If I can't, I hate to say it, but I may be forced to switch my network storage box to some Windows variant.
Wrong answer. I am not obsoleting my entire system because a user adds a new incompatible box. I insist the new stuff is compatible with my LAN. I have the incompatible new box user find and install the drivers needed to access the system. If it can't do SMB and TCP/IP, it's incompatible.
Call me idealistic, but I'm just not a big fan of encouraging people to leave junk out in the woods.
I'm not either. Most caches placed are located where the casual passerby will never find it. Unless you are into digging in the pine needles in a stump, or picking up a large flat rock, you will never know it's there.
I have two caches hidden. One is in a city park. It has been there since last July undisturbed and unseen by the passerby. The other one is located under junk that has been there for over 5 years. I chose that location because nobody bothers it. Neither one is located in a wilderness location.
Some of the more rural caches get me to unusual out of the way places I have never been before. Urban caches often get me to greenspaces I never new existed. For that reason I like geocaching. Going to the coast for example is usualy the pits hitting the regular tourist spots. With caching, I get to find some gems away from the beaten path that may not be marked on your map. Check for caches located near the wilderness area. Most caches are placed carefully and hidden unlike the beer cans near your favorite fishing hole.
There is lots of Linux in Mexico. The price is right and it supports Spanish. MS is acting to keep it from becoming too established. The free stuff is just to get control of the market share problem. After that is out of the way, look out!
Actually I run AdAware over my LAN. I attach the drives of all my machines and scan them from the admin console periodicaly. None of the workstation machines have privilages of any kind on the admin machine which does the scanning over the LAN. The admin machine is not sharing any drives. The scan is done at the same time the LAN is swept for viruses in additon to the local machines anti-virus software.
This catches any software that tries to attack the anti-virus software and the AdAware software.
As for uninstalling software without any other warning, wouldn't this be on the same level as a destructive virus? I think it should be called a Trojan program and properly included in the signature files of McAffee, V-Shield, Network Associates, Fprotect, etc.
I started navigating with a compass many years ago and I still carry one. You haven't checked the technology lately if you think you have to carry your weight in batteries. My GPS will (and does) run 10 hours on a set of batteries. My carrycase has room for a spare set. That way I always travel with a brand new set as the reserve set. (2 AA's) GPS reception is poor in the heavy woods. Most of the time while hiking, the GPS is stowed not using batteries. A set of batteries usualy lasts over a month of hiking with my typical usage pattern. I use it to spot check my location in clearings which I mark, so I can hop back and find where I parked the car. I print my maps from the National Geographic topographic maps (was Wildflower Productions software) with the GPS grid on the map, so yes those numbers do mean something on my map. The compass is still the primary direction setting insturment for cross country navagation. The GPS will tell me the distance and direction back to the last clearing (marked waypoint) as well as the distance and direction to that secluded lake or hot spring I am seeking. (Waypoint set before leaving home) The compass will tell you which way is North, but it will not tell you what direction that hot spring is when you miss it by a tenth mile.
To demonstrate the diffrence between using a compass only and using a GPS to find your target in relation to you, try Geocaching with a compass instead of a GPS. Visit www.geocaching.com for details. Good luck with the compass only hunt. I'll be impressed if you find many geocaches with just a compass and a map. You may find a parking lot, but finding the cache will be much more difficult.
I've seldom gotten found by using a compass. I can spend a lot less money on a watch that also has a GPS and will tell me where I am. Casio GPS Watch (PAT-2GP) can be found for $394.00. http://www.shoplite.com/pat-1gp.htm That watch even has something important, auto time correction. I use a watch to know the time. Non-GPS autoset watches can be found for less than $100.00.
Why do I see the large schood districts folding? Somehow I see the future of school to be small catholic and other private schools that can survive an audit. It would be like trying to audit McDonnalds. You can audit the corprate center, but to to audit the local golden arches, you will have to contact the franchisee for that seprate business. I can see schools adopting this to no longer be a large target.
