What about Google/Amazon/cloud providers? I seem to remember that they buy quite a lot of computers. How are they going to cope with inability to boot non-Windows OS?
She wouldn't have been the first to assume there was a tunnel.
Many posters here on slashdot had to be reminded that there was no tunnel in the prior post on this subject.
Even if I knew nothing of "nucular" physics, I would still have doubts about existence of man-made +700km long underground structure.
Gee... what third world country or year is the OP posting from??? My workstation, built in 2007, supports GigE
Does your SOHO switch/router support GigE? Mine doesn't. None of the routers sold by my ISP does. None of the routers sold by any ISP in my area does. I would have to go out and buy my own router for non-trivial amount of money to get GigE. On the plus side it would probably mean support for IPv6 too.
Maybe in case you'd need to scp large files from linux.org to kernel.org and vice-versa, without having to first download them to your home machine, and then upload them to the target (slow, if you've got asymetric DSL)
Last time i checked. there really isn't any way to guarantee that i am the one who used my computer.
You might not be the one who used the computer. But your signature is on the contract with the clause saying that you are responsible for the connection usage. At least that's usually what ISP claims.
The hackers are just some dumb kids who did some quick searching around and got some silly tools.
Oh really? There are now point&click tools that crack CA's floating on the web? Somehow I don't believe that.
Cracking your average home desktop? Yes.
Sending e-mail with attached trojan to clueless secretary in a company with no good IT department? Yes.
Was DigiNotar run by some clueless idiot? Possibly.
Can you come up with a cracked CA within a week? Doubt it.
I need 3x3 virtual desktops, edge-scroll, autoraiser, one icon box to the right, a clock and some mouse-menus.
The point is that KDE is not only a window manager like FVWM. Though I don't think FVWM allows me to put a button on the title bar that makes the window "always on top". There also is a number of applications (ok, you can run them in FVWM too, but why?) and there is also lot of other useful stuff such as kioslaves, notifications,...
Seriously: thanks for creating this site. It taught me not only about technology but also formed my political and ideological opinions more than anything else.
I'm not GP, but I have seen a similar thing here (in EU). Basically the bank provides you with a specialized device (pdf) that is tamper-proof and has a slot for your credit (or debit) card. You enter the information about the sum and the recipient account (perhaps along with a challenge number generated for this transaction?) to the device and in combination with the chip on the credit card it computes the number. You have to then type in the number back to the browser. The bank computes the same number because it knows the algorithm and has the information about the credit card. If they match, then the transaction is authorized - the bank knows that the transaction was performed by the credit card holder. Note that (AFAIK) most countries in EU plan issuing personal ID's similar to a smart card.
Having said that, I believe that implementing secure and reliable voting in electronic election is not possible (even if we disregard gun at head situation) because at some point you have to move the trust from your senses to your understanding of the complicated system which is beyond abilities of most mere mortals.
We've removed it from all of our marketing materials. We're removing it
from the download button on the Website. We're removing it from how we
talk to users about Firefox. We're ending version numbers because
they're not meaningful to users (except in troubleshooting situations.)
I wonder... should we also remove seat-belts from the cars? They are generally useless (except in troubleshooting situations).
a properly written addon that does not require changes (SPI calls it uses that are not changed between versions), that is hosted on addons.mozilla.org, are AUTOMATICALLY updated by MOZILLA to work with new version of Firefox.
- not every addon is hosted on AMO; there are addons that can't be hosted on AMO. There are also addons that can't be updated automatically.
- the API is not stable. Startup notification changed, registration of the components changed,...
I write and maintain an addon used by my employer's customers. The addon is part of the software suite we sell and contains proprietary intellectual property - so it is not available to the public. The addons break due version number changes and too-rapid release cycle creates a burden on addon developers.
Here on slashdot is a lot of people from IT field. The majority expresses themselves against these steps planned by Mozilla. But they still keep going. So if they are not listening to IT crowd, who do they listen to?
This is a desk. It's surface facing up is it's "top". A desktop computer is a computer placed/used on the top of the desk. Occasionally it is placed somewhere close but has the peripherals stretching to the top of the desk. Tablet, mobile phone nor your microwave are not a "desktop".
if they JUST STOPPED USING THE DAMN SERVICE ALREADY IF IT BUGS THEM SO FUCKING MUCH.
The problem with that approach is that your privacy can be violated by your friends that put your personal information on FB even if you don't have an account there. I'm trying to solve the problem by not having friends IRL either.
Let's say I'd like to have OS that can be installed on 2 computers and 1 virtual machine and can be used for development (i.e. tinkering with software, writing small utilities, proof of concepts,... ). Technet subscription is 213€ plus VAT. MSDN subscription for OS is 750â plus VAT. That does not sound cheaper to me.
