No, not at all. (Are you trolling?:)
You are told to forget the technology which was used to convey the concepts, but the concepts are where the value is.
Here's an example.
If you want to learn how to fly a 747 you don't start out on one! You spend many years and tens of thousands of dollars learning on the concepts on smaller aircraft. Granted, knowing the gauge layout of a Cessna has zero relevance to a 747 but the concept of watching your fuel levels applies equally well in either case.
So yes, when you get to 747 school they will say "forget all that other airplane stuff" but they're not really telling you to forget the concepts, just the nitty-gritty details that you don't need any more.
Compres vous?
I'll second this. It costs an unbelievable amount of money (millions of dollars) to design and test a curriculum.
You see this in other fields as well (e.g. psychology, business etc.) As long as you're getting the concepts, it doesn't matter what the mechanics of the course are based on.
You'll learn the real-world applications of those concepts quickly enough in the real world.:)
Cool, enough bricks and I can build a house! But seriously: Windows became a monopoly before Office did. Office's present monopoly is based on the foundation laid by Windows. Office's status as a monopoly is grandfathered from Windows. QED (It is possible for something to be true without a judicial ruling...)
Er, no. TS won't allow more than the number of licensed users to connect. I think it does allow a couple of grace conncetions, but if you've ever worked in a Terminal Services environment where the number of users approached the license limit you know what a pain it is!
The real problem is actually going to be divying up those licenses as TS (even with patches) won't release a license from a connection for some number of hours. So if you have 5 licenses and 100 potential connecting users you're going to be constantly cleaning up the un-expired licenses...
It's actually pretty easy to do if you have your own domain and have a bunch of dummy accounts setup so you can "send as" each one. Whenever you make a new one you have to put in the correct mail server info (so it will send) and it will default to the settings it already knows about from the original account.
It's easy enough to change to something bogus for the username (since one never needs to collect through more than one account, only send) but if you forget you're hosed! The only way to undo your mistake is to backup the mail folder, do your delete and then restore it...
A minor annoyance once one is aware of it but a bit of a pisser the first time.
Anybody know if they fixed the bug in mail where if you mistakenly create two accounts with the same email address and delete one it deletes all the associated emails?
Stepping away from the subject at hand for a moment.:)
I use OpenWebMail (used to be NeoMail) at home and it's not bad at all. I have a couple mailboxes with over 4000 messages it's only slow the very first time you open one (it builds an index). It has lots of features (multiple addresses on one account, text search, spell check, calendaring etc.)
If it talked to Exchange I'd be building a server for it for my client right now.:)
I posted this Ask Slashdot.
My thanks to all the posters, especially the persons who suggested SamsungContact and gave feedback on HiPerExchange.
Unfortunately the rest of the suggestions (so far) do not support calendar functions!!
The idea is to replace all of OWA, not just the email portion of it!:)
You're obviously not using that Windows box in a production environment!:) You expose IIS with a real website using your favorite mix of CGI/ASP/whatever without using IISLockD and see how long it lasts.
And for those who will argue that IISLockD can be configured to accomodate your sites needs - I recommend you take a close look at what has to be turned back on to make any site functional and you'll see how useless it really is in the real world.
If you search a little harder you'll discover that you don't even need the original key. With a file, two blanks and a half hour (or less) you can make a key to any lock.
(Except things like Medeco of course, but that's a different story anyway. Though I did once know a guy who could pick most Medeco locks by hand in about half a day!)
I learned that the hard way. There was a time when I was a newbie on an AOS/VS system. My boss, who was very technical and proud of his security, told me my account was restricted so I could do anything I wanted.
While exploring the system I discovered a few commands which I could not execute because of insufficient rights, but they did run at least long enough to tell me that fact.
So I went looking for them to see what else I might find that I wasn't allowed to run and discovered that there was a whole section of the system where these executables were stored that I couldn't see unless I knew the full name of the file.
(You can see where this is headed...:)
I wrote a little script to iterate every combination of characters for file names up to ten characters long (figured that was long enough to get at least a few things).
