#1 has been fixed for some time. Big button on the site that says "Download RealPlayer FREE". Click it and it starts the download.
It is even smart enough to send me to http://linux.real.com if I'm browsing from a Linux box. Oh, yeah. One click download THERE, too.
#2 Doesn't really happen anymore, either. It is much less obnoxious and quite a simple install. Uncheck a couple boxes (and by "couple", I *do* mean 2) and click next. Just cancel the registration and that is that.
#3 is opinion. Real 10/Helixplayer is acceptable.
#4 True
#5 True
2 1/2 out of 5 isn't good enough to mod +5 insightful. Check out the latest player before criticizing.
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Meta data. All three formats you mentioned support embedded meta data.
And YES, I would expect people to actually remember to enter proper meta data for their documents. If not, then they don't get the benefits of this type of system.
One of the most useful filters I can think of would be an import filter for MS Publisher.
I know quite a few small businesses that use this software and take it to press. Yes, most print shops moan about it, but they still accept the EPS files.
Publisher is used because of convenience (it is there); ease of use for small setups as opposed to Quark or Pagemaker; and integration w/Word and Excel. It is an abomination, but it is still popular.
A filter for Scribus could help me move a couple of shops off of Windows boxes.
Everyone isn't way too afraid to put anything radioactive on a rocket. It has happened several times already. Many of the long range probes used plutonium as a fuel source.
HOWEVER, doing it en masse is bound to see a nasty accident or two.
Digital Fortress was a complete piece of shit. Please don't base anything off that rag. It was written with the express purpose of capitalizing off of Dan Brown's momentum being made into a movie. The "visuals" described fit Hollywood nicely -- meaning they have no basis in reality.
It is easy for a person to come up with an algorithm that THEY can't crack. Most are painfully obvious to outsiders with any experience.
Other than proper implementation of a one-time pad, you'll probably find any encryption will eventually fall.
The first thing that popped into my mind was an episode of the Muppett Show I was when I was but a wee lad.
Fozzee Bear wanted a raise and brought in his agent (a rat) to negotiate w/Kermit the Frog. Kermit worked the rat into a frenzy (100% raise...no, 200%...no, 300%!) getting everyone all hype.
Then Kermit left and the rat asked Fozzee what he made before. $0. The rat was, well now you get 300% of that! And remember, I get 30% of THAT!
Restrictions? Wonderful! Let the tight-asses set up their porn filters and other self-righteous, feel-good measures.
Then...
1) Get yourself a dedicated access line; 2) Set up Squid; 3) Use the free POPs now set up by the city, charge a small fee for "unfiltered" access; 4) Profit!
Same argument could be used about locks on cars and houses. It's not that the law stops bad people, it just hinders them. But, obviously, some laws are useless in regards to helping the good and slowing the bad.
Not quite. A law doesn't hinder someone, unless a cop happens to be standing right there. A law is a guideline w/consequences whereas a lock is a physical deterrent.
Do you not steal because there is a law, or because it it wrong?
My sig is targeted at the "there ought to be a law!" mentality. Most people never stop to think that there probably already *IS* a law, or the law wouldn't have prevented anything anyway. Just remember, the latest statistics from the US Department of Justice shows that we have over two million people now locked up in American jails. There were 702 prisoners per 100,000 population. (More than Russia, Iran or Germany.)
For each of these there was ALREADY a law that didn't prevent the crime. More laws aren't going to help the situation.
Network clients are the future. Things like NX, JDS, Citrix and the like are massivly deployed in the corporate world.
As an administrator, I love the centralized configuration. The ability of a person to move from their office to a conference room and pop right back into a session is fantastic. Add the ability to enter a session from home or a VPN tunnel and it is really useful
In the office, that means many people can use inexpensive PC's or thin clients and get everything but 3D. Maintenance is a breeze, since I don't have to install whole bundles of software per machine or tweak up Ghost images it saves me time.
For most of my users, it makes things easier. They can access their work and stuff from anywhere. The network is either switched 100-base or in some cases switched 1000-base, so there is NO LAG in loading/saving data or running programs. Hell, stuff loads/saves FASTER through Gig-E to our SAN than to a desktop IDE drive!
An NX Server behind the firewall that I can tunnel to gives me a gateway to every PC in the building via translated RDP (Windows) or VNC. AND it seamlessly encrypts the sessions (unlike VNC). All I need is one hole in the firewall for the NX server, instead of one per VNC box. (Yes, I could tunnel VNC over SSH or stunnel, but that is a pain in the ass and NX is so much easier.)
And if KDE 3.2.3 or 3.3 is slow on your stated config, then something is wrong. Spend an evening and compile your own version w/P4 optimizations and remove the excess items you don't use. It should scream.
I was traveling via coach class on an airplane, happily typing away on my Sony Picturebook, when the couple next to me insisted on showing me the error of my computing ways.
They both tried to show me their brand new Apple PowerBooks and explain how much better they were.
I say "tried" because both opened their machines at once. Even one was larger than the poor little airline tray. It was impossible to type on and the poor guy almost had his smashed when the person in the seat in front of him leaned it all the way back.
