I heard him speak once... seemed quite interesting. He had some children up who promptly managed to break one of the models, just have he'd mentioned thay cost a few thousand each to make. oops.
The OS isn't that great... networking support seeems particularly fragmented (Active directory integration is a joke, and basically doesn't work). Also the wireless connection doesn't initialise until you log in - making the wireless useless in many situations (I wanted a box that could sit somewhere unobtrusive and I could ssh into it... no chance. I have to have a keyboard/monitor attached and log in every time it crashes/reboots.).
Plus for some reason the firewire keeps locking. I thought macs were good at that? Oh well...
Given my experience with OSX I'd much rather have Linux.
Depends where you live... in the UK VOIP rates are much higher than PSTN rates.
I needed a US number for support calls, and it worked out *much* cheaper to get a broadvoice account in the US (and take the latency hit) - $5.95 a month - than use any of the UK providers.
I'm surprised that mozilla haven't ported to symbian as that's got the mindshare outside the US (plus it's a darned sight easier to use... had one CE device... ditched it after a week).
There's no reason for this universe to be per-person.
Imagine crossing a holosuite with an MMORPG. You could have entire societies in there.. as long as people eat and get some form of exercise there's no particular reason to leave.
Sony are really good at battery life. Minidisc players seem to last months (I think my old one has had maybe 3 batteries in it in its lifetime - and that's a standard AAA).
The ipod seems to need charging once every couple of weeks which is a pain.
Although TBH I've never seen a gun up close (they have them at airports but I keep well away from the guards there) they're pretty big things and hard to miss.
Apparently they also smell quite strongly so sniffer dogs can find them.
If you ban guns law enforcement gets a whole lot easier. Want to find the criminal? Oh, he has a gun? Mandatory 5 years for that then we start trying to find evidence for other stuff (in this country we do this, to great effect - it's pointed out in information posters sometimes that even if someone runs past you and says 'here hold this gun for me' you still get the mandatory sentence even if it was only in your hand for a few seconds).
It was particularly funny when there was a sniper running around the US shooting random people. If they'd had sensible laws it would have been easy to find him - he's the guy with the gun, stupid. In the event apparently it took months because every dirt farmer with an IQ over 5 has one.
So when are the US people going to depose their government?
Oh wait, they're not. They're too busy watching MTV and sticking it to 'da man' by downloading the occasional dodgy mp3 (ooh scary).
The only people who need guns are the army and (in exceptional cases) the police. Giving it to any fucker with a driving license is just asking for trouble.
DNS poisoning is very hard to pull off. Any properly configured DNS will only pull information off the root nameservers and will reject anything but standard queries from all but a very small number of trusted IP addresses.
Since your average AOL User does *not* run DNS it's not really an issue. If the banks' DNS is so insecure it allows updates from outside this may be actionable - it's equivalent to leaving the doors open overnight.
Notice the articles are overblown slightly to push the 'Netcraft toolbar'... everyone has an agenda these days.
but as he couldnt afford to do it with a big budget he earns no protection for his ideas??
Patents do *not* protect the poor, single inventor. This lie keeps coming up and it's total bullshit.
Unless you can afford to defend a patent in court, which is expensive, time consuming, and *well beyond* the ability of a single person, patenting means squat. You might as well have not bothered.
If Euro patents come in I'm not sure what I'll do.. flip burgers? It'll be sure as hell difficult to get work in IT once all the small companies have been bankcrupted by the patent lawsuit frenzy.
As far as my own software goes I may have to abandon it as I can't affort to fight court cases for opensource software.
Slashdot Mirror
They've been out on DVD for years - I have a copy here. Your local video shop probably has a couple of copies in the childrens section.
They're not movies as such, just shorts... you get all of them in one DVD.
I heard him speak once... seemed quite interesting. He had some children up who promptly managed to break one of the models, just have he'd mentioned thay cost a few thousand each to make. oops.
Yes you can.. in fact it's the default. Most shop-bought machines are FAT only.
The OS isn't that great... networking support seeems particularly fragmented (Active directory integration is a joke, and basically doesn't work). Also the wireless connection doesn't initialise until you log in - making the wireless useless in many situations (I wanted a box that could sit somewhere unobtrusive and I could ssh into it... no chance. I have to have a keyboard/monitor attached and log in every time it crashes/reboots.).
Plus for some reason the firewire keeps locking. I thought macs were good at that? Oh well...
