Dude, I'm a diehard UNIX fan and it's quite easy to use OS X like a UNIX box. The biggest thing to do is to go here and swipe all their packages (esp bash (powerful shell)).
I've done some development on OS X (porting apps from other UNIX platforms to X) and it's very, very easy and very, very UNIX like. Everything I saw was a file. Almost everything I saw were simple text files. There are most definitely fork and exec on OS X. There is a terminal app (although I miss xterm-type three button mouse cut and paste).
The largest hurdle is the damned netinfo database. All the/etc files are there, but they're not used... that SUCKS... but oh well, in my book OS X is worth the adjustment I had to made to deal with netinfo.
When I travel, about the only tech I take is my GPS receiver chock full 'o waypoints. It runs for a few days on two NiMH AA batteries. I also take some additional AAs and keep in a solar charger. I stick that thing in the sun every chance I get (e.g. window sill, dashboard of a rental car, strapped to the top of my backpack or head).
Laptops are tougher. Get a handful of power adapters and recharge every chance you get (e.g. restaurants, exterior outlets on houses, DC-AC inverter in cars, bare wires in bases of lamp posts, etc). Also take a long some extra laptop batteries.
And don't forget your Iridium phone so you can check your email any where,any time.
The most tempting tech I saw was an open access panel, revealing a ton of CAT-5, in the floor of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. To paraphrase Homer Simpson: Hmmmmmm..... networked slot machines... I really would like to know what OS they run.:-)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was actually quite terrifying before they put up the railings!! (Think about walking, 10 meters up, on wet, smooth-as-glass marble at like a 15 degree angle)
And, although not human engineering, my favorite has to be Uluru. Yeah, it looks like just a big hunk 'o rock, but when you walk all the way around it, it's quite amazing how the hues change with literally every footstep.
I'd start off by putting all the Windoze boxen on a physically different subnet. Then I'd firewall off the Windoze subnet from the rest of the corporate network. Take a look at OpenBSD as a suitable firewall. This should provide adequate protection from those pesky Windoze systems.
Remember, logical security is only half the battle. Think physical security too. Maybe everyone using a Windoze box should sit at one end of your office space. Then you can put a OmniLock on the door to keep them from getting into the rest of the office.
While you're at it, you might also want to think about implementing a virus-filtering mail gateway in between your Windoze subnet and the rest of the known world.
This seems pretty cool, but they should learn from the mistakes of others...
The first version of FlatStack, which is now released, still has to be wired to the equipment but with standards like Bluetooth and wireless lan arriving, the next release of FlatStack will also support various types of wireless connection.
Why would I buy this version if the next version's gonna be easier to integrate with wireless?
The site appears to be solidly withstanding a thorough and complete slashdotting!! The only rational explanation is that the most powerful computer in Canadia is running their web site right now! As they say in French-Canadian, c'est incredible.
Because I am a firm believer in the Law of the Conservation of Keystrokes. There are only so many keystrokes in the universe and I'm doing my job to make sure we don't use them up too soon!
No seriously, I hadn't thought of doing sudo su -, does/etc/sudoers have something like the following:
In no particular order:
* Forget tcsh and get bash, copy it to/bin, add it to/etc/shells, and change root's shell and your shell.
* Go to The Fink Package Database and snag a ton of cool Open Source apps.
* Mount/home from somewhere.
* Usually stay away from/etc 'cause most of that stuff is ignored.
* Forget sudo and enable root access (I forget how, I don't have an OS X box in front of me), then use su.
* Don't delete ~/Library, that's where all your preferences are saved.
* Load XDarwin in rootless mode and run x2x way cool.
* Get the absolute latest autoconf, automake, etc that recognize Darwin.
* Don't forget to click "Require Password" in your screen saver.
* Put your own pictures in, er, somewhere in your home directory (don't remember where) so the screen saver can display them in its slide show.
Now if only the WM had "focus follows mouse" and iTunes played Ogg Vorbis.
You're right, "autism level" is not discrete. A diagnosis based on a large variety of symptoms and variables, not just those listed in the DSM for that particular disorder.
