Re:Before all the flamers get in.
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VNC sucks. It consistantly doesn't redraw the screen properly, 'forgetting' to update most of it.
Maybe it's been a while since you used it, or maybe you used a poor implementation, or maybe you just need to tweak an option or 2. VNC is very usable these days.
Re:Before all the flamers get in.
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I'm in a situation where I don't have physical access to macs, but I have to develop on them. Well, since I'm not on console, most of the OS is useless to me - particularly development and debugging tools like MallocDebug. I wouldn't be in this situation if it used X11.
Unless you used some other remote display tech like VNC. Which is freely available for OSX. Apple has some remote display stuff too, but I've never used it.
In 1984, the problem is not that the government knows what you're doing or not - it is that they are the only authority. They know more than anyone else, because they see more than anyone else. If everyone had access to the data, they could not lie or mislead the public about what is or is not going on.
The truth is that nobody cares how many condoms you buy, but if they did, they could find out (or at least the government could). Credit card records, receipts, video, or just going through your trash.
I don't want to live in an aquarium. And putting that aquarium out into the street instead of keeping it in an authorized-access-only place doesn't really help here.
You do live in an aquarium - though the water may be a little murky, all's that's needed for a clear view is a little effort by the owner of the tank. The only reason you want that aquarium in a secure location is because you trust the government or you haven't considered the issue. That sounds like flamebait, but I don't mean it that way - if you can think of a response that doesn't fall into that category, I'd love to hear it.
I'm actually NOT advocating putting cameras on every corner. But there are a lot of cameras around... What I am advocating is that everyone should have access to those cameras that are pointed at public spaces.
To my mind, there were only 1 problem with big brother: The information was not universal.
Well, there was the whole constant war thing, the mandatory minutes of hate, and the fact that the inner party had to have two-way TVs in their houses in the first place, but you're right that the main problem was lack of information. The constant changing of records, the reductionism of the language, the suppression of dissent.
OK, I guess I meant the "Big Brother is Watching You" aspect.
Was there really a war? That and the changing of records were problems that arose from the control of information by the government. If Jill Public had access, that kind of think couldn't happen [easily].
As for inner party members requiring 2-way TV's... I believe that our publicly elected officials SHOULD be monitored *by the public*. Even in the home? Probably not. But full webcam w/ audio in the office? Yup.
When I'm elected, I promise to implement it in my office!:-)
To my mind, there were only 1 problem with big brother: The information was not universal. That is, only the government had access. If the general public had access to the same data, it would have been OK. ie. The problem was not that the govenernment had too much data, it was that it did not share it.
I know that sounds crazy to half the/.ers, but the other half should love it, right? Information wants to be free, right? Your location and activities ARE WHO YOU ARE. I don't believe that the government should have access to that information - I believe everyone should [unless your in a private place, say your own home, then just your location should be available:-]
The moniker(sp, sorry) "Big Brother" implies something: they were like family looking out for you. So, yes, this stuff is "Big Brother"ish - but in the sense that you can look out for your family, not that the government can spy on you. You just have to look for the original meaning of the term.
yeah, those 300ms pings to the server really make it advantagous to use ipv6.
I'm not sure what your point is, and I'm not sure why I'm posting this. So you're getting the song 300ms later than you would if it were local. It's the bandwidth that matters.
Since I am not competant enough of a coder yet to even justify using a Revision Control System, maybe some of the guru's here can translate for us neophites this main arguments.
Start using CVS NOW. Install it - there are plenty of howto's. Just do it. There are even a bunch of GUI tools to make it easier to use.
As a beginning coder, you owe it to yourself to not lose the good code to bad code; to be able to see the changes you've made; and to have a backup should you accidentally delete an entire code directory you didn't really mean to.
should work. I don't care about cvsup. I don't care about portupgrade. I don't think an automatic cron job is the right thing to do. I don't care if it prompts me for which server it should hit the first time around. I don't care if it asks me which packages I want updated.
cd/usr/ports/whatever make update
should also work. I don't care about users who have specific needs that differ from the norm. I don't care about users who have firewall issues. I don't care about users who are off the 'net. For the 90% case, it should do the right thing. The rest can deal.
