I agree - NDS is great. It's more simple, more flexible, and faster then Active Directory.
There used to be some serious advantages to using Netware - very stable, and all remotely managable.
Enter: Netware 5. It's this dog of a patch that sits on top of old 4.11. They haven't updated any of the client admin tools. They added all this crap Java stuff to the console of the server. The IPX/IP compatibility stuff stinks. The system is less stable.
They've managed to clean shit up a little with 6.0+ but it's still crap.
But that's not to say that their Linux offerings are bad, or that the company is bad. I think Novell has the potential to be real competition for the business desktop environment.
I kinda do too. Maybe it's the skin I've used for so long. It's very stable for me, whereas I've had some issues with Firefox, surprisingly.
Firefox just 'feels' different. But I do use it, at work too. They're both very good but the trend is towards Firefox and that's where the new features will be focused.
Not really. While I've heard of a bar being sued for letting someone get too intoxicated, it's extremely rare for the state to go after the bar every time a DUI crash occurs.
It wasn't a great example but if you're not trying to be a nerd it works.
They provide a service. If a court ordered them to take the photos down, they'd do it right away. They aren't responsible for what other people do with the web space any more then a Bar is responsible for drunk driving.
But they just have this woman sending in e-mails. She should have sued her ex-whatever instead.
"It's my opinion that the prosecution are encouraging this confusion in an attempt to vilify the defendant, to gloss over that fact that their only other evidence is the word of a nine-year-old girl."
This is what's so frightening about the legal system.
I'm a fairly stand-up guy, I try to do what's right and just go about my life. But all it would take is one 9 year old to say I was a child pornographer and I'd be locked up without a key in the mind of the public - with judges that will allow such ridiculous "evidence" into the court room.
While I'm not in a position that this would ever happen, some people are. A swim coach at my old high school got convicted of raping students, only to have the truth come out two years later that it was all just a lie. He was released, but he'll never get the two years back.
I hate child pornography and obviously rape should be punished firmly. But it's a farse that people get convicted of such crimes every single day with testimony only, no evidence.
Perhaps so, but the Sidekick appears to be mostly a "Snap Together" device with a couple support screws so it won't bust apart into a hundred peices when you drop it.
I am usually optimistic about things, but lately when it comes to the descisions of the US government, it's very hard.
I'd like to believe that the reason the RealID will exist is because it just streamlines the whole thing. I mean, sure, if it saves money in the end and it makes trips to the local DMV less frequent, I'm all for it.
And maybe that IS the intent. For now. But when we roll-over and accept these new systems without questioning them, especially ones that have the potential to be a huge violation of privacy, it's a big problem.
At least not everyone in power is a mindless minion of big business. After all, the broadcast flag thing didn't happen.
"What argument are you attempting to make. Are you saying that if you're a child pornographer that you should be allowed to continue your actions just so long as you encrypt the result so it's private?"
Of course not, but you did manage to prove my point.
The sidekick has a big problem in that the battery is not removable. However, my sidekick lasts two days of regular use (several calls, usually short, sometimes an hour or so) and it charges from dead empty in less then 60 minutes.
But I still hate the thing because you can't install your own programs without applying for a special developer key, which you can only get if you submit your programs to Danger *before* getting the key. (they have a windows-based dev tool you can use to write programs.)
The sidekick is a closed system. In order to install your own apps with the USB port you have to "prove" you're a developer by uploading them your sidekick programs.
Otherwise, it's freaking $10 for a lame SSH client, $4 for each of their *terrible* downloadable ring-tones, and $4 - $10 for each little game.
I was excited when I got it because I would be able to install all sorts of fun little applets that people make. But you can't.
Some of us like this little thing called PRIVACY. It's something that you get less and less of these days and it's only going to get worse. RFID national ID cards, bias against encryption, tracking databases, no travel without ID..
The excuse is always "If you're not hiding anything you don't have anything to worry about." I don't know what these people are afraid of. Why can't I go about my life without being tracked? Why is it a bad thing that I want to encrypt my communications?
A 12 year old can figure out that if one wanted to commit a crime, all these things won't help any. So obviously that can't be the reason.
I have Cox cable, and thus Cox "High Speed Internet." There are no other cable providers for the State of Rhode Island.
They block inbound 25, 21, 80, 443, 53U/T, among others. But they also block outbound 25.
If you want these restrictions removed, you can pay more. But it's not a nominal fee. For the same speed, same "no guarentee" service, with only ONE static IP address, I have to use their business service at $120/mo. Versus the $30/mo I pay now.
I think if you request it, they should open the ports. But almost all consumer-class Internet service has a "no server" policy so they don't give a fuck.
Eventually I see most ISP's restricting subscribers to web browsing and known game ports. Windows vulnerabilities and crappy admins cause all of this, and it really makes one frown.
I wish I wasn't 14,000ft from the CO (not to mention the fiber run somewhere in there) so I could get DSL. I could get much better service with DSL with more options because of the competition in that area.
