I'd heartily agree...Mandrake was pretty in a gui standoint, Suse was a stunner from a management standpoint - everything worked, looked and acted the same _even in text mode_
(Which is important if you're setting up an ids box that doesn't need X or open office or Mozilla, etc.)
I haven't tried Fedora, but my experience with Redhat sucked. Management tools all over the map, sometimes they configured things, sometimes they didn't. (Wireless was a biggie that stood out as not quite all there.)
Umm, yes. Cause explaining what a DMZ is to grandma is what I really want to do. (Looking at Guarddog, it doesn't look like it's in any way easier to use than any other firewall ruleset application I've seen.)
The GUI for Microsot's Internet Security and Accelerator is rather nice.
The new series WILL have a new villian 'tho...the writers are undecided as to whether they should be called Baleks or Berg, but they'll be cyborganic critters hellbent on the destruction of The 13 Coloni^h^h^h^h^h The Federation of pla^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Earth!
Excuse me, I'm an engineer with QUME, can you plug your terminal in to a phone line for a sec? We've had some reports of leaky capacitors detabilizing the electron gun on your CRT that could cause sterility, it's something we can fix and patch remotely.
And can see the potential disruptive technology here, but what's this good for?
(yeah yeah, buy a bunch and have connectivity everywhere, but a) not at $250 a piece, and b) not by joe sixpack)
Right now, it doesn't seem to add more to the picture than a $70 Linksys WRT54g. (and THAT at least has a 4 port switch along with the broadcom chipset)
Because the single most compelling feature is the wheel...a feature that's patented to within an inch of it's life. _it_ is what allows you to select from one of 4000+ songs with only an occasional glance at the screen (when driving, say)
What surprises me is that noone has tried to _LICENSE_ the wheel from Apple.
I've got an HP 4150...I managed to 'trade-up' to it after the 1900 kept having odd issues. The wireless features have renewed my interest in PDAs.
When the time came to jump from Sprint, I got a Motorola V600. The bLuetooth connectivity is really nice. (Lets me leave the phone in my pocket and retreive my email on the train/bus)
I'd MUCH rather read eBooks on the PDA than the phone. The calendar functions on the Moto are improving, but still not as good as the WinCE stuff I already had.
The combo lets me take my info with me in a tiny formfactor (the phone) and or the better display (the PDA) depending on just how much I need to carry around. They both have my calendar and contacts, it's just that one is a better screen and one is a 'connector' when WiFi isn't available. (Or when I wanna connect to the ousdie world from my full sized laptop)
Then again, I can turn off the backlight on the pda and use the overhead light on an airplane and get a BUNCH more pattery life than I could with the laptop.
Are PDAs Dead? I don't think so, but I DO think the fragmented market will lose a lot of the smaller players. Sony's decision in leaving the market is typical of the schizophrenic(sp?) behavior Sony has shown in the past.
Often the pictures don't look right because the the white balance is set for natural (or fluorescent or incandescent) lighting when the flash throws a light with different characteristics.
And if you're ONLY relying on Windows patches to protect your systems, then you get what you deserve.
1. patch 2. firewall everywhere (perimeter, servers, workstations) 3. IDS and CHECK IT REGULARLY.
Using this method, our IDS has turned into a nifty way of letting us know when an unpatched laptop hits our VPN...otherwise, it's pretty quiet.
We've also got Windows 2000 Data Center. You're _not_permitted_ to muck around with Data Center, so you'd better have a pretty good infrastructure to protect it. (An 18 proc Unisys server could DOS a network pretty easy, ya think?)
Thanks for the heads up on that USB WiFi adapter! I need one for the kid's iMac and having it usb means I can update software and take the dongle with me when I'm done.
(No, I'm not a bad father monitoring their web access, they're 18 months old.;) ) besides, that's what the IDS box is for.
Between the Haves and Have nots. From 1986 to 1992 Corvettes could display error codes using the SES light and a jumper...From 1997 on, all Corvettes can give you a VERY COMPLETE error code with a couple of keypresses on the trip computer buttons.
(Turn on key but don't start car. Press 'reset' untill all warnings are cleared, press and hold 'option' while pressing 'fuel' four times. The system will then list through all major control sections for any current or recent past error codes.)
My PT cruiser has a similar process (press and hold the trip button while inserting the key and turning to run.)
Why is this such a big deal? _I'd_ like to know when my O2 sensor is kaput and not trust the guy behind the counder saying my muffler bearings need rotating.
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Well, there was no sound in space on Firefly...and it got canned.
(Yeah, it's OT, but not VERY OT)
I'd heartily agree...Mandrake was pretty in a gui standoint, Suse was a stunner from a management standpoint - everything worked, looked and acted the same _even in text mode_
(Which is important if you're setting up an ids box that doesn't need X or open office or Mozilla, etc.)
I haven't tried Fedora, but my experience with Redhat sucked. Management tools all over the map, sometimes they configured things, sometimes they didn't. (Wireless was a biggie that stood out as not quite all there.)
Umm, yes. Cause explaining what a DMZ is to grandma is what I really want to do. (Looking at Guarddog, it doesn't look like it's in any way easier to use than any other firewall ruleset application I've seen.)