Instead we have 90% having to do the work that should have been done for them. The other 10% have to do the work anyway, so who cares?
Did you try to convince them otherwise, or just wander off in a huff?
I'd say I pushed the case.
Funny, I seem to recall more email than is in the log. I also don't remember getting the last message, which shows a patch - though I don't see where it's been rolled.
Yes. I have this (the equivalent) already. Why did I have to write it? Why did you have to write it? Why don't they just make it work?
The point is not that it can't be done. It's not even that it's hard to do. The point is that it should ALREADY be done so that you and I don't have to do it again.
That's what we mean by "could be a lot better." Really, the FreeBSD process could be a lot better for all users if they made this (and other) trivial fix(es).
I gotta chime in here: It really pisses me off that FreeBSD does not let you (by default) cd/usr/ports make update
It tells you that you need to futs around and configure things. If I wanted to do that, I'd install stuff by hand. I just want to update my ports - I don't think that's too much to ask.
Yes, I've submitted that as a bug. Yes, it was rejected.
First, for those of you saying 'Google is fast enough even on a 14.4K' - think school with one phone line, perhaps not even available during the day. Or how about connections via satelite phone at $$/min? Suddenly you want super efficient, when you only earn 5 bucks a day.
No, google is fast enough at 300Baud. Damn, but folks are young around here.
As to what else this needs, the search engine needs to strip out all the crap before emailing a web page to you (Java, Flash, etc) - should focus on mostly text, small pictures only.
Either configure your browser or proxy to do that. Easy.
Particulary since 486's would be a common platform for people using this, so the search engine better work well on one.
Give me a break. 486's are plenty powerful enough for web browsing. Even with pictures.
You also should be able to strip out all pictures as an option to maximise text info download - remember turning off pictures in Netscape 2.x to speed up your browsing? If you need something it striped out, you should be able to query just for the bits you need later.
[sarcasm on] Really? [/sarcasm]
Also the ability to share your cache between computers would be huge if they can't have a server to do that for them. At any rate, means of transferring those precious pages you downloaded to another computer - on a floppy, unless you have local email
Give me a frickin' break. PPP over null modem serial.
This has got to be one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. Hell, I knew of WWW via UUCP (that's email, kids) in the 90's - and that didn't require ANY "special search software."
My point was that the original HTML viewer didn't do a great deal.
Nor do any HTML viewers. I mean, come on... It reads laid out text and places images. The point is not that it does a lot, the point is that it is convenient (clickable links).
Many apps would do well to take that message to heart.
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Damn, I just can't help myself.
I first read that as "To become a manager, it is appropriate that you have no education."
But really, I disagree. I think psych, and to a lesser extent soc. majors - with some business tossed in - would probably make better managers.
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VNC sucks. It consistantly doesn't redraw the screen properly, 'forgetting' to update most of it.
Maybe it's been a while since you used it, or maybe you used a poor implementation, or maybe you just need to tweak an option or 2. VNC is very usable these days.
I'm in a situation where I don't have physical access to macs, but I have to develop on them. Well, since I'm not on console, most of the OS is useless to me - particularly development and debugging tools like MallocDebug. I wouldn't be in this situation if it used X11.
Unless you used some other remote display tech like VNC. Which is freely available for OSX. Apple has some remote display stuff too, but I've never used it.
a) If these images become public domain, victims of rape, assault, etc. might find they have become some pervert's all time favorite moviestar.
Good point.
b) It might be very useful for criminal activity also.
I'll take the good with the bad.
c) If you're worried about companies tracking your activities, realize you've just locked the kid in the candystore.
I'm not.
In 1984, the problem is not that the government knows what you're doing or not - it is that they are the only authority. They know more than anyone else, because they see more than anyone else. If everyone had access to the data, they could not lie or mislead the public about what is or is not going on.
