Do you have an idea for a story? We'd love to hear from you. How have you used Microsoft software to make your home or work life easier, more fun, faster, or simpler? For years Microsoft made me look really important while really not doing anything useful at my job besides hunting down virii and rebooting servers. It was great job security, because everytime I was almost done, I could be sure that the whole process would start again. Plus it felt really good to spend all that money on software that would otherwise have gone to things that I have no interest in: things like new gym equipment, math books (i hate math) and instruments for the music department (none of those kids can play anyway).
Once, while using Internet Explorer, I read about this group of people called the Free Software Foundation. I couldn't believe the things I was reading, but there it was, right there in Internet Explorer. After further reading and examining my options, all in Windows 98 mind you, I actually used Internet Explorer to download Linux. Now when I reboot my system Internet Explorer has been replaced with programs that make me feel better about myself. Microsoft ROCKS! If it weren't for Internet Explorer I would never have found Linux. Thank you Bill, for giving me the tools to learn that I was using the wrong tools.
No, there have been high-performance, super-computing clusters built on Windows OSs (w2k, iirc). You can be quite sure that M$ doesn't call them Beowulf.
I hope you were kidding, as that is by far one of the most rediculous things I've heard on slashdot. If you were kidding you should leave the jokes to the funny people. Thanks.
I wrote an Ask Slashdot not long ago here, and have been quite anxious about the subject myself. Now I understand what your point was, and you're obviously knowledgeable. The JBoss idea is intriguing to me. I don't think that this is what you're looking for... I don't think it's really what anyone is looking for;) but certain pieces might be worth looking at(if they ever present files). Have you experimented at all with Bynary's solution? I heard the IMAP implementation of directories for Outlook is a hack at best. Please, if you have any mroe info, I'd be very interested in seeing it. I need this, as I assume you do.
I agree with you on the user front. I was trying to explane to my mother that I had my new site up, bhsx.yi.org, and she kept telling me she couldn't get to it. Now this is a woman who ran the offices for Consumer's Digest Magazine (failed.com and all) for 16 or so years, she's a woman who used to pass around WordStar pirate discs, when WordStar cost something like $550/seat. So I thought maybe I screwed the DNS pooch, somehow. But after logging into a remote server and using links, I realized she didn't really know what she was doing. She was running win98/IE and somehow couldn't get to my site. So one day I decided that she should show me what she was doing when trying to reach it. She went right for the "Yahoo Search" form that yahoo embedded into her IE. I tried to correct her, and said "No, no, the URL field... the bar at the top." So she clicks the Search form on Excite (she was checking her mail... I can't believe she still uses Excite/SpamHaven, but I degress). So at this point I point to the URL bar, and she understands. So what does she do?
It looks like that's what they're using. The binary hack is only for Outlook clients, for which they are using proftpd and calling it "Legacy Support." The FTP is not used by default. They're also using OpenLDAP for access control lists and storing all user data including passwords. Cyrius IMAP is also being used as you mention. Basically it looks like they're doing what you suggest, and they're writing a PHP web-based configuration utility for it all. Read about it before you blast it.
Postnuke also has an implementation of the blogger api, allowing all those little win32 desktop apps (as well as PDA, cellphone) access to your postnuke site. I personall think postnuke is the way, with tons of modules available. I'm waiting for PostSHOP to get going again (there was a shopping cart for older versions of pustnuke, but it was deemed unstable/insecure, iirc). With just about as many themes available for postnuke as there are for KDE, and even a template generator for the upcoming 8.0 release, that's where I see the future. You can check out my somewhat new site (nice theme) at bhsx.yi.org. I'd say it took about 20 minutes to setup and about half-an-hour's worth of content so far. Super simple.
Gee... now, I'm an American, so my geography ain't near as bad as my grammar; but I don't think Syria is in Egypt. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here...;)
The Zaurus is a very nice PDA, no two ways about it. It has it's faults, as do every other PDA on the market; but it's highlights really outshine the drawbacks. Granted, the first OS it shipped with was a little buggy for me. I needed to wipe it clean and start over after only about a week; but one upgrade later (didn't take Sharp too long to realize they needed to get an update out) and it's solid as a rock. The keyboard is very useable, and playing Doom at work is a great distraction (i had Quake installed, but only got like 4-5fps). YMMV, but especially since they've dropped over $100US since I bought mine, I'd suggest them to even the non-uber-geek.
I know I say it just about every time I see you post here; but thank you so much for looking out for people who don't care. It's a daunting task, at best, just know that there are several million (a minority, for sure) of us that truely appreciate everything you've done for us and the OSS movement(considering we'd be calling it something else without you).
