Sigh... regarding the "is it too good to be true?" question... of course it is. The product is only available in New Zealand. I guess I'll try to find an orc or balrog to line one up for me.
This may or may not be the right time to ask, but I will anyway. I'm a Windows/Linux sysadmin hybrid, but more Windows than Linux. The reason being that we just don't have that much in the way of Linux or UNIX in place... but what is in place I help out with administering.
That being said, I would like to know if there is an object auditing system out there for Linux. If not, man it would be tremendously useful. One of the pleasures of catching unauthorized changes in Windows is to set the object audit policy at the group or local policy level, then tagging objects that you want audited and for what type of access.
Could someone educate me, either publicly or privately, doesn't matter, on a way to get this type of auditing in place for a production server environment? Or at least point me in the right direction? I realize of course this may be completely dependent on the type of filesystem in use by the machine... but still, good to know kinda stuff.
Honestly, I hope they lose both cases and I hope they're ordered to shut down.
That is the *only* way that I see the EU and the US to understand what a sick state of affairs the software patent racket is in. I don't know about the UK, but in the US the Blackberry is almost standard government issue. I know that if RIM is ordered to shut down here those will likely stay lit, but if someone important could lose Blackberry access because of this I will be very, very happy.
Then, these hideous software patent laws might finally get the attention they deserve.
I was mouse shopping Friday and I saw this mouse. I almost bought it, but I passed it up because of the subconcious 70's-esque appearance. It just didn't strike me as interesting to have the lights either.
If something like this offends you so much personally that you consider it tech news for the rest of us, I would strongly suggest you reevaluate your committment to online gaming and your life in general.
IMHO, Ubuntu is scoring well because of the QA efforts they are making. Even the preview release of Breezy Badger had less bugs that most pay-for-released versions of Linux that I've used. The community is also outstanding... brimming over the top with help, suggestions and just plain good nature. They really are doing an oustanding job to make the Linux experience as painless as possible.
It was recently tested on people playing the part of rioters at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico where they asked the subjects to remove glass and and contact lenses to protect their eyes. Hopefully real rioters will get the same curtesy.
I don't know about you, but I don't think that a crowd that is rioting is going to stop and listen to any warnings given. I can't entirely imagine they'll suddenly stop rioting to remove glasses and contact lenses...
You might have to keep IE around? What else are you going to do with it? It's integrated into the OS. The only way to get rid of it completely is to uninstall Windows. What's not to like about that statement? It's certainly worth a chuckle.
Why is this surprising to anyone? Anyone that takes the time to read any EULA for a DVD or software product will certainly realize that DRM merely enforces the rights that these big companies have asserted for years. Why is it so surprising to people that when you buy a DVD or a software product, you don't own it?
I for one am glad DRM is here - because it's finally waking people up to the rackets that have been boiling on the stovetop for years. DRM will finally make the consumer wake up and force these big companies to change. People are finally realizing that when you click "I agree" you're pissing away all rights as a consumer for anything. These companies have been legally able to write their own laws, no matter how oppressive they may be, for years.
The *real* ironic twist to the story is that newer versions of McAfee VirusScan that Dell has been shipping requires Internet Explorer to be installed... and uses it to run the control center windows.
Now how's that for secure?
I may never, ever figure out the mentality of that decision.
By far my worst computer accident was a simple one.
I was trying to fix something in Windows 95 really, really late one night. So late that I was in a sleepy stupor far beyond what should be allowed when using a computer. Finally, in frustration, I typed "del *.*" in the wrong directory and managed to waste years worth of stories that I'd written since I was 13. In the blink of eye, 9 years worth of writing was gone.
I've been using 3.2 for about a week or so now and haven't experienced any dual boot troubles with XP. The only thing to be aware of is that you will have to correct your lilo.conf to add the Windows XP partition back in after installing Knoppix to the hard drive...
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Sigh... regarding the "is it too good to be true?" question... of course it is. The product is only available in New Zealand. I guess I'll try to find an orc or balrog to line one up for me.
This may or may not be the right time to ask, but I will anyway. I'm a Windows/Linux sysadmin hybrid, but more Windows than Linux. The reason being that we just don't have that much in the way of Linux or UNIX in place... but what is in place I help out with administering.
That being said, I would like to know if there is an object auditing system out there for Linux. If not, man it would be tremendously useful. One of the pleasures of catching unauthorized changes in Windows is to set the object audit policy at the group or local policy level, then tagging objects that you want audited and for what type of access.
