The internet is just a easier way of getting the information you want. Why wait for a push system when you can pull the info with no ads or other irritants?
Please show me the way to this Internet you speak of that doesn't have any adds or irritants. I seem to only be able to connect to the ones that are riddled with ads from irritants like Doubleclick, and my mailbox is filled with irritating ads about p3n1s enlargement, v1agr4, and low interest home loans...
You aren't kidding about that stuff. Where I work, their stupid activation wouldn't go through our firewall, and I'll be damned if I'm punching a hole in it for their "mother may I" crap.
So we learned about the "Quark License Administrator" server software.
I installed it on an XServe, and got a Quark License Administrator License File for it, generated off their website by using the 53-character alphanumeric key (which was WRONG, and I had to spend two days talking to Habib in Bengladesh to get another one). Other information their website requires for you to get this thing running:
administrator email address
IP address / port number
DNS name of server
MAC address of ethernet adapter in server (WTF?!)
If any of this information changes, the QLA server breaks, and no one can use Quark. NIC fails and you replace it? Breaks. Move to a different subnet? Breaks. DNS or domain change? Broken.
I was also curious as to why their god damn JAVA applet was using 25% of my XServe's total CPU capacity, and when I called about that, first I was hung up on by their crap phone tree. Next call, I got to wait on hold for 25 minutes to be told that "oh yeah, we know about that, and the next version will fix it." However, they don't put QLA downloads on the website, so I need to order a CD for a 6MB program.
What a god damn joke. Quark has lost 100+ sales of their software due to pissing me off, and Adobe has gained 100+ sales.
I was right with you until you said dual proc servers aren't worth it.
Have you ever tried to run a 10k transaction per minute database server on anything less than a 2-way? Saving the money on the second processor is costing you way more money by aggravating the users of the server, and wasting all of their time waiting for it to respond.
Stop being cheap, and use enterprise iron for enterprise systems.
Oh come on now. Even you must realize that you are the exception to the rule. There's always a few, and they feel compelled to inform everyone that they are the exception.
Let's just clear this up now: no one ever said that each and every P2P user is violating copyright (well, except maybe the irrational thinkers at the MPAA / RIAA), but it's pretty safe to say that most P2P users are violating copyright law, or have violated copyright law in the past.
I once heard about Bill Gates wanting to test out his latest mail server, so he sent a mail out saying that he would give everyone that forwarded it on a dollar.
Oh wait, that was bullshit too.
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This post is in agreement with the parent, however, you might notice the 0.17 version number. This kind of tells you that it isn't ready for John Q. Wallet to be using in his living room.
However, it IS ready for prime time - records stuff from 8:00 - 11:00 perfectly =)
As someone who lives on "the western seaboard" I would appreciate you not writing off the 50+ million people that live in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Maybe they should vaporize YOU and everything you know.
The pebbles are coated with the same graphite moderator that are used in the "standard" pressure-water reactors of today.
Takes something like 1600 degrees to ignite graphite, and that temperature will never be reached with these pebbles for the reasons that are outlined above.
As an MCSE (I know I know...) and an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, it's my job to know how to answer this.
Quite frankly, it's never been easier. When you want to connect to a windows server, in the URI field just type in smb:///
Your Mac will also have Samba running after checking one box in the system preferences. At that point, your windows boxes can either connect to home folder public / private folders, or with the admin password you'll get the whole hard disk.
Also, Mac OS X 10.3 will authenticate against Active Directory, and enable Single Sign-On through the use of AD's Kerberos keys. Setting that up is easy.
Setting up networked home folders using the AD auth is *not* easy, especially when moving from a NetInfo environment that has been operational for the last three years. That, however, is my issue to solve, and not yours.:D
The AGC at one point was consuming the vast majority of IC fabrication at the infancy of that industry, and proved that a "digital computer" was the way to go. The knowledge gained by creating the AGC, as well as what it could accomplish for the cost, showed where electronics in general was headed.
The computer that the grandparent post was written on owes much to MIT, NASA, and the AGC.
The only laptops I have seen a 10-key built onto are those massive "Desktop Replacement" ones that you can't put on your lap without fear of burning... something valuable.
These are meant to actually be portable, and useable on the go. As such, Apple would have about 40 million carpal-tunnel-in-the-right-wrist lawsuits if they were to offset the keyboard to the left to accomodate a 10-key.
Also, think of the market that Apple sells the most PowerBooks to: Audio, Video, and prepress people. They don't care about a 10-key...
However, in the land of FreeScale, all things are not equal.
You see, in the PowerPC 7455, they moved the memory controller on-die, and finally did away with the aged MaxBus controller that has kept the G4 strapped to a 167Mhz FSB.
That's right, champ; the G4 will actually scale as originally promised! You can thank AMD for that trick.
Going from Windows 2000 to Windows XP costs $200? That's a huge freaking ripoff.