BTW, the ":-)" in my post is an emoticon : "An ASCII glyph used to indicate an emotional state". In this case the emotional state was humor.
What I meant by "strip down to a bare minimum web server" was more along the lines of:
* I don't want freakin' xinetd running
* I don't want freakin' gpm running
* I don't want freakin' portmap running
etc, etc.
I've got more important things to do with my time than turn off every process known to man that comes installed. OpenBSD already comes with mostly everything turned off.
* RedHat is a pain to strip down to a bare minimum web server, I prefer OpenBSD. Sleek and elegant like the early days of Linux distros.
* I've used Dell
PowerEdge 2650 rackmount servers and they're VERY well made and easy to use. Redundant power supplies, SCSI removable drives, good physical security (lots of locks).
It is possible to put a suppressor on a.223 rifle. This would make it much harder to identify, by sound, from where the shot originated. BTW, you don't have to "find" subsonic.223 rounds, you can just reload.
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Dude, I'm a diehard UNIX fan and it's quite easy to use OS X like a UNIX box. The biggest thing to do is to go here and swipe all their packages (esp bash (powerful shell)).
/etc files are there, but they're not used... that SUCKS... but oh well, in my book OS X is worth the adjustment I had to made to deal with netinfo.
I've done some development on OS X (porting apps from other UNIX platforms to X) and it's very, very easy and very, very UNIX like. Everything I saw was a file. Almost everything I saw were simple text files. There are most definitely fork and exec on OS X. There is a terminal app (although I miss xterm-type three button mouse cut and paste).
The largest hurdle is the damned netinfo database. All the
Jules Verne wrote of life way beneath the surface of the Earth!!
Geez... some news flash... it's only 131 years late!
When I travel, about the only tech I take is my GPS receiver chock full 'o waypoints. It runs for a few days on two NiMH AA batteries. I also take some additional AAs and keep in a solar charger. I stick that thing in the sun every chance I get (e.g. window sill, dashboard of a rental car, strapped to the top of my backpack or head).
Laptops are tougher. Get a handful of power adapters and recharge every chance you get (e.g. restaurants, exterior outlets on houses, DC-AC inverter in cars, bare wires in bases of lamp posts, etc). Also take a long some extra laptop batteries.
And don't forget your Iridium phone so you can check your email any where,any time.
Here are some more that I thought of:
:-)
The most tempting tech I saw was an open access panel, revealing a ton of CAT-5, in the floor of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. To paraphrase Homer Simpson: Hmmmmmm..... networked slot machines... I really would like to know what OS they run.
The USAF Museum has TONS of kick ass tech.
Someone else mentioned walking the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Grand St Bernard and Chunnel tunnels are cool.
The Roman Coloseum is very impressive, especially since you can now walk inside of it!
Some way early tech: Stonehenge.
There's an awesome museum full of armor in Innsbruck, but I don't know its name.
Oetzi has some cool old tech too (he looks like shiny beef jerky).
The Boeing Everett Factory (where they build the 747, 767, and 777) is absolutely awe-inspiring.
The Hoover Dam is deceptively MASSIVE.
The Eiffel Tower is a whole lot of iron!
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was actually quite terrifying before they put up the railings!! (Think about walking, 10 meters up, on wet, smooth-as-glass marble at like a 15 degree angle)
The Pyramids are one hell of an engineering feat!
And, although not human engineering, my favorite has to be Uluru. Yeah, it looks like just a big hunk 'o rock, but when you walk all the way around it, it's quite amazing how the hues change with literally every footstep.
Luckily he made this machine big enough to fit on my penis.
Read about and see the pix of my painful meeting with the machine here.
(Yes, I am Jamaican, mon.)
I amd the recipient of one of these letters. Here's the deal:
I was told to stop using the term Windows(tm) in conjunction with my home improvement project. I was informed that now I have to call the items openings especially in the wall of a building for admission of light and air that is usually closed by casements or sashes containing transparent material (as glass) and capable of being opened and shut .
