I can remember the Amiga taking 1.5 seconds to boot into a full multitasking GUI
I just dug my Amiga 2000/040/Vlab Motion out to check.
The initial boot takes 16 seconds, including the patch for the '040/SCSI card. Rebooting from RAM takes about 3 seconds.
I'm glad you reminded me I still had it. Even now, it still feels much more responsive than any of the multicore, multi gigaHz behemoths that replaced it. Still does live chromakey better than the hardware I have now too, as long as you keep the res down to PAL.
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You totally misunderstood the problem and gave a very bad response. He does not care what the extension is used at all. He wants to use Calc to edit csv files.
You could setup an ldap and a kerberos realm if you wanted to but I am not aware of (doesn't mean anything really, it could still be there) any system that marries the two systems nicely other than the AD.
The non-presumptive laches defense applies specifically to this circumstance.
Although a presumption of laches arises where the patentee brings suit more than six years after gaining actual or constructive knowledge of defendant's infringing activities, the defense of laches is not defined by any specific period of time. Any period of time may be found to amount to unreasonable delay, depending on the facts present, although shorter delays are less likely to trigger the defense. http://www.converium.com/2103.asp
Because the Open Invention Network and others have repeatedly requested that Microsoft identity the infringing code, the laches defence becomes non-presumptive much earlier.
But isn't the FOSS community damned if we do, damned if we don't in this circumstance?
I know there's hundreds of HOWTOs on the web, but if I'd suggested that, I'd have an equal number of replies screaming "Telling people to RTFM is why Linux will never be ready for granny's server farm".
Besides, imagine how much it's costing normal_guy's company in CALs and other licensing fees. In most other professions, people would be sacked for losing their companies so much money. We need to help the guy out here.
Now, I know it's Slashbot groupthink to just accept that AD is the only way of doing sso, but look at the costs of going down that path. With just a few hours of learning, you can save years of fees.
I mean, I love Windows 2003 server for little single-server offices where the group self-supports and people only know Windows, but you have to admit, it's horrendously expensive to scale up.
The problem is that the article singles out Microsoft as the only one that should be unbundled.
No it doesn't.
If Microsoft wanted to sell a Windows PC that it itself made, then this also wouldn't be a problem. TFA says that Microsoft were to sell the entire package themselves, fine. It's the forced bundling with other manufacturer's products that's the problem.
To implement a Kerberos/ldap/sso system of even a fraction of Active Directory's complexity is prohibitively expensive on Linux, at least in my enterprise experience.
If you're just setting up sso for Linux or Mac clients, it's easy.
Setting up sso for a hetrogenous network including Windows clients can seem complex for a novice, largely because Microsoft broke Kerberos so that while Windows clients can speak both Kerberos and LDAP, they only know how to speak them at the same time when talking to an AD server.
Having said that, it's not THAT difficult once you've had a bit of experience (outside of Windows). What specifically were you having problems with?
Having read the Anarchist's Cookbook, I'd say anyone actually attempting to use the "recipes" to make explosives should be considered suicidal rather than terrorist.
If this access is secret, how exactly do you know of it?
I'm guessing the reference is to the _NSAKEY variable.
There's still a fair bit of controversy over whether it is a real backdoor or not. Given that the NSA did add a backdoor to the international version of Lotus Notes, it would be unsurprising for them to try the same thing with Windows.
You just need to ask yourself how likely it is that Microsoft stuck up for their customers' rights when asked add the same to their OS.
I will continue to use it even if it never changes again. I like it.
I use the Thunder/SunBird combo too, but it would be good to see it continue being developed. Given the possible split from Mozilla, I'd like to see OpenOffice.org take an interest.
That's right it's not exactly a 100% increase, it's slightly more.
It's fortunate some of us can do the maths.
In the past month, the open source operating system only increased its footprint on the market by 0.4%, from 0.77% to 0.81%. Maybe you can teach the "Technology News Editor" a thing or two...
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I just dug my Amiga 2000/040/Vlab Motion out to check.
The initial boot takes 16 seconds, including the patch for the '040/SCSI card. Rebooting from RAM takes about 3 seconds.
