I'd prefer the 50 megger with all the plugins that my users would likely need as well as all the necessary performance tweaks, proxy settings, policy settings and anything else I can't think of right this minute.
Oh, I'd also like it in the for of an MSI so that I can roll it out to 1,000 systems at a time via script or GPO.
You see there are users out there besides home users and their requirements are a little different than your own.
You do realize that most Cisco routers and switches these days do have at least an HTTP GUI built in. Then of course, there are the top-dollar "network management" applications like Cisco Works which in turn plug into Network Management Systems like Tivoli and Unicenter, all GUI. But, you knew that right.
Setting up extensions in asterisk is rather simple, once you know how to do it in Asterisk. But, if your more knowledgeable in Nortel's BCM GUI or their Meridian command line, you are likely to be lost with Asterisk and will appreciate having a GUI.
This Stratelite was on Slashdot nearly a year ago. They are now at a point of almost having a mockup built.
Sanswire has yet to get anything off the ground. Frankly this company and the flurry of press coverage smacks of venture capital investment scam, to me. There's a whole lot of hype and not much substance.
They bought paid licenses for DVD support and distribute closed/propertiary version. And you need to pay for it. So what exactly is your point?
The point is the SuSE/Novell have chosen to not pay for the license and there is no excuse for this. There is no DVD support in the paid-for version. There is simply no legal DVD playback support or MP3 encoding in SuSE. Yet little-ole Linspire was able to afford this "heavy" licensing fee and still ship its distro and DVD player for a lower price than SuSE 9.3.
This is particularly ironic since Novell just sent out a DVD bundled with their Connection magazine but SuSE can't leagally play that DVD.
It's actually quite easy -- Linspire just paid the DVD tax, just like Apple did.
Obviously, they paid for the license. Which is why I meant that there is no excuse for any commercial distribution to not also pay for the license. I don't expect Debian or Gentoo to pay for licenses but, if Linspire can afford it, surely Novell can.
So that's quite simple if you don't care about your OS not being redistributable.
Provided the the distribution vendor has paid for the license, there should be no issue with redistribution. Its not as if Novell isn't making any money on the distribution. They are charging nearly $100 for it. Linspire is only charging $50 for their distribution plus $10 for the DVD player if you are a member and $40 for non-members.
Can Linspire play DVDs? Why, yes. It can play DVD's. What's more, the Linsoire DVD player is Xine. Some how, little Linspire has managed to figure out how to legally play MP3's and DVD's.
If Linspire can do it, then there is no excuse for any commercial distro not to be able to play MP3s and DVDs. Just like real commercial distros such as Windows and OS X are capable of.
So the question arises, should countries, with their own values, be able to determine what content their people are exposed to? For example, can China declare communism is best, and ban all websites promoting capitalism? Can Iran declare western film evil, and ban all websites with western film content?
Yes! They can and they do. But, perhaps most inersting, is that their governments and laws are not swayed by the opinion of Slashdotters. Weird eh?
And given the momentum behind Ubuntu, more and more packages are being built like this. The result is a potential compatibility nightmare.
Funny how two people can look at the same thing and see something different. My perspective was that; the result is a potential deprecation of Sarge and perhaps Debian itself.
I call this the race to Google. It is a test for how long it takes for a desktop machine to actually become useable. This is usually a better measure than the ambiguous "boots in x seconds", that we often see. Here is how to perform the test.
Take any modern linux distro you like and install it as a dual boot with Windows XP. Now time how long it takes from pressing <enter> in grub (or Lilo if you are so inclined) and when you can see the main Google page. Try this with both Linux and Windows XP using Firefox as the browser on both.
The results? So far I have tested SuSE, Fedora, Mandrake, Slackware, Ubuntu and yes even Gentoo and in ALL cases, Windows XP was able to access Google faster than Linux on the same machine.
Fellowes and others solved this problem a long time ago. These types of keyboard covers can be sterilized and placed over the keyboard. This is the same method that is used in operating rooms and dentist's offices for things like the light fixture. Strangely you can't pour bleach in those either. But putting sterile plastic bags over the handles, prior to each use, seems to work quite well.
Another possible solution, which I have far less faith in, is these Microban keyboards that Fellowes also sells. These are made with an anti-microbial coating that supposedly kills on contact. I really can't see it lasting and I am reasonably confident it is little more than a marketing ploy.
One thing is for sure. From the microbial aspect, keyboards in hospitals should be the least of your concerns. <shudder>Ever looked in the corner of an operating room? </shudder>
There it is, the reason that QoS on the internet does not exist and will not work. This router allows anyone, including clueless newbs, to easily establish QoS policies for their favorite game. Now, don't get me wrong, there is nothing inherently wrong with this but, what would it be like to have your internet phone call interrupted or preempted by some one else's fragfest? Or for that matter, I want to speed up my surfing so I set QoS priority for my port 80 traffic at the expense of your video stream.