I've always considered PowerBooks -- and all those large PC notebooks -- more of a transportable than a true use-it-in-the-field laptop. Take it from the office to home, or to a client site, but you better have plenty of space to use it on the road.
Do you constantly live in fear? Your life must be so pathetic.
Terrorists crashing things into buildings? Car-sized things? WHO CARES!
Or do you not remember the kid who proclaimed "solidarity with Osama" and crashed his small plane into the skyscraper in Tampa? Result: 1 dead kid, 1 wrecked small plane, 1 building that needed to be hosed off (no damage, though).
As for people not being able to fly without crashing into your house, look on the bright side. Flying accidents are bound to have a much higher mortality rate than car crashes. The people who think they can fly while eating, putting on makeup, reading, drinking, etc. will soon be taken care of by natural selection!
The original e-mail didn't say a word about needless complexity, it spoke only to verbatim cloning of Microsoft's interfaces.
KDE's kiosk mode and associated manager/wizards allow you to tune it to a degree not possible with Windows. If you find it overly complex, then fix it -- it is actually pretty simple to do with KDE.
If they come up with something totally new, they get slammed for a steep learning curve. Reviewers go on tirades and whitepapers are written about how the TCO is too high because of the training necessary, etc.
Keeping an interface similar allows for an easier migration of people who've been using Windows for years (office people). Thus, less training is needed and the migration costs are lower.
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You seem to be even SLOWER. Leaseholders have certain rights, which is explicitly mentioned in the FCC document.
If the students signed a lease, the school MAY NOT restrict their legal use of unlicensed spectrum.
Read it yourself. It also says "...or leasehold interest in the property..."
So, if the students actually sign a lease, then the school doesn't have the authority to do this. The airwaves are NOT the school property.
On the other hand, if there is no lease, then they are within their rights.
-Charles
Almost overwhelming!
The first thing that popped into mind was "but can it catch the flies using a pair of chopsticks?"
Followed by "that would have to be one hell of a lot of flies!"
Then "what happens when it starts moving up the food chain and realized humans provide more enery and are easier to catch?"
Exactly how much tequila to you have to drink to come up with ideas like this?
"Hey! I got it! A fly eating, shit smelling robot! And I've even got an angle to sell it to the military! Barkeep? Another round!"
#1 has been fixed for some time. Big button on the site that says "Download RealPlayer FREE". Click it and it starts the download.
It is even smart enough to send me to http://linux.real.com if I'm browsing from a Linux box. Oh, yeah. One click download THERE, too.
#2 Doesn't really happen anymore, either. It is much less obnoxious and quite a simple install. Uncheck a couple boxes (and by "couple", I *do* mean 2) and click next. Just cancel the registration and that is that.
#3 is opinion. Real 10/Helixplayer is acceptable.
#4 True
#5 True
2 1/2 out of 5 isn't good enough to mod +5 insightful. Check out the latest player before criticizing.
Meta data. All three formats you mentioned support embedded meta data.
And YES, I would expect people to actually remember to enter proper meta data for their documents. If not, then they don't get the benefits of this type of system.
So it'll be just like the RBLs we have now, only you won't be able to send work email from home?
SMTP AUTH over SSL/TLS to your work's mail server and you can send all the work e-mail from home you want.
Charles
One of the most useful filters I can think of would be an import filter for MS Publisher.
I know quite a few small businesses that use this software and take it to press. Yes, most print shops moan about it, but they still accept the EPS files.
Publisher is used because of convenience (it is there); ease of use for small setups as opposed to Quark or Pagemaker; and integration w/Word and Excel. It is an abomination, but it is still popular.
A filter for Scribus could help me move a couple of shops off of Windows boxes.
Heh... Cold Fusion Back From The Dead is almost as good as Stealing Fire from the Gods
For the last time we did not steal it, we borrowed it. We fully intend to give it back one of these days.
Everyone isn't way too afraid to put anything radioactive on a rocket. It has happened several times already. Many of the long range probes used plutonium as a fuel source.
HOWEVER, doing it en masse is bound to see a nasty accident or two.
It was meant to be humor, but with a point. Yes, it was an exaggeration, but it emphasized what is an issue I perceive with many people I have met.
A profound ignorance of math and science beyond the basics.
Thus, it really counts as both insightful and funny.
Digital Fortress was a complete piece of shit. Please don't base anything off that rag. It was written with the express purpose of capitalizing off of Dan Brown's momentum being made into a movie. The "visuals" described fit Hollywood nicely -- meaning they have no basis in reality.
It is easy for a person to come up with an algorithm that THEY can't crack. Most are painfully obvious to outsiders with any experience.
Other than proper implementation of a one-time pad, you'll probably find any encryption will eventually fall.
For 90% of the public, ALL math problems more complex than 2+2 are hard!
Just to show my age...
The first thing that popped into my mind was an episode of the Muppett Show I was when I was but a wee lad.
Fozzee Bear wanted a raise and brought in his agent (a rat) to negotiate w/Kermit the Frog. Kermit worked the rat into a frenzy (100% raise...no, 200%...no, 300%!) getting everyone all hype.
