Microsoft is threatening its developers with random audits for commercial use of MSDN software. MS has always been good to their developers and they must need revenue pretty bad to risk alienating them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18785.htm l
"IIS has been a cancer on Windows 2000," he says. "Including that code in the Windows 2000 base vs. it being a separate application was a huge mistake."
InformationWeek:How much more complex is Windows 2000 security compared with Windows NT 4.0? And in what ways is it more complex?
Fossen: It's roughly 10 times more complex. The security infrastructure of Windows 2000 includes Active Directory, Encrypting File System, Group Policy, IPSec, Kerberos, public key infrastructure, remote-access policies, and smart-card logon services. NT security is characterized by the ad hoc plugging of security holes; Windows 2000 security is characterized by the management of these security services to make security scale across an enterprise. Holes still need to be plugged, of course, but now there are built-in tools to make even that effort easier.
These creatures will attack burglars and spit all over them!
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/nationworld/ ar ticle/0,2669,SAV-0104250280,FF.html
This movie has been around since late last year.
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It has been touring the film festivals art houses and is finally starting to get attention. Maybe it will finally get wide release. I haven't seen it yet but I am going to see it today at the local (Chicago) art house theatre.
First you have to go to http://www.iomega.com/rinaldi/request_rebate.html and request the rebate. The terms aren't even very good (see below) plus you have to wait until the end of October just to get the rebate! I don't even use my zip anymore since it clicks constantly and loses data.
Rinaldi Class Action Settlement
Michael+McCune,as a member of the settlement class who has provided a Proof of Manifestation, you are entitled to your choice of one of the following rebates:
$17.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 250 Drive; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 100 Drive; or
$40.00 toward the purchase of a Zip® 250 Drive and a 6-pack of Zip® 250 disks; or
$27.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 100 Drive and a 6-pack of Zip® 100 disks; or
$17.50 toward the purchase of six Zip® 250 disks; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of six Zip® 100 disks; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive; or
$35.00 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive and a 10 pack of Pocket Zip® media; or
$22.50 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive and a 4 pack of Pocket Zip® media.
If the Court approves the settlement, these rebates will be available for the purchase of one of these products from Iomega's on-line store, www.iomegadirect.com, or through the use of a mail-in rebate form. As explained in the Settlement Notice, the rebates only become effective after the Court approves the settlement. We currently anticipate that the settlement will become effective shortly after the settlement hearing, which the Court has scheduled for June 8, 2001. As described in the Settlement Notice, Iomega is required to make the rebates available within 120 days following the settlement effective date, but no earlier than October 31, 2001.
To take advantage of the rebates once they are available, we encourage you to take the following steps:
1. Print out this page for your records.
2. Return to the URL listed below on or about October 31, 2001 to determine if the settlement has been approved and, if so, to receive information on how to take advantage of the rebates through iomegadirect.com or through the mail-in program.
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The Chicago Tribune has been running articles all week on the decline of Spring Comdex. An article Wednesday (which they have already taken down from there Web site) gives some interesting numbers:
1) A 12% drop in attendance.
2) 350 vendors as opposed to 500 last year.
3) The show space is now in one hall instead of two.
I went there Tuesday afternoon and I also notice the big vendors such as Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft were absent. There was also a distinct lack of goodies. A lot of brochures and magazines but no T-Shirts (except for American Express) and other fun gadgets. I didn't think much of it until I saw the people leaving the "Waste Expo" across the hall with several back of t-shirts, hats, yo-yos, foam rubber balls and other goodies.
One thing the article doesn't mention is that most of the function of Comdex is now available on the web. Most companies put brochures and product information online so there is little need to get these are show.
In spite of the cancellation of the "Linux Business Expo", there was still some good things going on in the Linux field. Caldera had a free training booth; There were several companies making application for Linux based PDAs including a pretty good version of "Doom II" for the iPaq.
The guys at "The Linux Show" manage to scrape up enough money to play "Red Planet" at "Dave and Busters" that night. For those who haven't played it, "Red Planet" is similar to the pod races in "The Phantom Menace". You score points by making the most laps in the 10 minutes. I hadn't played this game since the last Comdex, so it took a while to get the hang of it. I finished near the bottom in the first few games but caught on quick and finished the last game (at about midnight) in first place.