Yea, me too. Although I didn't throw away the Commodore 64 - that's with me for life.
The old machines just take up too much space, suck power, and don't serve any purpose.
That's why I like emulators so much. Old computer emulators have gotten really great, including the "dosbox" emulator - it even plays most of the old DOS demos. The Amiga emulator WinUAE is nearing perfection too.
While these "drives" may be cool and use less power, 16GB ain't that much space and it'll be a lot more expensive then a normal drive in any decent capacity.
But even still, until they fix some of the inherent problems with flash memory (limited number of writes, etc) I won't feel too comfortable with one of these. But, then again, it'll be a lot less likely to crash if you drop it, and these will be silent.
Decent idea for low profile notebooks, but not a platter-based HDD replacement by far.
Intel is quite capable of producing other chips besides x86. Who knows? Maybe it could be a branch from Itanium. Or something new altogether. Or a type of Intel PowerPC chip. Macs are a pretty closed system - meaning, Apple runs the show with hardware and OS. Because of this, they have the ability to integrate support for completely different things like CPU's into their OS seamlessly. Maybe emulation layers would be slower, but they would work. Well, mostly.
So who knows. My guess at this point is that the whole article is likely bogus. One of those "we'll see what happens" type deals.
The encryption itself isn't the threat, it's the "what if someone breaks the encryption and walks around times square on a friday night with a card reader?" thing.
If every bank card or credit card turned into one of these remotely readable cards, and that happened, we'd all be in a world of shit.
So why put ourselves in this situation? As a consumer, I don't want it. But I can easily see how any merchant would welcome the idea of making purchases so much faster and easier..
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the same enclosure I got was also available in Firewire for about the same price. The version with both is a bit more expensive.
I believe firewire performs better with hard disks and other streaming type devices. IEEE1394 is much like a serial SCSI implimentation. I went with USB because every computer I use has it, whereas only my main workstations at home have firewire.
If it had been up to me, I'd have picked Firewire for everything and ditched the USB stuff completely. The peer-to-peer abilities of Firewire make it a lot more versatile.
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I agree - NDS is great. It's more simple, more flexible, and faster then Active Directory.
There used to be some serious advantages to using Netware - very stable, and all remotely managable.
Enter: Netware 5. It's this dog of a patch that sits on top of old 4.11. They haven't updated any of the client admin tools. They added all this crap Java stuff to the console of the server. The IPX/IP compatibility stuff stinks. The system is less stable.
They've managed to clean shit up a little with 6.0+ but it's still crap.
But that's not to say that their Linux offerings are bad, or that the company is bad. I think Novell has the potential to be real competition for the business desktop environment.
Or, just plain guessing..
How many more people are going to forget how to read and think it's the wrong drug?
You're only about the 60th person so far, so at least you're not the only asshat.
I kinda do too. Maybe it's the skin I've used for so long. It's very stable for me, whereas I've had some issues with Firefox, surprisingly.
Firefox just 'feels' different. But I do use it, at work too. They're both very good but the trend is towards Firefox and that's where the new features will be focused.
Not really. While I've heard of a bar being sued for letting someone get too intoxicated, it's extremely rare for the state to go after the bar every time a DUI crash occurs.
It wasn't a great example but if you're not trying to be a nerd it works.
I demand that slashdot remove your post! I demand it!
Hmm... it's not being removed. GIVE ME 3 Million dollars!!
They provide a service. If a court ordered them to take the photos down, they'd do it right away. They aren't responsible for what other people do with the web space any more then a Bar is responsible for drunk driving.
But they just have this woman sending in e-mails. She should have sued her ex-whatever instead.
"It's my opinion that the prosecution are encouraging this confusion in an attempt to vilify the defendant, to gloss over that fact that their only other evidence is the word of a nine-year-old girl."
This is what's so frightening about the legal system.
I'm a fairly stand-up guy, I try to do what's right and just go about my life. But all it would take is one 9 year old to say I was a child pornographer and I'd be locked up without a key in the mind of the public - with judges that will allow such ridiculous "evidence" into the court room.
While I'm not in a position that this would ever happen, some people are. A swim coach at my old high school got convicted of raping students, only to have the truth come out two years later that it was all just a lie. He was released, but he'll never get the two years back.
I hate child pornography and obviously rape should be punished firmly. But it's a farse that people get convicted of such crimes every single day with testimony only, no evidence.
Perhaps so, but the Sidekick appears to be mostly a "Snap Together" device with a couple support screws so it won't bust apart into a hundred peices when you drop it.
I am usually optimistic about things, but lately when it comes to the descisions of the US government, it's very hard.
I'd like to believe that the reason the RealID will exist is because it just streamlines the whole thing. I mean, sure, if it saves money in the end and it makes trips to the local DMV less frequent, I'm all for it.
And maybe that IS the intent. For now. But when we roll-over and accept these new systems without questioning them, especially ones that have the potential to be a huge violation of privacy, it's a big problem.