You are the level-headed balance between sometimes feuding, always ranting zealots.
On a side note: I made my neighbor watch RevolutionOS with me and I think she's got the hots for ya!;)
You take care of yourself now, and don't be a stranger.
Mostly correct; but the kernel is not necessarily monolithic. It CAN be; but every distribution I've used comes with a modular kernel, with most options compiled as modules which are loaded and unloaded as needed. This is also how most people compile their kernels. It is very possible to compile them monolithically; but then you're guaranteeing that you'll need a recompile with any hardware changes.
Pretty much everything on the site is included in the submission. Fairly amusing... anyone tried this? How about a full report on it's usage in a heavy wardriven area like downtown Chicago or San Francisco?
To the responsible employees, whom just one a $50,000,000 military grant? Um... they'll give them about $50,000,000 to play with over the next few years. Sad to say; but the plagerism was effective, and on a small enough scale that they'll get away with an apology. Even if they settled or (god forbid) went to court on this, the stiffest penalties wouldn't come close to denting that pile of cash.
Just because you disagree with a statement doesn't make it the poster a Troll. Moderating like this makes you the Troll, and hopefully Meta-Moderation will see that you no longer have the priviledge of doing so.
One of the first things I remember ever being told about Windows NT was that it was a direct rip-off of VMS. In fact, if you ever wondered what NT meant (Network Technology?) it supposedly doesn't really mean anything...
Microsoft supposedly named it NT because WNT is simply +1ing the letters VMS.
But the theories are sound... suppose we were all wiped out from HIV/AIDS. Those with this built-in immunity might be the only ones to survive; leaving the future of humankind AIDS tolerant. Makes sense; but again, light on details means there's not much from this article to probve or disprove.
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Do you have an idea for a story? We'd love to hear from you. How have you used Microsoft software to make your home or work life easier, more fun, faster, or simpler?
For years Microsoft made me look really important while really not doing anything useful at my job besides hunting down virii and rebooting servers. It was great job security, because everytime I was almost done, I could be sure that the whole process would start again. Plus it felt really good to spend all that money on software that would otherwise have gone to things that I have no interest in: things like new gym equipment, math books (i hate math) and instruments for the music department (none of those kids can play anyway).
Once, while using Internet Explorer, I read about this group of people called the Free Software Foundation. I couldn't believe the things I was reading, but there it was, right there in Internet Explorer. After further reading and examining my options, all in Windows 98 mind you, I actually used Internet Explorer to download Linux. Now when I reboot my system Internet Explorer has been replaced with programs that make me feel better about myself. Microsoft ROCKS! If it weren't for Internet Explorer I would never have found Linux.
Thank you Bill, for giving me the tools to learn that I was using the wrong tools.
No, there have been high-performance, super-computing clusters built on Windows OSs (w2k, iirc). You can be quite sure that M$ doesn't call them Beowulf.
I hope you were kidding, as that is by far one of the most rediculous things I've heard on slashdot. If you were kidding you should leave the jokes to the funny people. Thanks.
Actually, wine was initially created so that the authors could play StarCraft.
I think you'd do well with the answer to "Ask Slashdot: How to properly use a search engine"
I think you should try playing around with different search parameters... Try these is google:
+"handheld scanner" +apple -win32 -windows -linux
+"network scanner" +nessus +linux -ethereal -ettercap
+"linux terminal server project" +openmosix -mosix
+"need for speed" +"jenna jameson" -playstation -ps2
I think if you follow the noticeable pattern above that you will no longer have such a hard time with those nasty good for nothing search engines;)
http://cyclonite.stanford.edu/~eswierk/mirrors/40x _burner_roundup/index_1.shtml
www.prochange.org even....
I wrote an Ask Slashdot not long ago here, and have been quite anxious about the subject myself. Now I understand what your point was, and you're obviously knowledgeable. The JBoss idea is intriguing to me. I don't think that this is what you're looking for... I don't think it's really what anyone is looking for ;) but certain pieces might be worth looking at(if they ever present files). Have you experimented at all with Bynary's solution? I heard the IMAP implementation of directories for Outlook is a hack at best. Please, if you have any mroe info, I'd be very interested in seeing it. I need this, as I assume you do.
