He was wrong about there not being an su/sudo workalike, but I think the parent poster does seem to realize that there is user/privelege separation in the NT varieties, and is absolutely correct in stating that the user is most definitely not encouraged to take advantage of that functionality, since so much software wrongly requires administrator priveleges to run, and from what I understand Microsoft's stuff is among the worst offender in that regard.
I've been using it to hack on Access (ick!) at home, and after upgrading to 6.0.1 and then disabling all of XP's eye candy, it's surprisingly responsive on my lowly 533mhz G4. Using Codetek's software to give it it's own desktop and an extra key on my snazzy Logitech keyboard to trigger said desktop, it's like having a 300mhz PC on a KVM switch.
Looks like some mods need to learn the difference between actual trolling and a basic monday morning lack of manners. (Of course, some of my coworkers still can't make that distinction, but that's beside the point.)
To eat for the same price as my neighbor I had to give my info to the grocery store.
I don't buy anything that's 'on sale' via their cards. Even if it's only a 10 cent difference. I go to their competitor for those items. If all stores in my town were holding boneless skinless chicken breasts hostage to the cards, well, I can eat hamburger (or steak) tonight.
Haven't checked the site lately, but nocards.org used to have a good FAQ on why you shouldn't just give bogus info to get one of those cards.
I've got one of my extra mouse buttons (Logitech MX-700; good hardware, atrocious software driving it) set to to Back. Much better than either a right-click or a toolbar click.
I do, however, agree with you. Totally boneheaded on Apple's part.
What interests me is that both Linux and OS X are delivering serious *increases* in performance on the same hardware, most notably on older hardware. A certain other OS vendor who shall remain unnamed is not exactly known for that. If this keeps up for a few revisions of each OS, imagine what that'll do to the conventional wisdom.
You want me to copy & paste today's firewall log so you can see the Nimda and Code Red attempts?
OS X lets you run a screen saver as your desktop image, but it soaks up the CPU, so instead I run a translucent green-on-black terminal window displaying 'tail -F/var/log/httpd/access_log'. Having a couple of thousand Windows using rednecks in the same IP range gives me an excellent approximation of those Matrix screen savers that all the cool kids are running.
Hey, that's 'Funny,' not 'Troll.' Stupid crack smoking mods.
I haven't booted into 9 in almost two years, but was recently at a friend's house messing around with 9.1... yes, it's a crime. If not a crime, then at least a sin.
I assume this was the plan all along, but the G5 Xserve wasn't ready yet, and VTech needed the cluster online for [academic | fiscal | calendar] year '03.
What I wonder is what are they gonna do with all the extra space? Wouldn't they be able to stuff twice as many Xserves in the space occupied by the towers? Anybody know if the electrical and cooling are up to that challenge?
Their crap systems can't deal with Corel Draw eps files properly. I call their systems crap because even after that eps has been run through eps to pdf, the PDF is still not readable by their systems (although it works great in Acrobat Reader and xpdf). That's really lame.
No, Corel Draw really does put out crap. It's handling of vectors internally is also crap. I've worked in both Macintosh/Adobe/Macromedia and Windows/Corel shops (primarily the former, thankfully!), and can attest to the fact that Illustrator and Freehand put out valid EPS, and Corel Draw doesn't. Not as bad as Microsoft's HTML by an order of magnitude, but then again EPS for print is a more demanding format.
In the end, they have to deal with HUGE TIFF files, which I can't imagine makes their lives easier.
Yes, I'd *much* rather have a HUGE TIFF file that I know won't shift or glitch than vector files that I have to constantly recheck to make sure they're still ripping correctly at every step in the process, and haven't filled in the counters in the type, or reset all my drop caps in Courier, etc.
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He was wrong about there not being an su/sudo workalike, but I think the parent poster does seem to realize that there is user/privelege separation in the NT varieties, and is absolutely correct in stating that the user is most definitely not encouraged to take advantage of that functionality, since so much software wrongly requires administrator priveleges to run, and from what I understand Microsoft's stuff is among the worst offender in that regard.
I'd say pretty much all of 'em.
