The first one is very detailed. An absolute must read.
The problem for the windows XP user is that his system may be used as a kind of relay for network attacks. Hence, slodowns and the possibility to be banned from the network.
1. XP is for eXPensive
Never in the history of the PC has the part of the operating system been so pricey.
2. XP is for eXPires
Microsoft has invented the software that eXPires as the customer can only install the software a certain number of times. If you have a virus, need to upgrade your hard drive, want to clean up your HD, add another component, change PC or any other reason to install, your software gets closed to death.
3. XP is for eXPloit
Knowing the care microsoft gives to security, this meaning is close to become reality.
4. XP is for eXPlosion
eXPlosion of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks as windows XP gives raw socket acces to the mass of home users. (read http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm and http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19332.html)
5. XP is for eXPected
It took 10 years to microsoft to deliver a operating system that doesn't crash or need a reboot multiple times a day. At last !
6. XP is for linuXPreferred
For all the above reasons.
vmware is nice but you need full windows
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Vmware enables you to use windows inside linux and then run your windows apps inside windows. So you still need an installed and working windows. It is just a way to avoid dual booting. The drawbacks are that you still need windows and that it requires a lot of ram and processing power.
On the other hand, wine works without the windows OS and runs the software alone. That is a much more difficult task than the first solution because wine has to "understand" all kinds of software calls to the OS. That is why the bigger and more complex apps do not run with wine.
Why do you want to migrate from ext2 to ext3? Four main reasons: availability, data integrity, speed, and easy transition.
[...]
Again, we don't claim that every one of these points are unique to ext3. Most of them are shared by at least one other filesystem. We merely claim that the set of all of them together is true only for ext3.
Funny, I was just reading that story just when it appeared on slashdot.
excerpts :
In rare cases, the sting provokes an allergic reaction that can kill. In the southern United States, infested since the 1930s, 84 people have died.
The ants represent a threat to Australia's outdoors way of life. Activities such as camping and barbecues are out of the question in affected areas; even sitting in the back garden with a book can be a painful experience. In some American states, schools, parks and sports fields have had to be closed.
It will start october 22. From their website :
TransGaming's subscription services will be available in fall 2001. For just $5 a month, subscribers will be able to directly support our work on Wine and will be able to vote on which games we should work on next. We want you to be a full participant in the development process, not just an innocent bystander!
Once 20,000 subscribers are signed up, TransGaming will release all its current code under the Wine license. In many ways, TransGaming subscription model is an economic experiment in novel mechanisms for funding Open Source projects. For more insight, please have a look at our Open Source Philosophy.
If you are interested in subscribing, please fill out our Survey, and we'll get back to you when our code is ready for widespread public consumption.
Interesting, yes but 5$ each month just to vote...
There is an interesting transcript of a chat with Jacques Le Marois, head of Mandrakesoft. Most of his 44 answers are predictable but I didn't expect that he would predict a 99% market share for linux on the PC in the next years !(with 20% or 30% for mandrake)
Have you noticed that the hearing will happen the same day miGrosoft will launch its billionesque marketed XP noperating system ? Is this a coincidence ? Probably, but I feel it ironic.
What could be worse than that kind of legislation that aim to control the way you use information ? Are you supposed a criminal before having done anything or before having been in court ?
A quick search on the net gave me no result on the price, probably this phone is too new.
The problem with that kind of mobile phones is the high price at which they are sold. The siemens SL45 for example is 630 euros and the sony Z5 is more than 1000 euros. It is more expensive than a good mobile phone and a little mp3 player !
As the nokia 5510 is targeted to teens and young adults, I do not see them (us) pay such a kind of price. Better stick with the good standard mobile phone and minidisc.
More than 400 euros and no one will buy it.
Mich.
More importantly :how to pronounce J# ?
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Yes, I still don't know how to pronounce those C# and now J#.
seebar ? djayyybar ?
Not that I talk a lot about it but who knows ?
Too bad they didn't use ...
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Ok, he is a terrorist and criminal but he makes a point when he says chidren in palestinia and iraq are dying and suffering.
