I'll second the vote for pyGame, if only because writing games in Python makes it *fun* again, instead of the millions of lines of filler code doing it in something like C/C++
FreeSCO is for Free Cisco, because they're attempting to build a floppy bootable version of Linux that has all the features of a Cisco router (although you're probably better off buying the router if you need that sort of power)
You place a firewall between your network, and the internet (possibly inline with your cable modem/main network), which you then set to reject anything you havn't specifically allowed through into you network.
This will then block any packets on ports other than the ones you've opened from getting through to your network. If you want an easy way of doing this, give FreeSCO a try.
I can understand the most blindingly obvious things being surprising.
If you were to drop someone with no knowledge of electricity into a room with a switch, and they flicked that switch, they'd be surprised when the light comes on, despite it being "obvious".
And that's because things are only obvious once you know them, right up until that point, they're just an unsolved problem.
Thankyou, another voice of sanity... what is it with everyone leaving their computers on 24/7 to save themselves waiting for it to boot.
Mine boots in just over a minute, giving me long enough to grab a coffee, and come back to GDM asking me for my username. I do that once a day unless I need to reboot, and then shutdown at night, when I know I'm not going to need it.
It only uses power if it's in standby, to power the IR receiver so you can turn it on without standing up from your seat.
We've got an old (old, old) TV here, with no remote, so it's always properly off when it's off, and takes an un-noticeable ammount of time to turn on when you hit the power switch soon.
I managed to drown my one recently, and like it so much I actually went to the lengths of opening it up in the hopes it could be fixed.
Unfortunatly, whether it could be fixed or not, I couldn't get the thing back into one piece (it's got those annoying ribbon cables that plug in right underneath the actual keys, so you can't get it plugged in again.
I work as the solitary face of IT in a 50 person charity that runs courses to train people employment techniques (interviews, CVs, finding jobs etc.), and runs a UK Online centre (where people can go use the internet for free). This involves tech support across 4 different sites around the city.
I'd say things are spread out like this:
40% online centre IT: installing software, fixing machines, unjamming printers
20% OLC support: showing people how to use mice (literally), software, and logging people out when they forget.
20% Off-site support: you know, strolling out to one of the other sites, installing software, fixing problems (most of which I don't know about until I get there)
20% Other Stuff: Meetings, e-mail, phone calls, and keeping up with the world of IT.
Usually I do a 20 hour week, although this week I did a couple of all nighters removing some management software from the machines in the online centre, and replacing them with Win2k group policies.
So then. You got a one-handed twiddler "just because".
This has even less challange to it than the original article. Come one, who's next, the person who "learnt to touch type one handed so they could find variations on the goatse guy quicker while still jerking off".
Is that such a bad thing? If you've got a team, just get one phone as the "on call" phone, and whoever has the joy of coming in at 5am to fix the server carries that with them.
Scientist 1: Can we get this to work? Scientist 2: Sure, just need enough cable. Scientist 1: But will it be worth it? Engineer 1: Nope. But it sure was a good idea to get us altogether for a drink.
Somehow I'd rather look at ads for other products during installation than look at ads for the software I'm already installing. (I've never got that... you can stop trying to sell this to me now!)
It's an integration thing... Firebird/Mozilla/whatever else has it's own way of doing windowing, unlike Epiphany, which is GTK2 based, and integrated with the Gnome config options.
Get Qmail or Postfix for MTAs both of which also come with built-in IMAP servers. At least Qmail has (squirrel) a webmail solution that you could use....I know I'm talking crap. Its been a long day. Sorry.
Huh? Neither of them come with built-in IMAP servers, which from where I'm sitting is a good thing... they deliver mail, and that's all they do, leaving a proper IMAP server to the job of doing that.
I worked doing sysadmin in a primary school for a while, and they had actual turtles... they were dome shaped robots with a keypad to enter your programs.
You could even attach a pen to it and get it to draw for you.
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I'll second the vote for pyGame, if only because writing games in Python makes it *fun* again, instead of the millions of lines of filler code doing it in something like C/C++
From what I've seen, it seems that their Linux client is going to be worked on by (the recently acquired) Ximian as an Evolution connector.
I can't say if this will be better or worse though, since I've never used Groupwise.
I know it's a joke, but I'll bite :P
FreeSCO is for Free Cisco, because they're attempting to build a floppy bootable version of Linux that has all the features of a Cisco router (although you're probably better off buying the router if you need that sort of power)
You place a firewall between your network, and the internet (possibly inline with your cable modem/main network), which you then set to reject anything you havn't specifically allowed through into you network.
