I tend to disagree - I find those utilities very limiting and rarely have I used any of the daemons they've got those tools made for in the way that they thought I should use them. I've had to hack up the config files just about every time - Samba doesn't work when it's only a few options. There are more for a reason. And CUPS and NFS, and PAM especially.
Ultimately, those utilities and the OS's reliance on them are one of the biggest drawbacks I think. -N
Sudo isn't supposed to ask for the root password - it's supposed to ask for the user's password because its intent is to verify that the user really is the user who was granted permissions by visudo. The program that would escalate you to root, requiring the root password, is su.
And I'm sure that it works that way on Fedora too, by the way. That's not a distinction between Fedora and Ubuntu. -Neil
I generally always have my Treo with me, but if I were going somewhere I didn't want to have the PDA and only wanted a phone, it would be trivial to pop out my SIM card and put it in a spare phone I have in the closet and go out knowing that my phone is disposable. Of course, if I were to lose it, I'd have to buy a new SIM card presumably, but that's a whole lot more convenient than losing my Treo. -N
This would really make switching to Linux a whole lot easier - being able to keep the Treo working "as it is now" while improving the functionality significantly behind the scenes. Personally, I like a lot of the Palm interfaces and applications. As much as I prefer linux for about about everything else, I think I'd act with a less hesitation to make a permanent switch (or at least a time-consuming back and forth) if I could run a Palm emulator. -N
I usually do use PDF for resumes too, and HTML, and SXW. If a job poster is specifically asking for a MS Word file though, I'm not going to be a jackass and send them a PDF, specifically not following their request. I might as well not bother applying if my resume is just going in a trash bin.
In the nineties, it wasn't about just any domain name. Keyword domain names were worth millions at least. Someone had the foresight to get sex.com (which you can't deny is and was an incredibly profitable keyword on the web) fast and lost that opportunity. He fought to keep the domain and pointed out the errors in NSI's policies and even when demonstrated to them he was the rightful owner, they did nothing to undo their mistake.
The real perpetrator in this case is NSI for essentially violating their agreement with the original owner to keep his domain in his control, but you can't deny that the original owner wasn't a victim. -Neil
That wouldn't bother me in the least. That would mean I could use the tools I want and for those who want to pay for Office upgrades for the rest of their life, they can do that and be happy. I'll be able to send them docs without concern for them being able to read it - that's what matters most to me. -Neil
That hasn't worked for me in the past. I know that was the way it was at one time, but I have little trouble saving a file as a DOC directly. I just verify that it looks alright before I send it out if I really care what it will look like, like a resume. At most, I find I may have to change the bullet symbol or something silly like that. -N
This doesn't mean that MA can't switch to OpenOffice if they think it's the better solution for them. This does mean that they can use ODF files and *expect* everyone else to be able to open them. If someone can't because they're running Office, then they can just upgrade. This puts the expense of using Office and upgrading Office on the people who are forcing it down everyone else's throats. I don't use Office, but I do recognize a problem with exchanging documents with those who do. I generally save as Doc files for them and try to verify on another person's machine that it will open correctly. It's good to know that I may be able to just send them ODF files from now on. -Neil
I use Kontact, KOrganizer and KMail and all that. It connects to my company's Exchange 2003 server for calendar and address book and email and does it all better than Outlook.
Um...here in the States, such a phone is more like the mythical Unicorn. We don't have the luxury of taking our phones with us when we switch providers. heck we've only had number portability for a couple years now!
I am in the States and I wouldn't consider a non-GSM phone. If you don't choose to use a better GSM provider using GSM phones, that's your own problem. I've been with Voicestream and now T-Mobile for years. I've taken my phone all over the world and used it on carriers in other countries with prepaid SIM cards when I've been away on longer trips. It's not locked and works on any GSM network in the world and can be serviced by any GSM provider's service.
XP offered very little beyond Windows 2000 with a new skinning engine, especially as far as most people were concerned. So long as Longhorn looks a little prettier and the pressure eventually is pushed to corporations/people to upgrade for compatibility, people will move to it.
Linux will find a way to people's desktops eventually, when it's more ready and the market in general is more ready to support it. Linux won't make inroads because of anything Microsoft does, for better or worse. -N
Of course he's right... that's a silly question. We shouldn't even have those boundaries and rivalries in our atmosphere. Not that I'm naive enough to expect all boundaries to fall, but realistically, they are all arbitrary in the grand scheme of things. -N
The suns were always pretty close, and obviously pretty far away. I'd say he'd have two overlapping shadows that would have just looked like one slightly blurry shadow. And on a planet of sand, I can't imagine I could distinguish between a sharp shadow and a blurry shadow anyway. -N
I'd say it's a valid claim he's making. He does mention Firefox for Windows by the way... but he comments that it's not included and making IE behave with a modern set of features requires third-party add-ons. And from my experience with Windows as of late, it's amazing the stuff people charge for that's just an assumed part of the OS/distro/desktop in Linux. -N
What's worse is that the editor clearly did search for past postings regarding Microsoft's Anti-Virus initiatives to find the story that announced their purchase. And apparently that search didn't turn up the past article of which this is a dupe. -N
Slashdot Mirror
I tend to disagree - I find those utilities very limiting and rarely have I used any of the daemons they've got those tools made for in the way that they thought I should use them. I've had to hack up the config files just about every time - Samba doesn't work when it's only a few options. There are more for a reason. And CUPS and NFS, and PAM especially.
Ultimately, those utilities and the OS's reliance on them are one of the biggest drawbacks I think.
