So is this really useful advice, or an ad for this person's book?
Sometimes it can be both. But only the ad can be guaranteed:-D
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I realize there's a difference between doing someone else's job and just helping out. I know, because at some point in a project I worked on, some other guy needed help at an increasing rate. It didn't take too long until this help was needed at least twice an hour. And he expected me to abort anything I did, just to help him out.
I was basicly doing his job, and when I had done that I might actually have some time to my own before he started nagging again. Annoying selfish prick. So, yes I know. There's a difference between doing the other guys job and just helping out.
But helping out, if thats what you're doing, is a good thing. If you know the answer and it takes three seconds to utter it and adding "It says so in the man-pages", I can't see what's wrong with helping people out.
It's good for business. It's good spreading experience and knowledge around. Simply refusing to cooperate on the grounds that things can be done without coopration, now that is annoying.
I've had the same issue. For Windows it seems some software only allows themelves to run with one instance/process.
This is what seems to be with explorer. And then when you try to runas explorer, even though you're running as admin, well, there's allready a process running.
Killing of the original process and then running explorer as admin seems to do the trick, but for that to work, you'll need to replace explorer with something else as standard shell.
Not that I've tested this thoroughly, but I think it's a windows multiuser-issue. As a relatively fresh multiuser OS, it doesn't seem to handle two processes with the same name running under different users, if the program requires one process only.
As much as I'll admit OSX looks great, and might even be comfy to use, you won't see me buying a Mac to get it.
Maybe Apple should release OSX for other platforms as well? I'd sure as hell would like to try out OSX, without having to buy a new machine, and I'd also like keeping my SuSe/Gnome-config.
Point taken, but how much damage can be done by having for instance WinAmp installed in a none-secure location?
Yes. Some. But still less than upgrading the user to "power-user" as you mentioned, which is just plain stupid. And as I said, it doesn't compensate for badly written software.
It's still a way to make software work, and really doesn't give much added risk taken into consideration that most users are clueless enough to open any attachment they recieve from strangers.
Ok. Put my tinfoil hat back where it belongs if I'm wrong on this one.
According to investigation of the famouse leaked source from Redmond, wasn't there a lot of dirty hacks in the code, in order to maintain "compatebility" with older (Microsoft mostly) software using hidden APIs, relying on and working around known "bugs"?
So in order to keep compatability, they had to re-implement the bugs that were exploited in the first place?
To any sane man, this should sound like sheer insanity. Why not fix the broken software, instead of breaking the OS?
But then again, I may remember incorrectly.
In case I'm not, I have nothing else to say than that Microsoft truly deserves what is coming to them now (apart from money that is) and that they have driven themselves up this road.
For all troublesome software:
Redirect all program installations from "C:\Program files\" to "C:\Programs\" without altering the Windows registry to inform Windows of this treason.
C:\Programs isn't protected in any way, so even in user-space appplications can update their (sadly misplace) databases, ini-files or whatever.
You'd be suprised how much all of a sudden works out of the box.
Still doesn't compensate for badly written software and architechture though.
But SuSe and it's pretty awesome tool "SaX" (Suse Advanced X-configurer or something) still sets up X to listen to network.
At least it did when I set up my box. But then again I set it up with tons of other network services. If I had disabled all those, maybe it would have been configured otherwise. However, I doubt that a X-configuration tool checks for open ports before deciding upon this.
I ended up applying the "--nolisten tcp" or whatever option mentioned above.
On a standard workstation very few services need to be enabled.
On a Linux desktop intended for nothing else than pure desktop-use, the only ports you would might need to have open is RPC and SAMBA.
Please explain how "very few need to be disabled". Yes, I realize techically speaking there is a huge difference between ports and services. But in the Microsoft-world it doesn't seem to be so.
1. Digital to digital-recompression to decompression to analog.
2. Digital to analog to digital to digital recompression to decompression to analog.
Actually those last steps doesn't matter. If you are to recompress a precompressed digital source, any noise you add will confuse and lower the efficiency of the compression algoritm, and thus adding extra "noise".
