Another fiendly package that should probably be checked out is XAMPP.
And I love the way these threads always have a bunch of comments that say "Ooh, you should close that port on your firewall!" Usually, all ports should be closed, and you open the ones you need--not open by default and closed as vulns are announced. Remember kids: a firewall with all ports open IS NOT A FIREWALL.
I think I have it set for 59 minutes... 0 1 * * * tar zcvf ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz ~/public_html/* 0 2 * * * scp ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz me@some.other.server:~/backups/ 0 3 * * * rm ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz the zeroeth minute of the first, second, and third hour of the day. or do I have that all backwards... in any case, I'd make a script that did one, the other, and the next thing, and just call that script, rather than have 3 cron entries.
And Gary Larson has a louse named after him. I wonder how many other things have been named after famous people? As tributes, I mean--I'm not talking about Newton's Laws of Motion or Einstein's Theory of Relativity here.
"no sane person would run a server without RAID or some other form of redundant backup."
Obviously a Mini is not server grade hardware. "Serious" people start with redundant discs, move on to redundant power supplies, and go from there. The mini is just a cheap way to go for some fun. As for backups, that's why God gave you a network: ----- $ crontab -l 0 1 * * * tar zcvf ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz ~/public_html/* 0 2 * * * scp ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz me@some.other.server:~/backups/ 0 3 * * * rm ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz ----- SSH keys are your friend!
---posted from a G4/1.25 GHz mini with 256 MB RAM that is also serving a few small sites via DSL
Not trolling here, I'm seriously asking--what kind of machine are you on, and what kind of pages are you looking at, where you can see "orders of magnitude" difference between browsers? I did testing a couple years ago, and yes, at the time, on huge tabled pages (not regular sites, but database "show all" pages with 1000's of TDs) NS4/Mac was slow, IE/Mac was better but still pretty slow, and Moz/Mac was fast. (In Windows, IE was fastest, and Moz was almost there.)
But nowadays, when the slowest systems I use are 1 GHz+, I do not see an appreciable difference at all among different browsers. (Mostly Safari/Mac & FF/Win.) On a broadband connection, every page I need draws in a second or two as long as the server can keep the pipe filled.
Jeez, does this need to be spelled out every single time? Yes, OS X is a great OS and a great UNIX. But some people, sometimes, just want to run Linux, and they want to run it on Apple hardware. I will be using my mini as a web server (apache, php, postgres, mysql, gallery, geeklog, and more) and everything I need works fine under OS X. If someone else wants a wsebserver in a tiny package BUT they have the desire or need to do it all in Linux, why shouldn't they?
this page says that there's a trick to make iDVD 5 create an image, rather than burn a disk. Also, there's a hack out there to do this in iDVD 4. I used it a year ago and it worked fine. made a plain-vanilla.iso or.dmg or.img (I forget which) so no, it shouldn't be some goofy iDVD-only format. I made images one one mac and burned them on another with Toast. I'm posting this from my combo-drive mini but I haven't installed iLife 05 yet. (Ships with '04 and comes with '05 on a DVD.)
when the minis first came out, apple had a picture of 5 of them stacked next to a PC to show their size. it seems they took that pic away (else I forgot where it was) but in any case, you aren't supposed to stack them (or put anything else on top) 'cause that might damage the optical drive. So, either stand them on their sides (that's OK) or buy an itty-bitty rack.:-)
I have my mini sitting on my desk an inch away from my keyboard. I have a Series 2 DirecTiVo on the desk next to me, maybe a foot away. The fan in the TiVo is louder.
That drive is fast enough to work with DV, where a 2 GB file has to be read or written in 9 1/2 minutes. It's more than adequate for a compressed movie, where 2 GB lasts 2 hours. Trust me: I've use my 800 MHz G3 iBook with iMovie and it's fine.
Or like when I ssh home (um, at lunch, right) and play Freecell.:-) Or run nedit, then go help -> about and see "Built on Linux, x86." Fun fun fun.
In all seriousness, I guess the deal here is that it's a newer version than what ships as X11.app? 'About' says 'X11 1.0 - XFree86 4.3.0'. I know the '1.0' refer's to the fact that it's *Apple's* 1.0, but can someone who spends more time with X than I do explain the significance of X11R6?
[later]
OK, I just looked at TFA. The title of this summary is a bit misleading--this title is "Apple Explains How to Run X11 on MacOS" but the actual article's title is "Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X" and in goes on to say "X11 for Mac OS X... includes the full X11R6.6 technology including an X11 window server, Quartz window manager, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm." OK, got it. I think. Still not sure how R6 and 4.3.0 relate, but the main thing is, there is nothing new here. They're talking about the X11 that OS X ships with.
