I thought RedHat was the greatest thing in the world until I tried Debian. I now use Debian 'stable' on servers, 'testing' or 'unstable' on workstations/etc.
It is hard to beat having security patches backported for keeping a system stable. (The other main reason I switched to Debian is that its the only distro that will install run on all the different hardware I use like PA-RISC, Alpha, Sparc{32,64}, and MIPS without jumping through any hoops).
Before anyone jumps on me with a "this other distro is even better", let me clarify that I'm posting this only to say that I think there's a better option than RedHat. In particular, other great distros like Slack and Gentoo that don't have binary package management systems (for better or worse) aren't really comparable to RedHat. Mandrake, from the few days I've used it, just seemed like a flashier and even more bloated version of RedHat.
The only downside I've found to using Debian over RedHat (or the other distros that are based on RedHat) is that some commercial apps are geared towards RedHat and only release RPMs. In particular, Compaq's Linux support software/drivers are almost exclusively in RPM format. Now 'alien' does indeed convert them to installable.debs for me, but hand tweaking is usually necessary.
And yes, it is much easier to use 'apt-get' than dealing with the RHN to get 'up2date' working.
I sure hope this is as effective as the one that Indiana has had in place for a couple years now, which apparently will go away when the federal list becomes active. I haven't gotten a single telemarketing call since I was put on the Indiana list...
The nice thing about this is that using the legal system for DOS is illegal. Unlike a typical DOS, the source will be accurately documented and a part of the public record, should they ever actually try to bring suit against anyone.
So this begs the question: Are there organizations/groups/individuals out there who help get open source or even just non-MS software into use by non-profits? Does Apple do something like this? Redhat?
Yes, its still possibly (and IMHO, probably) a problem.
She ran cleanup, meaning she got DoubleClick out of the FTC doghouse. Her job was to save DoubleClick because they did things they shouldn't have, not to save the privacy rights of consumers.
I sincerely doubt her position is there to protect the privacy rights of US citizens, but rather just to tell the Homeland Security Department how far they can go according to the law. If someone is trying to push through new legislation that encroaches on privacy rights, don't expect this person (in this position, not this woman in particular) to lobby to stop or even challenge it.
To directly address the most common analogy I've seen in the comments: This is less like calling in Kevin Mitnick to help beef up security, and more like a hacker/cracker calling in Mitnick's lawyer to advise him on ways to stay out of trouble even though his goal is still to try to get away with hacking into systems.
a) How the 'updates' get applied? b) What the quality of the video and audio is? Any sync problems? Does it only handle up to a certain bitrate/resolution?
...I'd like to hear a report of an actual Volkswagen Bug entering the atmosphere from space and crashing. I imagine the report would go something like this:
A Volkswagen Bug estimated to be the size of a 'meteor' exploded over the Midwest around midnight yesterday morning. The resulting small pieces of engine and other parts hit homes causing some damage. The largest piece found was the steering wheel.
Today a Volkswagen Bug, approximately the size of a meteorite,
the general populace didn't care who was President
This is complete BS (not the whole comment, just this point). It doesn't follow from a (essentially) 50/50 split that the populace didn't care. All you can tell from that is that half voted for each of the two major candidates.
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The longer this goes on, the cheaper it will be for IBM to buy them and be rid of the problem altogether.
At 11:30PM on Friday the CEO of IBM should fax SCO a Xerox of his butt. That seems an appropriate response.
Introducing programming to a kid with Perl would have to qualify as child abuse.
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[That being said, I use Perl wherever possible
i know! i rule!
All this just because kids named "Johnny" have poor cursive?
I thought RedHat was the greatest thing in the world until I tried Debian. I now use Debian 'stable' on servers, 'testing' or 'unstable' on workstations/etc.
.debs for me, but hand tweaking is usually necessary.
It is hard to beat having security patches backported for keeping a system stable. (The other main reason I switched to Debian is that its the only distro that will install run on all the different hardware I use like PA-RISC, Alpha, Sparc{32,64}, and MIPS without jumping through any hoops).
Before anyone jumps on me with a "this other distro is even better", let me clarify that I'm posting this only to say that I think there's a better option than RedHat. In particular, other great distros like Slack and Gentoo that don't have binary package management systems (for better or worse) aren't really comparable to RedHat. Mandrake, from the few days I've used it, just seemed like a flashier and even more bloated version of RedHat.
The only downside I've found to using Debian over RedHat (or the other distros that are based on RedHat) is that some commercial apps are geared towards RedHat and only release RPMs. In particular, Compaq's Linux support software/drivers are almost exclusively in RPM format. Now 'alien' does indeed convert them to installable
And yes, it is much easier to use 'apt-get' than dealing with the RHN to get 'up2date' working.
No no, obivously there needs to be a Beowulf cluster of these things assembled.
So is "human height" 5 feet or 5 meters?
for a "really good time".
that's pretty damn funny.
I sure hope this is as effective as the one that Indiana has had in place for a couple years now, which apparently will go away when the federal list becomes active. I haven't gotten a single telemarketing call since I was put on the Indiana list...
This isn't a settlement, this is MS paying US$750million so that they can have AOL users using MSIE. Probably a bargain.
The nice thing about this is that using the legal system for DOS is illegal. Unlike a typical DOS, the source will be accurately documented and a part of the public record, should they ever actually try to bring suit against anyone.
So this begs the question: Are there organizations/groups/individuals out there who help get open source or even just non-MS software into use by non-profits? Does Apple do something like this? Redhat?
... yeah, there won't be any problems with that.
Yes, its still possibly (and IMHO, probably) a problem.
She ran cleanup, meaning she got DoubleClick out of the FTC doghouse. Her job was to save DoubleClick because they did things they shouldn't have, not to save the privacy rights of consumers.
I sincerely doubt her position is there to protect the privacy rights of US citizens, but rather just to tell the Homeland Security Department how far they can go according to the law. If someone is trying to push through new legislation that encroaches on privacy rights, don't expect this person (in this position, not this woman in particular) to lobby to stop or even challenge it.
To directly address the most common analogy I've seen in the comments: This is less like calling in Kevin Mitnick to help beef up security, and more like a hacker/cracker calling in Mitnick's lawyer to advise him on ways to stay out of trouble even though his goal is still to try to get away with hacking into systems.
She was brough in so that DoubleClick wouldn't go under, not so consumers would have better privacy protection.
I can think of plenty of CONSUMERS that find fault with this...
Can anyone comment on:
a) How the 'updates' get applied?
b) What the quality of the video and audio is? Any sync problems? Does it only handle up to a certain bitrate/resolution?
Actually, "NO PROOFREAD"
Ahh crap. That'll teach me not to preview a post...
Today a Volkswagen Bug, approximately the size of a meteorite,
Or the Corvair: Unsafe plummeting through any atmosphere
This is complete BS (not the whole comment, just this point). It doesn't follow from a (essentially) 50/50 split that the populace didn't care. All you can tell from that is that half voted for each of the two major candidates.
What is it you think the gun fires?
I don't get it. Why did they leave out the Pentium Pro?