MSI packages are Microsoft's RPM. They are significant because Microsoft's and other companies' application deployment tools use it.
For example, I administer about 80 PCs in a school. First thing I need to do with a new application is to get it into MSI form becuase usually they come as executables. Some companies like Sun (Java) and Adobe (Acrobat Reader etc) provide tools that help you make your own package. They also aren't ready for multiuser systems where users are non-privileged. So a lot of work before I can deploy a new application.
Once they are in MSI form, I can stick them on a network share and tell all the PCs to install the programs on the next bootup. I don't have to go through 80 machines and install Firefox on every one.
Firefox comes as an executable or flat zip file. I've been working putting FF in an MSI lately and have had enough success to roll it out. There are plans to offer it as an MSI when it hits 1.0 final.
Another component they mention is group policies. You can configure IE centrally from a server, for instance now that I've deployed FF I've shut off "active scripting" (ECMAscript/Javascript/vbcript whatever) from all unknown sites. Not that it helps much because according to Secunia it's possible to circumvent IE's security zone settings due to a 7-month old unpatched security hole in IE. FF doesn't use the Windows registry so group policies are useless. Other means of enforcing settings are being developed, however.
Gartner finds Linux is not only a dangerous tool actively being used by terrorists to avoid detection, but a psychotrophic drug that causes terrorism, delinquency, malaria and AIDS.
Linux is also subverting good, honest children to criminal behaviour, communism and encouraging them to move to harder drugs such as Heavy Metal music. Not to mention occultism and role playing games.
Linux on an IBM mainframe is also less cost effective than Windows on a dual Xeon! Quick, in the Holy name of Redmond, call a priest and bring out the holy water!
RTFA
- Standard (free specs) raw format means you don't need to convert the stuff you camera puts on the memory card. "Digital Negative" is meant to reflect that it's a raw image straight off the lens
- Lossless unlike JPEG
I'm really uncomfortable with the words "banging against my nipples" conjuring a certain type of imagery, then realising that it written by a guy...:( I bet you did that on purpose. Damn you.
I used to get a 10.x.x.x address via DHCP from my ISP. However, my IP address appeared as a routable one when looking from the Internet. In other words, my 10.x.x.x address was mapped to a "real" address and I was able to run servers etc. They scrapped that and now I get a 80.x.x.x address via DHCP.
cos you know shit about install and deployment business and mumble about msi
Ummm... You obviously are well acquainted with Microsoft server products and Active Directory. Read up on IntelliMirror/GPO-based deployment and SMS, then tell me who's the n00b.
For my computer at home I prefer a straight binary with no installer crap, but for corporate deployment a multiuser-friendly MSI package is a must. It's the only thing I miss in FireFox. The point is to deploy FF from a server and have it working for low privilege users without them having to do any work.
There are some hacks about but I haven't managed to get it working in a satisfactory manner. I'd deploy it across the entire organisation (100 or so PCs) at the drop of a hat if I had a working MSI package. It's a school, too, so many accounts and users per machine.
That's a really cynical attitude. My guess is it's more to do with how teachers perceive students or young people as a threat to their authority. Really sad, but I know how it is. I've had to teach teenagers and it's a tough job.
Here in Europe we have a problem with disinterest in politics, but demonstrations and social action aren't generally thought of as a threat. The teachers at the British university I attended were really pleased when students seized an administrative building in protest against tuition fees. I guess it reminded them of the radical 60s.
You Yanks ought to demand proportional representation. It works well here in continental Europe. For all their democracy hoopla Yanks and Brits haven't got it as long as they stick to their first past the post electoral systems.:P
All states (countries) are at least nominally sovereign. That means they have the ultimate power in their jurisdiction, and no other country has any say in what they do.
This is the starting point in how international stuff works. Everything from there on is up to agreements and influence.
Not a bad point, considering we had exactly this kind of scandal a few days ago in Finland. This time the controls worked, but how often does telecoms information get misused unnoticed?
It seems everyone (myself included) thought hamster. I guess he meant hamburger, which took me a long time to figure out. The short space is to blame, perhaps.
