Now you see why I use *.txt format

[Harovan]

If I read the 3rd post correct, elijah states, that Linux word processors do the same, and that it's a pan-OS issue. The OS-related troll comes from you in this case, Asher.

I prefer text editors over word processors not because I'm paranoid about the traces I leave, but because I want to save resources. Word processors have the habit to create something like a 5 MB document file for a three word text.

[Harry Seldon]

Amazed that no one else has worked out the real benefit though... Keep guessing

You can password protect a bios, keeping a PC from even powering up and making it nigh on impossible to access.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
If I read the 3rd post correct, elijah states, that Linux word processors do the same, and that it's a pan-OS issue. The OS-related troll comes from you in this case, Asher.

Of course it comes from me, but I find it so incredibly fitting that somebody with such an irrationally paranoid fear uses Linux.

It's not only fitting, it's pretty standard stuff.

He's making a big deal about something he's not affected by. Sounds familiar.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Harry Seldon
You can password protect a bios, keeping a PC from even powering up and making it nigh on impossible to access.

And you can spend 20 seconds and reset the password on the motherboard.

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by Harry Seldon


You can password protect a bios, keeping a PC from even powering up and making it nigh on impossible to access.

Ah, but to do that I would have to put a CMOS battery in the machine to remember the password... Which would bypass the most useful aspect of having a PC that never knows the right time.

Here's a clue. T... L...... T..... D. N.. E.....

[Harry Seldon]

Didn't think of that. No battery means no password.

[Harry Seldon]

I was also thinking eval software would always be valid if you set the proper date and time on startup. the D. N.. is do not. I should know this; I have an alphabet of certifications after my name.

[Harovan]

Time Limited Trials Do Not Expire?

Gosh, what a low gain to pay the high price of fixing the bios by hand each time I start.

[Cruddy]

Correct Harry Seldon.

Time Limited Trials Do Not Expire.

[Harry Seldon]

I was going to put that before but thought it wasn't clever enough. I usually just reset the systray clock for apps and edit ini files for OSs. Guess I out thought myself on this one.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It is utterly silly to say this violates civil liberties . It's a very useful tool!

Yeah? For example?

[Imran Siddiqui]

From the article:

Mr Murfitt from Mekon said many firms were now looking at installing systems that make it easier to collaborate on documents and that log who did what.

He said banking and legal regulators imposed strict working practices on firms that force them to record the life histories of documents that result in new products or are involved in court cases.

But, he added, other firms were putting in place document tracking systems to help teams work together.

Often these systems use a single copy of a document that workers comment on, correct or annotate before a final edit.

"That's where collaboration becomes really useful," he said.

[Urban Ranger]

Only a small handful of companies need that, and only on specific documents. For those, there are already programs such as Lotus Notes that allow collaboration by keeping track of useful information.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Asher

Of course it comes from me, but I find it so incredibly fitting that somebody with such an irrationally paranoid fear uses Linux.

It's not only fitting, it's pretty standard stuff.

He's making a big deal about something he's not affected by. Sounds familiar.

Yea, it sounds a lot like you. Except I'm not nearly as bored with him as I am with you.

[Fve Crathva]

I use plaintext because I want archaeologists 1000 years from now to find my hard drive, dig up an ASCII chart and a dictionary, and figure out what I've written!

SP