The truth is that nobody cares how many condoms you buy, but if they did, they could find out (or at least the government could). Credit card records, receipts, video, or just going through your trash.
I don't want to live in an aquarium. And putting that aquarium out into the street instead of keeping it in an authorized-access-only place doesn't really help here.
You do live in an aquarium - though the water may be a little murky, all's that's needed for a clear view is a little effort by the owner of the tank. The only reason you want that aquarium in a secure location is because you trust the government or you haven't considered the issue. That sounds like flamebait, but I don't mean it that way - if you can think of a response that doesn't fall into that category, I'd love to hear it.
I'm actually NOT advocating putting cameras on every corner. But there are a lot of cameras around... What I am advocating is that everyone should have access to those cameras that are pointed at public spaces.
To my mind, there were only 1 problem with big brother: The information was not universal.
:-)
Well, there was the whole constant war thing, the mandatory minutes of hate, and the fact that the inner party had to have two-way TVs in their houses in the first place, but you're right that the main problem was lack of information. The constant changing of records, the reductionism of the language, the suppression of dissent.
OK, I guess I meant the "Big Brother is Watching You" aspect.
Was there really a war? That and the changing of records were problems that arose from the control of information by the government. If Jill Public had access, that kind of think couldn't happen [easily].
As for inner party members requiring 2-way TV's... I believe that our publicly elected officials SHOULD be monitored *by the public*. Even in the home? Probably not. But full webcam w/ audio in the office? Yup.
When I'm elected, I promise to implement it in my office!
Big Brother at a consumer level.
/.ers, but the other half should love it, right? Information wants to be free, right? Your location and activities ARE WHO YOU ARE. I don't believe that the government should have access to that information - I believe everyone should [unless your in a private place, say your own home, then just your location should be available :-]
wonderful.
To my mind, there were only 1 problem with big brother:
The information was not universal. That is, only the government had access. If the general public had access to the same data, it would have been OK. ie. The problem was not that the govenernment had too much data, it was that it did not share it.
I know that sounds crazy to half the
The moniker(sp, sorry) "Big Brother" implies something: they were like family looking out for you. So, yes, this stuff is "Big Brother"ish - but in the sense that you can look out for your family, not that the government can spy on you. You just have to look for the original meaning of the term.
yeah, those 300ms pings to the server really make it advantagous to use ipv6.
I'm not sure what your point is, and I'm not sure why I'm posting this. So you're getting the song 300ms later than you would if it were local. It's the bandwidth that matters.
OT...
Since I am not competant enough of a coder yet to even justify using a Revision Control System, maybe some of the guru's here can translate for us neophites this main arguments.
Start using CVS NOW. Install it - there are plenty of howto's. Just do it. There are even a bunch of GUI tools to make it easier to use.
As a beginning coder, you owe it to yourself to not lose the good code to bad code; to be able to see the changes you've made; and to have a backup should you accidentally delete an entire code directory you didn't really mean to.
And where did you get this mysterious 90% number from?
/usr/ports
I pulled it out of my ass.
Here is the important bit:
cd
make update
should work.
[many things that make sense]
/usr/ports
/usr/ports/whatever
Here's the deal:
cd
make update
should work. I don't care about cvsup. I don't care about portupgrade. I don't think an automatic cron job is the right thing to do. I don't care if it prompts me for which server it should hit the first time around. I don't care if it asks me which packages I want updated.
cd
make update
should also work. I don't care about users who have specific needs that differ from the norm. I don't care about users who have firewall issues. I don't care about users who are off the 'net. For the 90% case, it should do the right thing. The rest can deal.
Instead we have 90% having to do the work that should have been done for them. The other 10% have to do the work anyway, so who cares?
Did you try to convince them otherwise, or just wander off in a huff?
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I'd say I pushed the case.
Funny, I seem to recall more email than is in the log. I also don't remember getting the last message, which shows a patch - though I don't see where it's been rolled.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=4561
It would really be great if they rolled it.