The problem was that the script was a recursive loop and the kernel would attempt to optimise loops on execution. And there was a bug in the task-switcher that wouldn't let it service other tasks until the optimisation process was done.
So the system came to a screeching halt as it figured out 260,000,000,000 file names!
WiFi (and more) payphones are already happening. Check out Metrophone.
Their website sucks, so here's an article which talks about them a little. No mention of WiFi in either the website or the article but it's available.
Cool! The Tomahawk goes 400mph!! For those who haven't clicked on the link yet, be aware that CNN's page "trapped" my Chimera 6.0b browser, I couldn't get back to Slashdot!!! (Waah!)
Not to mention the link lands you at the "Avenger" which looks like crap, as does every other car on the page! (Except the T'Hawk of course:).
Here's a direct link to the Tomahawk.
Umm, not to be a clueless whatever here, but WTF is YAPC...? (I can get a UPS painted yellow or something?)
Yes, I could click the (no doubt slashdotted)link, but the submitter/editor could also have mentioned what the heck it is!
FireWire2 is the next generation of the Apple-invented standard. It supports data transfer at 800M bps and is backwards-compatible with computers and peripherals that support FireWire 1. It also works with USB (universal serial bus) 2.0-equipped Windows PCs.
And had to scratch my head. Do they really mean that FireWire2 is also compatible with USB?!?
Maybe they'll call it FIR-USB and all the devices will be round. (But will they be dog-slobber proof?:)
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DEADBEEF always works for me but there are some who would consider it BADC0DE... :)
Here is a functional link
:)
But if it was just me I'd probably just use a number drill (very small drill bit) and a wire-wrap tool...
(Now the Karma question - is this a Funny, Informative, Troll?
Most tape drives do hardware compression anyway...
"That should run pretty slick!"
And a few weeks later...
"Eww, rancid!"
In your position college will only be useful if the fact of having the degree impresses the right people or you want to change careers. :)
I'd like to see a source for that figure! :)
No, not at all. (Are you trolling? :)
You are told to forget the technology which was used to convey the concepts, but the concepts are where the value is.
Here's an example.
If you want to learn how to fly a 747 you don't start out on one! You spend many years and tens of thousands of dollars learning on the concepts on smaller aircraft. Granted, knowing the gauge layout of a Cessna has zero relevance to a 747 but the concept of watching your fuel levels applies equally well in either case.
So yes, when you get to 747 school they will say "forget all that other airplane stuff" but they're not really telling you to forget the concepts, just the nitty-gritty details that you don't need any more.
Compres vous?
I'll second this. It costs an unbelievable amount of money (millions of dollars) to design and test a curriculum. :)
You see this in other fields as well (e.g. psychology, business etc.) As long as you're getting the concepts, it doesn't matter what the mechanics of the course are based on.
You'll learn the real-world applications of those concepts quickly enough in the real world.
Cool, enough bricks and I can build a house!
But seriously:
Windows became a monopoly before Office did. Office's present monopoly is based on the foundation laid by Windows. Office's status as a monopoly is grandfathered from Windows. QED
(It is possible for something to be true without a judicial ruling...)
Ah, got it! Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't trying to troll. :)
Thanks for the text.
:)
Now here's the caveat in the design:
The power supply!
Webserver = 0.64" x 0.57" x 1.34"
Power-supply = 1.75" x 2" x 2.5"
Er, no. TS won't allow more than the number of licensed users to connect. I think it does allow a couple of grace conncetions, but if you've ever worked in a Terminal Services environment where the number of users approached the license limit you know what a pain it is!
The real problem is actually going to be divying up those licenses as TS (even with patches) won't release a license from a connection for some number of hours. So if you have 5 licenses and 100 potential connecting users you're going to be constantly cleaning up the un-expired licenses...
It's actually pretty easy to do if you have your own domain and have a bunch of dummy accounts setup so you can "send as" each one. Whenever you make a new one you have to put in the correct mail server info (so it will send) and it will default to the settings it already knows about from the original account.
