They are supposed to use StarOffice and Solaris exclusively, but they don't.
Some Sun sales guys came to my former company and gave us the salespitch for the Spaghetti.. sorry.. Serengeti line of servers.
They were using Office 2000 on Windows 2000 on a Toshiba laptop. The sales guys mentioned that they were supposed to be using StarOffice, but they said it sucked.
I guess being in Australia they weren't under as much scrutiny as the US operation, and could get away with stuff like that.
Speaking of Exchange replacments, that page I linked to says that Exchange 2k and Outlook XP use WebDAV to communicate. I knew that public folders were WebDAV enabled, but it seems like the whole Exchange shebang is accessible by WebDAV!
I think I'll have to take a look at the Exchange 2k demo and see for myself...
What the hell does Heidi Roizen dressing up as a cheerleader or nurse (sketchy) have to do with the employee transfer?
Absolutely nothing.
The page has three stories on it, but they didn't clearly indicate when they go to another story. They did something like 'Doctor in the house: Venture capitalist Heidi Roizen has been known...' without bolding anything.
They also get the link to the VC firm wrong. It's sbvc.com NOT sbc.com.
Last I checked, Apache could run on big Sun, HP and IBM boxes. And last I checked, IIS could run only in x86 and Alpha. Obviously the big boxes can run more sites than the x86 ones.
Also, Apache is deployed more on mass virtual hosting than IIS, which tends to be used more in corporates and single site setups (like.coms).
The majority of IIS sites typically run ASP applications, whereas the majority of virtual hosted Apache sites are static.
Without more data, you cannot possibly say that Apache uses the hardware more efficiently.
I was mainly referring to the practise of taping shows off TV, and fast-forwarding the ads.
IMO, blocking banner ads, and fast-forwarding ads on video are the same. You get an idea of what's being advertised (ALT text on banner ads) without actually seeing the ad.
Yep, I can confirm this, running Norton Internet Security 2002.
Here's the Babelfished text they serve up if you are blocking ads:
The page requested by you cannot be represented unfortunately. This problem can have the following causes: An advertising filter (e.g. Web which ago, AdBlocker) prevents the announcement of banners. DirectBOX finances itself by advertisement. Please you deactivate the advertising filter.
Note: They can deactivate the advertisement on directBOX by a monthly payment. Click here, in order to activate directBOX the advertising filter.
Their Browser does not support an announcement of pictures. DirectBOX uses pictures as navigation item. We recommend to use you a current Browser.
I'm equally depressed by the sorry mofos that use filters. That is kinda like stealing. Well, I guess you think you are Robin Hood liberating the internet. No, you are lowering the quality of the internet, by driving providers out of business. By taking their stuff for free. Do you do the same in stores?
So you don't use the fast-forward button on your VCR to skip ads?
Same thing with ad-blocking programs. I'm using my 'fast-forward' button, so to speak.
Well, actually.. quicktime is less crappy than windoze mediaplayer.
Well, that's a matter of taste, really. I don't think either of them are particularly great. Same with RealWhatever. Roll on DiVX and MPEG!
Second, believe it or not but the official MPEG4 standard is based on.... quicktime!!!
IIRC, they didn't use the codec, just the data format. Most QT movie trailers use the Sorenson codec.
Personally, I think they should release trailers in as many format as possible. MPEG1, MPEG4, WinMedia, Real and QT. Cover all the bases, and you get some form of inherent mirroring as well (MSN would host the WM on their site, Apple would host the QT, and so on)
Mirroring is essential. And NOT like having three web servers in the same building, you fools. Scatter them all over the world, and provide links from the official site so people can make choices about where they slurp from.
and
Choose providers who can handle this sort of load balancing, like Akamai. What the hell piddly server is squeeze.sorensen.com? No wonder it exploded a nansecond after it got posted.
are the same, really. Akamai provides a great network for posting stuff like this. Akamai is your friend.
Allow downloads, instead of streaming-only distribution. Golf claps for doing this for the latest LoTR trailer, but big boos for messing the rest up.
