This is the reason kids don't like email... They don't HAVE a decent one they are on hotmail or yahoo or AOL etc... have you ever had a "convosation"on those accounts if they were on gmail, with threads enabled its much easier to send emails in the style on instant messages.... with replies being in the same thread...
additionally....exe files are executable by default on windows... AS well as.exe.bat.pif.scr
if i create virus.sh in linux using kate or if i download it from the internet i have to MAKE it executable...
this produces much more security...
off topic: GNU LINUX is easy - good luck with getting used to it - if you need any help i'm sure we can point you in he right direction i made the conversion from xp to ubuntu about 3 months ago and for me its going great... on topic: that sounds like a nightmare situation! Clients who blame you if something goes wrong are the worst! This scenario has happened to me a few times, though admittedly not with vista involved - i'm proud to say i have never used it!
sorry to sound a bit agressive but DRM'd media is totally feasable even if method in which it is controlled and well documented and open source or w/e..... the thing that *must* stay secret is the key... I'm sutre someone else can back me up on this but its a bit like symetric encryption: the AES aencryption algorithm has been published for more than a decade... bluefish for longer... what is unique when encrypting stuff with AES is th *key* not the algorithm (or method). if microsoft... or apple published the method that they use (or alternativly lisenced it) then their retro spective DRM schemes could be made to work on concievably any platform....
well, this didnt exactly cause change - it kept things as they are...
People put up a petition to stop software patents in the UK and it worked....
take a look at this
I think you are absolutely right...
ok maybe i wouldnt go as far as "idiot" but i certainly don't agree with his views...
i wish he would put the kernal under GPL3 and just shut up... or we switched to opensolaris...
or maaybe i'd just be happy if he just shut up
he tends to get on my nerves taking up half thought out views...
in many ways it is unfortunate that he has so much infulence by him simply being the project leader of a medium/large *free* software project...
while he certainly is a great engineer and their are certainly things we should happily attribute to him - the way FREE SOFTWARE projects colabarate etc
but i find the way he has gone from student tinkering with computer to celebraty/influential figure a bit disturbing...
the thing most disturbing is that while stallman is consist, does the right things[from his point of view], rarely drops a comment out of place
Linus is relativly young inexperienced in legal matters and inconsistant
if you think that stallman has been campaning for free software since probably before linus had ever encoutered a computer... it sets you thinking...
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if you respect my point of view... ill respect yours...
you flame me... & i'll get firehose;)
admitedly it may not be *inevitable* but if debian (or $other_distro) was to switch to opensolaris or put an emphasis on on devleoping on solaris then ubuntu would probably go solaris...
while to many of the hard-core users that might mean nothing and for server's you might see no difference you might see desktop linux (-cue desktop linux arrival jokes) switch to opensolaris...
it may no seem like thats likly atm BUT a while back it was somewhat inconcievable to have high quality software which you could do stuff to etc (FSF/GPL)
I know this s unlikly... but couldn't they use the audio funcion - hotmail can also read the number & letters if you are visally impaired...
voice recognition is quite good these days... could they not just use speakeasy or the like to listen to the captcha being read out and type it in the box?
obviously its unlikly but never the less...
oh come on.. its obvious... it's not cause they want to HIDE something its because they knew that ~50 years on there would be massive *festival* there, boosting the economy... the economy... everyone knows thats what the US government cares about the most.
Can i play itunes songs on my linux box?
well ok i know there are a few which i can now...
Magnatune is definily the best shop for online music, (in terms of honesty and fairness).
if we are going to venture into this, i'd have thought he would have to be dubledore becausee is the antithesis of all evil, the beard even fits... even balmer/gates fit as voldermort. question is: where does jobs fit in?
whats even more interesting is this, ubuntu versus some [possibly] major other distributions... feel free to berate me on not including the distro of your choice, (but add your own findings if you have any...
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I hear static on the radio all the time...
it's called modern music!
This is the reason kids don't like email...
They don't HAVE a decent one
they are on hotmail or yahoo or AOL etc...
have you ever had a "convosation"on those accounts
if they were on gmail, with threads enabled its much easier to send emails in the style on instant messages.... with replies being in the same thread...
they are ONLY on sale to Government/non-profit entitys. pester your local government about them
The first rule of copyright infringement: Don't get Caught.
