I actually thought this was common knowledge for many years now. One of the biggest flawed security screens is the connect-the-dots unlock screen for Android. To really highlight that, just clean up the screen and attempt to unlock. Look at screen from the side. You should see smudges AND streaks. Those streaks can help you easily make out the direction to move in.
I am very curious to find out how this is done. We have a repeater attached to our apartment and find it quite annoying and sometimes a little scary. A satellite dish is attached to one corner of the outside wall of our apartment. There are two "thin cables" that run to a repeater. Then another set of much thicker cables run from the repeater around our apartment wall just barely above each of our back bedrooms window (you can see the stupid things standing up and looking out the window) to a 5-10 foot pole antenna.
What truly scares me is the fact that most of the insulation has fallen off of both the receiving and especially the transmitting cables. I don't know if it's related but we can't get a good wireless signal 5 feet from most WAPs we have purchased over the years.
Should I be concerned that they have such powerful cables transmitting literally 3 feet from where I sleep?
Please note the audio is OPTIONAL. D875PBZLK is the one I speak of. No built-in audio or video.
Just the way we like 'em.
And it's not cheap or lame to not want built-in. How many people pay more for a better audio card? How many pay for a new video card? What do we do with the built-in garbage that is fed to us (derr...disable it)? What a stupid waste.
Actually it's cheap for the mobo manufacturers. Why didn't THEY put in the the better so we pay less?
Pro: - You don't need to have the application installed on the remote desktop. - You can run in full-screen mode - No annoying "dot" cursor
Con: - Default setup behavior doesn't uninstall remote client software after remote session is ended. - Pricey
I really wouldn't call it a "stand out" application. There are many capable alternatives that are free or cheap either from the OS distributor (Remotedesktop [MS] or VNC variants [linux/bsd/etc...]) or 3rd party (VNC variants, etc...) and have the same or similar features.
You can always check ebay for Zaurus handhelds. SL-5500, SL-5000D, SL-6000, C7xx, C860, etc.. They all run Linux natively.
The SL-6000 and C series handhelds are a little pricey, but you can find cheap SL-5xxx's for around $150 used. Not sure what the current price is for a new SL-5500.
As all Zaurii have CF slots, you can run many different Wireless CF cards.
Along with yet another article regarding Toshiba's new fuel cell, Fuel Cell Today has some other interesting news items regarding Fuel Cell technology worth reading.
If anybody was honestly curius about what this meant, you might have checked the mail archives of the devel list. Here is a more detailed message from David Dawes.
'Nuff said.
Benefits are ultimately for the person or persons making the distribution. An ideal distribution (or as close to an ideal distribution) is one that is made by the user. Since most users really don't want or know how to roll their own distro, you are never going to please every user. "Who cares if you don't like it. I made it, use it if you like."
As for 3rd party benefits. It all goes back to the fact that the distribution is made ideally for those who created the distribution. Who cares who wrote the software, you want to use it, it will be included as you create the distribution. If you don't want it, it's not in your distribution.
There is no "guise." They threw everything out on the table. They didn't ask anybody to like it or dislike it, just as I wouldn't require you to like what I am saying right now.
Or after reading your last sentence again, Do you not think that one of the primary reasons people don't currently use OSS distributions is because they are over-burdened by choice? Choice is good, but you will get nowhere when you have too much choice. How does one find out what the users want? All they can do is survey people. I believe surveys have been done more than enough. I personally agree with UserLinux if we are to see linux hit mainstream desktops. I probably won't use UserLinux since I don't particulary care for a Gnome-only desktop. I use and will continue to use Gentoo until they start putting more "cons" than "pros" into their distro.
If you are afraid of the possible future lack of choices, then you really need to do further research. Plenty of other options are available. And will continue to be available. That's the beauty of OSS. I believe Knoppix has the best shot currenty (as it is alreay a real and tangible distribution) OSSes best shot at mainstream distribution.
