I just wish they would do more for performance. I've got 2 identical machines - one runs Debian Sid with galeon, Mozilla, firebird, konq, etc. The other runs Win2K. Debian is my main desktop and I use Galeon (which is Mozilla based for those of you unfamilar with Galeon) as my main browser.
IE loads the exact same pages almost instantly, where it can take several seconds for ANY of the linux-based browsers to load - some times as much as 10 times longer. It seems to be mainly an issue with tables.
For example: go to the the asterisk users mailing list, scroll down, click on a message, then click back. See how long it takes to re-render the cached page? Horrible. Try the page in IE and Mozilla. Konquerer is fastest of the linux browsers on this page.
Um, things like your fridge shouldn't even use IP. it should use a protocol that is designed for control networks - such as the Lonworks protocol (which is open). Lonworks already uses 128bit addresses.
Sometimes the government has to spy on innocent people.
No, they don't. You have been listening to way too much 9/11 paranoia. It's this same paranoia that has the TSA forcing nursing mothers to drink their own breast milk, damn-near strip searching 90 year old grandmothers, etc. While the "politically correct" thing is to forbid profiling, it's the only way to focus law enforcement resources to the people that really need attention.
The government should leave the innocent people alone. Period.
But that's too late. You need to DDos / harass them BEFORE they spam. You need to stop being reactive and start being proactive. What's your IP address?:-)
I would much rather have an OS that I can depend upon for security and that will not require me to spend lots of money and time on administration.
Not to troll (I really like OSX) but Apple has been bad with this in OSX, requiring you to buy an upgrade to get some patches. MS is actually better about that - their patches are free. Yes, I know that the OSX upgrades have new features too, but sometimes I don't need them - I just need the bug patches.
Um, you can have "user-friendliness" AND security. Look at OSX. So far, I haven't heard of anyone that enjoyed getting viruses and worms, or loved reinstalling the OS every 6 months due to crappy MS software. Users don't have a choice when it comes to security on Windows. They only get the lack of it. Most of the security problems in IE / Outlook can be solved without losing ANY functionality at all.
Even if MS did remove some "features" to enhance security, 99.9% of the users wouldn't even notice - most people don't USE these features. Just how many people email.chm or.vbs files around, and need them to autoexecute on the target computer (beside script kiddies and spammers) anyway?
Well, it's impossible to tell anything from the crappy website, but it sounds like this system is a collection of hardware - not one box. It could very well be that they have taken lots of parts that do one thing well and integrated them with a unified interface. But probably not...
As far as the standardized interface, check out lonworks enabled products.
Have you ever actually USED MS support? It's not really support. Same with vendor support. 99% of the solutions are "reboot" or "reinstall". That said, the original poster was trying to be funny.
I found some hotels that offer free WiFi in the bar area, lobby, and pay access in the room. This actually works well. If I just want to do a quick check of mail or something, I use the lobby. If I need to get some serious work done, I use the connection in the room (which is $10 for the day.)
Um, maybe you don't realize what spammers have been doing lately. They use huge networks of compromized machines to spam FOR them (thank you MS and your wonderful security model). There is plenty of horsepower out there to handle any kind of HC type system. The bottom line is that spammers ALREADY have the resources to make a HC system useless.
Not only that, the ornaments hanging off the eve's are a clear OSHA violation. I sure the paper used is a fire hazzard. Did you get a building permit? I thought not. Oh, your woes have only just begun!
They are obviously looking for someone with lots of web / internet experience.
If you take someone who knows java and just started working with java and the internet 3 years ago, that person will be spending those three years learning the details of the web as well as java. Now take someone who worked with web apps 7 years ago and just started java 3 years ago. The second person just has to worry about how java interacts with the web and not the basics of web technology. Chances are that the second person will have a better grasp on java as it relates to web technologies than the first person as he has less to learn in the same time.
You hit it on the nose here... There is no forced upgrade because we are talking about open source!! I you want to continue to run Linux.99 go right ahead! Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything.