In between matches, I talked with several current and former members of the FSF. I surprised me that on of the current problems is the licensing of documentation. The current licenses of the Linux Documentation Project is making it difficult to publish books based on LPD material.
Below is another link in the Chicago Tribune that discusses the decline of Spring Comdex.
Didn't AOL have to open up their messaging system in order to merge with Time-Warner? I guess AOL was just blowing smoke up the Feds ass to push the merger through. What do you think the chances of seeing David Boies asking a Judge to breakup AOL-Time-Warner-Turner-CNN-Castlerock-New Line etc. in the future?
I thought "Enemy at the Gates" was about Linux's attack on Bill Gate's Microsoft empire. You mean this is just another WWII movie? I want to see Linus and Bill get in a fist fight! Now THAT would be "News for Nerds".
The only college I've seen that offers a Masters in CS is Nova Southeastern University. I can't vouch for the quality, but they are regionally accredited and have a brick and mortar campus.
You should check about local degree completion programs. These offer flexible schedules and liberal acceptance of transfer credits.
For example, in Illinois (were I currently live) there is a Board of Governor's Degree Program that I am currently enrolled in. Although I've taken course at about half a dozen schools, I only have to take a total of 15 more hours to get my degree.
http://www.neiu.edu/Nontrad.htm
Check out the "Bears Guide to Earning Degrees Non-Traditionally", which offers many options for getting a degree. It is available at most libraries.
I considered getting a degree by distance learning but decided that the classroom was a better option. Of the distance degrees I checked out, the University of Maryland looked the best. They were reputable, had a lot of distance classes and were reasonably priced.
www.umaryland.edu
For an online reference, this page is just about the best.
http://www.ryeko.com/distance_learning.htm
Good luck in getting your degree. I have 12 hours to go.
I was being sarcastic, by the way. In a true free market, M$ would have never gained the monopoly it has today.
Also, I'm not against IP but it has gone WAY too far. Granting patents on downloading over the internet or assuming that the year 39 means 2039 is a bit rediculous.
The government is both the biggest user of MS software and the biggest promoter of MS. I wish the government would leave MS alone. The government should stop purchasing MS software, nullify MS patents and quit enforcing MS copyrights on people who pirate MS software. MS would never have gotten in a monopoly position without the help of the government.
Well, these kids were in grade school but for high school, I would rather see the school give the kids a bunch of hardware and software and let them setup the computers and network themselves. The way most schools use computer is as glorified type writers. What a waste of good equipment.
I can say that Windows 9x has major problems with security. We had a disk image on the server so that we could rebuild stations in about 30 minutes (which was an almost daily occurrence). Along with the tendency for the Windows registry to corrupt itself, the kids would install games and regularly destroy the system (both accidentally and deliberately). We even had to glue the mouse ball covers on to keep them from stealing the mouse balls!
Personally, I would buy a large Linux server and buy diskless PCs with lots of memory, so I could boot them and run X from the server. It's cheap and easy to maintain.
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The Computer Central shows also have a Linux Installfest at every show. A lot of people buy bare computers then come over to us for the OS.
I have a book of nonsensical rambling that shouldn't be read by anyone! ;-)
n qu iry.asp?isbn=0130306703
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnI
Microsoft is threatening its developers with random audits for commercial use of MSDN software. MS has always been good to their developers and they must need revenue pretty bad to risk alienating them.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18785.ht
http://www.chronbooks.com/cgi-bin/Adult/view.cgi?i sbn=0811831434
It's sleek, stylish and has great handwriting recognition! It also comes with a handy wooden stylus with a graphic center for inputting data!
Some interesting quotes are:
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"IIS has been a cancer on Windows 2000," he says. "Including that code in the Windows 2000 base vs. it being a separate application was a huge mistake."
InformationWeek:How much more complex is Windows 2000 security compared with Windows NT 4.0? And in what ways is it more complex?
