I agree. I wanted to configure all my PCs with DHCP and let them use a DNS cache on the firewall/NAT box, rather than hard-code my ISP's DNS addresses on each PC -- which could change, since they expect me to just be running a windoze box with DHCP. While they don't forbid NAT, they actively discourage it, and I didn't want to have to manually configure DNS on each PC, let alone re-configure it if/when they change addresses. djbdns not only does what I need, he has instructions that told me exactly what I needed to do to make it work. Most sites I've found that discuss BIND assume you're an ISP or play one for a corporation. For my little five PC network djbdns was perfect.
Sure, it's not for everyone, but BIND isn't for everyone either.
All the more reason to use it. If "nobody" uses tinydns, then crackers are way less likely to know how to attack it. Sure, it's "security through obscurity" but sometimes that's all you need. I have a cable modem and it lights up all the time with people knocking on the door -- I'd never let Windows be the doorman, no matter if I had BillG's personal admin keeping the patches up to date, simply because every script kiddie knows how to crack it. That's "insecurity through commonality" and running bind puts you in that boat.
If the NSA opened their crypto to the public, we'd all see that they're just using PGP like everyone else. By keeping what they use a secret, they keep us guessing if they've cracked what we're using.
And that, dear children, is how the rabbit lost his tail....
What so amazes me is how people conclude that evolution and religion are mutually exclusive concepts. What is so difficult about the idea that evolution is just another of God's tools, like erosion or plate tectonics? If you were explaining the Big Bang to nomadic shephards of 5000 years ago, wouldn't you find "The Lord said, 'Let there be light'" a concise description?
You confuse "world" with "universe." In this universe, there is no world without God. That's your impossible world -- a godless world in God's universe. You're right, God can't make that.
The problem with this approach is that to the web site you look like IE, not Opera, which then allows them to claim "Over 98% (or whatever number they pull out of their logs) use MSIE, thus we're justified in only supporting it." And they're so clueless they don't realize their log stats are meaningless.
If all browsers report that they're MSIE, and they all include kludges to render crappy HTML coded specificly for MSIE, then all browsers effectively become MSIE, and Bill wins.
The French and the Soviets each had 1/4 of occupied Germany, but the world doesn't speak French or Russian. The West German people didn't learn French as their second language, they learned English (and it wasn't because England had their quarter, either). Hell, most folks in East Germany spoke English better than they spoke Russian.
And the Americans were the only ones to occupy Japan.
The post-war economy was driven by the USA, Germany, and Japan. In the USA they spoke English; in Germany and Japan, their second language was English. In most of South America the second language is English (due to the dominance of the USA in the hemisphere). It was the USA that drove this trend, not England. Post-war England was economically almost as ruined as post-war mainland Europe, with rationing long after it was lifted in the USA. The war effort drove technological advances that the USA, with it's intact manufacturing base, was able to exploit to dominate the world economy. If you wanted to due business with the Americans (and who didn't?), you learned English. Period. WWII was the piviotal change that made the 20th Century the "American Century." And that drove English world-wide.
The civilized world has standardized on English for good reason:
The USA won WWII.
That's it. That's the only reason. Otherwise, we might all be speaking German. Or, if the USA's War of the Rebellion had ended differently, perhaps Spanish. Or, if the USSR had won the cold war, Russian.
If things continue at theircurrentrate, we may all be speaking Chinese in 100 years.
Q: Then why doesn't the Government have these Government-run libraries simply remove all material the Government thinks could be helpful to terrorists, rather than asking the libraries to name those who read it?
A: Because spying on the public is easier than censoring libraries. Apparantly the First Amendment protects the right to speak, but not the right to hear.
OK, here's a technical question: Does multicast work with NAT? If my wife and I share an IP address and I want to watch "Farscape" at the same time she wants to watch "Firefly," will it be possible to recieve two multicast streams to the same (shared) IP address? Will the NAT box properly route "Firefly" to her and "Farscape" to me? Just curious (it's a moot point, isn't it?)
Until we all run out of IPv4 addresses, then watch the stampede to implement it. Also, it will take Microsoft building IPv6 into Windows/DHCP, so the user doesn't know or care if s/he's on 4 or 6, and can move their computer between 4 and 6 without changing a thing. Yet another way to force upgrades to the latest license^h^h^h^h^h^h^h version.
There is a huge difference between using a UAV to fire a missile into a SUV full of Tangos and "terrorism".