Obviously you don't want userlinux to make their own decisions. Why else would you post something so rediculous? In fact, from your post, I would call YOU more communist than they are.
The whole point of OSS is to allow freedom of choice. UserLinux is making a "choice" (notice the key word "choice") to include only one GUI.
They have the choice to either include KDE or exclude KDE. You may chose to use KDE and forget about Gnome. Do you get communist remarks made to you because you forced your OS to only use only KDE?
They aren't forcing you to choose their distribution. You don't like it, get another distro and quit your bitching.
One of the most painful things in life to do is to "grow up." We have seen many different projects over the years face off against one another for "market" dominance. Fact of the matter, there is going to come a time (such as this) where decisions will be made as to what software packages to provide to users.
Although one of the benefits of OSS is choice, it can also be a hinderance. People who are not used to any GNU/Linux (whatever you want to call them) distributions, really don't want to spend time trying to make choices as to what software they are going to use. They are interested in how easy and stable applications are to use.
Arguements over which software applications are moot. As we have seen in the past, it doesn't really matter which one is more techically sound. It's what appeals to the consumer that counts when you try to create a standard anything (look at VHS vs. Beta-Max).
I am glad so see somebody finally set up and make a stand when it comes to "too many" choices. I would love to see a distribution that doesn't require 1300+ packages to be installed.
Man, that brings back memories. The K1000 was my first SLR camera. I only wish they made cameras as sturdy anymore.
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There was a time when OZ had ipkgs that were built around it. Sharp ROMS required either some serious homework to determine dependences or just plain guess work to get good software packages to work. There was also a time when OZ showed some improvement in performance, configurability, and so on and so forth.
However, recently there has been a slow down in development for OZ and a vast improvement on Sharp ROMs. OZ has become a little "lacking" (IMHO) compared to other ROMs currently available.
Because of this, other ROMs are more often preferred. I use TKC ROM currently. It is a nice clean-up of the Sharp ROM.
As noted in the newsletter, current builds of OZ are soon to be depreciated in favor of OpenEmbedded (OE) builds. I expect vast improvements to show up there more frequently.
Hee..actually this is in response to the venting truck only. I prolly should have explained that.
Sprinkler Systems ROCK. Haylon (newer chemicals) systems rock. Just don't be stupid when the alarm goes off...you should have plenty time to evacuate or cancel the countdown before the system purges.
Don't even think about fighitng a winning battle with a fire using the hoses provided to you in a building (or a garden hose for that matter). Hoses in a house or building should ONLY be used in a situation where your only means of egress is through a fire (preferably small).
Actually, firefighting techniques can be pretty geeky. New techniques and equipment are being developed by firefighters on a regular basis. Almost all tools were designed by firefighters in response to needs that can't be fulfilled by the tools provided at the time.
If you are interested in learning more, consider volunteering with a fire company. Personal equipment and training are usually free. Some companies provide housing for free to students in exchange for students providing time and service to the company on a daily basis.
The rewards are great! You will be healthier for it, you will meet plenty of life-long friends, and you can't describe the feeling of saving somebody's property and most importantly somebody's life.
The vehicle-mounted fan basically works in the opposite direction. We actually have an electric fan that was used in a similar fashion (Smoke Ejector). "Used" being emphasized. It has been proven over and over again in training and actual fire events that "sucking" air out of a building is not anywhere near as effective as PPV.
One of the keys that makes ventilation so successful today is the close timing of fire attack with ventilation techniques. You vent too soon, you draw the fire further away from the seed of the fire. You ventilate too late, and you steam firefighters and victims still in the building. To position and start ventilation using a vehicle mounted fan is just not reasonable.
Assuming that this truck can displace large volumes of air quickly, you might actually push too much fresh air into a building, pushing the fire further from the seed faster than attack crews can respond (especially in larger buildings such as skyscrapers).