I agree with you on the user front. I was trying to explane to my mother that I had my new site up, bhsx.yi.org, and she kept telling me she couldn't get to it. Now this is a woman who ran the offices for Consumer's Digest Magazine (failed .com and all) for 16 or so years, she's a woman who used to pass around WordStar pirate discs, when WordStar cost something like $550/seat. So I thought maybe I screwed the DNS pooch, somehow. But after logging into a remote server and using links, I realized she didn't really know what she was doing. She was running win98/IE and somehow couldn't get to my site. So one day I decided that she should show me what she was doing when trying to reach it. She went right for the "Yahoo Search" form that yahoo embedded into her IE. I tried to correct her, and said "No, no, the URL field... the bar at the top." So she clicks the Search form on Excite (she was checking her mail... I can't believe she still uses Excite/SpamHaven, but I degress). So at this point I point to the URL bar, and she understands. So what does she do?
She starts typing in www.bhsx.yi.org....
True Story, just happenned last week.
It looks like that's what they're using. The binary hack is only for Outlook clients, for which they are using proftpd and calling it "Legacy Support." The FTP is not used by default. They're also using OpenLDAP for access control lists and storing all user data including passwords. Cyrius IMAP is also being used as you mention. Basically it looks like they're doing what you suggest, and they're writing a PHP web-based configuration utility for it all. Read about it before you blast it.
Postnuke also has an implementation of the blogger api, allowing all those little win32 desktop apps (as well as PDA, cellphone) access to your postnuke site. I personall think postnuke is the way, with tons of modules available. I'm waiting for PostSHOP to get going again (there was a shopping cart for older versions of pustnuke, but it was deemed unstable/insecure, iirc). With just about as many themes available for postnuke as there are for KDE, and even a template generator for the upcoming 8.0 release, that's where I see the future. You can check out my somewhat new site (nice theme) at bhsx.yi.org. I'd say it took about 20 minutes to setup and about half-an-hour's worth of content so far. Super simple.
Will we ever get a good single sign-on solution?
no
yeah, that's what i was pointing out... all be it sarcastically. Sorry 'bout that; but at least you understood. :)
Gee... now, I'm an American, so my geography ain't near as bad as my grammar; but I don't think Syria is in Egypt. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here... ;)
For those who haven't tried one out yet:
The Zaurus is a very nice PDA, no two ways about it. It has it's faults, as do every other PDA on the market; but it's highlights really outshine the drawbacks. Granted, the first OS it shipped with was a little buggy for me. I needed to wipe it clean and start over after only about a week; but one upgrade later (didn't take Sharp too long to realize they needed to get an update out) and it's solid as a rock. The keyboard is very useable, and playing Doom at work is a great distraction (i had Quake installed, but only got like 4-5fps). YMMV, but especially since they've dropped over $100US since I bought mine, I'd suggest them to even the non-uber-geek.
I know I say it just about every time I see you post here; but thank you so much for looking out for people who don't care. It's a daunting task, at best, just know that there are several million (a minority, for sure) of us that truely appreciate everything you've done for us and the OSS movement(considering we'd be calling it something else without you).
;)
You are the level-headed balance between sometimes feuding, always ranting zealots.
On a side note: I made my neighbor watch RevolutionOS with me and I think she's got the hots for ya!
You take care of yourself now, and don't be a stranger.
Hi, Capt. Obvious/strong>, are you looking for a side-kick?
Mostly correct; but the kernel is not necessarily monolithic. It CAN be; but every distribution I've used comes with a modular kernel, with most options compiled as modules which are loaded and unloaded as needed. This is also how most people compile their kernels. It is very possible to compile them monolithically; but then you're guaranteeing that you'll need a recompile with any hardware changes.
Young lady, in this house we follow the laws of thermal dynamics!
I was obliged to; sorry
oh man.. where are my mod points????
oh crap, now i gotta go pee...
Pretty much everything on the site is included in the submission. Fairly amusing... anyone tried this? How about a full report on it's usage in a heavy wardriven area like downtown Chicago or San Francisco?
To the responsible employees, whom just one a $50,000,000 military grant? Um... they'll give them about $50,000,000 to play with over the next few years. Sad to say; but the plagerism was effective, and on a small enough scale that they'll get away with an apology. Even if they settled or (god forbid) went to court on this, the stiffest penalties wouldn't come close to denting that pile of cash.
Moderators, please pay attention!
Just because you disagree with a statement doesn't make it the poster a Troll. Moderating like this makes you the Troll, and hopefully Meta-Moderation will see that you no longer have the priviledge of doing so.
One of the first things I remember ever being told about Windows NT was that it was a direct rip-off of VMS. In fact, if you ever wondered what NT meant (Network Technology?) it supposedly doesn't really mean anything...
Microsoft supposedly named it NT because WNT is simply +1ing the letters VMS.
But the theories are sound... suppose we were all wiped out from HIV/AIDS. Those with this built-in immunity might be the only ones to survive; leaving the future of humankind AIDS tolerant. Makes sense; but again, light on details means there's not much from this article to probve or disprove.