Eh, I didn't indicate a protocol, but that doesn't make my original point any less valid and that was that you can only install it once even with the unlimited client access license.
Wrong. That means that you can have an unlimited number of people connect to your server. It does not mean that you can run an unlimited number of copies.
I had a hampster for about two years (it died) and it would spend its entire day either on the wheel or gnawing at the cage trying to get out. It's not psychosis, it's just animals trying to escape from their cages. What he described the mouse doing - hanging from the cage, gnawing, dropping, and doing it all over again - is exactly what my hampster would do in her vain attempt to climb out the hole in the top of our cage. They're almost like velociraptors, testing all the weaknesses in the cage, looking for a way out... except my hampster tested the same weakness over and over again. She wasn't that smart, I don't think.
You're seriously limiting yourself by not wanting to use those solutions. At work we have PCs, Unix boxes and Macs (running OS 8 and 9). They all have a common directory that they need to access (called 'atalk' for historical reasons). We have three daemons running such that they can all access it.
PCs: Samba Mac: netatalk Misc: ftp
So if all else fails, they can use FTP.
But seriously, by discounting Samba based on the fact that it "makes [you] feel like [you're] giving into the Empire" is a really stupid reason. If it works, it works and you should use it. I mean, if you really didn't want to feel like you were giving into the "Empire" you wouldn't have a Microsoft box on your desktop at all, would you? So instead of being a hypocrite, just use the solution that works. And remember that Samba is open source, if that makes you feel any better.
But I suppose you could always use FTP or http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ (but even CIFS uses SMB).
It isn't Intel that proclaimed they have reached their 1 billionth chip, it is Mercury Research that made the claim. Additionally, it isn't Intel that estimates they will reach 2 billion by 2007, it is again Mercury Research that makes the estimate. Until Intel comes out and says they have (which I think would be a milestone that they would proclaim quite loudly), I'm a little skeptical. Additionally, shipping one billion chips has nothing to do with Moore's law, only with good marketing:)
Well, you could have a dumb school like I did. We had a computer club that was supposed to allow people to meet other people who liked programming and use some of the school's equipment. However, you have to watch your back. We had one idiot student who brought in a disk with an NDS bomb (we had a Novell network) and a Windows password file cracker. He was, of course, caught and the administration shut the whole program down, never to let anyone start it back up (this happened four years ago).
I see lots of comments here about how this law protects innocent connectivity and how war driving isn't innocent. That is incorrect by itself.
War driving is going around looking for open networks to connect to and use. The person war driving isn't necessarily connecting to be malicious and this bill (that isn't law yet) wouldn't legalize malicious connections. However, what it specifically does is designate open wireless networks as networks that you can connect to without getting in trouble. As one person said, it's like the "No Trespassing" sign. If it's there, you have to follow it, but if it's not, you're allowed to walk onto the property (for the most part, there are exceptions).
War-driving isn't malicious. You're just looking for open networks, which this proposed law will protect. Once you're on the network, you're still subject to laws regarding spam and cracking and all those other things that are already illegal.
There is a lacquer on all CD-Rs that has a distinct smell. I don't recall it smelling like almonds though... I remember it being rather pungent and gross.
It's obvious that you've never actually used PHP. Let's analyze a few of your easily refutable claims. I'm not going to analyze all of them.
Ah, but with ASP you're locked into using a Microsoft server. With PHP you can use Microsoft, Apache, Zeus, and a handful of others. In theory you can use it on any platform and with any server. Granted, there are programs like ChiliSoft, but you do have to pay for that ($495 per server).
Which functions, procedures, methods and objects is it missing? I've had no problems finding what I need.
Server.MapPath() = $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] or (__PATH__)
You can easily access all checkboxes using an array. Simply specify the name of each checkbox like this: NAME="value[]" and then you'll have an array of variables.
If PHP were so horrible, why is it the most popular module for Apache?
If you can't fall asleep next to your computer, turn it off when you go to sleep! Saves some power and keeps you dreaming happily. Hell, you don't even have to power it down, just put it into stand by mode.
On the other hand, even when my PC fans were broken (and making a lot of noise) I had no problem falling asleep, even with four computers in the room. You must be a light sleeper.