It's easy enough to change to something bogus for the username (since one never needs to collect through more than one account, only send) but if you forget you're hosed! The only way to undo your mistake is to backup the mail folder, do your delete and then restore it...
A minor annoyance once one is aware of it but a bit of a pisser the first time.
Anybody know if they fixed the bug in mail where if you mistakenly create two accounts with the same email address and delete one it deletes all the associated emails?
Stepping away from the subject at hand for a moment. :) :)
I use OpenWebMail (used to be NeoMail) at home and it's not bad at all. I have a couple mailboxes with over 4000 messages it's only slow the very first time you open one (it builds an index). It has lots of features (multiple addresses on one account, text search, spell check, calendaring etc.)
If it talked to Exchange I'd be building a server for it for my client right now.
They're not moving because of broadband, they're moving because of the crappy service!!!
Be nice if they had stats on local ISP's aggregate numbers...
I posted this Ask Slashdot. :)
My thanks to all the posters, especially the persons who suggested SamsungContact and gave feedback on HiPerExchange.
Unfortunately the rest of the suggestions (so far) do not support calendar functions!!
The idea is to replace all of OWA, not just the email portion of it!
You're obviously not using that Windows box in a production environment! :) You expose IIS with a real website using your favorite mix of CGI/ASP/whatever without using IISLockD and see how long it lasts.
And for those who will argue that IISLockD can be configured to accomodate your sites needs - I recommend you take a close look at what has to be turned back on to make any site functional and you'll see how useless it really is in the real world.
If you search a little harder you'll discover that you don't even need the original key. With a file, two blanks and a half hour (or less) you can make a key to any lock.
(Except things like Medeco of course, but that's a different story anyway. Though I did once know a guy who could pick most Medeco locks by hand in about half a day!)
I learned that the hard way. There was a time when I was a newbie on an AOS/VS system. My boss, who was very technical and proud of his security, told me my account was restricted so I could do anything I wanted. :)
While exploring the system I discovered a few commands which I could not execute because of insufficient rights, but they did run at least long enough to tell me that fact.
So I went looking for them to see what else I might find that I wasn't allowed to run and discovered that there was a whole section of the system where these executables were stored that I couldn't see unless I knew the full name of the file.
(You can see where this is headed...
I wrote a little script to iterate every combination of characters for file names up to ten characters long (figured that was long enough to get at least a few things).
The problem was that the script was a recursive loop and the kernel would attempt to optimise loops on execution. And there was a bug in the task-switcher that wouldn't let it service other tasks until the optimisation process was done.
So the system came to a screeching halt as it figured out 260,000,000,000 file names!
WiFi (and more) payphones are already happening. Check out Metrophone.
Their website sucks, so here's an article which talks about them a little. No mention of WiFi in either the website or the article but it's available.
And they want $4000 for it!!! Wah-hahhahhah!!
:)
ROFLMAO!
Not to say that don't have that much into the card but geez, for $4K you can get something a hell of a lot more capable from Fluke.
Cool! The Tomahawk goes 400mph!! :).
For those who haven't clicked on the link yet, be aware that CNN's page "trapped" my Chimera 6.0b browser, I couldn't get back to Slashdot!!! (Waah!)
Not to mention the link lands you at the "Avenger" which looks like crap, as does every other car on the page! (Except the T'Hawk of course
Here's a direct link to the Tomahawk.
Umm, not to be a clueless whatever here, but WTF is YAPC...? (I can get a UPS painted yellow or something?)
Yes, I could click the (no doubt slashdotted)link, but the submitter/editor could also have mentioned what the heck it is!
I read this:
:)
FireWire2 is the next generation of the Apple-invented standard. It supports data transfer at 800M bps and is backwards-compatible with computers and peripherals that support FireWire 1. It also works with USB (universal serial bus) 2.0-equipped Windows PCs.
And had to scratch my head. Do they really mean that FireWire2 is also compatible with USB?!?
Maybe they'll call it FIR-USB and all the devices will be round. (But will they be dog-slobber proof?