Like they say, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.' I haven't seen any dead pixels on the dozens of Dell LCDs we have here. (Not that I've inspected every one closely, but I have 3 myself and I spend a lot of time in other people's cubes and in conference areas.) OTOH, my iBook has one and has since the day I got it. (Green, upper left.) Most manufacturers won't take them back until there's a certain number on the screen (usually 5 or more) or a certain amount in a certain area (like 3 within an inch.) Given my experiences, I'd say any LCD is equally likely to have or develop a dead pixel. AFAIK, Dell LCDs are made by Samsung.
The iPod is so popular because it is the easiest player to use. Apple's moderate (being generous here) share in every other market it's in--markets that it has in for decades--should be proof that the Apple name itself is worth nothing except to the single-digit percentage of True Believers. They're growing, sure, but the iPod was a smash despite being an Apple product. If it's popular now in part because of the name, it's because that name earned the reputation of being the best. Basically, you're putting the cart before the horse. "Apple" and "great MP3 player" are synonymous because Apple made a great MP3 player, not because it's an MP3 player made by Apple.
If lower-priced, feature-rich players are losing to Apple, it's because people don't care about price that much (unlikely), they don't want all those features, or because the Apple is better in some other way, like how simple it is to use. (And it's quick, too--being able to scroll continuously means I can go from the first of my 4700 songs to the last in seconds. Personally, I think the wheel is the #1 feature--what good is your music if it takes forever to get to? And I won't even go into how good iTunes is here. Again, you might say there are better MP3 apps out there, but good design, simplicity, and ease-of-use win almost every time.) But to attempt to say it's successful because it's from Apple misses the truth entirely.
I've been in charge of buying flat panels for my company for the last few years. In that time, 20" LCDs from Dell have gone from $2000 to $599. In the same time, high-end Apple LCDs have gone from 22" 1600x1024 for $4000 to 30" 2560x1600 for $3000 (plus a $600 video card to run it.) If you haven't seen any drops, you haven't been looking very hard. As for your last point, I can go to CompUSA and buy a 17" LCD for $279 or a 15" laptop for $649.
Here's a great overview of what cleartype is and does and how it works. Also, in OS X, go to System Preferences, Appearance. If you choose "medium - best for flat panel" that will activate sub-pixel rendering.
A lot of people are asking where the URLs come from. I assume you're clicking on emailed links, or have desktop shortcuts, or something. I hope your desire isn't to type "intranet.mycompany.com" into FF and have IE launch. If that's the case, look at the other tips regarding the "view in IE" extension. If not, keep reading.
One possibility would be to write a.BAT file (or Perl if you have Cygwin or whatever) that does the parsing and launching. Then dig into the registry, find out where the default browser is set, and change that path to be your script.
For example: to see google.com with IE, just launch cmd.exe and say
For those who weren't around at the time and want a hint of what the machines could do, Wired ran this story a while ago about people who continue to use old computers, including Amigas.
What more would you like them to do? It's already illegal to
- sell a gun to a minor
- sell a gun to a felon
- leave a gun where a minor can access it
- use a gun to commit a crime
- etc etc etc
but it appears that criminals, since they're criminals, will continue to break the law (since, you know, that's the definition of criminal) no matter what.
AFAIK, they've already made huge progress on link farms. Big circles of links coming from the same subnet (i.e., one or a few boxes at a single colo, presumable operated by the same party) are ignored, or at least given lesser weight.
Next they need to make it so Bob's Crappy Search doesn't come up as the number one match when I search for "text string", leading me to whatever.com/text/string/text_string.html which is just a page full of matches much less useful than anything google would come up with on its own.
Not sure what your requirements are (one issue per month but MT is "too simple"?) but CityDesk is one way to go. Non-free Windows-only binary but it's great software and you don't need anything on the server except FTP. Free trial version, $299 to buy. Sounds expensive until you consider the cost of training. With CityDesk it's "Sit here, type into this thing that looks a lot like Word, and click 'pubish'."
Like many others here, a lot of people ask me what I think they should buy when it's tine to get a (new) computer. I now have an easy anwer for all of them: an Apple Mac Mini. The $499 model plus $75 to bring it to 512 MB RAM is *perfect* for everyone I know. Nearly no one I know *needs* Windows for anything. If they do, they can get a second, older computer and not connect it to the Internet.
I am so, so happy Apple has finally made a *really* affordable good Mac. (Where "affordable" means "less than $800" and "good" means "doesn't have a bloody great CRT built-in." Yes, the iBooks are fabulous, but the small screen and keyboard aren't so great for some folks. And $1000 is a lot more than $600 for a lot of people.) Thank you thank you thank you!
Yes, that's right about what they're worth. The main point was the no shipping and getting to see it in person before paying. I just bought it to learn a little IRIX. Great entry-level SGI what with the PS/2 and VGA ports.