Seriously. Each 10.x release has just about that much change and feature adds in them. Also, Apple doesn't force the upgrade on you if you don't want it UNLIKE Microsoft (see: Microsoft Licensing 6.0)
You know, I don't have a problem with spammers getting nailed against the wall just like everyone else; but something just occurred to me:
Why is it when this college kid breaks a law (spam), Slashdot is ready to fire him out of a cannon, but when a different college kid breaks a different law (DMCA, DVD CSS, Apple trade secret lawsuits, insert other offense here), they rush to his defense?
I understand the whole "freedom of information" angle, but the law is still the law... until it is repealed and there is much rejoicing.
Besides, maybe this spam asshat was just trying to spread the freedom of v!agr@ and the lowest m0rtg@g3 rates!
(proceed to mod me into oblivion... ...wait for it... ....now.)
Any reports from people using the Belkin KVM switcher that Apple is selling?
I am using a Belkin 8-port USB KVM switch right now on my desk, with a G4 Gig-E, a Quicksilver G4, a G5, and several Windows boxes. I also have one plugged into five Xserves.
If you can do without holding down keys on startup, they work fine.
If you need to hold down the odd key for startup options (Shift to start up with reduced service count, Option for the Boot Manager, cmd-opt-P-R for PRAM clear, cmd-opt-O-F for Open Firmware, cmd-opt-S-U for single user mode, T key for FireWire Target Mode, C Key for CD Boot, N Key for NetBoot, or cmd-V for verbose boot) it will not work through the KVM, and you'll have to plug directly in via USB.
Also, if you are using the Apple Pro Keyboard, the eject key won't work, and you'll have to use F12. Don't know if the volume keys work, as I am doing systems engineering, and don't use sound on any of my Macs except my PowerBook.
I've never gotten a good answer from Belkin about the startup key sequences or the eject key thing...
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The internet is just a easier way of getting the information you want. Why wait for a push system when you can pull the info with no ads or other irritants?
Please show me the way to this Internet you speak of that doesn't have any adds or irritants. I seem to only be able to connect to the ones that are riddled with ads from irritants like Doubleclick, and my mailbox is filled with irritating ads about p3n1s enlargement, v1agr4, and low interest home loans...
You aren't kidding about that stuff. Where I work, their stupid activation wouldn't go through our firewall, and I'll be damned if I'm punching a hole in it for their "mother may I" crap.
So we learned about the "Quark License Administrator" server software.
I installed it on an XServe, and got a Quark License Administrator License File for it, generated off their website by using the 53-character alphanumeric key (which was WRONG, and I had to spend two days talking to Habib in Bengladesh to get another one). Other information their website requires for you to get this thing running:
administrator email address
IP address / port number
DNS name of server
MAC address of ethernet adapter in server (WTF?!)
If any of this information changes, the QLA server breaks, and no one can use Quark. NIC fails and you replace it? Breaks. Move to a different subnet? Breaks. DNS or domain change? Broken.
I was also curious as to why their god damn JAVA applet was using 25% of my XServe's total CPU capacity, and when I called about that, first I was hung up on by their crap phone tree. Next call, I got to wait on hold for 25 minutes to be told that "oh yeah, we know about that, and the next version will fix it." However, they don't put QLA downloads on the website, so I need to order a CD for a 6MB program.
What a god damn joke. Quark has lost 100+ sales of their software due to pissing me off, and Adobe has gained 100+ sales.
Screw QuarkXPress, and screw Quark.
"hemorrhaged $276 million last quarter"
Or, according to plenty of news sources, it was their most profitable quarter... EVER.
"racking up a dizzying $2.4 billion in debt"
Or, according to SEC filings, they have no long term debt as reported on page 23 of their FY2004 10-K filing. OOPS.
I won't even bother to go into the rest of this bullshit, as I've already knocked the foundation out of your argument.
I was right with you until you said dual proc servers aren't worth it.
Have you ever tried to run a 10k transaction per minute database server on anything less than a 2-way? Saving the money on the second processor is costing you way more money by aggravating the users of the server, and wasting all of their time waiting for it to respond.
Stop being cheap, and use enterprise iron for enterprise systems.
Disclaimer: I am a citizen of the United States, AND an American.
I also take offense at how you generalize 350 million citizens of the US, and many more that are Americans
(hint: Canada is in "America" too, as it's a CONTINENT)
I also live in Portland, and quite frankly, the complete lack of warning that an event like this happened kinda gives me the willies.
How's the weather up there on your high horse? Same as it is down here? Ok.
The reporter isn't being held in contempt, which is what that law is talking about. The reporter isn't facing jail time.
This was a civil matter seeking to subpoena someone who broke a civil contract.
Now that Apple has this ruling, if they don't give up the source, they are violating the order of a judge.
Shady loophole? Possibly. Contempt? Nope.
Oh come on now. Even you must realize that you are the exception to the rule. There's always a few, and they feel compelled to inform everyone that they are the exception.
Let's just clear this up now: no one ever said that each and every P2P user is violating copyright (well, except maybe the irrational thinkers at the MPAA / RIAA), but it's pretty safe to say that most P2P users are violating copyright law, or have violated copyright law in the past.
All clear? Mmkay.
I once heard about Bill Gates wanting to test out his latest mail server, so he sent a mail out saying that he would give everyone that forwarded it on a dollar.