People need to remember that the kernel is one small part of a linux distro. There is very little need to upgrade the kernel for 99% of apps.
Maybe the regulatory fees and taxes are obsolete at this point? Something to think about... I have also seen new flat-rate plans that various telcos are offering. These seem to be good savings over past rates. Maybe this is a case of technology and business evolving beyond the technology of 100 years ago. Things to think about anyway...
That works great for brand-name recognition, but it's going to be a little harder for other types of advertising where new products or companies are trying to convince you to buy their products or services. The "why should I buy" part.
That said, I already pay for NFL Sunday Ticket. The cost for a whole season is less than a pair of tickets, parking, overpriced food, beer, etc. for one game. I don't mind paying for something I enjoy. (Of course, going to a game is fun too, which is why I have season tickets as well...)
On the flip side, there is not much on regular television (or even most pay stations) that's worth watching anymore. There are only about one or two movies worth watching on HBO a month for example. Netflix is a much better value.
Regular television? Bah. Nothing there but mindless garbage like "Buffy" and "Friends."
Morons like you spreading FUD make me sick. Perhaps if you knew what the hell you were talking about, you wouldn't look like such a moron. Many (most) of the OSS programmers are professionals, and it's quite clear that the develpers behind code like Apache, the Linux kernel, MySQL, etc are "Real programmers." Exim for example goes through full regression testing before any new versions are released.
MS has a long track record of creating patches that end up breaking crap - even to the point where Windows won't even boot. Are Microsoft programmers "real programmers?"
Are some OSS programmers bad? Sure, just as some commercial software programmers are bad. The number of bad / sloppy programmers on both sides is probably about the same. No amount of release Q/A process is going to fix bad programming (as all the holes in IE prove.)
GNU/Linux is not a good choice, nor is BSD. None of these OSes support the encryption requirements that banks want. They want hardware devices for security. And by chance, none of the forementioned OSes have any decent driver support for them.
IBM supports Linux on ATM hardware and advanced crypto processors. Tossing out a few things like winprinters, scanners, and some multi-media stuff, Linux has great driver support. In addition, if you have special ATM hardware you are going to have to write drivers for it no matter WHAT OS you are running (things like money counter / delivery, card readers, etc.)
The choice of the OS is going to be dependant on what the vendor supports. If the ATM didn't support Windows, the banks wouldn't be running it.
Their attitude is that they're running Windows on the back end, so they want it in the ATMs as well.
Huh. I was under the impression that Windows didn't run on Mainframes.
Anyway, what do you expect from Diebold? From the leaked source of their voting machines, these guys are HORRIBLE programmers. The LAST thing they think about is security. Anyone that buys their stuff is an idiot at this point.
As far as the "back-end" software goes, I would have to assume that it's probably NOT GUI heavy - if at all. It should be quite portable to pretty much any back-end OS / hardware. Knowing Diebold though, they probably wrote the thing in VB. Loosers.
SCO is not after Linus. They are after IBM. It makes total sense to subpena Linus as who else knows more about IBM's contribution to the kernel than Linus? He is the one that approves all submissions. He's the one that when the question is asked: "This this particular code come from IBM?" can give the most credible answer.
In totally separate but related cases, you have IBM and RedHat suing SCO for GPL infringment. Of course, the most relevant person to sue for Linux GPL copyright infringment is Linus too.
Well, the thing about Windows is that it's only user-friendly if your hardware works on it out-of-the box. If my video card or sound card doesn't have built-in drivers then I have to go out and find them from vendor sites. Many vendors don't support anything but their newest hardware anymore so I'm stuck - they don't have any drivers for XP either. Now what? I just find Windows makes it so much harder than it needs to be. Since it's closed source, you are FUCKED if there is no drivers.
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I just wish they would do more for performance. I've got 2 identical machines - one runs Debian Sid with galeon, Mozilla, firebird, konq, etc. The other runs Win2K. Debian is my main desktop and I use Galeon (which is Mozilla based for those of you unfamilar with Galeon) as my main browser.
