I've been using Pine ever since I first had access to a shell account (at my school) in 1998. I don't particularily care about the license, as I don't develop in it. I don't particularily care that it doesn't handle newsgroups very well, as I rely on Google Groups for newsreading (I don't post). I could go on.
It's a simple interface, with everything documented WITHIN THE PROGRAM (main reason I don't use vi), and best of all, it comes with Pico, which I think is the most cool, kickass little text editor. Pico on my servers combined with Putty on my Win2k workstation equals easy code and script editing.
I understand from a post a ways down that the University is currently having financial difficulties. Does anyone know if there's been something setup, whether for the University in general or Debian in specific to accept donations? I know (even though I don't use Debian) that I would contribute a few dollars to help them pay for all the new equipment, and I suspect that there's more'n a few geeks out there who feel the same way.
My experience with Phoenix 0.4...
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Phoenix 0.4 Released
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Just for reference, the computer I'm using is a Thinkpad P2-233, 288mb RAM, 512mb pagefile and a 10gb IBM 4500RPM HDD, running Windows 2000 Pro SP2.
All times are the average of three or four tests, eyeballing the clock.
Startup Time
Netscape 4.79: 4s Phoenix 0.4: 10s
Slashdot Homepage Load Time
Netscape 4.79: 1.5s Phoenix 0.4: 2.5s
RAM Usage (with only Slashdot Homepage loaded)
Netscape 4.79: 8012k Phoenix 0.4: 20,182k
Now, don't get me wrong, I think that the fact that the Phoenix people are trying to make a slim browser is great!... but when it reacts more sluggishly still than Netscape 4.79, I think I'll wait a while before using it as my primary browser.
(BTW, this is the main reason I don't use Mozilla... it's a DOG on this machine. Even IE's kinda slow.)
Don't get me wrong, though I've personally not used a BSD as a firewall, I know people who have, and they're happy with it, completely happy. But I really prefer something which was built from the ground up to be a firewall and ONLY a firewall.
I've worked extensively with the Sonicwall devices, and I've also heard some good things about the WatchGuard Firebox series. Then again, if you want to go gung ho all out and out, you can get a Cisco PIX.
Basically, for me, it boils down to having a specific device for a specific job, as opposed to having a general purpose piece of software running on commodity hardware for a specific job.
I was perusing your entry when my mind perceived the magic phrase "MS Wireless Optical Blue". "Sweet Sparc above!" I intoned. "Someone's made a mouse with a blue diode!" So off I sprint to Microsoft's website to get all the juicy details, and I find that it is a blue coloured mouse...... with a red diode.
I too handle DIMMs with my bare hands on a daily basis, yet, surprisingly, I've only fried one DIMM in the past two years.
How is this possible, you ask? Well, even if your workplace isn't designed to limit ESD (our shop's working areas are), all you have to do is to make sure that you ground yourself before you touch sensitive equipment. All of our workbences have metal frames that are grounded, and they're all over the place, so all you have to do is to tap one before you touch your equipment and you're set. You VERY rarely just spontaneously generate an SE charge just by standing (or sitting) around.
On top of all that, I think you have to give the equipment designers more props for the good job they do in designing the ESD protection into the equipment. Ram sticks and such are not nearly as vulnerable, in my experience, as you suggest.
I have quite a few clients who were on the @Home system, and who elected to stay with AT&T Broadband after @Home went belly up. Since the switch was made, I certianly haven't had any of them complain about the service being WORSE than @Home, and quite a few are saying it seems markedly improved.
Now, I don't know if this pertains to your area, and I will say that I use DSL so I don't have any first-hand experience with the new AT&T for long periods of time, but I'd say you might look to give them another try.
I work as a volunteer aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a liberty like this one. The site from the story, and the things the people do, is just cool. Too bad they couldn't arm the civilian ships. There are a few documented cases of Liberties and Victories giving as good as they got during WWII.
- Akky
P.S. Please for the love of Hod forgive us for our webmaster. He's a nasty old man who thinks he's All That.
