I use puppet to monitor changes to a centrally managed version controlled zone database that is automatically deployed and signed any time it is changed. Bad changes are automatically detected and reverted to a known good state via the version control repository.
Did you roll your own solution or used third party tools?
I'm about to inherit responsibility for several unrelated DNS servers and I'm trying to find a way to centrally manage them.
Perhaps the googling itself is not the issue but being able to point fingers at someone else is.
But yeah. Sometimes you need to deal with software vendors that absolutely won't support you unless you are running it on one of the "enterprise" linux distro which usually means Suse or Redhat.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that you just sounded like a "why, back in my day we had *real* music/actors/sports/cars/whatever" old fart or the fact that I fully agree with you.
And it's not even an iphone exclusive issue. You can have pretty much any other smatphone and it's up to the network provider what you do and what you don't have access to.
Of course, an unlocked iphone might give you the freedom to simply move on to a network that allows direct TCP access so you can tether your computer to it.
Damn this stupid phone. I really should throw it back into the depths of Cupertino from whence it came, but you'd probably have to gnaw my hand off to get me to drop it. -- John Karma: pedantic
Doesn't whence means "from where" rendering the "from" in "from whence" redundant?
and XP is nowhere near as good as they claimed to be.
Actually, XP is one of the better products released by MS. It was the first MS product I bought and never regretted it. As my hardware was upgraded (new motherbard, new memory, more hdd, etc) I simply reinstalled and never had any issue with activation.
Now I've moved on to Windows 7 and I see nothing in it that makes it worse than XP and several features that makes it better (its firewall, for example, is miles ahead of the one that came with XP SP2).
Now, why would you bother upgrading if you are happy with XP? No reason, really. Eventually, tho, it will reach its EOL and MS will stop providing patches and bugfixes.
Besides M$ was really hot on the idea of tying the software licences to hardware, so when hardware died you had to pay for those software licences all over again.
Well, I wouldn't put that past MS (or any other corp for that matter), after all, they've been toying with the whole "software as a service" for a bit now, but I've still haven't seen them rent Word on a monthly basis. Can you provide a link to the "hardware license" thing?
So, to make my point short, you don't have to go with Windows 7 or Microsoft at all. But if you want to purchase an OS, I see no advantage to buying XP instead of 7.
Nothing wrong with Windows 7, tho. I don't see why the reluctance to switch from XP.
I remember when XP came out and activation was the hot issue, everybody was saying how they would never consider switching from Windows 2000 to XP. Now it's the same story with Windows 7 and XP.
I have been using Win7 64 bits with no issues whatsoever and about the only software that I have found not to run was "Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines", but then again, that game was buggy even in the recommended OS.
UAC was not the pain I thought it was going to be and the control panel has been streamlined from the mess that was Vista's.
If you are going to buy a Windows OS, I see no reason to get XP over 7 unless you have hardware issues.
>For non trek fans, you will like this if you liked Champions Online in which case I am suprised you managed to read this far without shortcircuiting your keyboard with your drool.
Because it *is* pretty much Champions Online with a Star Trek motif. The interface and gameplay are damn identical. The main difference is that characters instead of looking like comic book characters look like plastic G.I. Joe dolls (sorry, action figures) in starfleet uniform.
If you wanted a Space MMO but didn't like Eve, this ain't it.
I suspect the quests will be pretty much like CO: go there (by pressing F and being teleported... whatever happened to exploration?) and fire all weapons until everything (maybe you) explodes. Hopefully it won't run out of content before the end of the first two months, like CO did.
And while I understand the desirability for fully instanced MMO and it's many advantages, it takes away the illusion of a large world. You are simply in a series of discrete rooms disconnected from everywhere else.
I don't regret purchasing it. But if open beta is any indicative of how release is going to be, I'll probably play the "free" month and then go on my way.
According to Wikipedia (which I suggest you avoid for fear of contracting the disease) symptoms of Asperger's include:
* Impaired social interaction.