I bought a four year warranty for my desktop in 1998 and I bought a three year warranty for my laptop that I purchased just last summer. Both include parts and on-site labor for any hardware problem that arises, excluding fire (covered with home owners insurance) and acts of vandalism (for insance, I believe the Dell warranty specifically mentions hammer marks). They have both served me very well.
The first computer I bought a warranty for was an open box HP from Circuit City. The computer itself cost $1200, but because it was open box, I decided to spring for the $200 warranty. It was worth it. Since 1999, Circuit City has sent me a new monitor and a new keyboard. The best part about the new keyboard is that they misdiagnosed the problems on reality my old keyboard still worked (turned out to be a problem with the BIOS, simply requiring me to update it to the most recent version), so I got two free keyboards. But wait! There's more! Once I busted my motherboard by putting a bad card into it and a service guy came within a few days (in a snow storm no less!) and replaced the motherboard. Last year my CPU fan died and they sent a tech to replace that, too. My CPU fan is about to die again and I'm going to try and get them to give me a last one for free just before the warranty expires. All of that on-site service was free, paid for by my warranty. I think I got my money's worth.
My laptop, a Dell, is less than a year old, and the warranty has already worked wonders. A piece of the case started to fall off, so I called them and got them to send a new piece in the mail. It arrived the next day. Additionally, they are coming tomorrow to replace my laptop fan. In addition, whenver I have a stupid question like "why is this laptop about 200 degrees?" (that's when they explain that it's really a "notebook" computer and that putting it on your lap will actually burn your crotch!). All in all, I get my money's worth of out warranties.
You're right. In a social atmosphere like a club, you can decide to selectively follow the rules, and I totally agree with your statement.
However, I was attempting to compare Joel's message board to a business environment, which is what it is. Joel states that he uses his message board for the primary purpose of customer support, which puts it into a business-like environment, where rules are important. So while your point is valid and makes sense for a club, there is a different type of atmosphere present in other areas that requires following the rules consisently.
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Eh, I didn't indicate a protocol, but that doesn't make my original point any less valid and that was that you can only install it once even with the unlimited client access license.
Wrong. That means that you can have an unlimited number of people connect to your server. It does not mean that you can run an unlimited number of copies.
Tech got an OC-12 this year directly to campus.
Not to worry. VT has its own power station on campus.
The infiniband is being added by Tech. That doesn't come with it.
Boy, I sure am glad you corrected me! I feel so stupid! *rolls eyes*
I had a hampster for about two years (it died) and it would spend its entire day either on the wheel or gnawing at the cage trying to get out. It's not psychosis, it's just animals trying to escape from their cages. What he described the mouse doing - hanging from the cage, gnawing, dropping, and doing it all over again - is exactly what my hampster would do in her vain attempt to climb out the hole in the top of our cage. They're almost like velociraptors, testing all the weaknesses in the cage, looking for a way out... except my hampster tested the same weakness over and over again. She wasn't that smart, I don't think.
Remember the iWon search engine? They would pay you a million dollars to use their search engine, one winner per day.
You're seriously limiting yourself by not wanting to use those solutions. At work we have PCs, Unix boxes and Macs (running OS 8 and 9). They all have a common directory that they need to access (called 'atalk' for historical reasons). We have three daemons running such that they can all access it.
PCs: Samba
Mac: netatalk
Misc: ftp
So if all else fails, they can use FTP.
But seriously, by discounting Samba based on the fact that it "makes [you] feel like [you're] giving into the Empire" is a really stupid reason. If it works, it works and you should use it. I mean, if you really didn't want to feel like you were giving into the "Empire" you wouldn't have a Microsoft box on your desktop at all, would you? So instead of being a hypocrite, just use the solution that works. And remember that Samba is open source, if that makes you feel any better.
But I suppose you could always use FTP or http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ (but even CIFS uses SMB).
Does your employer know that you surf the net and post 'Ask Slashdot' questions while at work. If they do, then I wouldn't ask for a raise. :)
Whoops, it appears that it has been announced on their website, too. Ok, I am no longer skeptical.
