I use Bank of America's web banking and it works fine for me. In fact, the fact that their web banking works under Linux is one of the few reasons I am still using them.
Think of it this way. If more students use Internet sites to make telephone calls, then it stands to reason that students will be making LESS telephone calls over the campus telephone network. As such, their peak call volumes will be lower, and they can remove some channels from their PSTN trunks. Or, even better, take some of the channels and dedicate them to Internet bandwidth to compensate. When we're talking PBX's and Internet, it's all ones and zeros anyhow. As a matter of fact, it's MORE efficient to use IP for telephone than a dedicated 64kbps B-channel. (My personal opinion: It is the university's right to choose. It may not be a good choice, but it is their choice.)
The Agape House in Baltimore City, teaching inner city kids how to use computers. The computer lab is Linux based and was designed by the UMBC Linux Users Group. It was mentioned on Slashdot a few months ago.
Agape characterizes the community spirit and has provided a real-world example of how free(beer) software can be implemented with older hardware for an extremely low-cost.
You can configure NT to audit pretty object access (including file delete), but it (obviously) puts such a load on the box that no one in their right mind would do so on an ongoing basis.
To see for yourself, on an NT server:
Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager for Domains -> Policies -> Audit
How so? Dr. Crusher was the original doctor, then she left and Dr. Pulasky filled in, then she came back. Crusher was pretty cool, but Pulasky was annoying.
are any local operatives? If there isn't, will someone set one up?
Geeks in the Streets in Baltimore was actually done by the UMBC Linux Users Group. Perhaps you could meet with your local LUG and set it up with them? There's sure to be one near you.
A local radio station here in Maryland actually had a promo where they showed the movie IN the woods... the same woods where the movie supposedly occurred. Now THAT would have been scary.
The USPS is a great organization. People often complain about them, but where else can you:
Get an ounce physically delivered from puerto rico to alaska for $0.33?
Mail an overnight package at noon on christmas eve and have it delivered on christmas day? (With all of the tracking abilities available with commercial package distribution organizations?)
Have legal proof of delivery of an item?
etc. etc.
Not only that, but people greatly exaggerate the perceived lack of reliability of the USPS. Remember that on average, the USPS delivers over half a BILLION pieces of mail a day. Even a small fraction of a percentage of that mail lost is a large amount. FedEX looses mail too, you know -- See http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/od/story.html ?s=v/nm/19990719/od/fedex_tests_1.html (Sorry, I would anchor this in but slashdot keeps chewing up the url and spitting it back out null.)
Reminder -- Use your ZIP+4 code to help keep mailing costs down!
By my (albeit limited) observation, the people who use computers and Internet heavily tend to be more intelligent than average, and... quite frankly, television generally insults the public's intelligence.
This is just the sort of thing that news magazines such as 60 minutes would love to put on (make it look like they are on the cutting edge!)... It would be great to make "John Q. Public" aware of the moronic NSI policies.
Isn't one of the "Open Source" community's touted advantages is that we HAVE no deadlines? No software leaves beta before it's time because there are no artificial arbitrary deadlines.
Now suddenly our most visible and important software is leaving beta without being completely finished for no particular reason.
Of course, I don't code free software (That's my contribution to the free software community: I don't curse them my terrible coding), so my opinion doesn't really matter.
I didn't like it because the structure was almost entirely the same as the original... Even the same materials were used, just slightly expanded (probably with the rejected stuff from the first)... Number two falling over the cliff, Dr. Evil telling Scott to shut up with all of the "shhh!" stuff, it just wasn't as funny the second time around.
There were funny original scenes, but they were rare.
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In Debian:
/usr/local/dpkg.selections
/usr/local/dpkg.selections
/usr/local from backup)
dpkg --get-selections >
When your drive goes to "Silicon Heaven"
dpkg --set-selections
(Assuming you've already restored
its easier to install one monolithic service pack than hundreds of seperate patches
The concept of a patch cluster is not unique to microsoft. For example, Sun distributes a recommended patch cluster updated <?> monthly...
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I use Bank of America's web banking and it works fine for me. In fact, the fact that their web banking works under Linux is one of the few reasons I am still using them.
