Just an FYI, it would be better to spell out 'Intellectual Property' and not use the IP acronym since "IP" more commonly means a much different thing to the/. community.
Even if OSX is immune to all of the Windows viruses out there, a Mac that functions as a proxy or an SMB server (for example) could inadvertently pass those viruses on to Windows machines and infect them. If a naturally immune machine is actively stopping anything that could infect its client Windows machines, then it could save them from damage without itself being at risk to the damage.
I noticed, especially as of 6.10, that Kubuntu is just downright gorgeous. It has that trademark KDE bluish hue to it, while the windows and task bar have a very sleek and shiny look to them. This version of Kubuntu is the first distro (of any OS with a GUI) where I decided I liked the installation default scheme the most. Everything else I have ever used, (and this goes back to Win98 and Mac OS 7, and RedHat 7), I have tweaked dramatically to make it look the way I wanted.
lol.
I noticed that most of these improvements will appeal to the multiplayer crowd... which would make sense since Halo 2 also seemed to focus more attention on its multiplayer than on its single player campaign (and that shows because it was panned by critics for it). I'd have to admit that the first one wasn't that great in single player mode, and I never actually played it all the way through... But the multi, it definitely fills the void for console gamers that Unreal Tournament fills for PC gamers.
If I'm reading correctly, you're having internet slowdown issues while using Linux and connecting to DSL internet?
I used to have the same issues. Here's how to fix it:
Don't use local DNS. For some reason, DSL modems (especially of the Actiontec brand) have very slow DNS resolution in non-Windows OS's. Why, exactly, I don't know. I never bothered to research it. It doesn't happen with cable internet.
If you're not sure how to manually specify what DNS server your system is using to resolve names, I wrote a simple little guide on how to fix this some time ago. You can read it here. It explains how it's done in Debian, but Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it should all work exactly the same.
First, Microsoft invites the Mozilla team over so that they can help them integrate it more tightly with Vista. Now they're congratulating them with a cake.
It begs the question... Are they plotting something? Or are they buttering the Mozilla guys up for some kind of buyout? Or could the IE team really be good sports about all of it?
But definitely tighten restrictions on the accounts that the students log in with. You can tighten security to the point where they can't install software or even save files to the hard drive (requiring external media to save their documents, if that's how you want the system to work). You can use Windows Server for managing accounts, but it sounds like overkill in this case (since Windows Server is geared more toward corporate environments, not labs that use only one or two login names).
Preventing access to things like myspace.com can be done with a simple null route in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
And keep the virus scanner running and updating itself at all times!
If you want to restrict their web browsing then you could set up a proxy or a license with something akin to NetNanny. This is also handy for blocking ports so that IM software won't be able to get in or out (or even between), if they find a way to run it.
I dunno about that... I've been using the latest version of 1.5 in Debian (not installed via apt) and it still suffers from memory leaks every day. It's not a lot of effort to just restart the browser, but it'll be nice when I won't even have to do that anymore.
After having run it for half a day, have you noticed any substantial memory leaks? I'm tired of restarting Firefox every day when it starts idling at 250 megs.
What is it really That's going on here You've got your system for total control So is there really anybody out there Now watch us suffer cause we can't go What is it really that is in your head What little life that you had just died I'm gonna be the one that's takin over Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
Are you ready to go Cause I'm ready to go What you gonna do baby baby Are you going with me Cause I'm going with you It's the end of all time
What is it really that motivates you The need to fly or this fear to stop I'll go along for the ride but surprise When we get there I say 9 of 10 drop Now who's the light and who is the devil You can't decide so I'll be your guide And one by one they will be hand chosen Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
[chorus]
What is it really when they're fallin over Everything that you thought is denied I'm gonna be the one that's takin over Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
What they're describing there is like Debian's apt-get, or BSD's portage (also incorporated in Gentoo). Each of those technologies I listed are most commonly used to install packages from a common central repository over the internet (per distro). But, each of them can be configured to retrieve and install packages from a localized server. It's actually a very handy thing to have in large-scale networks because instead of installing and updating packages on each machine over the internet from a remote repository, you just update one machine from the internet and let all the rest of them update from it, thus cutting way back in internet usage and greatly reducing the time needed for the local machines to download and install updates.
Sounds like Slack is a simplified version of all of that.
How is this "serious trouble"? Not to be a troll or anything, but why does it matter that much if web advertisers have inaccurate figures on their incoming traffic? Especially in a world that readily embraces advertisement and popup blockers?
Before the GameCube came out (before it was even called the GameCube) there were already plans underway for the underlying technology under the Wii's (Revolution's) hood. The power of the Playstation 3 was already demonstrated about the time that the PS2 hit the market. The major names in the console market never sit idly and just watch their sales; they're always working on the next major step. Even in Windows, we see this... The successor to Vista is already under development, and has been for quite some time.
I'll probably be modded for redundancy, but it's a point that I wanted to make clear.
Spyware is malware, if it installs without the user's consent, and then silently phones home with your usage information in the interest of forcing advertisements on you. If this game is really going to do this, then I'll boycott it.
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Yup. Open Source sure is great.
But what in the world does that have to do with a social website that encourages you to post naked photos of yourself?
Just an FYI, it would be better to spell out 'Intellectual Property' and not use the IP acronym since "IP" more commonly means a much different thing to the /. community.
:)
Even if OSX is immune to all of the Windows viruses out there, a Mac that functions as a proxy or an SMB server (for example) could inadvertently pass those viruses on to Windows machines and infect them. If a naturally immune machine is actively stopping anything that could infect its client Windows machines, then it could save them from damage without itself being at risk to the damage.
