> 3) NO profit > Yes, that's generaly considered to be the definition of "non-profit". Well, actually there's nothing to stop a non-profit making a "profit", it's just that it gets reinvested in the organisation rather than going to shareholders (whether public or private).
In fact, if it doesn't interfere with the organisation's ability to perform their mission, it's a *good* thing for them to generate a profit and reinvest it, as this means they are potentially self-sustaining.
> but you can't have true sandboxing with anything later than 2.1 If I understand correctly, the reason post-2.1 doesn't have "true" sandboxing, is that the sandbox in previous versions actually didn't provide it either, just a false sense of security.
The decision was made to remove it entirely rather than continue to provide a dangerously flawed implementation. You can probably find exploits in the comp.lang.comp newsgroup.
> who says that Jobs can't encorporate all the advantages Linux has into his OS. As has been said elsewhere, it seems unlikely he'll be including freedom as in libre, which is a prime Linux advantage.
At the end of the day I think it comes down to pragmatism versus philosphy. Is ease of use now, more important than freedom of access later?
To be honest I think freedom as in libre is important, but Mac OS X is certainly compelling in the "but it just works" department.
But what happens when Apple stops doing what you (or I) thinks is good? Where do we go then?
It's worth looking at the original source, it was in a (Australian?) computing journal, it's cited in Peopleware so it should be easy enough to find. I actually looked into this last year, and was a little disappointed with the conclusion DeMarco reached as the original source didn't really seem to mesh with his conclusions. The original study pretty much dismissed the significance of the "unscheduled" projects as they were all small, and somewhat ad hoc, thus requiring less co-ordination.
But don't take my word for it go look it up, you may reach a different conclusion.
> If you are a developer, do what you do best. You mean write correct, well-commented code with built in tests? Testing *is* part of a developer's job.
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> it's extremely convenient to make something like > that which you can just drag and drop onto a desktop
Very true, and as much as I'd like to recommend something like PostgreSQL it's really overkill to deploy a server on a desktop.
My question is, are there any "standalone" free software database/RAD software systems. (And I don't mean Perl/Python + something...) I want something that's as straight forward to deploy as Access.
> but showing me commercials for cars is just dumb, > since I won't be buying a new car in the next 5 > years, and you can't tell or show me enough about > a car in a minute to interest me anyway. Although keep in mind there is the whole thing about "image" marketing. They don't only want people who buy their products to think they have a product worth having, they also want people who *can't* buy their products to think that too. That way the buying habits of their customers are positively reinforced...
> There are many opportunities to do obvious things. Yeah, easy changes (from our point of view) can make a big difference from the organisation's point of view.
I spent maybe an hour putting together a nice wordprocessor letterhead template file for an organisation once and they were like "Wow, thanks, we could never have done that."
Sometimes it doesn't take much to make a difference, and you get to feel good about it too.
> You might have seen it already but this > [man.ac.uk] is me powering an Amulet2 off a mouse > wheel. Was I the only person who was expecting a scroll-wheel mouse attached to the processor?
> Here in New Zealand we can listen to a CD in the > music store and the make a decision about buying > the CD or not. It's interesting the things about our own country we take for granted. I was amazed when travelling in the UK & US that the big music stores didn't let you listen to CDs before you bought it. I mean, like, duh, it's a *music* store.
> -Backup all directories other than the OS. > -Reinstall OS. > -Copy back directories. > -Do minor configuration to apps and desktop Sounds suspiciously like how the old Mac OS worked, except you could just rename the system folder & re-install, no need to backup & copy back everything else. Somehow I doubt it's that simple with OS X (conjecture).
I'm amazed the parent post is one of only a couple which mention MARC records--they're pretty central in the library world and any solution should probably include them.
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> 3) NO profit
> Yes, that's generaly considered to be the definition of "non-profit".
Well, actually there's nothing to stop a non-profit making a "profit", it's just that it gets reinvested in the organisation rather than going to shareholders (whether public or private).
In fact, if it doesn't interfere with the organisation's ability to perform their mission, it's a *good* thing for them to generate a profit and reinvest it, as this means they are potentially self-sustaining.
Don't know if you'd consider this "useful"...
http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/
Someone's already doing it:
http://www.myus.com/
(I have not used them, just remembered seeing a company that does it, and a Google search revealed this one.)
> You know Sergio?
From Rio?
> but you can't have true sandboxing with anything later than 2.1
If I understand correctly, the reason post-2.1 doesn't have "true" sandboxing, is that the sandbox in previous versions actually didn't provide it either, just a false sense of security.
The decision was made to remove it entirely rather than continue to provide a dangerously flawed implementation. You can probably find exploits in the comp.lang.comp newsgroup.