Of course, it is stupid to kill innocents for a good cause but I think solving the palestinian case would help sorting this mess out.
Please, US people, stop supporting Sharon, he is worth Ben Laden.
Not only in emergency (and two wishes).
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This would be also a very useful feature when you have no network connection, the phone would poll at regular times for another phone but only if that one is connected on the network. It seems to be a technological leap forward, though, compared to the situation today.
An easier solution, and also useful, would be the ability to send local messages, without network support. The problem here would be reluctance from the network operators as they would loose revenues.
As we are on the subject, all cell phones should have an "offline" option when you want to read/write messages but are not allowed to or do not want to be connected.
Did you know that in 1998, in Texas, a women cleaning the house of a 71 year old man unplugged his life support to plug the vacuum cleaner. The man died.
http://www.hawkmoon.dircon.co.uk/archive/1998.ht ml
It has been said before in this post but the ad appears only ONCE in a day. I tried it and prefer it to cnet large animated ads in the content or the ugly design of msnbc. I also would favor micropayment.
Slashdot Mirror
I have two links to stories about the problem of raw socket access in windows XP :
http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm
and
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19332.html
The first one is very detailed. An absolute must read.
The problem for the windows XP user is that his system may be used as a kind of relay for network attacks. Hence, slodowns and the possibility to be banned from the network.
Or point your VB scripters to eXtreme Perl :
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http://www.bad-managers.com/rumours/story031.shtm
Ok let's go.
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1. XP is for eXPensive
Never in the history of the PC has the part of the operating system been so pricey.
2. XP is for eXPires
Microsoft has invented the software that eXPires as the customer can only install the software a certain number of times. If you have a virus, need to upgrade your hard drive, want to clean up your HD, add another component, change PC or any other reason to install, your software gets closed to death.
3. XP is for eXPloit
Knowing the care microsoft gives to security, this meaning is close to become reality.
4. XP is for eXPlosion
eXPlosion of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks as windows XP gives raw socket acces to the mass of home users. (read http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm and http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19332.html
5. XP is for eXPected
It took 10 years to microsoft to deliver a operating system that doesn't crash or need a reboot multiple times a day. At last !
6. XP is for linuXPreferred
For all the above reasons.
Any other ideas ?
I am bored therefore I am.
Vmware enables you to use windows inside linux and then run your windows apps inside windows. So you still need an installed and working windows. It is just a way to avoid dual booting. The drawbacks are that you still need windows and that it requires a lot of ram and processing power.
On the other hand, wine works without the windows OS and runs the software alone. That is a much more difficult task than the first solution because wine has to "understand" all kinds of software calls to the OS. That is why the bigger and more complex apps do not run with wine.
I am not sure but the picture on spymac seems to have been manipulated. Look at the apple logo, there is a perspective problem.
Another possibility is that the story is real and that the photo has been edited to make the device look like the retail product.
If it's a PDA, I hope it won't be too expensive so it can be a killer.
On this page, a redhat employee explained why they chose ext3.
It was also the topic of a previous slashdot post.
This extract sums it up :
Why do you want to migrate from ext2 to ext3? Four main reasons: availability, data integrity, speed, and easy transition.
[...]
Again, we don't claim that every one of these points are unique to ext3. Most of them are shared by at least one other filesystem. We merely claim that the set of all of them together is true only for ext3.
The Independent has an article on the subject.
Funny, I was just reading that story just when it appeared on slashdot.
excerpts :
In rare cases, the sting provokes an allergic reaction that can kill. In the southern United States, infested since the 1930s, 84 people have died.
The ants represent a threat to Australia's outdoors way of life. Activities such as camping and barbecues are out of the question in affected areas; even sitting in the back garden with a book can be a painful experience. In some American states, schools, parks and sports fields have had to be closed.
OK I edited the translation.
It will start october 22. From their website :
...
TransGaming's subscription services will be available in fall 2001. For just $5 a month, subscribers will be able to directly support our work on Wine and will be able to vote on which games we should work on next. We want you to be a full participant in the development process, not just an innocent bystander!
