There was a notice sent out today on the CERT Advisories list that talks about a new cooperative effort between them and the DHS. Excerpt:
As many of you are aware, a few months ago the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) announced a new partnership with the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) to form a response system for our nation and the Internet infrastructure. While this new partnership, known as US-CERT, has been low key, we have been working aggressively to upgrade our capabilities.
We are pleased to announce significant changes to CERT Advisories that will not only maintain the accuracy and fairness that are the hallmarks of CERT Advisories, but will also provide more information about more topics than before. Beginning January 28, 2004, CERT Advisories will become a core component of US-CERT's Technical Cyber Security Alerts. Significant changes behind the scenes will allow us to provide additional content, in a more timely fashion, to a larger audience.
My understanding based on the email is that there will be three lists: two for non-technical users (alerts and tips), and one for tech/security professionals. If you are already subscribed to the CERT Advisories list, apparently you will be automatically added to that last one, which is called "Cyber Security Bulletins" and will be biweekly.
On a Mac OS X note, I'm hoping the speculation is true, that Apple might do with KOffice what it did with Konq/Safari and turn it into the next generation of AppleWorks.
I'm afraid that the "United Linux Dead" is in danger of being truer than merely the UL organization's demise. SCOffing is quite popular, and well deserved, but that doesn't make SCO and their ilk any less dangerous.
Divide and conquer is a cliche for a reason: it works.
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I think that was the point, making code copyrightable, not patentable.
I had a company named SCO... It died! It died! McBride said they owned Unix... He lied! He lied! Why oh why is my company dead? Couldn't IBM lawyers sue me instead?
That's a neat trick to do! Now, please...... for the unwashed masses (i.e., non-programmers like me) - how do you UNDO it in the Terminal?
Well, the fastest way to undo any playing around with the Dock is to delete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist preference file and then restart the Dock, which will return it to its defaults and auto-regenerate the Prefs file. However, I think this might get rid of your icons.
You can also re-enter the original commands with alternate options:
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation bottom defaults write com.apple.dock pinning center
Orientation can be top|bottom|left|right and pinning can be start|center|right.
And what means "restart Dock" ?
Easiest way is to log out and log back in. Or you can restart. Or find the process via ps or the Activity Monitor utility and kill+restart the Dock process.
1) I think this is a valid point and a good idea -- you should send that as feedback to Apple.
2) I understand what you're saying, and it's something I've often heard from Windows users over the years when they use Macs, even pre-OS X.
With OS X, of course, it's less of an issue most of the time since if a program isn't doing anything on its own and you aren't interacting with it, its process's usage will wind down to virtually nil. Also, the fact that it still shows up in your Dock after launching (assuming it isn't a permanent icon there) is a larger visual cue that it's running.
1. A lot of users have gone either of two ways for Apps:
a) create a Folder of Aliases to your Apps (you can also do subfolders), then drag that Folder to your Dock; a right-click reveals the hierarchy; downside: manual adding.
b) use a utility like LaunchBar or AnotherLauncher that enables you to get to Apps (or anything else for that matter) with a couple of keys.
2) This is what the new Expose feature in Panther is designed to do. Pretty spiffy.
Interestingly, in an early Jaguar build there was a "Minimize in Place" feature which combined the two ideas of the Dock and windowshading (more info including screenshot here) by minimizing an icon of the window a la the Dock, but in place. I don't know why it was left out of the final build; perhaps there were other usability issues.
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I could be wrong, but my impression is that it's biweekly + bulletins-as-necessary. I could be wrong, but I think that's what's up.
As many of you are aware, a few months ago the CERT Coordination Center
(CERT/CC) announced a new partnership with the Department of Homeland
Security's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) to form a response
system for our nation and the Internet infrastructure. While this new
partnership, known as US-CERT, has been low key, we have been working
aggressively to upgrade our capabilities.
We are pleased to announce significant changes to CERT Advisories that
will not only maintain the accuracy and fairness that are the hallmarks of
CERT Advisories, but will also provide more information about more topics
than before. Beginning January 28, 2004, CERT Advisories will become a
core component of US-CERT's Technical Cyber Security Alerts. Significant
changes behind the scenes will allow us to provide additional content, in
a more timely fashion, to a larger audience.
