Although the author may not have made a completely fair evaluation, he or she did make some really valid suggestions.
I've been using linux for years, and it is my primary desktop, I have also installed several linux servers... but I still have not found a linux distribution that I'm comfortable installing one some of my Windows client's computers desktops... the people I do work for need a better experience before I can convert their desktops to linux.
Although, the situation is improving, and Knoppix and Knoppix based distributions appear to have the most promise (and is what I distribute to my friends)
Linux itself as an operating system is ready (imho) but the installation and configuration issues need to be addressed. Some of the points are things I have had complaints with, it is not a problem with linux itself, but with the applications. For example, Adobe Acrobat Reader for linux displays a license screen when you first load it that runs off of the screen even at 1024x768 and is not resizable... so that you can't click on the ok button. Granted, this is Adobe's problem... but this needs to be addressed.
What I think we as a linux community need is a usability task force... i.e. a group of people who look for thinks like this (bad dialog boxes, inconsitant help files, non-existant help, visual inconsitancy, etc. and either fix the problems or apply enough pressure so that the problem is fixed (for example, put enough heat on adobe so that fixing their license dialog in Acrobat Reader becomes a priority (something that should only take them an hour or two)) and create a usability and testing check list for software authors to use in their testing. Perhaps even have a usability certification process...
I for one would be willing to participate in usability testing... I would also like to be able to hand all of my friends a linux cd and say, here install this, and now have to worry about getting endless phone calls for support.
This is all fine and good. And I would love to set my machines up with IPv6...
What I would like to do is give each of the machines on my network a static IPv6 address directly routable to the internet.
What I have is network of linux and windows machines behind a NAT debian box connected to the internet with a dialup internet connection with a dynamic IPv4 address.
What I have been unable to find is a simple how-to that addresses this situation...
Is there one out there? Or does somebody need to write one? There needs to be a simple way to set up IPv6. If there is, let me know... I'd set up all my clients machines with IPv6 also if I knew how to do it easily.
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Site one, generates user id (example: U123) and stores it in database and inbeds it in cookie for site.
Site one then links to site two in the form: http://www.site2.com/?user=U123
Site two sees that user=U123 and then stores it in it's cookie and looks up user U123 in the shared database to figure out how to handle it.
Site two then links to site three in the form: http://www.site3.com/?user=U123
And the process then repeats.
Of course the fact that this is a no brainer is irrelivant... In fact, I've done this across some different domains that I have. It is the only practical method of tracking a user across domains that I can readily see (and that's why I did it, and yes, I thought of it myself, as I'm sure many others have.)
That was a good letter, but you have the wrong address, there is no stltrib.com domain, I did the whois lookup, and no records exist under that name. You would be better off using the correct domain name for the Salt Lake Tribute which is sltrib.com.
Personally, what I would like to see on Linux is a mail program with all of the functionallity/good looks of Outlook Express, and then added functionality (to overtake and out do Outlook). There are several that are getting close, but I haven't seen one yet that will quite meet my needs...
On the Office Suite side, personally, I like Lotus SmartSuite (WordPro specifically)... I could care less about MicroSoft Office, I've always hated the MicroSoft Office interface anyway.
No, they don't switch between calling it WierdX and WiredX. WierdX and WiredX are two completely seperate programs. You will notice that WierdX is based on WiredX Lite, and is GPL'd. WierdX also has a multi-window mode, that WiredX apparently does not have. To get WiredX you have to sign up with the WiredX ASP service (which is currently free) while you can just download WierdX.
WierdX is a free, GPL'd, Multi-Windowed X-Server that will run on many platforms, including MicroSoft Windows. It is the only Multi-window capable X-Server that is GPL'd, or even free that I know of that runs under Windows.
I glad to see this, Finally there is a decent GPL'd X-Server becoming available that will run under Windows.
This will allow me to start serving X-Apps from my Linux servers to the Windows users on the network, and I can start getting them migrated to Linux apps without having to change there setup...
Granted, I would do this with VNC, but that would not provide me with seemless integration with the windows environment, ie, the Multi-window mode where each X-App has it's own window, just like local Window apps...
I see a lot of debate about whether we should feed the hungry or educate the people in technology.
