...a massive drawback. Audio support over the connection in exchange for DRM? No thanks. My TOSlink cables work just fine for digital audio. I can see no compelling reason to switch to a connector that potentially takes rights away from me in exchange for one less cable per component in my home theatre rack. I'm sure the content creators are creaming themselves over it, though.
Actually, if technology shakes out the way it has over the last decade, Apple will introduce an iPod with wireless USB before the standard is anywhere close to being ubiquitous. At least, that's what happened with USB and 1394. We have Apple to thank for these technologies being as widespread as they are. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they're working on wUSB as we speak.
What major advances have been released to the public in Windows this year? How about last year? Even SP2 for XP was mostly a compilation of security fixes and a half-assed attempt to make the existing Windows firewall more usable. We do NOT see major advances in Windows every year. We see them at every new Windows version release. And even THEN sometimes there aren'y any major improvements (WindowME anyone?).
Actually, you would have to know how to use a mouse before installing the OS. I'm sure there are dialogue boxes and such during the install. Even if you buy a box with the OS already installed there are usually dialogue boxes and radio buttons, etc... that need to be clicked.
I've also always wondered, but never thought to ask, if the police are compelled to read one their Miranda rights when they making an arrest. I was never read them. For that matter, they weren't even going to tell me what I was being arrested for until I asked.
I happen to know the legal expert on weapons in my state. He is a very successful lawyer who specializes in cases of concealed weapons and weapons violations. I asked him one day if it was legal to carry a pocket knife, and if so, how large. His answer, "No one knows." There are three contradictory laws listing legal blade lengths and one that specifically guarantees everyone the right to carry a hunting knife without specifying what that is. Other laws say that you can carry a blade so long as it is hidden, not hidden, shorter than a given length, or not for malicious purposes. His legal advice was that it is fine to carry a knife, but to be safe you should carry one shorter than 2.75 inches and keep it concealed. That violates two laws, but is in accordance with three. If it ever goes to court he claims that he will not have any problem showing that the laws contradict, and thus can't be enforced, which he has done in the past.
I really wish I had known this guy a few years ago. I was arrested after running a red light on my motorcycle. It had been raining and there was a large truck in front of me obscuring the light until it had changed to red. I made the conscious decision to run the light rather than slam on my brakes and risk losing control of the bike. A cop two lights behind me flipped her lights on and I pulled over.
The first thing out of her mouth was, "Do you have any weapons on you?" I happened to have a diver's knife in my boot. This was the first time that I had my knife on my person in months. My car burned up and the tow truck had come that day to pick up the burned out hulk. I took a last look through it and found my knife that I kept in the map pocket in the door. I cleaned it up and stuck it in my boot.
Anyway, I told her that yes, I had a knife in my boot and pulled up my pant leg to show her. She reached down and pulled it out and went back to her cruiser and called for backup. The second cop showed up and took the knife and pulled out what I later realized was a ruler. He then came over to me and told me to stand against the wall of the nearby storefront. He asked me if I had any other weapons. I told him no. He patted me down and told me to put my hands behind my back. He then cuffed me. At this point I asked him what I was being arrested for. He told me that I was being arrested for possession of a "long bladed weapon" and that they could be charging me with possession of a concealed weapon instead but that they weren't. I asked him what the legal length of a bladed weapon was. He told me that it was three inches. I asked him how long the blade on my knife was. He told me three and a half inches.
I was taken to the city jail, fingerprinted, and locked up. I was chatting with the officer that was processing me and he told me that he NEVER carries a knife. Instead, he carries a gun. He told me that you can get into a LOT more trouble by carrying a knife than a gun. He also offered to buy my motorcycle helmet.:) I asked him what my bail was. He told me and I asked him if I could pay it myself. He said yeah so I told him to look in my stuff that was confiscated and take out the bail. I sat in jail for an hour or so before the bail was paid and taken care of. The arresting officer gave me a ride to the impound lot so I could get my bike. And then I rode back to the concert that I was heading to before the whole debacle. I managed to hear one song by the Jayhawks and the concert was over.
When I went to court, the guy ahead of me pissed off the judge. I was called up and the judge said I was charged with possession of a concealed weapon. He asked me why I had the knife. I told him that it was for utility and protection. That I was riding a motorcycle through a less than nice part of town and wanted SOMEthing to protect myself if I needed to. He told me that the only reason to have that knife was to kill someone. He also said that if I felt unsafe on my motorcycle, I should get a car. Of course
They're not "throwing in the towel" on cable, they're simply tired of trying to get acceptable partnership agreements with cable companies. And the CableCard solution (which is built in to some TVs already with more to come), in addition to getting rid of one of the boxes on your TV is a standard that they'll be able to support without having to get the cable company's "permission." It sounds to me like a perfectly rational and reasonable solution.
