And what about all these up and coming standards like 'n'? With 'n', you'd have far less deployments to worry about (increased distance), and improved bandwidth. Investment in old tech is what you get when you let Gov't handle (botch) something like this.
By the time it gets through 800 committees, the original idea is so watered down you begin to wonder why it was proposed in the first place. I think this would be a better job for the private sector with gov't investment and incentive.
Don't ask anti-virus people for a straight answer - they're terrified. If one of these apps seems to have a legitimate purpose than no matter how it gets on your computer, no matter what else it does, it seems like it's immune from deletion by AV.
The AV people are tyring to walk an increasingly thin line between malicious spyware and malicious viruses. Pretty soon, they're going to have to make some hard decisions.
Belkin's Pre-N Wireless supposedly has 800% wider coverage and is totally affordable. It might not be what the stand ends up being in the future, but hey, as a totally proprietary system it looks to kick butt!
"...doesn't really say a lot about the state of linux on the desktop, especially if these problems involve things that other never had any problem with and if the OP doesn't tell us what distribution he is running, how he installed firefox, etc..."
My point exactly. If YOU don't know just by listening to his description, how much more information would your average USER know to give you? How hard is this process in Windows XP - at least you have a place to start.
I just wish that package distribution would get standardized instead of what we have now - a bunch of 'standards'.
"...use a firewall and keep reasonably patched, and obviously don't use IE or Outlook and you will never have a problem..."
And yes, you'd know this because...? You're a computer guy. Your average person out there doesn't know, doesn't want to know, doesn't want to tweak things to get them to 'work'.
You can't slam the folks out there who are clueless. If the estimates are correct they are in good company - over 80% of the machines out there are infected with spyware. And then you have children using XP - what a nightmare this is!
You are right that XP can be 'patched up', but it requires vigilence to keep dodging the bullet - even Firefox needs updates from time to time.
"Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom FROM choice is what you want."
There is such a thing as having too many options and I think you've hit this on the head. People have too much to think about than configure computers. Most of us here have difficulty understanding that since this is the very thing we enjoy doing!
What if there's no binary distribution for a given program in Linux? Right! You compile it. Don't lie and say this isn't a common occurance - it is, and users who would like to install new software in Linux had better get used to the 'make' command.
Why do you question the man when he says he had problems with his Java install? More importantly, why does this sort of thing surprise you? It seems to me that I've had my own share of headaches with dependancies and versioning. He was giving an example of the sort of thing that can happen in the Linux world. Sorry, but nothing beats simplicity like 'Installshield' and a registry.
Now, if it weren't for the spyware and the viruses, XP would work just fine. Whether the flaw in XP is due to man years of concentrated hacking or poor design I'll leave up to you.
Then you are doing it wrong. Don't assume everyone else is an idiot until you check your facts. I just d/led a file in BT that averaged 230K on my 300K DSL line. That seems pretty dang fast to me.
Either your firewall is blocking the incoming ports, or your upload speed is slow. Your download speed is dependant on both of those factors.
Quick check: Download Azureus and do the 'wizard' thing. It'll tell you if ports aren't right.
It appears that BG might also be over after only one season (12 Episodes) as SkyOne proclaimed, 'Watch the SERIES finale next Monday night..'
SERIES finale??!! WTF?! It was just getting REALLY GOOD!!!
Having been following Battlestar Galactica's struggles as well as Enterprise (which has gotten better IMHO), I have to say that clearly something needs to be done about properly funding science fiction movies/series.
There is simply no way these types of shows can compete with the 'Friends' and reality TV shows of the world. Viewers of Sci-fi represent a real challenge and it's been this way since the original Star Trek was cancelled in 1969. No amount of letter writing is going to change the minds of execs who look at real numbers and conclude that shooting million dollar episodes of Enterprise isn't as much fun as shooting and ENTIRE SERIES of Fear Factor for the same amount.
Here's what I have as a solution:
The Sci-fi channel (or some other enterprise) starts a pay network like HBO dedicated to science fiction with no commercials. Proceeds from that go to production of unique series/movies, further proceeds can be made from licencing (DVD's, airing on major networks, etc.)
Hard drives do die after all. How much longer will some of the older TiVo's out there last? True, this could be a wonderful opportunity for TiVo, but given their track record on taking advange of wonderful opportunities...
Not here. This is important (although less so because of NeoOffice).
