, will run faster and have a quicker internet experience for those fortunate souls running the Pentium III. Sheesh. Maybe if they gave away a free T1 hookup w/ each p3. Now, That would be marketing.
had info on this last week. Bugtraq had a number of posts about it; check out the archives. And the article on LWN, about the guy posting the 'sploit. Lots of different info on bugtraq.
I work for a company that - on the software side - used to produce a vrml authoring tool. In the 2yrs I've been here, I've seen the market go from somewhat active to almost dead. We stopped development on the product and don't push it much at all. Seems to me like vrml is in bad straights. Hmmmmm.... maybe opening the source will give it a shot in the arm.
On the other hand, I've yet to see any really practical application for the technology via the www. From what I've experienced, though this may have changed recently, vrml is dog slow.
Not bad - if a bit longish. Anyway, we all shd have busts of Jon Postel and Doug Englebart on our 'puter desks. Uh, along w/ Denis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Linus Torvalds, RMS, mmmmmmm. Might get crowded there a bit. Maybe a poster wd be better.
Even though it's a bit presumptuous to make any comment about a book from a mere review, I got the impression that pop vs. established culture is at bottom here, with an emphasis on religion. Well, as a child of the sixties - wtf is Woodstock '94, some kinda soft drink? I've read/heard similar arguements about an earlier generation. Guess this just means that there is nothing really new, we just think so.
Hummm. thought I hit the submit button earlier. Anyway, once the counter gets un-/.-ed, make sure you register. A good way to up the demograhics, and you get a neat logo for your webpage - see mine:)
Linux has stability, scability and robustness, just to name a few. NT is barely able to hold its own as a single-user desktop machine. In addition, Linux can out-class NT on multiple platforms - go run NT on an UltraSPARC. You are so funny. Also, manage an NT server remotely - go on, try it. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. What a maroon. Oh, nt5, or win2k, or whatever the name-dujour is, is vapour. More methane from Redmond. But, as we all know, folks like you make statements like yours because of prolonged exposure to the gasious eminations from ms.
I haven't really seen or heard any "mainstream" non-print media coverage of Linux with the exception of the NPR piece. I'll be watching with my popcorn and beer, for sure.
I dislike spam. The folks who do it are cheap hucksters with the morals of a used car salesman. They cost time and money, sometimes big time. We had our mail relay highjacked, and it wasn;t pretty. The only way spam will be reduced is if the laws allow the spammers to get nailed. AND if the law allows the IPS's, etc. to go after the spammers - i.e. cost-effective.
I know that freedom of speach is an issue here, and the ACLU is right to question this in court, but spammers must be held responsible for their actions. You can't yell fire in a crowded public area and expect to get away with it.
Free speach is just like any other constitutional right, it carries with it responsibility for what is said, when and how.
BTW, I take my hat of to the ACLU folks. They piss me off sometimes, but they stick to their stated beliefs, no matter how popular/unpopular their stand is.
"We'd been using electronic mail since 1970 [over the government-backed ARPA network, predecessor to the Internet]. But both Apple and Microsoft Corp. ignored the network."
Nice to see proper perspective. Not to bash anyone in particular, but I sometimes get fed up with the historical revisionism that takes place in the "meida" nowadays. If you don't know what and how stuff happened, folks can tell you anything and sell it as truth.
Not that I really care what Compaq does - my next box will be from VA Research or SWT - but this does seem kind of backasswards, given what Dell and Gateway have been able to do via the web sales approach. *Shrug* Marketing decisions are a mystery to me - so are marketdriods.
I had it running a for a bit, and liked what I saw. Now, I'm just waiting for an old 486 to hook up to the dmz and just have loads of fun. Two floppies, a bunch of ram, a fdd, keyboard/monitor, and you're ready to rock. Jesus H. Christ! Ain't Linux great!
Jon, if you're out there, I noticed that the review mentions that you went upstate,NY, and into the Adirondacks. Where abouts? My folks still live up there. Just wondering.
"(especially Chaucer who was writing in an early-Alpha version of English, probably version.85 or so)."
LOL. That's great. Actually, though, he was writing an early-Alpha version of Modern English. His was referred to as Middle English, Olde English (from Anglo-Saxon) and Elizabethan English (Modern English for all intents and purposes) were on either side. Nice way of putting it, though.
Lesse, a site called backoffice, a site run on nt+iis, or iss, whatever, a site that prolly takes the quickie record on being/.-ed, and a site that is anti-oss and anti-sun. What's that spell? What's that spell? What's that spell? Microsoft! Microsoft! Microsoft!
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Well, yamssm (yet another ms scummy move) Remember way back when, when the internet was a "huh?" for most people, but the World Wide Web was the latest thing? MS had clue -10 about it. Despite the revisionist history they have tried to write, they missed the wave. Then all of a sudden, bg redirected the whole friggen company to focus on www applications and then proceded to tactically nuke netscape. I remember reading trade rag reports about ms's "about face" on the www, and the reporters using just that term a number of times. Okay, ramble, ramble, we all know that, etc. But the thing is, ms is like a large, slimy, somewhat foul-smelling invertebrate chia pet on steroids. Once it gets moving toward something, it just don't stop 'til it surrounds, stuns, and then dissolves its prey. While, of course, surrounding itself with a smoke screen upon which is displayed a peaceful country scene. And, like any other large, slimy organism, it sometimes takes a while to change directions and begin the hunt in earnest.
Of course, I could be wrong.
But I dunno if my box is up to it: old 486/66, 32mb ram, and a clgd - 1mb. I know I shd upgrade, but it works okay, being just a tad wheezy running stuff like KDE. Oh, well.