I've investigated this area. I'm not in US so there is no K-12, but there is "academic license". I spent several weeks e-mailing Microsoft, their affiliates, school, Ministry of education,... Everyone was passing the problem to someone else like a hot potato. Also because the licensing programs is a jungle. One party claimed that there is no option to buy OS license in academic program (but Office can be bought for 50€). The other party claimed that OS can be "legalized" (wtf? does it mean that I "admit" that I pirated it?) for 130€.
do you know how many cheap legal ways there are to get non-OEM licenses from MS?
Actually.. no, I don't. But I'm willing to be educated. Let's start with the preconditions: I'm not a student. Purchasing power parity in my country compared to US is 0.5. Average salary is 750€/month before taxes. Expenses for a household is at about 350€/month and person. Typical price for non-OEM Windows 7 Home is 170€. I'm eager to learn about cheap legal ways to get non-OEM license that is reasonable considering that numbers.
If your PC dies then have fun calling support and proving that you're replacing a PC
You are doing it wrong. At least based on MS intentions. You buy OEM License with the understanding that it goes away with HW failure. More so with soundcard, video card, NIC... integrated on the motherboard. That is how it is designed to work. It is also a reason I don't run Windows if I have the option.
I think it's the lawsuit factor that gets people scared.
My country is not so sue-happy as US (yet), so the main factor in my case is that I heard about needles scattered in a sandbox by some idiot junkie. So feel free to climb trees and jump around, but the sandbox is a "forbidden area".
I'm arguing that the percentage of people that can't afford a photo id is nowhere near 40% (as implied by GP) and therefore it should not be a roadblock for requiring it for voting. For those that truly can't afford it, you can always come up with something.
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you."
If you can't afford photo ID, one will be provided for you.
Personal ID is not FREE. It's $20 in Washington State.
With 40% of the US in poverty that's one helluva a lot of disenfranchised voters.
Are you saying that 40% of US voters can't afford to spend 20$ on photo ID? I call bullshit.
Are you saying that they can't put together 20$ if given a month of time? Even if they don't buy a 2 packs of cigarettes, drink no alcohol, and beg on the street corner for 2 days? I call bullshit. If you are not right-away homeless, then don't go to restaurant (I wasn't for a year), don't go to cinema (I wasn't for 10 years), don't waste money on music (I bought a CD last time 15 years ago), don't throw away things just because they are not new and shiny anymore, and you can put together 20 bucks.
The lifestyles of some people never stops to amaze me. They have mobile before having a shelter, and they have a satellite dish before a real house.
I reinstall both my Windows desktop and Linux laptop every year. Keeps them clean and removes a lot of crap (not just viruses, but old unwanted programs).
I feel sorry for you. However I try to balance the statistics by updating/upgrading the same system since something like 2003, when I scrapped my previous system that was maintained since 1996.
I think whats wrong is ignorant people that can't take change. Anything changes and it has to be bad.
Yeah, right. What about creating a car with the pedals swapped? Or swapping pins in the outlet? Or order of trafic lights? You know, just a little change to avoid stagnation.
Ribon is an awsome feature just use it for 2 weeks and you will love it.
That's the problem *I* have with the ribbon. A friend comes with a question how to do something in MS Office - which I don't use. He comes once in a 3 months on everage. And I sit down to the machine only to get lost in a maze of icons that don't tell me anything. If I don't spend 2 weeks getting used to ribbon, and I don't keep refreshing that information every week, then it get's forgotten and lost very quickly.
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What about Google/Amazon/cloud providers? I seem to remember that they buy quite a lot of computers. How are they going to cope with inability to boot non-Windows OS?
Even if I knew nothing of "nucular" physics, I would still have doubts about existence of man-made +700km long underground structure.
Does your SOHO switch/router support GigE? Mine doesn't. None of the routers sold by my ISP does. None of the routers sold by any ISP in my area does. I would have to go out and buy my own router for non-trivial amount of money to get GigE. On the plus side it would probably mean support for IPv6 too.
That's why there is -A option for ssh.
You might not be the one who used the computer. But your signature is on the contract with the clause saying that you are responsible for the connection usage. At least that's usually what ISP claims.
Oh really? There are now point&click tools that crack CA's floating on the web? Somehow I don't believe that.
Cracking your average home desktop? Yes.
Sending e-mail with attached trojan to clueless secretary in a company with no good IT department? Yes.
Was DigiNotar run by some clueless idiot? Possibly.
Can you come up with a cracked CA within a week? Doubt it.
The point is that KDE is not only a window manager like FVWM. Though I don't think FVWM allows me to put a button on the title bar that makes the window "always on top". There also is a number of applications (ok, you can run them in FVWM too, but why?) and there is also lot of other useful stuff such as kioslaves, notifications, ...
Seriously: thanks for creating this site. It taught me not only about technology but also formed my political and ideological opinions more than anything else.
I'm not GP, but I have seen a similar thing here (in EU). Basically the bank provides you with a specialized device (pdf) that is tamper-proof and has a slot for your credit (or debit) card. You enter the information about the sum and the recipient account (perhaps along with a challenge number generated for this transaction?) to the device and in combination with the chip on the credit card it computes the number. You have to then type in the number back to the browser. The bank computes the same number because it knows the algorithm and has the information about the credit card. If they match, then the transaction is authorized - the bank knows that the transaction was performed by the credit card holder. Note that (AFAIK) most countries in EU plan issuing personal ID's similar to a smart card.