Could someone educate me, either publicly or privately, doesn't matter, on a way to get this type of auditing in place for a production server environment? Or at least point me in the right direction? I realize of course this may be completely dependent on the type of filesystem in use by the machine... but still, good to know kinda stuff.
Honestly, I hope they lose both cases and I hope they're ordered to shut down.
That is the *only* way that I see the EU and the US to understand what a sick state of affairs the software patent racket is in. I don't know about the UK, but in the US the Blackberry is almost standard government issue. I know that if RIM is ordered to shut down here those will likely stay lit, but if someone important could lose Blackberry access because of this I will be very, very happy.
Then, these hideous software patent laws might finally get the attention they deserve.
I was mouse shopping Friday and I saw this mouse. I almost bought it, but I passed it up because of the subconcious 70's-esque appearance. It just didn't strike me as interesting to have the lights either.
If something like this offends you so much personally that you consider it tech news for the rest of us, I would strongly suggest you reevaluate your committment to online gaming and your life in general.
IMHO, Ubuntu is scoring well because of the QA efforts they are making. Even the preview release of Breezy Badger had less bugs that most pay-for-released versions of Linux that I've used. The community is also outstanding... brimming over the top with help, suggestions and just plain good nature. They really are doing an oustanding job to make the Linux experience as painless as possible.
If they do that, then they deserve whatever Fate hands them.
It was recently tested on people playing the part of rioters at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico where they asked the subjects to remove glass and and contact lenses to protect their eyes. Hopefully real rioters will get the same curtesy. I don't know about you, but I don't think that a crowd that is rioting is going to stop and listen to any warnings given. I can't entirely imagine they'll suddenly stop rioting to remove glasses and contact lenses...
Seems like someone at JD is reading this... the footer of the front page now has a copyright of 1997 - 2005...
That's okie, Fidel... you said it on April Fool's Day. Here in America, whatever you say today doesn't count.
Slashdot > ...Unless you think they can find some crazy reason to sue the Nasdaq for billions over it...
SCOLawy3r > OMFG ROFLMAO WHAT A GR3@T ID3@!!!!!!!!11!!!
* SCOLawy3r is away: filing lawsuit
"What he really means of course, is free alternatives trying to interoperate with Microsoft's non-documented proprietary standards..."
.doc file's format well enough to make sense of it.
Not documented? Of course it's documented, just no one can read the
You might have to keep IE around? What else are you going to do with it? It's integrated into the OS. The only way to get rid of it completely is to uninstall Windows. What's not to like about that statement? It's certainly worth a chuckle.
Why is this surprising to anyone? Anyone that takes the time to read any EULA for a DVD or software product will certainly realize that DRM merely enforces the rights that these big companies have asserted for years. Why is it so surprising to people that when you buy a DVD or a software product, you don't own it?
I for one am glad DRM is here - because it's finally waking people up to the rackets that have been boiling on the stovetop for years. DRM will finally make the consumer wake up and force these big companies to change. People are finally realizing that when you click "I agree" you're pissing away all rights as a consumer for anything. These companies have been legally able to write their own laws, no matter how oppressive they may be, for years.
Argh... now I'll have to rely on Windows Media Player to develop a plugin for Shoutcast so I can listen to those net radio stations.
;)
Oh, wait... there's still XMMS in Linux...
The *real* ironic twist to the story is that newer versions of McAfee VirusScan that Dell has been shipping requires Internet Explorer to be installed... and uses it to run the control center windows.
Now how's that for secure?
I may never, ever figure out the mentality of that decision.
By far my worst computer accident was a simple one.
I was trying to fix something in Windows 95 really, really late one night. So late that I was in a sleepy stupor far beyond what should be allowed when using a computer. Finally, in frustration, I typed "del *.*" in the wrong directory and managed to waste years worth of stories that I'd written since I was 13. In the blink of eye, 9 years worth of writing was gone.
That was before the days of undelete...
I've been using 3.2 for about a week or so now and haven't experienced any dual boot troubles with XP. The only thing to be aware of is that you will have to correct your lilo.conf to add the Windows XP partition back in after installing Knoppix to the hard drive...
Who will they sue when no one buys it or puts it on the shelves?
--Vermyndax
Hmmm... the lawyer "noticed" that he works for IBM, a PCI-SIG member... and suggests that he work through IBM to post the site...
It's an inside job. IBM wants to shut him down and put their name on it. Betcha.
I did...
. htm
http://www.red-abstract.com/users/alexander/diary
Hope someone really gets it...