Then Kermit left and the rat asked Fozzee what he made before. $0. The rat was, well now you get 300% of that! And remember, I get 30% of THAT!
Sad.
Restrictions? Wonderful! Let the tight-asses set up their porn filters and other self-righteous, feel-good measures.
Then...
1) Get yourself a dedicated access line;
2) Set up Squid;
3) Use the free POPs now set up by the city, charge a small fee for "unfiltered" access;
4) Profit!
Same argument could be used about locks on cars and houses. It's not that the law stops bad people, it just hinders them. But, obviously, some laws are useless in regards to helping the good and slowing the bad.
Not quite. A law doesn't hinder someone, unless a cop happens to be standing right there. A law is a guideline w/consequences whereas a lock is a physical deterrent.
Do you not steal because there is a law, or because it it wrong?
My sig is targeted at the "there ought to be a law!" mentality. Most people never stop to think that there probably already *IS* a law, or the law wouldn't have prevented anything anyway. Just remember, the latest statistics from the US Department of Justice shows that we have over two million people now locked up in American jails. There were 702 prisoners per 100,000 population. (More than Russia, Iran or Germany.)
For each of these there was ALREADY a law that didn't prevent the crime. More laws aren't going to help the situation.
Network clients are the future. Things like NX, JDS, Citrix and the like are massivly deployed in the corporate world.
As an administrator, I love the centralized configuration. The ability of a person to move from their office to a conference room and pop right back into a session is fantastic. Add the ability to enter a session from home or a VPN tunnel and it is really useful
In the office, that means many people can use inexpensive PC's or thin clients and get everything but 3D. Maintenance is a breeze, since I don't have to install whole bundles of software per machine or tweak up Ghost images it saves me time.
For most of my users, it makes things easier. They can access their work and stuff from anywhere. The network is either switched 100-base or in some cases switched 1000-base, so there is NO LAG in loading/saving data or running programs. Hell, stuff loads/saves FASTER through Gig-E to our SAN than to a desktop IDE drive!
An NX Server behind the firewall that I can tunnel to gives me a gateway to every PC in the building via translated RDP (Windows) or VNC. AND it seamlessly encrypts the sessions (unlike VNC). All I need is one hole in the firewall for the NX server, instead of one per VNC box. (Yes, I could tunnel VNC over SSH or stunnel, but that is a pain in the ass and NX is so much easier.)
And if KDE 3.2.3 or 3.3 is slow on your stated config, then something is wrong. Spend an evening and compile your own version w/P4 optimizations and remove the excess items you don't use. It should scream.
Yeah, *I* do. But, the people intent on giving me the demonstration seemingly didn't.
I have nothing against Apple. An iBook would have done better in that situation. However, America West's seats are a bit tight in back.
I was traveling via coach class on an airplane, happily typing away on my Sony Picturebook, when the couple next to me insisted on showing me the error of my computing ways.
They both tried to show me their brand new Apple PowerBooks and explain how much better they were.
I say "tried" because both opened their machines at once. Even one was larger than the poor little airline tray. It was impossible to type on and the poor guy almost had his smashed when the person in the seat in front of him leaned it all the way back.
I've always considered PowerBooks -- and all those large PC notebooks -- more of a transportable than a true use-it-in-the-field laptop. Take it from the office to home, or to a client site, but you better have plenty of space to use it on the road.
Thanks, I didn't know all the details. I figured the hardware was still available under different OEMs, but since all those obnoxios ads stopped...
but will it make coffee? I didn't think so.
You know, if X-10 did get their asses sued off and all those popups stopped, you wouldn't be asking this question.
Do you constantly live in fear? Your life must be so pathetic.
Terrorists crashing things into buildings? Car-sized things? WHO CARES!
Or do you not remember the kid who proclaimed "solidarity with Osama" and crashed his small plane into the skyscraper in Tampa? Result: 1 dead kid, 1 wrecked small plane, 1 building that needed to be hosed off (no damage, though).
As for people not being able to fly without crashing into your house, look on the bright side. Flying accidents are bound to have a much higher mortality rate than car crashes. The people who think they can fly while eating, putting on makeup, reading, drinking, etc. will soon be taken care of by natural selection!
Back in the '90s, weren't we meant to be using little holographic cubes by the year 2000? Funny how those never showed up, eh?
You mean you never got yours? That'll teach you to not leave a forwarding address...
PCI sucks
The original e-mail didn't say a word about needless complexity, it spoke only to verbatim cloning of Microsoft's interfaces.
KDE's kiosk mode and associated manager/wizards allow you to tune it to a degree not possible with Windows. If you find it overly complex, then fix it -- it is actually pretty simple to do with KDE.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
If they come up with something totally new, they get slammed for a steep learning curve. Reviewers go on tirades and whitepapers are written about how the TCO is too high because of the training necessary, etc.
Keeping an interface similar allows for an easier migration of people who've been using Windows for years (office people). Thus, less training is needed and the migration costs are lower.