That 10-15 years is only on burned media. But I'll tell you, I have plenty of CD-R's that I made in 1996 and they all work great, so maybe there's a huge variation between who made the discs?
Either way, tapes aren't that fantastic either. Currently, the best way to archive data for the long term is to keep it on live, spinning disks in RAID sets. As the disks fail, you replace them, and you have your data perpetually available; and it's online, too.
How many have really used group policies? I'd hope anyone in a Windows domain environment would rely heavily on group policy.
It's one of the major weaknesses of Linux in a corporate environment. There's no GOOD centralized authentication and policy system.
While Ubuntu is inherently more secure the Windows, there's no way to enforce specific security/settings/behavior of machines on your network.
As a system administrator, we need to be able to enforce configuration on any workstations pluged into our network with a minimal amount of effort. With Windows XP, Active Directory and Group Policy, we can join a machine to the network, move it's object into the proper organizational unit, and every aspect of our established security and configuration is applied to that machine. Software gets installed, system is locked down, and everything is set up.
Linux is your answer, but it can't be my answer until I can get some of that functionality I get with Windows domains. I don't need it to be perfect, but we need a start.
Most "foreign" cars are still built here in the USA. Nissan, Toyota, Honda, etc. Besides that, cars sold in the US are designed for US drivers. They make different cars for other countries. Your claim that your car wasn't American is false in pretty much every way.
Almost no cars sold in the US have ash trays these days, and many can't even get one as an option anymore. You might be able to find an after-market one, but who knows.
Sure, smokers should definitely dispose of butts appropriately, but realistically our society won't do something out of their way to make sure they do something right. Cars not having ash trays as standard equipment is a mistake.
I think that as far as corporations go, Sun is all right. They are in it to make money, and along they way they've given a lot of stuff to the computer industry.
They've pretty much had a good track record with the quality of their hardware, and Solaris quite possibly "saved" UNIX in a time when the competition was making serious pushes into the Data Center.
It really does irk me how bad they get bashed on certain forums (like Slashdot) because they're not one of the bad guys.
That's exactly what I've found as well. But it's not just calendaring. It's mailbox sharing, it's instant mail notifications, and it's centralized mail storage. All of these things are provided as basic functionality of Groupwise, Exchange, and Notes/Domino. NO open source project/package has these.
POP/IMAP are fine for very small businesses, and GMail is okay for individuals. But neither are appropriate in even a small/medium sized business. People want to share calendars, mailboxes, and they want it backed up centrally.
Yea, that's what I've been seeing - use Sharepoint. But Sharepoint is a whole 'nother beast. I think they should have improved the functionality of Public Folders. Sharepoint can't do a lot of things that PF's can, and Sharepoint itself is a bit of a pain in the ass.
It's going to seriously slow the adoption of E2k7 because many companies really use them. One company I contracted at a couple years ago had over 25,000 public folders, many of which were used daily.
Outlook integration isn't quite as seamless as it could be; you still have to link folders to Sharepoints, etc.
Fact: Programmers are not janitors. Fact: Programmers are almost always compensated very well. (Where the shit don't they?) Fact: Who cares about "lives of programmers outside of the code" in this context
Programmers get paid. You're a retard if you think it's all developed for free.
I don't find OpenOffice to be total garbage and full of bugs any more then the alternatives.
You put your bullshit out there like it's fact because you must be paid by Microsoft, or you must have a vested interest in closed-source.
It's probably Microsoft doing this; another stab at something good - Non-Profit companies, Open Source/Linux... They funded the shit out of SCO even though they had no case, and they're probably funding these guys. And even after it all comes to light, the Digg fanboys will STILL love Microsoft.
No, not really. The "War on Drugs" was made up by some guy wanting more power. The whole idea was based on Cannabis, which they coined as "Marijuana" in the US because they thought it sounded more Mexican and therefore "bad."
I have to disagree that "most people don't know or don't care about the RIAA tactics." Everyone seems to know about kids getting sued, and everyone is pretty annoyed by the whole thing.
Try to think of one person you know that isn't aware of the RIAA's lawsuit campaign. Then ask them, and you'll probably be surprised.
I find that the one thing missing from most games these days is co-operative network play. You should be able to play the single-player game with a few friends, co-operatively.
I like co-op modes, it's relaxing and you can come up with neat ways to get things done. Shit, I mean even Doom had co-op modes and maps where you needed two or more players to do things at once to end the map.
You do understand that the Twin Towers barely even shook when the gigantic, heavy, full-of-fuel jet airliners smashed into them, right? It was the wings full of fuel that did the buildings in; I'd go so far as to say that if you throw a stripped down Toyota with a 16 gallon tank (about what this is) at a tall building, it will just go "smash" and that's it. Replace a few windows, redo some sheet-rock, and you're good to go.
It's funny that a long time ago, maybe 1998, I had linux boxes set up on my cable modem. I noticed several times that somehow people were able to crack in and install software like eggdrops and such. I eventually got a little better at security and stopped them. But the attacks themselves seemed to taper down over the years; most focus on Windows boxes.
