I've got a palmIII and a visor why an agenda?
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I have owned the original palm pilot (128K), a palm with the 1Mb upgrade, I switched to the PalmIII beacuse it had 2Mb and a flip cover (no scratches on the screen). Then I bought a keyboard and my palm became a mini laptop. I started writing my notes on it and wanted an MP3 player, so I bought a visor and the Good MP3 module. Now I have a bunch of palm machines that are 'mostly' compatable and can switch between them at will.
Why should I get an agenda? I don't have time to retype my 700+ address section, my 500+ memos or my schedule for the next 3 months?
The beauty (or dirge) of MS Windows is there is 1 GUI API. That is why litestep, darkstep and Stardock can be successful. Even though the API was largley hidden in the past, these alternate shells are a hint of things to come...
For example: I could see a windows laptop running Stardock's version of windowblinds (blackbox theme) version of a gui with cygwin installed and the user browsing the internet in Opera while running tail -f on my apache web server through an ssh client in an exported xterm session...
I am currently working on a contract for HP in Roseville CA.
Last summer we were forced to migrate to exchange.
The only hold-outs are the HP-UX engineers. They are still using the open-view suite.
Company X hires a new VP. He askes for a report about cost analysis of labor (or something like that). The accounting department says that they cannot provide that information because the current accounting system doesn't have the capability to create ad-hoc reports and the canned ones won't answer that question. So, the new VP starts an investigation into the accounting system and determines that it is old outdated and he will make a mark by 'upgrading' the accounting system. He puts together a nice Power Point Presentation and sells it to the CEO. He gets funded.
(up to this point is SOP)
Then he makes the cardinal sin, he says to the accounting vendors, "We are so different that we will have to modify your system to fit our way of doing business. How flexable is your system?" This is the reason that so many consultants get a bad name. They love this guy. He is funded and wants to make modifications to the system. (all under Time and Materials contract) This will always come in over budget and late.
I am a consultant. I suggest SOTS (Standard off the shelf) products to every client. They only take my advice 1/5 times. I end up spending their money to make modifications to a good, debugged application because they do not want to change the way that Mary-in-accounting enters the time sheets! Then they get mad at me for being late and overbudget.
Real life example...
In the division of a big silicon valley company (who the second founder died last month) there are 3 instances of SAP. There are only 125 staff and 1 set of business rules. Each SAP instance is incompatable with the others because in each case there are different core modifications.
While I'm typing this
I'm waiting for the _other_ development team
to ftp me the production code. So, I can upload it to the production server for the pilot demo in Asia. Oh, BYW... the demo was supposed to be 7 minutes ago.
Internet Explorer is evil.
Combined with passport redirect cookie sharing and now persistent tracking, IE is a menace that should be eradicated from your computer.
I wrote this article in August. After that I installed 98lite and linux on my laptop. I'm also scared about the.Net version of Office due out in the spring. Just think every document running on an asp server run by MS. (shudder)
from the windows-help.net web site...
According to Microsoft, Office 10 will also offer significant new security features, including a central security panel; advanced password encryption; higher default security settings for Excel and PowerPoint; the option to not install Visual Basic for Applications with Office; and the functionality of the Outlook Email Security Update
NO BROWSER STANDARDS! is the reason I use vmware. I develop web applications that must be available in any browser from lynx to Mozilla beta xx.
Here is what I used to do:
Setup a lab:
1 win95 box with 2.x browsers
1 win95 box with 3.x browsers
1 win98 box with 4.x browsers
1 winnt box with 4.x browsers
1 win98 box with 5.x browsers
1 winnt box with 5.x browsers
1 mac with 3.x browsers
1 mac with 4.x browsers
1 mac with 5.x browsers
1 *nix box with 3.x and 4.x browsers
Here is what I have now:
1 box with each one of those systems in vmware session.
1 mac with 3.x browsers
1 mac with 4.x browsers
1 mac with 5.x browsers
The virtual display drivers in vmware are not perfect.
But I only have to maintain 8 (4 test, 2 servers, and 2 development machines), instead of 14 (10 test, 2 servers 2 development machines).
To get my feet wet, I always use the Dummies books. I have always found them to be helpful when I'm first tackling a new subject. (except the perl for dummy's book) Then I get the O'Reilly books for reference and in-depth study.
