Actually the problem seems to me advertising you have that sort of control over a third party machine.
Put it like this MS do not care if you intend to switch to an alternative OS. For example Steve Balmer will not visit your house to get you to change your mind if you intend to switch. However if you are Munich city council it is another story. If more corporate enities swith to mac OS or linux, then it becomes more publically aceptable to do so. They also have the resources to support such a switch. The more that do, the more who will feel capable of doing so(The herd mentalty is strong in IT)
Why would a corporation switch. Well there many reasons, but if your a non american country with perhaps a healthy distrust of foreign interference, well I am not sure you are to happy if you find a foreign company is not only requiring you to phone home every time you turn the computer on, but has the power to disable the afore mentioned computer at will. Would you feel safe with such power in someone elses hands? Of course MS may make a special case for you, but the special cases(corporate licences) are what pirated windows rely on, so you have not gained.
In reality I think it is something we see more and more of at MS. It appears to be a sign of weak top level control. The WGA should never of been released as it was and I wonder whether all the required departments were in the loop.
On the other hand WGA does offer something and if MS asked me for advice(my fees are reasonable) I would suggest if they wanted to stop piracy, give away there basic OS for free. Then charge people for the extra's. The new apps, better browser etc. Of course they would no longer have a monopoly, but if they carry on as they are now, they won't have that anyway in a few years.
Agreed with tardis. However you could also try K9 by the same company if you just want to sync to a broadcast NTP signal. Same software, but simpler to setup
While you can use GPS as your primary time source(which can do if you do not have internet access) how do you distribute the time signal across your network unless you have a GPS connected to every machine(which is a bit overkill)?
If you tried just transmitting your time across the network you would be introducing delays across your network which could be significant. Therefore what you do designate a machine as your NTP server and put your GPS on it, then you and get it to broadcast NTP messages out.
The other machines you install NTP in its client mode and they will automatically sync to the one time signal. Another advantage especially if accurate time reporting is critical is that you can designate multiple machines as time servers. You let NTP decide which one to use and if one fails ythe other machines will automatically switch over to another system, therefore maintaining your time accuracy.
Agreed. Similar issues really, half a dozen embedded controllers + 7 or 8 workstations running windows XP all which have to be kept in sync so that alarms are accurately reported in time order.Time is from a GPS since these are marine systems and therefore internet access is difficult:)
When NTP works well its great, but we do continually come up with problems, partly due to windows XP(we use Tardis as our XP client) but mainly due to ignorance of the engineers putting the system together about NTP.
In many areas France and the UK are ahead of the game in naval technology.
For example electrical propulsion which is how most naval vessels will be powered in the future (The engines are large electrical motors, in pods rather than directly driven. quieter, more flexible and more maneuverable). The latest british destroyer(Type 45) has this technology and is so ahead of the game that it will probably be the basis of the propulsion technology for the american DD(X) ships.
There is no reason to belive that France and UK does not have the technology, what they probably do lack is the operational experience on how to use the systems.
I work part-time for a distance learning university(Open University) which produces a number of computing courses from beginner up to MSc. The students we get often have absolutely no experience and are aged 18 to 108. About 5 years ago they redesigned there basic course and had to decide on a language to use. After considering a number of languages including Logo(the academic's farorite), VB and Java, they finally decided to use Javascript.
When I heard I was aghast, but thinking about it now Javascript has some advantages for the beginner.
Firstly the tools to develop and run Javascript programs are freely available. Secondly it is quite a forgiving languge being weakly typed(very important for a beginner), thirdly it is quite easy to get to the stage where the programmer has achieved something. This cannot be dismissed lightly, since we all probable remember getting our first program going.
Finally it teaches all the major constructs that they are likely to use in other languages.
After that they can move on to courses with Java, C++ and smalltalk
My point was, it was made but badly. Firstly it had Sly Stallone which was always going to be a bad move. Secondly Judge Dredd should of been a mystery figure - never take his helmet off(Can't do that with a A-List star) in fact RoboCop was what Judge Dredd should of been. A violent dark world with comedic elements. Also the story should of had Judge Death in it....
Secondly yes, total recall was'nt bad for the time and minority report wsa adequate but neither came close to exploring the issue's is Dick's novels. Generally because of hollywoods predeliction with serving the lowest common denominator i.e. Explain it all, leave nothing to the imagination, have a happy ending.. In truth the Matrix was a better P.K. Dick film than most of those based on his novels.
I hope a scanner darkly is a good movie, but I have been hurt before(e.g. paycheck)
I should also add there a nice serial comms component(library to you!) for buider and delphi which you can use. See http://sf.net/projects/tpapro which would make the serial part easier.