However, I've seen an increase lately. None of them successful on my systems thankfully, but it's on the rise. I think it's mostly just more script kiddies but then again, someone's got to write 'em..
"The weight requirement is on the whole bloody system you nitwit"
Hey man, we're just talking, chill the fuck out.
"Oh joy, you're an armchair critic to boot."
Nope, he's just talking. Why are you jumping on his ass so hard?
"In summary, learn something about engineering, robots and mars before attempting to talk about any of them in the future."
Again, what the fuck, dude? Are you one of those pricks that polices slashdot, looking for people to insult? Are you one of those people that insists you must have a PHD to contribute to a slashdot discussion?
There's no issue with discussion here, but there's no reason to be an asshole about it.
Well, no, they weren't *supposed* to keep on working. (Should I have put that in caps, too?) It was just dumb luck that somehow the dust kept getting cleared off, and after this dust storm the two up there now might not work good enough to use ever again.
The first two rovers cost a billion dollars combined when you factor in the launch costs. This is something I'd hope they're working on a solution for, so they don't have to keep sending up $500 million disposable robots.
While I'm sure there's plenty of people working on these things that know a hell of a lot more then I do, I've never been satisfactorily explained why you can't wipe dust off of a panel of glass?
They sent the damned thing to mars - you'd think they'd be able to adapt a wiper to work on it.
You're right, and at this point maybe we're at a saturation point with open source software, and the GPL doesn't matter as much, but I don't think we're quite there yet.
You gotta believe that if it weren't for the GPL forcing big business to play nice with the code, UNIX and Open Source in general wouldn't be where it is today; and we wouldn't have a viable alternative to Windows.
The GPL isn't a magic bullet but it's sure helped move things along. In a perfect world, it wouldn't be necessary, but..
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That 10-15 years is only on burned media. But I'll tell you, I have plenty of CD-R's that I made in 1996 and they all work great, so maybe there's a huge variation between who made the discs?
Either way, tapes aren't that fantastic either. Currently, the best way to archive data for the long term is to keep it on live, spinning disks in RAID sets. As the disks fail, you replace them, and you have your data perpetually available; and it's online, too.
$30 for 700GB isn't cheap enough I guess.
Not that it'll EVER be released for that low, but sheesh, 700GB for $30 would be a miracle.
I actually thought the record labels DID pay, at least in an indirect way, to get their music played on the Radio.
What a warped sense of business these AA's have..
How many have really used group policies? I'd hope anyone in a Windows domain environment would rely heavily on group policy.
It's one of the major weaknesses of Linux in a corporate environment. There's no GOOD centralized authentication and policy system.
While Ubuntu is inherently more secure the Windows, there's no way to enforce specific security/settings/behavior of machines on your network.
As a system administrator, we need to be able to enforce configuration on any workstations pluged into our network with a minimal amount of effort. With Windows XP, Active Directory and Group Policy, we can join a machine to the network, move it's object into the proper organizational unit, and every aspect of our established security and configuration is applied to that machine. Software gets installed, system is locked down, and everything is set up.
Linux is your answer, but it can't be my answer until I can get some of that functionality I get with Windows domains. I don't need it to be perfect, but we need a start.
It wasn't me =)
Most "foreign" cars are still built here in the USA. Nissan, Toyota, Honda, etc. Besides that, cars sold in the US are designed for US drivers. They make different cars for other countries. Your claim that your car wasn't American is false in pretty much every way.
Almost no cars sold in the US have ash trays these days, and many can't even get one as an option anymore. You might be able to find an after-market one, but who knows.
Sure, smokers should definitely dispose of butts appropriately, but realistically our society won't do something out of their way to make sure they do something right. Cars not having ash trays as standard equipment is a mistake.
I think that as far as corporations go, Sun is all right. They are in it to make money, and along they way they've given a lot of stuff to the computer industry.
They've pretty much had a good track record with the quality of their hardware, and Solaris quite possibly "saved" UNIX in a time when the competition was making serious pushes into the Data Center.
It really does irk me how bad they get bashed on certain forums (like Slashdot) because they're not one of the bad guys.
That's exactly what I've found as well. But it's not just calendaring. It's mailbox sharing, it's instant mail notifications, and it's centralized mail storage. All of these things are provided as basic functionality of Groupwise, Exchange, and Notes/Domino. NO open source project/package has these.
POP/IMAP are fine for very small businesses, and GMail is okay for individuals. But neither are appropriate in even a small/medium sized business. People want to share calendars, mailboxes, and they want it backed up centrally.
You actually think that Sony is going to go out of business in "3 to 5 years" because of the dumb thing they did with the root kit?
Are you out of your mind, or are you REALLY that ignorant?
dude.. Dude.. DUDE!!! Like, oh my god. WOW! You're THAT AWESOME!
Thanks for sharing!
