I use two cases for my 15" TiBook - a Marware SportFolio Sleeve and a Booq Boa.XL. I would highly recommend both to anyone looking to get a backpack setup for a 15" PowerBook (and, if you left out the SportFolio, the Boa.XL is perfect for the 17" AlBook...)
In the past, I've used LOTS of bags; Spire makes some wonderful bags, and I used the heck out of an Endo with a previous employer.
I bought a Port bag for my TiBook when I actually cared about the "work appearance"; it's a sharp looking bag, and Port goes to great lengths with their air-suspension system. Heck, when I bought my first PowerBook, I bought the Apple-branded Port case to go with it!
I'd still recommend any of these cases, but most highly recommend Booq's bags.
Install 2.7, and install the JET tools separately. Yes, Microsoft is trying to move people away from Jet, and yes, Microsoft doesn't include Jet components in MDAC > 2.5 by default. But, scrolling down the Universal Data Access page gives you a download link.
I'll include a link to Microsoft's security bulletin(MS02-065), since it's obvious you didn't read it.
MDAC 2.7 isn't affected by this problem. Since MDAC 2.7 is installed on Windows XP, that's also the reason that XP isn't affected by this bug.
If you choose to patch instead of upgrade (stability, possible incompatibilities with MDAC 2.7 and legacy applications, though I haven't seen any yet) then yes, you're vulnerable to all the nasty things mentioned here.
If you upgrade, you're safe from this specific problem. When MDAC 2.7 bugs are found, obviously you're vulnerable to those. Beast You Know instead of the Beast You Don't. If you upgrade, especially in a corporate environment, always test first.
Blah, blah, blah.
Also, learn to read the bulletin before responding to someone who knows what they're talking about, please...
Yes, there are still bugs with MDAC 2.6; install MDAC 2.7. You'll note at the bottom of the security update that MDAC 2.7 is not affected by this issue.
Time does equal money. The question is, do you charge for your time?
Let's revisit your sexual example again. Two people decide to have sex. In that decision to have sex, there is plenty of unspoken negotiation over the "price" of that sex.
The difference between lovemaking and prostitution is the price. In lovemaking between two people, you've decided to have sex for "free" - not counting the other variables, such as the possibility of an unspoken agreement for fidelity, the possibility of "free love" a la the 1960's and early '70's. You've also decided to have sex because, in this situation, it's "fun" to have sex for free. It's something you enjoy doing, especially when there's no financial responsibility.
Prostitution, aside from the legal issues, is the same situation - there's an agreed-upon price for sexual relations. However, the difference is that in the case of prostitution, one of the two members entering into the sexual agreement has decided to make sexual relations the source of their livelihood.
Let's now take Free Software. In your case, you're writing free software because you enjoy writing it, and have decided, along with others, that the "cost" of writing free software is getting free software in return. Software Prostitution, with more software as the cost.
In the case of companies (or programmers) making their livelihood off of software development, they have two choices: don't charge and starve, or charge for their software.
If they don't charge for their software, they have no income coming in. Unless they live in a truly socialist state, they have bills to pay that will go unpaid. Life's necessities will dictate that they begin to charge for their software.
That's the core problem with "making money" off of free software. You can't. You have to make money off of something else - support is usually the choice of large corporations that don't write off the costs as the cost of doing business, and another job is usually the choice of the small programmer working on Free Software in their spare time.
Time ALWAYS equals money because, until everything is free, living costs money. If you choose to do things without expectation of income, it's because you've negotiated other forms of "payment" with someone else - perhaps even yourself - that outweighs the money you'd gain by charging for your time.
Sometimes, the payment is the sanity gained by taking some "time off", sometimes it's the joy of working on something you love, and sometimes it's the pleasure of "spending" time in the company of someone you enjoy.
But, saying that time isn't always money is just plain wrong.
It's relatively easy to use Windows 2000 policies to remap local directories - My Documents, Application Data, etc. - to server-based directories. And, if you're worried about connectivity, set up automatic synchronization so that users can still use their data if the server becomes unavailable.
It's easy. I go to VeriSign's site (or Thawte, or any of the other root CAs that offer S/MIME certificates - hell, Thawte even offers a limited, free S/MIME certification program, and a network of virtual notaries... but, I digress) and install an S/MIME certificate.
Then, I go to Outlook, or Outlook Express, or Netscape Communicator, or Mozilla, and I install the certificate. Then, I click the "Digitally sign this email" checkbox to automagically send my certificate to sign the email, and additionally click the "Encrypt this email" once I receive a certificate from an end-user to encrypt the email.
Sure, there are scalability issues, but any good PKI implementation can take care of those for corporate use. And, with a Network of Trust like Thawte is creating, you get the PGP-like ease-of-use with the PKI-class trust-level of a real PKI. All for the home user.