This will then block any packets on ports other than the ones you've opened from getting through to your network. If you want an easy way of doing this, give FreeSCO a try.
Depends if you're the person using it, or the post-grad who gets to go in an hour early and hit the power button on each of the nodes ;)
I can understand the most blindingly obvious things being surprising.
If you were to drop someone with no knowledge of electricity into a room with a switch, and they flicked that switch, they'd be surprised when the light comes on, despite it being "obvious".
And that's because things are only obvious once you know them, right up until that point, they're just an unsolved problem.
Thankyou, another voice of sanity... what is it with everyone leaving their computers on 24/7 to save themselves waiting for it to boot.
Mine boots in just over a minute, giving me long enough to grab a coffee, and come back to GDM asking me for my username. I do that once a day unless I need to reboot, and then shutdown at night, when I know I'm not going to need it.
It only uses power if it's in standby, to power the IR receiver so you can turn it on without standing up from your seat.
We've got an old (old, old) TV here, with no remote, so it's always properly off when it's off, and takes an un-noticeable ammount of time to turn on when you hit the power switch soon.
I managed to drown my one recently, and like it so much I actually went to the lengths of opening it up in the hopes it could be fixed.
Unfortunatly, whether it could be fixed or not, I couldn't get the thing back into one piece (it's got those annoying ribbon cables that plug in right underneath the actual keys, so you can't get it plugged in again.
Wow! You just made me dig out my 5MX I havn't used in ages because I havn't really had a need to.
Thanks!
I work as the solitary face of IT in a 50 person charity that runs courses to train people employment techniques (interviews, CVs, finding jobs etc.), and runs a UK Online centre (where people can go use the internet for free). This involves tech support across 4 different sites around the city.
I'd say things are spread out like this:
40% online centre IT: installing software, fixing machines, unjamming printers
20% OLC support: showing people how to use mice (literally), software, and logging people out when they forget.
20% Off-site support: you know, strolling out to one of the other sites, installing software, fixing problems (most of which I don't know about until I get there)
20% Other Stuff: Meetings, e-mail, phone calls, and keeping up with the world of IT.
Usually I do a 20 hour week, although this week I did a couple of all nighters removing some management software from the machines in the online centre, and replacing them with Win2k group policies.
So then. You got a one-handed twiddler "just because".
This has even less challange to it than the original article. Come one, who's next, the person who "learnt to touch type one handed so they could find variations on the goatse guy quicker while still jerking off".
Looks like it's time for the ageless anecdote about the guy who wrote a web server in Postscript.
I don't know if it's just because it's early morning, but I found that incredibly funny.
Is that such a bad thing? If you've got a team, just get one phone as the "on call" phone, and whoever has the joy of coming in at 5am to fix the server carries that with them.
Scientist 1: Can we get this to work?
Scientist 2: Sure, just need enough cable.
Scientist 1: But will it be worth it?
Engineer 1: Nope. But it sure was a good idea to get us altogether for a drink.
I stand corrected.
Somehow I'd rather look at ads for other products during installation than look at ads for the software I'm already installing. (I've never got that... you can stop trying to sell this to me now!)
My guess is: absolutely nothing.
However most people who want to a buy a boxed copy of Linux are doing it for one of two reasons.
1. They want the support, or don't trust "something free".
2. They want to support the company, and get something in return for it.
Neither of those people are going to be interested in a (possibly trojaned) home-brew ISO.
The advertising is only applied to the free download version - if you buy it in the shops, you don't get advertising.
It's an integration thing... Firebird/Mozilla/whatever else has it's own way of doing windowing, unlike Epiphany, which is GTK2 based, and integrated with the Gnome config options.
Huh? Neither of them come with built-in IMAP servers, which from where I'm sitting is a good thing... they deliver mail, and that's all they do, leaving a proper IMAP server to the job of doing that.
Huh? Isn't that a bit like holding up a bank, and then saying "It's not like we were doing anything illegal".
Copyright theft is illegal, you may not agree with that, but it illegal.
Nescafe might sell them, although I'm still not sure how you plan to teach all of that from a book made of coffee.
I worked doing sysadmin in a primary school for a while, and they had actual turtles... they were dome shaped robots with a keypad to enter your programs.
:P
You could even attach a pen to it and get it to draw for you.
Oh did I love "checking" the batteries in them
So you want to hold a business decision made by their *competitors* against them now?
How about we all just be done with it, and say their contributing because Bill Gates enjoys eating babies.