My school switched over to using Star/OpenOffice three years ago. With more and more Macs (and with the Mac mini - even more so), appearing in dorm rooms, this is critical for us.
Don't be such an absolutist ass. Where did you get my being against capitalism from my last post?
Capitalism unrestrained is just as bad as overregulation. I'm talking about balance - the kind of balance where the vast majority don't get completely screwed over, not a total equalization of accumulated wealth.
In every situation, whether it's GM moving plants to Mexico, or Oracle's land grab, there is going to be major fallout with related stakeholders. Most will never be reported on because it's harder to see the corelation in a 10 second sound bite.
Local economies are definately one of those stakeholders as well as suppliers to PeopleSoft. When Oracle bought PeopleSoft they had no intention of making their company twice as big. Instead, cuts are being made. It may be legal to do this and ruin a lot of lives, but is it ethical?
...would be some goddamn ethics in business. This merger was forced upon 99% of the people at PeopleSoft and as per usual, only the.05% are going to come out ahead.
While you are correct about actions Oracle has taken since the merger, the fact remains that a lot of people are going to suffer for it. The PS workers, customers, and other related stakeholders are all taken for Mr. Ellison's ride.
Are you really part of the Slashdot community and DON'T believe this will eventually happen?
Remember: At some point when exabyte storage is commonplace, this is be all too easy. And I don't think it will be the gov't who will do it. It will be a result of the same kind of marketing genius that makes you use discount cards at the supermarket to get a deal. "Just give us a picture of your face - you'll get a deal..." You watch.
One thing builds upon another - don't believe this sort of thing doesn't have organizations drooling...
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What's more astonishing is that the mainstream press is only now starting to 'get it'...
Blah.
And what about all these up and coming standards like 'n'? With 'n', you'd have far less deployments to worry about (increased distance), and improved bandwidth. Investment in old tech is what you get when you let Gov't handle (botch) something like this.
By the time it gets through 800 committees, the original idea is so watered down you begin to wonder why it was proposed in the first place. I think this would be a better job for the private sector with gov't investment and incentive.
Don't ask anti-virus people for a straight answer - they're terrified. If one of these apps seems to have a legitimate purpose than no matter how it gets on your computer, no matter what else it does, it seems like it's immune from deletion by AV.
The AV people are tyring to walk an increasingly thin line between malicious spyware and malicious viruses. Pretty soon, they're going to have to make some hard decisions.
A network that people have to pay for stands or falls on the content.. Think:
Farscape
BG
Stargate
Programs that advertising alone struggles to pay for.
...is pay SCI-FI network. One that would provide quality shows with no BS every time a season ends. THAT I would pay for.
She won't be trying THAT again!
Remember: Every time you share a song, a kitten dies...
How about this:
http://www.belkin.com/networking/
Belkin's Pre-N Wireless supposedly has 800% wider coverage and is totally affordable. It might not be what the stand ends up being in the future, but hey, as a totally proprietary system it looks to kick butt!
"...doesn't really say a lot about the state of linux on the desktop, especially if these problems involve things that other never had any problem with and if the OP doesn't tell us what distribution he is running, how he installed firefox, etc..."
My point exactly. If YOU don't know just by listening to his description, how much more information would your average USER know to give you? How hard is this process in Windows XP - at least you have a place to start.
I just wish that package distribution would get standardized instead of what we have now - a bunch of 'standards'.
"...use a firewall and keep reasonably patched, and obviously don't use IE or Outlook and you will never have a problem..."
And yes, you'd know this because...? You're a computer guy. Your average person out there doesn't know, doesn't want to know, doesn't want to tweak things to get them to 'work'.
You can't slam the folks out there who are clueless. If the estimates are correct they are in good company - over 80% of the machines out there are infected with spyware. And then you have children using XP - what a nightmare this is!
You are right that XP can be 'patched up', but it requires vigilence to keep dodging the bullet - even Firefox needs updates from time to time.
"Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom FROM choice is what you want."
There is such a thing as having too many options and I think you've hit this on the head. People have too much to think about than configure computers. Most of us here have difficulty understanding that since this is the very thing we enjoy doing!
I wouldn't call his post 'stupid'. Here's why:
What if there's no binary distribution for a given program in Linux? Right! You compile it. Don't lie and say this isn't a common occurance - it is, and users who would like to install new software in Linux had better get used to the 'make' command.
