Mine used to work fine with Evolution (I'm sure it still does; but I don't use a palm or evolution now that I have a mac:). I remember having to fight with the USB library, recompile, and use hotplug. I eventually figured it out, but the gnome-pilot documentation sucked. I would search the lists or ask them, they probably know better than slashdot:)
This is a good idea, but I think it would be even simpler to do this:
When everyone agrees build abc1337 is the release master, a hash should be created by each developer and then signed. That way you can use your gpg web of trust to verify the authenticity of the binary. You might not trust the Release Coordinator, but since three of your good friends were coders and signed it, you can trust the build. Code signing certificates were created my corporate entities like Microsoft to make open source look insecure. In reality, anyone can get a code signing certificate; even malware developers. Using the existing web of trust is the way to go (and 100% Free!).
Offtopic and Troll? What a bunch of morons the mods are. We know that Apple did the real work to get a great 64-bit desktop; M$ is just making a marketing move so they can say they shipped a 64-bit consumer OS first. Not offtopic, not a troll. It's called FUD.
I haven't had any problems with TigerDirect either. One time I got a defective mobo, and they paid shipping both ways no questions asked. Their customer support has been excellent in my experience. I stay away from rebates, though, I hear those are trouble.
I actually have had a whole class of students buy from TigerDirect with no problems. One student ignored my advice and bought from NewEgg and had nothing but problems (they wouldn't accept his return and then double-billed him for the defective parts; it was bad...).
There are widgets that you can connect to your computer to let you login with your thumbprint. The gym could spoof your fingerprint (since they have it) and, say, gain access to your PGP private key.
Lots of "secure" things rely on your fingerprint; if the gym has this fingerprint then you are granting them access to everything you intended to keep secure. All so other people can watch you exercise through those big windows...
Of course, it's a major loss for people who don't want to use BSD's file utilities. I personally use the GNU utilities because they have more features (and they work the way I expect, having grown up on GNU/Linux).
Is the code open so I can update the GNU utilities? (Despite Apple's "commitment" to Open Source, I highly doubt it. But maybe they'll surprise me.)
> Really, what is it with free softweare developers?
Ahh, yes, it's all of us here to conspire against YOU! Just because one (or all but one) team clones something doesn't mean every "free softweare developer" does it. That's the thing about free software; anyone is free to create it. If some of it's bad, then so what, there's good stuff too. Who really cares? It's free, and someone had some fun making it. Take it or leave it...
Getting paid is not necessarily "success". I enjoy writing open-source software because it's... enjoyable. I do other stuff to make money (although now I am modding bugzilla for work-related purposes and am being paid:).
I did that once in high school. There were a bunch of Linux terminals that students could use to check their e-mail, and the login was all done through getty (i.e. not xdm). I wrote a script that printed the login prompt, recorded a login ID, printed "Password: " and turned off echo, then recorded that. Then I killed all instances of sh running as me, so it looked to the user that they typed their password wrong and they had to try again. By then they were at the real login screen... they logged in and thought nothing of it.
Frankly, other people's e-mail and files are really boring...
Why would any secure system let you reset your password with only 29 bits of entropy (DoB an SSN)? All possible combinations could be tried in seconds...
Stealing the SSN is a waste of time. Just guess it!
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This is why I don't have a State ID or Driver's License. You don't need to know who I am. I think that driver's licenses should have two pieces of information on it: your photo and an expiration date. If you're pictured on the front, it means you can drive a car. I suppose they can do the same for being able to buy liquor: if your picture is on the card then you can buy it. They don't need to know my age, only that I am over 21 (actually I'm 20, so I have to have other people buy me beer. aren't laws helpful.)
I've been denied a student discount at Apple numerous times because I refuse to show my State ID (that doesn't exist). And I always get a terrible cold stare for refusing... it really upsets me to the point that I'm not going to buy from Apple anymore. When I bought my $2000 Powerbook I didn't even use my name or my own credit card but they still gave me almost $500 off (the PB and iPod). When I bought replacement headphones they required two forms of ID to give me $2 off. Stupid, stupid, stupid. (My friend, having never shopped at the Apple store, bought an iPod mini. On his receipt was his gmail address, name, address, and cell phone number. Apple has none of that from me; although Worst Buy has my cell number because they pilfered it from my credit card!)
I am required by school regulations to carry a school ID at all times. I fixed the privacy issue by stickering a big "Thank you for shopping at WALTS" across my name and ID number. There's only my picture and the "i-card" logo visible now. I've gotten a few weird looks, but nobody has said anything.
You don't need to know my name, ID number, or library card number to let me use my meal plan. If the card scans and my photo is there everything is OK. Why do people so willingly give out personal information?
> Linux itself takes 2-3, and up to 5, minutes to boot.
Maybe you should try shutting down your system properly. Fsck takes about that long to run on reasonable disks.
I just timed my Debian GNU/Linux startup (on an Athlon 2500+). It takes 23 seconds from me pressing the power button to being able to log in. (Most of the time is before LILO even has a chance to load.)
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Mine used to work fine with Evolution (I'm sure it still does; but I don't use a palm or evolution now that I have a mac :). I remember having to fight with the USB library, recompile, and use hotplug. I eventually figured it out, but the gnome-pilot documentation sucked. I would search the lists or ask them, they probably know better than slashdot :)
No they can't.
Yes; especially if you FreeBSD is OS X and you install Fink! apt-get _does_ work on non-Debian systems! Amazing!
This is a good idea, but I think it would be even simpler to do this:
When everyone agrees build abc1337 is the release master, a hash should be created by each developer and then signed. That way you can use your gpg web of trust to verify the authenticity of the binary. You might not trust the Release Coordinator, but since three of your good friends were coders and signed it, you can trust the build. Code signing certificates were created my corporate entities like Microsoft to make open source look insecure. In reality, anyone can get a code signing certificate; even malware developers. Using the existing web of trust is the way to go (and 100% Free!).