At least not everyone in power is a mindless minion of big business. After all, the broadcast flag thing didn't happen.
"What argument are you attempting to make. Are you saying that if you're a child pornographer that you should be allowed to continue your actions just so long as you encrypt the result so it's private?"
Of course not, but you did manage to prove my point.
Thanks.
The sidekick has a big problem in that the battery is not removable. However, my sidekick lasts two days of regular use (several calls, usually short, sometimes an hour or so) and it charges from dead empty in less then 60 minutes.
But I still hate the thing because you can't install your own programs without applying for a special developer key, which you can only get if you submit your programs to Danger *before* getting the key. (they have a windows-based dev tool you can use to write programs.)
The sidekick is a closed system. In order to install your own apps with the USB port you have to "prove" you're a developer by uploading them your sidekick programs.
Otherwise, it's freaking $10 for a lame SSH client, $4 for each of their *terrible* downloadable ring-tones, and $4 - $10 for each little game.
I was excited when I got it because I would be able to install all sorts of fun little applets that people make. But you can't.
I agree with you. It's bullshit.
Some of us like this little thing called PRIVACY. It's something that you get less and less of these days and it's only going to get worse. RFID national ID cards, bias against encryption, tracking databases, no travel without ID..
The excuse is always "If you're not hiding anything you don't have anything to worry about." I don't know what these people are afraid of. Why can't I go about my life without being tracked? Why is it a bad thing that I want to encrypt my communications?
A 12 year old can figure out that if one wanted to commit a crime, all these things won't help any. So obviously that can't be the reason.
Bah. People suck.
I have Cox cable, and thus Cox "High Speed Internet." There are no other cable providers for the State of Rhode Island.
They block inbound 25, 21, 80, 443, 53U/T, among others. But they also block outbound 25.
If you want these restrictions removed, you can pay more. But it's not a nominal fee. For the same speed, same "no guarentee" service, with only ONE static IP address, I have to use their business service at $120/mo. Versus the $30/mo I pay now.
I think if you request it, they should open the ports. But almost all consumer-class Internet service has a "no server" policy so they don't give a fuck.
Eventually I see most ISP's restricting subscribers to web browsing and known game ports. Windows vulnerabilities and crappy admins cause all of this, and it really makes one frown.
I wish I wasn't 14,000ft from the CO (not to mention the fiber run somewhere in there) so I could get DSL. I could get much better service with DSL with more options because of the competition in that area.
I'm curious.
Yea, me too. Although I didn't throw away the Commodore 64 - that's with me for life.
The old machines just take up too much space, suck power, and don't serve any purpose.
That's why I like emulators so much. Old computer emulators have gotten really great, including the "dosbox" emulator - it even plays most of the old DOS demos. The Amiga emulator WinUAE is nearing perfection too.
While these "drives" may be cool and use less power, 16GB ain't that much space and it'll be a lot more expensive then a normal drive in any decent capacity.
But even still, until they fix some of the inherent problems with flash memory (limited number of writes, etc) I won't feel too comfortable with one of these. But, then again, it'll be a lot less likely to crash if you drop it, and these will be silent.
Decent idea for low profile notebooks, but not a platter-based HDD replacement by far.
We all know that there's only one stable wormhole in the galaxy, near a planet called "Bejor."
Intel is quite capable of producing other chips besides x86. Who knows? Maybe it could be a branch from Itanium. Or something new altogether. Or a type of Intel PowerPC chip. Macs are a pretty closed system - meaning, Apple runs the show with hardware and OS. Because of this, they have the ability to integrate support for completely different things like CPU's into their OS seamlessly. Maybe emulation layers would be slower, but they would work. Well, mostly.
So who knows. My guess at this point is that the whole article is likely bogus. One of those "we'll see what happens" type deals.
The encryption itself isn't the threat, it's the "what if someone breaks the encryption and walks around times square on a friday night with a card reader?" thing.
If every bank card or credit card turned into one of these remotely readable cards, and that happened, we'd all be in a world of shit.
So why put ourselves in this situation? As a consumer, I don't want it. But I can easily see how any merchant would welcome the idea of making purchases so much faster and easier..
By the time we can get our hands on these things they'll have 500GB discs.
Why is it that comments like this are almost always posted by AC?
You Karma bitch. Why don't you take the good with the bad?
You can't even put the mouse in the window to scroll without all those damned little ad popup things when you hover over a link.
Blah, I hate that crap.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the same enclosure I got was also available in Firewire for about the same price. The version with both is a bit more expensive.
I believe firewire performs better with hard disks and other streaming type devices. IEEE1394 is much like a serial SCSI implimentation. I went with USB because every computer I use has it, whereas only my main workstations at home have firewire.
If it had been up to me, I'd have picked Firewire for everything and ditched the USB stuff completely. The peer-to-peer abilities of Firewire make it a lot more versatile.