Just a note I teach a course that uses borland builder. It is designed at people with little or no programming experience and most are producing great GUI's after 3 months. A programmer of any experience should have no issues.
If you want the power of RAD and the ease of C/C++ I'd suggest you look into MFC programming. Google for all you need to get started. You can continue to use C/C++ and familiar code to create nice, simple Windows GUIs.
Using the MFC has two problems. One is the MFC which is a pretty terrible class structure to get to grips with and two is Visual C++, which despite being a good IDE is not very visual.
Borland Builder is a far better RAD environment if you want to use C++
I agree with most of the comments including you must have Code Complete on your bookshelf, probably rapid development by the same Author too.
One suggestion however. While I love O'Reilly's books the MySQL book is not one of there best(It was a mistake combining it with mSQL[does anyone still use that?]) The New Riders MySQL by Paul Dubois is far better.
The term embedded covers a large area from small devices to devices with more power than desk top machines.
However in the latest ESP survey it was found 24% said they were using linux 17% said they were likely to use it soon and 33% said it was likiely they would use it. That shows that Nearly 75% with an interest in linux. Not bad fo a non focussed market.
ALso the biggest embedded OS provider(vxworks 22%) are pushing linux hard as a complementry solution to there flagship product.
So I would say linux has a big future in the embedded world
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Yes, but in 1918 we did have a world war, with a large number of individuals being shipped across the seas on crowded troop ships. We did have mass conscription which involved large numbers of individuals being forced together for call ups. We did have a huge shortage of medical staff because most of them were in the european theatre.
However
we did not have a understanding of how virus's and epidemics worked. We did not have anti viral drugs. We did not have the capability or the capacity to mass produce specific vaccines We did not have the mass communication methods to allow coordination of response
I'm not saying the threat is not serious but it has to be balanced.
As for living in some rural unpopulated area, that will only work as long as you don't have to go into town periodically to buy food supplies. In 1918 some towns in the mid west quarantined themselves. It did little good because people like mail men still brought the virus in.
I always thought MS biggest coup was not producing a graphical interface(others were doing far better ones at the time) but convincing companies like lotus to port there applications to it.
I bet the discussion did not go like "if you port lotus 1-2-3 to our new graphical interface and help make it popular, in a few years time we will use our position to write a competing app and wipe you off the mat."
I bet the head of lotus wished he had negotiated a non-compete clause.
Last time I looked I was'nt suppossed to be able to view DVD's outside my region. Funny thing is the manufacturer left some "test functions" around which allowed me to do this.
Even if the broadcast flag is made legal, it won't be worldwide so manufacturers outside the US(i.e.99% of them) will have to support both modes and therefore there will be a loophole and a way of turning it off.
Unless the RiAA and MPAA are going to go around raiding houses to find these illegal devices I cannot see this working
It the only thing on a mobiler phone I really wanted, since it allows me to phone handsfree(illegal to phone on the move in the UK). Unfortunately this seems to be considered a high end feature so I had to buy a phone with a lot of other rubbish(camera, etc) just to get the one feature I did want.
My perfect phone would be the above+bluetooth, since it allows you to connect with your other high end devices if you wish later
Which is a bit like saying that Newton could not explain all gravitational effects, therefore we must throw out all newtonion laws.
For one thing when Darwin did his theory he did not have any idea on the mechanism on how evolution occurred. We have a come along way since then and the theory has been modified in some ways but the basic facts found by Darwin are still valid.
Fact evolution occurs largely as Darwin indicated. Get used to it, and move on.
I've always thought UK bank security useless. How hard is it to find someones mothers maiden name, etc?
A friend of mine when he accessed his bank in sweden had a one time password generated on part from the web page and from part generated via a little calculator device they gave out free.
This combination seemed to me much more secure and also since the passkey was a one time only useless to anyone monitoring his computer.
Modules need to be compiled? Uh, no. Maybe you're thinking of C? You do need to check a box to turn the module on, and in some cases modify your database if the module creates new tables.
Yep you are quite right, it is just a copy exercise however any operation after installation which involves logging on to the server is a not a tick in the box scenario
But I like that, because I know exactly what the module's going to do.
You must be Gentoo user
A module installer is in the works.
Fortunately Mambo already has one of those and an uninstaller.
Seriously though there a lot of good open source CMS's out there mambo met my needs when I tried it so I am sticking with it. I am sure Drupal is good too.
Drupal and other free CMS suites are often used to generate local community and charity sites. Of course we could just make them pay for a commercial package, but somehow I think the money saved by using drupal, etc maybe used more wisely
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Actually the problem seems to me advertising you have that sort of control over a third party machine.