Tell them you will match the fine in promoting OSS and campaign against corporate raids. The fines and campaign funds all are to be from the budget for new software licenses. They will be killing the golden goose to continue. Part of the promotion is showing the audit cost + penalties are part of the TCO of the Windows Platform.
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How about executable software instead of installing software. We have long abandoned the concept of a program residing in a read only directory that is called as needed to run. Remember the DOS disk shuffle when computers didn't have a hard drive? Applications were executed when needed and removed when not needed. Too much software now has to be installed to run. The Windows Registery concept is too much of a software battle zone. What program is called up when you want to view a.JPG or listen to an MP3? How many times have you seen XXX is not your default (borwser, media player, jukebox, word processor, photo editer,...) and do you want to make this the default? When you accept this for your.mp3's, does it also change the prefrence for.mid,.wma, and.wav without asking? This is another vote for Linux. Applications can be execute only and the ablility to be deleted by another program is denied. Installed software bloats the memory requirements and steals CPU time when you are not using an application. Want to speed up your WIN98 box? Uninstall IE with Win98 Lite. A browser as an application instead of being part of the OS is much more effecient on resources.
The 3 port standalone print server has excellent drivers and docs. They didn't write the drivers, and do not claim to support them, but they did an excellent job of finding them and including them on the CD. The software is provided as-is as they state they don't support it. They do provide docs on server interface and how to connect and configure it. You can even FTP a print job to an attached printer. If you want to share a dot matrix, laser, and inkjet with your Linux/Win mix LAN, this is a good way to go. TCP and several other network protocols are supported and can be enabled/disabled per your needs. It does not provide spooling. A machine configured to spool the jobs will be needed if you desire this feature. Otherwise the printers appear (and function) as local printers via the driver. 2 of the 3 ports support bi-directional centronics printers.
Serious, try to design and build an air cannon (Pumpkin Chuckin and smaller), see who can launch a piano, bowling ball, outhouse, etc, the furthest with a home made contraption. I put together an air cannon that put a 25 cent gumball thru a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood just to see if I could. I built the air valve. For a good challange, see who can launch a raw egg the furthest without it breaking (until it lands) using something home made. Getting the best acceleration without overstressing the shell wins.
10 years ago, Windows 3.0 was out. The copy of Windows NT I got 5 years ago allowed me the option not to install IE and it ran fine without it. And my copy of Windows 95 came without IE. (still in use by the way) If I wanted IE, I would have to install it from another CD. Many people forgot Windows 95 was released at first without IE. It was bundled later when they decided to knock the wind out of Netscape.
I just surfed over there and checked the rates. More current info may be useful. Here is what I found.
10 hrs/mo is $17 20 hrs is $27 30 is $36 50 is $50 unlimited is $79 For all plans there is an additional $35 setup fee plus additional charges on all except unlimited plan.
ISDN is avaliable in a 10 hr and 20 hr/mo package.
Rates are in CI dollars. These rates are the Dial up rates. Would you pay over $100.00 US per month for unlimited dial up?
I also think they have some serious bandwidth problems. Surfing to candw.ky is like surfing into most.edu domains.
The Cayman Islands has a phone monopoly protected by the government. I lived there for 3 years. In US dollars it was close to 1.50 per minute to call the US. We quickly learned to send our relatives money and have them call us at.30 -.50 per minute. The Cayman Islands likes to brag about being upscale by having the highest number of fax machines per capita. The reason for the large number of fax machines is due to the cost of a phone call. Nobody calls the states to get put into voice mail hell. They send a fax instead. Now that internet has reached the islands, I expect e-mail to replace fax unless spam gets too expensive to receive. Long distance charges are a good fax spam filter.
