I myself prefer ales and stouts to lagers, but there can be no doubt that (1) cold lager can be an ideal (and very tasty) beer in a hot environment; (2) people in many countries (including the U.S.) prefer lagers; (3) no amount of ignorant snobbery can make their preferences wrong; and (4) YAASA. STFU.
Folks, next time some snooty jackass looks down his nose at you because of your beer, remember the Latin phrase de gustibus not est disputandunum, so you can teach him a lesson as your fist squelches into the soft tissues around his nose. And also, like our friend the AC here, he's probably wrong anyway.
(And if you haven't had one...may I suggest you do! Tip for big time beer snobs: It's on tap in the US but in very few places. Last glass I had was $12 and worth every penny. The web site sucks, BTW.)
This kind of device is exactly what many homebrewers would need for fermenting. I'd probably pickup two or three as I don't have the space or money for more refrigerators. nk
All the beer I've brewed (myself and with friends) fermented cool but by no means cold (~60-70 degrees). For that, a basement corner or crawl space usually works well. (If you don't have one...well...this device would be good!)
Now, after it has fermented and is ready to go, before drinking the beer, I think this would be ideal. Most of the times I've brewed I've used bottles, though, not kegs.
Evolutionarily speaking, this means the HIV virus goes extinct,
If biology hasn't changed over the last few years, it doesn't mean that at all.
The set of hosts will be reduced from now, though there are two things that would effectively get rid of HIV; have everyone die (no hosts), have everyone get checked frequently and use a tool to nuke it. Both have worked in the past for a variety of bacterial/viral diseases.
What this anti-HIV virus allows is for the HIV virus to exist without killing the host and to continue to be transmitted. Sure, it does not get the host forever...though that doesn't seem to be a problem for the sets of viruses that are spread each year. After all, when is the last time you had a STD test?
But here's what i've always been curious about - what they invented a STD that made your penis longer, or one that made your breasts larger (depending on gender).
I neither want larger breasts or for my SO to devlop a penis of ANY size. Takes the romance out of it.
Is it just me that finds about 98% of the questions to be on the whole offensive and myopic? Do you get sand in your PC? When will people realise that brown, yellow, pink or black, we're all exactly the same on the inside. This isn't flamebait, but using AC due to "morons abounding".
The question might have been insulting. In the answer, is there anything close to "no, you @sshole, we don't get sand in our computers"? If anything, this looks like "Yep, sometimes";
In Cairo however the dust and pollution are a very big problem, I have to open my PC and blow the dust out once a month, every few months one of my cards would stop functioning because the dust got between the connectors.
I took a class as one of 2 men on a feminist topic. Being in the minority gave me a new perspective; I'm not as politically correct (aka 'wimpy') as I used to be. (Besides, when a whole room full of women tell you you're wrong...even when you think you're agreeing with them...it makes a much different impact from your SO saying it.)
This is not true. SELinux *does* allow the dropping of specific privileges (such as filesystem access or whatever one wants). It's very general though, more a framework to design a security system on top of.
(As for not using warez...agreed. I still get blank stares when folks ask me to make a copy of something and I mention where they can buy it, or if they want I can give them something that is free. They still want to rip off someone else and don't understand much why I even mention it...and these aren't 15 year old kids either!)
As for SELinux & permissions...how would that work?
Let's fast forward 3 years.
Say I'm a PHB, and I get a new fancy time sync program that I must have. I run it and it wipes out my home. You, seeing that I'm truely a moron, also know that I'm going get upset if I can't run similar stunningly valuable programs in the future. You know I'll blame you either way; if I can or can't run these wonder apps that always wipe out my files or otherwise screw over something.
Q. Is it possible to use SELinux in any capacity to save this fictional PHB from themselves without turning the admin into a jerk (in the eyes of the PHB)?
I already know how I'd handle it (lock down as much as possible, use libtrash and other backup tools, keep it on the network, have standard configurations as a baseline), though SELinux doesn't provide a complete solution AFAICT...though I'd love to learn a trick or two! (I have minimal experience with SELinux from running Fedora core 2+.)
It's something that security folks have gone on about for years. Why is it so hard to understand?
"Technology" is just a word and a very fuzzy one at that since so much could fit in that category.
Have a process that has goals and clear reasons for why those goals are chosen. When tools are picked out, they should strictly support those goals. Picking out the technology beforehand is not a goal, it's a conclusion!
