And how many kids do you have? As a father of 3 small girls I welcome reasonable protections for them. My wife and I can't be everwhere. We do our best, but sometimes a few protections are helpful when we can't be.
Yes, I agree we should trust our children. But at what point do they become responsible? 18? 15? 12? 10? 6? Different ages warrant different levels of trust and responsibility.
with what they already do? Why do they have to be the be all and end all of anything related to technology? It seems anytime someone gets a great technology, MS immediately copies it.
I know this is an old argument, but will it ever stop?
I absolutely agree. The flip cover on my 300 is one of its very best features. I fear Handspring gave in to the "market" who probably thought the flip cover looked stupid and felt funny on the ear. I love being able to throw my Treo 300 around, in pockets, in briefcases, etc., and not worrying about it getting the screen scratched.
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...is included in this phone. I've got a Treo 300, and one of its greatest features is the flip cover -- something most other phones don't have.
My flip cover is absolutely scratched up on the outside. My Treo screen is perfectly scratch-free. With the new 600 lacking the automatic cover, I'll have to purchase a leather cover or something -- essentially a useless hack that does nothing but cover the screen.
The 300's cover is actually useful! Sure, it might look like a communicator from the original star trek, but it does three primary things: 1) protect the PDA, 2) extend the phone when in use as a phone (the earpiece is in the cover), and 3) the see-through nature of the cover allows some PDA functions to be done without opening the cover (for example, when reading a grocery list at the store).
A typical leather cover does only one of the functions. If I upgrade, I'll sorely miss the other two.
Linux is for people who feel they have to prove something; BSD is for people who don't need to.
Hmm. After using FreeBSD's ports system and Debian's apt-get system, I'll take Debian any day. Nothing against FreeBSD, but apt-get has been much more reliable for me.
While your sig is true for a few linux users, many of us simply use it because it works better than anything else we've used.
You know, that became a trademark behavior for me. It was part of his character rather than a flaw of the material. In fact, in my teenage years (when TNG was playing) I even caught myself doing it a few times just cause it felt cool.:)
I meant PhD school doesn't teach you how to teach. Every PhD program I know of focuses almost entirely on research.
I did not mean to imply that PhDs in education don't teach. They certainly do. Most just aren't trained in teaching. The PhD they received taught them how to research.
on what you want to do. I received my PhD 3 years ago, so I speak from some experience. PhDs vs. Masters graduates do *different* types of work (usually). Let me generalize for a moment (of course, exceptions occur frequently).
PhDs either work in academia or work in research labs. Many of my classmates went to Microsoft Labs, IBM Labs, AT&T Labs, etc. Others became professors at universities. A PhD education is 100% research, 0% teaching. It's all about researching new technologies, new patterns, new methods.
Masters or BS graduates normally work in more professional jobs: consultants, programmers, administrators. A Masters is very much a "specialization" and continuation of a BS degree. (A PhD is not a specialization in IS as much as it is an entirely new education in research methods).
I've also heard of some PhDs that find jobs only in research after earning their PhDs. It's said that recruiters won't let a PhD do on-the-line programming because PhDs are researchers rather than professional programmers. I haven't had this experience, though. Although I have a PhD and do lots of research and teaching, I also do side programming jobs in J2EE and Python. I haven't found my PhD to negatively affect my "Masters"-type work or recruiting at all.
It's very hard not to be biased about whatever you use. But I'll try.
I switched to Mac from Linux because it works. Add Fink to it, and it acts just like a Linux box. I have a PowerBook, and it's by far my favorite laptop (of many laptops I've owned).
What does "it works" mean? It almost never crashes. It almost never needs drivers. It runs MS Office. It's a Unix workstation: bash shell, X, KDE, Gnome, etc. It goes to sleep when the lid closes and comes back within 1 second when the lid opens (I rarely turn it "off"). iPhoto, iTunes, iPod, iMovie are excellent, simple, and easy (not power programs, but excellent for the basics). And most important, it's pretty (titanium or aluminum case).
I still use Debian/Dell on my servers. But for a laptop, OS X is incredibly useful.