Think of it this way. If more students use Internet sites to make telephone calls, then it stands to reason that students will be making LESS telephone calls over the campus telephone network. As such, their peak call volumes will be lower, and they can remove some channels from their PSTN trunks. Or, even better, take some of the channels and dedicate them to Internet bandwidth to compensate. When we're talking PBX's and Internet, it's all ones and zeros anyhow. As a matter of fact, it's MORE efficient to use IP for telephone than a dedicated 64kbps B-channel. (My personal opinion: It is the university's right to choose. It may not be a good choice, but it is their choice.)
If you feel that way, then please join the National Motorists Association . I finally did when I got a $520 speeding ticket last month.
Agape characterizes the community spirit and has provided a real-world example of how free(beer) software can be implemented with older hardware for an extremely low-cost.
umm.. I meant "pretty much every object access"... You can audit ugly object, too. ;)
Not to admit that I'm an MCP or anything ;) BUT--
You can configure NT to audit pretty object access (including file delete), but it (obviously) puts such a load on the box that no one in their right mind would do so on an ongoing basis.
To see for yourself, on an NT server:
Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager for Domains -> Policies -> Audit
Why did I stop reading Computer Shopper? The cover price.
I mean, HONESTLY! It was something in the area of $5 on the bookshelves during its heyday.
It just wasn't worth the money, regardless of how much money it helped me save on comptuter parts.
Nowdays, I just go straight for Pricewatch and don't have to worry about digging through several hundred pages of ads.This sure sounds like Scott Pakin's automatic complaint letter generator to me...
I just *KNEW* the slashdot flamewars would go too far one day!
How so? Dr. Crusher was the original doctor, then she left and Dr. Pulasky filled in, then she came back. Crusher was pretty cool, but Pulasky was annoying.
I'm afraid now the X-Files won't end their series, now, and instead give Scully a new cheesy sidekick. (e.g. like Dr. Crusher -> Dr. Pulasky)
Geeks in the Streets in Baltimore was actually done by the UMBC Linux Users Group. Perhaps you could meet with your local LUG and set it up with them? There's sure to be one near you.
A local radio station here in Maryland actually had a promo where they showed the movie IN the woods... the same woods where the movie supposedly occurred. Now THAT would have been scary.
(Proud contributor to the teach-AN-admin-grammar foundation)
He didn't say "teach-a-admin", he said "teach-a-slashdot-admin" (exept he used "/." instead of "slashdot".)
The moral? Look before you flame. Or, preferably, don't flame at all.
Canadian? Huh? Roblimo lives in the US...
etc. etc.
Not only that, but people greatly exaggerate the perceived lack of reliability of the USPS. Remember that on average, the USPS delivers over half a BILLION pieces of mail a day. Even a small fraction of a percentage of that mail lost is a large amount. FedEX looses mail too, you know -- Seel ?s=v/nm/19990719/od/fedex_tests_1.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/od/story.htm
(Sorry, I would anchor this in but slashdot keeps chewing up the url and spitting it back out null.)
Reminder -- Use your ZIP+4 code to help keep mailing costs down!
By my (albeit limited) observation, the people who use computers and Internet heavily tend to be more intelligent than average, and... quite frankly, television generally insults the public's intelligence.
As much as I hated "The Net", I just looked over that one as the 555-1212 of the computer world.
This is just the sort of thing that news magazines such as 60 minutes would love to put on (make it look like they are on the cutting edge!)... It would be great to make "John Q. Public" aware of the moronic NSI policies.
Isn't one of the "Open Source" community's touted advantages is that we HAVE no deadlines? No software leaves beta before it's time because there are no artificial arbitrary deadlines.
Now suddenly our most visible and important software is leaving beta without being completely finished for no particular reason.
Of course, I don't code free software (That's my contribution to the free software community: I don't curse them my terrible coding), so my opinion doesn't really matter.
Terminator 2, Gremlins 2, Star Trek II, IV, VI just off the top of my head.
There were funny original scenes, but they were rare.
I for one was quite disappointed.