Fossen: It's roughly 10 times more complex. The security infrastructure of Windows 2000 includes Active Directory, Encrypting File System, Group Policy, IPSec, Kerberos, public key infrastructure, remote-access policies, and smart-card logon services. NT security is characterized by the ad hoc plugging of security holes; Windows 2000 security is characterized by the management of these security services to make security scale across an enterprise. Holes still need to be plugged, of course, but now there are built-in tools to make even that effort easier.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK2001050
http://www.informationweek.com/834/winsec.htm
With Windows 2000's complexity and some poor design decisions, I have a feeling we will see more major security flaws in the future.
These creatures will attack burglars and spit all over them!
/ ar ticle/0,2669,SAV-0104250280,FF.html
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/nationworld
It has been touring the film festivals art houses and is finally starting to get attention. Maybe it will finally get wide release. I haven't seen it yet but I am going to see it today at the local (Chicago) art house theatre.
www.musicboxtheatre.com
First you have to go to http://www.iomega.com/rinaldi/request_rebate.html and request the rebate. The terms aren't even very good (see below) plus you have to wait until the end of October just to get the rebate! I don't even use my zip anymore since it clicks constantly and loses data.
,as a member of the settlement class who has provided a Proof of Manifestation, you are entitled to your choice of one of the following rebates:
Rinaldi Class Action Settlement
Michael+McCune
$17.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 250 Drive; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 100 Drive; or
$40.00 toward the purchase of a Zip® 250 Drive and a 6-pack of Zip® 250 disks; or
$27.50 toward the purchase of a Zip® 100 Drive and a 6-pack of Zip® 100 disks; or
$17.50 toward the purchase of six Zip® 250 disks; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of six Zip® 100 disks; or
$12.50 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive; or
$35.00 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive and a 10 pack of Pocket Zip® media; or
$22.50 toward the purchase of a Pocket Zip® - PC Drive and a 4 pack of Pocket Zip® media.
If the Court approves the settlement, these rebates will be available for the purchase of one of these products from Iomega's on-line store, www.iomegadirect.com, or through the use of a mail-in rebate form. As explained in the Settlement Notice, the rebates only become effective after the Court approves the settlement. We currently anticipate that the settlement will become effective shortly after the settlement hearing, which the Court has scheduled for June 8, 2001. As described in the Settlement Notice, Iomega is required to make the rebates available within 120 days following the settlement effective date, but no earlier than October 31, 2001.
To take advantage of the rebates once they are available, we encourage you to take the following steps:
1. Print out this page for your records.
2. Return to the URL listed below on or about October 31, 2001 to determine if the settlement has been approved and, if so, to receive information on how to take advantage of the rebates through iomegadirect.com or through the mail-in program.
http://www.iomega.com/rinaldi/approve_y.html
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The Chicago Tribune has been running articles all week on the decline of Spring Comdex. An article Wednesday (which they have already taken down from there Web site) gives some interesting numbers:
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1) A 12% drop in attendance.
2) 350 vendors as opposed to 500 last year.
3) The show space is now in one hall instead of two.
I went there Tuesday afternoon and I also notice the big vendors such as Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft were absent. There was also a distinct lack of goodies. A lot of brochures and magazines but no T-Shirts (except for American Express) and other fun gadgets. I didn't think much of it until I saw the people leaving the "Waste Expo" across the hall with several back of t-shirts, hats, yo-yos, foam rubber balls and other goodies.
One thing the article doesn't mention is that most of the function of Comdex is now available on the web. Most companies put brochures and product information online so there is little need to get these are show.
In spite of the cancellation of the "Linux Business Expo", there was still some good things going on in the Linux field. Caldera had a free training booth; There were several companies making application for Linux based PDAs including a pretty good version of "Doom II" for the iPaq.
The guys at "The Linux Show" manage to scrape up enough money to play "Red Planet" at "Dave and Busters" that night. For those who haven't played it, "Red Planet" is similar to the pod races in "The Phantom Menace". You score points by making the most laps in the 10 minutes. I hadn't played this game since the last Comdex, so it took a while to get the hang of it. I finished near the bottom in the first few games but caught on quick and finished the last game (at about midnight) in first place.