The point is that it is just too easy to abuse QoS and therefore it won't be implemented on a global level. Not in its present incarnation, at least.
Just the implication of this terribly and inaccurately worded headline will be devastating to open source. This article is intentional flamebait. Zonk, please try to be a bit more responsible with the articles you post.
Regardless of what GPL 3.0 turns out to be, developers are not forced to use it. They can continue to use GPL 2 if they wish, just as they can choose to use a BSD license, Apache license, creative commons, or any other license of their choosing. Furthermore, software that has already been released under GPL 2 cannot be retracted, it remains available under GPL 2 forever.
Microsoft also proposes application manifests, which allow developers to define the permissions an application needs to operate properly
I recall a few years ago when all applications even MS Office came with this type of documentation so that Netware administrators could install the software and configure the "rights" properly.
I had recently encountered a few Windows applications where permissions were a problem and I was reminiscing about just that. Serendipity?
Start your own campaign! Yes, write your congress critter. Perhaps include a $20;) Fax all your congress critters. Advocate that everyone else call/write/fax them. Make it easy for everyone, have the contact information available perhaps pre printed. Start your own web site to inform the public and then get the public to visit somehow. Promise free porn or something. Post fliers everywhere you can. (Get permission from the property owners.) Contact your local papers and TV stations, see if you can get some equal time. Organize a protest/demonstration to get some media attention. Recruit celebrities to further your cause. Local celebs are good too, think car dealerships etc. Raise your voice and be heard! Keep it all legal, polite and don't be offensive to the general populace.
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I'd prefer the 50 megger with all the plugins that my users would likely need as well as all the necessary performance tweaks, proxy settings, policy settings and anything else I can't think of right this minute.
Oh, I'd also like it in the for of an MSI so that I can roll it out to 1,000 systems at a time via script or GPO.
You see there are users out there besides home users and their requirements are a little different than your own.
You do realize that most Cisco routers and switches these days do have at least an HTTP GUI built in. Then of course, there are the top-dollar "network management" applications like Cisco Works which in turn plug into Network Management Systems like Tivoli and Unicenter, all GUI. But, you knew that right.
Setting up extensions in asterisk is rather simple, once you know how to do it in Asterisk. But, if your more knowledgeable in Nortel's BCM GUI or their Meridian command line, you are likely to be lost with Asterisk and will appreciate having a GUI.
This Stratelite was on Slashdot nearly a year ago. They are now at a point of almost having a mockup built.
Sanswire has yet to get anything off the ground. Frankly this company and the flurry of press coverage smacks of venture capital investment scam, to me. There's a whole lot of hype and not much substance.
Yes, we did pooh pooh thisbefore.
It would seem that this company is rather adept at generating press coverage.
They are actually building this Hindengurg. If this thing so much as casts a shadow over my house, there will be hell to pay!
They bought paid licenses for DVD support and distribute closed/propertiary version. And you need to pay for it. So what exactly is your point?
The point is the SuSE/Novell have chosen to not pay for the license and there is no excuse for this. There is no DVD support in the paid-for version. There is simply no legal DVD playback support or MP3 encoding in SuSE. Yet little-ole Linspire was able to afford this "heavy" licensing fee and still ship its distro and DVD player for a lower price than SuSE 9.3.
This is particularly ironic since Novell just sent out a DVD bundled with their Connection magazine but SuSE can't leagally play that DVD.
It's actually quite easy -- Linspire just paid the DVD tax, just like Apple did.
Obviously, they paid for the license. Which is why I meant that there is no excuse for any commercial distribution to not also pay for the license. I don't expect Debian or Gentoo to pay for licenses but, if Linspire can afford it, surely Novell can.
So that's quite simple if you don't care about your OS not being redistributable.
Provided the the distribution vendor has paid for the license, there should be no issue with redistribution. Its not as if Novell isn't making any money on the distribution. They are charging nearly $100 for it. Linspire is only charging $50 for their distribution plus $10 for the DVD player if you are a member and $40 for non-members.
Can Linspire play DVDs? Why, yes. It can play DVD's. What's more, the Linsoire DVD player is Xine. Some how, little Linspire has managed to figure out how to legally play MP3's and DVD's.
If Linspire can do it, then there is no excuse for any commercial distro not to be able to play MP3s and DVDs. Just like real commercial distros such as Windows and OS X are capable of.
iptables -t filter -A INPUT -j MIRROR -m psd
Bring it! You 1337 h4x0r, you.
So the question arises, should countries, with their own values, be able to determine what content their people are exposed to? For example, can China declare communism is best, and ban all websites promoting capitalism? Can Iran declare western film evil, and ban all websites with western film content?
Yes! They can and they do. But, perhaps most inersting, is that their governments and laws are not swayed by the opinion of Slashdotters. Weird eh?