And no, I don't work for VeriSign or Thawte. I did work for a company that used certificates. A lot...
::looks at his well-worn, faded A+ Certification card::
Hmmm. CompTIA awarded me my A+ Certification in 1999. In my previous job, one of my coworkers got his certification in 1998.
So, CompTIA's been around for awhile. My memory says it was founded in the early 90's, but it could have been as early as the late 80's. Sure, CompTIA's site is thin on information, but even their A+ FAQ's first question is:
Will I be able to become A+ certified on the 1998 objectives after March 30, 2001?
Um, because after three years, the supported life of your newly installed operating system has been cut in half?
Remember, Microsoft has already announced that Windows 95 support will disappear in a little less than two weeks. If I had waited until Windows 95 was three years old, I would already be planning my next upgrade cycle, looking for the next OS that's three years old.
Windows 98? Can't buy it from Microsoft, can't get a volume license. Sure, I could buy the XP volume license and downgrade, but if I'm spending that amount of money on my OS, I'd expect my IT department to install the latest and greatest thing.
...the number of developers working on applications for said platform.
I know it's been said time and time again, and I know it's unpopular, but Microsoft suffers not only from shoddy programming, but also from popularity.
While I doubt that Microsoft has the corner on programmers who know how to write secure code, I equally doubt all programmers who work on projects for Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and the like have extensive training on making software secure.
Software has bugs. All software. The things that determine whether your software's bugs are found are simple:
How good is your testing, especially before release?
How many users use and test your code once it's released, both in beta and production?
How many bugs make it out of internal testing and beta into production code?
Without a serious look at how many people evaluate and use your code on a daily basis, no simple count of bugs means crap.
Why? Simple: Peter Jackson changed the story, ever so slightly.
Granted, it's not huge. There are just minor changes. If you're indifferent about the Trilogy, or even if you're just a casual fan, they won't matter that much. Heck, the changes make for a more marketable, more Americanized Tolkien.
But, if you're like me, and you're a Tolkien nut, they're big enough to cause you to pause during the movie. They're big enough to make you walk away and think, "Hmm. Not bad, but..."
It was a good movie. It wasn't, as a friend called it, "The Best Movie, Ever." It definitely wasn't as good as, say, the BBC Radio production. Aside from reading the books themselves, that's still the best adaptation I've seen.
Still. No spoilers in the review, because there are some people, like me, who've been avoiding all the crap about the movies - I didn't want this to be another Star Wars: Episode I, where I knew almost every line of dialog before I walked into the theater...
Press CDs. Put them everywhere. CompUSA, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart...
If AOL can do it, why can't someone like Microsoft? Issuing a patch CD is feasible, especially if it means tightening your grip on the Internet.
Why haven't they done it before? Cost vs. return. If you issue free update CDs every (month|quarter|year) then you're removing a major reason behind upgrading - the inconvenience of downloading service packs and hotfixes. That'd cut into their revenue stream. Converting everyone to MS/TCP? Financially, it'd have a huge positive effect on Microsoft's bottom line.
Lastly, go read Cringely's article, where the idea came about last week.
Since when does an editorial count as a news story? Since when does someone's opinion count as something that must necessarily be impartial for a news company to be considered a bastion of journalistic integrity?
Editorials are, quite simply, the opinions of someone at a given newspaper. They can do anything from tow the news corporation line to come in direct conflict with the stated goals of the paper. That's why every newspaper I've ever read includes a disclaimer stating that "...the opinions of [someone who wrote an editorial] are not the opinions of [news corporation]"
Editorials were designed to provide a means for editors of papers to voice opinions that dissent from those of the paper and its advertisers. Advertisers pay papers, and threaten to pull advertising monies when the paper blasts them. If a rouge editor writes and editorial, however, it's not the paper's fault...
Applying journalistic integrity rules to editorials is like trying to apply the rules of boxing to a street fight. They're completely different things, and should be taken as such.
Is the entire/. community so anti-Win32 that it doesn't even know what IIS *is*? Numerous things come to mind, the least of which are "Know thy enemy" and that vein, but if this is the level of knowledge that the average/. reader has, then what has this place turned into?
Sure, it's a Windows-hating hotbed for 1337 linux "users" who've grabbed some distro and installed it, but the simple fac that they're completely unfamiliar with one of the single-largest webserving packages in the world? It bothers me.
And yes, Win2k uses IIS for lots of administrative tasks, and yes, it can be extremely difficult to turn off IIS and still have a useful Win2k server. But, if someone is installing Win2k and trying to run FTP without IIS...
