When you say telnet access, do you mean the *nix whois command? It still works for me.
But the response begins with their admonition about how not to use it, concluding with the preposterous statement "By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy."
An important point gets lost in all the discussion about these benchmarks: Both NT/IIS and Linux/Apache perform astoundingly well, and both perform much better than they would if the other didn't exist. Developers for both sets of products borrow good ideas from the other, and both race to make improvements to keep up.
MICROS~1 flacks like to blather on about needing their monopoly position in the market to protect their "freedom to innovate," but where they have no competition, they don't innovate. Why can't they acknowledge that the only reason IIS doesn't suck is because Apache exists?
I wish they had similar competition on the desktop. If they did, maybe I wouldn't need to reboot my Win98 4x/day.
I'm not worried about people being able to spoof my eyeball, but I don't like the idea of a bank recording a unique physical characteristic. I don't let anyone fingerprint me. I don't give out my SSN just because someone asks for it. So I'll be danged if I'm going to let someone record the characteristics of my iris.
This is a slippery slope, folks. PINs are a pain, but they at least are optional.
I disagree. I can access copyrighted material without any commerical relationship with the author -- by checking a book out of a public library, for example. Intellectual property rights, like all property rights, are a creation of societies and governments, and our current conceptions about property rights are very different from those of a few centuries ago.
Ideas about property rights have evolved to adapt to changing social, political and economic circumstances, and they will change again.
Before spending thousands of dollars on a bunch of licenses to a WYSIWYG authoring tool, spend some time testing to see if you can really live with its output. You can get just as much end-user ease of use with HomeSite on your PCs, BBEdit on your Macs, some intelligently-designed templates, and SSI.
Once you realize you can't rely on WYWIWYG tools, HomeSite is the obvious choice on the PC platform. Have been using it since ver 2.5 came out a few years ago. It has become borderline bloatware, but most of the new features are truly useful, such as
Spell checking that works (and ignores HTML tags).
Search & replace across multiple files.
FTP in the background so that any remote computer seems to be a local file system (which finally works right with the new 4.01 patch).
As much HTML help as you want (with well-designed tools like "tag completion," "tag insight," "tag validation" and "code sweeper") or none at all, if you prefer.
A "Design Mode" for the few times you want to use something approximating a WYSIWYG tool (such as getting a visual representation of table borders).
Automatically puts in size tags for images.
Separate style sheet editor to help you learn CSS syntax.
Already will let you use Mozilla as integrated browser instead of Explorer.
Will save files as DOS, Unix or Macintosh text files (no more pesky ^M characters in your perl scripts).
Allows you to share "tag snippets" among multiple users.
Integrates with Dreamweaver, if you feel the need to have a WYSIWYG tool on hand.
I could go on for pages. If HomeSite were a sheep, I'd marry it.
Another way of looking at it: This is a new kind of Slashdot Effect. The tone of the postings on the Mindcraft Web site shows absolute panic, because the Open Source community has succeeded in undermining their reputation.
Technology reporters are so jaded by decades of Microsoft FUD that many are more inclined to believe posts on Slashdot than press releases from Redmond (or Redmond's surrogates).
The lesson to learn is to stick to the facts. If Open Source advocates stoop to fuzzification of facts, reporters will discount their assertions, too.
> Virus writers and crackers need to be given some serious jail time and fines.
Agreed. Virus writers are like people shouting fire in a crowded theatre. They probably don't intend to really hurt anyone, but they know they are "playing with fire," so to speak. So if their actions hurt others they should be held accountable.
That said, I'd rather let the virus writer get away with it than have every Office document carry a unique ID traceable to the author. Americans are too freely giving up their privacy. Time to fight back.
I get snail mail spam from a whois listing. I know it comes from there, because I get mail at my home address to the attention of my domain's technical contact.
"'The registry information is our proprietary information,' says NSI spokesman Chris Clough."
The courts ruled long ago that listings in telephone directories are not "owned" by the telcos, which explains the ready availablity of phone listings on the Web, on CD and through 10-10 phone numbers.
I would guess the courts would find the whois directory analagous, especially since it was compiled by a monopoly.
So all we need is a plaintiff and some IP (that's Intellectual Property, not Internet Protocol) lawyers to straighten this out.
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When you say telnet access, do you mean the *nix whois command? It still works for me.
But the response begins with their admonition about how not to use it, concluding with the preposterous statement "By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy."
An important point gets lost in all the discussion about these benchmarks: Both NT/IIS and Linux/Apache perform astoundingly well, and both perform much better than they would if the other didn't exist. Developers for both sets of products borrow good ideas from the other, and both race to make improvements to keep up.
MICROS~1 flacks like to blather on about needing their monopoly position in the market to protect their "freedom to innovate," but where they have no competition, they don't innovate. Why can't they acknowledge that the only reason IIS doesn't suck is because Apache exists?
I wish they had similar competition on the desktop. If they did, maybe I wouldn't need to reboot my Win98 4x/day.
I'm not worried about people being able to spoof my eyeball, but I don't like the idea of a bank recording a unique physical characteristic. I don't let anyone fingerprint me. I don't give out my SSN just because someone asks for it. So I'll be danged if I'm going to let someone record the characteristics of my iris.
This is a slippery slope, folks. PINs are a pain, but they at least are optional.
I disagree. I can access copyrighted material without any commerical relationship with the author -- by checking a book out of a public library, for example. Intellectual property rights, like all property rights, are a creation of societies and governments, and our current conceptions about property rights are very different from those of a few centuries ago.
Ideas about property rights have evolved to adapt to changing social, political and economic circumstances, and they will change again.
Before spending thousands of dollars on a bunch of licenses to a WYSIWYG authoring tool, spend some time testing to see if you can really live with its output. You can get just as much end-user ease of use with HomeSite on your PCs, BBEdit on your Macs, some intelligently-designed templates, and SSI.
Once you realize you can't rely on WYWIWYG tools, HomeSite is the obvious choice on the PC platform. Have been using it since ver 2.5 came out a few years ago. It has become borderline bloatware, but most of the new features are truly useful, such as
I could go on for pages. If HomeSite were a sheep, I'd marry it.
Another way of looking at it: This is a new kind of Slashdot Effect. The tone of the postings on the Mindcraft Web site shows absolute panic, because the Open Source community has succeeded in undermining their reputation.
Technology reporters are so jaded by decades of Microsoft FUD that many are more inclined to believe posts on Slashdot than press releases from Redmond (or Redmond's surrogates).
The lesson to learn is to stick to the facts. If Open Source advocates stoop to fuzzification of facts, reporters will discount their assertions, too.
> Virus writers and crackers need to be given some serious jail time and fines.
Agreed. Virus writers are like people shouting fire in a crowded theatre. They probably don't intend to really hurt anyone, but they know they are "playing with fire," so to speak. So if their actions hurt others they should be held accountable.
That said, I'd rather let the virus writer get away with it than have every Office document carry a unique ID traceable to the author. Americans are too freely giving up their privacy. Time to fight back.
I get snail mail spam from a whois listing. I know it comes from there, because I get mail at my home address to the attention of my domain's technical contact.
"'The registry information is our proprietary information,' says NSI spokesman Chris Clough."
The courts ruled long ago that listings in telephone directories are not "owned" by the telcos, which explains the ready availablity of phone listings on the Web, on CD and through 10-10 phone numbers.
I would guess the courts would find the whois directory analagous, especially since it was compiled by a monopoly.
So all we need is a plaintiff and some IP (that's Intellectual Property, not Internet Protocol) lawyers to straighten this out.