It's not about speed anymore. About the PIII, I quit caring about speed. Everything after that is *fast*. My Powerbook 800 is probably about as fast as a PIII 800. For programming, documents, etc., speed isn't the issue anymore. The issue is usability. Personally, I really like KDE. I still use it on my Mac once in a while. I also like OS X. It just works.
Granted. If we want to be picky on this, I'll rephrase to/sbin/ and/usr/sbin/ as compared to c:\windows and c:\winnt.
Same principle applies, though. Except for exceptionally-well-run, non-default Windows machines I seen some advanced people run, you can easily write to c:\windows, c:\winnt, c:\program files, c:\...(insert anything else here). Any of the above and you're hosed. I cannot understand why MS leaves these directories writeable (by default) version after version after version.
On Unix the *only* directory you have write access to is your home directory, which shouldn't contain programs--especially root-type programs.
They were also using their own FSF-written FTP server which ran as root. Mainstream FTP servers (ProFTP anyone?) don't. Their FTP server is *not* the default server included in Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian, or any other distros I can think of.
In fact, most secure machines turn off FTP anyway (most distributions turn it off by default at the install). The only reason (IMHO) to use FTP is for anonymous FTP access. For anything else, SCP is a much better option.
However, I will agree with you that Unix is much more apt to get broken into than Windows because of its remote-shell nature. On Windows you worry about viruses; on Unix you worry about hackers.
Have you run any serious Windows version lately? Hint: I'm not talking about 95, 98 or ME. By default, you don't log onto them as the Administrator. Yeah, you can give yourself those privileges. How is this different from Linux?
Perhaps you should try dragging your c:\windows directory to the trash on XP, then? I just tried it with/usr/bin, and it didn't do much.
You should really update your SSH daemon. For example, the Debian package installs only the root process as root. The socket-opening process is run as non-root.
1. Users don't run Unix as root. Viruses have a very hard time attacking programs they have no write permissions on.
2. Unix has a much longer history than Windows NT+. It's had more time for the holes and buffer problems and other stuff to be fixed. Linux essentially "lengthens" its short history because it has so many eyes looking at it.
3. The killer Unix programs (Apache, SSH, PostgreSQL, etc.) don't run as root either. So even if they get exploited, worms can't do much with their rights anyway.
Unix is just built better. It has a longer history. I'll ceed that perhaps with a larger user base (pretend Unix has 90% market share) it would be a bigger target, but it is *not* as susceptible as Windows is. Not by a large margin.
Remember, this is for end/home users, not for power users.
Home users don't care about long term storage of attachments or mail.
Home users don't care for multiple accounts.
Home users don't want rich features.
Home users don't care or even understand about html vs. text email.
Personally, I agree with you. I'd never use web mail myself as my primary mail access. But (yes, I realize I'm generalizing) typical home users aren't us.
My cousin, who works for Novell, said everyone at Novell was worried that the purchase spelled the end of Netware. The management held meetings to assure everyone that this was *not* the case.
I'm not sure we can know one way or the other. Companies can change their minds very quickly. Anyway, FWIW, that's the scoop I heard from an employee.
I am a professor at BYU in the Information Systems department. I've kept a watchful eye on SCO's attempt to receive license fees for the use of Linux.
I respectfully ask that your company please stop with the nonsense. It is making our valley look bad. It is making Utah look bad. I am embarassed for you as a neighbor.
If your IP has been injected into the Linux kernel, all you have to do is tell the maintainers what the offending code is and they'll remove it immediately. I don't understand why you insist on receiving revenue when everyone is willing to correct the code *immediately*.
Again, please stop with the nonsense. It is hurting the future of Linux and embarassing all of us.
most of it is pretty lame and deals with either printing the text or displaying some images.
If this is all you did with Java, you missed its real strength: server-side frameworks. Yes, Java didn't deliver on the client side. But it is excellent on the server side, with frameworks such as Tapestry, Struts, Servlets, J2EE (JBoss). It will be a while before.Net matures in these areas as Java has.
Personally, I've switched to Python for a lot of work, but for team-based enterprise development, Java is the best thing out there. It forces the weaker programmers to follow good programming concepts (such as forced catching of exceptions).