Did. It was Rejected.
Did. Rejected.
Yes. I have this (the equivalent) already.
Why did I have to write it?
Why did you have to write it?
Why don't they just make it work?
The point is not that it can't be done. It's not even that it's hard to do. The point is that it should ALREADY be done so that you and I don't have to do it again.
That's what we mean by "could be a lot better." Really, the FreeBSD process could be a lot better for all users if they made this (and other) trivial fix(es).
I type this from a Mac, but my server is an Athlon. Mostly because I've had it since before OSX, and it does the job.
Believe me, no OS does a better at package management, and package upgrades, than FreeBSD.
Never mind that you're wrong.
Never mind that I've used MUCH better (the package management system in Nextstep was fab).
The point is that it SHOULD be easier to update it (ie no work).
THANK YOU.
Finally someone that understands that I shouldn't have to work to make things easy. They should just be easy.
Yeah, because cvsup is such a difficult thing to figure out.
Every decent OS does a better job. Even some not so decent OS's do.
If cvsup is so trivial, why do I have to figure it out? Isn't that what computers are for? Taking care of the trivial?
The truth is that it is trivial, but it should be free. Instead it is another FreeBSD disappointment.
I gotta chime in here: /usr/ports
It really pisses me off that FreeBSD does not let you (by default)
cd
make update
It tells you that you need to futs around and configure things. If I wanted to do that, I'd install stuff by hand. I just want to update my ports - I don't think that's too much to ask.
Yes, I've submitted that as a bug. Yes, it was rejected.
The quality of the GUI and API's is amazing, especially when you consider that the thing's only got a Motorola 68030 in it.
The slabs all had '040s. Oh, and color, too - yeah, that's an 040 for sure.
Despite my love of NetBSD, I'm giving serious consideration to buying an Apple laptop and running MacOS X on it.
Dude.
Save a little dough and buy the laptop - you'll be glad you did.
First, for those of you saying 'Google is fast enough even on a 14.4K' - think school with one phone line, perhaps not even available during the day. Or how about connections via satelite phone at $$/min? Suddenly you want super efficient, when you only earn 5 bucks a day.
No, google is fast enough at 300Baud. Damn, but folks are young around here.
As to what else this needs, the search engine needs to strip out all the crap before emailing a web page to you (Java, Flash, etc) - should focus on mostly text, small pictures only.
Either configure your browser or proxy to do that. Easy.
Particulary since 486's would be a common platform for people using this, so the search engine better work well on one.
Give me a break. 486's are plenty powerful enough for web browsing. Even with pictures.
You also should be able to strip out all pictures as an option to maximise text info download - remember turning off pictures in Netscape 2.x to speed up your browsing? If you need something it striped out, you should be able to query just for the bits you need later.
[sarcasm on] Really? [/sarcasm]
Also the ability to share your cache between computers would be huge if they can't have a server to do that for them. At any rate, means of transferring those precious pages you downloaded to another computer - on a floppy, unless you have local email
Give me a frickin' break. PPP over null modem serial.
This has got to be one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. Hell, I knew of WWW via UUCP (that's email, kids) in the 90's - and that didn't require ANY "special search software."
My point was that the original HTML viewer didn't do a great deal.
Nor do any HTML viewers. I mean, come on... It reads laid out text and places images. The point is not that it does a lot, the point is that it is convenient (clickable links).
Many apps would do well to take that message to heart.
Damn, I just can't help myself.
I first read that as
"To become a manager, it is appropriate that you have no education."
But really, I disagree. I think psych, and to a lesser extent soc. majors - with some business tossed in - would probably make better managers.
then pass it to you either via burned CD
To hell with that - I'd just bring a USB dongle drive. If the file is bigger than 128M, split it.
OK, so why is this a problem? You could easily set up web-based mail (I use squirrelmail), or java applet based ssh (I use mindterm).
Why not just do that?