I agree with this. It's very inefficient. If you want to play the trailer again, you have to request all the data again, and I don't believe many places proxy and cache streaming media requests.
P2P distribution is also a good idea, but I don't think the studios want to look like they are legitimising the practise. It's all about appearances.
Why must they use Quacktime? Has Jobs paid off all the studios or something?
Why not something open and widespread like MPEG, MPEG2 or MPEG4? That way people on all kinds of platforms can see it without having to install crap software.
It's not as if Sorenson is any better than the various MPEGs.
Hmm... I skipped that part when I installed, so I'll take your word for it.
However, I don't think that's an overly big problem. If there are kids in the house, they will likely want to change their icon that appears on the login screen, and the Start panel.
To do this, you have to go to the Users control panel, where the user type selector is pretty easy to get to from there.
Obviously, not everyone is going to see this, but the smarter Joe Consumer's (not typical computer user, but consumers with a slightly above average intelligence, which isn't saying much:P) should pick it up, as it's on the screen after changing the icon.
Windows XP runs EVERYTHING at root, which means every program (and even the trojans hidden within that program) has full access to all Windows services
Pigs arse everything runs as root. When you create a new user, it asks you whether the user is a admin or regular user. Regular users are NOT root.
And for more control, you can fire up the Users and Groups MMC, and put users in appropriate groups, and set appropriate permissions.
Installing a new hard disk does NOT trigger activation. I just recently put an extra 60Gb Western Digital in my XP RC1 machine, and it didn't even blink.
Although I'm using RC1, from what reports I've seen, the RTM version will be even less stringent with activation.
I use WAP on my Nokia 6210 to check my e-mail if I'm away from a computer, and if I'm expecting an important e-mail. Optus Networker has a nice POP3 client.
I also occasionally use Lokate, a location based service that tells you where the nearest things are, like nearest train station, pizza place, pub. It's based on your cell ID, so it's not terribly accurate, but it can be handy at times. You can even use it to find out where another Lokate user is currently located (it's protected by a PIN and opt-in)
The main reason I think people see WAP as a failure is due to consultants and industry analysts misunderstanding what it is, and getting everyone to think it's the Internet on your mobile.
It's also too expensive and too slow to dial into on circuit switched connections. GPRS should fix that though.
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I will now crawl back into my igloo and warm up next to my Athlon. It gets really hot from all this compiling.
Hope that heat sink is on nice and tight. You know what happens if it isn't...
Apparently it's a plugin for IIS that scans all incoming requests for anything suspicious, like gigantic URL's and Unicode characters, and blocks them.
Are you aware that a spammer can send you HTML e-mail and know when it is displayed on your screen? All he does is include a unique 1x1.GIF URL. When his system sees a "GET" on his web server for the.GIF, he knows that your e-mail address is valid, the IP address of your machine, and that he's got a live one. Welcome to more spam. And you cannot turn off HTML fetching from your e-mail or have it ask you first.
These are all examples of gross security flaws that Microsoft has created. Sorry, but that's negligence in its simplist form.
Wrong. Blame Netscape for that. They brought out HTML e-mail.
Who gave them the permission to take over an academic/military born free network and turn it into a commercialized wasteland with nothing but ads and pay-for-access content?!
ATM, the iPaq is lightyears ahead of the Jornada. That may change with the new Jornadas. There are also new iPaq's on the horizon.
Personally, I'd keep both, but target the Jornada line towards the low end. Problem with that is that the money is on the high end entreprise market now.
I'd still like to see PocketPC handhelds shake up Palm's only viable market, the low end.
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They are supposed to use StarOffice and Solaris exclusively, but they don't.
.. sorry .. Serengeti line of servers.
Some Sun sales guys came to my former company and gave us the salespitch for the Spaghetti
They were using Office 2000 on Windows 2000 on a Toshiba laptop. The sales guys mentioned that they were supposed to be using StarOffice, but they said it sucked.
