Comment maybe they should block access (Score 1) 334
I mean, really - just put in a firewall or something to keep the people from finding out about this stuff. should be simple enough, right?
Comment real advice from a married geek (Score 1) 1146
1. have fun
2. stay best friends
3. get it on at least twice a week and keep it freaky. physical intimacy leads to closeness the rest of the time, too. Keeping it interesting, uh, keeps it interesting
4. pick your battles. Is this *thing* worth arguing about? Is it *really* worth arguing about?
5. be able to be wrong and be able to verbalize and appologize
6. compliment her every day.
Comment will they sell their own crap? (Score 1) 189
does this mean I could walk into a store and buy MSSQL (CAL version) without going through a channel partner?
it's easier to go from windows to php/mysql than to get one of those licenses fast
Comment Re:IMAP (Score 1) 220
it's for the masses of the masses.
like canned gravy, or instant coffee.
Comment Re:A good server needs a good GUI. (Score 5, Informative) 869
Is is cynical to inherently distrust a Microsoft Web site called "getthefacts.com"?
We experience the opposite. We are 4:1 a Linux:Windows shop, yet spend twice as much time fixing Windows boxes. We charge for our time, so we love, and hate Windows.
Comment Re:America, for one, welcomes... (Score 1) 734
hard to get in?
just walk in like everyone else!
just walk in like everyone else!
Comment Re:VNC (Score 1) 172
yea, you can RDP to windows, telnet and ssh from an iphone to windows/linux.
As with my linux boxes... why run wine or make windows apps run on Linux when I can connect to one by remote? Doesn't everyone run VMWare for that kinda thing nowadays?
I guess not. I can kinda see a pack of monkeys with sticks, beating on a monolithic silver and glass device...
As with my linux boxes... why run wine or make windows apps run on Linux when I can connect to one by remote? Doesn't everyone run VMWare for that kinda thing nowadays?
I guess not. I can kinda see a pack of monkeys with sticks, beating on a monolithic silver and glass device...
Comment Merry Linux (Score 1) 907
I just finished setting up my girls (7 & 10) PCs, with Linux... Merry bye bye Windoze.
Comment isn't a 'soul' something seperable from the body? (Score 1) 630
the idea of a soul is synonymous with faith... with religion... and is generally considered to be a different thing from the body... immortal and unique. The part of the body that is the person, separate from the cells and fluids.
while you can argue all day long about heaven or reincarnation I doubt anyone is going to take up the fight that machines will go to heaven or be reincarnated. Clone, maybe... but then the 'soul' could also multiply, and whatever it is that someone is trying to label as a soul would be as non-unique as a calculator...
while you can argue all day long about heaven or reincarnation I doubt anyone is going to take up the fight that machines will go to heaven or be reincarnated. Clone, maybe... but then the 'soul' could also multiply, and whatever it is that someone is trying to label as a soul would be as non-unique as a calculator...
Comment Re:SUSE laptops (Score 1) 499
heh, you mean like my VAIO?
or my wife's Dell? Wait, I needed to enable a couple non-OSS packages for that.
It's easier to install opensuse or ubuntu than it is to opt out of all the crap that is preinstalled on a window$ box.
or my wife's Dell? Wait, I needed to enable a couple non-OSS packages for that.
It's easier to install opensuse or ubuntu than it is to opt out of all the crap that is preinstalled on a window$ box.
Politician Forces German Wikipedia Off the Net 569
Stephan Schulz writes "A German Member of parliament for a left-wing party, Lutz Heilmann, has obtained a preliminary injunction against the local chapter of the Wikimedia foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., forbidding the forwarding of the popular http://wikipedia.de to the proper http://de.wikipedia.org. Apparently Heilmann is not happy with the fact that his Wikipedia article (English version) contains information on his work for the former GDR Stasi, the much-hated internal secret service. Wikimedia Germany displays a page explaining the situation, and has announced that it will file an objection to get the injunction lifted. The German Wikipedia has more than 800,000 pages, and is hosted, like all Wikimedia projects, by the Florida-based Wikimedia Foundation, and hence beyond the effective reach of at least German politicians and judges."
Comment Re:Opportunity (Score 1) 134
unless the perp frames a friend with 'skilz', this likely wouldn't work. Anyone with 'skilz' is likely not going to leave open access to their gear.
Comment Re:Oblig ... (Score 1) 199
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth 235
MaxwellEdison writes "Scientists have discovered evidence of magnetic portals connecting the Earth and the Sun every 8 minutes. 'Several speakers at the Workshop have outlined how FTEs form: On the dayside of Earth (the side closest to the sun), Earth's magnetic field presses against the sun's magnetic field. Approximately every eight minutes, the two fields briefly merge or "reconnect," forming a portal through which particles can flow. The portal takes the form of a magnetic cylinder about as wide as Earth. The European Space Agency's fleet of four Cluster spacecraft and NASA's five THEMIS probes have flown through and surrounded these cylinders, measuring their dimensions and sensing the particles that shoot through.'"
Novell Rises to Second Highest Linux Contributor 135
eldavojohn writes "Which companies contribute the most to the Linux kernel? Well, The Linux Foundation released their results and Novell's contributions have gone up 250% (from 3.6% of all contributions to 14.4% of all contributions) to put them at #2 behind Red Hat. This chart also illustrates just how widely Linux is modified by the community and not just a handful of developers/companies. You can find more coverage on blogs and the original report."