I've been using it to hack on Access (ick!) at home, and after upgrading to 6.0.1 and then disabling all of XP's eye candy, it's surprisingly responsive on my lowly 533mhz G4. Using Codetek's software to give it it's own desktop and an extra key on my snazzy Logitech keyboard to trigger said desktop, it's like having a 300mhz PC on a KVM switch.
Oh, how I wish that were a problem.
The hole exists in previous versions of VPC. MS is, somewhat unsuprisingly, only releasing a patch for recent versions.
Connectix released versions 6.0, 6.0.1 and 6.0.2, and I believe the first MS release was 6.1. Yesterday's MS patches are from 6.0 forward.
Looks like some mods need to learn the difference between actual trolling and a basic monday morning lack of manners. (Of course, some of my coworkers still can't make that distinction, but that's beside the point.)
Slap some crap together, then throw it at your nine year old and tell him you'll give him $20 if he can figure out that goddamn Runtime Error 3144.
Oh, that's not quite what you meant, is it?
That comment would be much more useful to me if you'd actually linked the various mirrors, as mozilla.org is totally swamped right now.
I understand your viewpoint here, but I've gotta disagree. (after all, isn't that what
By your logic, since my Mac can run WinXP courtesy of VirtualPC, then SirCam and SoBig are Mac OS X viruses.
And, uhh, they're not.
Ahem.
Anybody who sees a choice of Times over Garamond as an atrocity goes on my Friends list.
Sometimes twice.
I don't buy anything that's 'on sale' via their cards. Even if it's only a 10 cent difference. I go to their competitor for those items. If all stores in my town were holding boneless skinless chicken breasts hostage to the cards, well, I can eat hamburger (or steak) tonight.
Haven't checked the site lately, but nocards.org used to have a good FAQ on why you shouldn't just give bogus info to get one of those cards.
I don't breathe, you insensitive clod!
I've got one of my extra mouse buttons (Logitech MX-700; good hardware, atrocious software driving it) set to to Back. Much better than either a right-click or a toolbar click.
I do, however, agree with you. Totally boneheaded on Apple's part.
Holy christ, what's left then? IE? Oh.
What interests me is that both Linux and OS X are delivering serious *increases* in performance on the same hardware, most notably on older hardware. A certain other OS vendor who shall remain unnamed is not exactly known for that. If this keeps up for a few revisions of each OS, imagine what that'll do to the conventional wisdom.
Yeah, but he probably gets to run Marklar on the Dell.
OS X lets you run a screen saver as your desktop image, but it soaks up the CPU, so instead I run a translucent green-on-black terminal window displaying 'tail -F
Hey, that's 'Funny,' not 'Troll.' Stupid crack smoking mods.
I haven't booted into 9 in almost two years, but was recently at a friend's house messing around with 9.1... yes, it's a crime. If not a crime, then at least a sin.
I assume this was the plan all along, but the G5 Xserve wasn't ready yet, and VTech needed the cluster online for [academic | fiscal | calendar] year '03.
What I wonder is what are they gonna do with all the extra space? Wouldn't they be able to stuff twice as many Xserves in the space occupied by the towers? Anybody know if the electrical and cooling are up to that challenge?
Now for all those people who droned on and on about how foolish VTech were for not getting stripped down boxes, here's the reason.
I'd always thought that was Todd Rundgren.
No, Corel Draw really does put out crap. It's handling of vectors internally is also crap. I've worked in both Macintosh/Adobe/Macromedia and Windows/Corel shops (primarily the former, thankfully!), and can attest to the fact that Illustrator and Freehand put out valid EPS, and Corel Draw doesn't. Not as bad as Microsoft's HTML by an order of magnitude, but then again EPS for print is a more demanding format.
Yes, I'd *much* rather have a HUGE TIFF file that I know won't shift or glitch than vector files that I have to constantly recheck to make sure they're still ripping correctly at every step in the process, and haven't filled in the counters in the type, or reset all my drop caps in Courier, etc.
Fuck 'em all, let's just patent mathematicians and be done with it!
Too bad the 120 character limit doesn't leave me enough room to attribute my new .sig to you.
Very little; all his life
*braces for impact of (-1, Troll) mod*