Blizzard origionally was a console company. What is now known as Blizzard was once Silicon & Synapse. One of their more popular games was Rock & Roll Racing, which, if memory serves, was produced for Nintendo. There have been rumors of them returning to their console roots someday, and with everybody and their brother making consoles these days, it's not surprising that they'd want to "re-expand" into that lucrative market.
As for me, I'm not excited really, because I'm not a console gamer, and because Blizzard's handling of the BNETD situation left a bad taste in my mouth. But, they do have a rep for making good games, so I guess we'll see how well they do on this one.
A couple of days ago, I went on a standard errata gathering run, and downloaded openssl-0.9.6b-28.i386.rpm & etc. for 7.2. I don't see -24 in either the 7.2 or 7.3 directory, even though the page you linked to lists it. I would presume, however, that -28 is not vulnerable.
I regressed to PHP 4.1.2 (the last version that I used sucessfully), and as soon as I did that, it worked like a peach. Perhaps it's a PHP problem; I never used PHP 4.2.x with Apache 1.3.24, so I don't know.
Slashdot Mirror
If I can find a machine to wash my dishes AND clothing, I'd say that'd be pretty cool!
I've been using Pine ever since I first had access to a shell account (at my school) in 1998. I don't particularily care about the license, as I don't develop in it. I don't particularily care that it doesn't handle newsgroups very well, as I rely on Google Groups for newsreading (I don't post). I could go on.
It's a simple interface, with everything documented WITHIN THE PROGRAM (main reason I don't use vi), and best of all, it comes with Pico, which I think is the most cool, kickass little text editor. Pico on my servers combined with Putty on my Win2k workstation equals easy code and script editing.
Anyway, just my two simolians.
I understand from a post a ways down that the University is currently having financial difficulties. Does anyone know if there's been something setup, whether for the University in general or Debian in specific to accept donations? I know (even though I don't use Debian) that I would contribute a few dollars to help them pay for all the new equipment, and I suspect that there's more'n a few geeks out there who feel the same way.
Just for reference, the computer I'm using is a Thinkpad P2-233, 288mb RAM, 512mb pagefile and a 10gb IBM 4500RPM HDD, running Windows 2000 Pro SP2.
... but when it reacts more sluggishly still than Netscape 4.79, I think I'll wait a while before using it as my primary browser.
All times are the average of three or four tests, eyeballing the clock.
Startup Time
Netscape 4.79: 4s
Phoenix 0.4: 10s
Slashdot Homepage Load Time
Netscape 4.79: 1.5s
Phoenix 0.4: 2.5s
RAM Usage (with only Slashdot Homepage loaded)
Netscape 4.79: 8012k
Phoenix 0.4: 20,182k
Now, don't get me wrong, I think that the fact that the Phoenix people are trying to make a slim browser is great!
(BTW, this is the main reason I don't use Mozilla... it's a DOG on this machine. Even IE's kinda slow.)
An embedded, dedicated solution?
Don't get me wrong, though I've personally not used a BSD as a firewall, I know people who have, and they're happy with it, completely happy. But I really prefer something which was built from the ground up to be a firewall and ONLY a firewall.
I've worked extensively with the Sonicwall devices, and I've also heard some good things about the WatchGuard Firebox series. Then again, if you want to go gung ho all out and out, you can get a Cisco PIX.
Basically, for me, it boils down to having a specific device for a specific job, as opposed to having a general purpose piece of software running on commodity hardware for a specific job.
Please, for the love of everything that's geek... DON'T use "drop" and "hard drive" in the same sentance.
From their FAQ:
"kwah-o-wahr"
I was perusing your entry when my mind perceived the magic phrase "MS Wireless Optical Blue". "Sweet Sparc above!" I intoned. "Someone's made a mouse with a blue diode!" So off I sprint to Microsoft's website to get all the juicy details, and I find that it is a blue coloured mouse... ... with a red diode.
I feel so let down.
*breaks down and sobs*
I too handle DIMMs with my bare hands on a daily basis, yet, surprisingly, I've only fried one DIMM in the past two years.
