Patches are a big deal, especially in production environments. You can't just willy nilly upgrade the kernel on a high load and important server. Bigger departments/companies have a change management system in place so that everyone know when any piece of software is upgraded, when it will happen, who is to blame, and why it occured. Patches can cause unexpected problems (like that linux one that corrupted the file system a few months back). This process may take days or weeks to complete.
All files for the package is in directory/Application/$APPNAME (you can put them anywhere in reality. Users can also install their own programs in their homedir). A special flag makes this directory appear like a single file to the user interface. Double click and it launches. Just drag to the trash to delete it. Not only does this directory hold the executable, but also library files, help files, and everything else. User config files are in the user's home directory in ~/Library/Preferences.
/System is for the OS. It contains library files and all sorts of other stuff for the OS and apps. However, Apple's guidelines state that programs can not modify or add to/System. So if you're running MacOS X 10.1.5, you will have the same/System as someone else running 10.1.5 (Apple once or twice had a security update without incrementing the version number but that was just to patch security holes). If a program wants to use libraries not in/System the package needs to include it itself - there are no dependencies in OS X. This severe Apple control works great for Macs, but I don't know if Linux users would stand for Redhat et al dictating their/lib.
How often does your Internet connection go down? How often does your router or Ethernet switch crash? Do you ever get a guarenteed or consistant data and latency rate?
Now how often do your telephone systems crash? How often does the quality of the call degrade or drop during the call?
Traditional phone systems are consistant, rock solid stable, and can handle a large user base.
Because of the massive number of Windows users compared to Linux users on desktops (some 95% to 0.25% last I heard), this statistic would be completely misleading and inaccurate.
Now this isn't necessarily true. Maybe when buying a new computer since they have a rather low amount of energy consumption, aren't usually on all the time, and aren't normally in use after 3-5 years (not counting geeks turning them into Linux firewalls but that's nowhere near the norm).
But say I want to buy a refridgerator and expect it to last 10 years. Most appliances have a sticker on the side showing the yearly energy usage.
Fridge A costs $1000 and has an estimated energy use of $100/year. Fridge B costs $1200 and has an estimated energy use of $80/year.
With that situation, over 10 years you'll break even. Over 20 years you'll save $200. And if the price of energy skyrockets, the lower energy usage will help keep that bill under control. If you go to Sears, the salesman working on commision wants to sell the more expensive unit. The energy savings (and monthly energy bill reduction) is a selling point that the salesman would want to push like crazy.
If it fits the above requirements and will work well, then fine. ^_^
I'm looking for any direction since there are a ton of packages, and sometimes the more obscure the better. I just don't want to start pluging away blind and at random.
I have an extra phone line and want to start up a BBS for fun (and geek bragging rights).
Can anyone recommend a software package? Requirements:
Must allow IP connections in some way (within itself or via addon package) Must allow modem dial in connection Should be easy to administer (lazyness) Can have GUI interfaces in addition to text.
1) A clause that says if the contract terms are modified, the consumer may terminate his contract (so say if you have 3 months left, $VBC wants to change rates, you don't have to remain a subscriber for the next three months and may leave without penalty).
or
2) They start enforcing this policy on new or renewal accounts.
This is such a misleading bastardized use of the term DMZ.
A DMZ must be a seperate physical network, hanging off a different port on the firewall. The Linksys "DMZ" is really just a 'let's forward all incoming ports to this machine that's sitting somewhere behind the NAPT'. If the machine in the linksys DMZ is compromised, the rest of your network is exposed.
It's highly convenient, especially for games and such, but shouldn't be called a DMZ.
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Run them on port 80,81,82,8080,8081,8082,8083.....
Patches are a big deal, especially in production environments. You can't just willy nilly upgrade the kernel on a high load and important server. Bigger departments/companies have a change management system in place so that everyone know when any piece of software is upgraded, when it will happen, who is to blame, and why it occured. Patches can cause unexpected problems (like that linux one that corrupted the file system a few months back). This process may take days or weeks to complete.
Blue Light special is K-Mart, not Walmart. :-)
DOS is a rather inferior multiuser and multitasking operating system. :-)
Original poster messed me up there and I didn't think it through. Let me correct (especially bad considering I'm a BSD instead of GPL guy). :-)
Every GNU/GPL open source project gets a subdomain *.projects.gnu.org. Or we create a *.opensource.org for open source projects. Problem solved
I know that. But why can't Linux use or consider BSD style ports & packages?