One other thing to consider is the cost of a fire apparatus. To purchase a new vehicle without any tools or custom options, you are looking at over $250,000. To be able to justify the cost of a vehicle that did nothing but ventilate buildings is impossible. Volunteer and even paid companies are struggling with increasing costs to maintain and improve firefighting techniques and equipment. New vehicles need careful considerations. I don't expect any fire company to have a "vent" truck available to them in the near or far future.
I don't mind opinions, but for heaven's sake...BACK THEM UP!!!
"And the best part is, things are easily installed and kept up to date, unlike your Linux systems out there. Don't get me wrong, Linux is great and all, but about 75% of the packages I install are custom based and, well, RedHat sucks when it comes to that."
Never heard of Gentoo? How about LFS? How about downloading the source and compiling it yourself?
"What's so bad about the Linux updating system?
Well, you need to keep in mind that the BSD distros are mostly source-based, from the packages you install to updating the operating system."
I didn't know that packages in FreeBSD were actually source! I thought ports were source?
"And when you're dealing with source-based you can completely configure the application to do what you want and not what the person who made the package intended."
Why not just write your own code, after all, you wouldn't want to do what the author wanted to do, now would you?"
"So when you're using services such as up2date, you're using pre-packaged binaries that just don't suit my needs."
Now that just hurts. Obviously there is no consideration of SRPMS? What about Portage? It can't be THAT bad, after all, they did port it to FreeBSD.
You could get a Soekris 4501 or other box from www.soekris.com, strip it down to just board, find a way to power the board. All the specs for the boards are located on Soekris' site.
From there, you could create a script that listens for when you put a CF card in. Don't ask me how to do that, I don't know a lick of any type of program language, scritping language, or just plain language.
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Oh, you silly Tesla. Only you would want to build a giant coil of self-naming.
Fair enough, using the strict definition of DRM, Intel Insider isn't DRM, but it is still copy protection.
PA doesn't do the container deposit refund...
I actually thought this was common knowledge for many years now. One of the biggest flawed security screens is the connect-the-dots unlock screen for Android. To really highlight that, just clean up the screen and attempt to unlock. Look at screen from the side. You should see smudges AND streaks. Those streaks can help you easily make out the direction to move in.
I am very curious to find out how this is done. We have a repeater attached to our apartment and find it quite annoying and sometimes a little scary. A satellite dish is attached to one corner of the outside wall of our apartment. There are two "thin cables" that run to a repeater. Then another set of much thicker cables run from the repeater around our apartment wall just barely above each of our back bedrooms window (you can see the stupid things standing up and looking out the window) to a 5-10 foot pole antenna.
What truly scares me is the fact that most of the insulation has fallen off of both the receiving and especially the transmitting cables. I don't know if it's related but we can't get a good wireless signal 5 feet from most WAPs we have purchased over the years.
Should I be concerned that they have such powerful cables transmitting literally 3 feet from where I sleep?
Please note the audio is OPTIONAL. D875PBZLK is the one I speak of. No built-in audio or video.
Just the way we like 'em.
And it's not cheap or lame to not want built-in. How many people pay more for a better audio card? How many pay for a new video card? What do we do with the built-in garbage that is fed to us (derr...disable it)? What a stupid waste.
Actually it's cheap for the mobo manufacturers. Why didn't THEY put in the the better so we pay less?
$_$. That's why. MOO.
...but that's not right.
The only DESKTOP board I could find that is still relatively "modern" is the Intel D875PBZ.
'nuff said.
...Don't accidentally tip the (imaginary) precariously perched buck-o-water into that thing.
You wouldn't have time to hear the extremly loud KABOOM.
My experience with it in bullet form:
Pro:
- You don't need to have the application installed on the remote desktop.
- You can run in full-screen mode
- No annoying "dot" cursor
Con:
- Default setup behavior doesn't uninstall remote client software after remote session is ended.
- Pricey
I really wouldn't call it a "stand out" application. There are many capable alternatives that are free or cheap either from the OS distributor (Remotedesktop [MS] or VNC variants [linux/bsd/etc...]) or 3rd party (VNC variants, etc...) and have the same or similar features.