::sigh:: That's why Code Red and all the other virii have such a quick and nasty penetration rate. People just have no clue, and companies aren't willing to hire the professionals who do. Getting some linux jockey to run your Windows network is about as useful as hiring a Windows admin to run your *nix network.
Wake up, people. There's a world outside of your little niche.
"Of course, given that only Linux (with it's multi-user, multi-processing, remote display-enabled X server) is well-placed to provide this need is just a plus..."
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In the past, I've used LOTS of bags; Spire makes some wonderful bags, and I used the heck out of an Endo with a previous employer.
I bought a Port bag for my TiBook when I actually cared about the "work appearance"; it's a sharp looking bag, and Port goes to great lengths with their air-suspension system. Heck, when I bought my first PowerBook, I bought the Apple-branded Port case to go with it!
I'd still recommend any of these cases, but most highly recommend Booq's bags.
Install 2.7, and install the JET tools separately. Yes, Microsoft is trying to move people away from Jet, and yes, Microsoft doesn't include Jet components in MDAC > 2.5 by default. But, scrolling down the Universal Data Access page gives you a download link.
Why is this an issue, again?
MDAC 2.7 isn't affected by this problem. Since MDAC 2.7 is installed on Windows XP, that's also the reason that XP isn't affected by this bug.
If you choose to patch instead of upgrade (stability, possible incompatibilities with MDAC 2.7 and legacy applications, though I haven't seen any yet) then yes, you're vulnerable to all the nasty things mentioned here.
If you upgrade, you're safe from this specific problem. When MDAC 2.7 bugs are found, obviously you're vulnerable to those. Beast You Know instead of the Beast You Don't. If you upgrade, especially in a corporate environment, always test first.
Blah, blah, blah.
Also, learn to read the bulletin before responding to someone who knows what they're talking about, please...
-- Braz (MCSE/Win2K)
Here's a URL for you, even...
MDAC 2.7 Refresh
Keeping Windows secure is hard, but it's easier if you install the recent components...
Let's revisit your sexual example again. Two people decide to have sex. In that decision to have sex, there is plenty of unspoken negotiation over the "price" of that sex.
The difference between lovemaking and prostitution is the price. In lovemaking between two people, you've decided to have sex for "free" - not counting the other variables, such as the possibility of an unspoken agreement for fidelity, the possibility of "free love" a la the 1960's and early '70's. You've also decided to have sex because, in this situation, it's "fun" to have sex for free. It's something you enjoy doing, especially when there's no financial responsibility.
Prostitution, aside from the legal issues, is the same situation - there's an agreed-upon price for sexual relations. However, the difference is that in the case of prostitution, one of the two members entering into the sexual agreement has decided to make sexual relations the source of their livelihood.
Let's now take Free Software. In your case, you're writing free software because you enjoy writing it, and have decided, along with others, that the "cost" of writing free software is getting free software in return. Software Prostitution, with more software as the cost.
In the case of companies (or programmers) making their livelihood off of software development, they have two choices: don't charge and starve, or charge for their software.
If they don't charge for their software, they have no income coming in. Unless they live in a truly socialist state, they have bills to pay that will go unpaid. Life's necessities will dictate that they begin to charge for their software.
That's the core problem with "making money" off of free software. You can't. You have to make money off of something else - support is usually the choice of large corporations that don't write off the costs as the cost of doing business, and another job is usually the choice of the small programmer working on Free Software in their spare time.
Time ALWAYS equals money because, until everything is free, living costs money. If you choose to do things without expectation of income, it's because you've negotiated other forms of "payment" with someone else - perhaps even yourself - that outweighs the money you'd gain by charging for your time.
Sometimes, the payment is the sanity gained by taking some "time off", sometimes it's the joy of working on something you love, and sometimes it's the pleasure of "spending" time in the company of someone you enjoy.
But, saying that time isn't always money is just plain wrong.
Then, just back up the server...
Take a look at these links for more information:
Configuration of the My Documents Folder
Folder Redirection Feature in Windows
Best Practices for System Policies in Windows 2000 Networks
I have a Newton MessagePad 2000. I just use a stupid PCMCIA Lucent card.
Looks like you other handheld folks are still playing catch-up to five-year-old Apple technology...
Then, I go to Outlook, or Outlook Express, or Netscape Communicator, or Mozilla, and I install the certificate. Then, I click the "Digitally sign this email" checkbox to automagically send my certificate to sign the email, and additionally click the "Encrypt this email" once I receive a certificate from an end-user to encrypt the email.
Sure, there are scalability issues, but any good PKI implementation can take care of those for corporate use. And, with a Network of Trust like Thawte is creating, you get the PGP-like ease-of-use with the PKI-class trust-level of a real PKI. All for the home user.