What I'm concerned about is an apparent upcomming "deal" between TiVo and Microsoft. TiVo currently uses Linux as its OS and, is thus, very hacker friendly. If they plan on moving to a MS OS, I think I might cry.
But CRTs will fill a LOT fewer landfills. They tend to last significantly longer. My current TV is a 27" Sony I picked up almost 15 years ago and it's still as beautiful today as it was the day I bought it.
The Lord, Liar, or Lunatic thing is a false trilemna. There are certainly mental disorders whereby one can be relatively sane "appearing" for much of the time, yet still have delusions and halucinations. Happens all the time. It is not the case that Jesus would have had to be one of those three things as defined by the argument.
...the pockets of Infinium? Surely a "company" that's preparing to "release" a new "game system" should have enough "money" in the bank to fight a legal battle like this.
Unless you're running software that requires Windows on the server, you shouldn't have any problems replacing all those Windows servers with Linux boxes running Samba. I don't do Active Directory using Samba, but I've heard that it's possible and that the next version of Samba will have full AD support. I just haven't found any compelling reason to use AD.
And if you need remote VPN access, check out OpenVPN. It's SSL based, easy to configure (comparitavely), and stable. There are clients for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
You first. And by that, I mean you just went on a rant about too many people driving too much, then you said the above. What's keeping you from getting the ball rolling?
OpenOffice has an Access clone built in. It's not a seperate application, but is available from within all of the main applications. Looks and feels almost exactly like MS Access.
My first job in an IT department was at a local software development company with around 500 employees and on the order of 750 workstations. All the desktops were running NT4. Everyone had local administrator access to their machines. Every time I've set up a machine based on NT since then, for clients or family, etc..., I've given them admin access to their machine. I tried to impliment a more sane security model but it just doesn't fly with NT based systems. Too many applications require that the user has some measure of administrative access. I gave up even trying. The Linux model for user rights is far more sane and real-world usable. NT basically plays at being a multi-user system. But that's all it does, play.
All of these new fancy schmantcy with LCDs and the like are swanky looking and all, but they all suffer from a serious flaw. No tactile feedback. I ad a very early LCD based remote years ago and I quickly grew tired of having to look down at the remote in order to do ANYthing at all with it. Nope, you truly need a remote with physical buttons on a remote control. And I have found the perfect remote control.
Behold the Marantz RC2000. It is a learning remote (it comes prepped for Marantz and Philips equipment already) and has replaced every single remote that I've had since I got it. TiVo, Satellite, receiver, PS2, TV. And it handles EVERY function of these components. There's even an optional RF module you can get to handle home security or whatever. The buttons are laid out well and are different sizes and shapes so you can use it by touch alone. And you can program 4 macros that can perform multiple functions step by step automatically. Good for the technologically challenged. Just set up a macro to turn on all of your components, change the source on your receiver and start your DVD player and all your geek-challenged friend has to do is press one button to do all of that.
Now the bad news. They don't make it anymore. There are usually several for sale on E-bay, though. Just make sure you get a MKII if you get one. The MKI doesn't have channel up/down buttons, so you have to map them to buttons near the LCD (the LCD is for labelling only, no touch sensitivity here). They rectified that on the MKII. Oh, and they're incredibly durable. I've had mine for about 10 years now and it still works like new. I paid $250 for it back then and have never regretted it once.
There IS a spiritual successor to the RC2000 out there. A company called Home Theater Master that makes a line of remotes that operate on the same basic principals as the RC2000. The closest one to it is the URC-300. I bought my dad one for his birthday, but really haven't messed with it much. Yet.
I've been running 10.1 community without a single issue since it was first available. Everything installed without a hitch and has been chugging along without incident since the initial install. I'll be grabbing the official release asap. I have two clients running Fedora and I haven't had any issues to speak of with them either. All in all, I'd say the quality and ease of use of all of the major distros is getting better by leaps and bounds. Novell was kind enough to send me a copy of SuSE Enterprise 9 that I'll try to get installed on some machine here soon.
In contrast, I've had major issues with SBS 2003 and some minor issues with other MS Server OSes lately. I won't be installing 2003 SP1 any time soon. It's a sad thing when I'm prepared to upgrade an entire OS on the Linux side yet afraid to even install a SP on the Windows side. Clearly Microsoft still has some work to do.
I installed SP2 on two machines at home. My personal machine (which I also use for business purposes) and my dad's brand spanking new Athlon64 system. In both cases, it broke so many applications and caused so many problems that I had to reinstall both systems. I won't be installing it on any other systems. I've also heard of others having issues with SP2 with pretty run-of-the-mill applications as well.