Yea, that's what I've been seeing - use Sharepoint. But Sharepoint is a whole 'nother beast. I think they should have improved the functionality of Public Folders. Sharepoint can't do a lot of things that PF's can, and Sharepoint itself is a bit of a pain in the ass.
It's going to seriously slow the adoption of E2k7 because many companies really use them. One company I contracted at a couple years ago had over 25,000 public folders, many of which were used daily.
Outlook integration isn't quite as seamless as it could be; you still have to link folders to Sharepoints, etc.
I haven't found much, either. It's either some half-done web-based solution or it's got seriously missing features.
Evolution works great with Exchange; all they need now is to create their own back-end =)
PS. Public folders have gone away in Exchange 2007; big mistake if you ask me. It was a selling point for Exchange.
Greetings, Microsoft Shill!
Fact: Programmers are not janitors.
Fact: Programmers are almost always compensated very well. (Where the shit don't they?)
Fact: Who cares about "lives of programmers outside of the code" in this context
Programmers get paid. You're a retard if you think it's all developed for free.
I don't find OpenOffice to be total garbage and full of bugs any more then the alternatives.
You put your bullshit out there like it's fact because you must be paid by Microsoft, or you must have a vested interest in closed-source.
It's probably Microsoft doing this; another stab at something good - Non-Profit companies, Open Source/Linux... They funded the shit out of SCO even though they had no case, and they're probably funding these guys. And even after it all comes to light, the Digg fanboys will STILL love Microsoft.
And I'm also thinking of buying a Castle in Scotland, a Ferrari Enzo, and a gold plated swimming pool.
Doesn't mean I can or will do any of it, though.
"the war on drugs is the remnants of prohibition"
No, not really. The "War on Drugs" was made up by some guy wanting more power. The whole idea was based on Cannabis, which they coined as "Marijuana" in the US because they thought it sounded more Mexican and therefore "bad."
I have to disagree that "most people don't know or don't care about the RIAA tactics." Everyone seems to know about kids getting sued, and everyone is pretty annoyed by the whole thing.
Try to think of one person you know that isn't aware of the RIAA's lawsuit campaign. Then ask them, and you'll probably be surprised.
I find that the one thing missing from most games these days is co-operative network play. You should be able to play the single-player game with a few friends, co-operatively.
I like co-op modes, it's relaxing and you can come up with neat ways to get things done. Shit, I mean even Doom had co-op modes and maps where you needed two or more players to do things at once to end the map.
You do understand that the Twin Towers barely even shook when the gigantic, heavy, full-of-fuel jet airliners smashed into them, right? It was the wings full of fuel that did the buildings in; I'd go so far as to say that if you throw a stripped down Toyota with a 16 gallon tank (about what this is) at a tall building, it will just go "smash" and that's it. Replace a few windows, redo some sheet-rock, and you're good to go.
It's funny that a long time ago, maybe 1998, I had linux boxes set up on my cable modem. I noticed several times that somehow people were able to crack in and install software like eggdrops and such. I eventually got a little better at security and stopped them. But the attacks themselves seemed to taper down over the years; most focus on Windows boxes.
However, I've seen an increase lately. None of them successful on my systems thankfully, but it's on the rise. I think it's mostly just more script kiddies but then again, someone's got to write 'em..
Ohh, you "rather enjoyed" the "coup de grace" huh? Did you decide that over a cup of tea?
And I never said "nitwit" - he did. I called him an asshole for being just that.
"The weight requirement is on the whole bloody system you nitwit"
Hey man, we're just talking, chill the fuck out.
"Oh joy, you're an armchair critic to boot."
Nope, he's just talking. Why are you jumping on his ass so hard?
"In summary, learn something about engineering, robots and mars before attempting to talk about any of them in the future."
Again, what the fuck, dude? Are you one of those pricks that polices slashdot, looking for people to insult? Are you one of those people that insists you must have a PHD to contribute to a slashdot discussion?
There's no issue with discussion here, but there's no reason to be an asshole about it.
Really, get a life.
Well, no, they weren't *supposed* to keep on working. (Should I have put that in caps, too?) It was just dumb luck that somehow the dust kept getting cleared off, and after this dust storm the two up there now might not work good enough to use ever again.
The first two rovers cost a billion dollars combined when you factor in the launch costs. This is something I'd hope they're working on a solution for, so they don't have to keep sending up $500 million disposable robots.
While I'm sure there's plenty of people working on these things that know a hell of a lot more then I do, I've never been satisfactorily explained why you can't wipe dust off of a panel of glass?
They sent the damned thing to mars - you'd think they'd be able to adapt a wiper to work on it.
You're right, and at this point maybe we're at a saturation point with open source software, and the GPL doesn't matter as much, but I don't think we're quite there yet.
You gotta believe that if it weren't for the GPL forcing big business to play nice with the code, UNIX and Open Source in general wouldn't be where it is today; and we wouldn't have a viable alternative to Windows.
The GPL isn't a magic bullet but it's sure helped move things along. In a perfect world, it wouldn't be necessary, but..