I think the people advocating feeding the hungry first are overlooking vital information.
When looking to feed the hungry, you should first ask, Why are they hungry? How about this list?
Is there enough food to feed the hungry?
Answer: Yes there is.
Is there enough means to distribute the food?
Answer: Yes there is.
Is the distribution being blocked?
Answer: Yes.
Why is the distribution being blocked?
Answer: Political corruption.
Can this blockage be overcome by local production?
Answer: Yes and No, in some cases, yes if the knowledge how to produce were available, in some cases no, where the local production is blocked by the current polical/military environment.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. The question then is, Is there a place for the tech help? I would say, absolutely, and the more technology spreads, and the more information is dispersed because of this, the more people will have the knowledge and thus power to prevent people from being starved by corrupt polical systems. Will starvation be eliminated? No, because corruption cannot be eliminated, it can only be reduced.
After you buy your beer, open the can, and head down the road, in the next block you get pulled over, because..........
The ad was paid for by the City and the police were automatically notified when you stopped for a certain period of time to respond to the ad. The city manager has noted a 1000% increase in revenue from fines since the new advertising campaign went into effect.
Browsing through the comments, it seems that most of the posters don't have a clue.
There are many applications for Linux on a S/390, not one of the least being the ability to provide thousands of virtual machines on one physical machine. Just think what this could do for the dedicated hardware web hosting business!
With an IBM S/390 I could provide all of the capabilities of the dedicated machine, including full root access to each user of a virtual machine, and I could do it for under $100 per month. I'd make a killing. I'm suprised someone hasn't already done it.
Yes, I would agree that is it true that most people would not be willing to attempt to go against someone like Bank of America even on something like this which is a no brainer, and there is already enough of case law to back up against.
Personally, I believe that the lawyers are bluffing, even if they weren't, I would love to take them on. I believe I could cost Bank of America Millions of dollars as well as a ton of bad publicity, and make a tidy sum for my effort.
It has been my experience that even high priced lawyers make plenty of exploitable mistakes, and if you are on the side of the right and know how to use their mistakes against them, you will be in a very good position.
That said, you can only win if you are willing to take the time and effort to do the research needed and not be intimidated by the actions against you, and be ready for anything.
Also, it is worth considering the fact that generally, the lawyers don't care whether or not they win, they are getting paid anyway. If they had a personal stake in the matter, and could be hurt by a loss, they would not even think about pursuing the matter when they recognise they are up against someone who knows just about as much as they do, or more. However, if they see that they are going to be made to look utterly stupid in front of their client, and that they may lose a huge account because of their stupidity, they just might change their toon. (yes, toon, not tune, as in cartoon:-)
That depends... I've had many problems with Windows networking in production environments. Windows will sometimes see the other machines, but not be able to access anything, then at other times work just fine, and then it will come up and not even see itself, then it will only see half of the machines, not seeing machines that can see it and access it...
Windows networking easy to use, maybe, reliable, not at all.
It seems like that could have a couple of compatibilty modes.
I mean really, most displays will at least display standard VGA... That way if you don't have a proper driver, you can go to the lowest common denominator.
Of course if you are running something such as XFree or Windows, there will probably be a driver. After all, if you have drivers for those two, you've got better than 90% of everything supported.
I really don't see this so much of a 1st amendment as a violation of the 4th and 5th amendments. The Supreme Court has already ruled that forcing a person to give up his private papers violates the 5th amendment, and the "unreasonable search" clause of the 4th ammendment.
I would say that the personal computers fall under the category of "private papers" which the Supreme Court has already ruled upon in Boyd vs US, 116 US 616.
As such, Northwests action constitutes a violation of the people's constitutionally protected rights.
The oppinions expressed in this message are my own, and in no way to be considered legal advice.
I can see that this is a good idea... however, it seems to me that generally you want to provide the best QOS you can.
Of course, I can see someone running several virtual servers on a server setting a lower QOS for their clients than for the main site on the machine...
What we need now is a really good central-distributed hardware database.
This nonsense of several different hardware databases has got to go.
What I envision is a hardware database that can be accessed from various sites, ie, Linux.com, Redhat.com, debian.org, etc. where updates submitted to any of the sites get automatically distributed to the other sites.