You may not see it, like some people can't hear the compression of a 128 kbps MP3, but it's still unwanted, excess loss.
I detest the industry for attempting to locking consumers out from the technology they buy. Hey guys, you sold it to me. Now it's my stuff, you hear?
Still, Cory whined and ranted about this problem on BB, rather than placing the blame on himself for making a stupid error.
If this system was to become mainstream, you wouldn't think that there all of a sudden were millions of idots as well, do you?
As an informed tech-geek this is simple to you. Maybe many others. However if the technology makes people too "stupid" to use it, it is the technology that is the problem, not the people.
You can twist this anyway you want, but blaming people for not coping with intentionally broken technology, that is plain stupid. Not to mention disgustingly elitist.
and "content producers" (ie, cartels) cannot own news outlets.
What? You know what that would mean? No survivor-news, no Avarage Joe-news, no tempation island-news, no Bacholerette now getting married-news, and so on.
And if they're additionally supposed to remove bs-vomit from "undead" rumsfeld and his comrades, exactly what would be left? By that I mean excluding sports-events as "news", and what would be left?
Trolling and asking a serious question at the same time.
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Just a tip :)
You mean something like this t-shirt?
I think it's ironic, but I'm not quite sure.
Sometimes it can be both. But only the ad can be guaranteed :-D
I realize there's a difference between doing someone else's job and just helping out. I know, because at some point in a project I worked on, some other guy needed help at an increasing rate. It didn't take too long until this help was needed at least twice an hour. And he expected me to abort anything I did, just to help him out.
I was basicly doing his job, and when I had done that I might actually have some time to my own before he started nagging again. Annoying selfish prick. So, yes I know. There's a difference between doing the other guys job and just helping out.
But helping out, if thats what you're doing, is a good thing. If you know the answer and it takes three seconds to utter it and adding "It says so in the man-pages", I can't see what's wrong with helping people out.
It's good for business. It's good spreading experience and knowledge around. Simply refusing to cooperate on the grounds that things can be done without coopration, now that is annoying.
I've commented this in another comment in this thread. It's a really bad bug, but it's not impossible to bypass.
Hope this helps, if you should ever need a admin-explorer again.
I've had the same issue. For Windows it seems some software only allows themelves to run with one instance/process.
This is what seems to be with explorer. And then when you try to runas explorer, even though you're running as admin, well, there's allready a process running.
Killing of the original process and then running explorer as admin seems to do the trick, but for that to work, you'll need to replace explorer with something else as standard shell.
Not that I've tested this thoroughly, but I think it's a windows multiuser-issue. As a relatively fresh multiuser OS, it doesn't seem to handle two processes with the same name running under different users, if the program requires one process only.
Feel free to correct me though.
As much as I'll admit OSX looks great, and might even be comfy to use, you won't see me buying a Mac to get it.
Maybe Apple should release OSX for other platforms as well? I'd sure as hell would like to try out OSX, without having to buy a new machine, and I'd also like keeping my SuSe/Gnome-config.
Yeah right. Like Microsoft intentionally ever would anything easy to script.
How would that support their closed structures, APIs and maintain their monopoly?
One word: Lawyers
Should this be moded Funny or Insightfull... I really can't tell.
You mean something like this:
if (Taskbar.getCurrentTaskIconWidth() < defaultTreshold) {
Taskbar.setTaskGrouping (true);
}
else {
Taskbar.setTaskGrouping (false);
}
Oooh. Seems like i got slashdot in trouble for blatant patent violation!
I can't believe patents like this are even granted. And with that statement I don't even consider the obvious prior art.
Point taken, but how much damage can be done by having for instance WinAmp installed in a none-secure location?
Yes. Some. But still less than upgrading the user to "power-user" as you mentioned, which is just plain stupid. And as I said, it doesn't compensate for badly written software.