* Inability to read expressions or make eye-contact.
* Lack of empathy.
* No sense of humor.
* Inability to cope with criticism.
* Hyperfocus on tasks and rituals.
* Logical patterns of thought.
* Clumsiness.
* Really good at videogames.
* Furry artwork.
While I don't deny Asperger's is a real illness and those who suffer it deserve any help they can get, I've yet to met someone who claims to suffer it and actually do.
Sometimes I see this expression and think, "why not? Maybe you *can* have it both ways"
He could be judged in a British court where he (allegedly) committed the crime *and* in the U.S., where he also (allegedly) committed the crime.
Since they are two different legal systems, double jeopardy should not be an issue. Suck it, Trebek!
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But if OS X were available for purchase for your home PC, or as an alternative to Windows when you buy a Dell... you can bet you'd see Windows's share drop quite a bit.
Are you sure of that? I like OS X but I don't find it that much superior to Windows (specially the new Windows 7 which I like quite a bit).
And I wonder if most of Apple's touted "just work" features have to do with the fact that it's a closed OS running on tightly controlled hardware (thus running it on third party hardware might defeat this feature).
You already have an alternative when you buy your new PC: Linux (don't laugh now...) and it doesn't seem to be making that much of a dent on Windows' share of the market.
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How much is a Franklin ACE Apple II clone computer worth today?
Cellular phone + RTFM or it will get broke into = _serious_ usability flaw
Yes, but what makes you think jailbreaking apps writers are interested in usability? It seems to me that if you are taking a device and making it perform outside its manufacturer-specified parameters, you are taking that responsibility upon yourself. If you are using your own tools or something provided by a third party is irrelevant.
How is this worse (responsibility-wise) than having a phone bricked because of a botched jailbreaking attempt?
I'm not writing off the users as stupid, but they are certainly not blameless.
I can't speak for symbian since I have never used it, but you can install unsigned applications on a blackberry, but you will need to specify the level of trust manually.
In my (limited) experience, Blackberry phones are pretty open.
RBL are a pretty good tools, but they are only as good as the admin team and processes behind it.
"Esoteric" RBL like SORBS are the source of headaches of responsible mail and network admins.
But even SORBS is not much of a problem (not many mail admins use it to block email since they don't want all the false positives). Recently, senderbase has stepped up their efforst to be even more obscure in their reputation systems. And since they are a now Cisco product, you can bet a lot more "big players" are going to start blocking with it.
That's what I like about Spamhaus and Spamcop. They are pretty effective, provide clear instructions for removal/appeals and they always provide the cause of blacklisting, giving you a pretty good idea of where to start correcting whatever issue you may have.
And calendar, and tasks, and memos, and pretty much any kind of data you managed with Outlook.
Personally, Outlook is not my favorite e-mail client, but for integration of PIM features with email, I've yet to find something that works as well as it does.
Remember the days of 300/1200 baud dialup? That Pamela Anderson download would be halfway thru her chest and you would already be done.
And I know I'm dating myself (besides in *that* sense). Not because of the 300 baud reference, but by referring to Pam Anderson as fap-worthy material.
Yes, any infrastructure service, be it power or roads or IT, is intentionally uninteresting. "Interesting" means noticeable or memorable, and it's pretty much only the problems that people notice and remember.
Indeed. There never was glory in IT, in any case, only the illusion of it back in the 90s when everybody was talking about the internet taking off and suddenly being the guy "who knows about computers" made you awe-worthy.
Now everybody sees IT services like they see the plumbing. They expect it to work and they should. You don't see people stopping a plumber to congratulate him because the sinks drain nicely (and if you think comparing you to a plumber is derogatory, you have a too high opinion of yourself and deserve your toilet to back up while you are still sitting on it).
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Did you roll your own solution or used third party tools?
I'm about to inherit responsibility for several unrelated DNS servers and I'm trying to find a way to centrally manage them.