I guess being in Australia they weren't under as much scrutiny as the US operation, and could get away with stuff like that.
Aren't HP discontinuing OpenMail?
...
Speaking of Exchange replacments, that page I linked to says that Exchange 2k and Outlook XP use WebDAV to communicate. I knew that public folders were WebDAV enabled, but it seems like the whole Exchange shebang is accessible by WebDAV!
I think I'll have to take a look at the Exchange 2k demo and see for myself
What the hell does Heidi Roizen dressing up as a cheerleader or nurse (sketchy) have to do with the employee transfer?
...' without bolding anything.
Absolutely nothing.
The page has three stories on it, but they didn't clearly indicate when they go to another story. They did something like 'Doctor in the house: Venture capitalist Heidi Roizen has been known
They also get the link to the VC firm wrong. It's sbvc.com NOT sbc.com.
Very sloppy website.
No, no.
All your brain are belong to us.
They didn't know plurals.
Not necessarily.
.coms).
Last I checked, Apache could run on big Sun, HP and IBM boxes. And last I checked, IIS could run only in x86 and Alpha. Obviously the big boxes can run more sites than the x86 ones.
Also, Apache is deployed more on mass virtual hosting than IIS, which tends to be used more in corporates and single site setups (like
The majority of IIS sites typically run ASP applications, whereas the majority of virtual hosted Apache sites are static.
Without more data, you cannot possibly say that Apache uses the hardware more efficiently.
I was mainly referring to the practise of taping shows off TV, and fast-forwarding the ads.
IMO, blocking banner ads, and fast-forwarding ads on video are the same. You get an idea of what's being advertised (ALT text on banner ads) without actually seeing the ad.
Yep, I can confirm this, running Norton Internet Security 2002.
Here's the Babelfished text they serve up if you are blocking ads:
The page requested by you cannot be represented unfortunately. This problem can have the following causes: An advertising filter (e.g. Web which ago, AdBlocker) prevents the announcement of banners. DirectBOX finances itself by advertisement. Please you deactivate the advertising filter.
Note: They can deactivate the advertisement on directBOX by a monthly payment. Click here, in order to activate directBOX the advertising filter.
Their Browser does not support an announcement of pictures. DirectBOX uses pictures as navigation item. We recommend to use you a current Browser.
Stiff bikkies Lynx users.
I'm equally depressed by the sorry mofos that use filters. That is kinda like stealing. Well, I guess you think you are Robin Hood liberating the internet. No, you are lowering the quality of the internet, by driving providers out of business. By taking their stuff for free. Do you do the same in stores?
So you don't use the fast-forward button on your VCR to skip ads?
Same thing with ad-blocking programs. I'm using my 'fast-forward' button, so to speak.
Use Web folders, and any other text editor. Personally, I like TextPad (www.textpad.com).
You can access a WebDAV server just like a network share. I believe in XP, you can even map it to a drive letter, but don't quote me on that.
Anyone else see the irony of a story on a privacy activist on a site that requires mandatory registration?
Well, actually.. quicktime is less crappy than windoze mediaplayer.
Well, that's a matter of taste, really. I don't think either of them are particularly great. Same with RealWhatever. Roll on DiVX and MPEG!
Second, believe it or not but the official MPEG4 standard is based on.... quicktime!!!
IIRC, they didn't use the codec, just the data format. Most QT movie trailers use the Sorenson codec.
Personally, I think they should release trailers in as many format as possible. MPEG1, MPEG4, WinMedia, Real and QT. Cover all the bases, and you get some form of inherent mirroring as well (MSN would host the WM on their site, Apple would host the QT, and so on)
and
are the same, really. Akamai provides a great network for posting stuff like this. Akamai is your friend.
Allow downloads, instead of streaming-only distribution. Golf claps for doing this for the latest LoTR trailer, but big boos for messing the rest up.
I agree with this. It's very inefficient. If you want to play the trailer again, you have to request all the data again, and I don't believe many places proxy and cache streaming media requests.
