There are still plenty of people who may need to wipe their existing Win98 PC and reinstall everything... they won't be willing to take the time to download the megs and megs of updates that exist for 98, even on broadband.
Not suprising given the fact that it takes about 8 hours and 15 reboots to download and install all updates and get a firewall plus virusscanner running.
Now for the people that want a faster solution, get yourself a simple router or configure your cable modem to do NAT keep the worms out, then get any browser you like as long as it ain't IE en any mailprog you like as long as it's name doesn't contain 'Outlook'.
Or better yet, install a decent linux distro...
Why? Yes, you double the change of data loss, but if that makes it 'too high' the change of dataloss was pretty high anyway. If you buy somewhat decent disks the your change of getting 2 disks that will run flawless for years is extremely high. But yes, you should not use raid 0 with disks that have a 10% failure rate, but you shouldn't be using those disks anyway...
Haven't we essentially just gone back to the ballot method, with the extra overhead of having to get a receipt from the machine first?
No, not really. This way you'd have an electronic election with a ballot-backup, so to speak. The whole counting can be done electronically but the ballot-backup provides a way to verify the electronic election. Verification can be done by taking samples wich provide sufficient trust the machines are working correctly. And should there be any doubt, failure or anything that makes the results untrustworthy a manual recount is allways possible.
Another thing i don't understand is the usage of touchscreens. I havn't seen them, but they seem to cause some confusion. Here, in holland we use machines with just an old fasioned lcd and a few rows of buttons for the different candidates. Press a button and the machine displays your intended vote, press the big red vote button and your vote is cast. That makes the voting process really simple and understandable even for 98 year old never seen a computer people...
ISP's should block outgoing traffic on port 25. This will stop massmailing zombies. Incomming traffic on port 25 is not a spam problem.
With that configuration you can perfectly run your own mailserver. It will recieve incomming mail just fine and can simply be configured to send all outgoing mail via the ISP's SMTP server. I guess that makes everybody happy.
(And don't whine about the the ISP's SMTP being unreliable, you pay for using this server so sue them or switch to an ISP that does deliver...)
Evidence? When I say "Red Hat" what do you think of first?
Linux company, one in a dozen, happens to be the biggest.
When I say "Novell" what do you think of first?
Technically superior, way underappreciated.
At least, thats what I think.
I feel Novell is technically better than RedHat. The application support and the customers just aren't there. Anyone who has used Novell seriously will agree that there is no equivalent to GroupWise, ZENWorks or eDirectory on the Linux platform and there are only lower quality alternatives for the windows platform. Bringing this to Linux could make Linux it a serious option for larger companies...
After selling 100 million songs, now welcome 100 million hits within 1 hour...
The story is just in and now allready i'm getting just 1KB/s from that site. Looks like they can't handle the load at the moment. Suprising, because, AFAIK, Akamai is hosting Apple.com.
As long as Mozilla is advertised as an secure alternative to IE problems like these have to be dealt with in Mozilla. Period.
Either you say it's a windows problem and announce running Mozilla on windows is dumb and insecure because the OS under it is insecure or you decide not to trust the OS on things like dealing with external protocols. You really can't have it both ways. Giving Windows user the advice to use Mozilla because it's secure and than telling the same user to go to hell because 'it's a windows problem' won't make you any friends.
Just al little extra info, the dutch minister says he won't retract his vote. The dutch parlement now might try to force him to do so, or send a letter to the commision to retract the vote. It's not yet clear how this is going to end. More info is available on Webwereld (dutch link, sorry).
It states, here's a site that will infect your machine if you are using IE, and yet still, people will go to check it out and get infected!
Where did you read about anybody using IE to check it out? Where did you read about getting infected?
Not sure about you, but i've got more ways of checking a website then just using IE...
I check these pages but i couldn't find anything strange or dangerous in there. There is same javascript, but i couldn't find anything malicious. Unless the site is cleaned since you've been there i doubt that it's a source of spyware...
I do a lot of 'duo-coding' simply because some problems get solved faster and better with four eyes then with two. Two people working a one PC can often outperform 3 people working alone, depending on what they are working on.
So a desk that is big enough to place two chairs behind it is a huge plus for me.
The point about the mouse and keyboards are very correct, and i whould like to add double points for a cordless mouse (and enough batteries).
Another important point for me is a place (preferably outside) to go to just to get away from the screen and take some distance from the work. The most difficult problems are solved away from the code, by looking at the problem from some distance.
The reason why forks are not dangerous is because people will still want to write "standard" Java code, no matter how many different strange Java-esque things there are.
Sure, just like people want to write website that follow the standard, like most linux apps work perfectly on any system as long is has the right libs in the correct version, the correct version of gcc, the correct kernel version and the right package manager, just like C(++) is write once compile everywhere and like SQL statements that work agains any database...
