"Symantec blames a sudden uptake of residential broadband connections without the awareness of the required security measures"
No only in the UK but everywere - who is at fault at the lack of awereness here? Could it be the ISP and computer vendours promising all the good things but failing to provide proper information about computer/online security?
While it could be argued that average user should inform themselves about what they are getting into, ISP and computer vendours are not informing customers about potential risks right from the begining, like when a new computer is bought, or when they sign-up for an internet connection.
Having a web page buried deep within the web site doesn't really help much, because by the time the average user gets there their computer is already infected.
Are sure you not comparing PHP to Microsoft VB Studio.NET ??
1. Make sure you know PHP OOP before you make a fool out of yourself.
2. VB/Delphi/C++ Builder - sounds like you referring to the rad tools.
3. It's about time, although I have my doubts...
4. Yes because the RAD tool writes all the client side scripting for you
5. Dump your pirated copy of VB Studio and grab a decent text editor. Code in both, then you will feel the ASP.NET pain. I have felt it even using a legal copy of VB Studio.NET when I needed something else other then what it was boxed...
Really, you are comparing a RAD tool to PHP. I am quite sure someone could come up with a comparable PHP rad tool that writes half the code for you, just because you're to lazy to write it yourself...
Most of the time the end users have no idea of what is going on, and although they paid for the computer and OS and internet connection they are going to be disconnected.
Shouldn't the computer vendours and ISPs be much to blame as well? They are in such a rush to sell their products/services that they fail to tell their customers about their responsabilities as computer/internet users. Then they come around and bite them in the ass by unplugging their connection and charging to fix their infected computers.
Like many here I have also been using mozilla/firefox for quite sometime. Actually mozilla, I switched to firefox at work because just need the browser functionality.
I have also tried the official 0.9 release, however, at the end of the day went back to 0.8 due to all of the following reasons:
1. Theme. It is not ugly, it is just different and I don't mind that. What I do mind is the lack of polish. I looks like a hack job to me.
2. Installing new themes. I couldn't. And yes I know why, I read the other ways of installing themes but I didn't bother. There must be more elegant ways of dealing with old incompatible themes.
3. Read 2 above. Replace themes with extensions.
4. The "new" themes and extensions managers. They are not new. They were just separated from the options dialog. And although it could be argued that it reduces cluter in the option dialog I am of the opinion that increases cluter on the tools menu and on the number of possible dialogs. Options are usually cluttered - that is where the ugly and complex meet to make the browsing experience beautiful and flexible. They could have gone half way where the new menu items would open the same options dialog but with either themes or extensions selected, respectively.
5. I am a web developer. One of the sites at work "gained" and horizontal scroll bar, where one isn't needed. It just scrolls 2 or 3 pixels and the screen resolution doesn't matter. This is an intranet site so the URL is irrelevant.
I understand that 0.9 is a development release and therefore there are bugs, problems, etc... However, even in development a 0.9 release should be generally better then a 0.8 release, and this doesn't appear to be the case.
50 billion are lost? Where did it go? did someone actually burned that money? or was it buried? perhaps it was sunken into the deep oceans...
Most likely it went to pay the industry that most benefits from virus/worms, the computer industry.
This starts right at the Administrators that should have done their job in maintaning a secure computer environment, to the subscription based Enterprise Anti-Virus software suite, to the unsecured Operating Systems whose later releases are always more secure then previous release, yet not secure enough...
Personally I am looking forward to running my own beowulf cluster made up of 8 Radeon X800 XT XT Super Duper XXX TT Platinum Card, with 64 pixels pipelines each, effectivelly making a 512 node supercomputer. All of this inside my desktop tower.
Dunno if anyone is still reading this thread or bot but here it goes...
I am a programmer, and a while ago I was asked to do some graphics at work. Since I am always looking for new and exciting challenges I said sure.
Now, not having a commercial software application at hand I turned to the GIMP 2 (windows 2000). After all the graphics were not that complex and my graphics editing experience went as far as resizing, croping and changing formats.