Um, Mr/Ms. Coward, I have been to Utah. I grew up here. I'm posting this from about 1 mile from the Novell campus. What, exactly, do the Mormons want with Novell? Perhaps, "If we price Netware at $xxxx.xx, we'll convert more people?":)
Nice try. I'll agree that Mormon practices may influence Novell a lot. What do you expect when so much of the workforce of a business subscribes to a certain religion or way of life? Perhaps they didn't have coffee breaks since Mormon's don't drink coffee? I'll agree that there is influence there but I have a hard time seeing how the Mormon church is *controlling* Novell.
I've been to church headquarters many times in SLC. I've met with the Canopy board. I've met with several of the twelve in the Mormon church. I know the Church's CIO personally. I've been extremely happy to see him switch from a pro-Microsoft person to a pro-Unix person in the past few years.
I can tell you that (currently) the Church offices use Windows more than anything else. I'd love to see them use Linux or Novell or anything but big bad Redmond. In fact, perhaps we should just say that the Mormons are controlling Microsoft since they use Windows 99 percent of the time!?! (oh great, now what did I start...) I use a Mac and Linux at BYU, and I have a hard time because everyone else uses Windows!
Disclaimer: Yes, I am a card carrying LDS member. Yes, Mormons have a significant influence in the culture and businesses in Utah and elsewhere. That's what happens when 80 percent of Utah Valley are members. No, the Mormon Church is not controlling Novell or Canopy or the dummies at SCO. If they were, Novell wouldn't be in such financial troubles.:)
It means that many of the Novell employees are Mormon. That's it. I have many friends who work for Novell, and I can tell you, Novell's historical poor business choices have nothing to do with religion.:)
Saying that "Mormons are in control of Novell, Canopy, etc. because the companies are in Utah and have Mormon employees, board members, etc." is like saying that the "German government is in charge of United Linux because many of the SUSE employees are Germans."
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And how many kids do you have? As a father of 3 small girls I welcome reasonable protections for them. My wife and I can't be everwhere. We do our best, but sometimes a few protections are helpful when we can't be.
Yes, I agree we should trust our children. But at what point do they become responsible? 18? 15? 12? 10? 6? Different ages warrant different levels of trust and responsibility.
with what they already do? Why do they have to be the be all and end all of anything related to technology? It seems anytime someone gets a great technology, MS immediately copies it.
I know this is an old argument, but will it ever stop?
I absolutely agree. The flip cover on my 300 is one of its very best features. I fear Handspring gave in to the "market" who probably thought the flip cover looked stupid and felt funny on the ear. I love being able to throw my Treo 300 around, in pockets, in briefcases, etc., and not worrying about it getting the screen scratched.
...is included in this phone. I've got a Treo 300, and one of its greatest features is the flip cover -- something most other phones don't have.
My flip cover is absolutely scratched up on the outside. My Treo screen is perfectly scratch-free. With the new 600 lacking the automatic cover, I'll have to purchase a leather cover or something -- essentially a useless hack that does nothing but cover the screen.
The 300's cover is actually useful! Sure, it might look like a communicator from the original star trek, but it does three primary things: 1) protect the PDA, 2) extend the phone when in use as a phone (the earpiece is in the cover), and 3) the see-through nature of the cover allows some PDA functions to be done without opening the cover (for example, when reading a grocery list at the store).
A typical leather cover does only one of the functions. If I upgrade, I'll sorely miss the other two.
Thanks for the info. I've been wanting to get my license but just haven't gotten around to it. These links are what I need.
Hmm. After using FreeBSD's ports system and Debian's apt-get system, I'll take Debian any day. Nothing against FreeBSD, but apt-get has been much more reliable for me.
While your sig is true for a few linux users, many of us simply use it because it works better than anything else we've used.
You know, that became a trademark behavior for me. It was part of his character rather than a flaw of the material. In fact, in my teenage years (when TNG was playing) I even caught myself doing it a few times just cause it felt cool. :)
At least give a link please.
I meant PhD school doesn't teach you how to teach. Every PhD program I know of focuses almost entirely on research.
