While on the surface the method of application installation on the Mac may seem to be the simplest, there are cases where it can get you into trouble. Dragging the.app to the Trash doesn't delete the Library files that were created in the course of running the app, containing preferences and such.
While on the whole this generally isn't a big deal, as these files tend to be size insignificant, it does make reinstalling a misbehaving application slightly more tricky. More seriously, abandoned kernel extensions can cause the system to stop booting after a major upgrade; if the extension index is deleted, when the system recreates it on next boot it will try to load the old extension and boom, kernel panic.
On the whole though, yes, I'd agree with you - from a clueless end user standpoint it certainly makes the most sense.
According to TFA they were arrested for "snooping around Jamnagar" which according to Wikipedia "has shot to prominence as Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, established the world's largest [oil] refinery near Moti Khavdi village."
So very basically, this seems akin so someone driving in a car, decked out with electronics, around say, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. Not saying the charges are or aren't appropriate and there's no information as to how close to said refinery they actually were, but given the area through which they were traveling they should have expected some attention.
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Sure, but I find that when I'm scripting it's generally on a computer - IMHO it's easier to reference something online (and to find it) than it is by combing a 598 page printed book.
Don't get me wrong, books have a place too, but I can't run a find on my printed copy. My intention was to point out that good free resources exist and, at least in this case, are well maintained.
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Not knocking the book, especially as I haven't read it, but I've found the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (available free online) http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ extremely helpful on numerous occasions.
This brings up another interesting point; if traveling by air even if such "nefarious" programs were removed, with airlines beginning to offer in-flight internet access, the offending party could (ostensibly) simply redownload said program. I don't even want to know what happens when the see you running Linux.
If the system did what the article says it will, prioritize email based on "how important someone is to you" shouldn't that work to reduce to effect of spam? Sure I'm probably overly simplifying things a bit, and yeah no technology is bulletproof, but the implication of codifying interpersonal connection and using that as a priority display basis - by quantifying your interactions with other via email - is in my mind a reduction of visible spam that makes it past other filters. Since one is unlikely to respond to spam and since spam doesn't often come from the same address, it could more easily be reduced with this method. In theory at least.
I'm all for new technology making things easier, but in this case why not just require ID for everyone purchasing instead of using it as a backup to a much more complicated solution?
This is a Linux machine that's capable of XP or Vista. It runs quick, and upgrades easily. Major con is no monitor. Tried XP and Vista and it runs like a champ. Definitely recommend this product. Yeah, that definitely sounds a bit off. I mean who would put Vista on that?! A 25-34 year old masochist, maybe?
Seconded, I volunteer at a small elementary school with a one to one laptop program just a couple blocks from a major university, and interference effects are becoming more and more of a problem. Last I counted I could see something like 15-20 APs in one of the classrooms, and while sitting on the school's wireless network in that room you are guaranteed to lose all signal at least once an hour. This is obviously a problem, but moreover a dropped connection when using one of the network based programs (such as FASTT Math) results in the user being knocked out of that program, right now I don't see this technology being employed easily in a wifi dense setting until this problem of interference is dealt with.
Not that it will necessarily change anything, but Apple might realize they've made a mistake sooner if the Slashdot crowd starts complaining directly.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
Hehe, it would be funny the their feedback system was slashdotted over this...
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While on the surface the method of application installation on the Mac may seem to be the simplest, there are cases where it can get you into trouble. Dragging the .app to the Trash doesn't delete the Library files that were created in the course of running the app, containing preferences and such.
While on the whole this generally isn't a big deal, as these files tend to be size insignificant, it does make reinstalling a misbehaving application slightly more tricky. More seriously, abandoned kernel extensions can cause the system to stop booting after a major upgrade; if the extension index is deleted, when the system recreates it on next boot it will try to load the old extension and boom, kernel panic.
On the whole though, yes, I'd agree with you - from a clueless end user standpoint it certainly makes the most sense.
Dell sells their Mini9 with an option to upgrade to 2GB of RAM. Am I missing something here?
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs
According to TFA they were arrested for "snooping around Jamnagar" which according to Wikipedia "has shot to prominence as Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, established the world's largest [oil] refinery near Moti Khavdi village."
So very basically, this seems akin so someone driving in a car, decked out with electronics, around say, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. Not saying the charges are or aren't appropriate and there's no information as to how close to said refinery they actually were, but given the area through which they were traveling they should have expected some attention.
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Sure, but I find that when I'm scripting it's generally on a computer - IMHO it's easier to reference something online (and to find it) than it is by combing a 598 page printed book.
Don't get me wrong, books have a place too, but I can't run a find on my printed copy. My intention was to point out that good free resources exist and, at least in this case, are well maintained.
Not knocking the book, especially as I haven't read it, but I've found the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (available free online) http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ extremely helpful on numerous occasions.
Firefox 3 beta is available for download as a .deb at the bottom of the page.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/web/firefox-3.0
This brings up another interesting point; if traveling by air even if such "nefarious" programs were removed, with airlines beginning to offer in-flight internet access, the offending party could (ostensibly) simply redownload said program. I don't even want to know what happens when the see you running Linux.
Yeah but what's to say that 'A' doesn't "accidentally" become a 'W'... On a related note I lost my tinfoil hat this morning.
Sony's first idea, before the rootkit...
If the system did what the article says it will, prioritize email based on "how important someone is to you" shouldn't that work to reduce to effect of spam? Sure I'm probably overly simplifying things a bit, and yeah no technology is bulletproof, but the implication of codifying interpersonal connection and using that as a priority display basis - by quantifying your interactions with other via email - is in my mind a reduction of visible spam that makes it past other filters. Since one is unlikely to respond to spam and since spam doesn't often come from the same address, it could more easily be reduced with this method. In theory at least.
I'm all for new technology making things easier, but in this case why not just require ID for everyone purchasing instead of using it as a backup to a much more complicated solution?
It runs quick, and upgrades easily. Major con is no monitor.
Tried XP and Vista and it runs like a champ. Definitely recommend this product. Yeah, that definitely sounds a bit off. I mean who would put Vista on that?! A 25-34 year old masochist, maybe?
Seconded, I volunteer at a small elementary school with a one to one laptop program just a couple blocks from a major university, and interference effects are becoming more and more of a problem. Last I counted I could see something like 15-20 APs in one of the classrooms, and while sitting on the school's wireless network in that room you are guaranteed to lose all signal at least once an hour. This is obviously a problem, but moreover a dropped connection when using one of the network based programs (such as FASTT Math) results in the user being knocked out of that program, right now I don't see this technology being employed easily in a wifi dense setting until this problem of interference is dealt with.
Sweet me too! Don't know if I'll use it or not though, I kind of like the interface - or perhaps it's that I'm just used to it :)
Not that it will necessarily change anything, but Apple might realize they've made a mistake sooner if the Slashdot crowd starts complaining directly.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
Hehe, it would be funny the their feedback system was slashdotted over this...