Except for the fact that the EU only seems to lag behind a couple of years in passing these same sort of laws. You name 'm: DMCA has its equal in EUCD. Don't believe that Europe is a safe haven, it's just that passing these kind of laws take some more time because of the internal turmoil in the council.
This really is the end of an era.
(Book soon to follow: "The rise and fall of Western civilisation".)
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If you want security on your boxen it is prevalent to install just the components you need and no more than that.
For example, it is safer to have a dedicated firewall/router and a seperate desktop machine for accessing the Internet than to just connect with a 'one-size-fits-all' installation.
This goes for Windows as well as for GNU/Linux and/or *BSD.
Myself, I have an OpenBSD box connected to my DSL-line and patching is seldom needed (at least compared to other OS'es). This way I can fool around on my (seperate) desktop machine till my hair falls out but it won't get h4x()r3d...
I disagree with your viewpoint. I'm one of those people that upgrades (or rather buy new) their machines as soon as something faster comes round. Why do I do it, as my old machine is obviously fast enough for any normal purpose? Well, a couple of reasons:
1) Games! I play a lot of graphics intensive games that can really use all the oomph you can wring out of the hardware. Call me shallow, and I shall ignore you!;-)
2) I recycle my old machine to neighbours, friends and charity. Two weeks ago, I gave away my XP2400+/512Mb/180Gb/GnuLinux system to a local organisation that works with handicapped children.
3) I like to build machines from parts I get from all over the place. I usually lead the local stores in performance by at least half a year. Again, I know this is a weird thing but I enjoy that.
Anyway, while I don't *need* to upgrade, I frequently do: about every three months.
Ciao!
You raise a valid point: CPAN is overwhelming because it is (in essence) a disorganized heap of information.
I'm sure the book helps a great many people that do not have time and/or skills and/or need to look it al up for themselves. Distilling the info into a more pallatable format is a Good Thing. The fact remains however that for me there is not much news in the book.
As I said before, but in different order, it's a nice book to have on the shelve, but (for me) there isn't much of an addition to CPAN.
It is in Cookbook style, and therefore not very suitable for reading while away from your computer. Unless you take a laptop, but then your point is moot.
Anyway, I like to book, but there isn't much new stuff in it.
Maybe, just maybe, people should be discussing more about $8000 monitors instead of waging war on other people. I'd rather be nerfed by a horde of nerds than killed by brainwashed military rednecks.
Happy is the day that guns will be thrown down and exchanged for jammies and bowls of Shreddies.
Really, think about it!
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You can't patent nanotechnology, as Robin Williams has prior art in the cult series "Mork and Mindy"! ;-)
"Nano, nano!"
Except for the fact that the EU only seems to lag behind a couple of years in passing these same sort of laws. You name 'm: DMCA has its equal in EUCD. Don't believe that Europe is a safe haven, it's just that passing these kind of laws take some more time because of the internal turmoil in the council. This really is the end of an era. (Book soon to follow: "The rise and fall of Western civilisation".)
If you want security on your boxen it is prevalent to install just the components you need and no more than that. For example, it is safer to have a dedicated firewall/router and a seperate desktop machine for accessing the Internet than to just connect with a 'one-size-fits-all' installation. This goes for Windows as well as for GNU/Linux and/or *BSD. Myself, I have an OpenBSD box connected to my DSL-line and patching is seldom needed (at least compared to other OS'es). This way I can fool around on my (seperate) desktop machine till my hair falls out but it won't get h4x()r3d...
I disagree with your viewpoint. I'm one of those people that upgrades (or rather buy new) their machines as soon as something faster comes round. Why do I do it, as my old machine is obviously fast enough for any normal purpose? Well, a couple of reasons: 1) Games! I play a lot of graphics intensive games that can really use all the oomph you can wring out of the hardware. Call me shallow, and I shall ignore you! ;-)
2) I recycle my old machine to neighbours, friends and charity. Two weeks ago, I gave away my XP2400+/512Mb/180Gb/GnuLinux system to a local organisation that works with handicapped children.
3) I like to build machines from parts I get from all over the place. I usually lead the local stores in performance by at least half a year. Again, I know this is a weird thing but I enjoy that.
Anyway, while I don't *need* to upgrade, I frequently do: about every three months.
Ciao!
Your sig doesn't add up... You probably mean performance to price ratio...
The XML-hype will be gone soon, don't worry.
You raise a valid point: CPAN is overwhelming because it is (in essence) a disorganized heap of information. I'm sure the book helps a great many people that do not have time and/or skills and/or need to look it al up for themselves. Distilling the info into a more pallatable format is a Good Thing. The fact remains however that for me there is not much news in the book. As I said before, but in different order, it's a nice book to have on the shelve, but (for me) there isn't much of an addition to CPAN.
I'm sure you're not alone in this, but generally speaking the cookbook style is more useful with a computer at hand. To each his own. Enjoy!
It is in Cookbook style, and therefore not very suitable for reading while away from your computer. Unless you take a laptop, but then your point is moot. Anyway, I like to book, but there isn't much new stuff in it.
It doesn't actually add much to the info already available at CPAN. Still nice to have it on the shelve.
Maybe, just maybe, people should be discussing more about $8000 monitors instead of waging war on other people. I'd rather be nerfed by a horde of nerds than killed by brainwashed military rednecks. Happy is the day that guns will be thrown down and exchanged for jammies and bowls of Shreddies. Really, think about it!