The hardest part is finding out what to do and what not and why since that requires listening, failing, talking, and not repeating the same !@#@$! problems again and again! The term 'best practices' is abused often, though the idea is still important.
Having your home directory wiped out can be devistating. (This is a bigger problem for some journaled file systems since it can be much more difficult to recover files that have been deleted.)
Since the permissions on a Unix-stle system are to allow the user to control over what they 'own ' (mainly the home directory) there's little to prevent a program run by the user from doing whatever it wants with user data. This applies to Linux, *BSD, and the commercial *nixes as well, not just OSX.
Here's the kicker: selinux and other ACL enforcement mechanisms won't protect protect the user from these trojan programs.
In the short term there are technical 'fixes' that can help but they are not perfect. Libtrash under Linux or using a backup tool that does *not* have the same rights as the user are good CYA in the short run, though an isolated sandbox or similar tools should really be available. How to pull this off, I don't know...if you've heard of end-user tools that can pass the pointy-haired-boss test, let me know!
Note on fast user switching: This is a crude sandbox and doesn't prevent
that user account from being messed with in ways you may not be aware of. It also requires the user to set up this special account...something an automatic sandbox would not require.
The OSS scene suffers from the idea they are members of some religion and by using anything other then Open Source they are committing a crime against the movement.
While I agree this is the case, OSS is often seen as 'freeware' by most people. This in itself is dammaging far beyond the rants of a few OSS advocates.
(For the record: I'm using Linux 2.6.5 with NVidia's video drivers, have paid for Transgaming's WineX, Crossover Plugin and Office, VMWare, numerous native and ported Linux programs,. At the same time I don't have Windows running (dual boot or not) and only use VMWare for testing or running other instances of Linux or BSD.)
Linus is processing around 50 patches a day, 365 days a year.
Active cooling, a dedicated fan, a big heat sink, and he should get up to 60-75 patches a day. No need to wait a year or two for Moore's law -- these changes can happen today!
I'm sitting here with a BSEG on my face. You're not only right, though I know just how right you are. It's amazing the number of hoops someone will jump through because they don't know what the deal is.
It's also frustrating because I know how well Linux could work in many situations...yet people for some reason want that Windows nap-time blanket.
That said, as a professional I don't think switching for no reason is a good idea. When switching -- or changing any software used in a production environment -- it should be done with caution and patience. That said, I agree 100% with you on the foot dragging; it's not rocket science folks. Linux is damn good and can be used by the same people who are lost on a regular basis with Windows!
I've admined 5.5 over the past few years...and can't get management to switch over to OSS or even newer versions of Exchange that Connector supports. Very annoying...though I do use Evolution to read mail.
I don't understand why you need to say something that is clear from what I have posted.
I am more than close. This is a new kernel breaking a module/driver. This is different from a new module/driver not liking a specific kernel.
Enough with your patronising tone: I have used a very similar one - specifically the nVidia linux driver. I run both OSes as I need them, and I have had many more problems with drivers/modules under linux than windows. Although I did learn a very long time ago to be careful about where to source drivers from.
I really don't buy the open source peer review argument anyway, but that is an argument for a different day.
To paraphrase...no, it takes to long. I will sum up: You keep saying those words. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Drivers is one thing... but upgrading the OS kernel so that drivers cease to function or function incorrectly is a completely different thing...
You are close...
When one person says "folder" and another says "directory" the two people sometimes get confused. It's rare, but I've seen it happen.
With Linux and Windows, there is a similar confusion. Modules under Linux -- serve the same purpose and are largely in the same parts of the OS -- as drivers do under Windows.
As for Nvidia, they have installation software that is not too hard to use. It will install the NVidia kernel module for the current kernel. I'm sure you've used similar ones for Windows graphics drivers.
The kernel policies are clear, and do not cause problems for the (quick guesstimate) ~4,000 other 'drivers' bundled with the base Linux kernel. NVidia has chosen not to follow those policies so like the problematic non-WHQL Windows drivers, they can suffer similar problems.
That said, for the most part, I've been very happy with the NVidia cards I have. They were very flaky 2 years ago. Now, they work well...even with the 2.6.x kernels.
A note on file extentions: They are handled wrongly under Windows and on Unix desktops.
Extentions are short hand for "don't look at the data, trust me that it is a PDF/DOC/BAT/JPG/...". What should happen to a file should depend on what it *is*, not what it says it is. This is one of the main reasons why Windows suffers from trojan attacks; half the OS takes the extention, and the other half looks at the contents.