OK, I'll bite. Bad punctuation on my part.
a) He was not impolite, i.e. his conduct was perfect
b) He wasn't imposing an arbitrary decision, i.e. he followed instructions
In other words, never mind the fact that this dude is a priest. The significant bit is that there is a law somewhere that is being used to restrict the use of WiFi.
Better?
Another good one is searching for copywrite phrases found on front pages of eBooks such as O'Reilly CD Bookshelves. People seem to put up their eBooks for their own convenience. OTOH publishers seem to be doing a bit of Googling of their own, as they tend to be taken down pretty soon. Nothing that a quick WGET won't handle...
The policeman's conduct was perfect, he followed orders. The real point here is a federal law that stops you from using WiFi outside, or the fact that it's interpreted that way.
I'm not sure how the UN was dragged into this. I'm pretty sure you aren't going to ask whether the UN is supporting specific pharmaceutical companies or mainstream medicine over alternative cures when it goes on a vaccination drive in Africa.
Mind you, I'm pretty sure they did have arguments over producing generic HIV drugs in developing countries.
Well, I read the article and I have a possible explanation for you. I suspect the reason is that Word files have no inline markers/tags where formatting changes happen. The article says "...a forest of gibberish at the beginning and end that represent these codes and pointers".
Obviously there should be nothing to stop one from reading the codes and pointers, then displaying the codes in the locations the pointers refer to. In fact a message above mentions exactly such a utility.
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MSI packages are Microsoft's RPM. They are significant because Microsoft's and other companies' application deployment tools use it.
For example, I administer about 80 PCs in a school. First thing I need to do with a new application is to get it into MSI form becuase usually they come as executables. Some companies like Sun (Java) and Adobe (Acrobat Reader etc) provide tools that help you make your own package. They also aren't ready for multiuser systems where users are non-privileged. So a lot of work before I can deploy a new application.
Once they are in MSI form, I can stick them on a network share and tell all the PCs to install the programs on the next bootup. I don't have to go through 80 machines and install Firefox on every one.
Firefox comes as an executable or flat zip file. I've been working putting FF in an MSI lately and have had enough success to roll it out. There are plans to offer it as an MSI when it hits 1.0 final.
Another component they mention is group policies. You can configure IE centrally from a server, for instance now that I've deployed FF I've shut off "active scripting" (ECMAscript/Javascript/vbcript whatever) from all unknown sites. Not that it helps much because according to Secunia it's possible to circumvent IE's security zone settings due to a 7-month old unpatched security hole in IE. FF doesn't use the Windows registry so group policies are useless. Other means of enforcing settings are being developed, however.
Gartner finds Linux is not only a dangerous tool actively being used by terrorists to avoid detection, but a psychotrophic drug that causes terrorism, delinquency, malaria and AIDS.
Linux is also subverting good, honest children to criminal behaviour, communism and encouraging them to move to harder drugs such as Heavy Metal music. Not to mention occultism and role playing games.
Linux on an IBM mainframe is also less cost effective than Windows on a dual Xeon! Quick, in the Holy name of Redmond, call a priest and bring out the holy water!
... And why couldn't they just standardize TIFF, which they already own.
RTFA - Standard (free specs) raw format means you don't need to convert the stuff you camera puts on the memory card. "Digital Negative" is meant to reflect that it's a raw image straight off the lens - Lossless unlike JPEG
Nice links. And here's some karma whoring (not that me needs it).
Creative people and projects:
- http://www.diyaudio.com/ (DIY audio equipment forum)
- http://sound.westhost.com/projects.htm (audio stuff schematics)
- http://headwize.com/projects/index.htm (DIY headphone stuff)
- http://www.hauptwerk.co.uk/pedalboard.html (DIY MIDI pedalboards, just add keyboards and software and you have a MIDI organ)
- http://www.diysubwoofers.org/ (what it says)
- http://www.plasmatweeter.de/eng_plasma.htm (DIY ionic tweeter)
Places to buy stuff:
- http://www.newark.com/ (major electronics retailer)
- http://www.mouser.com/ (major electronics retailer)
- http://www.tubesandmore.com/ (components for vintage electronics)
Getting stuff made:
- http://www.olimex.com/ (cheap PCBs)
I'm really uncomfortable with the words "banging against my nipples" conjuring a certain type of imagery, then realising that it written by a guy... :( I bet you did that on purpose. Damn you.
