I have used OneNote for years, but take a look at Freemind I like using it specifically when laying out a working outline for a theme paper, a programming problem, etc.
It allows Visual / Org-chart and outline display of notes. not just tabs. Easy to re-arrange and show different ways. Import and Export to HTML & XML. Superneato.
If I read this right "When the number of committed opinion holders is below 10 percent, there is no visible progress in the spread of ideas. It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority" then unless an idea starts with a 10% or greater it can never pass through that point on the way to being a majority.
DON'T EVER COME UP WITH AN IDEA OR IT WILL NEVER BE.
your analogy utterly fails. Sure it's inflammatory on an emotional and illogical level perhaps, but you'd have to include armor and defenses for the subject into your metaphor for it to even begin to work. A Linux box, or any box for that matter is not a 'hapless pedestrian', it is taken for granted that it has defenses against such 'punches'. Try again
I've a friend who has been making these for customers for years. His are machined from brass propeller shafts recovered from antique motorboats. He milled them down in all size from a 24" long barrel to monster sized artillery. They are quite functional, firing lead balls he casts himself from self-made tools and the polished brass is absolutely beautiful. Just an idea for anyone with a hankering to make one, but doesn't have access to a foundry to cast iron.
Robotron is the best arcade game ever, bar none. I purchased the stand up version from the local Chuck E. Cheese that I used to play it on, years ago. None of the console version compare to the dual joystick action of the arcade version. For the record, the score rolls at 10 million; My record sits at about 21 million which took about 5 hours until the comic shop owner finally conceded that my kung fu was stronger and begged me to quit to he could close his score.
Here is some interesting trivia: The original reason I was drawn to Robotron:2084 back in the heyday 80's arcade madness is that unlike normal games that allowed you 3 characters for you initials when you posted a high score, Robotron 2084 allowed you a glorious 20 character taunt for high score!
For my customers in a very rural, very southern town, it's a toss up between hard drive and: 'There's something wrong with the modem' "You mean you can't dial out?" "What?" "Dial out. You can't dial into your internet provider" "No. We got DSL. There's something wrong with the whole modem" "..."
I can't believe how many of you are crying about 'what we did to Saddam'. You all need to remember what culture this man is a part of. There is no question that he was gonna die at someone's hands for all of his murder; far be it from us to impose our high-minded cultural values on them. The truth is that Saddam got off easy with a botched hanging. I have read comments from outraged Muslims who wanted Saddam to die in an ancient, more 'traditional' manner for one who has wronged so many: To be placed in a pit, and have everyone who was wronged by him walked past and spit on him until he drowns. He killed enough people that the survivors could have made quick work of it I bet.
I have been buying Dell Precision 470 and 490 workstations on eBay for $200 or so delivered with twin dual-core Xeon processors, SATA with raid, nVidia Quadro FX3400 dual head video and 4GB ECC, Regged, buffered ram.
I run Lunix and VirtualBox from sun (emulating Windows XP, Vista, 2000, Server) and am working on getting a MaxOSX image installed. YOu cannot beat these used Dell boxes for price, performance and reliability.
the LAST thing any of us want is for the bureaucracies to be responsible for what e-mail we receive and what e-mail we do not. If people cannot be trouble to acquire or hire the expertise necessary to reduce spam, then let them eat spam. People have the right to pursue happiness, bear arms, to assemble and to worship. They also have the right to be cold, hungry, homeless sick and dead.
with VirtualBox, anyone can get good software. Which is actually a good idea. If someone is gonna fiddle with risky downloads, they should set up a VirtualBox Sandbox and check that puppy out before they let it loose in the dog yard.
i have done this for years in my repair shop.. everything from coffee to toilet water to puppy pee. Carefully disassemble the components that need cleansing / restoring. Give them a nice alcohol bath and scrub them all over with a soft, nylon bristled toothbrush. let them dry fully, and if they look like they need it do it again. You want to be careful not to damage any caps or pots. when I say 'bath' I mean dip the brush in a cup of the alcohol, not let it soak.
I have found that you can buy 90% or better alcohol if you look for it at the pharmacy. Alcohol evaporates quicker than water, and is a better solvent for any mineral residue.
I have recovered computers, monitors, laptops, DirectTV controllers, Stereo components that had rats die and decompose in them. You name it.
I noticed a sudden spike in traffic last week on one of my customer's hosted sites that ran phpBB. Sure enough they were allowing self-registration and things got worse from there. I killed the threads, users, and checked the server logs and sure enough there were some nasty processes that got left behind. After we killed them too and disabled auto-logins things went back to normal. This happened because I had recently upgraded to a stand-alone server, and the software that normally rejects automated probes for known exploits wasn't running correctly. As so many of you have said, this is a technical problem that can easily be defended against. The nature of open source software means that the code is available for scrutiny and exploit, and the side effects are a part of the 'maturing' process of such free tools.
I encountered the problem back in late August last year when some of my clients complained that they could not get e-mail to or from AOL members. NO one seemed to have the answer... not my then ISP telocity.com and certainly not AOL.com. It is not necessarily residential DSL they are blocking.. but if a reverse-DNS lookup on your ip doesn't point to the domain name your mail server is forwarding they block it. I had to go from a $79/month 1.5/256 to a $219/month 768k/512k circuit just for the static IP's and Reverse DNS lookup. Check with your ISP. Residential is ok if they will give you a static and do the DNS.