I suppose I should have mentioned there's no security at all in that script. Not like it's on the front page of my site--it's in a hidden directory behind https and an.htaccess file. If you can guess where my site is, and what the directory is, and my username and password, go nuts.:-)
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Another fiendly package that should probably be checked out is XAMPP.
And I love the way these threads always have a bunch of comments that say "Ooh, you should close that port on your firewall!" Usually, all ports should be closed, and you open the ones you need--not open by default and closed as vulns are announced. Remember kids: a firewall with all ports open IS NOT A FIREWALL.
I think I have it set for 59 minutes...
0 1 * * * tar zcvf ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz ~/public_html/*
0 2 * * * scp ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz me@some.other.server:~/backups/
0 3 * * * rm ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz
the zeroeth minute of the first, second, and third hour of the day. or do I have that all backwards...
in any case, I'd make a script that did one, the other, and the next thing, and just call that script, rather than have 3 cron entries.
And Gary Larson has a louse named after him. I wonder how many other things have been named after famous people? As tributes, I mean--I'm not talking about Newton's Laws of Motion or Einstein's Theory of Relativity here.
"no sane person would run a server without RAID or some other form of redundant backup."
Obviously a Mini is not server grade hardware. "Serious" people start with redundant discs, move on to redundant power supplies, and go from there. The mini is just a cheap way to go for some fun. As for backups, that's why God gave you a network:
-----
$ crontab -l
0 1 * * * tar zcvf ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz ~/public_html/*
0 2 * * * scp ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz me@some.other.server:~/backups/
0 3 * * * rm ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.tgz
-----
SSH keys are your friend!
---posted from a G4/1.25 GHz mini with 256 MB RAM that is also serving a few small sites via DSL
Not trolling here, I'm seriously asking--what kind of machine are you on, and what kind of pages are you looking at, where you can see "orders of magnitude" difference between browsers? I did testing a couple years ago, and yes, at the time, on huge tabled pages (not regular sites, but database "show all" pages with 1000's of TDs) NS4/Mac was slow, IE/Mac was better but still pretty slow, and Moz/Mac was fast. (In Windows, IE was fastest, and Moz was almost there.)
But nowadays, when the slowest systems I use are 1 GHz+, I do not see an appreciable difference at all among different browsers. (Mostly Safari/Mac & FF/Win.) On a broadband connection, every page I need draws in a second or two as long as the server can keep the pipe filled.
Jeez, does this need to be spelled out every single time? Yes, OS X is a great OS and a great UNIX. But some people, sometimes, just want to run Linux, and they want to run it on Apple hardware. I will be using my mini as a web server (apache, php, postgres, mysql, gallery, geeklog, and more) and everything I need works fine under OS X. If someone else wants a wsebserver in a tiny package BUT they have the desire or need to do it all in Linux, why shouldn't they?
this page says that there's a trick to make iDVD 5 create an image, rather than burn a disk. Also, there's a hack out there to do this in iDVD 4. I used it a year ago and it worked fine. made a plain-vanilla .iso or .dmg or .img (I forget which) so no, it shouldn't be some goofy iDVD-only format. I made images one one mac and burned them on another with Toast. I'm posting this from my combo-drive mini but I haven't installed iLife 05 yet. (Ships with '04 and comes with '05 on a DVD.)
when the minis first came out, apple had a picture of 5 of them stacked next to a PC to show their size. it seems they took that pic away (else I forgot where it was) but in any case, you aren't supposed to stack them (or put anything else on top) 'cause that might damage the optical drive. So, either stand them on their sides (that's OK) or buy an itty-bitty rack. :-)
ATA/100 means 120 GB is the max, right? You need ATA/133 to go over 128 (or 137 or whatever) GB?
I have my mini sitting on my desk an inch away from my keyboard. I have a Series 2 DirecTiVo on the desk next to me, maybe a foot away. The fan in the TiVo is louder.
That drive is fast enough to work with DV, where a 2 GB file has to be read or written in 9 1/2 minutes. It's more than adequate for a compressed movie, where 2 GB lasts 2 hours. Trust me: I've use my 800 MHz G3 iBook with iMovie and it's fine.
Or like when I ssh home (um, at lunch, right) and play Freecell. :-) Or run nedit, then go help -> about and see "Built on Linux, x86." Fun fun fun.
In all seriousness, I guess the deal here is that it's a newer version than what ships as X11.app? 'About' says 'X11 1.0 - XFree86 4.3.0'. I know the '1.0' refer's to the fact that it's *Apple's* 1.0, but can someone who spends more time with X than I do explain the significance of X11R6?
[later]
OK, I just looked at TFA. The title of this summary is a bit misleading--this title is "Apple Explains How to Run X11 on MacOS" but the actual article's title is "Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X" and in goes on to say "X11 for Mac OS X... includes the full X11R6.6 technology including an X11 window server, Quartz window manager, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm." OK, got it. I think. Still not sure how R6 and 4.3.0 relate, but the main thing is, there is nothing new here. They're talking about the X11 that OS X ships with.