?Shut the fuck up. You are a nerd.
Shut the fuck up. You are an AC with nothing to say.
And in case you didn't notice, slashdot is where the nerds hang out. Moron.
Offtopic and Troll? What a bunch of morons the mods are. We know that Apple did the real work to get a great 64-bit desktop; M$ is just making a marketing move so they can say they shipped a 64-bit consumer OS first. Not offtopic, not a troll. It's called FUD.
I haven't had any problems with TigerDirect either. One time I got a defective mobo, and they paid shipping both ways no questions asked. Their customer support has been excellent in my experience. I stay away from rebates, though, I hear those are trouble.
: www2.imsa.edu/intersession2005/2005catalog.pdf+%22 Jonathan+Rockway%22+computer+intersession&hl=en&st art=2&client=safari
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I actually have had a whole class of students buy from TigerDirect with no problems. One student ignored my advice and bought from NewEgg and had nothing but problems (they wouldn't accept his return and then double-billed him for the defective parts; it was bad...).
Before you call me an astroturfer, here
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:xQOTYo_JpcsJ
is the course catalog with my course in it
There are widgets that you can connect to your computer to let you login with your thumbprint. The gym could spoof your fingerprint (since they have it) and, say, gain access to your PGP private key.
Lots of "secure" things rely on your fingerprint; if the gym has this fingerprint then you are granting them access to everything you intended to keep secure. All so other people can watch you exercise through those big windows...
The BSD license doesn't require that they make their changes available.
This way they can say that they beat Apple to a 64-bit desktop.
It's actually Extensible MACroS. Or Emacs Makes A Computer Slow... that's my favorite. In soviet russia computer makes emacs slow... ah.
Of course, it's a major loss for people who don't want to use BSD's file utilities. I personally use the GNU utilities because they have more features (and they work the way I expect, having grown up on GNU/Linux).
Is the code open so I can update the GNU utilities? (Despite Apple's "commitment" to Open Source, I highly doubt it. But maybe they'll surprise me.)
It's LOOSE, not LOSE. We're talking about AOL here, ya kow :)
Was it from UIC where the article went missing? I'm amazed that anyone speaks English well enough here to understand this contest...
(we do have a library, don't we?)
> Really, what is it with free softweare developers?
Ahh, yes, it's all of us here to conspire against YOU! Just because one (or all but one) team clones something doesn't mean every "free softweare developer" does it. That's the thing about free software; anyone is free to create it. If some of it's bad, then so what, there's good stuff too. Who really cares? It's free, and someone had some fun making it. Take it or leave it...
What is your evidence that there isn't a significant number? Hmm?
Getting paid is not necessarily "success". I enjoy writing open-source software because it's ... enjoyable. I do other stuff to make money (although now I am modding bugzilla for work-related purposes and am being paid :).
I did that once in high school. There were a bunch of Linux terminals that students could use to check their e-mail, and the login was all done through getty (i.e. not xdm). I wrote a script that printed the login prompt, recorded a login ID, printed "Password: " and turned off echo, then recorded that. Then I killed all instances of sh running as me, so it looked to the user that they typed their password wrong and they had to try again. By then they were at the real login screen... they logged in and thought nothing of it.
Frankly, other people's e-mail and files are really boring...
Why would any secure system let you reset your password with only 29 bits of entropy (DoB an SSN)? All possible combinations could be tried in seconds...
Stealing the SSN is a waste of time. Just guess it!
Ever hear of a VPN?
This is why I don't have a State ID or Driver's License. You don't need to know who I am. I think that driver's licenses should have two pieces of information on it: your photo and an expiration date. If you're pictured on the front, it means you can drive a car. I suppose they can do the same for being able to buy liquor: if your picture is on the card then you can buy it. They don't need to know my age, only that I am over 21 (actually I'm 20, so I have to have other people buy me beer. aren't laws helpful.)
I've been denied a student discount at Apple numerous times because I refuse to show my State ID (that doesn't exist). And I always get a terrible cold stare for refusing... it really upsets me to the point that I'm not going to buy from Apple anymore. When I bought my $2000 Powerbook I didn't even use my name or my own credit card but they still gave me almost $500 off (the PB and iPod). When I bought replacement headphones they required two forms of ID to give me $2 off. Stupid, stupid, stupid. (My friend, having never shopped at the Apple store, bought an iPod mini. On his receipt was his gmail address, name, address, and cell phone number. Apple has none of that from me; although Worst Buy has my cell number because they pilfered it from my credit card!)
I am required by school regulations to carry a school ID at all times. I fixed the privacy issue by stickering a big "Thank you for shopping at WALTS" across my name and ID number. There's only my picture and the "i-card" logo visible now. I've gotten a few weird looks, but nobody has said anything.
You don't need to know my name, ID number, or library card number to let me use my meal plan. If the card scans and my photo is there everything is OK. Why do people so willingly give out personal information?
Can you really trust the compiler? What about the microcode in the processor? What about your Ethernet card? Who can you trust, really?
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/
I personally hate KDE, but it does run fine on my machine. Actually, it runs fine on a 800MHz PIII that I have at work, too.
Maybe you should invest $20 in a computer that's not a 386?
> Linux itself takes 2-3, and up to 5, minutes to boot.
Maybe you should try shutting down your system properly. Fsck takes about that long to run on reasonable disks.
I just timed my Debian GNU/Linux startup (on an Athlon 2500+). It takes 23 seconds from me pressing the power button to being able to log in. (Most of the time is before LILO even has a chance to load.)
I always do plain old text, as well. It's extrans that allows you to type < and > without them being HTML-ized.