I'm glad you reminded me I still had it. Even now, it still feels much more responsive than any of the multicore, multi gigaHz behemoths that replaced it. Still does live chromakey better than the hardware I have now too, as long as you keep the res down to PAL.
Missed opportunities there then.
Bendows would've been more appropriate than Linspire.
Even earlier, I think.
I seem to remember one of Dr Moreau's subjects using the line in 1933's "Island of Lost Souls", still one of the best horror movies ever made.
Cool! Cross the streams, cross the streams!
Rename file.txt to file.csv.
Understand now?
Novell's eDirectory does that.
If you're working in the big end of town, it scales a lot better than AD as well.
Why isn't software the same?
It's easier to make.
Make it 9000,000,001.
The non-presumptive laches defense applies specifically to this circumstance.
Although a presumption of laches arises where the patentee brings suit more than six years after gaining actual or constructive knowledge of defendant's infringing activities, the defense of laches is not defined by any specific period of time. Any period of time may be found to amount to unreasonable delay, depending on the facts present, although shorter delays are less likely to trigger the defense. http://www.converium.com/2103.aspBecause the Open Invention Network and others have repeatedly requested that Microsoft identity the infringing code, the laches defence becomes non-presumptive much earlier.
Some of her creations are rather affectionate too.
Says Mr Two-legs...
But isn't the FOSS community damned if we do, damned if we don't in this circumstance?
I know there's hundreds of HOWTOs on the web, but if I'd suggested that, I'd have an equal number of replies screaming "Telling people to RTFM is why Linux will never be ready for granny's server farm".
Besides, imagine how much it's costing normal_guy's company in CALs and other licensing fees. In most other professions, people would be sacked for losing their companies so much money. We need to help the guy out here.
Now, I know it's Slashbot groupthink to just accept that AD is the only way of doing sso, but look at the costs of going down that path. With just a few hours of learning, you can save years of fees.
I mean, I love Windows 2003 server for little single-server offices where the group self-supports and people only know Windows, but you have to admit, it's horrendously expensive to scale up.
No it doesn't.
If Microsoft wanted to sell a Windows PC that it itself made, then this also wouldn't be a problem. TFA says that Microsoft were to sell the entire package themselves, fine. It's the forced bundling with other manufacturer's products that's the problem.If you're just setting up sso for Linux or Mac clients, it's easy.
Setting up sso for a hetrogenous network including Windows clients can seem complex for a novice, largely because Microsoft broke Kerberos so that while Windows clients can speak both Kerberos and LDAP, they only know how to speak them at the same time when talking to an AD server.
Having said that, it's not THAT difficult once you've had a bit of experience (outside of Windows). What specifically were you having problems with?
Other security sites do call it a Vista issue. It looks like Vista is only OK if IE7 is running in protected mode.
In this context, wouldn't "getting nailed for his sins" be participation rather than forgiveness?
Rectum!
Sure did....
Secunia disagrees with you.
What's disgraceful about this is that it's an exploit that's been known since April at least, and neither Microsoft nor Adobe have patched it.
Having read the Anarchist's Cookbook, I'd say anyone actually attempting to use the "recipes" to make explosives should be considered suicidal rather than terrorist.
I'm guessing the reference is to the _NSAKEY variable.
There's still a fair bit of controversy over whether it is a real backdoor or not. Given that the NSA did add a backdoor to the international version of Lotus Notes, it would be unsurprising for them to try the same thing with Windows.
You just need to ask yourself how likely it is that Microsoft stuck up for their customers' rights when asked add the same to their OS.
Most Open Source supporters ARE normal corporations.
I use the Thunder/SunBird combo too, but it would be good to see it continue being developed. Given the possible split from Mozilla, I'd like to see OpenOffice.org take an interest.
Hey, Christianity is the belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie, who was his own father, can make you live forever if you eat his flesh.
What's not to like?
That's 'cause Intel has never made a DG9965WH Motherboard.
Why would you expect Linux to install on imaginary hardware?
It's fortunate some of us can do the maths.
In the past month, the open source operating system only increased its footprint on the market by 0.4%, from 0.77% to 0.81%. Maybe you can teach the "Technology News Editor" a thing or two...They are.
That's why their marketing drones spend so much time trolling in these stories.