The sad thing is that KDE/Gnome/... have followed this example. The extention should be soundly ignored and not trusted. It is a security and usability problem.
You assert that it'd good, I assert that it's crap. I'm not used to it and it seems to serve no real purpose - just a rather inferior alternative to minimizing.
I hear the same thing about tabs in Mozilla/Firefox vs. opening up a new browser window in IE.
I guess the most significant problem with X has to be the lack of programs that I'm used to.
Yep. It's like drinking Pepsi or Coke all the time and being introduced to Dr. Pepper or lime Coke. It just seems *wrong*, doesn't it?
Name something as good as the MSVC++ GDE.
Haven't used it.
And file associations are wacky in Linux. Seemingly random association/non-association with programs. I remember using it, and I had 3 files of the same extension; two were associated with a text editor, the other wasn't, and the file browser just said it didn't have any application to open it with, and didn't provide me with any way to specify one!
It's goofy under Windows too. You just don't notice it now! (The only OS that I've used that got it right was OS/2's WorkPlace Shell. No, I don't want to go back to that; OS/2 had other problems though the WPS was sweet.)
Windows Explorer might not be perfect, but it's the best file manager I've ever used.
It's clumsy to me. It hides too much even when you tell it not to and has strange arbitrary limits. There is no direct link between what you do on the command line and what you do in the file manager. (Example: Try and copy a file using Explorer from a network resource. Now, do the same thing from CMD.)
The Konqueror and Nautilus shells need some improvements, for sure. Many of the failures in Explorer also appear in them as well. At it's base, though, if you mount a network resouce under Unix/Linux/... it shows up locally. These links can be placed in arbitrary locations instead of fictional "I:, J:, X:..." lettered resouces. Microsoft is moving away from letters because of the substantial drawbacks but the tools to handle links (soft and hard not 'shortcuts') are very crude and not at all integrated with the GUI.
My biggest gripe with both Windows and KDE/Gnome as desktops is that they are both very inconsistant, though KDE/Gnome are less so. What I mean by that is that for Windows *AND* KDE/Gnome there isn't a complete 1:1 map between what you see and where things are in all programs.
KDE does handle network transparency very well, though, and includes plugins for a variety of network protocols, compressed files, and specific data types (such as audio CDs). For example: You can drop in an audio cd and browse to the MP3 directory on the CD...drag off a file...and the MP3 will be created on the fly. The 'view' of the MP3 directory is entirely virtual and does not really exist. The MP3 is only created when you drag and drop or otherwise access the file from the MP3 directory.
Where it fails by default is that you can't write a shell script that loads an audio CD, copies the MP3s, and ejects the CD -- because at the shell prompt there's nothing to see! You can use DCOP (an enhanced version of what Windows offers in COM).
The good thing is that there are tools being developed that will push this virtual interface back down to the OS level. That way, every tool sees the same results.
That said, Explorer doesn't match up to Konqueror very well. Here are 2 examples on how Konqueror is damn nice;
You can do some of this under Windows, though it usually requires finding extra plugins, installing them, or using a one-off application to 'manage' things like your camera (using whatever protocol the camera can understand).
Both KDE objects are fully scriptable and most interfaces are exposed so they offer advanced functions if you need them. Gnome objects are also scriptable and menus can be added easily as well, though the Gnome interface is much less complex by default.
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Folks, next time some snooty jackass looks down his nose at you because of your beer, remember the Latin phrase de gustibus not est disputandunum, so you can teach him a lesson as your fist squelches into the soft tissues around his nose. And also, like our friend the AC here, he's probably wrong anyway.
OK, OK, OK...but can we all agree on what the best beer on the planet is?
(And if you haven't had one...may I suggest you do! Tip for big time beer snobs: It's on tap in the US but in very few places. Last glass I had was $12 and worth every penny. The web site sucks, BTW.)
All the beer I've brewed (myself and with friends) fermented cool but by no means cold (~60-70 degrees). For that, a basement corner or crawl space usually works well. (If you don't have one...well...this device would be good!)
Now, after it has fermented and is ready to go, before drinking the beer, I think this would be ideal. Most of the times I've brewed I've used bottles, though, not kegs.
It's tech, not science, and vapor tech at that.
It's a joke, a joke! I forgot the smiley! :)
If biology hasn't changed over the last few years, it doesn't mean that at all.
