First of all, one has to give up the idea that missile shield is somehow a weapon of defense. It is only useful if you plan to attack first. The original cold-war idea of a missile shield is an attempt to block a retaliation strike. No shield would withstand a full-scale missile attack from Russia, but if you successfully attack them first, you may have to block only a handful Russian missiles. That's where the shield shines, it reduces retaliation damage. That's why Russia is so keen on building mobile launch sites -- truly defensive weapons for a nuclear conflict.
Now, I'm not saying that USA is actually planning to nuke Russia like they did in 1949, but US' attempts to place anti-missile systems in Czech Republic and in Poland make an awful lot of sense if you think about it like that (I believe the US military wants to have all the opportunities, including the one to attack, just in case).
I think, that the ultimate goal of the humanity is to become able to survive outside of our home planet. We, as the bearers of life and thought have limited time before our home planet is gone forever. We can't stick to one place, we need to explore further, we need to be able to survive, to spread and sustain the Life. Till the existence of alien life forms is proved, we have to assume that we are the only bearers of Life with the potential to be able to survive a cataclysm which will inevitably render this planet uninhabitable. We can't sit on our hand and wait till someone invents warp engine or magic terraforming. It needs to be done, there is enough work for many generations, we can't really afford to back up.
It will affect new isnstallations only. Existing profiles won't be updated. So, no unwanted changes unless you're doing a clean install (admins rarely do).
UNR has a GUI to make a LiveUSB (even from a LiveCD). That is pretty portable, you can even use some free space to store your user profile. And I find UNR pretty fast even when booting from flash.
He did not forbid them to send PDF's which you can generate from a.doc or.docx. If a freshmen really wants to enter mathematical formulas using Word and a mouse -- best of luck for him.
I'd hate to think about stagnation that awaits search engines if Microsoft is successful -- think of all those years with IE6 as de-facto standard after MSFT have won the first browser war.
It merely shows yet another weak point in closed source development model -- if the code is leaked or given to bad guys, they can thoroughly analyze and exploit it while good guys can't do anything about it -- they have no legal means to obtain and analyze the code. Open source development model does not, of course, have such issues with source code in the wild. Black hats can look at the code in both cases, but open development model is better because it easily allows white hats to have a good look too.
Yet another example that security through obscurity won't work, nothing really new here.
I'm sorry, what?! What are "many tests" you speak of? 32-bit Debian Linux was notably better only on compilation (which isto be expected) and POVRay. A couple of tests have shown very small advantage towards 32-bit system, but 64-bit has won MOST of 27 test hands down.
Except that you can't buy Mac Mini for 599$ here -- according to German Apple Store it costs 549€. Whether Mac Mini is worth additional 190€ is, of course, a matter of discussion.
Basically, you can't go by US prices in Europe. German Apple store sells Mac Mini for 549,00 € or for 749,00 € depending on configuration. So that is the number you should compare 359,00 € for Open PC with. So, it is not additional 90$, but 190€. Whether it is reasonable or not is a matter of discussion.
Congrats on your cruise... What backup software did you use? I use backintime for my father who works from his home as a translator and really hates re-doing his work. Albeit, I don't use NAS, just a 500Gb external USB disk drive and a cheap UPS -- power outages were somewhat common in the area. It will still take him about 10 years to fill the disk with hourly incremental backups.
Your mileage may vary. I did have slight p-problems with pulseaudio in their earlier versions, now I don't have them anymore, they were fixed for me. Anyway, Pulseaudio is very handy for my bluetooth headset. Rerouting audio streams is also very convenient.
Ah, come on, people tend to forget. Next time they will believe the media again. Remember Mad Cow disease? SARS? Bird flu? The "virus that will kill us all" seems to come every second year. Hell, there are many believers for 2012 doomsday scenario whatever that might be...
But I fail to see how this is different from any mobile CPU + ondemand governor + CPU Frequency Scaling Applet on Gnome Panel. Perhaps from Windows point of view this is novel, but I see nothing groundbreaking here.
My FSC Amilo Pi 2515 has a "Fan" button which lowers CPU frequencies to minimum and increases fan temperature threshold. So the notebook goes silent and powersaving, so it is a Turbo button in reverse.