Dummies can't be all that bad, John 'maddog' Hall wrote the "Linux for Dummies" book.
Ian, <background> I have migrated to debian because of apt. I don't have time to do all the upgrades, patches, etc manually. After I was shown apt I changed distro's. <question> What security measures are in place to protect from an apt attack? If someone puts malicious code into a.deb it could cause a lot of damage, not only to my system(s) but to the general reputation of debian and linux. -- Andy Wergedal
How long can a human being last in a continually accelerated state. If you start a 1.0 G and increase the acceleration exponentially, how long until you pass human capacity for gravitational stress?
* Fighter pilots can sustain bursts of g-forces in excess of 6g's (not the max) for only a few seconds(like 10-60 seconds). * The Space Shuttle pilots can take 3G for a few minutes(like 20-30 minutes).
How could someone sustain an increasing acceleration for 1 month? How could you test the stress involved in a constant increase in acceleration?
Linsider was even better than linuxtoday, but it was hard to read. With all the brown and grey colors it wasn't obvious what was a headline. I think that the original design of linuxtoday (Dave's first design) was even better than the new (current) scheme.
I read linsider daily, and found the signal-to-noise ration better than other news sites. It's a shame that it is going away.
Of course we would filter out spam. or forward it to the RTBH.
I was thinking more about the laws concerning spam. For example, It is illegal to instigate spam in many US states. (PA just passed a law making it illegal to spread virii, read outlook) If someone gets a legit account in _international waters_ and uses it to spam (or violate some copyright) then is that covered by the import/export laws? or is it covered by the laws of the country concerned? What happens if it is not a recognized country? Does that give them I-can-do-anything-I-want power?
I was hoping for a more intellegent response than Simply put, your point is irrelevant. I guess I should have made more of an argument in my first post.
under the scripting section disable Active scripting, Allow Paste operations, and Scripting of Java applets.
Press ok till you are back in outlook/IE.
then you will not be at risk for a copy-cat ILOVEYOU virus or IE cookie monsters.
(Of course you all probably did this the first day you opened outlook, right.) ------------------------------------------
PS -- Here is very nice solution to the.vbs email attachment problem. (add.txt to the attachment making it a text file) I'm not sure how to implement this in Exchange, though. (from Rick Johnson off the saclug.org mailing list)
How do you know that someone is who they say they are?
example 1: Your kid logs onto www.xrated-site-name-here.com the site ask's you to click "enter" if you are over 18. What is stopping them from clicking enter?
example 2: Your company requires you to keep information about logged on guests. How do you know they didn't lie when they signed up?
example 3: I use a@7x7x7x.com as a dummy email address so I don't get spammed. (I check to see if 7x7x7x.com is registered because I don't want to generate spam for them.)
I lie on register forms, don't you?
This is an example of good intentions, political grandstanding and clueless execution.
I hope the judge breaks-up MS into three divisions, OS, Software and hardware. Not because I want windows and ie separated (oh... yes, I would) Not because I want Office for Linux (i'll do fine without it)   Definitely Not because I want MS to dictate file formats (ie word doc files). It is because I want to choose the software I want to install.
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I have owned the original palm pilot (128K), a palm with the 1Mb upgrade, I switched to the PalmIII beacuse it had 2Mb and a flip cover (no scratches on the screen). Then I bought a keyboard and my palm became a mini laptop. I started writing my notes on it and wanted an MP3 player, so I bought a visor and the Good MP3 module. Now I have a bunch of palm machines that are 'mostly' compatable and can switch between them at will.
Why should I get an agenda? I don't have time to retype my 700+ address section, my 500+ memos or my schedule for the next 3 months?
Tell me why I should get an agenda?
The beauty (or dirge) of MS Windows is there is 1 GUI API. That is why litestep, darkstep and Stardock can be successful. Even though the API was largley hidden in the past, these alternate shells are a hint of things to come...
...
For example: I could see a windows laptop running Stardock's version of windowblinds (blackbox theme) version of a gui with cygwin installed and the user browsing the internet in Opera while running tail -f on my apache web server through an ssh client in an exported xterm session
Oh wait that's me...
I am currently working on a contract for HP in Roseville CA.