Perhaps the googling itself is not the issue but being able to point fingers at someone else is.
But yeah. Sometimes you need to deal with software vendors that absolutely won't support you unless you are running it on one of the "enterprise" linux distro which usually means Suse or Redhat.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that you just sounded like a "why, back in my day we had *real* music/actors/sports/cars/whatever" old fart or the fact that I fully agree with you.
Kids these days...
Wasn't Monad just a code name? Besides, what's wrong with that name? It's certainly not worse than Cairo, Chicago or Vista.
And it's not even an iphone exclusive issue. You can have pretty much any other smatphone and it's up to the network provider what you do and what you don't have access to.
Of course, an unlocked iphone might give you the freedom to simply move on to a network that allows direct TCP access so you can tether your computer to it.
Doesn't whence means "from where" rendering the "from" in "from whence" redundant?
I guess I'm pedantic now.
Actually, XP is one of the better products released by MS. It was the first MS product I bought and never regretted it. As my hardware was upgraded (new motherbard, new memory, more hdd, etc) I simply reinstalled and never had any issue with activation.
Now I've moved on to Windows 7 and I see nothing in it that makes it worse than XP and several features that makes it better (its firewall, for example, is miles ahead of the one that came with XP SP2).
Now, why would you bother upgrading if you are happy with XP? No reason, really. Eventually, tho, it will reach its EOL and MS will stop providing patches and bugfixes.
Well, I wouldn't put that past MS (or any other corp for that matter), after all, they've been toying with the whole "software as a service" for a bit now, but I've still haven't seen them rent Word on a monthly basis. Can you provide a link to the "hardware license" thing?
So, to make my point short, you don't have to go with Windows 7 or Microsoft at all. But if you want to purchase an OS, I see no advantage to buying XP instead of 7.
Nothing wrong with Windows 7, tho. I don't see why the reluctance to switch from XP.
I remember when XP came out and activation was the hot issue, everybody was saying how they would never consider switching from Windows 2000 to XP. Now it's the same story with Windows 7 and XP.
I have been using Win7 64 bits with no issues whatsoever and about the only software that I have found not to run was "Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines", but then again, that game was buggy even in the recommended OS.
UAC was not the pain I thought it was going to be and the control panel has been streamlined from the mess that was Vista's.
If you are going to buy a Windows OS, I see no reason to get XP over 7 unless you have hardware issues.
>For non trek fans, you will like this if you liked Champions Online in which case I am suprised you managed to read this far without shortcircuiting your keyboard with your drool.
Because it *is* pretty much Champions Online with a Star Trek motif. The interface and gameplay are damn identical. The main difference is that characters instead of looking like comic book characters look like plastic G.I. Joe dolls (sorry, action figures) in starfleet uniform.
If you wanted a Space MMO but didn't like Eve, this ain't it.
I suspect the quests will be pretty much like CO: go there (by pressing F and being teleported... whatever happened to exploration?) and fire all weapons until everything (maybe you) explodes. Hopefully it won't run out of content before the end of the first two months, like CO did.
And while I understand the desirability for fully instanced MMO and it's many advantages, it takes away the illusion of a large world. You are simply in a series of discrete rooms disconnected from everywhere else.
I don't regret purchasing it. But if open beta is any indicative of how release is going to be, I'll probably play the "free" month and then go on my way.
In hindsight, if they can kick our ass, maybe we shouldn't have named their homeworld Goldilocks. Quick, erase the records before they find out!
You forgot to add the /autotest so it won't ask it for anything.
Even better, it should have a demo system.
According to Wikipedia (which I suggest you avoid for fear of contracting the disease) symptoms of Asperger's include:
* Impaired social interaction.
* Inability to read expressions or make eye-contact.
* Lack of empathy.
* No sense of humor.
* Inability to cope with criticism.
* Hyperfocus on tasks and rituals.