Why do you question the man when he says he had problems with his Java install? More importantly, why does this sort of thing surprise you? It seems to me that I've had my own share of headaches with dependancies and versioning. He was giving an example of the sort of thing that can happen in the Linux world. Sorry, but nothing beats simplicity like 'Installshield' and a registry.
Now, if it weren't for the spyware and the viruses, XP would work just fine. Whether the flaw in XP is due to man years of concentrated hacking or poor design I'll leave up to you.
Then you are doing it wrong. Don't assume everyone else is an idiot until you check your facts.
I just d/led a file in BT that averaged 230K on my 300K DSL line. That seems pretty dang fast to me.
Either your firewall is blocking the incoming ports, or your upload speed is slow. Your download speed is dependant on both of those factors.
Quick check: Download Azureus and do the 'wizard' thing. It'll tell you if ports aren't right.
"This system isn't just going to rock, it's going to play German heavy metal!" - From 'Part 2 - Again Inside the Cell'
Ahahahahaha!
Can I guess Smash's method of opening the case or should I RTFA?
WHEW! I hope you're right, because that was probably one of the best episodes of ANY sci-fi series I've ever seen. No, I'm not kidding.
Nonetheless, it would be cool if we weren't always having to assume that every single sci-fi show was on constant life support...
It appears that BG might also be over after only one season (12 Episodes) as SkyOne proclaimed, 'Watch the SERIES finale next Monday night..'
SERIES finale??!! WTF?! It was just getting REALLY GOOD!!!
Having been following Battlestar Galactica's struggles as well as Enterprise (which has gotten better IMHO), I have to say that clearly something needs to be done about properly funding science fiction movies/series.
There is simply no way these types of shows can compete with the 'Friends' and reality TV shows of the world. Viewers of Sci-fi represent a real challenge and it's been this way since the original Star Trek was cancelled in 1969. No amount of letter writing is going to change the minds of execs who look at real numbers and conclude that shooting million dollar episodes of Enterprise isn't as much fun as shooting and ENTIRE SERIES of Fear Factor for the same amount.
Here's what I have as a solution:
The Sci-fi channel (or some other enterprise) starts a pay network like HBO dedicated to science fiction with no commercials. Proceeds from that go to production of unique series/movies, further proceeds can be made from licencing (DVD's, airing on major networks, etc.)
Honestly, I don't know how else it can work...
Hard drives do die after all. How much longer will some of the older TiVo's out there last? True, this could be a wonderful opportunity for TiVo, but given their track record on taking advange of wonderful opportunities...
Not here. This is important (although less so because of NeoOffice).
My school switched over to using Star/OpenOffice three years ago. With more and more Macs (and with the Mac mini - even more so), appearing in dorm rooms, this is critical for us.
Why? I thought this also. I think that iWork might've been the final 'push' to this decision...
Don't be such an absolutist ass. Where did you get my being against capitalism from my last post?
Capitalism unrestrained is just as bad as overregulation. I'm talking about balance - the kind of balance where the vast majority don't get completely screwed over, not a total equalization of accumulated wealth.
And this is exactly why I will not work for corporations anymore. The deceipt and treachery was unbelievable.
In every situation, whether it's GM moving plants to Mexico, or Oracle's land grab, there is going to be major fallout with related stakeholders. Most will never be reported on because it's harder to see the corelation in a 10 second sound bite.
Local economies are definately one of those stakeholders as well as suppliers to PeopleSoft. When Oracle bought PeopleSoft they had no intention of making their company twice as big. Instead, cuts are being made. It may be legal to do this and ruin a lot of lives, but is it ethical?
...would be some goddamn ethics in business. This merger was forced upon 99% of the people at PeopleSoft and as per usual, only the .05% are going to come out ahead.
While you are correct about actions Oracle has taken since the merger, the fact remains that a lot of people are going to suffer for it. The PS workers, customers, and other related stakeholders are all taken for Mr. Ellison's ride.
Are you really part of the Slashdot community and DON'T believe this will eventually happen?
Remember: At some point when exabyte storage is commonplace, this is be all too easy. And I don't think it will be the gov't who will do it. It will be a result of the same kind of marketing genius that makes you use discount cards at the supermarket to get a deal. "Just give us a picture of your face - you'll get a deal..." You watch.
One thing builds upon another - don't believe this sort of thing doesn't have organizations drooling...
...are gonna love this too. Take a picture of the girl you like and do a search. This has some scary connotations I'm afraid.