I disagree. President Regan signed an executive order forbidding the CIA or any other United States agency from assasination. "W" has not signed an executive order recinding Regan's. If we knew where this fellow was (and we did, since we killed him) why didn't we arrest him and bring him to justice? Killing him in cold blood is murder, and no different than what "W" calls terrorism when done by others. Pot. Kettle. Black.
Years ago I had an idea for a keyboard where you could change the layout as you saw fit, but unlike you I lack the resources to do anything with it. The basic idea is that each keycap has one to eight pins that fit into eight sockets in each underlying switch. Each socket has an optical sensor to tell if a pin has entered the socket when you press the key. Each keycap has a unique combination of pins, making 255 possible values for any given keycap (you can't use "0" because if you remove all the pins the switch can't tell when you press the key). E.g., the "A" key has an ASCII value of 65 and has two pins, one in the 1s position and the other in the 64s position. You could put the "A" key in any position you want and the keyboard will know it's an "A" when you press it. Just don't break off any pins when you move keycaps!
There, it's out in the public now, so use it but don't try to patent it or I'll sue your lame ass.
Sorry, but I don't have any ideas for making the printing on the keycap change dynamically.
My prediction is that within three years time, Microsoft will `give away' its operating system to preserve its revenue in the applications business.
What about the license? I don't mind Microsoft's OS's as much as their new licenses. I run Windows 2000 on one machine, but I refuse to downgrade to the SP3 license, and won't touch XP for the same reason. If they give it away free but retain the "right" to do any damn thing they want to my computer, there's no way I'll agree.
Besides, their OS is on virtually every new PC sold in the last 20 years, so why bother to give it away? The only people who would benefit from that would be Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.
Ever since Bush got into office, this country has been a disaster. Look at what he's doing/done to the national debt, the economy, domestic privacy, unions, international relations (although the Chinese and Russians love his new "first strike" doctrine), etc. etc. etc. I can't believe I'm saying this, but things were better under his Father! George the First is the former head of the frick'n C frick'n I frick'n A and he didn't dream of the revocations of civil liberties his son has imposed on us.
somebody with mod points please restore the balance here.
Impossible. We only get 5 mod points every six months or so, whe the "editors" get unlimited mod points 24/7. They always win. Don't like it? Go somewhere else.
Actually, no. I have two XP disks that were given to me. Haven't loaded either of them, and probably never will. I have no interest in running SQL Server, and with MySQL and PostgreSQL, no need.
Freedom of speech means you are free to voice your opinion without fear (you can shout "The King is a Fink" in public and not be arrested). So why are you an anonymous coward? Why should anyone take what you say seriously if you're afraid to admit you said it?
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Sure, it's not for everyone, but BIND isn't for everyone either.
(pours a shot)
If all browsers report that they're MSIE, and they all include kludges to render crappy HTML coded specificly for MSIE, then all browsers effectively become MSIE, and Bill wins.
And the Americans were the only ones to occupy Japan.
The post-war economy was driven by the USA, Germany, and Japan. In the USA they spoke English; in Germany and Japan, their second language was English. In most of South America the second language is English (due to the dominance of the USA in the hemisphere). It was the USA that drove this trend, not England. Post-war England was economically almost as ruined as post-war mainland Europe, with rationing long after it was lifted in the USA. The war effort drove technological advances that the USA, with it's intact manufacturing base, was able to exploit to dominate the world economy. If you wanted to due business with the Americans (and who didn't?), you learned English. Period. WWII was the piviotal change that made the 20th Century the "American Century." And that drove English world-wide.
And yes, it's massivly off-topic.
That's it. That's the only reason. Otherwise, we might all be speaking German. Or, if the USA's War of the Rebellion had ended differently, perhaps Spanish. Or, if the USSR had won the cold war, Russian.
If things continue at their current rate, we may all be speaking Chinese in 100 years.
A: Because spying on the public is easier than censoring libraries. Apparantly the First Amendment protects the right to speak, but not the right to hear.
There, it's out in the public now, so use it but don't try to patent it or I'll sue your lame ass.
Sorry, but I don't have any ideas for making the printing on the keycap change dynamically.
Besides, their OS is on virtually every new PC sold in the last 20 years, so why bother to give it away? The only people who would benefit from that would be Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.
Geeze, Michael, wake up! It took you two days to mod this down. Whazza matter? Too many anti-Michael posts to squish them all in the same day?
Freedom of speech means you are free to voice your opinion without fear (you can shout "The King is a Fink" in public and not be arrested). So why are you an anonymous coward? Why should anyone take what you say seriously if you're afraid to admit you said it?