If that's true you either REALLY need Windows or are plain masochistic. I don't use Windows for years now, but I still remember how a scanner trashes the hard disk and slow the whole system beyond acceptable for some hours. With six scanners it would take a whole day to run them through your disk once.
It's a self-sustaining monopoly out there. How can you tell about some abstract choice if for a majority of people PC=Windows? And you can't really blame people here: all they see is Windows, on every shell in every computer store. Exclusive per-CPU deals led to a situation where OEM's pay the same to Microsoft no matter how many OS's they offer, so they usually offer one because it's cheaper that way. What choice do consumers really have if they don't know about Linux? Windows vs. overpriced Apple computers? Even so, Mac OS share grew up somewhat sharply last few years.
You have a hard time finding a PC that comes with Linux so you end up installing the OS yourself. Then there's this proprietary formats and protocols issue artificially created to ensure Microsoft's lock-in. Then you have some hardware vendors who decide to support Windows only and who don't use standard implementations.
None of those issues speak about the quality of operating systems, but you have to clear those monopoly-made hurdles in order to enjoy vastly improved security, better software management and more comfortable interface of Linux.
This is why education is so important and the idea that a computer is simple is bad. People buy devices that are as powerful as supercomputers were 15 years ago and expect them to be as simple as a toaster. So they end up giving vast amounts of computing power and network bandwidth to criminals.
As for Best Buy -- just an example of how easy are a fool and his money parted. I recall reading an article about how many people just buy a new cheap PC after theirs is infected. Of course, current security practices of Best Buy are unacceptable, but it appears that they can get away with it (they provide a working configuration after all). So it is up to users to develop some intelligence...
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First of all, one has to give up the idea that missile shield is somehow a weapon of defense. It is only useful if you plan to attack first.
The original cold-war idea of a missile shield is an attempt to block a retaliation strike. No shield would withstand a full-scale missile attack from Russia, but if you successfully attack them first, you may have to block only a handful Russian missiles. That's where the shield shines, it reduces retaliation damage. That's why Russia is so keen on building mobile launch sites -- truly defensive weapons for a nuclear conflict.
Now, I'm not saying that USA is actually planning to nuke Russia like they did in 1949, but US' attempts to place anti-missile systems in Czech Republic and in Poland make an awful lot of sense if you think about it like that (I believe the US military wants to have all the opportunities, including the one to attack, just in case).
Might be "Bulava" failed tests although that's only one component of their military strategy.
I think, that the ultimate goal of the humanity is to become able to survive outside of our home planet. We, as the bearers of life and thought have limited time before our home planet is gone forever. We can't stick to one place, we need to explore further, we need to be able to survive, to spread and sustain the Life.
Till the existence of alien life forms is proved, we have to assume that we are the only bearers of Life with the potential to be able to survive a cataclysm which will inevitably render this planet uninhabitable. We can't sit on our hand and wait till someone invents warp engine or magic terraforming. It needs to be done, there is enough work for many generations, we can't really afford to back up.
I must've gotten confused, thanks for the clarification.
It will affect new isnstallations only. Existing profiles won't be updated. So, no unwanted changes unless you're doing a clean install (admins rarely do).
UNR has a GUI to make a LiveUSB (even from a LiveCD). That is pretty portable, you can even use some free space to store your user profile. And I find UNR pretty fast even when booting from flash.
He did not forbid them to send PDF's which you can generate from a .doc or .docx.
If a freshmen really wants to enter mathematical formulas using Word and a mouse -- best of luck for him.
I'd hate to think about stagnation that awaits search engines if Microsoft is successful -- think of all those years with IE6 as de-facto standard after MSFT have won the first browser war.
It merely shows yet another weak point in closed source development model -- if the code is leaked or given to bad guys, they can thoroughly analyze and exploit it while good guys can't do anything about it -- they have no legal means to obtain and analyze the code.
Open source development model does not, of course, have such issues with source code in the wild. Black hats can look at the code in both cases, but open development model is better because it easily allows white hats to have a good look too.
