Finding stuff on a non-windows-format partition? Is that even possible? I had to format my external hard drive as NFTS so I could use it on Windows and Linux. It's amusing to me that a free OS can read a Windows partition but not the other way around.
If he had just wanted a novice computer user, he could have used anyone else - but no, here it is linked from Slashdot in all its glory Two things
It was clearly on lxer about 9 hours before slashdot. It wasn't his intention to submit to slashdot.
This guy sits his girlfriend down at a brand-new Ubuntu installation and asks her to perform some basic tasks.
It's pretty clear that he didn't submit it to slashdot.
Unless you were saying that you don't know if this app has a security flaw like the one I described above. Right. I agree with your statement that it could be a potential route for subverting the system. My statement that "it is a security flaw" was a little too strong. Security risk yes, but not necessarily a security flaw. I was still on my 'yum install', where giving the normal user rights for that is obviously not a good idea.
It IS a security flaw of the process/daemon to blindly be accepting normal user accounts privileged access... Ignore that comment please, it's retarded without knowing particulars.
Thank you, I was going to say the identical thing.
Instead, I'll give an example. Certain operations of yum are restricted to root, such as the install option. If yum accepted the install option from a process running as a normal user it would be similar to what iReboot* is doing. It's not a security flaw of the OS. It IS a security flaw of the process/daemon to blindly be accepting normal user accounts privileged access...
Regardless, to get that privileged process running to 'circumvent UAC', don't you have to be privileged to begin with?
I admit, it took me longer to find it with their new "design." Getting slightly off-topic in this post but it's worth the penalties to say this. news.yahoo.com/comics/ provides a couple of comics, including dilbert. I never thought I'd say this, but yahoo's design is much more clean and functional then the official dilbert site. For navigation it has simple (previous, start, next) links and a dropdown for the most recent ones.
Only useless if you're using one of these to avoid paying for your required text. It really depends on the prof. I have had profs who will put a book as required even though it's only for a reference manual. In that case, I use my judgement if I'd want to use that book as a reference manual or not. Sorry Mr. Gittleman, you won't get any more money from this student.
That was just a caveat, I do however agree with your point. I would always buy the Math books, international edition:), because you know that there will be problems for homework. Also, the math books usually give you the ideas from a different perspective then the prof. That can be helpful in clearing up a point.
With the caveat that theres no reason anybody should care about the opinions of a computer scientist/mathematician like me regarding software development Sorry, hit submit instead of edit (why does preview turn into submit). Bah!
If you want to learn about algorithms, listen to Donald Knuth and you will learn a great deal. If you want to learn about programming, listen to Edsger Dijkstra or Alan Kay. For those that didn't read the article, Knuth expressed criticism on several of the questions asked, but he didn't want to just duck the question. For instance, the 'trendy question' he said this.
With the caveat that thereâ(TM)s no reason anybody should care about the opinions of a computer scientist/mathematician like me regarding software development
You can't book a frigging meeting room in my company without inviting it to a meeting, and that's all Exchange/Outlook. What do you need from the calendaring? Do you just need to receive/send invites? Or do you need to be able to look at people's calendar that they share through exchange? If you just need to send/receive invites... the lightning addon for thunderbird works well for that. At least it did when I used it last summer.
I'd say give it a try. I'm not going to say it's perfect but if I needed to use a calendar system on my personal machine it is 'good enough' for me. Here's some screenshots.
I love the gist of your signature, but sadly I feel that the argument doesn't help when the complainer is a superior. My ire is usually directed at my fellow students who wait to start projects till the last minute. Or come to the lab 5 minutes before something is due to print something out and the printer runs out of paper. Then of course it's the profs fault. The list goes on and on.
Unfortunately I have to agree. Professors fall into that category way too often for my liking.
Instead of putting all our eggs in a Linux or Mac basket, how about a basket-independent egg that fits wherever? My primary OS (or distribution or whatever the proper term is) is Fedora. However, for school work (and when I get I start my real job) it's usually windows stuff. Therefore, I'm a big fan of the following applications. Pidgin, openoffice, thunderbird, firefox.
I do believe things that are open source are better but that's not the reason I use those apps. My main reason is because they're pretty consistent between Fedora and Windows with the interface. And that's a reason my parents would listen to, not that SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE FREEEE.
So my take on your comment is it is possible to get people to move to another system. However, for this to happen, people first need to be comfortable using the tools on that system. A great way to do so is using cross-platform apps.
Are there any others that people can think of?... besides java;)
Lightning works for sending invites for meetings. It's an add-on to thunderbird for email-related calendaring. For example, last summer at my part time job I was able to receive and send meeting requests from my boss who uses outlook. There's also sunbird, which is more heavy-weight then lightning. Sunbird's a standalone calendar app.
I'm not sure how well they do with exchange, but they are able to work with Apple's iCal, since they both use the same file format. It's a shame that Windows has such a dominance. There'd be so many other options if it didn't have to be a Microsoft solution.:/
Oh, and I should note that lightning improved greatly from Spring 2007 to the summer. Before then, it was really not helpful. Being able to receive/send invites makes it usable for people who only occasionally need to set up meetings. They may not be there yet, but Lightning and Sunbird are worthy of watching. They seem to be constantly improving. It's especially nice having the same basic interface when switching between Windows, Linux etc.