The set of hosts will be reduced from now, though there are two things that would effectively get rid of HIV; have everyone die (no hosts), have everyone get checked frequently and use a tool to nuke it. Both have worked in the past for a variety of bacterial/viral diseases.
What this anti-HIV virus allows is for the HIV virus to exist without killing the host and to continue to be transmitted. Sure, it does not get the host forever...though that doesn't seem to be a problem for the sets of viruses that are spread each year. After all, when is the last time you had a STD test?
So, how old are you, or have you always been a slow learner ... ?
I neither want larger breasts or for my SO to devlop a penis of ANY size. Takes the romance out of it.
Afterwards, PHB got a raise for keeping it "reasonably" under budget. Imagine the loss if both copies were destroyed!!!
The question might have been insulting. In the answer, is there anything close to "no, you @sshole, we don't get sand in our computers"? If anything, this looks like "Yep, sometimes";
I took a class as one of 2 men on a feminist topic. Being in the minority gave me a new perspective; I'm not as politically correct (aka 'wimpy') as I used to be. (Besides, when a whole room full of women tell you you're wrong...even when you think you're agreeing with them...it makes a much different impact from your SO saying it.)
Personally, I use 12345. It's on my luggage too!
(As for not using warez...agreed. I still get blank stares when folks ask me to make a copy of something and I mention where they can buy it, or if they want I can give them something that is free. They still want to rip off someone else and don't understand much why I even mention it...and these aren't 15 year old kids either!)
As for SELinux & permissions...how would that work?
Let's fast forward 3 years.
Say I'm a PHB, and I get a new fancy time sync program that I must have. I run it and it wipes out my home. You, seeing that I'm truely a moron, also know that I'm going get upset if I can't run similar stunningly valuable programs in the future. You know I'll blame you either way; if I can or can't run these wonder apps that always wipe out my files or otherwise screw over something.
I already know how I'd handle it (lock down as much as possible, use libtrash and other backup tools, keep it on the network, have standard configurations as a baseline), though SELinux doesn't provide a complete solution AFAICT...though I'd love to learn a trick or two! (I have minimal experience with SELinux from running Fedora core 2+.)
"Technology" is just a word and a very fuzzy one at that since so much could fit in that category.
Have a process that has goals and clear reasons for why those goals are chosen. When tools are picked out, they should strictly support those goals. Picking out the technology beforehand is not a goal, it's a conclusion!
The hardest part is finding out what to do and what not and why since that requires listening, failing, talking, and not repeating the same !@#@$! problems again and again! The term 'best practices' is abused often, though the idea is still important.
Since the permissions on a Unix-stle system are to allow the user to control over what they 'own ' (mainly the home directory) there's little to prevent a program run by the user from doing whatever it wants with user data. This applies to Linux, *BSD, and the commercial *nixes as well, not just OSX.
In the short term there are technical 'fixes' that can help but they are not perfect. Libtrash under Linux or using a backup tool that does *not* have the same rights as the user are good CYA in the short run, though an isolated sandbox or similar tools should really be available. How to pull this off, I don't know...if you've heard of end-user tools that can pass the pointy-haired-boss test, let me know!
While I agree this is the case, OSS is often seen as 'freeware' by most people. This in itself is dammaging far beyond the rants of a few OSS advocates.
(For the record: I'm using Linux 2.6.5 with NVidia's video drivers, have paid for Transgaming's WineX, Crossover Plugin and Office, VMWare, numerous native and ported Linux programs,. At the same time I don't have Windows running (dual boot or not) and only use VMWare for testing or running other instances of Linux or BSD.)
Active cooling, a dedicated fan, a big heat sink, and he should get up to 60-75 patches a day. No need to wait a year or two for Moore's law -- these changes can happen today!
It's also frustrating because I know how well Linux could work in many situations...yet people for some reason want that Windows nap-time blanket.
That said, as a professional I don't think switching for no reason is a good idea. When switching -- or changing any software used in a production environment -- it should be done with caution and patience. That said, I agree 100% with you on the foot dragging; it's not rocket science folks. Linux is damn good and can be used by the same people who are lost on a regular basis with Windows!
[looks over virtual shoulder]
Hmmm...I think I've done that in spades. If you want more Linux fans to buy games that are compiled for Linux, you need more Linux gamers!