Once 20,000 subscribers are signed up, TransGaming will release all its current code under the Wine license. In many ways, TransGaming subscription model is an economic experiment in novel mechanisms for funding Open Source projects. For more insight, please have a look at our Open Source Philosophy.
If you are interested in subscribing, please fill out our Survey, and we'll get back to you when our code is ready for widespread public consumption.
Interesting, yes but 5$ each month just to vote
There is an interesting transcript of a chat with Jacques Le Marois, head of Mandrakesoft. Most of his 44 answers are predictable but I didn't expect that he would predict a 99% market share for linux on the PC in the next years !(with 20% or 30% for mandrake)
Yes 99 percent !
The text is in french but I used this excellent translation engine and mirrored the original translation.
Have you noticed that the hearing will happen the same day miGrosoft will launch its billionesque marketed XP noperating system ? Is this a coincidence ? Probably, but I feel it ironic.
What could be worse than that kind of legislation that aim to control the way you use information ? Are you supposed a criminal before having done anything or before having been in court ?
This story is quoted "asinine" on fark.com. That single fact means a lot about the credibility of the story.
A quick search on the net gave me no result on the price, probably this phone is too new.
The problem with that kind of mobile phones is the high price at which they are sold. The siemens SL45 for example is 630 euros and the sony Z5 is more than 1000 euros. It is more expensive than a good mobile phone and a little mp3 player !
As the nokia 5510 is targeted to teens and young adults, I do not see them (us) pay such a kind of price. Better stick with the good standard mobile phone and minidisc.
More than 400 euros and no one will buy it.
Mich.
Yes, I still don't know how to pronounce those C# and now J#.
seebar ? djayyybar ?
Not that I talk a lot about it but who knows ?
Too bad they didn't use these pictures.
but a western 'icon' would most likely be avoided because of the extra attention such a photo would receive
What extra attention ?
Ok, he is a terrorist and criminal but he makes a point when he says chidren in palestinia and iraq are dying and suffering.
Of course, it is stupid to kill innocents for a good cause but I think solving the palestinian case would help sorting this mess out.
Please, US people, stop supporting Sharon, he is worth Ben Laden.
This would be also a very useful feature when you have no network connection, the phone would poll at regular times for another phone but only if that one is connected on the network. It seems to be a technological leap forward, though, compared to the situation today.
An easier solution, and also useful, would be the ability to send local messages, without network support. The problem here would be reluctance from the network operators as they would loose revenues.
As we are on the subject, all cell phones should have an "offline" option when you want to read/write messages but are not allowed to or do not want to be connected.
If you want to stop giving any penny to micro$oft before they take over the internet, take a look at all the companies you can boycott.
Some examples are NCompass, Commerce one, Audible, Corel, LinkExchange, Hitachi, Firefly, Dreamworks, Hotmail, WebTV, Realnames, Verisign, CompUSA, Keen, Radioshack, Expedia, Akamaï, Concentric, WebMD, Nextel, Portugal Telecom, Qwest, Apple, RealNetworks, Comcast, NBC, UUNET.
I also suggest that you read the 12 steps to stop using M$. Very thorough, a MUST.
If you have questions on windows XP, you should check this page or rather you shouldn't because you will read :
Microsoft® Windows XP Professional
Common Questions
This product does not offer Common Questions.
It has been an urban legend since 1996 BUT a similar story happened in 1998.
Did you know that in 1998, in Texas, a women cleaning the house of a 71 year old man unplugged his life support to plug the vacuum cleaner. The man died.
t ml
http://www.hawkmoon.dircon.co.uk/archive/1998.h
It has been said before in this post but the ad appears only ONCE in a day. I tried it and prefer it to cnet large animated ads in the content or the ugly design of msnbc. I also would favor micropayment.
M$ subsidiaries (correct word ?) have some freedom, you know !
Everything in the M$ world is not decided in one office in Redmond !
And about New Zealand, if you don't know where it is, you should go back to school.