You can always check ebay for Zaurus handhelds. SL-5500, SL-5000D, SL-6000, C7xx, C860, etc.. They all run Linux natively.
The SL-6000 and C series handhelds are a little pricey, but you can find cheap SL-5xxx's for around $150 used. Not sure what the current price is for a new SL-5500.
As all Zaurii have CF slots, you can run many different Wireless CF cards.
Have questions, check www.zaurususergroup.com.
Along with yet another article regarding Toshiba's new fuel cell, Fuel Cell Today has some other interesting news items regarding Fuel Cell technology worth reading.
I am watching "Unscrewed" right now on G4 (or what was G4) here in Pittsburgh, PA, and I don't have TechTV.
The short and long answer is an obvious "No." Take a look at the UserLinux website.
Redhat continues to sell enterprise distributions at enterprise prices. Redhat does however have a community supported distribution called Fedora.
Hrmm...True true...that's what I get for not following all the links. Guess I prove that people don't do research :)))
If anybody was honestly curius about what this meant, you might have checked the mail archives of the devel list. Here is a more detailed message from David Dawes. 'Nuff said.
Users Schusers. There is still no loss of choice.
Benefits are ultimately for the person or persons making the distribution. An ideal distribution (or as close to an ideal distribution) is one that is made by the user. Since most users really don't want or know how to roll their own distro, you are never going to please every user. "Who cares if you don't like it. I made it, use it if you like."
As for 3rd party benefits. It all goes back to the fact that the distribution is made ideally for those who created the distribution. Who cares who wrote the software, you want to use it, it will be included as you create the distribution. If you don't want it, it's not in your distribution.
There is no "guise." They threw everything out on the table. They didn't ask anybody to like it or dislike it, just as I wouldn't require you to like what I am saying right now.
Or after reading your last sentence again, Do you not think that one of the primary reasons people don't currently use OSS distributions is because they are over-burdened by choice? Choice is good, but you will get nowhere when you have too much choice. How does one find out what the users want? All they can do is survey people. I believe surveys have been done more than enough. I personally agree with UserLinux if we are to see linux hit mainstream desktops. I probably won't use UserLinux since I don't particulary care for a Gnome-only desktop. I use and will continue to use Gentoo until they start putting more "cons" than "pros" into their distro.
If you are afraid of the possible future lack of choices, then you really need to do further research. Plenty of other options are available. And will continue to be available. That's the beauty of OSS. I believe Knoppix has the best shot currenty (as it is alreay a real and tangible distribution) OSSes best shot at mainstream distribution.
Obviously you don't want userlinux to make their own decisions. Why else would you post something so rediculous? In fact, from your post, I would call YOU more communist than they are.
The whole point of OSS is to allow freedom of choice. UserLinux is making a "choice" (notice the key word "choice") to include only one GUI.
They have the choice to either include KDE or exclude KDE. You may chose to use KDE and forget about Gnome. Do you get communist remarks made to you because you forced your OS to only use only KDE?
They aren't forcing you to choose their distribution. You don't like it, get another distro and quit your bitching.
One of the most painful things in life to do is to "grow up." We have seen many different projects over the years face off against one another for "market" dominance. Fact of the matter, there is going to come a time (such as this) where decisions will be made as to what software packages to provide to users.
Although one of the benefits of OSS is choice, it can also be a hinderance. People who are not used to any GNU/Linux (whatever you want to call them) distributions, really don't want to spend time trying to make choices as to what software they are going to use. They are interested in how easy and stable applications are to use.
Arguements over which software applications are moot. As we have seen in the past, it doesn't really matter which one is more techically sound. It's what appeals to the consumer that counts when you try to create a standard anything (look at VHS vs. Beta-Max).
I am glad so see somebody finally set up and make a stand when it comes to "too many" choices. I would love to see a distribution that doesn't require 1300+ packages to be installed.