I just purchased a laptop for my sister. It was a Mitac with a 1.7ghz celeron, 20gb hd, DVD-ROM (downgradable to CD) 4 USB ports, firewire, built in Ethernet, 56kmodem, and a whopping 15.1 viewable screen. It was a beauty to behold. Dealer cost on it was like 1170 without tax. That is obviously no OS. For grins I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on it (had to try). Detected everything without a hitch (except maybe the firewire. Nothing to test that with)
Call mike at Gigabyte, Jax, Fl. (904) 739-6668. He'll sell them to anyone tho you got tax if no reseller ID.
The article states that "Accessing a computer without permission is a violation of Federal Law". My problem with the whole thing is what implies "permission to access" in an era of millions of networked computers. When I send an E-mail and it gets forwarded from server to server am I a felon ?? When I want to access a web server do I need to obtain express written permission from the owners of the site beforehand ?? These poorly written laws that allow for BROAD prosecution of criminals AND the rest of us need to be fixed. Legally E-mail and Web access... hell even typing in the wrong IP address into your browser can be construed as "Access without Permission". At what point do system owners have to take responsibility for their systems and the services they have allowed access to over the internet ?? I think that when you connect to the net... any services you have available that are NOT password protected.. by default IMPLY granting permission for the public at large to go to town. If you don't want people crawling thru your data then secure your systems.... but this "You touched me without permission.... ASSAULT" attitude has got to go. Password crackers.... ok that crosses the line.... but accessing wide open services.... well DUH.
You can't have everything. If you are willing to give up SOMETHING.... Price or weight... It can be done now. When do you want it? I can build one into approximately a briefcase size now. The batteries are gonna take up the most weight & space.... and most of the money after the monitor... but as a prototype it's a start. Then you cut down on the size/weight and make them cheaper. Seriously. I can spec it out and custom build it in a weekend using STOCK parts. Think I can't?? E-mail me at tekxpres@bellsouth.net and I'll send you a shopping list and my shipping address.
you WILL have a hard time meeting your requirements and having it be normal laptop sized or cheap. I can stuff a brief case cheap....
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I have used OneNote for years, but take a look at Freemind
I like using it specifically when laying out a working outline for a theme paper, a programming problem, etc.
It allows Visual / Org-chart and outline display of notes. not just tabs. Easy to re-arrange and show different ways. Import and Export to HTML & XML. Superneato.
If I read this right "When the number of committed opinion holders is below 10 percent, there is no visible progress in the spread of ideas. It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority" then unless an idea starts with a 10% or greater it can never pass through that point on the way to being a majority.
DON'T EVER COME UP WITH AN IDEA OR IT WILL NEVER BE.
your analogy utterly fails. Sure it's inflammatory on an emotional and illogical level perhaps, but you'd have to include armor and defenses for the subject into your metaphor for it to even begin to work. A Linux box, or any box for that matter is not a 'hapless pedestrian', it is taken for granted that it has defenses against such 'punches'. Try again
Security through obscurity isn't. Publish.
I've a friend who has been making these for customers for years. His are machined from brass propeller shafts recovered from antique motorboats. He milled them down in all size from a 24" long barrel to monster sized artillery. They are quite functional, firing lead balls he casts himself from self-made tools and the polished brass is absolutely beautiful. Just an idea for anyone with a hankering to make one, but doesn't have access to a foundry to cast iron.
Robotron is the best arcade game ever, bar none. I purchased the stand up version from the local Chuck E. Cheese that I used to play it on, years ago. None of the console version compare to the dual joystick action of the arcade version. For the record, the score rolls at 10 million; My record sits at about 21 million which took about 5 hours until the comic shop owner finally conceded that my kung fu was stronger and begged me to quit to he could close his score.
Here is some interesting trivia: The original reason I was drawn to Robotron:2084 back in the heyday 80's arcade madness is that unlike normal games that allowed you 3 characters for you initials when you posted a high score, Robotron 2084 allowed you a glorious 20 character taunt for high score!
For my customers in a very rural, very southern town, it's a toss up between hard drive and: 'There's something wrong with the modem' "You mean you can't dial out?" "What?" "Dial out. You can't dial into your internet provider" "No. We got DSL. There's something wrong with the whole modem" "..."
Be thankful
I can't believe how many of you are crying about 'what we did to Saddam'. You all need to remember what culture this man is a part of. There is no question that he was gonna die at someone's hands for all of his murder; far be it from us to impose our high-minded cultural values on them. The truth is that Saddam got off easy with a botched hanging. I have read comments from outraged Muslims who wanted Saddam to die in an ancient, more 'traditional' manner for one who has wronged so many: To be placed in a pit, and have everyone who was wronged by him walked past and spit on him until he drowns. He killed enough people that the survivors could have made quick work of it I bet.