My understanding based on the email is that there will be three lists: two for non-technical users (alerts and tips), and one for tech/security professionals. If you are already subscribed to the CERT Advisories list, apparently you will be automatically added to that last one, which is called "Cyber Security Bulletins" and will be biweekly.
What were your PC highlights and lowlights for the year?
;)
I'm on a Mac. Our gaming highlights and lowlights are the same thing.
On a Mac OS X note, I'm hoping the speculation is true, that Apple might do with KOffice what it did with Konq/Safari and turn it into the next generation of AppleWorks.
"I'll be right there, just let me plant this last--" [PHOOM!]
I'm afraid that the "United Linux Dead" is in danger of being truer than merely the UL organization's demise. SCOffing is quite popular, and well deserved, but that doesn't make SCO and their ilk any less dangerous.
Divide and conquer is a cliche for a reason: it works.
I think that was the point, making code copyrightable, not patentable.
Speaking of interviews with Bruce, wasn't there supposed to be a /. interview with him? I remember submitting questions but not seeing the answers.
I have it. You can have it back for $150,001.25.
(The $1.25 is for a Diet Coke with Lime.)
Not clear from the pagewhether this is a free tool or what the licensing is -- has anybody heard?
(Also not available for OS X initially, but whatever.)
That's because all the good-looking people are aliens.
You poor, poor geek. There has to be some sort of OSHA regulation against this sort of employee abuse, doesn't there?
Wrong guy. You want to ask Wrath-of-God Joe those questions. ;)
I had a company named SCO...
It died!
It died!
McBride said they owned Unix...
He lied!
He lied!
Why oh why is my company dead?
Couldn't IBM lawyers sue me instead?
I can see the adverts now:
One Fish, Two Fish
Red Fish, Blue Fish
Wouldn't you like
A mutant GloFish?
(with apologies to Dr. Seuss)
C|Net. C|Net run. C|Net run and bite the hand that feeds it. Bad C|Net, bad!
Why not an 12-inch iBook? Less than a foot wide and about nine inches deep.
Briny Tidbitts
:)
Sounds like a Spongebob Squarepants character.
Yes, yes they do.
start|center|right
That's what I get for going from memory. Pinning can be start|center|end.
That's a neat trick to do! Now, please ...... for the unwashed masses (i.e., non-programmers like me) - how do you UNDO it in the Terminal?
Well, the fastest way to undo any playing around with the Dock is to delete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist preference file and then restart the Dock, which will return it to its defaults and auto-regenerate the Prefs file. However, I think this might get rid of your icons.
You can also re-enter the original commands with alternate options:
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation bottom
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning center
Orientation can be top|bottom|left|right and pinning can be start|center|right.
And what means "restart Dock" ?
Easiest way is to log out and log back in. Or you can restart. Or find the process via ps or the Activity Monitor utility and kill+restart the Dock process.
1) I think this is a valid point and a good idea -- you should send that as feedback to Apple.
2) I understand what you're saying, and it's something I've often heard from Windows users over the years when they use Macs, even pre-OS X.
With OS X, of course, it's less of an issue most of the time since if a program isn't doing anything on its own and you aren't interacting with it, its process's usage will wind down to virtually nil. Also, the fact that it still shows up in your Dock after launching (assuming it isn't a permanent icon there) is a larger visual cue that it's running.
1. A lot of users have gone either of two ways for Apps:
a) create a Folder of Aliases to your Apps (you can also do subfolders), then drag that Folder to your Dock; a right-click reveals the hierarchy; downside: manual adding.
b) use a utility like LaunchBar or AnotherLauncher that enables you to get to Apps (or anything else for that matter) with a couple of keys.
2) This is what the new Expose feature in Panther is designed to do. Pretty spiffy.
Enter in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock pinning end
defaults write com.apple.dock orientation right
Then restart the Dock. Enjoy!
Interestingly, in an early Jaguar build there was a "Minimize in Place" feature which combined the two ideas of the Dock and windowshading (more info including screenshot here) by minimizing an icon of the window a la the Dock, but in place. I don't know why it was left out of the final build; perhaps there were other usability issues.