Given my experience with OSX I'd much rather have Linux.
Who is this 'Linux Torvalds'?
Is he any relation to Linus?
Depends where you live... in the UK VOIP rates are much higher than PSTN rates.
I needed a US number for support calls, and it worked out *much* cheaper to get a broadvoice account in the US (and take the latency hit) - $5.95 a month - than use any of the UK providers.
There isn't! It's GPL - you can sell it for millions if you want.
My old P800 came with Opera for free.
I'm surprised that mozilla haven't ported to symbian as that's got the mindshare outside the US (plus it's a darned sight easier to use... had one CE device... ditched it after a week).
Depends on the software, really.
It's certainly possible to have parallel releases (I release to 6 platforms in a single day with another 4 or 5 tested).
It's just a matter of priority, and how complex the UI is.
There's no reason for this universe to be per-person.
Imagine crossing a holosuite with an MMORPG. You could have entire societies in there.. as long as people eat and get some form of exercise there's no particular reason to leave.
Society wouldn't crumble, just relocate.
Sony are really good at battery life. Minidisc players seem to last months (I think my old one has had maybe 3 batteries in it in its lifetime - and that's a standard AAA).
The ipod seems to need charging once every couple of weeks which is a pain.
iTunes isn't any different to all the software that's out there... it even has some things missing (doesn't support folder.jpg for example).
If you mean the store.. that's only attractive to those who don't mind paying physical media prices for a lossy compressed copy.
If you can afford that screen try going into the big blue room.. you can buy some real 3d women for a lot less (often the cost of a couple of drinks).
Although TBH I've never seen a gun up close (they have them at airports but I keep well away from the guards there) they're pretty big things and hard to miss.
Apparently they also smell quite strongly so sniffer dogs can find them.
Same situation... you don't have the right to kill someone over it.
This quote referred to the disarmament of the indian army and is completely offtopic for the discussion - nobody is advocating disarming armys.
If you're going to quote things at least have the integrity to use valid ones.
If you ban guns law enforcement gets a whole lot easier. Want to find the criminal? Oh, he has a gun? Mandatory 5 years for that then we start trying to find evidence for other stuff (in this country we do this, to great effect - it's pointed out in information posters sometimes that even if someone runs past you and says 'here hold this gun for me' you still get the mandatory sentence even if it was only in your hand for a few seconds).
It was particularly funny when there was a sniper running around the US shooting random people. If they'd had sensible laws it would have been easy to find him - he's the guy with the gun, stupid. In the event apparently it took months because every dirt farmer with an IQ over 5 has one.
..and you'd be prosecuted for murder. Maybe you'd get away with manslaughter.
You are not a judge, jury and definately not an executioner.
Also nowhere has the death penalty for breaking and entering.
So when are the US people going to depose their government?
Oh wait, they're not. They're too busy watching MTV and sticking it to 'da man' by downloading the occasional dodgy mp3 (ooh scary).
The only people who need guns are the army and (in exceptional cases) the police. Giving it to any fucker with a driving license is just asking for trouble.
Security depends on what the 'operation' is of course... that's the weak point.
If its 'xor' then it's not very secure.
The notoriously insecure NTLM uses a scheme like this, which proves security isn't as simple as some would make out.
DNS poisoning is very hard to pull off. Any properly configured DNS will only pull information off the root nameservers and will reject anything but standard queries from all but a very small number of trusted IP addresses.
Since your average AOL User does *not* run DNS it's not really an issue. If the banks' DNS is so insecure it allows updates from outside this may be actionable - it's equivalent to leaving the doors open overnight.
Notice the articles are overblown slightly to push the 'Netcraft toolbar'... everyone has an agenda these days.
I have a milk bottle here that's even more succinct:
"Do not use if opened"
They already are.
Congress isn't doing squat.
but as he couldnt afford to do it with a big budget he earns no protection for his ideas??
Patents do *not* protect the poor, single inventor. This lie keeps coming up and it's total bullshit.
Unless you can afford to defend a patent in court, which is expensive, time consuming, and *well beyond* the ability of a single person, patenting means squat. You might as well have not bothered.
If Euro patents come in I'm not sure what I'll do.. flip burgers? It'll be sure as hell difficult to get work in IT once all the small companies have been bankcrupted by the patent lawsuit frenzy.
As far as my own software goes I may have to abandon it as I can't affort to fight court cases for opensource software.