(begin RANT) Even 800 consumer service numbers are billed. I picked up my first copy of Windows 95 upgrade while there. (it was a few years ago) After installing it, it couldn't find the CD drive it was installed from, the modem, or the sound card. At 1.50 per minute for service, I simply chose to wipe the drive and recover the old OS from backups. I finaly upgraded after I returned to the US. An hour on the phone would have cost about what the upgrade cost. Dialup internet was about.30 per minute US. TOS prevented voice over internet. Needless to say very little browsing was done. Eudora was popular as the only client on many machines as a cheaper fax alternative. Connections were just long enough to send/receive mail. I never composed online. You can check out the current rates and terms of service at www.candw.ky The prices are not US dollars. 1.25 US will buy one CI dollar.(/RANT)
Some cars do use small round brake pads. While getting parts for my car, someone was inspecting some small round pads. I asked if they were for his motorcycle. He said "no, they are for my Honda" I wonder what size car uses 12 inch round brake pads. I wonder what size tires it uses to cover up the brake disk.
Due to time on a modem and slow loading pages at home, I usualy open new pages in a new window to let them load while reading the original page. I run with scripting off so pop-ups don't get out of hand. I didn't get to choose a browser at work. I seldom use the back button. I usualy use ALT-F4.
Sorry, I think you're gonna have to pay up When I pay up, it will be proof positive of prior art. I graduated HS in the '70's and haven't done much on a swing set since.
Read the patent. It states the method for a swing suspended by two chains from a tree branch. Since the playground swing I used has a pipe frame instead of a tree branch, this patent does not apply to my horizontal swinging done in grade school. The swing we had at home used ropes instead of two chains. He has patented a specific implimentation of the horizontal swing method on a specific type equipment. (two chains and one tree branch) I'm glad he didn't patent spinning in circles on a swing.
As part of the intentionaly flash disabled, don't forget to put the content in a non flash format. A blank page is useless. I removed flash as it's a real drag on my modem connection and it's almost always for advertisements, not content. The signal to noise ratio is just too bad to justify re-installing flash.
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If I can't, I hate to say it, but I may be forced to switch my network storage box to some Windows variant.
Wrong answer. I am not obsoleting my entire system because a user adds a new incompatible box. I insist the new stuff is compatible with my LAN. I have the incompatible new box user find and install the drivers needed to access the system. If it can't do SMB and TCP/IP, it's incompatible.
Call me idealistic, but I'm just not a big fan of encouraging people to leave junk out in the woods.
I'm not either. Most caches placed are located where the casual passerby will never find it. Unless you are into digging in the pine needles in a stump, or picking up a large flat rock, you will never know it's there.
I have two caches hidden. One is in a city park. It has been there since last July undisturbed and unseen by the passerby. The other one is located under junk that has been there for over 5 years. I chose that location because nobody bothers it. Neither one is located in a wilderness location.
Some of the more rural caches get me to unusual out of the way places I have never been before.
Urban caches often get me to greenspaces I never new existed. For that reason I like geocaching. Going to the coast for example is usualy the pits hitting the regular tourist spots. With caching, I get to find some gems away from the beaten path that may not be marked on your map. Check for caches located near the wilderness area. Most caches are placed carefully and hidden unlike the beer cans near your favorite fishing hole.
Same thing you call the USA in the heyday of Napster!
There is lots of Linux in Mexico. The price is right and it supports Spanish. MS is acting to keep it from becoming too established. The free stuff is just to get control of the market share problem. After that is out of the way, look out!
Actually I run AdAware over my LAN. I attach the drives of all my machines and scan them from the admin console periodicaly. None of the workstation machines have privilages of any kind on the admin machine which does the scanning over the LAN. The admin machine is not sharing any drives. The scan is done at the same time the LAN is swept for viruses in additon to the local machines anti-virus software.
This catches any software that tries to attack the anti-virus software and the AdAware software.
pictures of themselves on ebay and donate the procedes...
With my geek physique, they shouldn't hold their breath waiting for the funds.
As for uninstalling software without any other warning, wouldn't this be on the same level as a destructive virus?
I think it should be called a Trojan program and properly included in the signature files of McAffee, V-Shield, Network Associates, Fprotect, etc.
