You mean the local Community College? I doubt they have anything more powerful or bigger than a 10 year old Dell server running Win2k (and no less than three different rootkits).
You should go to school. My local community college had a sexy PDP 11/70 and loads of terminals. The State University had punch cards and not enough keypunch machines. Apples and oranges but don't underestimate the local schools.
there's really only a handful of distros I'd consider to be in the same category as Ubuntu for general ease of installation/use
I see you've never installed Windows. Every Linux distro I've tried (Except Red Hat, and that was back in 1998) was brain-dead simple to install and completely painless, even Mandrake back in 2003.
Try typing in that forty digit key with 1s and ls and 0s and Os. And sit there having to click "yes" or "no" every two minutes for a solid hour -- with a whole lot of reboots. Then installing every application you'll need to do any actual work.
Compare that to installing ANY Linux distro; two screens of choices (only one with many distros), wait 1/2 hour with no babysitting (maybe change the CD) and one reboot, and you have a ready-to-use, functional machine.
Comparing installing Linux with installing Windows is like comparing driving a modern car with a model-T hand cranked Ford (Windows is the model T). People only think Windows is easy because they've used it all their lives. Those of us that cut our teeth on DOS (or even earlier machines, like a Sinclair or an Apple II or a Commodore) know better.
I don't know why I still consider this a technical forum. Almost everything you said isn't true. Windows 7 installs from a USB stick in about 15 minutes (longer depending on the performance of your system). The only choice is where to put it and installation completes and the system reboots. Windows starts and then some configuration questions are asked and I assume are required on other platforms (account name and password, date and time, and yes, choosing to enter the Windows license key or not). I feel like I'm leaving something out, but after these steps the system is up and ready for use. Because my hardware is relatively static, I created a small text file that makes installation silent. I boot from the USB stick and return to Windows ready to use. Then I can use it for as long as I want without doing anything other than patching. Or not.
I could compare that to my experiences with trying to install Linux on a set of raid disks without a wizard a few years ago but I assume it's better now so I won't condem the entire Linux platform on my bad experience (ancient history now). I also started on some of those systems you mentioned and got to be quite the DOS batch file developer along with higher level languages. I simply use and understand Windows because of the apps I develop/run and you didn't. That doesn't make Windows a less viable platform or me ignorant on the available options.
And I prefer to install only the programs I want to use. I hear of people who have issues with not keeping everything patched or turning off unwanted services. Possibly FUD but I'm not a Linux guy.
Almost all applications that run on 2.x also run on 3.0 because it's the same JVM.
Apple used the same trick with the Ipad by including the number of Ipod applications that would run on the Ipad without modification. Why does Google not get this free ride.
I'm not sure what you mean. From day one a distinction was made between iPhone/iPod apps and iPad optimized apps by both Apple and the industry.
I bought an ASUS tablet which was $200 less than the iPad with the same specs,
I find very little missing. Two very big advantages, does not require iTunes and can sync with multiple computers. One more thing, it plays Flash which for me was never a selling point but my wife loves it.
The iPad 2 starts at $70 more than the Transformer and the Apple keyboard & dock cost less (Amazon $US). iOS 5 doesn't require any computer at all and keeps all your iDevices in sync (apps, docs, pics, etc.). Computers have been demoted to device status and are kept synced like the others with no device having priority over the others.
That roundabout is genius - it's so confusing that everyone drives really carefully and there are probably less serious accidents there than 'normal' roundabout.
That's very insightful. Err, wait... From The Fine Article: "However the roundabout provides a better throughput of traffic than other designs and has an excellent safety record, since traffic moves too slowly to do serious damage in the event of a collision.["
Not knowing the specific configuration, head to the crosswalk and use it or press the button for a pedestrian crossing and get back into the lane. IIRC all intersections have implied crosswalks even if they are not marked and traffic is *supposed* to yield to all pedestrians. -cough-
I'm no sure what "similar" iPad problem you're referring to. Besides the iPhone apps that already ran on it, the iPad launched to about 3,500 apps. Three weeks later that number had grown to 5,000 (about a 100 new apps a day). 3 million iPads were sold in the first 80 days.
The real question is whether the added speed is enough to justify moving away from the USB standard. Yes, it's twice as fast. But we're already at the point where a full-length high definition movie can be transferred in seconds. That is, if -- and this is a big if -- the storage media can keep up. For most people, there's simply no compelling reason to pay extra for Thunderbolt.
The summary says it's currently being used for RAID configurations. That's a sensible use. But I doubt it will make much headway with consumers.
That sounds like at "640K ought to be enough for anybody" remark.
Most people weren't granted an installation disc, and if with such a precious treasure in hand who knows if Microsoft will be so kind as to bless the installation as "genuine".