The following list of similarly functioning programs is in no particular order. Does anyone know the lineage?
m ba
BGInfo
Konfabulator
GKRealm
GKDesklets
Kara
When I can get one of these in the US for less than $100, then I will agree. Until then, there is more mass to be had before criticality.
And given the momentum behind Ubuntu, more and more packages are being built like this. The result is a potential compatibility nightmare.
Funny how two people can look at the same thing and see something different. My perspective was that; the result is a potential deprecation of Sarge and perhaps Debian itself.
Instead of submitting basic searches that leave you arduously parsing hundreds of results for your desired answer
Dude, stop searching for porn. I usually feel really lucky if my search produces more than a single page of results.
I've missed nothing. Perhaps you should re-read my post and see what you've missed.
Spare me. Please.
I call this the race to Google. It is a test for how long it takes for a desktop machine to actually become useable. This is usually a better measure than the ambiguous "boots in x seconds", that we often see. Here is how to perform the test.
Take any modern linux distro you like and install it as a dual boot with Windows XP. Now time how long it takes from pressing <enter> in grub (or Lilo if you are so inclined) and when you can see the main Google page. Try this with both Linux and Windows XP using Firefox as the browser on both.
The results? So far I have tested SuSE, Fedora, Mandrake, Slackware, Ubuntu and yes even Gentoo and in ALL cases, Windows XP was able to access Google faster than Linux on the same machine.
Fellowes and others solved this problem a long time ago. These types of keyboard covers can be sterilized and placed over the keyboard. This is the same method that is used in operating rooms and dentist's offices for things like the light fixture. Strangely you can't pour bleach in those either. But putting sterile plastic bags over the handles, prior to each use, seems to work quite well.
Another possible solution, which I have far less faith in, is these Microban keyboards that Fellowes also sells. These are made with an anti-microbial coating that supposedly kills on contact. I really can't see it lasting and I am reasonably confident it is little more than a marketing ploy.
One thing is for sure. From the microbial aspect, keyboards in hospitals should be the least of your concerns. <shudder>Ever looked in the corner of an operating room? </shudder>
There it is, the reason that QoS on the internet does not exist and will not work. This router allows anyone, including clueless newbs, to easily establish QoS policies for their favorite game. Now, don't get me wrong, there is nothing inherently wrong with this but, what would it be like to have your internet phone call interrupted or preempted by some one else's fragfest? Or for that matter, I want to speed up my surfing so I set QoS priority for my port 80 traffic at the expense of your video stream.
The point is that it is just too easy to abuse QoS and therefore it won't be implemented on a global level. Not in its present incarnation, at least.
So what's the problem?
First, it states that the recipient of the software (ie Yahoo, Google, me, you) may choose which version of the GPL they prefer.
Secondly, many of the major projects like the Linux Kernel, KDE, etc explicitly state GPL V2 only.
Just the implication of this terribly and inaccurately worded headline will be devastating to open source. This article is intentional flamebait. Zonk, please try to be a bit more responsible with the articles you post.
Regardless of what GPL 3.0 turns out to be, developers are not forced to use it. They can continue to use GPL 2 if they wish, just as they can choose to use a BSD license, Apache license, creative commons, or any other license of their choosing. Furthermore, software that has already been released under GPL 2 cannot be retracted, it remains available under GPL 2 forever.
My opinion will be heard, just like all the rest.
To the original poster: GET A LIFE!
Karma be damned. You are asking Slashdot about getting a refund for OEM pre-installed Windows on a laptop that you haven't even bought yet?
Get a life!
Microsoft also proposes application manifests, which allow developers to define the permissions an application needs to operate properly
I recall a few years ago when all applications even MS Office came with this type of documentation so that Netware administrators could install the software and configure the "rights" properly.
I had recently encountered a few Windows applications where permissions were a problem and I was reminiscing about just that. Serendipity?
Start your own campaign! ;)
Yes, write your congress critter. Perhaps include a $20
Fax all your congress critters.
Advocate that everyone else call/write/fax them.
Make it easy for everyone, have the contact information available perhaps pre printed.
Start your own web site to inform the public and then get the public to visit somehow. Promise free porn or something.
Post fliers everywhere you can. (Get permission from the property owners.)
Contact your local papers and TV stations, see if you can get some equal time.
Organize a protest/demonstration to get some media attention.
Recruit celebrities to further your cause.
Local celebs are good too, think car dealerships etc.
Raise your voice and be heard!
Keep it all legal, polite and don't be offensive to the general populace.
As a libertarian I'm generally against state governments spending tax dollars on services that people would otherwise pay for themselves, but...
since I would personally benefit in this particular case, I am perfectly willing to cast my libertarian principles aside.
So, what's the difference between you and the state congress critter that gives in to corporate lobbying?