I have been buying Dell Precision 470 and 490 workstations on eBay for $200 or so delivered with twin dual-core Xeon processors, SATA with raid, nVidia Quadro FX3400 dual head video and 4GB ECC, Regged, buffered ram.
I run Lunix and VirtualBox from sun (emulating Windows XP, Vista, 2000, Server) and am working on getting a MaxOSX image installed. YOu cannot beat these used Dell boxes for price, performance and reliability.
the LAST thing any of us want is for the
bureaucracies to be responsible for what e-mail we receive and what e-mail we do not. If people cannot be trouble to acquire or hire the expertise necessary to reduce spam, then let them eat spam. People have the right to pursue happiness, bear arms, to assemble and to worship. They also have the right to be cold, hungry, homeless sick and dead.
And to have their inboxes stuffed with spam.
with VirtualBox, anyone can get good software. Which is actually a good idea. If someone is gonna fiddle with risky downloads, they should set up a VirtualBox Sandbox and check that puppy out before they let it loose in the dog yard.
w4r3z n00bz abound in every user base, Mac is no exception. Hooray for learning experiences!
i have done this for years in my repair shop.. everything from coffee to toilet water to puppy pee. Carefully disassemble the components that need cleansing / restoring. Give them a nice alcohol bath and scrub them all over with a soft, nylon bristled toothbrush. let them dry fully, and if they look like they need it do it again. You want to be careful not to damage any caps or pots. when I say 'bath' I mean dip the brush in a cup of the alcohol, not let it soak.
I have found that you can buy 90% or better alcohol if you look for it at the pharmacy. Alcohol evaporates quicker than water, and is a better solvent for any mineral residue.
I have recovered computers, monitors, laptops, DirectTV controllers, Stereo components that had rats die and decompose in them. You name it.
Good luck and happy recovery!
I noticed a sudden spike in traffic last week on one of my customer's hosted sites that ran phpBB. Sure enough they were allowing self-registration and things got worse from there. I killed the threads, users, and checked the server logs and sure enough there were some nasty processes that got left behind. After we killed them too and disabled auto-logins things went back to normal. This happened because I had recently upgraded to a stand-alone server, and the software that normally rejects automated probes for known exploits wasn't running correctly. As so many of you have said, this is a technical problem that can easily be defended against. The nature of open source software means that the code is available for scrutiny and exploit, and the side effects are a part of the 'maturing' process of such free tools.
grab one of these http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/388b /
Now that's subtle-TEE in action!!!
I encountered the problem back in late August last year when some of my clients complained that they could not get e-mail to or from AOL members. NO one seemed to have the answer... not my then ISP telocity.com and certainly not AOL.com. It is not necessarily residential DSL they are blocking.. but if a reverse-DNS lookup on your ip doesn't point to the domain name your mail server is forwarding they block it. I had to go from a $79/month 1.5/256 to a $219/month 768k/512k circuit just for the static IP's and Reverse DNS lookup. Check with your ISP. Residential is ok if they will give you a static and do the DNS.
I just purchased a laptop for my sister. It was a Mitac with a 1.7ghz celeron, 20gb hd, DVD-ROM (downgradable to CD) 4 USB ports, firewire, built in Ethernet, 56kmodem, and a whopping 15.1 viewable screen. It was a beauty to behold. Dealer cost on it was like 1170 without tax. That is obviously no OS. For grins I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on it (had to try). Detected everything without a hitch (except maybe the firewire. Nothing to test that with)
Call mike at Gigabyte, Jax, Fl. (904) 739-6668. He'll sell them to anyone tho you got tax if no reseller ID.
The article states that "Accessing a computer without permission is a violation of Federal Law". My problem with the whole thing is what implies "permission to access" in an era of millions of networked computers. When I send an E-mail and it gets forwarded from server to server am I a felon ?? When I want to access a web server do I need to obtain express written permission from the owners of the site beforehand ?? These poorly written laws that allow for BROAD prosecution of criminals AND the rest of us need to be fixed. Legally E-mail and Web access... hell even typing in the wrong IP address into your browser can be construed as "Access without Permission". At what point do system owners have to take responsibility for their systems and the services they have allowed access to over the internet ?? I think that when you connect to the net... any services you have available that are NOT password protected.. by default IMPLY granting permission for the public at large to go to town. If you don't want people crawling thru your data then secure your systems.... but this "You touched me without permission.... ASSAULT" attitude has got to go. Password crackers.... ok that crosses the line.... but accessing wide open services.... well DUH.
Last month I bought the whole BBC 13 CD set at Sam's for about $40.00 It is great. If you REALLY want a see if you can't come across the set.
You can't have everything. If you are willing to give up SOMETHING.... Price or weight... It can be done now. When do you want it? I can build one into approximately a briefcase size now. The batteries are gonna take up the most weight & space.... and most of the money after the monitor... but as a prototype it's a start. Then you cut down on the size/weight and make them cheaper. Seriously. I can spec it out and custom build it in a weekend using STOCK parts. Think I can't?? E-mail me at tekxpres@bellsouth.net and I'll send you a shopping list and my shipping address.
you WILL have a hard time meeting your requirements and having it be normal laptop sized or cheap. I can stuff a brief case cheap....
Great idea.