I started navigating with a compass many years ago and I still carry one. You haven't checked the technology lately if you think you have to carry your weight in batteries. My GPS will (and does) run 10 hours on a set of batteries. My carrycase has room for a spare set. That way I always travel with a brand new set as the reserve set. (2 AA's)
GPS reception is poor in the heavy woods. Most of the time while hiking, the GPS is stowed not using batteries. A set of batteries usualy lasts over a month of hiking with my typical usage pattern. I use it to spot check my location in clearings which I mark, so I can hop back and find where I parked the car. I print my maps from the National Geographic topographic maps (was Wildflower Productions software) with the GPS grid on the map, so yes those numbers do mean something on my map. The compass is still the primary direction setting insturment for cross country navagation. The GPS will tell me the distance and direction back to the last clearing (marked waypoint) as well as the distance and direction to that secluded lake or hot spring I am seeking. (Waypoint set before leaving home) The compass will tell you which way is North, but it will not tell you what direction that hot spring is when you miss it by a tenth mile.
To demonstrate the diffrence between using a compass only and using a GPS to find your target in relation to you, try Geocaching with a compass instead of a GPS. Visit www.geocaching.com for details. Good luck with the compass only hunt. I'll be impressed if you find many geocaches with just a compass and a map. You may find a parking lot, but finding the cache will be much more difficult.
I've seldom gotten found by using a compass. I can spend a lot less money on a watch that also has a GPS and will tell me where I am.
Casio GPS Watch (PAT-2GP) can be found for $394.00. http://www.shoplite.com/pat-1gp.htm That watch even has something important, auto time correction. I use a watch to know the time. Non-GPS autoset watches can be found for less than $100.00.
Why do I see the large schood districts folding? Somehow I see the future of school to be small catholic and other private schools that can survive an audit. It would be like trying to audit McDonnalds. You can audit the corprate center, but to to audit the local golden arches, you will have to contact the franchisee for that seprate business. I can see schools adopting this to no longer be a large target.
the idea is totally unworkable and not a feasible solution
Neither is any MS license.
MS demanded a 60 day audit of the 25,000 computers in Portland Oregon schools to do as permitted in the license.
Neither way is workable.
Tell them you will match the fine in promoting OSS and campaign against corporate raids. The fines and campaign funds all are to be from the budget for new software licenses. They will be killing the golden goose to continue. Part of the promotion is showing the audit cost + penalties are part of the TCO of the Windows Platform.
How about executable software instead of installing software. We have long abandoned the concept of a program residing in a read only directory that is called as needed to run. Remember the DOS disk shuffle when computers didn't have a hard drive? Applications were executed when needed and removed when not needed. Too much software now has to be installed to run. The Windows Registery concept is too much of a software battle zone. What program is called up when you want to view a .JPG or listen to an MP3? How many times have you seen XXX is not your default (borwser, media player, jukebox, word processor, photo editer,...) and do you want to make this the default? When you accept this for your .mp3's, does it also change the prefrence for .mid, .wma, and .wav without asking? This is another vote for Linux. Applications can be execute only and the ablility to be deleted by another program is denied. Installed software bloats the memory requirements and steals CPU time when you are not using an application. Want to speed up your WIN98 box? Uninstall IE with Win98 Lite. A browser as an application instead of being part of the OS is much more effecient on resources.
The 3 port standalone print server has excellent drivers and docs. They didn't write the drivers, and do not claim to support them, but they did an excellent job of finding them and including them on the CD. The software is provided as-is as they state they don't support it. They do provide docs on server interface and how to connect and configure it. You can even FTP a print job to an attached printer.
If you want to share a dot matrix, laser, and inkjet with your Linux/Win mix LAN, this is a good way to go. TCP and several other network protocols are supported and can be enabled/disabled per your needs. It does not provide spooling. A machine configured to spool the jobs will be needed if you desire this feature. Otherwise the printers appear (and function) as local printers via the driver. 2 of the 3 ports support bi-directional centronics printers.