I did not mean to imply that PhDs in education don't teach. They certainly do. Most just aren't trained in teaching. The PhD they received taught them how to research.
on what you want to do. I received my PhD 3 years ago, so I speak from some experience. PhDs vs. Masters graduates do *different* types of work (usually). Let me generalize for a moment (of course, exceptions occur frequently).
PhDs either work in academia or work in research labs. Many of my classmates went to Microsoft Labs, IBM Labs, AT&T Labs, etc. Others became professors at universities. A PhD education is 100% research, 0% teaching. It's all about researching new technologies, new patterns, new methods.
Masters or BS graduates normally work in more professional jobs: consultants, programmers, administrators. A Masters is very much a "specialization" and continuation of a BS degree. (A PhD is not a specialization in IS as much as it is an entirely new education in research methods).
I've also heard of some PhDs that find jobs only in research after earning their PhDs. It's said that recruiters won't let a PhD do on-the-line programming because PhDs are researchers rather than professional programmers. I haven't had this experience, though. Although I have a PhD and do lots of research and teaching, I also do side programming jobs in J2EE and Python. I haven't found my PhD to negatively affect my "Masters"-type work or recruiting at all.
YMMV
It's very hard not to be biased about whatever you use. But I'll try.
I switched to Mac from Linux because it works. Add Fink to it, and it acts just like a Linux box. I have a PowerBook, and it's by far my favorite laptop (of many laptops I've owned).
What does "it works" mean? It almost never crashes. It almost never needs drivers. It runs MS Office. It's a Unix workstation: bash shell, X, KDE, Gnome, etc. It goes to sleep when the lid closes and comes back within 1 second when the lid opens (I rarely turn it "off"). iPhoto, iTunes, iPod, iMovie are excellent, simple, and easy (not power programs, but excellent for the basics). And most important, it's pretty (titanium or aluminum case).
I still use Debian/Dell on my servers. But for a laptop, OS X is incredibly useful.
It's not about speed anymore. About the PIII, I quit caring about speed. Everything after that is *fast*. My Powerbook 800 is probably about as fast as a PIII 800. For programming, documents, etc., speed isn't the issue anymore. The issue is usability. Personally, I really like KDE. I still use it on my Mac once in a while. I also like OS X. It just works.
Granted. If we want to be picky on this, I'll rephrase to /sbin/ and /usr/sbin/ as compared to c:\windows and c:\winnt.
Same principle applies, though. Except for exceptionally-well-run, non-default Windows machines I seen some advanced people run, you can easily write to c:\windows, c:\winnt, c:\program files, c:\...(insert anything else here). Any of the above and you're hosed. I cannot understand why MS leaves these directories writeable (by default) version after version after version.
On Unix the *only* directory you have write access to is your home directory, which shouldn't contain programs--especially root-type programs.
They were also using their own FSF-written FTP server which ran as root. Mainstream FTP servers (ProFTP anyone?) don't. Their FTP server is *not* the default server included in Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian, or any other distros I can think of.
In fact, most secure machines turn off FTP anyway (most distributions turn it off by default at the install). The only reason (IMHO) to use FTP is for anonymous FTP access. For anything else, SCP is a much better option.
However, I will agree with you that Unix is much more apt to get broken into than Windows because of its remote-shell nature. On Windows you worry about viruses; on Unix you worry about hackers.
Perhaps you should try dragging your c:\windows directory to the trash on XP, then? I just tried it with
You should really update your SSH daemon. For example, the Debian package installs only the root process as root. The socket-opening process is run as non-root.
Sorry, I guess that's 3 reasons, not 2. :)
At least I said (at least)!
What was that statement about "you should have previewed"?
Unix is more secure for (at least) two reasons:
1. Users don't run Unix as root. Viruses have a very hard time attacking programs they have no write permissions on.
2. Unix has a much longer history than Windows NT+. It's had more time for the holes and buffer problems and other stuff to be fixed. Linux essentially "lengthens" its short history because it has so many eyes looking at it.
3. The killer Unix programs (Apache, SSH, PostgreSQL, etc.) don't run as root either. So even if they get exploited, worms can't do much with their rights anyway.