Klipper is really one of the best things of KDE imho. I use the clipboard a lot and frequently copy something while there is something in the clipboard I needed. Klipper solves this in a very nice way.
Plus the fact that dev board tend to ship with each and every piece of documentation you can find about a device including sample programs.
Another thing is the fact they tend to spacier wich makes it easier to access all the connectors.
# host -t mx aol.com.didtheyreadit.com aol.com.didtheyreadit.c om mail is handled by 10 mail.cluster1.didtheyreadit.com. host -t mx lsdkfjksdlfjklsdjf.didtheyreadit.com lsdkfjksdlfj klsdjf.didtheyreadit.com mail is handled by 10 mail.cluster1.didtheyreadit.com.
Now whould you like to pay for an email service that doesn't even have a fallback mailserver and is likely be busy handling mail for info@didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyre adit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com
# host -t mx didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit. com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com didtheyre adit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didth eyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com mail is handled by 10 mail.cluster1.didtheyreadit.com.
Tech support is horrible because the customers are letting it get horrible.
Excuse me? I've had several ISP's over the last year, the first one (dail-in) got some calls, all fixed within about 3 minutes. These guys just knew the answers to questions. The next ISP has been called very often, the reason is simple, stuf simply didn't work. The last one hasn't been called in the year i'm their customer, same simple reason, stuff simply works...
It's really that simple, don't sell crap. That will keep people away from your helpdesk more than anything else.
Well in the case of drunk driving you could just as well charge people with attempted murder IMHO.
Here in Holland you risk losing not just your license but also your car if you drive drunk or are caught speeding. People without a car are less likely to be found driving without license;)
So we have established the need then for MySQL to clean their licence up a bit??
True. I've heard so many versions about when you need a license and when not that it makes one thing perfectly clear, it unclear.
I mean, with so many interpretations bouncing around, their bound to lose money...
Well, i doubt that. A lot of bussinesses might you buy a license, just to be sure. Clearing the matter up might just be not in the interest of MySql A.B.
The server is licensed GPL, so anyone can download and install that. As soon as you modify the server you will need to release that changes, but you often would you want to have to maintain your own version af a database server... The client libs are where it get's interesting. These are mainly GPL, wich means you can't link closed-source software against them. Yet some of them are LGPL in wich case you can link your closed-source software against it.
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The screenshot is in dutch. Foto's is the only correct spelling here.
There are still plenty of people who may need to wipe their existing Win98 PC and reinstall everything... they won't be willing to take the time to download the megs and megs of updates that exist for 98, even on broadband.
Not suprising given the fact that it takes about 8 hours and 15 reboots to download and install all updates and get a firewall plus virusscanner running.
Now for the people that want a faster solution, get yourself a simple router or configure your cable modem to do NAT keep the worms out, then get any browser you like as long as it ain't IE en any mailprog you like as long as it's name doesn't contain 'Outlook'.
Or better yet, install a decent linux distro...
the chances of data-loss are too high.
Why? Yes, you double the change of data loss, but if that makes it 'too high' the change of dataloss was pretty high anyway. If you buy somewhat decent disks the your change of getting 2 disks that will run flawless for years is extremely high. But yes, you should not use raid 0 with disks that have a 10% failure rate, but you shouldn't be using those disks anyway...
Haven't we essentially just gone back to the ballot method, with the extra overhead of having to get a receipt from the machine first?
No, not really. This way you'd have an electronic election with a ballot-backup, so to speak. The whole counting can be done electronically but the ballot-backup provides a way to verify the electronic election. Verification can be done by taking samples wich provide sufficient trust the machines are working correctly. And should there be any doubt, failure or anything that makes the results untrustworthy a manual recount is allways possible.
Another thing i don't understand is the usage of touchscreens. I havn't seen them, but they seem to cause some confusion. Here, in holland we use machines with just an old fasioned lcd and a few rows of buttons for the different candidates. Press a button and the machine displays your intended vote, press the big red vote button and your vote is cast. That makes the voting process really simple and understandable even for 98 year old never seen a computer people...
Thank you for linking.
ISP's should block outgoing traffic on port 25. This will stop massmailing zombies. Incomming traffic on port 25 is not a spam problem.
With that configuration you can perfectly run your own mailserver. It will recieve incomming mail just fine and can simply be configured to send all outgoing mail via the ISP's SMTP server. I guess that makes everybody happy.
(And don't whine about the the ISP's SMTP being unreliable, you pay for using this server so sue them or switch to an ISP that does deliver...)
you mean u have a significant other and she doesn't let you see pr0n? wrong choice pal.
You mean you have a significant other and you still need to see porn? Wrong choice pal.
Evidence? When I say "Red Hat" what do you think of first?
Linux company, one in a dozen, happens to be the biggest.
When I say "Novell" what do you think of first?
Technically superior, way underappreciated.