So....t his means I can make one at home? Cool.
Anybody gonna take pictures of a flesh-and-blood /. effect. I'd think it would be of historic interest. Wish I was closer.
Perfect!!!
I almost ran my car off the road on, ummm, Friday, I think, listening to some Intelinside guy on the radio spout off how much richer the 'net experience will be w/ a p3. Good lord. I mean.....people will believe this stuff. But what happens when folks get their new shiny p3's and find that the access bandwidth they have w/ a 56k is just the same? Heh.
Which, as Intel has pointed out, will run faster and have a quicker internet experience for those fortunate souls running the Pentium III. Sheesh. Maybe if they gave away a free T1 hookup w/ each p3. Now, That would be marketing.
had info on this last week. Bugtraq had a number of posts about it; check out the archives. And the article on LWN, about the guy posting the 'sploit. Lots of different info on bugtraq.
I'd read it earlier this week, or last week. Laughed my ass off. It was soooo good. Best coverage I've seen yet.
I work for a company that - on the software side - used to produce a vrml authoring tool. In the 2yrs I've been here, I've seen the market go from somewhat active to almost dead. We stopped development on the product and don't push it much at all. Seems to me like vrml is in bad straights. Hmmmmm.... maybe opening the source will give it a shot in the arm.
On the other hand, I've yet to see any really practical application for the technology via the www. From what I've experienced, though this may have changed recently, vrml is dog slow.
Not bad - if a bit longish. Anyway, we all shd have busts of Jon Postel and Doug Englebart on our 'puter desks. Uh, along w/ Denis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Linus Torvalds, RMS, mmmmmmm. Might get crowded there a bit. Maybe a poster wd be better.
Even though it's a bit presumptuous to make any comment about a book from a mere review, I got the impression that pop vs. established culture is at bottom here, with an emphasis on religion. Well, as a child of the sixties - wtf is Woodstock '94, some kinda soft drink? I've read/heard similar arguements about an earlier generation. Guess this just means that there is nothing really new, we just think so.
Hummm. thought I hit the submit button earlier. Anyway, once the counter gets un-/.-ed, make sure you register. A good way to up the demograhics, and you get a neat logo for your webpage - see mine :)
Linux has stability, scability and robustness, just to name a few. NT is barely able to hold its own as a single-user desktop machine. In addition, Linux can out-class NT on multiple platforms - go run NT on an UltraSPARC. You are so funny. Also, manage an NT server remotely - go on, try it. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. What a maroon. Oh, nt5, or win2k, or whatever the name-dujour is, is vapour. More methane from Redmond. But, as we all know, folks like you make statements like yours because of prolonged exposure to the gasious eminations from ms.
I haven't really seen or heard any "mainstream" non-print media coverage of Linux with the exception of the NPR piece. I'll be watching with my popcorn and beer, for sure.
I dislike spam. The folks who do it are cheap hucksters with the morals of a used car salesman. They cost time and money, sometimes big time. We had our mail relay highjacked, and it wasn;t pretty. The only way spam will be reduced is if the laws allow the spammers to get nailed. AND if the law allows the IPS's, etc. to go after the spammers - i.e. cost-effective.
I know that freedom of speach is an issue here, and the ACLU is right to question this in court, but spammers must be held responsible for their actions. You can't yell fire in a crowded public area and expect to get away with it.
Free speach is just like any other constitutional right, it carries with it responsibility for what is said, when and how.
BTW, I take my hat of to the ACLU folks. They piss me off sometimes, but they stick to their stated beliefs, no matter how popular/unpopular their stand is.
sure has ol' bg's ass in his cross-hairs. Pull the trigger, David! Hehe. Not that I'm biased, or anything. Just an observation.
Without the usual distortions. As per this quote:
"We'd been using electronic mail since 1970 [over the government-backed ARPA network, predecessor to the Internet]. But both Apple and Microsoft Corp. ignored the network."
Nice to see proper perspective. Not to bash anyone in particular, but I sometimes get fed up with the historical revisionism that takes place in the "meida" nowadays. If you don't know what and how stuff happened, folks can tell you anything and sell it as truth.
Not that I really care what Compaq does - my next box will be from VA Research or SWT - but this does seem kind of backasswards, given what Dell and Gateway have been able to do via the web sales approach. *Shrug* Marketing decisions are a mystery to me - so are marketdriods.
I had it running a for a bit, and liked what I saw. Now, I'm just waiting for an old 486 to hook up to the dmz and just have loads of fun. Two floppies, a bunch of ram, a fdd, keyboard/monitor, and you're ready to rock. Jesus H. Christ! Ain't Linux great!
I bet a whole bunch of ms folks are glad the weekend is upon us. What a way to end the week, eh?
(hehehehehehehehe)
I know it's impolite to laugh at the misfortunes of others, but in this case, I could care.)
Jon, if you're out there, I noticed that the review mentions that you went upstate ,NY, and into the Adirondacks. Where abouts? My folks still live up there. Just wondering.
"(especially Chaucer who was writing in an early-Alpha version of English, probably version .85 or so)."
LOL. That's great. Actually, though, he was writing an early-Alpha version of Modern English. His was referred to as Middle English, Olde English (from Anglo-Saxon) and Elizabethan English (Modern English for all intents and purposes) were on either side. Nice way of putting it, though.
Lesse, a site called backoffice, a site run on nt+iis, or iss, whatever, a site that prolly takes the quickie record on being /.-ed, and a site that is anti-oss and anti-sun. What's that spell? What's that spell? What's that spell?
Microsoft!
Microsoft!
Microsoft!
What a joke.
Makes me want to blow chunks just thinking about it. retch!