That doesn't make sense and distressing to see on (I guess what used to be) a technical forum. If the OEM doesn't supply recovery discs then they provide a means for you to create them yourself, and yes they are all genuine. If the OEM doesn't do either then you should be concerned about the legitimacy of the OEM.
But... One of the things I love about the Internet is that I expect there will be a number of examples posted to prove me wrong.:)
The presence of any malware indicates that the machine has been used in an insecure manner at some time in the past.
I disagree. A co-worker was bit on his corporate PC when he visited The Drudge Report and I assume got nailed by a rouge ad server. Like everyone else have defenses at the firewall and Symantec on the PC. I'll also add that zero-day or an exploit doesn't necessarily mean it was used insecurely, it's just not protected for that particular attack.
But come on... Call the freaking carriers. Someone manages the island or the boat to it. Call them. You had conflicting reports and you decided to post to Slashdot to get straightened out? I seriously question your decision making skills and hope that if you are one of the organizers or leaders of the youth group that there are others to keep everyone safe. I get the feeling you are a "GPS led me off a cliff" sort of s/he.
I suspect that it is the parents of the youth group members that are pressing for updates and pictures, and not the guy going there. Parents can be anal about such things. Remember, it's for the children.
I dont' disagree, but if I need a daily picture to prove my kid isn't tied to a bed or eaten by wolves (since Jeffery passed) I'm not sending them there.
From the WSJ article: "ComScore’s estimates are based on its “global measurement panel” of two million Internet users, similar to how Nielsen measures television ratings. ComScore refines the estimates with “page view” data that it receives from more than 90 of the 100 publishers of Web content, but not from Google."
Without more details the numbers are, well, numbers.
Do it, do it now, they are on to you. No really, it's not just what they want you to think, they really mean it, your time is up, go to ground and never resurface again. Someone within your own organisation has outed you to the Feds, you can't trust any of them, scatter and break all contact with all your members, as any one of them could be the informant. They will get you if you remain organised.
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Buyer's remorse? I don't see anything of value exchanged in either direction.
You mean the local Community College? I doubt they have anything more powerful or bigger than a 10 year old Dell server running Win2k (and no less than three different rootkits).
You should go to school. My local community college had a sexy PDP 11/70 and loads of terminals. The State University had punch cards and not enough keypunch machines. Apples and oranges but don't underestimate the local schools.
there's really only a handful of distros I'd consider to be in the same category as Ubuntu for general ease of installation/use
I see you've never installed Windows. Every Linux distro I've tried (Except Red Hat, and that was back in 1998) was brain-dead simple to install and completely painless, even Mandrake back in 2003.
Try typing in that forty digit key with 1s and ls and 0s and Os. And sit there having to click "yes" or "no" every two minutes for a solid hour -- with a whole lot of reboots. Then installing every application you'll need to do any actual work.
Compare that to installing ANY Linux distro; two screens of choices (only one with many distros), wait 1/2 hour with no babysitting (maybe change the CD) and one reboot, and you have a ready-to-use, functional machine.
Comparing installing Linux with installing Windows is like comparing driving a modern car with a model-T hand cranked Ford (Windows is the model T). People only think Windows is easy because they've used it all their lives. Those of us that cut our teeth on DOS (or even earlier machines, like a Sinclair or an Apple II or a Commodore) know better.
I don't know why I still consider this a technical forum. Almost everything you said isn't true. Windows 7 installs from a USB stick in about 15 minutes (longer depending on the performance of your system). The only choice is where to put it and installation completes and the system reboots. Windows starts and then some configuration questions are asked and I assume are required on other platforms (account name and password, date and time, and yes, choosing to enter the Windows license key or not). I feel like I'm leaving something out, but after these steps the system is up and ready for use. Because my hardware is relatively static, I created a small text file that makes installation silent. I boot from the USB stick and return to Windows ready to use. Then I can use it for as long as I want without doing anything other than patching. Or not.
I could compare that to my experiences with trying to install Linux on a set of raid disks without a wizard a few years ago but I assume it's better now so I won't condem the entire Linux platform on my bad experience (ancient history now). I also started on some of those systems you mentioned and got to be quite the DOS batch file developer along with higher level languages. I simply use and understand Windows because of the apps I develop/run and you didn't. That doesn't make Windows a less viable platform or me ignorant on the available options.
And I prefer to install only the programs I want to use. I hear of people who have issues with not keeping everything patched or turning off unwanted services. Possibly FUD but I'm not a Linux guy.
That's not true.
Agreed. Or jailbreak it.
Almost all applications that run on 2.x also run on 3.0 because it's the same JVM.
Apple used the same trick with the Ipad by including the number of Ipod applications that would run on the Ipad without modification. Why does Google not get this free ride.
I'm not sure what you mean. From day one a distinction was made between iPhone/iPod apps and iPad optimized apps by both Apple and the industry.
IPod applications on the IPad are scaled up and look like shit.
You choose whether to scale them up or not. You get same size or 2x.