I've admined 5.5 over the past few years...and can't get management to switch over to OSS or even newer versions of Exchange that Connector supports. Very annoying...though I do use Evolution to read mail.
I've seen a green card for Janet Reno. Funniest @#%!@ thing.
(It was at a facility where green cards are produced as a demo. No, I'm not saying where. No, I can't make one for your dog.)
Note: The 4GB storage on the MuVo2 is a drive, not flash. Read the link for specific details (it doesn't work on all compact flash capable cameras).
To paraphrase...no, it takes to long. I will sum up: You keep saying those words. I do not think it means what you think it means.
You are close...
When one person says "folder" and another says "directory" the two people sometimes get confused. It's rare, but I've seen it happen.
With Linux and Windows, there is a similar confusion. Modules under Linux -- serve the same purpose and are largely in the same parts of the OS -- as drivers do under Windows.
As for Nvidia, they have installation software that is not too hard to use. It will install the NVidia kernel module for the current kernel. I'm sure you've used similar ones for Windows graphics drivers.
The kernel policies are clear, and do not cause problems for the (quick guesstimate) ~4,000 other 'drivers' bundled with the base Linux kernel. NVidia has chosen not to follow those policies so like the problematic non-WHQL Windows drivers, they can suffer similar problems.
That said, for the most part, I've been very happy with the NVidia cards I have. They were very flaky 2 years ago. Now, they work well...even with the 2.6.x kernels.
Extentions are short hand for "don't look at the data, trust me that it is a PDF/DOC/BAT/JPG/...". What should happen to a file should depend on what it *is*, not what it says it is. This is one of the main reasons why Windows suffers from trojan attacks; half the OS takes the extention, and the other half looks at the contents.
The sad thing is that KDE/Gnome/... have followed this example. The extention should be soundly ignored and not trusted. It is a security and usability problem.
I hear the same thing about tabs in Mozilla/Firefox vs. opening up a new browser window in IE.
Yep. It's like drinking Pepsi or Coke all the time and being introduced to Dr. Pepper or lime Coke. It just seems *wrong*, doesn't it?
Haven't used it.
It's goofy under Windows too. You just don't notice it now! (The only OS that I've used that got it right was OS/2's WorkPlace Shell. No, I don't want to go back to that; OS/2 had other problems though the WPS was sweet.)
It's clumsy to me. It hides too much even when you tell it not to and has strange arbitrary limits. There is no direct link between what you do on the command line and what you do in the file manager. (Example: Try and copy a file using Explorer from a network resource. Now, do the same thing from CMD.)
The Konqueror and Nautilus shells need some improvements, for sure. Many of the failures in Explorer also appear in them as well. At it's base, though, if you mount a network resouce under Unix/Linux/... it shows up locally. These links can be placed in arbitrary locations instead of fictional "I:, J:, X: ..." lettered resouces. Microsoft is moving away from letters because of the substantial drawbacks but the tools to handle links (soft and hard not 'shortcuts') are very crude and not at all integrated with the GUI.
My biggest gripe with both Windows and KDE/Gnome as desktops is that they are both very inconsistant, though KDE/Gnome are less so. What I mean by that is that for Windows *AND* KDE/Gnome there isn't a complete 1:1 map between what you see and where things are in all programs.
KDE does handle network transparency very well, though, and includes plugins for a variety of network protocols, compressed files, and specific data types (such as audio CDs). For example: You can drop in an audio cd and browse to the MP3 directory on the CD...drag off a file...and the MP3 will be created on the fly. The 'view' of the MP3 directory is entirely virtual and does not really exist. The MP3 is only created when you drag and drop or otherwise access the file from the MP3 directory.
Where it fails by default is that you can't write a shell script that loads an audio CD, copies the MP3s, and ejects the CD -- because at the shell prompt there's nothing to see! You can use DCOP (an enhanced version of what Windows offers in COM).
The good thing is that there are tools being developed that will push this virtual interface back down to the OS level. That way, every tool sees the same results.
That said, Explorer doesn't match up to Konqueror very well. Here are 2 examples on how Konqueror is damn nice;
Managing web sites
View profiles
You can do some of this under Windows, though it usually requires finding extra plugins, installing them, or using a one-off application to 'manage' things like your camera (using whatever protocol the camera can understand).
Both KDE objects are fully scriptable and most interfaces are exposed so they offer advanced functions if you need them. Gnome objects are also scriptable and menus can be added easily as well, though the Gnome interface is much less complex by default.
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