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On the Art of Disinformation: telling the Big Lie
This blog entry is a rarity for me: an exegesis on the deliberate disinformation spread by a single vendor. I generally avoid a piece like this for two...
Is Welfare Part of Capitalism
This article is dedicated to: A man I met, with most of his body heavily burned, simply because he was a Chinese during the 1998 May Riot in...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization
Mathew P. on Wednesday 10 May 2006 04:02 *ROTFL* Again, it's that question about layering, levels, and dependencies which...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4346
Of course, Microsoft is not offering Virtual Server R2 for Windows XP laptop-desktop machines, only for Windows 2003 servers, correct? The fact that...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4347
Rex Ballard Incorrect, as usual. MS makes it very clear they bought Virtual PC from Connectix. Incorrect, as usual. file...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4348
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: Tim's pulling a Funkenbusch again. That's because...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4349
DFS I would love to know who you really are. It's fine that you feel that all Microsoft programs are great, and if that's the way you feel, you should keep on...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4351
Rex Ballard on Friday 12 May 2006 18:07 At this stage, having read your message in its entirety, I cannot justify your use of prose to please the person whom you...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4352
DFS Give me a real score. What do you think Microsoft does "Best"? What do your think other compebreastors do better? What do you think Open Source...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4353
RAD prototyping is when you create the project plan with the intent of implementing using tools such as Access or Base or other CASE tools. But you also create with...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4354
begin oeprotect.scr I've been making this point for years on various projects in my employer - there are two gains to be had from every improvement in productivity, and the employer usually can...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4355
DFS, thanks for thsee corrections. This was very useful information. DFS This is one question I was asking in hopes of being wrong. Very good...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4356
Rex Ballard You're welcome. It sure would be nice if you learned from these corrections, but I know that's too much to...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4357
DFS 26 years in the IT Industry, 26 years of rigorously working 12 step programs, 15 years of working with Landmark Education. Before that I was a...
Linux to Inherit Virtualization 4358
Sometimes I do that. That's true. Especially when there are no real hard facts to back up either interpretation of the little information that is known. Again, this is mostly a point...
Disabled and other groups PROTEST AGAINST OpenDocument format
Karen Hill Your selective quoting and subject breastle are nothing more than kludge of information to give the impression of unfavorable public reaction. This in contrary to what was...
Bluetooth and Linux
My laptop unfortunately doesn't have bluetooth capability builtin, but today I had the opportunity to play with one that did. I've been dying to see how well Linux worked to link up...
Bluetooth and Linux
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-10, rapskat spake thusly: Great! I'm glad to hear it worked well. More on this as the story...
LinuxFOSS vs Windows, software popularity stats, week ending 7th May 2006 4362
DFS Those OS stats are very interesting. Take December 2003, for instance. All Microsoft OS combined share is 93.1%. Combined Linux and...
LinuxFOSS vs Windows, software popularity stats, week ending 7th May 2006 4363
Tony Sivori Does that surprise you? As I recall, at one point Windows had something like 96% of the desktop OS market. Where else do they go but down? And Mac OSX...
LinuxFOSS vs Windows, software popularity stats, week ending 7th May 2006 4364
DFS Nowhere at all. On this we agree. On this we disagree. Linux replaced my Microsoft desktop years ago. Not only I don't miss...
LinuxFOSS vs Windows, software popularity stats, week ending 7th May 2006 4365
Tony Sivori Pity is such a petty emotion. What you want is scorn - that's what I specialize in. Goooooooo Dawgs! Sic 'em! Woof woof woof! Technically, the past...
LinuxFOSS vs Windows, software popularity stats, week ending 7th May 2006 4366
I don't think many people do that though. People tend not to mess with their browser settings unless there is a problem. I know, but my point...
Whither the Sun
Some interesting news on everybody's favorite whipping boy, Sun: Interesting, there is some strong upward push on Sun stock recently, maybe not all because...
Analyst: Vista Security "SelfDefeating
ws on Wednesday 10 May 2006 10:26 I was going to addexactlythat type of comment until I realised that ws had beat me to it. Being permissive is not...
Distro can make a custom bootdisk
The original never made it here, so I'll tag on unless you object. Get Ubuntu Dapper and burn it...
Nokia 770 Accumulates Linux Apps
Quote Several categories of programs run on the 770. Already loaded on the device at the factory are a slim version of the popular Opera Web browser, an audio player, a video player...
www.laloorabri.com "ULTIMATE DATING SITE
Hi there, We would like to introduce to you the ultimate dating website "www.laloorabri.com" Dating is now, the need of the hour. How can you know what is the best for you...
Windows Losing Its Popularity
billwg Actually, this is a really interesting chart. Based on this, Linux is now almost as 'active' as Windows XP Linux has been pretty much flat, while Windows XP has been decreasing. Probably true. People...
Overclock the Intel D805 2.6Ghz to 4.1Ghz! 4374
DFS The original PC architecture was based on a prototyping board published by Intel in the early 80's. The design was outdated at the time, it was only...
Overclock the Intel D805 2.6Ghz to 4.1Ghz! 4375
begin oeprotect.scr I understand what you're saying, but I do not believe this to be correct. The most important computing platforms which have been...
Microsoft Vista firewall comes under scruitiny
Shoving everything out to make it on time... "THERE ARE MANY unhappy people in the industry right now. Unhappy engineers that work in R&D...