Man, that brings back memories. The K1000 was my first SLR camera. I only wish they made cameras as sturdy anymore.
There was a time when OZ had ipkgs that were built around it. Sharp ROMS required either some serious homework to determine dependences or just plain guess work to get good software packages to work. There was also a time when OZ showed some improvement in performance, configurability, and so on and so forth.
However, recently there has been a slow down in development for OZ and a vast improvement on Sharp ROMs. OZ has become a little "lacking" (IMHO) compared to other ROMs currently available.
Because of this, other ROMs are more often preferred. I use TKC ROM currently. It is a nice clean-up of the Sharp ROM.
As noted in the newsletter, current builds of OZ are soon to be depreciated in favor of OpenEmbedded (OE) builds. I expect vast improvements to show up there more frequently.
The location for all your 3.3.5 needs can be found here:
5 /
http://www.openzaurus.org/official/testing/3.3.
Hee..actually this is in response to the venting truck only. I prolly should have explained that.
Sprinkler Systems ROCK. Haylon (newer chemicals) systems rock. Just don't be stupid when the alarm goes off...you should have plenty time to evacuate or cancel the countdown before the system purges.
Don't even think about fighitng a winning battle with a fire using the hoses provided to you in a building (or a garden hose for that matter). Hoses in a house or building should ONLY be used in a situation where your only means of egress is through a fire (preferably small).
Actually, firefighting techniques can be pretty geeky. New techniques and equipment are being developed by firefighters on a regular basis. Almost all tools were designed by firefighters in response to needs that can't be fulfilled by the tools provided at the time.
If you are interested in learning more, consider volunteering with a fire company. Personal equipment and training are usually free. Some companies provide housing for free to students in exchange for students providing time and service to the company on a daily basis.
The rewards are great! You will be healthier for it, you will meet plenty of life-long friends, and you can't describe the feeling of saving somebody's property and most importantly somebody's life.
Just for some reference, I am a volunteer firefighter in my spare time.
First we need quick lessons in one of many effective venting techniques called Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV).
Here is an example of a PPV fan.
The vehicle-mounted fan basically works in the opposite direction. We actually have an electric fan that was used in a similar fashion (Smoke Ejector). "Used" being emphasized. It has been proven over and over again in training and actual fire events that "sucking" air out of a building is not anywhere near as effective as PPV.
One of the keys that makes ventilation so successful today is the close timing of fire attack with ventilation techniques. You vent too soon, you draw the fire further away from the seed of the fire. You ventilate too late, and you steam firefighters and victims still in the building. To position and start ventilation using a vehicle mounted fan is just not reasonable.
Assuming that this truck can displace large volumes of air quickly, you might actually push too much fresh air into a building, pushing the fire further from the seed faster than attack crews can respond (especially in larger buildings such as skyscrapers).
One other thing to consider is the cost of a fire apparatus. To purchase a new vehicle without any tools or custom options, you are looking at over $250,000. To be able to justify the cost of a vehicle that did nothing but ventilate buildings is impossible. Volunteer and even paid companies are struggling with increasing costs to maintain and improve firefighting techniques and equipment. New vehicles need careful considerations. I don't expect any fire company to have a "vent" truck available to them in the near or far future.
Never heard of Gentoo? How about LFS? How about downloading the source and compiling it yourself?
I didn't know that packages in FreeBSD were actually source! I thought ports were source?
Why not just write your own code, after all, you wouldn't want to do what the author wanted to do, now would you?"Now that just hurts. Obviously there is no consideration of SRPMS? What about Portage? It can't be THAT bad, after all, they did port it to FreeBSD.
You could get a Soekris 4501 or other box from www.soekris.com, strip it down to just board, find a way to power the board. All the specs for the boards are located on Soekris' site.
From there, you could create a script that listens for when you put a CF card in. Don't ask me how to do that, I don't know a lick of any type of program language, scritping language, or just plain language.