In between matches, I talked with several current and former members of the FSF. I surprised me that on of the current problems is the licensing of documentation. The current licenses of the Linux Documentation Project is making it difficult to publish books based on LPD material.
Below is another link in the Chicago Tribune that discusses the decline of Spring Comdex.
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/business/columni
Didn't AOL have to open up their messaging system in order to merge with Time-Warner? I guess AOL was just blowing smoke up the Feds ass to push the merger through. What do you think the chances of seeing David Boies asking a Judge to breakup AOL-Time-Warner-Turner-CNN-Castlerock-New Line etc. in the future?
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http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41161
I thought "Enemy at the Gates" was about Linux's attack on Bill Gate's Microsoft empire. You mean this is just another WWII movie? I want to see Linus and Bill get in a fist fight! Now THAT would be "News for Nerds".
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http://www.vertigo.org/cliche1.html#computers
http://www.vertigo.org/cliche1.html#computers
The only college I've seen that offers a Masters in CS is Nova Southeastern
University. I can't vouch for the quality, but they are regionally accredited
and have a brick and mortar campus.
http://www.nova.edu/
You should check about local degree completion programs. These offer
flexible schedules and liberal acceptance of transfer credits.
For example, in Illinois (were I currently live) there is a Board of
Governor's Degree Program that I am currently enrolled in. Although I've
taken course at about half a dozen schools, I only have to take a total of 15
more hours to get my degree.
http://www.neiu.edu/Nontrad.htm
Check out the "Bears Guide to Earning Degrees Non-Traditionally", which
offers many options for getting a degree. It is available at most libraries.
I considered getting a degree by distance learning but decided that the
classroom was a better option. Of the distance degrees I checked out, the
University of Maryland looked the best. They were reputable, had a lot of
distance classes and were reasonably priced.
www.umaryland.edu
For an online reference, this page is just about the best.
http://www.ryeko.com/distance_learning.htm
Good luck in getting your degree. I have 12 hours to go.
I was being sarcastic, by the way. In a true free market, M$ would have never gained the monopoly it has today.
Also, I'm not against IP but it has gone WAY too far. Granting patents on downloading over the internet or assuming that the year 39 means 2039 is a bit rediculous.
The government is both the biggest user of MS software and the biggest promoter of MS. I wish the government would leave MS alone. The government should stop purchasing MS software, nullify MS patents and quit enforcing MS copyrights on people who pirate MS software. MS would never have gotten in a monopoly position without the help of the government.
The MP3 in Real doesn't work through the firewall, only Real formats.
For MP3 through a firewall, try MPG123:
mpg123 -p
I use it every day and it works great.
Well, these kids were in grade school but for high school, I would rather see the school give the kids a bunch of hardware and software and let them setup the computers and network themselves. The way most schools use computer is as glorified type writers. What a waste of good equipment.
Actually, what I WAS doing. I only had a contract for installation, not maintenance (luckily!).
Hey, I'll keep PC-Rdist in mind in the future. It may come in handy.
I can say that Windows 9x has major problems with security. We had a disk image on the server so that we could rebuild stations in about 30 minutes (which was an almost daily occurrence). Along with the tendency for the Windows registry to corrupt itself, the kids would install games and regularly destroy the system (both accidentally and deliberately). We even had to glue the mouse ball covers on to keep them from stealing the
mouse balls!
Personally, I would buy a large Linux server and buy diskless PCs with lots of memory, so I could boot them and run X from the server. It's cheap and easy to maintain.
I saw this a while back on CNET
http://www.newdealinc.com/
It is a complete "Office" type package based on the old GEO technology. It also has built in networking, a graphical browser and email.
It sells for $60-80 but they offer package deals for entire schools and districts.
I've tried the free download and it works great. This is a great idea that allows basic functionality with ancient hardware.
http://www.odci.gov/csi/studies/97unclas/ufo.html
I guess the header was a little unclear. The article states that XMMS will draw users FROM Mac and Win TO Linux. Sounds like a good idea to me!