How is this possible, you ask? Well, even if your workplace isn't designed to limit ESD (our shop's working areas are), all you have to do is to make sure that you ground yourself before you touch sensitive equipment. All of our workbences have metal frames that are grounded, and they're all over the place, so all you have to do is to tap one before you touch your equipment and you're set. You VERY rarely just spontaneously generate an SE charge just by standing (or sitting) around.
On top of all that, I think you have to give the equipment designers more props for the good job they do in designing the ESD protection into the equipment. Ram sticks and such are not nearly as vulnerable, in my experience, as you suggest.
Am I the only person who read that as "Microsoft Bugs Rare"?
More proof that speed-reading CAN cause heart attacks. Or (insert soft drink of choice) to be spit all over the monitor, at any gate.
I have quite a few clients who were on the @Home system, and who elected to stay with AT&T Broadband after @Home went belly up. Since the switch was made, I certianly haven't had any of them complain about the service being WORSE than @Home, and quite a few are saying it seems markedly improved.
Now, I don't know if this pertains to your area, and I will say that I use DSL so I don't have any first-hand experience with the new AT&T for long periods of time, but I'd say you might look to give them another try.
I work as a volunteer aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a liberty like this one. The site from the story, and the things the people do, is just cool. Too bad they couldn't arm the civilian ships. There are a few documented cases of Liberties and Victories giving as good as they got during WWII.
- Akky
P.S. Please for the love of Hod forgive us for our webmaster. He's a nasty old man who thinks he's All That.
[root@mike pts/1 root]# whois starcraft2.com
*snip*
Domain Name: STARCRAFT2.COM
Created on..............: Fri, Sep 24, 1999
Expires on..............: Wed, Sep 24, 2003
Blizzard's had this name for over two years. That's pretty standard practice, to grab domains you think you might use.
Blizzard origionally was a console company. What is now known as Blizzard was once Silicon & Synapse. One of their more popular games was Rock & Roll Racing, which, if memory serves, was produced for Nintendo. There have been rumors of them returning to their console roots someday, and with everybody and their brother making consoles these days, it's not surprising that they'd want to "re-expand" into that lucrative market.
As for me, I'm not excited really, because I'm not a console gamer, and because Blizzard's handling of the BNETD situation left a bad taste in my mouth. But, they do have a rep for making good games, so I guess we'll see how well they do on this one.
... blow the old BBS buddy listing site off the 'net with one of 'em!
:)
(My apologies if this doesn't seem funny. It did to me, but that may have something to do with my lack of sleep, and it being 04:30. Enjoy!
A couple of days ago, I went on a standard errata gathering run, and downloaded openssl-0.9.6b-28.i386.rpm & etc. for 7.2. I don't see -24 in either the 7.2 or 7.3 directory, even though the page you linked to lists it. I would presume, however, that -28 is not vulnerable.
334321 seconds left! I'm sure we can Slashdot it before then!
Oh, they meant the other kind of crushing...
... to increasingly find that my very own state is mired in the new-age "Pay-litical" system?
Man, that's depressing.
Or, you could simply leave your origional kernel in the LILO list until you know your new one works.
... but I try not to dream in and/or about C/C++. It hurts. :)
On the other hand, dreaming in perl is probably pretty close to the programmers version of an acid trip. The colors!
Someone else who recommends Denny's cheese sticks!
Though, I beg to differ on one point. A chocolate shake is the only possible companion for a basket of cheese sticks.
Sounds like a Bushism to me...
... you KNOW this has to be a marketing ploy :)
Cool tech though, by all means.
I regressed to PHP 4.1.2 (the last version that I used sucessfully), and as soon as I did that, it worked like a peach. Perhaps it's a PHP problem; I never used PHP 4.2.x with Apache 1.3.24, so I don't know.
/.ers have this experience?
Any other
For example, the new Pepsi commercial where Brittany Spears gets the crap beat out of her by Austin Powers.
Finally, someone has done something that we all have been just drooling to see! Thanks, Pepsi!