Having said that, I believe that implementing secure and reliable voting in electronic election is not possible (even if we disregard gun at head situation) because at some point you have to move the trust from your senses to your understanding of the complicated system which is beyond abilities of most mere mortals.
I wonder ... should we also remove seat-belts from the cars? They are generally useless (except in troubleshooting situations).
Hmm. What a nice bugzilla entry. That reminds me: if I want to report a bug about Firefox in FF's bugzilla, what do I fill in the "Version" field?
The version that was updated 20 minutes ago on 15th of Aug 2011 on 11:10pm" ?
Be careful what you you wish for
I write and maintain an addon used by my employer's customers. The addon is part of the software suite we sell and contains proprietary intellectual property - so it is not available to the public. The addons break due version number changes and too-rapid release cycle creates a burden on addon developers.
Here on slashdot is a lot of people from IT field. The majority expresses themselves against these steps planned by Mozilla. But they still keep going. So if they are not listening to IT crowd, who do they listen to?
This is a desk. It's surface facing up is it's "top". A desktop computer is a computer placed/used on the top of the desk. Occasionally it is placed somewhere close but has the peripherals stretching to the top of the desk. Tablet, mobile phone nor your microwave are not a "desktop".
You are welcome.
The problem with that approach is that your privacy can be violated by your friends that put your personal information on FB even if you don't have an account there. I'm trying to solve the problem by not having friends IRL either.
Let's say I'd like to have OS that can be installed on 2 computers and 1 virtual machine and can be used for development (i.e. tinkering with software, writing small utilities, proof of concepts, ... ). Technet subscription is 213€ plus VAT. MSDN subscription for OS is 750â plus VAT. That does not sound cheaper to me.
I've investigated this area. I'm not in US so there is no K-12, but there is "academic license". I spent several weeks e-mailing Microsoft, their affiliates, school, Ministry of education, ... Everyone was passing the problem to someone else like a hot potato. Also because the licensing programs is a jungle. One party claimed that there is no option to buy OS license in academic program (but Office can be bought for 50€). The other party claimed that OS can be "legalized" (wtf? does it mean that I "admit" that I pirated it?) for 130€.
Actually .. no, I don't. But I'm willing to be educated. Let's start with the preconditions: I'm not a student. Purchasing power parity in my country compared to US is 0.5. Average salary is 750€/month before taxes. Expenses for a household is at about 350€/month and person. Typical price for non-OEM Windows 7 Home is 170€. I'm eager to learn about cheap legal ways to get non-OEM license that is reasonable considering that numbers.
You are doing it wrong. At least based on MS intentions. You buy OEM License with the understanding that it goes away with HW failure. More so with soundcard, video card, NIC ... integrated on the motherboard. That is how it is designed to work. It is also a reason I don't run Windows if I have the option.
My country is not so sue-happy as US (yet), so the main factor in my case is that I heard about needles scattered in a sandbox by some idiot junkie. So feel free to climb trees and jump around, but the sandbox is a "forbidden area".
Now the Empire STRIKES BACK!
I'm arguing that the percentage of people that can't afford a photo id is nowhere near 40% (as implied by GP) and therefore it should not be a roadblock for requiring it for voting. For those that truly can't afford it, you can always come up with something.
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you."
If you can't afford photo ID, one will be provided for you.
Are you saying that 40% of US voters can't afford to spend 20$ on photo ID? I call bullshit. Are you saying that they can't put together 20$ if given a month of time? Even if they don't buy a 2 packs of cigarettes, drink no alcohol, and beg on the street corner for 2 days? I call bullshit. If you are not right-away homeless, then don't go to restaurant (I wasn't for a year), don't go to cinema (I wasn't for 10 years), don't waste money on music (I bought a CD last time 15 years ago), don't throw away things just because they are not new and shiny anymore, and you can put together 20 bucks.
The lifestyles of some people never stops to amaze me. They have mobile before having a shelter, and they have a satellite dish before a real house.
I feel sorry for you. However I try to balance the statistics by updating/upgrading the same system since something like 2003, when I scrapped my previous system that was maintained since 1996.
Yeah, right. What about creating a car with the pedals swapped? Or swapping pins in the outlet? Or order of trafic lights? You know, just a little change to avoid stagnation.
That's the problem *I* have with the ribbon. A friend comes with a question how to do something in MS Office - which I don't use. He comes once in a 3 months on everage. And I sit down to the machine only to get lost in a maze of icons that don't tell me anything. If I don't spend 2 weeks getting used to ribbon, and I don't keep refreshing that information every week, then it get's forgotten and lost very quickly.
If I have to tweak a distro to suit my needs, then it makes sense to consider distro that fulfills my needs in base install.