I bought an ASUS tablet which was $200 less than the iPad with the same specs,
I find very little missing. Two very big advantages, does not require iTunes and can sync with multiple computers. One more thing, it plays Flash which for me was never a selling point but my wife loves it.
The iPad 2 starts at $70 more than the Transformer and the Apple keyboard & dock cost less (Amazon $US). iOS 5 doesn't require any computer at all and keeps all your iDevices in sync (apps, docs, pics, etc.). Computers have been demoted to device status and are kept synced like the others with no device having priority over the others.
Just follow the laws.
Bingo. +1. Wish I had mod points.
That roundabout is genius - it's so confusing that everyone drives really carefully and there are probably less serious accidents there than 'normal' roundabout.
That's very insightful. Err, wait... From The Fine Article: "However the roundabout provides a better throughput of traffic than other designs and has an excellent safety record, since traffic moves too slowly to do serious damage in the event of a collision.["
Not knowing the specific configuration, head to the crosswalk and use it or press the button for a pedestrian crossing and get back into the lane. IIRC all intersections have implied crosswalks even if they are not marked and traffic is *supposed* to yield to all pedestrians. -cough-
> Can we please stop to give stupid nick names for software projects?
But then I couldn't talk about us needing an Ice Cream Sandwich strategy...
Or calling a dev's cube the "Honeycomb Hideout".
I'm no sure what "similar" iPad problem you're referring to. Besides the iPhone apps that already ran on it, the iPad launched to about 3,500 apps. Three weeks later that number had grown to 5,000 (about a 100 new apps a day). 3 million iPads were sold in the first 80 days.
No, what makes it almost impossible to detect such shenanigans is a lack of audits and audit trails.
The real question is whether the added speed is enough to justify moving away from the USB standard. Yes, it's twice as fast. But we're already at the point where a full-length high definition movie can be transferred in seconds. That is, if -- and this is a big if -- the storage media can keep up. For most people, there's simply no compelling reason to pay extra for Thunderbolt.
The summary says it's currently being used for RAID configurations. That's a sensible use. But I doubt it will make much headway with consumers.
That sounds like at "640K ought to be enough for anybody" remark.
Most people weren't granted an installation disc, and if with such a precious treasure in hand who knows if Microsoft will be so kind as to bless the installation as "genuine".
That doesn't make sense and distressing to see on (I guess what used to be) a technical forum. If the OEM doesn't supply recovery discs then they provide a means for you to create them yourself, and yes they are all genuine. If the OEM doesn't do either then you should be concerned about the legitimacy of the OEM. But... One of the things I love about the Internet is that I expect there will be a number of examples posted to prove me wrong. :)
The presence of any malware indicates that the machine has been used in an insecure manner at some time in the past.
I disagree. A co-worker was bit on his corporate PC when he visited The Drudge Report and I assume got nailed by a rouge ad server. Like everyone else have defenses at the firewall and Symantec on the PC. I'll also add that zero-day or an exploit doesn't necessarily mean it was used insecurely, it's just not protected for that particular attack.
If your recovery CD is pre-infected, then surely you're screwed anyway?
Does that mean the plastic they make a CD from is infected?
Outlook and Exchange are actually pretty easy to get up and running...
I'm going to grab some milk and re-read this so I can can shoot it out my nose laughing.
I don't know about *no* smartphones, but there would be less smartphones with shattered glass.
But come on... Call the freaking carriers. Someone manages the island or the boat to it. Call them. You had conflicting reports and you decided to post to Slashdot to get straightened out? I seriously question your decision making skills and hope that if you are one of the organizers or leaders of the youth group that there are others to keep everyone safe. I get the feeling you are a "GPS led me off a cliff" sort of s/he.
I suspect that it is the parents of the youth group members that are pressing for updates and pictures, and not the guy going there. Parents can be anal about such things. Remember, it's for the children.
I dont' disagree, but if I need a daily picture to prove my kid isn't tied to a bed or eaten by wolves (since Jeffery passed) I'm not sending them there.
If he could unplug, I'm sure he'd have chosen that option instead of spending money on "blogs and photos", and would not have bothered asking.
It's OK for you to make that assumption, but I doubt many people here would go on a vacation for a week and unplug.
From the WSJ article: "ComScore’s estimates are based on its “global measurement panel” of two million Internet users, similar to how Nielsen measures television ratings. ComScore refines the estimates with “page view” data that it receives from more than 90 of the 100 publishers of Web content, but not from Google." Without more details the numbers are, well, numbers.
Do it, do it now, they are on to you. No really, it's not just what they want you to think, they really mean it, your time is up, go to ground and never resurface again. Someone within your own organisation has outed you to the Feds, you can't trust any of them, scatter and break all contact with all your members, as any one of them could be the informant. They will get you if you remain organised.
I always wondered what the tin foil hat says.