Unix is just built better. It has a longer history. I'll ceed that perhaps with a larger user base (pretend Unix has 90% market share) it would be a bigger target, but it is *not* as susceptible as Windows is. Not by a large margin.
Remember, this is for end/home users, not for power users.
Home users don't care about long term storage of attachments or mail.
Home users don't care for multiple accounts.
Home users don't want rich features.
Home users don't care or even understand about html vs. text email.
Personally, I agree with you. I'd never use web mail myself as my primary mail access. But (yes, I realize I'm generalizing) typical home users aren't us.
- It's the easiest to administer and support.
- In my experience, consumer/home users prefer web mail anyway.
- It's easier to secure. Just use HTTPS, which everyone knows how to use. No need for IMAP/POP3 over SSL.
- Users can access their mail through their browser (doesn't IE == internet?
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I'm no fan of MS, but I have to agree with their decision on this one.Here you go:
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My cousin, who works for Novell, said everyone at Novell was worried that the purchase spelled the end of Netware. The management held meetings to assure everyone that this was *not* the case.
I'm not sure we can know one way or the other. Companies can change their minds very quickly. Anyway, FWIW, that's the scoop I heard from an employee.
I am a professor at BYU in the Information Systems department. I've kept a watchful eye on SCO's attempt to receive license fees for the use of Linux.
I respectfully ask that your company please stop with the nonsense. It is making our valley look bad. It is making Utah look bad. I am embarassed for you as a neighbor.
If your IP has been injected into the Linux kernel, all you have to do is tell the maintainers what the offending code is and they'll remove it immediately. I don't understand why you insist on receiving revenue when everyone is willing to correct the code *immediately*.
Again, please stop with the nonsense. It is hurting the future of Linux and embarassing all of us.
Respectfully,
Dr. Conan Albrecht
If this is all you did with Java, you missed its real strength: server-side frameworks. Yes, Java didn't deliver on the client side. But it is excellent on the server side, with frameworks such as Tapestry, Struts, Servlets, J2EE (JBoss). It will be a while before .Net matures in these areas as Java has.
Personally, I've switched to Python for a lot of work, but for team-based enterprise development, Java is the best thing out there. It forces the weaker programmers to follow good programming concepts (such as forced catching of exceptions).
Um, Mr/Ms. Coward, I have been to Utah. I grew up here. I'm posting this from about 1 mile from the Novell campus. What, exactly, do the Mormons want with Novell? Perhaps, "If we price Netware at $xxxx.xx, we'll convert more people?" :)
:)
Nice try. I'll agree that Mormon practices may influence Novell a lot. What do you expect when so much of the workforce of a business subscribes to a certain religion or way of life? Perhaps they didn't have coffee breaks since Mormon's don't drink coffee? I'll agree that there is influence there but I have a hard time seeing how the Mormon church is *controlling* Novell.
I've been to church headquarters many times in SLC. I've met with the Canopy board. I've met with several of the twelve in the Mormon church. I know the Church's CIO personally. I've been extremely happy to see him switch from a pro-Microsoft person to a pro-Unix person in the past few years.
I can tell you that (currently) the Church offices use Windows more than anything else. I'd love to see them use Linux or Novell or anything but big bad Redmond. In fact, perhaps we should just say that the Mormons are controlling Microsoft since they use Windows 99 percent of the time!?! (oh great, now what did I start...) I use a Mac and Linux at BYU, and I have a hard time because everyone else uses Windows!
Disclaimer: Yes, I am a card carrying LDS member. Yes, Mormons have a significant influence in the culture and businesses in Utah and elsewhere. That's what happens when 80 percent of Utah Valley are members. No, the Mormon Church is not controlling Novell or Canopy or the dummies at SCO. If they were, Novell wouldn't be in such financial troubles.
It means that many of the Novell employees are Mormon. That's it. I have many friends who work for Novell, and I can tell you, Novell's historical poor business choices have nothing to do with religion. :)
Saying that "Mormons are in control of Novell, Canopy, etc. because the companies are in Utah and have Mormon employees, board members, etc." is like saying that the "German government is in charge of United Linux because many of the SUSE employees are Germans."