This has put a real crimp in my dealings with my contractor. They think I'm crazy for using such a long phrase when a common word would suffice.
Is that insane, or what?
Securing your internal network from windows?
I'd start off by putting all the Windoze boxen on a physically different subnet. Then I'd firewall off the Windoze subnet from the rest of the corporate network. Take a look at OpenBSD as a suitable firewall. This should provide adequate protection from those pesky Windoze systems.
Remember, logical security is only half the battle. Think physical security too. Maybe everyone using a Windoze box should sit at one end of your office space. Then you can put a OmniLock on the door to keep them from getting into the rest of the office.
While you're at it, you might also want to think about implementing a virus-filtering mail gateway in between your Windoze subnet and the rest of the known world.
Why would I buy this version if the next version's gonna be easier to integrate with wireless?
Reminds me of Adam Osborne's Famous Blunder.
Sites that do not use Flash get my Seal of Approval.
The site appears to be solidly withstanding a thorough and complete slashdotting!! The only rational explanation is that the most powerful computer in Canadia is running their web site right now! As they say in French-Canadian, c'est incredible.
Quit writing about the history of Debian and get to work on those packages!!!
Wake up, Neo.
The Matrix has you.
Follow the white rabbit.
Because I am a firm believer in the Law of the Conservation of Keystrokes. There are only so many keystrokes in the universe and I'm doing my job to make sure we don't use them up too soon!
/etc/sudoers have something like the following:
No seriously, I hadn't thought of doing sudo su -, does
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
In no particular order: /bin, add it to /etc/shells, and change root's shell and your shell. /home from somewhere. /etc 'cause most of that stuff is ignored.
* Forget tcsh and get bash, copy it to
* Go to The Fink Package Database and snag a ton of cool Open Source apps.
* Mount
* Usually stay away from
* Forget sudo and enable root access (I forget how, I don't have an OS X box in front of me), then use su.
* Don't delete ~/Library, that's where all your preferences are saved.
* Load XDarwin in rootless mode and run x2x way cool.
* Get the absolute latest autoconf, automake, etc that recognize Darwin.
* Don't forget to click "Require Password" in your screen saver.
* Put your own pictures in, er, somewhere in your home directory (don't remember where) so the screen saver can display them in its slide show.
Now if only the WM had "focus follows mouse" and iTunes played Ogg Vorbis.
You're right, "autism level" is not discrete. A diagnosis based on a large variety of symptoms and variables, not just those listed in the DSM for that particular disorder.
BTW, the ":-)" in my post is an emoticon : "An ASCII glyph used to indicate an emotional state". In this case the emotional state was humor.
I suggest you increase your "experiences" a bit more and read up on autism here.
:-)
Or check this out. It's a list of symptoms from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (commonly referred to as "The DSM IV").
Sure, a lot of us geeks fit the criteria, but one must be very careful to not confuse introversion with autism.
This one has been pissing off quite a few people as of late:
/bin/laden
/bin/laden: Not found
# rm -f
#
What I meant by "strip down to a bare minimum web server" was more along the lines of:
* I don't want freakin' xinetd running
* I don't want freakin' gpm running
* I don't want freakin' portmap running
etc, etc.
I've got more important things to do with my time than turn off every process known to man that comes installed. OpenBSD already comes with mostly everything turned off.
* I prefer SCSI over IDE
* RedHat is a pain to strip down to a bare minimum web server, I prefer OpenBSD. Sleek and elegant like the early days of Linux distros.
* I've used Dell PowerEdge 2650 rackmount servers and they're VERY well made and easy to use. Redundant power supplies, SCSI removable drives, good physical security (lots of locks).
They're the government agency whose charter is to enforce the DMCA.
It is possible to put a suppressor on a .223 rifle. This would make it much harder to identify, by sound, from where the shot originated. BTW, you don't have to "find" subsonic .223 rounds, you can just reload.
Arrrr... Shiver me CD burners!
Everything I learned about getting around OSes, I learned here .
This gelatin fake finger fools fingerprint detectors about 80% of the time.