Serious, try to design and build an air cannon (Pumpkin Chuckin and smaller), see who can launch a piano, bowling ball, outhouse, etc, the furthest with a home made contraption. I put together an air cannon that put a 25 cent gumball thru a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood just to see if I could. I built the air valve. For a good challange, see who can launch a raw egg the furthest without it breaking (until it lands) using something home made. Getting the best acceleration without overstressing the shell wins.
10 years ago, Windows 3.0 was out. The copy of Windows NT I got 5 years ago allowed me the option not to install IE and it ran fine without it.
And my copy of Windows 95 came without IE. (still in use by the way) If I wanted IE, I would have to install it from another CD. Many people forgot Windows 95 was released at first without IE. It was bundled later when they decided to knock the wind out of Netscape.
If you want an eye-opener, do your own research on where lead acid batteries are recycled in the USA. (hint they aren't)
I just surfed over there and checked the rates.
.edu domains.
More current info may be useful. Here is what I found.
10 hrs/mo is $17
20 hrs is $27
30 is $36
50 is $50
unlimited is $79
For all plans there is an additional $35 setup fee plus additional charges on all except unlimited plan.
ISDN is avaliable in a 10 hr and 20 hr/mo package.
Rates are in CI dollars. These rates are the Dial up rates. Would you pay over $100.00 US per month for unlimited dial up?
I also think they have some serious bandwidth problems. Surfing to candw.ky is like surfing into most
It really was a brake pad. Check out the disk brake pads for the Honda Civic. They are round.
The Cayman Islands has a phone monopoly protected by the government. I lived there for 3 years. In US dollars it was close to 1.50 per minute to call the US. We quickly learned to send our relatives money and have them call us at .30 - .50 per minute. The Cayman Islands likes to brag about being upscale by having the highest number of fax machines per capita. The reason for the large number of fax machines is due to the cost of a phone call. Nobody calls the states to get put into voice mail hell. They send a fax instead. Now that internet has reached the islands, I expect e-mail to replace fax unless spam gets too expensive to receive. Long distance charges are a good fax spam filter.
.30 per minute US. TOS prevented voice over internet. Needless to say very little browsing was done. Eudora was popular as the only client on many machines as a cheaper fax alternative. Connections were just long enough to send/receive mail. I never composed online. You can check out the current rates and terms of service at www.candw.ky The prices are not US dollars. 1.25 US will buy one CI dollar.(/RANT)
(begin RANT) Even 800 consumer service numbers are billed. I picked up my first copy of Windows 95 upgrade while there. (it was a few years ago) After installing it, it couldn't find the CD drive it was installed from, the modem, or the sound card. At 1.50 per minute for service, I simply chose to wipe the drive and recover the old OS from backups. I finaly upgraded after I returned to the US. An hour on the phone would have cost about what the upgrade cost. Dialup internet was about
Some cars do use small round brake pads. While getting parts for my car, someone was inspecting some small round pads. I asked if they were for his motorcycle. He said "no, they are for my Honda" I wonder what size car uses 12 inch round brake pads. I wonder what size tires it uses to cover up the brake disk.
Due to time on a modem and slow loading pages at home, I usualy open new pages in a new window to let them load while reading the original page. I run with scripting off so pop-ups don't get out of hand. I didn't get to choose a browser at work. I seldom use the back button. I usualy use ALT-F4.
Sorry, I think you're gonna have to pay up
When I pay up, it will be proof positive of prior art. I graduated HS in the '70's and haven't done much on a swing set since.
Read the patent. It states the method for a swing suspended by two chains from a tree branch. Since the playground swing I used has a pipe frame instead of a tree branch, this patent does not apply to my horizontal swinging done in grade school. The swing we had at home used ropes instead of two chains. He has patented a specific implimentation of the horizontal swing method on a specific type equipment. (two chains and one tree branch) I'm glad he didn't patent spinning in circles on a swing.
As part of the intentionaly flash disabled, don't forget to put the content in a non flash format. A blank page is useless. I removed flash as it's a real drag on my modem connection and it's almost always for advertisements, not content. The signal to noise ratio is just too bad to justify re-installing flash.