Brands like MacGIMP and XDarwin have seen a lot of success with zero advertising dollar output. Who would have thought five years ago that you could reach 500,000 software product consumers without having to advertise? It's all in the product positioning and passive brand building methods. The market is pull, now, not push, folks. Just ask CraigsList.
Yep, it's a gimmick that sells books. O'Reilly is good at that. Hack has a sufficiently generic meaning that it will mean basically whatever they want it to mean. I'm sure once the open source community has figure out that "hack" is O'Reilly code for "book that you'll soon be buying" they'll have moved on to other words like "Make". Oh wait...
Hi Chris:
I'd like to invite you and encourage you to master the ten domains of the Common Body of Knowledge (www.isc2.org) and to take the CISSP exam. Obviously you have a lot to contribute and are eager to do so. One of the major benefits of the CISSP exam is that it shows that you're well-rounded and can converse, at least on a basic level, about all parts of security. The challenge faced by all security professionals is to be comprehensive, which involves, among other things, realizing the limitations of specific layers and approaches. A cursory look through your book seems to indicate a lack of fundamental grasp of access control models, something that the PHP community as a whole can use some guidance on.
Every one of these domains relates to "PHP Security" on some level. Here's the CBK list:
Access Control Systems and Methodology
Applications and Systems Development Security
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
Cryptography
Law, Investigation and Ethics
Operations Security
Physical Security
Security Architecture and Models
Security Management Practices
Telecommunications and Network Security
I'm confident that the time you spend working toward the CISSP credential will be genuinely useful to you in your consulting practice, as it has been to me, especially insofar as it involves information systems security.
Regards,
MKC, CISSP
PHP Consulting
I agree that there aren't a lot of people who intuitively reach to the Lorentz transform to explain the progression of time, but there are plenty of obvious reasons for that. Not sure it takes a Stanford physics prof. to make what is essentially a epistemological point though.
I've used test builds of MacGIMP working on MacOSX for Intel. Works perfectly. If there was ever a time to eat Adobe's lunch with an open source alternative, this is it.
...is that it works so well on Linux/BSD/OSX etc. Klorofil is a Windows-specific project to apparently infuse a bunch of buzzwords into a PHP install. Two year uptimes are reasonable on a tightly built Unix server and typically very unreasonable on a Windows box that needs to be patched and rebooted every two weeks at a minimum.
Well, one possible answer is that Apple was smart enough to realize that the hacking community would solve this for them. They could either hire a handful of really smart, and therefore expensive, software developers for six months to develop and test everything, and then have a userbase that demands that they support that codebase indefinitely, or they just migrate the hardware first and let grassroots projects like www.winxponmac.com solve that problem for them. My take is that Apple's just being smart about all of this. Why work more than you have to? Besides, when it comes to negotiations with Microsoft, they can just point at the community of Mac hackers and say "We didn't put ourselves in this situation of competing with you, they did it to us! Damn hackers."
Security has very little to do with updating your virus definitions hourly, and everything to do with knowing when to just unplug the box and find another way to get the job done. What's your risk model? Point granted: the network is a demanding mistress. But fortunately, everyday risk is often handled best by the simplest of means. Stop instant messaging the person one cubicle owner, and get to know your local coffeeshop owner. Or neighborhood banker.
The powerlinux page for the Mac mini points to another page with details about the wireless driver. I agree with you that the ppc debian repositories are pretty extensive at this point.
The Omaha Linux User Group changed locations to a more downtown location and in general had a pretty good year in 2005, IMHO. User groups are at least as relevant as Linux usage in local companies, which is pretty strong in Nebraska, as evidenced by the informal Omaha Linux company list. Merry Christmas everyone.
It looks like the version of gaim in Darwinports is still 1.5. Will be interesting to see how fast this gets updated.;) Didn't know that the Mac version of gaim has a variant with support for MSN in it.
I wonder what this means for the value of the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition that I was received almost exactly one year ago at OracleWorld. For the record, it has 25 CALs and is still in shrinkwrap, and I'd be willing to part with it. The box says "not for resale" but it doesn't say "not for trade." Any takers?