The interface sure was weird at first, but I got used to it. There was also an anoying DOS window poping out of nowhere with some debug messages. And lastly there were the crashes (GIMP only). In the mean time I learned about layers and masks and filters and a few other goodies. And I was able to get some cool graphics done. My boss was happy.
I though, now that I know a bit more about the graphics stuff I want to give photoshop a try! The interface sure looked nicer then GIMP's interface, and a quick browse through the menus it looked like this had much more functionality then the GIMP. Then I tried doing some graphics like the ones I did at work, and that's where the "fun" begins: Couldn't find anything because the menus where so messy. When I found something I wondered why it was called whatever it was called. It didn't make any sense. I also installed photoshop elements. Since it is a simpler version, maybe it was easier to use. Same crap but without the functionality of even the GIMP. Tried both photoshop and elements for another couple of days thinking that it could only get better. Well, it got worse. Frustation settled in and the end result was uninstalling both.
My guess is because I got used to the clunky GIMP interface and intuitive menus in the first place, when it came to change to photoshop, I didn't like it. Not that I am doubting Photoshop almigthyness in terms of graphics editors, however, IMHO, when it comes to graphics for the web, GIMP 2 is rich in functionality and easy to use. Therefore I fully undertsand the frustation of experienced and professional photoshop users when trying something else, including the GIMP.
What about audio and video? Why do people need to have 3 media players installed? (Windows, Quicktime, Real)
What about instant messaging? That is 4 apps that are imcompatible between each other, but all do the same thing. (AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo)
Yes, I do know about gaim and mplayer, but the average user in a windows box is a different story.
I think the industry that created this mess would be better off first cleaning this up, where it impacts the end user, and worry about 3D formats, which aren't widely used, after.
Talk is nice, but it is the mighty buck that does the walk.
Microsoft is peeved at IBM's Linux propaganda. So as not to get themselves involved in delicate situations, they become friends with the financially struggling foe (remember Corel?), and get them to do the dirty job. To pretty things up they licence SCO technology, SCO interfaces with Active Directory and so on. Microsoft is really attempting to kill two birds with one stone: kill SCO/Caldera and piss off anyone shipping Linux, specially IBM. This will be an interesting show indeed...
Der Name der Rose Mediterraneo
can't find the DVDs anywhere. but the worst movie of all times, Josie and the Pussycats, seems worthy of a DVD release.
bah
There are 2 very distinct classes of beginners, the technical power user that is beginning in Linux, and the absolute beginner that still has trouble with windows.
For the power beginner the O'Reilly books will do, as a number of people have mentioned before.
The absolute beginner won't be able to make it through all the geek speak in O'Reilly books. Although I hate to say this probably a "dummies" or "idiots" book would be better. I remember seing also a "visually" series with lots of pretty pictures. Which one of those I don't know, I'm a power user.
I work in a small web development department for a large call center company. The company does customer service/support for some of the biggest telecommunications and software companies.
The web development that we do is mostly internal support for the different projects. This is mostly database with web front-end using MSSQL/IIS/ASP
For over a year now we have been working on moving and re-designing badly written applications to new W2K servers (there wasn't much choice since 95% of code was ASP). The problem is that these applications will take another 6 months to 1 year to be re-written. We have looked extensively for free ASP code as to speed up this process, since there is no need to re-invent the wheel. However, it seems that any joe that can code 10 lines of VB wants $50 for it.
We are now turning to Apache/MySQL/PHP and the large amounts of existing PHP code out there. We have sold this idea to the boss, and to a small extenct, upper management. We are using PHP Triad which intalls Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on a windows environment. Hopefully we will have a beta version of an internal communications site within a couple weeks.
Slashdot Mirror
"Does anyone see some light at the end of the tunnel for Sun?"
I think duke nukem forever will be come out first
"Symantec blames a sudden uptake of residential broadband connections without the awareness of the required security measures"
No only in the UK but everywere - who is at fault at the lack of awereness here?
Could it be the ISP and computer vendours promising all the good things but failing to provide proper information about computer/online security?
While it could be argued that average user should inform themselves about what they are getting into, ISP and computer vendours are not informing customers about potential risks right from the begining, like when a new computer is bought, or when they sign-up for an internet connection.