At least, thats what I think.
I feel Novell is technically better than RedHat. The application support and the customers just aren't there. Anyone who has used Novell seriously will agree that there is no equivalent to GroupWise, ZENWorks or eDirectory on the Linux platform and there are only lower quality alternatives for the windows platform. Bringing this to Linux could make Linux it a serious option for larger companies...
After selling 100 million songs, now welcome 100 million hits within 1 hour...
The story is just in and now allready i'm getting just 1KB/s from that site. Looks like they can't handle the load at the moment. Suprising, because, AFAIK, Akamai is hosting Apple.com.
As long as Mozilla is advertised as an secure alternative to IE problems like these have to be dealt with in Mozilla. Period.
Either you say it's a windows problem and announce running Mozilla on windows is dumb and insecure because the OS under it is insecure or you decide not to trust the OS on things like dealing with external protocols. You really can't have it both ways. Giving Windows user the advice to use Mozilla because it's secure and than telling the same user to go to hell because 'it's a windows problem' won't make you any friends.
Just al little extra info, the dutch minister says he won't retract his vote. The dutch parlement now might try to force him to do so, or send a letter to the commision to retract the vote. It's not yet clear how this is going to end. More info is available on Webwereld (dutch link, sorry).
It states, here's a site that will infect your machine if you are using IE, and yet still, people will go to check it out and get infected!
Where did you read about anybody using IE to check it out? Where did you read about getting infected?
Not sure about you, but i've got more ways of checking a website then just using IE...
I check these pages but i couldn't find anything strange or dangerous in there. There is same javascript, but i couldn't find anything malicious. Unless the site is cleaned since you've been there i doubt that it's a source of spyware...
I do a lot of 'duo-coding' simply because some problems get solved faster and better with four eyes then with two. Two people working a one PC can often outperform 3 people working alone, depending on what they are working on.
So a desk that is big enough to place two chairs behind it is a huge plus for me.
The point about the mouse and keyboards are very correct, and i whould like to add double points for a cordless mouse (and enough batteries).
Another important point for me is a place (preferably outside) to go to just to get away from the screen and take some distance from the work. The most difficult problems are solved away from the code, by looking at the problem from some distance.
Just think about Intertrust vs. Microsoft (settled out of court).
Or just think Eolas vs. Microsoft... Eolas isn't a big company but managed to get a nice amount of cash out of MS with an invalid patent.
The reason why forks are not dangerous is because people will still want to write "standard" Java code, no matter how many different strange Java-esque things there are.
:)
Sure, just like people want to write website that follow the standard, like most linux apps work perfectly on any system as long is has the right libs in the correct version, the correct version of gcc, the correct kernel version and the right package manager, just like C(++) is write once compile everywhere and like SQL statements that work agains any database...
But, hey, one can allways dream
Klipper is really one of the best things of KDE imho. I use the clipboard a lot and frequently copy something while there is something in the clipboard I needed. Klipper solves this in a very nice way.
That isn't a link. This is...
And how about a link...
Plus the fact that dev board tend to ship with each and every piece of documentation you can find about a device including sample programs. Another thing is the fact they tend to spacier wich makes it easier to access all the connectors.
Now whould you like to pay for an email service that doesn't even have a fallback mailserver and is likely be busy handling mail for info@didtheyreadit.com.didtheyreadit.com.didtheyr
Tech support is horrible because the customers are letting it get horrible.
Excuse me? I've had several ISP's over the last year, the first one (dail-in) got some calls, all fixed within about 3 minutes. These guys just knew the answers to questions. The next ISP has been called very often, the reason is simple, stuf simply didn't work. The last one hasn't been called in the year i'm their customer, same simple reason, stuff simply works...
It's really that simple, don't sell crap. That will keep people away from your helpdesk more than anything else.
Well in the case of drunk driving you could just as well charge people with attempted murder IMHO.
;)
Here in Holland you risk losing not just your license but also your car if you drive drunk or are caught speeding. People without a car are less likely to be found driving without license
So we have established the need then for MySQL to clean their licence up a bit??
True. I've heard so many versions about when you need a license and when not that it makes one thing perfectly clear, it unclear.
I mean, with so many interpretations bouncing around, their bound to lose money...
Well, i doubt that. A lot of bussinesses might you buy a license, just to be sure. Clearing the matter up might just be not in the interest of MySql A.B.
The server is licensed GPL, so anyone can download and install that. As soon as you modify the server you will need to release that changes, but you often would you want to have to maintain your own version af a database server... The client libs are where it get's interesting. These are mainly GPL, wich means you can't link closed-source software against them. Yet some of them are LGPL in wich case you can link your closed-source software against it.
But it wan't the BBC that revealed the name of Dr. Kelly. That was the British Government, the BBC wouldn't have released it.
It's still dubious to, out of all news, pick this story to advertise form.