Congratulations! You just described OS X. :-D
/Application/$APPNAME (you can put them anywhere in reality. Users can also install their own programs in their homedir). A special flag makes this directory appear like a single file to the user interface. Double click and it launches. Just drag to the trash to delete it. Not only does this directory hold the executable, but also library files, help files, and everything else. User config files are in the user's home directory in ~/Library/Preferences.
/System. So if you're running MacOS X 10.1.5, you will have the same /System as someone else running 10.1.5 (Apple once or twice had a security update without incrementing the version number but that was just to patch security holes). If a program wants to use libraries not in /System the package needs to include it itself - there are no dependencies in OS X. This severe Apple control works great for Macs, but I don't know if Linux users would stand for Redhat et al dictating their /lib.
All files for the package is in directory
/System is for the OS. It contains library files and all sorts of other stuff for the OS and apps. However, Apple's guidelines state that programs can not modify or add to
The BSD ports and packages work pretty well.
/usr/ports/comm/kermit
cd
make
It downloads, compiles, and installs.
Got a package file? add_pkg package. The article didn't make any mention of these possibilities.
How often does your Internet connection go down? How often does your router or Ethernet switch crash? Do you ever get a guarenteed or consistant data and latency rate?
Now how often do your telephone systems crash? How often does the quality of the call degrade or drop during the call?
Traditional phone systems are consistant, rock solid stable, and can handle a large user base.
Well, the general convention since the beginning of the web has been to name the webserver www.whatever.foo.
:-)
Yell at the users for putting www in front of an ftp or email address
"perhaps a .gnu is in order for open source projects, for instance."
Every open source project gets a subdomain *.projects.gnu.org. Or *.opensource.org. Problem solved.
People care about crash tests more than gas mileage. :)
Wouldn't it be an equally if not greater problem if XM lost one of its two satallites?
Perhaps the 14.9% APR comes from the few thousand (or should I say few million) in fraud.
Because of the massive number of Windows users compared to Linux users on desktops (some 95% to 0.25% last I heard), this statistic would be completely misleading and inaccurate.
Now this isn't necessarily true. Maybe when buying a new computer since they have a rather low amount of energy consumption, aren't usually on all the time, and aren't normally in use after 3-5 years (not counting geeks turning them into Linux firewalls but that's nowhere near the norm).
But say I want to buy a refridgerator and expect it to last 10 years. Most appliances have a sticker on the side showing the yearly energy usage.
Fridge A costs $1000 and has an estimated energy use of $100/year.
Fridge B costs $1200 and has an estimated energy use of $80/year.
With that situation, over 10 years you'll break even. Over 20 years you'll save $200. And if the price of energy skyrockets, the lower energy usage will help keep that bill under control. If you go to Sears, the salesman working on commision wants to sell the more expensive unit. The energy savings (and monthly energy bill reduction) is a selling point that the salesman would want to push like crazy.
Republican controlled Senate, huh? So that means the vote must of been, oh I guess, 30-35 yay, 55-60 nay? Or is that way off? :-)
If it fits the above requirements and will work well, then fine. ^_^
I'm looking for any direction since there are a ton of packages, and sometimes the more obscure the better. I just don't want to start pluging away blind and at random.
I have an extra phone line and want to start up a BBS for fun (and geek bragging rights).
:)
Can anyone recommend a software package? Requirements:
Must allow IP connections in some way (within itself or via addon package)
Must allow modem dial in connection
Should be easy to administer (lazyness)
Can have GUI interfaces in addition to text.
Any OS is fine, even DOS and OS/2
Anyone have a recommendation?
Two possibilies:
1) A clause that says if the contract terms are modified, the consumer may terminate his contract (so say if you have 3 months left, $VBC wants to change rates, you don't have to remain a subscriber for the next three months and may leave without penalty).
or
2) They start enforcing this policy on new or renewal accounts.
"Anybody not using IPSec is an idiot."
;-)
The people using L2TP or PPTP would slightly disagree.
You missed one:
O I went to the 12:01am showing, and I don't work that late.
Sure if you want to spend $10/month per channel. I don't want my TV to cost $300/month, I'll take the ads.
That's my point. :-) Parent post wanted to know why you'd have an internal firewall.
Although I'd say 80% of the attempts will be external, but 80% of the successes will be internal.
This is such a misleading bastardized use of the term DMZ.
A DMZ must be a seperate physical network, hanging off a different port on the firewall. The Linksys "DMZ" is really just a 'let's forward all incoming ports to this machine that's sitting somewhere behind the NAPT'. If the machine in the linksys DMZ is compromised, the rest of your network is exposed.
It's highly convenient, especially for games and such, but shouldn't be called a DMZ.