Having a web page buried deep within the web site doesn't really help much, because by the time the average user gets there their computer is already infected.
I read the the MS vs. GM funny and I already have number six on my somewhat GM car.
It doesn't say "General Protection Fault", instead it says "Service Engine Soon".
To bad no one can encode cheap asian labour, so it can only be used locally.
This may not apply to HP cartridges but it certainly applies to a large number of well known companies.
Capitalism is rotten.
I'm in Winnipeg, Canada.
http://www.mts.ca/mtstv/index.html
How does it get from 238 reviews average 2 stars down to 80 reviews, average 3 and 1/2 stars.
I wonder if penguin made amazon remove the reviews...
Are sure you not comparing PHP to Microsoft VB Studio .NET ??
...
.NET when I needed something else other then what it was boxed ...
...
1. Make sure you know PHP OOP before you make a fool out of yourself.
2. VB/Delphi/C++ Builder - sounds like you referring to the rad tools.
3. It's about time, although I have my doubts
4. Yes because the RAD tool writes all the client side scripting for you
5. Dump your pirated copy of VB Studio and grab a decent text editor. Code in both, then you will feel the ASP.NET pain. I have felt it even using a legal copy of VB Studio
Really, you are comparing a RAD tool to PHP. I am quite sure someone could come up with a comparable PHP rad tool that writes half the code for you, just because you're to lazy to write it yourself
Most of the time the end users have no idea of what is going on, and although they paid for the computer and OS and internet connection they are going to be disconnected.
...
Shouldn't the computer vendours and ISPs be much to blame as well? They are in such a rush to sell their products/services that they fail to tell their customers about their responsabilities as computer/internet users. Then they come around and bite them in the ass by unplugging their connection and charging to fix their infected computers.
Ignorance has a price indeed
Like many here I have also been using mozilla/firefox for quite sometime. Actually mozilla, I switched to firefox at work because just need the browser functionality.
I have also tried the official 0.9 release, however, at the end of the day went back to 0.8 due to all of the following reasons:
1. Theme. It is not ugly, it is just different and I don't mind that. What I do mind is the lack of polish. I looks like a hack job to me.
2. Installing new themes. I couldn't. And yes I know why, I read the other ways of installing themes but I didn't bother. There must be more elegant ways of dealing with old incompatible themes.
3. Read 2 above. Replace themes with extensions.
4. The "new" themes and extensions managers. They are not new. They were just separated from the options dialog. And although it could be argued that it reduces cluter in the option dialog I am of the opinion that increases cluter on the tools menu and on the number of possible dialogs. Options are usually cluttered - that is where the ugly and complex meet to make the browsing experience beautiful and flexible. They could have gone half way where the new menu items would open the same options dialog but with either themes or extensions selected, respectively.
5. I am a web developer. One of the sites at work "gained" and horizontal scroll bar, where one isn't needed. It just scrolls 2 or 3 pixels and the screen resolution doesn't matter. This is an intranet site so the URL is irrelevant.
I understand that 0.9 is a development release and therefore there are bugs, problems, etc... However, even in development a 0.9 release should be generally better then a 0.8 release, and this doesn't appear to be the case.
50 billion are lost? Where did it go? did someone actually burned that money? or was it buried? perhaps it was sunken into the deep oceans ...
...
...
Most likely it went to pay the industry that most benefits from virus/worms, the computer industry.
This starts right at the Administrators that should have done their job in maintaning a secure computer environment, to the subscription based Enterprise Anti-Virus software suite, to the unsecured Operating Systems whose later releases are always more secure then previous release, yet not secure enough
You get the drift
Personally I am looking forward to running my own beowulf cluster made up of 8 Radeon X800 XT XT Super Duper XXX TT Platinum Card, with 64 pixels pipelines each, effectivelly making a 512 node supercomputer. All of this inside my desktop tower.
Dunno if anyone is still reading this thread or bot but here it goes ...
I am a programmer, and a while ago I was asked to do some graphics at work. Since I am always looking for new and exciting challenges I said sure.