Like they say, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.' I haven't seen any dead pixels on the dozens of Dell LCDs we have here. (Not that I've inspected every one closely, but I have 3 myself and I spend a lot of time in other people's cubes and in conference areas.) OTOH, my iBook has one and has since the day I got it. (Green, upper left.) Most manufacturers won't take them back until there's a certain number on the screen (usually 5 or more) or a certain amount in a certain area (like 3 within an inch.) Given my experiences, I'd say any LCD is equally likely to have or develop a dead pixel. AFAIK, Dell LCDs are made by Samsung.
The iPod is so popular because it is the easiest player to use. Apple's moderate (being generous here) share in every other market it's in--markets that it has in for decades--should be proof that the Apple name itself is worth nothing except to the single-digit percentage of True Believers. They're growing, sure, but the iPod was a smash despite being an Apple product. If it's popular now in part because of the name, it's because that name earned the reputation of being the best. Basically, you're putting the cart before the horse. "Apple" and "great MP3 player" are synonymous because Apple made a great MP3 player, not because it's an MP3 player made by Apple.
If lower-priced, feature-rich players are losing to Apple, it's because people don't care about price that much (unlikely), they don't want all those features, or because the Apple is better in some other way, like how simple it is to use. (And it's quick, too--being able to scroll continuously means I can go from the first of my 4700 songs to the last in seconds. Personally, I think the wheel is the #1 feature--what good is your music if it takes forever to get to? And I won't even go into how good iTunes is here. Again, you might say there are better MP3 apps out there, but good design, simplicity, and ease-of-use win almost every time.) But to attempt to say it's successful because it's from Apple misses the truth entirely.
I've been in charge of buying flat panels for my company for the last few years. In that time, 20" LCDs from Dell have gone from $2000 to $599. In the same time, high-end Apple LCDs have gone from 22" 1600x1024 for $4000 to 30" 2560x1600 for $3000 (plus a $600 video card to run it.) If you haven't seen any drops, you haven't been looking very hard. As for your last point, I can go to CompUSA and buy a 17" LCD for $279 or a 15" laptop for $649.
Here's a great overview of what cleartype is and does and how it works. Also, in OS X, go to System Preferences, Appearance. If you choose "medium - best for flat panel" that will activate sub-pixel rendering.
One possibility would be to write a
For example: to see google.com with IE, just launch cmd.exe and sayTo see Google in Firefox, it's
For those who weren't around at the time and want a hint of what the machines could do, Wired ran this story a while ago about people who continue to use old computers, including Amigas.
And for phpMyAdmin fans there's phpPgAdmin.
What more would you like them to do? It's already illegal to
- sell a gun to a minor
- sell a gun to a felon
- leave a gun where a minor can access it
- use a gun to commit a crime
- etc etc etc
but it appears that criminals, since they're criminals, will continue to break the law (since, you know, that's the definition of criminal) no matter what.
AFAIK, they've already made huge progress on link farms. Big circles of links coming from the same subnet (i.e., one or a few boxes at a single colo, presumable operated by the same party) are ignored, or at least given lesser weight.
Next they need to make it so Bob's Crappy Search doesn't come up as the number one match when I search for "text string", leading me to whatever.com/text/string/text_string.html which is just a page full of matches much less useful than anything google would come up with on its own.
Not sure what your requirements are (one issue per month but MT is "too simple"?) but CityDesk is one way to go. Non-free Windows-only binary but it's great software and you don't need anything on the server except FTP. Free trial version, $299 to buy. Sounds expensive until you consider the cost of training. With CityDesk it's "Sit here, type into this thing that looks a lot like Word, and click 'pubish'."
Like many others here, a lot of people ask me what I think they should buy when it's tine to get a (new) computer. I now have an easy anwer for all of them: an Apple Mac Mini. The $499 model plus $75 to bring it to 512 MB RAM is *perfect* for everyone I know. Nearly no one I know *needs* Windows for anything. If they do, they can get a second, older computer and not connect it to the Internet.
I am so, so happy Apple has finally made a *really* affordable good Mac. (Where "affordable" means "less than $800" and "good" means "doesn't have a bloody great CRT built-in." Yes, the iBooks are fabulous, but the small screen and keyboard aren't so great for some folks. And $1000 is a lot more than $600 for a lot of people.) Thank you thank you thank you!
Yes, that's right about what they're worth. The main point was the no shipping and getting to see it in person before paying. I just bought it to learn a little IRIX. Great entry-level SGI what with the PS/2 and VGA ports.
I suppose I should have mentioned there's no security at all in that script. Not like it's on the front page of my site--it's in a hidden directory behind https and an .htaccess file. If you can guess where my site is, and what the directory is, and my username and password, go nuts. :-)