Ultr@VNC is the clear choice for Windows VNCing. It interoperated with all the other VNCs, includes the Tight compression (among others), has all kinds of cool features (that, granted, you really wouldn't need under *nix, but they're nice to have in Windows). It's what I use to troubleshoot all of my clients' servers and workstations. The ones running Windows that is.
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...a massive drawback. Audio support over the connection in exchange for DRM? No thanks. My TOSlink cables work just fine for digital audio. I can see no compelling reason to switch to a connector that potentially takes rights away from me in exchange for one less cable per component in my home theatre rack. I'm sure the content creators are creaming themselves over it, though.
Why is the word "growing" in quotes in the posted article? Did the scientists not actually grow the muscles?
Actually, if technology shakes out the way it has over the last decade, Apple will introduce an iPod with wireless USB before the standard is anywhere close to being ubiquitous. At least, that's what happened with USB and 1394. We have Apple to thank for these technologies being as widespread as they are. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they're working on wUSB as we speak.
What major advances have been released to the public in Windows this year? How about last year? Even SP2 for XP was mostly a compilation of security fixes and a half-assed attempt to make the existing Windows firewall more usable. We do NOT see major advances in Windows every year. We see them at every new Windows version release. And even THEN sometimes there aren'y any major improvements (WindowME anyone?).
Not to sound like a dimwitted, capitalist, American pig or anything, but exactly what are magazines' successes based on in Europe?
Actually, you would have to know how to use a mouse before installing the OS. I'm sure there are dialogue boxes and such during the install. Even if you buy a box with the OS already installed there are usually dialogue boxes and radio buttons, etc... that need to be clicked.
I've also always wondered, but never thought to ask, if the police are compelled to read one their Miranda rights when they making an arrest. I was never read them. For that matter, they weren't even going to tell me what I was being arrested for until I asked.
I really wish I had known this guy a few years ago. I was arrested after running a red light on my motorcycle. It had been raining and there was a large truck in front of me obscuring the light until it had changed to red. I made the conscious decision to run the light rather than slam on my brakes and risk losing control of the bike. A cop two lights behind me flipped her lights on and I pulled over.
The first thing out of her mouth was, "Do you have any weapons on you?" I happened to have a diver's knife in my boot. This was the first time that I had my knife on my person in months. My car burned up and the tow truck had come that day to pick up the burned out hulk. I took a last look through it and found my knife that I kept in the map pocket in the door. I cleaned it up and stuck it in my boot.
Anyway, I told her that yes, I had a knife in my boot and pulled up my pant leg to show her. She reached down and pulled it out and went back to her cruiser and called for backup. The second cop showed up and took the knife and pulled out what I later realized was a ruler. He then came over to me and told me to stand against the wall of the nearby storefront. He asked me if I had any other weapons. I told him no. He patted me down and told me to put my hands behind my back. He then cuffed me. At this point I asked him what I was being arrested for. He told me that I was being arrested for possession of a "long bladed weapon" and that they could be charging me with possession of a concealed weapon instead but that they weren't. I asked him what the legal length of a bladed weapon was. He told me that it was three inches. I asked him how long the blade on my knife was. He told me three and a half inches.
I was taken to the city jail, fingerprinted, and locked up. I was chatting with the officer that was processing me and he told me that he NEVER carries a knife. Instead, he carries a gun. He told me that you can get into a LOT more trouble by carrying a knife than a gun. He also offered to buy my motorcycle helmet. :) I asked him what my bail was. He told me and I asked him if I could pay it myself. He said yeah so I told him to look in my stuff that was confiscated and take out the bail. I sat in jail for an hour or so before the bail was paid and taken care of. The arresting officer gave me a ride to the impound lot so I could get my bike. And then I rode back to the concert that I was heading to before the whole debacle. I managed to hear one song by the Jayhawks and the concert was over.
When I went to court, the guy ahead of me pissed off the judge. I was called up and the judge said I was charged with possession of a concealed weapon. He asked me why I had the knife. I told him that it was for utility and protection. That I was riding a motorcycle through a less than nice part of town and wanted SOMEthing to protect myself if I needed to. He told me that the only reason to have that knife was to kill someone. He also said that if I felt unsafe on my motorcycle, I should get a car. Of course
They're not "throwing in the towel" on cable, they're simply tired of trying to get acceptable partnership agreements with cable companies. And the CableCard solution (which is built in to some TVs already with more to come), in addition to getting rid of one of the boxes on your TV is a standard that they'll be able to support without having to get the cable company's "permission." It sounds to me like a perfectly rational and reasonable solution.
What I'm concerned about is an apparent upcomming "deal" between TiVo and Microsoft. TiVo currently uses Linux as its OS and, is thus, very hacker friendly. If they plan on moving to a MS OS, I think I might cry.
But CRTs will fill a LOT fewer landfills. They tend to last significantly longer. My current TV is a 27" Sony I picked up almost 15 years ago and it's still as beautiful today as it was the day I bought it.