* Logical patterns of thought.
* Clumsiness.
* Really good at videogames.
* Furry artwork.
From here
While I don't deny Asperger's is a real illness and those who suffer it deserve any help they can get, I've yet to met someone who claims to suffer it and actually do.
You can't have it both ways.
Sometimes I see this expression and think, "why not? Maybe you *can* have it both ways"
He could be judged in a British court where he (allegedly) committed the crime *and* in the U.S., where he also (allegedly) committed the crime.
Since they are two different legal systems, double jeopardy should not be an issue. Suck it, Trebek!
But if OS X were available for purchase for your home PC, or as an alternative to Windows when you buy a Dell... you can bet you'd see Windows's share drop quite a bit.
Are you sure of that? I like OS X but I don't find it that much superior to Windows (specially the new Windows 7 which I like quite a bit).
And I wonder if most of Apple's touted "just work" features have to do with the fact that it's a closed OS running on tightly controlled hardware (thus running it on third party hardware might defeat this feature).
You already have an alternative when you buy your new PC: Linux (don't laugh now...) and it doesn't seem to be making that much of a dent on Windows' share of the market.
How much is a Franklin ACE Apple II clone computer worth today?
nslookup -q=ptr 69.69.69.69.in-addr.arpa
Non-authoritative answer:
69.69.69.69.in-addr.arpa name = the-coolest-ip-on-the-net.com
Well, I'll be... I honestly didn't expect that. Duh...
Come on, it's not that hard to get one hundred pesos.
Yes, but what makes you think jailbreaking apps writers are interested in usability? It seems to me that if you are taking a device and making it perform outside its manufacturer-specified parameters, you are taking that responsibility upon yourself. If you are using your own tools or something provided by a third party is irrelevant.
How is this worse (responsibility-wise) than having a phone bricked because of a botched jailbreaking attempt?
I'm not writing off the users as stupid, but they are certainly not blameless.
I can't speak for symbian since I have never used it, but you can install unsigned applications on a blackberry, but you will need to specify the level of trust manually.
In my (limited) experience, Blackberry phones are pretty open.
And that would be enforced, how?
Took the words out of my mouth.
RBL are a pretty good tools, but they are only as good as the admin team and processes behind it.
"Esoteric" RBL like SORBS are the source of headaches of responsible mail and network admins.
But even SORBS is not much of a problem (not many mail admins use it to block email since they don't want all the false positives). Recently, senderbase has stepped up their efforst to be even more obscure in their reputation systems. And since they are a now Cisco product, you can bet a lot more "big players" are going to start blocking with it.
That's what I like about Spamhaus and Spamcop. They are pretty effective, provide clear instructions for removal/appeals and they always provide the cause of blacklisting, giving you a pretty good idea of where to start correcting whatever issue you may have.
And calendar, and tasks, and memos, and pretty much any kind of data you managed with Outlook.
Personally, Outlook is not my favorite e-mail client, but for integration of PIM features with email, I've yet to find something that works as well as it does.
And thank goodness for broadband.
Remember the days of 300/1200 baud dialup? That Pamela Anderson download would be halfway thru her chest and you would already be done.
And I know I'm dating myself (besides in *that* sense). Not because of the 300 baud reference, but by referring to Pam Anderson as fap-worthy material.
Yes, any infrastructure service, be it power or roads or IT, is intentionally uninteresting. "Interesting" means noticeable or memorable, and it's pretty much only the problems that people notice and remember.
Indeed. There never was glory in IT, in any case, only the illusion of it back in the 90s when everybody was talking about the internet taking off and suddenly being the guy "who knows about computers" made you awe-worthy.
Now everybody sees IT services like they see the plumbing. They expect it to work and they should. You don't see people stopping a plumber to congratulate him because the sinks drain nicely (and if you think comparing you to a plumber is derogatory, you have a too high opinion of yourself and deserve your toilet to back up while you are still sitting on it).