Oh wait, that was bullshit too.
This post is in agreement with the parent, however, you might notice the 0.17 version number. This kind of tells you that it isn't ready for John Q. Wallet to be using in his living room.
However, it IS ready for prime time - records stuff from 8:00 - 11:00 perfectly =)
just wanna get a little retarded comment in? ur gay, right?????
Pot: Hey, you're black, aren't you?
Kettle: I'm not black, you're black!
STFU.
As someone who lives on "the western seaboard" I would appreciate you not writing off the 50+ million people that live in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Maybe they should vaporize YOU and everything you know.
The pebbles are coated with the same graphite moderator that are used in the "standard" pressure-water reactors of today.
Takes something like 1600 degrees to ignite graphite, and that temperature will never be reached with these pebbles for the reasons that are outlined above.
As an MCSE (I know I know...) and an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, it's my job to know how to answer this.
:D
Quite frankly, it's never been easier. When you want to connect to a windows server, in the URI field just type in smb:///
Your Mac will also have Samba running after checking one box in the system preferences. At that point, your windows boxes can either connect to home folder public / private folders, or with the admin password you'll get the whole hard disk.
Also, Mac OS X 10.3 will authenticate against Active Directory, and enable Single Sign-On through the use of AD's Kerberos keys. Setting that up is easy.
Setting up networked home folders using the AD auth is *not* easy, especially when moving from a NetInfo environment that has been operational for the last three years. That, however, is my issue to solve, and not yours.
Apollo Guidance Computer.
The AGC at one point was consuming the vast majority of IC fabrication at the infancy of that industry, and proved that a "digital computer" was the way to go. The knowledge gained by creating the AGC, as well as what it could accomplish for the cost, showed where electronics in general was headed.
The computer that the grandparent post was written on owes much to MIT, NASA, and the AGC.
Linky
But these go to eleven...
This guy posts in every Apple hardware thread with the exact same bullcrap. Just ignore it, and he'll go away.
Ok, can we stop feeding the trolls? Seriously...
The only laptops I have seen a 10-key built onto are those massive "Desktop Replacement" ones that you can't put on your lap without fear of burning... something valuable.
These are meant to actually be portable, and useable on the go. As such, Apple would have about 40 million carpal-tunnel-in-the-right-wrist lawsuits if they were to offset the keyboard to the left to accomodate a 10-key.
Also, think of the market that Apple sells the most PowerBooks to: Audio, Video, and prepress people. They don't care about a 10-key...
All things being equal, I agree.
However, in the land of FreeScale, all things are not equal.
You see, in the PowerPC 7455, they moved the memory controller on-die, and finally did away with the aged MaxBus controller that has kept the G4 strapped to a 167Mhz FSB.
That's right, champ; the G4 will actually scale as originally promised! You can thank AMD for that trick.
I swear that some people are so blind to sarcasm that they could trip and fall into a large vat of it and not even notice.
Flamebait, indeed.
So, in further search of understanding, it's okay by you to break a law as long as that particular action doesn't effect you negatively?
Going from Windows 2000 to Windows XP costs $200? That's a huge freaking ripoff.
Seriously. Each 10.x release has just about that much change and feature adds in them. Also, Apple doesn't force the upgrade on you if you don't want it UNLIKE Microsoft (see: Microsoft Licensing 6.0)
You know, I don't have a problem with spammers getting nailed against the wall just like everyone else; but something just occurred to me:
...wait for it...
....now.)
Why is it when this college kid breaks a law (spam), Slashdot is ready to fire him out of a cannon, but when a different college kid breaks a different law (DMCA, DVD CSS, Apple trade secret lawsuits, insert other offense here), they rush to his defense?
I understand the whole "freedom of information" angle, but the law is still the law... until it is repealed and there is much rejoicing.
Besides, maybe this spam asshat was just trying to spread the freedom of v!agr@ and the lowest m0rtg@g3 rates!
(proceed to mod me into oblivion...
They should make one for home use, and call it the Google Personal Pornography Search Device.
... I'd buy one.
Any reports from people using the Belkin KVM switcher that Apple is selling?
I am using a Belkin 8-port USB KVM switch right now on my desk, with a G4 Gig-E, a Quicksilver G4, a G5, and several Windows boxes. I also have one plugged into five Xserves.
If you can do without holding down keys on startup, they work fine.
If you need to hold down the odd key for startup options (Shift to start up with reduced service count, Option for the Boot Manager, cmd-opt-P-R for PRAM clear, cmd-opt-O-F for Open Firmware, cmd-opt-S-U for single user mode, T key for FireWire Target Mode, C Key for CD Boot, N Key for NetBoot, or cmd-V for verbose boot) it will not work through the KVM, and you'll have to plug directly in via USB.
Also, if you are using the Apple Pro Keyboard, the eject key won't work, and you'll have to use F12. Don't know if the volume keys work, as I am doing systems engineering, and don't use sound on any of my Macs except my PowerBook.
I've never gotten a good answer from Belkin about the startup key sequences or the eject key thing...