Heh, slashdot as ebay? Imagine the mod system in place of buyer/seller ratings. +1 good-deal? -1 expensive-shipping? heh.
The topic is publishing demographics. And the tag line was "from the slashdot-users-not-mentioned dept." So I responded to the fact that I'm a slashdot reader, not a user. But I am a user of their competition, and slashdot could learn something from that.
The facts speak for themselves. I posted a story to slashdot which was rejected in five minutes (usually it takes longer than that) and then turned around and submitted it to digg.com. After about 15 minutes, it had about 100 digs and within a few hours it was on the main page. I want to see slashdot succeed, but if this keeps happening, they're history.
I would say that I read slashdot, but that I use digg.com
The difference probably has something to do with rejected submissions. I'm not complaining about rejected submissions, but surely the ongoing success of digg.com has a lot to do with the fact that they don't just toss you out on your ass if you don't post a story that the editors don't like.
What I'm saying is that Slashdot's rejecting submissions in such an abrupt manner is a lost opportunity, and if digg.com is going to capitalize on it, then more power to them. I haven't seen innovation on slashdot for about three years now, and there are certainly improvements to be made here. Start working hard or watch your userbase migrate away, cmdr taco.
Not quite, I think. With mailing lists, sometimes you just want to observe, so "participate" is a bit much. The nice thing about "subscribe" is how ambiguous it is.
I hesitated because it didn't just say "subscribe". The submit button says "I want to participate." which is hard to do without knowing exactly what you're participating in first.
Slashdot Mirror
Brands like MacGIMP and XDarwin have seen a lot of success with zero advertising dollar output. Who would have thought five years ago that you could reach 500,000 software product consumers without having to advertise? It's all in the product positioning and passive brand building methods. The market is pull, now, not push, folks. Just ask CraigsList.
The six are really:
Vista MoneyVacuum edition for BigCo and DumbGov accounts
Vista CopyApple edition for people who get work done at home
Vista CashSucker edition for BestBag,CompUSuck shelves and CDW
Vista MentalInsult with lots of help on how to use the help
Vista SuperHaloGamerExpoTasticGentooRicerXBOX375+++ for gamers
Vista ScrewLinuxPremium for everyone
Yep, it's a gimmick that sells books. O'Reilly is good at that. Hack has a sufficiently generic meaning that it will mean basically whatever they want it to mean. I'm sure once the open source community has figure out that "hack" is O'Reilly code for "book that you'll soon be buying" they'll have moved on to other words like "Make". Oh wait...
But what about Ingres?
I'd like to invite you and encourage you to master the ten domains of the Common Body of Knowledge (www.isc2.org) and to take the CISSP exam. Obviously you have a lot to contribute and are eager to do so. One of the major benefits of the CISSP exam is that it shows that you're well-rounded and can converse, at least on a basic level, about all parts of security. The challenge faced by all security professionals is to be comprehensive, which involves, among other things, realizing the limitations of specific layers and approaches. A cursory look through your book seems to indicate a lack of fundamental grasp of access control models, something that the PHP community as a whole can use some guidance on. Every one of these domains relates to "PHP Security" on some level. Here's the CBK list:
Access Control Systems and Methodology
Applications and Systems Development Security
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
Cryptography
Law, Investigation and Ethics
Operations Security
Physical Security
Security Architecture and Models
Security Management Practices
Telecommunications and Network Security
I'm confident that the time you spend working toward the CISSP credential will be genuinely useful to you in your consulting practice, as it has been to me, especially insofar as it involves information systems security.
Regards,
MKC, CISSP
PHP Consulting
I agree that there aren't a lot of people who intuitively reach to the Lorentz transform to explain the progression of time, but there are plenty of obvious reasons for that. Not sure it takes a Stanford physics prof. to make what is essentially a epistemological point though.
For kicks, check out one way to visualize the spacetime wheel.
I've used test builds of MacGIMP working on MacOSX for Intel. Works perfectly. If there was ever a time to eat Adobe's lunch with an open source alternative, this is it.