P2P distribution is also a good idea, but I don't think the studios want to look like they are legitimising the practise. It's all about appearances.
Why must they use Quacktime? Has Jobs paid off all the studios or something?
Why not something open and widespread like MPEG, MPEG2 or MPEG4? That way people on all kinds of platforms can see it without having to install crap software.
It's not as if Sorenson is any better than the various MPEGs.
Hmm ... I skipped that part when I installed, so I'll take your word for it.
:P) should pick it up, as it's on the screen after changing the icon.
However, I don't think that's an overly big problem. If there are kids in the house, they will likely want to change their icon that appears on the login screen, and the Start panel.
To do this, you have to go to the Users control panel, where the user type selector is pretty easy to get to from there.
Obviously, not everyone is going to see this, but the smarter Joe Consumer's (not typical computer user, but consumers with a slightly above average intelligence, which isn't saying much
Kills the icons, and IEXPLORE.EXE, which is about 90k. Still keeps the COM objects and the DLL's around, though, as the shell needs them.
Yep, hit Windows + L, and you can log in as another user without killing the other session.
Or, if it's a program that you need to run as admin a lot, you can create a shortcut that will run the program as another user.
Windows XP runs EVERYTHING at root, which means every program (and even the trojans hidden within that program) has full access to all Windows services
Pigs arse everything runs as root. When you create a new user, it asks you whether the user is a admin or regular user. Regular users are NOT root.
And for more control, you can fire up the Users and Groups MMC, and put users in appropriate groups, and set appropriate permissions.
Who the hell is this Cringely dolt?
Wota wanka.
Installing a new hard disk does NOT trigger activation. I just recently put an extra 60Gb Western Digital in my XP RC1 machine, and it didn't even blink.
Although I'm using RC1, from what reports I've seen, the RTM version will be even less stringent with activation.
I use WAP on my Nokia 6210 to check my e-mail if I'm away from a computer, and if I'm expecting an important e-mail. Optus Networker has a nice POP3 client.
I also occasionally use Lokate, a location based service that tells you where the nearest things are, like nearest train station, pizza place, pub. It's based on your cell ID, so it's not terribly accurate, but it can be handy at times. You can even use it to find out where another Lokate user is currently located (it's protected by a PIN and opt-in)
The main reason I think people see WAP as a failure is due to consultants and industry analysts misunderstanding what it is, and getting everyone to think it's the Internet on your mobile.
It's also too expensive and too slow to dial into on circuit switched connections. GPRS should fix that though.
I will now crawl back into my igloo and warm up next to my Athlon. It gets really hot from all this compiling.
...
Hope that heat sink is on nice and tight. You know what happens if it isn't
Apparently it's a plugin for IIS that scans all incoming requests for anything suspicious, like gigantic URL's and Unicode characters, and blocks them.
. asp?url=/technet/security/tools/URLscan.asp
Could be potentially effective.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default
Are you aware that a spammer can send you HTML e-mail and know when it is displayed on your screen? All he does is include a unique 1x1 .GIF URL. When his system sees a "GET" on his web server for the .GIF, he knows that your e-mail address is valid, the IP address of your machine, and that he's got a live one. Welcome to more spam. And you cannot turn off HTML fetching from your e-mail or have it ask you first.
These are all examples of gross security flaws that Microsoft has created. Sorry, but that's negligence in its simplist form.
Wrong. Blame Netscape for that. They brought out HTML e-mail.
I don't see why it wouldn't. It's the same CPU. They'd have to modify the installation process and the boot loader though.
Who gave them the permission to take over an academic/military born free network and turn it into a commercialized wasteland with nothing but ads and pay-for-access content?!
... the US Government?
Uhh
Hmmm. Interesting.
ATM, the iPaq is lightyears ahead of the Jornada. That may change with the new Jornadas. There are also new iPaq's on the horizon.
Personally, I'd keep both, but target the Jornada line towards the low end. Problem with that is that the money is on the high end entreprise market now.
I'd still like to see PocketPC handhelds shake up Palm's only viable market, the low end.