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[News] CNN Reviews the Linux based Sony Mylo

__ >> | Sony Corp s latest effort to capture the hearts minds and money of >> | teens and twentysomethings is a Web browser messaging program wireless >> | phone and digital music player all rolled into a handheld gadget that >> | goes by the name Mylo >> ` >> >> http: www cnn com 2006 TECH ptech 09 21 sony mylo ap index html?section=cnn_tech >> http: tinyurl com fc9e5 >

OS The thing I hate most about Microsoft Windows

[snips] On Thu 02 Nov 2006 18:52:59 0000 Oliver Wong wrote: >> Should really be Everybody s at high risk of getting spam > > I thought you were arguing that everybody really does get spam under > your definition of gets spam of course You thought ? That requires thinking something which seems to be beyond you Don t conflate bashing you over one piece of your

Gentoo is it good?

ray wrote: > On Mon 02 Oct 2006 21:51:21 0700 patty pippins wrote: > > > Our company finally decided to ditch windows and to switch all > > our servers and desktops to linux > > For best customizability and maximum speed we decided to go with > > linux gentoo 2006 1 > > But being relatively new to linux I have a few questions > > > > > I have to second what another

RMS: I would rather have no software than closed software

Marshall wrote in message news:YNH g 4377 Fw5 3818@news wrt 01 rdc nyc rr com > Oliver Wong wrote: > >>> >>> >>> I am not on vacation but I am at the end of a long time delay I am >>> located somewhere on Earth but as far as responding to email is >>> concerned I appear to be well outside the solar system >>> >>> After your message arrives at gnu o

[News] Microsoft Stifles Competition Through API s

Ian Hilliard wrote: > Larry Qualig wrote: > > > Microsoft creates Vista APIs for security firms > > http: www heise security co uk news 79542 > > > > Is this one set of API s for the security vendors and another > set for Microsoft? Hopefully not but I don t know or care enough about the anti virus APIs to bother looking into it > This is the trick used by Microsoft to scre

New MS policy on Internet Windows Activation

On Tue 17 Oct 2006 20:22:06 0000 John Hastings wrote: I have no idea just > how many copies I made for people setting up servers mostly for replacing > NT but some for non techies who were just tired of booting up to email > their granddaughter and winding up with an electronic worm> farm snip > JH Electronic worm farm you say? What will they think of next flatf

[News] Linux Doesn t Work With Your Hardware? Other O Ses

On Wed 27 Sep 2006 20:56:05 0300 Shmuel Seymour J Metz wrote: >Post top don t please > >begin In on >09 26 2006 > at 10:26 AM werty@swissinfo org said: > >> Try to open a folder in FIREFOX > >What is a folder? Those manila things you put in file cabinets Microsoft f

[News] Encouraging Game Developers to Make Linux Ports

JEDIDIAH writes: >> There would be a good few on designing and implementing the game worlds > > Single digits > >> >>> >>>> teams of up to a hundred guys working on the bigger projects They want >>>> and need decent development environments >>>> >>>>> >>>>> The tricky bit will be programmers that love to use every >>>>> Microsoft extension to C that th

The difference between Linux and Windows

Larry Qualig wrote: > > yttrx wrote: >> Larry Qualig wrote: >> > >> > yttrx wrote: >> >> Larry Qualig wrote: >> >> > >> >> > yttrx wrote: >> >> >> Windows: >> >> >> >> >> >> C:\>del Windows >> >> >> C:\Windows\ Are you sure Y N ? Y >> >> >> c:\> >> >> >> >> >> >> Linux: >> >> >> >> >> >> yttrx@whale:~ rm R etc

PETER KOHLMAN WHATS A HIGH END LINUX SYSTEM

Linonut wrote: > William Poaster belched: >> Linonut wrote: >>> Peter Khlmann belched: >>>> a1b3r7a_lady@salmahayeksknockers edu wrote: >>>>> Peter Kohlmann wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>>> At the other end the attempts to replace Oracle >>>>>>>>> servers with Lunix that I ve seen have been >>>>>>>>> unsuccessful >>>>> >>>>>> They simply deploy their DBs on high end linux >>>>>> sys

FAQ and Primer for COLA Edition III

In article Jesse F Hughes wrote: > > I wonder what they think of the British authorities driving Alan > > Turing to suicide because of his homosexuality? Engaging in > > homosexual behavior was against the law at the time so Turing was a > > law breaker > > Er so? Did anyone in this thread suggest that it s okay to drive >

[News] Here Come the Linux Gaming Devices

__ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 11 October 2006 18:33 \__ > Roy Schestowitz wrote: > >> PS2 s are still sold at the largest numbers in the States > > When you get a chance do you have a link with some numbers An I m feeling lucky search brought up the following: http: www freep com apps pbcs dll article?AID= 20060716 ENT05 607160496 1115 CONSOLE SALES: PS2 clobbe

[News] New XGL Goodness: Motion Blur

On Thu 21 Sep 2006 08:04:30 0100 [H]omer wrote: > And yes I ve read what s left of the full feature list > > AFAICT the changes fall into one of the following categories: > > Eye candy Ok Not like Recent Linux distro s haven t been doing a lot of that too > Things that should have been fixed in XP If you re referring to security well that s an on going proces

[News] Microsoft s Tactics Drive Loyal Windows User to Linux

On Sat 09 Sep 2006 13:06:15 0400 flatfish wrote: > On Sat 09 Sep 2006 11:02:22 0500 Erik Funkenbusch wrote: > >> Sure there s a billion how to s spread across the net but this >> informaiton is typically out of date incomplete distro specific and >> often times plain wrong Not to mention you end up having to scour the net >> looking for them which is ironic considering

Simple question about Windows

Mathew P wrote in message news:eb0Tg 13276 2G1 10666@trnddc07 > BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2006 09 28 Oliver Wong spake thusly: >> >> But if they delete all my >> files then I ve lost everything since the previous backup which for >> most >> users I d assume was never > > I back up my home userspace to dvd at least once a

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