Put it like this MS do not care if you intend to switch to an alternative OS. For example Steve Balmer will not visit your house to get you to change your mind if you intend to switch. However if you are Munich city council it is another story. If more corporate enities swith to mac OS or linux, then it becomes more publically aceptable to do so. They also have the resources to support such a switch. The more that do, the more who will feel capable of doing so(The herd mentalty is strong in IT)
Why would a corporation switch. Well there many reasons, but if your a non american country with perhaps a healthy distrust of foreign interference, well I am not sure you are to happy if you find a foreign company is not only requiring you to phone home every time you turn the computer on, but has the power to disable the afore mentioned computer at will. Would you feel safe with such power in someone elses hands? Of course MS may make a special case for you, but the special cases(corporate licences) are what pirated windows rely on, so you have not gained.
In reality I think it is something we see more and more of at MS. It appears to be a sign of weak top level control. The WGA should never of been released as it was and I wonder whether all the required departments were in the loop.
On the other hand WGA does offer something and if MS asked me for advice(my fees are reasonable) I would suggest if they wanted to stop piracy, give away there basic OS for free. Then charge people for the extra's. The new apps, better browser etc. Of course they would no longer have a monopoly, but if they carry on as they are now, they won't have that anyway in a few years.
Agreed with tardis. However you could also try K9 by the same company if you just want to sync to a broadcast NTP signal. Same software, but simpler to setup
While you can use GPS as your primary time source(which can do if you do not have internet access) how do you distribute the time signal across your network unless you have a GPS connected to every machine(which is a bit overkill)?
If you tried just transmitting your time across the network you would be introducing delays across your network which could be significant. Therefore what you do designate a machine as your NTP server and put your GPS on it, then you and get it to broadcast NTP messages out.
The other machines you install NTP in its client mode and they will automatically sync to the one time signal. Another advantage especially if accurate time reporting is critical is that you can designate multiple machines as time servers. You let NTP decide which one to use and if one fails ythe other machines will automatically switch over to another system, therefore maintaining your time accuracy.
Agreed. Similar issues really, half a dozen embedded controllers + 7 or 8 workstations running windows XP all which have to be kept in sync so that alarms are accurately reported in time order.Time is from a GPS since these are marine systems and therefore internet access is difficult :)
When NTP works well its great, but we do continually come up with problems, partly due to windows XP(we use Tardis as our XP client) but mainly due to ignorance of the engineers putting the system together about NTP.
I will look at the book with interest
In many areas France and the UK are ahead of the game in naval technology. For example electrical propulsion which is how most naval vessels will be powered in the future (The engines are large electrical motors, in pods rather than directly driven. quieter, more flexible and more maneuverable). The latest british destroyer(Type 45) has this technology and is so ahead of the game that it will probably be the basis of the propulsion technology for the american DD(X) ships. There is no reason to belive that France and UK does not have the technology, what they probably do lack is the operational experience on how to use the systems.
I work part-time for a distance learning university(Open University) which produces a number of computing courses from beginner up to MSc. The students we get often have absolutely no experience and are aged 18 to 108. About 5 years ago they redesigned there basic course and had to decide on a language to use. After considering a number of languages including Logo(the academic's farorite), VB and Java, they finally decided to use Javascript.
When I heard I was aghast, but thinking about it now Javascript has some advantages for the beginner.
Firstly the tools to develop and run Javascript programs are freely available. Secondly it is quite a forgiving languge being weakly typed(very important for a beginner), thirdly it is quite easy to get to the stage where the programmer has achieved something. This cannot be dismissed lightly, since we all probable remember getting our first program going.
Finally it teaches all the major constructs that they are likely to use in other languages.
After that they can move on to courses with Java, C++ and smalltalk
My point was, it was made but badly. Firstly it had Sly Stallone which was always going to be a bad move. Secondly Judge Dredd should of been a mystery figure - never take his helmet off(Can't do that with a A-List star) in fact RoboCop was what Judge Dredd should of been. A violent dark world with comedic elements. Also the story should of had Judge Death in it....
Secondly yes, total recall was'nt bad for the time and minority report wsa adequate but neither came close to exploring the issue's is Dick's novels. Generally because of hollywoods predeliction with serving the lowest common denominator i.e. Explain it all, leave nothing to the imagination, have a happy ending.. In truth the Matrix was a better P.K. Dick film than most of those based on his novels.
I hope a scanner darkly is a good movie, but I have been hurt before(e.g. paycheck)
Judge Dredd,
Oh and any Philip K. Dick Adaptation(Except blade runner, without the Harrison Ford Commentry)
I should also add there a nice serial comms component(library to you!) for buider and delphi which you can use. See http://sf.net/projects/tpapro which would make the serial part easier.