I noticed, especially as of 6.10, that Kubuntu is just downright gorgeous. It has that trademark KDE bluish hue to it, while the windows and task bar have a very sleek and shiny look to them. This version of Kubuntu is the first distro (of any OS with a GUI) where I decided I liked the installation default scheme the most. Everything else I have ever used, (and this goes back to Win98 and Mac OS 7, and RedHat 7), I have tweaked dramatically to make it look the way I wanted.
lol.
I noticed that most of these improvements will appeal to the multiplayer crowd... which would make sense since Halo 2 also seemed to focus more attention on its multiplayer than on its single player campaign (and that shows because it was panned by critics for it). I'd have to admit that the first one wasn't that great in single player mode, and I never actually played it all the way through... But the multi, it definitely fills the void for console gamers that Unreal Tournament fills for PC gamers.
"...while multiplayer modes will also benefit from something playfully dubbed the Man Cannon..."
I really hope they rename that.
Couple this technology with a future successor to the Nintendo DS, and it could continue to take the DS into a more innovative direction!
If I'm reading correctly, you're having internet slowdown issues while using Linux and connecting to DSL internet?
I used to have the same issues. Here's how to fix it:
Don't use local DNS. For some reason, DSL modems (especially of the Actiontec brand) have very slow DNS resolution in non-Windows OS's. Why, exactly, I don't know. I never bothered to research it. It doesn't happen with cable internet.
If you're not sure how to manually specify what DNS server your system is using to resolve names, I wrote a simple little guide on how to fix this some time ago. You can read it here. It explains how it's done in Debian, but Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it should all work exactly the same.
Hope this helps!
First, Microsoft invites the Mozilla team over so that they can help them integrate it more tightly with Vista. Now they're congratulating them with a cake.
It begs the question... Are they plotting something? Or are they buttering the Mozilla guys up for some kind of buyout? Or could the IE team really be good sports about all of it?
"I might even try to find a pair of pants with a cellphone pocket in the front."
Is that a phone or are you just happy to see me?
But definitely tighten restrictions on the accounts that the students log in with. You can tighten security to the point where they can't install software or even save files to the hard drive (requiring external media to save their documents, if that's how you want the system to work). You can use Windows Server for managing accounts, but it sounds like overkill in this case (since Windows Server is geared more toward corporate environments, not labs that use only one or two login names).
Preventing access to things like myspace.com can be done with a simple null route in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
And keep the virus scanner running and updating itself at all times!
If you want to restrict their web browsing then you could set up a proxy or a license with something akin to NetNanny. This is also handy for blocking ports so that IM software won't be able to get in or out (or even between), if they find a way to run it.
I dunno about that... I've been using the latest version of 1.5 in Debian (not installed via apt) and it still suffers from memory leaks every day. It's not a lot of effort to just restart the browser, but it'll be nice when I won't even have to do that anymore.
After having run it for half a day, have you noticed any substantial memory leaks? I'm tired of restarting Firefox every day when it starts idling at 250 megs.
6. Pro - Graphic Designers will talk to you.
Just by switching to a Mac, graphic designers will talk to me?
Shit, forget all of that technical blabber... I'm sold!
Yes, I am aware that XP was not actually released in the 90's. But most of its development occurred during this time.
"It makes Windows XP look very late-nineties."
Well duh, Windows XP came from the late nineties.
"Sony plans to ship two million PlayStation 3 players this year..."
Why ship the systems when you can ship two million people who play it instead?
The "human species split in two" link leads to a 404 on Slashdot. Could it be that Slashdot has Slashdotted itself?
I never implied that anything was bad, but got modded down as flamebait anyway.
...so if somebody just wanted to watch an 8 minute clip of a Jay Z concert, they wouldn't know the difference!
[When Worlds Collide]
By Powerman 5000
What is it really
That's going on here
You've got your system for total control
So is there really anybody out there
Now watch us suffer cause we can't go
What is it really that is in your head
What little life that you had just died
I'm gonna be the one that's takin over
Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
Are you ready to go
Cause I'm ready to go
What you gonna do baby baby
Are you going with me
Cause I'm going with you
It's the end of all time
What is it really that motivates you
The need to fly or this fear to stop
I'll go along for the ride but surprise
When we get there I say 9 of 10 drop
Now who's the light and who is the devil
You can't decide so I'll be your guide
And one by one they will be hand chosen
Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
[chorus]
What is it really when they're fallin over
Everything that you thought is denied
I'm gonna be the one that's takin over
Now this is what it's like when worlds collide
What they're describing there is like Debian's apt-get, or BSD's portage (also incorporated in Gentoo). Each of those technologies I listed are most commonly used to install packages from a common central repository over the internet (per distro). But, each of them can be configured to retrieve and install packages from a localized server. It's actually a very handy thing to have in large-scale networks because instead of installing and updating packages on each machine over the internet from a remote repository, you just update one machine from the internet and let all the rest of them update from it, thus cutting way back in internet usage and greatly reducing the time needed for the local machines to download and install updates.
Sounds like Slack is a simplified version of all of that.
How is this "serious trouble"? Not to be a troll or anything, but why does it matter that much if web advertisers have inaccurate figures on their incoming traffic? Especially in a world that readily embraces advertisement and popup blockers?
Before the GameCube came out (before it was even called the GameCube) there were already plans underway for the underlying technology under the Wii's (Revolution's) hood. The power of the Playstation 3 was already demonstrated about the time that the PS2 hit the market. The major names in the console market never sit idly and just watch their sales; they're always working on the next major step. Even in Windows, we see this... The successor to Vista is already under development, and has been for quite some time.
I'll probably be modded for redundancy, but it's a point that I wanted to make clear.
Spyware is malware, if it installs without the user's consent, and then silently phones home with your usage information in the interest of forcing advertisements on you. If this game is really going to do this, then I'll boycott it.