IE loads the exact same pages almost instantly, where it can take several seconds for ANY of the linux-based browsers to load - some times as much as 10 times longer. It seems to be mainly an issue with tables.
For example: go to the the asterisk users mailing list, scroll down, click on a message, then click back. See how long it takes to re-render the cached page? Horrible. Try the page in IE and Mozilla. Konquerer is fastest of the linux browsers on this page.
Except for the severe stability problem which costs real money in downtime...
Um, things like your fridge shouldn't even use IP. it should use a protocol that is designed for control networks - such as the Lonworks protocol (which is open).
Lonworks already uses 128bit addresses.
Sometimes the government has to spy on innocent people.
No, they don't. You have been listening to way too much 9/11 paranoia. It's this same paranoia that has the TSA forcing nursing mothers to drink their own breast milk, damn-near strip searching 90 year old grandmothers, etc. While the "politically correct" thing is to forbid profiling, it's the only way to focus law enforcement resources to the people that really need attention.
The government should leave the innocent people alone. Period.
But that's too late. You need to DDos / harass them BEFORE they spam. You need to stop being reactive and start being proactive. What's your IP address? :-)
I would much rather have an OS that I can depend upon for security and that will not require me to spend lots of money and time on administration.
Not to troll (I really like OSX) but Apple has been bad with this in OSX, requiring you to buy an upgrade to get some patches. MS is actually better about that - their patches are free. Yes, I know that the OSX upgrades have new features too, but sometimes I don't need them - I just need the bug patches.
Um, you can have "user-friendliness" AND security. Look at OSX. So far, I haven't heard of anyone that enjoyed getting viruses and worms, or loved reinstalling the OS every 6 months due to crappy MS software. Users don't have a choice when it comes to security on Windows. They only get the lack of it. Most of the security problems in IE / Outlook can be solved without losing ANY functionality at all.
.chm or .vbs files around, and need them to autoexecute on the target computer (beside script kiddies and spammers) anyway?
Even if MS did remove some "features" to enhance security, 99.9% of the users wouldn't even notice - most people don't USE these features. Just how many people email
Well, it's impossible to tell anything from the crappy website, but it sounds like this system is a collection of hardware - not one box. It could very well be that they have taken lots of parts that do one thing well and integrated them with a unified interface. But probably not...
As far as the standardized interface, check out lonworks enabled products.
technical support from MS
Have you ever actually USED MS support? It's not really support. Same with vendor support. 99% of the solutions are "reboot" or "reinstall". That said, the original poster was trying to be funny.
The situation is now somewhat different, but the BEHAVIOR is the same.
I found some hotels that offer free WiFi in the bar area, lobby, and pay access in the room. This actually works well. If I just want to do a quick check of mail or something, I use the lobby. If I need to get some serious work done, I use the connection in the room (which is $10 for the day.)
Um, maybe you don't realize what spammers have been doing lately. They use huge networks of compromized machines to spam FOR them (thank you MS and your wonderful security model). There is plenty of horsepower out there to handle any kind of HC type system. The bottom line is that spammers ALREADY have the resources to make a HC system useless.
Power draw and label ratings are VERY different.
Let's put it this way. Running a gasoline generator 12 hours a day ran runs about $500 / month where a normal power bill is $75.
Not only that, the ornaments hanging off the eve's are a clear OSHA violation. I sure the paper used is a fire hazzard. Did you get a building permit? I thought not. Oh, your woes have only just begun!
Let's put it this way.
They are obviously looking for someone with lots of web / internet experience.
If you take someone who knows java and just started working with java and the internet 3 years ago, that person will be spending those three years learning the details of the web as well as java. Now take someone who worked with web apps 7 years ago and just started java 3 years ago. The second person just has to worry about how java interacts with the web and not the basics of web technology. Chances are that the second person will have a better grasp on java as it relates to web technologies than the first person as he has less to learn in the same time.
You hit it on the nose here... There is no forced upgrade because we are talking about open source!! I you want to continue to run Linux .99 go right ahead! Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything.