This hardware database would not only include information about whether the hardware works or not, but would include directions on how to make it work, and any needed drivers. The drivers would not be links to locations off-site... I've had too many times when I need something that's listed on freshmeat.net or somewhere, and they don't have the file on-site, and the link is dead. What good does it do you if there is a driver for your hardware, but you can't get it?
If something like this already exists, please let me know... I sure haven't seen it.
I believe that this falls under both the 4th and 5th ammendments. The Supreme Court has already ruled that forcing a person to give up his private papers violates the 5th amendment, and the "unreasonable search" clause of the 4th ammendment.
It would seem to me that this would fall under the category of "private papers".
If you are really interesting in this, you should see Boyd vs US, 116 US 616 (1886), which is a really interesting case.
While it could be argued that this doesn't apply in this case, I would ask, was he convicted for the data which resides on that drive? I would say not, for only Kevin knows what is on the drive. Therefore, would not searching the drive be a "fishing expedition" to find additional charges to bring against Kevin? What other reason could the government possibly have for wanting the keys to the data? And if this is the case, or even possibly the case, I would think it is a clear violation of Kevin's 4th and 5th ammendment rights.
The oppinions expressed in this message are my own, and in no way to be considered legal advice.
Interesting... I just looked at their site. The "advanced" search does not seem to be any different than the "standard" search, and the database they have on-line appears to only be a fraction of the web.
I'd like to see a site that really uses the software to see if it is any good. Also I noticed that they seem to be selling a URL list for the search engine... It would seem to me that the engine should be able to find its own URL's...
I don't think anybody else has mentioned this... The Corel File Manager has a build in web browser that seems to work fairly well, although I haven't tested it extensively yet... It brought up Slashdot just fine, and some of the other sites I tried. I have not yet seen anybody mention this feature of the Corel File Manager... or has nobody else tried typing a url in the Corel File Manager?
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Although the author may not have made a completely fair evaluation, he or she did make some really valid suggestions.
I've been using linux for years, and it is my primary desktop, I have also installed several linux servers... but I still have not found a linux distribution that I'm comfortable installing one some of my Windows client's computers desktops... the people I do work for need a better experience before I can convert their desktops to linux.
Although, the situation is improving, and Knoppix and Knoppix based distributions appear to have the most promise (and is what I distribute to my friends)
Linux itself as an operating system is ready (imho) but the installation and configuration issues need to be addressed. Some of the points are things I have had complaints with, it is not a problem with linux itself, but with the applications. For example, Adobe Acrobat Reader for linux displays a license screen when you first load it that runs off of the screen even at 1024x768 and is not resizable... so that you can't click on the ok button. Granted, this is Adobe's problem... but this needs to be addressed.
What I think we as a linux community need is a usability task force... i.e. a group of people who look for thinks like this (bad dialog boxes, inconsitant help files, non-existant help, visual inconsitancy, etc. and either fix the problems or apply enough pressure so that the problem is fixed (for example, put enough heat on adobe so that fixing their license dialog in Acrobat Reader becomes a priority (something that should only take them an hour or two)) and create a usability and testing check list for software authors to use in their testing. Perhaps even have a usability certification process...
I for one would be willing to participate in usability testing... I would also like to be able to hand all of my friends a linux cd and say, here install this, and now have to worry about getting endless phone calls for support.
This is all fine and good. And I would love to set my machines up with IPv6...
What I would like to do is give each of the machines on my network a static IPv6 address directly routable to the internet.
What I have is network of linux and windows machines behind a NAT debian box connected to the internet with a dialup internet connection with a dynamic IPv4 address.
What I have been unable to find is a simple how-to that addresses this situation...
Is there one out there? Or does somebody need to write one? There needs to be a simple way to set up IPv6. If there is, let me know... I'd set up all my clients machines with IPv6 also if I knew how to do it easily.
No No, you got it wrong :-)
The correct title is:
The Hitched Hackers Guide To The Universe!
Site one, generates user id (example: U123) and stores it in database and inbeds it in cookie for site.
