Amen! I always wondered why all the decent mail clients don't have a "view headers" or "view 50 lines of the message" function, so I can see what the bloody hell the 5Mb mail that's clogging mai mailbox is about. I'm talking about connecting via the GSM phone at 9600 apd POP3-ing my mail from the mail server...
For the younger audience, to transfer 1Mb at 9600 takes roughly 1000 seconds, which is 16 minutes 40 seconds. Thus 5Mb takes... forever.:(
The way out? telnet mail.company.com 110 USER me PASS mypassword STAT HEAD 1 50 HEAD 2 50
The bat has one major drawback: if you want to use encryption, it positively sucks. Basically it wants to use it's brain-dead pgp implementation (pgp2.x, RSA keys only etc) - even if you *have* a decent pgp or gpg installed.
I couldn't get past this. But hey... maybe I'm paranoid. But are you paranoid enough?
Kinda makes you wonder how it would go if a meteor, etc got too close...
Well, I'm really glad this one is going to come in 900 years. If it was to hit next year it would've probably wiped the human race. Unfortunately, hollywood and bruce willis are not enough for this kind of threat.
It's a matter of days until someone will request a log of people connecting to the server during work-hours... Here is the beauty of the seti@home client: computers can have spare cycles, people don't.
Mandrake *is* a redhat spin-off, maybe friendlier, but stil, a "mee-too".
And their CEO says (quote) A temporary increase in capital by selling shares doesn't solve a company's financial needs. All businesses need to adjust their expenses relative to income -- this depends on having a sustainable long-term revenue model. A shareholder expects a financial return on investment. A customer pays for a service. (end quote)
Translation: you're just lousy users, we want you to pay. It's not 1999 any more, no more freebies here. We don't want to give anything more for your money. It's just that you have to pay for what was free until now, so that we can pay the people who already lost 90 cents to the buck in the last 3 years.
I don't have anything in particular against mandrake, just want to keep things in perspective. Like, comparing mandrake + club to redhat + rhn (redhat wins, imho)
Actually, there is something to say about this: this kind of books are allegedly written for managers, but the intended audience doesn't have neither the time nor a particular drive to read it
It's like karma-whoring on/. : you say what you have to say to make the *real* audience happy, and make it sound you're not even targeting this audience. In other words, the book seems to be a book "for managers" - but to be read and paid by the techies...
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You mean like the imperfections in the MAtrix... ? :)
telnet pop3.concentric.net:110
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Amen! I always wondered why all the decent mail clients don't have a "view headers" or "view 50 lines of the message" function, so I can see what the bloody hell the 5Mb mail that's clogging mai mailbox is about. I'm talking about connecting via the GSM phone at 9600 apd POP3-ing my mail from the mail server...
For the younger audience, to transfer 1Mb at 9600 takes roughly 1000 seconds, which is 16 minutes 40 seconds. Thus 5Mb takes... forever.
The way out?
telnet mail.company.com 110
USER me
PASS mypassword
STAT
HEAD 1 50
HEAD 2 50
Nice, isn't it?
squid plus ad-zap (my choice) ;
junkbuster ;
proxomitron.
:)
There may be others. Some tweaking required (not for subscribing, obviously
Sorry to interupt your karma-whoring... it's 2.2.2.
The bat has one major drawback: if you want to use encryption, it positively sucks. Basically it wants to use it's brain-dead pgp implementation (pgp2.x, RSA keys only etc) - even if you *have* a decent pgp or gpg installed.
I couldn't get past this. But hey... maybe I'm paranoid. But are you paranoid enough?
Kinda makes you wonder how it would go if a meteor, etc got too close...
Well, I'm really glad this one is going to come in 900 years. If it was to hit next year it would've probably wiped the human race. Unfortunately, hollywood and bruce willis are not enough for this kind of threat.
Is that like using up all those spare brain cells you weren't using right now?
No, it's more like not going to bed at midnight and instead lurk around on some internet sites... wait a minute... never mind.
It's a matter of days until someone will request a log of people connecting to the server during work-hours... Here is the beauty of the seti@home client: computers can have spare cycles, people don't.
I'm also a "wallet-voting" adept, but this works only if there is an alternative - a legal alternative, that is.
But if SSSSCA gets voted, it would make unencripted broadcasts illegal.
What will your choice be then?
Mandrake *is* a redhat spin-off, maybe friendlier, but stil, a "mee-too".
And their CEO says (quote) A temporary increase in capital by selling shares doesn't solve a company's financial needs. All businesses need to adjust their expenses relative to income -- this depends on having a sustainable long-term revenue model. A shareholder expects a financial return on investment. A customer pays for a service. (end quote)
Translation: you're just lousy users, we want you to pay. It's not 1999 any more, no more freebies here. We don't want to give anything more for your money. It's just that you have to pay for what was free until now, so that we can pay the people who already lost 90 cents to the buck in the last 3 years.
I don't have anything in particular against mandrake, just want to keep things in perspective. Like, comparing mandrake + club to redhat + rhn (redhat wins, imho)
The key is to be as self-righteous and condescending as possible. This will show everyone listening that you are in charge.
:)
Don't forget to try attach Klerck's PWP to all your enemies' presentations just before they print 'em...
Bill Gate used to[...]
:)
It's Bill Gates - always in the plural. God knows why - one of them should've been enough...
I logged into slashdot today to find that there are LARGE ads in the middle of their articles
Huh!? Where?
Really, I have no idea what you're talking about. Can you please ellaborate?
3197 D) All your base belong to us for fifteen minutes..
Actually, it's "31337 D) All your base belong to us in fifteen minutes."
And I really don't care - this kind of license is not legally binding where I live.
It's about time for a decent OS on that platform. I heard it is a dog, so Yellow Dog 2.2 may be the right decision.
[DUCKS]
it seems logical that the plaintif will include these posts on /. as libelous too
Now that means they'll have to sue the pants off mr.Anonymous Coward; I can't wait to see this...
For the same reason you didn't get a brain implanted in your skull? :)
:)
Note: nothing personal, just couldn't resist
No - this will kill a lot of wimen with no visible effect whatsoever.
Nah, bad idea; imagine what'll happen when the military will decide to jam the GPS to foil some enemy: total domestic chaos. :)
[...]so I can have my cellphone call the grocery store to deliver more[...]
:)
grocery store? Ewwww... you're sure it's beer you drink...?
Don't entrust your glass with your credit-card number... :)
:)
Or, on the contrary: "I don't know, darling, maybe I forgot to reset the glass when I left the pub..."
I personally *hate* working from home. This, and... who's going for a beer with the guys afterwards? ;)
Ok, let me rephrase that: "1999 ended more than two years ago".
Actually, there is something to say about this: this kind of books are allegedly written for managers, but the intended audience doesn't have neither the time nor a particular drive to read it
/. : you say what you have to say to make the *real* audience happy, and make it sound you're not even targeting this audience. In other words, the book seems to be a book "for managers" - but to be read and paid by the techies...
It's like karma-whoring on
Wake up, 1999 was over two years ago; nowdays you'll get a cubicle.