The GUI for Microsot's Internet Security and Accelerator is rather nice.
The new series WILL have a new villian 'tho...the writers are undecided as to whether they should be called Baleks or Berg, but they'll be cyborganic critters hellbent on the destruction of The 13 Coloni^h^h^h^h^h The Federation of pla^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Earth!
Harddisk, SD ram slot, 64mb ram, color screen....aside for the ARM processor, this thing's a portable xbox.
Don't worry...the badguy robots all turn on this red E.T. heart light thingy.
Excuse me, I'm an engineer with QUME, can you plug your terminal in to a phone line for a sec? We've had some reports of leaky capacitors detabilizing the electron gun on your CRT that could cause sterility, it's something we can fix and patch remotely.
What's your number again?
And can see the potential disruptive technology here, but what's this good for?
(yeah yeah, buy a bunch and have connectivity everywhere, but a) not at $250 a piece, and b) not by joe sixpack)
Right now, it doesn't seem to add more to the picture than a $70 Linksys WRT54g. (and THAT at least has a 4 port switch along with the broadcom chipset)
(and I won't grouse about my week old rejected submission either.)
Go look up Kite Aerial Photography on google, and check out this guy's 3-d panoramas:
http://scotthaefner.com/kap/360panos/
Because the single most compelling feature is the wheel...a feature that's patented to within an inch of it's life. _it_ is what allows you to select from one of 4000+ songs with only an occasional glance at the screen (when driving, say)
What surprises me is that noone has tried to _LICENSE_ the wheel from Apple.
PS2 has a year+ lead on the Xbox and that's a good thing. Xbox2 has a lead on the PS3 and suddently it's a BAD thing.
These microsoft guys just can't do ANYTHING right by you guys.
Nah, what they're not telling you is:
They only budgets for one AP
I've got an HP 4150...I managed to 'trade-up' to it after the 1900 kept having odd issues. The wireless features have renewed my interest in PDAs.
When the time came to jump from Sprint, I got a Motorola V600. The bLuetooth connectivity is really nice. (Lets me leave the phone in my pocket and retreive my email on the train/bus)
I'd MUCH rather read eBooks on the PDA than the phone. The calendar functions on the Moto are improving, but still not as good as the WinCE stuff I already had.
The combo lets me take my info with me in a tiny formfactor (the phone) and or the better display (the PDA) depending on just how much I need to carry around. They both have my calendar and contacts, it's just that one is a better screen and one is a 'connector' when WiFi isn't available. (Or when I wanna connect to the ousdie world from my full sized laptop)
Then again, I can turn off the backlight on the pda and use the overhead light on an airplane and get a BUNCH more pattery life than I could with the laptop.
Are PDAs Dead? I don't think so, but I DO think the fragmented market will lose a lot of the smaller players. Sony's decision in leaving the market is typical of the schizophrenic(sp?) behavior Sony has shown in the past.
18:59:30 Run out of cash
Will some slashdroid ask if it plays Ogg Vorbis?
Only a matter of time til that picking and putting gives you more than you bargained for.
Often the pictures don't look right because the the white balance is set for natural (or fluorescent or incandescent) lighting when the flash throws a light with different characteristics.
And if you're ONLY relying on Windows patches to protect your systems, then you get what you deserve.
1. patch
2. firewall everywhere (perimeter, servers, workstations)
3. IDS and CHECK IT REGULARLY.
Using this method, our IDS has turned into a nifty way of letting us know when an unpatched laptop hits our VPN...otherwise, it's pretty quiet.
We've also got Windows 2000 Data Center. You're _not_permitted_ to muck around with Data Center, so you'd better have a pretty good infrastructure to protect it. (An 18 proc Unisys server could DOS a network pretty easy, ya think?)
Thanks for the heads up on that USB WiFi adapter! I need one for the kid's iMac and having it usb means I can update software and take the dongle with me when I'm done.
;) ) besides, that's what the IDS box is for.
(No, I'm not a bad father monitoring their web access, they're 18 months old.
Between the Haves and Have nots. From 1986 to 1992 Corvettes could display error codes using the SES light and a jumper...From 1997 on, all Corvettes can give you a VERY COMPLETE error code with a couple of keypresses on the trip computer buttons.
(Turn on key but don't start car. Press 'reset' untill all warnings are cleared, press and hold 'option' while pressing 'fuel' four times. The system will then list through all major control sections for any current or recent past error codes.)
My PT cruiser has a similar process (press and hold the trip button while inserting the key and turning to run.)
Why is this such a big deal? _I'd_ like to know when my O2 sensor is kaput and not trust the guy behind the counder saying my muffler bearings need rotating.
'Your brand-spankin'-new 3G phone is nearing obsolesence:'
Not in America it ain't.
If result of Step 1 is: No detonation then most likely, there's no TNT.
Of little on topic relavence: Have you seen what a blended metal bullet does to a potroast?
But it does Rhyme Does this remind you oldsters of the Coleco Adam?
The unavailability of the option isn't either.
aaaah, but they said the same things about the Segway(tm)