Yet another example that security through obscurity won't work, nothing really new here.
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135
If that happens it would mean that all checks and balances of a democratic system have failed and therefore the country is screwed anyway.
Vupen Security has confirmed code execution on IE7 and IE8 as well, even in sandboxed mode.
Well, why not? I don't feel I'm going to use it, but it's nice to have a choice.
I'm sorry, what?!
What are "many tests" you speak of?
32-bit Debian Linux was notably better only on compilation (which isto be expected) and POVRay. A couple of tests have shown very small advantage towards 32-bit system, but 64-bit has won MOST of 27 test hands down.
Except that you can't buy Mac Mini for 599$ here -- according to German Apple Store it costs 549€. Whether Mac Mini is worth additional 190€ is, of course, a matter of discussion.
Basically, you can't go by US prices in Europe. German Apple store sells Mac Mini for 549,00 € or for 749,00 € depending on configuration. So that is the number you should compare 359,00 € for Open PC with.
So, it is not additional 90$, but 190€. Whether it is reasonable or not is a matter of discussion.
or we need to modify this gun so it can aim horizontally as well.
Congrats on your cruise...
What backup software did you use? I use backintime for my father who works from his home as a translator and really hates re-doing his work. Albeit, I don't use NAS, just a 500Gb external USB disk drive and a cheap UPS -- power outages were somewhat common in the area. It will still take him about 10 years to fill the disk with hourly incremental backups.
Your mileage may vary. I did have slight p-problems with pulseaudio in their earlier versions, now I don't have them anymore, they were fixed for me. Anyway, Pulseaudio is very handy for my bluetooth headset. Rerouting audio streams is also very convenient.
Ah, come on, people tend to forget. Next time they will believe the media again. Remember Mad Cow disease? SARS? Bird flu? The "virus that will kill us all" seems to come every second year. Hell, there are many believers for 2012 doomsday scenario whatever that might be...
So, they have basically redefined ondemand governor and build Windows variant for CPU Frequency Applet I used to use in GNOME?
But I fail to see how this is different from any mobile CPU + ondemand governor + CPU Frequency Scaling Applet on Gnome Panel.
Perhaps from Windows point of view this is novel, but I see nothing groundbreaking here.
My FSC Amilo Pi 2515 has a "Fan" button which lowers CPU frequencies to minimum and increases fan temperature threshold. So the notebook goes silent and powersaving, so it is a Turbo button in reverse.
Six scanners?! You can't be serious...
If that's true you either REALLY need Windows or are plain masochistic. I don't use Windows for years now, but I still remember how a scanner trashes the hard disk and slow the whole system beyond acceptable for some hours. With six scanners it would take a whole day to run them through your disk once.
Thanks but no, thanks.
It's a self-sustaining monopoly out there. How can you tell about some abstract choice if for a majority of people PC=Windows? And you can't really blame people here: all they see is Windows, on every shell in every computer store. Exclusive per-CPU deals led to a situation where OEM's pay the same to Microsoft no matter how many OS's they offer, so they usually offer one because it's cheaper that way.
What choice do consumers really have if they don't know about Linux? Windows vs. overpriced Apple computers? Even so, Mac OS share grew up somewhat sharply last few years.
You have a hard time finding a PC that comes with Linux so you end up installing the OS yourself. Then there's this proprietary formats and protocols issue artificially created to ensure Microsoft's lock-in. Then you have some hardware vendors who decide to support Windows only and who don't use standard implementations.
None of those issues speak about the quality of operating systems, but you have to clear those monopoly-made hurdles in order to enjoy vastly improved security, better software management and more comfortable interface of Linux.
This is why education is so important and the idea that a computer is simple is bad. People buy devices that are as powerful as supercomputers were 15 years ago and expect them to be as simple as a toaster. So they end up giving vast amounts of computing power and network bandwidth to criminals.
As for Best Buy -- just an example of how easy are a fool and his money parted. I recall reading an article about how many people just buy a new cheap PC after theirs is infected. Of course, current security practices of Best Buy are unacceptable, but it appears that they can get away with it (they provide a working configuration after all). So it is up to users to develop some intelligence...