Ethanol is only really useful for powering petrol engines. Far better to use grain to produce oil and run diesel engines. Really? I'm not sure that would be the best approach. We need to either
a) do a better job producing
b) do a better job distributing
before using that as a fuel source (outside of us eating). There's currently an issue with food prices and using them as a way to power our transportation is just going to make it worse.
If you have not tried OpenSUSE, give it a try, I doubt you will regret it. I currently have Fedora installed and am quite satisfied with it. I was wondering if you (or anyone else) has experience in both openSUSE and Fedora, and is able to compare the two? I'd be interested in trying it out if there is a compelling reason to do so.
That's what it looks like to me when I have noscript enabled for that site. It looks different with javascript enabled, so I'm guessing they do a javascript check. I could look at the source code but meh.
Neat, thanks for the explanation. I've never had a very complex hierarchy of repos, mostly the base + livna. So,currently I don't have a need for it. However, I agree with you that it makes more sense since it can perform as protectbase does. I'll give it a try when I upgrade to Fedora 9:)
Now I have even lesser problems with a single huge repository and a couple of extra repos for proprietary codecs and drivers. It's been *really* smooth for me. I agree. The only issue I've had was with a livna package overriding a package from an 'official' repository and causing yum to not complete an update. If you use the extra repositories I'd recommend the protectbase plugin. It provides a way to give precedence over certain repos so that you don't make yum mad.
That's what I would think, and perhaps I should have clarified. I understand why/how linux is able to update processes without shutting down the whole system. I'm just perplexed as to why Windows doesn't/can't do the same. Perhaps it's just a simple matter of poor engineering (or lack thereof).
The bigger problem is the timelag between the patch being revealed to the world and the machine starting to run the upgraded version of the software (which often requires a reboot). That brings up a good point that I wonder if anyone has an answer to. Why is it that all windows updates require a reboot but very few linux updates do?
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This guy sits his girlfriend down at a brand-new Ubuntu installation and asks her to perform some basic tasks.
It's pretty clear that he didn't submit it to slashdot.
Nice tip, I would never have thought to look.
Thank you, I was going to say the identical thing.
Instead, I'll give an example. Certain operations of yum are restricted to root, such as the install option. If yum accepted the install option from a process running as a normal user it would be similar to what iReboot* is doing. It's not a security flaw of the OS. It IS a security flaw of the process/daemon to blindly be accepting normal user accounts privileged access...
Regardless, to get that privileged process running to 'circumvent UAC', don't you have to be privileged to begin with?
* Is anyone else getting tired of the iNames?
That was just a caveat, I do however agree with your point. I would always buy the Math books, international edition
I'd say give it a try. I'm not going to say it's perfect but if I needed to use a calendar system on my personal machine it is 'good enough' for me. Here's some screenshots.
Unfortunately I have to agree. Professors fall into that category way too often for my liking.
I do believe things that are open source are better but that's not the reason I use those apps. My main reason is because they're pretty consistent between Fedora and Windows with the interface. And that's a reason my parents would listen to, not that SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE FREEEE.
So my take on your comment is it is possible to get people to move to another system. However, for this to happen, people first need to be comfortable using the tools on that system. A great way to do so is using cross-platform apps.
Are there any others that people can think of?... besides java
Lightning works for sending invites for meetings. It's an add-on to thunderbird for email-related calendaring. For example, last summer at my part time job I was able to receive and send meeting requests from my boss who uses outlook. There's also sunbird, which is more heavy-weight then lightning. Sunbird's a standalone calendar app.
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I'm not sure how well they do with exchange, but they are able to work with Apple's iCal, since they both use the same file format. It's a shame that Windows has such a dominance. There'd be so many other options if it didn't have to be a Microsoft solution.
Oh, and I should note that lightning improved greatly from Spring 2007 to the summer. Before then, it was really not helpful. Being able to receive/send invites makes it usable for people who only occasionally need to set up meetings. They may not be there yet, but Lightning and Sunbird are worthy of watching. They seem to be constantly improving. It's especially nice having the same basic interface when switching between Windows, Linux etc.
- a) do a better job producing
before using that as a fuel source (outside of us eating). There's currently an issue with food prices and using them as a way to power our transportation is just going to make it worse.b) do a better job distributing
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/news/food.crisis/index.html
That's what it looks like to me when I have noscript enabled for that site. It looks different with javascript enabled, so I'm guessing they do a javascript check. I could look at the source code but meh.
Neat, thanks for the explanation. I've never had a very complex hierarchy of repos, mostly the base + livna. So ,currently I don't have a need for it. However, I agree with you that it makes more sense since it can perform as protectbase does. I'll give it a try when I upgrade to Fedora 9 :)
It sounds like it accomplishes the same task. Is there a particular reason that you advocate priorities over protectbase?
That's what I would think, and perhaps I should have clarified. I understand why/how linux is able to update processes without shutting down the whole system. I'm just perplexed as to why Windows doesn't/can't do the same. Perhaps it's just a simple matter of poor engineering (or lack thereof).