Site one then links to site two in the form:
http://www.site2.com/?user=U123
Site two sees that user=U123 and then stores it in it's cookie and looks up user U123 in the shared database to figure out how to handle it.
Site two then links to site three in the form:
http://www.site3.com/?user=U123
And the process then repeats.
Of course the fact that this is a no brainer is irrelivant... In fact, I've done this across some different domains that I have. It is the only practical method of tracking a user across domains that I can readily see (and that's why I did it, and yes, I thought of it myself, as I'm sure many others have.)
That was a good letter, but you have the wrong address, there is no stltrib.com domain, I did the whois lookup, and no records exist under that name. You would be better off using the correct domain name for the Salt Lake Tribute which is sltrib.com.
The XFMail project has now morphed into the Archimedes project.
Personally, what I would like to see on Linux is a mail program with all of the functionallity/good looks of Outlook Express, and then added functionality (to overtake and out do Outlook). There are several that are getting close, but I haven't seen one yet that will quite meet my needs...
On the Office Suite side, personally, I like Lotus SmartSuite (WordPro specifically) ... I could care less about MicroSoft Office, I've always hated the MicroSoft Office interface anyway.
No, they don't switch between calling it WierdX and WiredX. WierdX and WiredX are two completely seperate programs. You will notice that WierdX is based on WiredX Lite, and is GPL'd. WierdX also has a multi-window mode, that WiredX apparently does not have. To get WiredX you have to sign up with the WiredX ASP service (which is currently free) while you can just download WierdX.
WierdX is a free, GPL'd, Multi-Windowed X-Server that will run on many platforms, including MicroSoft Windows. It is the only Multi-window capable X-Server that is GPL'd, or even free that I know of that runs under Windows.
I glad to see this, Finally there is a decent GPL'd X-Server becoming available that will run under Windows.
This will allow me to start serving X-Apps from my Linux servers to the Windows users on the network, and I can start getting them migrated to Linux apps without having to change there setup...
Granted, I would do this with VNC, but that would not provide me with seemless integration with the windows environment, ie, the Multi-window mode where each X-App has it's own window, just like local Window apps...
I see a lot of debate about whether we should feed the hungry or educate the people in technology.
I think the people advocating feeding the hungry first are overlooking vital information.
When looking to feed the hungry, you should first ask, Why are they hungry? How about this list?
Answer: Yes there is.
Answer: Yes there is.
Answer: Yes.
Answer: Political corruption.
Answer: Yes and No, in some cases, yes if the knowledge how to produce were available, in some cases no, where the local production is blocked by the current polical/military environment.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. The question then is, Is there a place for the tech help? I would say, absolutely, and the more technology spreads, and the more information is dispersed because of this, the more people will have the knowledge and thus power to prevent people from being starved by corrupt polical systems. Will starvation be eliminated? No, because corruption cannot be eliminated, it can only be reduced.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents on the subject... :-)
You left out the best part of the scene...
After you buy your beer, open the can, and head down the road, in the next block you get pulled over, because..........
The ad was paid for by the City and the police were automatically notified when you stopped for a certain period of time to respond to the ad. The city manager has noted a 1000% increase in revenue from fines since the new advertising campaign went into effect.
This has got to be the most absurd abuse of patents yet.
Don't tell me nobody could come up with a prior art on smells.
Somebody needs to try to overturn this...
So do we get Mashed Potatoes when it gets hit by the slashdot effect?
Browsing through the comments, it seems that most of the posters don't have a clue.
There are many applications for Linux on a S/390, not one of the least being the ability to provide thousands of virtual machines on one physical machine. Just think what this could do for the dedicated hardware web hosting business!
With an IBM S/390 I could provide all of the capabilities of the dedicated machine, including full root access to each user of a virtual machine, and I could do it for under $100 per month. I'd make a killing. I'm suprised someone hasn't already done it.
Anyway, here are some relevant links:Previous Slashdot articles:
Yes, I would agree that is it true that most people would not be willing to attempt to go against someone like Bank of America even on something like this which is a no brainer, and there is already enough of case law to back up against.
Personally, I believe that the lawyers are bluffing, even if they weren't, I would love to take them on. I believe I could cost Bank of America Millions of dollars as well as a ton of bad publicity, and make a tidy sum for my effort.