People need to remember that the kernel is one small part of a linux distro. There is very little need to upgrade the kernel for 99% of apps.
Maybe the regulatory fees and taxes are obsolete at this point? Something to think about... I have also seen new flat-rate plans that various telcos are offering. These seem to be good savings over past rates. Maybe this is a case of technology and business evolving beyond the technology of 100 years ago. Things to think about anyway...
That works great for brand-name recognition, but it's going to be a little harder for other types of advertising where new products or companies are trying to convince you to buy their products or services. The "why should I buy" part.
That said, I already pay for NFL Sunday Ticket. The cost for a whole season is less than a pair of tickets, parking, overpriced food, beer, etc. for one game. I don't mind paying for something I enjoy. (Of course, going to a game is fun too, which is why I have season tickets as well...)
On the flip side, there is not much on regular television (or even most pay stations) that's worth watching anymore. There are only about one or two movies worth watching on HBO a month for example. Netflix is a much better value.
Regular television? Bah. Nothing there but mindless garbage like "Buffy" and "Friends."
Morons like you spreading FUD make me sick. Perhaps if you knew what the hell you were talking about, you wouldn't look like such a moron. Many (most) of the OSS programmers are professionals, and it's quite clear that the develpers behind code like Apache, the Linux kernel, MySQL, etc are "Real programmers." Exim for example goes through full regression testing before any new versions are released.
MS has a long track record of creating patches that end up breaking crap - even to the point where Windows won't even boot. Are Microsoft programmers "real programmers?"
Are some OSS programmers bad? Sure, just as some commercial software programmers are bad. The number of bad / sloppy programmers on both sides is probably about the same. No amount of release Q/A process is going to fix bad programming (as all the holes in IE prove.)
GNU/Linux is not a good choice, nor is BSD. None of these OSes support the encryption requirements that banks want. They want hardware devices for security. And by chance, none of the forementioned OSes have any decent driver support for them.
IBM supports Linux on ATM hardware and advanced crypto processors. Tossing out a few things like winprinters, scanners, and some multi-media stuff, Linux has great driver support. In addition, if you have special ATM hardware you are going to have to write drivers for it no matter WHAT OS you are running (things like money counter / delivery, card readers, etc.)
The choice of the OS is going to be dependant on what the vendor supports. If the ATM didn't support Windows, the banks wouldn't be running it.
Their attitude is that they're running Windows on the back end, so they want it in the ATMs as well.
Huh. I was under the impression that Windows didn't run on Mainframes.
Anyway, what do you expect from Diebold? From the leaked source of their voting machines, these guys are HORRIBLE programmers. The LAST thing they think about is security. Anyone that buys their stuff is an idiot at this point.
As far as the "back-end" software goes, I would have to assume that it's probably NOT GUI heavy - if at all. It should be quite portable to pretty much any back-end OS / hardware. Knowing Diebold though, they probably wrote the thing in VB. Loosers.
Funny comment, but misses the big picture.
SCO is not after Linus. They are after IBM. It makes total sense to subpena Linus as who else knows more about IBM's contribution to the kernel than Linus? He is the one that approves all submissions. He's the one that when the question is asked: "This this particular code come from IBM?" can give the most credible answer.
In totally separate but related cases, you have IBM and RedHat suing SCO for GPL infringment. Of course, the most relevant person to sue for Linux GPL copyright infringment is Linus too.
I want to see mcbride and his cronies being Bubba and HIS cronie's bitches.
:-)
Wait, maybe I don't want to SEE it, just know it's happeining...
Well, the thing about Windows is that it's only user-friendly if your hardware works on it out-of-the box. If my video card or sound card doesn't have built-in drivers then I have to go out and find them from vendor sites. Many vendors don't support anything but their newest hardware anymore so I'm stuck - they don't have any drivers for XP either. Now what? I just find Windows makes it so much harder than it needs to be. Since it's closed source, you are FUCKED if there is no drivers.