...is that it works so well on Linux/BSD/OSX etc. Klorofil is a Windows-specific project to apparently infuse a bunch of buzzwords into a PHP install. Two year uptimes are reasonable on a tightly built Unix server and typically very unreasonable on a Windows box that needs to be patched and rebooted every two weeks at a minimum.
Well, one possible answer is that Apple was smart enough to realize that the hacking community would solve this for them. They could either hire a handful of really smart, and therefore expensive, software developers for six months to develop and test everything, and then have a userbase that demands that they support that codebase indefinitely, or they just migrate the hardware first and let grassroots projects like www.winxponmac.com solve that problem for them. My take is that Apple's just being smart about all of this. Why work more than you have to? Besides, when it comes to negotiations with Microsoft, they can just point at the community of Mac hackers and say "We didn't put ourselves in this situation of competing with you, they did it to us! Damn hackers."
...is that it will force the Slashdot crew to get off their asses and actually improve the site again.
Ain't competition great?
Security has very little to do with updating your virus definitions hourly, and everything to do with knowing when to just unplug the box and find another way to get the job done. What's your risk model? Point granted: the network is a demanding mistress. But fortunately, everyday risk is often handled best by the simplest of means. Stop instant messaging the person one cubicle owner, and get to know your local coffeeshop owner. Or neighborhood banker.
Can you explain how you made it swap to the card? I've seen 1 gig MMC cards for $70, so that's promising too.
The powerlinux page for the Mac mini points to another page with details about the wireless driver. I agree with you that the ppc debian repositories are pretty extensive at this point.
There's another distro out there, called PowerLinux which seems to be Debian-based. The focus of it is on the Mac mini, I think.
the only interesting thing about the Power architecture is that it runs PowerLinux?
The Omaha Linux User Group changed locations to a more downtown location and in general had a pretty good year in 2005, IMHO. User groups are at least as relevant as Linux usage in local companies, which is pretty strong in Nebraska, as evidenced by the informal Omaha Linux company list. Merry Christmas everyone.
It looks like the version of gaim in Darwinports is still 1.5. Will be interesting to see how fast this gets updated. ;) Didn't know that the Mac version of gaim has a variant with support for MSN in it.
I wonder what this means for the value of the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition that I was received almost exactly one year ago at OracleWorld. For the record, it has 25 CALs and is still in shrinkwrap, and I'd be willing to part with it. The box says "not for resale" but it doesn't say "not for trade." Any takers?
Heh, slashdot as ebay? Imagine the mod system in place of buyer/seller ratings. +1 good-deal? -1 expensive-shipping? heh.
Yes. It's pedantic and not semantic. Well done!
The topic is publishing demographics. And the tag line was "from the slashdot-users-not-mentioned dept." So I responded to the fact that I'm a slashdot reader, not a user. But I am a user of their competition, and slashdot could learn something from that.
Maybe I'm wrong though.
The facts speak for themselves. I posted a story to slashdot which was rejected in five minutes (usually it takes longer than that) and then turned around and submitted it to digg.com. After about 15 minutes, it had about 100 digs and within a few hours it was on the main page. I want to see slashdot succeed, but if this keeps happening, they're history.
I would say that I read slashdot, but that I use digg.com
The difference probably has something to do with rejected submissions. I'm not complaining about rejected submissions, but surely the ongoing success of digg.com has a lot to do with the fact that they don't just toss you out on your ass if you don't post a story that the editors don't like.
What I'm saying is that Slashdot's rejecting submissions in such an abrupt manner is a lost opportunity, and if digg.com is going to capitalize on it, then more power to them. I haven't seen innovation on slashdot for about three years now, and there are certainly improvements to be made here. Start working hard or watch your userbase migrate away, cmdr taco.
Not quite, I think. With mailing lists, sometimes you just want to observe, so "participate" is a bit much. The nice thing about "subscribe" is how ambiguous it is.
Anyone subscribe to Stallman's new mailing list?
http://www.gplv3.fsf.org/index05
I hesitated because it didn't just say "subscribe".
The submit button says "I want to participate." which is hard to do without knowing exactly what you're participating in first.
http://get.sent.to/apple_security_updates
Some Apple's security updates are available for older releases of Mac OS X such as Panther and Jaguar as well.