Excellent. Also, swap "change" for "transition".
It's not just DDOS or spamming. r00ting a network printer is excellent for corporate espionage or doing other nasty stuff. Few will suspect it.
I used to get a 10.x.x.x address via DHCP from my ISP. However, my IP address appeared as a routable one when looking from the Internet. In other words, my 10.x.x.x address was mapped to a "real" address and I was able to run servers etc. They scrapped that and now I get a 80.x.x.x address via DHCP.
IIRC they are pretty spammer-friendly.
cos you know shit about install and deployment business and mumble about msi
Ummm... You obviously are well acquainted with Microsoft server products and Active Directory. Read up on IntelliMirror/GPO-based deployment and SMS, then tell me who's the n00b.
For my computer at home I prefer a straight binary with no installer crap, but for corporate deployment a multiuser-friendly MSI package is a must. It's the only thing I miss in FireFox. The point is to deploy FF from a server and have it working for low privilege users without them having to do any work.
There are some hacks about but I haven't managed to get it working in a satisfactory manner. I'd deploy it across the entire organisation (100 or so PCs) at the drop of a hat if I had a working MSI package. It's a school, too, so many accounts and users per machine.
You could try setting the swap file size to a fixed size of 768MB (min and max sizes the same).
Just a suggestion.
That's a really cynical attitude. My guess is it's more to do with how teachers perceive students or young people as a threat to their authority. Really sad, but I know how it is. I've had to teach teenagers and it's a tough job.
:P
Here in Europe we have a problem with disinterest in politics, but demonstrations and social action aren't generally thought of as a threat. The teachers at the British university I attended were really pleased when students seized an administrative building in protest against tuition fees. I guess it reminded them of the radical 60s.
You Yanks ought to demand proportional representation. It works well here in continental Europe. For all their democracy hoopla Yanks and Brits haven't got it as long as they stick to their first past the post electoral systems.
All states (countries) are at least nominally sovereign. That means they have the ultimate power in their jurisdiction, and no other country has any say in what they do.
:D
This is the starting point in how international stuff works. Everything from there on is up to agreements and influence.
upside, BA International Relations
Sorry I'm duping my earlier comment but this may be relevant.
Not a bad point, considering we had exactly this kind of scandal a few days ago in Finland. This time the controls worked, but how often does telecoms information get misused unnoticed?
They seem to imply something like what you suggest with "You might win some cash. You might wind up changing the world at Google yourself"
It seems everyone (myself included) thought hamster. I guess he meant hamburger, which took me a long time to figure out. The short space is to blame, perhaps.
OK, I'll bite. Bad punctuation on my part. a) He was not impolite, i.e. his conduct was perfect b) He wasn't imposing an arbitrary decision, i.e. he followed instructions In other words, never mind the fact that this dude is a priest. The significant bit is that there is a law somewhere that is being used to restrict the use of WiFi. Better?
RTFA. May I quote?
..."but it's a new law, sir; 'theft of signal"...
"Is this a state law?" I asked.
"It's a federal law, sir; a Secret Service agent came and explained it to us."
Another good one is searching for copywrite phrases found on front pages of eBooks such as O'Reilly CD Bookshelves. People seem to put up their eBooks for their own convenience. OTOH publishers seem to be doing a bit of Googling of their own, as they tend to be taken down pretty soon. Nothing that a quick WGET won't handle...
The policeman's conduct was perfect, he followed orders. The real point here is a federal law that stops you from using WiFi outside, or the fact that it's interpreted that way.
I'm not sure how the UN was dragged into this. I'm pretty sure you aren't going to ask whether the UN is supporting specific pharmaceutical companies or mainstream medicine over alternative cures when it goes on a vaccination drive in Africa. Mind you, I'm pretty sure they did have arguments over producing generic HIV drugs in developing countries.
Well, I read the article and I have a possible explanation for you. I suspect the reason is that Word files have no inline markers/tags where formatting changes happen. The article says "...a forest of gibberish at the beginning and end that represent these codes and pointers".
Obviously there should be nothing to stop one from reading the codes and pointers, then displaying the codes in the locations the pointers refer to. In fact a message above mentions exactly such a utility.