Just a note I teach a course that uses borland builder. It is designed at people with little or no programming experience and most are producing great GUI's after 3 months. A programmer of any experience should have no issues.
If you want the power of RAD and the ease of C/C++ I'd suggest you look into MFC programming. Google for all you need to get started. You can continue to use C/C++ and familiar code to create nice, simple Windows GUIs.
Using the MFC has two problems. One is the MFC which is a pretty terrible class structure to get to grips with and two is Visual C++, which despite being a good IDE is not very visual.
Borland Builder is a far better RAD environment if you want to use C++
I agree with most of the comments including you must have Code Complete on your bookshelf, probably rapid development by the same Author too.
One suggestion however. While I love O'Reilly's books the MySQL book is not one of there best(It was a mistake combining it with mSQL[does anyone still use that?]) The New Riders MySQL by Paul Dubois is far better.
The term embedded covers a large area from small devices to devices with more power than desk top machines.
However in the latest ESP survey it was found 24% said they were using linux 17% said they were likely to use it soon and 33% said it was likiely they would use it. That shows that Nearly 75% with an interest in linux. Not bad fo a non focussed market.
ALso the biggest embedded OS provider(vxworks 22%) are pushing linux hard as a complementry solution to there flagship product.
So I would say linux has a big future in the embedded world
Yes, but in 1918 we did have a world war, with a large number of individuals being shipped across the seas on crowded troop ships. We did have mass conscription which involved large numbers of individuals being forced together for call ups. We did have a huge shortage of medical staff because most of them were in the european theatre.
However
we did not have a understanding of how virus's and epidemics worked.
We did not have anti viral drugs.
We did not have the capability or the capacity to mass produce specific vaccines
We did not have the mass communication methods to allow coordination of response
I'm not saying the threat is not serious but it has to be balanced.
As for living in some rural unpopulated area, that will only work as long as you don't have to go into town periodically to buy food supplies. In 1918 some towns in the mid west quarantined themselves. It did little good because people like mail men still brought the virus in.
I always thought MS biggest coup was not producing a graphical interface(others were doing far better ones at the time) but convincing companies like lotus to port there applications to it.
I bet the discussion did not go like "if you port lotus 1-2-3 to our new graphical interface and help make it popular, in a few years time we will use our position to write a competing app and wipe you off the mat."
I bet the head of lotus wished he had negotiated a non-compete clause.
Last time I looked I was'nt suppossed to be able to view DVD's outside my region. Funny thing is the manufacturer left some "test functions" around which allowed me to do this.
Even if the broadcast flag is made legal, it won't be worldwide so manufacturers outside the US(i.e.99% of them) will have to support both modes and therefore there will be a loophole and a way of turning it off.
Unless the RiAA and MPAA are going to go around raiding houses to find these illegal devices I cannot see this working
As a matter of interest, why no bluetooth?
It the only thing on a mobiler phone I really wanted, since it allows me to phone handsfree(illegal to phone on the move in the UK). Unfortunately this seems to be considered a high end feature so I had to buy a phone with a lot of other rubbish(camera, etc) just to get the one feature I did want.
My perfect phone would be the above+bluetooth, since it allows you to connect with your other high end devices if you wish later
Weird thing is, I only 5 minutes ago watched the Scorcese documentry on Mr Zimmerman.
2 hours ago I would not of even understood the joke.
Funny old world
or water
try tardis or if you only want a NTP client its sister product K9
Enron?
Which is a bit like saying that Newton could not explain all gravitational effects, therefore we must throw out all newtonion laws.
For one thing when Darwin did his theory he did not have any idea on the mechanism on how evolution occurred. We have a come along way since then and the theory has been modified in some ways but the basic facts found by Darwin are still valid.
Fact evolution occurs largely as Darwin indicated. Get used to it, and move on.
Personally I always liked Persephonewikipedia apart from the fact I am never sure how to say it it seems appropiate
I've always thought UK bank security useless. How hard is it to find someones mothers maiden name, etc?
A friend of mine when he accessed his bank in sweden had a one time password generated on part from the web page and from part generated via a little calculator device they gave out free.
This combination seemed to me much more secure and also since the passkey was a one time only useless to anyone monitoring his computer.
Yep you are quite right, it is just a copy exercise however any operation after installation which involves logging on to the server is a not a tick in the box scenario
You must be Gentoo user
Fortunately Mambo already has one of those and an uninstaller.
Seriously though there a lot of good open source CMS's out there mambo met my needs when I tried it so I am sticking with it. I am sure Drupal is good too.
Drupal and other free CMS suites are often used to generate local community and charity sites. Of course we could just make them pay for a commercial package, but somehow I think the money saved by using drupal, etc maybe used more wisely