It's still a way to make software work, and really doesn't give much added risk taken into consideration that most users are clueless enough to open any attachment they recieve from strangers.
Ok. Put my tinfoil hat back where it belongs if I'm wrong on this one.
According to investigation of the famouse leaked source from Redmond, wasn't there a lot of dirty hacks in the code, in order to maintain "compatebility" with older (Microsoft mostly) software using hidden APIs, relying on and working around known "bugs"?
So in order to keep compatability, they had to re-implement the bugs that were exploited in the first place?
To any sane man, this should sound like sheer insanity. Why not fix the broken software, instead of breaking the OS?
But then again, I may remember incorrectly.
In case I'm not, I have nothing else to say than that Microsoft truly deserves what is coming to them now (apart from money that is) and that they have driven themselves up this road.
For all troublesome software:
Redirect all program installations from "C:\Program files\" to "C:\Programs\" without altering the Windows registry to inform Windows of this treason.
C:\Programs isn't protected in any way, so even in user-space appplications can update their (sadly misplace) databases, ini-files or whatever.
You'd be suprised how much all of a sudden works out of the box.
Still doesn't compensate for badly written software and architechture though.
But SuSe and it's pretty awesome tool "SaX" (Suse Advanced X-configurer or something) still sets up X to listen to network.
At least it did when I set up my box. But then again I set it up with tons of other network services. If I had disabled all those, maybe it would have been configured otherwise. However, I doubt that a X-configuration tool checks for open ports before deciding upon this.
I ended up applying the "--nolisten tcp" or whatever option mentioned above.
So, by your definition, at least SuSe is broken.
On a standard workstation very few services need to be enabled.
On a Linux desktop intended for nothing else than pure desktop-use, the only ports you would might need to have open is RPC and SAMBA.
Please explain how "very few need to be disabled". Yes, I realize techically speaking there is a huge difference between ports and services. But in the Microsoft-world it doesn't seem to be so.
Let's see:
1. Digital to digital-recompression to decompression to analog.
2. Digital to analog to digital to digital recompression to decompression to analog.
Actually those last steps doesn't matter. If you are to recompress a precompressed digital source, any noise you add will confuse and lower the efficiency of the compression algoritm, and thus adding extra "noise".
You may not see it, like some people can't hear the compression of a 128 kbps MP3, but it's still unwanted, excess loss.
I detest the industry for attempting to locking consumers out from the technology they buy. Hey guys, you sold it to me. Now it's my stuff, you hear?
Ok. What resolution is these marvelous HDTV-captures again?
Last I checked it wasn't even full DVD-resolution. Even though I haven't RTFA, I assume the news is that these cards will rip full HDTV resolution.
And I'll claim that will make a difference.
I run Slackware, and yes I've dl'ed Dropline Gnome, but that has to be the slowest torrent I've seen in a long time. And it's torrent-only download.
If this system was to become mainstream, you wouldn't think that there all of a sudden were millions of idots as well, do you?
As an informed tech-geek this is simple to you. Maybe many others. However if the technology makes people too "stupid" to use it, it is the technology that is the problem, not the people.
You can twist this anyway you want, but blaming people for not coping with intentionally broken technology, that is plain stupid. Not to mention disgustingly elitist.
What? You know what that would mean? No survivor-news, no Avarage Joe-news, no tempation island-news, no Bacholerette now getting married-news, and so on.
And if they're additionally supposed to remove bs-vomit from "undead" rumsfeld and his comrades, exactly what would be left? By that I mean excluding sports-events as "news", and what would be left?
Trolling and asking a serious question at the same time.
Especially in the case of Linux vs BSD flamewars.
Someone mod this "+1, In yer face foo!"
And mod me offtopic when you're done doing that. It might be well deserved.
Department of disinformation"
And be sure to read the last paragraph, guys! Thats undoubtably the best part of it all :-D