Last summer we were forced to migrate to exchange.
The only hold-outs are the HP-UX engineers.
They are still using the open-view suite.
Usually it's the company's fault.
Here is an example...
Company X hires a new VP. He askes for a report about cost analysis of labor (or something like that). The accounting department says that they cannot provide that information because the current accounting system doesn't have the capability to create ad-hoc reports and the canned ones won't answer that question. So, the new VP starts an investigation into the accounting system and determines that it is old outdated and he will make a mark by 'upgrading' the accounting system. He puts together a nice Power Point Presentation and sells it to the CEO. He gets funded.
(up to this point is SOP)
Then he makes the cardinal sin, he says to the accounting vendors, "We are so different that we will have to modify your system to fit our way of doing business. How flexable is your system?" This is the reason that so many consultants get a bad name. They love this guy. He is funded and wants to make modifications to the system. (all under Time and Materials contract) This will always come in over budget and late.
I am a consultant. I suggest SOTS (Standard off the shelf) products to every client. They only take my advice 1/5 times. I end up spending their money to make modifications to a good, debugged application because they do not want to change the way that Mary-in-accounting enters the time sheets! Then they get mad at me for being late and overbudget.
Real life example...
In the division of a big silicon valley company (who the second founder died last month) there are 3 instances of SAP. There are only 125 staff and 1 set of business rules. Each SAP instance is incompatable with the others because in each case there are different core modifications.
Glad the printer division makes so much money.
I just downloaded Opera 5.0 and there is a built in search box to the status bar.
Google is the default search engine.
I'm waiting for the _other_ development team
to ftp me the production code.
So, I can upload it to the production server
for the pilot demo in Asia.
Oh, BYW... the demo was supposed to be 7 minutes ago.
Combined with passport redirect cookie sharing and now persistent tracking, IE is a menace that should be eradicated from your computer.
I wrote this article in August. After that I installed 98lite and linux on my laptop.
I'm also scared about the
Just think every document running on an asp server run by MS. (shudder)
- from the windows-help.net web site...
- According to Microsoft, Office 10 will also offer significant new security features, including a central security panel; advanced password encryption; higher default security settings for Excel and PowerPoint; the option to not install Visual Basic for Applications with Office; and the functionality of the Outlook Email Security Update
Makes you wonder...Here is what I used to do:
Setup a lab:
- 1 win95 box with 2.x browsers
- 1 win95 box with 3.x browsers
- 1 win98 box with 4.x browsers
- 1 winnt box with 4.x browsers
- 1 win98 box with 5.x browsers
- 1 winnt box with 5.x browsers
- 1 mac with 3.x browsers
- 1 mac with 4.x browsers
- 1 mac with 5.x browsers
- 1 *nix box with 3.x and 4.x browsers
Here is what I have now:- 1 box with each one of those systems in vmware session.
- 1 mac with 3.x browsers
- 1 mac with 4.x browsers
- 1 mac with 5.x browsers
The virtual display drivers in vmware are not perfect. But I only have to maintain 8 (4 test, 2 servers, and 2 development machines), instead of 14 (10 test, 2 servers 2 development machines).Now If I could only emulate macs...
It would be easier if everything was script generated.
You just insert the graphic name instead of image.
Every web database and script eventually generates html.
Here is the pseudo code to add alt tags to the site.
pick your own language.
for each file in site
open file
for each line in file
search for "<img src "
find next ">"
replace ">" with "alt='image'>"
next
close file
next
I wonder if I can bill IBM?
To get my feet wet, I always use the Dummies books. I have always found them to be helpful when I'm first tackling a new subject. (except the perl for dummy's book) Then I get the O'Reilly books for reference and in-depth study.
Dummies can't be all that bad, John 'maddog' Hall wrote the "Linux for Dummies" book.
AOL is the internet
RedHat is Linux
Al Gore invented them...
Microsoft owns them
right?
Right! and Jason Schumaker wasn't naked on the cover of Linux Mag Python Supplement.
Ian, .deb it could cause a lot of damage, not only to my system(s) but to the general reputation of debian and linux.
<background>
I have migrated to debian because of apt. I don't have time to do all the upgrades, patches, etc manually. After I was shown apt I changed distro's.