The Lord, Liar, or Lunatic thing is a false trilemna. There are certainly mental disorders whereby one can be relatively sane "appearing" for much of the time, yet still have delusions and halucinations. Happens all the time. It is not the case that Jesus would have had to be one of those three things as defined by the argument.
...Master getting out of the lock business?
...the pockets of Infinium? Surely a "company" that's preparing to "release" a new "game system" should have enough "money" in the bank to fight a legal battle like this.
It's free, runs on Linux, has clients for Linux, Windows, and Mac, SSL based, secure and stable. Oh, and relatively easy to configure.
And if you need remote VPN access, check out OpenVPN. It's SSL based, easy to configure (comparitavely), and stable. There are clients for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Driving through town is a horrible experience.
You first. And by that, I mean you just went on a rant about too many people driving too much, then you said the above. What's keeping you from getting the ball rolling?
OpenOffice has an Access clone built in. It's not a seperate application, but is available from within all of the main applications. Looks and feels almost exactly like MS Access.
My first job in an IT department was at a local software development company with around 500 employees and on the order of 750 workstations. All the desktops were running NT4. Everyone had local administrator access to their machines. Every time I've set up a machine based on NT since then, for clients or family, etc..., I've given them admin access to their machine. I tried to impliment a more sane security model but it just doesn't fly with NT based systems. Too many applications require that the user has some measure of administrative access. I gave up even trying. The Linux model for user rights is far more sane and real-world usable. NT basically plays at being a multi-user system. But that's all it does, play.
All of these new fancy schmantcy with LCDs and the like are swanky looking and all, but they all suffer from a serious flaw. No tactile feedback. I ad a very early LCD based remote years ago and I quickly grew tired of having to look down at the remote in order to do ANYthing at all with it. Nope, you truly need a remote with physical buttons on a remote control. And I have found the perfect remote control.
Behold the Marantz RC2000. It is a learning remote (it comes prepped for Marantz and Philips equipment already) and has replaced every single remote that I've had since I got it. TiVo, Satellite, receiver, PS2, TV. And it handles EVERY function of these components. There's even an optional RF module you can get to handle home security or whatever. The buttons are laid out well and are different sizes and shapes so you can use it by touch alone. And you can program 4 macros that can perform multiple functions step by step automatically. Good for the technologically challenged. Just set up a macro to turn on all of your components, change the source on your receiver and start your DVD player and all your geek-challenged friend has to do is press one button to do all of that.
Now the bad news. They don't make it anymore. There are usually several for sale on E-bay, though. Just make sure you get a MKII if you get one. The MKI doesn't have channel up/down buttons, so you have to map them to buttons near the LCD (the LCD is for labelling only, no touch sensitivity here). They rectified that on the MKII. Oh, and they're incredibly durable. I've had mine for about 10 years now and it still works like new. I paid $250 for it back then and have never regretted it once.
There IS a spiritual successor to the RC2000 out there. A company called Home Theater Master that makes a line of remotes that operate on the same basic principals as the RC2000. The closest one to it is the URC-300. I bought my dad one for his birthday, but really haven't messed with it much. Yet.
I've been running 10.1 community without a single issue since it was first available. Everything installed without a hitch and has been chugging along without incident since the initial install. I'll be grabbing the official release asap. I have two clients running Fedora and I haven't had any issues to speak of with them either. All in all, I'd say the quality and ease of use of all of the major distros is getting better by leaps and bounds. Novell was kind enough to send me a copy of SuSE Enterprise 9 that I'll try to get installed on some machine here soon.
In contrast, I've had major issues with SBS 2003 and some minor issues with other MS Server OSes lately. I won't be installing 2003 SP1 any time soon. It's a sad thing when I'm prepared to upgrade an entire OS on the Linux side yet afraid to even install a SP on the Windows side. Clearly Microsoft still has some work to do.
...is not this story. The dominating news in the state is Steve Spurrier becoming the head coach of the USC Gamecocks.
I installed SP2 on two machines at home. My personal machine (which I also use for business purposes) and my dad's brand spanking new Athlon64 system. In both cases, it broke so many applications and caused so many problems that I had to reinstall both systems. I won't be installing it on any other systems. I've also heard of others having issues with SP2 with pretty run-of-the-mill applications as well.
...Lynx and be done with it. :)
Ultr@VNC is the clear choice for Windows VNCing. It interoperated with all the other VNCs, includes the Tight compression (among others), has all kinds of cool features (that, granted, you really wouldn't need under *nix, but they're nice to have in Windows). It's what I use to troubleshoot all of my clients' servers and workstations. The ones running Windows that is.
The "unwritten rules," in this area, preclude anyone BUT the big boys from playing.