Press Release
It isn't Intel that proclaimed they have reached their 1 billionth chip, it is Mercury Research that made the claim. Additionally, it isn't Intel that estimates they will reach 2 billion by 2007, it is again Mercury Research that makes the estimate. Until Intel comes out and says they have (which I think would be a milestone that they would proclaim quite loudly), I'm a little skeptical. Additionally, shipping one billion chips has nothing to do with Moore's law, only with good marketing :)
The FlyUI already does this over in Europe, just without all the high-tech crap.
Well, you could have a dumb school like I did. We had a computer club that was supposed to allow people to meet other people who liked programming and use some of the school's equipment. However, you have to watch your back. We had one idiot student who brought in a disk with an NDS bomb (we had a Novell network) and a Windows password file cracker. He was, of course, caught and the administration shut the whole program down, never to let anyone start it back up (this happened four years ago).
I see lots of comments here about how this law protects innocent connectivity and how war driving isn't innocent. That is incorrect by itself.
War driving is going around looking for open networks to connect to and use. The person war driving isn't necessarily connecting to be malicious and this bill (that isn't law yet) wouldn't legalize malicious connections. However, what it specifically does is designate open wireless networks as networks that you can connect to without getting in trouble. As one person said, it's like the "No Trespassing" sign. If it's there, you have to follow it, but if it's not, you're allowed to walk onto the property (for the most part, there are exceptions).
War-driving isn't malicious. You're just looking for open networks, which this proposed law will protect. Once you're on the network, you're still subject to laws regarding spam and cracking and all those other things that are already illegal.
It hasn't even been passed yet.
Check out these two products:
Wireless Presentation Gateway
Wireless Presentation Player
Just because your computer doesn't have a floppy drive doesn't mean you don't have thirty billion floppies lying around.
There is a lacquer on all CD-Rs that has a distinct smell. I don't recall it smelling like almonds though ... I remember it being rather pungent and gross.
So that's why PHP is the most popular module for Apache!
If you can't fall asleep next to your computer, turn it off when you go to sleep! Saves some power and keeps you dreaming happily. Hell, you don't even have to power it down, just put it into stand by mode.
On the other hand, even when my PC fans were broken (and making a lot of noise) I had no problem falling asleep, even with four computers in the room. You must be a light sleeper.
Why do people buy insurance? You hope you don't collect on it, but if you need to, you're damn glad you have it.
I bought a four year warranty for my desktop in 1998 and I bought a three year warranty for my laptop that I purchased just last summer. Both include parts and on-site labor for any hardware problem that arises, excluding fire (covered with home owners insurance) and acts of vandalism (for insance, I believe the Dell warranty specifically mentions hammer marks). They have both served me very well.
The first computer I bought a warranty for was an open box HP from Circuit City. The computer itself cost $1200, but because it was open box, I decided to spring for the $200 warranty. It was worth it. Since 1999, Circuit City has sent me a new monitor and a new keyboard. The best part about the new keyboard is that they misdiagnosed the problems on reality my old keyboard still worked (turned out to be a problem with the BIOS, simply requiring me to update it to the most recent version), so I got two free keyboards. But wait! There's more! Once I busted my motherboard by putting a bad card into it and a service guy came within a few days (in a snow storm no less!) and replaced the motherboard. Last year my CPU fan died and they sent a tech to replace that, too. My CPU fan is about to die again and I'm going to try and get them to give me a last one for free just before the warranty expires. All of that on-site service was free, paid for by my warranty. I think I got my money's worth.
My laptop, a Dell, is less than a year old, and the warranty has already worked wonders. A piece of the case started to fall off, so I called them and got them to send a new piece in the mail. It arrived the next day. Additionally, they are coming tomorrow to replace my laptop fan. In addition, whenver I have a stupid question like "why is this laptop about 200 degrees?" (that's when they explain that it's really a "notebook" computer and that putting it on your lap will actually burn your crotch!). All in all, I get my money's worth of out warranties.
You're right. In a social atmosphere like a club, you can decide to selectively follow the rules, and I totally agree with your statement.
However, I was attempting to compare Joel's message board to a business environment, which is what it is. Joel states that he uses his message board for the primary purpose of customer support, which puts it into a business-like environment, where rules are important. So while your point is valid and makes sense for a club, there is a different type of atmosphere present in other areas that requires following the rules consisently.