Devastating hack proven L... Diebold voting machines running Windows
Volusia County (FL) joins Leon in dumping Diebold. Due to contractual non-performance and security design issues, Leon County (Florida) supervisor of elections Ion Sancho has announced that he will never again...
Microsoft's $1.6 Million Man
After it was disclosed a year ago that Microsoft had retained Ralph Reed Jr. for lobbying and consulting work, a mystery remained. How...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4379
Roy Schestowitz You can start an avalanch by rolling one small pebble. Imagine your a succesfull owner of an Internet hosting company. You have...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4380
BearItAll on Friday 12 May 2006 13:21 I already have had some reasons to loathe GoDaddy: The thing is, many people threatened to ditch GoDaddy...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4381
Au79 There is no evidence to support MS is an 'evildoer'. It did engage in some illegal activities - according to the U.S. government. These same 'illegal activities' are carried out by Apple and...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4382
On Fri, 12 May 2006 18:21:17 -0700, tab I realize this is going to be a hard...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4383
On Sun, 14 May 2006 13:35:09 -0700, Kelsey Bjarnason While I don't agree that Linux "sucks" in general, there are areas where it sucks. No, you mean let's set up some constraints that...
Microsoft Said to Have Bribed GoDaddy 4384
On Sun, 14 May 2006 17:28:49 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch No, I mean let's establish a few things. Such as "Doesn't have app X...
Microsoft Lies to Subvert Compebreastion
Jerry McBride on Friday 12 May 2006 00:17 There are financial issues: Ballmer confident Xbox 360 losses will...
Linux trumps OS X 4386
The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 09 May 2006 01:00 To be fair, this depends on many factors: the programming language, the way in...
Linux trumps OS X 4387
Roy Schestowitz The "flash" of OSX that you speak of exists mostly in the display and user-interface elements of the OS. These benchmarks that were run essentially do...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4388
Great Job DFS. You read a rather extensive document which includes a great deal of a really ugly part of my life, during 1977, nearly 30 years ago - and take that quote - out of context...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4389
That's what I thought, until he was almost fired for sharing this information with me. When I was...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4390
Rex Ballard That's not too unusual for some smart people. Similar with me, again, not too unusual. Religion was the big mistake, Rex, it scrambled your brain. I would debate that...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4391
Rex Ballard I had a skateboard when I was 14, and a bong when I was 16... LOL!!! You were a fly's hair from winning a...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4393
On Wed, 17 May 2006 06:48:21 +0000, Sinister Midget The fact that you can continue to ignore the fact that Rex is a modern day version of Commander McBragg shows how brainwashed you...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4394
Rex Ballard Rex, did you ever see the first Batman movie? As he's admiring himself in the mirror, a woman tells Jack Nicholson's character...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4395
Da'Punk-A I agree - why does the "father" of Linux, Java, and the web browser industry reveal this nasty stuff on his website? That says all we need to know...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4396
begin oeprotect.scr I think we should all spare a thought for the pressure the MS employees must be under at the moment. Their business model is dead, their monopoly abuse is now...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4398
My main reason for posting to COLA is just to practice my basic writing skills. Years ago I bumped into Roger Zelazny in Demoine Iowa and asked his advice...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4399
I could come close. In fact, I've told things about me that I never thought...
Rex Ballard: Angel of rest 4400
Perhaps I've missed something, but I don't really see Erik or K-man being in the same category. Erik seems to stick with technical arguments, while K-man appears to limit himself to...
Windows recovery
I got a call from my brother-in-law because his XP machine had gone faulty. It is his own home machine, but he uses it for work too and of cause...
EU in quandary on new action against Microsoft
On the latter paragraph: I can recall stories about how Microsoft threatened** Compaq when they decided to bundle Netscape with their Windows-based workstations. Besides, why should anyone be forced todownload-*** Mozilla...
Windows 2000 it is then
Didn't think this would be my conclusion but I guess it's horses for courses. I've an old 300 Mhz, 160 odd...
Windows 2000 it is then... 4405
Paul Welsh I was expecting to be able to do the old Mr Smartarse bit with a 'tut, didn't you think to...
Windows 2000 it is then... 4406
Paul Welsh on Friday 12 May 2006 01:32 Mandriva would be a good bet. I migrated my friend to GNU-Linux a few months ago and, while Ubuntu 5.10 did not automagically detect...
Windows 2000 it is then... 4407
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-12, rapskat spake thusly: (comment about trolls noted and given due attention) For the benefit of Windows users: Well, I have noticed that many windows users (understandably) have...
Windows 2000 it is then... 4408
On Fri, 12 May 2006 18:24:35 -0700, Larry Qualig I don't care what his credientials are, he's a troll. Not only did he post negatively about Linux in an advocacy forum...
Windows 2000 it is then... 4409
I take your point, but first let me say I don't suffer from this problem. I have worked in IT for many years...
I wonder what "product NN" is
Linonut There is something that has to be taken into consideration. When you write for MS, since it is...
Microsoft Earns Money from Bad Server Patch
Sinister Midget on Saturday 13 May 2006 05:03 Typical Microsoft, which reminds me of a certain story. When Matt Mullenweg (our WordPress Lead Developer) complained about a Windows...
penny for penny MySQL beats the hell out of micoshaft SQL server 4412
May 13 2006 02:34: Usually, if the SA doesn't do it (and they don't in bigger organizations), the DBA does. BASIC was a "real...
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