I'm sure high-speed inexpensive and full-speed inexpensive fit in there too...
> So, the SCO back then was GOOD the SCO now is BAD :-)
Ahh, so we're talking about high-speed SCO not full-speed SCO?
> who says that Jobs can't encorporate all the advantages Linux has into his OS.
As has been said elsewhere, it seems unlikely he'll be including freedom as in libre, which is a prime Linux advantage.
At the end of the day I think it comes down to pragmatism versus philosphy. Is ease of use now, more important than freedom of access later?
To be honest I think freedom as in libre is important, but Mac OS X is certainly compelling in the "but it just works" department.
But what happens when Apple stops doing what you (or I) thinks is good? Where do we go then?
> but if you read the fine print, an OS X license is good for FIVE MACHINES
I am aware that Apple has previously offered a "family pack" (with five licenses) for OS X, but at around $US199 rather than $US129. Has that changed?
Or something even simpler that can't now be done:
1. Fast forward through adverts.
2. Reset counter to 00:00:00.
3. Watch movie.
4. Hit "Rewind to Zero" button on remote.
5. Repeat from step 3.
No commericials (without requiring physical change to the media)...
ObProfit:
6. Profit!!!
It's worth looking at the original source, it was in a (Australian?) computing journal, it's cited in Peopleware so it should be easy enough to find. I actually looked into this last year, and was a little disappointed with the conclusion DeMarco reached as the original source didn't really seem to mesh with his conclusions. The original study pretty much dismissed the significance of the "unscheduled" projects as they were all small, and somewhat ad hoc, thus requiring less co-ordination.
But don't take my word for it go look it up, you may reach a different conclusion.
> If you are a developer, do what you do best.
You mean write correct, well-commented code with built in tests? Testing *is* part of a developer's job.
> it's extremely convenient to make something like
> that which you can just drag and drop onto a desktop
Very true, and as much as I'd like to recommend something like PostgreSQL it's really overkill to deploy a server on a desktop.
My question is, are there any "standalone" free software database/RAD software systems. (And I don't mean Perl/Python + something...) I want something that's as straight forward to deploy as Access.
I prefer the "Navy Seals : Covert Ops" mod 'cos it seems more realistic than UT, you might want to check it out: http://www.ns-co.net/
> but showing me commercials for cars is just dumb,
> since I won't be buying a new car in the next 5
> years, and you can't tell or show me enough about
> a car in a minute to interest me anyway.
Although keep in mind there is the whole thing about "image" marketing. They don't only want people who buy their products to think they have a product worth having, they also want people who *can't* buy their products to think that too. That way the buying habits of their customers are positively reinforced...
> Most AppleScripters consider it Apple's secret weapon. :-/
Yeah, maybe, but don't you wonder when they'll stop keeping it a secret?
> There are many opportunities to do obvious things.
Yeah, easy changes (from our point of view) can make a big difference from the organisation's point of view.
I spent maybe an hour putting together a nice wordprocessor letterhead template file for an organisation once and they were like "Wow, thanks, we could never have done that."
Sometimes it doesn't take much to make a difference, and you get to feel good about it too.
> You might have seen it already but this
> [man.ac.uk] is me powering an Amulet2 off a mouse
> wheel.
Was I the only person who was expecting a scroll-wheel mouse attached to the processor?
> Here in New Zealand we can listen to a CD in the
> music store and the make a decision about buying
> the CD or not.
It's interesting the things about our own country we take for granted. I was amazed when travelling in the UK & US that the big music stores didn't let you listen to CDs before you bought it. I mean, like, duh, it's a *music* store.
> What about giving them /dev/urandom for downloading?
And get busted for eventually supplying every copyrighted digital work ever produced?
> Ooooh WATCH OUT!!! It's a GIANT LIZARD!!!
Is that you Mozilla?
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s/ /www.google.com/search?q=cache:%sg oogle.com/groups?q=%sc h?q=%s
http:
http://groups.
http://www.google.com/sear
I have them as the following keywords: ggt, ggc, ggg and gg.
(You can also do a similar thing in IE.)
Try Meta or Alt + '/'
> A modular OS as I describe above...
> -Backup all directories other than the OS.
> -Reinstall OS.
> -Copy back directories.
> -Do minor configuration to apps and desktop
Sounds suspiciously like how the old Mac OS worked, except you could just rename the system folder & re-install, no need to backup & copy back everything else. Somehow I doubt it's that simple with OS X (conjecture).
I'm amazed the parent post is one of only a couple which mention MARC records--they're pretty central in the library world and any solution should probably include them.