And no, I don't work for VeriSign or Thawte. I did work for a company that used certificates. A lot...
Hmmm. CompTIA awarded me my A+ Certification in 1999. In my previous job, one of my coworkers got his certification in 1998.
So, CompTIA's been around for awhile. My memory says it was founded in the early 90's, but it could have been as early as the late 80's. Sure, CompTIA's site is thin on information, but even their A+ FAQ's first question is:
Do some research...Remember, Microsoft has already announced that Windows 95 support will disappear in a little less than two weeks. If I had waited until Windows 95 was three years old, I would already be planning my next upgrade cycle, looking for the next OS that's three years old.
Windows 98? Can't buy it from Microsoft, can't get a volume license. Sure, I could buy the XP volume license and downgrade, but if I'm spending that amount of money on my OS, I'd expect my IT department to install the latest and greatest thing.
I know it's been said time and time again, and I know it's unpopular, but Microsoft suffers not only from shoddy programming, but also from popularity.
While I doubt that Microsoft has the corner on programmers who know how to write secure code, I equally doubt all programmers who work on projects for Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and the like have extensive training on making software secure.
Software has bugs. All software. The things that determine whether your software's bugs are found are simple:
- How good is your testing, especially before release?
- How many users use and test your code once it's released, both in beta and production?
- How many bugs make it out of internal testing and beta into production code?
Without a serious look at how many people evaluate and use your code on a daily basis, no simple count of bugs means crap.Granted, it's not huge. There are just minor changes. If you're indifferent about the Trilogy, or even if you're just a casual fan, they won't matter that much. Heck, the changes make for a more marketable, more Americanized Tolkien.
But, if you're like me, and you're a Tolkien nut, they're big enough to cause you to pause during the movie. They're big enough to make you walk away and think, "Hmm. Not bad, but..."
It was a good movie. It wasn't, as a friend called it, "The Best Movie, Ever." It definitely wasn't as good as, say, the BBC Radio production. Aside from reading the books themselves, that's still the best adaptation I've seen.
Still. No spoilers in the review, because there are some people, like me, who've been avoiding all the crap about the movies - I didn't want this to be another Star Wars: Episode I, where I knew almost every line of dialog before I walked into the theater...
Press CDs. Put them everywhere. CompUSA, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart...
If AOL can do it, why can't someone like Microsoft? Issuing a patch CD is feasible, especially if it means tightening your grip on the Internet.
Why haven't they done it before? Cost vs. return. If you issue free update CDs every (month|quarter|year) then you're removing a major reason behind upgrading - the inconvenience of downloading service packs and hotfixes. That'd cut into their revenue stream. Converting everyone to MS/TCP? Financially, it'd have a huge positive effect on Microsoft's bottom line.
Lastly, go read Cringely's article, where the idea came about last week.
The Death of TCP/IP
Editorials are, quite simply, the opinions of someone at a given newspaper. They can do anything from tow the news corporation line to come in direct conflict with the stated goals of the paper. That's why every newspaper I've ever read includes a disclaimer stating that "...the opinions of [someone who wrote an editorial] are not the opinions of [news corporation]"
Editorials were designed to provide a means for editors of papers to voice opinions that dissent from those of the paper and its advertisers. Advertisers pay papers, and threaten to pull advertising monies when the paper blasts them. If a rouge editor writes and editorial, however, it's not the paper's fault...
Applying journalistic integrity rules to editorials is like trying to apply the rules of boxing to a street fight. They're completely different things, and should be taken as such.
Sorry for the rant, but I just have to...
/. community so anti-Win32 that it doesn't even know what IIS *is*? Numerous things come to mind, the least of which are "Know thy enemy" and that vein, but if this is the level of knowledge that the average /. reader has, then what has this place turned into?
Is the entire
Sure, it's a Windows-hating hotbed for 1337 linux "users" who've grabbed some distro and installed it, but the simple fac that they're completely unfamiliar with one of the single-largest webserving packages in the world? It bothers me.
And yes, Win2k uses IIS for lots of administrative tasks, and yes, it can be extremely difficult to turn off IIS and still have a useful Win2k server. But, if someone is installing Win2k and trying to run FTP without IIS...
::sigh:: That's why Code Red and all the other virii have such a quick and nasty penetration rate. People just have no clue, and companies aren't willing to hire the professionals who do. Getting some linux jockey to run your Windows network is about as useful as hiring a Windows admin to run your *nix network.
Wake up, people. There's a world outside of your little niche.
::sigh:: Forgot to paste the link. Microsoft Airstream
"Of course, given that only Linux (with it's multi-user, multi-processing, remote display-enabled X server) is well-placed to provide this need is just a plus..."
Heh. Go look at this link, then.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.