It has been my experience that even high priced lawyers make plenty of exploitable mistakes, and if you are on the side of the right and know how to use their mistakes against them, you will be in a very good position.
That said, you can only win if you are willing to take the time and effort to do the research needed and not be intimidated by the actions against you, and be ready for anything.
Also, it is worth considering the fact that generally, the lawyers don't care whether or not they win, they are getting paid anyway. If they had a personal stake in the matter, and could be hurt by a loss, they would not even think about pursuing the matter when they recognise they are up against someone who knows just about as much as they do, or more. However, if they see that they are going to be made to look utterly stupid in front of their client, and that they may lose a huge account because of their stupidity, they just might change their toon. (yes, toon, not tune, as in cartoon :-)
That depends... I've had many problems with Windows networking in production environments. Windows will sometimes see the other machines, but not be able to access anything, then at other times work just fine, and then it will come up and not even see itself, then it will only see half of the machines, not seeing machines that can see it and access it...
Windows networking easy to use, maybe, reliable, not at all.
Most likely, we'll be seeing cards in the $195 range or higher. And of course, hubs for $500 and up.
As for the auto-wiring feature, this is nice, what I see this meaning is the you can use a non-crossover cable between two cards and it will work.
I mean really, most displays will at least display standard VGA... That way if you don't have a proper driver, you can go to the lowest common denominator.
Of course if you are running something such as XFree or Windows, there will probably be a driver. After all, if you have drivers for those two, you've got better than 90% of everything supported.
I would say that the personal computers fall under the category of "private papers" which the Supreme Court has already ruled upon in Boyd vs US, 116 US 616.
As such, Northwests action constitutes a violation of the people's constitutionally protected rights.
The oppinions expressed in this message are my own, and in no way to be considered legal advice.
The Supreme Courts oppinion is considered law.
I used Redhat at first... Then I tried Debian...
Now I'll only use a Debian or Debian based distro...
.deb is really a whole lot better than .rpm
Really, I'm not trying to troll, if you haven't tried Debian, at least give it a try, chances are, you'll like it.
Of course, I can see someone running several virtual servers on a server setting a lower QOS for their clients than for the main site on the machine...
What we need now is a really good central-distributed hardware database.
This nonsense of several different hardware databases has got to go.
What I envision is a hardware database that can be accessed from various sites, ie, Linux.com, Redhat.com, debian.org, etc. where updates submitted to any of the sites get automatically distributed to the other sites.
This hardware database would not only include information about whether the hardware works or not, but would include directions on how to make it work, and any needed drivers. The drivers would not be links to locations off-site... I've had too many times when I need something that's listed on freshmeat.net or somewhere, and they don't have the file on-site, and the link is dead. What good does it do you if there is a driver for your hardware, but you can't get it?
If something like this already exists, please let me know... I sure haven't seen it.
I believe that this falls under both the 4th and 5th ammendments. The Supreme Court has already ruled that forcing a person to give up his private papers violates the 5th amendment, and the "unreasonable search" clause of the 4th ammendment.
It would seem to me that this would fall under the category of "private papers".
If you are really interesting in this, you should see Boyd vs US, 116 US 616 (1886), which is a really interesting case.
While it could be argued that this doesn't apply in this case, I would ask, was he convicted for the data which resides on that drive? I would say not, for only Kevin knows what is on the drive. Therefore, would not searching the drive be a "fishing expedition" to find additional charges to bring against Kevin? What other reason could the government possibly have for wanting the keys to the data? And if this is the case, or even possibly the case, I would think it is a clear violation of Kevin's 4th and 5th ammendment rights.
The oppinions expressed in this message are my own, and in no way to be considered legal advice.
I'd like to see a site that really uses the software to see if it is any good. Also I noticed that they seem to be selling a URL list for the search engine... It would seem to me that the engine should be able to find its own URL's...
I don't think anybody else has mentioned this... The Corel File Manager has a build in web browser that seems to work fairly well, although I haven't tested it extensively yet... It brought up Slashdot just fine, and some of the other sites I tried. I have not yet seen anybody mention this feature of the Corel File Manager... or has nobody else tried typing a url in the Corel File Manager?