Firewall: mrlahey
Server: julian (big black box that everyone on the network always needs things from)
Old laptop: ricky (has duct tape holding it together)
Riced-out, flashy gaming box: jroc
My newer, smarter laptop: bubbles
Old-school XBox: coryandtrevor
If they really cared, they would have made sure the data wasn't still on it before returning it, or just kept it and purchased another. It's not the job of Newegg or the drive manufacturer to play Storage Nanny.
I can't help but be reminded of this scene from the movie Old School:
Mitch: Sorry, your seat belt seems to be broken. What do you recommend? Cab Driver: I recommend you stop being such a pussy. You're in the back seat.
Just don't even worry about it. Nobody you complain to is really going to care. Give it a quick scan for anything interesting, and format once you're done.
The problem with the anti-Apple crowd is its sheer ignorance of reality just to make their distorted views seem accurate. The fact of the matter is that in the mobile market Apple simply has the best products, as is evidenced by sales figures and customer opinions. I know the truth hurts, but put on your big boy pants and accept reality for what it is.
And for the record, the Jonestown incident (which I assume you're referencing) used Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid.
This isn't another juvenile does-it-run-on-linux rant, but I think its reasonable to point out that remote full screen GUI access via X windows has been around since the mid 80s. A LONG time before any remote GUI windows app or even Windows itself existed.
Yeah, and unless you're connecting over a LAN connection, it's 100% terrible. That's why projects like FreeNX and x2go exist...to clean up the massive bloat and waste the X11 protocol introduces.
No, it's not. And the reason it's not is because it's already entrenched. Hell, just last week it was reported that Java was still the #1 language being used; it's certainly not disappearing anytime soon. Oracle will get it right, or face hundreds of pissed off businesses and governments.
Most hotels I've been to in the last years in the Nordic countries have had WiFi included in the room charge, but they've all required a login all the same. I assume it's a) so that "everyone else" in nearby buildings can't connect and b) maybe related to some kind of billing between the hotel chain and the wifi provider.
It's so they can make you agree to their Acceptable Use Policy first, thus waiving all responsibility for their users should one of them do something illegal.
You can install X11 without it actually running a GUI so that in a pinch you can run a GUI program via ssh X forwarding when you have to.
Actually, you don't even need X11 installed on the box in question, it just has to be running on the box you're going to be exporting to. The only thing the box in question needs are the various GUI libraries that it needs to run (GTK, QT, etc), which can be installed independently of X11.
The question I'd like to ask is why don't they just hand out a static IP by default?
There's a few good reasons off the top of my head that I can think of:
- Dynamic IPs cut a lot of bullshit out of support calls
- DHCP servers hand out more information that just IPs (default gateway, DNS servers, domain, etc)
- ISPs like to have the option of re-allocating blocks of IPs without having to call hundreds/thousands of customers to have them renumber their equipment
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Once jailbroken, this thing will make a pretty nice XBMC box. $99 for a 1080p-capable device with a working remote out-of-box...not a bad deal.
Inspired by Trailer Park Boys
Firewall: mrlahey
Server: julian (big black box that everyone on the network always needs things from)
Old laptop: ricky (has duct tape holding it together)
Riced-out, flashy gaming box: jroc
My newer, smarter laptop: bubbles
Old-school XBox: coryandtrevor
Hot damn, maybe if Ricky had gone to your school he would have received his grades 11 and 12.
What a stupid thing to say. Nginx can do both of these tasks (SSL endpoint, reverse-proxy) well...probably even faster.
The M$ cloud
Sony: Demand just skyrocketed, you all saw it!
If they really cared, they would have made sure the data wasn't still on it before returning it, or just kept it and purchased another. It's not the job of Newegg or the drive manufacturer to play Storage Nanny.
I can't help but be reminded of this scene from the movie Old School:
Mitch: Sorry, your seat belt seems to be broken. What do you recommend?
Cab Driver: I recommend you stop being such a pussy. You're in the back seat.
Just don't even worry about it. Nobody you complain to is really going to care. Give it a quick scan for anything interesting, and format once you're done.
The problem with the anti-Apple crowd is its sheer ignorance of reality just to make their distorted views seem accurate. The fact of the matter is that in the mobile market Apple simply has the best products, as is evidenced by sales figures and customer opinions. I know the truth hurts, but put on your big boy pants and accept reality for what it is.
And for the record, the Jonestown incident (which I assume you're referencing) used Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid.
while the other half would be placed into a bullying prevention fund.
aka, slush fund
Nope...not sure what made you think that.
Suing TomTom over ridiculous patents is not better behavior
And neither is extorting money out of handset makers that choose Android as their software platform.
This isn't another juvenile does-it-run-on-linux rant, but I think its reasonable to point out that remote full screen GUI access via X windows has been around since the mid 80s. A LONG time before any remote GUI windows app or even Windows itself existed.
Yeah, and unless you're connecting over a LAN connection, it's 100% terrible. That's why projects like FreeNX and x2go exist...to clean up the massive bloat and waste the X11 protocol introduces.
So it's like Cydia with moderators?
Which quite ironically, is pretty much just a snes pad with one extra l/r button with a knee jerk reaction to the n64's analog stick.
Interestingly enough, the PS controllers look like that because before Sony released the PSX, they were working with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM addon for the SNES (much like the Sega CD for the Genesis). Near the end of the project's completion, Nintendo decided to abandon the idea, when infuriated the president of Sony. Not too long afterwards, Sony came out with the PlayStation to rival Nintendo.
Slashdot: Come for the first post, stay for the goatse
That has a nice ring to it.
... java is history, so to say.
No, it's not. And the reason it's not is because it's already entrenched. Hell, just last week it was reported that Java was still the #1 language being used; it's certainly not disappearing anytime soon. Oracle will get it right, or face hundreds of pissed off businesses and governments.
Most hotels I've been to in the last years in the Nordic countries have had WiFi included in the room charge, but they've all required a login all the same. I assume it's a) so that "everyone else" in nearby buildings can't connect and b) maybe related to some kind of billing between the hotel chain and the wifi provider.
It's so they can make you agree to their Acceptable Use Policy first, thus waiving all responsibility for their users should one of them do something illegal.
So long as my mind is intact, fully functional and I have a decent means to communicate with the outside world? I would.
You're in luck! The future looks bright for you.
You can install X11 without it actually running a GUI so that in a pinch you can run a GUI program via ssh X forwarding when you have to.
Actually, you don't even need X11 installed on the box in question, it just has to be running on the box you're going to be exporting to. The only thing the box in question needs are the various GUI libraries that it needs to run (GTK, QT, etc), which can be installed independently of X11.
Not Paul Christoforo.
Apple: You're touching it wrong.
What I want is a holodeck & Deanna Troi.
In fact, forget the holodeck!
The question I'd like to ask is why don't they just hand out a static IP by default?
There's a few good reasons off the top of my head that I can think of:
Don't use a stupid VPN solution. Last I checked, OpenVPN works just fine over a dynamic IP.