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(though admittedly funny)
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additionally... .exe files are executable by default on windows... AS well as .exe .bat .pif .scr
if i create virus.sh in linux using kate or if i download it from the internet i have to MAKE it executable...
this produces much more security...
off topic: GNU LINUX is easy - good luck with getting used to it - if you need any help i'm sure we can point you in he right direction i made the conversion from xp to ubuntu about 3 months ago and for me its going great...
on topic: that sounds like a nightmare situation! Clients who blame you if something goes wrong are the worst! This scenario has happened to me a few times, though admittedly not with vista involved - i'm proud to say i have never used it!
must be strange having an account on /. & having opinions like you do... ;)
truce from me today...
tomorrow - no mercy
Windows is a solid OS.
It's so bloated and uses so much memory it would sink like a stone...
i'm out my depth here... i'll have to read up on it.. I still believe that what i have said but... i need to research this...
sorry to sound a bit agressive but DRM'd media is totally feasable even if method in which it is controlled and well documented and open source or w/e.....
the thing that *must* stay secret is the key...
I'm sutre someone else can back me up on this but its a bit like symetric encryption:
the AES aencryption algorithm has been published for more than a decade... bluefish for longer... what is unique when encrypting stuff with AES is th *key* not the algorithm (or method).
if microsoft... or apple published the method that they use (or alternativly lisenced it) then their retro spective DRM schemes could be made to work on concievably any platform....
open formats are IN, encryption key is OUT.
well, this didnt exactly cause change - it kept things as they are... People put up a petition to stop software patents in the UK and it worked.... take a look at this
I think you are absolutely right... ok maybe i wouldnt go as far as "idiot" but i certainly don't agree with his views... i wish he would put the kernal under GPL3 and just shut up... or we switched to opensolaris... or maaybe i'd just be happy if he just shut up he tends to get on my nerves taking up half thought out views... in many ways it is unfortunate that he has so much infulence by him simply being the project leader of a medium/large *free* software project... while he certainly is a great engineer and their are certainly things we should happily attribute to him - the way FREE SOFTWARE projects colabarate etc but i find the way he has gone from student tinkering with computer to celebraty/influential figure a bit disturbing... the thing most disturbing is that while stallman is consist, does the right things[from his point of view], rarely drops a comment out of place Linus is relativly young inexperienced in legal matters and inconsistant if you think that stallman has been campaning for free software since probably before linus had ever encoutered a computer... it sets you thinking... -- if you respect my point of view... ill respect yours... you flame me... & i'll get firehose ;)
admitedly it may not be *inevitable* but if debian (or $other_distro) was to switch to opensolaris or put an emphasis on on devleoping on solaris then ubuntu would probably go solaris... while to many of the hard-core users that might mean nothing and for server's you might see no difference you might see desktop linux (-cue desktop linux arrival jokes) switch to opensolaris... it may no seem like thats likly atm BUT a while back it was somewhat inconcievable to have high quality software which you could do stuff to etc (FSF/GPL)
what i was trying to point out is that where as window s may be the option you believe you HAVE to use, it isnt the best thing to use.
I know this s unlikly...
but couldn't they use the audio funcion - hotmail can also read the number & letters if you are visally impaired...
voice recognition is quite good these days...
could they not just use speakeasy or the like to listen to the captcha being read out and type it in the box?
obviously its unlikly but never the less...
Which ever the best way to go is
It's not the Windows way...
oh come on..
its obvious...
it's not cause they want to HIDE something its because they knew that ~50 years on there would be massive *festival* there, boosting the economy...
the economy... everyone knows thats what the US government cares about the most.
try and get a backbone ISP tier 1 to peer with you. = Difficult
Can i play itunes songs on my linux box? well ok i know there are a few which i can now... Magnatune is definily the best shop for online music, (in terms of honesty and fairness).
cheers... i was going to point this out but you have solved it for em and made my day :)
that etension should be included by default though...
if we are going to venture into this, i'd have thought he would have to be dubledore becausee is the antithesis of all evil, the beard even fits... even balmer/gates fit as voldermort.
question is: where does jobs fit in?
just for the record: the bbc is not a government agency providing a public service
much like different train companys operate on the same track
whats even more interesting is this, ubuntu versus some [possibly] major other distributions...
feel free to berate me on not including the distro of your choice, (but add your own findings if you have any...