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Cost of Intel Mac: US$873 What Apple Charges: Priceless
iSuppli: Apple's first Intel-based iMac has US$873 in components "Apple Computer’s first desktop PC to be based on an Intel-manufactured microprocessor carries a Bill of Materials (BOM...
Windows VistaOffice 12: Get ready! Set! Retrain
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. - George Santayana Office 12 breaks all the rules for Windows user interface...
Final word on WMF flaw
Tim Smith I'm glad Mark Russinovich looked at this code and confirmed that it works in the way Steve Gibson documented...
9 Tips to COLA advocates. 8107
tab -- Fonts work great in Gnome. (I will also be testing Ubuntu 5.10 today and you best hope to GOD it works, or I am taking this to a new level.) I've read this...
9 Tips to COLA advocates. 8108
tab That font thing in Mandriva was weird. It would happen just often enough to bug me. SuSE.... yes, I think it's very nice. Opinions vary of course but some of...
IBM to Bless Apple
interesting to some: IBM is ready to plant a big wet kiss on Apple Computer. At Lotusphere next week, the IBM Software Group is poised to announce updated Mac OS X support in the...
Was linux code copied
To me, it would nearly impossible for someone to make a whole OS from scratch, from a community effort. Heck, most community projects die after a 30...
Was linux code copied 8111
On Friday 20 January 2006 19:28 tab "Throughout UNIX white space is used to separate words, variables and programming lines. This white space consists of spaces, new lines...
Was linux code copied 8112
tab That says more about you than anything. Just because you are selfish, insecure, and self-serving doesn't mean that everyone...
Was linux code copied 8113
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:28:57 -0800, tab Why? Linus wrote what amounts to a rather insignificant little thing...
KDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at risk 8114
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Peter Jensen wrote on 21 Jan 2006 12:36:10 GMT Sending email is not a guarantee nowadays. AIUI, many main email systems will not...
KDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at risk 8115
I just did it with Mozilla and with Firefox, reading the keystrokes I was typing into the search field at Google, using xev. The trick is to give it the right...
KDE flaws put Linux, Unix systems at risk 8116
It *should* be safe to just upgrade. I know Knoppix doesn't like that, and some version of a few others are also...
Google resists US government demand for search data
Google has other ideas... (Filed: 20-01-2006) Google has rejected a demand from the US government to provide information on what millions of people have...
Let's look at Eclipse... and others
Eclipse from IBM at www.eclipse.org A super popular development IDE. Java, C+, and now C#. I use it for Java. It has failed to find any other Java JRE installations on Ubuntu. Ubuntu comes with...
Let's not look at sun$ java crap
trainee co-pilot tab Java crap from sun$ is not GPL'd. Nor is it meaningfully...
My interpretation of the song, _Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
Hi All, Below is AnnieLennox's cover of WhiterShadeofPale, along with my interpretation of it. Playing music on stage... SkipTheLightFandango means: FoolishlyHitTheLights. Dictionary.COM-search?q=Fandango We skipped the...
My screeching of the song, _Whiter_Shade_of_Pale
7 Dear: X Spammer X Linux Lunatic X Loser X Lamer X Pervert X Freak X Dumbbutt X...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities
We know that it's possible for flaws in software running on Linux, for example: KDE flaws put...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8123
You have a number of flaws in your argument, as well as a lot of "hoping". On Sat, 21 Jan 2006...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8124
No, it's not impossible at all. But the level of difficulty is quite a bit higher, which reduces the pool of talent that can successfully pull one off...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8125
On Saturday 21 January 2006 23:07, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Two points here... (1) It is effectively impossible to disallow the user write access to...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8126
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:57:20 GMT, Aragorn Well, you could use something like chattr to make the file immutable, but your point stands. There are several ways to make programs start...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8127
On Sunday 22 January 2006 10:11, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8128
GreyCloud OK, got that. Without a ~-.profile sounds nearer to what I was after. Two situations come to mind: 1) Larger scale multi-user, where the user does *not* own the computer, but the administrators...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8129
On Sunday 22 January 2006 05:05, GreyCloud stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: And we could even add - although I'm sure that...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8130
Erik Funkenbusch Thought there'd be a Funkenbusch reply. Oh well, regular readers of this forum know well enough what *that* means without needing twice telling. Remind me...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8131
You'd be correct if this were the late 80's. Nowadays, the goal of most worms is to use the target machine as part of a botnet. No rooting is required...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8132
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:12:46 +0000, JPB You completely missed the point. The point was that blended attacks are common now. Just because an attack would...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8133
Peter Quite a bit easier and more reliable than hoping third-party anti-virus software can try and repair a damaged registry, and recover other settings, isn't it? Especially considering malware...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8134
No, the premise is that, if *propogation* is more difficult, then the incidence of malware will be reduced. In particular, if the rate of propogation is below a certain...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8135
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:50:28 GMT It saps a tiny part of my bandwidth and increases the risk for my personal setup. Presumably $EMPLOYER is getting far...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8136
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Aragorn wrote on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:05:28 GMT He's certainly not up on "Orange Book" or its modern equivalent (whose name escapes me...grrr.) Of course...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8138
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:00:07 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine Funny, but I get a lot of bots trying hundreds of different usernames on my ssh...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8139
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 00:26, Erik Funkenbusch stood up and spoke the following words to the...