<question>
What security measures are in place to protect from an apt attack? If someone puts malicious code into a
-- Andy Wergedal
How long can a human being last in a continually accelerated state. If you start a 1.0 G and increase the acceleration exponentially, how long until you pass human capacity for gravitational stress?
* Fighter pilots can sustain bursts of g-forces in excess of 6g's (not the max) for only a few seconds(like 10-60 seconds).
* The Space Shuttle pilots can take 3G for a few minutes(like 20-30 minutes).
How could someone sustain an increasing acceleration for 1 month? How could you test the stress involved in a constant increase in acceleration?
Just asking, I don't know.
-- Andy Wergedal
Linsider was even better than linuxtoday, but it was hard to read. With all the brown and grey colors it wasn't obvious what was a headline. I think that the original design of linuxtoday (Dave's first design) was even better than the new (current) scheme.
I read linsider daily, and found the signal-to-noise ration better than other news sites. It's a shame that it is going away.
-- Andy Wergedal
Of course we would filter out spam. or forward it to the RTBH.
I was thinking more about the laws concerning spam. For example, It is illegal to instigate spam in many US states. (PA just passed a law making it illegal to spread virii, read outlook) If someone gets a legit account in _international waters_ and uses it to spam (or violate some copyright) then is that covered by the import/export laws? or is it covered by the laws of the country concerned? What happens if it is not a recognized country? Does that give them I-can-do-anything-I-want power?
I was hoping for a more intellegent response than Simply put, your point is irrelevant. I guess I should have made more of an argument in my first post.
I wonder how long it takes for the spammers to bounch spam off sealand.
But, will they be liable if the last bounce is sealand?
Is it free?-- no
Can I read the source? --no
Modify it?--no
Could I post on Slashdot about a security hole I found and verified in the source? --no
What's next a copycat virus that changes your screen saver to flying windows, then opens help?
-- Andy
- The internet was created for the free exchange of scientific papers (read ideas).
- Newgroups, UseNet, and Slashdot type public forum sites are the lifeblood of the internet.
- Quashing a public site for posting comments (read ideas) is an abomination.
- I owe my career to the information on the internet. Programming languages, Help!, and Tutorials.
- Microsoft should go after the posters instead of slashdot (or any other site).
- I have worked for some of the most influential companies in the world.
- I have had to sign many non-disclosure agreements.
- I have never broken one of those agreements. (not even as a AC).
- Richard Stallman is right about freedom in computing.
- I want to choose.
- I choose to post.
- I choose to give my opinion.
- I choose freedom.
-- Andy WergedalI forgot to mention to delete wscript.exe.
sorry.
-- Andy
HowTo turn-off scripting holes in outlook/IE.
------------------------------------------
In outlook/IE,
tools -> options -> Security -> Zone settings -> Custom level ->
under the scripting section disable
Active scripting,
Allow Paste operations, and
Scripting of Java applets.
Press ok till you are back in outlook/IE.
then you will not be at risk for a copy-cat ILOVEYOU virus or IE cookie monsters.
(Of course you all probably did this the first day you opened outlook, right.)
------------------------------------------
PS --
Here is very nice solution to the
(add
I'm not sure how to implement this in Exchange, though.
(from Rick Johnson off the saclug.org mailing list)
-- Andy
How do you know that someone is who they say they are?
example 1: Your kid logs onto www.xrated-site-name-here.com the site ask's you to click "enter" if you are over 18. What is stopping them from clicking enter?
example 2: Your company requires you to keep information about logged on guests. How do you know they didn't lie when they signed up?
example 3: I use a@7x7x7x.com as a dummy email address so I don't get spammed.
(I check to see if 7x7x7x.com is registered because I don't want to generate spam for them.)
I lie on register forms, don't you?
This is an example of good intentions, political grandstanding and clueless execution.
"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." -- some Roman guy (I don't remember who)
I hope the judge breaks-up MS into three divisions, OS, Software and hardware.
Not because I want windows and ie separated (oh... yes, I would)
Not because I want Office for Linux (i'll do fine without it)
  Definitely Not because I want MS to dictate file formats (ie word doc files).
It is because I want to choose the software I want to install.
I ONLY WANTED MINESWEEPER!!!