-N
Sudo isn't supposed to ask for the root password - it's supposed to ask for the user's password because its intent is to verify that the user really is the user who was granted permissions by visudo. The program that would escalate you to root, requiring the root password, is su.
And I'm sure that it works that way on Fedora too, by the way. That's not a distinction between Fedora and Ubuntu.
-Neil
I generally always have my Treo with me, but if I were going somewhere I didn't want to have the PDA and only wanted a phone, it would be trivial to pop out my SIM card and put it in a spare phone I have in the closet and go out knowing that my phone is disposable. Of course, if I were to lose it, I'd have to buy a new SIM card presumably, but that's a whole lot more convenient than losing my Treo.
-N
This would really make switching to Linux a whole lot easier - being able to keep the Treo working "as it is now" while improving the functionality significantly behind the scenes. Personally, I like a lot of the Palm interfaces and applications. As much as I prefer linux for about about everything else, I think I'd act with a less hesitation to make a permanent switch (or at least a time-consuming back and forth) if I could run a Palm emulator.
-N
My mistake indeed... I'm pretty sure my meaning was clear regardless.
-N
I already responded to your point when someone else made it.8 96461
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=166639&cid=13
I usually do use PDF for resumes too, and HTML, and SXW. If a job poster is specifically asking for a MS Word file though, I'm not going to be a jackass and send them a PDF, specifically not following their request. I might as well not bother applying if my resume is just going in a trash bin.
Please reread my post and you'll see that I did say the original owner was the victim.
In the nineties, it wasn't about just any domain name. Keyword domain names were worth millions at least. Someone had the foresight to get sex.com (which you can't deny is and was an incredibly profitable keyword on the web) fast and lost that opportunity. He fought to keep the domain and pointed out the errors in NSI's policies and even when demonstrated to them he was the rightful owner, they did nothing to undo their mistake.
The real perpetrator in this case is NSI for essentially violating their agreement with the original owner to keep his domain in his control, but you can't deny that the original owner wasn't a victim.
-Neil
That wouldn't bother me in the least. That would mean I could use the tools I want and for those who want to pay for Office upgrades for the rest of their life, they can do that and be happy. I'll be able to send them docs without concern for them being able to read it - that's what matters most to me.
-Neil
That hasn't worked for me in the past. I know that was the way it was at one time, but I have little trouble saving a file as a DOC directly. I just verify that it looks alright before I send it out if I really care what it will look like, like a resume. At most, I find I may have to change the bullet symbol or something silly like that.
-N
This doesn't mean that MA can't switch to OpenOffice if they think it's the better solution for them. This does mean that they can use ODF files and *expect* everyone else to be able to open them. If someone can't because they're running Office, then they can just upgrade. This puts the expense of using Office and upgrading Office on the people who are forcing it down everyone else's throats. I don't use Office, but I do recognize a problem with exchanging documents with those who do. I generally save as Doc files for them and try to verify on another person's machine that it will open correctly. It's good to know that I may be able to just send them ODF files from now on.
-Neil
I use Kontact, KOrganizer and KMail and all that. It connects to my company's Exchange 2003 server for calendar and address book and email and does it all better than Outlook.
What was your point?
-Neil
I am in the States and I wouldn't consider a non-GSM phone. If you don't choose to use a better GSM provider using GSM phones, that's your own problem. I've been with Voicestream and now T-Mobile for years. I've taken my phone all over the world and used it on carriers in other countries with prepaid SIM cards when I've been away on longer trips. It's not locked and works on any GSM network in the world and can be serviced by any GSM provider's service.
-N
I personally find the phpMyAdmin web interface far more friendly than SQL's Enterprise Manager.
-N
XP offered very little beyond Windows 2000 with a new skinning engine, especially as far as most people were concerned. So long as Longhorn looks a little prettier and the pressure eventually is pushed to corporations/people to upgrade for compatibility, people will move to it.
Linux will find a way to people's desktops eventually, when it's more ready and the market in general is more ready to support it. Linux won't make inroads because of anything Microsoft does, for better or worse.
-N
Methane is odorless. That's why they have to add that rotten egg smell to natural gas utilities to make sure people notice gas leaks.
-N
Of course he's right... that's a silly question. We shouldn't even have those boundaries and rivalries in our atmosphere. Not that I'm naive enough to expect all boundaries to fall, but realistically, they are all arbitrary in the grand scheme of things.
-N
Could someone with a GSM 650 verify that incoming calls come through on that platform during a data connection?
Confirmed... -N
Apparently because it's not deciding fast enough... those that fill the pockets of the FCC have convinced them it needs a push.
-N
The suns were always pretty close, and obviously pretty far away. I'd say he'd have two overlapping shadows that would have just looked like one slightly blurry shadow. And on a planet of sand, I can't imagine I could distinguish between a sharp shadow and a blurry shadow anyway.
-N
I'd say it's a valid claim he's making. He does mention Firefox for Windows by the way... but he comments that it's not included and making IE behave with a modern set of features requires third-party add-ons. And from my experience with Windows as of late, it's amazing the stuff people charge for that's just an assumed part of the OS/distro/desktop in Linux.
-N
What's worse is that the editor clearly did search for past postings regarding Microsoft's Anti-Virus initiatives to find the story that announced their purchase. And apparently that search didn't turn up the past article of which this is a dupe.
-N
You missed the Peacekeeper Wars? I'm sorry to hear that.
-N
You a script writer for 24? Seriously, that sounds like the first place they'd look for data hidden on a disk. ;-)
-N