Exploiting Linux vulnerabilities 8140
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Aragorn wrote on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:55:20 GMT I for one would think sshd...
Apple to take bite out of Germany
More great news for German Unix Users! Apple has now expanded its plans to get...
Apple to take bite out of Germany
nah, Atari will always be the king of all computing devices :) fun little factoids: one of the reasons Apple was named "Apple" is because it...
Certificate Revocation Lists
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, mpx wrote on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:05:23 +0100 Far simpler simply to revoke the certificate, though propagating the revocation is...
Vista will require signed drivers
I wonder if MS will really stick with this. Seriously, one of their big selling points is the fact that hardware manufacturers write drivers for Windows as a matter of course, so there's a...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006
ngstats.pl version 1.17 This report covers 2100 articles received by this system to newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toplist of Posters Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted 5. Snit...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8146
On Sunday 22 January 2006 23:40, Kier stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: While I fully agree with you here, Kier, I do have to agree...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8147
On Monday 23 January 2006 16:32, Kier stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: I've never had a problem with John Bailo myself, except when he...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8148
Aragorn Billwg is probably one of the best Wintrolls in this group. He does a masterful job of using not only Bill Gates' ways of thinking...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8149
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:38:27 +0000, Aragorn I remember Bailo from some time ago, when I first arrived,; he was a nymshifter who used a dozen names in as many days, sometimes as many...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8150
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 16:30, Kier stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: As I said, I have only seen John Bailo make one post of which I...
COLA Stats 22 Jan 2006 8151
Aragorn Since when ismoneylame? And any way, I'm not talking about GNU-Linux making me money. I'm asking, can GNU-Linux deliver the *whole* package. Can GNU-Linux...
Do LinuxOSS users have a shred of guilt... 8153
Peter Jensen There is no coincidence. The choice they made was to mimic the phraseology and ordering used on Amazon. Except in the nearly identical use of langage, and the order in...
Do LinuxOSS users have a shred of guilt... 8154
Peter Jensen I said it and you proved it, to yourself, the first time you looked at OSDisc after I pointed out the cloned portions...
French fiscal agency saves millions with Linux
On Sunday 22 January 2006 16:29 Richard Rasker Yep - and this bit:- "PJ: Finally, thinking of the OpenDocument Format issue in Mbuttachusetts, does the French...
Mandrake to the Rescue
OK, here's a story about what happened today and I'm wondering if anyone could shed some light on what actually did happen to my friend's hard drive. My friend contacts me...
Mandrake to the Rescue
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, NoStop wrote on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:15:26 -0800 The symptoms are consistent with...
Test your knowledge of C++. 8158
JeffRelf That's impossible to say because (1) the standard defining the language requires money to see (i.e. it costs money), (2) since nobody has a real job in this economy...
Test your knowledge of C++. 8159
snips On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:51:40 -0500, mlw Incorrect. Most - very likely all - C++ compilers add...
Peter_Jensen, random code, pendantic code, is what I wish for you
Hi PeterJensen, I said the order of the exectuion of parameters should be predictable and, likewise, given: int I = a() + b(); a() should Always...
Check out Trim... pbutt it a UTF16 Unicode email address
Hi PeterKöhlmann, You told me: You are the worst coder I have ever seen. Oh really ? Well maybe that was too easy for you... check out Trim...
Oops... as usual, I found bugs after I posted code
JeffRelf, A Individual.NET, X, 23, 2.7 A . Oops... as usual, I found bugs after I...
Oops... as usual, I found bugs after I posted code. 8163
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:13:06 -0800 It's getting a little complicated. Apparently the proper names are or some such. (This...
Oops... as usual, I found bugs after I posted code. 8164
snips On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:00:06 +0000, The Ghost In The Machine Not complicating anything; if he used the correct case - i.e. if he had the faintest concept of how the...
Oops... as usual, I found bugs after I posted code. 8165
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:49:33 -0800 Except on Microsoft. (Bleh...
No compiler Can't figure out how to call Trim
Hi PhilDaLick, Speaking of all the changes I made to Trim() here, you told me: I'm not...
I'll be the judge of what is or isn't an improvement
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, JeffRelf wrote on 25 Jan 2006 18:01:30 GMT It's pretty hard to insult code anyway. There's no...
Adding Multi_Language support to X, my Hand_Rolled newsreader
Hi EricGisse, Thanks for taking the time to read my crap... poor soul. You say...
Comp.Lang.C++ has mostly Unix people
Hi OneHappyMadDude, Speaking of Comp.Lang.C++ and X, my eMailClient-Newsreader, ...below is Comp.Lang.C++'s MostDiscussed, i.e. the 24...
X is now showing: Mozilla_5_0_Linux_U_Linux vs Mozilla_5_0_Windows
Oops, I said Comp.Lang.C++ has mostly Unix people, but my report truncated the names of the...
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