Now, not having a commercial software application at hand I turned to the GIMP 2 (windows 2000). After all the graphics were not that complex and my graphics editing experience went as far as resizing, croping and changing formats.
The interface sure was weird at first, but I got used to it. There was also an anoying DOS window poping out of nowhere with some debug messages. And lastly there were the crashes (GIMP only).
In the mean time I learned about layers and masks and filters and a few other goodies. And I was able to get some cool graphics done. My boss was happy.
I though, now that I know a bit more about the graphics stuff I want to give photoshop a try!
The interface sure looked nicer then GIMP's interface, and a quick browse through the menus it looked like this had much more functionality then the GIMP. Then I tried doing some graphics like the ones I did at work, and that's where the "fun" begins:
Couldn't find anything because the menus where so messy. When I found something I wondered why it was called whatever it was called. It didn't make any sense.
I also installed photoshop elements. Since it is a simpler version, maybe it was easier to use. Same crap but without the functionality of even the GIMP.
Tried both photoshop and elements for another couple of days thinking that it could only get better. Well, it got worse. Frustation settled in and the end result was uninstalling both.
My guess is because I got used to the clunky GIMP interface and intuitive menus in the first place, when it came to change to photoshop, I didn't like it. Not that I am doubting Photoshop almigthyness in terms of graphics editors, however, IMHO, when it comes to graphics for the web, GIMP 2 is rich in functionality and easy to use.
Therefore I fully undertsand the frustation of experienced and professional photoshop users when trying something else, including the GIMP.
Where is VRML? What about OpenGL?
How many formats are still in use for 2D images?
What about audio and video? Why do people need to have 3 media players installed? (Windows, Quicktime, Real)
What about instant messaging? That is 4 apps that are imcompatible between each other, but all do the same thing. (AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo)
Yes, I do know about gaim and mplayer, but the average user in a windows box is a different story.
I think the industry that created this mess would be better off first cleaning this up, where it impacts the end user, and worry about 3D formats, which aren't widely used, after.
Talk is nice, but it is the mighty buck that does the walk.
Microsoft is peeved at IBM's Linux propaganda. So as not to get themselves involved in delicate situations, they become friends with the financially struggling foe (remember Corel?), and get them to do the dirty job. To pretty things up they licence SCO technology, SCO interfaces with Active Directory and so on.
Microsoft is really attempting to kill two birds with one stone: kill SCO/Caldera and piss off anyone shipping Linux, specially IBM.
This will be an interesting show indeed...
Der Name der Rose
Mediterraneo
can't find the DVDs anywhere. but the worst movie of all times, Josie and the Pussycats, seems worthy of a DVD release.
bah
There are 2 very distinct classes of beginners, the technical power user that is beginning in Linux, and the absolute beginner that still has trouble with windows.
For the power beginner the O'Reilly books will do, as a number of people have mentioned before.
The absolute beginner won't be able to make it through all the geek speak in O'Reilly books. Although I hate to say this probably a "dummies" or "idiots" book would be better. I remember seing also a "visually" series with lots of pretty pictures. Which one of those I don't know, I'm a power user.
Such as Parrot, turkey and chicken ... yeah.
I work in a small web development department for a large call center company. The company does customer service/support for some of the biggest telecommunications and software companies.
:-)
The web development that we do is mostly internal support for the different projects. This is mostly database with web front-end using MSSQL/IIS/ASP
For over a year now we have been working on moving and re-designing badly written applications to new W2K servers (there wasn't much choice since 95% of code was ASP). The problem is that these applications will take another 6 months to 1 year to be re-written. We have looked extensively for free ASP code as to speed up this process, since there is no need to re-invent the wheel. However, it seems that any joe that can code 10 lines of VB wants $50 for it.
We are now turning to Apache/MySQL/PHP and the large amounts of existing PHP code out there. We have sold this idea to the boss, and to a small extenct, upper management. We are using PHP Triad which intalls Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on a windows environment. Hopefully we will have a beta version of an internal communications site within a couple weeks.
I am hoping this will be just the begining
I'm thinking sensors at the brain level and those robots made by honda and sony.
This is scary shit.